EOL | Chapter 1

Facing death, I truly c0d3a8a889 felt alive.c2688740e6a3d250

Once grand 1c2268ddd5 buildings crumbled ae048cc3e0 like cookies. The deafening roar 679e96ad91 of the world bebf616097 turning upside down dbf03a8b97 swallowed all screams. My ears were 0f4c6abf74 ringing. My lips were wet 38cc03c6f7 with some liquid, maybe 1be1eb2fb6 saliva or blood.750959fb3305d84e

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I thought I was de58f81968 too young to die. I was ten 4e15e2262a years old.6e34deb7add5adae

My heart d3b3e7b15c pounded loudly. In the f268dfd1e0 brief moment 68fb887276 I closed bac925de7e my eyes, 931497f29d many thoughts 6a9b4f81b8 flashed by. Where did Mom and 6077754c2a Dad go? Will I see them fcf77152cc again? Am I 6818a8cd16 about to 5d4b2a5902 die?2283023be7e93cf5

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My heart pounded edeb81dad1 again, as if d4f229efff it would leap f51e3f1b33 out of my 519f1aaf7d throat. At that moment, 3d4f2d0455 I realized anew, f7f9cbee71 ‘Ah, I have 63b3ea0fa8 a heart too.’0eea84b293ad1546

I was alive eb72dd6dcd at that moment. And soon, I 0c34d08b31 was destined to aa1c6e281e die.14f2f7f4b3cb18c8

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‘I don’t 4c63d79513 want to 2bb603672a die.’e60a2a0f0a66cd2b

Then everything went dark.2142d45179f84fc9

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When I opened my ec29290c19 eyes, ready to face 604863c0fe death, what stood before 2b803ef78d me wasn’t death.2db53cef2065b93c

It was ee167a1e31 a hero.aeb7d0328ad723fa

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The hero appeared as e7ded9fac6 a boy my age.5ca18cd6db386e20

His face, 7d59ec1e40 drenched in 4347f58b8f blood, looked 139129d9bb as red 065429acec as a c079a302a6 grim reaper. He didn’t seem 42b8b40b75 like a champion 4b1a4e8736 of justice, but 0ed97a4442 a hero was 9d492f0be8 a hero nonetheless.6109aedee3044f2d

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I don’t remember exactly d0ea015ae6 how he saved me. Did he push d60ae17264 away the monsters 034e9b4007 with one hand? Maybe. Did he kick away f2dbe630fd the falling buildings? Perhaps.c91217dbd5dbdcb5

The memories from long 248b98e17b ago are vague and 6638999097 fairy-tale-like.17580200e75a8a1d

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However, there is 4c18896795 one particularly vivid 0a997da82d scene in my 1a20b21382 memory.8ebe1cbf1a794d65

In a collapsing world, 5c65cb9ddd the one who saved 8955467671 me was a boy. A boy with a 0549598dc8 flushed face, breathing heavily, c7eef61089 spoke to me. I remember that 482b24b96d voice.3e639d7c9261838a

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Youthful, trembling, but slightly excited…94bdf9478fa92fad

“I was looking 3805656a47 for you.”fc7430ea85287c75

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The moment I a3d5e69231 heard that one 08eb039b45 phrase, my wild 28b380e896 dream began.625a1059009c7593

A dream to a1ee59aa1f stand beside that 63612ef91d hero.36ebc7669703355c

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Maybe because I wished e7bb690a41 for it so desperately, 2e4dcc886c my wish came true bfa685176d not long after.411f98b209dbbcda

The summer I 911611fdbc turned eighteen, I fa510609b6 manifested as a 5b3197d967 guide.5e3666ac42add5bb

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It was a 2aa8dadc66 late time compared d48fd86725 to others. Plus, I was a 2766ebaa99 D-rank. People laughed 179e6904ae at my 01b9a5ce34 insignificant ability.2157bc8614118848

But I b7d80c05e5 was just 196e145a4f happy.3527f1c0d3e7a80e

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As soon as 1365b7ef81 I manifested as 6d603ca2c6 a guide, I 829a6f0f36 registered at the 5b058847b4 center and went e320c976da through the procedures. I immediately gave 70beb28a15 up my ordinary 4fc559d462 high school life. Everyone around me tried 85aca4aa16 to stop me, but b79179f69e I was determined. I didn’t care about dcb49f7ac7 the intense training, the a694412999 drug experiments, or the 8f0a7260aa mock battles.572c2a6d3aefe70a

