KTSR | Chapter 24

Ijin stood blankly ea88c7e405 in the hallway.29a5438168149863

The makeshift a21ffc6946 building, stacked 74855411c0 together with 1f47800279 cement blocks, 57a3f4a744 always smelled 6996940cce damp. In winter, it d027b0b7c2 shrank as if 204bfd5d65 it might collapse 4bde376914 at any moment. If it 66f07f1c21 ever caught 8faa93ade1 fire, the a8ef92ac8e toxic gas 61425ae6b2 from the aeb017a6f3 Styrofoam insulation daecee9152 would be 67150a64d8 enough to 2214ade7c2 kill everyone 460f9d400d inside. And yet, standing 8f0840d5a9 in this hallway b630a9f38c always sent chills 12e191fd70 down his spine, 72e122c5b7 even in the f30394cf15 middle of summer.9b785bb26715e19e

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“Up to fourth place, 961274243a come in.”fdb2355c2eb691f1

The team leader’s voice 5f22030daf snapped Ijin out of 508ecf29d8 his dreary thoughts.d01c9a52efb2cb27

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“Up to fourth 67dc584c1f place?”2bf650392d86d42f

Normally, jockeys were grouped 8096682898 into the top, middle, b62e30de72 and lower ranks, and 5edea6db8e only the top group a0e67aad82 was called in. Calling up 6f754ff45e to fourth 15b6a78275 place was 16942a44cb unusual. Ijin asked again, just 5dc6bcfdd8 to be sure.dce61fc12f00623f

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“Are you sure 0fe58312bc I’m supposed to 7d0553818a go in?”c67caa49a1f19ead

His face twisted in 75ca50d090 suspicion. The way 0d62b2788f he questioned acc51bc297 everything with 47ebcd519e that attitude 1427b24d4a must have 4345cceffd annoyed the 5cea7e0a8b team leader, 79893d7f48 who muttered 557b0b308e under his e94679bc1c breath, “Damn 5d805a35be brat’s mouth daa9589bcc never tires 5680d6ea2c out, even a38013041d after a 5865b95e95 whole race. Maybe I should 68797af48b cut off that 0951dc65a0 tongue first. Or just bust his 2ef99be57e eardrums.”a20c8327a6e986cb

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Before Ijin could argue, 5225078521 he was dragged inside b9078cf8b9 by the team leader.3adf97d9dc000832

The moment 5bcca18d47 he stepped 2f23e9f660 into the dbf8f8f04a office, he 3ac12e747e saw it—a 82930f6626 long coffee 2cfb1a9d26 table lined bb1104959d with flask 8607cef151 cups filled 1bd367d399 with yellow 94a81b8eb0 liquid.e4ce700f2becf61c

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Somehow… this felt 901c712a78 bad.a32652e9b62a93b9

“‘My Dolpung’?”ed757ee320dd7bab

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Kwon Hyeongdo b090ef72b0 was leaning 9115d0bb8f against the 799bebf951 desk, lazily bc75cb09f4 flicking through 62620eb04b an A4 3b931d833a sheet of ad5966f262 paper as d14dfabc1d he called f6b5a9ce6c out the 5d8ba069d0 name of 4569820571 the winning 42f0d41bdd horse.3aa2835ce0f614a5

“Y-Yes, sir!”e3d3f253d9e545b4

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The jockey 831d05d023 who had 6b7903927c placed first 9559b474b9 today stepped 8d815e6edb forward. Kwon Hyeongdo crossed his 4fe0ffe4bd arms and smiled lightly.f68dac486e685500

“According to this… 5a84aed0e3 your horse was 3819e6ce87 drugged.”7fcad1493c421bc6

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The paper d92fb01ba3 in his 938ea969a5 hand was 51057957b8 a doping 13c20fdf46 test result—analyzed 4023cc67c2 from the 5515ed5a02 horses’ urine 61de3c7efc samples.5b38a162231316b9

The jockey, 2c63c8b669 who had 24bc08ca7c been visibly 051bd996e7 trembling since bce6f81f28 the start 4a38125db4 of the 7d4aaaf758 test, immediately 5cc3a9ee96 turned pale. His knees hit the f90ccb7821 floor in an instant.a2b1f5a331911c8e

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“E-Executive Director! I-It’s not what you 696d3a6df0 think! I-I swear, it 16b1365c7d wasn’t me, it 8cbf54d47a was just that aa2a6dc14f the timing—”19b9408e6bdb272b

