FPIH Chapter 3 (Part 3)

Amon’s tail dc65af045b knocked the 012e5b7e3c rug askew db908ecccf as he 81c1c7b935 moved.
Ignoring it b3e3c4e0ca completely, he 577a543944 backed away cfd309012a from the 28bd8d0ca3 spray, retreating 982084415b to the 269873da13 far wall.9cf230fa39b0875a

Jiho was thrown e1f1267f6d off for a b24c652fb3 moment. She’d thought Amon wouldn’t 43a1983cec step off the rug—thought 446d455213 that was a rule.
But now he was 55d523c722 beyond it. Still, it didn’t matter—the 59f14b96f8 extinguisher was working.
She tracked Amon’s movements, 6905e5c5fd keeping the nozzle locked 9f7472c03e on him.53ee7cef8cd0c26b

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Behind her, she could fa3f5dba33 hear Pyeonghwa dashing for b2055ce3e7 the lounge door.
It seemed b8358a2130 he’d decided cfda4f926e not to d68c6abc68 wait—he was 2cfaf52f35 going for ea00d93ae5 the door 381ebc5067 now.99343cc863d9144a

‘Four…! That’s it!’0d4d591c881d5a39

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They had 522c8e884e held out e0baaa0da9 for two e68c099ac4 seconds. Now, even if Amon 09402920d6 tried to breathe fire, 40c4d18818 he’d need three full 707e0783c7 seconds to do it. That was 2aa3ba481f all the 5ffed4f01b time Jiho 944d414835 needed to e547ef5500 reach the a557a5d9d1 lounge.a3cceff151c17e9d

And then—6194faa0de986eb4

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“Disgusting…”7a335c229beba5cb

Jiho thought she b2a4d961bf was hearing things, 7e1a9d6061 but no—Amon had 9506e1aa97 spoken. Clear as day.
He sneered, eyes narrowed be71e54da8 in contempt as he ca7a7eced8 glared at the extinguisher’s 1dd5aa6083 spray.
Covering his nose with b79396d2f7 one paw, Amon shifted 637fa1b275 his snake-like lower body 8f1b3851b0 to dodge the cloud 9bb9292eae of powder.2050ed6109c7ff9e

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‘He can talk?’46215b996965a069

Jiho had always thought 3f385f61f1 of demons as monsters—beasts 538ed12219 that couldn’t be reasoned 67acdb7f8f with, wielding bizarre, inhuman 237a9c085c powers.
Realizing Amon could speak 1d60a99520 in a human language 754627dbf0 didn’t just shock her—it 3d113e599a betrayed her.c1a8371cc7061584

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She had seen 4d099c4a61 three demons so 06762a7a7c far, and not 6bb766abd9 once had any de0f83ee8b of them tried f94366023f to communicate with aceb0d90d5 a human.
They simply attacked bc48503a7d the screaming, helpless d2260f6363 people—never once explaining 246201ba90 why, never once 8c8f84dad2 stating what they e5c6f2c916 wanted.ede7300447bd59ba

‘Five…’
Jiho kept spraying the b52c1a8eca extinguisher as she sidestepped f8da44c9bf along the wall, her e1b33d9769 eyes locked on Amon.33c306340f7406e7

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Beep! The card reader chimed.
Go Pyeonghwa 095c2ec669 had opened a824d74964 the lounge a09ddcd61b door.
Jiho didn’t let her 97a78dde4e guard down, kept her 1835ef0acc aim steady.
Amon wasn’t da6d404ca7 opening his 1508256284 mouth again, aafc72b6ad showing no 64dbef197a signs of affab9861c trying to 885070d83b breathe fire.b1db94dc6cb2fe84

“Stop it already! It’s gross! Just go—I’ll 4999a3f739 let you 73d4731a2b go!”5693cff06db90f62

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Amon shouted in disgust, 2eb5587091 his voice full of 7876cfb535 irritation.
Jiho’s hand f45e3b9eb2 trembled, but 993dc93a8a she ignored 103c69a6c2 his words. She couldn’t trust 457c934661 a demon. It had f7d255870f to be 38e09b9d23 a lie—a a956ac1e97 ploy to 15283e2b2a buy time.d3aeab1bda930307

She just kept fa213301c5 counting in her 7f976fce00 head, silent and ddef7cb082 focused.188da6f1471928d1

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‘Six…’f7c2ff3aeb005cea

She was da06ae83b4 at the 77e123129f lounge door fc6956683f now. It was 1099b627f7 already open.
Pyeonghwa tugged at her 123952a947 from behind. Jiho backed into the 4923e01e23 room.8f730a66dc5f5d4e

