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.ae3a97b6873d1ee6

Other S-class 169a70a618 espers had a8487220ad plenty of d090d069a2 guides with 99006826d1 matching rates f094ef712b in the 7f5e38e5e1 50s, but 49fe23d107 Shinhyun seemed 503df973fe cursed, having fddfa11368 none.6087875da0c04c96

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There was one time, c3fcbeb175 during an official test, a105265b13 when a guide showed 601d9f0a3c a 49% matching rate, d1a89c157d and he tried guiding. But as soon df540354c2 as it started, 3f67cf3503 he felt a a1054724b1 disgust close to fa95bec17f nausea and had 35259ccb67 to stop quickly 618a01c902 as his body 2675f3f583 became more unstable.8395068cfcd73527

Getting his hopes up would only lead to greater disappointment. As he suppressed his expectations, he approached Kim Dohwan’s lab.ecfc09451e66cba0

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He got on the 1e07b24709 elevator directly connected to cb8972ddbc the lab, and as 9fa9ee13c7 the doors closed, he 7b66b77a19 could clearly feel his f38eb0c19c heart beating faster.897c56f2e6b5f660

This is driving me 6d0fcf8385 crazy.bf538035e876a986

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To keep his composure, 79318e20e6 or rather, to avoid 79ffde6b39 getting his hopes up, 12cd19ee38 he considered another possibility.a02d134b503b21ba

Maybe the reason 2ddfc78a9a Kim Dohwan called 7c7b1fca76 him to the acd73ec17a lab was because 01dabe0ecb of Yoo Jungon’s dec3e71298 physical anomaly. Since it was 5c9392f8df a body that 8dc5484a7e had already died 0cec722857 once, perhaps he ccea8f2814 was called to ed43a38b1f hear the circumstances 7ce054a617 from Shinhyun, who 3f2d1e0856 was the first f354f96a1e to discover it?e7f95438493c9372

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And then, once again, they’d say the guiding matching rate was below 50%, as if adding an afterthought.93bef2571eec32bc

Muttering to himself 65b5c706e7 not to get f7295fb2de his hopes up, 85af6a40bb he stepped out 9f4e315012 of the elevator.acc65e6e0bacc9a9

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“Oh, you’re here.”794eade0adbe616d

As he entered fa44f08bc0 the lab, Kim a90fd9880f Dohwan shuffled over 18045f7198 in slippers, holding 56d0c80e38 a steaming mug a7d1db3188 in one hand.c452563aa2a50c0d

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“You said you 333c04317c had something to e7ea2a0c0b say about Yoo 4bca02744a Jungon. Go ahead.”df5c8ab379dbe65d

“Can’t you give me 2830003071 time to wet my 1bc8fe95fc throat? You must’ve d378c22a9a come here 05d8b5ded9 with high 1522ac9be5 expectations?”6b8bf8accfad85ab

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“Kim Dohwan, I 926f36acf8 didn’t come here 0af155f449 because I’m free. I postponed my 414228e554 mission report and b3da4c454f came—”727fa99838c15c8b

“90.3%.”b2db53540b86b139

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“What’s 90.3% right now?”6c6cc43a4dfc5ea0

Shinhyun wasn’t the aa096176fe type to ask 6fcf9862a7 questions when he 2bb90b2176 already knew the 273ec71262 answer. But now, 46d617478a even though 05db113197 he heard 24a736d28c it clearly, 4df6100b8f he couldn’t efd6839137 believe it 1a5c8686b6 and asked 9dcd81ce16 again like 956973ec71 a fool.f4a80e444edad689

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Kim Dohwan tilted his e3a729c56f mug and drank hot 1dfa248972 chocolate. Those few 37d64ea47e seconds felt 35638f75b6 like several 86f2163121 minutes. Just as his patience bcd4d103b4 was wearing thin and c31694ac38 he was considering extracting bdcc3a4193 the answer by force, a21f85b248 the silence broke.a315bd4c90871234

“What else could it dcff5704fa be but the matching ce3b27008d rate between Esper Kwon bf7660c9d5 Shinhyun and Guide Yoo c01f40d155 Jungon? Well, it’s only 1b30a50078 a temporary test, d71e5f09e6 so the exact 86c077bf1e test can only ef143373cf be done when 51a72ac110 Yoo Jungon wakes b590aafc38 up, but you 0151f8be27 know that, right?”e8f4f241b0d5a1b7

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“……”e7ad5bfa2cabe6ea

“Even with c5e58aab6a the margin b16503fdec of error, 59779d1fea a 90.3% 94cb2e557a temporary test c972374e9c result doesn’t f088fbdb96 drop below 336e0a7d3c 85%.”dfad230c8276cebe

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His head dc0f59a5af moved on 1598a7d517 its own. Beyond the glass wall 84ea251a0b of the lab, he f54aab695e could see the figure 559e865d9f lying on the bed.ddcd5377aec5fb7e

