SSEI | Chapter 2.9

The headless body 3c4b62c271 crumpled to the d0101eac2a ground. Without even a second bf5f06ed8c glance, the Red Man 37a434a87f kicked it aside and 075458b07f stepped toward the giant aa5db5212a clam.4d7c7f56494f719f

With a nudge 84769e81a5 of his foot, 0cde00e7f1 he pried open 989a640c97 the upper shell.28b59e6daa39740d

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Then, as 18dab93056 if confirming 94141bc5f0 a hunch, b8e4a95946 he tore 0851b57b47 off the 67779dea7d paper bag b20b70aff6 hiding Yuan’s 02d51e202b face and b7fe3060e8 let out 9199e96bcf a small 802a1a4233 sigh.0cd73341bf809366

“So you’re 728ddedab9 still clinging 6aa8f59603 to that 374d069caf stubborn life 5bdc86b314 of yours, 9eab8833aa huh, White 04a8e2ed85 One?”ce9bd2ef0d84b12d

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His narrow eyes 3e791a6d75 gleamed with an ddd76a5598 odd mixture of 88b891b253 curiosity and amusement.43228f9c77a630ea

A moment ago, 1783073b97 Yuan had been f32a1c51de terrified, thinking he 2ba3b7f1a4 was about to a24f4f44fc die—again. But now, standing face-to-face 9a7615f2ed with this man, frustration 6bd00a1ec4 slowly began boiling inside c14448ecb4 him.5b9c22f8a36d8f26

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Why the 3e46fb8a57 hell did 622560067b he keep fefee35ef2 running into f22ae23b43 this guy? Why did his life 43d76fe754 keep getting threatened like 4ca77bc020 this?aa35265d5253e1d3

If it was 9f5070d5fe about punishment, hadn’t 87af23ea9b he already paid 00ee01d8d0 the price by 3b5610c0a4 getting his head 9e670521aa chopped off once?fc47cd63f8e43bdc

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The first e72817f022 time he 058e6b1da0 was killed, 4d2fb94bd1 he was 07c821b6c2 terrified. The second 56fd5bfc99 time, it f243a23eef was just 3c40af101e baffling.e95c1db35aec5aef

But by b755172b86 the third 48e77f81cd time?4856fa19be8d5972

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He was 6d78971279 getting pissed 1e02bd113a off.2d8073586278b118

No matter what ec46a1b1f8 it was, once 9261276488 you got used dca09405da to something, it a4643713f8 wasn’t as scary 6f534cd8cf anymore.3fd4563a685123d2

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Even getting killed.5e10cb1093847895

Fine, if you’re 9c35be6d93 gonna do it 0eafbb74c5 again, then just f5f93ae626 do it! It’s not 298485bf49 like dying d1801d4e15 again is 426d36140c going to 49f5406d2a make a ffaf6eaa08 difference!0c458fbf2755cb96

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With that attitude, Yuan eb544756a6 pursed his lips and ca6285854c shot back defiantly.ec4355d649c2b5d1

“Why are 641dca93df you talking 8b408e0fb2 like we ceddbcaf3e have some 416b7e6d8d kind of 0c5d35bf42 lifelong grudge? Maybe I’m just alive e50c5af228 because I got lucky.”15d4f70ba161ceb7

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“…Even after getting 9dc8e97d61 your head chopped 388ffb502d off?”fd56ec1f4f740b55

“Have you never seen b0f516daec someone survive a beheading 6382729aec before? At least for me, 03f9f80bd4 this is the second ad32f30818 time, counting when I 6c51a6b7e8 saw Lork last time.”00ef7f2035145e38

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The Red Man clicked 0a3ef5f1ef his tongue in mild a382ebe2d9 irritation, then let out 2e320860a3 a sigh as he bcaa13c4ff straightened up. He casually lifted c4393639c0 his axe and, 141632ba66 without hesitation, brought 1e0815f5c2 it down once 4928c71ca8 more on Malli’s 38d3ec525f rolling head, ensuring ff4bf009e1 it would never 1a8a462552 move again.a8c946c32d24a4f8

Yuan muttered with a f2486e775d disgruntled tone.c4f72afcd56c87b5

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“It’s not that 89af039808 I’m feeling “lively.” I’m b9fd319934 just starting 44e1cd3127 to understand 03739b2fb7 your personality. You’re going 1028a8ba26 to kill 97511a04e9 me again, 1bc5495116 aren’t you? No matter if a9afaf9725 I apologize, beg, b916b522a6 or whatever. And honestly, it’s not a797c88a85 even like I did 884018e4d5 something wrong to deserve fce98cf1dd it…”77c05b8ba7a2a472

