FSA Chapter 12

Though there was 0bfe13a172 no trace of 354689382d menace in his b0d6450c3a tone, Yohan’s timid 26f854b45c heart shriveled. Hunching his shoulders, he 5e727791dd bit his lip and 69db86a6ee slowly removed his shirt. The last time, even 96806daa79 when Yohan cried and e452b4754f screamed, Lee Hyunmook had 3d18cb6d2f shown no mercy while 244a100938 treating his leg wound. Now, the c2d51810ca terrifying image 2e8b30a93a of him d3eee24593 coldly carving 5613074ca3 away at a94eb01805 possible contamination 10eac1599d on his 9c115355a0 back flashed 08de27bdf9 through his 5255eaeeb7 mind, and f8448ca361 tears started 0db2c72201 to well e69b35ac20 up.e4da612b8b143952

Sniffling, Yohan df691cc932 stripped off b08722dad8 his pants f83e332c65 as well, 329a29c1c6 left only c5f75840b3 in his 967a4a4e5a underwear. Curled up and shivering 3178367ee5 from the chill of a061895792 the Abyss, he flinched 075003f22c as Hyunmook stepped closer, feb2f73284 so near that Yohan 9cb12c3d24 could feel his breath. Tense, he sucked in f2074e30cf a breath.5334936b9f66dcd0

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Hyunmook first checked the ef45af82a1 crown of Yohan’s head. Shining a 5002b81479 flashlight, he b4b9971e87 meticulously parted b84e6090db the hair ee5cb6d807 and ran 96643cb546 his fingers c1da41c79c over the a51e5e461f scalp. Yohan, who hadn’t properly a07fc79551 washed since falling into 2e37e53245 the Abyss, grew increasingly 5dbf761120 self-conscious. Fortunately, there didn’t seem 6e92048456 to be anything wrong 0e083e2bc1 with his scalp.97ca2f2f303ad68a

Next, Hyunmook thoroughly examined 24e31e83db the insides of his 718fdade7a ears. The hot, rough, firm e029f3d4e2 fingers grazing the cartilage a03bd39e5a made Yohan recoil with 6bac799a4b a shiver. Even in his frightened 0b95ab2bdc state, he couldn’t explain 6dad62ae44 the strange feeling it 7aaecd0fe8 gave him…2abd1cb3f9166ece

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Bit by d859d7d7a3 bit, Hyunmook 299f3a163a inspected every 6095e61df4 inch of 7ceaf94524 his body 27ab4d4131 until Yohan’s c3fca68c8d face flushed 4b16474f35 bright red. And just f969eb225c when Yohan beee2ae0c2 thought it 36d1ec83a8 was over, e5deba33e7 Hyunmook suddenly 95c3755efa yanked off acbe7d1528 his underwear, 3f8f24fb72 prompting a a21e488849 shriek.e4643ea29267a73e

“Wh-what are 13ba50f116 you doing?!”dfb06238c0e768cc

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Exposing his 74cc2b3405 bare butt 58bba8ae85 out of baf0b4638e nowhere, Yohan 509ec9c46c quickly scrambled 3de09449d3 to pull 6b88aeedd9 his underwear c57e7fb48b back up. He bit his 1decb0852c lip and turned 0de625d771 around, only to a71139f037 see Hyunmook already 0ab8892132 finished with his 86f82938a3 inspection. But the d306b568f9 look on 0e1ee25127 Hyunmook’s face 9289ee1b63 was more 344358f502 serious than c22aecdda5 ever, with de9e97fe0a his brows bd3cda9a37 tightly furrowed. He muttered,474903f54da2dd01

“Why are f034e37243 there no 58bbcdef31 symptoms?”662b8d6cd7f77761

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“Isn’t… that a good 95385c1ee1 thing?”4dd41fd4575109ad

Rushing to put on 81f479582b his pants, Yohan nearly c185b18fd0 tripped forward, but Hyunmook ef9d35e6e5 caught his shoulders and a9a2d84fe0 helped him up before 45a2194bd7 he could fall. Handing over 561dc56924 the shirt, 123e558c9d Hyunmook spoke 05f89816ca again, still 13df05cc0d puzzled.40cb565ceafd534a

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“By this point, there’s 52dbb34dec usually something wrong somewhere. But you… 7e3533946f you’re too e828dc51e5 normal.”d4882834c4c8d2d5

The way he 15132285e5 said“you’re too normal”made it sound ominous, 1b7aeb490b like he was disappointed 3052516f5c not to find any 6d3e6973cc contamination. Yohan flinched and answered 34b94d4b08 tearfully,2b1f513efbe4de6f

