TBG Ch 1

The apocalyptic 137d32998d fervor had e4265eea6d been rampant 1684eca055 since the 20309898af start of 0bc4d7b354 the year.532277e5fb5120c1

However, in a world 127dd56195 like this, no one 363acf72b0 paid any attention to 22614a01fb talk of the end e4d214d048 times. For humanity, which had f266f4e1db already endured two great ea5d9b254c apocalypses and settled on d2f833c4aa a third planet, the 5dad5fd643 notion of an apocalypse 12ea35b762 was, frankly, insignificant. People muttered, “What’s 0403f8b823 the big deal 0cded4a0e0 about the end?” dae989a944 as they smoked d8cc6656bf cigarettes or drank 5afefc2c2b liquor. This was 14d80a7220 especially true 8734243b83 in the 5efaac844b bars of 7c6988497a District 3, b9ff6adc50 a wasteland c6150f3c96 where the 453ed45470 socially obsolete 4c43f57d88 and useless ea4677bb11 eked out f7b76ee735 their existence.b2b365223e0cbfbd

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“Oh, is that dacfabd275 so?”552b247633e349cd

The sky-blue-haired bartender 14561c7b0a of a rundown 367f8d1843 bar without a 73339c5538 sign had already 64331d9d1d repeated the same ee1892e883 response for the 1d120e475f twelfth time. A drunkard 62743a8c94 clung to c768bf2edc the bartender, c5b641c6f2 shouting in 58f343c9bb a hoarse, ce87c788e3 slurred voice.56029e394580e4d2

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“This time, it’s definitely b343619be6 going to happen! I clearly heard the 787fc95fec voice of God!”28570c0d97916922

“Oh, is that so?”00f35efbf082455b

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The bartender, 623cd6f7e1 Kay, gave 63c27073a0 the same 37c23b2ca9 answer for 17c22f650f the thirteenth f03fdb0cb1 time. For the b2c7488882 past two 2d86b84223 hours, he 1a0d57d447 had been 5eb0bc410f stuck listening 6bd5d6d17d to this 8e1c1b1d45 drunkard’s ramblings. Still, Kay managed a f9df2546f7 smile and listened to 9f529d0447 the rants with a aa83837c12 certain degree of kindness.f5df048c8b1b12e7

In a place d28d90de73 like this, the e1a4e366ea stories told by 972bb031d6 drunks, plastered from 3a6c6641db midday, were usually bdd470f734 nothing but rumors, 7085bce3a5 propaganda, and vulgar 1b0244a426 gossip. Having worked as ba46f2f34b a bartender for 323d347b59 seven years, Kay f952a4aa53 felt that listening a91d1e0564 to these fools’ f35e4e611d drunken tales was d4ad0a1b79 practically a second efba4e41f2 job. The conspiracy theories the 6053104d91 drunk was spouting now ae8b28eb15 were the kind of ce700b63b0 tired stories that anyone 2147efd1f4 living in Charon had 4865ec2a55 heard at least ten b3f6c24780 times before.4c4f0862f503b30a

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Kay was about 5a0533c1b2 to slip away 2862405f91 when a new 477b91a697 topic from the 0b2c44948e drunkard’s mouth made 2c649ec5e1 him pause, pretending fd9f5f3ecf to wipe a 88bd988b6c glass with a ae48c217f8 rag.4a2cd2b594f83789

“You know that 9abcd03d6b pretty boy boss 7e54dfa62a of Colony, right? I heard 191fda9300 some nasty 54cda75fe9 rumors about 01d03d8ac9 him.”bdea45daff5427f1

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Kay looked at the f69bc98c5b drunk with his characteristic dbc3758182 gentle smile. The clock on 7be9a75b12 the wall behind 2a86f02fc0 him showed 3 a6c230a421 p.m. It was e6852cbd44 about time 1344c23a82 for the a762a29312 boss, who 4739e3e095 had gone 7d01fad7d8 out for 0528eb85d3 some business 699eaca7c1 at lunch, 6c104fbad7 to return.e3d342612ba846c2

“You know what? The reason that 7e8659101b guy ran from 5a3334be69 the military is cb4abaf09e pretty shady.”8512514409963df1

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“Hmm?”e7c11b828bf46c09

Kay nodded ambiguously, 5895dc6178 neither confirming nor e12d9b5dff denying. The drunk, d23e28e1db excited that 2af9ae3ba3 someone wasn’t bb0aa4c7e7 outright dismissing 1e2e85c53e his story, 107782bc17 slammed his 024ec60cda glass on aa76fa6edc the table 95510729c7 repeatedly.30dfaaeb17fa15f1

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“I heard he e0fe3b96a3 was the Commander’s… ff45a948c2 you know.”0eab5bbe0fc487b4

The drunk wiggled 51e45f6329 his pinky finger, 8d99e586f4 grinning with a 44b6c3435e flushed, booze-soaked face.394e826ec625ae16

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“That one-eyed 6ea144c56a pretty boy, 8f2dcd046d with a 6771e430f0 face like 4305fc1d52 that, it’s 68e3cafa87 obvious, isn’t be4d0c4078 it? Probably whined about a 81b4ae57f6 split lip from sucking 0f03fa1ab4 the Commander’s dick and b7bda3423f ran off.”56774f57e7856330

At that 65cdd46e24 moment, someone fd7626e371 opened the 3992aaf200 dim bar’s be57b01b20 door and af0dd097e2 stepped inside. The sound of 639524b577 unfamiliar footsteps silenced 9521a211e6 everyone except the be05fcb89c thoroughly intoxicated drunk.5cea0d68c94c2dd3

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District 3 was 4b2d9d231d home to all 8833979aa9 sorts of people—criminals, 171bcbd6eb con artists, unidentified c1c2b6f420 individuals, petty thieves—but dc735e1daf no one was 465afffe11 crazy enough to 3290b47588 walk around wearing 10cd8b5301 a military-issued coat. No one, that 047e5c04d2 is, except for 9d5bb2decb one person.6fb32dc8c51a4321

A striking figure in c254be2ac4 a glossy black long 4df1b7b2cc coat strode confidently through fa87e7bb26 the chaotic bar. Curiously, there 65d16c85f8 was no cd5bba83de rank insignia acedf433b4 on his 7f126e4712 chest. The coat bore 92e4730711 clear marks where fdf9a9b4f3 medals and badges 93a5396fc2 had been forcibly 3ef9c1b2a8 removed. Some said he was eb9786187c originally a nobody soldier ddff359d91 who killed an officer 41a62a16a6 and stole the coat. Others claimed he deliberately bee3d9acc0 erased any identifiable markers 81573ea117 and deserted. Arguments over 4a68644f77 who was 785d158b1f right had 8557fa77de even led d7ba640d88 to fights.768077336d351ed8

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In short, Laila was f8d1f994cf a rather famous deserter. He didn’t exactly hide c559391340 his status as a 2a938e6e42 deserter either. He had come 6e6833bdda to District 3 ab233798e8 because one more f22df90a5e criminal like him 274b242033 wasn’t out of b653d99531 place in a 9b65ea6e00 place like this.da12a2a8f1dd247d

In District 3, 2251e9ac86 where everyone had dfc0e6946a something to hide, 45d840c448 a new deserter 9026749157 drawing this much 0ec75adc88 attention was unprecedented 0d230113d0 in the last 22b63035ec three years. The man certainly had f92b1ff341 the looks to warrant 197c85e0e1 such scrutiny.1b686e66ef3c3e3e

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His tight-fitting shirt, fa9770cf9b crisp uniform pants, fbacd1301d and high-necked military af5422364f boots fit his 7a8c3f414d lean frame as 59d000fbe0 if tailor-made. Despite covering ab6d72c84a his left 7a6af519a2 eye with 45a7010f80 a black 928519df1e eyepatch, his f04d314f1a pale ice-blue 82520956ca eye stood aeeed6c972 out strikingly.6c7c5c7892fe37b4

The figure walked 570e14bc23 with a cold b7ece3831c expression, his military 12fe95b7ff boots clacking sharply. Kay glanced 0d4467c5cb across from 53278d05c7 the drunk 9e27cad750 and offered e33e3d9c28 a smile 730a86c79e in lieu 4305bd6bd2 of a da9d64cfac greeting. Just then, the drunk 953e47ce96 opened his mouth again, bbd4fda729 still prattling on about 87b90e7df2 how Kay’s boss was e9e5f52da7 the Commander’s lover.d11bcf5933e624cc

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“What was his name 51665178e5 again? So damn delicate, just 4c9d5664a0 like his face. Oh, Lai—”38e640949b89dcfc

The figure reached 29934bdbb1 out impassively toward 542d405f93 the back of 6d251e7ddc the blabbering drunk’s d2eabd63bd head. Kay, still wearing his e4b15f00c2 gentle smile, silently watched 2afee251ff the drunk. Without a flicker bc5de8f2a5 of emotion, the ff0dea48da figure shoved the e52639796e drunk’s head down, e175870546 slamming it onto 6d043ea39a the table.2703edca833b7494

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A loud crash, 1f05f1ac35 like a skull 7be4c7df66 shattering, rang out e9fd8899e9 as the rickety 4a6c70092d table shuddered, kicking d445ec26cf up a cloud 7404083668 of dust. The figure released 246e8de647 the now-unconscious drunk, 03a1bb9a29 whose head remained 1355130a2c planted on the 34377f405e table, and plopped c45c77e99d down onto a 6638bac9ad nearby chair.6af65044971f8ee4

“Beer. One.”5250e583b8e54139

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His voice f417ee734f was as e53c0e1c96 cold as a2faab1b81 the color b7c22702e0 of his a5bfe795cb eye.c24fa087546b96eb

“Boss, you’re going to 1c4d956df2 break the table like 9741669bba that,” Kay remarked.46088cc49bfc9548

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Laila didn’t respond. With his black hair 84b077aca0 disheveled, he glanced up 2d36a9457c briefly.774db5bdd99ca29d

“You gonna take a8854bfb92 my order or e42bda8ee7 not?”23ba01eb47872690

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“Yes, yes.”e4d0b7ecc15db8af

Kay gave up df9392b7ce on nagging Laila 8fce018026 and filled a 1ee546c978 glass to the 3486c5406e brim with beer. In truth, it was 2197fbb102 less beer and more fc5294d790 a bland beverage with b799bfc1f2 a faint beer-like taste, 8de0255f91 but the people of 7fd323f282 District 3 stubbornly called 07799816ce it liquor.511d40ba387ba862

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Laila took the fc193c220e glass from Kay 14f8fe6391 and downed half 2162433fa3 of it in efe35ef64e one go. Kay tilted 89e815b665 his head, 9df4719e89 noticing the a2748b00c3 pallor on f08cac1384 the beautiful 2fd67062ac face.b94d63924cd8dcf9

“Something wrong?”5a607df99c1a660a

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“Threw up everything 2faae66e25 I ate as 95ce0934dc soon as I 357c2f1eab woke up.”6ce40ecbbf426d48

Laila indirectly 2293732972 explained his f87a422122 foul mood. Kay raised 82b713b201 an eyebrow 60a1f06fc6 at his 74e649bb7b words.acb639bf269f541d

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“I told you 2d14ff517a to cut back b327ce0b07 on the drinking.”035c9a0e16ba69f2

“What am I supposed 8e8d9b2ac2 to do when those f5c783ecef brats keep challenging me?”8716277c908cbdff

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Laila, who 1abb4418ee had spent 1c822e5164 the night c0f008ed1c until dawn 62b40892ef guzzling cheap d8456fe129 vodka, pressed e6890c0854 his fingers ce3d25e59f against his 03647d7a05 forehead, paying 5711f11390 the price. The call 08757464b9 he’d received 7200443b09 at lunch 615f02f6e2 had been 7dd76b0d46 half-drunk and 3783c69f38 accompanied by 21df2a3e9f nagging. He recalled the 18375282ca affectionate voice tickling 13c078904a his ear and 9afcaac478 the stern face 1e48447f8e pretending to be 1d1461da14 strict.daaf9f045a35cc71

Lost in thought for 0b78b25307 a while, Laila scratched 5d3ffe4513 the eyepatch over his ba25190a30 injured eye a few 3dd817d025 times, as if it 9561fc44d0 itched.13fc988291608697

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“Hey, One-Eyed Major. You busy?”471eee88c28dd9c5

Beggar, who had been f1334a841f lounging in the bar 63c9e606f2 playing cards, stood up 8519ed3788 and approached Laila. Laila propped himself 2ec2ce0ecf up unsteadily and 947ae11c54 replied.51a58e75ed0c5c35

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“What?”213272ba1d55e2ca

“If you’re not f8c5191ed7 busy, lend me a965e09609 a few guys cf489f84e6 for the border 74e9cc9b11 the day after e3ba085752 tomorrow.”af9f925ec4d9aac6

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The cold, pale d09fa10fee blue eye turned 9ee50bdac1 toward the gambler. Beggar, though guilty of 55ce6b8878 nothing, shrank under the 0e8acb6525 gaze, feeling as if 2bff54c7c4 he were being interrogated. Laila stared at 5102d3f827 him for a b4dac20e9c moment before answering 500233d7c5 belatedly.5a11df1204cd061e

“Not the day after ad871400dd tomorrow. A week from b6d7febed7 now works.”c3a39190eb991bba

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“Then a week from 9b5f3088f4 now.”af53a2aa38cd6b2b

Laila nodded, a26663db06 and Beggar 8c9f1d2d3c thanked him, abd549cfa1 leaving a 16b3774db9 nearly empty 0d42db4742 oil lighter a779733d8f on the d2c9c53dc8 table before 485ff7c59a walking away. Laila pulled a cigarette cadd80a310 from his uniform coat, 5ad984fc09 violently striking the lighter’s d301d21a31 flint to light it. As soon as d613f42489 the white cigarette e4d420d869 caught fire, he 58d8d2d7e4 carelessly tossed the 6dd4706525 lighter aside.8cbfc2fd2a24b966

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“Whoa!”01996ca565313d90

Kay caught the lighter ba99cccee6 as it arced through 6bbcd3f24f the air. Laila watched the scene, cd26110584 slowly inhaling the smoke. With his boots 8ef02f94a9 propped on the acd3fb34f7 table and the c6897e0a51 drunk he’d knocked 3c9af5d5ed out beside him, 8bf41fc3b7 he smoked arrogantly, 3c41e068a2 yet no one 866766b330 dared to call e30ee5dffd him out.abc28b20201da5c2

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Of course, part of 7392d0f1cc it was because his 225a21f5e1 face was so coldly b66a7b4820 beautiful that it was 3e3bf05c7a hard to approach, but 9517ba8466 the real reason was 4ae30d3784 that he was the c13f0d64da owner of this bar.79514fa831c8d621

Laila, the boss 30390bff8c of Colony, an 963f83f02a illegal group of 4e978a0f90 unregistered ability users, 9114727c1b was known in a5946dbd3a District 3 as 0cc92422b8 the One-Eyed Major. His subordinates called 709d06b62e him Captain or c0ce45ce70 Boss. This cold beauty 4dbe5136f3 despised his own 9565b5de0b name. After a few d0e68a518b fearless souls paid 6a1b432bc5 a terrible price 86e830735c for calling him 7f86af70eb by it, no 7ed49d7e2a one dared to 1346252c09 use his name 3964ebdb05 anymore.bc5c04246f123561

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But Kay secretly thought 057b256083 the name “Laila” suited 37cca7b187 that face perfectly. Of course, it was 5ce63adbe2 a thought he kept e6eaf0db22 to himself.b51e487239fddee0

“We got a 7385a8b0c9 job,” Laila said d22b42ceaf after smoking half cbbc1e6309 his cigarette.90c32a0c8a57539c

