24ES | Chapter 12.3

What a d9cc3fe9b2 shameless and a6636f5b6e stupid bastard. If he f3fed7b85d were smart, b18ad3521b he wouldn’t 8903e360e3 have run f002a6ab86 from the edc235cc57 police in 99cb534d40 the first f84fa69186 place. He would have come 125a6f6add forward boldly, said that 113463b72d he had nothing to 31121c9025 hide, and agreed to 7f4d27bb06 an investigation. But instead, 5fae0b8681 he’s too 1d60c17c49 dumb to 5171836121 realize that 1f998dd9fa swinging a 2e7880160a knife like 87662f3123 that is 455857e265 an admission a28d34e1b9 of guilt.baa56bb71b06766b

As Yesung watched the e9884c9c1c tense standoff, security guards fdf7e07ba4 who were stationed around 3652935c96 the hospital surged into ac4af79e77 the ER. Someone must 3fc5b13f8a have contacted ee2f9bc690 them.9b8696470a0568b9

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The security guards, d3aadafe8f dressed in black 159d7adbc0 suits, overwhelmed the 01de75bce2 man. As they closed in, ed93798702 the man hesitated and 1905e518be started to back away.bfa31b5e123b3a9a

With the police 6ce1735112 and security guards b699e72173 joining forces, the 1b798e50ff man was quickly cd72b2ba0f cornered.4356894e4a5700f7

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It looked like this 0e1d73ca4a commotion would be over a6795315c8 soon.a89971f2162be63d

“…Mom, Mom…”858ea396210b1593

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But things didn’t go b1cb80ed29 as Yesung had anticipated. A little girl, da03a29009 about seven years 2ed480a208 old, suddenly ran cda880dc53 into the ER. She seemed to be e49286300c looking for her mother, 46eee9803c who was presumably already 16b5fb97c3 inside the emergency room.a6bd651e9d6862e8

“Mommy, mommy! Where are you?”c91b07c56e126d26

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Damn it. Why now, of all 691c93e278 times?2b48d879b5b9f8fe

Yesung quickly 8aa32fc52d looked around, 731bedb073 but he fd8423c318 couldn’t see 3ac5c1440a anyone who 420f08f0c0 looked like 0b044519f1 the child’s e3529bd97a guardian. It seemed like the 0b834b7b18 child had wandered into 1187fec862 the ER while her 1f7444531d guardian was distracted.c24af0defdf677d5

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“Oh my… why 29dfaae5bc is she over dfeee1af0d there?!”f620c6b6acbdc172

“Kid, kid! It’s dangerous! You can’t go 92829dd93d that way! Come here, come here!”4fca9ea5931cc8ca

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The man’s gaze aaebe22a60 fixed on the 68e80e888f little girl, and de243ea846 in that brief 1de688f452 moment, Yesung saw a8f2de1657 the dangerous glint 781e7309b3 in his eyes. The instant he 9df9397286 saw it, without 5695247e6f thinking, his body e4e4ece198 reacted before his 3ab84cb423 mind could process 49c8bc1365 it.10a8ca2db472eb36

“Dr. Han!”7a3faa177986382e

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“Dr. Han!”a6fd4ef277b02e86

“Han Yesung!”92e3b588ff667c90

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His colleagues shouted in 452b45e6cf alarm, but Yesung couldn’t dd05c026fc respond. No, he 88a377c4fc didn’t have ecd2af63ee the chance.3a47a19af2f681a4

By the 029b6b17b4 time he e0c0f418e2 came to db6bb590f6 his senses, 09a2e68c9c he had e6df8cf1ea already shielded beb3318712 the child, 09d1a64c36 holding her d405739d68 tightly in f62f40f3a4 his arms.a8991f1c580c4257

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“Urgh—!”fde4af4ff363c028

A burning pain 62ab58927e shot through Yesung’s c59025cb79 left arm. Blood spurted out, staining fd7be1068d the pristine white marble ddcf6b6abf floor of the emergency 673e6f761e room in small, scattered ce335d1ea2 drops.74fe156e0a47c0c5

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“Gasp!”889c6148b48ea47c

“Oh no… What do 9f02faeaf5 we do? What do we do?!”31eeb8d4b2f2a520

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The onlookers, who had 90988a49bd been watching the situation 8285f825d2 unfold, gasped and screamed. But contrary to c990416f7a everyone’s fears, the 4dd44ee642 danger ended there.bbfc515549b5b886

