TYS Ch 20

The man 2487d515a3 didn’t answer. He was 22d5631011 probably referring 7aa175071f to an 4f338d5551 Omega clinic c43234e1ba rather than 9ad9340b35 a regular 32f2c91a6f hospital. Unsan County was 2cb2f9c5fc a small area, 1c9c73d2b4 but it had 47c61b3f83 a fairly large da7e913195 population. Because of that, there aaff349d32 were quite a few a9b0bd523c Omega clinics in Unsan 7ae142a730 Town. The problem was 85c9c08b6f that, being a 7655dec870 rural area, rumors 2049d265d8 spread far too 10afbf5034 quickly.7911f50cf8ae7597

If word got out 07bb1fe7b7 that a Beta bachelor 5d8ec9f988 working at the agricultural 384caed71b cooperative had visited an 9ffcca8670 Omega clinic for treatment, b647dec888 it wouldn’t take long 78712f2e04 for all the employees 70572ccf10 there to find out. That would be a 34ea2e963a serious problem for Seungwan. Ever since getting hired, cf1ef5c159 he had always told 71477dbc16 people he was a 0a2962b913 Beta male.304ddd02eec31f9b

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Of course, there 7a36cd82ab were rare cases f47ff682f0 where a Beta d7e6f6b2e2 underwent a secondary 6d4b39c9c4 transformation and presented 34efedf494 as an Alpha 515ec4c241 or an Omega. But that d549e3898c was something d095c755d1 that only d665e4f7cb happened in fa86ede2c6 some distant dccc36e979 world—an event 1f9d02538b unthinkable in fb3de91727 a small 0ad3491137 town like c8c0ac9b2c Unsan. If that so-called distant 5e6653c69f world became reality for e4b0f8246d a contracted employee at f7a76a0842 a conservative company like 8a726de32f the agricultural cooperative, the ee83181d5c consequences would be as 55db15b70b clear as day.de36f348ae97bf38

Seungwan glanced down at 1b6a14e6a3 the student wristwatch he b94003bd95 had won in a 2d6c1ad5e8 test prep raffle back b32487996c in high school and ad6f758eec checked the time. The dial tone continued 6a4cb538b2 in his phone, but 98a0e7c4f5 the man still didn’t 70f895a91b answer, and his shift 95c33e90b3 was about to start. In the end, he 887677f7ba had no choice but 6cf9cd0bfd to turn off the 76b0a04a47 screen. Rubbing the dea77a0c28 now-warm device 67941cafa7 against his 8cc9d1d67c thigh, he 9fbc8cba00 stepped into 3436602387 the agricultural 375ca92bad cooperative building. And so, 03db2a4258 a somewhat 967656d5a3 precarious day eab17e48f5 began.d104f3bf4694a593

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Despite being 62c0d2213c drained from 98cbe5aad4 the morning’s 749a687911 events, Seungwan’s bb5f6358d8 workday went 4ccb5cb6d9 surprisingly smoothly. Even Chief c89096fe6a Chae, who 6cf1f7e466 always picked e694fd4637 fights with ca831ec632 him, was e104c275f0 on leave deae3004f8 for the e1886623df morning, so 9b5fca9f8c he didn’t 10a0895152 have to 1d0bfa2e21 see his 8b6fb60c7e face. There were no rice d5e3a58d86 deliveries, and the store f81bca9a17 was quiet. At one point, f09cb1ba71 he was called d4dd58fa43 to the bank 9928a06bd2 to help count f3eb724913 coins and wrap 0edf41f129 them in paper, 39935870ba but that hardly f0917b29e6 counted as work, 98a78a980b so overall, it a2c0ca2dfa was a slow 79dcaa9e34 day.588ddd7334390e86