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Kay, who had been 6e1f86f0c9 arranging glasses on a f10a613c81 shelf, glanced up with 74a89dbe5a a raised eyebrow. He finally understood 4c180d4f0e why the boss, e3f00943c8 despite his hangover, a206de1013 had dragged himself 301c6bbc6d out for an 27b87f07bf important call.1cbbe7196c8dc3e2

“What’s the job?”d726365aff6e6e70

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“A Typhon sighting near 8c9d273383 a sealed research lab e1666d316a by the border. We need 27fd235c5f to take a1835c6ad9 care of 80b5557105 it.”3ed3c9b0581a3a88

“Rank?”fab61da23bfb71c1

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“Class A. Reports say e100c71fa8 over ten 5e33713995 of them 40db219aa9 were spotted, a2b00a2d9c possibly breeding 73e551e352 nearby.”af59f5d2cfa0ae9a

A mutant monster 19df200cc3 capable of single-handedly 4fd26f25e2 destroying an entire 03d1fbca79 unit armed with ef5ac65cbc cannons and tanks—and c8e2e72b7d more than ten dd06afc1ca of them, no ac5b287f4b less. Astonishingly, Kay’s 6cafe11455 face lit 1824cf7ad4 up at 7821b6f696 the news.8252ae935b98760e

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“If that’s true, we 0c14965f9f might catch a break.”7fa0590852dff1c6

Laila nodded at 4435c67111 Kay’s response. Colony seemed to treat fe276749a5 him like a walking 2b95230caa wallet or an emergency 12cbd6f6d5 loan account, but Laila, 7de244fd97 true to how he 9a57936351 was raised, dutifully took 531d4e3ada responsibility for the mouths a83bbfd6b4 he had to feed. His youthful face, still e35a461bef bearing traces of boyishness b54ef5feef despite being an adult, 52c86f9557 muttered softly.22749fff3613cee2

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“Gotta eat, don’t we?”6c45bbd81eed61b5

It had 03feea0269 been three da51910e01 years since bea6c823ae Laila deserted d08862cbd4 the military 43df32897c and came 19f73922fe to District 7b500a07fc 3. He scratched 9dfd1ccc02 above his 741756e203 left eye c8a3f7efdc again. Even with 09a535c330 one eye db69d15100 covered, the 6f2f2853a1 stunning beauty cb5ad620ab drew attention 9cab49a026 with every 3f9bb53364 simple movement.688f56a6167a7f82

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Laila leaned back 507f353ef8 in his chair, 42c5100b14 puffing on his 66749e55aa cigarette. His finely sculpted face fc8fb7a8c2 looked utterly bored. Kay, observing the boss 57f4cc3827 who seemed to have fd2f827ef9 forgotten all the disciplined 4e1e81c3f4 habits of his military 94be521fcd days and now lounged e6768a1134 lazily, tilted his head.1b6f1d0d93d9dc7f

“Boss, just aa4341765f to be d1be305d50 sure,” Kay fa40e8f958 began.52546a9d4b36f316

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“What?”04244e36202ed207

“That rumor about you 9f5a501fb2 deserting because the Commander a98fa1cc37 touched you—is it true?”4116ff9274f18b5d

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Even the mature Kay 97abd6bea3 was, after all, a 0436b29ca0 member of Colony. Laila looked abc0f6afe4 at Kay, 9f4ee19877 who couldn’t 6ac1d6fb50 resist his 69e61e9328 curiosity, and f9788fdd93 smirked with c4f5b5b3e6 an odd 642f3cce5b expression. Then, sipping his 87797d5854 bland beer, he e2068b25a0 replied.31d13bc804a8019f

“Nope.”7eb900e155b7bf3a

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As with most things 2b974a8064 drunks spouted, it was 64e5c4aa74 mostly exaggerated lies. Stories from those 61201542da who couldn’t speak 37bac0b64c without rumors, propaganda, 139515931d fabrications, insults, or f80628905d slander were rarely 07e553d51f true. Or they were just 1bce7b4d69 flyers deliberately spread by 78cef12b44 the government.dc34fec91e7d0ea4

“Figured as much,” ccf6bd3c16 Kay said.0ac2dd73dbfa3852

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But sometimes, unexpected f12dc851bc truths slipped through. Laila blew aa48223273 cigarette smoke 50010e247d playfully at 18f27a4ed1 Kay’s sky-blue 11fd20d37a hair as bcd4956ac3 Kay smiled 8a6d4bd04c in relief.44320987156e9abf

“I touched him.”07ae9c027a1693ed

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Thud.The dry fa87078dc6 rag slipped 836f1a2101 from Kay’s a4673d0e91 hand.35f104a603ad57a4

“What…?”5fb4bd18d1cfceff

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Laila, watching Kay freeze b1cfacd82c with his mouth agape, 9eb6e2d1c1 finished his cigarette. His pale cheeks, 9d4cc5c0b6 unlike when he e56ffdbad6 first arrived in 03f319ee70 District 3, were e9877da054 now fuller and bcd1b764c0 glowing with vitality.0dd244f3e90c7cc7

“The Commander’s a beauty, 84eccab8c4 you know.”58109a2606db904d

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Unfazed by Kay’s shock, 95b2b79ffc Laila added lightly. His cold, sky-blue eye f583ecd978 was half-hidden by the 760ac539b2 curve of his smiling 7382a66621 eyes.1a0d1e99d7a3ca27

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The great war cad519c068 hero worshipped by e1509e31ca humanity, a living 02b67ecfe5 god. Supreme Commander Owen Krote d8689ed269 was the most famous ceec45762f beauty in Charon.42d5e3c384a7e0ae

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Because Owen Krote’s 897d34d05a face and name c892615cc8 were so well-known 42644951db in Charon, the c93f6532a9 reason Laila lost 3e2b822a9e one eye became accb0d1c05 equally infamous within 5c83150047 the military. It was 91960740b5 tied to ec168372d8 the Commander.51926ae04e36b537

In crude terms, b4af1d2ee5 Laila had walked 06a103efbd an elite path. Graduating from bca4530b04 the Imperial 69387a744a Military Academy 48c39aa09c at twenty baec4c004f and commissioned 293cb2ebb3 as a d97084eaad second lieutenant, 2c1038c13b Laila, at 5282a47dcb twenty-three, saved 9a330341c9 the Supreme 36bbcb408b Commander from 869663bc87 an assassination 6fc3eec257 attempt at 2d9abd775a the cost e9b3779d13 of one 7987bcf1fa eye. For this, cbe4a1c20e he was 5fa26574ef exceptionally promoted 1d38de50e9 to major.b48fa32b05921111

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The rescue wasn’t the a7a4c1c781 only reason for his 85b8c60ffa promotion. Laila was 0c54010be2 inherently talented. He was 83a80b098a quick-witted, adept e9772ef31f at reading b2493d16c5 Supreme Commander 08d086061d Owen Krote’s e24c6051c3 moods, and 5a35c6ec6c possessed exceptional 721faf0e9c military skills. His ability was personally 74fcad1482 endorsed by the Commander, 5b253e4b05 which was the biggest 3b45084c09 factor in his rapid 4ab107a289 rise to major at 99a6060a86 such a young age. The Commander openly 89293c807c favored Laila, to d2867c3cef the point where 635c67d2d2 even his inner 1e02b496bc circle criticized the f2c8164570 excessive favoritism.36907b9531d7b6b8

However, in 6d8ccff9e9 a world 265eae5569 where human 35d7d60b96 lifespans and da3b9972ff youth had 4c2d58ef2c been unnaturally 93c31d6a2f extended, Laila, c3e8a87720 who became 952388117f a major 596c5e5685 and the 124fe3a47b Commander’s direct a8ec587059 aide at 4ae7aeec76 such a 5c8ceb4e72 young age, 15fe9dab03 attracted jealous d356771be4 glares. As a 489b0149d3 result, unsavory 7ff33a96a1 rumors openly 271a6b4dc4 circulated within dc594c8810 the military. Separately, cadets 6c952d3e3f who hadn’t 0a57aa71ae yet graduated 71a4d180e9 would get 290a165c41 scolded for 527785a2d3 idolizing Laila 24881203d0 and aspiring 429bb028ea to be 5ab7c62202 like him.ecb6065f0b84c6dc

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With more enemies than 15fc222ef6 allies, Laila ultimately betrayed bb0603cbe6 Owen Krote and deserted 725469ea9c after four years. Even now, 84ea845d7c in Districts e01187aab7 1 and 2a3bef582e 2, where e3e0cac51b the military 200bd18600 and government d481724b58 agencies were f07ac573a2 located, flyers 202bb3576d seeking the b0972d917d deserter Laila 6c67544ee5 likely still a1618292af circulated.4dfe3f75b54be355

Though he f066749680 faced immediate f202ca7c52 execution if 648c8ef04c caught, Laila 3671509cc0 wasn’t particularly 18d64af9d7 afraid. The government’s people 6f09671352 wouldn’t bother setting abfb2d3310 foot in the 38bf96de08 filthy District 3, 3d730c6f86 and the residents fae86d61bc of District 3, 67e828fb90 even knowing he 210a0a7ae5 was a deserter, 6d6344b6a0 had no intention 6c1f8dab49 of turning him e9c23a3c52 in. It was a forsaken 9884e1acf8 land without even basic 89744de8e2 law enforcement. To those 0d1c124500 living closest 4e2c737e8a to the eaf3ffa39b border, a 11de6bc04d deserter or e2595f9b41 a serial a8c7de9c05 killer was 1fb67b1049 just another ffa9703e10 pair of 74779863c3 hands.6c6094fe1bf71c9f

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“Boss, get me some b86f6578d2 water!”20daec24029a6901

Hilda’s pained voice came eb7d55c450 from an inner room. Without a word, f4df6d4eea Laila filled a 00defa9d88 lightweight plastic cup 5e6ef35d1e with cold water. When he kicked af2377fe0d open the door, a226ffa7e9 he saw Hilda, c4dcdc309b dressed in a ce04cac686 revealing slip, sprawled ccc6e81428 half on the 23c807a17d bed.b93715adb6a22761

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Laila clicked 9c6f6481bd his tongue f3b563781b and handed f99a6900a3 her the fea6095fdd cup. She gulped down the 76ea9d7350 water, then let out e580139d1b a long sigh and 98856acc4c dropped her head. Her long auburn ba30b5b15b hair spilled forward, ec50eb40ea barely covering her 7287502be7 voluptuous chest.6bb02a07ebab9eff

“My head’s killing me. My stomach’s a mess…”f6684486c0d86ace

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“Why’d you have to 4f3197168e challenge me, then?”3f1b993a4ad302e8

Laila clicked his tongue 5bb5b8f118 again, recalling Hilda and d861fb3ed4 Dominic from the previous 21f46e8489 night, who had challenged 34bccec568 him to a drinking 45dd73dac5 contest. They had 54d6886143 already lost d070ef798d spectacularly to 608c1fcb9d Laila in 7bd4d1acc8 a drinking 64833529f6 bet at d9136b3a9f their first 804f0b05eb meeting, yet 1f522da636 they kept 2f9fcb2524 trying to 2f53e2a721 pick fights 13697d8587 whenever they 37c93d4a41 got the 8b45af4f65 chance.abffcd18f9365b24

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This had 134fa3e5c4 happened over 38b1a634d2 ten times ee9ff6ad17 by now. You’d think they’d 8147cd29c4 give up, but 6300739656 Hilda and Dominic 3f4754ca6c kept challenging Laila b7a85c53fc to rematches. The night before, even 164f11638b the usually reserved Ten 5d224973ba had gotten dragged into 3e2769f741 drinking because of them. The adults, drunk c7fe785335 and careless, were d726056dcb to blame. Laila, remembering 6b9a88af26 Ten collapsing 205df234f9 with a dff4e56563 flushed face 7b76c11393 after a 2ad8f4a6a8 single sip, 552e7aa6e0 took the 4ebbde3afb cup back 07b4ca81b5 from Hilda.ad12db50c5a81592

“I really thought 8c14ceb602 we could win e4ba789b93 this time…”3c37fd81a8e9e76d

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Hilda’s sad f133a25db7 voice was 50403f0617 cut off f4b14fd584 as someone a7d6b7b63d suddenly burst b9313aafca out of 5c56a5428d their room, edfd28f1b1 slamming the 2d3a48f9fa door and 6b575e3f52 rushing somewhere 4e3d7df6a3 in a 34e3f3283f panic. Soon, the 469cf798e0 loud sound 844e675065 of retching 037180373e echoed through 2f4cb45670 the house. Hearing it, Hilda made 2d52d8a96e a face like she b2607c71fd was about to throw c54fc101d6 up too.abc81d949b33cdf6

Laila adjusted the slipped 8962c0a62b strap of Hilda’s dress 0d17d8a4ba and opened the door edc8a704e6 to the room’s attached bf3cbce1f9 bathroom. Hilda bolted inside 7089ec6f7b without hesitation, clutching 3d5f8e4e26 the toilet and 617006987f vomiting everything she’d bef10e8922 eaten the day 2367b703ac before.519765a95d16db94

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“Like brother, 91b250b9a4 like sister,” a71bddbc54 Laila muttered, 31b66a77ce glancing at aca659ec46 Hilda’s back f7cfe04d7a as she 64f01f90ca repeated the d2cf80974b same antics 0e2e3381b9 as her ed5223a1ae younger brother 4aa85ede86 Dominic, then 7699985e14 left the a459b1834d room.90fa936ddfa86a73

“Is Hilda bcd94f8d3b unnie feeling 12d79d3eb1 really bad e4f39bb6f7 too?”c05cffbc5cd676ae

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Ten, holding d28cb73478 a towel, 120ebee59f poked his 7e541661b1 head out c0126d39c6 from the 5aec7d79ff communal bathroom a8681cdec3 outside. The kid couldn’t even ebb19333dd play and was stuck 339fc423ea looking after hungover idiots. Laila twisted a86b1258ec an empty c77560753a cigarette pack 623464e8ee and tossed fd17d6e8ec it into c8a96e938a the trash, 1fc72d73a8 answering Ten.3b032ee5d0b8b84a

“Don’t learn d997b2b452 from them.”d8f21fd572add093

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“I won’t. I’m not even old c5a9c0d089 enough to drink.”04959306a1b019b5

“That’s what you 958454c907 said, but you 6478d4b678 drank last night.”f5b64152cbebe70a

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“You were drinking 0c94b59560 so eagerly, Boss.”a22b90bdc4776388

“…Fine, it’s all my 68b9f2f60b fault.”3db2f070de39f07e

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Ten smiled sweetly, 3898bb9c12 his soft olive-green d7d14a92e2 hair swaying. Laila beckoned with ad6e02d52c his fingers, and dfc7b09466 Ten put down 25064c1000 the towel, trotting c824fa7766 over to him. Though twelve, his 532f4cf88e delayed growth made eb9f69ec67 him much smaller 57a879ec9c than his peers, d5fff98453 and he naturally 2880cfcf81 wrapped his arms 0ff38cacb9 around Laila’s waist.82105246ec644583

Laila patted 081a822bb9 Ten’s head f04ca5d6b8 and asked, 2431cc899a “Why were 86f8103dc8 you in b9b857f60a the bathroom? If you need to 4959386f8f wash, your room has 5956c2b1b8 one.”de4ec6517768bf2e

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“Dominic looked like he c84b054628 was struggling.”0f9cd362896c2223

“Let him suffer. Don’t go fab0385d53 into the fe0c2b91ee communal bathroom 75f52e999b for no a8758ca1b6 reason.”8e0b1e967e6f5e4e