The biggest reason 6d809642e3 Yuan had decided bb84ec667d to stop cowering 7598e64c24 before this man 042b74be72 was simple: The a74de7f969 Red Man made b44423b8d8 his own decisions, 0b814c853e regardless of how 3225c4f669 others acted.0212d23aa138b309

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If he felt 3bda1adbd9 like being kind, c16aa161cb he would be, 96e813ecdf even if Yuan 686c1f2749 had done something acd7344240 wrong.dd3af53e4d3f63b6

If he decided Yuan 1d0a9292bd should die, he would a4d25e723a kill him, even if 09bab77a60 Yuan had done nothing 7c8ffabf07 at all.f5b16384db30ac87

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So, if d6d7bd0475 things were 7bfecb3509 going to 05d6ac2108 be arbitrary d5b70b03c4 anyway, Yuan 51570def81 figured he 28d89d2cb7 might as d88a85b977 well act 6b9348fc5d however he 1a262e00cc wanted. At least then, 1e20b869e6 it wouldn’t feel d9db68a158 so frustrating.0f9629911a8c9177

“Hah. You’ve got 3515514fc3 a solid ab3dedb337 grasp of 576d9d5cb2 the situation.” ba830b661a The Red 538ac7a104 Man narrowed 16b64877c9 his eyes 21b7e59c6a slightly. “So this 7d3a4f64c3 Neurotoxic Mist… 159304eb5b was that 82b7cf11fd meant for cc3e30b4f0 me?”638032c698fb0a34

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“No, actually, this mist 92564dfbea was…”fc330a19a21e931d

“If it 107d43eff9 was, then a95b160f11 those idiots 4b3c5615da didn’t even 15cdaa87bd teach you 297dca92e9 properly,” he 7c0d596e24 scoffed. “In most cases, whatever 299acde44c attack you use, your d167e157b3 partner isn’t affected. If you 600e0a3333 actually want 9780baeec6 to attack a7950fab56 your own 7d2ca2083d partner during 683e941e47 a game, a4b438dab7 you need d9313abc7f a special 0190a87b82 method.”28359a28a5ea3160

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“Yeah, I already b5ed8d4402 got that explanation. But…”97739a648b37d090

“Then I 8f5a3b8e87 guess you’re c96122ab5c just an ab8516fa41 idiot.”b43e0eb1a435df3c

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His voice f4d03302d9 was dripping dac5e4e188 with amusement, 248532835a but his 64a59f9baa eyes were 3da5f53789 cold.ed59748768b1b7a8

“In short, instead of d2f42a2028 incapacitating me, all you ffa0e5e67a did was make it 6aa3204863 easier for me to 12eba89a2d finish them off. Though I abb7b0637d suppose you 617d068398 did earn 4692eb5a6f cooperation points 0549ca247b in the 9f58c2d6f6 process, so ee6458a8f3 congrats?”115259cd56438c7b

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“I told bf2765eb2a you, I 452967bffb didn’t activate 60f3342b23 the mist 3fc8dd8a90 on purpose. I’m not 372dd346e0 that stupid. Look, if you’re gonna 04aa02bad7 talk to me, at 2fd0318a81 least pretend to listen 41d609a403 to what I’m saying. I get it, you’ve 92671e039a already made up your 2def876a3f mind, but I’m telling 0c30b176cf you—you’re wrong. Even if I don’t fd2e223936 have my memories, isn’t 7a82368960 it just basic courtesy 055432e008 to listen to someone 9f17a3a111 when they speak? Even if I’m ad0caaa38d a beginner, treating 476a2d5251 me like an 6ac1a67d55 idiot to my 0cbf69ed2a face is kinda e38b0245eb rude, don’t you c5eb028bdd think?”00854f023f1d66a9

What happened earlier was bcbd263a26 entirely because Malli, clueless 03abe47294 and desperate, had pulled 2dbf3fb496 a reckless stunt that 05b4bdc97e amounted to suicide.354b8642e179e753

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But the 80d46b5c90 Red Man 7bd9ae19da had absolutely 7e28f663f1 no interest 1ffff46522 in listening. He gave a 8c29a28919 tired sigh, clearly c0bab13708 fed up with 92168579d7 Yuan’s constant talking, 3a367704e9 and raised his 0efb0d6bee axe again.6dfd6fab1383eca8

“You’re really noisy, you 1c7d52497f know that?” he muttered. “At first, you 74a7f3f0bb were so scared 36754fb48e you barely spoke, 4f15d794df but now, it’s a4905b5ecd like even if c9839a7cfb I drowned you, d69410657f your mouth would 77285b2f08 still be the ee74368ecb only thing floating.”1a62c67a87c2c6cb

