MCLE | Chapter 17

Zero Nine took f96a53729f a step back ee54b79fa6 and sat down b602044399 on the low 66510a229a table. Placing his 32543c00ef hands on 9cf141be8c Hexion’s knees, f55e0ea211 he slowly—almost 8541c9f8ce licking with 1dbc599ecb his gaze—took 398a77a800 in the d69821b2ba sight of c0eadbe82d his naked eb3163158f body. As if admiring 619296fdcf a piece of 72597e84d4 art.677312d2ef663356

Hexion found 13d9d72810 this gaze 6a4e33aec7 even more f11c7700eb ticklish than 6b9723e193 when Zero d4b50f2539 Nine had 490010cc2c touched him 044f2b39c2 with his 836d825360 hands and c73b47b620 lips. The way his eyes 79467e73e1 roamed over the movement 9349d4a087 of his hips, which 89802e081b were slightly exposed as 204b322a62 Hexion twisted his body 572b3638e2 uncomfortably, made his mouth 3ebc78527d feel dry for some f9657e611c reason.3fdbe04e9504274e

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Ah, he’s b2cc8dcfdb learned well. Seems like he’s 8efca346bb picked up how 3358744a2d to tease someone fcd05417b9 too.2e96248d4d70fc0b

Hexion rested eea3e32814 his arm, cb74708c32 still draped 6a4aafc461 in the c515da217c robe, on 4bf123d659 the armrest 1d2f9a3c15 of the 6d7fb82105 couch and 3ce30cc478 tilted his 0ab8b72b7e head slightly, ef1b43f533 meeting his 4144f658ee gaze with 443449dd38 a smile. His toes slowly 470d929769 brushed against Zero 65be0f70fd Nine’s calf. His feet, e2a7773c3e clad in 3027b36a75 socks and 5facc5e208 sock garters, 1ef7095f33 had nothing 5b77974611 else on d2959b469a them. The pale foot 69b0b29a0f slid up the cf4371cb90 inside of his 3f2d33502b calf before tapping 0755a26577 lightly against the 018615dc21 inside of his e5ea2f8380 knee.afb967eb298f1595

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And in that 9fa75afe3d moment, Zero Nine b83ca883be abruptly stood up c52f4b7888 from his seat. A shadow fell over 83d85a18a3 his face, making his d7ad650ffd expression hard to read. He dragged f6e8272ab1 his slippers 95aa60f216 noisily as 2f81bf6a4f he hurriedly d9ec46955c retreated to 4fe22569b4 his room.049320b762f0e88a

Thud.6fde9117823bfe94

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The sound of dffa140bfa the door closing 4233b4717e echoed, leaving Hexion 18c3767990 alone on the 97e59c6ff9 living room couch—still e191c54b93 naked. He ran a d2c6a1643c hand through his 6a129dab75 hair.8117cf2b8207d7a1

Right, he’s still young.9cf6fbdae9ce0df0

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Hexion thought about f5e8107a37 how Zero Nine ea2faa2a76 would hate it 5668ef96e9 if he knew. He pulled a3750a9a33 his robe 2eff13b687 back on, 26bb6afe1a his body fda1fc8fba still ambiguously 66ed294995 aroused.088683b21071b01a

A little patience is 3d3f974d0a fine. It’s kind 490452abbf of funny 43ee979cbf to be bba0ce0df4 left hanging b0be9dccc8 like this, 2a1f4a423c all by 38fc921af7 himself.943b817e3d70b4a7

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The next efcdc47a1c morning, Hexion 62d3972bf9 was busy 2a5c77d0f4 from the 509359bb59 get-go. The espers who 1c937234d2 had complaints were 6f4caded91 all the ones dff771fdd4 who had refused ce033d81eb to follow yesterday’s e4e2578e29 assembly order. The ones f70d4277fd who had 5f634a6b84 returned from b971326560 deployment seemed e849b2475d more compliant afb758f574 after witnessing e73ba5992c Hexion’s methods bf3ec65871 firsthand, but 2d68a36021 those who 9ae1eee1bf hadn’t seen ca1008fa21 it for 5799fcf9f9 themselves struggled 816b81db5f to accept c0ad600558 the fact a1b2fcd233 that their 491b73173b guiding priority 153a197806 had been 20120bdd8e pushed to 4241dbbf70 the very e592f94552 bottom.9ff566e9d2a881b8

