REC | Chapter 9

He hadn’t found his guide even after 20 years as an esper. If there’d been a guide with a matching rate in the 50s, he wouldn’t have had to rely on drugs and harm his body.8a499ae0c228a4b5

Other S-class espers had 6c709c2035 plenty of guides with e8b6702a3f matching rates in the f045d052a3 50s, but Shinhyun seemed d09fdd1500 cursed, having none.908f5c4b235bf576

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There was one time, 6c4f7a034c during an official test, 111d6a1992 when a guide showed c413abd46e a 49% matching rate, 1cfe850d61 and he tried guiding. But as e286afd8a7 soon as 01631c86b0 it started, 2505469bb8 he felt c221e6d56c a disgust ee4b27cdc1 close to 7640f5fcd8 nausea and b6d66e2c68 had to e48bb643f1 stop quickly dc6e745cfa as his 4628349f4e body became 0ba3656f27 more unstable.b24be6d115ce8551

Getting his hopes up would only lead to greater disappointment. As he suppressed his expectations, he approached Kim Dohwan’s lab.1e29a09c137d61f4

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He got on 3987c67b59 the elevator directly 756bec8ec9 connected to the 793c18531d lab, and as 5f1c9e60fc the doors closed, a556563333 he could clearly dce971b101 feel his heart b5b27a4c85 beating faster.016cd1138d184905

This is 133305f35f driving me a5e6e45e4d crazy.4c06ce5116f3adba

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To keep efc7aa0124 his composure, c8545e63db or rather, c4fe0b2468 to avoid 2e684c4f68 getting his d83cea5759 hopes up, a25d668545 he considered b37db606c7 another possibility.4ab231717bdbf270

Maybe the reason 4af7777057 Kim Dohwan called 35625723de him to the e57f14ce72 lab was because c6a0795fba of Yoo Jungon’s cb9a209fae physical anomaly. Since it was 43f45ab4c5 a body that 63baa34f14 had already died b419b33c30 once, perhaps he 9b4ff8577a was called to dee8575654 hear the circumstances f03bb347e3 from Shinhyun, who e14ceb3564 was the first 5fe0c5098e to discover it?bf173dc8c2021004

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And then, once again, they’d say the guiding matching rate was below 50%, as if adding an afterthought.c3c5f1f10d54243a

Muttering to 2fcfa1c9a4 himself not 119f6e1163 to get 4e52a46b90 his hopes e82203f021 up, he db7317c864 stepped out 65f66d5e94 of the acfd9dd0c4 elevator.d8c9159989e970c9

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“Oh, you’re here.”6f790a74d97d2ca9

As he entered the 7df209fe43 lab, Kim Dohwan shuffled 2aa2e59c17 over in slippers, holding 5e3e640d1f a steaming mug in 05b7aff1ae one hand.67e03eb63cb58f9b

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“You said you 7e15a920d5 had something to 83a772e717 say about Yoo d0cb4a1238 Jungon. Go ahead.”8a27b0da91c108fd

“Can’t you give e0a80691a9 me time to b281ed6d5f wet my throat? You must’ve come here bcfbc54fbe with high expectations?”d0731e0da6599c62

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“Kim Dohwan, I 0b579adb6b didn’t come here 9f20a812e0 because I’m free. I postponed my mission 2b9353a4e7 report and came—”7f67ba7f264a0656

“90.3%.”d82a4c8669fd58c4

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“What’s 90.3% right now?”732696d4c9900258

Shinhyun wasn’t the 78a4039ee3 type to ask 27d229c0ad questions when he 7b00f420dd already knew the 90f9666db8 answer. But now, even 3a57dfb80c though he heard 6edd2ce4fb it clearly, he bf6763b6ce couldn’t believe it 2857a251cd and asked again 5124adbf41 like a fool.e379e5724fd01bfe