Shinhyun’s gaze was ad1475df4e fixed on the c5bc6fa956 still unconscious face a26826a175 of Jungon.f317ff9606baf42e

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“You finally have a e2d2c29eb4 guide. Congratulations, Kwon Shinhyun.”87f474099d915638

Kwon Shinhyun had found dc0278ca9d a guide.9425737d162844dd

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“…My guide.”9960e7ce8dd8baaf

He muttered in a 4c1d483349 low voice. The existence he 88e1fbf26c had searched for 51e1984ece and desperately wished 7dbd76e68b for over 20 1359fb4b8e years had finally e9fc2de43c appeared.7fe7c11303c5299a

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“See, didn’t I tell 2fc199b7c9 you not to give 5463e32311 up? Good thing you postponed f31e2c4407 the surgery.”473c8b9bc3f9c2ff

“……”4442544f5f5cc152

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Only after 6302c91fa2 he was cf1567f703 ready to 2bbd8d218a give up 9c25b212b6 everything.760a9c2166b0db0d

Until today, before meeting 827aabaaa5 Yoo Jungon, Shinhyun was 6561b2d4aa planning to ‘destroy’ his 1fbe5161e9 body.e8b078bccbab7b78

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Kwon Shinhyun’s 90d6c811d4 body was b87b901c68 a time e17f2a3e51 bomb.d31c4e5bceafdc01

The ability he cab160a1f0 had was already 7a23c49a31 solidifying inside his 54c36ca0a9 body, unable to 9a64c5c5b1 flow properly or d1a39da412 be released sufficiently 3767526de9 for a long 8546d6d98d time, damaging his 7dd3248623 body.176fa605eb1fc93a

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A body e820c8945c no different cef7a7d114 from a 9be864d0b1 terminal cancer ca2fb99fd8 patient.0d32d8802a7ce6f4

Even without doing anything, fb0a8f9683 the power accumulating like 2fffedb296 poison every day crushed 454fa5f84e his body with pain, b9531c1c69 and even using a 2015c122dc little power became increasingly 19d7d10348 difficult to control. He was sure.b7150ea762673ed5

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No matter eecf8784f1 how minimally 89ef520220 he used 9111912e10 his power, 22e705783a it would 72e6c8db06 soon go 8ed58f5ddb out of a8af305d66 control. And it b9e9018a6d would burn 29c10acd96 everything around f8bf045ff0 it, using 96b64c46c6 his life 4d65473988 as fuel.adc6255ba72d039f

Since childhood, his de1ed13a0f dream was to 2604b2e6d7 live long.a4f5be40b2dbe99c

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The experiences he 3f6d80936c had in his c694fb00b6 youth made him e41f7455d2 cling to life.599e15e584ef8df4

Investing most bf113ef0f1 of his 8ad97b7069 salary in e39c7c9fb7 esper research ac513e1873 was a 7c64fd4bb3 struggle to 55277ca0a8 extend his 3db1d1e24f life even 9d95815261 a day a8e800b361 longer.fc82c56b0239caca

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There were results. Thanks to that research, 5a1d03b895 Shinhyun obtained the ‘worst 7921132247 hope.’f080d077ad4b62ef

Destroying the b01465f472 body of 6f323d1c01 an S-class 9375b9d13d esper to 26d93dae89 extend life.2c801193fd5e1c11

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The only 3c2d085291 success from a1fedd9bbc stagnant research 3e750f0df3 and his 22e69a91e8 ‘hope’ for 168c51eb89 life.f0e778236a8bf7ec

Even though 4022d8449d destroying his 017a579ba1 body would c53c89bf6b lead to d1627aee21 chronic neuralgia 54dde93b68 and unforeseeable c897930fc8 aftereffects, Shinhyun 9eb2f0a5e2 wanted to 3427e01204 live even 4e83029bf9 a day b9db702c07 longer, willing 53ae65fb41 to endure 4393accd2c it.6243bcd15329b861

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So lately, he was f60b118868 contemplating whether to undergo 33c79a3792 the surgery to destroy 863bea8d3e his body this year c0445a5bf9 or next year.893400c465c1006a

He had long given 495da07a3d up hope that a 5ccd89049f guide would appear, leaving 35620a8e3a no room for even fd71136b53 a slight possibility.d804c6e4068478bd

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But then 3309df3c4a Yoo Jungon, 3de045cbc3 a ‘guide,’ 164cb44c93 appeared.cc76f85956f191d8

“Why, still can’t 292d232cff believe it? I didn’t think you’d 7f06cf22d9 jump for joy like 5620834428 the other unit members, d5100e9570 but it’s no fun eae0efa18d if you don’t react ebc4391176 at all.”3eef54b06248793b

