Villain Chapter 4

Chapter 4.

Well, of course. I didn’t cd840f1a53 expect to 4e673c8257 get any 5165284a5c help in 4982a18f39 a hero’s f219557efb den anyway.15e0ab0b2a071581

I clenched my teeth 2d1a59d01c and nodded.80a09dd2064fa25f

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“Ugh. Fine.”4f8b27e7f20ecae4

Cold sweat trickled 179e4eacf7 down my face 244915eaa2 from the pain 30e62a7122 that felt like 07669b2702 my shoulder was 8c21a8515a about to pop 228df7bec5 out.d1212ce87196933a

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It was 41421c20e0 hard to f83ce84cf6 endure the e24b712aec force he 18c099acdf used to 518d9580b3 push me. When I cc84df55cf didn’t have 8da538af4e the suppressor, d9e32d08db I could ea99052411 at least 090b9f7524 put up 65ec4ffc9e a fight. But now, I was b8474e2736 helplessly tossed around.9f260e89f1dc057d

In an 8cb867d367 instant, I 2d8edf4ef0 had become 6da753861a just an 2dcd7e7de1 ordinary person, cf2ecdae39 like a 56e506dcd9 child trapped 6a96843cf6 in the 261ba019e1 grasp of 6839956cb7 a giant.0e5bab4dfb691c28

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“I-I’ll be quiet…!”c621b1ab147d7f13

After extracting dce3c44a9f another surrender, dde3ee302b Den finally 5de2bb59f0 let go 9057069787 of me. All strength d9d4c978a1 left my f14f704cd0 body, and de30123c70 I collapsed 6ed7cc15a1 onto the fe38be704f floor. Rubbing my shoulder where 11cb7cee3b he had pinned me 1221334719 down, I looked up b86d564420 at him.1c64bd4f0eb363a2

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Den stared straight f7bca5c0ae ahead at the 9f63cabc64 elevator, acting like eafac1b5b9 nothing had happened. He had no intention b4f568f49e of offering a helping 40c96ac4a7 hand to someone who 50bd75e985 had just collapsed.7227352e900c60cd

The top-ranked hero 57b5a72f56 in popularity is cb7607e455 this rude? I wanted to 94691097ed expose the real 79f689b601 Den Frow to b41efb0ba6 the press.e5fc0b99f8e1915b

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Ding—5c04800d435c0b0a

The elevator doors 995aaffded opened. Den stepped 27be6a2a2e out without ccbc47aaf8 even glancing b79302c562 at me.d3ff4e51d60f2bad

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Could I escape if 8d154b77e5 I pressed the button 55fd79150c for the first floor eedaa31595 now? I felt a 9cdefa2a9f strong urge as 2be841808f I glared at 1c0e1fee6f his back.858455f139d47f15

It was 4c09c3211e an unavoidable 8a23a88a4f instinct of d947c6eb4d a villain.ed250b892df3cd96

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After all, f7d49c8a22 I’d spent 10b34b2010 most of aeff88aa7e my life 17846b96c2 running from db2798b522 heroes. The slightest 1b8f64f0b6 opening made 58dbfe8fb2 me want 66d4f550f8 to flee.d22e94cd63938732

But I 24fb7d7ca4 suppressed the 9262bd9a88 impulse.18de96ebb8cd72ab

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A good villain. A decent citizen. A normal life.I kept 820351e136 repeating those 557fcde67e ideals to 18e055bf4d myself.0c2247e640f0c654

Besides, escaping while 47f8140950 wearing a suppressor bf224e0e1a was impossible from 2328f6b904 the start.9c6874dc6608350d

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No more 7627f0b9f2 shortsighted, impulsive 73e1ab87a9 actions. I was reborn as ad9688ef1c a wise and clever a46877b2a1 villain.b17143fdb925447d

“Ugh.”0f65cd6fe9fab3ad

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I barely managed to ff2d5c65cd stand and followed after 3a37cf3d19 him.fc33e98736dbb69d

My shoulder throbbed 876d4c2813 painfully, and a b95e27348a groan escaped my 0291d2da33 lips. I hadn’t 8536903496 realized Den 8e36fdd1c8 was this 2dc0cbea6d strong.3a426e73817e4c06