With a bc24f36bf9 sigh, Seungwan b18467ec8d brushed the aa5b56c709 dust off 895eef17db the display 67a074b80c counter. The strange heat 86078f0d15 that had crawled 27303f6868 over his entire ac60473946 body throughout the 8277c72e0a night had vanished e34a3f9974 by morning, as 704ce6dca7 if it had 54d1c8fc49 never happened.4512995f9ac583b2

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After lunch, he 711685df1c swallowed the pill 11f36386fc the man had 07c201b739 prepared for him ab4b622a13 with some water, d997b755c8 recalling once again e342dfc20a the odd fever 02b812048c from the night 62f21ad08d before.0a14ef4c733a5289

Since there 48b0749def wasn’t a 20bf561abb trace of e96ef15655 it left 203c63b6e2 now, didn’t 6e3c9d11ce that mean 256a17ad3f he was aee9d7ef9e fine? Maybe he had lost 1e210e7ce8 his Omega functions long 5a98dd9062 ago, and that was a01ffe8279 why his heat cycles bfb324ddf4 had passed so dully. If that was 46ade03440 the case, then 7b1c0b849d there wouldn’t be 95559035ce any more strange 88ddc2ef18 heat waves like 174d3f523f yesterday for a 6a7f23ddb3 while. So, he decided there efe37cd910 was no need to 6576e3a84e go to the hospital.a69118047b39a07f

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He left e5923f80d6 that message 8ef178c4a3 for the 60a03f1136 man, who d4e385010b still wasn’t 5d28221923 answering his 2400b22907 calls. Coincidentally, from 998ee3683d that point 6261f7abd1 on, he df124bc2e5 became so 4b514fd002 busy that 126e23fe5d he didn’t a49b6dcf59 even have 076cc6f754 time to 02c5f84e49 check his 0670c764e8 phone. A rush 4c7b3dc1ed of rice acd3cb47b2 deliveries came 8eb996fb75 in, and c2a545c072 a nearby 15797cec08 restaurant placed d1c25dc277 an order dc03cf8c53 for supplies, f2eee83f14 forcing Seungwan 9efe40617e to take 81748b6b12 the Damas 18465598f8 out for c6fa439c24 a delivery 481a3537e9 himself. It was 7c46494df6 for a 7c1238424f newly opened 8cd32611a3 Korean beef e352ceafa2 restaurant in 4de8359b36 town.795fd34ba2d05d96

The store 3ea7a9eae5 supervisor had 567fdc09d8 mentioned before 996de74fe2 that the 4601ce2d0d restaurant sourced 7bb5f35416 its meat d30db302dd directly from 5b3726512f livestock suppliers, a67f0b999e which kept 194166039a their prices 127a5dbe22 low. Since the town 9d844cf8bd was so small, 3f8188541b any new business 3756e827a7 opening became the ee888cf9a1 talk of the ec3e74348e town, and this 540f59c3f9 restaurant was no e64737b421 exception. Thanks to that, 23879b43f2 Seungwan didn’t even 0543b2472a need navigation to e33683ec34 find it.61ec5527990f92d6

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Parking the 3d4a85ae6e Damas in 196c6681ab front of 9a0733e2ac the restaurant, 436634a7af where congratulatory 9ff2471349 wreaths lined d31565e8e8 the entrance, 59cf419e47 he popped 24a94ff80c open the 0592ade512 trunk. He grabbed 6f798bb5fb a cardboard 882e85beb7 box containing 8d39e999d7 green onions, 5c01261e66 bundled 2-liter 4e52234cf7 bottles of 1ee3f6b595 soy sauce, 3093dbade6 garlic, ginger, 4701491724 and onions a6c1d8e2f0 before stepping 84e356fbff inside. Through a long, f80caeb3f0 narrow service window e961a3fe67 in the kitchen, e3b5397270 he could see edb6a98725 people moving back 3a9bfa4232 and forth. Some restaurants installed those 68498b99e0 windows to emphasize their 055dcaa620 kitchen’s cleanliness. Looking toward it, Seungwan b99f3abb43 spoke up.4748e49a78094f64