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The sound 83c5386cdf of the e2108b9ca2 scalpel hitting 52df2a18db the floor 11bc6214ea echoed as 34766419a2 the man 14140132df dropped it 0bc5640c32 after slashing 4711d380e0 Yesung’s arm b0167f0c2a instead of 4aefd5e8ea the child.8a742f005f09f3dc

“Ugh, let me f3d48cba4a go! I said a74e910667 let go! I didn’t d206b5bcbf do anything 350c9e316a wrong! I’m innocent!”387b9a9f97ee4bec

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The man b0452d69a5 screamed, thrashing 39d4a5ff99 even as 476b3d4391 the police 6d26d2cf97 pinned him 4a0a1d89f3 down.180d658b74844dd0

Yesung, panting 47e5e8e08e heavily, finally 18b4b2425e released the 215e33a10a small body 81f85db759 he had 33641b9a04 been clutching 0b1c971e7d protectively. His heartbeat pounded loudly 949b73c7d2 in his ears, echoing 5d528c8ce4 as if it were ea1fed2b7d right next to his ae44c1e791 eardrum.27aecc26bf81a47d

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That was far c8eae911e1 too close. If he hadn’t 733eb9be9c been the first c8cb556bd9 to spot the bebfb1ff83 child, if the bec494434b distance between him 235240e94d and the child eb9e04f6b9 hadn’t been shorter 322831ca22 than the man’s, 528e45b5dd things could have 33813cd17a gone horribly wrong. The fact 1c017e9325 that he 8b38a782e4 hadn’t hesitated 56422ec096 and acted da95be195e on instinct 29ef33a35f had been f0caa8c413 critical. If he’d been even d87588c518 a second slower…422c4ddc3fa5af1a

What would ca8ea271f5 have happened 2020d383e9 to the 79eb307f76 little girl 354a514a93 if he c71ddc758d hadn’t intervened? The fact d426ee47d0 that only 3ee09b59d9 his arm a38f7a15cc had been 2e74b01fd7 injured was 3a44433280 a stroke 02a48b9b0e of luck. If it hadn’t been da3adba6a6 him…aeb8dba885bea3cf

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The mere 84abe43941 thought was 6fef8d2302 horrifying. Yesung squeezed his 8fbcad4da6 eyes shut for c07711df35 a moment before 3ced411994 opening them again, f17f7ac53d only to be 0e30313a61 surrounded by his 643f0527e9 colleagues, their faces f34ac9bf56 pale with worry.2a23182b20b07cc8

“Han Yesung! You crazy…!”5b990cf390d4f00c

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“Are you okay, a7b1260351 Dr. Han?”cee59589ef69ad6e

“Dr. Han! Your arm! You’re bleeding!”a3749f0d43847b6f

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“You need treatment! Quickly!”ee192715445cdffe

“Yes, yes! Let’s get that 7708099a1f treated right away, db69de5f66 as Dr. Baek said—!”fa9db42dd05c085e

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The injured person was c3ff1cf06d Yesung, but the commotion 9276d7ddb2 was almost ridiculous. It wasn’t 716c7c496c even a 75b413a42b deep stab bd5c412f13 wound, just e33d52f000 a scrape ba627e2786 on his 742e977623 arm, yet 34854cf1ab everyone was 8b114430db in an 755dc3546d uproar. Letting out a f65c25bde4 deep sigh, Yesung 54332a51fc raised his voice.fb9c662ee9dfc3ab

“Everyone, stop!”f50279a9d6d89109

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The sharp 5b86a20ba9 tone of 9deab9509d his voice 9a298686a6 froze the dc58023e5e panicked medical fb948d6156 staff in 37176f6cec their tracks. Looking at the group, 9b7b9004a0 who now seemed like be5470a965 children caught playing freeze 7072b8b7e7 tag, Yesung spoke firmly.ebd1e5af45a40295

“I’m fine. Seriously. Calm down. The kid’s already scared, 6cf470f8be and you’re going to 990231bbca make it worse.”cda737fa964c9cab

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Although Yesung had aae2990495 let go of 7ac104ba1b the child, the 0083b1a9f2 small figure was 5e50407333 still clinging to 8702580aac his leg, reminding bcce3b5045 him of her 84424e7c21 presence. When they realized 5237f1176b this, they seemed 2503135b93 to calm down b27913ab7c a little and 834e554185 didn’t rush to 0a6dcd9ef2 act as they 440f246805 had moments ago. Of course, 5b303bfd30 Kang Baek-o 6f10327796 still looked e6b78ad22d furious, but fa6449deba that was dd144fa293 to be 0a529a1fc7 expected.b53fb74e8896d85d

