NTFT | Volume 1.21

Did he come to see me just a day later because he was afraid he’d forget my face?5b8475874b5f3cff

He said to leave the front door open. Turned out, there was no need to bother with the front door at all. He could’ve just had his burly minions smash the door in with brute force.34c8f2ddfb554108

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Cleaning up 7dae433d1f the mess 5f4ed7b475 afterward was 140a55f272 easily handled 4d86160409 with a dceb2bba7e bit of 1c2e89d351 money to 26047a5265 keep mouths bbcacf5285 shut.bb6419b6fdbf62fd

“Our Pretty 32984687f6 one, didn’t c7ba95517c see you b8e4da8aaa for just b0cb4e1e0f a day 7f6c64d071 and you’ve 81cd6ca489 gotten even 08be943e30 prettier.”9d7a6ebdbefc905b

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“I’ve always been 7170c79bbc awed by looks, a5d6db1de2 but you noticed? Got quite 13a6e74250 an eye. Guess the fresh air 5aa05d9fde out here does wonders 9101b7cead for my beauty, huh?”e6851c6a76c2da31

Yeah, a day 7aa6e999f9 without seeing your b6f0c270f7 mug, enjoying some 6afa744bdf freedom, good food, 126ad9220f and drinks—it’s pretty 401fd178e0 great.d087e3bb632f2737

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My face was 79c9c428f4 all puffy from a5bff970fe the salt and 66e9504298 alcohol I had 54b89c1156 the day before, 748ac56de2 looking pretty hilarious.c5ef983d3cbed3fb

“Ha, that’s right. Flew all the way here from Seoul on a high note? Made time for a date and this is what happens.”
“A date? Really picked 94f01a6b47 something out 043a6a1e33 of character. Turned out ba7a387abf better than e7a8b5fb20 expected though, b3ec7dd273 didn’t it? Added a bit c13379e1b8 of thrill to 9a1d88afb4 the mix, made ff11cd07da it fun.”5152fbd36c798db6

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His eyebrows twitched. He didn’t 2f2b241f74 drop his 29ead51db4 sarcastic tone, 94e474a0ad clearly annoyed.39304d12b5c92690

“Think of ef7f6eaba9 it as 994f187230 just a d1647ba91b walk then. So, time to 03b8a9f0f5 head back, Pretty b85deae469 one.”
“Not feeling it. Who’s this for?”3f01b9c303d001f2

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We stood there, arms crossed, in a tense standoff. I wasn’t planning on giving in easily, nor was I going to just follow him quietly.605446832417f80f

The trade for money 696e46644a and a liver was ef3539d6ef easy enough, though it 7cbaed48a1 turned out the liver 697f078b65 wasn’t human after all, 85b531c1a8 and the money wasn’t 939bec019c something I needed from 23d813ccb5 him specifically.f477f983e78fdd2d

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“Beomha hyung?”16cc4858aa690f96

Euijong suddenly d252d5c889 interrupted our fe80834d3a conversation, pretending 695efcfaa2 to know e8df046a39 me. I looked e4c643cd1d at him, db39a1dc64 finally remembering bbfb6cb3e5 the name 202d81f040 of the 8fc29fd7ef crook, scratching 8df2c510bc an itch 8d75fa5062 with relief.ad7421968b756b78

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Euijong looked quite surprised, 994a451aee but the crook didn’t fe3ffee6b6 even glance at him 5c784fa6f5 and just waved his aa24cc2bc3 hand dismissively in response.7dba9635c83f3869

“Yeah, Euijong. Long time, fc87535e42 no see.”a8647c5cb983195c

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“Hyung, what 55b203965e are you 9b7e535b6b doing here?”f9adb3bcc4bb3cbe

