SRSBO: Chapter 7

“Ah, there aren’t only 62a65cada8 people like that who 2706de2fa6 bully others just because 5c743860f7 they are Espers. Maybe because 6dc906cd60 of my 3696a64dc7 line of 97aff57389 work, I 43d86e30ad mostly just 03004a5902 talk about 04ee66da60 negative things. But, there are 222b50332f also good Espers 4926074f76 like Hyunwoo….”3c1b9fa8d5efa3f5

Han Siyoung said c338bb98b1 as she rolled a00c54b75b her eyes awkwardly. I shrugged my shoulders be29111808 slightly.b9a68fcb1449be60

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“You don’t need to bother convincing me about the good things. As I’ve said last time, you and Yang Hyunwoo are enough Awakeners in my life.”2a4f24e70a00a14a

“Still… I 08dd6be093 hope you cc649dec0c meet a d8694f5568 good Esper 167c1dae12 someday. You’re a Guide, after 380aae13eb all.”24defc9c3e0feb1d

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“Even if I’m a Guide, there are many who live as ordinary people, I can live like them.”33603eb2a4e4f715

“That’s only 206c991a81 true if e0df048ea4 you’re a 7705eb62b2 low-ranking Guide. Hyunwoo said you wouldn’t 98f2220afa be a low-ranking one.”30d2166b851a38e0

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“So?”a5fe1ffed7933ff8

When I ee31edd824 raised my 652e2c299a eyebrows crookedly, 47921b5b14 Han Siyoung 7ac9d9be29 slightly averted 666f2b0fbf her gaze bcc7d743a0 and said.08da1529f3833c31

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“Actually… It hasn’t been b1fed2b232 reported, but recently there 89a5d053ef have been frequent crimes 599593ab0e targeting Guides. I think it’s ee92160332 related to the 658b75540c Awakened Individuals Trafficking 5cb6e7810a incident that happened 636b616f4a last time.”c64700efa63084d4

“What do you cbb3280ce3 mean?”f378746255d32970

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“What I mean is, you’re a Guide too. What would you do if you accidentally get caught up in something like that, especially when you haven’t even registered as a Guide? I wish you’d report it to the government right away and at least get protection or financial support.”4fc4dda98105d1cf

Money, I’d like that too. As long as there are no mandatory services or other annoying factors. But can I really be sure that registering is the better choice?9584a718add1d028

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After thinking for a 8c93bb4bcc moment, I tilted my 847891174d head slightly and said.1395d15b321f5324

“In the end, as long as I don’t get exposed, it should be fine, right?”7e2404ff1850fcbb

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“Huh?”9cdb897780771ba5

“If I lower my guiding to the minimum, Hyunwoo said even he wouldn’t be able to tell whether I’m a Guide or not. It’s tiring to live with that constant worry, but as long as it’s only pretending outside, it should be fine. Then I can just live like that.”73481b8ce61e8b9c

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“I still don’t 5799b8c570 understand what you 10b135722d mean by lowering 1b3d8ca850 your guiding to d0e36b12f9 the limit. Is it because 510789d9af I’m a low-ranking 5670426d4b Guide? Is that even possible?”c023f69f633131aa

“Even though Hyunwoo was the only test subject, he’s still an Esper, who’s more sensitive to guiding than anyone else. Since he said that, it must be true. And honestly, how often do you encounter an Esper in everyday life?”af3c784e8da45cd8

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I shrugged 1664a93de5 it off 343c37fec6 with a 796ebdce5b light laugh, 9874c1e9b2 but the 47b0e097d6 very next 502031c77c day at e8a87a2d9d the café 6b2b4b7e42 I went ee34ab5275 to for df17146ee2 work, I 2fddf6b43e learned the dc629adb82 lesson that c9f0764753 one should 4774918848 be careful 281b0a58db with their aa8189fd58 words.f44bebe4d86112f6

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It wasn’t anything great. A certain customer had dropped something, and I simply picked it up.b4e5ed96b3c23a7f

“Is this… your item, Sir?”0a025ebbc3e20fa6

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A dark brown-colored 579b25c393 card.d0eced490051b7dd