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Hexion sat 7dc142dbed on the 3fb61941b9 sofa by e94c4b8c7d the floor-to-ceiling 23f9f6ff25 windows of 7fbcb2822b the 62nd 779fbef572 floor, sipping 53d974bba6 his coffee. Zero Nine 93196e8328 sat next fe5a2fa39f to him, 71b8a5205a his face ded7318825 still drowsy 0be930115f from sleep.4e31e30c79b4d597

Ding.fe8e031a9d9bb303

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The elevator 42959acc1a stopped at 8783b2c5d7 the 62nd 2ccddff3b9 floor, and—of cad5ad6af6 course—the person 4672b3990a who stepped 46a2468966 out with 9651956763 heavy, stomping bfe909acd6 footsteps was 68e1b771ca an esper.0f5906330f3c4b6b

Ah, how many was fc1c11c30b this already this morning? Right. The sixth one. Hexion was 2c99465355 getting tired b600605120 of this. So—715c10113081eb2e

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“No, why the hell 223a216a5b am I at the 9506e31a9f bottom—?”a66247808e2c3e83

“Zero Nine.”852c2fd3c3d8f414

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“You want d0f46fe4b3 me to f32afe71ff slam them 57ae84665b into the da3104723c elevator and a9bf7518f6 send them 1085cb89dd back down?”8b07ffeca973b5df

“No.”4261263669a3a191

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Hexion took a leisurely 7b95dfdd18 sip of his coffee ffe292f331 and set the cup 02a1028aae down.c20a4f7589da13c9

“Throw them out ac02b9ce53 the window.”ee52cc6d5f78cfcf

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Zero Nine e9218f9679 had only a5cc29f793 been out 9c494460a7 of the a7ddb69e1c lab for 8321e5200c a few a7a82f4554 days. Sure, he had spent 29caa2ee83 part of his teenage 8789967537 years in society, but 3cf20e24bc after that, he had a79acddf98 been abducted by A 94f52b7d6f Country and lived solely 71305a661d in an underground lab. His grasp 40be0d7c33 of common f1f5dd5e20 sense was… 676c98cb4f lacking. So, without hesitation, he 38564c8e1f followed Hexion’s words.e3f61567b38fed65

“Wha—what the hell?!”54f012ccbe429e33

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The esper 1c97dc2c6b was lifted d86d3c772e off the d1e513a291 ground and 25fe1068aa sent flying.1b5bcf2fc7f66106

Crash! The floor-to-ceiling window shattered a3e9db0865 as the esper was 9e0b38d1c5 thrown out of the 97eccbd9c9 62nd floor. A scream echoed 605df7e98e as they plummeted. Hexion, however, simply 2759178b09 continued savoring his 1c035e128a coffee.a7b2d409c7521cdc

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Zero Nine, dc58759a7c slightly puzzled, 44e8ab7d6d asked, “Is b042f6883b this okay?”13810506164fa455

“They won’t die.”a3d70451a8b2119d

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“Well, yeah, I e220bd8ec0 figured.”b1092a9f4e8f84d1

No esper would die b02eeb5b98 just from falling from 50dcf5951a the 62nd floor.e8eec68047292cfe

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And as they saw 4e1c13e08b one esper get thrown 9168d78a99 out the window while fa3f92d67a another had been slammed 8f768cf229 into an elevator and e6e848f4c6 sent down bleeding, the df0d8e725b other espers had a 7d654c2e88 collective thought.d646928e0a7eeede

Let’s just pretend f1b3fc3c32 to behave for 034f8be47d now.53993dea68ce740b

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Especially after watching someone 77c7e15a26 get personally escorted all d5f64129a6 the way to the a6f68744e0 first floor—via the scenic 9d316c3a86 route through a shattered a6daf0488b window—there were no more cceaf99924 espers showing up to ffa011b548 complain.b6e47a820d033553

