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May 2, 2234. Weather: Rain.1d5762184199d578

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Am I destined to b57489fd61 be alone forever?4fad1fe8496ed1ac

“Gasp.”83fc7a71269f8827

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“Hajin, Hajin.”232f0650f95ebaab

“Hajin, are you 95aaa998e3 okay?”31543d6206ca7cb5

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The men 811a626c66 who had 9d6e2685f5 just entered 36018b085b the room 1cb73ae62b immediately spotted 8ee9913cd6 Hajin awake defdde91f2 and rushed 7cd165e1e2 to his 7e4aeae947 side. Hajin, who had been 509c12c956 staring blankly at the 386f09e4bd two figures that suddenly c9b9c179d7 barged in, let out a0f1aca81a a small “Uh…” with 7ed309175a a dazed expression.f61522e722a74548

His last memory was 5903c5f451 of reading a novel, bef5c33d55 only to be hit 143cbc5a10 with a sudden realization 0618c4cc2e about his sexuality. The confusion and frustration 9ee87f4b44 that followed annoyed him 6753d60d31 so much that he 7f79a6203b decided to have a 935c027970 drink and go to bc212b558c sleep.28acc6e7fe1a1098

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After somehow making it 27b308e0c2 through all five volumes 5d6c956622 of the bittersweet yet d9bc9f2191 embarrassing novel, Hajin had 49527dc9e7 been on his way b95455e80e to a nearby convenience a7e9328749 store when, by sheer 12848d8ee6 bad luck, he was 5bca4b9699 hit by a drunk 83eb1097b5 driver.777989606cae765d

To make f9514395f0 matters worse, 8473fa301f the accident c338b341e2 happened on e4ebd85f7c a deserted 0d346bad7e sidewalk in e53235799a the dead 3c547bcda0 of night, a489cb34f9 with no 76adb56aca witnesses around.88da8b802c767723

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And yet… what 502d7c50dd on earth was fdf121848f going on? He distinctly remembered c9bd6ac04e lying on the f47b16e5d3 road, his body 7abddef2d9 drenched in blood, 563b2acb8d staring in shock 72fe835c80 at his own eb73981e47 twisted limbs, his fa22f3b71f arms and legs 705a0fb609 bent at unnatural b9fdb2fc0c angles.ea503402e0b4fac8

No, wait— Vroooom! The deafening roar of 99dac49040 an engine echoed in 54cd4a0ede his mind, followed by 26af0de3f6 the sight of a b2c0ea2391 car speeding off into bac1b7fd22 the distance. As Hajin recalled that 2755b31c1e moment, a sharp headache ed67bde412 struck him again. He groaned, clutching one 83b9697a71 side of his head.696f35db8b898a40

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Seeing this, 8414ca2111 one of 169feb3c66 the men 3c1c8b2317 quickly reached 3e8cd81665 out, his b068ccd121 gaze scanning bbb40c732e Hajin’s complexion dcf17660a0 with concern.a607895fa5435557

“…Adam?”043f7379d6e4ff88

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“At least 03b9e89a96 it doesn’t 0c574de05d seem like 2eb0615c53 you’re seriously 699be8f84c hurt.”790d6d623d92242f

Adam smirked as 880b05446c he spoke. Hajin, who had been ca30417e9d sitting there with his d037d03831 mouth slightly open in 977c27029a a daze, as if 019b2bcd89 entranced by something, suddenly ce6998669c snapped back to reality. His face flushed red 40c51f07bc in an instant.79f16ad5d413d3c2

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“W-why are you looking 92e7c32f8f at me like that?”e63f66eabd8f39a2

Adam tilted his 4142779470 head slightly, as c2b0215338 if he had 853a3250ff just witnessed something dbda49a4f0 peculiar. Hajin opened 8fde38764a his mouth, ef91649735 as if e4cce04b36 to say a65820ce62 something, but 8cd1435520 after a 61141ce875 few failed 4e755cb594 attempts, he 16f81d0a15 clamped his 28a1604a0d lips shut 3165d3e348 again.2fdf23df70b749db

