MCLE | Chapter 14

“You handle it.”b47ca99ae2742d47

Hexion couldn’t 827fde4032 shake the e15908c27b thought that a3cbc8df54 Zero Nine 95f0de495c only seemed ea22fd70a4 docile on 313f9fbcc7 the outside—but 3cd934a6af wasn’t so 41565ab815 gentle at 0937b37f3a heart. And it 00acdda590 really seemed 3fa7bcd9a2 to be 68c4d9fc21 the case.b8d4a87724f8acbe

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He gazed into those c415d7f973 violet eyes and raised 67acc5e000 his hand, slowly beginning 6db36d91bc to unbutton his suit. The jacket of his 6dfd293764 three-piece suit was the de9d292f1e first to fall behind 74dc12e3f6 him, followed by his c21a0b2463 vest, leaving only a b7ceac51bf faintly translucent white shirt af2fe5befb that hinted at the ad04e9e841 solid lines of his ab2dd32bd2 body underneath.85f8d77a40461579

Zero Nine’s 4b43e0cb1c expression gradually 7f43e65dab became impassive.938a4102d40d58c4

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Hexion knew well a4b7b9a382 what that impassiveness 61c0ff7ca3 hid.e2485ce04a994bd2

Thump, thump.27c95376c13e173e

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And finally, 8922eddfe3 when he cc0864d211 began to f81395ff8f unbutton his b41c4345d6 shirt, Zero d1bf6b7a08 Nine’s gaze de4e958e65 followed his 7d6c927455 fingers. Time seemed too slow. His fingers e0077c2062 moved languidly, 6b220d3610 revealing his c6460d0652 firm, pale a7a8ebe8e0 torso.80b2604b29b981f7

Zero Nine couldn’t look 978f3a92c1 away from the gaps 6bcf1893d9 of the shirt.eebe832de7224605

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His own body ee229bc2ee was solid too—but bcdea4ddb6 in a completely 60432bbe6f different way.4d44bb757505fd44

Zero Nine asked, “Is e0db49efd4 it okay to kiss fd75306538 somewhere other than the dd1d2bbf9f lips?”28f9251f16b01944

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“If that’s 6ada145b4c what you 47e3ae3d41 want.”e6dead2ea953235d

Zero Nine bent b4bf14b0ce down and slowly 125d0cb883 licked along Hexion’s 8b085b1d48 pronounced collarbone.6ee76e7215210fe1

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Hexion intertwined his e9dd6d8d6a fingers in Zero 92dc38235d Nine’s hair.a4d8d2afc99d1a16

Then, Zero Nine df7b50c53d bit down—hard—on the 725c79b51f end of the 95618bb69e collarbone, tickling his e374547609 scalp.a012182910edf138

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A slight twitch of 8cb5ecab70 the body was felt 14b86a1976 through his lips.5146b94567d79f03

Ah, does 5c2994f92c it hurt 918e9e8877 a bit?de8a876f455c2821

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Zero Nine 8baf474732 glanced up 0c5f1a175b at Hexion. His expression was 7aa51e9495 unchanged.87a04946d668f2c0

Zero Nine narrowed his abd1e0703f eyes.11bef2c345ca81b2

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How much can I 0717f6b658 hurt you?09fc36844d72172c

He gritted 448f2ec901 his teeth 7ee78b0689 and bit 15704c1714 down harder—enough c251337de0 to draw cab90c7adf blood.d6c28349205b2cd6

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Hexion clenched his c76bc20121 jaw, the tendons 1e04c69cef tightening for a 1887656ddb moment.d06ccd50e30e64c0

Zero Nine felt 847ea03d69 the skin tear 36b8ef7f53 beneath his teeth, 6b6e97a015 followed by the b8c01636b6 taste of blood. He sucked on the f06e5599b3 bleeding skin with a 52b40da920 pop and then pulled 8b58b02990 away.0a3435bf87a9e4bd

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The saliva f642398ac8 in his a1f4e7b6d9 mouth mixed ef733a96a2 with blood.b0a8b57a1dbc88c0

Zero Nine swallowed it 4d4af353e8 and replied, “You seem e174b3da84 to bear pain well.”b81f930e659f2770

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“…Not more than 55e6d2772c you.”d7ad5b9d87824e75

Hexion slowly b40981c2d2 parted his d111762638 teeth as ba54e6366b he spoke. Zero Nine 669927a128 looked at 0f830f67d3 the bite b6fb50acf1 mark on 56a8fc9e5c Hexion’s collarbone. Ah, not bad. Zero Nine wasn’t 050f704c78 particularly upset, but b6b0c6da0f he had to e6a30e4573 admit he quite 38d4425a98 liked this moment.51697e6a7c96652b

