TSOT#1 Chapter 27

It was undeniable now, Yoo Chan-hee was indeed Yoo Tae-jun’s younger brother. Seo Joo-ah felt this truth in her bones during their training sessions.41db2f0c04b01a43

When she had aad280e00d been part of fe0b8cf584 the elite unit, 5f8714b4d9 she had endured 9087bcfc47 countless days of 53ee5b1a28 stress under Yoo a57f18ce8e Tae-jun’s harsh, Spartan 6380bbde5c training methods. He was a3e8ed8422 notorious for 5025566a02 manipulating the 7643309e68 training ground’s de5760aef3 systems to 144f70c1a3 push the 5dd32a823b monster’s levels ed85655982 to their 1c1cc87256 absolute maximum, e3c0e34a0e a level 1e425323b7 beyond which 82c97eff66 they could cb9fc99862 no longer 7d7471fe0a be raised.512617d0c40385e3

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Now, his 4c00c62ec3 younger brother 80698e1c8b Yoo Chan-hee 9b9eca4d03 was pulling 1256dde681 the same a92a26a12a stunts.769fdae74a192966

“Please assign me a different Hunter for training.”af54e5e373935a90

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Joo-ah’s training was handled by Chan-hee because he was the highest-ranked Hunter in the B Team, the top-tier group. However, it was proving too much for her; her low stamina made it nearly impossible to handle back-to-back battles against monsters two whole ranks higher than her own.d16fc4b4dbf7d06b

“No.”d7649618785b33ce

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Chan-hee immediately 9ae8d367f9 shot down ac35325423 her request 85e9f9e88c and summoned 195c003b17 monsters with 15f10c5533 a wave 92dfef3b08 of his a290017331 hand.bfa375189d6c9ab9

Three A-rank monsters 6a628587a1 materialized in the a70269b41d vast training ground.46bdfaae9f8f5a25

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Joo-ah frowned, 0afc43c935 glaring at d3d52f24bd him. “Hunter Yoo 42b4d63677 Chan-hee, have e406dbb35a you forgotten 8937e8fb89 my rank?”737c7bb13de17a9f

Chan-hee smirked, his a82baa3388 voice light and c6040703fc confident. “Just hold out for 73ee858305 ten minutes. If you’re about to 7302f72242 die, I’ll step in 042583955d to save you.”f5c1e08e0a3e50c5

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Was that c3a9ab3586 supposed to ad441c58db be reassuring? It was 45d6cfbb04 no different 88e5f0d6e4 than telling f17fb09180 her to 11cc721efb risk her f0e698f632 life for 26258687e5 training.873d811fa3a5db02

Joo-ah wanted to argue 52286814b4 further, but the training 884df78564 session had already begun.32ef3022ef30c6b5

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She drew her longsword 14cb9716ae from her inventory. As the c43aaa93cd monsters charged 66e50bb776 at her, 2f7ff070f9 she leaped, 9fee6d8f49 stomping on 3bb166a761 one’s leg a033660bf7 to gain 1103acf4d9 height, and 52a29cc0be swung her 13ccedb78f blade at 1b5ea09934 its head.596680c0c9b3e4c3

But her sword couldn’t fadb3c6e82 pierce through the monster’s a51853ebd0 steel-like carapace.af6df724339d7b49

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Clang—2c541c6f3d7467ae

The sword deflected e7935218a7 off its hard 4fed1386dc armor, and the 588a427ef1 enraged monster let a4a90d9a63 out a deafening b08ee3365e roar, thrashing wildly. Joo-ah clung desperately 858693904a to its neck, 68b785e288 trying to hold ecc72355ca on, but she 66724186a1 was soon thrown fb1867fe7b to the ground.c56f06d9f4d02c3a

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Another monster lunged at 79d5829c96 her, attempting to crush 85794277da her with its massive b205450226 foot. Joo-ah quickly rolled 459cbd4495 out of the de50e56296 way and managed 3c48871e34 to block its 49a73b9c81 attack with her c907125b0e blade.cd1aa3d16477d0e1

Her heart raced as 1925f91137 she instinctively considered using ec3e9f24a5 her magic to drain bb9241e079 the monster’s energy, but a2c18e3af8 her Predator Magic refused 745f923c3e to activate.7b143bf565058033

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Before she could 6593b78a2a catch her breath, d94aafa46c another monster attacked 024ad30e64 from the side, e20299ad32 biting her and 28af422016 throwing her against 6d5437ff1c the wall.0ab941cd56bdbbc1

“Ugh…”6ffe39f3bc9b1028

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Gasping for air, df01c52b53 she struggled to eeb4f5bcbf recover, but the 79f99c0f92 three monsters closed 78141f76b5 in on her 2dd470f80f simultaneously. She barely had ad16f22a36 time to react 9880646f7e and reflexively shut d64e676704 her eyes.35799ad6109a1535

