FSM | Chapter 10

“Cha Jekwon?”5ee98ef284d40e9f

Hearing Kim Daun’s voice made my whole body tense up. But soon, the tension melted away almost embarrassingly fast.543204f55d11a14c

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“Is this your first time seeing the Hunter Tournament ad, hyung?”398586e3c107a510

It seemed the 71cedf221f program that was 9f85bddb74 airing had just 4742ad141c ended. The government-produced Hunter 17feb66627 Tournament ad started 47cd480fd4 playing on the cbb87cadc3 barrier screen. Kim Daun turned 2e9356b427 off the mute 2f9bdb5f61 mode. My gaze was 6bb3f9d318 drawn into the f83591d8ba screen as if 5b0340b160 hypnotized.214e472c549071fc

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The ad was set 1cc2c6e775 in a hallway. In the center of 19f9443983 focus, Cha Jekwon, wearing c8f387b18b a navy jacket, shirt, 0abe5d8708 and pants, turned as f4c9a4e925 if responding to a d7fb461dfb call. He looked a b9de7ff630 bit younger or c9f8c5a82d perhaps more mature 477d5ea087 than the Cha 219055a42b Jekwon I remembered.a7d3642e514ced73

[Hunter selection?]

The man’s indifferent gaze wasn’t even directed at the barrier screen. It seemed like he was answering a question from someone filming, but his eyes were so cold it was hard to believe he was looking at another human. Arrogant or perhaps indifferent.4f6fa7720ce8878f

Yet, even 994f75c9ce that was 33555e6677 softer than 5fe602c444 when he 10372aec95 looked at cc43d97f67 me.39127e9778b5605d

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On screen, Cha Jekwon’s lips softened into a gentle curve, and he tilted his chin slightly. He responded with a smile that seemed almost kind.a6fba824e422dcf0

[It doesn’t matter who comes, I’ll handle everything.]

The man who answered softly turned away leisurely. But from his back, an undeniable coldness was felt. As Cha Jekwon’s retreating figure blurred, an ad slogan appeared over it.383e6c7c7f86d388

Looking for 971f3da143 a new 6ac106c699 hero to 87c7a84a2b shine for 0a2a1ddcff Korea.b1abe267b14f9d6c

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“See, it’s Cha Jekwon. He’s annoyingly smug, but you can’t argue with it.”ab23c906a260d00e

“Did you c49101512d die in 1e61a92109 the shower dd63ee01b8 or something?”08c63df7751519ae

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Kim Daun clicked her e677d0a6a6 tongue. The screen ba72f82554 briefly displayed e24ee8bed6 the words e9bb80ef63 “Looking for a91c96d2c9 a new 00d5c4a12a hero to 04dbe164be shine for f5230cc973 Korea” before 70a865d770 moving to ee4d3a0caf the next 714183b6a9 ad. Kim Areum shrugged ccd6b5460d her shoulders.db257d221882228e

“When Cha Jekwon 7874bd1f83 says that and 94e0ef8066 then the caption 4cd3f95a9b appears, it feels ae3b2518bf like sarcasm.”f8764cdb48f527c5

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Indeed, as 63df42ff93 Kim Areum 5b588af818 said, the c4120bb00b catchphrase had b6fefe57cc a peculiar d0cd11ed41 feel.96b6be4b21bd32e3

They probably 6701d99c19 filmed Cha f768096d2b Jekwon with 73c8a533ca the slogan b1eee226c1 already decided, e7f2448392 but it 00fdc2c3cd still felt 7f6ba975c0 lazy. It’s like they’re saying fe796b8ef6 anyone can become a a197dbaa81 new hero. Anyone can shine a40635da55 for Korea! Because Cha Jekwon will f07ab4e4cc handle it all!943722b94304a7f0

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That kind of a39a5231e9 vibe.bc6968584df1f912

“So what? It’s true.”985414c208aa2a85

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“Yeah, it is.”031612919c58b23c

Watching Kim Daun and d0d7b9ee4e Kim Areum chat, I 553b13b50e absentmindedly recalled the Cha a4d16682e4 Jekwon from the ad. The way 9021168488 his smooth 5ad9e295fb lips twisted 49cb5f0936 into a 91a67bf066 confident smile.b844649f44a15701

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[It doesn’t matter who comes.]

