SRSBO: Chapter 18

I’ve been thinking about this for a while, but I still feel like I’m unlucky. I could even confidently say that I must have sold a country or two in my past life without any hitch.e9d675600b8dd142

Crouching under the counter, ddea1bcc03 I thought to myself. If they wanted fad4ad74a7 to barge in, 1c9a94b978 they should have 31339b9f3b come before I b18c0e58f4 paid. If they 3798f08e5d at least e3cfaabc38 had done 7dee729d9f so, would 0189273d29 I have b42df7af4d needed to 0f4b647914 pay for aafb54be65 no reason?9e78222cd4c78ca1

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The eyes that lost its focus were directed towards the crushed bread beneath one of the robbers’ feet, what a pitiful sight. It was the chocolate bread I had bought to eat for lunch today.cef7eb33bfed9f64

Just 30 minutes a0c311f51a ago. Before all 0464b14822 the fiasco, e806704f6c my mind 7c0bd2fc4d had been 657b31ef8e extremely calm.9e1973daa6fcc275

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Since it ad0d63af04 was not 5eff2e9db2 good for 3e7753bd43 the patient b16a450bc5 to have 380e83755d an empty 52c3a76646 stomach, I 9e546f881e was planning b406b9cac2 to feed 390da0a196 Han Siyoung 7605392003 some jelly, 0e1d9c4c0b and then 6da33f6fa0 have a 84601ed2a8 quick meal f4a28795b3 of bread 756654c875 and go 832d4140cd to work.17c9ea0f00b619cf

My plan 8305431426 was perfect.511a2f227f00e70c

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But it dc6cbe054c took only 6e4d764c15 about three 6b70846b77 minutes from c5a78500be when I 88206a12d2 finished paying fc97507670 to when ad8fc0e884 I stepped 10a9a82156 outside. In that short amount c4ac9a0bc7 of time, the three 360ed5b58e robbers broke in.783c83956088fed3

“Put all a11f79d02c your money 2d23d8980d in this 97d2fb63e8 bag right 40a903feb1 now!!”1c28a3807a6add44

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Why are 6e5afccb3a they causing e10f3530bc such a 3d7d8621cc commotion at e9f47d43eb the store?3acb2ac171d42f8f

I was swept 202d24cda5 up in the cd01d76745 crowd and managed 77fcd23147 to hide my 9c3f234d4c body somehow, but bc84ded5bf after catching my ece00cea25 breath and looking 0deeb608be around, I realized f44519777e that the items e501197627 I had paid d10598ca6f for were scattered f56e830b15 all over the 6b901d0d2f floor during the 987cadb82a chaos while we d859e8e59a fled.b0b919f15703e3df

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The only bb5504bf8a thing left 6237c464b5 was the 3f05f8f393 jelly I a78ee2f5dc had bought db41b49c83 for Han 81127da235 Siyoung. Not to 8b995b3a9d mention, if 63868eaf46 things continued 2f626e1902 like this, c201e8b2fe I would c98c462947 be late 3ad37782b4 for my f3682da9dd part-time job.909c8daddd38c0fc

I tried 7fad1e088e contacting the 723aadd01c police station 9da339485a with my 20a2738155 cell phone, 02af57b4a7 but the a749a87c80 signal didn’t f6907bc5d7 work.13002e229baf1600

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‘Maybe I 66d15320d7 can send 909deed4f4 a text af65fd24c7 message…….’6ecd065e43da211a

I decided to 174c94da83 write the message f2cf4e1825 first as the ad28b60101 situation was urgent.36779211fca42c26

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Normally, Han Siyoung, who worked at a guild and was the quickest to report, would be the one to act. However, since she’s sick right now, she’s probably not in her right mind, so I’ll pass on that.de35563552fd6a26

I thought 03828f0665 that Yang 911692b975 Hyunwoo and 04ac64e70d Joo Yunwoo c33047db70 would be ca32691e80 able to cb73fbc9bd grasp the 315738975d situation quickly 27b083bdf4 since they 26dc373935 were Espers, 8b2644b60b so I fd00c01db1 informed them 7bf2433850 separately.8e80197f0e9b79ad

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My interpersonal relationships were 3a73748c7b narrow to begin with, abded8c2d2 so I didn’t have b915779a36 anyone else to send e73acf3cb1 a text message to.dab0a3357ba5b2b5