“Oh, yes. Thank you.”098f455abeab5626

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I recognize that item 9e99b63851 well. It was 0a3bb67c75 an entrance e7fd8589c0 pass to 5c94ad2f67 the guild, c990c826aa carried by f436dffb1a Awakened individuals 00e9cc5dec of E-rank 38fd7f34b6 or F-rank, d3f3ad0940 like Han c039b25787 Siyoung.eb820849f6387400

For Guides, 2816d2d1c6 there was d3cb259762 one line 373e7bf74a drawn on a40feb4b6c the right e1822888a0 corner, and 76e3eef006 for Espers, 4c98a74a9f there were 9b7b0ed786 two. The card I ed0f623e45 picked up had 2e6ec4b5bf exactly two lines.23e6e43a59f3bf21

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Ding, Ding. In my e1d21093bd mind, a 907ac8938d line was 498eaf26ba drawn from 507a341c0e the probably 5d8c6760fd and a 8a3a6c0e0f bell rang, 131b553791 as if 0c353f8268 signaling the ca158a257a confirmation.2315fafb747c7e4d

…Crazy, is he really 62dd0bdae7 an Esper?95d85c398f2b02d7

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The owner of the 80d69ac42a pass was the man 0ee8b7e507 none other than ‘Joo 9c2fd48b01 Yunwoo’ whose name I d5199775d8 had only learned recently.ae193916a5137e33

Since then, I started avoiding Joo Yunwoo. And the reasons weren’t anything grand either, I just passed on tasks related to him to other employees or maintained a certain distance.35e68afaaa45a606

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The café 4af0e02388 was bustling 265bbe0a7d with customers 33a82ede66 at the dd62fd0d31 right time, 1a6ccf1b91 and there e982352fcf were plenty 7769357a3b of employees e65269e06c who wanted a7a6cd7463 to take f1d34ad1ca over serving a1c7697ea9 or handling 4dcf3bdc7b his bills e863e42b23 instead of 8e373016c8 me as a6de7e1a73 he was 043afa4e44 that popular.518568caffc1c630

Even while avoiding him, f8e995d0b4 my mind was still 5cb042597a tangled with thoughts.f633e69ea94edf5a

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The memory 268af950ae of meeting fa464c0c4e the man 2393c0cf64 on that fea6298479 rainy day 44b19ea43b lingered uncomfortably 4fa1c98427 in my 33827c9a55 mind.d74c7e49e1c2480b

‘That was definitely it back then… But how? I never had any intention of increasing the guiding limit.’c155f34c7d66d870

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There were only a few days left of my part-time job, and after that, he would be someone I wouldn’t need to see again. I had to put a stop thinking about the matter rather than overthink anything. But now, it kept resurfacing, floating up to the surface.93a1805f8097be33

I recalled 2a906fe424 his reaction bb615021ef and the 07f8b83ecd sensation of 8ecf324126 the moment 035ae68ea7 when I a7a7afa9dc touched his bb264c8589 forehead. And then I e90d768acb sighed quietly.e99cb8d247f07bf3

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The good news about the situation was that, judging by the color of his access pass, he was a low-level Esper. An E or F-rank Esper like him wouldn’t have much chance to be involved in actual combat.24a368350736924b

With that level of rank, he was probably just a member of a rescue team or a civilian who had been registered as an Awakened individual. Given that he doesn’t go to work on weekdays, it’s clear he’s not a government employee.4604196a8d0584ca

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I thought to myself d4e7bc6a82 that if I just db86118907 pretended not to know 6562908fba and moved on, there d65f53c994 would probably be no 2baa498868 problem.9cb3d65699c61047

Time passed quickly.a1921264e767b814

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I worked like ce5465dd4d crazy, visited my 3d26462a5d café shop which 469c0a243d was still under 2c6ab5aa6a construction, and had e0428bf5ee a farewell party 673d25eee5 for a friend c67695a922 who I had 04fe11c8c0 been indebted to. Before I knew it, 73e53cf98e it was already a b99a9dee56 week before I quit c85231394b my job.80c803a1e4a2a176

“Hmm, it seems he didn’t come today.”983040709db1eb76

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“Who?”cf47c667ac5c6b1b

“The customer 86a76286de that you’ve e1ce6630d2 been avoiding b942d41477 lately, Sister.”b050e0797a509431