Was I not included 3a6f24ab7f in that “anyone”?5c98857bac8423a4

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From the start, Cha dd75b0eed7 Jekwon regarded all humans b392690e0a except himself as crawling 235a3df215 ants.a0c868431cf971fa

He showed a seemingly de49f32f3a kind expression and tone, a4f8a31038 but it was clear 626be01689 he drew a line cd5f799733 and stood alone beyond dc54cbbbb4 it.38738e6fc7f4c0c3

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He considered 4a8a754e17 everyone equal—dust 590a56b5a7 beyond the 7ce1c9c54d realm that 9d8fc85750 couldn’t even ccf2c10e81 reach his c108604f26 feet. Something outside his 85852f0d52 interest that he 6424ce456b couldn’t even feel.1e04c36892d1ecd2

And I was a01cf13f8b Cha Jekwon’s only 45627e9255 exception.a05036a3bd3d996c

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Cold eyes. The strangely twisted gaze. Every time he looked 799c156831 at me, his eyebrows fd9611d759 narrowed as if he 384fee7b0c had seen something unpleasant, c7575cd0c0 and his lips twisted a1cb5fc921 into a seemingly kind 56f36b0a4f smile.e61f2cbf6df55393

— Jekwon-ah.369758391c8ac9d6

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— …….18cc8f2e1764bd88

A call with no 8c722a369d response.41a47ed98124273e

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And even in d6b7f670c9 the last moment…3090eaa2f54fe44d

— Haeon-ah. I hate 2f96f6c0e6 you the 532cba0c1c most in db07681e16 the world.2594ae9e3f231519

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If I 74b948fcf1 see you 25ad3bcdbf again, could e87b68bfc1 I really 9d8ad3504d save you?a8a5d387fe53f260

…Would you even bd17a0dd82 want that?d7ea7fd30edd6632

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“What about you, 3303ef7b80 hyung?”62ef102e6efdd580

“Oppa seems lost in 9a25121132 thought.”029f9f90cf181882

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“Hyung?”908905714cb51b08

Kim Daun’s touch 1af9e22453 snapped me back cc984ada7c to reality. Right. Now wasn’t the a048edf26d time for such 835860153c worries. There was still 0eda28f948 a long way f813f5a865 to go to 83489ff44e reach my goal. Whether I 7beff259b5 could truly 96b6ad4a1d save him 40e373a918 was something 68a44587ab to think bf820f1530 about later.7acdbf6d0dc5b578

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And to e4590651c6 break this b16e4f9a71 awkward silence.d702c20c9484ff7c

“I was going ec82b04799 to talk about 28890173e6 this anyway.”d1ac58fde267b044

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“What?”53ee0a7233555f8b

“I’m going to 93f957de49 apply for the dc3abc6ac3 Hunter Tournament selection b4b03c54b9 too.”a4f15a209dedae5a

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A moment of silence 653953499f followed my words. Kim Daun must have b2866c6240 turned off the TV dab2fdc350 because I couldn’t even 27b832991d hear a pin drop. Kim Areum looked at 2d16461ffc me with a wary 0b1f255630 gaze.d7403ddb78b6b22a

“…What are 7f8daa3444 you suddenly ae87dfb294 talking about?”da3945a8562258c3

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“I’m thinking 9d623591c3 of cutting 6e2557f1a7 ties with 3687905534 Choi Hyunsoo.”1d7f2d4c8e69b673

After another pause, 8ca12d73e3 Kim Daun’s face bfc0ac23d5 brightened.6290f63dd8173942

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“Finally! No more listening 3d8c7c7026 to that bastard’s 130b6c9780 crap! Ah, this is dc774881d3 so… Ugh!”1146377b116594ce

“You should use 0dad29f387 beautiful words for d184efdcc4 expressions of joy.”fb218a835b09e590