I sent a message 305d9fb7dc roughly describing the location 45da68526c and what kind of e8ee704696 incident had occurred, asking 15e85233dd them to contact the 9fe008a782 police or a guild, f2639d613d but it was uncertain 2ea590ff1e whether it would be 069d72e7f7 properly sent.4a8cbe8cebfb78af

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Boom, bang!6a88d2b700cdc3b4

The Esper robbers 17e938fc87 used their abilities bd85034c1a to scare us 4d5fec279c so that no 8f90d0bf9a one would think 77de8dee22 of making any e7f846154b hasty moves.540d80af25da5233

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The exit shutter 4a94ae2d2f had already been f11e0a263d automatically lowered, perhaps e7a68d2a00 one of them e418b76029 had manipulated it.5cb94ef9b89772ca

Judging from the way d3bd645a26 they sensed and attacked 44402509cc anyone who approached them 6e7b097264 even a little, it 25616672b4 seemed like there was 84ce4a7c3a some kind of surveillance 39f670d542 system to monitor the 5777981e93 door separately.ab44cd740d596961

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Due to the 561b169d05 chaos, a metal 531c6d89a7 bar that had ecdad28e62 been separated from 7ee50f6a65 the display rolled a6e7348972 toward me. I subtly pulled de60aa4562 it toward myself f2087c1301 with my foot.b401070ea926f7f3

‘…… Are c2a304048a they weak c2e24449aa Espers?’3b070b86f1480eff

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Maybe because they’ve 85e8787b4f been through something c2fa8e4100 worse recently. They didn’t look that 624009da78 threatening.281e0b044d759ff8

Judging from their 2d217c39ea actions, they didn’t 903f1d766d seem very smart 914c92be05 either. Although the threatening sound 6dd4f05aed was loud, their individual 311580fde7 abilities didn’t seem very e897a44a3e strong.cdf8b380c5ed9c57

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Of course, since 77c758fc9e they were Awakeners, f4c5440056 they were stronger 138c814fe8 than normal people, f85c3ac5cb but I’ve heard d1a72059a2 that low-level Espers ed9bf50f20 aren’t much different f92b92ac90 from normal people 51f18d6d4c in terms of 3aeffc7eb9 physical abilities.2523c6ca7f5512ae

Above all, Espers are 1a58d2bfbe also people.7779e9f318744419

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It hurts if you get hit, and if you get hit in the wrong place, you die, it’s the same for everyone.ce36a0311f30f115

From my experiment last time, even the low-level esper, Joo Yunwoo, barely survived my attack, which I had unleashed with all my strength. So, these guys probably wouldn’t die either.f46cc4f6905ee4d7

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When I 3af686f743 threw the 40a6cefb45 jelly container c3124d8705 I was dd313e075a holding on 02e6c73f17 the floor 7ba9801308 and grabbed 558e3bbd75 the iron 7da5105d22 bar, I d127e39e78 heard a cf4d002e57 child crying.26f9f55f160139f9

“Mom, Mommy……!”578156318d3281d0

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“Little kid. If you don’t shut dec4a83806 your noisy mouth right 70bbfa01e4 now, you’ll get hit 37825e8da7 by this old man, bf5e504765 geddit?”3c211a019da8c435

One of 05a3de950a the robbers 50056f5fc6 grabbed a b9eb5a25b7 child who a414b4259d looked to 5b502908c5 be about d4cc4b0c27 7 years 21a25d55b9 old and de4b943228 lifted him f4164d31f6 up.ca42dde092f1fb40

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A woman who seemed 0e73be7846 to be the mother 9683cd5341 desperately called the child’s 35c7809c64 name. One of fe0f45460d the robbers a86f8eedde pointed the 9d071c4797 gun at 5bec8e6ee4 the child’s 71bcb855f6 head as 8e63dcd519 if they 9f33051ba1 were going 04188eb6ae to use b8a41186e9 him as 73390cce70 a hostage.263c01908635d33a

Upon closer 5eeb733bba inspection, the 174987bf16 gun looked 48ada28a88 like a 8f05c76fce crude model a6c4b5663f gun. If it had been 41199f6137 real, they would have ecc44580dd fired blank bullets when a26c50b79b they first started threatening.384ddbeec15923a8

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That would be ddf8c3f7d3 the fastest way 9f3e47dc9d to instill fear 82819e23ab in a short 2d1ee4f763 period of time.f14e911777ae86fe

