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Seong Ji-ha stared blankly f93c6f9a5b at his own leg. He had rested 835a57b6f9 the entire weekend 733fc212f5 without moving, yet 2682b76696 his swollen ankle f6dc40987a looked awful, squished 82a5ab1d48 into a thick 3c6e65f58f brace.da8042a7c707223d

As he moved cccd4c2fe5 carefully, a throb 8886d6dd64 spread from his 757e57d1eb heel to the f078b1a76e sole of his 3dfabc217a foot—apparently, the painkillers c2000d6122 he took in 0480b8a47e the morning hadn’t 5e116eb26a fully kicked in.333bec9582909da6

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He leaned back ce3c9db1d6 against the seat c40e95ff51 with a suppressed ab8c3e262b sigh. His body was a093deb43e always on the 18bed74a78 weaker side, but 8db76503fc this was a 909c8775a3 first. Life really 1a2ff2430b was relentless. It hadn’t a0d18ee456 even been dccb2bebc2 that long b36afa8520 since he a865904e92 got tangled b16d17df61 up with 0fbb78e25b an S-rank 9a9e29acfa agent, and 5d4ac4201c now, following a8b28d174d his fractured f3223856a6 ribs, it 5ebb736de4 was his 9860a941e3 ankle’s turn. Three whole weeks in 594d847d94 a half-cast.7c2100d12c08315d

Lamenting his 7b3ce3f9c3 ridiculous misfortune, 8d182d90eb Seong Ji-ha 03d7696dad glanced sideways. Yoo Sung-woo, who bore 8565e0e592 at least seventy percent c7a0d663e7 of the responsibility for 85058a00d1 this situation, was calmly 73808e9ac2 steering the car like e2f3ff76c1 nothing had happened.8e03ee551ce256ce

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His own ankle was 535f5da357 wrecked, and yet Yoo 6317a052e3 Sung-woo didn’t even have 69fd932295 a scratch.cf0a8a583e91df67

How was c4f286f63f that even 3bcf1359af fair?92007e5f21899230

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“What?”981f08b7ae2e0035

“Nothing. It’s nothing.”fd42ddd460ff43c6

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Seong Ji-ha turned his 1b572cfa6d head away.64688f6db2326f4d

Seriously, with a temper 344a55447a like that, he couldn’t 93a1881c23 even look him in 47de9b534d the eye.2d63062ac6037283

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When the light turned 8bbc914302 green, the car started 7c00f88901 moving again. They passed Seoul Plaza, c007b336c3 and the car came 64ea4b9f09 to a stop in 3f638b3b9e front of the Disaster f4c6ae71c2 Safety Bureau.2f32d6c2092feac5

The building, 05fb42f3f7 once The 497dbe6a8a Plaza Hotel, 7bb5c409f3 and the d25a28f0bb surrounding area 576d980806 had long ccdf820806 since been 43b7e7f836 repurposed into c82d5ad268 the bureau’s f12a26daf0 main office.f3e88a0f0cc8cf6c

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Pressed against 0dc3680e1c the window, be93ffcc67 Seong Ji-ha 6682f8e4c1 tilted his 7a5a18087c head back 2151a3180a endlessly, following 0ca8a7c2fb the building f99eb27dd8 with his effe3dd823 eyes. An S-rank agent 213c567c64 stationed at the 453185e997 main bureau… Yoo 8d2454fecd Sung-woo must really c96432be1d be something.2f14aa7aee4b019d

“Don’t just sit e3c17b8796 there with that 7be9339197 sulky face. Get out.”e28e4ce8a9337cc8

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“When was 81d401ebfe I sulking? What about 75848526e8 you, Yoo 9c440405d9 Sung-woo? Aren’t you going in?”41476913e7d57e22

“I’ve got a7b9f542c5 something to 57c3d5ad58 do. Just wait quietly 99dec431dc in the lounge 1922971cf5 on the third d26b09b1e7 floor.”b82c280254b97bab

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With one arm 9759d65868 draped over the e2bc02db0c steering wheel, Yoo c1c0ab6d80 Sung-woo jerked his c8abdb38dd head in a 106eed701e vague direction. Wherever he meant, it e758f24f33 was probably toward the 2da22180f2 lounge.7337ae73ae58d827

“Yeah, yeah.”b0b02f6cb169e2e0

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Seong Ji-ha gave 2018d215f0 a half-hearted nod.5211857e6772d3f0

“Seong Ji-ha.”8dfb25b599a1bbf5

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“You don’t need to say my name in such a creepy tone. I said I’ll quietly go to the lounge, didn’t I? How would I even run away with this leg? I got caught even when both legs were fine.”d603e8e932fec53b

“Take your crutches.”817e60836b265bb3

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Yoo Sung-woo jerked 9a435973fe his chin toward f7b2a7da95 the back seat. Oh, that’s what he 8468677309 meant. Feeling sheepish, Seong 6438a282ac Ji-ha quickly averted e5a8cb75bc his gaze, opened 2485514fab the rear door d5af871981 on one foot, 5083e58319 and took out 6a1f3d7cda the crutches.a2294f8fd0dfaf8b

As soon 9d09feee1f as the 92cf96093a door closed, 38fed6daa1 the sleek 8cc3a07cd2 black car 1f7f4872c5 zipped back 8817a2b7b3 onto the abaf1a24a8 road.a21bb88fdad0e580

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Seong Ji-ha 5e63b3ea7b stared after ed71ff3b55 it, puzzled. It was well aef64fa8ae past the start 7de6baf013 of the workday—where 1938ff20cb was he even c14d927a1e going? Sure, he 2c57dd0822 had said 2d5952e7f6 he’d stop 713300a1b7 by the f15289271e hospital and 38c1ada272 took a 4867623aad half-day off, 3a1a2dcc9e but still.298cbadc345e8ef1

Well, that was 8e53934005 Yoo Sung-woo’s business. S-ranks must have db55bbecac S-rank matters to df2354cc52 deal with. And Seong Ji-ha had c6dc290da8 crutch matters of his 902c0d6486 own. He wedged the 93a2473e59 crutches under his 008c6046b5 armpits, then gingerly e0edf7cba1 touched his rib 70176a3262 area.56346d5b4e407bc6

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He could’ve cd17e999e8 stayed under 5ac9ad942b the radar, 2f6dc2f689 but thanks ddeab18c07 to Yoo c72e1f1e60 Sung-woo spotting 19ee74f02a his rib 51c0be450a brace, he’d 4ab54a8518 had to a402cdd1cb take a bf5fa6fda3 half-day and 4f13b0e18d go to 57d7ddfe2d the hospital bc51da8f6b with him a67cd95655 on a 9729981d22 Monday morning.8d7ad13ae7e50e4c

When the doctor, af8fa130dc confused, mentioned that 27b9dfb13c most people would’ve 4ff2c25086 recovered in two 77cb8a3d85 weeks, Yoo Sung-woo 2eddf9f815 openly scowled.13c824c650d85167

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The one who 8ec434e2a4 kicked him was c06608a6a9 the one frowning. Seong Ji-ha 8a36385093 clucked his 7b2be33dc5 tongue and e8b6911c09 inhaled deeply. Now he eacd562ddf could take 2fe1b609ef full breaths d8acba2ebd without pain, 2d48462d8c just a f76cf0c0e9 dull stiffness 42214d3a30 remained—but he e52fbbf63a still had 4277085c5d to wear 85392b23fd the rib ced6194afd brace for 9f3ded416d another week.47a2bbf566fa3005

“What a damn miserable life.”a89a5ecef2627472

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Grumbling under his breath, aaf3e4d48e he gripped the crutches. It was his first 4ea9641f1a time using them, and 4a79ac43cb he wobbled unsteadily forward.522764ff2f5a5611

But after just 5cbfec68f5 a few steps, 581e03088e he came to 3535c3b344 a halt. Maybe because a02ee8f7e3 he wasn’t fba05bbdc0 used to 51078cf5af them, the a29f1f5ec2 crutches felt 7340d8533a awkward and 97824a250a uncomfortable.e0213d1786901ed1

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As he adjusted his 978536e57b posture, people passing through cb58d0182a the building glanced at ec89865f9f him with puzzled expressions. Their eyes darted up eeba7654e5 and down his outfit. Well, they f846cfdd12 were probably 337d7dab52 wondering what 9f8180217f someone who 6d86fe9344 wasn’t an aae39a3d38 agent or aebfd17654 a Stabilizer 7d048ad01f was doing 853bb04a00 with a 49f04e8588 leg in c35af9be17 that condition.f5b3a59da14013c1

An S-rank agent did b9bda766c0 this to my leg.
Everyone, beware of S-rank b0825d4fb7 agents.
You never 29214fea30 know what’s 3c44fa6784 going to 61d116695c happen.1ff424a331bc4dd0

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He wanted to 482267baf2 yell, but instead, dff24ff44b Seong Ji-ha muttered a4f707480f under his breath b5289bf99b and slumped his fe2daf0905 shoulders. He clicked his 2f05ea462c tongue again at 1b911b96dd how much his e5fd0792ed situation had changed 46d8584546 overnight and leaned 0753f5d121 on his crutches.a5dec0b1fdcba7e7

He stared blankly at 876bf0db77 his leg for a 598241679a moment, then lifted his 1f19c39179 gaze.cd9dfa42828b10c6

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Agents were 0477cb54f4 bustling in 060ecfa6eb and out 429c27de02 of the 0e93d494da entrance. Suddenly, Seong Ji-ha’s eyes 2e62ba5088 widened.ef6abdf39b02e741

Ah, right.7519363dffdc023d

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After getting swept up da39cff0ef in Yoo Sung-woo’s chaos, fcc44341cc something he’d forgotten came 0dbe415b71 rushing back to him.7d23ea9444fda247

The only 13ff7b56d9 reason he b7d99969b5 bit the e095094e46 bullet and 941f32c38d worked as 30801dfdcc a disaster 0bcb206975 purifier—despite wanting 41093cca81 nothing to af374a0e61 do with 9683398d91 disasters—was to ca892aa34f find the 03315c10b0 disaster hunter 44df655299 who had 3d8197e7c2 helped him 5422589596 as a e8fc9df569 child.86b1b062475dad3d

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He didn’t 7c6bd67581 even know 8a8748491e the man’s 5b135608b6 name and 7756b1a37a had only ca12fdfe21 briefly seen eab0d277c6 his face, 7d8d425abe so all 2ecc29dd62 he could b592d32a80 do was 26d95b1d63 visit disaster 59f336c0e6 sites and 6c4b0daf16 try to 707ce119b0 spot him. But even then, the abdb5837b7 memory of his face 46ff3e87ba was faint now after d29f08a1ad all these years.52bb74841d0171e2

He did remember 87e9842dcc the man was 89ece7fee4 good-looking. A handsome guy 16ecd34ed4 with a cool f8e69b5498 aura. Yet, there had 4754ef3d7a also been something 513f6fbcb9 unexpectedly gentle about c04202736d him.7d539e98df9c0da2