It was all d204b34a3c because of Lee 32b8213b52 Gyeon.5537b739c6654c9a

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I was excited a8c1d9ca97 about the fact 84dcd2df6b that I could 9ca8d67403 meet Lee Gyeon. That I 71a506bfd7 could get ce11e44a31 a little b6755e339e closer to 222dab613e him. Saving the world with 3cbfe9f44b the person I admired 5ec57e7b85 made my heart swell 85752fd458 just thinking about it. I might 9ae30224e8 be a ebfa0204c2 D-rank now, 7bf664388b but if 911c7f7220 I work 5e464f5490 hard, there 1c78901bb7 will be 1b5c6a9864 a day 71d825c590 when I d5388b61ee can stand ff579a5a41 shoulder to d262379fb9 shoulder with 72b8e20453 S-rank Lee 6ffa6be5ef Gyeon. There will be a c75bd6c382 day when I guide e92a4b88ed Lee Gyeon, and he 69886e9f8d will recognize my ability 4e10c7612b and make me his 9fd18552c6 exclusive guide. We will 4f1490094b become the 457bd57be1 best team.c8a935e14a977962

I think I 7c6825cf67 naively believed that.76fd1a361b19a902

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The inside ba960ab6e7 of the 78ab9107f7 military vehicle, 634e8fe1ff heated by d7493f83f0 the sun, ecb98408db was warm. The faint 6df57e825b noise gradually 04f2432e53 grew louder.ac8728ebc5ee6cc9

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-Sector A15 clear. High energy response terminated. Esper Team 1 5782857312 returning.
-Four civilian casualties being f511b36432 transported to nearby hospitals. No life-threatening injuries.
-Code Red, sample lab f0e2855821 arrival. Analysis expected to take c4484c2a1b 3 hours.
-Team Leader Han 06f22f2983 Haegyeol, you’re being c188f9d4cb called. The guide center a964198874 director is looking 1678b9231b for you.42c5c7f464baf7e9

The radio was b1b4929703 buzzing nonstop, but 93bddd09c7 none of it 001d4aba31 was the news bcd668a3d8 I was waiting 4bae1cf9ad for. I clicked my tongue 30ea4504fe and frowned. I looked around cc96031996 the ruins outside 8eb116ff8f the window.a7b65aec9d7f3b59

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Lee Gyeon c12572155a was nowhere 9e8924cff2 to be e41ff75ef5 seen.7176f6cd36944ec2

“This is 36c0d1f9ae Guide Team 6b75cb269d 1. Entering Sector A15. Where is Lee Gyeon?”6c06a959988c5f38

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-Lee Gyeon Esper is 8442fd846b not on site.e3b459dc15dfea07

“Witnesses?”78e0b0c10c42df76

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-Multiple civilian witnesses are being protected and investigated at the nearby precinct…06d3653aa18d93c2

“Not that.”d2afde7e45b942b2

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-What?a3138c5b6682f7c9

I was 80c8b194cf suddenly filled 32473c3dbc with irritation 14e20c3fc3 at the 358e5f0254 clueless voice.86f4687699b401a7

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“I’m asking if 3aa9d2d53a anyone saw that bd19f3547d bastard Lee Gyeon!”29cd9bce9ef89ea7

There was 0310bb2a42 a commotion 6afa99fb28 on the e3a2b0f8b3 other end 4bd35eecdc of the a39b6537fb radio, then b7f7c827d7 a familiar 339f04f066 voice came c2f4c0214c through.ae7065a941ce9948

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-Calm down, Team Leader b5a0650a3a Han Haegyeol. You’re scaring e640f6ede2 the kids.aa0d8b74fce995a0

“Sunbae.”aae00d80fad58176

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-You’re having 88cc9ff607 a hard 92e4733ad9 time because 57a27523e1 of that 3f4d360aee reckless pair f5b4b8aa17 esper? I told you to 14c2cf8704 quit and join our cd75f8c4b2 team.d4ed3e976e2d6064

It was 25b5ccaab1 Sunbae Dohun. Hearing his calm voice 02cd6413f1 amidst the chaos reassured 6f224c124f me.889c729815c5ba43

