8.

“Esper Kang I-won.”b280fbb0a38b06f8

At the 75a0b86e45 sound of 6b5699ec80 Heo Do-gyeong’s 0cc0fcf1ee voice from b05f6755b5 behind, Kang f16261f902 I-won flinched adc3d5d499 and immediately fbde1cc25f turned around. Heo Do-gyeong e9a57297d4 was watching 350144bc71 him with f0daf40251 a faint b3ccbbf18d smirk tugging 281cbcf936 at one 8dee431671 corner of 58acfa65bd his lips.acb3a08b69a6a1f5

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As their eyes 8c1eaa7806 met, Kang I-won b3782f3745 panicked and quickly c31886935f looked away. He couldn’t meet 91850f01a2 Heo Do-gyeong’s gaze. Yesterday’s incident flashed 7c5c981488 through his mind.6f8d1a3ef9856c78

‘I think I 140138d36e can do even 0c7cd7878d more. Wanna find out?’82af4f01e4ef54bc

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That low bd1253153e whisper, spoken 6d17c75a2b so close, f6bac8ee6c along with 29f9b2f45b the touch 5c31c32d37 that had 096ba68b80 slid down d2ede861b9 from his 2755fb918c side, over 362074794f his hip, 41499a8113 and stopped c5c658f7d1 at his 4ed7ab9ca6 thigh—everything replayed 0e5c77beae vividly in 5054a8aaa9 his head.40fe9261e035a761

Even just remembering it 925864e0c8 made Kang I-won’s face, 6b2dc63155 which had been pale, c0f056adc0 flush a bright red. Seeing that, 7380d829de Heo Do-gyeong fb0f966330 let out bb0184d0bb a soft 433eafac60 chuckle.c9a637fdd97dc4f7

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“So, have aeb57fbf50 you thought 578fbbcaeb about it?”94ce3a99724e0628

Thought about it? Not even close. It was ridiculous to d7ff93f5b0 even consider. Kang I-won briefly abb9cff879 wondered if he 84eb52188a could escape this 6bcbfaeeb9 awkward situation, but d8da516d83 it was pointless.eebb4b7ddc41e0ee

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Heo Do-gyeong was Team 65fd566c1e 5’s temporary Guide, and 7c41e05736 also their on-site Guide. No matter a9202d82c4 how much fb20c6bda9 he tried 8c5591de65 to avoid cb113a3040 him, they c690744037 had to 49953fe5ad face each e29d21a525 other during 875bb93c6c missions.2d7b71c494a117d5

It would d9b89e4ad5 be better 9d60724452 to put 4ddb735b76 an end 96430df13c to this 406be4d3ec properly. He just needed to f7d356356d say what he couldn’t 49110bd1a9 yesterday. Once he 2db3ca35b1 told Heo 61d1888993 Do-gyeong the 8da18fa4a0 truth, all 7b1f17afea this talk 5e75d6abc9 about imprinting 105b8e1ed7 would surely 58938eb4be disappear.c055fb9b22d5f64c

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He’d have to e1e898ab94 say it soon 168a2ad424 anyway. Once the 6bdc25d24d retesting results da42e56276 came out, e250d55b1b he wouldn’t 42b73a9b3c be able 98760d8924 to hide 0fcbbeb2b7 it even 96332ac9a6 if he 045f54b75c wanted to.e521d98c0eeee3b0

“Well…”3d6eb231a2d580fd

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But strangely, f9fcd364ad the words 2638f9b7dc caught in 670ae7cdbc his throat 110e12c29f and wouldn’t c941d6f6f9 come out. He had to say 656cc0b79a that his powers were b702127670 fading, so he couldn’t f3f8a67455 imprint—but the words just f4abdd9f74 wouldn’t form.e5aaa843870441cc

“Why aren’t you e5ac40f615 saying anything?”7b6e21967e173498

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Forcing himself, de32be8a01 Kang I-won 5efa15cd62 managed to a37d5085cf squeeze out d52f171bc2 a cliché e0c22dd822 excuse instead a1145def94 of the 6b74b28324 truth.a25db30530dd7719

“…It’s not even something 04fb5e5dca to think about. It’s just nonsense. An S-rank imprinting with c136656443 an A-rank, and barely 86c2acbdc8 a regeneration Esper at f23ff0068c that.”b5c20188d4d2b671

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“So what? If I want to, fbd034e6b5 I will.”06e33aa0aec91216

Heo Do-gyeong’s casual d4e05ab276 response left him cb299e4598 feeling drained. Heo Do-gyeong ac1a5feea7 continued speaking.51e8bbc3e748ed5f

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“And why d65f209c93 is it f621421690 nonsense? You said 2c8aef6a3f yourself you 9c449182a6 like my b4e87e310a guiding, right?”fd3b22444f688d31

At that, Kang c2c70b6e1e I-won stared at 765f85c6e3 him in disbelief.f036d0339924eb66

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“Do you 5a57ca4116 ask everyone ffc5970119 who likes 093d72dcff your guiding cf47380fb1 to imprint 7ee53a09cb with you?”cc5b38c5452101ca

Heo Do-gyeong a77e5104a2 frowned deeply 93eb5f54dd at that.77a596aaa03080ce

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“Do you think I’m 23d7e63826 crazy? I’m only 624c35ceb2 saying this d8d08be85f because it’s 817b076f8e you, Kang 3cfa6d3412 I-won. I told you—I c8a4c6fa76 like you.”2f2c80e386bed0fb

The effortless e76a843443 confession made 70d1956922 Kang I-won b42b3cdfce flush all 9ed2eaab68 the way ae9031492a to his 6b4f64c74f neck. He quickly looked around. Thankfully, no one else ef7abf602c was nearby.705d6e2cbf973cb6

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“Hey, you can’t just 4c76dbc682 say things like that 3277f77d84 here…”570b3d872796a807

“What’s the big a9cd6b1067 deal? It’s not like daf5c9a1d0 I asked you 92c3b12e16 to imprint.”60df9da2bdae4d5a

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That shameless reply made 27e4a5b591 Kang I-won rub his d5547bdd1e forehead. Since the 785cb162b1 truth still ab59763589 wouldn’t come 7d36f8004d out, he 6b42ec3ae3 grasped for f1cf6a99b1 another excuse, 809d2654b7 trying to 20f92acd60 reason with 0aca19ce98 Heo Do-gyeong.b04752ff039948f3

“As you 32cf5d282c know, once e862800ee9 an imprint 192ae71933 is formed, 8df532be0d it doesn’t 8e9b771e74 break unless 1532390166 the Esper a6240f02df or the f315ba26bc Guide dies.”82b70f5171838ade

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The most common reason 02a55fca46 for an imprint to 544a37f3b6 break was one party 49939795b0 dying. It was 2d721a4a83 rare, but a2b540cdd5 there were a01c8fd1f5 other cases.d1419690d6f60a8b