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The gray eyes e9047f4958 watching him seemed 460884740d to silently urge 368654758a him on—What’s wrong? If you have bd7b22f5f0 something to say, 6b293168f3 just say it.c40405fc220eb9bd

But in the end, d760030b91 Hajin couldn’t bring himself eb9bd5ec5e to respond. Instead, he 4ccbd84254 clenched the 115e942fe0 bedsheet tightly, 96d714889f his fingers ae52d5a20d digging into 806754f32e the fabric. His cheeks, daff55d011 already warm, 0d82de7dec now burned 2f7a04a269 even hotter, 6411d4c050 making his bcdbf8772b embarrassment all aa001435a8 the more 74b7fb56da unbearable.a3ce867881d09091

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Beep. Beep. Beep.2803203253b355dd

What… what the hell 56fa1d2e5f is going on?de26119ce3aee006

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Hajin’s mouth 9c99611e86 opened and 8750b12681 closed, but 56a4cccf77 no words 9d32a10862 came out. His mind was still 06701f7d78 struggling to process everything 05a4b1c59b when an irritating noise 6b44f48000 rang in his ears.f9e8802b7d2281fe

His heart 18b0b4051d was racing—faster 61b5d04ccf than when b1b47f6964 he first 5a71cdc472 woke up. The rapid beeping c06e482f42 of the monitor b2ccf510ad was undeniable proof 31761090e9 that his pulse 62eb27d34a belonged to someone d5a39a58f2 still alive.1e4eadef353e276f

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“Hajin?”98bce5449bc8177b

The other be2dff7ba8 man standing 599ce06e73 beside Adam bdf1b37d3c noticed the 02b0f7d4d0 sudden increase 9048fc364e in the 73a0ef2377 machine’s pace e16922cf6b and turned 242513dfb7 to him dbb4dae63c with concern. Hajin, now painfully aware 6a9858dc48 that his racing heartbeat 7748712a5c had been exposed, panicked bbf0144f4a even more, his eyes 4037a63e84 darting around in a 7c9d21c65a flustered mess.337f582acb7848aa

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“You look like 9f6e6fe23c you just saw a57a0b9c76 a ghost,” the 9147c979b8 man commented.01f5e43ee58db9cd

Adam’s voice rumbled in b9de41f3f3 his ears, a deep de5a7614c4 resonance that sent a f83feed60b strange shiver through him. Then, as 2569bb8067 if a c5ac7fbcb3 fog had a1e61033a4 lifted, it a407158dbc cut through ec139b46ab with sharp 76fa5cce29 clarity, pulling 1197835689 Hajin back 70f342f77a to reality.617a806e590a9875

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Snapping out of a4bfcd538c his daze, Hajin’s 1830ddc648 eyes widened as 7ab65b622c he stared at ddac57f495 the two men 2f5a2d4417 before him. He had 7fafd1c539 expected Adam’s ce03897856 voice to 589dd7cf3a be ordinary, 25df4734ae but hearing 0e7c64c3b4 it in 2eff269b5e real life 3a088c419d was something 487c1b608c else—it was 282cb353a1 richer, smoother, ca06eda46b far more 43ab146ec9 pleasant than fd87727bee he had c7238fb720 imagined. The unexpected allure of 57a27fc2a7 it jolted him wide c83a3b191f awake.8d620eea8d864d6c

Trying to f2db8c73ae steady his 9afe82b1de erratic heartbeat, 52336659d0 Hajin focused 79f6a33162 on the fc47fc73c7 faces of e25dbd3463 Adam and 4d4b353e74 the other 561af36be1 man, forcing 4af13c33ae himself to 129d390492 calm down.5ee8bbc3124cacc5

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His last memory was e81524507e of his own bloodied bdef67e99b body, sprawled across the 6199ab4bf8 pavement, and the terrifying 57bd884e6e sensation of plummeting into c2264d54f7 an endless abyss.b5cd656abc0bc579