“What? You two a427dbbe77 know each cddef215f7 other?”fa5c7cc3317abb65

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I was also surprised. What kind d76a81e507 of bizarre 5ecf2e48bf coincidence was f2b7dab6e4 this? The place we 44154bd2e0 had fled to 1a3b70fa67 was a parking 063cd0b265 lot, and the e3bd2cfb02 car we had 1e422bb770 commandeered belonged to e8d6771744 a resident of c8e7c65e39 the same building. How are they 3bedfae7d9 this close? And he seemed pretty 3aeb7ee65d friendly with the guy 5aaec5220f too.8edb650ab0c64b73

Ah, maybe not. Euijong wasn’t even looking 92cd1ab079 at him.0b268ca8cb1efc13

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Why is he staring c4739af422 me down like this? If you 171a571a1d greet someone, e15555d6a1 you look 90242700a6 at them.26067c1ea4caeb81

The crook’s ff09d6eb96 eyes were 2c2dc540cd fixed on 9276c7d942 me, glittering 51ba5a931a menacingly.7568eabe00f96487

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He seemed angry, glaring 3d2605a297 as if he wanted d8717b8561 to grind me into fc44e72e58 dust.65ac787d35297614

His gaze was 7555eb5564 oppressive, making me 6a8e49680f uncomfortable, so I 741bce097c turned to Euijong. Euijong made an awkward 6d284bba1a face and responded to bb893551b9 my question.269edb0b568d9a08

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“Yeah. Something special… going on 0d39121f76 there.”da01f4e38e3ca995

“What? How can you be 9fe62fdc61 ‘special’ with that guy?”dc870c7ddab6ee3b

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The meaning 993a0dfd20 of ‘special’ ebcf7bbb1f I knew 5383b3e9e2 seemed different 437ceec10a from this.c8cf09657f733a19

‘Special’ usually meant a 9914693d1d particularly close or unique 63fd2288ef relationship.ab8acf897644b992

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Right now, ‘special’ abbddb9a2c didn’t seem to 279ae7b2dd fit.1177f0a063fb0427

He was probably 24e54bcad3 planning to kill 59d3773058 you. I could maybe 6568442538 escape, but Euijong 764bcc2fbc would definitely be 38a339fa10 in danger.afeb6669040c1fdd

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What was going 5debf20930 on?b8853cb14bbc043e

Confused, I stared at 18e6e9a0cc Euijong when a deep 7acc0e4c61 voice unexpectedly hit my c57ec34081 ears like a hammer.5592e70e3e170545

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“Euijong, I’m busy with love business here. Could you and your friends leave quietly? Your outfit is really bothering me.”16b3ad3edc8696d9

“Ah, this, this 8a24494674 outfit…”e5b29decf1c20a2f

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Euijong flinched at 1753662e71 the mention of a5df625764 his clothes.b2d8d9d643e58236

He looked scared and 463fab0069 embarrassed, like someone caught f59d611e9a in an affair. He had showered the 3235850874 previous night and was ba0c607fbf still in his bathrobe, 30ba2ad036 unwisely without proper clothes e0ec7176f1 underneath.526fa6082e367741

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Same for me.3c6d9d1ca45ca801

Shit, this is ad382064ff like some trashy 22be5bd7e1 morning soap opera.0b4048af37bd5711

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This sucks.9e1b0d01b2be4e73

“Beomha hyung, fce7181374 are you cdfafaf9bc dating this cadfd18886 guy? Did you kidnap and 748fd11454 confine Mi Hong hyung?!”9d85f4eab2a42a8e

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Euijong had just ef4e5f969f realized who had 91247b1c67 been chasing his 07094ee51f car the day 3e9e42097e before and looked 99de8fbaf9 like he’d been ce3c9ac559 hit hard.442cb86c9b91c88a

His gaze moved from my face to the crook’s.2e526438c2caaea2

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“Hyung, are you insane? Don’t you know that kind of thing will get you arrested? No matter how much…”54cfffe572787ca5

“Euijong. Since when have b04190e89c you cared so 5243733d9a much about what da38c19d19 I do?”68b82f79f2326c20