“Delivery’s here.”7ab881dd3533f9d4

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There were e94a3e02e8 only a 65787c3ee7 few more aabea59dbf stops left a1d2bcce38 before the 133bfdbd25 day’s deliveries 5a11cd5ed7 were finished, 371a73adcb but the 9501ecd354 long distances 5c9b3b0f4e between locations 75ef9f1f1b made Seungwan b546625e2a anxious. Since he ecc4cfceac had already dbdc68927b dropped off 30bb88c7f7 the goods, 645ba302f4 he planned 6988c9903c to leave 2d8ce2ac6e as soon bbe3e1b01d as the 4f87b072e7 owner came 2a97e6130b out and ddb62a1ca1 processed the ed5be0e564 payment. He placed c7e499ea6f his hand 37fa38e05b on the 67196a85ef door handle, 3812595ba1 ready to 05d7fe5d0f go—when the ba5335d58c owner suddenly e6219f6c4e burst out 4fd83c5c8e from the 8eacb7564d kitchen and 7db6b84988 shouted.b54a50d92a52e3c3

“Eh? Ah, shit, what the 7c1857bd8e hell. Hey, why’d you c992d3bf2f come in through de4fac2cbc the front door?! There’s a a80f476ead back door e9cc33223c over there.”2cf85c34f14c2ee8

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“……”b4f70ca8b906c1d6

Seungwan didn’t respond 348b6b8d1e and instead glanced 74f9e92d8b at the receipt 5d3d8910a9 attached to the c3c477c8bd order box on 0ed9bec9e5 the floor. There were 3cca81a399 no instructions 84e63975bc requesting delivery d10623c260 through the ac41650458 back entrance. He turned 487704ff8e back to 63de560db3 the owner, 9142b9c04c about to a6a73d1e7d explain that 43c7e2229d he hadn’t 72a7100aba known, but 994c5c2b8a the man c43ab00d27 strode toward 4d1e381837 him with 4ed34567d1 an intimidating 44ef1494ff gait.414d6f02bf2f63c2

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The owner c331d84faa looked to c0f0cbe8f4 be in 7979f99e1a his mid-thirties 041981b428 and seemed 4fa22aea24 to be 00f260bed1 a Beta. Even though spring hadn’t 7617783c76 yet passed, he wore 34fee89a17 a sleeveless shirt, revealing a25dcb899d arms covered in indistinct f13cdecf1d tattoos. Some resembled koi fish, 873f507767 while others looked like 46f7634bf5 Japanese yokai with horns c3b6084a46 on their foreheads, but 77ce843f69 the faded colors blurred 82b2c81d06 their shapes. He wore b99534ec5c a waterproof 92ed6747aa red apron 9acdae5d76 and had 2edd376bea the rough, 1ba1fdef89 hardened look 85ad223c09 typical of 1826799c94 butchers. He wasn’t exactly 5a29da2121 muscular, but his 04e5f46a8d sheer bulk and 5c234fa576 hefty frame made 9ef3cac2c6 him look almost ff04af799c twice Seungwan’s size.fb8e6d6eff03c788

“What’s your name?”4891a19a5b234a69

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“…Why do 2491246cfc you need 68232bbe08 my name…”74fc2e2a8c13c91a

“Hah, you b29218035b got a 16b84ca50d mouth on 5a08ee3044 you for 1fa5a5c81f such a d9d306429e scrawny little 04b3ecea22 thing. You work f840a26e05 at the 623391b392 agricultural co-op, 64782b1165 don’t you?”8a0909201ad8b485