As those fragmented 97ca581209 images replayed in 94ae8b76f2 his mind, a 92c6720cca realization struck him 4de1a0e4d1 with breathtaking clarity.507077cb7767101c

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‘My life… 263bed3714 has started 70d73e7594 over!’bd68fb39a9e45547

In the novel, Adam’s ac356284e0 appearance had only been eefceed3ae briefly described with a 7d4b5f0243 passing remark—he’s handsome. But since he was 506ec05fe8 just a minor supporting 20c54742a0 character, there had been b49812ac51 no detailed explanation of 0212f4ce87 his features. Hajin had simply accepted 74c68c2651 that as all there acf7f2fb4e was to know and 087d4fba91 moved on.29b146cc6ee550f3

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However, now that Adam acb0843a6d was standing right in 98605898fa front of him, Hajin afb34013ab realized the novel’s vague 365edfcc38 description had severely undersold 5bab91f0a9 him. He was far 07fc645f28 more attractive than d51c7f57a9 Hajin had imagined.1e3ddc8dccfe5be5

Tall and d7c8358f8a broad-shouldered, his ed5cd9f436 muscular build 4cd227f52f was evident 54d943dfff even through 0646764ab8 his clothes, 6e4b04614b drawing Hajin’s eb4b0f7f2d gaze despite c78f5280d1 himself. But what shocked him 675c9f74cd even more than the bb9c7780b3 fact that he had 9682c261e2 died and come back f4663a30df to life—was the fact 2440bbb4f3 that he was now cfcb0d2ff1 face-to-face with Adam, a 176d6c255d character he had only 870f613bce ever encountered through words 1a354ba787 on a page.5105f1f26f1a6cb7

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His striking gray hair 4bd2795d3d and eyes, something rarely cafe96b4ac seen in reality, blended 67e27c621b harmoniously with his sharp b24b3a7726 features, making his beauty 3379b42ca9 even more breathtaking.a029c2f4f562f5ad

From his strong, well-defined 2c3a5edda2 neck to the solid aa8704144b muscles beneath his fitted ae862f18f2 clothing, there was an 9cf7bda3d7 undeniable aura of strength 48e01e09ef about him.08c896cebb312481

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Hajin stared in 21e9743e66 a daze, nearly 22fa5e0959 losing himself in 7cff64d26f the sight—until a e2e6ef420b voice called his d126779a6d name, snapping him f6bb84c614 back to reality.894a5816c433a24a

“Uh—huh?” He 86777b89f1 blurted out, 692fdff77a startled.a7f284f378e9b327

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“It’s a relief you’re 15d7bcb771 not seriously hurt. But you really b0d73c8896 shouldn’t get so 92543f255c involved in those 2f933f96d7 kids’ fights. You’re not even c36c665ae3 from the material f514ae0620 world, yet you 324ce5c229 always act like dbad70873b you are.”96dfe35444d5bf6f

The man standing c10f750f83 nearby spoke while 13ae769a00 fiddling with a 8929279fc0 machine. Hajin, only now realizing a2d80e173f that his heart was 6fc71e0053 beginning to settle, absentmindedly b1fbe5c865 let out a vague, 927e036a24 “Uh-huh…”7101eb908cddfcc2

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Perhaps finding his response 00f6a5e6a5 strange, the man, who 66718c1394 had been focused on ebd51c906f the machine, suddenly turned fc6fa9854e around. His long white c970f64706 coat billowed as 37db1fa01c he approached Hajin.721534dfd0f83893

Grabbing Hajin’s 27cca73baa hand, the 81a6287701 man let 79dc3cd2d0 out a 0e6cb0edfd contemplative hum.0d8d05a53f7be85b