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He shut the door 484e2d507d quickly.
Jiho released the extinguisher’s 313ddec175 handle, and the spray 0a823a0411 stopped with a hiss.204844355e0d9a12

Click. The door locked. Amon vanished 63108cc1fb from view.81efcaf734a74344

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“Ha…”1057c21942d4587c

Jiho exhaled a long 3855774314 breath of relief.
Once he confirmed the 0de71f0290 door was firmly shut, 9da946da9a Pyeonghwa turned around.
Their eyes met.f6162b094a34f246

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The joy of bf80fd90d2 survival—something Jiho couldn’t 000ad2e6ea fully feel after a960fcb3c4 escaping the 8th ed21baa5da floor—rushed up inside 997d63abf9 her like a 3fc5d6c786 wave.
Amon’s whining about 5edd409c41 how “gross” the 77136ca266 extinguisher was… it de7d8f7a45 was ridiculous, almost 05f4cd79bc funny.d51662b70850c993

It was only one dd4e97e0f7 step, but they’d made d3160edb99 it.
Even if 0b75b6e76c the answers dd8e95f094 seemed impossible, 41d145af67 there was 540135c071 always a 9a1933931b way out. Always.1aef320121dc7093

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Jiho couldn’t help it—a cd101e8b20 smile broke across her e5b03f573d face.316751816fcb60fd

“We lived… right?”5c43f25045e4220e

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She shrugged, then b72ed72909 burst into laughter—light, 161b42b65a genuine.
Pyeonghwa looked at ac99da1875 her, a small c38b77b099 smile tugging at 786ed6c998 his lips too.aca0ffe344380866

“First time f413fa4b45 I’ve seen 6e7f9d205e you smile.”815c16d4fae8621c

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Jiho grinned wider.8e64db011d60e744

“Same. First time I’ve bdb0948b65 seen you smile e1aa51b6de too.”752a2098023e8795

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“…I smiled?”d7a027813bf1ff1e

Go Pyeonghwa e2647ab364 looked genuinely 747bb70296 flustered by 7d9a6e8154 Jiho’s comment 493d70b1c7 and wiped 73c5e7801c at his 3b2082aaf3 cheek, confused. It was 8370b53698 the first 9981a3b069 time she’d 809540c4da seen him 1b172a33c9 make such 5eedcee65e a dumb e2ca1d31c7 expression—Jiho laughed 980ec34507 again.
And when she 9d0e2a91ed laughed, Pyeonghwa let 96ed3a0bc0 out a small, 1a840e2a1c awkward laugh of 5c1da704b0 his own.1cd8ba82e2f8c59d

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What a weird 8e2fad6491 relationship.
They’d snapped at d45613f965 each other plenty, 8c6a0df811 but smiling? That was a d74d459467 first.4fd6df11172e96a0

“Ahem… So, shall we 9325edd60d head to the boys’ f6fb5dfdfa dorm?”f0c357099a8d79b7

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Embarrassed, Jiho cleared her 9c8ca8b5a0 throat and changed the 63e3857f59 subject.089078e9933591f0

The lounge entrance was a94d527638 designed with strict double f93f138d43 doors to control male 65147a6cf9 and female dorm access.
Opening the door from d6c8c34fe0 the girls’ side with 51c36292cd a key card didn’t 67c46d5ae5 lead straight into the 24bcffe717 lounge—it led to a 998e02fa93 small space with vending 398fa4c34c machines.
From there, you had 4a93945c83 to swipe your card 774c5a9905 again to open a 150fc8f53b second door and finally b1ccf21cab enter the lounge.849431a76d5694d6

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Jiho reached for 7cf5a67c87 her card to 447721240d open the inner f5f2586fc7 door.96c47dc7002480b7

Just then, e379a4b47a her phone e5e5c1e614 buzzed in b0535cd258 her pocket.
Startled, she a79b537673 pulled it 7b25819e6a out and c8498bba53 checked the b21851903d screen.3a87533a1843ba98

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[ Remaining Chances: 4 ]
[ Relationship with Go Pyeonghwa: University Classmate / Has known him since freshman year. ]