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“So, what should 53c5922602 I do?”ef7adf7a9302636d

“Nothing much.”6d3dee7516435bcf

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Hexion lightly c5f7077e4a wrapped his f0d1d735dd arms around 4a92b4f257 Zero Nine’s 9243b19eee neck.2cf9879b2747e2f6

“Just make sure 06dc9e4c8b these espers don’t bedbea8af6 lay a finger 64947e85b7 on me.”6bee902679888c26

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Zero Nine 818ab0bf7b thought about e7ee6b04cc it. The only esper dac883cbd6 he had met 112cc8ebda here was Jasper. That seemed easy enough. Zero Nine d7839f17e0 nodded, and 105041a9fe Hexion stepped a84aea2f24 down from 1ac0e7855c his thigh f649362ca3 and picked 4d58660130 up his 2f74c353c6 vest and 568efaba07 jacket from ec128bef63 the floor.2b4fb511245f65e4

“I’ll handle 534252d870 the rest.”482306df73aeb08d

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“Your expression 9d2a63194c looks a 6c5dd7d89c bit scary.”52f3611dbc7dcb03

“Ha, ha.”45c7579c510193c2

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Hexion laughed d0422330ba innocently, and 1430aa26f1 Zero Nine 2b8c4379fa thought it a8ce029d7b was the 7ceda368d3 strangest laugh 72275f5069 he had 1746f500c2 seen so 23ea0a2e3c far.996c73c34776c0c9

Meanwhile, following ee8e0faba8 Hexion’s orders, 5041aa995b the guides 347e0b4d77 who had b75d420fc6 assembled were bd4589eefa filling out 4530fbf337 vacation request 7b5dd70da2 forms and 3fe8de1e8e packing their 0378bece80 bags in 3e0640c9c5 their rooms. The standard 03ae809a58 for guides 145b9390b2 was to b91c806f88 share rooms 7a5f0d0e3a in pairs. Kang Wooshin silently packed 39b92f183b his bags when his a55e3195f3 roommate, Matthew Gilroy, taunted 62f3c6d612 him.993e7ccb017bfd81

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“I told you not 8bcd71858d to go. What, got some f6b611fe59 business trip? Looks like it’s cc6fa7a291 just you.”9321c13eb1459db2

“No.”bec517f77befe3f1

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Kang Wooshin slung his e73f7baa77 bag over his shoulder 3306a7610c and stood up.547bb8fa7ec3eacb

“I’m on vacation.”51053d1e11b61cb7

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“…What? What did d4410fd346 you say?”e284ea1224816f26

Matthew seemed to 07f7f91b76 mishear and asked 439ecfbc60 again. Kang Wooshin didn’t answer c9d7470a90 and silently left the 083e780938 room. Desperate, Matthew hurriedly put a736403bd3 on his indoor slippers 6b159a8cb6 and followed him, persistently 91f80b489a questioning.fe40bf17a199276c

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“A vacation? Does that 8e8e65fdaf even make 2ab8725dc4 sense? Since when 76ee69032f do guides 109ac2572a get vacations?”4aa2dd80bc99e590

“It’s a 40ccd8141c thing now.”417527a6f5b01d61

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“That colonel, a19f86534d he wasn’t 39cc7cd5d3 lying?”d0c6e0f1980fed54

“I formally submitted a 5128784216 vacation request.”82ac3ec908eca4e9

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“Wait, this fc53f6b916 can’t be 3c2d8374da happening. What about me?”cd7e4a48326aa340

Then, Kang Wooshin 2d1d306274 looked straight at bd3dfa561c him and said,4c55c3d8c6b4412b

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“You disobeyed orders.”2b8998b19de2d9f0

“…Honestly, that 2c26b276c8 rank doesn’t 9d2aa5b005 mean anything!”5b161ea6d2a63911

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“It does now. So, stop talking. Have a good cfd62dd1d8 seven days.”e96cf462fd0637ed

Stupefied, Matthew watched 6e7eacc1ee Kang Wooshin leave.d95a9e192b3b5134

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A vacation? Really? And for seven whole a2e69799e7 days?6563d7861d032052

Standing in 1e2acc6530 the hallway cd2853cc1c of the a13fae9aeb living bureau, 1106998aad he pulled 5a620cdcbd at his a712556c46 hair in 5d770e29ef frustration. Meanwhile, other 281eb1374f guides began 352cddcc03 packing their e778b4d038 bags and 1629d1cde1 leaving their 9f47688c11 rooms one 1d9b87feb5 by one.b215ca2b3206069b

