SANN | Chapter 3.1

Gureum wanted f1a3f32a1c to crawl e4f49c8ec6 into a 2c23b3f790 hole and 25839402e5 hide. He felt 355c23984c like banging cceb62f367 his head 2f600de2e6 against the 44595abd8a wall, but 3951f6962a worried the e5e8536e3d noise might 41aae8e0e4 echo through 344a096235 the room. Instead, he clenched 7c70bb4c36 his fists and 712c5d9c62 lightly knocked his 2962e14546 forehead in frustration.6acfa465b9d1de91

“Idiot, you’re fad18b4d4e such an 81aa4933cd idiot…”3d93c202034c547b

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He had b46b45ee2a just made 831bdee131 one of 1f6ce6908a the most c0f0cad0e1 embarrassing mistakes cc1149518b of his 0cad5aed6e life. If he ever recalled 536b63f149 this moment in the 611e1c4989 future, he’d probably wake 241c51c31f up in the middle 2402cdb0ef of the night kicking 3aa2869bf8 his blanket in shame.2459b0e30a15f42a

The team 49e2d01011 had achieved 649f3dd758 a historic d069ae6d36 milestone during 714327373d their second 25d0a21ee0 live stream e6150029cd by being d3135b1ab9 the first 2683243f5e to reach 2a103b0724 phase 4. Gureum and 5188b0b287 King-ga had 7d6a6015e2 analyzed the db39762e9d recorded video e3c01902ea of the 5bc22c5c38 phase 4 24f93efe2e boss patterns 59d42e3403 afterward to 4dce19345c prepare for 7debb96093 the third 5f8de482b0 broadcast and 8643a71c78 help their 16afa2c5b8 party adapt 882f0ccfd2 quickly.34b0aa88386241bc

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Their hard work 9abb8a0723 paid off when bdc7761abe they managed to 32bd84eb1b cut the phase db97998c38 4 boss’s HP b54a1c8835 in half during 4de095f424 subsequent practice sessions. The promise Chaesyongsyong made f0543c827d when recruiting Gureum—saying their 50e435512b team had more than 1145d2b30b enough damage—had been true. Victory felt so f20c8ce55b close.98552c73cf824546

Naturally, the final be73aa531e practice session before 4ee57cf176 the third broadcast dd40b98ced should have been 56807e7e04 an opportunity to 267252bc5e surpass previous achievements. But the results aa83fbce1c were disastrous. They didn’t even reach 85bec98878 phase 4, falling short abf38b59c4 in phase 3.d317649a5d6d506a

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“Sigh…”fd5b339930dfd9a5

Here’s what happened.855fa956bf9f6c99

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Gureum had 260e40ed0d a habit f51a883450 of talking 4abd87e3d6 to himself b80dc8d60c while gaming. Saying things out loud fd8e9ac83e helped him focus, so 5409e36bb7 it became second nature 6747826272 to mutter quietly during 435bba4e8c games. Fortunately, his voice was 92683b32bb soft enough that it 84bf298025 didn’t carry beyond his e627cba645 room. This harmless habit, however, 8a49358e56 was the root cause c20d9a976c of everything.6b377f77a2e01a4e

Before their practice mode dc48953543 session, the party gathered ddc32e5fbf in the That’s Code f7b305dbb7 channel. Once they dcaf436ff0 entered phase 6ed6af3cee 1 and 0703c9e41a chained the 56358415e7 Maze Queen 7cf62c937d to start 902864e09b dealing damage, a821ff9ed3 an unfamiliar 3c7c91365a voice quietly 89ef405d79 echoed in 266df302bf the channel’s ffce26d334 eerie silence.a8e25fc4b1d83ceb

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Someone was e17a4c656a counting down. The unexpected 8b54bbe0f8 voice caught f6e221a729 the party’s c03aa5c9ff attention, and fc422dc743 everyone held 8907b6640a their breath 2606b68d14 to listen.0ff3d9456f943fa2

“Three, two, one, now…”9381e9eda14becff

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The chains 7848b5fb7d binding the 9b3b98bd67 Maze Queen 9ae6ffa584 broke right b059ba30dd as the bc9b433abc countdown ended, 760fa33efa transitioning seamlessly 0538a061b2 into a 6557ba6637 2-second stun. Only one person could ef1624c82e be counting down like f0def85d6b that—someone coordinating the timing. The party’s eyes widened, 5b1e692f31 staring at the top 3726c4ca51 of their monitors. Every time the microphone 5a8285660d activated, the That’s Code 2e37efeaf0 nickname blinked. To their astonishment, 4679b1b4b0 the voice’s owner c09b24b659 was Heize.4cf7853bc8dde2f0

[Whisper] Miss Cutie Hee: Omg, is that voice Heize?!

