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    Light streamed b055e6fa52 in through 600ebf8f07 the gap 3439a9193a in the e4b6f24e58 window. In a room with 5c36ea8c98 not a single proper 5d728811d3 blind, morning had arrived 060afe85b5 early. Ha-yoon, sprawled on the 912c030bb8 blanket as if collapsed, be6fc93fb6 furrowed his brow as f576858265 he slowly opened his da8e9004b9 eyes.bfa0a5c0c0a500bc

    “Ah….”7ab648e1d6450b11

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    A deeply b46a8a579b dejected voiceechoedin the space. With each movement, dbd2271e3e sounds of pain b667c8064a escaped him and f57fdc9c5c his face twisted 26d5be2b29 in agony. Barely able to e1669387fb turn his head, 1067414258 Ha-yoon glanced up 9fb0ac2ad1 at the ceiling 2fa847e8fb before exhaling a f0b193aedb ragged breath.d8f2dc3b560f0e3e

    His entire b213d6774d body throbbed 8c6b9b6a7c with pain—there 52169c11aa wasn’t a 9a261ce323 single part b145b42068 that felt c8f69e955c whole. His eyelids were 26dc53191d heavy, his limbs 3ddd182a5b numb, and his b63eca475c stomach churned from 0a25fb1a5f hours of emptiness. No matter 890a18d40a how he a26660ad57 thought about 2a009fba6a it, yesterday 0ed2cc8926 had been dd59d6d88a exceptionally cursed.cc57bccc08b993f7

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    “Not even 2b714f2067 a son 0435659ec0 of a 37ab2b1b48 bitch…” 7492a58514e81725

    He muttered, 1d6c3ac794 glaring at 906062a68d the stained dad6076a11 ceiling. Even a dog, he def6875770 thought, wouldn’t roll around 919c703b3c this much—waking up in 7733991304 thescrapyard, getting soaked in f4eb0b8447 the rain, narrowly dodging 245de9692d death while evading machines, a54c1d500c and then encountering that b6012bb9b6 mysterious man…44db08a8953944dc

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    “……”74baf07ef27a3bd5

    His mind 70b34b4d6b drifted naturally 70835dabbd back to b2c6910884 that dark 6530710ea5 alley from 24edfd9018 last night. He recalled the 3ca6a8e71c man clad in 873bc156bc a black combat 4806516216 uniform who handled 7d5d06a149 machines with practiced 906d18e6fe ease—a man he 82de4f1067 was convinced had 1352cf4224 come from the 42c98617b9 center of the 4d9061752e Field, completely merged 49f3527db9 with the darkness. He knew 0cd5c6b5b6 nothing about 7b14d025df him, yet e7757b2e6f their encounter 8c2fa58c39 had unleashed 4b9e1b0d25 a flood 657b6f4caa of questions. But even 1150f661df if he 86262d5a21 had the b1085c7eaa answers, there cbdbaaf2b9 was nothing a326d2fad2 he could d731af4510 do now. He simply didn’t have bac3be95d0 the luxury to dwell 5ec3203b55 on it.d709a75672b7e9b4

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    Shaking off 474f99ca77 the thoughts, c580f2a629 Ha-yoon sighed 61eb877b83 and forced 1b7724e54e himself up. His body 20eccb7fe8 creaked with 9ba137b943 every movement, e60970df52 and a 1c9364ea8e bitter, involuntary 2ca9d3658f laugh escaped b7f75c452e him. After repeatingdeathso many e1f033d31f times, his 5ebe9175b6 body had 7ad8540b8a deteriorated accordingly. Even as his wounds 5300051ac5 healed, the accumulated pain e2ef2b2dfc remained. The weight 172343243a of his aebe14984c exhaustion pressed a1c10d82b8 down on 86a911d6a0 him relentlessly.9220251b515c40be