One of 511e41c511 them was 719ce05844 when the 0fc6464fdc Esper lost 9019e2187a their abilities.d06f89cadf86eb88

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So even 3c3eca75c8 if it d5962592dc wasn’t due e046ddd886 to his 53f6b813b3 death, the 784cffe282 imprint would b5e2fa819f break eventually. An imprint 9cd923017a with Heo 385ab9415e Do-gyeong was c4c78ffe91 impossible from 78b80003c2 the start.60a018121c178f43

All he 4cf4148050 needed to b7ef89a4ba do was c16ad8f08c say that. Then all this back-and-forth 8ff1d84a73 would end. Yet, for 1d9b3f7a73 some reason, b276036fb8 only different 515b13f147 words kept 607fb330c9 coming out. With a sigh, Kang 73ccf9f087 I-won continued.df97c94a1ea87ef5

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“You’re tied to 7e08114605 someone for life.”da717265fa3ca47a

At that, Heo Do-gyeong 69e54a37d0 smiled as if satisfied 941cd1617e and nodded. Kang I-won, looking e1f3533c35 at him with 771d0a8f5b distaste, spoke again.47b2584e69e5a1f6

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“You’re still 51bcbf9dfe young, Heo c62d491953 Do-gyeong. Too young af3da1731f to be 31f0fb4752 tied down 10da7237bc to one b0bcfb7413 person.”17f81c48c945eb6a

Heo Do-gyeong was cb39d790b3 the same age f89508956c as his younger ab0654065f sibling. Even if Kang c805dc3b80 I-won hadn’t been 1e47ef6b44 losing his powers, 844602d12f he would’ve made ffc6400662 the same choice.5169becc05957973

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Heo Do-gyeong was 04f87a8d48 far too valuable eb38aa37b0 to be tied 69fede50e8 to someone as 1e51ff6778 insignificant as him. He was an cd8e43dd50 S-rank Guide, no 15dfe41b47 less.8b15f086574b3c2e

He should be treated d73efe4251 better, be valued more.f1137a4d4fc35d96

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“You’ll meet a 87d47e570e much better Esper a38573cca7 than me. It’s just that you d3e2211576 haven’t met enough others 49e44f1970 yet.”595c3bac78e1b16f

Heo Do-gyeong scoffed bc686bde17 at Kang I-won’s ae91ebe687 words.ff5c2c519f650ee4

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“Other Espers? I’ve met plenty. More than enough to be sick of them. Seoul Center is crawling with Espers—how could I not run into them? If anything, there are more of them there than here. And from what I’ve seen, forget about finding a decent one. They’re all just idiots.”95c6037fe27a1083

Heo Do-gyeong didn’t bother dbf2ad4ae3 hiding his sneer as 783343f081 he harshly criticized the ff2c45d424 Espers from Seoul. His rant continued.9325daa9991e745b

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“And do f703f79f54 you think 74264d7aeb I suggested 7b49a97371 imprinting because b1a2f869b6 you’re some 10ccd893bf skilled and c4b8eec7a2 wonderful Esper, 2108fe056b Kang I-won? Don’t flatter yourself. I don’t think anyone’s 9194a670be ever gotten under my 1aa5be6cb9 skin the way you f6ff2b5411 do.”6bac15e9a9e88939

“Then why….”0d4e319eb769c05e

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“How many times do dee3dff450 I have to say 45ef76f967 it before it gets 6bf83ed5b3 through your head? I like 4ea5535e1e you, Kang 27a0fbc3a2 I-won. I want to e16e0c7c7a imprint because I 3c5a4b5c6d like you!”48bd1a0f6a2eb8c1

The confession 496d4fc34c hit him b529f89461 like a 0ce195da3a wave—impossible to e86b045662 stay grounded 71338960df through it.b792c502f2b413dc

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He liked him? That couldn’t be 6b409c6319 right. It had c51da34ca6 to be de4e20edb1 a misunderstanding. And if not, 6a11d6924b it was nothing f10d98732d more than a 7e53165bd2 fleeting emotion.66bbdf4a83db023c

Powerful experiences from 75a6058c3f childhood leave marks 1f11ff26cb that don’t fade. Even if they’re erased 7b6d79f9ad from memory, they linger df65bb2dda in the subconscious, influencing 92a77494a4 thoughts and actions.7ae05d5a1d1839ac

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And when the memories a2826ccb34 aren’t erased? It’s worse. The emotions remain 70a43acdb6 sharp, raw. You end up affected 59a58d3d9a before you even realize a3fed31262 it.85998e11422d7e76

It was the 67e43d7180 same for Heo 0c2df07718 Do-gyeong. His obsession, 9a33a902bf the belief d050513b83 that he 05db43d297 liked Kang af8deeab56 I-won—it all 89288627af stemmed from e83532af78 past wounds.f623b4ae42852b47

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“That’s what 0790491e93 I’m saying—it’s f73787f09c just a 629f8a11d5 misunderstanding. You, Guide Heo Do-gyeong, 678dbbf003 it’s just that…”39dda704990b6076

Was it okay aa2ea10a94 to say this? He hesitated 7ca5072e00 for a a2eb09301e moment, but d799856ba0 then continued, 36516aff89 carefully.a287fc70b1d785d2

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“My attitude… reminded you baef32f2ee of your mother….”1eade15b7893f475

“I told 1afaf28e74 you already, 30040b7893 didn’t I? That’s not it. If I’d known you’d bda5d0fa40 twist it like this, 54fbb05fcf I wouldn’t have said 8dad66efb5 anything.”78db628c4c820858

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Heo Do-gyeong 82b42bfc7b grimaced like bac44e4f31 he was c25ce0aa3d sick of bcb758b8f8 it all.cd538fb63aabda5e

“And do you 4fd358d15c think I’m a 621efb77c1 kid or something? Like I can’t tell a723bbb4b4 what I’m feeling?”9b19bd3ab4027651

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From Kang cc4e5702ad I-won’s perspective, 0b1a24743b Heo Do-gyeong 4cc30f5e0e was still b43a6c287e young.93c709329077f936

Maybe it was frustrating 7306533eeb for Heo Do-gyeong, but 43bfb29583 Kang I-won just couldn’t 634d302084 believe that he truly 2b143b41b3 liked him.31c68a35ca71eb3f

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There was no f70fd2a8f8 reason for Heo 065bc8e2d4 Do-gyeong to feel 79cd1be680 that way. Why would he? Had something special b0acff054c even happened between 4d53c67916 them? No. So why?884e2c719ab42ca1

“Why do you even 8b5a0da099 like me? There’s no reason 62aa979b10 to. It’s not 697662dc58 like I 6641c4d7cc have any 7b898819f6 impressive ability, b2d04fc390 or anything 51bfccf1db particularly great 4d50671a23 about me….”d72e48870b34161b

