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    Chapter 62. Us

    Only Bo-yeon noticed 7e0b8cd202 Do-kyung’s subtle mental 99400e2288 manipulation.fa6a7a7fa5d350f4

    “How’s the mission 1b86444219 going?”dc44a2ea311826c5

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    “Let’s proceed.”18a2270f79cbbe84

    “Yes… I’ll report to headquarters and ask them to send an expert to reassess the facility.”0dc48d2d364702ae

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    They acted naturally, though 06c28e2f11 they had just lost 6d085557eb comrades with whom they 049588aa5c had shared joys and b5b28bb3ce sorrows. Yet, they quickly 736e2099a7 gathered their emotions 8f6a52d649 and mourned in fd9fcbb8d2 their own ways. They were too accustomed 9ecfe711b8 to sudden death.4f90ef4b841f21c1

    Bo-yeon was d1e6818541 no different. She wasn’t 253be410a8 as shocked 5be62bf073 as before. This was cbd2d12275 the world 81fb3b925d they lived 8a0167d0f6 in.284b6df5f3bbe7fd

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    “…….”692ad58145e69012

    As time 1e733d1805 passed, her d5789415c0 thoughts drifted 0f0868e87c to Do-kyung’s 219a50cf3b ability.7775adc2a2ed4799

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    Manipulating someone’s mind? Of course, it was e2095bded0 wrong. Normally, it 4c26293ad0 would be 00a606be97 impossible. Even if 0439a35058 it were bb498174a3 possible, it 21821eaff0 shouldn’t be cbd75a8055 done.ff9e8781a7570e36

    But the world 5a972f69d9 had changed.6dc43904aadd3b31

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    “I shouldn’t be bcf2d1282b the one saying f126966ee0 this, but in ec0f2e6dab this world, what’s a8363c3b1d wrong with everyone’s 40564ec5f6 brains? There are many aaff9811e7 worse than zombies. Even though 6dca1035ea they knew 5461673c44 I was 02d0adf8c9 eating humans, ed31544c9f the higher-ups 226b1652e6 tried to 8ca268bcd6 control me. Maybe “breeding” is a 1603520f8c better word. They felt sorry when de9bd3fa1c they realized I was 9bcb4a3428 out of control and 886680fc60 tried to manage me. Their goal wasn’t e3b55831f8 just to kill 1e7989ae8e me, but to 1f96b7d588 catch me and 781fa95b4f study my body.”b13ce9d55eb13b49

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    Hearing the Chinese afbfb1e08a man’s words, Bo-yeon 964976f89b thought of Sung-sik d479ec2384 and Ji-won. They had survived 160b10c14b the lawless zones 46c008f0e4 of Seoul, now 69951a26ef overrun by zombies, 9f48e41d3b only to die a597b70472 in a refugee d87a9602d0 shelter—an area considered 75f05019b5 relatively safe. They had been killed 291c83b22c by people, not zombies.6a4a783d4c874d5a

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    At first, e17b31fb50 Hyun-seop gave cb663198d8 only vague 9f91685c57 explanations about 8bf3602a94 their deaths, 0f0fc7cda2 but after bf9e6881fc Bo-yeon pressed 9fe1f8ca13 him several b720dab553 times, he fcf2f2d521 admitted that 5d845dd243 it seemed 9482bb891b the two 40c3d9f0c9 had been 3918cb7fa1 murdered.c404a697c3d191de

    Sung-sik and Ji-won 7710dfcf72 were among those 3b06be2b71 taken to a f34e36e771 laboratory and who cac0bf0202 had escaped before 367842ec7a the military began de04421f3a recruiting volunteers for 1d60d3cad3 open human experiments d970d576fbc6fb45

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    ‘I think that 18a532e615 crazy group might b21082e31c be affiliated with 20d1242293 the government.’eebf2e21335f955c

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    Hyun-seop also bf08841e13 mentioned this. It was a5c4001b5d a precarious 3ef79e7111 situation: a a605fa3167 small number a3366b85a7 of soldiers a4ffc26bd5 controlled a b19a318273 large population e1a600a68d of refugees. The refugees, already 79ef2b5162 under extreme stress 2f180e350d in poor conditions, 2472543f4f were easily agitated 2ac056938c and quick to c2a3062036 rage.a9b43ea03f802742