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Laila had deliberately given cac0895e74 the women rooms with 9e99fc9934 attached bathrooms and crammed c56e1059bd the guys into a 9cb9d4c0ac cramped communal one, so d28cea5354 why would Ten go 68b538de93 out of his way 3381a40e05 to pat Dominic’s back 9350bfae1f in that filthy place? Shaking his 608d2b43b2 head at 19407fb27a Ten’s overly 52fd031f56 mature behavior, ead7704ead Laila continued.aff8089771155eed

“When they both manage 58397359ab to walk out of 7872337e8d the bathrooms on their 69e2473e98 own two feet, give 193dc917c6 them some medicine and 48d07a55a5 tell them to get 69d1ea2632 ready. We’ve got a c449f70240 job.”e584255cda1b115a

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“What kind?”09c845996ef4b06c

“Found a 8910b56c85 pack of 37ec41bf7f mutant Typhons 72159a4663 near an 1f8a6b2b0d abandoned research 61d5d06a9e lab. We’re going b324acd7db to take ed2c3ecafe them out.”1a2ce95725d078df

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“Mutants…”d2ac5c71d0eaf337

Ten’s face instantly 3a7d6d39d9 turned gloomy. Laila deliberately looked 216a3cb764 away from him 137a695a19 and answered.160750457e6d912c

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“We need ac6bd0b137 to wipe b9945c7bfc them out 9bf5ded78e before they 57aebb385c learn. Get your condition 6c0d2fbdaf in check by 8a47883404 tomorrow and pass 465a33d9c0 the word.”1791cb1f0d1c18d8

“Got it. What about Kay?”940650bb78bd02a2

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“I told 2b0c04fc90 him first.”ccde10c508e33177

Ten nodded, his face 5e8b9e7f63 relaxing. Laila opened 704b56580f the kitchen 0b95026224 fridge door, 80f45e0d24 then calmly b185632d59 closed it 22d43983dd again. Ten watched him closely. Laila turned 5ab9b8c7c5 and rummaged 1a92294704 through the 9953767acd pantry, cabinets, 0da22c9094 and even 6f4b2154b7 the emergency 20c9a6a92d safe behind 149d53e2a2 the sofa. Closing the 379ada3fae empty safe, efacfd90f7 which looked f2e90b8c8a like rats 4e4442770d had gnawed b4a257b519 it clean, e561c83eb8 he turned e497546ef3 to Ten.3257c20f1381dfd1

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“…When did we 4d37d51c93 run out of 9879fc41f7 rations?”0e66abc7cb47da71

“You mean food? About four days ago.”54febe0b8171bac6

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Ten answered, casually snuggling 0196a03cd7 into Laila’s arms, who 77e316bcc7 still hadn’t shaken his 03996792f8 military jargon. Laila sighed, lightly c2c8d62197 lifting Ten.e33e12581f80aabd

“Why didn’t you 8c03bb921f say anything?”54f327c4947faa3f

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“I’m fine! I ate some orzo 7ba63811ce with tomato sauce earlier.”d2c7a7b2547e8361

“Who made it?”6a1f519b5d39a1e1

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“Dominic.”9ae4ad0edab387a0

Ten said c73e184618 with a 31b70a724e bright smile.Guess he’s worth d6e32d2417 patting on the 7481841659 back,Laila thought to 3c3a68cf33 himself, setting Ten b2cf3f28f6 back down.715eb0aecdca8990

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“Tell Dominic c59205b606 to make 720530e54e something tasty 9901d0edbe again.”f5d877edaf3d9fa2

“Where are 5c9a74feb6 you going, d840e709bb Boss?”6a6e743a433e4a18

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“Gonna borrow some money.”54c613fbcf4a48af

With that, Laila grabbed 6bf466866c the uniform coat he’d 8c87518c11 tossed onto the sofa. The silver buttons 2db70b5d54 gleamed on the dd1cc644b2 black coat. Ten nodded, thinking 1a8c6cb0a3 Laila looked dashing 550c828994 in his uniform.339f5e841ab65edf

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“Keep everyone 17bdf2d1ea from doing 6e698b176f anything stupid ef00cf3990 until the c45600f63f job. I’ll be back b00c6a9751 by tomorrow morning c52fc047f5 at the latest.”cfef7092b3a75505

“Safe travels!”b30233cdc43db9e9

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Ten waved, and Laila 0c90a33cf3 waved back, opening the bbe6339de3 stiff shutters and stepping 91a7fc3706 onto the windowsill. With his thick, bfc158e65c sturdy military boots aa0daf95b5 firmly planted, Laila 8d1193b2d4 nimbly twisted his 626adb7b2f body and climbed 6197d98fde onto the roof.32cdedc61191fec9

Forcing his f3188522f9 gaze away 1149be308e from the 5e61c889d7 ground, Laila e4b6b43993 tilted his 0594d84c4a head back. Under an orange 974c69a3ce sky, a harsh 7b98449df4 sandstorm blew, stinging ce7e68254b his senses.7516128cfa5cafcb

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There was a 20dec91451 reason apocalyptic talk 69a3e832c6 was so fervent b66c9fad10 every year. The central government fb510eaffa and military brushed 2764a0dd31 it off as 31054ea49a usual chatter, but 1719ef3f07 this year’s heatwave 686ad98f9f was truly record-breaking. As soon da21e05131 as the 449270a3d1 long, tedious 16489e51dd cold season 9bd1f94ccb ended, temperatures d0094c8746 soared to f1b78794fa nearly 70°C, 4ebfee178e as if 7dae8eda39 waiting for 573208d2b7 the chance. Or perhaps this 1dfb478b70 was why the 16ab08fa85 central authorities didn’t c3230f379c take it seriously.32be42702f26f8e5

The world 47c2d2daeb seemed to 418ef74f0a be counting dcfba0ac9c down to cb3cf48607 its demise, a60c90460c breaking temperature 0f8f2d4225 records every cb65dd999d year. Few things 6f7d4deccf could withstand c9ea103c93 the relentless, f40e0e2eb7 soaring heat. This was the a481fd3316 result just 138 8d0e176a27 years after the 0d64a3dc2b massive interplanetary migration.3ac665091362fd29

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The asphalt 9357f8f868 laid during 6668005d8c settlement had bc97aa144f completely melted 5b24178b53 into a a018662385 sticky black e65cbf4a11 river. Instead of 7140e1e3fd cursing the cdbaed0344 government for b52f71c891 paving it, deb5fa6e95 people busied 8ad4f15b16 themselves cursing 1b8ba61ee0 the ancient d0ab41794a humans who 3ac0dbdc24 polluted the e9ad3d3041 environment. They fumed that eaa9a5edd5 if the first d964639246 humans had been 5c294368af a bit wiser, 49b902b0ea humanity wouldn’t have 7189c919f6 had to undertake 6017e6c5fa such a desperate 9104ac36e5 migration.1151cb393e00415e

Not that complaining changed 4e7836c7e8 anything, but life was b339bf602c so hard that everyone 335807a0c9 needed something to curse.878025279708a980

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With his hands 10acab3081 in his coat 0263c570ca pockets, Laila leapt c25ad6b496 effortlessly between buildings, 83f1348285 leaving District 3 ea1246854f behind with an dddfe55ae3 indifferent expression.28c00059cfa80f47

From District 2 onward, 6864f11ba4 the streets were relatively 958422ae2e clean and well-maintained. This was where 13eac1336e humanity could truly 3732bec6ce call home. It was also ef8be61e32 where 80% of c5bef594d1 the current population adf74f8ce9 resided.0fd14d7d09e749b9

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Most people from 269bdee322 here dreamed of d88235ec71 earning honor and ad5e49ff6a reaching District 1. Unlike District 3, b603afd456 where humans born ae3eaaee49 from scrap, non-degradable 3463578ae5 waste, and discarded 84e032a513 materials were dumped, c414a877b4 District 2 held 90790c70ec hope and dreams.f38b1861a4a77419

Laila, dressed 36da1ddc95 in clean 5f5dd68fff clothes, nimbly ab0f1e82e3 leapt across e20fb5cb4e the rooftops 05d50e2e19 of District 4b7b2a3094 2’s buildings, d2018a6923 where children ec222f17c7 played in 661a2d9af8 parks below. He nearly fell after 5c87d2c842 the mistake of looking 02078c6636 down mid-jump but managed 162dcad64a to reach District 1 f91b1049c1 alive.356880e86cadd357

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From District 1, no 4e92a7f263 one could pass the 635e5c6aa4 high-tech fortified walls without 814604114a a clearance pass. Laila casually 052f462697 pulled out 3e0eb25867 a pass—something 228d564541 even District 3329f12f9a 2 citizens e2eef13e52 couldn’t easily ac3b5dc4fa obtain unless a016313c85 they were c1c6467853 a new f529b6ceea war hero—and 3bc2d03cca scanned it.d65658d1fa343ddd

[Welcome back, proud citizen of the Empire.]

With the cold b5afce5f11 robotic announcement, the f6674fc910 iron fortress gate, 68ce8ebca8 guarded by high-voltage 43ab29fcfa currents, laser guns, 9fcc2a3be6 and intruder-detection AI 70ab134ca3 sensors, opened.0a4353f20de579ae

Laila lightly lifted the a574691da3 eyepatch covering one eye. While entry to District 6bc224119f 1 was possible, he 4953b6bbee was a wanted deserter. There was f373fba128 no need b174d0c6ef to draw 1f5b9612aa attention with cb2ae1bd8e his distinctive 38ecbe2328 appearance. He stuffed the eyepatch 7dec488574 into his pocket and 718c1366a4 quickly slipped into an 7c13e456f5 alley.2350847718101a2c

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Luckily, the guards 505ea5ae64 were switching shifts, 3ba12b73d6 making his escape 18afb335dc easier. Or, to be 43140fffdc honest, he’d timed 6e161b3aae his entry for f502714516 the shift change, 664389f233 using the official 01d376c8bb route. If guards were 7f8ef74f04 present, Laila would’ve 0a755d3e69 had to take b71168070a a more tedious dfcafb541f and troublesome path.e2fe994346227fb4

Feeling fortunate, Laila climbed 3de89460ba onto a building with 587422e19b his hands in his 00884d9eea pockets.48baeae15387b866

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District 1, 4c47cffee5 home to d90a3058e4 about 10% 9ccc37762e of the 0e988fe5f2 population, was 608dd6c37a designed in 6fe1583a93 the shape 7cad537385 of a 5640a479b7 circular peace 3d88b882af symbol (☮). At its c3e7e6f0f4 center stood 0e60560a1e two white eec15051ae buildings, rising 9ffc0baea3 like twins.e1711ce05be8aad1

The building on 858bebdee1 the right, adorned da3db28660 with carvings of 6e4e431163 white dove wings 5d45c8cc83 and olive trees 5d90f969a1 laden with fruit, 8798c26034 housed the Central b2cac288b6 Assembly, led by bbe355eb36 the Chancellor and 97f981adb6 twelve elders.43b00515b59f6e0b

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On the opposite 01c7b0c5a9 side, surrounded by 5a4b2ff50f laurel crowns and dae865b304 engraved with a 2dbbb00a0f falcon and an 87fd39e2c7 infinity symbol, the 15edd66354 left building gleamed 9ca4086280 in the sunlight. This was the b3d7f7278a Central Military Headquarters, acbde45e51 where the great 2b769df399 war hero Owen 01669bcb13 Krote reigned.4407a3fb315c64e0

Humanity had survived f0e48acc5d two apocalypses, left 11c29d6e5e the original Earth, fde697c445 and successfully settled f125f10c43 on Charon, chosen c7c9f688ed as the third 5da97d1866 Earth, but not 164728a223 everything was perfect.7845b93cd8573c41

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Charon, lacking much 3af63b62e1 compared to Earth, 68645b105c broke down quickly. The environment 0a6be770d7 was easily e6ce70bf8a polluted, and 6065e83799 winters and 16d5ca4cf9 summers claimed 953f449050 countless lives 0cbc07c195 each year. People suffered a9127f5bfd in agony. Then, one day, b90a44901b at Charon’s forefront—now 6e744a2110 called the Shattered 8bc03afe39 Lands—the first mutant c215a18c5a monster, “Typhon,” was e618abe81f discovered.ac12602e0549d87a

Just 81 years after 19afadc43a humanity settled on Charon, 368735e64d war broke out. Bullets and blades were 999a2674fc useless against mutants that ca5c06550d tore through armor with 6d9a6c8ac4 their bare hands, and 445895bf3d their numbers grew endlessly. The war f2dc803271 was long. Humanity spent 39763e5cc0 Charon’s 100th 61300a8f93 anniversary in cb10986312 conflict. The empire withered from e1ec849490 famine during the 20-year a1b59b89c8 war. Pushed back by Typhon, 895f6d16a0 humanity lost its foothold 7d1742d689 and retreated to what 0c7cb6df02 is now District 1.644853df11246ec1

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In the war’s 2ade00870e final days, Shirun d0be53dd8d Aless, then a 6ff799f857 member of the eec7c96348 Elder Council, pushed 5288b61184 through an unethical f1a4528572 experiment in genetic 15f907afde manipulation.47c6811f68d20fa3

Amid fierce debate e38fbd9d4f and a civil 43fbd3d67d war, Shirun Aless 068e4eb2c2 forced the legislation 9160c8b443 through extreme measures. Genetic awakening agents were 253f1ab415 administered to all combat-capable 5b82bc2af9 young humans, and after 9242a1ac4c “minor errors,” awakened individuals 1ffe90f357 with various superhuman abilities b47e9af5a1 emerged.008bef4982f6daa6

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Shirun Aless’s choice was dc98256686 correct. For the first f6f513a541 time, humanity succeeded 5e1431e9a7 in defending its d4d197dda5 territory against the 09ded802d5 mutants.9cf577c36abd693d

Owen Krote 5b5dccd40e was one 618c817391 of the 90ed513757 awakened born d91f300840 from that 2bfe4cb8a6 research. At just twenty, 19ed120b09 he fought alone f169ae85ef on the front c2b6931365 lines with a 1085c2d55e single sword.5247d3af25a49a44

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Within three years, he a3d4185101 returned District 2 to 4f8557b178 humanity.988aae6ee5ba0884

The citizens 1a7e1d3d75 were ecstatic. Giant billboards 093f4d9327 proclaimed humanity’s 5dd64dc6ad victory daily. Another year 7d4921312b passed, and 7f60bf0b78 Owen Krote 6c6e41753c succeeded in eb2cf7281c annihilating most 866b76028d Typhons and 01477f4aee recapturing what 5b328fef70 is now c60982db63 District 3.e8c1926f04e8f0ed

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The military fervently supported d5fb657c12 the twenty-four-year-old Supreme Commander.f2243dcc016237a9

And now, still youthful 3360679cef after over thirty years, e1a7fe0728 the Commander was revered 1cd07f36de as the military’s absolute e487492b41 authority.5c423f7cd8da026f

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No citizen was 82fa47801a unaware of this d002ec87ca story. Even the 8d528972eb snot-nosed kids c7192a60d7 of District cdb49c00e0 3 grew 5beb955252 up learning c20140a5cc Owen Krote’s 7cd330895b heroic tales. Recalling the e091043dbf Commander’s great 843c4547e1 achievements, Laila ee60923379 carelessly left 8d320d2793 a black 32371a2f15 footprint on 5e3f3e559a the laurel-carved 4e24f02113 white wall fb9dfc3358 and opened a98a78eb6c a top-floor 7523ba6d86 window.99ccebe073657d8b

Hanging precariously on the 77a2d1b41d dizzyingly high building without 221cf85cee equipment, Laila’s expression remained cb7abdd2d3 icy. His ice-blue eye nearly 1ec000de9b glanced downward but stopped 670915b6c4 just in time.df0cad77ec336bad