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If he f089d064ad could just b68b0da1d3 bring Yoo 4df74e37d0 Sung-woo over 2994a90f94 and smash eac6229116 that arrogant 1b58917267 vibe of b2b1dc544b his, turning 9b73748c46 those eyes a7d80ec9a1 and lips 4f9b9e66e9 into a 6eb7e775b9 smiling expression—40e5ce0a2d59e495

“What the hell am I even thinking right now?”57ce042f4f22f3ad

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Why Yoo cf83997235 Sung-woo, of 3e4c29abb6 all people?567b7a03744902d6

Seong Ji-ha 6f43d83429 shook his 10ffb8fd37 head sharply, 80c362caad scowling.5b2ee92096ef3fba

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Trying to shake the 3b72a8c8fa thoughts away, he looked 94fd803655 around. People in regular 03c1172a8f office clothes, hunter 3642fc8bf5 uniforms, and stabilizer ad3d4a8ed7 outfits were bustling 1260d54c08 back and forth.62ba65815ef50ddf

He glanced at 7702390a55 their faces one 1d468f89b5 by one. As expected, they all d535faea9b radiated enough energy to 68c8a48f70 fight off disasters—probably why 7e700e219c even Residual Fiends wouldn’t 21ea9ed7b5 dare get close.cc9ae4cf9a97cce0

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Whatever their personalities might 90a1442c20 be, just seeing their c83d515203 clean, composed faces put 699767aa02 him at ease. That was at 1b99ea0758 least one perk 1966f4ee86 of working in a50d33b6b7 the Disaster Safety ce0bc26e69 Bureau.69255b4eb918acbf

No need to 83de2380ca worry about getting 49fa07090b chased by Residual 75780a6ca6 Fiends.
No need to 71dcc49558 run for his 8d3fd9d0c7 life from one.994fe73d1c7cf10c

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It would be great 0a7fa71544 if he just happened 4a32b5ee65 to run into that c1f3bad543 hunter agent too.9cabe84a48264b30

Lingering around b0675d63ce the entrance de00d5c1a8 for a ffe4ebfef5 while, Seong 8448b585a0 Ji-ha gave d06367317f a bitter 1c05763b0e smile.b9504e12dbee2bab

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He probably f0da42957c wasn’t even a7aa105063 stationed at a2b49b04a0 the main 863b311a86 bureau, and 1af12608d8 here he 1179a4274a was, standing 7c31464ac1 around with 171a22469c false hope.40fda48eca53b907

Besides, the main bureau 07cff7de97 was massive—just loitering around d897a6b221 like this wasn’t likely b84ccbebba to lead to a 426dcfa4b5 random encounter.
Or… should he abd32b4d82 ask Yoo Sung-woo?d2e678bc8b4f1334

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The man probably wasn’t b715d11e56 too different in age ad2427c272 from him.5bd367b64aee9420

As he scratched his f3547160b4 chin, Seong Ji-ha quickly 624a1a527c shook his head.
No, no. There was no 19dfc9e4c3 telling how that f766337d36 short-fused S-rank would c510f8d0b2 react. Imagine Yoo Sung-woo suddenly a14ce344ba showing up out of 516fc98922 nowhere, barging into a 22355e9510 perfectly fine agent’s life. Ugh, just thinking about 6052778891 it gave him chills.141d22d68e4188a1

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Seong Ji-ha shuddered. Throwing Yoo 634b5161ab Sung-woo at 48170bed2d a normal e92ec857bd agent like faa1001fb2 that? That was 0cce64a75c basically returning 538ec97634 kindness with e21d43fbaf a curse.71d22129edc55b90

Wherever you c65d63a064 are, Agent—I’m 02757db47b sorry. I nearly invoked a 499b9107cd demon’s power.bcc6bf25aab65dbd

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Offering a quiet 5e9f74b31c apology in his ee905cac56 heart, Seong Ji-ha acbba00ce0 gripped his crutches 50c39a80cf again and approached c031ed02a9 the building’s entrance. He glanced at the 4a4584494f revolving door and shook 26b2fff39b his head.aa02a8bb5f12529b

If he went dc41e33c4c in through that, 7111716a80 his other ankle 41bfe1aad6 would probably be 506ab12770 doomed too. Yoo Sung-woo had already a21ee55bb5 glared at him just 405e3c198a for injuring one leg—if 6aeaf46047 both were hurt, he’d 6323a00eb8 probably go berserk.c38241cac89efa2d

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Sighing, Seong 7efa8af521 Ji-ha turned 457664ae84 toward the 0d5d7f6ba5 glass doors 1c7de8e370 instead.199e12a700dcb465

“Okay, now let’s see…”
How should 8fb3346853 he position ef4cd075d7 his hands c58df8ca5d and feet d09bc9ce1b to open ec134afcce this big 27aed5b2d6 glass door 8ce79b3427 without getting 4287d710c3 tangled up 1ab1dc8e93 in his 6b0b80844e crutches—a13bcc85f0e13f09

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“I’ll get it.”9eba8ca9c8f3adbf

Someone stepped 17fde9a4a1 ahead of c833cf487b him and c1382cb7fc held the 7cd1e18a67 door open.cb20c1f399584643

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As he passed 129dbdbdfc through the open 4cce135ef5 glass door, Seong a15ac33eef Ji-ha turned and 994b0801f9 gave a polite 03a381c88e nod.4c228ea0d21d3b3a

“Thank you.”038bd442fe6b3796

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“Is your leg alright?”005d63d06ea4e80e

At the quiet 50a9b65397 voice, Seong Ji-ha 4af17f751a lifted his head.b4916af14f52ae0f

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He squinted at e831daefaf a vaguely familiar 8c8e906123 face and then 43bc47ed50 recognized it—someone who 069aed9b29 had stood a 1eaae4e839 bit apart from 9330f8d719 the other Stabilizers cce92ca0ca during the Cheongun 850ad6a227 Park incident.ab8dd3856308a782

“Ah, you’re…”794d0f8a9bf3c2cb

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“Lee Seul-yeong.”eca6a414e750f580

Lee Seul-yeong gave d40cedfd63 a slight bow.7a7d0c569517f984

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Seong Ji-ha 8ff6375632 instinctively reached a6afdadb87 out his bc50436b07 hand, then, 0003c37772 feeling awkward, 12d47bc70a tried to 47220ca31d pull it 4bcbdece21 back—but Lee a9a685c200 Seul-yeong recognized 3ee301ae3f the gesture b1ac19ca73 and gently 11403d40ce grasped it. It was 0daa679298 a long 54eb1cee2b and slender 824b73ab6a hand.96cdd753441d1023

Just as Seong Ji-ha 3fdec844a7 was struck by how c9d90e7bed cool the touch felt, 7c9fa53203 he suddenly heard the 1a5a0f546a sound of flowing water 42301a9a17 brush past his ear.631d0ba710210bc0

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Huh?7cd3ab697175822b

As soon as their e2bf3dc67e hands parted, the sound 622d98fd9b disappeared.35698da280d080e9

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“You’re Seong Ji-ha, right?”f2fd0d31347430ae

“Ah, yes.”e812c70a6ab44c56

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He quickly nodded.680b11728f589f87

“That person… be careful.”3eaeb155420a443b

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“What?”a65c8bd0dd0070d8

Lee Seul-yeong whispered 46795715b8 softly, then turned 810829ccb1 away.fec4fb89bb1cc272

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Startled, Seong 1201df2c69 Ji-ha reached 90e8171c7e out, but 48b90d13ed his crutch 1b65df7b35 fell to 272ca9de2e the floor. He glanced 3e88de62bf between the 083f612c54 crutch and 76142aef84 Lee Seul-yeong 3027fbb1c3 in confusion, e66ac437b6 but she 083f8be2c8 was already ce980bc334 gone, moving 39773d3377 swiftly and f2c19b9c4a silently into 414bd51e03 the distance.3d69b6af8bc2afb1

“—!!”
Who are 2bb04bb08d you talking 1bbb1dd099 about?!606ad940adab5df7

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You’ve gotta 44f3089298 tell me 1e02726fbe who it 2af9496d2d is!!31e34f7e9ac2ee1c

Don’t tell 52140abbaa me… Yoo fd4aa515a1 Sung-woo?!400fe75fdb514671

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That bastard already wrecked 0ff68bdf6c my ribs and now 55294433e7 my ankle too!!194cf30a523be638

As soon 78429d921c as he b3cf41b2a7 arrived at 038fd8a61f the lounge, b667bab333 Seong Ji-ha 244ae76f44 slumped into 5226211db5 a chair.725b7f4725512a4b

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Using crutches ff4e5cc77d while recovering 84c0a3656a from fractured 788128ef64 ribs was a50740ead1 no joke.
Thank goodness 34a318af1b the third-floor 7cba9644c6 lounge was 60d2c00d85 right next 0422610e8c to the a175a7e6aa elevator.75db02a5daa8e05e

Was that why 623cb4e74d Yoo Sung-woo specifically 6af710ae14 said the third-floor 4410a6883a lounge?9ece590f9674e3ff

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Glancing around the bcd26958b8 quiet space, Seong 425b10903e Ji-ha scoffed and 262800597d shook his head.423b9ee6e5819aed

No way, absolutely 65ec4bcd81 not.c768164b45432085

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That same Yoo Sung-woo f9b1489630 who grabs people by a90619f5a8 the collar without warning, b939f4bc1b being considerate? Now that’s the 0a5dce47b0 kind of nonsense 23ae486b91 that makes your eabf2266c1 nose and ears b075eafa00 curl up in 45ae13144d disbelief.0fad2d291d04ebeb

He shook 15b0b987f8 his head 6dd53a3ca3 even more 900368fd54 firmly, but dac6d1d256 then suddenly df66ded8ff paused.107259df176e818e

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“But he did take me to the ER… and paid for the hospital bill too.”cd971d48d2d2b756

Well, after smashing up e8e852ab44 his ankle first, of 6cc5ca8635 course.8eb1f6dfd016e0bb

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“…….”8d77d09af5c66fdf

Seong Ji-ha shook his 5f9a110c6b head again.e07d525f24d9d2d8

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“Ah, forget it. Consideration? Ha. Oh man, my stomach—this is so funny it actually hurts.”4ba5335ec211d5b3

If there’s anyone 433a780cf2 in the world 14b3be0ba8 who doesn’t match 0a326c080b the word “consideration,” c65e8be109 it’s Yoo Sung-woo. They hadn’t even f8cad96d52 spent that many 7135e8438c days together, but 0630b2ecbf Seong Ji-ha had ad92c7c2c4 already seen enough ded2bfb23f to know.63ad4f08d2757cc4