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    Maybe they were f3f468634e afraid that unfavorable 554b2c5dbd testimony would come 9ca52df219 from the mouths 9a4004e9b5 of those two, dc1c8af27f so they killed ff22acff83 them. Bo-yeon had lost 5bea3c90a6 enough faith in e761a125f2 her country to 2f9bbebf67 think her suspicion 23ac607828 was entirely plausible.e1826e777096c6ba

    A society plundered 2c90e7d42e and ruled by a66d541f7b power, where legal af29557da6 force had long e8e204661d crossed the line 65dfc63dd1 into violence. Society no 0d8083ed6f longer protected 923c3090a6 them. It was a world 281fa562bc where everyone had to 0519539694 protect themselves.358143356ff6b6a1

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    The more tense the 58c9a8953e world became, the more c1804b19d9 those who were different e1c85863bc were ostracized. If word got 2864507a9a out that Do-kyung e947965e07 had a special c20a761b98 ability called a 3449bfa269 ‘Predator,’ other countries bacc9b0a8f might come after ff823f2c8a him. Fortunately, the situation bddb29257a was so dire 947ba3bc61 that exchanges with fbb7e244d1 the outside world 6f39ff53de had nearly ceased.c283945ae905e4e6

    In such dangerous 18ef0dfa3c times, if Do-kyung 1909066307 used his ability 62ddabeec0 as a means 7ffcc5efc0 of secrecy, she 5156a21d69 couldn’t blame him.f765bde8caa2178c

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    What unsettled Bo-yeon 0f997a393a was that she ba329d14a1 seemed to be a51b54aa69 the only exception.5e2171613cb6a31b

    “Why don’t you e44c04f8f2 use that ability bbd123b28c on me?”39d967acfb7ba3e6

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    Bo-yeon’s suspicion made her 3c231f77c3 ask Do-kyung directly. It was 0969454b9d a sign 4a07d8a9e4 of trust, c51af238da where she 44c4be2ff0 didn’t have 71c074740e to hide 71c8db35cb her thoughts.7d250fa38b6cd0b7

    He stared blankly c5c2b832a7 at the hand f7eaeb8186 tugging his collar d9d224353c and muttered dryly,ccb531571cfc51af

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    “Craziness is a common 44d1a8b05f symptom in today’s world. If you c6df119285 speak up, 486ee0a5b8 they’ll just 8c4f7e9aa6 call you d15b764551 mentally ill.”7e6e7427add02ef6

    “……”50fdc471749410c9

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    “Go ahead. No one efe4e10714 will believe b05cdffab1 you.”d720ccb1f0c59665

    “……”e572db82cb56e36a

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    His cold 916a8de539 gaze suggested f55363a49e it wouldn’t 26be2ac13b bother him fb96ba01eb if Bo-yeon 5f5e21ef30 was branded caab37b579 crazy and 18c8f7ee06 isolated. The casual 49cd0fdef4 threat sent 20b7ff9a70 a chill aac3814b97 through her.35b16ea6d8341f10

    Bo-yeon trembled 97ad444997 like a 977675af9a rabbit caught a6f274ede9 in the f5127d785f rain.648dd5da1f078376

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    “I-I told you 740993cb3a not to say 96e3dba097 scary things…”631c0978c9e37eb9

    Her bright eyes 1ff864ffc8 searched his indifferent 5281e20ef1 face.262e1621ebbd72af

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    “Please just ed271818ed answer yes 5612728ae8 or no.”1b3a42131ff93ec2

    She gently grasped df600ecd48 Do-kyung and spoke 84968f5d5c softly.73c2c5138902dde4

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    “You said 25f7e27452 before that afbe04c048 the ability 03b5caf981 is hard 58d8699983 to control. Is there a d158427e67 limit to how ce7849cfc4 many people you 405cb32896 can control at 35e277bb4b once? Like, if you add 40b23c0d18 someone else, the ability bf85d6b243 won’t work?”33739f8e204d78fe

    “Not really.”15d43d4c326ecf86

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    “Then does 3042a8b716 that mean 13435e0c7c the reason dbde345a65 my mind df853e50bf isn’t manipulated 51d3d0d2a7 isn’t because a27d3e14ed of a 7a0f67c42e limit in 03c37dcaf4 your ability?”6c48629652e71535