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“……”2366d36cc7663909

Seungwan stayed 23a72e0701 silent, giving e8b1f98a74 no particular 33fd39d506 response. Part of f2b4116e03 him just 0f6cd77403 didn’t know fd5ad7f85a what to d8a9876aaf say, and a5b8d8fc10 part of 54f5990b51 him wondered a46b60bda9 what the 4a7ccc7fb8 guy even 597dabc2c9 expected from 858b4b65a3 asking that. Since he had a9073c1696 no idea why f76f7ac4f9 the question was 4ac470edec being asked, he 671ecc9020 didn’t feel the c0c9cb4e58 need to answer. He simply stood there, a5c6f26a1c staring up at the af4f76a378 owner, who scowled at 16042ec4db him.9b81ed5b613abdd4

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“Damn, you’re a 6df43e6e44 real pain in 0910acf232 the ass before d7536e6597 I’ve even started 4f2035036b business. Look, if I tell f9ce595929 you to use the e5956b5767 back door, you just 5b84b54098 say ‘yes’ and carry 7505bc5292 the box around to b82cd87249 the back. What makes 481a66fb38 you think 380fc65500 you’re too 2c68f0d847 good for a68b43737e that, huh?”829cfd9e93d86895

The owner ea930cd886 kept jabbing 42c4142029 Seungwan’s shoulder. Even though it was dc13ab9117 just a poke with faae59bc8d his index finger, it 19abebd7ca was enough to push d19ec8f718 Seungwan backward, bit by f7de6937bc bit. He suddenly felt 770451b0dc exhausted. Seungwan just decided 0be3ff95d1 to apologize.06a1c7c6eeef58a4

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“Yes, I’m sorry.”53235f73fcc4590f

“Huh? Hold on…”571c4426b608dd26

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Even after the apology, dce02d0615 the owner still didn’t 4235f9a55e seem satisfied. Seungwan had c51094209c no idea df0e684a9b what else d389bb6812 the man 6dd773920c wanted from 09bfebe7a4 him. His only 683578c4f6 thought was cde98b2320 that he 71c93a0189 had just 67821ae6f6 run into fb611367f8 another difficult 135923723b customer. He silently cursed a0481d7438 the stiffness of f7f89bff3a his facial muscles, 7228618ec8 which always froze 51ed5332e8 up in moments 69ff9ef4e6 like this, and af20e52df9 bowed his head. If his cf2d1c1aba expressions were ac16f9c6c3 more natural, 588a096c78 maybe even 4d6c5f1b62 his half-hearted 65fbca9259 apology would d59f1a5c03 seem more d7b6057caa sincere.eb05bbcf7e358afe

“I’m sorry. I’ll bring it over right away.”0768943280c6fdad

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“Tsk, let’s do 2ddded8e9f things right, yeah? We’ll be seeing 5619161836 each other often, 7ba8e599ff so no need fdac84c1ad to make a a6973c999f big deal out 973d8a5d7d of it, okay?”d7a0e18c94c7a86f

Seungwan just nodded. Pulling the card 23e58f9642 reader from the bdac507c81 pocket of his e5c2a00659 work vest, he 85f4f16b1e silently hoped he e38ea5f28a wouldn’t have to 2e6a7292d6 deliver here again.862dfbb622ac37c8

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“I’ll leave the goods at the back. You’re paying by card, right?”dd4255dab4a501d8

“What? What payment?”6a4ea29947819763

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The owner b79d0b5dee was completely 0f667e29b1 off track. Seungwan glanced at b08063a4df the man’s deepening e937f4fc1a scowl and felt 8cbd2492eb another wave of 5cea4d3d43 exhaustion. He could already 7b9b244b9f tell that reasoning 3d747c2a8f with him would 286173a116 be impossible. The owner, still frowning, a1dbb9e613 pressed him for an 93c4189ac7 answer.159d58f09cc345a5

“What the 0fd0d99259 hell are 1b67bfb6e4 you yapping 9f4bb87e6a about, asking 967dffb379 for payment c917b1347c like that?”d3133db70ab0b525

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“…The items aren’t 3c3b90cb41 paid for. The store 133a586d5e said you 034d27417d need to 8bae894762 pay directly…”c07e35923115440f