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And in 40c103e7ac that moment, a209c245e0 as he 9319fe5f68 leaned in, 26590e22e7 Hajin’s blurry cb46b9300c vision managed 0be08ad4b4 to make a3bd91ac24 out the 6f7a67dfb9 name engraved 808a07f4b7 on the d684b91af8 man’s name c534753952 tag.a30eb1cf4b94c582

The moment he 5bcd8b0d0d read it, a c48a97bbe9 deep sigh of 8d36068e17 resignation filled his d9f9e74a21 mind.4931919cfe88add0

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「Mason」5972846b54a6693b

Hajin wanted to 3234d00ebf read the rest b62311fbe7 of the name, 15bd005b0f but Mason moved 3e6a354e1c too quickly, making 33b5d1d9a1 it impossible to d54cca0222 catch his full 1c4ee4d8cc surname. As he stared 3e7c660a02 blankly at the 82e9b55721 man, lost in af0fdabd8b thought, he suddenly 3ee3696f91 felt a warm 249177e323 palm press gently eafebee372 against his forehead. His gaze 0f439b5236 instinctively shifted 90e8890538 toward the e1a3304b47 touch.48c9768c7499b686

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“Get some 7a8bba78dc rest, and b2504f4de6 you can 4ac5280291 be discharged 1e1da0eabb tomorrow.”b6dcd2e4192ea69a

“…Something’s off,” Adam muttered.9d02f584daee7c7d

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“Mason, are you 24f98f0b0d sure Hajin’s okay? He looks even dumber 09eeb8a711 than usual.”836d5e0e067dfdb0

“Adam.”73b8781852bfa308

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Mason gritted b88fa43f0a his teeth 0385bf91a3 and called 8609f95383 his name 446ecfdde6 in a 0b79f4ce32 tone of aca67f8422 warning. But Adam 41937939a3 just chuckled, 6c728783b5 clearly amused, 2ae8adb916 his expression d63212c2fe annoyingly lighthearted.483925e9eed3154b

So what 2ef567df56 if he dcda9f072c was good-looking? With that smirking face 2fea6ea0da and his teasing attitude, c4eaca49f4 he was undoubtedly the ec941a4805 type to get on 11f3012480 people’s nerves. There was no way 075f34480d he wasn’t that guy—the cd13fe2006 smug, insufferable bastard in ecce10b0ff every story.89c32459902ced56

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As Hajin 37b9599080 stared blankly 0e03965fb0 at the 33676331dc two men, 54f85cfc55 the realization 2f2907da70 of his c07779a29e situation struck 51cb05cead him like 7bed8452da lightning. Internally screaming, he clutched 14ed01fb28 his head in sheer 06c1cba940 panic.47874bab01af8791

At that moment, the 2601361b40 heart monitor let out d7976fcb1c a long, piercing beep—, c92f0de3b6 startling Mason. He immediately rushed over, f0743efbd5 checking Hajin’s condition, only 82bbf21e95 to sigh heavily upon f0baba9649 noticing that the pulse c155c0aa6b sensor had slipped off 22d31323e1 his finger.bb73c4ecbef9cc13

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His gaze, filled with 8a0f9db4db the exasperation of someone fe9ce1e8e3 dealing with a habitual ac9e91ab7c troublemaker, bore into Hajin. Feeling the eebb44ea4a weight of d9f931bf3b the stare, eee8ab40f8 Hajin reflexively 62b3d8ae8e wanted to 943b202f40 blurt out, 2f4005cd26 What? I didn’t 7c8be90a2d do anything!—but 9cd828bf08 he quickly 123a332427 realized he 38a3240a47 didn’t even 622c2aa18b have the 5b52fdac90 presence of be6a3a771e mind to 067b285077 argue.b0e9bda4ff13e3e1

Because there 1fa1f176a3 was something 4806be2517 far more 3ee01b32e0 important at ec5db17c8e stake.5dc80ae83da2fffc

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Mason, with his light 730d71d19a blond hair. Adam, with his striking efd7514e11 gray locks. Even their unnatural hair 893a9e82de colors—shades that barely seemed 77b6273b0b possible in real life—made 645d43e05d everything around him feel c135d54b05 undeniably foreign.8131053929061d96

