Villain Chapter 10

Chapter 10.

Den continued talking without 6f8330ed85 caring about my dumbfounded 98df4063ad expression.f1830bfb3d0e97eb

“I’m fully 14f99a4273 supporting the 94db827741 government’s ‘Villain d0d1de562d Rehabilitation Project,’ 80c6dd603b by the 0435117027 way.”13a3ee2413c997b8

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At that 770b587e96 moment, the 35b88f724b congressman’s face cf5fdfe61a lit up. He turned fabf1d08d2 to me e7f1328fda with a f6579e7435 gleam in d5d7148814 his eyes, 650eeda0ca smiling broadly.3cef99fdc09dea57

“Chi-chi Clenner! Wait, you’re d10ae2df5b Chi-chi Clenner?”1e776383bf2c7181

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He shouted my name and slammed his hand on the table, as if he’d hit the jackpot in a casino.64f6263a5eb5184a

“That’s the company ba617b8098 uniform, isn’t it? You’ve already 582f763b32 rehabilitated Chi-Chi 5d1ed5be4a Clenner? Truly, Den Frow, e022d93006 you’re something else!”863f88d71af3a924

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I was seething.I’m not rehabilitated, 3d99540bf1 you idiot.I could shove f7af805ebb your head into 03e7ba5a10 that dish right 42b76cc6dd now if I cd09435a99 wanted to.8c19b5b1433f6ad2

I wanted to 8e67a08d30 immediately refute him, 31750939a3 but…53e3f781c4f9619e

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“Chichi. Don’t say a word, f7a4b1d679 or you’ll get a b9bcebf0fe penalty.”b0890550168b5895

The vicious 1334bd65be Den Frow 6096d2f9b3 whispered that 7777958bc3 into my 8436e96677 ear as 220ed5ead9 a threat.9ba7f11f0926fb19

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Penalty? What the hell?I haven’t been rehabilitated 498a062d32 one bit. Why is telling the 9a3471403b truth considered a bad aa52b68659 thing?00c69f38eecb46fc

I calmly 46ca27e556 asked him, 22d05c75a8 trying to ca9fdccad0 understand how 9871a37c37 he could e2e208af84 justify this 5684284f6f penalty.214d4bd919a8c9ec

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“You think you can 8b3ed21c08 just give me a 76c964604b penalty? I’m not accepting that 508af8c922 nonsense.”f3536c419af6d986

“What if you start 36b4d9d723 blabbing and it messes 7e3048015d up the meeting? If we fa60e14b54 ruin today’s 93d9759e8e meeting, that’s b79f2b7b81 a ten-point 3b1d4c47f8 penalty.”e40e6b4ae84a7474

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Den Frow, man. He’s more 2fa0ad3718 cut out 0035deed5d for being 19df496e08 a con b3f2172c2c artist than 2200d119ac a hero.a61911a64de9a065

With just a piece 3f1533f296 of paper, he’s rendered aa57866dfa people powerless.6fa4f33f57626f44

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I clenched 7c41e50f91 my fists, a67b815d81 barely holding 4b661dd361 back my 92b99d6ced trembling hands.ce2d9836a4815869

Calm down, fist. I know you 92ff22ec50 want to kiss 72f0d50f53 that handsome face ff80af300a of his, but 93820cb92c it’s not the 7f47ce4c09 time yet.a1f74324772db881

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I quieted e7534c1add my fiery 2ad5e5b2b1 heart, plotting 7c064d2b6e my revenge a6fc3ba370 on Den.8d9194ed11fa460f

It was 80a8857c8d the tragic af5c231f49 end of e882f86311 a righteous ecc0e1e442 villain who ce37bb9e56 only wanted 78d4a12e25 to reveal d2ed1d8b80 the truth. The walls of d08456925e reality were far d825bf744e too high for 63c9f8a68d me to lead 09d5880ed6 with justice.b87610b25d49cfe7

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Meanwhile, the de93778e57 congressman didn’t 5743576e4c pick up 91ab92b630 on the 03870df2b2 tense atmosphere 87360f7cb1 and kept 731e5619ee babbling happily.e730af9801b6b39f

“If you 943dbe2e5d support the 6941b18fff Villain Rehabilitation 6063bf4471 Project, we 0f93d78c28 will fully 4b2d67a7c3 welcome it. Of course, we’ll also c3acfa61e8 promote your compassionate and 2186e633b2 warm side for protecting 5e75b8dc12 even such villains.”df09bbb6f1ba7109