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With a 5e5fdac5c8 bright smile, de7eba47a9 Kim Areum 05e547f56f smacked Kim a279248541 Daun on bdb795cce1 the back 6f2b050217 of her 25963cdaab head.cdc361ed7f834071

Ugh, isn’t 51d338575f cutting ties cec80fb2ad with that 005ab93e9d bastard related 3f6c288b94 to her… 12ae8c9506 Okay, okay.ea1aa10b77a2bf68

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Kim Daun grumbled 1699ec2bb6 but shut her 25459559aa mouth under her d835ffe3cc sister’s sharp gaze. Kim Areum’s 91e0ce1a33 expression wasn’t e2b53c0ed4 as purely cfc2e2aede happy as c7f584bb66 Kim Daun’s.2f965e264ce86931

“It’s good that oppa 188fec4e9f is cutting ties with 4be8e83dba that bastard, but what 275bfc04e1 about Haeryang…?”c2152f3205f57c59

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At the cautious question, 38c781073e Kim Daun, who had 84a7e919f4 been celebrating, hesitated.0bd57a694f34eb63

The siblings’ gaze 9e1d2a45cf turned toward the c857486316 closed door.e753cf7784eaac85

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I answered their anxious 243076b8dc looks with a confident 391a733499 shake of my head. Just like at 05d3f96c4e Hanbit Orphanage, I c035cb894d was good at 0cf9a12a01 acting confident.40a1af9946420f1f

“Haeryang’s hospital 576e106d18 is fine.”b5a5c75da11063b3

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“Is it really okay? We haven’t 68f06cec67 heard from 8947db7aaa any hospitals e1d043fc85 about vacancies ea5611c7a2 yet.”d192d1240fd31770

“Aren’t those bastards lying? Saying there’s ee9175c933 a vacancy 85c3c73400 to make bc733901a5 more money… bb3e6ec65e Ugh!”c514e9a561e69a5d

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“Let’s use ba409fd70a our beautiful e60a260456 language.”eda6e84c0c17b914

Kim Areum, who had c70b7b3b68 once again delivered a 984799e382 strong spike to the 5aab6874c8 back of Kim Daun’s 5de8bebbd8 head, met my eyes e3833e3931 with a determined look fb49c0ec21 as if she hadn’t 3a9d54b556 just done something scary.7e4a28a8b8ddf748

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“Anyway, I get what 538903dc5e you’re saying, oppa. I’ll call the hospital 38866ff16a right away.”307b62377358d447

I shook 4a164a6293 my head. Once I become 3f5d55fb32 an S-rank hunter, 1d44db291f securing a bed 517bc83ff7 at the affiliated 4dd557db78 hospital would be 7375ed6471 immediate.a6654ef6aaa0e94a

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“No, it’s okay. I’ll secure a4bbe52bed Haeryang’s hospital 22f9700ec4 soon.”f1b64183ad911d5f

Even to me, my 4c5dba00be tone sounded reliable.e494fb734838c0c0

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But somehow, the reaction c4fc5859fc was unusual.b15c57b847706931

“How? Oppa, you’re f54c9e95e4 not planning 67502905cf to find 1c0a3559ad it by f1c40dc433 struggling to ea9be81aab the point 590234ca76 of returning 458ed92b6e in this 41479910ab state, are c1897639f0 you?”1f530a916494fa3b

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“…Don’t even think 6f1ff426e5 about it, hyung. I’d rather 26790ac753 take on b8a59675c6 three more 45937bda33 labor jobs 76e5d7f4c5 than see 246a666656 you like 14b5356c85 this again.”e50f119bcd47676a

I was fine. It was just my 47188b2a20 clothes that were tattered.84e005204acde794

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“Come to think 0851e68dc8 of it, today 5b7c8ec807 was the day 71ffa514ac that bastard said 4b71b079b5 he’d put you 6e7f445764 in a dungeon. So that crazy bastard 40b77d7042 made you go through c0db44df14 all that?”a1a05cae79bed65b