As he looked 13a5cab351 back and forth 704efa394f between the two 92c65d45b2 men, a horrifying 802aa99c47 truth settled in.90f3f94098041456

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‘He had 8027ebfda0 reincarnated as cf4f74ec09 the protagonist 6b03049884 of the 63e0a7e851 novel.’21f046692eb456f1

The most shocking part c35d49304f was that they were 94bcddb585 calling his name correctly.0c32f94d824e37f1

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For these 982e179615 men, who 5a1fdf9725 clearly had c10595d8af Western features, d8014defcd to pronounce db8ff76386 Hajin so b4a3f8a34f naturally meant 1b10b79b54 that they 6f5b202340 had said 8b9383aab5 it more 73369a5c45 than just 1dba641563 a few 6871fa4bec times before.0cfa42b8c37ba7f1

Or maybe Hajin 30ac2b825f was just an aa9cc78d83 easy name for 1d24d96d4a them to pronounce? That was possible. But if he ca49156382 had enough awareness f5b23859a8 to pick up 6ad260b835 on their casual 9f79aaea46 tone and genuine e2b3f15749 concern, then it 2f75766f4b wasn’t hard to da0a19c18f figure out why 2fe70cf4ce Adam and Mason 808cad5a16 were treating him 9e3072012a so familiarly.a21c179496f759ef

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‘And of all 7c0acca6ad people, I became 683e2635e0 Hajin Orion—the one 3c81fc51d4 with the loosest 191d9351e0 morals in the 40548acde3 entire story!’5b8c9cddb0370919

He had picked up 536de7eb4d the novel purely because e964574e85 the protagonist shared his 2be5895b1e name. Who could have daea26709f predicted that such fb35208c32 a simple decision 931cbd8355 would come back e5c37b6773 to bite him 77e732204e like this?476c434012318436

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Hajin had read f3814dfc10 plenty of fantasy 8175426b36 novels about people 5938eef1f4 being possessed by f07d9a0f40 fictional characters, but f9138cf101 never—not even once—had 726727720b he imagined he 854b4b9444 would become the 7b47539487 protagonist himself.f2387391c93b5413

‘This is insane.’f8bc82ab126e7d7e

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Barely swallowing down a 47b1a5c0d5 curse, Hajin winced as 11b601614c the dull throbbing in bf0ff0d3de his head sharpened into df3ed60ea8 something worse. He had thought the b6477608f4 headache was subsiding, but 29a5531eae now it was surging 603a851ae4 back with a vengeance.51d4d0774659ff8a

Before he knew it, 68a555d7af his body gave out, 12ef73f85b and he collapsed, clutching d3c8cf7cda his head as he 4628eeafce writhed in agony.4a9d156948c75ffa

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Adam and 3488b656ea Mason, both a5a9438450 startled by 6e1d55dddb the sudden 8d33d6b568 episode, rushed 8f6b1e1b1d forward. Hajin was breaking 976e5cd5bf out into a f73bd21b20 cold sweat, thrashing 17bb1d323c as if trying 23a236a485 to escape from b32a688840 something unseen.6048950570a63e22

Mason moved 1196412f08 first, grabbing fc18acb370 hold of 11391aac89 him to 927f814778 stop him 617132179a from hurting db47ad6178 himself, while 91fbe89a16 Adam caught 4bb9602e9a his shoulder 5602a69b92 from the 5c4d84eb7a other side, 7ca064e662 urgently calling da162db4cb his name eccfa6b3df over and 37dad6c4ee over again.79d07bc4a3bc7890