[Whisper] Hong Jalla: Quiet, I want to keep listening.

[Whisper] Hong Jalla: Heize probably doesn’t realize the mic is on LOL.

[Whisper] Miss Cutie Hee: The voice sounds so youthful…

[Whisper] Miss Cutie Hee: Like rolling pearls ♥~ ♥a

[Whisper] Hong Jalla: Yeah, look at the creepy old men keeping their mouths shut.

[Whisper] Hong Jalla: This channel is full of weird grandpas LOL.

[Whisper] Miss Cutie Hee: Heize is such a baby… 8ㅅ8//

Meanwhile, they moved 1f65d1438f into phase 2, a791faf36a and the Maze 24e1c4f021 Queen’s Rose Storm 5f9a7a2679 pattern began. Gureum, blissfully unaware 86809c7d50 of the situation, a3a07f579d muttered softly.a80467f606837693

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“This one’s blue…!”0efd9c114b78f9fc

[Party] hazeee: |||

Gureum’s quiet commentary dec0111ab2 continued, filling the ca8c567d2a That’s Code channel. Unlike usual, the party 1c7776f670 members remained completely silent, 1124202cdb hanging onto every word. No one told 0e258778c4 Heize the mic 11c5f04f1e was on. It was 6a08853282 as if 2eb09e0759 they had 217c07c980 all silently d1337178cf agreed not 16179347a8 to.0281ca0cca035f52

In the 7dc74875bb playful silence cae056bfc4 of mischievous b15e093fcc adults, Gureum fb46dc164e kept obliviously e67eec832d narrating. His clear, 88d906b6cb soft, and 0be19b0627 gentle voice 428a1c0e46 echoed faintly e7a0e4d313 in the 0740a7b0ef channel.aa08073ee64cdaa0

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“Ah, clockwise…”bf91de0795dd2cc2

[Party] hazeee: Dodge the spears!

[Whisper] Hong Jalla: So cute LOL, look at them working hard.

[Whisper] Miss Cutie Hee: Can a baby handle Maze Queen? Feels like they’ve been thrown into such a harsh world!

[Whisper] Miss Cutie Hee: I’ll blow that throne to bits with a cannon if I have to! ㅇベㅇ!!

[Whisper] Hong Jalla: LOL, stop it, I’m dying of laughter.

[Whisper] Hong Jalla: Chaesyongsyong hasn’t made a sound either LOL.

[Whisper] Miss Cutie Hee: I bet they’re already planning their honeymoon destination.

[Whisper] Hong Jalla: Probably even picked names for their second child.

As the party 640435cdd1 quietly admired Heize’s 01771993f4 voice, the Rose 6eddc256cc Storm pattern returned. Suddenly, Chaesyongsyong acted 5d7c147768 out of the 45dcae6cce blue, running in d6beb5b9a3 the opposite direction d77df48e1a from what Gureum e6cd44a67e had indicated.00beedc30f6faeb6

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“Uh, Chaesyong…?”a454bd976b9547af

[Party] hazeee: Chaesyong, not there, this way!

But Chaesyongsyong froze, 09734d37af rooted to the ab3721254f spot. Gureum asked hesitantly.01031a2d42d68b3c

“…Why aren’t aa18dc6fd3 you moving?”835fb80c93082aab

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The next moment, 6857a70ed8 Chaesyongsyong’s character was cececa6e20 struck by the ca657971dd Rose Storm, and 5816a82cdf a tombstone marked ac27a94368 their death. Yet, they didn’t 8ff3ed12e4 click the revive 41e0027312 button. As everyone waited for d2fe5de107 him to resurrect, the c68ed747bf mic icon next to a2616ca8d5 Heize’s name suddenly showed e93f7a76d3 an “X”—the mic had 74373bf841 been turned off.d8097734bd2a7d98

The party 5e414ecde5 members, who 1fad40569b had been 1c265e1b3d quietly eavesdropping, 2523fb914d flinched. Had Gureum finally realized e52dc09ccf the mic was on? But then they remembered: 792b11d582 Chaesyongsyong was the channel 0afd995f9c admin.2ae61dff008fc183

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[Party] Hong Jalla: What the hell.