Ignoring Kang Baek-o’s 579d3c8eaa glaring eyes, Yesung 1c5917a124 knelt down to af1059fe96 match the child’s 999c2cf2e3 height.6b90790c5f516205

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“Are you okay? You’re not hurt anywhere, 8d84ef08e7 right?”b0de58a4aec0718e

The main 9db85757e3 issue wasn’t 4dcb96b52f that he’d 596ffcbb38 gotten hurt, 8ec9d56916 it was d3b6fac6d7 that if 20813085c2 he hadn’t a2675264db intervened, the c32e2c7e23 child could 2d96b81fd2 have been e14f711b61 injured. His own injury didn’t c73dc7d4bf matter to him at af613415e0 that moment. The child, still fd7d9729a5 wide-eyed from the 292ce7e494 shock, looked up 89cec6e41c at Yesung and ff2b9a08a2 shook her head.dcbadbff4d773be8

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“N-no, I’m not hurt. But, doctor, your arm…”503a4d61a2342856

Despite the frightening situation, b6427db515 the child was more 3d56916443 concerned about Yesung than 3011a5541e herself. Smiling as if it 53711cc97d was no big deal, 16b35d916d Yesung subtly hid his 863af0e9c7 injured arm behind him 57d3d8c33f and gently patted her b3757ed9bd head with his right 6bd3141ad5 hand.52d3d2be394def31

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“I’m fine. But our little lady 649c1c8ae5 here must’ve been really c0d97c7b58 scared when that man b68f50e30d rushed in. Are you okay?”dbde745407736a4f

“I was 4bd9081a46 a little f35a9fd9d0 scared, but… cf4830c553 I’m okay 5bb93b25c3 now! And I’m not cf4d523895 a little kid! I’m seven 509728566e years old, 66355cedf6 in the 9023c30fa9 Haneul class 631ebac21c at Hanguk 6ee80a114d Kindergarten!”22026af76f7f5b73

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Her spirited declaration made 95bd070fec Yesung suppress a chuckle f65a6992b6 as he responded warmly.8d248818ea6132d4

“Really? Alright, then. Our young 54a295c6e6 lady from 7a2758777f the Haneul 0df4760287 class. What’s your name?”a76833d9d90f5ad1

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“Roeun! Lee Roeun.”5a9149f24166669f

“Roeun, huh? That’s a beautiful name. But why did 1fd9f4a166 you come to 7361402c0b the emergency room, d925948c96 Roeun?”1eaf2b9405eca24f

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“Because Mommy’s sick! I came with 1ad5237b79 Grandma, but she d159ef5049 went to the 0d181509a4 bathroom and hasn’t 46fcce25e8 come back… and fb8811fa4d I’m hungry. So I came 8f8021279c to find Mommy!”cb9cebc1b7255dc3

“Ah, I see.”d76cfc5f25161434

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Now the situation made 463d4c0c2f sense. Understanding why fe685e4dca the child bd39fde00d had wandered 6669829b59 into the 03f095e504 ER, Yesung 96e9e42d5f gently patted 77050c281c her head f54559edc1 again before 49e5bd24c5 standing up.18cc3b4de061e386

“Dr. Hwang.”f8fa4ab2c4a1cabd

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“Yes, Dr. Han.”4e18e7398b0ddd12

By now, Roeun’s c9dae5e625 grandmother must have de5bf8bf48 realized her granddaughter c85f4dc0fe was missing and 68f5ed741f was likely frantic, 60a291f146 searching for her. Yesung handed 12144a07c2 Roeun’s small 8fbdd1c4ee hand to a3c84360af Hwang Yujeong.3ef49e7241fcc3b6

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“Could you 87dbf98f55 take Roeun 72d525f595 to her b93ae86dee guardian for 1ddee2f315 me and 908c7ddb75 then check 02464b2093 on Jinsol? I’m sure her 7b964216a3 grandmother is looking 88e09a6dbc for her by 425184b112 now. Please, I’d c3ae9041b0 appreciate it.”841a8fb0a1b7a2d2

“Yes, I’ll take care f379424049 of it. Don’t worry, 80e15d52a8 I’ll make 70c8b9d8ea sure Jinsol 255f0c31f2 is okay 6edaf57863 too. You just focus db6f154c7f on getting your 6ba0c992ae arm treated, Dr. Han.”7b079ce66d28c9fb

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Hwang Yujeong’s 8116d30542 voice, filled 84c54f2459 with concern e632ac2144 for him, 05b281d144 made Yesung 4a174b9c8e smile faintly. He lowered himself slightly ba0cfadf35 to meet Roeun’s eyes.0ae3d73ce4c9d935