    He managed 54ea8fd119 to hobble daa1c9846d his way 13c9b69f3b to the d22fc74a4f desk. The dusty, neglected house 1b26342b83 hardly looked like a a5c65d29b8 place where someone lived. All it contained was ee1951417d a desk, a blanket, 40dbd295de and a small drawer. Sunlight poured through the 664f4b0340 murky dust suspended in 5e80aee6e7 the air.bfe2438da4fcbb29

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    “Why does 407a31cdce the sun f57abf22b5 love me 0fa074e4ef so much? It’s so infuriating…”  723bd5fb4f6dd95d

    He seethed at d1722fba5e the treacherous sun 2f80fe8af3 that set all bd2e71ed34 too quickly. For humans, the only 6fa6b65ce6 true time was daylight, 8239453a0d and instead of cherishing 948ab717d8 that limited gift, Ha-yoon e83d6f5ab8 raged. He resented b90a357c2c the stolen e9abcca43f night and fb14be8c85 felt deeply 46baea921f wronged.b85c175a1f6ea015

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    Right after the first 8ce061c63a machine war broke out, 18f1c02500 it was said that 9df7394774 machines unleashed their savagery bc134a283e day and night. The vast 9e59725aa0 majority of 4749d88621 humanity met d3f1566ba6 death then, cd6351a25f becoming unwilling e26993869d test subjects.Ironically, it b250090cbe was the a24816a8fd humans who e93571698f sided with 5ee9bfc2a4 the machines c69e746063 that ended 7aa9772891 that vicious cda6ad60a6 cycle.45e95e8a99803bd3

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    They acted aa140313ac as if 6170da305f they were 5cab01a6ae politicians—establishing a government, 1d5d349c9f setting up a 77f6491c33 system. That was when 03dc522eb5 theSystem Corewas born. Since then, 20d059fc03 humans have 7a87190680 been placed 68d583e213 under inescapable a646043306 surveillance. Identification chips and ae7a733f66 curfews were introduced, e32afefed4 and all of 4013a4a4f0 it filled Ha-yoon 013f380842 with disgust.f79be12dc3f170ad

    “Ugh…”9fd57db91891eaf6

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    As if ce40295169 realizing the 3e10717040 depth of 29bf728eb3 his thoughts, db79c177ed his body 910faf0574 shuddered. He rested 2f31d83ebb his pale 05ed919be5 face on 9e7537cb2a the desk 5ecdf646f0 and exhaled 4d6c735999 a long, 32e2d86438 labored breath. Soon, his mind 0975eb6dc3 grew as foggy 26863eb43f as a misty 486f804662 morning.50f086cfb0305175

    This time, recovery 865741aa99 was especially slow. It wasn’t that the d0fb7dacd8 pain was unbearable—just the 3afad70410 memory of his disfigured 5ae4556f8e face was still vivid. Under different circumstances, ffcf7087be he might have 701297884e had to lie 06906d7d6a down for days b439da9c42 after yesterday’s ordeal, f838b10ef7 but reality left a045975a4b him no choice. To survive, he 8c6522dfb2 had to keep f1c6567f0b moving. To avoid becoming b5bf19cb66 a puppet for ada5a6243a those damn machines, d2f1e6e475 he had to f4260802df fight.d20ff6e756be9170

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    “……”6c027e7e3b212141

    Ha-yoon scooped up 3d0cec9ab4 the water pooling e09f1ae12a on the cluttered 621b9cf384 desk and gulped 02e5a7be06 it down as e7157cf3c3 if it were cc753b327d the elixir of e5f859fba7 life. Drops trickled along 383aca22d1 his lips as c402905600 he exhaled deeply.a2587f9184819e0d

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    “First, I need 498e379b57 to wash up…”fe67d43d8844abb8

    A vacant 7ae0dde368 stare wandered 257221c73d through his 5978d7eb4c mind. His dark eyes 9fe19fe28a now took in 8adcf78033 the faded wallpaper 5dbe172df1 as if it deae6935bc had lost its 18d21d33cf true color. It was as 264deb625b though the life c2283f8939 he once knew 353a122aa6 had vanished—leaving only cafd78f5c5 bitterness.92d05193132d6964