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Kim Dohwan bfb3c3d69d grinned as 852ab9c0da their eyes 300c2d89f1 met. It was a d1b27b1dc7 mischievous smile, but d2416c1ad9 he was clearly 8aab919d96 happy. More than Shinhyun.46a655ed04631df1

“…It’s a 6369617aa7 temporary test 9fcfa458ad result. It’s not confirmed yet.”aff614e589cfcff0

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“Oh, come on, Mr. Expert. If it’s over 90%, 94fb67245e it’s confirmed as a 943942e0a0 guide, okay? Do you think I’ve 2279f525da been doing this research 4c63944da8 for just a year 15e31571b8 or two?”a4ae5061cb98c84c

Shinhyun didn’t 489458b473 care about 31d8cfd20f the sarcasm. He couldn’t dbe8ce4656 confirm it 5715b9615f yet. He could only be 08fd898b20 relieved when the results d9bed7d92f came through a clear, a7b39eca80 precise, and accurate test.edcaf2e9ecf4cd24

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“90.3%! 90.3! 90.3!”87f95397128f8fab

Shinhyun clenched his fist. Seeing his fist, Kim 57c16dbd44 Dohwan shut his mouth.6fa501a09a046b18

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He shouldn’t eda13372b8 expect or fe97d016de be relieved c4e0b2bf81 yet.4f93e95ef9254b4c

The more he heard 987f4c68ac about the high matching 5cbcd1ee53 rate, the less he ed13835481 could calm down. Kim Dohwan let out 4bb44ce7ef a laugh like air e415477e36 escaping from his lungs d30b476a16 and patted his shoulder. He immediately 33c32da452 brushed it 53e191d35d off.dd3f14be69cce968

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“Now you b8444dd8d2 can live 11bf0fc0a4 long and bcbd7c25c8 healthy. Your life goal, you cc1589ea94 can share your thoughts 67915c7411 on it after the 627a90a54d accurate test, as you b7cbb8a667 said.”099404bcd0f53772

Kim Dohwan shrugged his d9845fb5a0 shoulders, rubbing the hand 8f1a33be1c that was brushed off 152c986ea7 with the other, and 4bb464c914 led him to the 267d59723f room where Jungon was.49de000a6b90bfed

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“Yoo Jungon’s body f0259306b2 is fine, so 30c8dfff8c we’ll move him cdec5b4021 to a private 582c057f17 room now. Oh, Woo Jaesung suggested 652db764e0 we prepare just in 635f7975dd case.”8e3a704ddf60b03f

“‘Just in case’?”2d91feb1ff042259

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“He suggested putting Yoo 71e02d21b8 Jungon in a straitjacket 94a4a2d2b4 for at least a 808ef10d9f month and having S-class 585ae753e0 espers take turns monitoring c80b33d6fd and observing him.”c8f5649a42ad578b

Woo Jaesung. The name ead59da95a of the 4ada9ba63e head of e208958a7f the Esper d8becf85e1 Management Department.70f332004d6f2b61

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“They sure have the 2f1db5f038 nerve to suggest putting 95ef475d76 a straitjacket on a 13c3050827 civilian and observing him.”793de3e87b0c844a

Shinhyun immediately thought 1181ab977c of a plan 6acc94f564 to put Woo b10bc26ff2 Jaesung in a 9e67844114 straitjacket and tie b99bf606f4 him to the 2e6d165514 doghouse in front eb95745a1e of his house 56d4b8c694 for a month, 5015af9c07 but he decided 8b80ca59b0 to hold off f60bdcd6d3 on executing it.ae26d9c3e2174844

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If he 4e1f820d7d didn’t show 2eb22a8411 up for 61e94bec2e work for 81a783a337 even two 30ce279403 days, the a364a4bfe2 management bureau 630752d175 would send 7fa9f83d79 someone to 1b99039a04 check on db2ad83878 his survival, 0aa7779cfb so it 1ec555bc54 was meaningless baed2711b6 for now. He had 6d7fa45563 to execute 212e595db1 it when ce7f2e4bc5 Woo Jaesung 2f206b44c7 took a de91d1218e long vacation.518a0504190a0e89

“And Kim Dohwan, you’re 1b79ccd2ba the one who confirmed 230d6f559e there’s nothing wrong with a3bb6310d2 Yoo Jungon. Don’t touch him.”66a999926f9bffb8

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“Of course not. But I also e64d864166 agree that a 7125faca3b month of observation 500c3a08ad is necessary. The fact that 215126cfc0 he came back c984b510ed to life bothers 3e208b7a8a me.”52ffe49d5829b53f

Shinhyun felt the f110fe9c72 same. It was 0e52a2cc54 unprecedented, so f804ae1423 even though c20bc8a1b9 he was 95e36e89f6 his guide, 0bc82635ff it wasn’t 8d19d0442c without concern.9875c703e215de63