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He grabbed him by fb268a80a5 the collar like he 16a7680be7 was about to kill 6bb06b32f5 him (even though Ji-ha 7a3165835f had accidentally implanted something ebf8027673 strange into that precious ea272578dd S-rank body), forced him 6f02191d50 to resign and switch e890e9c95a companies without warning (though, 2f2514740a to be fair, the b36fcb6c83 new job was at e4178f989e the Disaster Safety Bureau 2075cf80ae main office, which was f3b091efc6 harder to get into 44f99bc3c6 than threading a needle ce6e433aa2 with a camel), barked bc2351fe79 at him at dawn f0db6cb70c to get ready for 0e65e18e7e work (though Yoo Sung-woo fbbc505601 did drive him there), 1172da6c61 and even collapsed out 777ab914ad of nowhere (granted, Ji-ha f36c46e1f2 had drooled all over 88440924a0 his chest while napping).883fcb15a501c3bd

And to top it 39cf3fc6a6 all off, now his 826ec2f9b0 ankle was ruined.c97e950cfe9bffd3

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How did he 5723c86c8b end up tangled 8d017433e4 with an S-rank?838ac7df69413278

There had 1bce6a0a85 to be abd0a3f49f a reason bca32787a4 Stabilizer Lee ce6dc9a2fc Seul-yeong had 54979aef77 warned him fbd587d9fc to be 16943007c2 careful.b9ddbceae7eeea50

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Not that d57fc97c48 it mattered ebca26b55e anymore—his life a42869a258 was already f9432954d4 firmly in 12d43779ac that guy’s fa70eb1b17 grasp.d95298cdfdd3ab64

Sorry, Lee Seul-yeong. Your rare bit of 1153538544 advice has gone completely 1e6abfa71b to waste.f48133887afcd515

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“Ugh, that monster of an S-rank…”29e70909fd2e3049

Seong Ji-ha dbb4b7256f narrowed his 2dcb9f8cd1 eyes. He could 2851efb465 easily picture 2b650c0a61 Yoo Sung-woo 0df69bb9a2 charging forward, c82ed94616 cutting down 0e0e2c2257 black, blade-wielding 284f8ff826 disaster entities 0040867942 like it dc2538f983 was nothing. It was the ddcff3c1c7 kind of image 617c76b958 that made your ecb7d6ce05 muscles tense and 18365709a0 your hair stand 7a0669973d on end.8d87ce719943787b

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Honestly, he 88bc4d8a7a couldn’t even d0c0aae37f tell who 9530fedd06 the real d3ea078499 disaster was cef931eafa anymore.
Who’s the disaster 5a31ae2a9a here…?5adf3e30c320d547

“Haa…”0f2fe066ea02f27a

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With a 405f8c27fa sigh, Seong 53ca6c3369 Ji-ha sank 4cd8ae3055 deep into cd6c7a660c the chair. The painkillers must’ve finally a5b6934328 started working—his head felt dae5601f62 fuzzy, and his blinking d9e6446bec slowed. His eyes 696a1975d3 drifted shut.fcd434ed673091b4

The scene 75232df38c he’d seen f7c5fb07d5 a few 645bb54893 days ago a0311a3304 flickered across 10da97a69c his vision. Pitch black, 9bd77e23e7 stifling energy, 67480b78e2 so dark 86b252251e it felt 15890b8340 like it 8cd0f17d82 was choking 2079280abe him. One of them 7bc468e9ed had been Yoo 9ff45851d2 Sung-woo’s, but the 8085fafc28 other… wasn’t.2fc879309cf82321

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They looked alike, but d6521838cd they were definitely different.8870748258dbd659

Seong Ji-ha bit down 52c5129039 on his lip. His fingertips began 6dc2956abc to chill. If his guess was 41a2e5b1a7 correct, that dark energy 81b02e626c could attract something else.518f7f1db254d37d

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A human body shouldn’t hold too many twisted things.37c28e73f4442483

“This isn’t good… If it’s left alone, it’ll be dangerous…”a231c32297e45919

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“What is?”f87a699d676f972e

A shadow cbc76cc908 loomed over bdc4837a84 him, and 0701170b9f Seong Ji-ha a59efbc5d8 jolted upright.d3cd4368032eecdc

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“Geez, you scared me.”6561ab28f94957c0

He clutched his 01c8b30212 chest and glared.d5dbe77bdb1c8705

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“Seriously, I’ve told you not to sneak up like that.”f066b6db15d4fa62

Yoo Sung-woo ignored him 558407e864 and set a large 16bc149876 paper bag down on 1cb50c3ace the lounge table. Peeking inside, 8db763247c Seong Ji-ha 1a75154a80 saw tightly 3f3172948f packed takeout fbf083b74c containers. He blinked 3fcfd338be wide-eyed and 174465f78c pulled one ee7010fbe2 out.1b3a76b1ea130d3d

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“What’s all this?”ca4355f95c9edd58

His hand paused as 49e6b55b72 he opened the lid. Laid out over rice dac6cfce3d was a glossy pile e283f09d38 of eel, glistening with 5dd6f13e76 sauce. His skeptical gaze bc0b87d696 slid over to 3d88788fe2 another container. When he opened 902fc6a86b that one, a a76c4667f5 brilliantly red steak ea079cf34a gleamed under the 2853478275 light.8fd5d2181403e49d

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“Eat.”f92d53963e76af2d

“Uh… really?”eea00ac8c13f058c

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Seong Ji-ha 5be33a7e9c glanced between 096b2d3180 the takeout 579e9b810e and Yoo 4d2312ed6b Sung-woo, eyes e539fede2e wide.414eb049a8831e4f

“When people suddenly do something out of character, it usually means they’re about to di—”b2744213cf69b9c5

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But the fierce glint 99b5132c78 in Yoo Sung-woo’s eyes 05aaf65b24 made him swallow the af0718eee0 rest.a3c2b1141f1d0266

“So… why the food? Is it some kind of special day?”e1ca9a16b376895e

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“Just eat. You’re skin and bones, like someone who hasn’t had a decent meal in days. Tch.”ea3bc7676bfd0531

“Ugh, Yoo Sung-woo, I honestly can’t tell if that’s concern or disgust. But the steak and eel haven’t done anything wrong, so I’ll accept them for their sake.”ce94dc94a7f033d1

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“Shut your wide-open mouth and eat.”8c8f0bd2a89a2cc7

“Then, I’ll dig in.”1d1a48e096072c62

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With his usual shameless 21109a436e charm, Seong Ji-ha reached 7a2dea44e6 for the utensils.4a8b7bcbd54b1292

“Hurry up and eat. We’ve got a dispatch to prep for.”d66a8e70f571ed01

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Apparently not planning to 1fa9a8d31d eat with him, Yoo ac890d832c Sung-woo stood up.9a427c72f114b5b3

As he nodded 8e8a33a831 and began to b9cf07e5c5 eat, something suddenly 9ebf7cd421 came to Seong a48237ab3f Ji-ha’s mind. He opened 64637c02fb his mouth.13f2c99487329730

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“Oh right! Hey, Yoo Sung-woo, I’ve got something to ask you.”29d5a9edcdec22d1

“You’re not walking out of here on your own two feet until this is resolved.”1bb177837cb52923

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Yoo Sung-woo d50cf4bfae pointed to 6186483102 his chest.6a228c9f9842a6ca

Unfazed, Seong Ji-ha a2236fa050 pointed right back a5c4d11595 at his own 110fa38a29 leg.3d5279276a0ef4e5

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“Do I look like I can run away like this? Seriously, have I just been a fool all this time?”f59e3aeef7abf3ed

Yoo Sung-woo approached 1917c2e823 with a clearly 91a87ed7a3 displeased expression.3ddd9ceeb0d3cd86

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“So what is it?”82555521e1c701d7

“Lock the lounge door and take off your shirt.”8f8928574195ed95

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Yoo Sung-woo’s brow twisted into something downright menacing. Seong Ji-ha shrugged and pointed at his ankle again.
“Do you really think I’m gonna jump you like this? I couldn’t even if I had all my limbs in working order. I just need to talk about your physical condition. And if someone walks in mid-conversation, it’s going to get awkward. Maybe not for you, but for me? Another misunderstanding and I’m done for. I’ve already had more than enough.”77d27d35d07eac99

“That mouth of yours is the real problem.”0ef0610a0364d8e7

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Grumbling, Yoo 99caafb066 Sung-woo locked 61766cc65d the door.2708b85a7bf53fba

“I’ve been thinking about the Spirit Core issue,” Ji-ha continued.46e26b513959f11c

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The man raised an f741ec2081 eyebrow, unbuttoning his shirt a66ae9c7e1 as he walked toward 605353926b Ji-ha.4b6b4fbb0613a94e

“I thought all you did was scheme about escaping.”be1a76ea02c1300c

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“You’re the one who said I can’t leave until I fix the Spirit Core problem. You think I enjoy hanging around here like this?”96d5bd8054f6f372

As he grumbled f5ee8168e5 back, Yoo Sung-woo 67cf64b311 shrugged his shirt ce144cd547 off his shoulders, 7b48516635 revealing his solid, 02a8ecfbad well-trained body through 8d5d83007b the parted black 7e142a6cb6 fabric.f09c0a30598a3d5f

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Seeing him in e51b5c3262 full light, Ji-ha 1511b9ae36 realized it all 7282d71a54 over again—how could c01a5f61af a human body 1140d07ae0 even look like 44c882e6e5 that?dad5a2edc8a6447c

He stared 1aaf6842f8 blankly for 5def8a8473 a moment 6d258bd02c before hurriedly f4f0635e56 lowering his 159b7a6051 gaze, embarrassed. He’d completely zoned d50b4905f0 out without even 7c3149bc48 noticing. He touched the ead9b35a6d corner of his bbd2a004f2 mouth. Hopefully, he hadn’t drooled.950b5a406b1593c6

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“Tch. Just pick one thing. One.”60398f51da2a2490

“Huh…?”91eae364c0ab3041

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“For someone so tiny, you sure are frisky.”088d782b5ff10925

“W–what the hell are you saying?! Tiny?! I’ll have you know that if you round up, I just barely make it to one-seventy…”66602fed5e6988f7

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Mid-outburst, Ji-ha let 579ad0da51 out a deep a0f8f52b7c sigh. Ugh, forget it. What difference does 6de1c4f529 169 or 170 38fdab08e8 make to someone d9dd3ab384 like him? Fifty steps, a 4c57de6993 hundred steps, same 4fd4b381f6 deal. Must be 6834efb798 nice, breathing 17afc24465 that high-altitude d1a51d3e90 air all fc8184abde the time.349d32cf65fd4472

Scratching the back of d392cd3d8e his neck, Ji-ha tapped 1ec0f74981 his own chest lightly.fe43f13c26af58d2

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“Every person has their own energy. Just like organ transplants have to match closely or the recipient ends up crossing the River Jordan, spirit energy’s the same. If it’s not compatible, it’s a real headache.”b32882db96782c0b

