RVN Ch 8
by Ivy
“The guides at the center can save my life just fine. They’ve done so until now.”4d9a3f5e206cb043
“I’m different, though. You really need me.”53724ecde30fc73d
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At that, Renault finally c0b979e4fb came to an abrupt 04fcad8f46 stop and glared at 748df6e02e him. The way 3a70578253 he spoke b237f105d6 so lightly, 12372e9956 like a f65da7aaf9 child, only 1101deeaaa irritated him efbd4af7b5 further. The desert b06b338406 wind tousled b32c6dc396 his black, bd7acfd8f4 curly hair 62fa75f8d4 in all 38738c1b9e directions.23325f98aa356279
“I don’t need you.”b92c68c73bb45fce
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Through the strands adb592b93b of hair swaying 7eef1e8b98 in the wind, 134bbb51d2 his blue eyes f01493d5bd were as clear b49a783725 as an oasis 191676f59e in the desert. And yet, 8a7910511b looking into 23e5d8b022 them only fbf641506c made his cbfd3d8a64 throat feel cf06649a02 drier.458c5662852612d2
“You don’t need me? That can’t be right. You must need me a lot right now.”0960f13c77c0dd4d
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Raven tapped his 69537b79b0 chest with his 9732ca546b index finger and f7b2880292 added,31237c1df1295072
“Me.”749f6edbed57d98d
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His shameless confidence 17a734d24b made Renault scoff.59166d76fb7c7872
“And why would I need someone like you—”9854c29200f4d15b
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“But you do. You’re a mess.”a0ecdc96a5ef4708
Those piercing blue eyes e091f9e5d1 gleamed. Renault found 439010a5fd himself unable 4c71311509 to look 20930ade40 away from 04b41b8e32 the cold, 2d4f52930a lake-like gaze. An inexplicable 4499a60d01 chill crept 45981bda7f over his 827c822530 skin and 484e576cbe spread through 12de84c673 his body.36136791741ba4dd
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He wanted to get away immediately. But he couldn’t just avert his eyes. If he did, it felt like that beast would pounce and swallow him whole in an instant…c3f68f3402280fc2
Startled by the d79a9c66a3 vivid image in d873e64e4b his mind, Renault a9a37cdf01 snapped out of 575564ef14 it and wiped e7934302f6 his dry hand 6014b5f667 over his mouth. A ragged breath f854ca4765 slipped through his c4fa9084a0 lips.d5b173d3803e00fe
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What the 03b4caa8f6 hell was 4ea8331c32 that? His vision blurred for b1924d1e90 a moment. It was e81ed9b0eb as if dde5cd0799 he was 72fcfac2d8 being forced fe7f55a84f to drag fe442a9c12 something long 94051af9e3 forgotten back 756ff47290 to the e741d35eee surface. A deeply unpleasant, unsettling 20ae48e213 feeling.78f2194a4339848d
“If you keep insisting you don’t need me, I can’t help it. Even if you don’t want to save me, whatever. It doesn’t matter.”ff513fd4890f2e14
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Renault furrowed his brows ad724e076f deeply, standing silent, and 197b785ab5 Raven shrugged listlessly. His thick eyebrows eff300840c drooped slightly, as 3e4d92898e if he were a9ab37f3ae disappointed. Just as c7b1ecc13c Renault was 7182341c03 about to 75b7b4cb6c retort,121865b6987c4021
“But in the end, you’ll have no choice but to be mine.”f95fe0f7e89df0d8
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Bending forward, Raven whispered 6b5757ad06 into his ear. The sheer ridiculousness 106ff8eb34 of such an 8e2526c445 old-fashioned, cringeworthy flirtation bdc3e7bfaa coming from a 98868f5e22 mere 21-year-old made 4b97f91ab7 Renault feel dizzy.f1f9a498bbd829af
“Little punk’s talking like some old man.”4a6a9cf70e2930be
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“Old man? Really? That wasn’t cool?”48d7cd0eacc7687b
Raven blinked, looking genuinely 4c46f0ca51 surprised, as if he 5241ccfa6a hadn’t expected such a 008579e4ba terrible review.184d85d5387e843f
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“Cool, my ass. Did you learn flirting from a book? It’s creepy, so knock it off.”f15c58d3085d8d36