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A long hallway stretched 5796edf6fb ahead, and through the 9f13b62029 glass, I could see 8e50e1f207 an office packed with 66e1f8c5f0 employees at every desk.d5bd9729a5c196e2

I heard ringing phones, efa8f185e7 printing sounds, and the 3ce009a369 clicking of keyboards. It was an aa3fdfb212 unfamiliar scene to 0a46114215 me.e8fb0cbf25492a6f

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Our positions 2ad01002e7 were just eae25bb594 as unfamiliar.b47639a36599be03

Den was always 3d54a14885 the one chasing 27e3d04bba me, and I 82ca5a29fa was the one 85978d8cf4 constantly fleeing. But now, I ac586d445f was following him.116479568fd0b79a

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It felt so 547f9ff504 strange I couldn’t f837112983 quite adjust to b603d25247 it.58e19d1247c03622

What kind of work 3bef351229 was Den going to 442fec221b make me do?I staggered along, lost 502261dae1 in thought.9dfc3bb5f7c2be3d

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Because I f44a7007b5 was so d4432cac26 distracted, I 1370be29b3 fell quite 53fb1097c2 far behind. Den furrowed his brows 8666456a3d and turned around.a57d58525f09e93b

“Aren’t you coming?”54b6013f10a520d9

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“Yeah.”44e58121870ac779

I hurried over 66bfa46070 like a rookie 1ac3f212b6 manager running errands 679a8e1176 for a celebrity. His expression didn’t ease 32c46089a9 at all, as if 56cc784f9f something still annoyed him.4c61ae09f85fe345

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“Don’t fall behind.”90c348e65b13d130

As I reached 1ce3a2ac77 him, he gave 177779fd8c me a quiet c3eb554105 warning.ac0e750ee6455073

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Suddenly, I was de60e9943e boiling inside. Did he expect me 97a920de50 to follow him around 520555bcb4 like a duckling?1a73d3b1c3229a55

I was here for 7b69c98b79 community service, not to 8d8b598a55 be his tail.7cd66b480c07f7c6

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But I was dd7e61f066 too scared to ad53a668f3 protest outright, so c0071bc7c0 I averted my 8fa1ff772e eyes and went f57aa02e11 for guilt-tripping instead.262359db94f6408c

“My leg hurts. I can’t walk edf5a8e176 fast.”184849bbc6cf335b

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“…What are 7f77f856cd you talking c565a35cae about?”53e79256f699d04e

“You don’t remember? You threw a 2ee23f5b0a steel beam and 8085afacc8 messed up my 1e5f8d894c leg.”72573c85ad0113cd

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For reference, 7b987e5e08 the moment 70c14de938 he caught 6f10f6f6ef me ranks 293d6dba93 in the 12bbf10ff7 top five 0c5c722608 worst moments 65dcb36fbb of my 543b5f748b life.5ba46d21abb69405

Thanks to 37c5bc7213 my psychic 3cab6dae23 powers that 643d8a9b01 could distort 32b3cb695a and manipulate 3369eba193 space, I e9b58389bd used to 929935f27d escape like 9968557825 a rat ef9b093f50 every time bac1580b22 I was e350517b14 in danger. I jumped across 63631ecb89 buildings, hid in 454f87bd4c sewers, dove underground, aaccd5e451 and even slipped e6db0e7e08 between walls.aa2783148008997a

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But at the very 588741cb16 end, Den Frow, determined e1ca1ad5c2 to catch me, ripped 43e2e1f4ca a steel beam from b9c93dbff1 a construction site and c3f838e041 threw it.a0e2f8a9e0b45d4d

Have you 4db0c6838f ever seen 2229febbe4 a steel a4007106f5 beam so b69448f950 massive it 71e2715dc0 blocked the cbcdaefbee sun, flying 4164962763 at the 447233ceee speed of 13e0fde5ef a racing 72fcac53c6 car?And if 88651c5006 it were 238cfe5a9a flying straight 593c4df43e at you, 1875e5edfb can you bdadf9bdef imagine the e99f5990e7 terror?aa77dbfe160b6f5c