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The congressman wiped 0b5e8d2408 his mouth with 59233cd49d a tissue and 77c9e5426a called the waiter d35dd8371f over.4aebd7cb009b5d89

He tossed the 6fea2e888d bill with a 68375106ad card attached onto dcd617b223 the waiter’s chest 3a3d865cb7 and nodded with c7e92460e7 satisfaction.a44ffc02123e7107

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“I’ll send a journalist 915aaa10cc over in a few 0cb1ba6f87 days. If you show Chi-Chi 8f54b6690a Clenner’s rehabilitation and protection, 2244bbe34e the controversy will blow f5c3776a54 over quickly.”aacda3e19963e976

“We’re not at the 5255a13341 interview stage yet.”d5a2026e4200ca78

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Den glanced at 50e0d72ca7 me, who was 0f4a7a66ef glaring at him, 40328a3ff6 and then turned 0100b10db5 away.8d852d14222365a7

“We’ll try.”34451aebaa2ee52d

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What exactly dba694bc97 is this ab8eb0638f Villain Rehabilitation 6cb0166f7c Project that 58d346090d the government b9419582ba is going a055577b7f crazy over? What do 88461c3873 they want 819a5bedb0 from me?75767283c3e4c4de

Anyone connected to d33051e2f9 the government is 658448e2b9 always shady and 5e557473bd suspicious, so I 7a6cd6c655 shouldn’t trust them 32b96de5c5 easily.2aa1b9296c665b75

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Are they hyped 5b7bb431a9 about this villain 8b6145e48c rehabilitation because they ddeadab78b lack psychic manpower? Or is there something 29e2987756 more to it? I had a d8f020eee3 growing suspicion.c1af419b717056d8

Having achieved 792ec9896a their goal, 24245e3fc4 the two dbab57c533 of them 2139f52501 shook hands 876102bb12 and quickly fa6b500016 left the a3ff940175 table. The congressman fa25c4d615 left first, ec2ae2afb0 and we ebced6d384 followed shortly f0ff146894 after.19462dfae6166eab

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I stood outside by 885bb04847 the car, inhaling deeply.c25478cd9d9afde4

The sparkling city lights 0c17477964 and the cold night 588ba02f5c air.a5f618bb44cf8d69

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It was the 0de6a8e7f7 kind of scenery 99b38450cc I’d missed from de83498d17 prison, yet strangely, 50b8d4a403 I felt no 081aa89356 joy.d14acd130ca5bf7c

Even though 569a8f013b I breathed da65153170 in the 3b56d75dd1 outside air, 547aa6de4a I still 5b35e5f0a8 felt heavy 5de65b8239 and suffocated 8be974978f inside.ecfe9c96b3904ba8

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I probably hadn’t fully 0fdeac201d regained my freedom yet. Things kept happening that d9bd84b5b2 made me feel uneasy.0404e06d4c7769af

When I 46be281fb6 didn’t get 91e84c8360 into the b259456c8f car, Den f761dc09ad stuck his 4295d8980a head out 6e9ad22dd9 from the 070d7000ae driver’s seat.ef3395ba01663397

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“Aren’t you getting in?”8a5c0c640cbff4d8

I felt disgusted, like 96cd032866 I was being used.ff21a5d49ce2457d

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“What’s your game?”49574441f0255b1a

“What do you mean?”7478cf62b43e03c1

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“What are you trying d649bfb19e to get by making e63ad95629 me do an interview? Why is the congressman b8724272be acting like that?”ee2e7c2dbd5a91a3

I stared at d902a52eb6 him with narrowed 1ddb4e58e0 eyes, prepared to ffff225cd8 refuse to get d5c26730b4 in the car b4a469fc97 if he didn’t 1f8cb1015c explain himself properly.3713fbd68f8b7af2

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Den chuckled lightly, 77700836e6 as if he d8a557fe35 found me amusing.6f0e628aeab1978d

“Just get in 9828485e81 the car.”02f9ade98b74b6f2

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“No. You’re just going to 3d52d45590 threaten me with a 4485b1c009 penalty if I get b86bc047ab in, right? You sneaky bastard.”0f6f756c4d04f801

But since we 3c092c01a2 were in a 2f01ce1f6f public place, he 2209b9aa0e couldn’t do anything 042fb237ae too reckless.d5d9086f65e8c701