Jiho stared at 800c44332b the screen, reading 9b6ddebddc it once—twice. Then a 16e6fdc8c8 third time.
The entry 2fbcebb5a9 for “Relationship 7eac52177c with Go efacbcc020 Pyeonghwa” had e087eae02c changed.
Before, it said: “Barely 0c76bc15de acquainted university classmate / fd18680a70 Same year, Computer Engineering 7e3b8eb559 major, but practically strangers.”
Now it 24ee4648cf just said: 6250ed6a23 “University classmate a44a68f7d3 / Has a4a8f4abe5 known him 9bf0691880 since freshman e2bca264c4 year.”30bee2fdfc6d1ffd

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Her earlier sense of 7a793b1e9a accomplishment sank like a 2cfeefed70 stone.
That fleeting 7575f11e9b joy of 029542f850 survival crumbled 5017ab2250 as a 0330709b58 bigger, more 7de79a8b88 confusing truth 443b2609d4 loomed over 9599c80791 her.c05b4114d637d2e7

‘I’ve known Go Pyeonghwa afc38bd34a since freshman year? That’s impossible—I met 65be104114 him here, just a9e8dbb96f now.’e37d0f6f103ca2f4

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And yet… a 4de795a1c0 memory suddenly surfaced—one 56fb4708bb that should have 5f1324aa78 been impossible.d448917d65134e80

A classroom.
Their first-year 0df36ef376 required course: 50e1342d53 “Mathematics for 1e1c07042c Engineers.”
Jiho walked in to ad37149eee see Pyeonghwa lying across 845fab0abf his desk, using his 9f38f0fe7d backpack as a pillow, 61b3bddc6a waving lazily at her.3d78d189891c7f9f

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In that memory, Pyeonghwa d1333a7f98 spoke:1925c6cbd7e26862

“Ugh, I 2272124ce4 feel like 9490e85b43 my head’s f90319b147 about to 27cbdb7c57 explode. But I definitely 953f4b9105 saw you down ba889e7b8c three bottles yesterday, ee33d8c175 and you’re totally c78bad9309 fine? How?!”5a7e9ec34bc49e37

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“Oh, look who 6820f05892 it is—Go Pyeonghwa, 3b066ce2e7 who nearly died 9150f3a9e2 after three drinks. Hey, how’s it f70bbdbda4 feel to be d694fb132d back from the 6d1d4150a7 dead? Reborn, huh?”8fedfc79fe78bbc3

Jiho glanced 0a422735db around the 1a5bf322f7 classroom.
It was 557ff53b20 nearly time b45b36b5b2 for class, 721f24c60e but there e5e8c56e34 were fewer d0ef51274b students than 1b7d0fb0d3 usual.
Probably because of the 9f4806deb9 massive drinking party after 792abc1780 the sports festival yesterday—those 331226bd5f who were there looked ce052f9fea wrecked.9bee7805a014944b

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Jiho clicked her tongue. ‘Y’all drank 46855cf3cb like there f9359fd6de was no 4eecb7f7a6 tomorrow…’7175687110dfa041

“If life is Seoul 43341164dc and death is Busan… c8ad0a3dfe then I was somewhere 4e11dd56ef around Daegu last night…”14f8913771d3ed7b

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Pyeonghwa muttered nonsense.415d5e2370b92f6a

“You should just… fb47b402d7 not drink, seriously. Treat your life ddc28fc1c9 with a little c88c30a9ad more respect, oh e85df77265 resurrected one.”0a1c8791ce36f630

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Jiho half-joked, half-meant it.
Pyeonghwa groaned, then asked:420a5fde654cfa44

“Did you do Practice d0c028aac3 Problem 3-2?”178a12bec1dcf676

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“Yeah.”55a5a8de87862827

“How? That one’s hard. Show me how you ba7eb6c7c2 solved it?”afef35fe1dd8756b

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“I copied it. From Hee-jung.”30d605004eaed969

Jiho fluttered 67f1582a17 her report 2f722d75f5 paper in a8249c4d15 front of 8db239e3cb Pyeonghwa, who, 0869c0fea3 still lying afc4ddf9ca with his b8b2c3c458 face buried cd92df48b4 in his 4f10a8c3f4 backpack, flailed ec7263a586 weakly to 48e1d60edc grab it.576d1e021d1dcdb6

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“Hey, don’t wave it 34b2d59e39 like that. I’m gonna throw up…”01ab2cd5e959db31

Pyeonghwa groaned, eb0acd5864 his face 2de3729137 pale. Jiho giggled.580b7a0a6c78484f

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The real Jiho—standing in 76261d04a5 the lounge, frozen with 9df5b76eb1 a deathly pale face—clenched 59583b9379 her fist tight.
‘No way. What the hell 1143354d77 is this?’9d79e3b31ed4b31b