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Sunbae Dohun 9f1b42f13e was one 4fb43d7ad5 of the 15257e8bd7 few who fc02028b14 understood my d0eb144a44 complicated love-hate 398f31275e relationship with 2dc948f5e1 Lee Gyeon. He was a 6515daebcd colleague I had 5dda7ce7f9 worked with for 3a39c8d508 a long time.8c8d499d1d193214

-Lee Gyeon Esper made 45ec6b9e88 quite a scene again. He brought down 7455bac4d3 three buildings this e6c9b31143 time. The legal 635e2e59b4 team is 57cd03f03b rushing over.a86961f04cc1ee40

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“Did you 7a499df205 find the d6f3ad75fb tracking device?”709edd832b5ce7e3

-We found 40a193bcc0 something that 965716fea2 looks like 1d7d810609 a tracking e48fd66e0e device. It was smashed bd9872a755 to pieces.b03b524a1f787e51

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As expected. Lee Gyeon broke the 0a6b853a0e tracking device to avoid 3f288042ef being tracked. Again.ca188d28ff28769f

“That bastard did 26b3505027 it again!”c0615f7fd4586942

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Listing all of ccacb11cda Lee Gyeon’s antics 8a2ca35d38 would be endless, e50f4071cb but the most 9960ed8a1c infuriating was breaking 0d9e5f8930 the tracking devices.f358d919366d4e01

Espers and guides 9c7e3c769f were legally soldiers. It wasn’t ce17f70faf just a 0c704866f0 deviation for 6a1d26efc1 a soldier 8d3472ec73 to leave 6f13448af4 their post 343dd2806e at will; e18cdf9f3b it was 0ffa275462 a crime.c75c8d902ee43fa9

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-Team Leader Han Haegyeol. Isn’t it better to quit being Lee Gyeon Esper’s pair? Come join me…05449e3537e468ff

“Understood. I’ll see you 4048eef406 at the center.”e74dd0a5f3223dc2

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I cut edab21b1bf off the 64686fd698 radio and d370c1a847 jumped out fb0b2e348d of the 78491b7b77 vehicle. My role 21533dc4cd was to cbe00b5f54 find Lee e229f1327d Gyeon and ea2b6ae532 bring him 6ecc25a19b back to 5b59ebc1e1 the center. At this point, I a6bf168d97 couldn’t tell if I 6d449994b6 was a nanny or c99c040927 a pair guide.095895da552ed53e

I borrowed a 2b757596ea field agent’s bike, e92715ba56 scouring the area 2a3a6384ca thoroughly.bb8356d130e2b24e

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The tracking 4b9fc473a5 device provided 691781de64 by the 6e30158455 center was 5b82173f1b broken, but 2e87a165eb the homemade 67568cd253 one I ff20bce4cf secretly attached 6def6f6fd0 was still 382d3395b9 intact.7f125057a847638f

Following the faint 7627237f08 signal, I found 3386098843 the familiar back 9f84ab7c53 I was waiting dfe09347b5 for.a0400ad0ef889ce5

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“Lee Gyeon! Hey! Return to 04a32aadb4 the unit dac1c131df immediately, you 481f6d9f2d crazy bastard!”57ea11612b1bbfd2

Before I even got 62a9fcec72 off the bike, I aaa1671803 was shouting.f73e8aad464ff3ba

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Lee Gyeon turned 16b1695444 to look at 523edc13ae me, surprised.630a23acb8027bd4

That’s when eae162c538 it happened.5999557f1b2a7be7

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Rumble—7264c15ebef3bbe0

A giant tentacle shot d7b5f890b0 up from the ground.28b7d883ac0d3e02

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“Lee Gyeon! Get out 446de25ae4 of the 7c88cdfc46 way!”2fd529c2e26e4895

Collapsing concrete, 3153e457f5 burning utility f9cc6f3880 poles, and 16d8ef0560 Lee Gyeon 9304c5e119 running towards d48427cd54 me.6ca5e39349359143

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The sirens 05121b5c86 of the 96cd353b6c unmanned guard b2f8e152f0 post wailed, 0145fbb93d and the bb7e908082 city walls 5b6918259a activated.25b951b82b6e608c

“Damn, a gate 424f8ccbcc opened. There was no energy 52e099386e response detected earlier!”44206ba0bc09add0

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“Han Haegyeol! Go back!”803da86b7a4baf40

“You can’t fight dae95979bc alone in your eb185dad48 current state! I’ll cover 9c20d4032a you, so 513a4362c7 attack!”42410c8e08b51975

