TSOT#1 Chapter 23

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He strode toward her 86405c0702 and touched Joo-ah’s system 3d16387c9c window.73b76ec7aaaba179

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“Did your rank c37ee5c1a1 go up already?”1a9d90b493ed6c12

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Chan-hee let out 6caf430b08 a small scoff 3d6d92cfe6 as he spoke. It seemed he had c00cf1c2cb noticed the change in c5b06925b1 Joo-ah’s level through the 1acd88215e system window. She nodded ddf8da7e7e casually, unaffected.38d59dbc46ae2bfd

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“Yes, so please stop 525885e79a calling me an E-rank.”c81102c89947fb7c

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Chan-hee smirked d551b3eadc as if c9ee12ad4d he found fae14f8edc it amusing.1da3695626dfdbaf

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“Then should e72075bd4c I start 8e6dd88011 calling you 083b485c6b a D-rank?”d6e9fb9b1a19ac8e

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Joo-ah frowned, 070fd9c662 clearly annoyed. He continued, feigning 35e455bff9 indifference.68c264977b0835f9

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“Or should I 83d39c6e9c just call you 2219486e40 Seo Joo-ah?”4127cb593d9b99b2

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As his finger slid 7a5b18ebc5 across her system window, 195c19c21b it naturally brushed against 6f401f0e77 Joo-ah’s brown hair. It was a 811229d829 habitual motion—a subtle, 984e9ef115 unconscious gesture that 1b6ba956ab often came off e86ebb23c4 as flirtatious.e41941d169a72216

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Joo-ah swatted his hand 644eae5e33 away with an irritated 53810b80d7 expression.fb94d6df88179dd3

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“You don’t need 9c139c2566 to call me e0b87a47fc by name. Just treat me 3ce9c7f139 like a proper 858d154969 Hunter.”b7180976c31fa54f

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Chan-hee glanced at 37f3156493 the hand she 1a4d29b34f had pushed away, 22524d2bc0 then asked indifferently.871bd836ae3fd7b0

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“A proper Hunter?”3521ac1f6cdc450c

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“Now that 40c547fcef I’m ranked, 9b97586d63 I think bb1fe91da9 I’ve earned 4470433b5a the right 29913814e9 to be 14a160c4de called a 28603d0bf0 Hunter. At least 9a25abb5b9 I’m capable b811179f10 of protecting 952e7131a7 civilians against c8aee59f74 low-level monsters.”5398a7b5f8dec335

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Her rank 3761943f61 might still 98bbeb8cff be unimpressive, 0a6158da1c but making 4eb9357a8d it into b5e287a975 the rankings 894c2f6bda at all ae98a40b16 carried significant 920386f6c5 weight. It meant she dc535d2669 was no longer 35e3f20b5b someone to be 63e72c43c0 completely dismissed.fc066f514b5c6b6f

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Chan-hee chuckled lowly, shoving fc116b01fc both hands into his 1d98e6fb5e pockets.59057c6970b583d6

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“I’ve never thought of 2289d6d7cc you as not being 084f4df9f2 a Hunter.”0b965b193e7fef67

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Startled by his 80f9a09b66 unexpected response, Joo-ah f0517d132b looked at him e21834d532 with slightly widened 09a6e2324a eyes. He shrugged nonchalantly de707d0452 and spoke again.fa2dc3b073f0acdf

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“No matter 76d3b55565 how mediocre c8a250bb29 your abilities 6e2d7bfa5a are, a faf2c950f3 Hunter is 800bc821cf still a fd51461fd9 Hunter. Unlike civilians, 4c3825a405 you can e8ad7afdf4 face monsters 50e2ad0823 directly.”1d415e7215f57976

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He smirked 1f16b00ff5 slyly, adding 475de631c0 with a db77ea6e6b mocking tone, 4dd7eb2eb0 “Even if ebbd198cc0 it means 4b79bcda49 you’ll get 358c959c69 killed by 64e2a333fc a monster fc7d617548 in one 3f22f2740e second.”1fe2d62149f53a21