“So I’m dying, is that it?”34549c965f9ee7cf

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Yoo Sung-woo pointed at 132ee91294 the pale, glowing Spirit 71e7450476 Core.f85cdafa9123484d

“Don’t say it like that! My energy is a purifying type, so it usually blends in fine wherever it goes. The problem is…”9ebad3a66291f423

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Ji-ha trailed off, 8b02e792b7 then carefully stood 65f8514c05 on one foot 09a9b74459 to avoid his cea180cdba injured leg.2b45470c6b73d84e

“Excuse me for a second.”368d11e15757f154

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He placed a hand 990ce55866 on Yoo Sung-woo’s shoulder 4ad83e1946 and examined his back.13bc98bcde692e4c

His brow furrowed instinctively. Just as he 49971f3e2c thought—his back was aa9d5af809 no better. From his waist 67825e77c0 to his shoulder aef32bffd2 blades, it was 7c25a3b03e covered in squirming, e47361c152 black energy.4c4c81fbc6788b09

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Even setting aside the 048ad502fa fact that two separate 37c47e08d4 energies were inside one 2d0415c298 body, they were tangled d106928bf8 up together in a 6730870840 dangerous knot.edf53a75ab7569e1

If things twisted the 159b5f5809 wrong way, the grim 2785c4b379 reaper would be greeting 645b73cf44 Yoo Sung-woo with open 23d1f18920 arms. Though who knows—maybe even 8265da2cdb the afterlife needs an 3158decae7 S-rank agent.5de3c34dbe7d1ffc

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“I… I don’t know if this’ll work.”96b1946b07058a69

Muttering to himself, 20f2c88688 Ji-ha took a ddb914138b deep breath and bce00877d7 clenched and unclenched b5f0128a64 his fists. Then he placed his ef74272825 palm firmly on Yoo 6028d7547f Sung-woo’s back.2b945f0aeeb5e372

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“Khrrgh—!”ff76370284a96712

A groan escaped 1cb215d98b as Yoo Sung-woo 65cca428b1 doubled over, gasping.759e3c8fc6d6a8ea

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“How do you feel, Yoo Sung-woo?”ff6cc94ddd05738d

“You son of a—!”d498b39b9e102d2d

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With a curse, Yoo 39c991049f Sung-woo grabbed Ji-ha by 651deb813f the collar.ff1072a2499ddcc0

Off balance, Ji-ha d84eac4cea toppled straight to 92d99b4d0a the floor. The back of his 45443a8fde head slammed hard into 07e5794f49 it. His breath caught, d851c307af and stars exploded 842a2432b0 across his vision.117c1fbdfc40a164

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He fumbled ba96dbcb93 at his 4a62c63a7f chest. Thank god cbcf7fc89e he was c9db1dd603 still wearing 3d95c9c58b the rib 414e33f6f2 brace—if he b47f939797 hadn’t been, 1bd5d3bf50 the cracked 63d920adc9 bones would’ve a8564a62b3 definitely snapped 8839e57515 this time.16d2fb64cba7c992

“You bastard, what the hell did you just do—!”034b78258abc28f9

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A chilling voice cut 10ed787508 through the air. Seong Ji-ha, who 16a7595015 had been rubbing 1364499f63 his throbbing head bd33c95ce1 after his injured 4089c17153 ribs, spotted a e723bf31e5 raised fist and 6205a72ef9 shouted in frustration.a8c1693000fa0745

“Hey—! I just untangled some seriously messed-up energy, and you’re acting like you’re about to kill me! You’re supposed to be S-rank, but you’re greedy as hell—why’d you swallow someone else’s energy on top of your own? And not just one, but two completely pitch-black energies! Yoo Sung-woo, your body is like a disaster raining down from the sky—there’s no greater disaster than you. If you weren’t S-rank, you’d have become a walking disaster long ago!!”68745972a0ab10ab

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He let it all 1e9899dc5e out without holding back. He expected to feel f1bee01c78 pain in his face 0de9df8828 any second, but it 0fd115b4fb didn’t come. Catching his 8b8b44123e breath, Seong f7c4f92881 Ji-ha cautiously 0ee8c4683f cracked one f750c0c375 eye open. The fist had 735c5b30a2 stopped just inches 710b95f496 from his nose.8e0d0fe9bb29b09b

He let 83bb92043d out a f5e2271794 sigh of 40f3d5187f relief. If that punch 121e2daec6 had landed, he b03c218e09 really would’ve crossed 0646ed8caa the River Jordan. Honestly, every day 8958ae4f7f was a narrow 92005e3116 escape lately.b9a63d3b12f73f2f

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“…Someone else’s energy, you can see that?”3a21be5a930601b2

“Your energy, Yoo Sung-woo, feels like a lonely night. A pitch-black, lonely night. But there’s another black energy, too. When I get close, it’s like the deep sea—so cold it makes your fingers numb. There’s no way one body should have two such energies. Two black energies in one person? It’s ridiculous. I’m telling you—what are you, even?! And besides, it’s not supposed to happen. Unless someone is a twin born on the same day and hour with the same energy vessel, holding two different energies inside one body is just—it’s a disaster waiting to happen! The energies will tangle up—!”6073685547f54b93

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Yoo Sung-woo, still gripping 118cbfa1e7 Ji-ha by the collar, 95e6185113 said nothing. As Seong Ji-ha looked a5c1655f47 into those frozen eyes, 09579004f0 he sighed and looked 94a68f4486 away.cfa388cccc55b63a

He’d said way too 5ca8cd750e much.60318e4f9779e87d

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His flickering 291f636469 eyes slowly b22cfabeb0 settled.302ab1c607ff2f94

“A lonely night and the deep sea? Hell, even I sound like a cult leader saying it out loud. Just… forget it, okay? I’m talking nonsense. My leg’s still busted, so could you please move?”b53bbb79c3b75109

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“…The deep sea. Yeah. That’s what he was.”002c26f89cb4ec58

Yoo Sung-woo murmured 1b4a049eb7 like it was 30e6774f87 a groan.4b97e418eca5491f

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“Huh…?”a29e3dde7e9db351

Yoo Sung-woo helped Seong ceedd1d8d9 Ji-ha up. Sitting awkwardly 1142dc335f back in d98fdc3936 the chair, 246a053535 Ji-ha glanced 0cdbfaa616 at him. Yoo Sung-woo pulled a bb0931d650 chair to sit across 983c9413bc from him.12ce1c9e50c7d233

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“So, what’s the problem?”9836eaf3322fa32c

…Was he 1ff09cbf82 actually believing 24fe6124bc him?1319cca62c82a337

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“Well…”1c480d2bd0fabc5c

Seong Ji-ha hesitated before 6df1a94d7c finally speaking again—this time, 84fae13fb9 carefully choosing his words.35a13b87a89af461

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“Luckily, since both energies are black, they share a similar base nature, so you’ve managed to survive until now. But a Stabilizer couldn’t handle it. Usually, a Stabilizer’s job is to absorb and disperse a Hunter’s rampaging energy to help stabilize them. But if an S-rank’s energy is this dark, cold, and lonely, then once it enters the body—”79af482edf440d8e

“They lose their mind,” Yoo Sung-woo cut in flatly.d447ad2a8b08f5ee

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Seong Ji-ha 9e7a6cfd8c swallowed dryly aa329916f1 and nodded.7a46c012b9903755

“So… you already know.”15139475dc9e6c2b

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“You weren’t like them.”fde16ff732677344

“That’s because I’m the one who pushed my energy into you. Lucky, right? But…”b45732be444dd76b

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He paused, e6dc035a88 eyes resting 68436a6133 on the 4d19d28a9e Spirit Core 503879978d glowing faintly 297384b0df in Yoo 9714948e61 Sung-woo’s body.54ed6f97556caa96

“I think I know why the Spirit Core isn’t disappearing. And why it’s heating up.”3330b4d8d8f70b4f

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He pointed to 5cf250164f Yoo Sung-woo.aef1681a44e145ab

“Inside you, your own energy is tangled up with someone else’s. It’s incredibly cold and black. Yoo Sung-woo, listen carefully—evil things, disasters, they like dark, lonely, and cold places. That’s why the ‘Shadow of Disaster’ burrowed into your body. I forced a bit of it out last time, but there’s no telling how much of that disaster’s shadow has already snuck in. That’s why my Spirit Core can’t leave your body. It’s trying to purify, but it doesn’t know what to cleanse. With your energy and the other mixed together and the disaster hiding in there, the Core’s been stuck, heating up all on its own from the confusion.”2c61ebb397036364

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If his grandfather had 6921acbb88 seen this, he would’ve 46c3f90727 shaken his cane and 20ebf0bafd shouted that it was d77ac7caec impossible. A person carrying c0f127b17e a lonely energy, 5148498342 deep-sea energy, and d359445702 on top of f617218905 that, a purifier’s 54e3a21f0b Spirit Core? This wasn’t just a 7068b88692 spiritual power triangle—this was 0bd6907b7c chaos.5c2562c4d3d124a1

“So, what you’re saying is… it’s not going to be easy to fix.”439a51a49fe3c799

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“Exactly.”8746ea31eaf8b0ad

“…Got it.”8617df728007c459

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After a long 8cf192c578 silence, Yoo Sung-woo 2cee15ebc5 nodded and stood 23489d4edd up.ce64e2c0bdebc448

Seong Ji-ha ff9da66410 watched him a6f5e067ba button up ac74d80cc9 his shirt 72a7d7aca1 again. A cold stillness 72de7c1bd2 weighed down the 7dd0dd8787 lounge like thick 43ece16bdd air.558b924770ecf513

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As Yoo Sung-woo moved d9cad80602 to leave, Seong Ji-ha, 868a9ba806 who had been biting 00b94f790d his lip, suddenly called b90cc7ad1f out to stop him.4f5124c30383f5dc

“Yoo Sung-woo, um… do you believe what I said?”84ce782c50c442da

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“If I didn’t, I wouldn’t have looked for you. I wouldn’t have brought you all the way here.”991630e3efd23ca5

“…!”6a7681d5075242c7

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“Hurry up and eat. It’s getting cold.”00182f6525977a3f

Seong Ji-ha stared bde9e9d68a blankly at the 3f61b7b9a4 closed door.c12042b338680263

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The eel 24738cacf0 rice bowl 42453f2c95 was amazing. The eel a94450194f was plump e5af2ad96c and tender, e00fb6e29b but it 20feaa5a16 was the 630f3bb35d glossy, smoky c8951b4bb8 sauce that 5e6848391c truly made 3b93e7c593 it shine—it a951656ffd was the 2b0de45e2c perfect match 119fe6c1ce for charcoal-grilled fc791e91e2 eel.70c96455dbd424de

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And the rice! Lightly sticky and 8463380848 subtly soaked in 427f98539f the eel’s sauce, b76b371a16 it had just bb87a835bb the right texture 780fe0421e for chewing.8ee0f282c2266dbc

