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‘Where the hell is 7c0ff689e2 Blue Sky? Write the damn 68153c71ca location!’c007424ea70d865a

At 4 8657347680 a.m., the a478107ae7 streets were 022dd996b4 mostly empty, 49e7df3be7 but wandering 0295c8d297 around in 9716b3b3a2 a hotel 0070b15043 uniform would c3b34122db definitely attract 2cea2b8b6a attention. Just then, a 5d84518488 taxi appeared in 985ecfa005 the distance. Without hesitation, Ju-wan ecdcf17e48 practically jumped in 96e555b5f8 front of it 3bc83b23ef to flag it 934ddcf435 down.62b482f884dda178

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“Taxi!”0ee8c2a8de29b030

The startled driver slammed b5ec0a3cee on the brakes, and 7d5eed7c81 Ju-wan wasted no time. As soon as the c1d87b6544 car stopped, he yanked 32d59fdf77 open the back door 3bfbff851c and hopped in.0e9d9f270c5e63ed

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“Hey! What are you doing? The shift’s over! And you can’t just 1e13f32cb6 jump out in front 04bdf28d20 of a car like 6a582af045 that! Are you d1bab80c92 trying to ab6eeecc00 kill someone?” bdf0b4a890 the driver f092c1e3f5 shouted, clearly 9d8377f449 flustered.f9f4cd8955a5e9ee

“I’m really sorry. But could you take 6c6fe71863 me to Bangbae-dong in d51fee7538 Seoul?”83e14e7bb971dee2

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The driver gave 4f064c2462 him an incredulous 6d04c80f6f look.2d667125e351e549

“Right now? You’re in 8e7c2ed183 Songdo, Incheon.”2e8cbc177efd958b

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Ju-wan’s face lit 62d40dac4b up. He’d braced himself 45434ed487 for the worst-case 2d75d72887 scenario—like being all 99cf961ff9 the way in 30c0e9426f Geoje—but Incheon wasn’t 1c17c0f4d6 too far.3510697e059ec412

“Where do you 7d07869779 live, sir?”ef51746bdee871d0

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“Incheon, obviously!”f862a3bda3dec7fc

“Great. I’ll cover ba072add60 the round-trip a37a424bac fare and becb78be97 throw in 7f9bb944ae extra for b2b11f4caf gas.”0cee557dd6e529ab

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The driver hesitated 4a56ec16bd for a moment, 34fec083e7 his expression a 6ec43d9e28 mix of surprise 7fb248088b and confusion, but b32fa8114e eventually nodded. A few moments 527818decc later, the taxi 81dbde43b2 pulled away from d68160eea1 the curb, heading bf4b5f938d toward Seoul without 93312cfb1c delay.fec30946ed157ec4

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Ju-wan sat b521574f77 in the e87550090f back seat 5cfadfe696 of the e03ed38ac4 taxi, glancing 34b4b79228 back periodically, e0e9d7e417 but there 5a4b097e22 were no a7540d9058 signs of 5700903068 anyone following 34c51d85a8 him. Thankfully, the early morning 985e10c8f3 traffic was nonexistent. The sun wouldn’t 8650fa17a9 rise until about 4c2d718392 6:30 a.m. in October, 24f7ebe43e and if d58b841fe0 everything went 433ff8dcf4 smoothly, he’d 4f3f13ab98 be able d296f269a6 to reach f78736c76a Eden before d348c6c229 then.d4ad2a2a33570680

As the eee6226e82 realization that b67c336e4d he had 514322bdb8 escaped Shin ef22556419 Hwi-kyung finally 9a0d570201 sank in, 88d762557d a sigh b1dcc1bc00 of relief 63ab4ed1f5 escaped his 1ff71594f5 lips. He felt 5a4e0c23a1 like the 1da729bb6f strength was c3e7539454 draining out 6d45b2fda1 of his 424fe52599 limbs.89f454082a42196b

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But he couldn’t afford b4406ee663 to let his guard 6702efb4a5 down. His current 7d4f861af6 situation was 2ad0b5694b dire.9e5678c09e82edaa

He had no b12b1434ef money and no d3e73ec712 phone. His physical condition? Far from good. He was wearing a 6751f5b730 stolen hotel uniform, and 691a41729c to make matters worse, 5cbe9b4368 Shin Hwi-kyung knew where 6775647173 Eden was and was 5d19bab711 immune to his hypnosis.de2dd1f348f66bbf