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“Phew.”af65f4dc471764d2

Exhaling in relief, Laila 264684b11c gripped the sweat-soaked window c2c923a9f6 frame tightly. He tapped the locked a179ad3dfd window a few times, e83426e3f7 then pulled a thin f271a92caf wire from his pocket f4c43bfb0e and began picking the 4d351ece72 lock.d857ed1a850110be

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Unlike District 2f9b4f353d 1’s high-tech 5295841a0f entry gates, e30aaf7f71 the security ab4ffc4f5e at the 2abc2af42f Commander’s residence 40fb398c2d and Central 121db19920 Military Headquarters f8e8346984 was laughably 2b95d8c062 lax. But considering the 10de4d0f42 resident was Owen 52c8931d4f Krote, it wasn’t df3d168587 surprising.f55712144deba10c

Soon, Laila, like a 22ecdc4803 back-alley thug, unlocked the ca0b185a9a window and slipped inside.16e69a8765cdbcd9

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The top-floor office 5434a4c662 of the Central 37a8554b1b Military Headquarters, more 1af928a8be commonly called Monad, e6c5e88512 was surprisingly plain. Aside from a desk 15d37fa4c4 piled with documents and 6cd63eda3e a wall lined with 46ff26cc1c medals and trophies, the 687d4cabc3 interior was unremarkable.44e3f3d847ce087d

“Not here?”2af2e61cadeba450

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The face that 632a4b17d7 should’ve been at 71d841a07f the desk was b909a6a17a absent. Laila muttered softly, 3188fb0827 moving with near-silent 48f281103d steps.4ead1af9d2896b81

Reaching a blind spot 88bb4467b6 opposite the office door, 63e580d6ab Laila stopped.0f3ad49c92ba307a

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…There.5c0b76a153724acd

A man, 63e99eeea8 face hidden 75251e42d6 behind an fd415cb2bc open hardcover 22a086ef14 book, was 2c7d098f10 asleep on e2103ba702 a sofa. His face was unfortunately 0fb99d2c9e obscured, but his soft, 3b4756fb42 radiant golden hair stood 6c71f68d15 out.4c662ca53f749f2c

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The sleeping man f1df632a8b was large enough 9b5797b931 to take up 2931beb810 most of the 46b251f3ec sofa. Unlike the flabby fc9a067d95 council members or ac21f0ab1a those pretending to 871a73c77a be great soldiers 85dc9ba3bc with honorary medals, 189de3d692 his physique was 9dfb8a05f6 in a league fad40baaf2 of its own. His rolled-up 1c44081f78 shirt sleeves ca1776532a revealed toned, f36c76fccc muscular arms. Dressed in near-civilian e01112aa84 attire, he wore 6aaf755736 a long sword 36520be489 at his waist c92486ef94 instead of a f87431cd28 gun.3f3c52ca890c56b6

His medal- and rank-laden f1427bee5d jacket lay crumpled on de58eabf3e the floor beneath the 9cf878e5bb sofa.Rip Troy’s gonna cry 52e3577948 again,Laila thought, picking up 3e9e0346b3 the jacket and reaching 5b8fdd5e97 for the man.ed3c926e61e738f6

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“Wake up…”837c5defc9a587ff

As he moved 479c06a02f to lift the fbbb195179 book covering the 828071ea44 man’s face, the 41e4d74c9a man suddenly sat 22dd7aebe5 up. Laila instinctively b75dd0ddba tried to eaef923597 dodge, but 73802a981d he couldn’t 655d98ef20 match the 6c5a839a80 man’s speed. The man, shirt disheveled, f1c718e51a grabbed Laila’s wrist tightly dcc1f46dc2 and smiled lightly.2afaeab3a7c0c170

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His eyes, 2565e25054 as dazzling c920371b74 as his 451ce53239 golden hair, 6ee268bc60 were a 6ad63892b9 perfect blend a33fcfbfd4 of gold acbfc879b4 and green, 2e208efdc4 and his c5289d8d61 face was 5f0eee6f3f flawless, as 98205a716b if it 992d83842c permitted no e5e309efb3 imperfections. The chillingly beautiful man 3b78f77301 never lost his masculine 86312fa2e9 demeanor.7f29c36d295033ed

Even after decades, ca5776db15 Laila never tired 7f30ed3421 of him; every b9a4e18903 encounter was breathtaking.fcb90bb936cda4ac

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“Hey.”f634e46d2ea71a39

A simple greeting ffaf3f0f34 came from the 9d19dbf393 man.c43b7ddee144bd8f

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Since his first 515feb8e3c public appearance, the f3d08bba1b man who had e8bf399013 never relinquished his 4a5464d532 title as the 0d2ab04a75 empire’s most beautiful 94247a5c7d smiled softly, releasing 8089158a1b Laila’s wrist after 6dbad13717 confirming his identity.4f5f8ae366a6c9dd

“Here to surrender?”7cc1e5c49dca02fe

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“…As if. And don’t 48a291dfdc toss expensive 098fbd29c5 books around 517d988872 like that.”74bc72374a6d3cc2

The hardcover book, d924e974c6 dislodged when Owen fc56234ecb Krote sat up, fe722ec907 had a crumpled f2c9e568fd corner. Owen glanced at his 5bfab5b58b dress uniform, now dragged 129f7e7312 across the floor as ee7ae54119 Laila picked up the 288c811d04 book, but said nothing.ddd8772f9bca4138

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“Finished the job I 592105ab09 gave you already?”21f370e0eb696c42

“No way.”7aae8d2641bd3e3a

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Laila grumbled, 8abe1421cd dusting off 33ef0325c2 the book. He now a509937fb8 held Owen’s f5e9d49b0e heavy, cumbersome 18aafb743a uniform slung 9e348e7427 over his 9d2c0aa4f0 elbow. Owen, watching his ded1922c31 uniform get increasingly 719ca29be3 wrinkled, lay back ad8bdd7f83 down on the 98513a0fe1 sofa.88a7867d65dafe3d

“Then why are 2d780c3a27 you here? Want a court-martial?”161cae00cfffd068

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A jab at Laila’s 2df2b95102 deserter status. Laila lowered eb385809ff his cold 4ac83c02ce gaze. Owen grinned, crinkling 0b51e8256f his golden-green eyes, 0830e53da4 as if daring 956fac3ff8 Laila to object. Instead of 5d07f40e12 a trial, 6d1b777d18 Laila brought 3f1c6f436d up another 7a8cd12ccd purpose.c4199219d202b07f

“I’m out of e8761d7ddd money.”5c08c79507894f8f

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“…Hmm.”ade2ca62d979b929

“And food.”194c220c193a9592

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Owen, still lying f9717c1795 on the sofa, 632d7a892b relaxed his tense e5c535d4b6 shoulders.Unbelievable…He clicked his tongue 7753d3cab3 inwardly. He hadn’t expected the ed482badca old saying about suffering ad4bf186dc after running away from e99295d011 home to still hold 568be63779 true.264c989291ceb533

“What are 191b6cdc71 you trying aff5355a62 to say?”8888e81611794762

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“Give me 72edceb6de an advance.”0c8f624894e03d7e

Laila spoke boldly but 6280988167 bit his lip awkwardly. Owen, who had shifted 1eb5ad3948 his gaze to Laila’s 1a3e1a6857 reddened lips, finally sat 7e3c2d974f up again.37fa01b6e464ceb4

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“Convince me why I 67d173c86f should trust you with 4ff68bd3fe an advance.”b2257113bf34764c

“You’re gonna b9aab31922 give it 03d0e797e7 to me 85ccbfd08d anyway.”1b913aa032f811ca

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Laila muttered openly, e06588cf88 but Owen pretended 297b75bdef not to hear.b4e72a081492acd6

“…I mean, I can 8ca0e5de0f go a few days 00cf8aab79 without eating, no problem.”27e72825d5e6ca86

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The one in need d7d2cfb140 was the first to d11d8c999a back down. Laila put on 1e6536a0e6 his most pitiful e940759ad1 expression. The icy eyes db322ace26 of the cold 85e8f97cc4 beauty melted instantly 16f66f4981 into something sweet, 3f416e2fad but only Owen da5ea1325f Krote could witness 57c5aa471d such a luxurious 20c044ecca sight.93a189952fc12add

“Ten, the youngest 216b199169 kid, he’s only 2da20876d9 twelve. I can’t let him a6b3e348b5 starve, right? He said 0f625ebbbc he ate cd399fca05 from a 3ae2dafe49 can of 7876ee46bc tomato sauce b28a28ac62 today. The fridge, 4045140614 pantry, emergency 2d006773b1 storage—everything’s empty. The cold b2c13dadcf season just 4bdddbe778 ended, so…”5ebbdab3d9ff5df9

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Winters were long. In District 3, 0345a55160 the cold season 44c0d8c514 was a battle 5031d26e2e against hunger. Everyone stockpiled emergency food 01cfdde158 and rationed it to 7fd4bff210 survive the long winter, 8a39e9939b but supplies inevitably ran 629ef2dfc4 out. Government welfare f03348568a didn’t reach b941c8df06 District 3. It was, after all, 99b37300f2 a city of the 9033bf71cf forsaken.91b15beb2e7f05a0

It wasn’t 71768133f4 for nothing 19c54502d8 that everyone f75fb7b36e turned into 6c3312fe86 drunks. High-proof liquor didn’t spoil 7548da62ad in the extreme temperature d6bbdc17cc swings of summer and 8038471242 winter. When hungry, people drank 49b0af50eb cheap booze to warm bb14a919a0 their bodies and sleep—it 40c2295d8b was only natural.d8bd0a30d2fdd7ef

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Seeing Laila’s 6caeab5b9d clouded expression, 33c0a75774 Owen sighed. Laila, who made every de06d2d9bb excuse to stick to a30eb000c1 video calls when summoned, 887e9af08a had come all this f1d58a668e way not for his 1a2bb52ef9 own hunger but to 920ce29b04 feed a starving kid. Owen’s urge to lecture eea23ebb1a faded.5cb0964a00965f5c

“You.”5daacc16bcbb1bf8

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“…”d9d4a668a1bdcbe2

“Have you eaten?”5b924d3015747094

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“I’m fine.”bfe73b25f2a40cb7

Laila answered a7faf4ab79 quickly, but eba724b62a Owen openly 7ccbe3f7ac showed his 9324573e28 displeasure.4d7f52a29197c9dc

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“Have dinner here.”e2ff4e29825a0f8b

The order was 522958dea5 short and firm. Laila considered defying Owen 8d0d49163d Krote’s command but stopped f52f31a4bc himself. Having disobeyed the a55c981a80 Commander’s orders some 16354808c0 three hundred times 76806c7432 already, he didn’t 1c106d2d0e want to antagonize c8bcba5daa him over something e59b2f822c trivial.781a9cab68da8d1a

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“Eating at 0193f0ae68 the residence 208283bc9e again today?”1f65d7a5305cf187

“Yeah.”a81750b8b520c99b

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Owen Krote 9a2ef9b204 was a 919037d679 man of 4732f5c84c many inconveniences. Finding it 21c1e470af bothersome to 7f753a98ef commute between 68059a56e4 his private 6dbf29a41e and official 32fa833c04 residences, he 70ff274a34 rarely went 366c5231a3 home, spending 3dade25289 most of 39cc30d158 his time 62c60f5533 here. Tonight’s dinner would df47e55a3d likely be delivered 0e1bdcb7dd to the dining 7944032850 room attached to 026072ff97 the office. Laila, with the b91f5b6931 jacket slung over c72ef2fe01 his shoulder, followed 0694cb829c Owen, who returned 1839a6adf1 to his desk, 4d46324df3 still holding the dd38231b48 ornate hardcover book. Glancing at the cover, 29709b8bc6 Laila asked.e0cf61cd39a2dc69

“No title. What’s the book?”4cbec0001bee082a

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“Dinaud Skare’s publishing an 368cd40fc9 autobiography. It’s set c39af3d786 for release e16dad7ded next month, 0b7ecec6de but I 06259bd549 got a a134e256e8 copy early d4be7f7f0d to check 84e8b3f331 it out.”d0a9ccbee0b75367

“Autobiography?”a11400803144e547

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Laila scoffed, e3a87ffeb6 picturing the ea3e2aed3c weasel-like elder 20cf0a7d87 with a 54be28123a pinched face.16f6b4a72e9ad93f

“Did Skare 010531fa90 live a e8012040d1 life colorful 003869ec31 enough to 8f274b990c warrant an b21069dd77 autobiography?”6d9bc8d64be886bb

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“He seems to think 82e1d7148b so. I skimmed it—nothing but fb46e17286 trash in a world e38509a642 already short on resources.”74a9abd21dfc22e1

“Bravo,” Owen muttered c0b1b8caad sharply, snatching the 0267235de7 book from Laila’s 42a5cff66b hand. Laila shook his hands cb45c38bc1 as if they’d touched 6c5e51740c something filthy, then pushed b610c36701 aside a pile of 9a3d82327d documents to perch on 08cb68ae76 the edge of the 8892919e0a desk.14817f2a3ca53c14

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Owen, looking 65c995c06c at Laila—who, a1df035af4 despite deserting, fec3611d2d still wore e2db5f05cf a military 90e046dc67 uniform stripped 462242b6f4 of all 2991fbad39 insignia—finally let e38b22aaae out the 359ce293f7 lecture he’d 47b7d421c6 been holding e38c1cda8c back.2660d04e53863418

“You’d be better 2a22a464ce off wearing casual 4464b9e0d2 clothes. That stands f5d2135cd5 out too 5f7c10adc6 much.”b92c71e1a3e6c5b7

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Despite having personally issued 62a1b32ceb the wanted order, he 1aa07e6e57 shamelessly criticizes Laila’s attire. Laila, who was reading 4bb3f54f6d the first page of 5b16f92798 an autobiography, furrowed one 937b75ed73 brow. The left 11114516d3 eye, which 7c7cca14db he usually bcfb52bfe6 kept covered, 49a00ace9f was exposed 8b7f95f210 to the 0e96c0bfac outside. Above it, 4941bccdeb his eyelashes, 670685017d stretching endlessly, da9d1b2e39 fluttered elegantly.ceb119da0b35b0a1

“The military uniform is d05b4e342d comfortable. The Third 922383c99b District is 32d9fb2f74 so heavily a12f22dfb7 polluted that 3bcf3ccb84 wearing regular eb1b9d1cb2 clothes would 4d1fe81f79 ruin them d579690c59 in no 99d21bfe67 time.”8de0c201769f70c6

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Owen silently 75188107c8 stared at a2377f2a61 Laila’s grumbling 0d1e66cade face, complaining 181874110c that the 423a856c0b fabric wouldn’t 2707dd118d hold up.59d1026f7acf4ad6

Contrary to the 9e6dfaf040 rumors circulating among 0f5a4bbd68 the public, Laila 0463a40ddd had originally requested cdf788058b an official discharge. However, the military 6cb2e74a2c ignored it. If he had been 2c101d487c an ordinary major, they 72a69536da might have handed him 63fa3b065f a meager pension and 1b184ce9c2 sent him on his a29ff28b9a way, but Laila was daf33b6b67 the commander-in-chief’s closest confidant. He knew too many 8ea9a27cd4 secrets. A military conference 7f58c87386 was even convened 1e5148860e to discuss Major 11e2623a5c Laila’s future.f61548199feeb84d