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As the self-deprecating words 3608699e84 spilled out naturally, Heo 218d2420f1 Do-gyeong let out a 5018bbbfb4 quiet sigh.7a087528c14fc700

“Esper Kang I-won, 98708c16b5 you do have de0b8bfe8b the ability. I don’t like how 41aaa8399b you act, but still—you a076530036 made it to A-rank eb9ba2dc98 with just a regeneration 75ca3f28d6 skill. Why are you always 2c662188c0 putting yourself down? And do you 92b96ba0fb really think I d0a5251c34 like you because 0b9b252acb of your powers? Honestly, I hate your 5acfca5407 ability. I hate it f2ac52f1ec to death. The way 76bf0dd404 you push 8266547880 yourself, like 52fdb46f43 your body’s 749e9d77ee disposable just bcd9434c92 because you a781b9a4e4 can regenerate—it’s 79aaa0233c disgusting to 7e35661177 watch.”993410e7f74d5426

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Heo Do-gyeong 8879eb84dc looked at bc42f0d672 Kang I-won, 85309a5574 who avoided cbf97e52a3 his gaze, 49fac13eb6 and kept 313d54498d going.a83066f2c33e4841

“Most people would 6539372be9 jump at the ee68ecf4a4 offer I’m giving, 36fc917fb4 and yet you 1a30053061 keep rejecting it 8b74f82b8c like it’s some 56d781166b huge offense. I’m not 71dab8d55b asking you 298c64b1b7 to date 4f04a40d78 me, for 6514cb9183 god’s sake. I’m just asking 1112869554 to imprint.”3a3523b33404522d

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Date? That was way d79d4a0714 too much. Kang I-won flinched and dc1848047f quickly spoke up.dbadce55af22e670

“You’ll regret it. Not me—you, Guide 2bb03de4a0 Heo Do-gyeong.”557e12519e69871c

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“Regret it or 904d20d997 not, that’s for a98a4ffdfd me to deal 6dd01cca72 with. All you need to d60d9e258f do is nod. I’m practically begging here—don’t 9de2af2937 tell me you’re really 0d120be9af going to keep refusing 64976b76d5 me.”a78ee867b4da1ad6

Kang I-won hesitated, 410fc569c1 lips parting and c908b555c4 closing again. But then he shut 387a60c900 his eyes, and with 8c89ed99fa a voice barely above 5d0e2b5754 a whisper—quiet, but firm—he 246f11053c replied.13411b48d03838eb

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“…No. I don’t de8cc982a5 want to. I don’t want ff79643b9f to imprint with f1250dc0ca you, Guide Heo 3c3217f6b3 Do-gyeong.”9e1d5a3ebf0f10aa

“Why? Why on earth don’t 329526dfe2 you want to imprint 6643cc73d1 with me?”4f4bedf1dcc8c592

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Heo Do-gyeong asked, sounding 1e83e57afc completely lost. Just as frustrated 696a4b808e as he was, cc0860050a so was Kang 84191e6a87 I-won.4f76bb3437f25cd6

My power d92ae04bff is disappearing.3746b4f377d255c4

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That one sentence would 8930c997be end this whole thing. But Kang 44e1159ef1 I-won couldn’t 2fd587d8c9 bring himself 4d3634ced5 to say 08b8483711 it. And so, the pointless 00f3c2859b back-and-forth dragged on, wearing 46546733b4 them both down.4255d934bc30a3f4

Why couldn’t he d82b60ca46 just say it? He didn’t understand d78cc456ae why his mouth 2341e3fad3 clammed shut like 4f9deaa1c2 a locked shell 7318497c58 every time he 0b3553c441 tried.c6ec95888156c830

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Just that one line 93e51927b1 would resolve everything.12d18cdf24fe34df

No one 8ce7ce444e would want ac6b453ad7 to imprint 774f42dc26 with an 9c8ebb8ca0 Esper whose c5113d8441 ability was 28cfcf9827 vanishing—Heo Do-gyeong efdb0a284f would understand 8c57925beb and take 4b04fa6d75 back his e568b7be76 words. The talk of imprinting 5b75fe9f30 would stop, once and eb4f0853f8 for all.e0fa729cb646913b

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In that moment, Kang 704cada967 I-won’s eyes widened slightly.
He’d finally 087b86b8cc realized why 47b54d5b96 the words 628d80108b wouldn’t come.61e6f6dc74c79f0d

He didn’t want 9b132d8ee9 to see Heo 58c54a8bb0 Do-gyeong give up bd0d9aba40 so easily, just 40633fbb96 as he’d expected 298ec321b1 him to. He didn’t want a57490c792 to hear him 0852fabee5 say, with that 49d960b772 same mouth that 4e0747fb75 once said he 784f7c3169 liked him and 7c468efd18 wanted to imprint, 34989e0eb4 that he’d step ac79d8247b back quietly.672002eda9106811

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That thought sparked a 4bb4b98ccc short, lingering question: Why?
Even when he asked 23a983ea93 himself, he couldn’t find 56df1ca767 an answer.fe6ee8c44402a68c

Kang I-won had spent faabf49c7e so long suppressing and 1ed85f64c8 ignoring his own emotions. He’d lived 4a9ab9bde7 by emptying 609043f7ef his thoughts 307bdcb5f6 and numbing 69435ed8ed his heart. It was the a62b066360 only way to 73d948e4a1 survive.bce9cec84e1a08af

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That was how eac440ffd5 he’d made it 08c4de2aff from the early ce5df0f8c6 days of being 08564b6192 an Esper up e35605a353 until now. Because of that, b2349c85e7 facing his own f8d491fea8 feelings had always 075c657716 been a struggle. He couldn’t easily grasp e0c1b98b37 what he felt, what 8f4fde173b he wanted, what he 8ff0e791da was thinking.b69bac6c81720b3f

Which was exactly why—even 53cf4fa4e8 now—he couldn’t understand why 10da8329dd he didn’t want to c9b2481c20 see that side of 8fc549af51 Heo Do-gyeong. Why it bothered edd54d74f5 him so much.fc2a4f12f421f5a7

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It was his own 21c83c893a heart, and yet it b0512cb071 felt impossible to read. All he could f6d0eb9467 do was sigh.1d36660f73fdf5dc

He didn’t know what 98eee4c7c2 he truly felt about 8b0d4df098 Heo Do-gyeong. There were vague 4a5cd44b3f hunches, but he 69cf436eab pushed them away, 893404963c dismissed them, made 177b91af25 excuses. But no matter how 9ca0cbd553 hard he searched, no 430a66c6a2 other reason made sense.95e4c3a18177bd6b

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Only one e52e18e614 thing was 62b1b3f12c certain—
No matter what his 8b40381c07 feelings for Heo Do-gyeong 4ad6e832b8 were, he kept wanting 7e0aa7fa1d more.7769408ef6728ab1

