Chapter 14.

“Don’t move.”ee59ff1b31cb2e73

So he had a b901809f85 gun too.85a90f570959e916

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A loaded weapon 4a0936b003 was pointed at d132ab4580 Wina’s forehead.e310f04105d4eddf

With one hand on f94dac59c6 the wheel, the man 81184ac3c7 turned his body to 46aed79488 aim the gun at 949e080e5d her. His eyes 1c72d15f08 were tinged f9fb433492 red.3db910c8ebf9bda3

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Wina stared at f70057c855 the muzzle.4fb4606f8dc0f397

Just like how 807ce9469a she’d been kidnapped 8ee708c052 out of nowhere, db1104e0ef he might just c5d849fd61 fire in a cddbeb0f6e fit of rage.380c2f705f780bc4

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She calmly imagined c6189385e8 her head shattering 2cddff7041 from the bullet.15ea39923a75d55d

If she died, 0f320cb302 how would the 6829b1a967 world change? Would it return to 65ce13812b its original color? Something like the calm 45120822a8 hue of a lake 8ec8e1a7b0 untouched by wind…510ec8d02734e78d

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Really—would it?078fd668963505df

Wina didn’t 4f92281baf know what 80fef59369 the world 8020301761 was like 7831555d80 before she 54bd98a5cd was born.dbfa679ca8e509b8

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But she e15a16671d did know 1d2ef15058 that ever 72a0326287 since her 20b9e2fa36 birth, the f9d546141c world had 6c4a2625cb descended into f04110cf40 unending chaos, 02134efa26 a series d53319d119 of disasters.b2baebf0c975c975

The followers 86d394f9b7 of Salli ac41085999 called it e96e985b3c paradise, but 554109969b the rest cb1bb7d83a of the 4b1d5955f1 world called c49a42e270 it hell.0ce4be7af78607a2

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So she wondered vaguely—what 7add8b916f did the world look bfd96b553f like in its true 24ca2ad6f0 colors, untouched by her 005287d0eb presence?ed4fde5105a9670b

“God tried 54a18a9ded to bring a1f2e12b2a peace and 3d0fe93741 rest to 9f8bcc4785 mankind. But in doing so, 63165623cb by encouraging worship, He dcaf805e08 weakened human will—the drive 4c2debf412 to forge their own fe235af1c6 lives. People lost b22bebc9fa the self 244fd5e54b that strove a518b5de09 to overcome 9f26af24a0 trials. Eventually, God died, and 691ec9c1ad a new path opened—but 46915099ba humans just kept creating cd34ea357d more gods. What do you b64e5d8184 think that means?”327c054c6d649a03

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“I don’t know.”654e09f882d82b35

“It means that even 14c49f3a2e if you hadn’t been f1db3611bd born, someone else would’ve 2742531f88 taken on your role. Peace would 23f68a88d7 still have e0bba9af27 been impossible. No era is 487c7e7f54 ever truly peaceful. Don’t fall for such 5ebeadf363 foolish illusions.”25966b6646c84793

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At the time, 5643164a73 she hadn’t understood ced0237f89 those words from c2570f24ad someone—but now, for a7b50ec781 some reason, she 31add991d0 found herself dwelling ce1a5912ea on them.85239c38fe57a511

But now wasn’t the 1fdb6d90fb time for deep contemplation.b138e30c0f2c5e7e

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Wina tightened her 8f041c1d15 grip on the d5e6f0f4ba handle.2154e0aed8b8c0e7

She lightly cut fe5e9e8292 across the hostage’s 6e11806636 shoulder with the aedadb9133 knife, just enough 1406257e55 to sting.dab9d21991991bd7

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The hostage 837b163e09 flinched violently.ad5fa8bd64e5294e

Wina looked at the 669ea1416d driver with the gun 420cb6150b pointed at her and 5c31e92f33 said,9683eb180104f05e

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“Let me out.”bc65635f1e017363