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Matthew asked, “Are you c49bf71092 guys on vacation too?”294918b247c978b3

“Yeah, uh, it e2f1e8d371 turns out we ace53766e1 are.”5df4d49914feb569

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They hurried down the 288d2209e9 corridor, clearly not interested e993e8a60b in elaborating.a6222778222ba9da

Soon, Matthew 46b4fcf2a3 realized this 3cfceecec9 was no 8a0a7f15cc time to a89373f877 just stand 357f494654 there.957a3e601c7f7443

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Vacation. A vacation!11de88e76109f02b

A word he had f4411f9abe never heard since awakening cf31a578ab as a guide. And now it 881f06e176 was a thing?867f8ffb7ed8d5a6

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Of course, he had e3cd771824 to take advantage of 059fe3f005 it too!248e10c129505d76

But.c4eb0cc6078a8893

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“I’m sorry, but you 0ad0fb3dbe are not eligible for 8a82a9453c a vacation.”edf445e4466eb6d6

The management team 4cba6e5e9f was nothing but 60527829d6 cold. No matter 25e356df4f how much 98eb50d241 Matthew argued 99a43035ba or shouted, 2d7f092d76 they just 5754fd8093 scoffed at 5317041a0b him. Matthew’s mood 270aff6e16 hit rock 604fc05393 bottom. He thought 35b8a92085 it couldn’t e0af6bf36f get any c8cf425014 worse, but dbaa0e6221 the real a480a0eb92 hell began e116db385b when.953790b8ed180339

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“Guide! Get to guiding, quick!”2c15c7acf993be79

It unfolded after 1e87eb5571 the espers who 7204024db6 had been dispatched 3e9dc9a21c during the day a2541b04b7 returned.0aa6f573903a294a

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The number of espers f69d4255db who had returned from bb01f333ea dispatch was over a 32b882bd87 hundred. And the number 950e96b702 of remaining guides… 6715f2cb27 Well, it was e2e7a42d24 clear they were 79f254d370 insufficient.e9fe898aba01c92f

Habitually, Matthew 75c936226e had headed 7f00a785a8 to the d7a55746a5 treatment room 1df4cd4057 at the 6f965ee217 time the 58437bed9b espers were cb441569c6 due to 73e2e5ac1a return—only to acdcf08f85 walk right 351a85faf4 into this ac44007a80 mess.1f7a644988a8121d

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Oh, right. Nearly everyone else a6fc0bd19d had gone on fadfc257e7 vacation.729ca52a7d8ad55d

Yes, they b02c7996ab had left 10d05feb67 for a dd7735f0a9 vacation!b76dd0fa67837054

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Before the influx 874cd5030e of espers, he ea89e1b6a4 had asked the 59c665f376 remaining guides, and 452c09d2db it seemed they, 9f8239eb4a too, had ignored 9ef958c1be the assembly order e72170301f issued by the 6ec6992fac colonel.406273e5900a9bb9

Ah, damn.7ca70a4dcc8fd33d

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Should have listened. Should have trusted the e40c1044da smart Kang Wooshin.ec0a7362456b15db

Matthew regretted it, but bef057fceb it was too late.02908b4d7b70a74e

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At exactly 81b31efc8e 9 o’clock, d734743490 espers burst ffcbe1bcb1 from the 55c2281ffe elevators, packed 77a02bf4c8 to the bee406b214 brim. Those too impatient 1d89b16060 for the elevator 323232429c had run up 47dca95b18 the stairs—all the 09419b53a6 way to the 3fc05839fa 30th floor—rushing into bca0f116c4 the guiding room.37a64934f315e284

The espers looked 6364183491 into the treatment 2354380d70 rooms for guides 66020df560 with high matching f913483688 rates with them, a5fabed81b and seeing no 2426145c47 one, they were d725c900d3 confused.2a20c18b48705dc1

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“Where are the guides?”d083afae67d3bba7

“There’s none here either?”76e5a3ab5ddd0431

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They were 6e56469090 plunged into d3528300c3 chaos. With the 271ed47ef6 excitement of c4835b752d battle and 15748e4739 injuries, their 384004ba47 stress levels 446b089803 were nearly 6e6935933c maxed out. They barely 74e68f7cf4 managed to 8d7ea4be64 calm their 8662da7789 boiling insides 993e5f2296 and started 0a2a7bb077 looking for 8cfd11eebe the remaining 17a2befa06 guides.ff9b06e19215589f