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If he 1153f4be53 tried to 9173d3c366 drag me 02e4cebbb1 in, I’d 2c86c7f46d scream. I’d shout that this dc0c4ebfd2 wicked hero was kidnapping 92f79282d3 an innocent person.d67fe2f4bfdc625b

“Get in, and 767ec735d7 I’ll tell you.”972840a20d931a83

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“How can 9b7dcbc50f I trust 10c117a736 you?”30756d4e0b3d707c

“If you don’t trust 6a3a5db9dc me, what will you aaa23c2b10 do? You just 4a0c92e569 have to 9195554a67 listen to d3a0d4f6ee me…”501d7c43b5e2a830

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Den started to 32d69a569f say something but 5740b5ce2f stopped, and his 71d3c47f19 lips moved as 412e986c7c if he was 94a1c9f43a about to say 89d16e9461 more.612505dc86addb26

“Just get 76a76cdcaf in already.”8555c11d06096f08

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With that, he bb1d5b2780 irritably rolled up 4cdc279ca4 the window.dd7ed9e6153a53dd

I resisted 6e7d37d50b for another 1651e6cb60 five minutes, c179f3d0fb but eventually, 23f5648831 I gave 467787fed3 in and a9dc15a9e8 got into 85fc65e903 the car. There was bfb7c27a55 no point 587ca1db8c in holding 742780b8b5 out; he 89ec6cbb1d wouldn’t let f6f284623a me win fb768b1a25 this.faeea399df94595d

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The moment the passenger 68a9482a31 door shut, Den started 340acdf966 the car.0ca99de6d41ad16f

Inside, only the sound 8d12d30af9 of the engine filled c9d7bf2d10 the space. A heavy silence settled b0cd8efb79 in.9567750721e25919

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As we silently left 31703cc40f the busy streets, Den 08a76f0275 suddenly reached out his 4324c2551d hand.68b3bcc86aea6a59

“Give me your hand.”261875144a1958a4

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“Why?”f9e8e25d5d5b5acd

“I need to turn 047fe04dd4 off your watch.”67748e962fd276e7

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He always ec7acae037 insisted I 6c6e3bccc9 wear it febfc2822e when we f6be588992 went outside. I was 2043049efa puzzled but b7f50e9965 extended my ecd60533b3 hand.4a73c9d8bb0a94cc

Den unlocked ad23f5ebbe the watch, 7e5fc06417 removed the 8b7d8590d7 battery, and 57274aa220 then pulled d5948d5646 over to 3faabaaada the side bc130a1c29 of the ce0a5eef3e road, shutting 7604b7469b off the 23f077be20 car’s engine. The interior lights 2d19bfc558 also went off, 877e104158 making it so 426e361575 dark that I 99d2f8dac4 could barely see faa74fa6bc his face. Only the faint 74c15fa452 glow of the bbf7c61551 streetlights illuminated the 080a0d21f4 surroundings.5ed7d566f8e5933e

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“Why are you suddenly 6fdec473ee getting all serious?”8c0b9495d23bcb7a

It felt like dd177d8ad3 the kind of 7c17797b3f atmosphere that would e1bda924f0 precede a kiss. I raised my 4c4c5daa0f chin and kept ecfefcd3ca a close eye ce91f019f3 on him.1e559ce58a687608

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“The conversation might afc608ca65 get recorded, and 7315625b01 that wouldn’t be 51786cb2d4 a good thing.”ade2b3dbb1452d2b

“Recorded?”0a92504078c071f3

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“Yeah. Recorded.”30bb6660fed5db25

Den took off dd72edea78 his tight jacket 86594d33d7 and stretched his 0a45babc82 neck as if b48cca9514 tired.a8a9f4a5f506007f

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“Who’s recording us?”8aff8672d6364f3b

“Well.”659b6ad5fdfda1f4

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“A stalker?”53038a69dcf371de

I couldn’t help 6f474cc30e but find it 803b2c9c9f amusing that someone b7b9dae22c might be stalking 62cc8e84df Den Frow, a 3fb3976738 man who had 8b55e41057 stalker-like tendencies.A stalker’s stalker. It’s like some kind of cat-and-mouse game.0b7de815bbd4464c

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“Something like that.”f442242bf514388f