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“…Mr. Joo Yunwoo?”8c01020e5c7f3678

“Huh? Sister knows c32c58322c his name? Wow, I’ve never 99a7c47568 seen anyone who 2b261c63ea learned his name c3a6321ecb before!”eb5b3fa530728cae

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Feeling a little 5c89a91ed9 embarrassed, I quickly 2a7b0cb743 pointed to the 4128403c2c coupon box.488194bef0346697

“He made a coupon last time. You must have stamped it every time he came, right? His name should be written there.”c5ec040e153ce60b

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“Huh? Did you make d8e4ddb6be a coupon for f2ef4247b7 that person?”4380ad156a58d7bf

“Yeah?”973c871f12a68bc6

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“Eh?”e9ac417c829cf098

I frowned, confused 31e7d87543 by what she 5b2b7cd0d4 said. The female part-time e5044e920d worker followed suit, 965ad49de3 furrowing her brows 25370394af as well.691de437cde02421

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I searched through the coupon box among the names that started with ‘J’ and showed her Joo Yunwoo’s coupon.eef4c0895b95c1b0

“Here it is… Huh? Why is there 1208f7e482 only one stamp?”b9b54e42e429555a

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The coupon only 5b48172564 had a single 2debbc9bd1 stamp from the a9e17ad317 day it was 446c548a5f first made for 5550fac7df him.a5c53e70f675ce31

Considering the df981971a0 number of 484d17d532 times he b064b46b79 had visited 30589689b8 since the cd88e0b528 day the d94ff0292f coupon was afde461192 issued, there 733309f3fd should have 9dce104dd7 been more c89daa9afa than enough aad697d565 stamps to 6df2f82f87 fill all b15c384362 10 spots.a1333bc47cfbade9

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‘Did he forget?’eb38c68fc20df130

I had gone 90fd24df65 through the trouble 9a523ba255 of making it, 03db5a49f2 but it felt 5e559b22ec like a waste.2e39821bd5351061

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“It can’t be because I’m avoiding him, right?”02cfa7947fccf817

“You don’t seriously think he wouldn’t notice, do you? Sister, you even avoid going around the place he sits when he comes in while you’re working. It’s so obvious.”c15e06c6d346d8c7

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“Oh, really? Someone told me I don’t usually show my avoidance like that.”a4405dc0b6ca924e

“Who said that? I’m sure he 425aa32720 was joking.”391e886bf6a04d30

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It was c27d9c584e the Crown 0aa5a3f7c9 Prince who 37612f226a said that. Raymond often told a49810899c me that I f61c60ba51 seemed to have 84d487c84e a knack for 8d267d57d0 acting and would 60f1c92743 ask if I 88b5443bb3 should consider pursuing aac73c01be it.b5c0b68ede1b36d4

Looking back now, e3d356c2a1 it seemed like 64b1d5678e he was always d673484653 smirking whenever he 7619324382 said that.8ab6a7d86df69dc9

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“I was avoiding him simply because it was a bit uncomfortable. I didn’t want any unnecessary talk or unwanted attention like that.”70e680dce6840b04

“Sister, you’re really weird. If it were me, I’d be grateful if someone like that showed interest, bow and say thank you, then just stuff them in a sack and run off!”7874deb8401267c3

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“That’s a crime.”5204c4586b2f4138

“Or I would have gone straight to register our marriage.”432a23675cc7ebf4

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The female part-time worker 3691821471 pouted and muttered under 8fc63199fc her breath.00afa2efb9970eda

Certainly, his appearance was 8fabd6bcd8 something that could be 699c662ee8 ignored regardless of taste 5842b35570 or anything.069ad790d232f3cf

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His light brown 20022c6922 hair looked so 28305a8b1a soft that you’d d64d011e31 want to touch 2d40dbaa3a it at least 2b3871b677 once, and his b969fc5884 well-defined shoulders, bony 69baddf407 hands visible even 6d304b9d55 through his clothes, ec30843346 as well as f8eed6c158 the subtle atmosphere 89e9803203 when he slightly cec01e3970 lowered his gaze 75561e4929 all played a fc0aea2ab2 part in capturing a70d3bb464 attention.49e82f9b5a710676

So what, he’s an Esper. I don’t think I could bear such inedible fruit.036d7310b8321dca