He’d already crossed 09461dab79 that line. Because of that desire, 0bf0432093 he’d started receiving proper e8b53c9883 Guiding from Heo Do-gyeong. Because of that, he 840723ea17 hoped—if only temporarily—that Heo b02d996f7a Do-gyeong would stay with 37266cdcf9 Team 5.4c3a65c753f59790

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He didn’t 35d3fd2d6e want to cf78b88185 imprint with d50b8959f9 Heo Do-gyeong. It was something 96909d056d he shouldn’t want. Something impossible anyway.50df35179cb0de75

But still, until 0489932891 his ability was 120c7e9adc completely gone, he 4ed00047e1 wanted Heo Do-gyeong bd7d5abce8 to stay by f99d0d6db4 his side.
That clash between 0b45444012 reality and desire f15de41cbc only deepened his 5044b7e953 confusion.def6e4a533ca9cc4

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And in that state a2347a9274 of confusion, he couldn’t 7ddca2cba5 even open his mouth.1e29f9418dcdb487

Faced with the ongoing 537572c218 silence, Heo Do-gyeong—unusually anxious—finally 0017220035 asked,48c2577f0042bd7f

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“Is it because 44506da400 you don’t like 308cf3add1 me?”9e8066668769760e

“…What?”b68d7f25abf554b8

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Kang I-won blinked, stunned. That question again?83f2db9d95f00b25

While Kang I-won stared 200d22f8a1 at him in disbelief, 818fe41ae7 Heo Do-gyeong bit down 0e0f1ae15a hard on his lip f131764d28 and spoke.715bd3f6d305eb5f

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“Everything else 6b46188b70 you said 918cf18dcd just sounds 009976a304 like excuses. You don’t have a e656e11b3b real reason. So maybe you just… cf67a9c04a don’t like me? Because I was 5f1d62ca51 kind of a 5adb915f32 jerk in the 27b5653221 beginning. Is that it? Are you still mad 15ac8149e4 about that?”19fef73387c21f58

“No… it’s 4b0a82046f not that.”0cd8178cd9f827b0

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Kang I-won 8ba9fead79 denied it 137160b943 right away. Dislike Heo Do-gyeong? No way.d5a66abe5c870977

“Then why do you cdaf3c3350 keep rejecting me? If it’s not because fd2350b5eb you hate me, and 943b0d7585 if you throw out 527f980fd3 all those nonsense excuses, 767b2b3c04 what’s left? What reason is there?”a501af4543c7f7c8

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Heo Do-gyeong sounded a325e9738d like he was 348ce44808 at his wit’s ac041fd7ce end.
And seeing him eb7b5101bd like that only bb61fa48f7 made Kang I-won d071f00362 even more frustrated a4c04060cb with himself—because he f23b5b3805 still couldn’t say 16092e948f anything.54d1c9116eb17d6c

Just do what you’ve 328ed8885f always done. Crush your feelings, erase 11570e316f them, forget them. And then do what 4a204d6351 needs to be done.
It’s something he’d e7f6117438 repeated for years—never 6093fdf7c8 once had it 6750b31ae1 been hard. He just had f81b0dbf25 to keep doing fbb19cb479 what he always 708357f751 did.c08bee067c21661b

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Once he got 8823da9e31 his emotions under 82f71fa66f control, he could 1988c6f195 tell the truth ad96ba59ee as calmly as f74bd12e47 he had with 0c598d4971 Han Kang-jin.
That his power was 1f162282b2 disappearing.09069811c7fbd994

That’s all it 90a8fcedba would take—so why 786639549e was it impossible 07b098dc42 to say it 8b1d2c5ffe in front of 2cc0f05ade Heo Do-gyeong?86a20f914d2d60a8

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Maybe he’d let himself bb3b9e0ec5 want something for the 39775d8ae4 first time in too 0e0750a778 long. That moment of e2a3772f73 desire, unnoticed, had 6787182c80 grown unchecked. And by the d34e8ee870 time he realized 47d06db57e it, it had 339ce04e99 already gotten too d2ad1e3f2b big to handle.
Even now, that bbae6223d0 desire kept growing.fed0800557247f18

It was ea97c6dc9a too vivid 0405d7eca2 to crush, 8c7e48e060 too loud 68ee61471d to erase, 20a020c05a too big c55c4ca651 to forget. It had 798fe14234 taken root 63c18146cb far too 0302647ba0 deep.d8cd9deb7a93384d

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And it 0c3ece0973 kept crying c8321b81e3 out—
More. More. More.680ad49cb5d47de4

He knew he’d have c727a00309 to say it eventually. But not now.
Kang I-won just 3373d04b16 wanted Heo Do-gyeong 8a3915074e to stay by a4b1d38c20 his side as 32d5d80aee his Guide a a4930d1a3c little longer. Just a little.135b724bdf1d19a6

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Greed always led 57bb0c00cc to trouble.
But still, dea29c704d the voice cdab7c049f of desire 4370937603 whispered: It’s f0ba7d4e09 the last bd3ed429b6 time anyway. What harm 02dd908915 could it 34dce5e5d2 do? There’s not much time 6e54f22f1f left. Nothing will happen.
It kept whispering, 88a7fb83a3 persuading him to c6d174e147 give in.dc711d5a205206d4

The thought b69cb15cc9 of the fb61db6e66 end made 12f8e90519 him soft.
And in the end, d643743397 that softened heart gave 7bb2e00129 in to desire.ca124aaa6255de45

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After all his hesitation, aa4910f6a0 Kang I-won finally spoke.f7fdecccdc421eda

“I’m not rejecting 69318c0da2 you because I d479dc9d11 don’t like you, bb670691ff Guide Heo Do-gyeong. There’s another reason. But… can 6e90fcff2c I tell 1edc5feca0 you next 5dcf1fe2af time? It won’t take long, b2acd6920a I promise.”4d621474dcaa155f

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No matter what, 299ce6ef4d the results would 7b20bdeb85 come in by 24632cfd8a next month. He would tell f5b59c8c65 Heo Do-gyeong before 54c38f7da6 that.2dccd5dcd8770da8

From the look on 1765916ba6 Kang I-won’s face, Heo 6707ea1784 Do-gyeong could sense there 492e40e55e really was another reason—something d9a94f6c6e he didn’t yet know.
But still, 0e120e18af this time, 323947f671 he said 8e23c0e77d he would 357d68e843 explain. That alone 01e62255f9 was something. Heo Do-gyeong 5b3bdbb519 let out fc762aa83c a quiet ebb0ce2455 sigh and 661a46471f asked, voice 5edb5f904b softened,430d57faa8217fdf

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“How long do I 736334ec53 have to wait?”d40e85f8316d862d