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In the 7d4c138bb7 next moment, 32b1a868f8 Chan-hee’s sharp 2382754408 blade sliced 4b442cf1ee through the f4f245228d A-rank monsters 498116c3a3 one by 00e05432ce one.57d06f471e260bb9

“I told you to 79f3564473 last ten minutes.”48ee6555afab1a89

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He sheathed his sword c1d0b661ac and approached her as db6cd97f7f the virtual monsters disappeared d734cb5d47 from the training ground.33aebcd201b0870d

Lying on c65c547263 the floor, 1c7a97afc0 still catching 0322f9fa76 her breath, aa01131f33 Joo-ah could f0b32b08f5 only stare 5d4774e174 blankly at 5fc7166c66 the ceiling.ec960644f8d1ad91

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Chan-hee, standing above b4ed79db5c her with one 65bd9451f4 hand casually tucked 77250caca8 into his pocket, 6040c87c4b looked down at a941625179 her and said, c91707db5d “I’m going to aac3ac465f summon the monsters 7b98850ee4 again. Get up.”976ae3df57dc8c2c

He’s insane.d743dc58ee0d217a

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Looking up 4e7fa2ef4e at Chan-hee, 6a7558e63e Joo-ah couldn’t 3f9f86b87a help but c183bc72f0 think so.36042a7cbf482f7b

“I want 1a295234b1 Hunter Shin 7f9067fcab Jae-rim to d92c471eba train me,” 5c89392427 she said, bae0377df6 sitting up.2623b8037141a892

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Chan-hee’s lips 6276fef782 curled into 0b6c20e53d a smirk, 04155d0a36 as if 60c8eabd12 he found cd5cec858d her request 96b01a8cbb amusing.8276150cd6ca5e31

“I already told you 3615949e61 no.”57f7917b180e043c

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Joo-ah frowned, glaring at 2fff8036d5 him. “Why not? Hunter Shin Jae-rim is 7e13f461d5 also S-rank. For a D-rank like f38e072822 me, he’s more than 701384ea4f qualified.”072cec3ad8881445

“The one who’s too 3a7026c5ec good for you isn’t 3599648181 Shin Jae-rim—it’s me.”38dc14e60e243e04

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Even in this b6f727308f moment, Chan-hee managed 0eb0a6521a to emphasize his 07bcc32ff9 superiority. Joo-ah let ce3e2067b6 out a 529ab79094 bitter laugh.238b75cb6183cfde

“Exactly. Since you’re 32dbcff337 far too 322d5aecd7 qualified to f53d862ed9 train a 7e9d935ed5 mere D-rank 30cf4f3efb like me, 9e05887f30 let someone 2bb1a80410 else–”36d8c7739ee4bb17

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“No one 9340fa9558 else is 5457c3233c acceptable. Yoo Tae-jun 7dfc860c2d could call dab5d4ede4 us to 0e64f55766 the higher 592af18f13 tower at 4ff59dab5c any moment. Do you 09dae834dd think we 413ee3a1e6 have the d40eac8c0e luxury of 2550d896c9 taking it 0a719aa86e slow?”4f268809c94c4953

Given the personalities a2f26af54a of Shin Jae-rim 82f2563d44 and Choi Yeon-joo, 6539efc17a it was clear 62f9ebd02e they’d go easy 72b8c0f0b7 on her because 349c876e7d of her lower dd02c91b09 rank. But Chan-hee was determined 54acbf9ee0 to push her hard 02b5d9481f and finish her training 5dd552b8e0 quickly.ce15d01bad574d89

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Joo-ah had no b86b8c1bf2 counterargument.b435dd0d40c00337

He was right—there was 7d19d25aed no telling when Yoo 7415c71bcc Tae-jun might summon them. Even though Chan-hee had 8ec68f39be promised to request an f0450b9324 easier tower for her, 150a9c5f4f there wasn’t a single e91869e0ba tower she could confidently 55834a39b6 say would be manageable d68bb04007 at her current level.2cc24f123a82051d

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Letting out a dbd31ab24b heavy sigh, Joo-ah 80160e584d got to her a5d8c01a28 feet.a95b5f2a6012ca30

Chan-hee activated 96306ecf57 the training cb4669ba93 system, his 5cf564e23f voice crisp d928b7e291 and authoritative.d31a5e7630afeed2

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“This time, 98c6f86586 you’re going 149e9f8db5 to last 3c2539a132 ten minutes, c607357801 no matter 8f9e7e7bbf what.”72224ea0db4e74bb