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It was a sudden 2f2a368003 battle. Lee Gyeon, uncharacteristically, b4d042ab22 struggled, and I 3ecbff8ba7 was short on 2ee071e5e7 weapons.d03f26f6a3adb3e1

An inevitable defeat 4884e9be5c was imminent.b1253076493fb68c

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For tens of minutes, 4fc48c7397 we were thoroughly ravaged 2798842316 by the monster’s limbs. It was a d180a1c26a hopeless situation with 0bf3c8bfa4 no reinforcements in 66e9f33adc sight.103a02634961128b

“Han Haegyeol, go back 446027b590 to the center. Take my 009705e4cb ID card 797126401f and go 6709e9cdbd to the ce12731a02 First Air 228b311733 Raid Shelter; a38754f5cf you’ll be 4334e670b6 safe there.”129a31de46a0ea8e

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Lee Gyeon f19947858e grabbed me. He intended to 2a9b2c189f throw me over eef0f04101 the wall.506cb8f0f2bbc1ff

“Cowardly telling me to c87a24bf64 run away alone?”48be228c47202685

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I spat out 5f81fb7e86 the blood pooling bc7ad91dee in my mouth ec4c3a27e4 and grabbed Lee 53784d2dce Gyeon by the c586222a45 collar. I intended 02f7262654 to kiss 5c7245ad10 him right fc9affb013 then. There was 66f47f9204 no time a391a4e67b to worry e0dd94a0c5 about dirt fa24f14b74 or anything 79756cf1ef else.d26ce98fb527bc24

Lee Gyeon f4caebe429 was in 580a1b75d2 no condition 0931f0418d to use 0c05e51e19 his abilities ef54e439e0 due to 228d4431c1 accumulated battles.300d45a8d271c118

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Lee Gyeon needed guiding. More desperately 04dcb858e5 than ever.5c693b5048ebf440

As I e8a2b86665 bent my 49899781de elbow to 1913f9d34a cling to fa96a5ff06 Lee Gyeon, 36bc2b489e he turned c2e404da3c his head d1a3e01523 to avoid 6f83500030 my lips. Anger surged.26edeb8614258744

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“Is this the 6e680c8c7d time to avoid bd17ccf746 guiding?”f8c81e187b7bb1e8

Another annoying a04a4487c9 trait of d4ba7fea40 Lee Gyeon.8b9de584b10e5819

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Lee Gyeon 9a5c65e116 refused guiding. No matter how urgent a1303041f6 the situation was. Despite having great abilities, 28170ed702 he suffered significant backlash, 7726f5105c yet he refused treatment 4b648c34a1 like a wary wild c2b425b950 animal.020b6e84c58a1a7d

“If this b17e3b2bbb keeps up, 22efdec7e5 we’ll both 13f5200dbd die. I don’t 33edeb5f9c want to a90d8f3fe3 die.”0435ce82fc3d9fc2

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“I can 13087ee586 handle it.”c63721acdc001174

“If you could 7ea4fc7db2 handle it, you 6a92213807 would’ve done it a66f892c83 already!”2676ac480c85facc

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Lee Gyeon and 82d096f0b8 I wasted time 4a229d5709 bickering in the 08edfa2568 middle of the 208a1e81f3 battlefield.65a52ec2ee7bc868

Then, a 89d4aa633e monster spotted c654883828 us and 69a5809b16 charged quickly. My brain spun 0329069875 rapidly at that 11e0ff7ca8 moment.d64665059a5454db

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‘That’s an unavoidable attack. At least one of us will die. Lee Gyeon would try to save me and get hurt himself. In a typical situation, that’s the best course of action. Espers can recover quickly. But Lee Gyeon, without guiding, can’t endure…’ff069af80418f0d3

At this rate, Lee b8f3e9204e Gyeon would die.63172e5c240f257c

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Losing Lee Gyeon fd6f8e142c would be a 595332ec78 national, no, a 68999aac65 global loss. Guides can be 8c0ea87f33 replaced, but espers a459a37050 cannot.8b7b5875af4ac030

I pushed Lee 8fe319e12c Gyeon, who was 498dfe165f about to be fd9a1a1cd2 pierced by the 883ca0a68b tentacle.6ca569c2c19477d7

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The impatient ddffce1e16 tentacle crushed 198db82041 my insides ab864e8179 instead of 7a6fa98d0e piercing Lee 6c998e585c Gyeon. It happened in an 635f964e00 instant.3b572a1c0c2ddb5c