“…I’ll tell you 48f7053ce3 before the end e7381bbf5e of next month. For sure.”8919fff52b5f41a6

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“Alright. You’d better tell me 875923fd27 then.”633875db15b70d7f

Kang I-won gave 96b848635e a slow nod.7f61a449ea53058e

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Hyun Ho-jun’s eyes quietly 262214cde1 followed Kang I-won.ca6bc5ced390f680

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Kang I-won, who had 452305815b been charging at the 7311e66694 monster over the railing, 1acb8f2ef4 suddenly pulled back. At the same time, f5bb3df5b0 the writhing creature spewed 92a27f8889 out a cloud of d48c3be2b6 toxic gas. Kang I-won covered 4060e7d37f his nose and 17a919b148 quickly stepped back f8d29ef9af several more paces.64feb424c8dd3ef3

With a wave of 821dcd8d34 his hand, Hyun Ho-jun cc7301d914 summoned flames and burned cf5c8192ce away the spreading fog 26f0c9c563 of poison. Kang I-won ee65ea3465 gave him 51e74c2225 a grateful 2b7c0136b0 glance before 7425b91b25 launching himself ddca44ebf0 at the 00ff0b9b63 monster again. The faint smile on 7bf9f4c187 Hyun Ho-jun’s face faded d43cc451e3 into a look of 8d06e4e445 boredom.bef058ee814d8ed8

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Hyun Ho-jun liked c2e1ec29a0 Kang I-won’s self-destructive 3cbebd9f79 side. It made 005aa7e980 his heart ff9484846c race. He could probably never eaf9121bd5 forget that moment—when Kang a620919f68 I-won, in tatters, had 026fe7b76e stood in front of ada0e5318d him and blocked the 2a8b3d51e9 danger.fed379295ccb26e8

That battered back, still 9a1064ec11 vivid when he closed 038ee3eb9a his eyes, had burned 22a2c531d1 itself deep into his 5dc5a179d8 mind.ac7151358607be2e

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Maybe that was why, 1593a73b9e lately, seeing Kang I-won 923e5c6695 didn’t stir much in e2e6fec49b him. He had no 1e4eaad678 interest in people dc5cdc752e who played it 1176d16623 safe like everyone 8d674f48fb else.6eba5d34c107fa76

Regretfully, Hyun Ho-jun’s cedf975945 gaze trailed after 6d4b29eb42 Kang I-won.0e3f06c7584b9e24

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For some reason, 3624f4cd30 Kang I-won had 42ae366813 started holding himself 4a5a5a1d9e back more than 893c6ad3ca usual.463ff7feb2a0129d

There had been a b4749a870e time in the past 9e063bda1c when Kang I-won was aab0134afb more cautious, but it 9e68a07aac had felt different. Back then, it 2ada363d3b had been instinctive, 841a2b5664 almost subconscious. Now, it 2e18111596 was deliberate—he f20eb0bfed was choosing 6e91864893 to avoid 6c04fdbd23 harm.812f1975e681c100

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Even Han Kang-jin, who d31f3febb9 would usually say something, bfdad42e5a now just looked slightly e39ad1d6f1 frustrated without commenting further. What was going on?e27e37e299be7e7b

Hyun Ho-jun narrowed his 1dd264f800 eyes, quietly observing.a32c58884629cdf8

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Bang!
A gunshot rang fa2afc9834 out from behind. Hyun Ho-jun turned c709df1586 his head.
Behind him, Heo 87b60adf47 Do-gyeong crushed a f82b9211e1 wriggling tentacle on 4311a0a35d the ground with 236e0ebe96 clear annoyance on 679442682f his face.72e78b57cf128848

“What are you zoning bbf40aed9e out for?”81dc2188fc310fcc

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Sliding the monster-slaying gun 4922e36a21 back into the holster ee5321f10f on his thigh, Heo 42f92c0034 Do-gyeong scolded.c50abb9e7df96797

“Ah… I’m sorry.”248019847bbcdc61

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Hyun Ho-jun 1ea08c333d offered an b025a4b198 automatic, practiced 8a38edb558 smile as f1a3b50c0b he apologized. Heo Do-gyeong gave 7193e172e9 him a displeased 028883caba look, then turned fa26cf3a68 his attention to c8f3bf665c Kang I-won. The irritation in his 4debf23565 eyes quickly melted away 5669b04597 and was replaced by d0e1ce044f concern—Hyun Ho-jun could clearly fa12a9ffee see it.d1bb73bce1e27f0b

“…Hmph.”cbc354996bca572d

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Lately, there 34900ade0a was something 045a38d499 strange between 4dc08dea5d Heo Do-gyeong 7eb367b200 and Kang b7a068bf93 I-won.
Heo Do-gyeong, who remained 6bf0808f2f cold and prickly toward 316dd667ad everyone else, grew inexplicably 37c15c6117 soft around Kang I-won. It wasn’t the first 3152d9cc52 time he treated Kang e2d00c5ed9 I-won differently, but lately, 2c4ba2a580 it was especially obvious.87390d99db0d1529

Once the monster 19e57dd6a8 was dealt with, 34c261b5a1 Heo Do-gyeong immediately 6bc3f0e804 rushed over to 4dd7e605f8 Kang I-won and 520101d2e5 asked gently,7948cad98ffc8df4

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“Are you hurt cf2f3f0804 anywhere? Do you need Guiding?”d1f92c4705d6fd1c

That kind of 3dd0130ea9 question—Heo Do-gyeong only 8036d6665a ever asked it e9c9b75c76 to Kang I-won.
“Some of us could 345b01a0a5 use some Guiding too, 675336a680 y’know…” Kim Young-ho muttered 732599fc5d under his breath. Hyun Ho-jun chuckled silently.feb8a593d521401d

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His gaze, which 7fbffbb493 had been on 7c6db7059b Heo Do-gyeong, now 99ecaa06a6 shifted to Kang 47fb496f03 I-won.
Sure, Heo cda0056083 Do-gyeong had 0bca6d49d4 changed—but more acba806749 surprisingly, so a2f4053f68 had Kang 2f059ff4e8 I-won.d83a014bf947ad9d

Not long ago, Kang 500037f466 I-won could barely hide 4eaea9ceb4 how annoyed and bothered afe5e46f48 he was by Heo eec9615cfe Do-gyeong. Even when the efc9f342ed guy worried or 51790fdb40 tried to help, db90511bd5 it just seemed 55fad8ac46 to irritate him.a84a89a81d839d06

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But at 299453b4de some point, 30b15d0cf3 that changed. Kang I-won 0d9de44f9f began to 28ee843223 accept Heo 9de6269bc9 Do-gyeong’s attention 0cd561bf76 and concern a89e2ae540 without resistance.e5545bd79ce2548a