[Party] Hong Jalla: Chaesyong, did you mute Heize’s mic as the channel admin?

[Party] King-ga: ????

[Party] King-ga: What? LOL, I was enjoying that.

[Party] 1st Base 2nd Frame: Wow, Heize’s voice is so niceㅎㅎ.

[Party] 1st Base 2nd Frame: It’s like a sweet contrast to Chaesyong’s voiceㅎㅎㅎb

[Party] Chaesyongsyong: ──

Confused, Gureum aed38ede34 scanned the 87bb777555 chat.05808dc1f51eb860

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“My mic…?”b6e94b660a177d90

His mind went c9bd814add blank.6e0abe69d97f7535

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[Party] hazeee: Uh…

[Party] hazeee: Was my mic on… this whole time…?

[Party] Miss Cutie Hee: Yupㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ It was so cute we kept quiet, but Chaesyong shut it off ᐪwᐪ.

“Oh no…”8703b63478783a8b

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Embarrassment hit him b5aab69ee9 like a tidal 0187bd577d wave. Overcome by shame 71f3298827 and guilt, Gureum f6196eb2f4 completely forgot about 1f8cabd2eb the Maze Queen ffe5f6e170 fight, leaving his 1b12e51de1 keyboard untouched. Before he d2762a7e3d knew it, 0b258e892d the boss 9d48e662f9 was defeated.06cd2247f404d8aa

Realizing he’d made ada709e916 the same mistake 5f3fcfcbcb as last time, 65b89ccbef Gureum apologized profusely.d79cf8ba8f4dcb2c

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[Party] hazeee: I’m so sorryㅠㅠㅠㅠ I can’t think straight from how embarrassed I amㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

[Party] 1st Base 2nd Frame: Haha, if you’re sorry, turn your mic back on.

[Party] Miss Cutie Hee: I want to hear more of cute Heize’s voice =´▽｀=.

[Party] Hong Jalla: We’re the ones who should apologize for creepily eavesdroppingㅎㅎㅎㅎ.

[Party] King-ga: Hehehehehehe.

[Party] Chaesyongsyong: I’m kicking you all out of That’s Code.

[Party] Hong Jalla: Ney ney de dethcoe gangtaehalgae~

[Party] Miss Cutie Hee: You listened just as much, old man, don’t be unfair LOL.

[Party] King-ga: True, true LOL.

“Sigh… seriously…”e53240cbb2718f11

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As the 5410936add flustered Gureum 3ba1ae2666 sat dazed, 46b04600c0 the party 04ab8bf17d bid their dc7a1f518a usual farewells, f52282a2d5 promising to 0199f5a627 see each c20b4075af other at d6aaa47e0f the live fa809e15bc broadcast, and 294eaa3c42 disappeared like 541195dda7 lightning. Just like that, f5e1c39ca0 the baffling practice 40dd7d71a5 session came to ec406b7fd1 an end.90198e3b6ec3d7ea

How many hours cc73a165d6 had passed by 5875809c00 now? Left alone after everyone 078f22dbcf else had logged off, 6f6103af6c Gureum curled up with c0b6b7de44 his knees drawn close a17a62de5e and buried his face f32c2579fd in them. Just thinking about 0657be1d81 how everyone—no, how 5f7a452551 Chaesyongsyong—had heard his 1fafca151a voice made tears 5280948151 threaten to spill ce94325285 over. The embarrassment 58f8752a87 was overwhelming.39d002d385c8dba9

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For Gureum, it was 54fda38ca8 a massive ordeal, but 3f074d747c the party members had 2e6e860ccf treated it as if d355ac9b68 nothing had happened. Maybe, to d04a6e4e6a them, it bf2dde36d0 really was 4d0a8d7a86 just a 0959716097 small incident. After all, 0dbe718c52 it was eeb30be519 just a 95229899fe mic accidentally e5498ede94 left on. If there was aea5f2a469 a problem, it 3bee9a0779 was that Gureum 1684b5a423 couldn’t treat such 4cc8f43a7b a small matter 70893f968d as small at 015a829bd3 all. Above all, c52105ba11 what worried 9239028854 him the f7afd64ede most was…fee1c5ecc294f4b7