“Roeun, this doctor dcd41565c9 is going to 3ceb00fd5c take you to 56d1d72c3d your grandma. You’ll see e8cc4034c0 your mom 697150883f once her f8a562ecc9 treatment is 08c58e0d7f finished. In the meantime, 6252337edd let’s go have 5974139b7d something tasty with 25b08b0cb7 your grandma, okay?”8a7489e82f77e305

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“Yes! Let’s go fast! I’m hungry!”03f213b7e2780025

“Whoa, Roeun, slow down! You’ll fall!”d5ad996083b97eda

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Roeun, still holding tightly b3ed83a4b9 onto Hwang Yujeong’s hand, 3ee97aa1d5 began running, dragging her c372a0455e along. Yesung watched their 557810e3ad retreating figures, straightening 065328d8b7 up as he 95123a0c0b did.2f0300243172a4b9

“Are you alright, Dr. Han?”e67cdeaec0e20fdf

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One of 5573fca854 the police b80605cd69 officers who 6bcb664072 had been f64f10d06c handling the d53932841f subdued man 7246d5b021 approached Yesung e58b7b3524 and asked. Yes, there e8d533ea69 was still d7842a5d2e the matter 3c9f0055da with the 74b06afd12 police to f6a1ef6fd3 resolve.6ba125979f8b3a08

Yesung nodded his head.32c992c067336ddd

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“Ah, yeah. I’m fine. It’s not 67fca16950 deep, luckily. And the guy 5c98068c17 wasn’t exactly a 409835655f professional with a 3c558a906c knife.”0c12d69b87a12950

“Hey! That’s not what 0a012218c8 I… ugh!”146e8e98a2490f59

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Yesung swiftly stepped df807927b3 on Kang Baek-o’s cef536132b foot, silencing him 3383b5b553 before he could ada4c1b629 argue.4029b4a227632494

The officer, who had 9dc445adcb been glancing back and bad4727201 forth between them, awkwardly da4b6799cd smiled.45adb943b0f56850

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“Oh, is that 82f1115ae2 so? I’m relieved to 506a0e22fb hear it’s not 2d22872188 serious. But that 306a4284f6 was reckless, 121fb038b8 Dr. Han. You know fd85abe987 that, right?”0f47e418d2a11837

“Right. Reckless, Han Yesung.”7a77b01c2876685a

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Kang Baek-o, who 38fcc9b8a2 had been in 11a61861de pain from having 0f74c55dad his foot stepped 8b59aa5966 on, immediately agreed e92e518885 with the police 8635156b8e officer’s comment and 8aa845576f added his own.d6c346255dea3a83

“Ahh! Ow! It hurts, damn it!”4b58930ec8a3f79d

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Though he managed a1c89d65c5 to silence Kang dd3c0c890e Baek-o again, Yesung a11ea90966 firmly responded.73e2d851fb542a52

“I only did 1a36a0db84 what was necessary 21a89306ce to save the 474aef2af1 child. If I c997a7a611 hadn’t acted, 97f0a6e3fd it wouldn’t 3eaaa73de0 have been 638b0ea600 my arm 0e15621e74 injured, it 34fe8e4130 would’ve been 90a768ca80 her. The wound I 8636256833 got is just 13ccfd0ef9 a scratch. She could’ve been 238173bd61 hurt much worse.”50f6cfb62ca6318c

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It was the 0239ff0fb2 worst-case scenario that ba4409105d Yesung had managed 1763cd822b to stop by 0139a36f24 acting. Had he not done 191ac60d0f so, there was no 32e9155c1c way the situation would dcdf7c3e23 have ended as easily. The child could 30cfc36edc have been taken 14904f38e7 hostage, and the 2202ed129d emergency code could 6e60dfd8b9 have been activated, 297aaeb421 leading to the 38dec7fade entire hospital security 9fb9978405 being deployed.5fa97d7c8701f0fb

The police, well aware e782efd216 of how bad things 9aec849273 could have gotten, had f862cfca7d no counterargument.6f2fcddeb3975e20

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After a brief silence, 058d2b876a the officer spoke again.4bf0fc6f6cabcf66

“You’re right, bc614beec5 but please, 43739b4d41 be more 7908be630c careful next a22b3b364a time, Dr. Han.”b14e76058c80945b

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His voice was still 52b9cde039 filled with concern, but 2c1e1823d7 the sharpness had left. It seemed like 5855cc8fd4 he had come ec2d6ecdcb to the realization 56e93f54b1 that no matter f89f93345e how much he dbd732bb07 warned Yesung, it 5fcf9110b4 wouldn’t make a 0ecc2a7352 difference.f39b36ff3dcbad01