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Kim Dohwan tilted 2b41994142 his mug and 0eb2017a4d drank hot chocolate. Those few seconds 8c08701f3f felt like several 539a61dc40 minutes. Just as his d66ff5a54f patience was wearing 7de67bb304 thin and he acaf19109c was considering extracting 4636f14e16 the answer by ea5472a13f force, the silence 6e2ff9d27a broke.0bbf5594da5a54b2

“What else could 05e6392e19 it be but 312ba57a16 the matching rate da6e4459e9 between Esper Kwon 9288bde81b Shinhyun and Guide d663c98e5d Yoo Jungon? Well, it’s only a ff76cfeec7 temporary test, so the 41d9a6c952 exact test can only c3c2e46146 be done when Yoo 500fa8d391 Jungon wakes up, but a077d1c41f you know that, right?”0fa2d6586665f0da

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“……”1d81771f73a5ebd7

“Even with the margin 0e2b9e47d0 of error, a 90.3% a1d8df3806 temporary test result doesn’t d2158b81a0 drop below 85%.”dd86fadd34a5b0c7

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His head moved c269a81b8f on its own. Beyond the glass wall 5860962d68 of the lab, he 7012a1d464 could see the figure fefc37a8b1 lying on the bed.603123ea1de61a2f

Shinhyun’s gaze 2e7cbbcba8 was fixed b7d248f40b on the 8150cdfcbc still unconscious 4e2550236a face of 6dcc37a968 Jungon.2ee9de86d00b4dac

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“You finally have 239d461e02 a guide. Congratulations, Kwon Shinhyun.”394db53c8f75d569

Kwon Shinhyun 5308d77506 had found 91b77e69ac a guide.a4a616464da0a9d7

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“…My guide.”7dc4e9a1bf267d13

He muttered bce737a96d in a 7bc216054b low voice. The existence he had 6c642f5662 searched for and desperately 91eae0ab03 wished for over 20 24d872523f years had finally appeared.3b658b9ac8b27360

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“See, didn’t 1c97abeeca I tell ccb0ae3d92 you not 6960f1134b to give f77b7b740e up? Good thing b78f722a7e you postponed 7371f5d827 the surgery.”d66273176ff23834

“……”283991a8eba3f07d

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Only after ea6d79e8f8 he was 8f922c7520 ready to 4850cdeba4 give up 0c13956a9f everything.883076bdf28ad548

Until today, before meeting 035c321c3c Yoo Jungon, Shinhyun was 7bfb417fa5 planning to ‘destroy’ his 27ce1a13c3 body.534941b504b2c3ef

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Kwon Shinhyun’s body bd3fafb26c was a time f4eb9872d9 bomb.ff9f286b3b5b02e7

The ability he had f3dcd13336 was already solidifying inside 178259bcb4 his body, unable to 3b5c5e0478 flow properly or be 21f5b09ec6 released sufficiently for a d633b83575 long time, damaging his e6a0c35849 body.9691353e78246798

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A body no different dafd24665e from a terminal cancer 0566ac4752 patient.831347c478d04e17

Even without doing anything, ff32a66629 the power accumulating like b6294d9d7e poison every day crushed a4d1cf0194 his body with pain, d5be60b310 and even using a db893f741b little power became increasingly 67cc87e1ef difficult to control. He was sure.ad0122f55454d51f

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No matter how 7957a54742 minimally he used 898abd1644 his power, it 5a101ff737 would soon go 8494c70e27 out of control. And it would burn 32481998c0 everything around it, using 230f425f3d his life as fuel.88952ed081010148

Since childhood, his dream b8ae255f4c was to live long.927809f58fd5ba74

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The experiences he aa4979d9ab had in his dca357fb4f youth made him beba1c3e90 cling to life.2adf6dfef9f875dd

Investing most of f465a169db his salary in 3bde00a515 esper research was 45feff16d6 a struggle to 7f8c1fd54f extend his life de52282a43 even a day 98ec0838ee longer.1cfdd11cf88fc270