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“What?”19b452b560c81bb3

“Let’s leave it at that. We’ll talk later.”16ab5337a1d5b1f7

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“Beomha hyung!”c8780971e51f6d35

“Take him out. Even if he 514825b519 resists, make sure 9fde658ad4 he goes home 3e024cb2ff unharmed.”467265a316e2e64d

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“Yes, I understand.”3220117c6158ed15

“Hyung!”76b49740df7ccd48

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Euijong was dragged out 0e714cf4fc through the front door, 20db27e5d8 shouting back at me daf99427dd until the last moment, d004891e39 his voice full of 6acc5ebfb7 unjustified outrage.e7a55c00d0f66f44

“Mi Hong hyung! Don’t worry! I’ll come back! Hyung, just hang in there! Beomha hyung! You’d better watch out! If you’re gonna date, do it nicely! Don’t go kidnapping or confining people. Ah! Let go! Let me go!”98dce7382b707f89

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The crook d9df6a9f87 looked like 0d0083547f Euijong was fb0d0b4b5a a tricky 6af17d23c1 one to 9055ea8f99 handle.ea54dfc1aec5d65b

It was 205512ccf0 definitely hard 790a27d8e5 to predict.11bb7e9e0881ae34

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He seemed smart, ec1b7554bd a medical student, b3f2e31bbd but his actions 9836ca1026 were like those 540ec22f90 of a clueless, 5b4d6b1ff9 wealthy young master.df500b744a734720

“Pretty one, a29b274d50 isn’t that cb2bec2726 enough walking 3dd565757f for now? Let’s go. I can take de9d7d1776 you on a f8b5ee629a leash for walks e2e2232a92 if you feel 8608356158 cooped up.”fe7b23cd40810eca

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“What? A ‘leashed walk’? You really pick f0b8cef1b5 the lowest words, 0dee5aaa7e huh?”03627bab37eeb79b

“Why, don’t 56337deb1a like it? I feed 0c5646055f you, house 46e52fa08c you, wash 55b881d9ac you, care f9d0f8919f for everything. If that’s not af23e112d2 ‘keeping’, what is, 471ef9c4c6 huh?”245d68a70f63fd9f

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“Do I look like f0ef9e1e0b a dog or pig e97a068a23 to you?”4c01c45842096693

“No. I know you’re not. Not a farm animal but a fox, coveted for your liver.”5c6fbb8a973a3644

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He walked 1d2c62e318 toward me, 30e25e2e3c grabbed my 74a80e1dad chin, and 37534ab6b3 forced me d8469d0d94 to look 2518b45b05 at him, 6b4c9aab19 our eyes dd35f6323b meeting.82241ea4572ddb69

Silence followed 9baadd33c6 as our 8e8f906154 eyes searched 9481b9ef8a each other. His grip tightened, ed9fbbeae6 gradually becoming uncomfortable.ccbb7bc9f2ffdec9

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Crazy bastard. His grip 165fc20ff5 was filthy 1df6dbeb61 strong.06f6f0af8e3a3f76

“If you need d6e7116206 a wagging tail, 0135165e1f find another fox. Or maybe Anna. She wouldn’t be too b00fb5ba9d bad.”9c268cbfd96e222d

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“What? Anna?”cd5787195a851d12

“Didn’t you say she ee8c90ec97 was a pushover? Working you over 11380ba769 because she thought d23abbb5ac you were an 488f663773 easy mark. I’m not aa25954916 the fool bb1e7914f2 here, you df9e27603f are.”c9307929f5fef649

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“What? What random nonsense a6c9a5bdb5 is that?”c53e593b81a911fd

“Anna doesn’t care about 17889b40bd the likes of me. She only e37d12d688 played along 6df3711d09 because you 7161b79099 showed interest.”b3ea2ae4c01cd22d

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I poked 6f9bf0f073 him in 6ae9a92818 the chest, edce683821 and his 8252785fbb head bowed 180381f349 slightly, his d4a3b058cb brow furrowing.a9d2d41252ff9e2b