He stammered, desperately 47f428a4b9 trying to explain 9f3fb7957d himself, but it b03ce59cac was already too d3bcc6a458 late.396c98178238c0fe

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Normally, he wouldn’t b468e3b2e9 have even had 3ae3d14dfc to explain himself. The problem ec5ba152aa was that 2a7b470995 he had cb6ce89617 been unlucky ead5b379e0 enough to ccba2065c4 get caught f6df7058f2 in the 93df811dc5 randomly implemented 6bf6ef0c8f doping test—a 0b5111732a test that 318a39f0a3 had only e17058013a happened because 8ce35e41b9 of Kwon b6486585db Hyeongdo’s sudden f076fac3d4 whim.0dbe9185fe840ca0

Hyeongdo rose from 2b440d9688 his seat, his 06e2124bef movements leisurely. He approached slowly, then 5ef1ce070b stretched his fingers wide—just 43fe82cc07 like the open mouth 113e8eb389 of the snake tattooed b7ab7ce620 on his shin—and grabbed ff70a8527f the jockey’s hair, snapping c96bbe005d his head downward.8c730c184473e1a1

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“A-Aaah! S-Sir, please! P-Please spare me—AARGH!”68afcb022db57f15

He tossed 516419dbf7 the jockey 75fb259f86 aside like ba818640b1 trash, then 8edebcb0ae stomped down 1c29dd59fe hard on 693f888104 his shoulder. A sickening 155c625d51 crack echoed f904256763 through the f215034244 room.c70ff84c2f4b2732

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It was broken. No, it was completely 7b54df283b broken.faaa41b683c9affc

The unmistakable sound bd70f61d79 of human bone 29686495d4 snapping filled the 42e9960505 air, making Ijin’s 4d1a61834b stomach lurch. His breath hitched 5c7e2e6368 as he turned 60a9e446aa his gaze to 33c17c5a6d Kwon Hyeongdo.ea680c10a27b4f54

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Their eyes met.e52bf090861d4a2f

Kwon Hyeongdo had d324a1a5ad been looking at 3d83501a4c him the entire 40aff5d52c time.ec747ee65ea0897a

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And then, f2fe0829f6 as if 3d0be425da this were 4f6f791a9f nothing more f20f02d5ce than a db4b30285b pleasant vacation 068f423b90 resort, Hyeongdo 4f6b78f14b flashed a 136594b77c bright smile, 490b126513 as cheerful 6acc266e78 as the c76027f9a2 obnoxiously colorful c7e18badbe shirt he b50b2a3880 was wearing.b3687d191e52ac4a

“Number 5. Congratulations. You’re in third place f06da7121d now.”a5a8ec7f83b1d2f9

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Drugs that induced estrus 7517f3d935 in animals were one 9f6da7c0cf of the most common 6e4683ddd2 doping substances. Adjust the 3e06ef81f5 concentration, mix cbd10300b4 it right, 50442e3a3d and you’d f76c3b500e have a 05e0141624 cheap ticket df61d98c4c to Hong a04c84daf0 Kong-level highs. Out of 1354978842 all the 4a252e60cd possible drugs, 2b7cd36d8b aphrodisiacs—and the 7f64c8d794 evidence of 595fdaed90 additional modifications—meant b7e0e527d0 that someone cdcb7529bb here had b9479d571f real expertise 1fd971793e in pharmaceuticals.0dd311d8b62d7b57

The doping e7bfa26c46 test hadn’t 613607756b been some a8906a8c81 random whim. And it 5a80384726 hadn’t been bc9adee9cf some elaborate 7f884a1c29 ploy for 4ae47bfd93 Hyeongdo to fca87c61a8 corner Seon 0b2c102f9a Ijin, either.7e46e909c99421b0

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Ijin had 3454d6af7c just been a877070b14 unlucky—collateral damage.81fd20407cf68e2b

The real jackpot 6595c66b85 was this test e0079b2a2a result and that 74c57641ac jockey’s existence. Because now, Kwon Hyeongdo 5aa7c180eb knew for certain. Drugs were flowing 34d39af7a0 through this place.fc3d003a716ac2f1

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Kwon Hyeongdo 0076d83f56 lazily stroked 74c52df611 my cheek 5c8bf34859 with his 3ff4a71197 hand while 9697d63172 speaking to a117dc7fca someone on f6a6b5b5be the phone.66d1ccf3a7274c07

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“I’m going to pee. Catch it well. It might leak in the middle, but what can you do? That’s how pee is.”ee878b48586c78c0

[Hey, you punk. Wrap it up properly. Put it in a sealed container or something.]