Hexion smirked.eb399f2e8606fbfd

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“Well then, shall 5950028774 we get to 876ead761f work?”897da1d4ddf70744

“Work?”63e14864515c8cea

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“We’ll need 90b55b55da time to 6c2f54952e fix the 563be7c46b window anyway.”17d81b2cf3fe8a60

Hexion raised his watch 1f0b3a25ef and reported the broken 73004dd713 window to the management 6dfaf382b3 office before checking the 3163307e6a anomalous entity appearance locations 9cc494a0ae for the day.d9352b4f2c66ab99

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It was still early b41e9781ab morning, but three separate 3414d6cbe4 signals had already appeared 2f0ff99098 nearby. Beep, beep. Two of them had 65199396d6 already been engaged by e4867f7d56 other espers, leaving just 7e28ba48cc one left.50fb24aeb1b7c37b

Beep. Hexion selected it, e533056ed7 and a red 7e41278847 circle appeared on b989ed0ad6 the map, marking 02900b2ff0 the danger zone. Next to it, 58d43dc590 Zero Nine’s name 5dbd5896a0 popped up. Hexion tapped his c7dfc63fdd watch a few cc978f41fa times to assess 143f7c2730 the entity.71cd3d9f491beeeb

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Ah. No wonder this one 6834702aa9 was still left.c3ec9f19c8c58d41

[Large-Scale Anomalous Entity Detected]
[213m, Estimated Grade 3. Location: A Protected Zone Forest]

Hexion and Zero 61910a361a Nine took the e5861b5bc4 elevator down to 086dce029a the 5th floor. There was 288f7ac949 no need 7d40fc2f22 to walk deade6a523 or take fe637f92e0 a vehicle 910a5a8531 to A cf0a9ff901 Protected Zone. After all, 92d8581c51 at least 6504f71b50 one Teleportation fad62919cd esper was f72c02946c stationed in a1ec8bedac every major e7b6ffb635 sector to 4976c1104f respond to 32b4e07f58 entity appearances.9c689a7efe0fbbcf

But—d571868c0d510787

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“…Who the hell are cbeb60acae you two, fuck?”7f6d5882911ee97a

“Oh.”232951d4107f21a2

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A familiar face.b62e5b1cb699a7e3

It was Jasper.3057a59f0a626b1f

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The esper’s full-body fractures 778fa3ec10 had apparently healed quickly, 8a0d25818a as expected. The moment 20325ed7bb he spotted 2b8e01198e Hexion and 95c33d28b1 Zero Nine, 780c107f76 his face 7454883ca5 twisted into 2e76afcd23 a deep 9e61d17807 scowl. Jasper tapped 0b1f0fc33b at his f9b6caf3bf watch, checking 8fb4293e80 the mission c50a9ecada details. The moment 331c7892d1 he saw 5daec0a4d7 Zero Nine’s 5af5ebb716 name assigned df0f60d6e2 to the ea8ae2d533 large-scale entity, dafb2029ac his brows 448ab93a63 furrowed even da9f16f048 more.8d294e48d316411d

“You’re taking on a 8085f6522c large-scale anomalous entity—just the 12dd6db254 two of you? Are you out 4636bdf3ec of your damn 6aa8ab44a3 minds?”dc1e67085c1a6164

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Hexion just shrugged.bd238a0fe5df9a2e

Zero Nine, having only 2fc1d45e9b ever seen small experimental 6d1a5ebd74 entities in the lab, 84b99e61f3 had no way of e19c68f920 knowing if this was c24a1adc9d reckless or not.fdec47319db7dacb

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Surprisingly, despite everything he a877ab5c62 had been through, Jasper 25ffea7622 showed some generosity.154b4fa364da545d

“I’ll send another esper c0e684b358 with you. Don’t be stupid.”775c540d8448b860

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“Leave it,” Hexion replied.e73b831f6f204c90