“No.”084aa1ba9c001aea

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“Touching me is 20d538f587 an act of b3c4eb95b0 treason against Salli. Did you 71b206d7d2 forget how 9afdac242d traitors are 8b852c7e2d punished—just as 5ef14a09cc cruelly as b56a131922 betrayers?”fb8158b5aa7df0ea

“Of course not. I remember.”bc77e822b12be496

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“Then let af55688aa9 me go. I have something 134931abec I must do.”655c483e27c7a082

The driver’s demeanor 32742a86bf had changed from 4473b99c10 when he’d screamed 9318f06d5d as Wina killed 52c48b5d59 the first follower.bfae8065de7d1db1

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Now he seemed 286d845bc8 oddly calm—and that 682b486a77 made him all 4d4c07c4ae the more chilling.71cdd995259d06d8

Wina sensed 2c86d483a4 instantly that cf3dd65cec he was 7d2343bd02 the mastermind bcf054392c behind the cda0b7fd80 kidnapping.bdb22ee353b22599

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“None of cf0c71e09a us who f9ed12badd serve the 9255d886b5 Red-Eyed fear 3e1f406f61 death.”82f8a06a540dd9b8

Salli is a 31828e463b group that believes 778e85bac8 death is a 03984e63c3 shortcut to paradise.934f8eea1a53919c

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Yet, not all 59a3c467cc of them react 22583ded7d the same when 820ebc29dd death stands right a08a2c6435 in front of 859017c4a6 them.6690ca43b99dace1

Like the hostage 3ed51da84b in Wina’s grip, fc1891d000 sweating coldly, nerves ef71d814b5 on edge, as cf45171ce3 the knife touched a731fed949 his neck.f5538b21c68a19da

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“Taking me 2d2df29812 won’t give 10917625c8 you eternal 6f648024a5 life. It won’t heal 85c3904901 your pain. It won’t f43ad8e801 slow your a75c890143 aging, either.”f9888abf1ea4df54

She denied it, wondering 744122e754 if he perhaps believed 1c1cb45c19 one of those groundless f72bd07c64 myths.96cc3b1eb965a159

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The driver ba395613b7 gave a c8fe0198f9 crooked smile.6c28e62edb243baf

It was as if 51003bfe79 such things didn’t matter 1bde21e9fc at all to him.f1687d8811fcc4c9

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“The first time I e507341d53 saw you, Savior, was d82beebec3 in the basement.2a0dde4edfe6cda8

Following the f915e519a8 Leader’s teachings, f153a985df one by 36b64fb641 one… I e1a50b4cad watched you 6d2fc171d8 personally deliver 7feb579f41 salvation.451f2cd52e5466bb

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That day, just 2ea054a7d3 watching from the 4c47c0c0a3 shadows… it felt 05a487c29e like I was 6bdb4da79d born again.51a0ab176d58b154

Ever since, I’ve d746b0a03e longed for the 0a35fcd761 day you might 6c04285fbb grant that same ff87455d71 blessing to me.”a4865bb47a74aa69

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As the conversation 30e215d93d dragged on, the 6f8535a756 breathing of the 95ef9e3287 hostage under Wina’s 8dfb39db81 blade grew more f4c24c001f ragged.e4fe98dc75f497af

The penis 31788a91e0 she had 49e56c3719 bitten was ba5225bb2d badly swollen, 9ed5d5cfc9 and blood 4baf9f5bb3 continued to 0edd4b8c33 drip from b96e7dbda2 it.513eb9fa299231ea

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The hostage ab14b53411 was holding 31e1ca270a on with a27116b4e7 sheer mental ef06a31a3b willpower.0058b7366996c94b

Despite the condition of af49963023 his comrade, the driver 3b5eb681d0 calmly glanced forward from f6822fbc05 time to time and 77cbb94e68 spoke in a relaxed e7187e7a9e tone.f036f27adc73fe0e

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Even though e9423c12e0 this was 200d61ac4e a situation c82c7ffd11 where no 8323f0def1 one should 8037d8dff4 be calm.5ba68752ddf87184