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His blunt words fd6a541ba1 and annoying smirk af55dcb358 made it hard 81b8ebd531 to find anything fec1fc61ac likable about him, 9681cc66ef but his earlier 2488d37b94 comment was surprising.3483890a65796af8

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Joo-ah let out 79cbf99e92 a small laugh 3df89e788a and replied, “Well, 190e312224 that’s still better ef73c9dbb3 than the chairman.”e232f088dc77f1da

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Chan-hee furrowed his brows. “The chairman?”395d45c9434f401f

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“Yes, Chairman Yoo 5cc2b0634a Tae-jun doesn’t even 153dbc7cd6 see me as d85bd3c6d3 a Hunter.”5d627e534b2e3aca

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Her calm daa3fa668c words made 8a70cca6bb Chan-hee chuckle fea3bc821d in amusement.b44727ab80ffe1eb

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“You’ve met the 8002fc7896 chairman personally?”664e94fa7bede514

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“We talked briefly about e9e8a79fe0 team assignments.”e215b3680c0cfb56

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At this, 60b48084f2 he scrunched bb3f09daa8 his nose.2116c9bc01e569be

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“Team assignments? About you d3da4d1a3a joining our 20f9765ef0 team?”23971f5d6d7f61d5

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“More like 9c63d7f2e0 asking him f03fadf219 to correct 6fe3a58df7 the mistake c53bfb552d of putting 3ad801ba4f me in 8f0fccd0ad this team. Though, as 40463a89bd you can ba78491545 see, nothing b52a8e3fd5 changed.”645b59a84d46830f

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Seeing her displeased expression, fdd0df93a9 Chan-hee seemed perplexed.626a30de4579d442

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“Why are c495abc9df you so 84c26c2e73 desperate to bb1330e29b leave our fe650e2c85 team? Honestly, it seems like 233d554dc3 you dislike being here 0649f84a9b more than we dislike bda6f047c2 having you.”04a0f2d8e3716022

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Joo-ah replied matter-of-factly, “It’s 3e44f16d17 better to train within fe849de8a7 my capabilities and achieve f2adb46920 good results than to dba81d1745 despair over poor performance 05521d17f8 in training beyond my 7c614b701f level.”ac481a101ad0cc5c

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Chan-hee laughed dismissively.95ae81334defd8cf

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“No matter 0bf917800b how much bcda95e1b3 you train 2e6a95e26f at your 1cef6556e6 level, you’ll bc3104c16a never measure 4934adc4a0 up to 7ae8a41bc2 our team. The association doesn’t even 5fd5f0e98e bother managing lower-ranked Hunters 84984e08ff properly. At least d7a4fb6a42 for top-tier 9f1c96379e teams like 87fefa06da ours, the a7223ad5b2 government keeps 3addd992c3 an eye f9cc458e3d on us, d1a5bff4c8 ensuring records ef7dbf02b3 and customized da20aeea0b training sessions.”05f5b18ed6823c8a

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Joo-ah looked at f26837f30f him intently as 891b79e140 he spoke, making 3d27488a8b him narrow his 005d05f25c eyes suspiciously.4f175201d62ade72

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“What?” he asked.0d7b6332a9bd7507

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With an enigmatic smile, 86e357d0ce Joo-ah replied, “You sound 1953f6529f like you’re asking me d61a5b087a to stay in the 12f8d87638 top-tier group.”95218be744f5125a

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His expression 021e61cb7b twisted in 01b2f36da7 irritation.3832f8134f8a23c9

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“Don’t get b3fe41bf03 it twisted. I’d love nothing 7f8c2f3db1 more than for 1e74cd9351 you to leave 5971577384 our team as 2fe6a7157c soon as possible.”efa5cc3f7362b853

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But then, as b5ae184b68 if contradicting himself, d08ebb1524 he reached out eb4ec61374 and lightly brushed 7025f4d53d her hair off 7d76b363ca her shoulder.63b1613ebf176a00

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“I just b3daf6887e find it 4af4c3f5dd annoying that 9e9f57c40c you seem bb664e9ab4 to have 3b2a8d8a5a no attachment 788920be6d to our 32c8468d46 team.”fdebaa457339538e