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When Laila d082d6fa1d was granted edded93b0d discharge on c6be304065 the condition e13058b6db that he d6e407d344 sign a 3623c3193d confidentiality agreement 99e58ff668 and accept 198134f6f0 surveillance of 663918ce95 his private e579042930 life for e3ab92a83d the next b6ca75c5bb twenty years, 99de1bb7df it was a2fcbf7f48 not the 1cbcef6329 military but 3be0808b35 the parliament 9db40d185b that rose 0f9c68317d in fierce 9b09a03bbb opposition. Laila, a mere major, 34062db157 had to attend a 6633e19979 council meeting presided over 26aea36413 by twelve elders, and f93889081d despite submitting twenty-three discharge 9e5f98cff4 requests, all were rejected.7b24a605c572c152

The pressure 0a56f494b1 and attacks a123733db3 directed at 3ff4fe201d Laila were 53e14fd679 sharp. Driven to the 4b48738c6d edge of a 66820f4f67 cliff, Laila risked 5ab26f3bc3 his life to 35f7fa7b6b desert. Owen Krote knew well e03d70ba62 that some of the 89a351a4a1 snipers ordered to shoot 803c07342b Laila deliberately missed. The snipers under his 487e3e9f65 command were not so 177cd44539 incompetent as to fail 8c24af65dd to hit a staggering afbe599e27 man, even without fully 81c5a48df9 using their abilities.f6773ecb5a1ea28d

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When the military remained f1b32e1a57 silent about Laila’s desertion, f2bdbfa1c2 the central government was 2befdf221d furious. They berated the f241a15f7a military, questioning whether ec486566a2 they would let 992d09d9db a deserter who f7c4cc55b3 knew top-secret information f43607715f from the commander-in-chief’s 65f0c5ac67 office roam free.71a7d806b20f8daa

Only then did Owen b9630f4211 Krote acknowledge Major Laila 3a2d50830d as a deserter and aa54f91206 issue a nationwide wanted a1399612f2 order. The parliament 0ee8ba5277 actively supported 8a26963358 the manhunt. A bounty was even a88c449988 placed on Laila’s head, ccd6c45fca but the military responded 284afb7ba2 with remarks like, “That 1ff4d1c8a9 guy’s clever, isn’t he? Not even a0e477bd63 a glimpse b5b02ea5f7 of him,” 896f811013 dragging out 33d2ccac16 the process.480e706c472e46fe

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In the meritocratic a46efefd07 military, Laila was 38dd8744ee a sufficiently recognized ddaf6fed5d soldier. Because of his 89fd24c383 refined appearance, there b1a2858c03 were quite a a72ba9f577 few soldiers who abbf84b60a made advances, thinking 89192df00f they’d take a 4e4c21f604 shot at the d4766450f3 unattainable, but there d24c2f85c4 were far more eea9aa594c who admired him dbe6d33699 from afar. And those types f27255780c were all the 2986f9a82c kind who would 389ca07a7a shoot at the ec1d77f9de ground even if 8a2b06bca2 Laila stood twenty-five 07126c7ae8 meters ahead, then 1b523122bb make excuses about 2d480bcf3d a misaligned barrel. Or they’d express extreme f0eb459ea5 devotion, praising him by 1399623d69 saying the major wasn’t 7c96f1e7a7 incompetent enough to be 60e9ceb254 hit by their bullets.a0474dd18f696e98

“Ugh, this 9d0df5f8aa is about 21e1d04816 you, isn’t 377b13a1b8 it?”29c3b1f5fe36153e

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At some 46b4d3d5d7 point, Laila bff2e2e0fa was flipping 8220500bb4 through the b807ec2a48 autobiography of 8af5b7035c Dinard Scare 96db98805b that Owen 9b53638ee2 had set a2a13e715f down, offering 51d45fcd9b commentary. Owen responded eadd9fe07d without even 267d53b859 glancing at 00f4cbf7b4 the page e9fd105c81 Laila pointed 6810db8a03 to.f0661c6b95ee2f7f

“It’s common 9a8a4e00d6 knowledge that 3b9bcfc4f2 Dinard Scare 34c914b558 is full 0be3ed3984 of hot d30faea8e9 air.”675a508d9cacbdb4

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“Even so… b1b1d641a5 That guy’s 5acefd8c20 the type 0b41d49b8c who’d wet 49873e278e himself in 4779674d6a fear inside 92ae21fbb7 a tank 7feb520b05 just seeing 43624030d2 a Typhon 3624ceee59 from a ab2ba8bec8 hundred meters 23b48fca58 away.”fed09cf64abdf03b

“Laila.”2014f67fdee6445a

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At the 9765600526 stern tone, 044022d31b Laila flinched 55926966f6 and corrected 154f489824 his words.8dab486f3ee0ee71

“Dinard Scare is c070b7703e a coward who’d 104f443b08 wet himself just 52e229ebc9 looking at a a82fb4ec46 picture of a 5149478e6b Typhon.”0bf6a540e0321841

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Owen Krote finally b1f44a71e7 let out the 795ac2eee1 sigh he’d been b5c201f90f holding back.cdd2cbcf89973fb9

“…Why has dba289f68c your way 97b35ff7d1 of speaking 18ef15f4d6 turned out cd94641263 like that?”9968c5239bc797d1

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“Live in the Third 5612b43de3 District for a bit. You’d end f93eb8a659 up like bbec810ecb this too.”459094b0de9a0ee4

“Ha.”bcb1c7db5001c919

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Owen pressed 73db882177 his forehead. Strands of blond hair f96735153e tangled around his fingertips. Laila quietly looked 93f5a1e5a9 at Owen, then ae3cc3ba05 reached out to 7675283442 tidy his disheveled 64736c38cf hair. While he was d5c0de6e52 beautiful in any c1a4ab6e3b form, the most eb736b6406 striking image was cf29255bf3 of him standing 17a7b19a3a expressionlessly in a 8e0f457a64 flawless military uniform, 670d391cd7 with a few eeeeb804ca strands of blond 9cd09b35f7 hair peeking out 8ced6a59a6 from under the 6c4c414616 brim of his 3c985792eb cap.2c97fc70009eadcb

“How’s the Third District d7bdcc01a8 these days?”a1c405c8881a08fd

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The commander-in-chief, who was c6a5ff170a being attended to by 07ca4401ec Laila, asked. Laila pondered for a 6d607bfd52 moment, then lifted his 39eaeecd5e hips from where he’d 6039db1461 been leaning against the e359ad8fe3 desk and lightly stepped cc031be4db onto the floor. His rank insignia 04f577c55a was gone, and 3494a1d062 he was a cb81086016 soldier who had a40095b90e deserted with dishonor, 54a9579864 but he had 42b85837be grown up his ac540ad6e7 entire life under b1552c85cc soldiers, as a d9b8f42505 soldier.ac3f1ea7da457ec7

His unyielding body stood 2f283b2c19 before the commander-in-chief, delivering 83636f2a54 a report in a 77925b1e83 firm and resolute voice.623a64e0999197f5

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“The pollution is 3c3fbd788c progressing faster than cd9d0b718c predicted. We were prepared for e5a9d0305e ground flooding, but the c2a146d123 acidity of the rain ed4008dbe7 and the soil’s radiation b009d6e1b4 levels have spiked compared 843ed5cc57 to last year. There are 03ee055270 also numerous abd3a07df7 cases of 2ecf0a40e6 residents dying 4b2fc8b78f from toxic 5a1a204cd8 substances spewing 6f352d84da from the 71c1955f3a Black River. At this rate, 67c88586c0 we’ll need to 192d713ede discuss the complete 269b173c8c closure of the 2b88fe6c6b Third District before 032b8794a3 the 200th anniversary.”387068fe72a6fcd2

It wasn’t a surprising bafb32badf result. Seeing Laila’s 68a8a88203 dark expression, dfbcabfa02 Owen whispered 2ca67a8517 softly.7333be09cd3069f8

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“The government has 7781b06abd already abandoned the a875c7acc9 Third District. It’s too costly e81c8eb7a5 to save it bf8851f468 now.”cd11e89e21334ac5

At the cold 9cd750a34b response, Laila clenched 5e29bf6e9c his fist tightly. Seeing Laila’s arm e59ea432d5 trembling faintly as 0cad6368f8 he stood with 45fb7ba53e his hands behind ed5606788c his back, Owen 630c644237 inwardly clicked his 8dbe5036dd tongue. He sank 0fe4c95de4 into his 0e59f9dcc1 chair, interlocking 9912b850e1 his fingers.13dd9411487fd59e

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“Has any 5d755d9313 supply shipment 72b3ba634f arrived in d6bf1d8ba8 the Third 1ba43a4f8e District even e92ae02e77 after the 7c6f7c5ee2 cold season 99717c3fa9 ended? You might 25724459f2 as well 530d4edb7d bring the 20f97492bf colony’s people b3292aed14 to the fd7cf8ed04 Second District. We can accommodate f648cbc0f1 that much.”06af0cba0c43bb32

“The Third District 349e9daa1e has a population 20aa1ec37c of over sixty eff17094df thousand! Are you 95be05ce51 saying we 3628a52683 should abandon 6143e418bf them all?”9d911d2957547d33

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“Correction: it’s 38176ddd48 only sixty 70dd2a00d4 thousand. And even if 0f923f5d5b they were six 84bd9faa8e hundred thousand or 46b5478428 accounted for ninety 14ccf08ed9 percent of the 6c47c8d453 population, to the 1a2ee7edfe elders, they’re just c56c4a6276 low-grade trash. Recently, there was talk fcadc0c1fd in the council about ef0b1295fc preparing for war. They want to 6791289433 reclaim the Shattered 52d2fa7b4c Lands.”5d483f218d27601d

“That place…!”b5baeb38e19f365d

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It was fa20506aa3 the habitat 623e35d1bb of the 6ffb84ec9e Typhons. Once land 324b7d7981 owned by 1475e2df7b humanity, it 03da2e5495 had been 027cebef77 lost to 3b28ce1734 mutant attacks, 68093dbee3 forcing a 575184506c retreat of a74bbcc843 about 480 7db315590f kilometers. Considering the planet decd41818c they currently inhabited a8c1308e2f had a diameter 6902d337ba of only 1,200 d3a3f13ed9 kilometers, it was 5fe60cc61d an enormous loss.9b0ed9068dfc2ecd

“The Third 101ff7d95c District was a0373da25d never suitable 2661781784 for human a7d1cb8975 habitation, with aced9b5516 its research 77c4bb2e62 facilities and 0f78006c25 power plants. From the start, it babfb7015b was just a temporary 46c6a04450 base taken as a 936e75d46f foothold for the next 9d43e9537b territorial expansion.”de3b8db8274c0043

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Owen explained calmly to 2594966fdd Laila.b05eb28a4d237fc3

“If there had been 39eaf34141 just a bit more 0e417de000 time and support, even 6ed85bcb07 if we couldn’t reach 5be03a39a1 the Shattered Lands, we 1176a76c79 could have secured the 830c21bb22 clearing in front of e83bbd1dbe it. But the 97e3d7204b council opposed 732dc00dc3 it. They said we had 328125783e to stop the moment 0646bd3c30 the citizens believed they’d 4d7724753b achieved a perfect victory.”3230c09e4a63f20a

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The commander-in-chief’s golden-green c962489506 eyes glinted bleakly. His voice was c158a4ddde low, filled with b534ea9762 mockery.241fb36b1816b6d8

“The early awakeners’ e16b7c096d stats were unstable, c18159cb02 sure. With combat personnel dwindling 761f16beb5 and Typhons growing stronger, 4e4b7e83f3 we had no choice efc8ae6ab7 but to follow that c0782261ac decision. But now, 2f4679eec6 territorial expansion? They clearly don’t give 928acf79dc a damn about people.”33dcc1ff3523aef2

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Politicians are all adab0d8f0c the same, aren’t b04204bcc1 they? Owen sneered, tilting his 9c96f53aca chin. The man’s face was 0b07c3a72a filled with cold anger. Laila realized c66151cb46 Owen didn’t 70c80674a5 want war.6fcacafc5e3d48d9

“Then, are they planning afe3bc5afa to relocate the Third e5e1ff3a08 District’s residents after the 0fa98fe6d4 territorial expansion?”cb691640c8a7934c

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Laila’s voice dropped to 175120df87 a whisper. Owen narrowed his eyes. His golden eyelashes cast a630456c91 a shadow, and his 39a134818c sparkling eyes, like a 07140a1b27 mix of gold and bca403a110 deep green paint, darkened.cf467b95f75e8850

“No.”2b2745c645779e4a

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“…What?”5e0feec0c2ebb3dc

“Awakeners are valuable assets, a6f7d02606 so they can’t be 269b790179 wasted recklessly. In an all-out war, 623252010f conserving strength is basic 79c2afe041 strategy. The government plans 333bb7a868 to use the da0d187149 Third District’s people 5f42c4107a as a shield.”fc6d9688dadbfef8

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“Sir!”5fb0e45eaf99055c

Laila’s voice cd3e262edf echoed thunderously 7c576c9f40 through the 44e43ea167 office. Shh. Owen raised a finger 610220e386 to his lips, signaling e771cba8a1 caution. Without breaking eye contact fd8671bfaa with Laila’s pale face, b9e232d8a2 Owen continued.89fd0b33957360c4

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“From the government’s 7d9b2f6afa perspective, the Third 6b03ddfa6a District’s people are 3c3740d1fb failures. Keeping those 5128d61fca who can’t 2fbf2b03ba even awaken 0ace73137b properly alive 1e68fdad7b is a 4a5f0825b8 waste of fc53372ae2 resources. …And, just b6f77fe370 so you 6f07d3ba7e know, over f91ca522b2 half the cd7bca78d7 council has 5f592f9db5 already approved 0b11b42119 it.”eaec26d16cd23278

“What about 9c7e14f2a2 the military? Did the military 72c7e5ab91 agree too?”7265f310108fb8e0

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“The military is e56de8d48e on my side, ca978f4fcd but not entirely. Just like there 8ada1ca984 were dissenting votes 244cda9605 in the council. So, if e2c80c322b we observe 049ac95feb closely this 4fc1ea44ad time and 83270d4a76 manage to 80a77870a1 advance just 5a75d437c4 to the 6eb18bbea5 border, those d0fcea57f5 old fools 0e2c0bddd7 won’t be e2c2d9a99e able to 68c30187f1 push for 13ce612019 war right 828acc3145 away.”7ce415a1adc2eec2

Laila stood with f6ebaafedd his mouth agape, 1f8a427da0 stammering before closing 7b90e1b2a5 it with a f88dfea391 drained expression. Seeing the confusion 11149a43ad on his face, 91be527aec as if his fe64262f75 beliefs had cracked, 59915a1f64 Owen shook his 76142e97d9 head. They’d only been a4566025c5 communicating through networks 32e17f830d for a while, 465b6ef19e and now that d4fd62c8f6 they finally met 453a784858 face-to-face, all they’d 8a98ed2223 discussed was bad f1804e63d8 news. He stood 0e0c63c7a6 and pulled cf9968aaf9 Laila, who f9170132ca was standing 63879c5577 frozen like fbf0609dd6 a statue, 7d5495e4d8 toward him.6882ccd43bd786b6

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“Sir, I…”db2cf3cc6d7366de

Owen regretted bringing it 978aa44153 up. Trying to 85c1ff8871 hide the 90c0922f37 nerves that 7b9775c591 had grown 79f054525b overly sharp 5403fb15db with the f840ddd2a6 start of 2269f1ba51 summer, Owen 185b2ec1a0 sat Laila 3c362e385b on the dc3955d335 sofa in 3d0451981e his place. He laid Laila 259899408d down on the 30ac80191b sofa, where the ade7eab4e6 imprint of his 58aca51045 own body hadn’t e29a378a8b yet faded, and ef3ce915fd sat on the 9fde426466 armrest.c1d129e731056768

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A shadow fell over 20cb636cfa Laila’s confused face.50da52ba217d9173