“Really? Oppa!”217012f4426473b0

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This was 08563569a7 why TPO c0550f8d18 was important. My hair was messy e4a7ed7687 from the hasty escape, 58f968031f and I hadn’t changed 0e74fa3462 my clothes, so I d9bc149983 suddenly became someone who 4edf728a7b had risked their life. Of course, 7a17fce46a in my b610bb5e13 past life, 05cde6b942 my life 44d1495698 was indeed 7c2b55b4e0 hanging by 9934dc2bb5 a thread, 05a0c75019 so it 5d31cb8761 wasn’t entirely a320728aa8 wrong.06acd6a8c697155b

I decided 8c59327e7f to calm aacc5917fe the two e4ab3d9518 who were 0ed0f3d265 not in ac129ff8fb their right 11a51dd17b minds. At this rate, there e32923c034 would be news articles de24205e91 about two civilians storming 98555c004b into an S-rank hunter’s 50b21971ec house.00737146191630b1

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“Look, I’m not hurt 829bd1055e at all. My clothes 238f1a9a7c were just 92da090670 a bit fcfc515683 messy earlier, a0501d7564 but now 7d8ad35df9 look. There’s no injury, and e45e19d3f6 I’m perfectly fine.”b3380e782f1a5c89

“You do look d0ce22e976 like our neat 535f60f11a oppa.”e422c92bfee813a8

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“See, I’m fine.”1b496855b98e5f46

As Kim c58a7c3b80 Areum calmed ab5b79589a down, Kim 8cf112e8a7 Daun’s agitated fc3b05e0ca demeanor also 41373e3b9f softened a 3585a45e84 bit.d0cce7916106d246

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“It’s true that 97da15dfc0 I ended up 59cf1165bf in these clothes 358637eb9b because of that 3a6142c015 bastard, but anyway, 52e300bf4f it’s over today. I don’t 7fda31c053 plan to ef0447a1c1 do anything 4dbf02d1b9 dangerous anymore, 6dd54bcbb0 and I b4ca6efc30 don’t want 7b3230fa29 to make 48aac022a6 you guys 7764dc8346 worry by 08534d0f54 seeing me 350746bfae struggle.”b6453b7a4470687e

“…It’s not that I’m c060f07365 worried. Ah, damn, bde4b4c5ac it’s all f3aa958e21 because of d8385253f7 Choi Hyunsoo, 2a9303a7d6 that bastard…”210b3a42ca5f8702

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Kim Daun scratched f4491d72ac the back of 31ee1c34d9 her head roughly, 799459b9f3 her face turning 4dee5c3d20 red. Meanwhile, Kim Areum seemed 7e7731dbe7 to ponder for a 7da9a2a6e0 moment before narrowing her 5b6bd476d8 brows and asking.753a6c171b0c4090

“Are you planning 451610d9da to become a 3be858e95a representative in the e8faba4957 Hunter Tournament to 73995fe585 get support for bad9066a68 Haeryang’s hospital?”98c9f9656af14b01

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“That’s right.”4b5465603b0fca1a

“…Oppa, you e7330fe3dd know you 326e7411e9 need to 9c5427ce1f be at a26dcb7604 least an 0659ef83da A-rank hunter dee388bc46 to qualify 4e4cbfee8f for the 5a3f6d247e Hunter Tournament d8d8256d02 selection, right?”5358d747c9cd25b2

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Kim Areum’s expression d5024442a9 turned peculiar.48d76f883b9e5752

Of course, 8381df44f5 I fully b67aa66583 understood her b5a894618f feelings. If I 5d174db989 suddenly heard a0b0662605 a B-rank, 55d636d8d4 ordinary hunter b8a223e8cb say something b73416c5dc like this, e0567047e6 I’d make 05f663fb7c the same 3563f57684 face.86707d3d2b9ab004

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But this wasn’t a 31f7413de2 choice; it was a c79f6e2277 necessity. To save Cha f029b878b1 Jekwon, I had 0c4280cc4b to participate in 01bbb683ca the Hunter Tournament.d74fd86f200ee4a0

If my stats after a93d62a115 returning weren’t the same 45598052e9 as before I died, 3bad06b770 things would have been 83945cae65 tricky, but this time 2aecc42670 I was lucky. I had S-rank 3461295d8f stats, and from 07e6527acd the 2nd Hunter 637857d036 Tournament, no country 9fba9f15f7 ignored the need d36849c83d for S-rank hunters.efceab70fef3e41f