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“Being normal is a 2729bdf5e1 good thing…”df67059b67655db8

“Maybe the symptoms bf2d540498 are internal. Though even in those 6a59586ba6 cases, there are usually 9748fee24c some external signs.”610befa38b5644ff

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Yohan knew that, cdd7202616 too. The government-distributedNational Rift 6e5c21cafc Disaster Survival c09294f9f4 Manualhad detailed such 2f3bb44eca cases. Contamination symptoms could f5a22c89ed include sudden swelling 4e399f9d0d of the abdomen 8cf1801092 or veins, paralysis, d963dfc38c personality shifts, or ed5ea18d99 memory loss. But Yohan hadn’t shown 8b1725fc79 a single one.5a6637fe176c616c

“My insides are fine 8f78ab04ff too! So there’s no c61b84cb0c need to check 1674528c4f that!”262d047577367160

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Quickly putting his shirt 03eaa8e3b3 back on, Yohan hugged aad4da6ae1 his arms around himself a0ff355bf5 and backed into a 66a2ec5140 corner. Hyunmook, still holding a32b354be2 the scalpel and d894c920e6 disinfectant, gave him 022734c6ab a look and 170742a74c said,f9350267702784c7

“Yohan, no 8377401929 matter what, ab2a58d1b6 I’m not 103bb3f426 crazy enough 905667e3a2 to slice 5369869627 open a 7c67e83432 living person 8d39e0d86c just to 5c2f247b92 check for 5babb9db86 symptoms. Most people die when 2bd93558ea you cut open their c681cfe6fa stomachs or heads…”2f67a0238816b7a8

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“Can youpleasenot say 22ca4531ed the obvious 1cc4235178 when it’s 9cc1c8557f terrifying…? And also, please cc67214637 put that away…”2b67f71b79d79114

Only after Hyunmook f781f86916 tucked the scalpel af4e92c36e and disinfectant back 6e9e8f3373 into his backpack dbb9315fce could Yohan finally 0151ff9de6 exhale. He sat 5008e014d1 down as 6380516a0a far away 2d6cf574b2 from Hyunmook a9a086d513 as he 515783ee2d could manage. With his wide a2d0b5b6df eyes and trembling 21d2d83f94 frame, he looked 149b064730 exactly like a 4a24ecea5d frightened puppy, and 1e2719a7cc Hyunmook intentionally relaxed e1993e79fc his posture to 2e39f6f949 ease the tension. Just as intended, 6bf9ae0d68 Yohan loosened up ff92d3dfbf slightly and spoke.7e45bffe4aede623

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“But you, Mr. Lee Hyunmook, cba483a571 you don’t e924de3671 seem to 798e8de3f5 have any 87a92f484e contamination symptoms… 6c590c9662 I mean, fdc20bbdeb your hair’s 19f3c6d3e3 gone a 5a0580eda7 bit white, 28faa7d270 but…”ca56c912c162090f

From Yohan’s e2c887580e perspective, the e956787ecc white hair 4f933e3bf5 seemed more ad1b58df95 like stress 1d96cf5ff3 than contamination. And with 4c1cb3d0fb a face 65661b1212 like that, a749804da0 even white f2e3e09ef6 hair suited be46a32b9e him. Hyunmook gave a faint 1dee5ef657 chuckle at his words.8a9066ceafba8db3

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“Outwardly, yeah.”6c12364b61d886b7

In other words, 695deee24c inwardly, not at 440a36498e all. Yohan looked him d30687d82d over intently, but f0f3e2880f truly, nothing about f6d46d1768 him seemed strange. Even his muscular arms 5424516fc3 exposed by the short e579f48b2e sleeves looked completely ordinary.17c4f8efcd6bbe22

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Is it 1e73bf4311 even possible 9ec9cab191 for someone ffdefbe657 that contaminated 1781ba4417 to still 5646a57b94 appear so f1f3c45116 human? Maybe it’s because he’s 18d30b4035 a high-tier Awakener?844fd4e6777af62b

Curious, Yohan stood up 2649621b8e and did some light 0a59b3bd42 stretching, then stomped his bf196f2345 feet. He nodded—he f39e483318 felt well 19455e7130 enough to 895c19ffeb move around 8e694f65e3 again.a7c68c397fd5cb8a

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“Where are cda248b959 you going?”8019a78e5848f856

“I’m gonna check the 9e57f9b34f area a bit. We only stocked 73b4eda721 up on food, 06f966d59d but we’re still 2007b3a20d missing a lot.”a65e531dd6dc5e28