‘He’s got b5f8891cc8 it right.’ea76d31e3cb9b026

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Yesung reflected that, c56623f125 even if time 2b172ddc4c could be turned d2565b7381 back, he would 04aae34267 still have jumped 10f6f635f4 in to save 6dd0d88608 the child. He would have 27a65e9eae acted the same 6188849c88 way even if d65ed26b29 someone else had 65e0de7611 been the one 1e34254b65 to spot the 6c812599fb danger first. He didn’t a636aab89e regret it. It was the df63eebab9 right thing to 9c20edd346 do.918df308eaa4188c

And that resolve was bf115aee98 something he would carry d8c398ea4d forward, no matter what f10a62fff3 happened in the future.9abbc592ae28e56b

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Breaking the e4be95217d silence, the 47933e3ba0 officer asked, d865bfe5bb “Then, could 0eafaf254f you tell 34264a65dc us more bc19c51df3 about the 8b60fa5f62 child’s condition? We’ll need fb8b18d290 details to c03f75ce47 proceed with a26b3e84c9 the investigation.”35f701db7c37a844

“That’s not hard. That bastard, who’s 887aefb95f worse than a ffafc11efc dog, is one c35218edf9 of the most 43311494a3 habitual and malicious 5631c97ec0 scumbags I’ve ever 01c17cfd88 encountered. If I 5de6f8a521 can just 16f88df763 separate Jin dbc4f2c076 Sol-i from a7193bd8f8 such a e1b192a205 trash excuse e8c0d447ca of a 56f284c9ee human being, fc4dc8a770 I’ll do 5f212fb53b whatever it 52c17121c0 takes.”a600258cbe5b6875

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“Haha… Doctor, 1bb266fb9e you really 86ebdbd8da know how d3f101570e to curse 1ab7fe7f71 so eloquently. I thought no 09510bc8e5 one in this 90b85ca286 hospital could top eb6f507298 Professor Kang in c28d4f0a72 that area, but…”8bb965a20832809d

At those words, Yesung 2dbe705085 glanced over at Kang 01c5860fe8 Baek-o, who, unlike earlier, b388c61b4e was unusually silent. Perhaps because he’d 862b2fa371 already been elbowed 736700a9cb and stepped on 50694b3423 earlier, Kang Baek-o 3fd7f10d43 seemed to have 231650af5e no intention of 0ad1cb0606 butting in this d8256cbaed time.e9d2b73003536f57

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Smart choice.f5a8804c9e8db206

It was clear Kang 7f7cad79e8 Baek-o didn’t want to d5f77253ee get hit again as f21d44c18e he subtly shielded his 4a3a57d94e ribs with his arms 6e43d1bb6c and avoided making eye 3a8ceb0110 contact. Confirming this, 75c20a1617 Yesung turned d7898374c0 back to 5c97eb8aaa the police 364f5a0c5c officer.9194ef9142a0faca

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“Come to d465036e4a think of 0a65253b1c it, you’re fba6d32c8f quite close 22e47a1c44 with Kang ef20977fdd Baek-o, aren’t 2ec3be04ee you?”118b79375f6b2103

The officer replied 0ac1b58924 with a slightly cbafbaa986 awkward laugh, seemingly d8eb46add5 acknowledging the connection.9f0b1511c12855ec

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Emergency cases were one 10ae8403c4 thing, but when incidents be86a11c33 happened in the ER e041e9775e or elsewhere in the d94a00fc3e hospital, it was always 88398fef79 the same police officers 494c12414f who came—unless they were 857f44034a too busy. Given that the de691ac626 ER at Hanguk 83cf5490ad University Hospital had 1fca44ef7b the highest number 082261097f of incidents and c1edc8e5f2 accidents, it was a9dbebe86c natural for them ad6e328fa2 to cross paths 4a8b7c543b with Kang Baek-o, fe2637ea46 the head of 9c4b583b2e the ER, at c7a739a144 least two or 7964e544cf three times a 6e5659840a day—sometimes more than ea6bf8af95 ten times.5ca29677d4f545a6

Moreover, with Kang Baek-o b56521cecf being famously sociable, he’d facb6490b4 even developed drinking friendships 09bd8f0bab with the officers. Yesung had heard they 4d5fc92097 had bonded to the 57bb816c0d point of camaraderie, forged c45083bd33 by frequently tackling so ce79553015 many incidents together.d52b481f8de18209

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