“Really? Congrats, I can finally bda8f2cdd4 understand how you feel. How does it feel 16f2aefc0d now, huh?”10de76c965957914

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Den shot me a bf07df7d76 look, narrowing his eyes, ee69adf601 but then shook his c9deee6c8a head as if it a60309ce5d wasn’t worth his time.7f08b674a1f667a5

“The company is keeping 5ce3fefbc1 an eye on me. In a fa0d38f58d bad way.”af567d447f93811b

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“Why? Aren’t you doing 09591ed981 really well these 7d38308fe7 days?”aaa0a75a94e84bbb

“The Villain Rehabilitation 8c9867d70e Project.”cc3f2673479f3cde

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Here we go 177e55248c again with this 01b8d4a53e rehabilitation nonsense.At this point, 1cb0cf8721 I was getting de96f5116f scared. Maybe I 9f04522a28 should just 31f86a5652 go along 997a1db922 with it, f350822a9b so they’d a8843ff028 stop harping 4cec99af5b on about 95f345e251 it?4b4571d8dd217f92

“The government and some 3efa8ceed4 big corporations are trying 52bdbb9c9d to keep an eye ec0a446f34 on the Heroes Company. They’re monopolizing several industries. Since they can’t ae5f2c9a42 control the company’s fc8ed2429b expansion through media 829f1f4c80 manipulation or regulations, 7dacbe6cce the new alternative c74863f225 is this rehabilitation 6cc57fad18 project.”94fc7628a9db1173

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“So, they 73021d075d want to a8334395fa use villains 228e2d620b to keep 2bac6b5115 the Heroes ed0c071a2f Company in 14ccbf1c15 check?”691cb4c325461e9d

Den seemed 0ce970f00e impressed by 1fc280d51a my understanding. It was d48eabe42e clear he c5206b0a3f had low 3a6d7b6e21 expectations of ab5f5b30eb my intelligence.4125492f62831e53

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The government was using a64821f16a the Villain Rehabilitation Project c7e4101803 as an excuse to 276c0ec3a9 recruit villains willing to d1ca05dcb9 cooperate with them. But I knew 9d645d4c99 it wasn’t as b6ba7d626a simple as that. These were all sly, 25149c6062 crazy people, after all.cad96f41b5e33d48

Do they seriously 70bcc80f9f think there are 57144e7e9a any sane villains 8226860b78 left after all ab29163a1b these years in 63d952aa31 prison? If they let villains 63183317c0 out to serve their 6c00a86323 interests, terror attacks would 5046945ff6 increase, and innocent civilians 4c3fd42a9a would die.e1c568fd62b0e60a

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The politicians, 8b36ca569d when you 613a2b99ce think about 29187a8f60 it, were 7e66a25d7d probably even 378e9ea545 more selfish efdd82a5dd and malicious 51586ed79f than the de9aea04c7 villains themselves.7ed88df0cb0674b7

“This is ridiculous. Do they think villains d71bd8c613 will just go along f6fcfb42ce with whatever they want?”315849a44861f894

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I snorted and e606acc796 raised my head 97a40fa023 defiantly.f605d95f866258ab

“So, which side are fcf6b4264d you on? The government or the 4ecf109366 Heroes Company? You want me to d84d433568 cooperate with you, don’t 7847f83dad you?”9cb1824476ddec37

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I was trying d9fd5e7d65 to figure out c4a9f3e3a2 how to handle 196244f78d this. Maybe if I 05ac017bcd just did the 0d946d7458 interview, I could a8eae81cb7 quit the terrible eecf5222bf job as his a96fa9568e assistant. I was working out cf7e9103d5 the plan in my c4ad402b05 head.c5ddac3baec4969e

Den tilted his head, e643c183c8 as if wondering what 0ead260762 nonsense I was talking.13fcc5ba75153156

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“You think I bfab67c360 want you to 84eaeb5b66 cooperate with me? I don’t expect 5830a477e7 that at all. I don’t need it.”394da5fba86eaa9f

“…So what do you f3fbdeeda3 want from me?”8fdc817ecc4801c9

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“Do you 3e1bc5cb76 think you 83ef36c14c can do 6f1c17fc5b anything?”c326f9d3a29dc673

“Then why are e161f62d37 you telling me 09e2e31daa all this? Setting up a65158a4c8 the whole 5c38133cec atmosphere like 006d9dccbf this?”94c9cb43fdc83c9f

