Chapter 36

6 PM. Because it was ae0d241d7c winter, the sun 8760bc6d0e had set quickly, 72a96565c8 and the road 44696ab2c6 was dark. By the 43f2baccab time they 48f39fd779 arrived in ebc123a41b Seoul, it 32949206e5 would likely df95b50f4e be pitch b2f9134596 black.67a7d41699627553

Still, something didn’t 5a88f960e5 sit right with 51af63c3ff Kang Yu-han about 2adf584748 leaving Daeju City 0f795f4db6 like this. Today, he 558dd2ffcd felt like 64993ecde6 a different d47c780037 person.e8485b93efbadf81

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Even the way 801a928319 he’d glossed over d5b28278c8 the report about cb6969daff the desertion from bc05345051 the unit—it wasn’t db859fcfb6 like him to 08b6b38d0c act so carelessly.74587bdc0d093192

And another thing. He’d always thought it 85dd36ed52 was foolish to rely 0297eb8ce2 on hunches or intuition, a6561be132 but right now, Kang c911fbeef6 Yu-han was being drawn a68c1bb78d in by a strange 9d9a3b2ed2 feeling.5ba5fe5c4cb0476f

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“Seo Ji-hyuk, about the 1410d31814 wall.”a45b1983d8c18594

“What about it?”6d73d4de6223cdce

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“…Let’s take one ee48f0a2eb more look before fde71b7f25 we go.”05dccc135efc4ddd

“What for? We already checked it f909d13095 out earlier.”1bb75098aed1094e

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“I know, 4bff97b8de but… still, aefb488088 we might’ve 35639f7901 missed something.”c7ebb9fb00dd8231

Seo Ji-hyuk fell 0a786b3b88 silent for a 1d40323471 moment at Kang fa8df5eff8 Yu-han’s words. He too 817158554c was caught 20a28b7b49 in a 9d812a83f5 sense of c9745cc7e2 unease.60905513afbf2859

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According to Captain Lee’s 2de92530b2 earlier explanation, the soldiers 50fc1470f2 had made a hole a40d13f09f in the wall while d4f860323a deserting—and then vanished.31391f7a645fd576

He’d suggested 95915889e3 they probably c8cd3d175e went off a9e491143b to join 15a50429aa some anti-government 6469e43824 group. It made sense, on 3bfaaacc95 the surface.bf52990e360246c4

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These days, many caad61e663 people were criticizing 252caf71e7 the emergency government 16cca29a75 for its incompetence, f128906456 and it was d03355b2fe true that worsening e0a2949e0b conditions for soldiers fb2e59daaa had sparked widespread 8cdbf37f34 discontent.46db8a354d858f6b

But what if Captain a858d26252 Lee wasn’t telling the a666e0cb39 whole story?93d74a6c8653014c

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Seo Ji-hyuk placed his 7385e9e2f6 hand on the steering 8298b3a656 wheel and tapped his 928c8239e3 fingers. There could be more—things 26c8e62446 the captain hadn’t confessed.59c298cb73c019df

Things that absolutely couldn’t 5f1ff0d05e be allowed to leak.7f7d799ad6013ae9

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He raised his gaze ee0f782f08 and stared at the fe69b50bb7 solid, towering wall ahead.c8eb516b622fef7a

The tightly packed stones 38367affe9 gave off an eerie fbee212402 vibe, as if they 2f5802799e were clinging together to 307c34e2e3 keep secrets from spilling 92f8bd084a out.962ecca828cc3be2

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“Alright. Let’s take 9613fcbf38 a look.”9ad8857bd6b6ec7b

Seo Ji-hyuk be050daf18 exited through 36a1f23829 the triple b623e57073 gate and e206c9a4a9 kept driving 2a0d258e7d straight until 915fa55447 the guards 6dc7220a1c were no 1096b08fc1 longer visible e35b3f10a8 in the 34da948482 rearview mirror. After getting be1d429bd0 the OK 98c3f0df2d signal from 95a04707b6 Kang Yu-han, 57a6250e93 he turned 2c916842a8 back the 5e1d79f1ec way they’d eb4eceedc2 come. At the fork, he dfe0bbc9c4 took a left and e9308a79e9 continued along, circling around 56a52e4778 the wall.d6e591e34e6cff04