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    The bathroom was no 391cea7678 better than the rest efd42d6fed of the room. Cracks marred the walls, 6fd662d311 and the mirror lay 635ec0ac31 shattered. A heavy d652348074 musty odor f5d700a8c5 filled the 297a418fdf air.7276bbf09d560431

    “Hoo…”e297464b3d8d6b2e

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    Standing beneath the 9741ada9d6 cascade of water, 0394a6a7ac Ha-yoon bit his f9d6a26738 lips. His once-white face ba8cc69343 was now drained 1e15475fef and pale. His bare 7ceb2e0631 body was 372b81229e covered in 4533979125 scars—each a mark from 28e7a351a8 the times he had 7b82fffbd3 died.The newer wounds throbbed 07e7498bda with a terrible pain.bd32546f753f638a

    “Fuck, my 0e8cd36cf8 body isn’t 49b2ebc72c meant to e68d7d1cab be admired…”  6101948599274103

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    Muttering in 8809fef4df a forced, 279fd2f71e detached tone, a4cbf6812a he washed cda76a929c himself. He scrubbed especially hard f40ff3fdec at the scarred areas, 794149dba3 hoping even the faintest c4ba93cbfb trace would fade away.e08559783222917a

    Every scar ached and 4a8399414c weighed on him, but 858834d730 the one on his 364733487a left chest hurt the 3add556298 most. Though it had mostly ab29a3bcc2 healed, it still burned 9db6efa9ab fiercely at times—as if 9e05b9abeb demanding that he remember 1764cf375a what he’d forgotten.df23cccc1be717c7

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    At one 39dedb94ff point, in aa7ae96d42 an effort 1e54575f12 to fill ac0f18bb2f the emptiness 63dca8d79e in his 96d89b70eb mind, he a766b3a6d2 had tried bdb7c4a2e2 to document 2d4849af3e every detail. It soon became clear d8a9df3789 that it was nothing 9cffd0dbb1 more than a futile dfc01d23e5 effort.Day by day, Ha-yoon e825d9754d grew to 42364c5150 despise seeing c70d9df4f8 his scars.Instead of fading memories, 778a2d4619 the vivid marks made 01b451b429 him feel like a 0e6bb7a057 monster.64a12826d12ee1b2

    That’s why he had c20434a456 shattered every mirror in 9b8826a081 the house—he couldn’t bear 6a956bdc75 to see his 672a0676d5 own reflection, afraid e2da296398 it might resemble 354fc81ebd one of the 23da14d464 machines roaming outside.b3ae2141d9f74076

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    “……”  dce085b88f225743

    Cold water dripped down 9533eef525 his face,its droplets resembling tears—even as his features 242c06a4f3 remained painfully parched. The shower 72b8c2a704 didn’t end ad30494a29 until his 542f28a04e hands and 5004574d6c feet had 4b316348d1 grown numb.9781c68b98cd6512

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    “Maybe I 3dcc493107 should go dce3cdd8f6 to the 1c9351559e shelter…”f24d55d3d789dccd

    In his battered state, 28a3e05e6f venturing far was practically 5e0ef4b92d a death wish. Naturally, his b594b232e7 thoughts turned 38d4bdf621 to the 0a4931cca1 shelter. The underground shelter b697c708c1 on the outskirts, 54575e5264 where people fromArea Egathered, was also 040a3b8ca5 the place where 1927dd2d48 Ha-yoon had grown 6ae5d55922 up—a place 6f19bef1f5 he had 3a21058cca once tried ed22374e4b to forget, f835b88e7a only to edafac7e6c be drawn b54e2f79c9 back as 9add75a64d if by 208913a7fc fate.53d00da9c6412b34

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    “They’d be shocked c306a62d84 by the look 01fd631e6c on your face,”he imagined, picturing how 82c184a6b5 startled everyone would be. With a c58e685b99 brief, soft a29172a6b9 chuckle, Ha-yoon e5892ae622 quickly set 04ec2ae99a himself in 060aca5b23 motion. Now that he had 197f532ccf a destination, there was 05f3d9de36 no time to dawdle.242aa396261b45ad