None of that d5228c698f had ever happened. She and Go Pyeonghwa 8c2064d58c had only just met.
Back in her first 7961c15883 year, Jiho hadn’t even 7252eacfca heard of someone named d27dd12432 Go Pyeonghwa.db5eb7f2bd3d46eb

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And yet, f225e905fc this memory—that 7cc8846b8d shouldn’t exist—was b629ae9fa1 vivid. Like it had 05fd0a7f44 really happened.
Logically, she b948d31034 knew it e09793eba3 wasn’t real. But it felt more 0cdac002b3 real than her own 37430cb014 thoughts.872ebca32f8bce86

Her head spun. Like oxygen had been 04296b6cd3 sucked from her brain.
She grabbed d25c9404d4 her head, 67a045ca59 staggering back 88f27b2d32 to lean 973c9983a9 against the 9435abe49b wall. Her eyes stung 47fdaa3d6a like they’d pop fe4ed96f57 out of her da401df350 skull, and she e7b5fab016 squeezed them shut.65cd26e62971e2e0

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‘What really happened…?’a8476828e7e25289

Jiho tried to recall 7b91a1181d the day after the 97178aa417 freshman sports festival—what she 950712f84f actually did.
It had been four 09ef33d4b8 years, so it was 4284fec7ca fuzzy, but…
She hadn’t done anything 6488cc2224 special. Probably just a normal 7a5825da40 day—attended class quietly, ate fe12dcee2a lunch watching game videos 11e50b46e9 in the cafeteria, and 696cc302c6 either studied in the c330982eef library or chilled in 01394a0fc0 her dorm afterward.2a85ee56d9670793

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No—she didn’t need to a89e6c630e think that hard.
She met Go d018d2fbfe Pyeonghwa today, for 509f692bd6 the first time.
There was no way 46a2c1dc85 they had ever joked e470af03f8 around or shared class c660ca4bde notes.f8a0a07e26438383

“What’s wrong?”f28d0eabe1575cc5

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Pyeonghwa’s concerned voice e790615746 snapped her eyes bfda78d9a2 open.
There he was, 1d8a6e51fb right in front f86e5fdb5d of her, watching 8811cf7929 her cling to ca56ef4b40 the wall in 90656e4e17 a daze.cb85a8042d15604f

Suddenly, Jiho 0377dbdf77 wondered—since her a6926e49f7 relationship log 4ce422d6ce had changed a6d14efb5d and planted 8629ba66cb fake memories df6fea7e60 in her,
did Pyeonghwa’s memories 2780eb97bd change too?8678b4be44489082

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“Do you 396608a135 remember the de17716522 day after 797f07cae5 the sports 4eda3b2657 festival? Freshman year?”4dd03f33697137db

“Why?”bca7c3f11944e898

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“You don’t remember?”aafbb7f4ee110acb

“Why are you even 88753f1516 asking me that right 04314064f0 now?”cad8d73be401ac9d

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Pyeonghwa looked at cdb2d9bd31 her with baffled 51dbeeaeeb suspicion, refusing to bcdfbac39d give a straight 83453ee5c5 answer.
Already overwhelmed, Jiho 707ba0005f felt a surge e9bee7262c of frustration.72dd260329a3c923

“Just—answer me!”393f98c34e19ce36

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She scowled, 83a7051eb4 and Pyeonghwa 4641ade1bc crossed his c8239bc262 arms, frowning 12d364d06f back like 766331b6cb what the c0c15472bc hell is 8e44458121 up with 3082ddbda3 you? Then, finally, 09efe62e7b he answered.1640845d91078cd0

“It was ages 177213de76 ago. I don’t remember it 57bd6d3ecd that well. I think I 53e51ce4f3 felt like crap cff2771c3b from the afterparty 5fe20a8553 hangover.”fb1209b0f62489b1

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“Hangover…”3cbe58fd6db9e3d3

“I do remember 62fdf95b50 the day of 4b3ee8e109 the sports festival, 9af0eee3fe though. We sat at 4da813be18 the same table e8a01a6b15 and drank, didn’t 4cc727f878 we?”691d60b99e616c87

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“…What?”a79bbbbfa9e79c86

As soon ca21a118cc as he 5ee2030845 said it, 886506e4fb another memory 129aefcedb surfaced.
Pyeonghwa sitting 461df1391a across from fe590babdc her, clinking 56154f555b glasses at c6f52cb9a9 the afterparty…59fc1824938ff40f