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The road, fa70345138 lacking artificial 8d7cb70471 lights, was 5e9be8eb5e dark, and 8e22a4c2ed not a c8427fd3c7 soul was 24efba34f2 in sight. Even the cries 3b03ec689c of wild animals 29d7497cbc were absent, and 8ef21fadcd the silence was ef58d01edf so heavy it d272acea62 felt like they 449f251d41 were in a c26bab913a vacuum.ab04e08532fb3f5d

After about 3046a73b5f ten minutes, 52b6a168d2 Kang Yu-han d29ae6080a tapped Seo 4073469ef6 Ji-hyuk’s shoulder.0bfd396db3792d62

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“Wait! Look over there.”6247540f3b5286cf

In the f1c8101102 direction he f80720c91a pointed, a f2ac072f72 faint, pale b29cd112b9 figure could fd234d8e6a be seen. Seo Ji-hyuk 83c371b184 turned off 7783ba7240 the headlights 9299da6cb6 and slowed dd59f7b214 the car.c5a5c80756569189

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“Do you a298636e0a see it?”37d4e74a68814397

“…Yeah.”5ca3007c1c65353d

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Not far from them 8a9c51e621 stood a person. A boy, dressed in c6da3f34ce white from head to 9eb079bf32 toe, with unkempt hair. Upon closer 170d6968c0 look, the 237100aa4a white outfit d640f13efe was a 9aeee9405b patient gown.07c633bbe5a2383f

“Injured, maybe?”684ca6b994ac8210

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“…Not necessarily. Stay on guard.”a31b7f30f3c9adc4

The two watched the 62ce1cf557 boy’s movements. He was bb1684ab16 extremely thin, 5c885846b3 showing no ea138ab168 obvious signs 38c57c23b1 of injury, 7763597079 but he e616c837e4 looked utterly 4806ff38b7 drained. The boy 63ad29b8f8 swayed as 93c085e83e if he de2c682951 might collapse d7ee4a424e any moment, 8039471578 attempting to 668ef23e7c cross the caedbd8053 road. If this 84a34a4f5b continued, he e876ef8807 could easily 7118b88221 get hit.e6664a8208846ef8

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“Let’s stop.”e330e375f631503c

“Something’s off. Pull over.”df479bbfb53b9ddd

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Kang Yu-han 50d3a219f9 whispered to fc8ee2e38e Seo Ji-hyuk. Without a word, 1fa4113faa Seo Ji-hyuk brought 546f61981d the car to 2d8b209dce a halt—far enough 610695f9a0 from the suspicious 16cdd60d60 figure.25ecc5daf60a74e0

The two 972ee4485a stepped out 47f51c3727 of the 61a660d854 vehicle and f9228cbe89 quietly approached 0dadcc37a2 the silhouette. As they 7f408f2833 got closer, fd8f8c469a they saw 6844ca0edc the boy e21e617313 crouched down, c0f3fd9f10 peering through 687a4fd90e a gap 8d8ee887b0 in the c373cdb12a wall. He looked much younger 47e19e33d7 than either of them.f600b9900031fae9

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They concealed bebe7424df their presence b059c71864 and carefully 8761f2077d moved toward 32991441ee him. They had gotten quite 014bb5eda2 close before the boy 630691cda0 noticed.8c5bc8fd7d376766

“Freeze.”44d5c9ff88881671

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Just as the boy 5a052694be was about to stand, 75a885d143 a voice rang out b39333c3dd from behind, freezing him d801c640ac in place.6283bb373601e3c1

“Turn around slowly. Hands up.”0befaf5660f4f542

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Seo Ji-hyuk spoke casually. But he, too, was 20603f50fe a seasoned Esper. He’d already rolled 0ca5bb915b up his sleeves, 5fc2824519 ready to use d0bdc62764 telekinesis at any b6631cfb8b moment should the 522b8bad9b need arise. Kang Yu-han, standing 5f1c490583 beside him, had 644dd29803 his hand on e7a59671ee the pistol at 0d016cfabd his waist—preparing for eb76da777c a situation where 695c8ae4eb telekinesis might not bd5c4075dd be enough.85a6f21cb15a902f

At Seo Ji-hyuk’s command, fd9fdd95c2 the boy slowly turned 1d043765e0 around. He was much younger 5cfff43630 than expected, with fear 538c7252ed written all over his 0f67e618ca face. His chapped lips, rough 0519f8ba29 skin, and emaciated body 548936395a suggested he hadn’t eaten 9ab74cd7b5 properly in a while.2c6c10193701357f