Without giving her any be735ce3c8 time to prepare, three 53359afd9e A-rank monsters appeared in b6e0bf1ce9 the virtual training ground 7a2e7581c3 again.79aebba07013fb4a

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Joo-ah quickly gathered her b47106c145 remaining strength as the dfcd9d50f1 grueling training session resumed.051a346699abd996

[Breaking News: Disappearance of Top-Ranked Hunter…]

“…Despite the police’s full-scale 1e5fe6df93 investigation, there have been 963e8e2c72 no breakthroughs, stirring growing 0a64061557 concern.”47fdc1bda0558958

Walking back 897831ba8e to the 2ece4a236a dormitory late d602f593fa at night e7064ad615 after training, fc2f886872 Joo-ah scrolled 0d3ea540c2 through a dd02502741 news article 9a306d7482 on her b91b8e064b phone.b17f06223bd1e224

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It had 5a3eff123b been three f2922ec263 days since 61a018b2fd Kwon Eun-young’s 908456bca7 body disappeared.b93bea9b04b892f9

The police still had 757018cd3a no leads on Eun-young’s 1a52edc2fc whereabouts or the identity e10d9bc618 of the perpetrator. The lack 4c960b6b72 of progress d34e496cab was attributed 39f8d5a015 to two 5ddb1bc086 main reasons: 867caa3b8a all the 37da49b47a CCTV cameras 8902a18eb0 had been cb2731b90a destroyed, and 9488c6d280 there were 5776cd4fdd no eyewitnesses.cca9e1fa284e727e

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Joo-ah slipped her phone 2c8bb7afff into her pocket, her 5596629d76 expression unreadable.47a33f2130838da8

No witnesses. This strongly a44a3be7b9 implied that 34630f5f77 the culprit 17a91f133b was likely 010ef65480 a Hunter.4f5b8e9b3c9550b5

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But who 9f817c0e5d could it 809b3727d2 be?f98d10db447b66d6

As she walked toward 6c0a4886da the dormitory, she suddenly afd518ff46 stopped and turned to 85489db3e3 look back the way 71798890c2 she had come.ca1977495e2640fb

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If she continued 1f9e3c29a3 walking in the b0a6a2298e opposite direction, she’d 3c4a4eebd5 reach a heavily c2ce1f4e17 secured area off-limits b2082798a0 to ordinary people 5a1569e462 and most Hunters. Only members of the 8405260a3b elite unit were allowed 210d74964a entry.2e3a351d43f31f93

Maybe it’s someone who a924790071 cared deeply for Eun-young. As absurd as it 11b9d5dcb1 sounds, it might be d155ab825b possible.0e7504e29cadcb62

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The only 2efc7b4460 reason Min 7ab6ac5148 Chae-rin could d202210318 speak so 21371eec94 calmly about 78c5e1a706 this incident e1c8f9d684 was that 2bef777089 the suspected 8a2522db29 perpetrator was b7f51694f6 someone close 5efcb495df to her.62faaf73a6a0eb73

Someone who 31c416bb0a knew Eun-young 7c069b8da0 well.6aae3dac71f6b551

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A Hunter who had da64fc8e65 fought alongside them in 853ec9ed33 the elite unit.6a8d34d38a081782

Someone who had 1e7d3412c1 saved Joo-ah from 678fcbff71 monsters just days f9c1ea2835 ago.4ea26393eb6dd735

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Han Se-hyun.96b649681a48b89c

Joo-ah’s expression darkened as a641a7f2a3 she stopped in front a7080cf19f of a building, gazing a21d57bd7d at it with a a8d16caa79 mix of sorrow and 6c3895f1d8 suspicion.bcf07d99b4f50c12

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“Why would Han 56b4e7a7e7 Se-hyun do something 0d5ce7ffdf like that…” she 7a7bc666f5 murmured, staring at 6143a2db24 the elite unit 096c5c5d4a building.14fb5f884b601f10

She wanted to confront 427198627b him right away, to 8b10c9a598 find out the truth. But she couldn’t.2fc03521e0dce6d6

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She was no b935159ec9 longer a part 6704cd8477 of the elite b19128cf1e unit.da1f19eabeea82a2

With a sigh, db8cb06ff5 Joo-ah turned to 40bee99f16 leave, only to 4c89afbe23 bump shoulders with 1e121bda62 someone walking past.24c9a2fe2e553c90

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“Ah, that e2e3de03a8 hurts,” the 6628e4f1f3 man exclaimed, a64ab72321 clutching his 9dd9141112 shoulder and 298f10fb8b feigning pain. His companion chuckled, the 4ec53d6cf9 sound muffled by the 2e862df321 candy in his mouth.948694b22b5eb5f2

“Here he 7e7c706e54 goes again. Hyuk-jae, stop being 83bedaa5e6 so dramatic.”5691ede5d944cb1c