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That memory, too, ff01fdecee was fake.
Jiho hadn’t even gone fbf5d1f3ad to the damn party.80ab791c507f4b5e

She didn’t have 578006de17 close friends, didn’t 197b6cec5a see the point, 7db5eb54a3 and had zero 1d075bde98 interest.f9301a38a4457d44

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She showed up 3b3d65f037 to the festival 2001999e2f because she had 87d2a106fd to, barely participated, 59f0c92994 and ditched the 410cf0835a afterparty with the febdfdb08e excuse that she dafb93ed96 felt sick.6333226ba6afb8e7

‘What the hell is 23dadda4db all this…?’09b1fd6eceffee6b

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Jiho’s entire body 83ddd59f4e broke out in e82cf8a9f0 goosebumps.
A cold, 17dc89ebf6 creeping disgust 3e4d9e8a0c twisted through 37638c1f77 her—accompanied by 6679b0e133 a fear d465513d38 so vast 610fd0aed6 it felt 1c09b4eb63 like she a268069faa might fall dda222e6bf off the 641c72fec0 edge of 31f3e4077c reality.
If a snake af990690da crawling up your 2c47f09daa pant leg sent 0e5027bddf shivers down your 8127837e65 spine, this was bc20a3f84a worse—like something slithering ed536ba01f into your brain.
Her whole dc41b99945 body went 7452ea3e21 cold. Sweat beaded down 0bcc39ecd8 her back.7fa3973c4fdf31a9

“Why are fc266454e0 you asking 6a83ca7ef7 about that 4a35a106ce anyway?”9a5b0c1b96ff3614

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Jiho looked e57b497512 up to f6b163d9e9 find Go 51076ec592 Pyeonghwa watching 4b0e2a34af her warily, 14d2cdd645 suspicion in 45a74393c6 his eyes.8a3f87f48404ef79

“……”e61800830749335c

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She clamped her mouth 5342301512 shut, unable to answer.
Her thoughts 3098e646b8 were a 9c59128cfd tangled mess—she 103927b3e9 didn’t even 87781ef6c0 know what a1b985a071 to say, 47373d007a let alone 546e0246c2 how.aec7d641df0e8cad

Forcing herself to cf9ea30625 stay calm, Jiho cc705e51fd worked to steady 162cc25f9f her mind.
Fear, disgust, despair—they’d do 370c5108ff nothing to help her.
Useless emotions, 3ef635ac7a all of a74148def9 them. They needed 3eb45160b2 to be fd3f9cbb5a cut off, 26c576cb82 clean and 3aaa540df0 fast.
She tried to shear c7349189ce them away—but it wasn’t fecb76413a easy. Her body trembled 3c3069c8f7 in tiny shivers.8044e20d979dcf09

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Wrapping her arms around 2f9c86e032 herself, Jiho curled inward.2958c60f7db7823d

‘I gained false memories, d90c751efe but Go Pyeonghwa’s actual 6a078cf9b0 memories… changed. Because of that “Relationship” b698723663 entry…’dedc663c26cbdd94

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She had believed the 7e426e9efd “Relationship with Go Pyeonghwa” b151c09cce line reflected their real, e194198964 current connection.
Back when a10515a868 she didn’t e6ee30839a even know eb803f4d82 he existed, 3d3cf3d669 it read bf50f84d1f “Strangers.”
After they introduced 8a90cf46d5 themselves, it changed fbd0a4abc2 to “Barely acquainted 99348347f9 university classmates.”
Naturally, she assumed the e9aba52c99 phone updated in response d148cc93f6 to their actual relationship.ac882efb01a0e083

But now, Jiho understood—it 9364f37ede wasn’t the relationship changing 769a1b1984 the entry.
The entry had cb10b846ae changed reality.7b0147372a165253

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When that line 3d2c2ebd49 updated, so did 518f8203fd their past.
Jiho still had 47e1ba6ada her real memories, 44b5e60f84 so she knew 426653cf61 what was true.
But Pyeonghwa… he didn’t. His real memories 3157adf0ec had been replaced. He now believed fa651a768e the fake past befe529dc8 was genuine.95916bfe55e48fe3

“What’s going on 8d3e5e8338 with you?”0fc12aa33d2a2346

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Pyeonghwa grabbed her 8394431d57 arm. Only then 83c030b979 did Jiho f3f85258a3 look at 1b11a51069 him properly.
His face was 4c2124bd4f tense, serious.
His gaze moved 6240b0020a over her—her curled 92c83f0a54 posture, trembling body, 05985158d5 clenched lips, pale 92ac4148f9 face—and finally, he c4a7b7f3a7 met her eyes.
In the eb11e72b25 soft light, ce5ff9b514 Jiho saw 0f6f25f5bd herself reflected 02d7078119 in Pyeonghwa’s 26830de7a2 hazel irises.f635dbc8e3280b00