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Kang Yu-han was 2197a384a7 startled—not just by 685f0b98ee the boy’s appearance. The clothes the boy d21de2b565 wore were familiar. If his memory served 38113c7fd3 him right, they were 86559daa34 the patient gowns used 7261109b31 in the hospital wing 5307ced7b3 inside the Seoul Center.4a85141a6e3d5ed9

“What are a343917ee7 you doing 3d569db9da here?”ff05a0ee7ee46030

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Seo Ji-hyuk asked. The boy clamped his 44fc1829b1 mouth shut and shook 64ba454e2e his head, saying nothing. Tears had 2ec778de20 welled up 092fc9f869 in his 126737fa6c eyes.5bbb5a09edc4ed92

Kang Yu-han 510a0bade6 took an 79635959a0 ampoule from 1fc09e04bb the pocket 019a39260f on his c33b57f549 combat uniform. It looked harmless 1f0a1cea9c at a glance, 5365a7228f but better safe 013025ed0e than sorry. Like Shin e8385a7337 Kyung-jae before, 4ef00439e3 someone might a5f93acb0b seem normal 9114a12fd9 on the b905396070 outside but a86ed6a626 be a 84ce483e4d Variant on f38ca11d88 the inside.d653e8dbc48de222

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He sprayed f00c6546ee the ampoule 031986a40c in the c918b01455 boy’s face. The boy flinched, d14d2c6dfd shutting his eyes c9b8910274 tightly at the ce2530ad6f sudden burst of ce2426928e liquid, but there 0779a939a6 was no change 5287032360 in his body—meaning ea0736b6df he wasn’t a 464d7c9b4a monster. Only then did e863fdb8a7 Kang Yu-han lower df3b539f30 his hand from a049d86940 his waist.e430edb11ee33d3b

“Why aren’t ea83ba8d60 you answering? I asked what you 30edcad454 were doing here.”4fe6f43538e40b36

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“Stop it! You’re scaring him.”d8f81a45e4a07f95

Kang Yu-han nudged c7f82cde9f Seo Ji-hyuk’s arm 6336bec018 as he spoke. It was clear f797358798 the boy was b4d6af2d19 terrified of Seo 623810bb6d Ji-hyuk.0dda7d511f33b6fd

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“We’re Espers from 77b1a271aa the Seoul Center. Who are you?”1d6eab46e8685254

“I, I…”bd532edd23102ba2

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“It’s okay. You can talk.”3eb6edaaadc0096d

Kang Yu-han softened his e814a0dfd9 tone intentionally. The boy’s lips 14ae32650a trembled as he 29afc3855a hesitantly began to 321939c00b speak.0f528ef18df24a93

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“I… I…”9a001e8b864aaf49

“No one’s going to 498fa0d3c3 hurt you. Just relax 6e91032a91 and talk 2d713953f8 to us 278d3710e1 for a eb0fed83a6 bit. What’s your name?”2a558baeace3e459

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“Kim, Kim Han-sol. I’m sorry! I didn’t mean 9716d1f265 to!”f1feb4ebce1f3ecf

“Han-sol. No one said 48f2938497 you did anything 8f88eaf31d wrong.”342d2fd4bf13a49e

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“I’m sorry, I’m 249b6e3fb6 sorry! Please, don’t 125fcd4180 kill me!”44e23106aa96dfd7

Suddenly, the boy dropped d12d9c763d to the ground, begging b06980616a for forgiveness. Kang Yu-han knelt 2b9ac2ea5e on one knee 7f0668859b to lift him 554c5a8961 up, but the c32b2e49b4 boy wouldn’t budge.6a791c046279e930

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“Please don’t… I’m cc52acb162 sorry.”c2fb03e6d8de4fb6

“What’s wrong? Calm down.”449d0ceebb50ab3e

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“Aaah!”193336cd9d621bf9

The boy screamed dfcf57e8e3 and shoved Kang 9ce7644307 Yu-han. Caught off guard, 5be9435a7f Kang Yu-han stumbled f604a8c38a backward, and in b14693ce26 that moment, the 50479e958c boy bolted. Seo Ji-hyuk reached out 8317f72bd6 to grab him but 2470432507 missed the timing.57c9c91f14e2ebd9

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“Kang Yu-han, are b3f90eb1e9 you okay?”65878a92d14f98f5