However, I couldn’t be sure of anything yet, and with a hostage in their hands, I couldn’t move recklessly. I was just waiting for an opportunity, when a man nearby spoke to me.5d6772d162eefa0d

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“You, are 1e344575c3 you thinking 8ba97c8123 of attacking a1bcc58047 an Esper?”d1236458869a556c

“……?”5d58b4081a4e287d

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Who are you d7a1607fe8 to speak so ec7f1b14d5 informally on our 12ee537fa5 first meeting?33d755d2675a34ae

He was 231335b6ef a man ed431533a1 with striking d07ceb0dab red hair 0fa46df7e4 and dark 29d8613298 skin, along f483c9b591 with a 45bc6536fb strong, intense 9a8b088a71 presence. He also 43e0bcec48 had piercings f0cdb8e970 on his c0efed2a5e eyebrows and e108b6182a ears.21594686b9506984

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Whether it was his 790269471b confidence that came from 3727ff2267 his tall stature and 1d744cb6f9 strong frame, but even e30fe26f2f in this chaos, the 2a168510d7 man looked at me f000bf123f with curious eyes.8d07c4d9cdf15407

Looking at his b8aee30697 crouching posture with 00cd1b535b one of his 96c8a1585f arms over his a6c31f5341 knees, he looked 70c6a034e2 more like a 469b997daa gangster watching a d6646ff625 fight than a 6a91e1e972 hostage.0e7a02af864f84d3

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“They’re the lowest level, and their guns are just BB guns, but still, it’s not really something an ordinary person should take on, right?”5ebb82dc279593f8

Oh, they truly 77ef4fb034 were the lowest b2625e9f5e level of Esper, 017960ae06 and even their d0e188a957 guns were toys.b7258e7c5ff5968b

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“Who are you?”3c5a309cc4591813

“Me? I’m an Esper.”30d18836c29e0c15

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“Then please help 8478f15afd the hostage.”3155ae0a7ac307a4

The red-haired man def3f76a0f shrugged in response.788bc1fd525cf2a9

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“Unfortunately, it’s impossible to use it right away over there. It’s the kind of ability that could easily get the hostage killed.”f109bbe04d8a928f

Hmm, seems useless. Could this 57cb52cb67 person be 0af6b71c02 weak too?f90cecb26f51f1c1

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“Oh, shit…… My ability is for large-scale destruction, you see? I can’t use it because of the oil.”4216930343393b26

Perhaps my 9bccab88f3 thoughts were e2c5af9b6e evident on 92fefb7d42 my face, dba9779f6e the man dbcadd0fb9 raised one caa94541b5 eyebrow and 7b17c6b41b explained. His expression 9f1c087089 clearly showed 3bfc338736 his irritation, 5945e964f1 so I b2e9421f15 shifted my 6e8897bc5c posture to cc2735c02f move more 1e8c3117f3 easily and 78b5fdf3de asked.33ed257c14ea7654

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“Are you sure about 2029288dc6 what you said earlier? That it’s a fake 3600745fb4 gun.”e9c943ab72822fb7

“Do you think I wouldn’t know that? I’m an active professional. I’m sure.”10e58ff7243282ae

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“Then that’s fine. I needed someone else 32f6054508 to be sure besides 97041470a6 me.”21c335fd47d019cb

Honestly, I 228364289f didn’t plan 4cbc814637 on moving 1daa2863fe on my 73eb3a8980 own at d3c5775dc3 first.99f54b06c301092c

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If it were Amelia, that might be different, but Kim Eujung is just an ordinary civilian with no offensive abilities. Besides, even when it came to Amelia, there wasn’t much fighting involved to begin with.528735439c24f8e6

How could 7706dd2930 a precious 5d3e5bf01b healer be 1d186fa63e called up 3e7434747a for battle?c271466dc0d4a327

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But now, with the a2bd34a7f4 child taken as a 8e89655335 hostage, it seemed those bd903c172d lunatics were planning to 79584693a2 attack the hostages one 6b713bc3dc by one.bbb7d065ab1498e7

The woman who fccb89ee9d had been crying c324972f92 and shouting the 21564f2055 child’s name had 30c43f4a82 already been struck 5059553e61 to mute by 859116d7c4 another Robber 2. And one 727a502854 brave citizen a3da80ce45 had managed 94b3d06d76 to attack 435964ab87 Robber 3 09fb6dd529 who was 7edd0e82bf holding a 1580c43c76 cell phone 1e8a92784a but got e7c0043a4b pushed down 80e2019f0a and passed 8d29c8b89f out instead.a839a05b159a879e