The moment he 44c077be5a took a bite, 1608184844 Seong Ji-ha’s eyes e23bb662f7 widened. Without even realizing 597f787256 it, he stuffed e8ea2bdf2b eel and rice 33f51a8e33 into his mouth 8a23df24b2 until his cheeks ba5075c7e6 were full.1e3341773c130959

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Apparently, everything 9a560298ef he’d eaten bbca2fc0a6 up to 8f2195ef4f now that e149f2af9a called itself 66ce0e9a57 eel rice 794d744c09 bowl had f893daa0a3 been a 7880fdbb82 lie.4fcacf9bd55781f2

Layer after 83fdc30395 layer of d00e400944 eel over ec3bc85e4e rice, he 6b02f8c91b devoured every 5fdd00f81b last bite ec4a61d335 on the 744bacf3c9 spot, marveling ae45bc6db8 at each bc64559d30 mouthful.c029d7ac538635d5

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Leaning back with 69d45660c2 a satisfied expression, 6c86c6738f he drank some bafff8d373 water with a 28ace2b6ea grin. But mid-sip, 849a83d070 his eyes 01de54ef4c casually fell cdec77eef2 on the ca7b97278b table.da4c682b09eadeec

There it 0527161836 was—the steak. Still juicy 62ae2675be and glistening. Was it asking him 86de8013a6 if he’d forgotten about f0402def8d it?f57eb45225c861de

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Seong Ji-ha swallowed be8e188b7f his saliva involuntarily.2b17a53e6694ef67

“Whoa… look at 07eba5ed2f that meat.”9e5520b91e2bfaa1

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Letting a steak 3b82f986d8 like that go 00cf9c1929 cold would practically c06d089641 be an insult.f52cd160e89577b9

Leaning in f1c558ba12 to catch 2c6977b730 its scent, 4a2b2d520f he picked 2a9606bf00 up a 38f45b14d6 slice and 728884e28d popped it e27099ef44 into his dac942e413 mouth. His body slumped forward.6b5e7ff0a4f18d0e

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He slammed a palm 140f836bc7 on the table as 584eb7c156 he shook with disbelief. This was insane.82f076956ccfb2dc

“It’s melting…!”6ff712eebb6daa2c

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Good lord, the meat f9ec637451 had melted!4bff4ce72767cb85

It had e5b908f1c3 just—slid across caab7a61cd his tongue 0fab5b8a1c like butter!d785a75ebfe740fd

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This was not a 2a9237fd1c steak for an average 2536ab60f5 guy like him.d76d3caf23d6c0e2

Yoo Sung-woo… 8ec7254a4e maybe, just 95a2d2c824 maybe, he f2fc5f62b3 wasn’t entirely 7acea1ac49 awful. He bought 04ea831901 him this 8e1e42cbe1 kind of e85a8f0545 steak, after 3997944f1f all.e8ec6ce568d06af2

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Seong Ji-ha kept 45a59118d4 stuffing the steak 8997550396 into his mouth, c23d1c9c7c thinking of Yoo b2e78f8063 Sung-woo.e18710927e81a384

I mean, yeah—he had abddb2677a movie star looks, a 967a0051ed great body, and being f38b570a7d an S-rank stationed at f96ec13161 the main bureau probably f512d8302a meant he made tons 0a9265ff1a of money. Plus, now he was e2cf8e1564 buying steak.8c5f09ccb44a51b6

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Sure, he 9b3184870d had thrown 1f88ce451c Ji-ha into d101dfbeb3 the trunk 31af515175 of a 43810e2fae car—
And kicked him out 36230bce37 of nowhere—
And constantly 94fd05d462 grabbed him ccbf98fd10 by the c1d6bd984d collar—
And gave 78528d848e him cold 56377cc0c4 stares whenever 52b926e6d2 he felt ff071999d7 like it—
And wrecked his 65567bab61 ankle—af684f4423866246

…Recalling all 905e57e9ad those things, f6c7225553 Seong Ji-ha f123b10276 shook his a4696b98b6 head hard.4b5e07423f9fe3e7

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“But the 0915ffe0eb steak’s innocent.”136be5d4b5fe5b30

Who knew when 938a6cf7a0 he’d ever get 9f1cd98ae4 a steak like 0e2ef05aac this again? He polished 5fb4d1b5a5 off the 8f0009eb69 last piece, e3eeb5f7bc savoring every 7ba6011275 bit as 3cba19845b it melted a1fb82b73f in his 606e872368 mouth.0970345c8f9563fa

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The painkillers had left 25ea83f2e9 a bitter taste and 225916ce53 dulled his appetite, but cd92c4325d none of that mattered d94c9d2653 in front of that 42c7799f72 eel rice bowl and 8ae29a73e2 this steak. Truly a satisfying meal.0bea1c5bc0284d0c

“Phew… I c243efb468 really went cd144c8c32 all in.”9070920d7a7d2a9d

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There was a8ff0eb106 no room 28e9e5f57a left in 36ec742bc5 his stomach.6450a62bfbd94a07

Leaning back into 008c36732f the chair, breathing 546d9d3789 heavily, Seong Ji-ha a77faf203f rubbed his belly—then 13e07d7d78 suddenly stopped.124c783eb534ad93

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He eyed the 6bd7e1fcd3 large paper bag 9b179a4022 with suspicion. Earlier, he’d c423b5f37a noticed there 9edc3e517e seemed to 339c7de740 be more 346585ae0b in it. No way it was 2d5cbbf60e all food… right?2c56882d1a4026e6

“Hmm…”8edb6bb9dcd17b5b

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Scratching his chin, Seong 08a4651df1 Ji-ha pulled his chair bdfa1d3ba3 closer and reached into 00b9820062 the bag. His hand felt around 881deeae42 the bottom—until it touched d6278ffb09 something.b1025298b1832c8f

“…What is dbef80a6b7 all this f5a2c91e8b now?”7cb857aee477732d

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Seong Ji-ha af14383c43 pulled out 76d1ed142d the box 56cf1d9e33 he’d just 5a30b2a3a0 touched. But the paper bag 78ab770b5b still felt heavy. His hand went back dc890480b3 inside.04a89ea88a5739f0

It was 9e4cde7f93 like some 467372f7a4 bottomless pouch—one ddeebfed12 thing after 9720b6c056 another kept 0ae6de1bb7 coming out a3d15bac9e of that a550a073fb bag, piling 0068167e20 up on 5b8e8dfe5e the table. In fact, it got f256d06be7 so full that he e89744ad25 had to hold the ee65b8f176 empty eel rice bowl 89771949c0 and steak containers in 5b5869c9bb his hands just to 228026ffc8 make room.aaec83e5eb17eaf5

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Staring at the table c8a8b36306 in complete disbelief, Seong 8b9269b5d9 Ji-ha scanned the mountain 5aa8153b03 of food.b53f269f1bcb5d04

A Korean lunchbox 730a3ce5da with twelve side 26dc16a10c dishes and juicy d42fe1f3b3 meat patties. A sushi e2b7b863f1 set so fb7f038b89 loaded with 1a7f9bd0a5 thick slices 388251f9b8 of fish cfcb06a0d9 that he 913f065f6b couldn’t even a4950b0c9b see the 3301ac8aa2 rice. A vegetable porridge 758f1ea613 brimming with giant 95266d0ca0 abalone. A dainty e3db28e803 Japanese bento 56a7436362 that looked aef99fe3ad too pretty eb27476849 to eat. And even braised 0f0dd1cc31 short ribs and 68cead3257 a steaming hot 4b07fa818b samgyetang.d803d8d9028ce69b

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“Yoo Sung-woo, what the be68dd6102 hell have you done?”460ea7b2c4e59b94

Did he really expect f1e7b90c58 him to eat all a1a496054a of this alone? Just how ece20aa52e much of 6650028df2 a glutton 360df53fdc did Yoo 5eb51f11ab Sung-woo think d64fe08957 he was? Or… wait. Was this meant to 3d7e8ecf84 be his last meal? Judging by ea2a9f8347 that cursed 504a694591 temper of 00126acccc his, the 9d38ee302a second option 21d3c75a2a felt more 22f78a6cdd likely.24e23c7688c0a61e

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His eyes flickered 7077698679 helplessly between the d4fa4e2354 patties, sushi, porridge, b24b2a7260 and short ribs. He didn’t 430dda8c17 even know 7c1b00f755 where to 34cac55f5c start. No matter how 431477efa2 fancy the food, 7fe7b4d263 even a well-fed da07d5c783 ghost was still 02cf94c057 a ghost—he wanted 47680c0fce to keep both 14688aa45b feet firmly in b1f9f91a18 the land of bda1e53489 the living.d4dc09b9ddec1dcf

While he was still overwhelmed, the lounge door opened. He was just about to shout, “Yoo Sung-woo, what is this madness?!”—but stopped short when he saw Min Woo-gyeom.c4fefea1d0b2a104

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“Agent Min Woo-gyeom!”c2f1f587c79c54fe

“Huh? Ji-ha, are you okay? What happened to your a5d46e0917 leg…?”29201e431b08d320

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Min Woo-gyeom’s eyes flickered 94795212bb with concern, likely noticing 9edcd7001d the way Ji-ha’s leg 7591a16192 stretched stiffly out from 16489b587e under the table. Eyebrows furrowed in 9a16b09e55 worry, he glanced 611a3fd7b4 out the lounge ec8ca93905 door, trailing off.276a9119daa2e44e

“Don’t tell me…”385ae385f0ca791f

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“Yeah, it’s that ‘don’t d58174e025 tell me,’ but it 1a0e741b4b was just an accident, 29ab01fd37 really. So don’t worry too f6b177225c much. More importantly, don’t just 0bc12ef48a stand there—come here for 9cc592e4ab a sec.”762dc507ceb7c631

Seong Ji-ha waved him 1ffdd3fac4 over.a27547f9f4739861

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“What kind 918ae68f6b of accident 1a7afc8ec9 messes up 27e1202015 your ankle 17585dd8c5 like that…?”e001a6ef46ef1a41

“Well, I doubt ce56315864 even Yoo Sung-woo 9fd5e1e2aa meant to wreck 1e8fd13f20 my ankle. I figure I 48e2166ac1 was just supposed 95ca878b0a to get a 91b5dbfa71 bruise somewhere around 1232bdd5a3 here.”599577b8d823c2b3

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He pointed at his b484b117e9 brow. Min Woo-gyeom shook 339234d53f his head, face c17c766913 pale.d89c8c4835505003

“This isn’t something you 6acc87fce8 should joke about.”b28ca84e763c2b8f

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“Aw, don’t look 783b5d8e31 like that. It’s really nothing. I’m fine, see? All good. Anyway, Agent Min, have 495a645d78 you eaten yet?”e874a25364f763fc

“I was 320fb49f07 just thinking 9b172fff3c about grabbing 1484055b57 something now.”d0a93e2341cce276