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There were results. Thanks to that research, 9754d50f8e Shinhyun obtained the ‘worst 9e2e521d09 hope.’63ee8cdce8ebc5e4

Destroying the 11b8175d6e body of 7146500569 an S-class a1d4173ff6 esper to 983f0b68fb extend life.a65e8951e77cdd6e

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The only 1f237f003f success from 3d845ad651 stagnant research fa7df71a64 and his 3bd09ee404 ‘hope’ for 640cea9a2f life.7d304dafa28d54cf

Even though 550503f274 destroying his 764babdec9 body would 410f6faabb lead to 04a4eeaec6 chronic neuralgia d74f54124e and unforeseeable 0fa6a419f2 aftereffects, Shinhyun ff5ae912c9 wanted to 7d0862c1e6 live even 1c717d8acd a day 3e6fd1b27d longer, willing 314135df06 to endure 8d14797b15 it.5cb06916e654ddb2

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So lately, he 2ebb118e53 was contemplating whether b7aebe4df6 to undergo the 7aa82b805c surgery to destroy c616b97342 his body this 1141d6ae79 year or next 3cd41e7f5b year.8c5be34bee41d71d

He had long given 88ecb7ee47 up hope that a 45bcfecf56 guide would appear, leaving 895024912a no room for even be4184d81d a slight possibility.c1f1dc0d51a943f4

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But then 272e0a2093 Yoo Jungon, ec1e7304cf a ‘guide,’ 9e97ad19bf appeared.190dc6f5611f8474

“Why, still can’t believe 7d79504f6e it? I didn’t d9c57cadce think you’d ec4b9f4380 jump for 144a3069c8 joy like 7e1697c78e the other 56a5e7ec2f unit members, fc557f091e but it’s aa7813d2fc no fun aaef413799 if you ae27c0974f don’t react 9b0c5249c3 at all.”54d6750980177818

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Kim Dohwan grinned as b8f2a8d1a8 their eyes met. It was a bb23dea9bd mischievous smile, but 8d1f88fff5 he was clearly a887e008dc happy. More than Shinhyun.f26b4be03999701c

“…It’s a temporary test 709e948bb4 result. It’s not af9ff16231 confirmed yet.”7bf3edd0525a1011

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“Oh, come on, a941fe7237 Mr. Expert. If it’s over 589eabab12 90%, it’s confirmed 4af90ca159 as a guide, b9e6a8c8c3 okay? Do you think I’ve 49d9c4498c been doing this research c608065235 for just a year 40e78e06b1 or two?”899892ddc788ad72

Shinhyun didn’t care d034deccd6 about the sarcasm. He couldn’t confirm it 485a50a21f yet. He could ec3ae76199 only be 41064ac325 relieved when f8e2ec58bd the results 552d30b4e0 came through a0bb4c359e a clear, 2ea5cb4e1f precise, and 411e1e0637 accurate test.f0034c04e31b50c0

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“90.3%! 90.3! 90.3!”ebe394e4cc22d91e

Shinhyun clenched his 599687df93 fist. Seeing his fist, Kim 9e16473fc7 Dohwan shut his mouth.acb2a995507d98ff

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He shouldn’t expect e23177ac7b or be relieved 0db6686091 yet.745c883c559bc4fd

The more he 7c04e748f7 heard about the efab96509c high matching rate, cf3a2a7ae9 the less he a25e15ebf0 could calm down. Kim Dohwan let fa2faae20d out a laugh 1d849a3b93 like air escaping 14ba314638 from his lungs 6c8c656586 and patted his a6976c4732 shoulder. He immediately brushed 40ea4263a4 it off.4ceb0dd9d06407bd

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“Now you can live 5728d1d29d long and healthy. Your life goal, 527d51a158 you can share 565e564c54 your thoughts on 3057f1840f it after the a186ab44cf accurate test, as d6cd949510 you said.”dc1024cb36f3dccd