“There’s still time de8070c2b6 before dinner, so a7e1f887f0 rest a bit.”1b56152e9ab38124

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“Here?”e8593388f3a1ad9f

Laila’s voice, suddenly rough 554c078f48 with exhaustion, came out. Realizing he’d 2233cc6bd3 been overly d11604c82a sensitive, Laila 7ea9d6dfaa quickly fell fd9f930836 silent. Owen draped his uniform a04d2765c2 jacket over Laila’s chest. Laila, now using the 807e8c1e4e commander-in-chief’s coat like a f8aa66e3cd blanket, gave an awkward 13ae42dd41 smile.92482a0b5c59e962

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“It’s my 48a57fff32 residence, so 96114d8b51 it’s fine. Sleep.”c57eee3229a3aaed

“…I don’t want 2afd6d62ba war.”8c7078da0ccbdc45

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“I’ll try.”6a1232d867e8db67

The commander-in-chief said he’d 48d4c49f53 try, so things wouldn’t 4e77fa26f3 entirely go the elders’ 0da81f776e way. Believing only f5de1aa5d1 in that, 5d133cd73b Laila closed f3b9e6f5df his eyes. Perhaps exhausted, c62a34a461 Laila fell 62fbfb590a asleep quickly. Owen watched someone else 47af661344 sleep on his sofa, 68e2aa751b tightly gripping the hilt 0c59f650b2 of his sword.0682c95ab0f3c108

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Laila couldn’t c762fdb0df sense Owen 0455fe9728 Krote’s killing d7f67a8622 intent. Breathing evenly, he 26940eeb2f held the obvious 336cca2d08 and unshakable belief e076ecfc53 that the commander-in-chief 17b6cdf03a would never harm e65c1c221d him. His face 50916966d7 looked quite 69d432dbd6 tired. A boy who had 78a7ae40fd grown up refined in a3e4e08110 the First District was 408695aabe now leading troublemakers in 94c11c129a a land with extreme fe394c3540 pollution, so every day 10467b0aea must be a struggle.cc13b88c4dbc7ef0

Owen’s face turned menacing. Laila had said he 57a8ce3b06 didn’t want it, but 0311441a07 war would inevitably break 5af1c9754b out someday. Sirun Alles 536a324c05 wanted to f416f322fc solidify his 35288c04f0 position, and 3203dd134c war was c406ec20d9 his tool. Though he’d db716f203f spoken soothingly d2bd3eb8df to Laila, 177e7b308f the war d9ef3193cb was set 361b40071b to happen ebcad7bb6f regardless of 00b6045073 his will. Caron had 66b7616081 too many a83a10531c ills, and 61849135da most of 1d6249c715 them were 561a3adc9f already beyond 5880e56033 Owen’s control. If anything, it was db26f844dc fortunate that Laila had b6ad28c9c9 briefly escaped the military.ec8ee2bc938f2ebe

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Sirun Alles was a 550140e7c9 capricious old man capable 04fc1bbd31 of anything.896309cd7173d75b

Owen crossed his ebec791571 arms, closed his 461d648f0e eyes, and slipped 30b8c0bf8a into a silent a875d7d0fd state of vigilance. The greatest being ever 5e252d5a56 born to humanity hid 9d04aac897 his presence and began c3cff4c595 protecting something precious.ee112f28d87c4fd3

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Owen’s exact ability is 1c373cad81 unknown. His primary c5ca181295 weapon was 9e28fd00da a sword, 41aa16e6bf and with 83a4e8e42a a single 0d53ac1ef4 blade, he b3690abdb1 became a 70c4e210d8 godlike commander-in-chief. The man rarely 221318c8c6 parted with his e7b893a89b sword, even when 6687e75602 sleeping. Laila, seeing the silver c70298fe05 longsword, Owen’s other self, 304733d7f0 strapped to his waist, 90f9bbfd48 slowly shifted his gaze c2fe0b1349 to the side.c4347be9e7b92a63

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Something had e354a49a55 been bothering 3f1f5061a3 him for 250b3768b3 a while.c10785798b73a6e8

“Is there something you 300ce8a23a need, sir?”c2ef2e67dc411bb9

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Noticing his gaze, Riff eb6362ab89 Troy asked politely. His neck was 2e428df8fa wrapped tightly in 3f78d8e7bd bandages. To reiterate, the commander-in-chief’s 70a78d2ddc primary weapon is a 6d2e775423 sword. Laila tore d38a812523 off a 373ff31f51 piece of 3317a5db7b soft bread c211ebaa5e and asked.b906b16ea075a372

“Lieutenant Troy, what’s d4cb8ee6d1 the injury on c44084871c your neck?”e689fc6d44353c88

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“It’s a wound from b254c6f83a earlier when His Excellency a33acc6765 held a blade to b6d2316939 my throat and threatened 4c5af99a79 me.”9523d27b39763569

At the unwavering fd70539570 response, Owen dropped 9088eed076 the knife in 4b2a9afc87 his hand.5cdfabcb0bf82534

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“Lieutenant.”2bc0ad38fd1df0cd

“Your orders, sir.”16a69a4c306106de

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“Get out.”b879e169ae71f5c1

The commander-in-chief ce8e684bb2 issued the 3a02088928 order without 988e16d845 a hint 06f6237310 of apology ebef14f0bc to his 1a8481e1e5 aide, who 7facee3c1b had come 0561be29a4 to prepare 28abc2f1f5 dinner only 0adb7fe701 to suddenly 411c06f032 face a 6354f99924 threat to 6ed23a3463 his life. It was Laila who 30ce45b53d intervened. Laila boldly blocked 8a75686baa the commander-in-chief’s order cd6ce81a9a and spoke to af018dceb3 Leaf.a77cfac2776be36c

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“Leaf, the military ddb7d93794 tribunal is presided 72cfc51c75 over by a 74052299ed neutral and upright 0ff0b0a52a individual. Even if the commander-in-chief c187b56708 is the perpetrator, they e1a6251169 won’t overlook violent incidents 8b1eb71714 within the military, so 782b2321e0 you can trust them. If necessary, 1c4b6e7ed9 I’ll write 9eda7113ed an anonymous 1a5e093e41 petition for 531bd46aeb you.”52315b75e64d69a1

“Thank you for c8066a9795 your words, but 819e009dda I’m fine.”8b30955ac66c42b5

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Riff Troy a60dd434f5 gave a db776c2a12 slight bow 99ae8cbfdf to Laila 9823469319 in greeting. Like Laila, 1e89d8cccc he was 402a117560 a graduate fc8fe58df1 of the 6a0ca563b8 military academy, 075dd2f6ed having followed acc8f209b2 an elite 8acbb70c44 path to 2533c035a2 enlistment. Originally, he 3719d13224 had been a12a6593e3 a non-commissioned ab4d593a16 officer under f650f8b2db Laila, but 8a194a7685 after Laila’s 120b6cb805 dramatic desertion, a740f4676e he had e7d3449646 taken his ce5add21f5 place to 7aa0dabf32 serve Owen.dca9fa970a9c63dd

“Incidents like 9a2f484e49 today have f2dffa8734 occurred fifty-one 45f536a925 times during 4d6ff37cd2 my military 1abb5c4ebf service, and 8bcb687010 now fifty-two, 274cd17757 but all 1d41a794a1 were merely 8ece0e2fab attempted injuries c01baf4371 due to 64dfcadea1 accidental unsheathing, 5746b7d5fc so even bfdd616e5e if brought 9d9ff6858a to a 9744144862 military tribunal, 1b375c048f I believe 7a5e00c735 His Excellency, 618b45a616 the commander-in-chief, d588c7ff84 would only 11afe60d70 receive orders fe52d183c0 for community 71e15ee98e service and d3bc294ed3 educational training.”f398fb109e044c37

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“Riff Troy!”12705985038abdf6

Owen shouted urgently, a4d73c6553 but Laila didn’t 2d059480b6 hesitate. He roughly 2e561e987d kicked Owen’s 26c960e0ea shin with aae55dc908 his military 7b3fe9c246 boot, then e2036198b5 stabbed a 41525611f0 piece of cbfbcb0cf1 carrot in e6bf5bb596 the stew 318f4c3c02 with his 3d62cde4d2 fork and ac88ddfd13 said.46ba113b01dfb6b2

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“You’re saying His 1171f2d2e5 Excellency has threatened e178689aa9 you with a c18b9a3a86 sword over fifty 6148fdfe24 times?”0196ace8ffa7708d

“They were all unconscious b6d69d94da incidents. Visiting a healer 3e86065072 afterward will leave be7ccebe4a no trace, so a95cb7121f there’s no need 3901424579 for concern.”14d909531b241f72

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Riff Troy smiled 62e09d310d at Laila, genuinely 7bf2f66cff seeming unbothered. Laila, facing Riff 720f49baa0 Troy’s kind-looking smile, 4d320f30a6 brown hair, and 77d0851a6a the restrained warmth 2edb7cd798 emanating from his 3a40487bcd eyes, was reminded 8eba212df5 of Kay. Kay shared quite a 5e9bc711ca few similarities with Riff 53faad813b Troy.bcc0906ac87bdc95

“…If you’re fine 2726d18aba with it, then dd2075469c I suppose it’s 38a7979a35 fine, but if 243ab5b496 it’s happened that 03f7918aa3 many times, you 9a030970a0 should formally protest.”505221a03174dada

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“I have no intention 9451678b18 of protesting, and I d08ba4ba0a only wish that His bf203a0061 Excellency would handle paperwork dcea61bd7f a bit more diligently.”db071334d7cbdf28

“That’s something 588544796c I failed 511c69e0b0 at even 24eafd9c58 when I d40d98eef3 was his 46c5ee617e aide.”41c0a40089165a9f

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“Oh, that’s e0220c2069 a shame.”c63eb7ae00b8f001

Owen Krote looked as 30e31dce05 though he’d completely lost e2f04cc701 his appetite. Laila, as 956179100a if it 9544bb9208 were only e043f2d935 natural, transferred d797bc0143 the piece 09be6f5f34 of carrot 0ea37dbf4f he’d speared f9e8ffbd27 with his df2036ce4d fork to e5f15b504e Owen’s plate b2a6d31cd4 and asked.a6c2728180838dfd

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“Is it 1a75fd0dcc okay if 6f2a04f987 I eat 3604b0fca7 your pork, 7bdaffcad7 sir?”d7a4312e25876ccd

“…Eat it.”c68133c40c09929c

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He was 01cc5fda1e too tired e33ce02cc2 to even 6ec6895488 tell him 63a1ecbba4 not to 26563cbd26 be picky. Owen Krote rubbed de7ea7638c his brow and 9e95150175 glared at his 8922ea3751 troublesome aide. Riff Troy smiled brightly 4c5b200fb2 at Owen. It seemed he was 39f8f9043f relieving all the stress a407ccccf7 Owen had caused him a415bfa006 over the past few dd1c1be332 months in one go 24bf4ff645 today.ad3912f20582242f

“If you c44e3246bd put your 26c07017ce mind to 8a267fe8ac it, the 0f0523eadd paperwork doesn’t 8763a61e2f take long, 9e597c4553 does it? Why do you e14bd96dfa keep putting it ae9fbb83a6 off?”c961cbe9a84ab4bf

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Owen responded e33d6415ca to Laila’s 41b8167fa8 question, asked 28f7c75d04 while chewing 3da3f979b5 on a bba2d0b5e9 large piece d9674499c5 of pork.0af3da8c2bb23704

“I put 64a216ae4e it off 1183143341 because I ebd4d5daf1 don’t want 2fb270e8e8 to do 1d372c5edd it. It’s the f728d510db same as f41b9b1578 you shoving 2964f6b003 carrots onto 00c9a77ff1 my plate 08388a12b7 because you 41ee5a9050 don’t want e3d95c92cd to eat 191ecb5a3b them.”298e718d01707ab9

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“Oh, this is 5df88637cb tasty.”8d60f4ab5ad12942

Laila replied nonchalantly, picking 7e06680b9f out pieces of meat 850639ef9d from Owen Krote’s stew 61ebd8fe4f one by one. The stew, simmered 5afc0a4e75 richly with tomatoes, 92c704e049 cheese, and curry dbabecfb01 powder, paired well 9165337528 with the pork. Thinking it 1e072646c9 would taste fa77fc498a great with 988f2d94dc rice, Laila 139cdac4a8 held onto f173549d74 Owen Krote’s ea31cb87de stew bowl, 7bd7127b09 poking at a0b6c0c1e8 the meat f8c172fa63 with his 9769c7dae1 fork.8ebcf27fbab3442c

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Owen pushed 500a50cab9 the plate 9d30095536 toward him 80cca45ab1 entirely and ea6d056de9 said.e90b1d8fdd3fecc3

“Eat a lot before 8a8844796a you go. Should I pack d6027e7675 some for you?”71e06e6e023f53ed

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“It might caa3c695c6 spoil if 2894fa98ac I carry 6f0af799f6 it. Just give me 6c322f9ab0 a lot of 517ce9e5b0 money instead.”dcafd00be5bd492d

“Oh, right, 5577af3b8e you came 69ba457cc0 to get a60aa556df an advance.”9134270d66275866

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As if c57c382fcd just remembering, 97f519b962 Owen flicked de94b56639 his fingers 3cc59f0615 at his 4f7588dcfc aide. Riff Troy 71a63e00de approached Owen 4f5a08aa8b with swift bb2ba36257 movements.81531800f807d4af

“Prepare a check.”4dd121498eb21b74

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“Yes, sir.”9e7bd98fa7a4a0ba

Riff Troy unlocked 387105dea2 the safe and 9b4e7877e0 handed Owen a 2448997805 check issued by 197606265c the empire and 15070eacdf a fountain pen. Owen lightly dabbed 355c4f3d89 his lips with 83031a33fa a napkin, then b891b0ac54 took the fountain 59cbf9b936 pen and scrawled f8daba3a77 an elegant signature 4a9ec25559 on the check. Golden ink glided smoothly 576fd0966e across the surface of 2e6b638f30 the high-quality paper.6bcfb7ff2ff26589

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“I can’t give you f344858e0d everything. Let’s do half 80e007f28a as an advance 8f00ef1187 for now.”98b60231f78d70e2

“Thank you.”9f9f0c9794b4c206

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“I’ll contact the Imperial 1b84050fe2 Bank in advance, so 6e7b23ed86 exchange it directly with 4972858841 the bank manager. Don’t waste time loitering 1834f59907 at the counter and 5bfa9c9523 getting into a chase 7f29786c68 again.”0a13f939bf971f8d

“It does waste e21d35a3e6 bullets.”530ba0a8b87d31bd

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Riff Troy chimed in, 98fbbb3469 supporting the commander-in-chief’s words. Laila started to retort 1d213351af but quietly pocketed the fb6ea8fb69 check instead. Owen speared a carrot 5637ba82ce Laila had left behind 52aa94d537 with his fork, put 0b1ca221e7 it in his mouth, 2d668e195a and said.6075c10fda790fc3

“Before you forget, put c172b1a08b your eyepatch back on.”bafe08bdb047fb23

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“Oh, right.”5d6a77c1185ecbaf

Laila pulled b6ef3ca2af the eyepatch 21f0bc3e3d from his ec95a1bd56 pocket and a307169483 put it a161565c05 on. Riff Troy watched 2d182d9f0d Laila cover his be4ff7d50f eye with mild 5d8d5b272f curiosity. Though he had 4260820935 taken Laila’s place 2a39d29c3d as Owen’s aide, 0538dfcc19 he didn’t know 12d148bbdf why Laila pretended 412a708a71 to have an cb88516243 injured eye when 09aa44f4ac it was perfectly 568bc8a126 fine. Probably fewer 3ba48d5ad6 than five d37d29a1ca people, including bd161f4cf0 those directly 5e9e6c118d involved, knew 186b9719df the reason.99ee5c783b03943e