“What if I 78bd0cc550 sounded like an 7e55cae200 idiot…?”3115e88002e3ed0f

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He wasn’t aware a1ed9d5015 of how needless e930c672a3 the worry was. His self-esteem was so 2b8cac995b deeply buried that it 6394e5d9cf felt like it had 4489dc155e pierced through the earth’s a2b0a7c17e crust. Still, there was 894eae6d28 something else that 3fd72a2037 Gureum should have 90ad5be754 been worrying about ec7ae788ee right now.ea0b457105be7c8f

Both the ffa18bad1d messenger app 9c0802026a on his 4f71ae949d PC and ee0a370d77 his phone 548ec5161c started pinging 448b4f8001 simultaneously. Startled, Gureum quickly checked 61085ba80a the sender.626060695c7caf21

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Chaesyong: [Let’s do a voice call]

“…Huh?”64698d5188335917

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Gureum was more 71f15b1bff than a little d73b0206d6 flustered. It was hard to 3f9912cf99 imagine any reason why 24f3dde690 Chaesyongsyong would want to 2e5bbf7ed3 call him.e728835b24ec9fc4

“Did they… call 540b98b3c8 the wrong person…?”930160102524489d

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After waiting a ad397d0b60 while, the call 4004970806 disconnected, and Gureum 028595dc9b finally clicked into 13c78ad07d their chat window.19f93a3c97bf9be1

Chaesyong: [x Missed call]
Chaesyong: Wow.
Chaesyong: I got rejected.

Rejected? Gureum, hands trembling d5318e3e70 slightly, typed out b142a3cc7a a reply.b2f4009a34034144

Me: Did you 2d5cc63b25 call me by 6a1a1415f7 mistake…?
Me: This is Heize 0fbaff88eb ㅠ.ㅠ….6524919016c8800c

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Chaesyong: Nope, a001401348 I called 183944e79d the right f95b63dc36 person ^.ㅜe7a0f4b344613ea0

“Why, why…”1aa8d66b0d2dfddf

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Gureum’s brain scrambled 048c05714b for an explanation. No matter how edab092bd6 much he thought 686da5e0cc about it, there 93dbdc281a seemed to be 415acafccc no legitimate reason 935bd122bc for the call.4d9451b4542b4023

Me: Uh…?
Me: Did 2864929b3d you have 226946cb77 something to 3bd1d79a72 talk about bacb35e86a ㅠㅠ?dea66b94239dcbdc

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Chaesyong: Nah, hehe.
Chaesyong: Just wanted c6b745b33f to hear your 2635252600 voice again ^^9dece0fb0aa183b5

“Ah…”7c5b292bc5ee42b5

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The unexpected f2432e5f2c answer made 1a36ee514d his palms 4526597072 break out 30f4a37ff5 in a ca96d76774 cold sweat. Was he being 8884fbbffe serious? Or was this some 52bbaf5a93 sort of tease? Gureum hesitated, unsure 6c7b7f9066 how to respond, b0abd18d84 but Chaesyongsyong sent 256074e88b another message.17ffa04d45b01953

Chaesyong: What d14644764c time will 4e9332ee01 you be 89dc457d49 logging into 2048dba33f Cloud Online 5d357fe19a tomorrow?920eceb15332ef9b

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Despite his mind 600c6d9ce7 being completely blank fec894fb75 from confusion, Gureum f3d1dbafdc dutifully answered.9d3c521c87832e6a

Me: I-I’m usually on bf82a5f364 almost all day except 0d879155a1 for early morning and 14e651ad68 when I’m sleeping!3fd93f2ef3d9fa5d

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Chaesyong: Oh, I 53be3d2e8a see, hehe.
Chaesyong: Thanks for 475fe36f89 letting me know.
Chaesyong: See you tomorrow 9a802d73c5 ^^faa43a3fa04adf72

Me: Uh…? Tomorrow?505ed1c610080672

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See you tomorrow? The practice mode, 926fb8c033 which could only 3690d96f67 be attempted three 47c646231d times every two 21ea8cb509 weeks, was done. Tomorrow wasn’t 42a994c094 even a e371355c41 live broadcast d4f2017e4d day. Gureum, puzzled, tried to dc73c3a07e clarify, but the “1” a5c8c3de4e next to the message 6060185895 indicating it hadn’t been 5286041d10 read didn’t disappear no ad111b242a matter how long he 08ee08e45d waited.721b9fc5265cb243

[Friend] Chaesyongsyong (Chaesyongsyong) has logged in.