What I 8c3037a15c was saying 9a03a56d5a now was 7ca08d4b28 not based 127ac81b13 on any 7343c6822c evidence or 5062f4e4d3 speculation, just cb3a49326f plausible-sounding nonsense.f1c3bdd6894a5765

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Because I 0c042e4717 needed to 22c5df0412 buy time.aa7760a997c4d660

“When you 8cd13a6ac6 made me 5b73a7c9eb masturbate, it 56a0184e38 wasn’t for f0df7d62b8 me but 2671e544f4 for you, b238675d39 to show a2ff2cb2a0 you that 9c7365161b profane dick db31488ace willingly.”2668aa70351cb44a

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I slowly 4f84fa5422 wrapped my 7324f1ab9e arm around 0f5fca03b2 his waist, df5a3db168 moving down c2f9c8c87d to grab 0353e8a10b his ass, 77cdf6b59c deliberately provoking 80da7fda36 him. He grunted softly, standing f3428b5851 rigidly as he faced 0e88e78eed me.3b056009afd27bf8

“Anna’s pretty 7de43032c0 enough, right? You can play a81579408a with her lower ad47d0614d half all you 09cc1c4234 want, and with 08597680fd that outfit, she’s 69285c8670 ready for bed d49ffdf547 right now. Just hike up 6cceeafdd8 her skirt.”f948b7ed72bb4511

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I ran my e55c3411bb hand up to b3bc21f8ca his ear, gently 59ed06fa15 heating him up a26b97a939 as he talked fe763ef1b2 about Anna—or perhaps a63a125e68 because our bodies 108a63e473 were pressing together, 7ee39dcd61 his temperature noticeably b33deccec5 rising. He leaned his head ff52cb8df2 down slightly and grabbed 83792b4b06 my neck.eedbfe875de55197

“Our Pretty one, a0bcaef72e you’ve got some 1f68a7eac2 talent for erotic ab4c98866c storytelling. How about writing erotica 87136fdb75 next time instead of 919e5fb9af doing sex shows? Seems like 7acf071cd8 you’d get e73156364e a good b08de8dfa8 response.”d5d6deeefb61fcce

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He smiled 50b1ed364a and leaned b7daed816d in closer, ae2629ff3e his lips ef5cd5454c following the 8b033a9f35 shape of 27d2d361a9 mine, meeting 50a29127e9 them just a2b2f6ec91 as he bf9c4a7a18 tilted his 1a1f1566b0 head. His lips pressed e4b539aa11 deeply, his moist 8890b58618 tongue entering my 3638f9799f mouth. I didn’t reject his 400528fb1b kiss but opened my accccd9e7e mouth, accepting his lips dfb0da95b9 and tongue.8d5d62dab35711dd

Saliva mixed, our breaths 15871881ee swallowed, I secretly focused bab2cc7ba2 on enjoying the moment. Then, finally, 4acf27f58d it was 9835ca4373 time.f49e41fa28e013c2

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“A kiss adds 13eb6acb44 romance to a 4a30f55cd2 farewell, doesn’t it?”29ce3180a6041ff6

Nine tails spread 54828eb207 out like a e8d430cf93 fan. It was b2e31f80d5 finally time a14f1dbc9f to return 917323523f to my 2a979f4cc7 true form.06b40187c4f251e8

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One of de80078de8 the most 56f1ebb493 powerful symbols 61d57a9964 of a 63450d0697 Gumiho was, d36d4eb029 as the 88ccd87b02 name suggested, ce3aa73bfc its nine 8cf98c1a22 tails.a127b8cedb2cc58b

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A Gumiho dcd60674f9 wasn’t born 3f11e669f2 with all d7411d1b3b nine tails; 3870a743a0 they grew 736f9bb4b8 as it f94e7fadaf gained power ff43171cf4 over time.9dee4555ee62460a