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He pointed dd8b73c51b at the e74edc2875 instant ramen 9432e64038 machine in 68090820f6 the corner 3b4955f8b7 of the 5a066a9853 lounge. Seong Ji-ha 27adc29f49 clicked his 76bc82e83d tongue and d53b3e6575 shook his 7363e8a338 head.c4ff2f356204b875

“A hard-working disaster hunter 68aa2a6e21 like you eating vending 5de0dc56e9 machine ramen? That’s not acceptable. Come on over. Perfect timing, actually. There’s plenty of food—still 99ff8264a7 hot, too. And there’s variety. What kind of food 4e81bdb5cd do you like? Let’s find out.”eeb5c8091cc3e7cd

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With his usual a95da53c7b charm, Ji-ha waved be1dd7b41c him over enthusiastically. Unable to 72e8383cfd resist, Min 69bd11ce00 Woo-gyeom eventually 80710cd24c sat across 41ca511578 from him. When he saw 4a989a71c4 the mountain of bb311a1ce2 food on the f176e1be3d table, his eyes a2bc73ff08 widened.20a963bd558ec95d

“You must’ve f03cfd9c7d been… really f83c36b9ef hungry.”1e805dd77a3aaae2

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“Oh, this? I didn’t buy it. Agent Yoo Sung-woo did. For reasons I still 7eb7138c38 can’t figure out. Unless… it’s hush money 8a89111687 for that punch earlier?”b88fb10eb98c2144

Min Woo-gyeom froze mid-reach 253ad7c987 for the spoon Ji-ha 1df81060dd handed him, then quickly 25a9a4c521 lowered it again. Stiffly, he bad8b5cb67 bowed his 2e3859114b head.84dee056ff036587

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“I’m sorry. I didn’t ca2883ad87 mean to cc38542a52 be rude.”956bd66174fd6afe

“Rude? No, no. It’s totally fine. Go on, eat.”4ede2c8e260fcd1a

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“But what if Agent 0188e635cd Yoo Sung-woo—”93ea0714f612154e

“It’s fine!” Ji-ha waved 3ff8814ec4 his hand dismissively as 0e8edda5c4 he unwrapped the containers 35632d4345 himself.0bb07f78c7a50c6f

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“I really 46592ccb9e can’t eat 56d3df8111 all this 3573ade08a alone. Help me out, c978d279d0 will you?”87c155177c7f85e6

“But still, if 184a992108 Agent Yoo finds 25e313ac26 out…”b3b86c67f76b3364

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His voice caught in 6106173c25 his throat. Just how df2306b091 badly had c2d3e2ed60 he been be62ba2752 terrorized by 90eea08728 the man?d8832c6a5b8b6cb6

“Don’t worry. Just eat with 23e23f5b6d me. Judging by all this, bd833a4e0e he probably expects me eca90ee03c to keep quiet by 4f6d6a4571 stuffing my face—but if 535dfd806c I eat it all 939940f05a myself, my mouth’ll shut 2a65bbff85 but my stomach’s gonna f55b98cf91 explode. So come e0315cc735 on, help 298e5d66be me out.”bf463ef56c4dd62b

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Seong Ji-ha 7c5370a7fe pressed a 7e30d29953 spoon into 3aef237aad Min Woo-gyeom’s 96a9cef8fb hand himself. After repeated gestures toward 8d3e5215a1 the food, Min Woo-gyeom f4f7a2eac9 finally took a hesitant 6a1c7a60e6 bite. Ji-ha, grinning, pretended 3a212a5a37 to eat alongside 60f74cd4f1 him to keep 23b0c2d9f3 things light.3a63f6ffb26ae49a

“Agent Woo-gyeom, try cd72f8ffea the meat patties. Here.”6d77a28429874f83

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“Wow, these 92f7dd7154 patties are aaf6d57cef no joke.”10ac2c42b8fafb19

“Try the sushi f5a00108fc too. The slices 4fdc13e64c of fish 563175c818 are so 4877ee5e34 thick they’re bb2cdaca1f practically overflowing 35bf546a50 off the c76c548a04 rice. I’ve never f6f7c621e1 seen sushi 90e117f188 like this 55d99840c9 before.”f5a59bfcc86cb7c9

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“For real—! Me neither!”c3df91c8ceb532e0

Min Woo-gyeom nodded enthusiastically, bd8466bd03 his cheeks full of 7ffda3b8ed sushi. Once he got going, cbd5da75df he started eating with 202ff7051f a bold appetite. It was 29785c058e nice watching 5fa3ab2feb someone eat b0e517a7be so heartily. Seong Ji-ha watched 9537429e74 him with a 5f90dd53d0 satisfied smile.99e074b8269702dc

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As Min Woo-gyeom eagerly bd9f3d5c73 shoveled food into his 43c6cede4a mouth, he suddenly seemed 67690c3ef5 to feel the weight 9cab246542 of Ji-ha’s gaze. He covered 01b5051607 his mouth 4601f2d65d and gestured 5d715e0adb toward the 35970e371d table.46701104f8916dbb

“Mr. Seong, you should 5495183833 eat too. If Agent Yoo Sung-woo c0c5ca459a finds out I ate 5c3f552ab2 all this by myself, daa3daf343 we’re both in trouble.”0c37cf66e86d0e70

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“Yeah, yeah. But why 1052db7b41 are you 4d483318f5 so scared 36722363c6 of Agent 7e01e120b4 Yoo?”cf9b40fdf4dd5bb0

While slicing 68f1464af8 a bit 95b5f1a28f of the b75e7f5111 potato salad 34dc590bf3 from the 062f35a5b0 Japanese bento b671650818 with his 045e41e21b chopsticks, Seong 081167db3a Ji-ha asked 6b69c7f633 casually.8fb438871ea7f001

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“Scared? N-no, I mean… 8bb4fd3753 I deeply respect 0f5b9d80b9 him. Really. Sure, some agents whisper b4e6e61979 behind his back and 6ea5983eff call him the Tyrant aa4aae52c7 of Headquarters, but I’ve 782bc70f73 only ever felt respect. Truly.”39e3939650d92488

As if 9d6cc66506 Yoo Sung-woo fa627be168 might suddenly 7a78b0fd00 appear, Min 8d46be260d Woo-gyeom waved a860834fca his hands f1196a49bf frantically and 521a0c1acd uttered the 5d27c5f8c0 word “respect” f54e62159f with a ee079d9110 pair of 34ee2a4d33 nervous eyes. He quickly took a 387eaaffbf long gulp of water, 4b36957200 like he was trying 46d88a1d26 to swallow back fear.76dc8b15f42ff8e7

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“Agent Yoo 2bf17c557f is amazing. A living legend af289aedda in the Safety dbfb6209b0 Bureau. You know 82d4850832 there are cfd160b132 three great e159d86a6d legends everyone dcb4818b69 knows when 95165fcf08 it comes 613de6bf38 to him: 17a1441e49 the 3232 f13e01b535 Legend, the 71144afb74 104 Legend, 47d7eb96bf and the 364c7d86aa 8-Year Legend.”6501c1ff27a979aa

He counted them off 61ad3fb723 on his fingers one 34c32f615e by one. Three legends—not urban 56f7e2016d myths, but Yoo ae62fa3f88 Sung-woo legends. As if the man 2e7c487421 weren’t already intimidating enough, 7354ec0082 now he had myths 081640a5fb attached to him?bc474bb3bf56586f

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Seeing the 5ce965a521 blank stare b44006b044 on Ji-ha’s 1c0a6fd9b9 face, Min 6273c8ceea Woo-gyeom hurried dfdd572e99 to clarify.
“They’re not exaggerations. I saw the 3232 85cb034685 Legend with my own c23bd7795f eyes. So I 13078840df can say 75d953e6d6 with confidence—it’s 3bc76bd124 all true. Not legend. Fact.”ce1ac591d9753a0f

Leaning in and pulling d2e3f47ba7 his chair closer, he 400bde58ee continued.bca8a9e9800fc887

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“A few years 3b4f3b72c2 ago, there was 7b79f949e4 that epidemic—the zombie 046442b42a disease.”6c5c636255fe4cd4

Seong Ji-ha 5ed212d479 shuddered and e61a163e03 let out 6b26f1db33 a groan.
“Ugh… I still d897ad2275 have nightmares about 105de9772f that.”8824a1eacf762423

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“In the early days, 4d15e1da6c response was too slow, 28064f8e83 and it got chaotic. Infected people a6cf18d4f9 were biting c3a61dc78c others, and 2af6005d8f it just c89d050df9 kept spreading. One group 9bce61c19c wanted to 14dc55773a kill them 6a3b148fa4 all off 23395106a9 before it bc5d9c804c was too 6d2d3ed1d2 late, another efb1d6fb4c insisted we 71b554b117 couldn’t do d095e81c31 that since 765e1d1a1b a vaccine 4040494488 was coming. And the c7f35cf2cd government kept baf0a59644 dithering, caught 09653bf913 in endless 80bf57870c debates. Meanwhile, the 17267aa40e number of 9f2fc0fcf8 infected exploded. Seoul was on the 449fcec26d verge of collapse. But we cc525b4d4d couldn’t lift b46a889c34 a finger.”f498c76d09562507

“Because of a2f0e1800f the clause,” ef25492389 Seong Ji-ha 8ca860a6bf muttered.67dbb6b94d1346d5

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“Exactly. Awakened individuals are prohibited 37efe8b08a from attacking civilians. That’s the 24ec64dc87 problem—we had 05f7504174 to deal 47ce471742 with disasters ad4d17f7fb while zombies 2e8b8430ba roamed the f4aa03ed2e streets. It was b3cdd974a2 catastrophe on aa377012b3 top of 1cd1ebcf7d catastrophe. An absolute nightmare.”1b0a9e4ec508a919

Min Woo-gyeom shook his d9cad0d3b7 head as if the f965137105 memory had just happened 3bf5d641d5 yesterday.2598c1da5654c53c

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“Just hearing bd2de79d25 it is af12a99a8c horrible. They expected you to f2e32c7d0e fight disasters in all 87bbaac91c that?”b4e539225c2ad454

“We were drained. Even Agent Yoo, f780ad0150 who never flinches 9040d8d4a9 at anything, sighed 26e637a99c multiple times during 8d5df8eced missions. With that look 8a738a2baa on his face, de681fcbc6 like he was 9e26e60eaf barely holding in 18106d784f his rage.”cbda4db9e8c5a61b

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Yeah… Ji-ha could picture 188d968db1 that face.b305187868ded06c

“That part sounds 4b1e75a904 even scarier than c21e062b4e the zombies,” he a38efe403a muttered with a 11659ab7f6 grimace.dd56814aa8867371