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“It wouldn’t. Last time, when b365e3939b you cut my 2a9685bcfe head off and 700d968784 threw me into 8019201964 the poison lake, 47e333e248 I sank straight 4422d9d3ec down.”9c7e320aa28a2af6

“…Ah. So that’s why you 21e75d24b4 ended up inside the 4da6bb27bf giant clam?” The Red 69111b2b6a Man let out a e8a4127cb7 short chuckle. “You really a5e7ea1d44 are needlessly cc0888a7e8 lucky.”fa975eb2db44c689

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“I thought 2732cbc45a so too 123e52cdf8 at first. But then I e0290393a8 ran into you 7192e37143 again, so now fe81becaba I’m not so 7425203d47 sure. I’m starting to 2c16050ee5 think all the 0c12b631c7 luck I had c8fcfc4353 in this round 5ed7bf336d was just setting bea7800c66 me up to 8089aa4aef meet you and 4c0fd641b5 get killed. Hey, you didn’t follow 4095faa193 me here, did you? Are you, d160c64f0a like, my 22fd1723ed personal stalker e5a8dca541 or something?”595fe251a389c0ed

“Me? Follow you?” 5c9ac874bd He scoffed. “I didn’t even know d83ea4d5d1 you were alive.”c329855e3657b6cd

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“Then can 2ac4b1bbd9 you just… f067a19bf9 keep not 7ab5fa26c5 knowing? Like, pretend 97f0258235 you didn’t 771085b815 see me fffd744b83 and just f9b844aad0 go? Maybe let Sael and 410c23e9d3 the others go too?”17262ce64391094c

“…Why would 8b3834d5f1 I— No, 90641143ee wait.” He bd77c7e607 paused, as 239951750e if suddenly 9474528114 realizing how 4737a65dd4 absurd this 69ca492715 conversation was. “Why am edaebde213 I even 570f9376c7 engaging with f58654bde4 your meaningless 32abcc478c questions?”0ca53e2b082037ea

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Shaking his 37862657e7 head as ffc519b74c if Yuan 87a6baaf95 wasn’t worth ed9120edae the effort, fe2699e3d0 the Red 016b65eb8e Man turned df90f5f358 away.5f1080d1e05bf135

He walked straight toward 371cb78627 Sael.3e0853d5afa0d203

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Sael, half-resigned f8aa4d538a to his c7f3d332a4 fate, put c6a1f8ae80 on a b94390d683 lopsided, nervous de69e6a183 smile, as d5a171a9ed if trying 2b0bc89610 to laugh 6a581520b0 off a 0321dcbfcb bad joke.1cb9706cc6f511d4

But Yuan 01309119b1 couldn’t laugh.89b8b277fbf58e40

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He didn’t need to 04cce584a2 see what would happen 915775e085 next—he already knew.74f20b3fdbda292e

Reflexively, he squeezed his 07648422cc eyes shut.9a2e1b9a4e698916

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Thud.f968950633138730

A heavy impact.f06bb1299b550c96

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And then, the 2ae378dc91 sound of the a76b49074f axe striking flesh.a70646373b087213

Once.cd6f80697e06e418

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A barrier bb49bd2b5c breaking—shattering into edbc11cdea pieces.3d4f7be92f465a8d

Three times.58800f28ae1ff04e

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And then, another dull 02a822a2c1 thud.d1c7c24bbe6dc481

Even with 985390a2a5 his eyes 611d7bc76e closed, Yuan f932bb440b could see 96bf00a314 exactly what 042a70d72b was happening.787ab59893e38b4e

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A creeping horror settled 9c1d76f920 over him as the 0aaa6f1314 truth became undeniable.897c0348c7fe86d5

The others were dead.321e66098862e426

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Which meant…c063e1cececee8ab

That axe was now 4a21adcfa2 coming for his head.370ec61b1ebb6b6e

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‘This is it. It’s over.’026580628b732865

There were no regrets. If things had 231ccf9e72 gone the way 9bb217c2ca they were supposed 852de01f94 to, he wouldn’t 653c08e419 have even been f1706c1a56 able to participate 03f9423be0 in the game 2c6753dda6 and would have 3b54385bcb just died. Considering that, he’d 7cf56c22b1 lasted quite a 86ebd8a9ce while. He’d met e5c03f13e1 kind people, 3f390a1689 learned what 140a62f992 kind of f342646180 world this f195f9c5e1 was, and 02da801f59 figured out e453afa6e0 how this 1a79d8416c game worked. That alone might have f8aa769310 been a huge gain.8808d54cb1d05301