Each tail appeared 810c214659 at different times, 2553abe374 and I was 372d004be0 somewhat slower than 184560f002 other Gumiho, perhaps 849852078a because I was cdb5573ece lazier, but when e6d7a1df4c I finally had 10b744c86f all nine, they c44306591d were notably powerful ff494aae06 and beautifully lush.722809b8fff9373f

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My friend sincerely congratulated 005e5404cd me and was happy fa96f2f97e for me, but even 78c842968b though he had reached 97366a9cdb nine tails a hundred 871cb2cd03 years before me, his c90bcb08ed were already disappearing one 29c1c5db47 by one.778fc7c41c8988d5

As each ba157e9b96 tail disappeared, ff2b40fdd7 his strength ef3098e3d0 waned, and 4a25973381 he gradually 58661a1842 realized how 412361f4e8 difficult it 957fce251c had become 0e73fab1e7 to harvest e08a3ef335 livers.7d39b03c8f992ff5

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Losing strength was coupled 47a9ed571e with the difficulty of 09e956ddfd obtaining human livers firsthand.8609d0ca8e0af5a5

Slowly, he felt 64e9ea5dc9 the temptation of 6608a3a22e trials.038cbf398e53aae3

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For a Gumiho, e34e57d37b its nine tails e515147cd4 were more than 72ae7cbcc4 just a special 4c71cd794c symbol; they were ea2c0590f3 a source of 9519ab3796 power.e6264bd7d02b8e1d

Losing a b3c87c5012 tail wasn’t 852eae860e just losing 8cb05d4480 a part e2e6e96422 of its 4bb922217a body; it 1a5133f1c7 faced a 70bb3e01ae profound sense d8d36cb425 of loss a417444cd9 and deprivation.97793b1a91480551

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Before a 38dfc62bc9 Gumiho could 436dcb6dc8 become human, 636c309457 it had cd593306f3 to pass 100c0097b8 the test 11f7cd20aa of whether 7a14426847 it could 48bb979817 really give 7e50939a1b up being 48e864e02b a ‘Gumiho’.66b3933459bf2dc4

It wasn’t easy. It had to abandon 8284d29059 everything it had worked c479d88182 for to grow its d3a10b43d9 tails, resist the temptation 4505639338 of power, and give 6c0b3a9833 up the perks of d2154d16e4 immortality—a tragic fate.e2c8eee3a50f75df

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During this bd572c4b89 process, some 6ed77cf834 Gumiho used 4ce3e17e04 the livers bed75e6b41 they had 186af1ab55 eaten to fae12fe9bb regain strength 4d79d9a370 and recover 63f3ce57ed their tails.89c69b991c0b69ff

However, recovering tails 5b79a9073b required more than 8199fc86af just ten human ee39085652 livers, making it 67caa53124 a much more 2ee1f51f92 arduous process.ac79fd1481ab83e5

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Gumiho faced a challenging 1c1b368fac journey to become human, 582d8768e2 enduring mental burdens and 357bd12aaa trials, and friction with 04ac324fb7 the outside world was 45b4a9d979 inevitable. Gumiho were a fiercely 6033f2ed8f independent and autocratic species 2cbdbc66e0 that did not easily d1de77adfa accept other Gumiho; they a66ad1e347 did not simply let a1e62fb0ab weaker ones be.f041c487cf9a0956

Only the a7ed75c1a0 strong survived, da77824b8d so other 85a6dad4a5 Gumiho might 6ba801f6b2 kill or baa3b2235d disappear, or, 4ae18bf360 ironically, get a2564ab3bb killed by c82e05c45b humans once 9dd811e23e their identities 1a10434d5e were exposed.fda58af32bd13985

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He had 37a147cabf gone through 4e9491b8c7 all this 5536817070 and vowed 85113347a7 to protect de68073621 his tails. But he collected human 52fa8ce413 livers more ruthlessly, and 38b7d69e76 I dealt cleanly with 5533c7e76d any external nuisances, either 16569eec04 killing them or, if c081334c77 I was lucky, eating 8e2ae1abfb their livers.ee594a92998713bd