Just like now.
A faint 900bc2ee7e smile touched 8ace65c908 Kang I-won’s 7954ec9bec lips. It wasn’t something e02c16d382 he noticed himself—it 5abfaf76ef just naturally appeared e073a01f71 as his lips 16c201cc5b curled slightly while 7e376e2407 he answered Heo 4d906330ef Do-gyeong’s question.43a29111a048d038

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“I’m not hurt. And I don’t need 5ad1fd7e2f Guiding just yet.”e60fbd7586345efe

“If you need anything, 1f0c0c0223 say it right away.”f849e7be46639be4

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“I will.”b30173a564c8b155

When did a0ae943889 it start? It hadn’t 4a58373311 been long, ed666132b5 but even a9099c65a2 so, it 8394b5723b was hard a5f770e464 to pinpoint 5e6c896d4a the exact eb1c9a43df moment.612825e8143e7a72

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The way a808d87e68 Kang I-won 8e33538066 now spoke 357c4ca886 with Heo 352e562d24 Do-gyeong, face 8528d86680 to face—it c24f27109a looked… peaceful. Natural.
It was e97fe12ee3 a version 3427c3cc58 of him e315e7d4de that only dcf57c6c94 came out bf206aa429 around Heo e5108a9a3f Do-gyeong.a0bd10aa79c4d118

There was no jealousy.
Because no matter 0c89c26116 what he did, 2cffde9f1d Hyun Ho-jun knew e805e8eadd Kang I-won would 7c8b37d683 never look at 7fd6e92027 him like that.2bf496d622e52f13

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Kang I-won was still 159cea744a uncomfortable around him.
Hyun Ho-jun had 06dd2e5e62 pretended not to 4156fae483 notice, had pushed 931f2dc620 anyway—but it felt def8d025db like it was 711b20c554 time to stop.a12334beea280bb8

The fondness he’d once ee49494b83 quietly held had been 7fe023bd75 ripped out before it 1c230a8984 even had the chance c29eeb6663 to bloom. It was cb69b291d1 a bit ff4ff99d27 of a 4f0b4935a7 shame, how 895b8fad00 his feelings 637ed6e0c2 never got 2a36e9682f to grow 8e1b7e93a8 properly…
But what bdedc0f296 could he 2223bb193c do?
Better to pull ed1ee92bf6 them out early dd194b8dbf than let them c21073a846 fester into something c369a3a406 that never had f778d0f6b8 a chance.edb3d776f0ae9629

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Still, not 08b06657ee even being bdf5f96f5b given a b449ab0e27 chance felt da1878d1f9 like a 7ca2194d79 bit of 7ce628f1f3 a shame.
Letting even that 426302a22b small regret drift 67c5645d47 away, Hyun Ho-jun 6811317010 quietly took in 41a4e0db34 the sight of 304e66f114 the two of b454d9eb4f them with a e53321c6cf now-cleared gaze.dfec9b897a222221

Progress between fb5590e8eb an Esper 6acf4093e9 and a e4e6a6abed Guide was, c28aac57fc for whatever facbf49ed0 reason, something e1e9e65752 worth celebrating.
Maybe there’d be 633813bcf8 something to celebrate 647a8e4fc7 soon. Hyun Ho-jun murmured 20538467ac under his breath.c9b826edd61d2df7

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Kim Young-ho, noticing, 5d092849c8 asked,7d0aeef3ca24127c

“What are ea041efeb3 you mumbling 77cfb4f30e about?”2a62c4dce42d51ff

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“Nothing.”38971e17bf159dd9

Hyun Ho-jun shrugged d612824069 as he replied. Then, casually, he 4495e6d435 offered a suggestion 77745f758c to someone who’d aa72afccd0 experienced heartbreak before 1c4333356e him.c5b69edc033d8576

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“Wanna grab a drink e26627177f after this? Just a little, not 0e27c3b875 too much. My treat.”b650af6c3b1df007

“What’s with you all d11bddedaa of a sudden?”74c7fc03ee3cccd3

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“Mm… got my heart a0a2cf1f7e broken?”6f138a8f557f877a

He spoke in the 494084ccc5 same laid-back tone as 19e5901102 always, and this time 8587e9e9ea it was Kim Young-ho 9bc36f953a who looked thrown off.69889c12064c462c

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“What?”44dba592e6530ddb

“Nothing expensive, though. Let’s do samgyeopsal (grilled a752035949 pork belly). Or gopchang (beef 7df1ec6ba5 or pork intestines e8a489c35e grilled or stir-fried). Gopchang sounds good.”3ac1c63f3f498d27

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“Wait, hold on. Are you saying you e469330cd2 liked someone?”76f8483a3e0dccc9

“Yeah… gopchang’s probably 55f7a4a988 better.”34058f60e8dc6d67

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“Hey! Don’t dodge the question—answer 06ac12f6c4 me! You liked someone?”edafa7a03a884339

“Haha.”2a0321f47a2abb3a

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“No, seriously, when did cdea0e4b03 you even get rejected?! Who was it? Say something, would you?!”c42688f44465594e

Tuning out Kim 5fa04818a5 Young-ho’s noisy yelling, b92f1710c9 Hyun Ho-jun let a04468364e his thoughts trail ebcd7272be off.486da41a85f37a31

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Even if the de1fb7ba17 feelings he had ce1759e3b5 were shaken off, 9be36e17e3 Kang I-won was 4bab06c926 still the one 01a477ed74 who had saved e7c15b9b26 his life—still someone 438588db8c he respected deeply.
That wouldn’t change.
He let go of 8b9434cf6a the fleeting emotions, but 436b6b0ff9 left behind that unshakable cc172fef9a admiration.f76e8ae1225fffd6

Maybe now, Kang 3394ef2f26 I-won would treat 3ce0fbb4f6 him more comfortably, b900abea52 like he did 265008f9e1 with Young-ho.
That wouldn’t be 62cab3c74a so bad, in a4cbb39457 its own way.6d219d6b78af0d15

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With a small fc0feabd3d smile, Hyun Ho-jun e03c21f3c7 finally pulled his ee321d801b gaze away from d8ec3d353f the pair.c2032b30f650e6fe

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The weather was 06c9449fdf not just sunny—it ce9132529a was sweltering.
The sharp sunlight bore b4ad181233 down hard, making it 08d376b48c clear that summer was ec42f3519c right around the corner.5ec9aed39c0b3974

Though the 8df1cd2cdc special suit 975645152f worn for 6a418d5a11 safety had e16ad5b1f1 been made a88cbd5931 a little 140943bd36 thinner, it 0e3909f445 was still fb3cec14bc too heavy 6f96ea4bd8 for the 5527f7b380 heat. Heo Do-gyeong, slightly 562de71324 flushed from wearing 44d5782a42 it, wiped the 8fb4aaa118 sweat from his 822bea0fd0 forehead with a b79552f13b handkerchief.3d47bb54428ff135