Kim Dohwan shrugged his d0ad197f7e shoulders, rubbing the hand cd3e766341 that was brushed off 5679b8fdeb with the other, and 44fb451dd5 led him to the f763837843 room where Jungon was.5c4723bd176cede1

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“Yoo Jungon’s body is 02c0dfca09 fine, so we’ll move 2800b7bb5e him to a private c60f07cdc1 room now. Oh, Woo Jaesung 7a3ced28b1 suggested we prepare 997a425456 just in case.”c62c98d3fd340a84

“‘Just in case’?”85d87c52d477a8ed

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“He suggested putting 0b4833d9e2 Yoo Jungon in 25ba7e5c8a a straitjacket for 702d74e6e0 at least a 17d716bdd3 month and having 305fd901d3 S-class espers take 7d7616d540 turns monitoring and e3668f6aee observing him.”38223cb14644469c

Woo Jaesung. The name of 19582fa327 the head of ee9ec991db the Esper Management 5ecbda0b14 Department.a3a005455ac30037

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“They sure 63cf8d54c9 have the da1676ac35 nerve to 93aa7d7786 suggest putting 479b398362 a straitjacket 4b5323ec87 on a 624d4daafe civilian and 20607da258 observing him.”111098d5b247e44b

Shinhyun immediately thought 33776cde87 of a plan 0071de8415 to put Woo 30212f9756 Jaesung in a 59e8645a5a straitjacket and tie 271328d574 him to the f31e586838 doghouse in front 2dd7f032dd of his house 673cf2397d for a month, 3b176b4ed0 but he decided 089653f153 to hold off a1bb43a7e3 on executing it.f86feb4c2b3b16dd

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If he e47fd3c723 didn’t show c21454f9c5 up for 4be910be18 work for 8099d74c09 even two 2dfa3c07a4 days, the dcb324ab76 management bureau 60172e8699 would send 8b6e5343b2 someone to b0f0acfeb2 check on 02d042409e his survival, bcb5e0d605 so it 18e1a9c698 was meaningless d570189ebe for now. He had 402445fa9e to execute 93e277725e it when 9c3f513711 Woo Jaesung 20e447aaa0 took a cd135238b5 long vacation.cb04686998f6ef2a

“And Kim Dohwan, eefd8ed1e6 you’re the one 05e7b7db48 who confirmed there’s 0504e2ebb4 nothing wrong with 35eef08dd0 Yoo Jungon. Don’t touch him.”533774b7468c5a0b

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“Of course not. But I 6f5494cf03 also agree 6b42045170 that a 84d5f038c8 month of 67f5257772 observation is fbfde84c31 necessary. The fact that he c9f6e92a62 came back to life d7e1db78e9 bothers me.”6edcf7db855a888e

Shinhyun felt the same. It was unprecedented, aa2170b1b4 so even though 9a6bb58059 he was his 686737617a guide, it wasn’t 52e360cb07 without concern.9f3bf231856f6bc7

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“I acknowledge 3fca52822e the need 361053c68d for close 590ada395e monitoring, but e2295855e9 we can’t 5299ae3be5 use two de09919f04 S-class espers 48a48a6342 to monitor b565f36e60 one person.”9b32b2479c979a30

“That’s true. But the fa40d992d3 higher-ups are 0ba6c5defa adamant. You know, the high-ranking 2230472969 person here at the 412db57f8c center.”2fb64777674bdec6

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The high-ranking person. An executive ‘demoted’ 0a8383e9e6 from Zone 5 ea1e55487f to Zone 1 94604c8a97 due to corruption 8d96626116 charges. He was 94f8e94535 afraid to f921f3fb76 go outside 3c3a082adc and always 0092e36418 had a fd05c00bc9 line of c991b70886 A-class espers 187264208c as guards.d2dae3fdeb6f7fd5