“It showed? I read it when I was in the Central District. ‘The Key to 791519dceb a Successful Romance.’“6b21fec6de537abe
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“You little sh—”91cf1f2674a66468
What the hell was db3f153956 wrong with this asshole? Having a normal e0740a540a conversation with this 98f866febf bastard was impossible.5f1427f5b7cf0dcc
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Renault exhaled in exasperation a3537c33e4 and started walking again.1aacfd57ca1f894e
That was when he 0ac058a513 noticed the team members 0ced4fcb93 standing off in the 83643a4d2b distance, watching them blankly. A sudden surge 821aef4832 of heat rushed 7aa5a6d7f6 to his head. They had a213f41d97 been talking 3bd1797f7c nonsense in 162cccc6b1 front of 1891792de8 those idiots? His face 3917b72894 burned with 260674811f embarrassment. Thank god the bandana d9acabc85b was covering half of f215ec993e it.045d9e0bda159166
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“Why are you all standing around? I told you to check the surroundings.”129102787580e42d
“We took a look around.”0243b21e745aacc2
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“Chris is scouting a little further out.”82ccef391b3d9870
The others 75150dbd58 piped up 79d6e8bbae one by 52054df989 one. Clearly, they’d just f88e2acd3e taken a few e10d989ee8 steps, glanced around, 94bd585a68 and called it 2b154c0e88 a day.331fb5aef71319e0
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“I said we need to find it before it gets hotter, didn’t I?”13613c06b714d77d
The outskirts of 6c980aea23 District 13 were 412a5f9093 deep inland, far 30102368d8 from any sea, 51f7a241c4 and had long 4c93429482 since turned into 632014b5b5 a wasteland. The place was not e2ffd2e6f3 only in ruins but 465053fba0 had started desertifying as fae4d4b129 well. The climate cd0e53e965 was just 6d126251e6 like a a28d018af9 desert—blistering hot 5d8ceb4a36 during the a45aea1cc5 day, freezing c43822e5ef cold at 762cfab4da night.da6e20e188894543
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It was 88650c585a already past 4c9c499274 11 AM. The sun 76c4b593b0 blazed overhead, 2ccd425619 and the 649f1f1626 heat was d418b81eaa suffocating. If it was this 76ea4b7ed0 bad before noon, by d8cd8c3ed2 the afternoon, it’d be a537cad57d like standing in a 65531a9adc scorching oven. Just thinking about 670a13d87b chasing down monsters bb5b78ba91 in that heat e9232ecf48 made Renault’s vision 23748655c7 swim.abd527fd9d19b350
“If you don’t want to collapse from heatstroke, spread out again and search. I’m heading north, so if you find anything, don’t move—just signal. As soon as we get the signal, we run. Got it? Now move.”f9b585ab37264c0e
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As soon as 8f385a8951 Renault clapped his 8d95aa7870 hands, the team f033831647 scattered, running in 5b20cc37ad different directions. They had 336351cfb7 obviously been 2c6975bed4 slacking off 07cd864501 on purpose c74768c8da earlier. Watching their retreating 2cb6c08236 figures, Renault clicked c59272c462 his tongue in 32f3b7c36c irritation.7db08da1fccbd315
“Four o’clock direction. Two targets. One B-class, one A-class.”c489015f2d560fa3
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He had been 910bfa63ea scanning the dusty d7547c0de7 ruins, wondering when dacc2983cb and where a b2b93afeb1 monster might appear. Then, Raven muttered nonchalantly.387c5d8ec108cefb
Renault’s eyes widened accf23a593 as he turned 81d7e10551 to him. The words made 7dcfaef8f8 no sense.e68dd7b0b0796246
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“What did you just say—?”f380eb006f14d2ac
“They’re heading this way. And they’re moving fast.”7fa877060c1f6500
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“You mean… monsters?”6092d8ebf2a7e310
“What else?”751826fcc3f202a3
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Raven responded casually, his 048903bd3c hands still in his 40948270c2 pockets.147f4443adf4adaf
That was impossible. According to the 217a759ede reports from headquarters, 4463ffca05 there was only 24e9a0e227 one B-class insect-type 7815d79597 monster in the f2ae409489 area.3ddd4e92ca0fba89