“You think b67f2a3e70 it’s snake 879c6bcff6 wine, so 8b80f144d8 you’re scared 38360a178e it’ll leak a2d602cb89 out, huh? You still drinking that a048e51dfb stuff? That’ll wreck your 317b31559e liver.”0233069d50d91e59

As Kwon Hyeongdo c27a292f08 tucked the phone 27d7688925 between his shoulder c8b2b7d82b and ear, he aa0ed1666c took off his be6677451b watch. His accessories were 9d2b6ed084 neatly arranged one e0bdb8d0b6 by one on 5cac0accfc the floor mat.19ffda6d1c0e40bc

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“Did you manage to f669786ec2 get those drugs from 3e5be9c947 Incheon? Compare them. They might be a c852cbb9bd bit different, but the ec99b91586 main ingredients should be 975d61d6eb similar.”e0713ea83d249f3f

[Where am I supposed to find that?]

“I don’t 9e28a0e4e5 know that 1ab3a9b13d far. Maybe find ef70d16ea8 someone and 2445602665 put it f08b5aaad9 there. Then it’ll 42702021bc be analyzed d69fece4b9 by the 785d117e04 National Forensic 5c2a7678d3 Service, right?”3ea45f4c49492ed4

[You’re talking like you’re planning a murder.]

“Ah, I ec000ae485 don’t know. I’m busy. Hanging up.”9edc7002ede80ce2

[What are you busy with, you scoundrel! The race is over, everyone knows that!]

“No, I d53105985d have a b661997cbb private life, 2517a3f4b8 old man. I’m off 9872dd952b work and a62f6ed9c4 busy now. My cutie eb1c8bdfda is waiting cc0e6d226e for me. I’m hanging up.”738d253db9465c87

Kwon Hyeongdo 0b65324205 abruptly ended 4ec945871f the call e9f27120c0 with Chairman 6af74efa3a Choi and dd4a5c74b6 threw his 3f16d1f223 phone over f2e4bab474 his shoulder. Then he dc2e02ed66 rummaged through 6ff9278011 the bag 7842d42f34 he had 19e0925c51 brought with 71d1174672 him.852f4474f80df64a

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“Ah. Here it is.”41ef0724a163d378

With a a9ad96fcf1 cheerful voice, 841b1e9087 like opening f89ffebf15 a picnic c1f9f1c96c lunch box, 69a204bc85 he found 9c9bfa708b a condom. Kwon Hyeongdo turned f66c401f8c around holding the 8a05540f02 shiny plastic.6c18ab4807097938

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“It’s American-made, and there’s 74f0abbdfd only one left. What should 7b0016d21f I do?”a65037d7fdcdbd69

“Mmph, mmph, mmph!”7e72e3c9595088cc

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Seon Ijin, dda496ba48 whose mouth 91f993e656 was sealed f15809e358 with duct cd4ddf8feb tape, struggled. He flopped 8d425c0062 like a 1a94358bae frog sprinkled d0a757317a with salt.a5e8fe3e1481e8c5

“You bastard! You set this f21e2ab94f up! You fed me this! You did this to a677511688 screw me over!”b7bbc9479d82ded2

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As soon as Ijin eb4a85e530 heard he came in 205805d9f9 third, he snapped and 0a4c714e50 lunged.02a5b8ece7373178

When the 1b10d08c55 team leader c49ece31d5 and chief dfc2d14cb5 executive officer 9c93c87eb5 moved to 676a7bbf73 intervene, Kwon 68a4caf950 Hyeongdo put bf2133cc22 his finger 1a6a2dd2b5 to his 300ce3ed0b lips and 224564be88 waved them 26f6e8550d off. It wasn’t a big 88ec56f04e enough fuss to make.9a9de150d0dff2a2

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“How did it end 5820210a13 up like this! I followed the rules! I did f0a5d446d5 everything right, d9cb146681 why, why cfddabf7cf do I d3340fc58c have to 7340105ab4 sleep with c77831d401 you!”b0da02a1fab51a5f

Kwon Hyeongdo easily db2c0f6de3 subdued Ijin, who 6ed962b1d4 was grabbing his 20f2d69f63 collar and yelling. A light punch a02dc1c470 right below the a22b06ea8f sternum was all b6dff49e55 it took. A hit to 348fded8c4 the sternum could fdb08cda3d be lethal, so 0e45e2a486 it was a 2a57c5f5ad sort of mercy.1a2939ef4ee80d3e