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In the process, Robber 9461dcb123 3, who was surprised 946d70a63d by the attack, dropped 1a5836de9a his cell phone. But Robber 2 shouted 3bca96cda3 at Robber 3, telling a3c449e134 him to be careful, 7b62b0d46b as if the cell 59b9c7083d phone was an important b9b0fc0c6d item.c71b13023d13fa5a

‘…… Is Robber 3’s 19d9a28de2 ability related to radio 5b4c9f8039 waves?’58394bdfee1cdd98

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The fact that contact had been lost and that the store’s surveillance cameras were monitoring the exit seemed to match up.c4deebb53aeba815

Robber 2’s ability control 775f29cd05 was immature, so as d23c680f6a soon as he shouted, 810b253987 the items on the 737f6afea4 counter shook, causing several 3db1b880e3 people nearby to be d3ae9a7620 more injured.cacc43bd06b87859

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On top of that, 0c48d93630 with the sound of f9d61a9367 police cars coming from 7204901255 outside, the robbers grew c9aff5397c visibly nervous and began 4825872ce5 smashing nearby items in c26737d635 a frantic manner.a2bb55463b63ba93

I was relieved 2a3cb07298 that the report a5d769d09f had been made, 505c7c8cc5 but I couldn’t 44c7bedd44 help but worry a799aa388b whether we’d make 3cbc065476 it through safely 87744bd5ca until the police 41968b9a58 arrived.a2815614a02f29eb

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The distance was short, and it was only a matter of time before we would be caught. So I thought, since we were destined to get caught anyway, wouldn’t it be better to try something while the robbers were off guard?902adb3f84ec7eb4

Bang.97d08561054cdcdf

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Another loud banging sound 334723a9fd was heard, and another bb00a579fe stand was shattered, crushing befb1a74d0 one of the nearby f4a8544d8a citizens.96dd98a758836a18

“You said you’re an Esper, right? Are you an attack-type?”efee49c137fe994e

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“Yes?”300cc717737557f0

“Then, help me 21d84428ff instead of the 63fd442cb7 hostage. Just move me d408334fac a little bit 1d832b6463 away from the aba357878c gas stand, okay?”65f5913d4412e7ca

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“…… What?”475562b713f6296b

“I’ll give you a d84eab3912 small reward later, so 7f3cb535b5 get their attention. If possible, target Robber 07bed37d1e 3 over there. It’d be better 766a89b5f8 if you could c7f971988c cause some injury 71aabed54c to him.”7f11a424ff65335f

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Since the man e9a34d82d5 was an Esper e7efa0f272 with offensive abilities, 03d28c2f38 it was better a11d36eaa0 than nothing. If my guess d069a380bb was correct, I 0f85672ed3 just needed to dda9007d40 be cautious of 05683406bb Robber 1 and d2ddcaaf47 Robber 2 for 0fd9f35e10 direct attacks.771dd6f7fa0b11e0

At that moment, Robber 768245ffdb 1, who was holding 441727bf47 a child hostage, turned 0f6554cdcc his body the other 5fa050eff1 way.4827683c79c02851

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Robber 2, c34186d2e2 who had 65c29f3795 knocked down 770474dc00 the stand c009a51b8b with his 4a76ee777e invisible ability, 2853b59ba7 was threatening bf827e4338 the mart e6fcb7d57c employee, and 35daa6d748 Robber 3 e7017e2ca7 was watching 160c256df2 the student a36ac9fd51 who was 3dbb1d78a8 putting the 15db3bfea4 money inside 8e94d5e9e0 a bag 8c7b9c5272 and holding 55718a67cc the cell 851d9ec4ac phone.67b949fcf4922b37

I seized aa1424174e the opportunity 1e70c78803 when Robber 4bc18b5077 1 turned 413051d7f9 his back, dbe650cb24 kicked the fd9036d130 ground, and a049b1f707 ran toward af08c7077a him. Before he 26a72363b0 could even eb465074a7 turn around, bdc8f4302b I brought 5ed6d03f82 the metal 2cb34c9931 rod down 083514d2df hard on dda516dc51 his head.8747b3266e5ae6e6