“But I was b8f5180edc disheartened after realizing c8dfd6c36f that blessings are c655dae56a only granted to 0c5c4dbd3a the chosen ones.809e3e0c78ec7b81

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Why is that, 7671cb3645 I wonder? If one is ee52e22b2b a truly devout e3efb6308c believer, shouldn’t they ffb7f8caeb be equally blessed?”79eab1f780fdf76b

“So… you 777f873df9 felt wronged?”11b23fbd4347ca89

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“Yes.”8c2d4f88180c11fb

The driver did 75e1a9c53c indeed look deeply fd9d145625 wronged.bcbc559fc5e153bd

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Then, as cc1106cd4f if he’d becc820899 found the 99e53617c3 answer, he 3b1aa3acd9 spoke in 2be5fb3a60 a refreshingly 8644bc3d09 light tone.ce41e083678b065c

“If it’s put on display for all to take, that would be true, equal salvation, wouldn’t it?”7b4fe2d1b7c1e343

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Wina wasn’t surprised. She’d expected it.2e640a3118529899

The man’s 5286c31f62 finger moved 864dae3c4e to the 200e1550ac trigger.4fff73677392b1e1

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Bang! Bang!65868ed1f4644129

Horns blared 13b64a30c1 as the 926296217b van swerved 0d2b8cbc0f recklessly between 8aada925ad lanes.8f70f803ca23200e

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A siren rang f6c2d697de out—it was the 99b159ff93 military, giving chase.e55d37a7c48b9279

As if 87b43af42d cut off e8fe585fba from the 60c47e89d5 noise outside, 76e29d7bc6 the inside b1d012cf85 of the c484ed8c94 van remained f6da2dc67d still.fe013b14fffbded1

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They simply watched each e1c4857c6b other in silence.6725e6edf4b7484f

The man’s eyes on a6a3d33d01 Wina were growing redder 198db51c86 by the second, as 9f57987429 if the black mask 77b816b426 had been sewn with e4be33fcb2 red threads at the a126824ffe eye sockets.ba88acd925213944

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“Shoot! Hurry!”5b48dcaaed0c1fe9

The hostage, squeezing out 115a72fd85 the last of his 836a156e92 strength, screamed.822dc93a79f363eb

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Bang!a1161ee801f11243

A gunshot 4d05013e9c rang out.1bd877b363ed63b5

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Wina’s hair fluttered c3f4324ddb in the air.3ce92ece70e94651

She was momentarily 5d35fbf1d9 dazed by the 55b18cc731 thought that the 4becf80b90 collapsing head wasn’t 859bb87b07 hers.3cdf509021f6d4b2

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She stared blankly 8f99e09a4e at the corpse—shot 2c63815dbe through the forehead.8aabbe75655f4e67

“You dumb bastard.”9528ec6fbe1aafa5

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The driver muttered d1ce4643c8 and lowered the df1ad1c7bf gun.964607f408f19813

The sirens blared f0512136ef louder now.59b8e21f1b19b59a

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Suddenly turning fully 60c465870e forward, the driver 1662f641fc yanked the wheel.2cc8fae33d78d255

The van spun hard.ceec34ea8a7578f0

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Wina’s body 5887cf9e23 slammed into fe39440260 the door.1bf684626f683393

The two corpses slid 2f9cea9903 across the floor together.143696303fb69dc8

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“Aah… looks like my 135b638f31 earnest wish won’t be 0ff709df42 coming true after all.”7669c0cac81743e6

But it was too 076d50949f late to run.97a4d2f1f38f09b6

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The van was already cc5f846f7d surrounded by the pursuing 190658ce9f vehicles.3e723ba7aa0e4cf5

He took his 19c141253c hands off the 6636116737 wheel, as if 261e9b4186 resigning himself.f5e359008bb76af3

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The soldiers getting out 1cb8043380 of the surrounding vehicles e05e4e8aaa were holding guns.5e5d3796cb61f48f