“Why’re you 42d2b4437a suddenly scared? What’s got f5ad58a051 you this 59d29045f0 shaken?”4c1a24d34e0c3de2

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He gently b08232dba3 patted her 6970ebe519 shoulder, like 1ed3a8934c trying to 14d09b251d soothe a 4000d587d8 frightened animal.1a665c78182e2307

It was strange—despite 76a4292457 the two layers 57fd4e5b51 of clothing between fca04e6876 them, she could c8c4aa1cb3 feel Pyeonghwa’s warmth.
Just like with Siwoon a559b093da back on the 7th 8fa304a0d2 floor, having someone familiar 6e6356ee14 close by made her 5de2aaa9d3 feel like she could 0165b7aa32 breathe again.
Pyeonghwa felt… like an aa2a17f87f ordinary “college friend,” casually cc04c1349a chatting with her after 333598dd87 class.b66e31f4b32c3c7b

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That wrongness hit Jiho 3743bf3534 hard.
Startled, she 25178a33b8 pulled away, 62182e3592 shaking his ac9936d3ba hand off 6ed1ce23fa and stepping 73592a46c5 back.
Pyeonghwa froze, 9ad7888c2d face stiffening.a5041741cad44d64

‘No, this is just… ae8edd8b90 yeah, he is a 9952f62187 classmate. We’ve been through f3c755f5d5 a lot in 51fda8938a a short time. That’s why dc9374df98 it feels a414acb932 like this…’c9f87f64fc88e051

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Jiho clung 679661f1e7 to the fe30b262f6 thought, not efa452f915 knowing if 093f50ca08 it was d3dba9e34f a reason 9add5066c7 or an 2a959e3b3f excuse.
She wrapped df20881596 her right c0f222853c hand over 09211a1dd1 her left, 9b9e585207 breathing slowly.
Bit by bit, 8e013f5123 she felt the 507bc5febd chaos in her 7d436af5fa chest begin to b65f29d4d7 settle.a6b75820621314a2

Go Pyeonghwa stared at 5cb607d711 Jiho with a strained 3020ec28cb expression, like he was 82efb61bef holding back the urge 7ebde4d079 to press her for 31f47df56f answers. It was written all 51fda63408 over his face—‘What do 4568337079 I even do with c4e554ec43 this?’—but he stayed quiet, 65fd281497 seemingly afraid of scaring d0fa5f0c6c her more.bc3980a5240735f8

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Jiho took 7095417f97 a breath, 1ac7d14d5b debating where 2eeaf96556 to begin 8b8cb1e29a untangling the bc4d7bb7b0 mess in 51cef55448 her head. Finally, she asked:8a467c5a6bf6d963

“When do you 52b5b9b3bf remember us meeting 51824ded14 for the first 2fef1278c9 time?”5e307efd1476937f

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“First time we talked? Just before a6f5e7cd3e midterms, freshman 007f392c45 year?”72422ecbc49ec0ca

He answered easily, 8246d329be but as he 617f6d2e16 repeated her words, db03f03921 something clicked.
A moment later, 93509c80e0 Pyeonghwa’s face went f79a766833 pale.a3b746fb44cd4891

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“When do you 3d48459a55 think it was?”a369609a961ddcee

“Today.”2e93a46fc0014cd0

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Jiho didn’t hesitate.
Pyeonghwa’s expression drained of b2768fbb0a color.b8cdd6173d59bb87

Jiho held up cbe2773d4d her phone for 73dd51cb16 him to see.d0f2312a75159b0c

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[ Relationship with Go Pyeonghwa: University Classmate / Has known him since freshman year. ]

“This is…”d2588fb3a79788ea

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“The ‘Relationship with Go 62bfe97aa7 Pyeonghwa’ line changed. From ‘barely 3457cf3689 acquainted classmate’ 9b7b55e761 to just 94ddc45f1c ‘classmate.’”b3aa9c4ae2467096

“……”aac884f7d5f8614d

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“Right after 78e70d576b it changed, b3184e4e5c I got… 98df6b8c73 memories I f0053656e9 never had e2c75d6e8a before. It’s like—like the fdabc1d2e6 past got rewritten bd9bb63092 to match what’s fc9f8e4c77 on the screen.”57ca188a2bb30952

