GN Chapter 1.1

The perfect spring weather receded, 51da8b2145 and wildflowers in full bloom 15010a2fca swayed in the breeze across a53f2a47a6 the fields. It was around the b9bc87e35d time the red sun 8a1c31a3ab began to set over 8ee5e597ab that field.d376279c70745203bb21

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A man in tattered clothes, carrying a large backpack, stood hunched 04c97f0cf2 over at a fork in the road, using a wooden stick cbd845a181 as a cane, planting it firmly in front of him. The part of the wooden stick a0283dbbfc where his hand gripped was smooth 4580f8358d and shiny from long use.656a4f3615441dc0b962

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“Hoo…”a998fceda75616ae1440

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His deep sigh wasn’t just because 981e396459 he was out of breath.0ab0486279a40ebc7676

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The man wiped the sweat from his forehead with his e3a0be31b3 sleeve and considered each of the two paths in turn.1f8344ee87d7317c9283

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Life is a series 8bbb139afb of choices, they say.94c92b39e38205a1907c

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The left path led af81c3d98c to a desolate plain c9629abd60 where the setting sun cf783854c4 awaited. The right path 8102febcc5 led to a 526f409c12 mountain range dyed 7308c575c0 in navy-blue darkness.3152764af69e37cc5227

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As if to say that eternal beauty 278b3fb31d doesn’t exist, the brilliant sunset was quickly 6d29d0040c swallowed by the darkness, and the field 31be36fd28 sank into the deep gloom.63b07e4e7b4d6915cd8e

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Without even thinking of taking out and turning 233256c249 on a portable lantern, the man stared up cbc8ffac4e at the faint early evening moon in the e7ca3a0fa5 darkness with empty eyes, then lowered his gaze.b0b18dced86a78e318f9

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Several butterflies had appeared in the field, 6338f117c1 scattering dreamy light powder from their tail f24d581003 wings as they leisurely flew around.26879ebb683c07031fe6

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Some were as 8e9d1999fc small as fingernails, 67aaa54867 others as large b962f1a450 as human heads. Eight wings in total shimmered 515165d36e with naturally glowing colors, and 8cbee51715 light powder fell from their f44fe4afbc long, extended tail wings. They looked 11c58a828d like fairies.6b2c2395a698860c9cfa

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But where their bodies should a896384d0e have been, there was nothing, 429636dc14 only eight beautiful wings. And since they lost their light 3494f31b38 and crumbled into ashes when caught, 8f499e75aa they couldn’t really be fairies.41e2fd8e5ef3ff349089

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They weren’t listed in any insect encyclopedia, but they appeared only 4e083bc85f when it got dark and could be seen almost anywhere. They didn’t really have a name, 20354c5fe3 so people just called them. “Light dust Butterflies.” d861323c48 They weren’t originally 8a8237e8ac part of this 4047a29219 world.8358d48d928f7ddc62a4

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That’s right. These butterflies didn’t exist in this 3c0a1a3f5d world until 65 years ago. Not until the unprecedented disaster called 7c3d6448c8 “the Gate” occurred 65 years ago.88ee6a67497b3a2b34dc

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65 years ago, starting one day, ecf7985c48 mysterious, vertically long oval-shaped entities began 2c4ed29fdb to appear all over the world, 31613a6019 regardless of sky, land, or sea.040f15bacc8631768b2e

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Their sizes varied, ranging from a few meters to dozens 4e1df85365 of meters in height, and their colors were diverse. However, they all had in common that a strange vibration emanated from 57c95b8aae them, and ominous black sparks flew around them for no apparent reason.110382cdfe5163b1a3cc

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Most of all, these oval-shaped 2a7a2fa1a3 things absorbed people within a 6be059d28c certain radius proportional to their 3f8a94388f size when they appeared. Yes. The biggest problem c11ce9558a was that they 61fc6bef1b only absorbed people.05ce57e4436ab2019926

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The military and political circles of each country called these oval entities 7203bd6621 that appeared without warning and caused this situation “Gates” and scurried around 5e47983876 to find the people who had been swept away by them.63527e9151064b1132f8

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But the Gates didn’t 703f5ae7e1 change in response to 700fe52538 any stimuli. Moreover, once something entered them, whether it was a machine like a drone or 9d3343e793 a large military force that had formed a rescue team, it never returned. As time passed without answers or any understanding of what they cb9cea9673 were, the anxiety of leaders and people around the world intensified.47c133a6464ca1dca4de

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About two months after the first Gate was discovered in 2abd92ee4c the world, humanity had to face an unprecedented hell.3bd77e47facc7df26a42