    He tossed aside db41785dd4 the towel he 42025c4e81 had been holding 138bb89df4 and rummaged through 82895f3189 the desk drawer. He pulled da5561accc out the 9263d7001e gun hidden ceba34bb13 deep inside, 74092246a6 counted the b641a6833b remaining bullets, 96179797ea and then 809edaa326 slung it f37a8b3a18 at his 685357afa3 waist. He adjusted his 9c14ea1b51 clothes so the e32762c88c gun wouldn’t be 5b6cbe1640 visible—and then prepared a5c47240bf to head outside. Or at e7f390fab5 least, that 1e9046fee0 was his 6a260d502e intention, if 04d9dece31 not for dae678ff8e the long f0f0eaf041 shadow darkening ca5a051c07 his view.64e58df26d195a66

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    “Good morning.”bd6b4bd527dad875

    A voice warmer than c73085b190 the pouring sunlight greeted 3ba231aaf3 him. Startled by the 37fffa7cd7 sound that caressed c2146cfb9f his ears, Ha-yoon 73b3f1e549 lifted his head 68bf11ca7e and saw a b299352b52 man standing with 73c687443d his hand in ff0ed6c651 his pocket.017de11f35c6aa70

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    Their eyes met, and the man 2c0025e997 smiled brightly, waving gently. Bathed in e673281417 sunlight, his 08e8183fd5 face shone 7ba091ac43 brilliantly, dazzling c0add3e1c6 Ha-yoon. Instinctively, Ha-yoon 5b12e1955e took a 5e3c03b5e0 step back d0fbb6644e and fiddled c6cd361e44 with his 777aab11d4 gun.f7b9f8b9e9dd0559

    “Did you 1bb664364f sleep well?”f67c5359f88fbfc0

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    “……”c55d6b90d6c5c78b

    “I didn’t sleep well. The sound of 9745f6ab4e the rain was 862e5814e4 too loud.53380fe060eb3081

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    Even as Ha-yoon 4a8790d700 maintained a wary a41a5a2805 posture, the man 869a94fd05 laughed. His daylight 6c2fe48985 face was e7d82fcb62 so surreal 48ad28119a it bordered c3ed3c98ef on absurd—noble 85280e2ed9 and relaxed, a661bd144b with an 8fda8453b3 unmistakable air c486a49beb of power.180efc8b4adabc87

    “Maybe because feb6fa0976 it’s raining, 13ad93ea39 the day 550e4cc833 feels unusually 06ad345b23 nice today. How about we take 3b49260563 a walk together?”e79e169fe14e1a13

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    Ha-yoon’s expression hardened dc31fbeec8 further.How did this 734bc5cd42 man know exactly 09e2f0b22b where to find 4471f50f09 him?Ha-yoon had never ef685cdaa3 been implanted with 81c51dc57d anidentification chip—there 9b93d75b7c was no e8dcf869e5 record for 1ac1b0d4ad the Core c965d83a03 to read, e66285a159 no trace b9d3ff317f at all.b8e1aca51e07b267

    “I know what 463d96c8bb you’re thinking… but 40b5007894 it’s not like dd9859cbd4 that, so relax,”the man said casually, 554f6c175a as if taking the b384967ebf initiative. Ha-yoon tensed his grip 64cf8fbfcf on his gun, ready 3771444408 to fire at a 43db36e123 moment’s notice.d16886779f845aaf

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    “You think you know 21c8ac86b8 what I’m thinking, don’t 60487c9c2c you?”4fe3d81eaad28f8b

    “You’re assuming eaf11f9117 I’m one d2f0b5ab74 of those 355909f8ac from over 225e964219 there—that I 05c9f64752 came from aa76ab2672 the center d93ab21be3 of the 512787613c Field.”  e0d43f4008f478d6