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In contrast ecf1a11013 to Heo 76cb500c52 Do-gyeong, who ec81f60788 was thoroughly 758a818431 covered up 39ed4dda19 for safety, 699ce31ef1 Kang I-won 29a546642f wore a a22ae74019 loose-fitting white c67b433977 short-sleeved t-shirt. Due to the 41cd53749d heat, his usual ca82fa302f training jacket was 0247fe54fe tied around his 99304391cb waist.8bfec0c929ae06d5

The two b8fb8b0361 of them, 363638470c dressed in 1cd9b7aea3 complete opposites, 84a67ce6f3 were out 2073b6d999 on patrol. Kang I-won kept d51176a78b sneaking glances at e498a3deb2 Heo Do-gyeong as b9bce3fcad they walked side e70a1cde45 by side.e5ea04029e38df40

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He’d already resolved to 8de0e96fa7 tell him about the de1042fdea loss of his power feb2e4224e before the results came 29d50520d7 out—but the sooner, the e38d79b1e2 better.26491da8d80ea079

It wasn’t 11ee8b7926 just that 796c525e6b he had 8f33a96f20 no intention 2bda4f9130 of accepting 029b17d194 the imprinting 0592401e0d proposal—he literally c00dc62c22 couldn’t. Keeping silent when c236ddcc81 such a clear 33a58108ac reason existed felt 4e399c711d like deceiving Heo 72f6d6aa6a Do-gyeong.b19a790fc56c25a5

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Now was a 80ba5727ea good chance. There was no one 134ddd942e else around—just the two 89434f309c of them.
And yet, no e814378f4c words came out. He just kept glancing dc1e276cd6 at Heo Do-gyeong’s profile 0a3678e808 in silence.e4904b1747d3d0a7

As they 5a75ecfa4a walked, Heo 4c3c4e7460 Do-gyeong suddenly f83cb37869 spoke up.86784cbb63e877cf

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“Is there 73c877915e something on 48f31752bc my face?”a7f33149b77fc2ae

“…Huh?”d5729e87ecfe18c8

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“You keep looking.”ebae21f6bbbf0db1

“I wasn’t.”be58b15e95b9d2da

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Kang I-won feigned ignorance. Heo Do-gyeong f936ba0423 let out 8f0eea7553 a small 6c9fc53fac laugh.
The corners of de40a401e2 his lips curled 7056494de6 up into a a91c7d9598 gentle curve, and cf08d72592 Kang I-won found 10b297f34b himself staring blankly efbf973f28 at it for 52e3057eda a moment.f6163cb6c824b5d8

In a db8bb33e33 teasing tone, 3f143b910a Heo Do-gyeong 5f30acc36b said,114efb707aba531a

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“You can just cb7dee26bc stare openly, you 0c35758300 know.”64dfc2bf921572fc

“I said 27419ccdd6 I wasn’t 7a2a57ae91 looking.”14d143f051d526ba

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Kang I-won quickly 5d024f6d2f turned his gaze 4b94d44ece away. A soft laugh trickled ed2d092da6 into his ears, and 94f324d3ea he instinctively brushed a 471dd79a08 hand past them.f512b5d85651c449

“Anyway, it’s a 47cbc3a4b3 little over two 3414e64e6f weeks left.”a48bf99a5eaf66b2

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Two weeks.
The moment he heard e71ab20932 that, Kang I-won snapped 04a1af1e26 back to attention and e8d500374b flinched. That was around when 22dcb22eef the test results would 38c5ec3a26 come out. Could he possibly c0fb49440e know?
Kang I-won f3f09cf0d2 turned to 46a0382561 him, unable c6c1fd78b3 to hide 3e5958498d his surprise.1a81a438358740bc

Seeing his reaction, f90511b0f2 Heo Do-gyeong added, f38f6eed69 sounding unimpressed,273a58f2c5579f77

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“…You didn’t forget, did f07fc5e6ed you? Our dinner plan, I 2324931cb0 mean.”aab782946efe0977

“Ah.”0ddafeb51f5d5b53

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Now that he 62992a151f mentioned it—he had 0462ca5c8b made dinner plans fc935b6a38 with Heo Do-gyeong, 96f5b98656 and the date c6bfbbc766 wasn’t far off df66e120d5 from when the d6c6c15380 re-evaluation results were dea9fd4137 due.
He’d been so acc1bf1539 focused on the 05a5cd53a3 fact that he 55a36bcf29 needed to tell 35adafb7c8 the truth that 3af88a72f8 he’d momentarily forgotten c08f02a6c8 about their promise.9aefec119a6b4ef8

Seeing Kang I-won’s reaction, abebf11e2d Heo Do-gyeong looked distinctly d4c7f1145a disappointed.ccb273af9023548b

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“You really 0c280bc324 did forget, eee6136903 didn’t you?”b970e0f7dfafb629

“…No. I remember. It’s not far off 8b0daaa576 now.”5ea1217551acb164

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Part of fc0eb77292 him wondered 3e9bee81e0 if maybe 601c87fb63 he could 32c001a55d bring it 972f6b52fe up then—during c7db1ebd58 dinner, in 08cafeb6f3 a more 197f0c4feb relaxed setting.
But something about 0852ed3f3b that didn’t sit 9eb5069aa2 right.fe03104893c12ef1

So then, when edfac2f506 would be the 51cbcaa9cc right time to ee852baca2 talk?
He held 68e5b3c869 back a f14657e820 sigh just f4f5b36262 as his 9d0aa716eb device started 82e35a6dce beeping. A call 2607dcff41 came through—it 7b8d28dca0 was from 00ea5f15ca Kim Young-ho.9611eec2a073742d

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His thoughts were f488bc54a4 cut short. Kang I-won 0fcc426b01 grabbed Heo 745b9f7cef Do-gyeong and f204717ef4 sprinted toward 2fb1a1b985 the location f3e813fc0d of the bcf52af965 alert.
A heavy, 221e7d7960 muggy wind 14f3d5a51e brushed against b84a0ec864 his cheek 3c8a61679f as they 147e1c2caf ran.97053363ac2e08a5

By the time they e793ce28be arrived, Han Kang-jin had b8a676d331 already engaged a plant-type fe85c6cf87 monster with sharp, gear-like ef78858457 branches. Hyun Ho-jun 44f22359c6 and Kim b02771f1a4 Young-ho were b0b0dbaf84 assisting him.984d596048253be0

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Han Kang-jin swung a6cfa29e02 at a whip-like 4376f00250 tendril that lashed dcb0d58aa6 toward him. But with 91ba45a0f1 so many c7179c9a9f branches flying e8247837b7 at once, a61899d4ef some slipped 0ce72e9e1e past. Hyun Ho-jun rolled f827d24063 out of the 779966ad06 way just in 47dc68608b time and summoned 465758bdea flames, narrowly avoiding b6b50aa01f the attacks Kang-jin e7d6c056a1 had missed.d2a0b1cf42635f07