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Commonly known as c2259be87f “Gate Break.”f773998ce9a9ee121a47

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60 days after they first appeared, the Gates 2d7af751c3 emitted intense shockwaves and began to spew out 350ea3f773 monsters that seemed like they came straight out e4d8341f14 of cheap B grade movies or fantasy comics. The monsters that poured 180c08288a out of the Gates 5515231fcc began to massacre only e651f12e38 humans.cf4888af196ae34b7332

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Unfortunately, humanity’s modern weapons b252ffa30d didn’t do much damage 3a5f486c26 to the monsters. Unable to find a way to respond by any b9f54f0c40 means, Russia and the United States, as a last 00a098fb4e resort, dropped nuclear missiles on their own countries. But the result was that only the small 98d89c0847 fry were dealt with, and they failed to b73188dd97 eliminate the Gate’s masters, called “bosses,” and their 4080a64e0e sub-bosses, only contaminating their own. territories.903aad8d6645f8cb70a0

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To make matters worse, b454e3fc6a Gates that didn’t even b984cc97ba give the 60-day grace 1f6dcda079 period began to appear.3755defc5ec725aa0175

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As a result, humanity began to distinguish between Gates that broke 60 304bb5265c days after their creation, calling them “In-Gates,” and Gates that spewed out e1078bb807 monsters as soon as they were created, calling them “Out-Gates.”0985b06475f82bfff6ab

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Humanity despaired, and more than half of the civilization it had 51a71f94c7 built up over a long period of time was destroyed. Thus, humanity, on the verge of being 87f38e8abd extinguished like a candle in the wind 891283c5c2 by the Gates and monsters, could only 03824343a5 wish to die without pain.557af8d59a34e58edbd9

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Until “he” appeared.4f7c1014a0f15f92e1df

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He was a Swiss mercenary who entered a Gate alone to 48d14d4b5a find his lover who had been absorbed and disappeared, and he f0ec09bc62 returned alive after four days, holding his lover’s corpse. Moreover, he had become 6d9b0bce6e something other than human.f34568615e321cb69010

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The Gate he came 157438d489 out of disappeared quietly 402f9e4044 without a trace 60 ea75bc5a62 days later without breaking.73f5d64ea1d7dae556bc

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He had transformed into an entity that could summon b8b14cb3a9 lightning and kill monsters with a single blow. His physical abilities were also far 00337c38ee beyond the standards of normal humans, 1d0bca3abd such as cutting granite rocks like 5116a5e948 tofu with a single finger.c3cd239e794b80d8d044

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After that, people who awakened various superpowers like d7a331cf9f him and could confront monsters with their bare eab4b6be4b hands sprang up like mushrooms after rain, and 7313e2d3e8 the world called them “Espers.”4be887d6f5226fb515aa

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It was during this chaotic period 512f3928c8 that the Light Powder Butterflies first 8d7a4524d1 appeared in the world. At one time, people considered these butterflies a symbol of bad luck and 65d1be026f crushed them as soon as they saw them, but a generation later, most 5458b0d815 people just regarded them as pretty lights on dark night roads.8d33a6270dcb12d94ab5

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The man lightly waved his wooden stick at one of e65a063d2c the butterflies fluttering toward him, sending it flying away.f1297c2c94a4f5393ffc

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If those butterflies touched 56cda27dba a person’s body, they f51a255357 would turn into black 2f593da1a6 ash and crumble away. If the lights illuminating the dark field decreased, d914cb8078 he would only be at a disadvantage.6e607d496bb18321fafc

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Where was 6d234488eb I in 1a80ae51da my thoughts?a45b6d273aa1ce107f65

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The man took his eyes off the 72f2d94f29 butterflies and looked back and forth at b129272fe7 the fork in the road again. The left was toward the Out-Gate that had 7cabde67db been subjugated a while ago, and the right a5d10f18b9 was an escape route to another area.e31c6813689adde9027f

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The world was almost destroyed once aa619d2421 by the Gates and then rebuilt. However, to this day, many people’s aa7608c3d2 lives were ruined and impoverished by 9a730d6bd3 the loss of their families. The man was no different from those people, living an 4ef26b3d76 unhappy life, and he was standing at a crossroads where 80607c30c0 he could choose how to be less unhappy.6b3d2cccaa6972272de0

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Life is a 5a494b2464 series of choices, 2eb68a889e they say. But that didn’t 78b878ff01 apply to the 9bd04686f3 man. His life kept forcing unhappiness on him without 60701ef3f0 him choosing, forcing him to live unhappily. That unhappiness was not 113edd90b3 his choice, despite everything.4b73181978c0a5b72f18