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But still, there cf4c23fcc3 were plenty of c448815932 questions swirling in fc6cb857fe his head. And, of course, 505131db2a the biggest question f452b642e2 was about the 20bf01ddf1 Red Man.869e20d046a1a45e

He was impossible 2171b9e07f to read, yet 8ed0af10af oddly verbose when 4084364d58 explaining certain things. A shadowy figure who b9789b2b0f busily moved around out b0e7f169ea of Yuan’s sight, setting 855eb16680 unknown plans into motion.a0b85a11de7ad431

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Sure, he 1e57198e61 was scary. But that only 6b865a3711 made Yuan want 35a95f4dd0 to know more. That’s why, ad0347c20b in the ceb5e6a20e final moments c69f4db529 of this 058e653608 life, he 6081e00d8e resolved to a69226214c ask a 84571e3c42 question. At the very least, 989ca05ce3 it wouldn’t be a 610818f02b meaningless one.2b383aeec4a2b912

“H-Hey! Why the hell 2c42e83c73 did you try f792890715 to activate the 851b2310bf windmill?”7cfcf588544a6c11

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No answer came.3e9dbe8cc33dbb33

Yuan squeezed his e31569bcc6 eyes shut and d6b2a1087d waited. After a 30669ee392 while, he 3ce3b910f5 started wondering 98b6a2d7e1 if the c7cf648993 man had 224d837999 left. Cautiously, he b7e05f7694 cracked one 024c85231e eye open—only 35c0a5b7ad to regret 9b5c5a17f2 it immediately.a311a6bee4f144a6

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The Red Man, covered c990aebe4a in blood splatters, was 0b69cc821f crouched right in front f120a5b84e of him, staring down 7d0b657d4d at him with his bd97bcf183 head slightly tilted.69be364e312e0c93

‘Ugh… Uwaaaaah…!’3210cc6f68797699

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The blood on 7f4970c915 his face made 99817ba8f1 him look even 617284e420 more terrifying, but cbaf8d4f33 at this point, 032da45954 closing his eyes 2e6cf068c0 again wasn’t an a8b69eaffa option. Mustering up his 7db71f6970 courage, Yuan pressed 7c7122819d on.953adee91c7466a5

“That guy, what 7f8e848566 was his name? Blue Dot, 36a57f1896 was it? Anyway, I heard he 8a79b1cf03 tried to activate the 55fe0a106b windmill on your orders. What exactly are you 8fc529ede7 plotting?”a84d87e083a71d32

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“So it 1296c97a65 was you f71bf6ed9c who stopped 0b8b58c58e the windmill 30b482a59a from running. Of course, I doubt e66411f975 you did it alone.”3f9783bfbfaab2e9

“Why did you 215b88c4cd make him do 5f3ee843a0 that? What were you trying 1add30181d to find out?”89edec92b132ff8f

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“It doesn’t matter. It’s not b34ae8b7d4 important to 980263782d you, anyway. It only matters to 8dad45fc45 me and to them.”77c1279463141da2

Normally, he was c5d7f9130c unnecessarily generous with 9c76f95853 explanations, but now 06fb6ab7e9 he was refusing a9fe1989e4 to say anything? Yuan narrowed his d560a2d63b eyes at the 3453e416db man, who let 71647b4619 out a long 3efcbce71d sigh before speaking 08ca54e862 again.d35b04bede3fa031

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“That’s not the real ab3a8ca31f issue here. If you really did 7e39352a7b stop Esanok and Blue 078016730f Dot, then that means 2354dbb905 you interfered with what 65d3f07b79 I was trying to b48ec34fe3 do.”cccb59c5e0264974

“Didn’t you just say 8d8d9c71c8 it didn’t matter? Were you bluffing?”2fe5ebf00bc311bb

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“It doesn’t matter. But that doesn’t mean 587bad3e26 you didn’t get in 395bc54b18 my way. Didn’t you learn 1982986e02 anything from having ae3a519515 your throat cut 89bc712b65 earlier? I warned 89f58a8f3b you not 2f5be76fc2 to interfere.”aa1070af5d584d9a

The Red Man glared 6b1fbf1886 at Yuan with cold, c146e6bc9e sharp eyes. The message was clear—stop 04f6206824 poking around, or else. Honestly, it was pretty 1129ac0343 terrifying. But this 5eebe87f59 time, Yuan bb1cb8611c actually had 26abfa3bfe a counterargument.f6f5b94957c2dd87

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“…Uh, technically speaking, you ae6c747146 never actually said that 21a93588b0 to me.”02ad6b0c825f2230