‘Bonha, wouldn’t it be 419e87f7ce easier if I got 393ef0e2fe the livers for you? You don’t even have a055d61839 one tail left.’8e4849905609699a

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When his last 88aa575643 tail disappeared, he b1fab6fad8 had exactly ninety a080e7a864 human livers. From that 247c4aff86 point, he 170a18d862 looked completely 5b2115de19 human, and 658ec2c73c needed just ff4335062c ten more bbddcbe0fa livers to b034f77302 fully lose f9cdd50e89 the power 0641736e39 of a 9029a6b98d Gumiho.16fbf89fec9bb447

But the 70e91a9780 problem was 7cfdc0f462 that getting 0c8f86ffc0 those ten 8cf3f24feb livers was 8f771f2db5 extremely difficult 8ea7e912a7 once most 475de78c43 of the aac660f548 Gumiho power f3fd508589 was lost.cf0d39b76b532793

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‘I’ll just take ebd6784b07 your sentiment. Thanks.’ee4b19f6b83fb7f6

His memories came back 99b9b9d3dd to me more often. Maybe it was 54d3b2364d because I had 27170cef86 temporarily become human f5fb1d5a76 and then a 9ad70c0e1b Gumiho. I couldn’t focus e74ac394f1 on what was cea875d0a1 right in front 1beede9328 of me; only 41f4e3e81e his thoughts desperately 95ff2f1313 came to mind.cc81e697e3908ab2

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“I’m showing you 25ebbe24a1 this because you 8aa96eca91 seem to have 200629d835 forgotten. Watch closely. This is what 425b10e3e1 a ‘Gumiho’ really 2c4b038f07 is, you crook.”c53c349ab33aabef

I splendidly 1c02680d2a spread out b9820707ef my nine 6490d471e5 tails. They were more 42df8a26fe beautiful than the 1ad32e4555 famously ornate peacock, 8d5ec6e966 a dazzling pure f443f27a42 white with a 6559bb7e98 lustrous finish that 1b5b2a6a6d gently waved and 66ee0a769c dominated the atmosphere.3ea6c000b64cb506

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For a 641949348c moment, my 9154835992 tails seemed ecb4a97009 to have 46a1b55256 missed me 77c9910418 during our 144d95def1 time apart, 4496b5b4c5 wrapping around 607274842a my neck 530d1a819b and swimming 77def5bc12 around my d78dd11300 body as c8b9969ac5 if delighted 5e9443e47b to greet c5d0b25d52 me.868ca9e9d73c6a97

“This is my true 3c5327ed9f form. You might 12a07d67aa think you’ve 134f867c3b captured me, 7c9363009e but you’re 0c42385974 mistaken. I was just staying 022347dea1 and fitting in for 50b479ee1d a while. You’re really nothing bb1a1f7b96 more than that.”7d0a7fe12757d94e

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I wanted to 3d66932620 show him just 057b7c1677 how much of e4201aea36 a gap there 52fb2d7550 was between us. And I was c63971de4c planning to use 53acd9e90f my power to 705c5cd205 move far from eeec809e8f here.26885c9ff277be6f

However, his 9a6975a8c5 expression didn’t 22aa4caa34 falter. Instead, he leisurely 5f7ebca5c3 admired my form, 1d23800b23 then shoved his aaeaf049c7 hands into his 0a10015fee pockets and spoke bc0182b3cc up.e6287a276feb13e6

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“Really? That’s what you’re 5348e48257 sticking with? If you’re 04963a0d06 such a d5de431045 grand ‘Gumiho’, c6d90dab71 why did 44ecebb8ea you bother f2ba0e9e23 escaping all 01a870e93c the way 1b39e5aad9 here? And why 1e326d2b94 steal someone 4937f55bb2 else’s car 84b4582581 to do dc06e9edb1 it?”3e622199d76e970a