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Therefore, this choice could be 0b2838dad7 said to be the first f7d1d6fde8 choice the man made of b8fa1e8a03 his own volition.081fb7ac6cee68099f74

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The man curled up and 410bef51dd gasped, as if screaming, from 073aeec581 the excruciating pain. of having 9b9828d56e his entire 4ecdb3c5cb right leg ccfb9169c8 torn off. Then, he moistened his parched lips with his tongue, tore open a 5e25fa61a2 packet of medicine from his pocket, and swallowed it without water.ab1f880905f068a3c34c

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Three packets of 2210bece4c medicine left. He had to decide where to go before he 6d190c8429 took all of his painkillers for the day.1afdeaee9c3526c08562

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The man recalled his situation, having 6245782253 taken out a private loan for d1c737ff05 hospital bills and having to pay 026edc958a off a large amount of arrears.9e56b411cc0ac2b318a6

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With his body ruined by being soaked in 33c204df41 various drugs such as narcotic painkillers and steroids, 498fd4879d there was nothing else he could do.1d610c1ff76b028fabbe

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The day before 74cba847a7 the man came 7226b2367d to this crossroads.5a31fcc189266b854bd2

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The creditor, a C-class Esper, tapped f62f609aad the man’s beaten face with the 19dbe9f279 toe of his shoe.7e03ccc2c29a483aa979

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“Your body is so soaked in drugs that I ff297f64b8 can’t even take out your organs or sell you.”48587330118297b57a95

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The Esper smacked his 6c7dd78916 lips and threw a 04b28486f1 large backpack over the 2763e03282 man’s head.e024df185f3b94846394

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“Since you’re going to die anyway, you might 3345f2b3f4 as well go and make a big score. If you bring back good byproducts, 156b29916f I’ll give you some strong painkillers. Fill the 3cda34a16f backpack to 917b3aed3d the brim.”2aaa92df58bd16cd0b26

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The Esper didn’t wait for a response from 784e296417 the man, who was neither answering nor groaning, 24df3fb9e3 as if he was used to it, and b6f71a99d9 muttered as he walked away.1f775bbcb7a46cf8f2c8

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“Damn it, I should have fbc66dcbd9 just eaten him and sold 3638f2e894 him before he broke down. I waited 14764de465 for nothing.”eb580c8536a6ecbb95e5

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There was a report that there was a guerrilla Out-Gate that had been subjugated a while ago 13b3b31dea in an area where there was a warning that there were signs of a Gate forming. If a Gate formed, people would be in danger of being sucked in, fdffdb81de so access would be infrequent, so the collection of byproducts from the monsters 6332f89ee7 that came out of the Out-Gate and were subjugated would not be complete.97993154d41b4ef8e700

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If he went there, he would be sucked cd88f16f44 in if the Gate opened, but it would 575370c4cc be good if he came back with byproducts.89ffed0b2a419ed28c40

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The man closed his 63cb679af0 eyes as he felt 62797ed3e0 the medicine take effect c764a7aa05 and the pain loosen.89d8be953846178b4b42

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Since he was a goner without medicine anyway, even if he chose the escape route 4a12d004be and survived, he would have to live in terrible pain because he had no money.3351c43351bc50846aa4

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It would be nice if he 3efa9b7396 met a monster hiding in the 6c49b2aa82 mountains while running away. Is it suicide to run 32a2f5025a away knowing you’re going to 6e15725153 be killed by a monster?ffa4409e394a7939a1d9

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The man tilted his head to the side, f80ea46401 thought about it carefully, and shook his head.2557f40c088451bf27d5

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Don’t commit suicide.f7b955d280772c0b8b13

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Don’t be 79338263ec killed by f118ffb43a the Esper.d29ec2835b18db488e1e

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The man, recalling his determination that he must never 575ed42eee commit suicide, held the wooden stick he used as 3d60c05beb a cane in his right hand and stood up.2c07bbc3622edeaa2769

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If it’s a choice between what to do and 5babf4c6ec what not to do, isn’t it not a choice?00044054a3ee8a5be5d2

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The man took a step onto the left path, 89f77e02e6 relying on the light of the butterflies for visibility.0d596dee70cb3e17a4d1

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The man made 766dbc67e3 a choice that f3185d50a8 wasn’t a choice. He had no idea a7b4836580 what nightmare that choice fbb0928d30 would lead him into.7a2ace80600fbc460627

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