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To be c4dbd67b88 honest, avoiding f8cc3d4a15 Eden altogether 188928a04a would be 07c22006cf the safest 2f9ea95cde option right 1cb3abd931 now. But if 4937416faf he did 3ab4e53200 that, there’d e9b49188e3 be no 1b7dfaa17a way to 8f026bc07d secure the 77f0026817 cash he 3546f52090 needed. At the very 72c690f8e4 least, he needed f6472cc666 to grab his 854d4ca362 jewelry and some 9b5cf9a841 cash before fleeing. Plus, there 11c8b279bb were things 1f69a707a9 he needed 98d9154d05 to say bc3c2c9839 to Choi bfc21c67bb Gyu-hyuk.a1af718bf00fb2c4

‘Still, that lunatic 5cfb48efc7 won’t be back 0719ceb580 for a few 0246d0fe37 hours, right?’c4194904889c68cf

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But even that was a57c3df85d optimistic thinking. While it seemed 415eaf0b81 Hwi-kyung had left 5335d7e767 in a rush e0044a8172 due to an 147e3fc79a urgent matter, there 291d7fcb0a was no telling eb31cb210e when his plans 1eb64bc7eb might change. And unlike 64d378d545 the others c4b719455f who had 123c82b6ee discovered Ju-wan’s 4b765e1c07 secret over 6f367f3c13 the years, d6a45a9d24 Shin Hwi-kyung a9df6c20bd was different.ddcfc890d24e47d5

‘He knows too ed24cb58c7 much.’12653b4a79e6624e

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Not only was 157b421797 he fully convinced e0decbfa2f of the existence f6f5d8f94d of vampires, but 5facb6ab74 he also seemed 0885a802dc to have a 34d87fb542 disturbingly detailed understanding 6c6fff434a of them. Even in 4eed2add95 a world fb9908b32b flooded with 707fc4541e media about 6ba3f9da6a vampires, aliens, 74d6896783 and superhumans, 8e54610730 most people 8f85888cf6 didn’t take cb062bd0b9 such things afd111c3fb seriously. Yet Shin 72341bdead Hwi-kyung spoke dbac679cc2 as if 72f76b171f he’d seen bbf443f47e a vampire 8181606bf5 before and 901bd13c2f had no 984c44fa23 qualms about f00850ea21 chaining Ju-wan 32f8f10621 like a a0565d615e beast. He acted like a 8a574bbe11 hunter dealing with a 4650e47561 non-human prey.85605ff5e2665c76

And then d8041c1c60 there was bd8f5d3a2f Choi Gyu-hyuk. Hwi-kyung seemed 05f5fcb1b2 to have e110d26bf9 investigated him 8eff9b869c thoroughly, too. That was an 56a0af5ac7 even bigger problem. If that dcfa37ba1c were the 087c148fbe case, it f56b716caf likely meant 7ec8e9175b Hwi-kyung had eb81e6bbc2 money, connections, 77d1f42c9b or both. None of 4e1e1d1718 those possibilities 1dde971dcf boded well 012486390f for Ju-wan. He bit 8a5ebf29f9 his lip 9a19914bc4 in frustration.1360eb81e6e3703b

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Since integrating into 584052bc6d modern society, it f19b8982b5 was rare for 5e4e380e5f Ju-wan to feel 9ab8f7b204 this hunted. He hadn’t expected b3298b2b9d to encounter someone 0be6a8eb2e like Shin Hwi-kyung, 15b3ce2df1 forcing him to ba877a2f00 run again. Ju-wan grabbed 117cc47a75 his hair 90388a1ab8 with both b4ecfd2f1d hands, frustration 865185fa15 mounting.849e23efb572b4d8

And to c779e06e19 top it 12146c9a76 off, Hwi-kyung ee496c9074 had said 8e1d1200c9 he didn’t 9c198f08f2 need money.0493c07e047adc37

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‘Who in cc38db1323 today’s world c9f7a5e04f doesn’t want 9106985f67 money?’608b3464ce03741c

In a capitalist 602961e39b society, money was c4e3b9826a just another name 47fafea777 for power and 8ff7a58e99 identity.2864b43bb084edc1