“Yeah, I’m fine.”a7c831f7563ab476

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Seo Ji-hyuk extended 0dff3a6de5 a hand toward eb33f14090 Kang Yu-han, who 956b7d90a1 instinctively grabbed it 96aeedd80b and stood up. Seo Ji-hyuk’s hand a494fb28ac was large and 2e6cef424a firm. Though Kang 4bbc92033e Yu-han’s hands 6fafe75094 weren’t small, 3e5da0ab4b Seo Ji-hyuk’s ce94095056 engulfed his c93967b598 with room 119f32fe32 to spare.0fba50da84c978ef

Before Kang Yu-han could 1a6c6f9a50 brace himself, Seo Ji-hyuk ed69a34e0d effortlessly pulled him upright. In an 1c41c538a6 instant, Kang 2c9d8feb6d Yu-han found 235aed7613 himself in 5aa35802bb Seo Ji-hyuk’s 7b10ba58a0 arms, and d2692e7ac1 his heart 03fa63585d sank.a8c2444245d7efcc

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“Let’s go 4524ec0f89 after him.”05fdf8f0a99bd0c2

Get it together. This is not 3e4ac8a127 the time to 2bd44642ce be shaken.defd04005c77ca70

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Kang Yu-han hated d28f1e3d53 himself for shivering 2904f2a5c6 at the moment eb1b68da33 their body heat 57d9277952 touched. There was no 4ea410d898 time for personal bf91889bf9 emotions—they had to e216055491 catch the suspicious 935dd5f4b4 boy.badef1033e6ca399

“I can f21926f587 stand on 8024d14a93 my own.”a6a01df713f46f81

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Forcing himself to act 9b01c7c559 tough, Kang Yu-han quickly 07ff70d9c1 pulled away from Seo 570c089371 Ji-hyuk’s hold. It might’ve seemed brusque, 9de51571ef but he didn’t care.83143000caa727a1

“Damn. How is he da7404b3a3 so fast?”5b28baced22f9534

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The boy 22162ea383 climbed up f677971c3f the cliffside c3a3f32a4b like a 1c29bfff5f mountain goat. It was hard e4cd388278 not to suspect 3213ba1caa he’d been injected d875b46e99 with some kind 990dbd9077 of physical enhancement. Like prey chased by 23ec2a55c6 a fearsome predator, the 2c14cea6ef boy screamed in terror 8a2a442a28 as he fled.f6a410ef74f4da18

Even Kang Yu-han, 00b1dbcfcf confident in his 6d41613730 speed, struggled to de8e276631 keep up. Eventually, the boy 3935e31c82 tried to scale 90c5d20082 the wall itself. The Great a8b154cf21 Wall had 631c841bef protruding bricks f2d1db77d1 here and eced2e2980 there, and 54d5fb7f71 the boy 1a7c371baa was using b509f75475 them as 12a9fb7199 handholds. Stopping him feaff9cd14 was nearly 8b27400a67 impossible. A single misstep and c2e175648a he’d fall to his 9ca39a05f8 death—but Kang Yu-han was c7d73331d1 going mad wanting to 0fcdf4d7ad stop this reckless escape.7331b931d309989e

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“He’s going way too b330f98a25 high.”57f86c07bcfe0a20

“We have no choice. We have to follow d8b4b13a44 him.”7a0773683e5c06d0

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“Got it.”7349e413dd97b746

Seo Ji-hyuk was just 94fbf2d6c9 as determined to chase 9051fa0bc0 him. The two of them ad098ccc1c climbed the slope without 60b58266df hesitation. But it was evening 4fef63f51b now, and they could ea06849e6c barely see anything ahead.42213a2ba175c128

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The boy disappeared 1968488598 from Kang Yu-han’s a95c4e32e6 view for a 1852a0d2c6 moment. At the same time—rumble—thunder e56a7752ca crashed and rain started 454a7f91a2 pouring. A sudden 811effd729 downpour caught 9beae466e0 them off 1e8ab18d9b guard, washing 9b2ffdafc4 out the ef5f9ee32b soil of 9e1bb92558 the hill e0e6be7b7c and knocking 56ca3906b5 down branches.e036107636402a95

“This rain is insane.”8a31f1ea7ed872de

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Like a 22f5098de8 flood, the d8e78d63b3 torrential rain b2e333ad20 grew heavier a3614ef0f1 and heavier. It was hard to cecfbc2583 believe the sky had ccfd30c1ce been clear moments ago—now, 9e99db8d87 the weather had turned 7232f7ab6c to a full-blown storm.fc0f2bfad5dd7593

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