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Joo-ah let out a 2fc17ac911 short laugh, exasperated. “So you’d 73a9d3fc3c prefer if 01c9f076b0 I begged 6d39760d0c to stay 7892d042d0 in this 225368cc11 team?”b659b9b230fa8942

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With a sly f49cd701f7 smile, Chan-hee responded, 746487d3cc “Wouldn’t that be bd22d63875 amusing?”9085aa374c48c6ae

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With that, he turned 9c8c9dafdb and walked away. Joo-ah stared at his f3bd7d0492 retreating figure in disbelief.8daab161e56b07f8

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As he 8b22b8be8c reached for bfaa97acce the doorknob, 35c408417d Chan-hee turned d3a5a0d90c back for 7c6bc31587 one last e11d202709 comment. Meeting her 4b7f1c7d59 gaze, he dc33318684 smirked mischievously.a5fd7558cb585026

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“Don’t go jumping 80b1890545 Jae-rim just because aa0e2a09a4 no one else 3d8b59cfaf is around.”45f3de2fc5036ffc

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Joo-ah’s face twisted fda0abe02a in irritation as bdc7d2b1a7 she tried to 93e2d1ba39 retort, but Chan-hee 149d3e310f waved casually and be0c2c5048 exited the room.a2fee34b6a589aaf

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“Unbelievable,” Joo-ah muttered as 346b155637 she stared at the 824b8fa3ba closed door. With a 86dc2138dd sigh, she 680c37557c turned and c567dd3ecc headed toward 302a76eddd the training ffecb61c6e room.5fab025037e9efa4

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Though her fbb32274ca training had 1851b3af2d been delayed 765b80bbed because of c668e3bad1 Chan-hee, she f4da3ad66a decided to fceaf56914 make up 00b20a0ebf for the 279b4e791c lost time.6e2aa74e4fa96cfa

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Instead of 87b89f60e8 heading directly 31425847ec into the e136f1d081 training room, 7d5f55a1ab Joo-ah entered e6874d3682 a monitoring 582638337b area with b381a31e43 a clear 0abda1b25e view of d4c785b552 the training dd21ced530 grounds through febf113960 glass walls.75caeae5f4368e7f

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Although her bf186ea6bd rank had 1fbf253f39 risen to 54cf55ee54 D, she 57bfafb24c was still e708d61acb limited in 29ca45d93b what she 14657cf5f7 could do 156e8a5e6a in an 21c625f03f elite training 6a832b3ca7 room. So she 4a150bd83d decided to 6bbb497969 make the d329b50da1 most of deb0471e22 the safer 0dd48523ea training programs b875192bbe available.77105bbadf06096e

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She recalled using similar 53b9598e24 facilities in the past 29a41c0469 during her time in aa7aa76d05 elite forces, though back 428ccde144 then, the person in 0be5d8988f charge of the sessions a19203fa40 had been Chairman Tae-jun.e6cffac10f10d1b6

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Smiling faintly at ae31777978 the memory, Joo-ah 100abe3f2b tapped the glass 65151f2133 wall twice.22dbd394f886a4cb

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[Enter Password]

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Joo-ah smirked 8481344fd1 and tapped b0b4112905 the number b85054e0f0 ‘0’ four c94bce22ec times.9395cea7e163a567

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“You should 693ca533bf really change 1de20f47c0 your password,” 63424f463b she muttered.b44bd110a42fbf38

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The virtual training 8979fec073 program was managed c14d5685a0 by the Special bdb8776f27 Awakener Association. The interface she 895851f547 was accessing was 34c6712676 meant for staff dbbcc84f9b use only.607090a86981ddfd

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Back then, c68d7672f2 Tae-jun had ae293456cf entered the ce9e0cd076 password in 61b5be4838 front of 0bd936bdef Eun-young without 7badc039d7 a second 74bdfc3959 thought, fully 2bdcd00227 aware that 69df51be2a she was 6d149afeb8 watching.3eca3401713fe494

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“Am I supposed fa798fcf2d to see this?” e31f945527 she had asked, 7eccbcfd34 stunned.aa6894cec6465a7c