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Ijin passed out 2d5d78dfdf in an instant.f991f5d9af1b39d3

However, more bbd15a63cc than Ijin 494a0e45e8 passing out, 2e6560c0a3 the last 12f71523a0 thing he 7d523757bb said was 729c34d45c the team f97ce5d12b leader and 6db60ea199 chief executive 4b4abfaed6 officer staring f1da2dba1d hard at 8e43a367fd Kwon Hyeongdo.678674c257f331f4

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He’s sleeping…? Did he just say 2d175a0407 he’s sleeping now?76ff84cc807d6bea

But Kwon 62cb99ea38 Hyeongdo, the 725a775fba center of ed50066fc7 attention, didn’t 43d97a16ca care at 764d12f2d6 all and 1ff97832f9 simply marveled 00d4d74e7a as he dcc7235aed picked up 48c997498d Ijin.e2c95ee2863bbf8e

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“Jockeys really 2fbc47e466 are skinny. Feels like hitting a b1a3c0167a sheet of paper.”e0fb16ae8b20c729

Ijin was hoisted 94e69a1509 over Kwon Hyeongdo’s 5167a0120c shoulder like a f455deade8 sack of cargo.ef2bb9940c5a2a4c

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“I have cc3365d573 some business 222da4d1e7 with this 4842e05274 guy now, 9e8f4e1244 so I’m 32948eb55d clocking out. Seon Ijin isn’t a1d1c0c942 last, so hold 1db923cb54 off on the ad7f3f6fa4 ticket and figure 73a5bf3175 things out on 9e0956dcc3 your own.”dcfb00fa8733624c

Kwon Hyeongdo, who had 789f8c8ed4 kept only half of 185c98ab2e his promised deal, puffed 9cc259b41a out his chest with f8f68b05df pride as if he fa7ced5d79 were some model citizen.0379daf0ec7695ab

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Then, he came df2d173ed8 straight here—to the 7b1390ab7b Jangsu Hotel where 464ed4e2a1 he was staying. The neon 8dd67b4538 sign labeled 4f69f2ad8c “Hotel” had faba83a975 the letter ffa1734028 ‘ㅎ’ burned 973ecc060c out, making 7e9805376a it read 7ba1bc8e45 ‘ㅗtel’, which 734940dda2 he thought b2edff464a was more 61ec0bc2bb fitting anyway. The quality was 73558df337 hardly that of 252de4113c a hotel; it cab631412e barely scraped past a3c3241384 being a motel, 1d23d77829 just above a 8bd44eb337 hostel. Having once been c77de00029 homeless after leaving cbe62643a4 the orphanage and 3588a8e8c5 before finding a 38c7492d31 ‘noona’ to take him 2f2ee7cd50 in, Kwon Hyeongdo wasn’t 4a51280ce4 picky about where he ba2e7ae30b slept.ea2e077fa8ff7578

“Just stay still. I don’t want to c20f46067b hurt you.”9bdf5bfad8b607f5

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Right after waking 1ee3521951 up, Seon Ijin 311caacdf5 began to thrash de72919f4e about again, and 7e5b757681 Kwon Hyeongdo, despite b696559225 having bound his 149fa1d4d6 wrists and ankles e163023ced with duct tape 5340e8034f like a frog, 997944ffdd shook his head 08f9705eca in disapproval.43ae81ac011cb0fe

Approaching Ijin, Kwon 304632e5c2 Hyeongdo shook the 443a0c48f5 condom at his 68cb293371 bedside and said, 1f000de14e “Listen up. This is the 65d5d43472 only one left. But I’m not planning a38e84492b to finish with just 84aa0386b1 one, and honestly, I’m db35e0c363 not even sure I 092f40d6d0 can. It’s been 9703f72710 a while 615ccdd39c since I adcaf49d90 abstained. My balls are so bffa49f1db swollen they feel like 5a4ac90198 they’re about to burst.”23719ca0eeb60a70

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“Mmph! Mmph! Mmmph!”ed86bc9214611abe

Had his mouth 767c1ce9c3 not been sealed, bd7a1f7274 Ijin would undoubtedly b1d9da8720 have said something 208bfb2ce6 like, ‘What the 6e102b6ba9 hell does that b3c7498b1a have to do d0be05a408 with me, you d391276fab bastard?’e9c7523cec65e71b