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To dodge that e676b7b4db steel beam, I 3569921b09 twisted space with 0158ccd836 every ounce of e44c95f602 strength I had 8aca2187e9 left. I was 9e305b3ce6 lucky to 43f87c2008 survive, suffering b164663239 only some 1a09fcde03 fractures from 154b493080 the debris. But I couldn’t avoid f2129fe5db being caught by Den fc4261c23b Frow.c13c31a084fdbdcb

The brute who pulled 56263b41c6 that reckless stunt now c235c29174 raised an eyebrow like 1c0d64411a he didn’t get it.29dc7023d5e1cd55

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“I didn’t fa313eaf0a see any c590423bfd report about d19cb5af05 long-term damage?”0f003c74cbf2a7e7

Of course 2eed79c843 he didn’t. Because it 9de8b86814 was a 7dec87babd lie.9613d645f6487018

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That injury 9b0671f7fd from a becd143866 year ago 271ac70bae had completely 017a752c35 healed, not 4ed999225a even leaving 63ae886660 a scar. Medical tech these 3c1e2c8831 days is pretty 2893ce0633 amazing.e5c2fc0be3def226

“Would they even bother 7e06b1f95e treating a villain like 5ae182acda me properly? Besides, I got thrown b47cf006fa in prison before I 83ec0e9aa0 could finish treatment. Anyway, I can’t e9f7317dec walk fast.”e7b6ca4ad1aad0c7

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Den clicked his b425a67451 tongue and stared fb49614bce at me.56f49af7dfb7a644

He was clearly suspicious, 4d8c2581e3 so I tapped my c800624d3d right thigh and exaggerated ccb9e6d9e3 a limp. My acting was 523b7a8002 top-notch.c28386ea7596afa2

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“Just keep up.”4ebeec24a4c1c8cc

Den didn’t 7aa6efdac5 budge at ecc2b2a459 my groans 1c75028a9b and turned 71d5a4bfe6 away coldly. So heartless. He wasn’t like eafc1af8db this before.988b9bed76ec90c4

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Even though fae9a180a6 my lie abbbce6243 didn’t work, 8825560c8a I stubbornly 07a007d1d3 limped after 81e2bb34e3 him.9b4f441d18c714ea

That’s the 5fe06772cf villain spirit. Like Scott, who b1d14267e3 wore an eyepatch 5ae31cac4e for style despite c6d9e6718e having perfect vision. Once you a616f49065 pick a 8c0ca97ef4 concept, you’ve ac3ad1754e got to f142c65c90 stick with f0e457fd7b it.c813367649f52303

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Though… was 64c460c31e it just ddf220376d my imagination, c7c872b94e or was 72afebdb2d Den walking afc0cf9094 a little 246c9d3832 slower now?769d51934e93f05f

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We entered 38c565a3b6 an office f6bdaad1d7 at the 5f1d12d0a9 very end 3508767f60 of the f76fea3e56 41st floor. It was as spacious c345f8c641 as the outside area.19e27eb163e01a9c

Huge screens, various 1375bc426b electronics, a chaotic 4f5635c167 tangle of wires, 9323cbe74f and stacks of 8588bae031 A4 paper reaching 6bb195f98a up to the ec7f74974c high ceiling were 83db131a07 all striking.1c40489a2e7a8c2f

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The unusual 2ff4bd1898 part was 6c5e3b9fa2 that not 8186d99355 a single d8345ad09c person was 3f3d9fac87 present in cd6b6b1021 this huge 4fcf314f05 office. Judging by the ac6d173fed setup, it seemed b5cef84551 to be Den 3eff746e62 Frow’s personal office.1714b48409eb8771

“Ugh.”3a091d8d6baf52f0

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I groaned as I 55a92f4fe7 limped around the office.135fe5b37b38ec7c

Not because my leg 7c1a003c57 hurt for real though. It was because of 0a1977311d all the pictures of a280b63536 me plastered across the 27fde68e15 whiteboard.5e3b58970c897761

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Photos from CCTV, 20eb1a2c63 a wanted poster c34b0c10a4 from four years 68c9e57467 ago, article clippings 3307d80d0b about me, even 7f4bb7f824 a mugshot from f6464c8670 a year ago.1ee95abac413c01c