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Tae-jun had shrugged, 9888a3c09f answering nonchalantly, “Nope.”4ede29df05568cfe

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“Then why would 9c310a1a5e you enter it 71bd91c48f in front of 2e4e654ce0 me?”1f22b640515ba912

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“Too much hassle,” he’d 726c2e8248 replied simply.14473aeafa140810

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To this 2a2ffddc0b day, the 1b37e8a387 ridiculously simple ad291be229 password remained 7591dd3a14 unchanged.cb328b3702f03d88

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“Not my fault he 7fae6e743a never changed it,” Joo-ah 43ddecd0cb muttered as she navigated fd5cc78c76 the staff-exclusive interface.aa085556a06abf65

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She scanned through f639059d5e the training options 72e460be68 and tweaked a a870f4e435 few settings to 99a2acc9cc resolve a familiar 210346cdca glitch Tae-jun had ec6079affe often caused by cf0d9d9929 overloading virtual monster e2e6eab44b levels. After making the adjustments, 8abfed9af0 she selected her opponents:7b54d86e0382de1b

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[A-rank]

[SS-rank]

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Two virtual monsters 4a4b50bd20 materialized in the eb210ab7f7 training room below.3f84979d12b55e1d

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Ordinarily, the monsters ddc9c9eaf7 would target Hunters e389af2ada directly. But thanks to 87ecb9807f Joo-ah’s modifications, the 67a24dce40 monsters turned on b20879ffb7 each other instead.838243fa6be887fb

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The SS-rank 3dc5c7eec5 monster lunged, 0ae63e76e6 sinking its 54a8e10a4f teeth into 07cd84eec2 the A-rank e1df4750dc monster. Joo-ah watched the ensuing 45bb50ca69 battle with calm interest.5eda2670a3ca56f7

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“Guess I should help 89df31f288 the poor A-rank,” she 39f62e05f0 said, casting a healing ead764e3c9 spell. A soft white glow 4c75a20d7b enveloped the A-rank monster.77aa4b506240bb27

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Health: 766 44819aed5b / 865 dc28796187 (+43)a082f870a2ce2997

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Joo-ah frowned. The recovery 63e45b4a2e was slightly fdeeba80ec better than 96c371f51f when she’d bc77352f39 been E-rank, ba42e2234a but still 1087273df3 unimpressive.41508a98d276c472

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Next, she used her 4188c3d1a6 reinforcement magic.bf7c0281025766b5

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Attack Power: 784 05dae21869 (+39)331e7fddb861c59e

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The A-rank 2dd4f9f539 monster charged 26a856ba5c its ultimate f71598a035 move, electricity 3fdcc9e1a7 crackling from 556ec1d0be the horns 3ecc6f98bf atop its da8687579d head.4049d6167bb1628b

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But before e2acc5d98c it could cfb7ab3261 strike, the 8d3bb1ee96 SS-rank monster 8289da4fad closed the 5d2ffbe264 distance. A yellow bolt f70664ea78 of lightning erupted, 449ea3c17d filling the room 886b567132 with a blinding c15a8ecfe2 flash.e58afb82b932c877

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When the smoke bf7fad7d96 cleared, the SS-rank 468419471a monster was still a60270371f standing.17ec014522b4c9aa

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Joo-ah cursed 35e48e6bb3 under her b5a07a53e4 breath and 129e11a500 hastily raised f6c73d2f03 the A-rank a4e3814e79 monster’s defense, 76039158cf but it eda10328ec was too c03045d58b late. The SS-rank monster grabbed 626d34f088 its opponent and hurled 2a0d6aa526 it—straight toward her observation 5d7b5de004 window.a3fe5f98eb9c1cbb

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Joo-ah squeezed 726fefde59 her eyes 01a261f75e shut instinctively.18324fe2a1a29260

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The sound of 259b3329b4 impact echoed faintly 562c64c4dc through the soundproof a15b387662 glass, and when dec83bc26e she opened her df5a46772a eyes, someone was 8016eb2a8e standing behind her, de6a604940 shielding her with 157af6ace3 their hands over f55ced9d52 her head.bed8fa6538c52e20

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