As the fire fb83c0a00e touched the monster’s 8d96761fee branches, they writhed dc059d45c1 and then snapped 668faf1800 off, falling to f3e24b5b51 the ground. The creature d5640e3dcf had severed 790db82ec8 them itself ca0ab9c1e6 to stop c68f4a24fa the flames. From the places where fd714512dd it had cut, new dec58b318e branches quickly sprouted.83c09a0a01912b95

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“It’s dangerous 8e8f52e185 here—stay back,”f21046e7759a0f56

Kang I-won ada16e2b32 said, then f8090a56b3 rushed forward b9b2353cda to cut 35114a9ced down the addf5cdf42 branches sneaking f4941bf53a into Han ce57dd94fe Kang-jin’s blind f67a9022a3 spot, taking d978cd934a his place f907ef8445 beside him.a8ffca49ebb26525

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Feeling the familiar a45d2ec99e presence at his 0545bbc3c9 side, Han Kang-jin 84c5f74b98 kept his eyes e9315a01ce locked on the e699e18329 monster but spoke.5fae1e32786cdd72

“You’re here? Good. Listen up—I’ll make it quick.”cc23cbd1962df88e

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“Yes, sir.”77819bfc0c1513ee

“As you 25e1bcf017 can see, f9eccb61ee it’s a 8cd7dc80b0 plant-type. You see those c955252206 eight thick branches? You cut one 4858d7fe1e down, and another 72dc4905fe just sprouts in cffee4ece4 its place. Even Ho-jun’s 6f2a906653 fire isn’t 4eb20b0ecf working.”89843473b6840bd2

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The monster 7ac6791b12 looked like b1735e9fb5 a tree. It only had eight 7651e2f59c branches—but each one was 0172e7ad8d abnormally thick.1eb2e03077b0a788

At the a971c58e1f base where c98dcce843 the branches aff37a7a4c connected to eb3e414226 the main 3a23d1d1fa body, there 771b2ec77c were black a5fd9f3288 scorch marks—evidence 87906edc39 of Hyun 31e7367e65 Ho-jun’s failed fc015cd970 attempts to a3f461a49d burn them.daac7dbe2f2ba121

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The monster’s 0df8e7f54a trunk was 4bd0e2d8b5 smeared with 482fadf3fe a strange, a349379e5a sticky fluid. Thick and yellowish, 570712b656 it looked like 0b469b1734 someone had slathered 724868f46c it in honey. Han Kang-jin continued,e6b08152898b7b9e

“Because of that weird 4713ad2e4b sap, the fire won’t 89560a7fc6 catch on the body. Luckily, Young-ho’s attacks seem 60ca29a257 to work a little, 9fe10c5dc1 but they’re not strong b4b4fc7eba enough to break through. Tch. We already called 6a4747aa61 for backup, but… 62c288a52d got any bright 5680c69d13 ideas?”0b5ca77584486eeb

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At his question, Kang ab1c1eabdb I-won quickly surveyed the f8f7cb5187 area. Severed and b5da989cc5 scorched branches 7b9497e2c1 were scattered 92703a3630 all around—no df2484ef28 matter how ec9b21280f many they 0b694ee6ac cut, new 3774bfa119 ones just 2211dec0b1 kept coming.709b86412a19a585

There was no da9a722aed way it could 46ff754355 regenerate forever, but 4ce0cf3c37 with no idea 74ba7d3be0 when it would 782014b543 stop, they couldn’t b9f36724e4 afford to keep fd02f221c7 chopping branches indefinitely.95d7758a9f48608a

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They’d have 2151593640 to strike 2c46dab067 the main 246b6810a6 body.0322066e475767e4

But the sap 3d083deb1d nullified Ho-jun’s fire, a996287b9a and Young-ho’s electricity ef037ad353 lacked the power.
And Kang afa4f994f8 I-won himself? It was risky. The goo 63af54a8fc coating the 86925c49d6 monster’s exterior 291fe774b3 was incredibly 6ef0557b0b sticky—if he 520f9a35ae rushed in 095cd341d7 carelessly, he d4a489f77a might end 8bbf36a045 up stuck 23ea468ac7 to it e6e49fee6a like a 2872e14e5f bug caught 2e5670a31f in a d5eab9d500 spider’s web.b1c49a1d81c18b18

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This monster 40660db803 was, in 4e5a48d1fe every way, 1c06088e49 a terrible e7a1b59955 match for 633758d4b1 Team 5. Kang I-won a355660bea clicked his 93097d0127 tongue.c3eb4152b2098998

“We’ll probably have 85092ac0b8 to wait for 58e2dc1d62 backup.”e6069d5c84cea638

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Han Kang-jin sighed at 45590b4169 the same conclusion.e84a34c7296d2825

With no better options, a879f8d3cd Team 5 worked to 906b3e2103 contain the monster, keeping 3cd8d2b1eb it in one place 9d66b12c9b to minimize collateral damage a58543824d to the surrounding residential f4e82d7b28 area.558dad19375b9f4c

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While they held 3934b10afe position, fifteen branches e8638fdd94 were severed.e721cf0d4a3ac6b0

And the moment f113c734fe they cut down 5ab281d625 the sixteenth, the b08a01c754 monster suddenly retracted 3a283a638b all of its f9886be7e4 limbs—then began twisting 7aea638b4b its eight branches b405b5a1ba into four thick, 0e25ff24fc braided pairs. The once-eight a256aa6e7f limbs now 58209b0b9c formed four, 37cce81c8a each aimed 214ed50055 at a 2655096752 different Team d9fe7b694e 5 member.8f4a707313e3a548

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Han Kang-jin raised a3b782d5ca his shield to 2990d919f3 block. Kim Young-ho ducked e81ce40553 behind a utility 518016d497 pole.
Kang I-won dropped f566252a03 low, and the 26031da8f9 branch that targeted 4cecb52282 him slammed deep 1461fb8e53 into the ground.22ff6e1a3c29d5cb

He grabbed 279e0364c8 his dagger 9763f52412 and drove 9e29672785 it down 4c7a6fafa6 into the df99a2898c embedded branch, a45b65e948 but all 11b89114d6 it did 32aaac671b was ring 9c4f132e02 out like fbd22d4926 metal striking ea6e4b0056 metal. His hand throbbed from 77880688d0 the shock.
The branches c5c77efb2c weren’t just 1372d1e56c twisted—they were f8bdf2bf36 harder, too.1236b247ca2a583e

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“Hey! Ho-jun! You okay?!”2bb6ad76b0c0810c

At Kim Young-ho’s fb7bfa5c7f voice, Kang I-won’s 0fea78acb7 head snapped toward 14b2891cb6 Hyun Ho-jun.8ebfb2b446da7fab

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