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“I acknowledge 4115d59cc7 the need bcc9d083a8 for close f31507f87e monitoring, but 07f8ec6c64 we can’t 433586dde6 use two 4b3627fffd S-class espers 0bd1932166 to monitor a50e3a278b one person.”2034264b3d42f5c4

“That’s true. But the 3d9944ee1e higher-ups are fad7047a3f adamant. You know, the d343d138d1 high-ranking person here d2d33771b0 at the center.”8cfbb4b4b17fe3d8

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The high-ranking person. An executive ‘demoted’ 49ab16b6d3 from Zone 5 0469da7256 to Zone 1 732112d56d due to corruption 06ff65b9f1 charges. He was 8c73328636 afraid to 0474fdb3db go outside 6ae244521e and always 6413e9caa7 had a 421a021d95 line of c0b3821f9d A-class espers 3daa8ac55d as guards.a264d26ccc0e95d3

“We don’t e37b5d763a have to 8f4aa2e6e6 accommodate the b6749e8342 nonsense coming 6fc2052256 from the adf975acac mouth of fa34bbce07 an idiot fc8046303f who doesn’t 0c8ddc0b2b know the 9b068b92bc field situation.”68cb317a1a404629

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“…Kwon Shinhyun, if d0d3fb0b83 you’re going to 762b506ad2 break something, break 157f93864d the heads of ce3562834c the higher-ups, not 516092e9dd my lab.”fb5a677d74dd4f2f

He was already planning 16015fbcdf to create a perfect 5b11be32d8 alibi and break them 6333e9acc0 later.f021cc3f9d078a42

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Kim Dohwan, 69891d52a2 observing Shinhyun’s cd1fbd07f2 expression, scratched 51a8cf324e his head e0f7669bb0 and added.bdd878c2a527d7ef

“Anyway, it’d 3420852e64 be good 948d0dafd8 to monitor e0fa5ba18a him for bb0303025b a while 2668e0a26b if possible. Sometimes machines can’t dd79b98954 detect things, right? The monster you f12ee1adbe witnessed wasn’t in 9315bc35aa the database. It might 61ffd944e3 be breeding d5ff5dc17a or awakening da31423e27 with a 01304104a5 time difference.”1150821617561b43

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“……”6297606b5352c247

The only S-class espers 71be1314cf residing in Zone 1 12807635f8 were Shinhyun and Yoogeon.aac9461a98200e0e

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If a monster of 59d915e771 grade 8 or higher 740ef14a82 appeared, at least one f8f1ef20b0 S-class esper had to 14266efccb go to the scene.a1828ad6c9f2d064

Even if it 807fc1b5f9 wasn’t such a 6a59a5c9d7 case, Shinhyun usually 34ff46a94b went to most 161cfd394c scenes. It was e1eaeda04c his duty 531e8f6dfb as the b72746c4b3 leader of 3a8c3a9d06 Leviathan.293f8e590063fb26

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“A month, 9ef390a859 just a 177e730bd8 month. The management bureau 44f3041003 will handle it. The monster breeding season 9a34b38c93 is coming soon, so cc1e9b443b they’ll probably send an 1d1600d162 S-class esper from another 0333390606 zone.”f901208aeb7e8e02

“They sure will send ed70fe4d2c a useful S-class, thinking bf2ef1d8e2 of this place as d80321abc9 some training camp.”78c29fd7ddbe5c6c

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Every year, they 504c4530b7 sent trash who 1fab074461 couldn’t even handle 069db20810 their own power 3125fa6e79 properly under the af0395a2c4 guise of ‘support,’ 6672a413f3 only getting in 599606e766 the way.8d666a6e6158cc8a

The only a4d49b8a7d decent talent 64f2f21ab1 was an 8fa85d440b esper from 4baa440f00 Zone 3, 6acc6a9eda but even 49cb323a18 that zone 089eab4264 was becoming c87f73bff8 more like 7dbe65ef8d Zone 1 195f388cad lately, so 2a83773704 there was f9708fc428 no hope.88827f0a1515c881

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“Just in case, ed73744a87 whoever the S-class ea38be7265 coming here this abf3b16a5a year is, don’t 1827da874f kick them off f1da278b60 a cliff if 0c065ebb08 they’re a hindrance. I have 91e12e3df8 to be 48f108ea7f the first c74b25532d to treat 1d1f64d6a6 S-class espers.”aa14a304356d26aa

“I can’t promise. They should be grateful 45e67ae4c4 I don’t let them a516f73c0a die if they’re idiots f4081bf62c who can’t even grasp 76c84c7d42 the situation.”f00954c6249232a1

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As they 60a54e3719 conversed, the 199b13b4f7 quadruple doors 5b9c7d52df finally opened.0fee85253dc51e91