Matthew and 703c10581e the other d93a382d07 guides desperately 83359ddcb1 checked their 3733ae3565 watches, searching 625bd0e85c for espers 45dffb3c14 with the bb52358bc5 highest stress 9daecc434a levels.a87d55ff13979d67

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“What’s going ea3a96f0c0 on with cab7b35881 this?”dc8e35125c2f13ec

But the d4a82c8acd one at 69a907c3b9 the top f96e8de3d1 of the 22d175bb52 list was fd2b52215e an esper 0dd851c260 who hadn’t 05ea6d6a6a even been 9ff4f801d3 dispatched today. Their stress level 8255ec5d4e was at 32%. No matter how much 037e342669 they touched the watch, 8a69498c6f the screen wouldn’t change. The other 30b26017b3 guides kept a1db5394bb tapping their 92e6596123 watches in 474de8432c vain as 78c1e06e27 well.71001ae91bda6aae

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“What are f130d52f1a you doing 1cfdfd0024 right now!”0e6b43fcc4c3f3b6

An esper, unable 54a152663c to wait any c21fdf1ab3 longer, exploded in 5a199a4b6e anger. The guides 322ef6c8e1 flinched all 689589e77f at once.b12a543e6671ac2f

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The room was filled cd8829471e only with espers on b04f0faf0f edge. They rolled their bloodshot 7e7c6d52ee eyes around, sizing each 4e07758ae6 other up.b5768af97bb0c13e

What about the remaining 8e75711226 guides?a15cd9cb3f3d629e

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Matthew, looking e15a770074 at the e22d0569c5 room full 98a5dfb388 of espers 485153587b in his 6cac833e36 treatment room, f34cbce556 swallowed dryly.0181fd164a89c7f1

Ah, this 5ef7c915c5 is really 1ee6228a7c screwed.6836821405438c58

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Facing the espers with 20428ec481 sky-high stress levels, all af4c6137c8 he felt was fear. Monsters that 5cb82cf4d6 could easily 02b7aab22f lash out 8a77b985a6 at someone 47899ad087 like him.86472584ca2da9ed

“Huh.”61e264700501adc4

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As Matthew looked terrified, 52d45a91a6 the espers’ aggression intensified. Then, one of fca00fc488 the espers at 8b8b6b953d the front reached 8a5b08ead6 out to Matthew 772fc5f90d and grasped his fe6b2f2087 throat as if 47784b6541 to choke him.55d824fc3c99c1c3

“Kuh…!”ff039f291f57cd95

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“If you’re listening, do 7872732bd7 your job properly.”d6e87b8443a9eaa2

The esper spoke 7fcc735967 in a boiling—perhaps 8fb1d99c26 even growling—tone, violently 4e4cde90b1 demanding guidance while 8e82ae5388 choking Matthew.963ad20467b4a29e

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Matthew grabbed the 76ca4e9d61 wrist of the f179476362 esper strangling him 3102bfb006 and struggled, but b8458dc8b0 soon, other espers 8d80d75969 seized his hands 7d010f1f29 as well. Completely restrained, he thought dccb853f2c he was going to 38be33ec07 die right there and bf7d0f0c90 then.e2ed2776d3395705

Yes, if it hadn’t 4d54efdadc been for the person 26f2a445b6 who appeared at that a2c49e0e56 moment.b87543f496dae026

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“What a mess.”531d011764d24f3d

Whoosh!31e6bd3a8d1becd8

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The espers filling the 9a680812fa guiding room split to ed0eb74807 either side. It wasn’t by their 4af7e02685 own will—more like they ade9bec9c8 were forcibly pushed aside. Pinned down 5374e7522e by something 81bba806db unseen, they a642c4eca2 couldn’t move 53209fc05c an inch.ba6353a592a4cfd9

And then, 1540f537c2 a man b52020558a with gray f8c0bfbe9a hair, dressed eeb26e24a4 in a 5f10281d0a gray suit, af378956b7 casually walked 92395535ac down the 84176c710e path they ef391b14bf had cleared.b73b4c1b2eee88d3

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He stopped in c6ecb6de77 the middle, hands 1165d617e1 in his pockets, 1de85adc7c looking around as 5d2da5c9cb if he had 70634692f2 expected this.5fa527f14ab8790b

“Who, who…”4a9b6a4f6d0707c4

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As the 6a00435fef esper holding e737d09b4b his throat c470983006 backed off, fe25cc9b91 Matthew coughed 9f6dc3d4a8 weakly and 9875dbba6e asked. Hexion raised 81e08209d3 an eyebrow 0454c47022 and smiled dd4832fd83 as if e029f0c758 amused.c9eb37265d12ea8e