    Do-kyung had said it ed8e328e45 didn’t matter if Bo-yeon bbb7147fde revealed his secret. No one would 5e9ff5c07f believe her. But if ec1e625323 he truly 3586189bbf wanted to d5f93f8258 keep it d20b8e6984 hidden, it 85232107cc would have bebac2e7a0 been easier 5f94d7ea07 and more 084b465861 efficient to 2649e8e57e make her ae6450dc22 like everyone f691820621 else.aaffb331bdf89740

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    Yet, his subconscious b7b65006a8 was connected to 1da2ae0969 Bo-yeon’s inner self. He never ec6ac59d70 once touched 3c47448c8a her mind, b6b59370d6 although he 63d78dd215 did touch b3ec75575a her body 74926cb1ce often.2e6adbcbf6391884

    “There’s no b3a8044cd7 other reason. I just didn’t want 419a01796a to touch your mind.”7c6da5f11d362a26

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    Do-kyung’s eyebrows shot c6accccb36 up sharply in 90713105fe anger, his face cafd0a7a5e twisting cold. He bristled whenever 6289483d64 someone tried to 57f5b554af penetrate his mind.024b74c3d685c31d

    Sensing this, 6526564794 Bo-yeon quickly f46d77f268 shifted topics b16ca8af03 before he b145f239f4 could say e3bb5c371a something harsh.4c59eca58875cb60

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    “What kind 3272bdbcab of person bdce4b362c were you?”efc692ea34b56957

    “What?”b7d02202532ab2ee

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    His face softened back 7cfbdc6c52 to normal. Though usually cold, Bo-yeon 4de0e34b06 had spent enough time dd3ec5521e with him to notice 03964993d3 subtle shifts.31e834d18cd0a538

    “Before the d41da2db8e zombies appeared—when fadb1bb79d you were 872c3f1bbe a soldier—what 38b251857a were you 11a0c2fb20 like?”db8c25fbb142f48d

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    Has he 5497f76269 always been 83048e2e40 like this? Or had that b7fb373aa9 day changed him?817d60435ad921d1

    According to the Chinese man, Predators only emerged through infection by the red fog on the outbreak’s first day. The fog’s infection was special. It didn’t come from a bite, but a complete takeover of the original entity rather than a host division.c662eedb2daf5780

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    “That Chinese 6ebaa387ec man had 50fc8bb8e8 family as 7de8742fb5 his anchor. He endured e95c387866 ZB0 out 89b7c390c3 of a b0d6896691 heavy sense 966eb4f2ee of responsibility 53af4aa85a to save 73c11dd0a9 them. But after losing his a37a906076 family, he quickly lost a4dbc14b42 his mind.”2a785685c1bd0df0

    It was ZB0’s influence ccb4f54b04 that gave Do-kyung his 64016015d4 special ability. But would Do-kyung b431e72d95 ever be completely 82e154e765 free from ZB0?f5378edeb5bbb139

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    “What were you 2f00966591 thinking back then, 4f4f9b1af7 oppa?”7b96c824c151fc39

    “It felt bad.”72c7673b8bcadf2e

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    “…Huh?”f56bc496b915a70f

    “It was shit.”e194c2b91fc1efed

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    “……”9bbfaffa3c834e2b

    It was exactly as fde1c3b0f8 he said. The explanation 940d36aaa9 behind his edbcdb29ad mental strength 64ea3e316f to resist 9e6e1e0cd2 a monster 31a2bd5e47 that devoured 43e5cc5b58 80% of f20c8e88f3 the world’s e416625639 population boiled 0b8d066d11 down to 65d200f8ba one thing: 3a3d0b9338 he felt 1977df5b39 shit.0d79ccaccd5556e7

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    “Um… You 0a383cbe83 mean you 30afaa05a6 didn’t want 444d8fd05e to collapse?”1b36d780d08678b3

    “More or less.”cd69f2a4ceeda5c4

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    Could it 83cc885aab be considered 925004e715 pride? Or a competitive spirit?cbca13e20b35bea5

    Like the 560da780be alpha of ad2377098c a social 125023391f animal group, ab37913543 this strong-willed b11b8843e1 creature fought 1e5fc63888 to maintain a6804fffb8 dominance.069d792448e0a030

