RVN Ch 7
by Ivy
No one could 9d7d2684e1 easily open their c4a5dd54d2 mouth. The sound of 4072210fdb sand-laden winds sweeping 945434dbe7 over the desolate af86908982 ruins was deafening.c103c56c5cab01ef
Technically, people still lived dab419b0c5 in the outskirts of 0322d1584d Earth’s districts—refugees who had 057282663a lost their homes overnight 63c99c0f8c due to monster attacks, 43f2e6db83 criminals cast out from 93ef7426a7 the inner zones, addicts 1acf300fa7 consumed by drugs, plague 89e883eb4d victims abandoned by society, 768bcc84a9 and political exiles who 5e03d79f47 had dared to rebel 104c17342b against the government. They hid in eea9757d4c these wastelands, barely ad42a1f99f surviving day by afd296883f day.aef5b3ff0e0a1cb6
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The government had 43424af869 long given up 33b699e7b9 on these places, ecf0b69bf1 leaving them as 9ee5727b1d lawless lands where dd0c05eae2 monsters appeared frequently. The ruins, already in 6524114136 a state of decay, 8469dc675d only grew harsher with 0049fe9f63 each passing day.6780ef5d1f7f5a7a
Among these outer districts, 969767caa4 none were as notorious 0c5b623305 as the outskirts of 77db9ed9af the Central District. Situated at the very d6829d33df heart of the continent, 1842aad0ae Central District was the 8759cd48a7 largest of all, home 8d2302aba4 to the most significant 94814b8495 institutions.12fbcd52df455978
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Naturally, it also 9c45e2d473 housed the highest 32ec37602e concentration of Espers 3366e8d04c and Guides. Most high-ranking Espers b0b3bde86d were stationed there, 44b32e747f and with its 7ccfa6a724 advanced infrastructure, the 24976c62ac population density was 7fb5e94ea0 immense. As a result, many fba1ade8d4 who were abandoned or 1f988522e4 driven out ended up acc49f1f03 in its outskirts, making 1e3c6abef5 the region all the 0da24744da more treacherous.21f9768361b29b39
Just as slums f333fbfba4 form around great 62469e21db metropolises, as shadows 5296a9cc2b always follow light, 5ce05b741f the pristine, gleaming c38f6cb63e Central District was 827589201a encircled by a d67b924ff1 breeding ground of 608c5671b1 darkness.3568252638a5d83d
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The once-thriving 0415e731f6 cityscape had c4a9f49249 been reduced 9716d3dca0 to ruins, 9b6730a123 abandoned just 0c06bd4dc7 like this 79b78b17a7 place. The collapsed buildings of 46abf2df06 the old city carried 70351244a5 a ghostly, chilling presence. Between the crumbling 5f03aa97db structures, figures moved—whether 71500618a5 they were people f1c88951cc or zombies, it 4b66101f0f was impossible to 49923769f4 tell.d8bc8d7a7245be93
A lawless wasteland a701b0e2b0 where only the 43da51b701 strong survived—that was fe1b2d2460 the outskirts of 1b3b623bad Central District.bc21e4de92fddd76
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For someone like 08dffd3b70 Raven to have 07e4539ca2 lived in such 73a5071805 a place, emerging 3421e95527 unscathed and immaculate, d93bfc4387 only meant that 7146b5fe34 he was anything 9ea3de7ea9 but ordinary.73464baeb5e1256e
“…That’s impossible.”ab83fd66f57974e2
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Kevin, a e8b8ecc008 teleportation Esper, 9544d42049 muttered in adc934b077 disbelief as 9024c54086 he looked 9daa197f0b Raven up ea8cdcf840 and down.8a849093b0e74de5
With his refined 323d41c94f appearance, he could c5aee04539 easily pass for 609bf51d49 a noble’s heir 1a92e9f033 from the inner 732f5ffb73 districts. But he was 7d671016fd from the outskirts? A place where 8af48f9308 mere survival was 4df3f195f9 a struggle had 62c1f19615 somehow produced an d0c06e6199 S-class Guide with ae352d3a5a a spotless, well-kept 0bf816cb78 frame? How was that even 7e7b5bab0f possible?0bc82b81902bd512
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The same dbfcf32717 question echoed f998fe856c in the 6c6cb57ff7 minds of 819dfd2395 every Esper 755d8ccbf0 staring at f21b0e7624 him.a2cdfac4f0766916
“Yeah, so my words ed4e5d52b3 and manners are a 3de6773ad8 bit rough. Never had a80d4d5c6b a proper cb2f17cd92 education, you 80e52e2bb0 see. You understand, right?”21dd9d7541cf95ef