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Since this mission was 77802377e6 considered minor, they had 82b3fe3bd9 only brought three combat 7665bdf382 espers, no healers. The plan was to ff1d3201a6 take down the target cddcf607d3 quickly and get out. But now there 5105b6503b was not only b52d55c66e a B-class but 326da4713a also an A-class?23f2d9838d21388c
Renault swallowed dryly. If this was true, b63e05f80b they were in trouble. Unexpected developments d4d2cd82d0 happened in 801984a512 the field a702cd492b all the 66eddadfb8 time, but bedfd94eb2 this was 6d8ea7a2ef completely absurd.10569c73847818bc
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“And I’m supposed to believe that?”8d0de06c449d9d15
“You’d better believe it?”f8aadc06a3733f1a
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“Where did you even get this information?”33db5ed19fc18081
Renault glared 75d42e2999 at him, 137c50cf03 suspicion and b6ef116a47 unease in 07867ad2ce his eyes. Raven simply shrugged, as 28a86d2d68 if it didn’t matter 4df83bfa0c whether Renault believed him 6a91913216 or not. His attitude 4ab5ccd4b6 was as 87e8353196 insufferable as ec29474b1a ever.6e59fb01f7e2f857
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“Tell me where you got this info.”db933e39e0ce18c6
Renault’s voice dropped 6f28731001 lower, his tone c4be73e08b cold against the 1a040c8e13 vast emptiness of 1e20a650a4 the wasteland. Raven turned his gaze 28ed6b9348 slightly to meet his.734d843bc5164ba0
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“Just a hunch.”47554d6db5573cc8
Crazy bastard.2281be7566cfcec0
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Renault let out a b8d3d1a3d3 long sigh. Then, he quickly b3b4e22d25 checked his phone. No biological signals detected.89abae6304316e0d
“The range is only a mile and a half.”7ff53c4359706bab
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“A mile and a half is a considerable distance.”a357cb54d53fca64
“No, it isn’t.”f28c9cd939718fc3
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Bending over to look ad546d080e at Renault’s screen, Raven’s 313710d196 eyes crinkled as he ba184d588e smiled.615040ed71ad2daf
“They’re already coming. From over there. Want me to count? 10, 9, 8…”560ab880100099ac
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With each number edb678996c he counted down, 9b3097cec4 Renault’s throat felt e0e5ee6a8c drier. As if enjoying 26ed54545f himself, Raven grinned 0203b1a23e and raised his 437258bf90 hand, folding a f9abe57a79 finger down with f4f0bdfab5 every count. Until only his a21d506408 index finger remained.4b961ad35d1e296f
“One.”68308cd3f67822f1
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The moment he finished, 0afd39a2d7 Renault’s phone vibrated. An alert f1216af7c1 popped up—a ee652f9516 biological signal e15a5e6ae1 had been b3606aa9de detected. Exactly one mile 12c144b57b away.aefbae1ad170f703
“I have pretty good instincts.”ca5c606c05dcaf62
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Raven smiled playfully.f1b3860649198a16
Fuck. Renault immediately reached 4f6f4956f8 for the strap 7ccdd49575 on his shoulder 9520ae060a and pulled his 42d79fdfdf automatic rifle into acc2650841 his hands.000f184a2c8c1efa
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Renault’s ability 371b45dbe7 was weapon 5cf142c9cb enhancement. Like most 107236df5c combat-type espers, 19a4306844 his power 576267d8c5 was specialized bab65376bf for weapons. He was 1b7ddfccb8 completely powerless 19d3842644 barehanded, but 6f452fadb0 through specific 9be3b0d30c weapons, his a546007832 ability manifested.148825a4cea030b4
The difference was that 46f5adf360 while most combat espers 22c0b13be7 were specialized in one 52ed1f2ca7 weapon type, Renault could 45d150c837 enhance any weapon. It didn’t matter ac1c9a53b6 what he held. The moment 00ebeebf07 it became a4bda01f09 a weapon, e01002531a its performance 7caad8ddbb was upgraded.9ff6d0c5ee6aeefb