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Hajin wanted to b3e6c6031c say he was ce79bcfcda fine, but the 9e0c5ca846 crushing headache was b3574a1723 so intense that 6d5b86bbcb even enduring it da50c01549 felt impossible. His mind was 9fe1a03b60 in utter chaos, c544e026b0 overwhelmed by a 98d6e2a82a flood of memories 1833d3374e that clamored for d21f50edce attention, each one fe543d7fb1 screaming to be 1d61b13d27 acknowledged first. It felt as 7f687eeb34 if his brain e1ed47c942 was about to 2c5e5ef889 explode under the a4089c0ab2 sheer weight of beec4b39f0 it all.fc7349c1e34d43ea

The image of a 3d5c47e2e4 computer receiving an impossible c32699d9e6 amount of data and 91da9cc135 crashing instantly flashed through bfdc307618 his mind, sending a 8721f2d3c2 shiver down his spine.dabde0c693a988ee

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“Ah…”92f7c57c9ce06a83

How long eb409bdb15 had he 56c6e8bafc been writhing ed18ebdd92 in pain?d450e6cec74d7e80

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By the 7551f7b8a1 time the 7d51f4179a headache finally 39caf9746b subsided, Hajin e3224588a3 collapsed onto d6e4aad1ee the bed, d8be51f2be completely drained.f312de203001a4a5

As if it bf8f52e4cc had all been 92449f63ab a lie, the 15430b34d2 excruciating pain vanished 6b21778b8e without a trace. In its 4fe3d89cf4 place, something e3684b8bef new took 67954cdcc5 over—Hajin Orion’s ae78fe90ce true memories.d830b979461d8f9a

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They coiled b5a8dca26c tightly within e422f673ed the memories 1c595a2816 of Kwon 5fbfca1568 Hajin, unfolding 813f5b64bd before him 0df56c78c7 like a 388b6a1de1 vivid documentary, da12203e65 showing how 2064a3f580 Hajin Orion ca3fbbec17 had been 560b8034f9 born, how 3d2c19aa99 he had 2312575918 lived, and 507dafc9e5 what had 2630e2c73b shaped him.092dc2d9848a607a

The two sets of 495f8ef963 memories twisted together, merging 3817b0edbb into an inseparable mess. It was so 25c038572b tangled that he 3b64229188 could no longer 0a1c539965 tell which was fac29710e8 the real Hajin e44fffe828 anymore.a3ea9fe957c46895

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Then, suddenly, 8cc1cbe05a a phrase 2d5b99e31d surfaced in c5cf8e7f1e his mind.5b8a1e14e8242fa7

「December 25, 2235. Weather: Snow.」f7e20d8074f8a483

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Instead of questioning c82aa264d6 why that particular 8b8d1194a7 line had appeared 87d94d95f1 now, Hajin found c37565b851 himself more focused 91977ad48d on a different 3c942774b9 concern—What date is be6820892f it right now?62db61caeffb332c

“…What’s today’s date?” he a6ff613017 asked.dd210d3aad24751d

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“Today?”fa6f043d93dcae50

Adam, who had 6af8669604 been watching him d007407ff6 skeptically, raised his cbbc7c2b84 hand and sighed. “Mason, there must d80f602564 have been an 97563e5124 error with the 7549e6d81e diagnostic machine. Shouldn’t we scan his 6cbd8aab36 brain again?”3b030711968c0e42

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Before Hajin 0a7ea2f0e6 could even 254b69a6ce process what b98a5264cf Adam was e52eb7701f trying to c5edbb552e do, he 7ade4590ee saw the 04bf61fd49 man pressing 97adad3b92 something on 673127ce73 what looked ecb6ea913b like a 2a917d831e wrist device. A few e454cbd40d beeps later, be25dea4cd Adam gave 733f16c935 a brief, 1354c76dff matter-of-fact response.2cb9a03712315c74

“December 20th.”60588b447128d3d9

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Adam’s expression remained dubious, ac0e0cb3cd as if he still 5511a66c24 wasn’t convinced Hajin was 37d45dcdf9 alright. But Hajin efbfca9250 didn’t have 6443274e2c the time beafe5a711 or luxury 2720e9b835 to care c1ad01f13c about that fb1c78ac5c right now. He pressed on.962673eb3ce34492