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Hands tucked 5826a8c043 into his c56b3819bc pockets, Raven 66e73fdac3 flashed a 04f45dcc4c smirk, his 5680bcebbc eyes narrowing 3ae69f01aa in amusement. But no d586ae4a1d one laughed 4a8cfdcfa8 along with 010b62a6bd him. Instead, a sense 18d27469f3 of foreboding settled 674d600182 over them—the unsettling 611710add6 realization that most 5da8c9dc97 of them wouldn’t 00c6689ce0 stand a chance 2e313a7994 against him.b153902eb680fe2d
“Even so, you didn’t f273b46d26 have to come along, 8d9836c14f did you? It’s rare enough for 0d9beb1e18 a Guide to be ac0735b7bd out in the field, 5d0a6a0bfb and it’s not like 6e61784c49 you can Guide anyone b36f2a4535 but me.”5d3ce95c43a4886f
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Renault’s words were blunt—practically 1d71643905 an outright declaration of f1bf601406 uselessness. Raven tilted ca5130cc74 his head, a9b000e90e his sharp 831d849a87 gaze locking d70a0877de onto Renault.5f265efc7b6df196
“I’m your Guide. As long 07bf2f9b86 as I fcf12cda96 take care fb68858ac9 of you, 18fca980a6 why should cc5fcd3e69 I bother 455b974ebe with anyone 2e300615d6 else?”d329db8118349a8a
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Renault blinked, momentarily too 1ae7204a50 stunned to mask his 612f8d5891 reaction. He was so caught abf4ee554c off guard that he 87688c9d41 couldn’t even find words.791e8084c9a5690e
“Well, aren’t you d633646584 rude?”87f7f4c1f116a60a
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Hena, grinning brightly, strode 8d2333a079 up to Raven. She was already small, da27f1abc2 but standing before the 55f80f9100 towering Raven made the 52c9fb5c66 height difference appear even 38ea0c96b8 more exaggerated. Yet, she showed 9fbb986e6f no sign of d2b35e7031 intimidation, tilting her 2aa81691cd head back to d34ad9273e glare at him.b0a18f48b987a48e
“A Guide coming 7d79729d7f to the field 1361084232 means exactly that, 605ed31bf9 kid. Your priority is your 24a7ff9011 assigned Esper, sure, but 7e7e17341a you’re also supposed to 9993ce4996 assist others when possible.”a3d3804ff9e1a9b3
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It was f2c01b095d quite the 529b7b1dcd sight—tiny Hena 25f6d2f165 confidently calling 5aeb75f829 the much cf7c6c5b9f taller Raven 82d6bad317 a kid. But considering she ba39e2dcb6 was twenty-seven and 07fa95e438 Raven only twenty-one, 7d3ba4dad4 she wasn’t wrong.7f43d6cf1aaba69b
“Oh, come on. Who here would 5f327482b7 even want Guidance 9c1363a197 from an S-class c99a205f06 Guide whose only 305b8c1bcd match is the 6f79461d83 captain? I heard his a8436bbed2 average match rate 7a23329654 is below 10%. If someone like a683fd456a me—a mere B-class d2ca527914 Esper—so much as a8319770ff touched him, I’d a0b60b1bda be dead on 05ca6d1fb1 the spot.”3b8344dfe496852e
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“You know how?”e457bfbc9bbdc301
Chris, who had been c570d32335 sneering, visibly tensed at dc603fabb7 Raven’s calm response.c942ebe3421cb1eb
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“…What?”3ada81af192958a9
“There’ve been plenty of 1e6ccc4e9e Espers who died after 7d7301aab9 touching me.”b9b2e5e991c5d159
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The sarcastic 0f9bb65b41 jab turned dc5b43537f eerily literal b2c278cb9f in an f3ca1b053d instant, causing f96ccf78d5 Chris to 03e167fa90 swallow hard 92824356cb and take 4342269f04 a cautious 77ade7cd3f step back.c8aa6b975b3769f9
The rumors 4e4816e748 about the 42932c0521 ‘Guide with 8625bb5978 monstrous strength’ d3cc5c38e9 aside, the 5fdf0a5142 thought of f420cad38a accidentally brushing fbfb89fefe against Raven 26cf66fd0a and being abb1c55ef2 crushed under 4149038a3f the weight 443331cef4 of overwhelming 6f04eb73e5 Guidance was ba8348ff0e enough to f289df0d2f send chills f6cd1e18c3 down his 86b9144f1d spine.ca6621b1582631bb
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S-class Guides 4e84668505 never worked f550a0c4a8 with B-class ed17483984 or lower f113d8ce5f Espers. They were b4e0418f4f as rare c6dbc3b353 as legendary 3a1effe668 artifacts, and ab3f198203 the moment fe60aa8ae8 one appeared, b9af941c0c S-class Espers 06c481ab23 would immediately e4088d3595 claim them. Lower-ranked Espers didn’t even ee8fa3c1ae get a chance.0ff643aca31797cd