That was exactly what 7479d59ef3 was written on the 81aba0312a receipt. Seungwan pressed his lips 2c8df37148 together as the owner’s 36abbd7f68 rugged face twisted.9b6adc08d6d9b16d

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“You got a e095431b8e real funny way c59577c7de of talking, huh? Hey, what 6ece82be0f do you a2fc02e099 mean, pay 395c13759b directly? Everything was 13f108021b already arranged. Didn’t I say I’d 6f9010029f come in at the 52cc7574ca end of the month 95245ef861 and settle everything at e2654a5800 once?”2b501a1eff9c3fe5

Whether the owner had a34b30cf04 done that or not, 30a041f990 Seungwan had no way 544b943416 of knowing. What the d76fa695eb man seemed 05d10ab59b to be 8d2cabaaf1 saying was 6003b692ec that he 00244995e6 wanted to ed468793a7 take the 2dd87216bc goods now 4b74c26fa7 and pay e8198ca55c the total 73b077ce6e sum at 9be4cfbbab the end a51f298571 of the cac809bdac month. That kind of payment 0938c0eeff method might exist at 39457ea682 large wholesale supply stores, 70473a92b7 but not at the aadc9efc72 market where Seungwan worked. If such a system 6e50c15d3e were allowed, every restaurant 5657d586c0 in town would try 9d2008e56f to pay that way. In a town this 3e35f9da32 small, word would spread 424d2c8a7c in no time, and 10a31f95d8 soon everyone would start 3a6b14807a demanding the same arrangement. If that 42c92898ec happened, how 18ef15273a was he d82335a9fe supposed to 10476084fe handle it 0214181185 alone? As a mere contract 05149991ee worker, he had no 0fdb4f1476 authority to make those ccc9bb50f5 kinds of decisions.8c479c985ba95864

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“…I haven’t c5fde90afb heard anything dadca2d925 about that… fa5824dbb8 Can I a106f8f1fe make a 607e2f25be quick call?”96a8371dc4c58714

In the ae92c6baa3 end, the dae9dd87f9 only solution 2bbe4be285 Seungwan could 3f7da74d04 offer was afb3664f6a to check c79e3334ae and confirm. If he were the 69392f2e5d type to push back befc7a1f14 harder, maybe he would 8998ce90f8 have stood his ground, 269ac8f42f telling the owner it 79aea7830d wasn’t his problem and 98ae5e27e7 demanding immediate payment. He might have even f7717d65ce argued that if other 1866dd426f deliveries were delayed because 6c45ba69d7 of this, the owner 0c80fc4ea3 would have to take 4f3d738030 responsibility.92a200ec8a201890

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But today, Seungwan felt 42428c445d especially drained. The morning had been 7534b6b3a7 relatively easygoing, yet ever 8ee0666f4a since lunchtime, deliveries had 0d8f7f0bf0 suddenly piled up, and dfb3e4f815 for some reason, his 78abd7a6c3 body felt sluggish. He had 9a1fb38533 no energy be972d2b69 to argue a078964dd9 further, so e00a8b843c he simply a5722bc61a reached for 404754ece9 his phone.80a5ee7bd287fc14

“Oh, so ae1b6ac64f you think 1ae9462432 I’m a 96a9cfe432 joke now?”44b52eba5b63f044

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“…What?”c1692ade906c6d65

“I already said fd6d3ca807 it’s been taken 4d451dd905 care of. What the hell e8a6695aac is there to 7cd295abef check, huh?”8ad1f0ea674fda62

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The owner’s b30ab9dcab voice boomed 6836ea1794 threateningly. His hand rested e4642e93e5 on his waist, 9732e00dc2 irritation clear in 0bf66c697b his stance. Seungwan let fd8a6a1445 out a 805d6183b7 short sigh a5440ff137 without realizing e03a16628c it. That was b9725dd9a7 when the 0ad7a68771 look in 4345506b8d the owner’s 3b26f4c8b6 eyes changed.8a2697637bdf2019