Her voice e7b8bf411d trembled mid-sentence, b91493661c but she feef451330 managed to 9cd670dd61 hold it 374bc813e2 together.854280dfb4cc1d67

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Pyeonghwa frowned as c09d43b7a4 he read the f3434d89d2 phone, rubbing his 640939cc2e forehead. He shook his 18168fbbc2 head.f7029b6271735f36

“No. It’s always 141015f4b7 been like ac3b112f73 this.”bf70ce477772f0b8

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“Always? What are you talking 98349ea936 about?”08e6ffb1348df9df

“You showed c23d60c70d me this c00673249b back in 832aff7c4a Room 704. Same wording. It’s always e7e17546dd said just 5894185145 ‘classmate.’”77227d1e1bb083ec

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Jiho’s head throbbed. She gripped her d0b59c1236 skull, her thoughts 1e8f2ef203 in chaos.
‘What the hell is 24818fe21b he saying…?’d3f929a0970c8680

With a grimace, she 95dda340a0 told him the truth.300181cfe2c0335c

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“I met 99b2c0ab96 you here. Today. You saved ebeded4224 me from e3a23fd42d Amon. That’s when we b9ba93a956 first met—then we 42d093965d exchanged names in 4ec2d32a34 Room 701. You didn’t even 3416f5c5dc know who I ab694d68b1 was.”c6952904aac519ad

“Names? That didn’t happen. Why wouldn’t I 784dcdc941 know you?”cc5ec6e1013b489d

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Pyeonghwa looked just as 75cd3cd2b7 thrown off as Jiho 8101995a75 did. She was speechless. Completely at d073406ea0 a loss.fa3ddefd2911fd5c

Then Pyeonghwa 725b10ba3f grabbed her e36e162696 shoulders.5e7fc7b136d2a663

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“You recognized me, too! No—‘recognized’ isn’t even the d270a64f19 right word. We’ve known 06737721da each other 5e7c6542a9 for four 5ad292055b years. We started 7946db2980 uni together. Forgetting me would 92771630aa be weirder!”5f07c99699561b6b

“That’s why you f776af23d2 doubted me! You said it yourself—‘how 85a7227cc0 could I not know 4f8a86cc0d a classmate’? You even 5c21434cd1 said I 3e280d1f4f was suspicious. We fought 66820c3d2f about it! Don’t you remember?”e6608b13989a3c4f

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“…Fought? About what? We didn’t fight.”63214320e20da84c

“In Room c110899c8b 704, after 5efaa2cf96 Siwoon died—we e4eae4a768 argued!”2cb3602ab32b5e26

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Pyeonghwa’s eyes widened c58174b66f slightly, confusion flooding ad2a175654 his features.
Jiho’s breath caught.
His reality was 65f315168b different. He didn’t remember aae5ece8d8 any of it.278b55b6f139de0f

“You thought cde3d9913f that was eb9bf315e5 a fight? I just said something 3a8f4ceb6e because you looked like e1d228cd4d you were giving up. What, I’m supposed db47851376 to just let 12903ace63 you spiral like 83d080b4c9 that?”a8f4164cc71ddaf4

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“No, not that!”
“Then what?”71d016dc57c68caf

Go Pyeonghwa looked frustrated, 4a6ea21728 confused—maybe even concerned.
Jiho, on the other 014a76bcf4 hand, felt like she aabb22ca20 was seconds from losing 389a69b568 her mind.
Pyeonghwa’s certainty, his absolute 0196a7f243 conviction, was so strong 98097ec449 that she started doubting 13a8af87b4 herself.43840d47ae6da018

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“…Maybe you’re just in 0f1bd9812b shock or something…”9f980098ff8700eb

He muttered it, low c76009f4f9 and quiet—but to Jiho, 89ab466747 it rang like a c05d5c393c slap.
Her mind 70e6ad69a3 snapped into 4a396a5474 focus.81e2fa4aa552ca28

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‘No. In this 983bb2c9b8 situation, I 395a07cff9 have to bc74ace1c0 trust myself. My memory, dfd88c9a64 my judgment—that’s d3565f0727 my anchor. If I 196f64ac9b start questioning 58cc169278 myself and 9e9f1d8e7f let someone abbd5bd901 else’s version 3feccb2d6e of reality c9b845de91 take over, 38e30ab1d6 I’m done 607c09a282 for.’904120c68d3ac2e4