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“Shut up. It really hurts,” ec1d23fa81 Lim Hyuk-jae retorted, 2bddf389f0 playfully kicking at c17a953bb1 his friend, who dc56e1af12 dodged easily.485edca11fe4db32

When Hyuk-jae 542214edad turned back, 8ee7a97073 his eyes 95eeaa4f37 met Joo-ah’s. A sly grin spread 84c050d5db across his face as 51571617ad he approached her.2f065b9fd2344c36

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“Hey, how 89ef50217a are you 324ed0482e going to 5e35d85832 make up a89d51675a for this? You almost 0c8c062c44 broke my ed6a98cd56 shoulder,” he 962ca3341c said.fac1bb2507e21870

Joo-ah stared at him e0226ddae0 silently.d735d52544a8f794

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He was 18a8bd0e4d wearing the 468905d510 familiar uniform 77ce1f66c0 of the a06c208e7c elite X 26c88763c0 Team. She immediately recognized him 12c438e754 from the banquet hall f52df5e306 incident when monsters had e169279dac attacked, and he had e87e7c14fd nearly killed Boram.9e81fcbe86f60019

Standing beside Hyuk-jae was a9c8cabe79 Choi Kyul, his teammate a1da395f6a from the elite X 0505b2b940 Team.e42c59a4ce5d7da2

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“Hmm? Your face 1c81ad5d86 looks familiar,” d4287a646e Hyuk-jae muttered, 4e0ecc3fdb leaning closer 61bb3adf5d to scrutinize 91bde22273 her.67a1db147934d591

Choi Kyul, crunching a9312520b0 his candy, asked, 033db3cdae “You know her?”0a5c1108b5ec4fe9

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“I think I’ve seen fe2a66021d her somewhere…” Hyuk-jae trailed 20fbc943fc off, frowning as he c5978798ac tried to recall.d460595746796c09

Joo-ah bit her lower 656a2b893c lip, silently praying for bea7a973c6 this encounter to end b93c2c6fe7 quickly.51da42eb460bd737

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Then Hyuk-jae’s 5f0941be81 eyes widened 19a33cdd80 as realization f009272cba struck.a7173bf430604624

“Ah, I 2a1b8be933 remember now. You’re the fd99a83d87 one who e299350c44 acted all 20e788d753 high and 6def2cb947 mighty at 4d1161ac5a the banquet 1c75c5ed06 hall, aren’t 851ad5af6a you?”b496c99cf22b1da4

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Choi Kyul tilted 61f9d28236 his head curiously. “Who is she?”ee53f092d164658f

“She’s in 4e1469323c Yoo Chan-hee’s 7b2cfa74a9 team,” Hyuk-jae 017a5c534c replied, straightening e1c4ff3e78 up with 7b9db3dd00 an amused 401fe5ae6f expression.3f52c0eb190a0f79

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Choi Kyul wrinkled his f3432a1ff4 nose in confusion. “Yoo Chan-hee? Yoo Tae-jun’s brother? Isn’t he part 1c0c30d326 of a higher-ranked d1c2e61383 group?”aadcfa313c235f95

His question was 2d1f8f5b4d clear—how could someone 6951a342c5 as low-ranked as 96f804b26d Joo-ah be in 0d33dd9b13 the same team bfeb70d163 as someone like 31490605db Yoo Chan-hee?9ae3cc56564a6767

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Hyuk-jae merely shrugged. “No idea.”69186904fe3b5934

“Anyway,” Hyuk-jae 40d1ebc643 said, turning 51ebf5b5e5 back to 5d0e4b9683 Joo-ah. “How are you 5cca24edde going to take acc625059e responsibility for this? Do you have any 348fff06df idea how valuable my 0c9c655352 body is? The government 1f73d96736 practically worships d1d0fd6587 me, afraid 372549c4bd I’ll get 63829e20ac even a 2ee18eec46 scratch. And you dared to 22f1fe0267 hurt me? You owe me big 86c907d4c9 time.”527043007fe9ae07

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He grinned mischievously, a9bb6dce08 clearly enjoying himself 73c27430d6 as Choi Kyul b455651e86 watched, intrigued by 65832f8a84 how she would 9e75769336 respond.34bb57c9d6da9e67

When Joo-ah d61e3db687 remained silent, d7fdcd671c Hyuk-jae grew 4a6822e449 impatient. He reached 51a188aa2c out, grabbing f89486d0ae her chin 3413d09fba and forcing ec5d0501d8 her to 33e995f224 meet his c92b9844b8 gaze.f1ee00473a85314e

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“What are you going 4d22243f30 to do about it, 4b1d26c0f9 huh?”ba2ea2adf4c641e8