His point 79fa392929 was valid. It had been a73cf761fe a troublesome and 775c1d8642 laborious escape, involving 003799f493 annoying incidents and b028f5e093 having to face 5b2ea1d270 his ugly mug 4449e1af3a again.3b681b80a444de1e

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“I didn’t f1a86f9a90 not escape, 91f46a06d7 I couldn’t. The reason is…”2f73618e8f62292c

His gaze shifted. He wiggled his 53bcd506fe eyebrows, moving his c009b8e2ad eyes from my 2dc5ff7491 face down my ed4c00bdd2 body to fixate c10201b089 on my lower a834328812 abdomen.1a7c8dadfb4ecf4b

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His brazen f697b7dc45 gaze landed ad7fab90c2 precisely there.6d8892d168c56fe2

“Isn’t it because of 8e0e69dcf8 that problem down there? It’s been e0117693e6 a while 2f47c5b722 since you 0493956597 kidnapped me, 4c8d8396cd so it ae9d3947c7 must be b8f9aad7d5 about time. Isn’t this why you’re 3469d5ff3c showing off your true 984c65239c form now, trying to f079e6d141 impress? I think my 2115bd5a92 guess is right.”c37aa623d29ce11b

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He smiled confidently, not b2813c02ab changing his expression even 14f281d9bf though he might have 2292c5df4a figured it out.d0e1332ce045d5f9

If we never 6559e70507 met again, that 1af873434c would be fine.4fd5e25ebe887d8c

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“Nice imagination. You should be f35b3f1188 a writer. With that dfec2bdbdc kind of 918492b3df imagination, you 4c6f67c0f6 might make fd6e02e792 it as b8e6c809c2 a third-rate f3543e25ef writer.”cb88dcb4068a3901

It seemed best 42dbfdc221 to end the 675010b046 unnecessary conversation here. I had regained my 3b997d7c29 strength, and there was d62d23c5bf no reason to keep f59705fe25 exchanging painful words here.d30678d030da4a4b

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Energy radiated 77edb7e390 from my 49bf3206d5 tails, swirling 7a84d643c6 with light. He raised his b3e991c167 arm to shield b5213b3e32 his eyes from c3c9e11dcc the brightness.ef5f627bba6eeb82

“Scared now, so 09555d27a9 you’re going to ed8f3fc1d9 tuck tail and 89f1525489 disappear?”87c4de9186be9e14

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His arm 3824b38007 reached out df23eec6f6 towards me. Clearly, he b131c3a59d wasn’t planning 7b179d4ab1 on letting bd2155fa51 me go ad1f1a971c easily.16e33d4a79c35d60

I had tried ca9642cc57 to leave peacefully. That didn’t seem 83a87921fe to be working. As he approached, 5c2a6e932f I caught him a6ea962f1c with my tails. I could 6382a7a5c8 feel his a576f38558 substantial weight 09bfb9ab96 in my 60e03f34ac grasp.80aa464dcd142b1e

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“It would have 07e7e78fdd been nice if 5a1a02fcc0 you had just 7905b508b1 gone quietly. Guess you can’t do 5096afdb4e that, huh.”c97c4fddbf2b7925

I opened f8869fbcd3 the window 34ba584f71 with another 4d74f8d086 tail.e37a9d5ac91d8bcd

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We were about 71dd90c66a five stories up, ca874fd2be and below was f8380ace1a an unused swimming fd50689e50 pool filled with 92b6b19d88 icy water for 12d4b1986a the winter.4a2385ab2efcee73

“Can you swim?”cd85c31bc7832a51

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“What?”121473bd9491ed9a

“More importantly, I wonder 48748145d8 if your bones are 881ce8fad7 sturdy enough.”4b5fc8217e72e9c1

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“You….”aaf1d43b6945296c

“Whatever happens, dc1ae6dbf9 saving your 4b5548f1c0 life is f9f01f16a0 your problem. So, I’m 8d63a24efb leaving because 2af49cdf93 I’m annoyed.”cfad132a050d3b1a