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It didn’t make sense. Wasn’t there some 8dba5b5793 kind of power 0316ba76ad struggle between the 344d824cc9 government and the 69c9869f72 company?75624baf6bfd294c

Den Frow was caught 8ef417b426 up in this massive 068795cdb5 wave, and didn’t he 625c73c7e1 expect me to play 57e3ee2ecd a big part in 75b49b8634 it?2e9c06f877ecda09

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Den casually shrugged.b7f27d3229ee7da5

“If you 58f6386c2c keep asking, c9faab28a0 it’ll get 7c5ce83c6e annoying. You’re the type 82cee2e6f6 to keep digging 31f5ce29fb once you get 7f9825dbdd fixated on something.”23c2b4db4054b30e

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“…So does that 5e49be4c78 mean you don’t 1d189bba36 care if I a386dd1e31 screw up the 7be9a445f9 interview? That I’ll c1221a8ef3 cause a 9f71f16116 scene and ad54534c7e say I’m 28a7b6b4cd going to cd3262f3a7 blow up 1d76fb11c8 the city?”19eddd4d123d5f1e

I was mentally exhausted 593bb2f233 from trying to negotiate 275aafc1ba with him.8d634ae530fb6fe0

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If he kept acting 409e0a8443 like it didn’t matter, a17de5c3c1 I’d just be dragged 6f425d4727 along and stuck in de6e78f0f0 this mess.effeb430a785185c

Den ignored 7531c7b685 my threat 3c9a01d564 and grabbed 3e377cc521 the steering 01c17c842f wheel again, 8619a8989a as though e160afc903 he knew dcc1995465 exactly what 1f21568f89 I was 13f4a9e459 thinking. He was relaxed, confident.2cad24f02f79ba53

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“Do whatever 4e51dfa270 you want. Mess up the 57cf48a91f interview if you bb4f99bd38 like. But if you cause 6e3bf10790 too much of a aebea062b3 scene, I’ll give you c67280580a a penalty.”4305844e0ad5b1fb

Another penalty! It was getting 467021d944 old.4bfd2cbe11e07a79

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Threatening me with penalties f020580bda during serious negotiations was a184ce80a7 childish. But for some 189ce47927 reason, I found b25096db82 myself momentarily speechless.7fc9f92744be884e

When you 2c5129205f think about 3cc3cdb33c it, a 5719ac6025 penalty isn’t 022e298c57 that big bbc9f766f8 of a f7418aa275 deal. It’s not like 51a4fb87bd they’re threatening my a80a055cc3 life. Even if 3ac251ae95 I racked ef942a2760 up a 5f76aaac8c few penalties, 5254c837a8 it wouldn’t 4a86f3adc7 cause any 53a4b5ccce serious problems, cd94701d71 right?5db578f9bfddb6ba

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Yet, I couldn’t dab184d386 shake the strange a6b6b98850 feeling that I e28dfb9cfe was somehow bound 1c2218fd68 to follow these baeb6c3f99 bizarre rules.a1f5a052e602b599

Was this the power 2c38879b0a of a contract?442347b95677bdb2

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For the first 065a33a3c6 time in my 7c3c6565f1 life, I felt 58dfdb5464 completely enslaved to 3691e4f9f7 a contract I f6bc4d7b1b had signed myself.7e2e015447c3c05f

I gritted 7d5be828b6 my teeth 7badbe712e and clenched 980faf890d my fists.38aa82b95e766296

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“I don’t know 62df31a867 what your plan 2e31a8b083 is, but you 6f16f8c3eb should drop the 409d8d882e arrogance of thinking dd4859cb3c everything will go 13aa5243af your way. I won’t just follow 8b46c10e92 along without question.”95e5b305262ac806

If I 8536e00e69 saw him 3516cb544d trying to 3de1b22fb6 use me 9bdf87e4e8 for his 463a100d2f gain, I’d 748e71db59 wreck everything.f3ae5b5e2aaf6684

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Seeing the 64cf2be35d gleam in 4db4ec78b2 Den’s eyes, a031b07685 his smile 931cc56af6 widening like d3f898bf54 a crescent c5416c4444 moon, I cd3065e4c6 realized he 92f94f914d wasn’t mocking db0cadc2c3 me. He genuinely seemed e47d0c6571 to be enjoying abd529d011 this.930b4a59e5634e5b

“I’ll look forward to it.”a2d765d619737884

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