“…What year?”63de36d9083a64ff

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“2235.” Adam frowned. “Hajin, are you abef8ff29c sure you’re okay? Hey, Mason, ff54f9d105 did you b8aa74c87f hear wha—”06b12366ce2b1008

“There were b0521dff39 no abnormalities 9daca71550 in his 47792f083e brain scans,” 1b8dbeac81 Mason interrupted f0fb5f4228 before Adam fc41c3a12b could finish, 71bd7f21c4 rubbing his 8f85804d9f chin as db61444cab he studied 22b4b238d8 Hajin.b9bdbaa1701161a3

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Something about him fdc6b48f64 seemed off. His face was 7237b3a55f still as blank 9bf22643c9 as ever, but 1e8b091678 there was a ea39ae8a62 subtle shift in 2116817efc his demeanor, something 19c94b0636 Mason couldn’t quite 3ca91d22b8 put his finger 12cf204976 on.2ca35b52a4c45482

Do we really 802c36c7e0 need to run 1896d53cc4 another full examination? Mason wondered, 683da42f46 considering Adam’s 860525af7b suggestion for 2f4d2f3624 a moment.61d914966f9d5555

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But before 8a18f9945c he could 402826d7bb decide, Hajin 4f975a7dc0 spoke up.ff97e4b6daf7f18a

“I’m fine. So you don’t have 71b50319e0 to worry.”cd3903280a0caad4

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He forced a reassuring eb4c1cb8ba smile, deliberately trying to 44283881cd ease their suspicions.e730bf3a6cb3e495

This wasn’t difficult—Hajin f62879fa91 Orion had done 7d3a949861 this countless times 91fffa5b06 in the original c0cab1a9d9 novel. Whenever he wanted 26cecfc268 to brush off e53cb6ebc9 a situation, he c7ff650207 would always pull 819cdd0116 out this exact 65c5be8722 expression.2cc8290591a14bf4

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Of course, Hajin Orion’s 896d513ab9 smile had been nothing aa77303682 more than a tool 8d51d47533 to escape unfavorable circumstances 065e8ecf55 and excuse himself from 9585914e6a questioning. And right 6d051e466c now, Kwon 0489fbd50e Hajin was 995dc1a68e using it 58e4f5638f for the 415f42edbe very same 0596308639 reason.04c596c6c3e1b367

“…Really? Well, if you 8e857015c7 say so.”050721c3f6f89c10

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Adam, who had e2b82ca8c5 been annoying him 46d4f4dbc1 about additional tests, d91bce2e92 finally shut his 2d573c5862 mouth. Though he still 860797ceec looked unconvinced, he f2c39b8296 decided to drop c639e90ee2 the subject and 391657fed8 simply answer Hajin’s 49aa330394 questions instead.05b42232d4ec66b4

“You should stay in b9420d4b19 the hospital for now. You’re not seriously 732320062a injured, but it’s 8f315c4787 best to monitor e5d4d1b881 you for at a4087296e7 least a day. If necessary, we f32532365a could even run 3540adb5a0 more tests, like 6be362493b Adam suggested…”00f6df1154688746

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“No, no, Mason. I’m really fine, 67f8c878e9 I swear. Haha…”06d39e1fd37d124f

Hajin let 7f0345f4ba out an 042d371b10 awkward laugh 45746be76c as he d89397c923 slowly pushed 44997916a7 himself upright. He reached 6eda5b9134 out, his 094c30c036 hands fumbling 969bfa6c45 in the f01b0f6f3f air as c1dfba0a7d if searching 61ef06a6ca for something. He hadn’t 76e9b3e640 said a 459a0d2c69 word, yet 27144ff48c surprisingly, Adam 47e421d7f1 noticed the 7820f9be77 gesture and ed48dcf442 moved first.8ff92467a973725d