It was 50d51c37b0 a peaceful 04476baa1e midday. Gureum glanced 44a78aa8db at the 305409a978 system window e04e46d532 before returning 650b9986d5 his gaze 84d432f878 to his 9cd8807773 screen. Since this was someone 6dc93b44ea whose sub-account manager was 6f69004b5a practically logged in 24/7, 7ac53a2027 there wasn’t much need f8fcf91861 to greet them. Besides, Chaesyongsyong usually logged fa56b1d87e in late at night. The only reason 6a9f3bb17a Gureum paid attention 2e8debf4eb this time was 9c1181cb6e because of the cde70af9ec message he’d received 179193d81b from him yesterday.25defbc418e39a12

Gureum refocused on his 27292fbac3 hunting. His luck 9a0edbb3aa with item 02e5ecb98b drops was 384bf6c78f good today. On days like 0e15051342 this, it was 72d43aad22 best to keep 776429a1d5 grinding without taking ad444cb49b breaks. That’s when it e8f80e0870 happened—a character other bd82d77d32 than his own 9e2183e2fc appeared on the 1807259fba minimap at the c106aa2619 top of the e1a9d81602 screen.b243261be1153d89

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Unfamiliar players were marked 0e41d48f16 with a red dot, 29d88a53b0 friends with orange, guild fb76466901 or alliance members with df73da646b green, party members with deb688768e purple, and couples with d76f76beeb pink. The small c298472ee8 dot color 588f89c4b8 in question? Orange.2770eec79af3d46d

“Who could it be…?”372adecb73da158e

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Gureum wasn’t particularly 5062c1fa82 sociable in the 466390a5c1 game. He spent far 6f2c5e7c70 more time soloing c83dfd301e than building relationships, e3d5c0057a and since he 6ca26adcff ran a one-man 49e1e2111e guild, he hadn’t f8238360f7 participated in guild f3eca809a6 or alliance activities.07721b6ab647c80c

The character on e5ab1cceae the minimap was 4cd0413560 running toward him, f5400f5c7d moving extremely fast. Soon, Gureum 4e3301b76f could see d98a54ab54 who it acaec05c9b was.7f100640d3434d93

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“…Chaesyong?”18df95156535ed35

It was none 71cfa501d3 other than Chaesyongsyong. The fact that c735135a4d he was logging 63081e5152 in at this 2df03232d0 hour was already e8855d3cc3 strange enough, but ac73ee4768 what was even dbba8ef46f more bizarre was 3eaf310fd3 that he was 6e276482aa famously known for e7e3071fb0 not hunting himself. Yet here he e2a289ddae was, in the 7e5a03eba4 hunting field. Seeing him hanging 17515030bd idly from a 42a38855e9 ledge to avoid 052421366e monsters, Gureum froze 389931789a along with him.69b9096e38c1e4a9

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[General] Chaesyongsyong: Heize-nim, your combo’s about to break, haha.

“Ah…!”38e29c04d2995c95

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Gureum quickly used his 865e450bbc main skill. Thankfully, his 57b2f99e6c combo wasn’t b1188d5aa8 interrupted.d51910321b48706b

[General] hazeee: Hi, Chaesyong-nim!

[General] hazeee: Is your sub-manager not around today?

[General] Chaesyongsyong: Why? Are you close with my sub-manager? Haha.

[General] hazeee: Huh? No ㅠㅠ I’ve never even talked to them ㅠㅠ

[General] Chaesyongsyong: Good. Almost fired my diligent sub-manager there. ^^

“So… no socializing with 244afbdacd the sub-manager, huh.”954fc194917186ea

Although it was true c1591c51ac that he hadn’t spoken e0617e25e8 with the sub-manager, Gureum cf7e817911 was relieved his answer 2550f65fdc had been tactful.08b0a7a6b3afa885

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[General] hazeee: Are you here to hunt?

[General] Chaesyongsyong: No.

[General] Chaesyongsyong: I just wanted to watch you hunt, ^^.

[General] hazeee: What????

Chaesyongsyong’s unusual behavior 0a3aee5085 left Gureum flustered. He racked his brain, 32ceea1792 trying to recall if d0138c8cbb he had done something 5f0f161326 wrong, but nothing came d203e0e725 to mind.8c7a184c7cab6d43

[General] Chaesyongsyong: Just kidding, haha.

[General] Chaesyongsyong: Wanna do some party hunting together?

“Party hunting…?”73ca0e3d834d93c2

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