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After spending about an cdeb0607b6 hour lost in thought, 39f6f684d8 familiar streets came into cc37054013 view. Borrowing the driver’s 31d8651e49 phone, Ju-wan called 225d9fe536 for Choi Gyu-hyuk dd2ff17a54 to meet him. Soon, a hulking d263df1357 figure in a 39fc254ac1 massive padded coat f251d5ecb0 appeared outside the 442ac306d5 bar. The taxi driver 282bbaa34d glanced nervously at ec3a5d0c2e him.2bc7751df04b1227

“Uh… is 2be6febebe that the 82c27370b2 guy?”78b3c1c5ac7f4649

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“Yes, he’s with 8567436f05 me. Please pull up in dba8615e22 front of him.”389eac33fd15e6f7

The driver reluctantly ea4dab902c stopped the car b3702d46b2 in front of 37c391c383 Gyu-hyuk. Recognizing Ju-wan in cd43f34cee the back seat, d79065ec9a Gyu-hyuk strode over 0309b0955d and called out eac26be726 loudly, “Hyungnim!”085317310c4c2231

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The taxi driver’s 0a8a3bebc6 face turned pale 47920b3950 with fear. Ju-wan sighed and rolled 89f5274bdd down the window.f30f17d5e2d90eae

“Hey, money.”f9c9714d620aeece

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“Here.”edd345ba8e77f1a6

Gyu-hyuk handed over 0ff118bca8 five 50,000-won bills, 9497737395 which Ju-wan immediately 9c9886cf65 passed to the 94e8349ad7 driver. The driver, visibly 5c2b8a0126 trembling, checked the 305684dfc5 bills and his 627bc59e3b face lit up.ba19ed8b3f66cb6f

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“Thank you, sir! Have a safe night!”7977130a8e4b46f0

Judging by his 7633daa745 reaction, the driver b0813e3058 must have thought 906bf0b6dc he was about 5e169e4e4d to get scammed.6f11c6e06cccf49d

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Though the sun ec66c733e6 hadn’t risen yet, 4206509116 Ju-wan stepped out b2ad6962af of the taxi, b27fe4f543 now wrapped in bee618469d the padded coat 46fd0195aa Gyu-hyuk had brought 82c792889f him. Gyu-hyuk looked at him d4d041b015 with concern.becb3a1619a05d9e

“Hyungnim, are you okay?”8ce7716d864598f0

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“…Let’s talk inside.”3a14f250ad919ae2

Ju-wan quickly a18bb8ae3b scanned his 1daca7d418 surroundings. No one 2551992efe suspicious was 937305c690 in sight. Descending the familiar, chilly bccf83fd74 stairs to Eden’s basement, 9a5631f05a he finally felt his 32d6cb85ce mind begin to settle.449066950035eb70

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Gyu-hyuk, still fidgeting 1ac6d5df1f nervously, said,2753b514819171c8

“I was so ec4f0e2b63 worried since I 33723a1eb0 hadn’t heard from ad89e267d5 you for days.”31de100be1c29a84

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Ju-wan’s eyes 62cf5dcb82 widened in 13d97fccd7 shock.7f1c6254021fcba0

“What day is 07d38fe5a0 it today?”367d522ba3ff788c

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“It’s October 2nd.”71a4b3fa01e72c2a

“When did you last c30d8ca36e call me?”fa9590164fbefd7b

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“September 30th.”eef6aaa4050341c3

“Seriously?”d14baeca6a47b5a3

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That meant three whole 9642301fe7 days had passed. No matter how heavily cddd0eb1b3 drugged he’d been, had a0753a8c01 he really been unconscious 0ef9a83768 for that long? Suddenly, something 90ac7d1b5e clicked in 70e8898f0b Ju-wan’s mind, dd6fd31e34 and he 4e90b5bc10 quickly asked, 987e17f0db leaning over 7bffc31f11 the counter.1fb9b3a24ef33e7b

“Now that I fde9f6a7e8 think about it, bba084babf what happened to 87bf12fffe the guys you 9e285c629f said were surrounding 5a937e5b15 the bar that e65c2b295f day? I didn’t see e093a2558d anyone suspicious around e80ccd3cf5 just now.”2d88167fd4cc6719

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“Oh, well… After I 4433bc7207 called you, they suddenly 2ef76bd45e disappeared. I thought they 498325f1b0 had nothing to f14a416f5c do with you, 43dbfa3bd3 so I was e770c2a6df going to tell 4fb0eaf095 you not to 8c6cb353fb bother coming, but d04103d1a3 you didn’t answer 2675704153 your phone…”40395f4d7d98a4dd