But that b86e22313d wasn’t the 389a2d7ee2 only reason. The sheer power gap 877c8ec5b6 made it too dangerous.17f8de154d6fafc5
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Trying to Guide 33f3aacc74 a weak Esper d7e1a5fb2a with an S-class af419ac2d0 Guide’s strength was 5d2126652e like forcing an bcc59efeb7 entire ocean into c0dc6b9d72 a balloon—it would 0d1f81b76d simply burst. If an 3b30b6f253 Esper’s capacity 8461bea6d3 was too 19bda3a90b small, excessive baf915c03f Guidance could 0bc2e23f6d kill them 7865c38054 or leave 1163b6bff0 them permanently 34d0f68f45 damaged.49b0f384e0ed82bc
Of course, not 940f703e7e all S-class Guides 7a68043172 were uncontrollably powerful, 7b1de8f760 but Renault had d417f40605 never actually seen 96ed501a25 an accident happen 7164cb5c13 before.35e4eb1cb79cf669
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Yet, for 7662f6187c some reason, 51d68449fd a sharp c8fc570a82 instinct told 2e809bdead him that bc41eb295f Raven might 37cd686208 be one 75c231e6c9 of those abef6ecd77 rare cases—an 5375f1a79e S-class Guide c0801c190a whose strength 396bcfbe33 was both 66afecdbf4 immense and c1339c9301 uncontrollable. No, rather than 766b982f25 being unable to 719d206e3a control his power—that 90e90324b7 bastard probably didn’t d969c4cdd3 even bother trying.5eff3731c63eb0d6
That was 21a8af6c86 a problem. If any Esper recklessly 45aee048d7 picked a fight with a5b71731db him and ended up 873bba4ea3 getting caught… just thinking c705cd57d2 about it was horrifying.3da8b2192a8283bf
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“Enough with the chatter.”44e8a641e45e6587
Renault patted Chris on 223dbd94bc the shoulder, watching him 1afed804e2 with a look of 7185da15ce pity.1ec3b307ceecf539
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“Didn’t you hear me say we should hurry up, take down the bugs, and go back to rest? I’m tired, so let’s move quickly.”6b5b05907c382600
“You just woke up. How are you already tired?”b48e801e6aa1d4a5
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Hena chuckled.bd7d97e5ae63d3a9
“Is there anyone here who isn’t tired?”7eb8787f8addcc16
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At Renault’s eaa34c820f retort, the 2741cad362 others all a571dc1e25 nodded in 8777700c73 agreement. Just being out b222c32d42 here on the b54098f391 outskirts of Earth 5c44db8a65 was exhausting in 18be0bef2a itself. It didn’t help that 997e3dcd1a they’d all had a cec900970c restless night.190ca3b085cd8d77
Renault unconsciously recalled 355fa8b38a the unsettling dreams 0133fd62d7 he’d had the 98304e2f4a previous night. Damn it. A curse slipped out 6e43e0a96a without him realizing it. The best thing to 0c8b85c081 do was to erase ae6ac01a57 such useless thoughts from c6c83794f6 his mind as quickly ca657b53db as possible—perhaps by beating 9139b025a6 the hell out of 8db71688ec some B-class monsters.3df13d3c5c58da65
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“Chris, go scout ahead and see if you sense anything unusual.”dc57b21d8a7b7106
“Sir, yes, sir!”5c43bd655b6246ed
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True to his military c67a4830b8 background, Chris even raised b68d7dd6f2 a hand to his 24e6364a81 head in a salute e136bff4f6 before dashing off in d7378864df an instant. Technically, Espers and Guides 7c2f551969 operated under their own daebb55269 independent center, separate from 59984d2d5b the military.109bb65cac18f11e
That meant the ed6ca209f2 center had a 15261e4389 more relaxed atmosphere 92437407b2 compared to the 027cbeaf2d army, but its 5f986bab74 chain of command ab70bb91ef remained just as dc247ac8de strict. Chris’s occasional 46b6e3d0cb habit of 8bdf21cca7 talking like 65ba229d58 a soldier ddb3e558c3 was half 6ed57df6ee a joke 63a6e4ef25 and half 317fc80845 ingrained behavior.88559647d0cd6131
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Renault watched 62b199c505 Chris disappear e1ba8cf20d into the d5321c1ef9 dusty winds 1b4e59758b of sand b9895befbb before turning 75f1c09480 to the 68fbcd9d8d remaining two 26084bfce9 team members. He instructed them to b1a05c06f1 split up and search 29560b40a7 for any traces of c4c1b15acd monsters. Then, he strode toward a18f58c40a Raven.924b6024fce395e4