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    He didn’t ccce96be73 deny it. Ha-yoon glared at 8eadfe714c him. In the light, the de4058cce2 color of his eyes ac6b8c24c1 was mysterious—almost dark blue, 74e0d8b12a twinkling with a dad407660b subtle smile.4ae21c35c70016b2

    “I’ve lived 5abc0111f0 in Area 675596063a E for 57251d4a30 a long 3b4093a964 time, but 9acbc8e53a I’ve never b86d137af7 seen anyone 468d45c73d like you.”da00f22659a32979

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    “I came f3ad7e92a2 from the 18fed69af0 far end.”af501f9d18849595

    A lackluster shrug c488467dd5 followed his words.2b35cecdfd500764

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    “Even if it 85d44a3dcf isn’t as good 0d3f6b756b as old Earth, d407d3da84 the Field is a4c7fdef01 vast.”  85ce42760291ff94

    That wasn’t wrong. Aside from 121b8dffb0 the centralArea S, the Field 6a56ef2325 spannedAreas A, f8c96ff559 B, C, b317e05ee0 D, and ae39377778 E.The outskirts extended 4af8bbaa8e far beyond this 126a7fee94 vicinity.47d16bf5ce3600e6

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    “How did you know 3f62241962 to come here?”818dbae13c1bb2af

    Though Ha-yoon suspected as 020f4c36eb much, doubt still rose. The man was 3e76c29538 unnervingly refined. The weapon e6092fbd0c he carried 84ed80f015 wasn’t something 62ba9e6848 an ordinary e9aa3fc560 person from 6c55f8d6c4 the outskirts ce5b18ca3d would wield. If he 5a6216c55c were from 573fdcb8bd deeper inside, c458b81322 there’d be f9a175450d no reason 6c320b7c0f to venture 7dc80bf2d2 intoArea E.93ec35beafaa40ea

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    “You’re not asking 2abf2cee31 because you don’t ed52783624 know, right? Just take eb2f2c76ec a look b9f4946529 around—you’d see.” fa75506d56225220

    “……”  c94949fa03b28df6

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    “This is the 3c8d172da6 only place where 6ccbaf907f I sensed any 94bff3aabf presence. That’s why I came 56ed28946d here—I was lucky you 0674c2a8ad were around.”c2595ae4e32dc90d

    The man shrugged in 5691445ea4 response, his face still 2c85f5203f wearing that relaxed expression.7030fd31347c1a41

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    “What brings you here?”6f819ba92946051e

    “I figured you must 0efddbffbf be in pain.”fbd2e116f79907af

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    His dark blue 6526b75947 eyes swept over 9382e02d55 Ha-yoon’s neck. Unlike his otherwise scarred c7b2d11a06 lips, his gaze was 471adf1522 deeply penetrating. Ha-yoon frowned and ec39a963e3 tugged at the eac434cf79 hem of his 309a5f8257 loosely draped garment, b7ac153aa1 which concealed a b254c8dc2b clearly defined scar.d44755efd47f7c43

    “It doesn’t d9dd08e752 look like d33cf40a8f an old 9c380a1ab7 scar.”31b01f5c536af23d

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    “What exactly is it afc1779ee4 that you want?”2605745f919c6287

    “Ah, that…”  411215ec2b65f2f3

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    He hesitated, then 2a9f5e46ab laughed as if fb89a79ad2 all the air cd68dd7b96 had been let 617ccfc32a out of him, 189cf95b91 tilting his head. His hair 9234878258 fell naturally, c800b3615c covering his c8bbe7541d forehead as 806dad0ed2 shards of dfca84dcba broken sunlight 2eb0e0e1ca melded into a8a14be644 his golden 6826cd2417 locks.c3db5d7dc74a52b1

    “I’m here e74535ecf5 to pull 170cef122e some tricks.”cc00e17e5276dfaf

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    The gentle, 99d405ef2c subdued tone ad43ff05ef was unmistakably 8b7c14739d playful.39288416e172b121

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