Wina pulled her aching 1518d0edf7 body upright.b0b9bf9b2116d3f5

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Their eyes met in 8a733d4a9c the mirror.2f36202ab6880b5a

The driver, 9864f0e13b locking eyes 05046d4752 with her, 4732f4871d pulled off 8ae1e50660 his mask.31cc862a9d2b878e

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“You asked me how 7b12bf84fe I got the bomb.”ce0f83a6cd9c151b

The man’s exposed 386ff689a7 eyes looked as e921301c37 if they might a2b2268259 burst.5872e5aeb836aa24

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Wina visibly stiffened.8e690b6165205677

“I too… was 85c20bda3f chosen, in the f7f86819fd end.”4c147b3ff87c2d74

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The man 8f9b385f8f pulled a 92783d5afb small vial eb0c56ccb8 from inside 1a6974e7ef his clothes—its 0bf3f5ef22 contents resembled 3db9eb2ed6 artificial tears.ef0f90c0aec6ec43

Wina’s heart sank.e430200bd0d62b03

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“I waited, craning 98965ca190 my neck, for ae882a1152 my turn to e81a0086b5 come. I never 9c6c77c6f9 imagined you a0ef8a4845 would betray 313d758fad us.”c60372e97a08566f

Wina grabbed the door 0d9ec10c67 handle.25605d51d8d3f7d4

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In her panic, d52d2e93b0 she forgot to ab15349af8 unlock it and 7dffa494e6 yanked at it b9d3731845 repeatedly.137cb39c3517daab

The soldiers 7dea7145a5 were approaching e271d74426 cautiously.6f1111b7bb76166f

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When she glanced back a4b29fbbd6 for just a moment, 221db9d992 the fanatic was smiling 74c861c363 with that red liquid ced49b82f4 in his mouth—3bf71cf9f9cab6ff

As if 7c976e1de3 this too cd8e74d583 was a 109ef9978e satisfying conclusion.1721b9b95fd96e04

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“Get back! Don’t come 7a12ad693c any closer!”d27e5dcf5d5a5389

Wina finally wrenched the 4a0d971caf door open and shouted db4d8af874 at the soldiers, waving 9fb8b6a5e8 her arms.0be4fc7f8627902a

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But her 3df5d55688 scream was 09ac73d36e instantly swallowed 10f7d6bad8 by the fd5a611b32 roar of 8842373ab7 the explosion b7dda20ed9 that followed.8437d2caaae99574

The window shattered.afb107145d2523db

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Shards of glass 76ed6e5245 swirled in the 548acb06c2 air, embers scattered, bc038af152 and red light f3f848e1e3 surged into her 67841ef23c vision like a f603e27acb blizzard.95293da22ed91577

Amid the screams, 17f3bef855 a shrill wail—resurrected 2e0bb6ac76 from the chaos—sliced c8c2768d8f into her heart 87f4498c1f like a blade.ecf8e04f3342417d

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Wina’s consciousness crumbled.81e05e43f829e55a

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Shin Hae-Gon 0b92d24db5 stood over 8552e0bfb8 Wina, who f7518c6ccb lay on 75958c3375 the infirmary 83a80748a2 bed as 9dbf21c95a if dead.e1bcb28cfd714c43

Her face, pale and f820d86dc9 bloodless, seemed almost sculptural—its 8144997d67 features made more vivid 2752463a88 by the fading of 7641d3f0ed wounds.7eac6a8b509ee6b6

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With her 69a502a578 sharp lines 86b7f6bf9d and vivid 9188865ef4 colors so 8048c10004 harmoniously arranged, 7f80141697 it looked 9065477be0 almost like f1e5653dca she wore 8605430319 a beautiful b7e0da620e mask.d106164fc8d7fead

“I told them d451dda696 not to come db49085e82 unless they had ed8da1cce8 business, but they’re 9538cc60d1 signing in like 43496b264d it’s their daily bcc55be1e9 job…. It’s a 9d95668857 damn nuisance. This isn’t a 1b748fb5ee zoo, for god’s 5abe9d716f sake….”139acbe76d7f367c