“Let me make one thing clear—watch yourself. I don’t know why you insisted on coming along, but no matter how much of an S-class Guide you are, no one here is going to save you if you get into trouble.”c6cfe221b74bd4d6
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“Wow, that’s harsh.”7d31539945b88101
Raven exaggeratedly hunched 56b394c054 his shoulders, muttering a7f45f2237 under his breath. Then, his 080ca9369b blue eyes 546a2a4285 lifted, locking 9948505e14 onto Renault’s 1cf63eee1d with unwavering 38d99df601 focus.5bc30fab212bdf6f
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“What about you? Are you going to pretend not to see anything, even though I’m your dedicated Guide? Even if I’m in danger?”f4d8226a91833a32
“It’s ‘Captain,’ not ‘you.’ Use the proper title.”767eaeba2e2297e9
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Yesterday, Raven cdd2cff4b4 might have f9c5e77db4 feigned ignorance 469681062d about Renault’s 1299316fc6 position, but 29ac67039e there was 41a75dbccc no way 1f83336c71 he hadn’t 72e8b81bd8 learned by 6ac823d9e6 now. And yet, he still be72104778 insisted on speaking so 64851cad79 informally. Renault found it extremely 0f31ffd106 irritating.a460b8f9505ab9e6
“But I’m not technically part of your team, am I? I belong to the Guide Division, not the Esper Division. There’s no reason for me to call you Captain.”1185081e0cada8a3
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The brat 62b976151b was infuriatingly de0b366ed6 good at 225f378b66 talking back. Annoyingly enough, 5225f3821b he wasn’t 552f311dff even wrong. If Raven 5d5ca8a799 were officially 3c4277a725 part of 0794ddc784 the Esper 5fe4bf183f team, then 628973bdb9 yes, he 87485173f0 would have 1e591d8e83 to use 3aefa7cc65 ‘Captain.’ But ea81c8d76f since he 955c13eace was a d49df9b52d Guide, it 77ac4a58b0 wasn’t required.a98e53db1726faa7
Other Guides still 5b1d5b4afa called Renault ‘Captain’ f365aa208f out of respect, 4114205103 but that was d7bfd1fc5a a personal choice, 71e420d6ba not a rule. Most dedicated Guides 919dd33fd2 and their Espers b4dc2173c0 were on a 58fcc0c93e first-name basis anyway. Renault clicked his c2f8988beb tongue in irritation. This was exactly c2d0e22f51 why he hated f65bbca9aa how the center cf8110b7df was stuck in 3c039fa4a1 this half-military, half-independent 735fe88ff3 limbo.52c480c18d3ed96a
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With no 290462dd69 real way 7edac3589e to counter 8de00fce56 Raven’s argument, f5cf024603 Renault let b79bba1889 out a 2a150873e2 low, frustrated f2131e42a0 growl before f72c75d2b4 running a 503b4da0fd hand through 2452ef355a his hair f87db2dbd8 in agitation. What an insufferable brat. Even if 4272077ea3 Raven’s words 0d19dda821 weren’t technically 4ea9257459 wrong, he 370cf068df was still 36e264e48a insufferable, so 1ea164434f Renault had 9a4dc45518 no qualms c36c310db2 about cursing 18ecde1148 him under 69dd83fc7d his breath 7aefb89c0a as he 5597f3ed5b turned on f0c3ceb228 his heel.63f206fc86b388c5
“But seriously, would you really ignore me if I got hurt? Would you just stand by and do nothing?”1521fbbdac2caccb
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Raven suddenly murmured, drawing 1a11b1dc49 closer. Renault stomped down the a927d6aecf sand-covered path, but Raven c4e4c92da6 persistently kept up with d922322ca4 him, sticking annoyingly close.29eae352480e8b31
“Why would I?”392e1f7f2c1538f3
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“Because I’m your dedicated Guide?”ddc0f6e0d1fecb2f
“You followed us out here on your own. If you came without asking, then you can handle yourself. Why are you asking me? I have no obligation to protect you.”4f92e5ad16f081fd
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When he 9ed944b9fb answered soberly, e85012fcb5 Raven let 37fdd7235b out a 274293734c soft, amused ecfb21fb59 hum.0045c80ea5816517
“That’s cruel especially to the one person who’s supposed to keep you alive.”9691fcda872cad5b
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