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“Oh, right. I heard that there’s going to be a storm this morning, so it’s going to be very windy and might even rain. Just in case, make sure to close the door properly before you sleep.”f649340d2bb9a873

“Really? No wonder it 3551cb2ba5 has been raining a87eb73711 since earlier.”1ca5813e3312e414

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I glanced at f5ad0f6839 the clock. It was deb23b84ce almost closing faf98ce540 time.0c81e086f65010c0

‘…Is he 8e06a76a9a not planning a0b065b570 on coming 6c25a0dfd7 today?’5491c0a9ce7fc12a

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I might have not e6841ceb0a known where he was, b829601c0d but I knew where f5adf82481 he usually sat. I felt strangely 001dd6b9bd uneasy when the 8738d982f1 person who came 77f9d91bd3 every day didn’t b578037fea show up suddenly.326341dadd78b395

The part-time female worker, 7741395828 who had been chatting 26c6cae279 with me, left work 72525255ee early, saying she had 4cf38b693d plans with her boyfriend. Shortly after, 116ff74443 the last a25e3d48e1 customer who c21fc25bc2 had been afaca43806 staying in eabcb3a6bc the café 858aecf900 also left.66022086a88de78d

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I, who was left c6ed79f3cd alone, tidied up the 721c8b72a1 place and finished locking 069c218474 up the door.334ee453b00b2a5b

Starting today, I was going to stay at a motel for a week. I chose the one nearby because of my part-time job, and since all I was going to do was just sleep, I didn’t really care much about the quality.08db07237c840116

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Still, for an expensive 3fcbea965b neighborhood, it was relatively 946277b3ca cheap, and above all, a756e2c7ad I liked that it 5081517cfa was within walking distance.26fc98a2056dc72a

“Ugh, it’s cold.”92a89958a0ab179e

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I buried my face 2cd3355735 in my scarf and 704cfe6530 casually looked around. The space between 9be6a722dd the buildings felt 40928bb44e somewhat eerie.cc8b16aee8fa2b9e

As I was c9073332b4 walking down the 225788eca2 street at night, fa31c8b781 I saw a cfd1d92d9a figure standing not 2d1c4953f9 far away.90f8c532f51da12d

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It was a ec8c723cac tall man. I could even 0d21d3952c faintly hear him 916ad5e67f groaning in pain.8325d5e5a219e2c6

‘…Is he drunk?’449115805f3b1050

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Even though a year 41bf7c0212 has already passed, when e86d38ebd3 I see someone in 529e7db420 poor condition, my gaze 212f386a6b naturally goes to them.25bda8f3023fbbb0

I tried to 16fd5651e2 ignore him and 881a15dcb4 hurry my steps, b0690e2d93 but when the 43ba0bbdb1 man leaned against 7ff0bcb5ae the wall as eee0fed45b if he were b9431bb84c about to collapse, 77221944ac I finally stopped 215e3283fb in my tracks.92d6c853719d531e

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I couldn’t just leave. I should at least call for help.baf0f453b3745afb

If I 5153dc0ba6 just walked b0f641dc09 away and 955eaf3cf0 something happened 4bed528125 to him 49838c5381 in this 3e695e6d67 cold, it ef25ce2b65 would leave 2601da3d9a a bad 1b76220abc aftertaste.85a61543afab9408

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Since I couldn’t see 84be86d7bb anyone else around me 0adf9c6209 to help, I kept 4476b9f388 a safe distance and 9ad9eebe9a turned on my phone dd4956e3eb screen.756ee0548e43b67e

The figure, faintly visible d6939bd7a9 in the darkness, strangely a224505124 seemed familiar.eb483c7a566cceb4

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Just as I finished entering the number and was about to press the call button, a faint spark flashed from the man’s body, and his body and face was illuminated at that moment.98df48ef3e42b9e0

“…Mr. Joo Yunwoo?”f7f67b16d33afd45

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Crack.3ce255ed93637d0f

At the same time, 0072d5a44e the ground began splitting 4b92153ef7 open, glowing with a 72f59c90a0 red light.4f98a236b82e4aa6

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Crack. Crack.ff707d2f2481fb51