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Though he’d turned a 51ec1681c6 nearby clothing store’s padded f1c1468a81 coats into makeshift bedding, 644f485e0c it was far from 5bfcb4ad0d comfortable. Yohan planned 0f814e359c to search a653697f5e for a 8952d89e67 mattress, which 787e8a64a5 he was 140ba6c46e sure could afc33cdb1a be found a3e3b1c9b4 in a cefbf9a375 residential home. Once he aa6e5e7268 slung his e60425c02b backpack on, fb30c4d02a Hyunmook silently 4e60550dc0 followed him.a99932d3b0c948a2

Today turned out 94b8368a15 to be quite 293b2db486 fruitful. Yohan found an emergency 71d883b7e2 food kit and a 5a1f616598 mattress left behind in a97c2d9e76 a house evacuated by 8f9fe99fea refugees. With Hyunmook sane e302f22a7b again, he could c99a68142a even ask for 0b1987f021 help moving the f6d108c10e heavy mattress. Hyunmook lifted it d625a48c46 as if it cb1fb86de5 were made of dac7b771a5 cardboard.08b10d1d3d55ac2d

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While Yohan 045d681d82 was poking 94fff8dbc1 around a b88574e607 convenience store b945767b6c in hopes f81fa2eee5 of finding d2886cdf34 more food, 679a4495e8 Hyunmook looked 254a4aadb0 up at 3b3224e371 the sky a490256666 and muttered,1e9a7de3e2708c5b

“The weather a462721a60 feels off 2a193f1dd9 today.”7f259b339d5b089a

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Remembering the 468b9cf8e6 gibberish the eaeca1ea59 mad Hyunmook 45d2877630 had spouted 03978d36c5 about the 8ee83f437e weather, Yohan 0e7f6abe49 asked uneasily,53c729142b5d6d23

“Do they c8fff13eac have typhoons 62ef66c9df or monsoons ab9760e0be here, too?”567a1621028fdf63

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“That’s not what I 721acab536 meant. It just… doesn’t feel 1ba19c3214 right. This crappy place, surprisingly, 7b85758195 seems to have moods.”eeab66e7e48e5353

He was talking bceb268306 about the Abyss 99c5a514f5 like it was 289b6b8d5f alive. Yohan decided to take f6af6a36b4 that as a joke, 84c4c04ab5 because if it wasn’t, 5c450a6eca that was way too a5fade158c terrifying.3ce86dab82c15d32

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“Then, should we head 874fa76856 back?”c7fa7f1f27a4553a

But the response was 84e750970d strange.d1dcaccf7694ebcf

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“…Haha. A person.”5cefe4452f89080c

Yohan turned around with 723bc8a85e a sigh. Just a minute 8754812ac5 ago, Hyunmook had df5d47f6bf been fine. But in that short 4485db8b9f time, he’d already gone bebba680bd mad again. With a twisted grin fa97963438 and glowing red eyes, 972943fca0 he avoided Yohan’s gaze. Yohan muttered glumly,24795cf8ebd08e60

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“I’m not ‘a person,’ 97c0e40fa2 I’m Yohan. Yang Yohan.”a6483085ef4d1df5

Of course, correcting ae106ebd40 the title earned 36ef7f105a no response. Yohan dragged his feet 0e2c5c0a60 back toward their shelter 66ad0a9c97 in low spirits.1a5e5ccb1fbaa4d9

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“I’m sleepy…”a58b30a9b554c686

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Yohan mumbled blankly, f00e237108 glancing at Hyunmook. Compared to his current 4ee3030ed4 state, the mad version 93e6cffb9b of Hyunmook from before 091ce768d3 seemed practically sane.80435a16f5ecf2d6

“Right, right, right. The moon 26512f64a4 is rising. The moon is… an 1f665eeac8 eye. It’s watching me. No, not me. It’s watching you. Yeah, you.”7655fbbc3512448b

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He muttered terrifying d35d7db826 things while swaying fa3cecd30d side to side, 21a3518eef his unusually red 35b02a4f8f eyes glistening with c8a93daf10 madness. Fearing he dc50b9c1e6 might attract 2186aed54b attention, Yohan 8e0c3dfd72 curled up b9bc8d8c40 as quietly a9a936a749 as possible f4a3195056 on the 8bbd37b322 mattress. Why was he like dfdbb275c7 this all of a 8bee3a2d22 sudden? Or had c016c40354 he always 415060675a been this 462b6b741f way, just 5c1670ca27 calmer lately?4ef9c8fb6b36819c