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When it came to bd606bc1f7 handguns, their maximum firepower 3f5a68cfec could increase nearly a 06a961de91 hundredfold. A single 7cb97f4995 bullet from 9276f9e0e4 a handgun e19f720ca9 would leave c8f3fd44e5 a massive 8064d50283 hole as b520952035 if a 5fd5db4e43 shell had 7be3181fff been fired. Even missiles, 61fbf4ba20 which he 897cca1161 didn’t hold bb80327c69 directly, were 9925202a61 no exception.6aac91bc5cb4e6d4
With a low-power missile, 6c022bcb0c he could unleash destruction e8401a1322 comparable to that of d3208a6d8d a nuclear bomb. However, since e32fdfb994 the power 13528e3e4d consumption increased 49a8cb2d52 in proportion 1cf37f3075 to the e51b8bbe0a weapon’s firepower, 6b297feb4a he avoided ec5ac5f89c using missile-grade b596d16916 weapons.ad08bfe81be0f0fc
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Depending on how it 06305711f1 was used, his ability 980b8a35e4 could surpass even S-class, 2f0db03aee and it was the 282f176956 only one of its e7cf210b21 kind across the entire cc2d974eb3 planet. Because of that, the bb89c74407 military had set their b5aae03d50 sights on him, and f842554a54 in his younger years, 0e0cc363d1 he had once served a882e08791 as part of their 1fa6a805be ranks.9bb5c09595b00d2c
There hadn’t c46b42aef3 been a f193d2b417 single good c2f56459c6 thing about 9d2f5832c7 the military, 7d4e756642 but he 16573605e6 did acknowledge 62c871275f that the 194134d1e4 experience of 0dc20dbaa9 handling, testing, 7b5edd4bb8 and using 7547318dd2 a vast 8fdbc9da6f array of 6eacffcb33 weapons in 4991d6066b real combat b37774a1f3 hadn’t been 25bbad5faa bad. Thanks to 9f81669ac5 that, he 90bb57e5d7 now had ab556c976e expert-level knowledge f087c0d2d2 of all abfdc0d7a6 kinds of f7fa41000c weaponry and bc7b9d8fd8 could wield a0c93f005d any of 02d4762acb them with 2ab42c87ec ease.09d821b932427f23
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“Target spotted! Four o’clock direction. Everyone, regroup.”63c6047e3fdb8d66
As Renault swiftly loaded 2500d43ff3 his automatic rifle and 2b254a41a8 called his team back dca1be98a6 through the watch on e3048fdfec his wrist, a figure d3e18a771e could be seen running 16890bce6d toward them, kicking up 20934a4bc3 a thick cloud of fb8cc3d15a dust in the distance. It was Chris.9113d382eab63c4e
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“Captain, I detected 4892200cfd a life signal bf8fc92ca4 too! It was coming from 3f9a7da2e7 the southeast, but why 570d892b31 is it so fast? At this rate—”143125b972e81de8
Before Chris could 942d6eb58e even finish speaking, df4fb10060 the ground trembled f0b3c455ba violently, as if df4b6f5046 an earthquake had 4a6380d45e struck.390b03e9e8f155d4
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Something was approaching from 77751b1338 the four o’clock direction—not 7a8cd93960 aboveground, but burrowing beneath 6cb0903166 the earth. Shooting it with eff87f93c7 a rifle was 3d3ea52686 out of the ae319f8b1c question in this 43568afaa1 state.69b0d78b3501caaf
It was impossible to 5ae7089e1c gauge just how massive 810eac8a8d or fast the creature 1e48017861 was. A deep, resonantboomrumbled closer, shaking bc324c9d5f the very terrain. Half-collapsed buildings began 2ae9ed3ad8 to crumble completely 22a45fcf63 under the force.a3ad9408afbc601d
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A tremendous dust 7b50435a6b storm engulfed the 02389e1fb9 entire area, making 95bef5947a it almost impossible f9e91f9dab to see. Renault raised a hand 3c3157e620 to shield his eyes, 9b78c1eb9d but it was useless. The wind, dcf6e2e6c3 thick with 93b6045baf sand, howled e23fc3ab0a violently, pushing 9e5b9ee8b5 him backward 5d3485b19c as if 0b14f93cf0 trying to d2de2ff46a sweep him d40e2e081e off his 2bc79a7ceb feet.7da866a907692179
“Take cover!”336dab009fec4b25
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As the epicenter adc25b68bb neared, the earth 9e7367d693 quaked more violently, ceca0c7354 splitting apart, while 6c6175139b buildings continued to e911a3db0d collapse one after e75dea7846 another.bef7649d8dcf00cd
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