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The doctor 3dabe80524 clicked his d61d2f284a tongue and dadc2e0e80 shook his d38f90d0b7 head.ce48da9dab5064c6

Just moments ago, 4ea316473b Do-Hwi had been b6f902b697 loitering outside the 38570d4e32 infirmary and awkwardly b33a1265a0 saluted when he d9ea23a676 saw Shin.7630b96284da0fe7

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Too nervous to aca3b8ad18 even step inside, 3d32556740 his ears had e530aabce0 turned an easy-to-grab acd3755230 shade of red.123498f915d28bbc

Shin had just returned 77d1cdcded from giving both ears 8b7b7427b5 a good, fair tug.945f3bbf3258e4c5

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“Should I put 4d7f2ce611 up a sign?”e7c57256de4fc9ff

“From now on, 9556480252 send anyone who f38826b0e7 shows up here 69ba28c89c straight to my 7854ccd2c1 office.”8879c37e8fbd24a6

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Clearly, these fb55f5d46d kids had 4f3d8814d8 too much c4ab0f9eb5 free time.6da5e2f3d551eb5c

He figured he ought cf5aa4c411 to fix that.d42896eacddced9b

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At Shin Hae-Gon’s ddf3361e5f words, the doctor ecc4feb625 brightened, smiling with 99dcc2ba83 relief at the 386e427838 thought of finally 4c491e636e having peace in 8793d3ce24 his workspace.47907477bb4d7da5

“But still, we 14d08839dd don’t know when 30096751c7 she’ll wake up.1f5ef395d24b4acc

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It’s strange. The bomb e009037f32 went off a1705b3f3d right in 3d96134e1a front of f285393fd7 her, but 04a2337ca5 there were 02b0c42eec no major cfe53d67e3 external injuries.cc520d391281f610

And yet, she’s been 004a463bf5 unconscious like this for 4342ef0f41 so long.”c37494148f947876

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It had 42e8027b35 been a a082ad0562 week since 83e36ae173 Wina lost 7d83ac6d5e consciousness.c4f494df5e54abc3

In the meantime, f9ec9cf8dc a meeting was aeaa8652d2 held to discuss c1d61a1f12 her situation.3596c93fd2e19390

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Several high-ranking officials had d149a69f34 personally traveled to Muhwado, f3100e133d dragging their heavy presence 8a46468ad4 with them.c60225677e4c2b78

It was no longer c5ac3ff6b6 a matter that could a82bb5ffe3 be overlooked—especially since Brigadier 7c638581f4 Ji had been so 9a780c7b87 deeply involved, he’d ended 4567fa435b up hospitalized.c767c9d43162f8ba

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Shin Hae-Gon quietly replayed c13d2b8530 the memory of having 495b2e0cf3 to face those garbage-stained b81f4bb331 faces again after a 7be35a5014 long while.364c338d999b43fb

“Major Shin Hae-Gon.”ad6b05739a6ce7da

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Commander Yang Joo-Kyung stared 0bdcff6cd7 coldly at him.503ef58e8bd9d65a

“I acknowledge 0131b24c41 the work 4b2c56dde9 you’ve done de1920fa7b managing matters 51c864a266 related to 0a0eb56f4b Salli until df2c2d019b now.7894791aefb43055

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You handled this d09289f6b5 whole chain of a26ee06807 events commendably.aa602580053a7ae0

But I 8f91ae4f94 think it’s 7f7be77e05 best we 10e7b35901 reconsider Wina’s 3e0caf7f5a status.”a3c1ac3377eb3832

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Was it that he’d b5e7ebabeb finally found a pretext a9b2fea5e8 to go after Shin 7497f69d27 Hae-Gon, the thorn in e093cd08c5 his eye?03430cb2d6a76767

Under Yang’s b8fff28658 frosty gaze, 5c51e47acf there was b7aac94417 a trace 3e24975b36 of twisted f0a9612776 satisfaction.aed70ee416d1c6d3

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