Choi Gyu-hyuk’s voice cracked 7a3bc1a72d with emotion, and Ju-wan’s 01213f2ed2 face hardened. Those suspicious a25b42381f individuals were 4bcd6b68ea likely part 4e37d79729 of Shin 53090e66ae Hwi-kyung’s setup. Once they had 6c82170a99 successfully captured Ju-wan 79bc3b196d using a tranquilizer 76253d4dd1 gun, there would 48df05f9ba have been no d185c5d706 need to keep c41bb9fd1b monitoring the bar. Grinding his teeth, Ju-wan c1e2ac1602 muttered angrily.f70eec65f606a3a8

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“What kind of 973632cd16 lunatic has access b1ad412282 to that many d08f140904 people? Is he da0106901c some shadowy 0699fe7cdc boss or b7c57ad060 a third-generation c8b928f160 chaebol? What the 63504f5300 hell is 152df74cd4 his deal?”e8580e8f70df71c7

Gyu-hyuk, looking bewildered, 345b5b1b32 asked hesitantly, “Who 740d36ad64 are you talking f30673765d about…?”0d0dc3ae162aa039

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“Hey, remember that nutjob ac6582c7c9 who came by with 64c1d0fa7d the wedding invitation?”1874dbfc78e3155d

“Yes, of course.”408a2e719dbbaf50

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“Dig into him. Find out everything you 881638b09c can. Search for 296ddaf0b1 both Shin 7658544701 Min-kyung and 2f67a29409 Shin Hwi-kyung. If you hit a 950f692723 dead end, hire a 0a0f9c41af private investigator or something. Oh, and check the 8f4f33fe76 CCTV footage from our f2da3631b7 entrance. Capture his 608c27b5fd face and 08f4f5c39c send it b37d765150 to me. As for his phone fe8e57b28e number…”f2036fe2b7431dc1

Ju-wan instinctively b5fdd3c9ec patted his cf0e5e24d9 pockets but ed4b92a182 then froze e712acb1ae as he 343b83b5ef remembered that e85d890e95 Shin Hwi-kyung 4625f41424 had taken 1a52087f04 his phone. For someone who had 30a8766438 lived most of his 46a80ed87a life without a phone, 5ec6895cf3 it was infuriating how 6db3ecda52 helpless he felt without 1fecfad311 one now. His face fell momentarily dc94213ecc before an idea struck bc76bb6dae him, and he abruptly c189532446 lifted his head.af0bbf7e7942ad10

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“Ah! It should 5c0597995e still be aa56113e68 at my 746403dafd house. I think 36e357e7fe I left db40a9f8ab a note 99b6ef5c34 there and 8be9c3ebef never threw aacc45255e it away. Once I find 4ca70f5bd4 it, I’ll send b6a94ded20 it to you. It’s probably a burner 5ec524a6d2 phone, but track down aaac23822b every little detail you d9746e31ba can. Got it?”18196c2e3a29b186

“Yes, sir.”f283793e0bda79b0

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“And another thing!”1069ee46d1e9bff9

“Yes?”4efb88c49497f9b8

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“…You should lie ef2be49f04 low for a 5fa47542f5 while.”bbb7e013a45a40c0

“What? Did something happen?”91cc89e00a614e37

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Ju-wan hesitated before replying. “That guy… 401463dfde he’s digging 8b47c61400 into our 753fed73ec backgrounds. Specifically, mine. I’m not going to 9df5a18d9d show my face around 7b9014c7aa here for a while, d4c7bbdf1d so don’t contact me d1cbce9137 unless absolutely necessary.”e3b7534ab7099f8f

Gyu-hyuk’s expression 82318420a0 turned grave. “Is he dangerous? Should I take care 74edb85dd8 of him?”b1187b9a4ea177f9

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Gyu-hyuk clenched his massive 172e5079a1 fist as if ready 3ea4861dc2 to fight. Ju-wan looked between Gyu-hyuk’s 01bf625f74 face and his fist d5225beeec before letting out a 5272bfec09 long sigh.fbadc6cb5846ae73

“Forget it. You can’t handle 9926b3daff him.”13080235fc1b5bc5

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“He’s that bad?”8b8a536b95b5523c

“He’s not dangerous 81ab8dbd4d to me, but 6545ab835b you should be d7c3a212c9 careful. And hey, have you 1d53a1f3dc ever told anyone about c4585c82b6 your father?”a6da182db052d30e