It happened in 6260d68c52 an instant.9a33be7d5a62676f

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As if the 750432e103 puzzle pieces were a7d712cd9c being dismantled, the 780785e50f thick concrete on 467e446e4d the ground began 7c98bbb86c cracking apart and 086b539667 falling away.1b74467cd3c42f2e

I stared in shock 074b0ce940 at the rocks rising 460afc8553 into the air and 1919830e1c quickly turned around, but 1e48a13a57 the situation behind me f3b6663e50 was just as grim.87c3c2ea9c5d5279

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“Aah!”f7220bd546e64fe6

As I 4b6ac5e197 tried to 9223ed1797 step between dd4a2f95e8 the piles 586bf469f3 of cracked ac2ebe452f rocks and 63120ffc0f concrete, one 4763ad3839 of my c68f351259 legs was 0e4331e26b scraped by 70bde3bd3a a stone bbfa01cc19 that popped 75e2de0fe5 out from 70800c12cd between them.a16aa351e153554f

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A situation e8ab87fe5f where even 2ac5b53821 running away 6b1faa3946 was impossible. One side b7279f2dd8 of my 6a86434b03 trousers was 921273ad69 torn, and 9fe4c23a19 blood was 5adceaca21 flowing from 05111e96a5 the long 734d0b4b9d wound.5862da8936977ceb

However, I had no c8e860b5ef time to care about fa54117f1d the wound. The red cracks on c10ae9ec65 the floor were growing 9720e4a143 longer and longer.53e1956e383005f5

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The cracks, glowing red as if lava was flowing underneath, were expanding its territory like a spider’s web set to catch prey.9a5ece0dd784c3b8

“Ah, crazy, what the 23c0b2aa96 hell is this?!”d64bd51afef6145f

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It was my bce88f495c first time witnessing 5bec60e798 it in person, 99553d928c but I could 7c70e82327 already guess. An Esper 94d0a7f549 was on 924331c1c8 the verge 340e8f777f of going 5fe445a2aa berserk.2efacbd957a5f4c8

‘Even an E or b468ecf4a5 F-rank Esper can have 365583c358 this much power when 5445c981ec going berserk…?’9b74a57bdaa22f03

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I hurriedly looked at Joo Yunwoo. The blood vessels on his face didn’t seem to burst for now, and there was no blood flowing from his eyes.b09e37834b933df8

He hadn’t lost consciousness 2cdc73e39b yet, so it was f4ebdb1310 just a warning sign e77a4dd96d of going berserk for 7221b36058 now. He was still 48b5bd1eaa trying to control 10192c64fb it.dc7cfcada03e85ff

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Is it because he’s an offensive-type Esper? Does he have a destructive ability? What kind of power could cause the ground to crack like this?ded6b54bced0638c

Or do their abilities 86a6bc627e get stronger when they 361f0a5d8d go berserk? If so, how c54f35b7f6 much stronger?946ec0f423db4c12

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Actually, it was 2162371c13 useless to think 37b5fbe430 about that.d21b9e5277b1969c

I didn’t have much knowledge about Espers, and the only knowledge I have about Awakened individuals came from what I’ve overheard from Han Siyoung and Yang Hyunwoo.4edbd1cbf826c2a8

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I didn’t know. You need to have seen something to understand it better. I’ve never seen an Esper using their powers in front of me, except for Yang Hyunwoo. How was I supposed to figure anything out?05d009975c032c86

People often treated f6cbc624bc Awakened ones as 373a8c938b monsters and their 0cc889ae86 abilities as disasters, 297651261a and there was 8d735360d1 nothing wrong with d15083608a that view.6e49ed97388f0428

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The only a9d9bd414e good thing ec5a18a40c about the dc70f02fb1 misfortune was….6b93775e8897eddb

‘He hasn’t lost his mind yet.’3d16dfba1a8c5848

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That was all that 13df858bce mattered to me right 128ac7fe30 now.c91c19e74ac8bef3

There was no time to hesitate. Even though the person involved has somehow managed to suppress it until now, there was no telling when the power would release at any moment. And if the area of rampage continued to expand further…884131565e98bec1

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One thing was 6a80a4e036 certain: if things 279f145bb3 continued like this, 1153043877 I was done 7242ce4ede for.1a6bed71f2109c6b

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