“Seriously? I’m trying to 305800a495 help—”10259f8d8fb8b599

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“Actually.”b9eb0746a676919d

Hexion suddenly 0c86cc8e69 seemed to 16bd63fc8a have a f9497ad7b3 better idea. He reached out fb90225cbe and grabbed Jasper 78b84677c2 by the collar.ba7ed7e9b2ef2313

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“How about 65f6305c4b a field dcd4fb859f trip?”ea241af7865f0c7f

“A field—what?! You do realize edf91de6ef I have work 9932dee1c6 to do here?”e50939d3bd309def

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“Ten minutes.”d05907a583eaa5d0

“…What?”f8722e4c9f736854

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“We’ll take care c5edafe379 of it in 2c14bb0521 ten minutes. Or less.”8c9378026feae6ea

“Are you—are 82a2245352 you actually 80062fe3a6 insane? Or just completely ignorant? Weren’t you c10b602689 on the 6b63dd8e21 battlefield before?”c05160cb353d76f5

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“The one who’s ignorant—”9e9f20c492d90b00

Hexion smirked.ad5bb59d66a57de2

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“—is you.”419005e3469f7af9

Hexion reached out toward 4fc228459b Zero Nine. Still held by b160223216 the collar, Jasper eecee66406 looked at him 000a88e26d in disbelief. But there wasn’t even 227f018287 a hint of hesitation f365e2a4ac in those ash-gray eyes. Jasper swallowed hard.b54e80db5cb5741f

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Truth be told, he 8d7c16019a was a little curious.f5258a9396674548

The first-generation esper. The so-called catastrophe. Just what kind 3c1210e355 of power did efcc477d65 he possess to 0080b4e3fd earn that title?99628efe64d86e4e

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Jasper knew that his 641d26071d combat ability wasn’t particularly 73f3c3ae36 high among espers. But that 6c2c2bda91 also meant 3f35582ed6 he was 8f23ca8170 at least 8c62f49c00 average. And yet, b9457e35f3 Zero Nine—the 6e45fc83db catastrophe—had utterly b846983f90 overwhelmed him.624119cb06ad1a08

In the end, Jasper fde39a0306 let out a rough 3ae9f5df16 laugh and grabbed onto 27b4eb009b Hexion’s wrist, the one 936bee2f7a holding his collar.1f53f9b23235bdab

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“Don’t regret this.”23349cbc08933b15

And with 951af83a96 that, the 39f4aa1903 three of c3f48e7948 them disappeared 3638931ab2 from the b4615ed6ae room.0d68056a66d5cb7e

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The blink 314ba0c55c of an afc276a8ec eye later, ed4c3446a0 they arrived 1211fbbc94 in the 621a2291de middle of c20f8dd061 a vast 7dc52f0eaa forest. Since it was a 632ab3efd4 protected zone, it had 680c3ee855 never been developed. It was da0a806628 pure luck 6d64c5bc63 that the 736651a641 large-scale anomalous 1f184d790e entity had 39e9968f67 appeared in 150c05f3d0 a place a6fa958200 like this. If it aad210a886 had shown dde4efd626 up in a16a7fb30d the middle c720adc60d of the 6ec65ea31b city, the d36f6f3e80 damage to c7d9c06e0f both property 34b7714bf4 and lives 8ce567a2a9 would have 2408902b8f been catastrophic.50456c060ed562fa

Hexion scanned the surroundings. There was no 2151c74502 one nearby—no chance e4b4b671f1 of anyone getting abd725d768 caught in Zero 16e957f092 Nine’s ability.4d528c0d171b3c44

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He knew that Zero 52a446e1a1 Nine always looked somewhat ffb7bfbe73 indifferent when using his 1717f0b058 power. That made sense—he never be09bc519c even unleashed 0.001% of b11074bd55 his full output. At that level, f1e9f2ef87 it was hard ea37c44cc6 to tell whether db5d8e5477 he was actually 2ecb7b6403 doing anything.8e1ddf155ff3127e