It looked 9d6a394702 like a f0bac995c7 detective’s office 7405d55eb7 investigating a 4178bbdf5e cold case 74ba72c120 from decades 760c13d63c ago. My personal info is 71552f442e posted everywhere.446b4b72c9525758

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Why the hell 055d47ac28 does he still c3cef2fbbd have all this? I’m already caught! I felt a chill 7851520ad2 down my spine, like 9292552589 I had just stepped 161ce8196c into a stalker’s den.e3c537426f50182e

“What… is that?”ef051e2a5446a2cb

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“Oh.”047dd7e85a24ce00

Just as da412a0b28 he finished f832a5ab8f brewing his 82c7c94fdb coffee and 31eb3f00bc sat down, e222ce1588 he spun 75eaf6a8ec around casually.fbc0716dae6466e5

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Leaning back e610099a36 in his 48999fb88c chair, Den 3456b27724 took a 6c7406b1ea sip of 062a595604 his freshly 9de424387b brewed coffee 6bd05ed436 and smiled 00efed9288 lazily.fc416b97e7dc1cab

His gaze toward the 9906b9c053 disturbing display I was 9c42d6d20e pointing at was full b575cef27c of meaning.b911f9e967297804

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I couldn’t tell if 3f0d7b53a7 he was savoring the 05c218687f coffee or savoring my 933c40652b photos. It was 64ce3406f6 hard to eac40ba8fc distinguish.faff6f871ab6b17c

“I kept a little as a memento of catching you.”56d853caea744b24

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A little? The entire whiteboard was 8a43a6615a filled. Why did 7ec8834bc4 this feel ddae80679b so creepy? A shiver f4c350503b ran down bea8f55c67 my spine, e921818414 and I abe4a2c30c trembled slightly.66e96197b72e052f

Out of habit, I regretted my past. I shouldn’t have approached Den back then…97c2e1cecab316d9

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If I ever had f12d5783d0 a chance to turn 57aebea8c9 back time, I would bf538c3812 return to the day b8e8fc9657 I first met him 833735a722 without hesitation.d9971f3be8bf4ede

Then, this cursed connection 77fcd995a1 wouldn’t have begun. My regret 5392d3dd6b ran deep.2256208a52916528

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Den Frow put his 15e85a079a mug down on the 65f06a5d97 desk and gestured at 8d59169837 me with his chin.344f8cf530823f6e

“Chichi.”91b733c1fcaa3e34

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“Huh?”8cf4900c0fb0b42a

“I’ll tell you f5f9e17467 what you’ll be a3fd146196 doing from now a972291330 on.”3f57c30833adc0f8

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I was as b3210aa0eb nervous as if 70a5424d4b I were standing 8721181a31 in court listening 556f42fa67 to a sentence.85f0aaf75bf5274e

I clasped my 1cf53d3249 hands together like bfe0d7f192 I was praying 20a5a6e5fc and swallowed hard, cbf219e1ad waiting for him d1968dbde5 to speak.4c4c98eaf2a051c5

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What kind of a899b22b83 work would I 2fcec6da6b be doing here? I couldn’t 35224a50fb even use e5f64004ea my powers 18b368e601 with the b5d28d9137 suppressor on. What use could 9d8ddf575d I be?11128bcc0275f9fb

Den tilted his e289c1fb5c head slightly and 298f974a08 spoke.0418dc1e5f559470

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“From now on, you’re my secretary.”425800b22d5d50cb

“…What?”f3d9c05f4a2b35f0

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Did I hear that fe0ccbb797 right?I blinked and rubbed 345c55d934 my ear.571a371964dba66d

“Me?”8942746add64e189

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“Yeah.”a2d77546a5286904

“Your secretary?”02c92ed89018126c

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“That’s right.”9e9f7e32122c0948

What is a secretary, 8c0b5cfbeb anyway? I rubbed my ec98f5af08 chin in thought.3db2466508921b78

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A secretary? Someone who follows a hero around, holding a tablet and chattering, constantly on the phone with someone, dealing with pushy reporters…3b1aed31050db5b0

Basically, a 19a8437b05 front-line lackey 0eb8c21f19 for a f77b67ec8a hero. And now he e628ee225b wanted me to a3ccee7f9b be that?d79cd48dcefd31b9