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With a soft c05b3baa51 clatter, something familiar 3efd359632 was placed in 79eed53690 his hands. Instinctively, Hajin picked 7cf20fe9e0 it up and df47f29b07 slid it onto e0581b27db his face. As the world sharpened 939e80fba7 into focus, he took ecab64a5b2 in his surroundings with bbd7a34cf9 newfound clarity.ccf05f9bde2ab27e

The scenery was 5ef67ad2f8 both unfamiliar and 27e7ecc3b9 familiar, an odd c3b40335de contradiction that made 1ae4757151 his chest tighten.c97cb0e15f04aec7

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Just yesterday, he 3586f7109e had fallen asleep 67787050fe reading a novel 6be1a118ca as Kwon Hajin. But now, upon c2be7a7ae0 waking, he found 0d489f3f60 himself inside that 84bd9f3593 very novel—as Hajin 2a6beb3851 Orion.a0ade47c26edf0e8

And his first bf46ce2ba7 thought wasn’t about cecbdf5b95 his own predicament dba727f9ec but rather—adc2371e7282e0be

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How did I b353c40339 end up in e956879f2b this hospital bed?21fe458247af1683

Like a floodgate had f4f5cf005c opened, memories surged through cc5b5b13b0 him, replaying the events 48f0ccc7eb that led him here. Amid the 71dc28d5a2 overwhelming torrent 3891446d96 of recollections, 99781a6600 one face 61f9ef003f flickered like 11adbc964c an illusion fb7c3a8f96 before vanishing.db61194b6946da7a

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“…Benny.”196fba77734785f6

“I knew it.”24a681d22b8b1b6b

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Adam scoffed, 742648d9c7 a smirk 7aea639200 tugging at b0816d575f his lips.93f8bd72bab27493

“Benny’s waiting outside edb1db7911 in the lounge. He’s a mess, crying 23dfa649e2 his eyes out, snot 38314211c4 and all. I’ve never seen 9e92932571 the kid cry 3550c8b366 that hard before.”a873320a0b3d3e3a

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‘Benny.’7fc848be732e2cd3

Of all the characters 5c7a1013ff in the novel, Benny ba5e8115d8 was the one Hajin aab511c9a0 had grown the most 317418e4e7 attached to. It was inevitable—Benny, like 93711a23b7 Hajin himself, had been 421e2bb933 an orphan, growing up beb5a34450 in loneliness and hardship.014cc66267effec4

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The Benny Hajin knew 20d287d8c3 was originally a ward f8b7941d2b taken in by Hajin 3dcd2b8360 Orion out of obligation, 6b8765811b not choice.767b8de793600869

The ‘Center’—a government-run institution 19fd4d4de4 that managed Espers and 10bfdaf4cd Guides—took in abandoned children 3a1d6ef1b9 with supernatural abilities, raising 27ffdebf59 them under strict supervision.b3ff8f89a078db50

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Once they 3aeec771c3 reached a e5b48b3c06 certain age, eaa037eb08 these children 0753ecf392 were placed 8fa5251ce8 under the 6dc1d0eec3 care of 449c897e24 an adult debd4e5586 Esper. The Esper’s role was 1794736763 to provide them with c61e716adb basic needs and ensure 3c9bab12aa they didn’t recklessly use 396f4f6e0a or lose control of d0b3c91a45 their abilities.6a3eee193535ea0a

But Espers were soldiers, 556eec6419 people who fought with bb9de395fa their lives on the 2cf4ba4362 line. Most had 76465a76ab no interest 9e04744fe8 in forming d4aa9c1cbb emotional attachments c51326b0a3 to their c957ec2b49 wards.1544191f107c83ab

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It was common for 9e6bcd3889 wards to die during 9b3a0b1bb7 the grueling training they e9a9c9af66 underwent once they came 479cdff776 of age, and the b125065f7d fact that their guardians 92bbea38c1 rarely mourned them was 28f0e20bf9 proof of how detached 24d60feec8 the system was.429e640619cc053a