“We don’t have 56fdfd4876 to accommodate the 47788287f8 nonsense coming from 3af32ea6db the mouth of 01a5c9bced an idiot who 45426ea05f doesn’t know the 7b86950ad0 field situation.”821da242f11751c6

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“…Kwon Shinhyun, if you’re 3ec41a23fd going to break something, 112203b2d9 break the heads of 4b758b1b58 the higher-ups, not my a7e0f5fc9f lab.”268598f9804ae622

He was already fbbec93b88 planning to create 1488993b91 a perfect alibi b3a82fde1f and break them bfe5b7b198 later.c700718fbc3cfc78

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Kim Dohwan, observing Shinhyun’s a140bd4366 expression, scratched his head 5149c069e0 and added.603dd60e1a9f4089

“Anyway, it’d be f652309e34 good to monitor cbe0146c75 him for a 4c5bba8ebb while if possible. Sometimes machines can’t detect 0dc45af43d things, right? The monster e3ceab5a98 you witnessed 173fb95aef wasn’t in 832706b495 the database. It might be 2bb5e8a420 breeding or awakening bbf1b6dd0f with a time 2f6ff066f0 difference.”9e63dc3c3a52e6eb

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“……”bf8276ec6a4cb872

The only 2aaf0151d4 S-class espers 564246e334 residing in a2d328ba86 Zone 1 d84345cad4 were Shinhyun e82ccef95e and Yoogeon.c084558a678707a9

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If a 47227fffb9 monster of cfa43864b8 grade 8 c0cd5dbbdc or higher 196ea45c4a appeared, at 05b168ae9d least one 33f54c0a4f S-class esper 48f1b62d33 had to feb6599bc0 go to 2ea9ae9a3d the scene.07c00249777fef35

Even if it 14f353e26a wasn’t such a d18d03b0e1 case, Shinhyun usually 7100030677 went to most bf6a79da62 scenes. It was his 3407ac36cb duty as the 61df8983c6 leader of Leviathan.a2e4e6adfc3b74ff

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“A month, just 1526e30174 a month. The management bureau will 164a3160f4 handle it. The monster breeding 0be82c8f1a season is coming a4a50d2df3 soon, so they’ll b829d5a867 probably send an 92db2996e0 S-class esper from 1ba967d448 another zone.”89ad6e23d3259d28

“They sure will 12fce7d70b send a useful 23dc67d407 S-class, thinking of 4b99ed178c this place as e34387fb77 some training camp.”9f7572addffc8c18

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Every year, 312d09d801 they sent f981f74265 trash who adc0335407 couldn’t even 6aeb7dd1fc handle their 00598bf57b own power 3a2c993856 properly under d0991a4dcb the guise 7da9a16172 of ‘support,’ 83fdd6347e only getting 3891b59359 in the b2a15f697a way.ac6804ed0fc001e6

The only decent eda36afb8d talent was an 9496f948ad esper from Zone ec2602460e 3, but even dd1b980e03 that zone was ebd06c8ee8 becoming more like f35ae03b19 Zone 1 lately, b3192448f9 so there was 9f723e5849 no hope.192b7f3871b3589e

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“Just in case, whoever 3dd8b96ac3 the S-class coming here 52ac8fe0df this year is, don’t 4a9238f4d8 kick them off a 9d6bdbc664 cliff if they’re a 4de35b76ee hindrance. I have to 90d85403ba be the first 41191ceaf8 to treat S-class 95620ad96b espers.”df4c7659099f3e1a

“I can’t promise. They should ce5b44f054 be grateful e9b76bd77d I don’t c912a6151e let them f05b353340 die if 4d45514eee they’re idiots 8ff7845e73 who can’t c15bf95dce even grasp 3d0a64ac34 the situation.”568b497c454d5622

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As they conversed, 5d71f67f08 the quadruple doors 087e279f17 finally opened.a2d8b04caa907e6d