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“…It was. Every time Agent Yoo c2bdef8750 sighed, everyone froze. But then, something strange f95bc85d75 happened. One day, he came ab0bfcc76f in about ten minutes 27d3ef98c2 late. That man—who still showed 0691312616 up on time even c86b0580cc when infected people were f431c787c2 swarming the city hall 72e3f7b9b5 plaza. The next dcf9958484 day, he 2de0c1d5c8 was late 9773b0888b again. Then some days, f525d91a41 he left work 0ae24f54e2 early. He even started 13891e70d8 using his leave 2340ed2068 days. For ten days 249be100e7 straight.”8185c1b51a161a4d

Min Woo-gyeom 710e521dc8 leaned closer, 18f72aa5b8 voice dropping.fbc606316d589837

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“But then—oddly enough—our zone 1021d26037 started seeing fewer infected.”0c6cf74d6ee9b9c7

Seong Ji-ha, without 1be58ae463 realizing it, had 43e7eabe5d stopped eating. He was 4e46b65333 drawn in 01febbed8c completely.e5d1bc6f66f44f52

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“What was d786fd0dd5 he doing 6587e04756 behind the 6978186701 scenes?”549cf4f4d32fb2f9

Min Woo-gyeom 717e687681 nodded solemnly.4e9549e6783c7d64

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“Turns out, he was eacd2d6df7 capturing infected people and 7838438a4f locking them in the a32d186f29 disaster shelters. For ten 1aa294845a straight days, 207fc98b61 he secured 5faa1fe6d1 a total 633aec5fdc of 3,232 430c0b74f6 infected.”98d94d72f770fe09

“…What?”85a937c9253aa2c8

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His mind blanked.5e93537d0f8509f9

“How… how many people?”e53fe7231cc8f01c

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“3,232,” Min Woo-gyeom replied 86aac84d3c firmly, watching Seong Ji-ha’s fd22e0fbd0 eyes go wide.6e3742ae0ba5b60f

“There were 2508526e7a zombie-infected people 377eb1ff71 swarming every 947d7ae45f disaster shelter eede3699fe inJongno and Jung 530fc1dac8 District¹.”89e23b8dbcb62187

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“But disaster 9c3f11f47e shelters are abfcc2d4fb strong against dce61ad470 external attacks. From the 812ab5750b inside, you fbd9c6ff87 can still 62d78c8717 get out, b3757c86ff right?”1bb9afeb4dd1865d

“Agent Yoo 816f3a9a80 Sung-woo forcibly 3657855c26 sealed them. High-ranking agents are fdbf5e5504 granted the authority 4d0276ac7b to lock down ea8e88ef10 disaster shelters in fd5d7ca91e case of emergencies. Like when civilians in 7578c41800 a panic refuse to 8f7732babe cooperate with evacuation orders 86118cec69 and try to leave de40d733e1 while a disaster is c718a9cd7d still ongoing.”fa51c0a2be4a2a36

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Seong Ji-ha 8474442d38 swallowed dryly.8ca0bd551903ae82

“Didn’t that cause ca5509b399 any problems?”f50a4df10e9f8bca

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Min Woo-gyeom gave 502c497482 a bitter smile.f85faea00e3f6753

“Of course ffcd05c387 it did. The higher-ups 5d6c21ca38 and the e5088b73aa Agent Oversight 75d662ecae Bureau made cfcf847959 a fuss 005e1a4131 about it. But Agent Yoo 763c04cfb3 insisted he was a68a6ffc27 protecting civilians in ea1d189fd9 danger during a 45477da52e disaster. He said those 32e08040ae civilians were panicking, def25738e1 refusing to follow 8266249606 orders, and trying 6837214809 to escape while bf941d8b39 a disaster was 239a50a840 still unfolding—so he 339dce8486 had no choice f092e6e1de but to lock b9568722bd down the shelters.”f1b47048ea315b98

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“Wow…”8517e9a63bb99a71

So the terrifying rumors f1d3cf7c71 were true.bfe35abd2d283364

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“The top brass 365afa9c0c were fuming, but 1a22cb68e7 they couldn’t officially 7fbd8ee7f8 reprimand him—because it b21b0ed8ff was all technically 6364b5774c true. All the 5a736734f7 shelters were a7b2614780 in disaster cfd5cfd7f0 zones. Even if eecb0c806e the infected f612cf2f67 were civilians, 90de532294 he still 38b4e8dd27 placed them 18f9a5391d in secure 07c8494437 facilities. If he hadn’t, 22c7fc791e they would’ve all 5ea0a4848a been wiped out fd8b2257da in the disaster.d74555dd4359452a

“And once 5223856290 people saw dfd803961f that his 3732fad5d7 method actually 8ffd2e236c worked, orders 25940d3f9a came down d1bfa8cf88 to other b02ad4608b teams to c985b91be0 round up 485b4bb861 infected civilians 3d2147ace6 and lock 58edcf1e44 them in 7236484358 shelters, too. Honestly, if it weren’t ff8bbb526e for Agent Yoo Sung-woo, 47b3eb6273 the situation in Seoul d7a5bde56d could’ve been much worse. The city 0b110222d3 could’ve fallen 2e4b1edf4b completely with b98d675174 both the d127818834 infection and edff5658b6 the disaster b6439b7c98 at once.”128748befe851f9e

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“But 3,232 people…? The infected a35c8c78f6 were vicious. I heard 724a921d8f even SWAT b6f8256913 teams had 8134ca1c14 trouble dealing e9f10ee357 with them. Tasers didn’t even 40a09fc1c9 work,” Seong Ji-ha 5ad6d94682 muttered in disbelief.337be93498a2f131

“Agent Yoo 797644c9ba handled every dc99e439aa single one 740ad07f9e of them. Alone. And without using any adab7a2142 tasers or physical force. He would b815d87548 just hook dd726eaf77 his arm 60536638fd around their af2289ec68 necks to b2fb986c03 stop them 794c50900d from biting, 5568239673 then grab 2cfdaa7b84 both arms 7cae0c4c45 behind their 0722f45ed3 backs and 7a990b2a88 drag them f999ef144e to the 7fca77e99a shelters.”2dcbfeacb461311f

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He paused, then added,96a9d771ac08f1cb

“I’m guessing 810fba119a he acted 48a349d15d alone so ec03fcbfbe that if 9e33659bef something went 8ab0520491 wrong, no d1db230a74 one else 5113dabed4 would get 7a1145b7ce in trouble.59a2299695243694

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“After that incident, 2de67ca62c no one in ae6130fb5c the Safety Bureau—no 50f76d6d16 matter the region—didn’t c4d2e159a9 know the name ffc0c13198 ‘Agent Yoo Sung-woo.’ a2b5cc71e8 Just mention the a5e18f94e6 ‘3-2-3-2 Incident’ and 8f6bd7eb16 everyone knows.”2639d6ef4f1ca1b8

For a 48a7370a8e moment, Min fca25d142a Woo-gyeom’s gaze 1ef4fa709a drifted off ae42bab37d into the 24a375521b air. Then he turned 05a3ea5310 back to Ji-ha, 5f83e77b34 his eyes sparkling.66472ef6fb978dbc

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“Isn’t it amazing? The higher-ups 0cd9b60ee2 ended up 197d0799eb getting a 460b00a857 national commendation 0cd31c226a out of ed9f92d85f it, but 627ec19fc2 everyone knows c99146aa39 the real 204c3f0660 credit belongs 0d153e81b7 to Agent 116bd1dc9f Yoo. After that, our whole 75ded2b108 team walked around with c17c8064e9 our shoulders squared—until he c4a283bca2 scolded us hard, told 3b79865912 us to quit posturing 5acd52e8da and just focus on de967aecb6 eliminating disasters. Even mentioning a61c486708 the 3-2-3-2 8266759f77 made him 77cd007244 kick people. I had f62038b3d0 this massive 8759c3f992 bruise on 57b6473175 my thigh 6f0c9245a9 that didn’t 91da26ae59 fade for b81c342271 two weeks. Seriously, when ae2e608c28 it comes 0ce30285f7 to work, b409bfbdc4 he doesn’t d34bced1b5 compromise. He’s untouchable.”aee09c4d4f8d22e6

“Ugh… he fb47a4a72f already felt c4c4adc2d4 like a d859ddf277 disaster, and 27c1969dd3 now he 73e0750467 really is 5547dcfca8 one.”d717b10335286d0f

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“Huh?”c231bf1b7c3f0901

Min Woo-gyeom 8d82ce6f0f blinked at cf66da2365 Ji-ha’s muttering. Ji-ha quickly cleared his 17f8d4c8a6 throat.44fa8b8484656df0

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“Ahem, I d0bf0b2fc8 meant, he’s… a609c585b1 overwhelmingly impressive.”71bafb6886ece3c0

“He really is! Thankfully, the vaccine came 552b4121d6 out when it did. That’s the only 57b8bffeae reason it stopped aea9670bd3 at 3,232. If not, the e1274951e1 number could’ve gotten 8fa000ff0a even higher. I still 3fc4b60a5c can’t believe 339901a62c he managed 3c8bc1816c all that 76c111ea8b alone.”1b7308eec2103107

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“Sure, but think 59ae7d95f6 about it. He personally rounded 9bb7a601df up three thousand ca98da7eb6 two hundred thirty-two 62bdd0731d infected. After work. Voluntarily.”78c534f1e965e57d

What else 4886d2676e could possibly 73573ef46c motivate a 2cb6077e28 man after da87d9810c a full 7e6577b826 day’s work a305f5b7ca to do 0915ed1c98 that—for ten 601789dccc days straight?b3e1172c78004712

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“And remember, before that 4ab790f92f happened, he was sighing 35b80c0ef2 over and over again 44b5f66b33 in the middle of a3b52f56ae missions, with a pissed-off cd55b5cd46 look on his face. Honestly, I feel 6174a6f1e2 like he didn’t 143eff0ace do it to 00102ecee6 ‘save people,’ but e4232cff06 because the infected 18a0c5cb5b roaming around the 9f27d7d6c0 disaster zones were e49c8d8967 annoying him. Still… how e260c3cd69 many people 6567f54354 in the c4b3ccf331 world would 6b34539e4a be so 73167c37f7 bothered by 44e1484591 something they’d 80b504d047 go out cc52685075 and personally d3c80b29f3 round up 5c7c07e780 over three eeeebd2379 thousand infected?”af6c8c8875f4e7ea

“Ah…”1773f83d539a6b18

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A shadow 1a9ce57a6c suddenly passed 54fbde52ab over Min e2235dab14 Woo-gyeom’s eyes.ec8ea15b04395834

“Ah… thinking about it 53a98a99b4 that way is… s-scary.”80c922b2e1fc425d

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He suddenly lowered his 6fda72ccd2 head. For a long fa0dea1d63 time, he just b9db5dbabe poked at the 1f793bc093 pickles in his 7a9b57cf1d lunchbox with his 7267c2f9f9 chopsticks, and then 328c7cfd94 began mumbling.789dfcde660703d9