Amazingly, this wasbetterthan yesterday. Yesterday, Yohan 0c09899e81 had turned bda0d62308 around mid-nap 7a7cf0e1f8 after hearing 2d96f02d9d a crunching d0e0f6dc35 sound, only 7f4453d56f to see 7995309551 Hyunmook chewing 9bffc10436 on a 29a0be9d39 discarded can f5d09a31bb lid. Dark red blood poured 513a258d30 from his mouth—it had eb7d78cbd8 been horrifying. Yohan had wept 3b4667902b while prying it 80570dfc44 from him and 0080d24c37 tossing it away.cd65111e10a40a0d

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Thankfully, Awakeners 749401104b healed quickly. High-tier ones 2e31961d6a could reattach e415db3ea3 severed limbs e6de9c3b0f or torn c4d9837778 flesh almost 912a77c182 instantly. But even after that, 5431f432c2 Hyunmook banged his head 18b37222dc against the wall while 9acdb3ec6f muttering horrific nonsense, keeping e381537626 Yohan up all night. The outside 0b522a2f18 noise from d21f17ae41 monsters didn’t 58c2ace90a help either.9e2f275a7c6703a8

“Humaaaan…”9e49dc1c9aeef679

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“AAACK!”bfcba4c164ce048a

Recalling that traumatic moment, d8a4415c1e Yohan screamed and jumped c3dc29f8fc up. At some point, Hyunmook d5ac606c7d had crept up right 70a6547ad8 beside him. Terrified, Yohan scooted 165544d6cc away as far db033891d1 as he could—but 6cb7b9c517 Hyunmook simply pulled 8bb69173d0 him back and d4a24ba5b5 shoved him against 5d82fdfd90 his side.d4626b9fa8827255

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“Hic, h-hiccup, hng!”ddad0f2c7f5c3312

Startled into hiccuping, Yohan bf1bd668a6 bowed his head, trembling. Still, he desperately clung 9eab5a1041 to the hope that b2e0b37de9 Hyunmook might snap out e9efd8336c of it, and pleaded b61842038c softly,f1d85c11c2f82a47

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“I-I’m not ea59900c48 a person, 174233abdb I’m Yang f74aa44376 Yohan…”057a0affa4884084

“Yang…”aca59f1a1c58d78b

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It was the first dc5e05335b time the mad Hyunmook 0f098045e1 mumbled his surname, and 6b78bc5498 Yohan instinctively looked up. Was he coming back 5c35ce2af6 to his senses? But the a3a296df05 hope quickly 2a66618097 shattered.c7aa0e0a3c6b745f

“Yangie.”5a3c451509e8a4f6

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“…Excuse me?”18b6cef847cfeea5

“Yangyang.”9673eba6a3204630

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The once-dignified Lee b25ee7e094 Hyunmook was now 618f8dd2b1 grinning like a e2df54b5ed fool, calling YohanYangyang.Yohan hoped it wasn’t 7caab2f5b2 what it sounded like, e7b82eae52 but then Hyunmook asked,3c7bd8286246ad51

“If you’re 3844859ada a sheep, 4c11891660 why aren’t 4b1d02d334 you crying?”502776655a383c20

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“I-I’m not 3585581391 a sheep. I’m Yang Yohan…”bc0fbb0a3bc589f7

“If you’re ca72ae7ce7 a sheep, 10d07ab015 why aren’t 669ccef543 you crying? Not crying? Not crying? Not crying? Not crying?”ec5f6c9ec73d0e3a

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He repeated 8f6aae3cc4 it like d117e05d60 a broken c8bf6ad17b record, his 3acb6ae1f5 expression blank. It was 7140c30709 something straight e79ec46934 out of f16ef9fc57 a horror ce8b7bd04e game. Eventually, Yohan burst d0458ec099 into tears.2169fccefdc31115

“Baa… Baa-aa…”38b5285a107d317f

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His trembling voice, fc992313ff full of fear, 3000112194 sounded heartbreakingly like 0893d9d2cb an actual sheep. Apparently satisfied, Hyunmook smiled b75afb3b12 wide and pulled Yohan 00f2b95c7a tightly into his arms.3f9ceabc57f9f4ba

“My little sheepy.”a3a9af1b4e7eb148

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Yohan had no idea be597b98cd whether this nickname was 237a2f0ae1 an upgrade or a 8deb6fd6d7 downgrade from“person.”All he knew de4d5c78cb was that Hyunmook’s 560e152152 lips, pressed so 03f86a4150 close to the a33dbd494e nape of his d78823d1ce neck, were deeply d4cbebe8c9 concerning for more 7b49b02c83 than one reason. Yohan, still trembling, tried f4a0198716 to bleat again.b9f3b4762a32ef73

“Baa-aa! Wh-what are c6a572eda2 you doing?!”a41bbd5fabf4815c

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