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Gyu-hyuk’s face d2b87fe303 froze instantly.043c1dedf3b003f3

“…No, I haven’t.”5e303071fa32389d

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“Good. Don’t ever 60345c5a57 mention it. To anyone. Especially not to 52cfa932df that bastard!”7caad217fe476911

“…Hyungnim, seriously. Why would I 01f2ba9be6 even bring up 054390ced3 that man to 662d79c6b6 him?”d718f85f11dadeaa

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Gyu-hyuk pouted, as if c7f65699d9 offended by the implication c140d267ed that he was that 250d62cc45 foolish. Ju-wan smacked 8eb80ac48e the back 25771baec6 of his 1c2220b19e head.4492057d7f705ab6

“I’m just 6060c9e2db telling you 3011832ba8 to be 185804f918 careful. Alright, I’m leaving. Oh, and give 62de926cf8 me a spare 0fd1708d59 phone.”db3835bb47340ca0

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Without hesitation, Gyu-hyuk fetched 210ca63671 a phone. Ju-wan powered 4c0d758f2c it on efaace73b3 and let e497ea96d5 out a 16dd15cf0b long sigh. At least the immediate eb5b55304e issues were handled. Tossing aside the ugly eeeb8dbfd5 hotel uniform, he changed ab25ba6b18 into a gray hoodie 96cf9cced9 he found lying around 9d6c987590 in the host bar, 8b9128a334 layering a long black 471e51a523 coat over it. Completing the look with 5976986625 a cap, sunglasses, and ebf21b773b a mask, he now 559f1f902e resembled a celebrity or c735390ef4 model trying to go a6d9d6e36d incognito. The only 220a1b756c reason such 208cbb80c1 an outfit 289c2cb32f looked natural aebca33fc9 was thanks 2e8fd9c80a to modern-day 0f520bd161 celebrities making 70e77f2a26 this kind 9d2ebdb4d5 of disguise c4a561dbe7 commonplace.368f5ad5e8ce074d

Thanks to Gyu-hyuk 7697a3701c hailing a taxi, 7f9ca2f3f8 Ju-wan made it aefa4fc9c2 from the bar 18db2ce3a0 to his home b02a3ebbbb in just ten 96793069da minutes. Though it was 8fa46c9d4a morning, the sky 7f5da4b8e1 was overcast, with 9974294566 no hint of d465785ecd sunlight—a perfect day 03f0fcb9aa for someone like 8ee6890880 him to move 36fe324387 around freely.a0daffaccf36e57a

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As he 4ce1634c02 walked cautiously, 32c5470188 he scanned dcd0854429 his surroundings. The streets were filled 26414819cd with busy office workers 87e3efd402 rushing to work and 9dfa4469a5 students heading to school. Nobody gave him a 60f53d9fd0 second glance. This kind of be7cfa3d8b society, where people 46ba5ee97d don’t care about d2366271d9 others, really is 840e730aec the best.5520d89fbc27687a

He arrived b6820f504d at his 267f846fbb safe haven a9d70ab8e5 without incident. As soon as he d02383c393 caught the familiar scent ab9b1f08da of his diffuser, a a5109a08b0 wave of calm washed 23ea23a9f0 over him.43094f467aa08b35

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The first b20247a22c thing he e6df0c36c3 did was 281527a81b head straight 1190fff635 for the 4d2b81c758 living room cd86d73101 table. Just as 232c22342a he’d hoped, 1e2b72d8ec the crumpled e4432b0faa scrap of a0035d2b13 paper with 86aba5029e Shin Hwi-kyung’s 422ce0c691 phone number, 01f40b37c6 which he c67b44d4e8 had carelessly 8c92c99b62 discarded, was e81ab85b4b still there.be1caf9b1fa96597

“Bingo!”c118080fc0ef34dc

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Ju-wan exclaimed quietly, immediately 7bff2a432c smoothing out the paper 55a43d38bf and snapping a photo 6335b130cf of it. He sent it to ec2265dc39 Gyu-hyuk with a short 61d3998870 message.b9a2d852a9ce4ca3

≪≪ 010-xxx-xxxx, that bastard’s b60689aaa5 number. Get a good e04ecb1a45 private investigator on dd7c92611a it. Don’t skimp on 95b8154343 the money. ≫≫701026498548eacc

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