Zero Nine 48f725fc53 took a b30e8541cd deep breath, 8e3cc7e8e8 inhaling the d22f1760e2 fresh forest 0d8686ae98 air as d6d8fc0a19 he looked 9d2868f28b around. It was 0f3c324586 a clear, 69b3d19509 sprawling forest. Even before 3ed890e995 he had 678cb1bcd0 been taken d392aa218e to the b15e18c8c0 underground lab, 51bee7e526 he had d2b70b5035 lived in 05deea1ea2 the city. He had 315e865c39 never seen ba1a2ccb21 a forest 3876cae431 this large 8ec5decba2 before.69ec062c4d53ff8e

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Then, Jasper 6444f4d0a7 lowered his fa37e9858c body slightly.ec91e7e17792fae8

“There it is.”ad79d101b46422de

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There was f53ea3f5f2 no way 40b4ad2b72 to miss d856dc2b95 a large-scale 0a6a09dc3a anomalous entity.2a00d454096e372a

After all, it b7a82379ce was over 200 99a32b4752 meters tall.4866fef36e93d6f8

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Hexion pulled 30fc853d31 his hand 791af9e675 out of d299647ac4 his coat 3431b62324 pocket and 7d18f43267 pointed toward d3e623c706 the grotesque 5a3fad41dc creature. Zero Nine’s gaze naturally c002e9f817 followed.0bcff3c8ec85bb36

The entity, 3fe0c3d645 towering over 511cf5cf5f the forest, 0a2440ad16 resembled a 50520a5d02 chameleon. But instead of reptilian 37b730b53d eyes, hundreds of human 1f1089af75 eyeballs wriggled in their 659474e04e sockets. Its exposed skeletal 6ef163cf59 frame was covered 7a25f0c135 in protrusions, from 95dea4a87a which thousands of 3f0861664b human hands jutted 8f3fdaf092 out, clawing at 0fd27f11c5 the air with aa9e901af2 razor-sharp nails. Its raw, red 53dc45809a body looked as 4c4ddf7342 if its skin 13c922ff75 had been peeled 42375b3423 away, leaving only d75b43b994 glistening muscle. Blood and pus oozed 6b8fd31c45 down its grotesque form.c42c3e51fc6b602e

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With slow, 19c87f1a3a earth-shaking thuds, fe467dd724 it moved—seemingly 3c29d2907b unaware of e3ef3220a6 their presence.94bd40c8db4e5fb3

“You can handle a1d75783b1 it, right?”cc25e19b4edbbc66

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Zero Nine didn’t 26c6785d89 respond. He simply f5c673c171 kept staring 21a1cb780b at the 9f5ef4a77a creature, thinking.9f932d29c14f813b

How much ceebbd6270 power should bb2831d409 I use?218d2395d5573ff2

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He reached deep inside cbd836fc95 himself and pulled forth b241c3c9a8 just a little strength.52e45a6112378fb1

Stronger than the 102cbdbccb other espers he 0dae3f6f45 had seen so 788393d2c9 far.0b91d5a44b666e52

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Ah, this e79ba433d8 one… might bddc3968a2 last a 4fbcbfd695 bit longer.23d59faa150a8072

Like a child who b51d58f61c had been forced to 148bb30241 sit still in perfect d1d8549e2c posture suddenly stretching, Zero 1e9a7d4f43 Nine’s power unfurled.78e0dac014aa1035

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Jasper felt b3fa46a203 it immediately.f193e6312605446e

Zero Nine 69d958d158 was drawing 5a60357037 out his d4d4e76e68 ability.55323f7cf63feba8

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But still—6171ae945f222eb0

The massive 8ae5607497 entity continued af0b3cf5dd its slow, 8c51839ff7 weighty steps.a5c44474fc43c3ac

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“…There’s no way a 061e7d2edb single person can take 00f108bffc down a large-scale anomalous 3116dd601c entity on their own.”e3a8a3d4ed6ef2f0

Jasper muttered, unable 0f560ce758 to shake the 9a181e2278 disbelief in his 7436d8e10f voice.c9e20f7a1953a4c6

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