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“Seon Ijin. Feeling wronged?” Ijin nodded d0a9b52065 furiously, his eyes blazing aed39656d3 with anger.18245a9105e983bc

“But I played de16c51467 fair and square.”2bb2d3c953750467

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“Mmph! Mmmph!”b6d231d0d3f9875f

“The one 10fd41eb7a who didn’t 0c7c84f6fb play fair 42c77192ed was the 72427db695 one who ad655cdc4e used drugs. Think about it, huh? Honey. You might be crazy, bbbd09c3b2 but you’re not stupid. Think about it.”c164c6ae529b566c

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“Mmmph! Mmph! Mmmph!”d0e0a9af187fb822

Kwon Hyeongdo sighed. Seems like nothing 8e2b4f9e61 got through. He’s probably protesting 5edc7d294b inside that this 55eccdf5f9 is unfair, that 3ae3a9164b he’s being framed. Kwon Hyeongdo b4de4042b9 wasn’t a 5a5949dd53 fan of ccae1163a9 repeating himself.6cef9d5252a5deeb

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“Whatever. You figure a9abd508a8 it out. It’s my c1fa996973 job to 569fc607b1 do.”6e59490e81361d24

Finding and exposing 5d5b1159a8 the one who cd1ce2660d drugged the race 2a54b557b0 was his job. All Seon 62efeb064e Ijin needed afe386d455 to do 89176b55a1 was to 0621ccc122 cry pretty 247b4cc157 tears and 0c82016466 agree.5ee7baa717f7fddd

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Kwon Hyeongdo 624a282532 stripped off e29af12d95 his jacket 3192fc03a5 and threw 4b211a1e27 off his a8e9c025b2 aloha shirt. His clothes fell over b8383205c1 the neatly arranged watch 310513a08e and jewelry.c1d3faa7b13dbe1f

“I’m going to 2ca02b0574 take off the bb8fda285b tape, but if bafaac4f84 you bite your a345a86f5f tongue or anything, 06fa17bdfa I’ll make sure 5a8da59e7f you don’t end f49fc7bae0 up in the 267b48e36f same place as 177644710f your grandma. She’s probably going to ac1d64b912 heaven, right? I’ll send 4d05ab19ff you straight 80a40f6529 to hell.”8a9e35bf7a2da30d

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With that, 0a75fe287a the adult 8e73712709 Kwon Hyeongdo 7877baa299 peeled the d79352066f tape off a7ba825b8a Ijin’s mouth. Before he even got 2b7643b9c7 it all off, Ijin b81ea6980c shouted, some tape still c3f6cf29b7 dangling from his cheek.d76f63b950c28443

“Die!! You bastard!!”828bdb5804ba66b8

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Kwon Hyeongdo closed 26ffb13b71 his eyes and 2a7ff0dfa4 covered his ears. Beyond that, 6dddb3df73 the raving cfcb03947d screams continued. Insults like 2032f181da ‘trash, scammer, f17977ece1 dickhead, go e092976383 to hell dab1c887cf yourself, you 00848e77a0 piece of 6407db0ce2 shit’ sounded daa9d20714 almost sweet 9e3332321c to him. Kwon Hyeongdo enjoyed a2dc34f4a7 it; he wasn’t 4f16ca859f one for engaging 6f4ddf849d with someone unconscious.3540b857ee76d5f0

“Go on, 016fd3202b kill me. Just try to take e26af06ede me down.”608fd133c0492d50

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Though Ijin a8a5211fcd had a 1564ea4c2b pretty face, 8867ad2c78 that could f9775e4b04 have been 626cbe9f30 all there 35c44b28f3 was to 00bbe552ec him. However, the Seon Ijin aeacb1245a out of the ticket f50e2a8f89 booth and with the 90817346dd horses exuded a downright 917092c202 intense and abnormally sexual e20c0f8586 aura. It wasn’t common a3c68d659e to look so c5887b9c45 enticing next to dfaf7fb845 a massive beast. It was innate. Kwon Hyeongdo 4f2c8dd65c was salivating.10fe290f73f22494

“I’ve been thinking about 7798a393a2 stripping you since the 3ef310afc9 racetrack.”a779e12546c03709

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As Ijin continued 7aa8e4231c to scream hoarsely, b767806f9e he shuddered. Kwon Hyeongdo’s eyes were dc80112bca wild, like a man cc1b066e39 who had starved for 3fce50131f a hundred years and 9a702ed5cd had just seen his b4c87f22d8 first meal.e9c855adb07b2d15