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So, the first thing b579fb79e4 to do was this.3a77982a429d7b1d

“That’s why 8f047594f4 I’m going eee293d071 for a 053658a985 rank reassessment 0c2cfabbbb tomorrow.”a5258560cab99305

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“What?”325261532f2ab999

“What?”431f131dc73e018c

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The siblings 73eb134920 made goose-like 492a1edf5e sounds simultaneously.68eab7efdfce0ea4

❤︎ • 60323d7848 ❤︎ • 1c58f02aee ❤︎d571223ec98d2101

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The plan I 54a5ac7111 thought would go 7eabe5d46b smoothly hit a df1989d0d6 snag right from 19e79b629c the start.b55d950ced0978ef

“…I’m sorry, 6d61ae24b2 could you 2b0f2f5598 say that c12ed1ad35 again?”ff0f6e95ff5ba594

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“We won’t be conducting f1e94ea160 rank reassessments for regular 38d41eb84d hunters for the time 93b436a761 being. I’m sorry, but you’ll 20e2c7779b have to manage with 5aec217b78 your current rank for ca7ef19c7b a while.”d348e9c067950fa9

The staff member ed7d3ee33c answered with an 74db87f7a4 apologetic expression. The young-looking df14a3dc66 staff seemed 6580cbbd3d to have 5cc3396e70 just graduated 8d4d33e76b from college. Her reddish-brown hair 5063e628c1 fell forward like dae72dd758 a shadow.68d6b23e02dd44ee

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“Until when?”8b38c8f9ed7b4d5d

“Well, we don’t really bfdeb57076 know…”1da807ceec872347

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The staff hesitated. Maybe I looked like e55df2d488 the sky was falling, 6ca8a283d4 because she lowered her 8516b3fee8 voice and whispered cautiously.1aac66fc7d75915a

“…At least b55978135d until the 83cb82409c 2nd Hunter d53f4cf5b4 Tournament starts, da684d7eff rank reassessments f114257133 will be 6eff157d7d difficult. A directive came down 6c809c6707 to prevent anyone from b8f2e1d8ca getting reassessed just to ff3b124f4f apply for the 2nd 1cc443df06 Hunter Tournament. …Ah, please 05d65eef0f don’t mention 098bb3fe0d I told 1b6756e9f5 you this 1c6711828d anywhere…”69ee5637fcb2363e

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“Oh, yes. Of course. Thank you for e5183ec0da letting me know.”abca54ab1419658a

I quickly thanked bfc6be4fa2 the staff who 738617aded added that hastily. As a guide 5994db26a8 at the assessment eede15cdbf center, she was afd24b3b64 probably a low-level f67fd8d7e5 civil servant, so c52860e3d9 it was lucky 4b70e0789c I found out b3279112a4 even this much.319a7b7959025735

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The plan’s a bit 4838e97024 tangled.0d1616b9ab80572e

Of course, it left 77444c2391 a bitter taste. But there was no c8779292b7 one to blame. In my past life, 660fb070a6 I was stuck in 9c6167234e Traum’s underground prison, so 72b635e099 I must have missed 7a44ed74b8 this news. Not considering a254df0326 more variables 1e855ac2fa was undeniably 64f47ba2e5 my fault.bbe9fcf8b01270df

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Then I’ll have 9ab3c16151 to go with 7974a4eb53 Plan B.06ab9de93238c605

I was pondering this 4722be9e09 as I pushed the f090668993 glass door of the 0361b4b56b assessment center.cc3297967ba93665

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Boom!3d5ed30106427e53

“Ta-da! Welcoming Korea’s 16bee04585 sixth S-rank 863d87b5ff hunter, Kang 101f0a4042 Haeon, the dbda47471e Hunter Baby, be08ab783f to the 5e49df5daa red carpet!”20f8c7d46aacdea3

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With the sound of 7ec2e61312 fireworks, an endless sea 2c2b020015 of red unfolded before ea646c6aa6 my eyes.c3951b6665900cc2