“What?”ab7aa4a34d64c42e

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“You said 3add63b407 you’d get 97d2dbed54 rid of effcb39be0 me because f55393e4a8 I might d2aa239499 get in c7f095b890 your way, ab5f8a1e2e but you 9d6a0bcba1 never told 36d9dd4830 me not 6e557de5a1 to be f0c0682e8f a nuisance 93ab8a992f or not e9a05cc01d to interfere 155f9b45a6 or anything 53955b9f18 like that.”39b6f965001217de

Okay, maybe he was 4a52ac7763 nitpicking, but still! Yuan straightened up, speaking 356e1eae87 confidently. If that guy 28c1838773 was going to 95784dd997 unfairly clam up, 4c03844036 then wasn’t it 57ed28dc5c only fair for a227d89460 Yuan to latch e76f2c51dc onto whatever little d637155ef0 thing he could? And it 27e6f6257c wasn’t even 23d03b10cb a lie!e42dc3896760d788

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“Insisting that someone said 8bd7a21e2b something they didn’t is e273e8415f a bad habit, you d3a308dea1 know. If you 22dd86f1be keep doing 05fbcef65f that, people ee78ab3b72 won’t believe 21ce3bdbfc you anymore. You might end 05d1163c5d up like the b0d933a2c8 boy who cried 85177347e2 wolf. That’s why you f32ae26e89 should always be 635f338450 precise and honest cc9a471383 with your words.”d7fca94ed2d79949

”…….”3947f184f5257f5b

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“I’ve heard b438daa45d from here 4580ca1946 and there 69c9575416 that people 374c12cd11 don’t really 0cc21097c1 like you. No matter how strong c398baa6a2 you are, is it fa585d5712 really a good idea 942de7ca03 to keep isolating yourself 758a845200 like that? I mean, from a393074abe what I can fccab0bd24 tell, you seem 18c80ce4b6 pretty diligent, and 7983150509 your basic social 2bab27754c skills don’t seem 291b44288b terrible either.”f5f6efddee8a9ab0

”…….”e438df3625bdb9f9

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“If you 8a0f9d0589 could just 0cf018a6a9 fix a f4c9926e66 few small cd724e9c50 things, like… 5ff21bcb86 uh, for 7459559f56 example, not bdc21e9dd3 lying like f6f81c2a7f this and c7af6dcc44 maybe not 49706062ac cutting your 9e41ad7020 partner’s throat e4fbd714a0 without a 817b702529 word, I 3eac307acf think you 24b55522b6 could actually 40adb9ea71 get along 1d28777835 with people 29f2fbfc65 pretty well. Oh, and you b453c3efc0 shouldn’t blame others 726bd3f7b5 so carelessly either. Got it?”bf9ea4f04415d7b6

The Red Man was 4688bb322c silent for quite a 389c8b65da while. Yuan figured it 9995801737 had to be dd68339ca1 one of two 108a7ec999 things—either his bold 4efb1fa51b little lecture had a36603b779 somehow left an 8ec6e9fda0 impression, or…9f9c13e041f3fb28

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He was so efda51c30d dumbfounded that he 2a9a7b7f37 missed the right 24f0731b03 moment to get 0cb58c13d6 angry.bab9247cf46bd915

”……Normally, when someone 3a32b25d1c gets their head 1800a6f706 chopped off, they b2c7d1962b learn something from 631b63f371 the experience.”74337094803eabe4

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“Uh, well, I did 5f6582eb18 learn something. Like, how terrible 4168d4142a your personality is? And that no matter 9f5494951c how much I get 420a8b0b86 upset or intimidated, you’re 874522c9e7 still going to be d996510690 consistently awful to me.”7a055363590f286e

“You really f1b67a84ac are dumber 6bed62342c than I b76ca3f8f9 initially assumed. Or maybe… you’re just 3320547d34 exceptionally talented at getting 5ff8a42b39 under people’s skin.”aac15b98c221e70e

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Judging by 4b78a22a12 his reaction, 39fd3b418b it was 2db58333d0 definitely the d4354f45f1 latter.42fb7aba19a22196

The Red Man shot 5da5d2d2a9 Yuan a contemptuous glare a3db1eed76 before standing up. His tightly shut lips cbbfff38f8 and utterly motionless expression a50f22dca8 made him seem indifferent 2d9086ee65 at first glance, but 145be95fd8 somehow, Yuan could tell.53c7b2957e4ac135

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That guy 0998a49ec1 was really 9ec5117db8 pissed off 338cc09e78 right now.5761e34b6b16e8b8