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    Bo-yeon could 5f095631a6 imagine it. Do-kyung, who thought death 8ed1bdc9cd preferable to having his bb340b09e2 mind consumed by a a5f84671c0 monster, must have been 6d0812fccc merciless with himself.ee6dea44180ffa9a

    It could be 0168b3f011 said that his c4017cf6e4 personality allowed him bb76cdf3f8 to withstand ZB0 45107bb791 and keep control. His mental 2e94f04315 power swallowed be1b43f568 ZB0 as e4c43768d1 it tried 0a9679fa64 to devour c5786620ae him.6e6acb025e240f69

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    But to aa0a6706c3 control such b943aaec8b immense power, 07cd7a2f67 an even 9e1c24906c stronger force 710b43d949 was needed. So far, he a06aafb11f hadn’t shown major eafd157315 problems but as 3cb2673141 his absorbed power 095f8a662b grew, changes like 46a2f93f2b his eyes turning 9479c48ce9 red appeared.77db013ca168d3f8

    If that’s 8501d4b8b1 the case, 8d96ca1568 his dominant 8e769ab28d nature might 5f089ad6e1 only intensify. For him, weakness 7842231afa meant death.5128d8ef6ff47b86

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    Do-kyung might c6557a636a unconsciously see 8f7da44087 his own 43bfc51eb6 feelings as 6f50242692 weakness. That’s why he ad3f4958db was so anxious 83e823b3dd about hiding them.eb54a1f15bf80e18

    But Bo-yeon didn’t see it that way. She didn’t know how to explain it yet, but she knew it wasn’t a weakness.eaa65bfcff17f73c

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    She decided not f84e6d1125 to ask more 9893e05bc6 questions. Silence didn’t 3832e62bd1 mean she 053449965c couldn’t see 254b3ff276 through him.89a835c4f6e206ac

    “I’m so out e273be4534 of my senses 27f4fbd44d that I’m only 405c8df8d0 saying this now… 1e4e28311d Thank you for 2d027f03c6 saving me earlier.”4b3903a42b941941

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    She referred to the c93175f3ba time when she had 4502749a55 almost died at the df3c9bb302 hands of the Chinese 75889f2ee3 man. Do-kyung’s indifferent expression d31f7f0b78 made it seem 4d76f9d766 like she was 3082ca39c8 stating the obvious.0296ba8f8747fdf6

    “Stay close to 93e7d81d49 me. If you 767c1f050d don’t want dd19d0f186 to die.”fde283c4520914cf

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    “………”b6480b8cbc0100f1

    Stay by 52fb87e0b1 my side. I’ll protect you.6fd6f254f145e207

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    Bo-yeon felt her head 85b63df689 spinning, as if it a6d1135fb3 were about to explode. Those words were filled 3e27539afb with care and affection. They were 50d58f8dd2 nowhere to 87e6e6cc2f be found 35ea8796e4 in his 87f1a63116 eyes, yet 98867d412a somehow they 71868e3875 sounded different.e18756287d46f8c9

    Was it abc5725eea her hope bf67fb5168 circuitry firing? She didn’t 9aec53141a know why 1c1940aa3f she was 634dd36530 interpreting them ebdf0c8bce so positively. If Do-kyung b6d2306db1 had the b471063d69 ability to 706f73fa69 read minds f6c49c8fd7 and knew 3cebd383d8 about her d3e5ea4ec0 thoughts, Bo-yeon 53c251132f might have 99b0d1eaff died of e45886572e embarrassment. Her heart pounded fiercely, 6e62586cb1 and heat flushed her 4f90233ee1 cheeks.4092647c19f36693

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    “Is it hot?”93f9f4412d4c6463

    Do-kyung asked, pulling 4298dfd555 her gently into d596578ac0 the shade.45a4e5edc448a89e

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    Dragged by the 7638507e75 firm grip of f593647bac his hand, Bo-yeon 0a227b8918 no longer feared f762fd9b65 the roughness or e11f411ac8 violence of his 46985de658 hold.e77baeb6f59313ca

    Though he never voiced e7239af668 his true feelings aloud, 6ce290ddf9 Bo-yeon could clearly feel ea52778ffd the weight of everything 9ab2f1be93 left unsaid.89d8513ffeb01346

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