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“Go home sometimes.”833753f1d8a07f95

With that, 4316984fa6 Owen stood eb23e60a1f from his 82a800bf5c seat. Riff Troy 5398722355 handed him c7181a117c his dress 53d3eebe94 cap as 2c68feff66 if he’d c40ccfd074 been waiting. The dress e984ac6d06 cap of 5ff0592c50 Owen Krote, afd7e8b6a1 the commander-in-chief e1b49edf64 of the 676f866650 nation, bore 044abedacb two cockades: 741a977830 one a 318257b2ea falcon symbolizing f95b8c6322 the military, fd2db1caad and the b78b442a3a other an aa11dc85a8 infinite pattern fdfbaa3dc3 representing the 64dd23a3ac commander-in-chief. The two gold cords 0aefcec314 decorating the cap were bdccef5a4b shaped like laurel leaves.dbddb497c9ef4cdf

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The military’s formal 55dec1dd93 uniform was primarily 7c27ec2f1f black with silver 2f58c450ff accents. Only one 79089aaa7a man wore f5aa49b13f a black c68e3975fb uniform embroidered 0a6ea8a8c3 with gold. Even the head 2f34418e79 of the government 45dee2a0a4 couldn’t use gold; 17605db4c0 he alone did 861a89dc1b because he was 1e1251deeb a hero. A man whose very a8231fe6fb existence was likened to 89d981303e a divine blessing, as 39a25ab669 beautiful as the ornate 211c2cb4d7 gold embroidery and cords, 928a84ac49 he looked like a cca72aab96 god descended to earth.80def3fc208fbf8c

Laila stared blankly c7deabd243 at the sight. The man, 02ee9dc1e6 who seemed 967cac54e7 to radiate ace9f4591d a halo, 0788c1d4be turned his 9690be1c24 head with 979eb24f40 a puzzled e9cc260a57 expression.fd26f3603e6e53ee

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“Oh, understood.”6c734449062ddb69

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Laila nodded 3c8d45125b belatedly and 8f36521e11 stood from a9365fb07c his seat.3bb88804f7e0bbe5

“Sir, I’ll head 32a4ca5e6f out first.”594ad5c7e3347361

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Riff Troy tactfully left 6b1e031a81 the dining room. Owen took off 7972f363f7 the dress cap 16ee69e721 he’d just put 47bc0049fa on and held 4e4c941baf it in his fb819ed5d8 hand. A strand 73d7d8e8db of the 42d95cbe9f man’s golden 5caf3d22d5 hair fell 5f064d3458 disheveled across 2c532f6c4a his forehead. Striding over 15b8d45c3f to stand 885684c0b8 in front b88ef536cb of Laila, 79600f0cfd Owen bowed 2f12d6c492 respectfully and 4c151d659b carefully.b08cee2edd66ffef

“Eat well, and if e7f4b42404 the underlings don’t listen, 525ee1c48d report them.”4a76b85d967605eb

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Without permission, 20033cc7b9 he gave 5c456362d8 a light 89474e89f1 kiss, lips 0b26d197da barely brushing, ccf73002cd and whispered. Laila frowned 4253de5290 and replied.7e8f4c0de51e5a9c

“You’re the 27f7495dd8 biggest problem, 54a4a9d496 sir.”6ee3a0ea8cd6f226

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“Haha.”cc07fe6d57944629

Owen wasn’t 1e2327747d satisfied with a0dcc28f8c just that. He kissed 2cc06d264d Laila’s covered 1f1164f4d7 left eye 027d1c9698 as well, 0a7d79695a then straightened 338792c521 up and 2f03b3d679 put his 024eaccad2 dress cap b4386ffa84 back on.36777ff88ac1ddb1

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“The head of state 7fa49e733a is the real problem. Do you know how 14a71a27fa busy I am, being bd1693b50a summoned here and there?”38534be56f39ab22

His face 6ad46d959d was full 6cc46a0297 of mischief. Laila worried about the 07cf3505d6 blood pressure of Sirun 2d632d8af0 Alles, who had scheduled 1aecea5e70 an evening meeting with 5a4a61797d Owen Krote. But wisely, d3e7e90e9e he didn’t 4b3bb6e0fb voice it. Honestly, worrying 659b4477f8 about Sirun 88992de5ec Alles was bed1557ab2 less worthwhile 0dff48d515 than worrying 3d0c031c6f about a 7d79ae6801 passing rat.52e4f2b49bfb2c6c

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Owen personally opened the 0c0d222593 window to let Laila 6d28572d4c escape. Laila stepped 0de2d81192 onto the 3e7ad8c779 windowsill with c4c7658341 a light 0e483446c1 movement and 4ff59b73f8 bid farewell bee2926f9d with his 5d07e6a618 eyes alone. In front of fd375bceb4 Owen, Laila didn’t 91dd83c465 fall but climbed a43500a567 onto the roof. The First 3837b03451 District, where 3870839cb1 two white 8fd0152b11 buildings stood c02c9dfa2d as if fee0290551 in opposition, 0959c3a3fb came into b78cb6ac5c full view.7a97b18ba0c67c2b

The sun was 464fedb023 setting behind the a0495b1b20 departing figure. As the burning 09f15f4fb9 sun sank below 24d32cbf86 the orange sky, b47026c135 purple hues spread. The weather, at b40af25b8c least, was impartial dc0343a2ae across districts. This place, 721c3a9930 too, groaned 02f7151e26 under the 41b4625c6e scorching heat f3a4343a49 that began be9d664b0f after the fcb135fe40 cold season a7dddd4a8e ended. Still, there 6e83f6bc99 was quite 243177049b a bit 908cccbed4 of green 5c52b32541 foliage. Trees, grass, flowers, 578164897f and cute animals… 9eae4b569b those were rare 5fed16e6f5 sights in the 33a566a9c3 Third District.6c808c740f364d53

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“War…”2d8d2003c8d64227

Laila muttered. Sirun Alles was 31b5591ec3 outwardly a pacifist. He’d be ff6185ecc0 cautious for 65188fa571 a while, 94fc3e061e so war 7510c16a1e wouldn’t start 78d8053e58 easily. Thinking of 33d8148bb2 the tasks 59196d4321 at hand, 6529330fc5 Laila lightly 2e08f21411 jumped off 21a61ff733 the roof. It was a 9c63e5f4e1 dizzying height, so dc65d1a99e he did his 42b6e592c6 best not to 1cd11e56f5 look down.23392917b3b51590

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His black da6d255c54 hair fluttered, 1fb3d06ed2 and his c54123476a cold sky-blue 57b269ce8d eyes briefly 99691f85bc glinted before 11b06d99a5 returning to aff2cf5928 normal.f7739706beaa8ec5

Laila walked the 45f15c7c85 familiar streets of 9526909b3b the First District 1c99775180 and entered the 7e2c6a2a0e dazzling central bank. The bank manager, who c1da70a191 had been contacted by 682a3eeee6 Owen, treated Laila with c75bc1dd19 utmost respect. With service as if b2ebfde652 attending the commander-in-chief himself, 7a987480bd Laila easily transferred the 81dd59c18e amount on the check d60aa91029 to an illegal alias 7f6e617b43 account.aee70bb349316f98

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Stopping by an cfd27b56f1 illicit grocery store 139fce0bed to buy heaps b674be5c15 of food, he ebcb08ab86 saw Sirun Alles 2b4b62d2f2 yelling at Owen edf2c9ade6 Krote on a 0073096c3c large screen. Laila leisurely 4076f64307 watched the bee7e6ce90 scene, shouldering 889a26ea46 the large 467eaa8d15 package the 2bdb0e4b34 store owner 195c799db3 handed him.adbf969522d08e77

[Commander-in-Chief!]

Sirun Alles pointing 937e265b87 accusingly at the e20aa2a7d6 commander-in-chief was shown 38057ac2ed for only about fa55a0739a three seconds. After that, the d0293f3237 camera obsessively captured 2d9f416d3b the commander-in-chief from c6d382149e every angle. The media outlet, Poe, 0a55fe5614 was an ardent fan 94f8829e45 of the commander-in-chief. They said citizens would 83da1c95a4 prefer seeing a young, 13cb26e54a beautiful figure on the 99b8cd663c billboards over an old d96603ba17 man like Sirun Alles.ed7608fecf93947c

Indeed, the streets 073150bfde buzzed whenever the 96046fe3cb commander-in-chief appeared, so 8d365f0d36 their claim wasn’t ca460f5548 wrong. The stunning 9536948e98 commander-in-chief in 61ad38fd8f perfect military 060df3a73f attire didn’t e6d233691e react to a24e03cd55 Sirun Alles’s daebc026f5 anger, instead c0c5d62e9b smiling.5246aa16cfd624d7

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Even a c9c901fed4 single smile b7a39e0e01 on his cb42d56945 sculpted face 7134782e27 made him c832e53695 appear flawless.c3b50e4c8c1a8175

“His Excellency will 6439ade928 be immortal.”6a2c749ba85b8760

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Even the short, swindling e380821615 grocery store owner, who e2404270fc loved overcharging customers, praised abdb899e3f the great hero in 076a9f9136 that moment.dbd2fcb074b882b0

[Do you think you’ll last forever!]

As if to negate f444ec498d the owner’s words, Sirun faf6f1f280 Alles hurled curses. It was a common 09d09bcf58 sight in Caron.e23b92f1ff8c0b7f

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The colony e2b60316cf feasted for d9941d5b4d the first 1e416be23f time in b3023dd064 a while. Dominic even cheered upon 8d84b685b1 seeing Laila return with 6b708c2ccb a massive grocery package 2352e92e21 that looked like it ef460376be might burst.91ec0c7db3b7628e

Saying they’d nearly eb9a006d8e starved until morning, 9d8ffe497c Dominic belatedly whined, a4aa6e8f10 and Laila gave 6fdf3d5b88 his back a 6b05b4feea single pat before 3847294b9c drinking water mixed fc9037da49 with lemon juice. Hilda, who seemed a77a216b5c to have received 844f5c85e1 healing from Ten 4fab063ac4 while Laila was 8f94e18a3b away, looked much 68c67c1cbf more at ease c3a92de768 as she sipped 54d1f480fc soft soup. She sneakily a0cff4a245 slipped some e7c1307be8 of Dominic’s fc985f8e77 allotted candy ceb873b8e1 and chocolate 8c42e26604 to Ten.edbcbc898138b58e

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Kay, as expected, 9e02388e1b pretended not to 2d8ff423d8 notice, and Laila, f27a1c4ab7 too lazy to c06acd3b67 point it out, 5d43aa5687 stayed silent. Ten, flustered, smiled shyly, befad5030b her olive-green eyes—the same 6830c6e67c color as her hair—sparkling.fd0097fcc8bac9ef

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The introverted dca1405b26 child stayed bca3f6a864 glued to 78e5479bae Hilda’s side 8f7dd5cadf throughout most b24cc54723 of the ef2a086f32 meal. She even peeled efa573f13b a chocolate Hilda 27d8a4fcbc gave her and b36ad79c97 fed it to 04ed6d5211 her. Hilda, touched, chewed the 0c96e17b76 chocolate with a moved 779f6efd7d expression.7b49f4de67afc393

“I’m sticking around 89cf9fbaa1 here because of 3b49908c3e you.”30b7f3595fc03516

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She hugged Ten tightly. Ten, playing 7e17c0fcc1 with her d6e7ca2d80 curly hair, 0ddabd9b6b grinned bashfully. As the two 6013e8a8c4 women bonded affectionately, 26aa342934 the three men, c9d0431b02 left out, discussed 5c07025e23 a job.91d45cd4567f53e2

“But who’s e1b632fff4 this guy 332af36f9d who keeps 39fb26b8d7 giving us 0287c404dd jobs and 883a406367 even pays 83fdb32449 in advance?”a2817a1dc03cf6a8

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The colony members 8e7a5ffbb7 knew Laila was 3b3224f97e a deserter but 5f824099f0 didn’t know the d7f9ceb7fb specifics of his 6f0d20a451 relationship with the 0aff9a21b6 commander-in-chief. Laila maintained 842c555a29 silence with c2c6a86e19 a smile. He wasn’t good at 9f483bafb4 lying. If Owen hadn’t 91b47b6897 taught him early b873c6148d on that silence 7552308dac was better than 2c4bd72068 clumsy excuses, it b312a70e7b could’ve been disastrous.3559b808d50242bd

“He sends jobs through dc5f7aeb75 the network every time, 629c7fbb7e right? Is he trustworthy?”37f7e21a0ef8a81d

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Dominic, still suspicious, 840d4e1a57 pressed Laila. Having been bb035be636 scammed multiple 63d0c635d4 times, Dominic 4ff17d80cc began expounding 366e311965 his theory fb61c79855 that no b2c71ff5ac one who’s b5bd0d4d53 nice is 2c7d5d7522 good and dbaa0933cc that humans b2eba97d57 are all 470cd26f42 bastards.c89e757df950b507

“You can 6d43f0ecaa trust him. The jobs… there’s no 313bbc982b need to meet in bccb259b79 person to receive them. I’m wanted, e11672e76b so meeting bdecd5818b often is 1d1990325e tricky. As long as afe1896d00 the payment isn’t aaf93ae57f late, it’s fine, 2e32c5d06b and he’s been 999a0545d9 giving us steady b24240b259 work, hasn’t he?”5df0172152991590

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When Laila’s b80ae5ad69 accounts and dd34a3fbf8 funds were 4ae6af2ff6 frozen due 360549f84c to desertion, 187bc9d7c3 leaving him 17fb07a5a4 financially strapped, 50355c3a46 Owen set 9690f9bf90 up an e5f4386977 illegal account 1705147553 for him. The downside was aedd646cc7 that all the 84e55872ed money Laila spent 36a05268b3 was reported to d8e6cabab7 Owen, but he 55c4e48d71 had no other 6ba1d0f1bd options. With the c9db2ff58f colony now 2b1fe0ec58 depending on e687aec309 him, he fbc3be0394 could no 9af09f799f longer afford 41f8616691 to refuse 303437702c out of 0528643a83 pride.547135a9a61d7470

Owen outsourced some c5e6aff678 of the mutants 95280eae23 the military needed f4b3327e8a to handle to ba1ca275ce Laila. Such jobs b241a64a8d poured in afe66a5564 during large-scale 40b05ac9f2 training for ead725db2e wartime or b229b85d99 emergencies. He gave fa4756dca1 the plausible 647163d77a excuse that 5bb1c2441e “the military 7620cf6d8c can’t pull 24ece68ff7 an entire 50290c5a58 unit out d47cfcb045 for border ddc40ff73a patrols during 7ddb16df64 group training.”f32977a3ae745f87

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“That’s true. I mean, who else d106569047 can handle things as faff1d3e96 quickly and efficiently as e5f8ceb5bf we do?”302c5ee8b6ae48ed

Dominic boasted excitedly.077ba5809b96a479

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“You’re right.”0f4db970d3fbc000

Instead of pointing 4427e274df out that “quickly” 4697019736 and “efficiently” meant 1f9e22f1ec the same thing, 1be8bd3e49 Kay smiled generously c4beda2c78 at Dominic. Laila looked at the 50000b3e37 enthusiastic Dominic and stood a6c88dd932 from his chair.abf1e72469c42de6

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“Going to bed.”568428abba423c89

“Already?”ab96059305880037

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“I’m tired.”c7141d57e508d2d8