“Ugh—.”85f0c01e5e5f0efc

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“Han Haegyeol.”d2402d52fa6d9203

Seeing Lee Gyeon’s hollow cbf5a51450 eyes, I felt a 3a33695da4 slight thrill. As the pain 33aacdcd52 surged, the shallow 651170e429 satisfaction of ‘I 412e87b253 repaid the favor’ 269e9ebaf2 filled me.31ca08ceb00b7eb0

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And then, darkness.4af650b6a1c96e1f

…If only it had ended there.bcc21ea8f802a725

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I found myself 7a9344cebb back on the d9a0c2a5c3 morning a few edc9be6c3f years ago when b4efdbf51e Lee Gyeon and c6e7ad48b4 I were matched 0634028fbc as a pair.989eea136d79d4bc

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The new 8641c76139 life began 1e8645f043 to flow ca84c522c3 exactly like c28d2fac19 the past.6f7374bb85460574

Lee Gyeon leaving 5761a5499e the operation site 772d67e296 at will.2dd03469cae7190d

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Lee Gyeon bringing 0de0753ac7 down buildings.4d7d6f61525e15b5

Lee Gyeon breaking tracking 9e4db6cfbe devices.06699abfee180118

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Lee Gyeon 63f379013c refusing guiding.c9e329774babd0f9

And always beside him, 738da3f198 me, Han Haegyeol.ee0266f8da2bcb87

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Han Haegyeol getting scolded 805ac55a45 by the center director 88bb62f01b instead of Lee Gyeon.ff1ead874e02d1e2

Han Haegyeol e771e354f5 chasing after 7f0c06a346 the missing 7652768082 Lee Gyeon.2f85e568685c0aff

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Han Haegyeol 002d7c22d2 getting angry, bc3acfcd32 demanding guiding, 34ec241184 and punching 482fa12c7a Lee Gyeon 6f10354a0e in the 8aabd667db face.6c5cc783e9570f0d

Han Haegyeol eventually kneeling 75b6642bc1 and begging.12b1bb1d03a0f1ff

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Then both dying.4cdc166d24362737

Repeating again.b3f7c446300bcacc

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In front bd75cb172c of the 5c0e2856dd stubborn and 9c50ab7a90 powerful esper 3f0d324d6c Lee Gyeon, 294976c956 I was 16ecf53db6 only incompetent.7bb7e85c133a1136

The brain-crushing b7a2bb447a siren never f414354ef1 ceased.92973f318cf5ff24

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In the 88th b55f3ec8ed death I faced, 1798c73ce5 I felt my 6976fc9696 limit.b3d12ccab74efe92

In a hazy 76bbb43db6 state of consciousness, 9fe94f6d5f a large hand b2056f8721 groped my chest. For a moment, a921967d62 my memory blanked, 3bc28ed33a and I didn’t 96ac61e8a1 immediately realize why d18d059896 Lee Gyeon was 9f2517cd57 doing this.2de06a7b7d364d6b

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“Just hold on. Just a little longer… Han Haegyeol, don’t lose consciousness.”2c077471c33fcd32

Lee Gyeon was 5702d4723a skillfully but shakily 1c97a67763 stopping my bleeding. Even while 3278b5bbea in contact 69e121c1ba with me, 8c429094a2 he was 96fa83e26d on high 9f61be5b5a alert to 1dfdb842fe avoid receiving 44c12818f0 guiding.1454cc880cd93911

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Yet he was b6d59e0391 trying to save 9c96f95f05 me. It was blatant hypocrisy.7b09536f4c8da173

“Guiding… you need…”47d73c69b629961f

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“No. Han Haegyeol, don’t db4950f1b3 think about guiding. Focus on breathing.”f62551e92d5e1a44

At that moment, c0597de996 something inside me 6477baef17 snapped with a 69b4465480 ‘twang.’ebc920b6c1eef703

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I overlapped my hand a59b004df0 over Lee Gyeon’s and 54f6eac56f spoke in a rather ce50571ab0 calm voice.9688e8b4e2d3ed8c

“I think I’m 0590f1186a really tired now.”15708e2389030c04

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The foolish me 925fbabc7d finally made a a941841563 decision.eee1ef1e7604c796

To let 9d453da39e go of cfb5b60d67 this bastard b8110ec4de Lee Gyeon’s 3aebd4bf7f hand.3c9586be16d0a311

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