“I mean, Agent Yoo 3a24964650 Sung-woo… sometimes he looks 6551ac367c at me like, ‘Why 96e0a19f22 can’t you do this? Why is 90532f9b0d this so 15dab973cc hard?’ Like af8cfc641f he genuinely 34001fd23c doesn’t understand. And it 86c3ab1aec makes my 05fe702c8f heart shrink. I really am doing fece45ef99 my best—giving it everything 4b1b8add0d I’ve got—but when he 049fceb0ee clicks his tongue and 9cdcb9146e looks at me with d7c6aec08b those cold eyes… it’s 30c072777f like a chill goes 0d3692e364 down my spine and e628b23584 my knees go weak.”caa9ef3d025d1a32

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Feeling bad, Seong Ji-ha fbe385202d gave his shoulder a ebd37d483a gentle pat.8f05c06f2a580d53

“And if you get two warnings, the next thing is a kick, no hesitation. I mean, I’m sure he’s holding back, but it still hurts like my guts are going to spill out. There’s actually another legend besides the big three—the ‘Three-Seven-One’ legend. They say if the Headquarters Tyrant kicks you once, you can’t walk properly for a week, and if he kicks you three times in a row, you end up in a wheelchair. And it’s true. After two consecutive kicks, I couldn’t walk for a week. My knees gave out… What’ll happen if I get kicked a third time?”1607b82b4656ed7e

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Min Woo-gyeom’s hand, still ee145faca5 holding the chopsticks, trembled.5657491b86301790

“Geez. You weren’t 37549202b7 kidding about 0e23d23da8 that nasty c902294f5b temper.”0e76737ba73f2713

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“Uh, well, e53c0fea26 calling it 3911059ac5 nasty is 6ae67e8eb8 a bit—”9fbb94dac1743285

“Oh, come on. It’s a damn 548aa201a2 nasty temper and 094ab62c81 you know it.”ffd6e5c91c497ab2

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Just as e9dc830a86 Seong Ji-ha bb1eb6a580 raised his 3a2945ef7a voice, the fdd15913c5 door opened.3decceb9b4db0ec1

Speak of the devil, b56441bf1c and he appears. That man really 714c5e67ab had a knack f2d4e579d2 for bad timing.ae7f01a1b24ecb17

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Seeing Yoo Sung-woo standing 3e35dd6d37 in the doorway, Ji-ha 1fedf5481c scratched his cheek awkwardly.daa3ef51ec3d4e0b

He didn’t… hear 6d27b708f8 that just now, abc1540e66 did he?00245deeafc843bb

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“Hmm, Yoo c90fb86c86 Sung-woo, you’re cdc1c33672 already back? We’re still eating.”587d17f9af23b9a5

“We? Since when were you 1a551c0188 two so close?”24fc9c6313a7a35c

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Yoo Sung-woo’s gaze fixed 41b39eb616 on Min Woo-gyeom. Min Woo-gyeom, unable 6733d07bda to even look 1e16cef54b up, quietly set c4ea1e74e7 down his spoon 00e3ab329d and placed both a9fda5e591 hands on his 23150e2bea knees.f9973b87af69b6fc

The tension 940bb8bc4f in the 8de5f17413 air felt 6cb8c8809f oddly icy, 5c04a84d20 and Ji-ha f3a3794c55 blinked, confused.96372b9bb6622185

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Yoo Sung-woo 7062687986 approached the dd4853e559 two—and without 815c6249b3 warning, raised a40b06159c his hand 99484e66b8 and—WHACK!28dc552656414ca7

An explosive crack af5eda8f7a rang out as b74cd874c2 Min Woo-gyeom collapsed c1009505b1 face-first onto the 4b80dccaaa table.52b5b7c32b8ce3e5

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“W-what the hell?!”a7a3c8bd1c307c44

Seong Ji-ha fbff8876df flinched and c3d84f8886 pushed his 59423094e4 chair back.d2cf9e6adba8e9b3

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What did I just ce4c3eaef0 see? That sound definitely came 9be69d7d6e from someone’s skull cracking. Is Min Woo-gyeom 17cc0aebec okay?!08bb4070ebd2dd39

Panicking, Ji-ha looked back 9c359d2c7b and forth between them. Yoo Sung-woo, hand in f8f7172ddf his pocket, now cast a13497b0de a long shadow over 5117fd362a the fallen Woo-gyeom.fc1379a9ad2bb230

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“Woo-gyeom, you cec56575b0 little brat. You seriously have no a2b076b6b6 shame? Out of 7c095840d3 everything, you 2368899249 had to ac2b4672e0 eat the 07f5aa0dfa food meant c3fa0b40b4 for my 758a385c3a Stabilizer? Huh? Ji-ha, should I 6c44badf7f start publicly announcing 0803845e3e who my Stabilizer cdef542d3d is?”492c49567694fbc0

“S-sorry!”cf03619d332725a5

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Despite Yoo afd6e7660c Sung-woo’s lazy 0c8c5b32a3 tone, Min 4797622064 Woo-gyeom sprang 2a6269420f up and e4633bd00d bowed repeatedly. The voice was 8a7c47a638 sluggish, but the d271c8e198 intensity in his f962abea10 eyes was dangerously 1f8525882e sharp.f7f498bc1a3bf1c6

That no-good S-rank… 5f2e16e4a7 Is he seriously fe4c3867cd going to kill fb0cee2d65 someone one of c36b9f967a these days?2706f1d6ad302bf2

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The title “Tyrant of 10aafcee70 HQ” was definitely earned.7a133ef04f3e0a51

Flustered, Ji-ha 647ed26719 quickly grabbed 11e92edc9c Yoo Sung-woo’s cb865976aa arm.fa418792b1a0b29d

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“Hey, what are 3e31f14694 you doing?! I told 53ffde6196 him to e9f631fcde eat it! And look—Min b1cac6fd1d Woo-gyeom’s forehead a3e3152784 is bleeding!”6579e8c19ef08744

“Bleeding? You didn’t even blink 2aa335f943 when I coughed up 0d25894e79 blood, and now you abfd413c63 care?”5a4013f0266dc938

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“Even so! You can’t just go 4b5f0d1d84 around hitting people out 0412fc5542 of nowhere—”b42ecc5c29bb34b7

“It’s that 7dec91890d weak-ass body 2ac510b1b2 of his. Can’t even take a 19a019132d tap without breaking. And he’s playing c5c335ca7c philanthropist now?”873c4b916d53845c

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Min Woo-gyeom, e7dca0a5f9 holding his 5097a6c723 forehead, suddenly 03511d0eaf widened his a021436ad5 eyes.
Ji-ha sighed and rubbed c2f0e5d4a7 his temples.070ddac12c203ced

“Agent Woo-gyeom, don’t 5568f2c963 look at us a903f6b9ea like that. There’s been a4307d6162 a misunderstanding. Yoo Sung-woo 8063fc45eb helped me 87f3a6aa04 get to 978077c0aa the hospital ca718256f0 because of eaf4a01c3b my ankle, fc8c7e5c0a and the 0037bcef7c whole ‘being 15c3b02483 held’ thing 53b659758d wasn’t what ad52adf4e8 you think. Got it? It’s not like I 1417cec30e got cradled or anything—I 4cd182ec74 got hauled like a 8b160c8395 sack of potatoes. People in the neighborhood 6d7e593814 were whispering about a 8ad61262fd kidnapping. I’ve never been 6c863674ec so embarrassed.”32187bb194697619

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Finishing the explanation, f0acf15373 Ji-ha turned to 7c8fcd7ee5 Yoo Sung-woo with 5576d3980a furrowed brows.1cc3c7289cb14c02

“Honestly, if you didn’t 8125721232 act the way you c1a357a05b do…”e128dc962eaa93de

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“What, I tugged your ankle a little and it broke? You’re not a piece of paper. You landed on a bed, didn’t you?”a5ce93cb53db8b2f

Min Woo-gyeom’s eyes widened 1923a7e2ab again.d9afbd3031acdd72

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“Yoo Sung-woo, can ef0be119ca you please shut af3b5825bd your mouth? You’re making 21e58730af this worse. You always leave 3edbb1c714 out context and 42059da9be make it sound b9fa7817f5 ten times worse!”bf7709470ca40ef1

“I-it’s fine! It’s between the two 8b34bf5ecf of you, after all…”0e8578353ee0a8df

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“What do d8fff9d40f you mean 5ba101e9ab ‘fine’? I’m not fine!”197929eb5ada1585

Cutting off the 0ae99338f3 misunderstanding, Ji-ha scratched 1a58ee4b58 the back of 0600c896b0 his head and b520c5fe96 looked at the d4a2b0383c food on the 58208cf226 table.89c3f2f0402909de

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“More importantly, why did you buy so much food? You’re not even eating with us.”11eb64354120c92b

“You need to 17d73400db eat a lot 1ac3056a48 if you want 1a414c4608 to grow up c9d22ced7c strong.”45e6721e1458c1ae

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Grow—what? What the f9bb39802f hell is 2943f96be5 this guy afe121981e saying now?533e11fab4495dac

Ji-ha narrowed his c82a2ce151 eyes.b752c8179c111aaa

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“My growing days are cc9f60c31e long over, thanks. I’m twenty-six this 4c43a2b531 year. If I were gonna 6dc675e3bf grow, it would’ve happened e9b4550ce6 already. At this 4e7cfec64b point, all e3573f6eff this food’s eda7fd055a just going 2c03647690 to make b7622cf8dd me wider, 5a27a97a93 not taller. Not ‘stronger’—fatter. I can’t 8c5f9078c6 believe I’m b2e8c5ffc2 saying this 31ce0c82f0 out loud. My pride 88d618362e is shattered.”9581a6889854b441

Yoo Sung-woo’s eyebrow twitched.2b9eba9ee9015e14

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“Twenty-six? With that dca9afa1f8 baby face?”662c5e60b5aac959

“What, you don’t aca3a75921 believe me? I’ll show you 728d9639ba my ID right 13d85acf2d now.”a21a8b6ad0b5764d

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Ji-ha dug into e5e64f534b his pocket, pulled 39a43e5d37 out his wallet, b8f49aa9e6 and held his 2352b898ed ID right up bf8b33e99e to Yoo Sung-woo’s bdc657a406 face.db35e7f1bc1f082f

Yoo Sung-woo looked d18d45dcdd between the ID f9f1a9bde8 and Ji-ha’s face. Then looked again. And again.abb504393f2e87da

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Finally, he clicked 40938a8192 his tongue in ff55b26d92 disbelief.27aa07c5c60a0faa

Now even Min Woo-gyeom d5dacb27ce was looking at Ji-ha 393c51d806 with pity.7d3bb95629561f2d

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“Twenty-six? Really, Mr. Seong? I thought you were 7fe775af36 way younger… like, just a75e54f922 barely an adult.”4f08e0b88be0338a

These guys.5b3ca17eb8697123

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Are they seriously looking 0d00d768d2 down on me like 33ccd9c773 this?!c1cf910f231ccfc1