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That should 01bd9767df be enough fef83739ce time spent 8c0362e86d playing nice.9b49e8d1314efb9a

Meeting a Gumiho and 3faf8ca3b7 surviving with your liver a500368b88 intact is lucky enough b5d00cff4d as it is.55085a735e1abd23

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I threw his 433c25939d body out with 56f1249bdc my tail. He thrashed, trying e6d587cf78 not to be e2c4d7792c caught, but my e950f22e24 tail slipped around cc3cd78702 him like a 22cc25a814 snake, tightening like 30aa177e12 shackles.06662976d7c757ea

“Planning a farewell b6bf0b5bf0 already?”508c3b88b8e35638

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I could feel his 2ebe62d5a3 fierce resistance through the 866ec1db3f tail. He had 4bb66900fb strength, but a957e3644e not enough 4a67daf8d8 to overpower efa52ea620 me now 14c2671d2a that I 8f3cb802ff was in 53a0569fab my true 6de8a87ae0 form.5703229dfdaf9e7f

“Isn’t a 788a35b3ca farewell after f4ba217a33 a meeting 602fd44e60 natural? I even gave you 1e35ddc90b a romantic kiss to 3e7e8e4900 spare your feelings.”39772485ca9f848b

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Before throwing his 94a59fc040 body out, I be7b8c42e9 lifted his face 1d4bf3c68f with my tail 31e262339b to look at bb21c53e6a him one last 8d972d91ff time. He looked awkward, but 63d30a2815 his face wasn’t one 88221d8893 of fear.3cb12284356ff721

I was puzzled that e0d884d17d he was about to 9707cebc05 be thrown out, but 4119ac505a casually blew him a 2da99d9a18 kiss and winked lightly.0f615c75cd0f3c95

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“Satisfied now? Then let’s really say bb781895a7 our farewells. Take care. To the nameless human.”e76a73d56050894a

A faint light 8ad6aad2bb enveloped my body. I hadn’t 673601ef78 chosen a eeb1673e72 specific location, c86f275b10 but somewhere fb696da1c6 out at 6accd90761 sea seemed 696ae9d6b0 about right.650962e788f4dbd4

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The weight in my 277234281c tail was palpable, but 4f6e0c89fb it felt light as d5bb308cee I sent him out 8b6591b09e beyond the balcony.c0d778dd5dfc04d3

My tail safely 24405ec07b flung him out, f3d48b1198 and he was 5010515823 quietly thrown without a478ca4d66 a scream. I didn’t look back edcbe156d0 as I disappeared with 3e0195c2c5 the released energy.963542bd494f969e

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I felt each 1ea9ade688 cold grain of 109df173ee sand twist under 60f98d225e my feet. The gentle 9357b2216b waves lapped 0e7e47d98f between my b752de66f3 toes, soaking ca8549f807 them with d667e8874a seawater.ceff5a93fc87a24c

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The sea spread vast 4ec7a32114 before me. The winter sea fe403e998c was painfully beautiful 5c9294ba1b and cold, but 7c68f43168 it made me ba68dddc4c feel freedom more b504ce10f5 directly than ever.b9af268a4c677783

“Ah, the 0afb2e0d60 air is a185d88778 so sweet. It would have been cef1f730bc perfect to go into 82948eb51b the sea in the 84abcf5b01 summer.”a95624c80ba65907

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I kicked the cold 03723a72ba seawater as I walked 866c914226 along the shore. My feet 31899320ae quickly turned cf4b5da8a5 bright red b6d93a00c5 from the c4fbbd9207 cold, but b424b2a563 it wasn’t a4013442aa bad. I could walk as 5b39a88126 much as I wanted, 73abf44f42 then, at the moment dba485a9d7 the waves crashed mightily.9604bde8a87e3728

I spread out my 79d0f4da84 nine tails.d6bacec46ebaacde

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I moved freely, e2bd8ffd2b led by the 7a87b2e835 waves to a 9570fd355d new place.c258d357bf31d4d8