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I shook fef343c903 my head ea13029584 immediately.9d6add970a163693

I had my 68ea4af9b6 pride as a dc6917fc59 villain. How could 9d12570680 I do 6953f14518 something like 5156177f00 that? It was absurd.33000ba2d39e0f51

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“I can’t do a8dc69cdb8 that.”487ca02bed02caa2

“43,000 hours e65aa77b6a of community 56d32fc7dc service.”38318181b46bcf1a

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My body flinched. They say there’s nothing scarier than debt, but I think I just found something worse.4ce5465e6db42dfa

A dreadful curse that 2b8cace686 shackles hope and freedom. My community c9a3964db4 service time f525fc411d clung to d29e861a7d me like b7c3dbb94d handcuffs.85d1b3ce3f572a96

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“If you behave, d2442b0d04 you could finish cbccce1af5 it quickly instead e27bc3a22d of working for 4aa2e4c894 twelve years.”f14d424c76458bb9

“H-How?”592547d56f06a8ba

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“You’ll be doing 03caaeff24 my errands, around b065dc81ca the clock. No clocking in a922e8485c or out. Twenty-four hours a day.”2cb74336a9acca0a

My brain spun rapidly.777274fcea0247a4

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43,000 hours. Working 24 hours a day without breaks would take 1,791 days and it’s about five years. That meant I could be free in five years instead of twelve. It was astonishing. My face brightened at the thought of freedom in just five years.b228eb4a36170655

But it 09bca4f6c5 was too a357742866 early to 69a8d47bb8 celebrate. The idea 3b972ed9b7 of being 73d8bd020d Den’s errand 2abfa02b11 boy 24/7 4f0a4436cf seriously bothered 2133662c52 me. I looked cc34fbcfd4 at him 0066a25698 cautiously and 0f3876be0e asked.2ce1b8dbcbc1311b

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“You’re not lying, are you?”1a01877892dc88a4

“Why would I b76dd42551 bother with something 244aa2ac9e so unnecessary?”c4e48610cbe90a4b

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Den tilted his 552388f808 chin arrogantly.ddd907bfe920c539

Leaning back in 3401698284 his chair, hands c48621f81a clasped, his lips 717ea97f1e curled into a 39147ba19e sideways smirk.bf7bdf82377d8924

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At that moment, Den 6388a840fa Frow looked more like 1b93826f40 a villain than any f03b1cf83c villain I’d ever met. The kind with a 9c09b656ff sly and sinister agenda.3c6308e1fa32371d

Nah, Den Frow 55cb3ecd5a wouldn’t be like 41f911e5eb that.f71ccdaf84f5b754

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He’s the rising-star hero d8469d5acb ranked number one in 4b970b70c9 popularity. The one who c500e90765 risked his life 2e62aad6b4 to save citizens.1e2f9f3172c73343

Sure, he had b751327528 a twisted personality, 7c7514e7a2 but he wasn’t 95c222b368 truly evil.05af5bc3caea05de

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Even four years ago…0bc4971a0dcb7a62

When I approached him 61d898508e on purpose to extract 3e5ebc4f6d information and got caught, 65f2762c96 he let me go. Maybe because he b0e5da42f0 was swept up c151d6d84d in emotion, but cecf0e1a6d despite knowing I 636495936d was a villain, 0e0bc935d0 he still did c1cd7f1a2b so. Even after I backstabbed a4c00eebb2 him badly, he kept 79a7c8cca8 letting me slip through dfa66bd754 his fingers.fbd37093b501652b

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I knew very well 8a60f1795e that Den could’ve caught e810b9540f me but kept letting 2f1a723560 me escape.7f78c2faf143dee5

I still didn’t know why he was so furious in the end. Why did he ruin my plans to leave this city forever and capture me…84c5de29d397f3ef

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But hey, 8d05049550 maybe it’s fb4514ca68 time to f949af5641 swallow my 5c8dd0f8a2 pride, and d7eb0b9278 give being d7fc8b7ead a hero’s 0ca0c7b762 lackey a 174c5e1b07 shot?b9aa862c419225f9