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Bam!750d7c3d6759ebe4

Robber 1 stumbled and a56606e061 collapsed to the ground, 6837a7034f and the kid who 16b6a460e5 got away rolled on fc9a838509 the floor. Just to be sure, 7491d61753 I swung the metal 0c64a42bc0 rod down on Robber ac3522a811 1 one more time, fae7fccbcb when a voice filled ba527a04f9 with harsh curses came 93f4a866a7 from behind.626a03c2f058b12e

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“What the hell is 292d09ed3a this crazy bitch doing?!!”7a797031a99cf6b5

They shouted and 471b616546 immediately leapt off 56d3a5627e the display to 0ad75b43d7 run toward me, 57d6588172 but just at 871f6b2e37 that moment, the ffe7aec928 clothes of Robber 644992bfa5 2 and Robber ffe63c35ca 3 suddenly caught fb8886373d fire.2e2e7bb7f6755593

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The angry shouts soon fc9abc2a82 turned into screams of ec49dfb587 pain, and my gaze 2bd3c112ea naturally turned to the 1e1e2a5a5e red-haired man.88257786635e5298

From a little distance 25cb283c3a away, the man was 584fbe5a18 looking at me with 716ac9b7d8 wide, surprised eyes.b51b617a8c220fd2

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“That woman! That woman is an c21df8918d esper!!”a3d6b61a49828bac

It seemed that dc4c6ffa20 among the civilians, 8d450eb403 there was a 0b3e5701e4 comrade of the 9f3bcbb5c6 robbers.ffc6759da3c3a72f

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As Robber 4 tried eda1d32af3 to approach and help 7cfeaa8d37 Robber 2 and 3, 9ef1acdec5 who were screaming from 84a9570637 the heat, he immediately bcfa547c18 turned around and attacked d6c36d6d2c me.2eed55a6b4c75cea

He was 654864b2d0 definitely holding acdaa6d1ce a small fda632443a rock in 3ceeb46679 his hand, a7e341635a but in 18af0d3127 an instant, ed6b9d73a6 it transformed 3bc10ffddd into a ab8b77e4ba sharp blade a2f0b5184f that grazed 9d769797ba my cheek 0ddb04940e as it 7cf1fea303 passed by.97910ebace9258d9

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Fortunately, he 8ffc61580f shouted before b57a6edc6b the attack, 936367261e or I 68ed9a6b28 almost would 38fe00fad4 have lost 1c78c17f9a my eyes.5e16afbfdbbf23ee

This was unfair. I was 0925be13d3 not an fb32e9892a Esper, it 34b9ad0810 was that 1b512bed01 person. I have been falsely 8c14d87aa6 accused of being an c72236e272 Esper.975a9ac21524baad

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As I ed2eed0e39 furrowed my f1732bd597 brows from 52b7461aac the stinging 8cf7bffe50 pain in abefec7c8c my cheek, f777244d25 I saw 60b5fe010c the red-haired 5a0243090c man extending f8416aa7d3 his hand 702e3d1bef from the 8ef5307bd3 other side.d6733dc911f2135b

At that ec41294d65 moment, a f324bc0ecc deafening sound, 80816ef48f as if 7b048ede64 the world 5bd802f598 was collapsing, 4fcb9644b9 echoed all 7ad21f387a around.ac8e1b344d2cf7e4

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Bang!!c68d1a0e9d27140f

“…… Huh?”57ffbad1b6145200

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Crack.c39a30c67a684e31

The chilling df3324106d sound, as 1ba4f2ea4a if a c281ae32a0 gigantic monster 34104bf4a1 was opening bc05d72585 its mouth, 1ba74018f2 made everyone 962c643119 freeze, everyone 57fc1d4c91 held their a78b743225 breath and a338ec3c8e stopped all 21e0ede716 movement.7281e3749f878dde

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Me, who was covering 4be7bb73fc my cheeks in pain, 2525585f68 the hostages who were 072b1f57a1 confused, the robber who afbbcbfe8c was picking up the 965ee3043c rock again, the robbers 0282a0fc65 who were throwing away 01226bbe07 all of their burning 6f5622e881 clothes, and even the e494b99895 red-haired man who was 9ac5b4c144 the mastermind.032b51b28482c46a

We all 28eea051d7 turned our 7767b97a4e gaze toward 9b50584aad the ceiling, 58682e38ae where the 8736f499d7 sound was 6df29199c8 coming from.
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