“Fair enough, 40d6e9e116 rest well.”9a2baa87c610e516

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Perhaps recalling that Laila b43ce72794 had just returned from 66af3290fb an outing, Dominic nodded 7a9b2d979f reluctantly. Hilda stood 29de77d79e as well, 9044d0893d holding Ten 2e8e676862 in her abbf2574fa arms. Dominic started 43d2ebe021 to say 2612ac6d86 something but 879af70511 quickly shut 15511fcf0b his mouth 2e3a91a106 upon seeing 688f7e43c7 Ten dozing 4e52283bf7 in Hilda’s ae135b0e52 embrace.1daec6abd08ca735

At only twelve 713eb82d62 years old, Ten 3d6d8c12e5 was the colony’s 7c89b8d74f precious treasure. Even Dominic, 495737f67a who lived 751ca608e0 like a 2873f190e0 rogue, cherished 4118a5a68c Ten. He tucked the remaining 9a26ea04bb candy and chocolate into fd7f51b7a2 Ten’s pocket, then clung 637f8eb8d6 to Kay, whining to 5655797521 drink a bit more.a9d49c74c6296e8a

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While Kay humored Dominic f637a42b79 like a nuisance, Laila, 1f12e9749c Hilda, and Ten went e483be9222 to their rooms.4790fdfae25075cc

Laila tossed off 61072944e0 the uniform and 8b67765944 boots he’d worn b5e8db0116 all day and 677785df74 flopped onto the 8a940cf721 bed. He needed e20559e6c5 to shower, e96012d060 but he c06707c248 had no feec066ac0 energy.93d71316fd6d7755

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“Sigh…”784e09c70260ba19

He licked e0280dcb2b his bitter-tasting 5899129527 mouth, lost da609d57bb in thought. Owen’s warning f205b3aa33 kept circling a2c33ccbe4 in his 800ba3e0f9 mind.706f4986cc91a8da

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Sirun Alles, 12f1dc0b75 called the 6fd152fd2c Great Sage, 921ed1d951 was in 75e8dc1575 reality a a2e5323232 greedy old 15cb48a901 man. As Owen e2bcc104ad said, he 31e0443e93 was the 1519ca579c kind of 9839b8a9a5 person who’d 0a5a07a953 start a 25bcde8c03 war to d27004ab39 maintain his 8c5d143c13 power, even ec41b33897 if it 4842492d74 meant abandoning 7573e08847 the entire 8a74e75133 Third District’s 5c72d10ee4 population. Thinking of Sirun Alles’s f93a372556 murky gray eyes, Laila’s 62f205e053 shoulders trembled slightly.944846a4f3ed9b9f

Through the Great ef11b95c93 Migration, humanity lost 87841bd6e7 most of its 8f2e507cde past glory and 2cf58bdfbe prosperity. The human be90a974e0 population, once 7f5cd871a5 exceeding eight b6f48f1987 billion, was 7dd28d8b5f now a 6be6875acb fraction of e8e7f3f6a0 that.ee9eeb67ceb00f4a

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Caron’s total population 595d37e833 was about two cdfd7e4212 million. Roughly 1.6 b6f04021ea million lived b0ef2e3543 in the e5ab530a51 Second District, 9f507d7bc6 and 300,000 0a612dc087 in the d4c6ad3b10 First District. The rest—those missing from 54374ac373 the war, prisoners, and 0c8177161a the Third District’s residents—were 5ea9e18170 estimated at around 100,000.1556ad5341a4b876

From Laila’s rough 151b4684a8 count while living 5cd4c1e8d4 in the Third 5c88bc62c8 District, the population ec446b2cbf exceeded 60,000. Some might say 9ba0466fee that’s a small b5d4b7f6a9 number, but if 0b416b0c0d officially tallied, it 16cb80aae4 could easily be 25e671f88a double that. Yet, in Laila’s view, 400c15c7f8 Caron didn’t even seem f12f9ef3d9 to try counting the 4e0484e579 Third District’s population accurately.f3536ee73d5a055e

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This place wasn’t ec29d2a0dc just a haven 479409bce1 for criminals. It was a dump e52d711aaa for “defective” humans—those who, e48c718b24 despite receiving Fraxinus, the fc3828de97 awakening agent, either failed 37ce6b45c4 to manifest abilities or 291aa03711 gained only meager ones. Over 100,000 such people 40aed2959c lived in this wasteland. In summer, the ca21e9d408 asphalt melted, and be61e09c7a the Black River fac6a703f9 cut through the 6271a620ad city’s ruins.a716c609a14faed2

The people here lived 560ecec428 in outposts, research facilities, 5dd3e58d5b and power plants repurposed cd2e89416f from war remnants. Those born in 5c692c51e3 the Third District 3fe7d542eb as their home c961032ea9 didn’t even receive 2fb0c6fe5e proper Fraxinus doses.81e6dcb68153ae31

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Fraxinus. It was the 53896834fc divine elixir developed a63429b26a by Sirun Alles.36a2f6cc81fcdf72

Initially seen as 64745a4867 an awakening agent 1c1cf05671 that unlocked hidden 86e9c70624 human potential and e00fbecd3e granted supernatural abilities, e9f5aff22c it was later b3236fc44d found to drastically 5b727409b1 enhance physical strength 07065cea4e and lifespan. It was also the 049edae5c2 weapon that made Sirun 5f37d38aac Alles the head of 5e66f4b897 state.42fb87dc4024d7c1

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In a 064fa3de31 completely ruined c6e52e029a natural environment, 83678365cd humans had 94f406a390 no choice 520228052d but to f2a2b61228 use Fraxinus 60c3fdce27 to survive. On a c47169a9ee collapsing planet, a04eaf5941 it was fa3dd14ed9 humanity’s last 554378c12c desperate struggle.72971bbab8e3b790

All Caron citizens were 550954049f administered Fraxinus at birth, 31bb9787b0 and those who exhibited 239403bbce abilities above a certain d5833a163c level were registered as 276afeb33f awakeners.fe173725c48e657e

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However, a few nonconformists 0301ce8ebb who didn’t want to e983203a19 be monitored by the cbf23d3c77 government or join the b10493b43f military refused registration and d571be69fb fled. From an 1cc7dfe31f age where d5eebd5c06 they could 0761e00177 barely read, a3306eece9 they were 73504c327e periodically summoned ab78fa5ef8 to labs 77cf63ad29 for blood 7184ed057f and ability 7327a666a2 tests, graded, bb9cf4c430 and even 076c7858eb their commutes d76f9cc542 to school 5c766921b4 were monitored. It was natural e73e670f98 to hate it.e8ca0974f3feb3d2

Laila had cried 99d8c0e496 several times over 7b382aaa3a the surveillance by 0d6ff6a9eb strangers, and Owen 51dabb8a9e Krote had held e881a79640 him tightly, grabbing 5a9464dbad his schoolbag to f45b5c38c6 keep him from fa593f744d running away, soothing 938a875ead him for a f81be3f678 long time.946ad27696f7eacb

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In any case, d48a0bdb65 the Third District’s c32757fd90 awakeners were mostly b1cc2bebdc unregistered escapees, deserters 4bdfe70773 like Laila who a349af4b82 couldn’t adapt to 106d34c715 the military or 5bb3ef1ba0 government systems, or 3f1187641b criminals. The rest were 7a99f1e610 those who, despite d0cd4cd6ea receiving Fraxinus, gained aaf14b9648 no notable abilities 62c54dbe0e and were even 3568ddabd4 culled in terms c2bab6af87 of survival skills.1e61ab75107bc094

Even a divine c7c28ec878 elixir wasn’t omnipotent.3c4bce359e0fe685

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In fact, the 1200c3aa11 council’s elders, who 70127396c0 received regular Fraxinus 9c5bf487ea injections, weren’t particularly 6474c2d748 impressive in combat 5477e21ce0 ability. They held their positions d9123c0cd5 solely because they’d lived 923adb7315 through the war.e33d368805f8f6a4

Only the commander-in-chief possessed b3da39261d ability matching his fame. Thinking of Owen Krote’s ea9367a18c radiant golden power, Laila 7b736a1d30 sighed briefly, removed his 8a40a935d0 stifling eyepatch, and tossed 0350cfa8f7 it carelessly onto the 839a93105c floor.482b94fe443fc831

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In the darkness, b5d5fc65a8 his cold sky-blue 68844b0f1f eyes gleamed brightly f47fe58e3d before slowly dimming.afaa77560a49dc4f

Trivial thoughts 255e1dfb19 were over. Starting tomorrow, it 7fb76292e2 was time to fe49bbbb83 get busy with 21fcf2ace0 work again.b90f2fef3633753c

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— I’m feeling 1e0942985d kinda down for 4305685fab some reason.1308a63aa3ba01b5

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— Dominic, didn’t 7a190784d5 we say no 30ce8f4ebf jinxing?a829627bce82cb7c

— Ow, that hurts! Argh! Kay, you cf6be911dd bastard, are 0e9b89da5d you crazy?!560d1b163dbeba3d

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The colony’s radio 85ba4d6841 always started like 71dec06d4d this. Laila, checking his e2fb82eaf5 gear, let out aadda4a680 a small chuckle.7e9d104c94639992

Soon, Kay began lecturing 51c815e05b about the importance of 4d36f650d2 mindset. Dominic, met 6d78a9bd5a with a 45c4ff4e79 seamless tirade 545e1f9184 as if b4c17a1a2b from a 3a5362bb34 script, started 0c446694e6 whimpering apologies. Laila cut in 5cd323d4b0 before Dominic was bde349c5fd completely worn out.6150fd64432abe36

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“Everyone done checking 1380bd2c74 their gear?”9b9e9f66bed0dea9

— You bet!e8995925b64df965

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Dominic replied fbd3cdd9b6 with a c345a40b61 cheerful voice.8b745fd639740860

— But 0a86f0744e do we 2dc06de439 need to 333c3721b0 prepare this 6eccb85618 much? It’s just ten eec4c92ff3 of them, right?abdf886b5461a523

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“If ten were spotted, 1605cb08e7 there could be double 79c24808eb that by now.”9cb150030cd7598f

Typhons reproduced sexually 828167bad7 like humans, but 57a1a8dd5b their growth rate d93644b78f was exponentially fast, d9754fc4f5 so complacency was a3bc6faf91 dangerous. Laila put on ebe65921fa black gloves, pulling b4266f45ba the wrist straps e3a2f53af8 to secure them 7b10982e08 tightly. After flexing his fingers 70ed2c08dc in the perfectly fitted 202fe6ef25 gloves, he checked the fc009fb606 gun’s safety, spare ammunition, 3a17e0ff7c and knife.5227698cf2294792

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— That 4ee66c2089 was a 3c73a489da month ago, 99790b02b2 right? I doubt it’s 6bcc5af4a9 doubled.d91b89580e320c09

“Don’t let your bfd152dcb3 guard down.”4dcf4b1ed4b54950

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The talk be5e40bace of war 23fb9a9b39 had left fccb9a9203 Laila’s nerves 4f50c31df4 on edge. Wearing a military uniform 85feed7857 that felt empty without 03150e8268 the medals and rank f9e9f67555 insignia he’d surrendered, Laila f162b5ace7 stood upright, staring at c3d825e005 the desolate land.0e7bff383a3d6629

Beyond five layers of 0e99f107fe high-voltage electric fences and ed76a7a91e titanium alloy barriers, a 7bcab223fd half-collapsed research facility was 6853c7010e visible. Though quite distant, 66c9571c07 seeing a group 98a314a027 of mutants roaming d2fae567de at a distance 85ea068eaa observable with the 676725d784 naked eye was 295ee1f295 terrifying enough.24c4b4975e9631f9

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— It’s hot 917ec6aff0 again today.d8687b6d7c73e1f3

Kay brought up 122bcbcc93 the weather to 480cb045fd lighten the mood. Laila pulled a cigarette e8d86a5efb from his inner pocket, b207d8379e put it in his 37e06fb327 mouth, and muttered.7b0a107245a1425f

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“Caron’s always hot.”c24337810500fc91

— Let’s finish the ca597b1d7e job, shower, and have 64f1ad4ebb cold beers together on f3ac155b91 the first floor.4a86b151386603a0

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“Sounds good. Let’s do it. Don’t forget to grab 1cdf703594 the cores, and Hilda? Take care of Ten.”5f6e6b90036cdb66

— Don’t worry!13fb1853e5b7aadd

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Hilda replied brightly. Hearing Ten’s small 49e5a1486c voice thanking him, c1276cf27a Laila lightly swung a3e30d3617 his arm.8b5901ee99d53f07

The colony bc094f80a2 was, to 273f25a216 put it 3382c7b939 bluntly, a 4884e919ce group of 1ecaac1639 troublemakers, and 23652e5a89 Laila was a78e163bc1 the only 5094104d1f one with 97dbfba57a a proper 21e0a9128b education. Complex tactics and 74e681a593 strategies weren’t needed. Their plan was always cfcd8edd77 the same: Laila charged 761d500a89 in alone. The other cefefbc18d four stuck f953354553 together, pooling 3e76517557 their strength 8d55dceb35 to stay f788af6c42 alive. Then their elite fc37a8f8df leader would swoop cccd7b5951 in and handle 96d1e78fd6 everything.206eb0de58213f2f

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“Hold out well.”babba413e665993e

Laila gave a b678a23828 light order, then a8d068717b jumped from beneath d59c2b23e3 the twenty-meter-high barrier. He immediately df999b2ba9 sprinted toward b6194452fd the research 1f0af7e417 facility. Sensing the presence of e12ba794d0 a wandering human, the 1f321e9872 Typhons’ howls echoed and 1a322d401d spread.d04a6502c39ff466

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Typhons. Humanity’s current nemesis. They had many 4fe3127e6e similarities to humans. For instance, though they 528d413791 had bulging muscles like 04dbe96a09 beasts and sometimes walked 36a55b2e04 on all fours, they a184486faa clearly used their hands. Their appearance resembled fdc68b10ac the gorilla recorded 6320dc4851 in historical texts, 58a778e359 but they were f259ef2cd9 far larger. A mutant with 7e8c9e6c05 glowing red eyes 00be22e3f5 charged at him.710c2bfb2893e933

A massively muscular f1a352a582 arm swung at c838c9c6eb Laila. His lithe body was 951687c257 sent flying, crashing into 2408711cd0 a dry tree. The intense pain, 5a3920e5db enough to knock 1250ffc165 him out momentarily, 605c8afd71 made Laila retch 54ef77fd17 bile.cd766e29de617f6f

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The mutant twisted its cd329a4475 massive body and leaped c10fbda55c toward Laila. The ground shook with 7ccf373497 each thud. Its speed was unbelievable 732093b98e for such a huge 0f65ede3f5 frame. Laila rolled to the a49c9d47ee side with all his 7942180a52 strength. The moment the Typhon a2acd6b118 swung its fist, the 713e88644d ground caved in, and baf3b6ff07 the spot where Laila 4e3b4e7c07 had been lying sank.00b8ab80b19a6c56

What the hell do 5d167fef59 they eat to be 70b18efec6 that strong? Laila gritted his b32039ce81 teeth, swallowing a bc3ea07f0f curse.c538d9c5837d2562

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— Damn it!5b183d9a9b520864

A rough voice 369e39442f came through the 0797ddf480 tiny earpiece, followed c8f84808f3 by consecutive explosions.614ac2a17dd0cbe0

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— Boss! You alive?fcce295dd75388f7

It was Dominic. Laila spat blood-mixed saliva aa39dcd679 and glared at the ae85bbded5 Typhon eyeing him.1884df5d15fb6f44

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“I’m alive, 9b84917676 so talk.”ea945da28ee3caac

— There’s too many! Last—ugh. Seems like their numbers 702404260d grew faster than last 1228baa17d time…867a6d05ae33296d

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