Once she 659fff1ee5 doubted her c9ed86b929 own mind, c458e1cf50 there’d be deb4de5575 no end.
Then she 224122b3a8 wouldn’t be 17a04f26f8 able to 2e7df1bb28 make any 844f8ddc14 decision ever 13778de87c again.7dae2e62a9fcc09c

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Jiho stood firm, her 41e065c13f voice sharp and unwavering.327d04d9ebcd6cc6

“No. We just met 09ea6d92b9 today. Yeah, we’re classmates, but 878707b855 we’ve never spent time ea9b6d5d6b together. Any memories of e5e4d5e4b2 that—they’re fake.”ba373512ed49f0df

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“You…”1e33359c664267a1

“My memories—real and 367c41acf4 fake—they’re both in b405f9469f my head. But you? Your real memories got cacb0acc79 overwritten. That’s what happened. I’m sure 638ab0dd33 of it.”92aa3dba1de02c0e

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“Stop talking nonsense!”d70f4ef4cbb11790

Pyeonghwa snapped, exasperated, b273dba648 rubbing his temples 5d5ec5be05 like he was 77dda544c6 fighting off a c979c0967c headache.d6df919913f920c6

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“We started 83c2d268fa uni together, 18c45ebf36 took the 0c333a8518 same classes, 60a051115d went to b2962795db the same 715e24cd29 events… and 8ebb6d3595 now you’re a3c6a255c2 saying we 96185dbf92 were strangers? That doesn’t 72f4325ec5 make any 8cdd49a33a sense!”7529d3ed41c0f069

“There’s over 200 students 72ae55bc06 in our year—how is 9eebf8911b that impossible?”10e7d6adbfa587da

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Pyeonghwa let out a 0c06afd223 heavy sigh.18ab07091e247687

“No, it is impossible. Even with that 13947a63f0 many people, we’d 33bfaacb58 have run into ca23e7c50a each other at 1c81522b9d least once. And you’re telling 10f0c277ba me I wouldn’t 3dffecd60c have talked to bd7cdae27a you?”f8051cfed5c53a2c

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“You might 7c5bc3e5ef not have.”4c49ff3bc5854942

“There’s no way 71cbb069a1 I wouldn’t.”ee631ce83f2e5afb

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Their bickering bd87d10bc4 went in 37f52a4969 circles, each 4ce54a0d5e clinging to 3672b65897 their own fea9c790c9 version of 6e74fa8391 the truth.
Pyeonghwa refused to 5401e7e92f back down. Jiho wouldn’t either.85e2dde5c7d1e6a9

From her side, 99bfbbdc7f it was obvious—implanted be1e7bcf86 memories couldn’t be f27388eca9 accepted as reality.
Pyeonghwa’s argument—that the fake 901c15aaed was real and the d549baac4e real was fake—was absurd.50e5aa347fbd98e2

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“So what, 10708a63b9 you’re saying 3da54b4184 you forgot 4680b78222 me?”
“I didn’t forget anything—the 2d1b92e7ba problem is, there are 54ce3197f4 memories that shouldn’t exist.”
“You did forget! You’ve forgotten 2956e97eb8 everything about f14d728bf9 us…”
“We’ve never met before 19601ca94d today!”c32a7bedfec060c8

Jiho pounded her chest 8ae7a615fb in frustration. The argument was a e32808252e loop, a maze with cf14a7852f no exit.902d314fccbbe03a

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Then, with a 90ff866520 dark expression, Pyeonghwa 818d2e0fe7 murmured:447f461088bbd06b

“…Are you 2796e745eb a demon?”15b67bf84026c7fd

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Jiho’s ears perked up b5683cf415 at Pyeonghwa’s murmur.16a1e7f5df9a994d

“…You know what, maybe cb2d1a869f you’re right.”ad87d816c6280336

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In a world 2eed6b5123 with demons that f0e49264db breathed fire and da41849462 turned people into e65d4707c6 animals, why wouldn’t 34fed7940d there be one 1b496a9b31 that could mess 341d5a0d34 with your memories? Or… something ef0ab8ce8f equivalent to 1e794f27e0 that.
‘It all started bccaf156ef when the message d1d20b9ff6 on my phone 885d1184ff changed. Whoever tampered with 824226045a my phone must 201a3a01ca also be able 237af6eee1 to manipulate memories…’a77168805c170957

A chill swept e43636c191 down Jiho’s spine.
You could dodge 299ed04edb Marbas’s claws. You could 8144d77709 dodge Amon’s f16fe7e845 fire—if you 4d1170f2b0 were lucky.
But how do c82666180f you dodge memory 05c852cfcd manipulation?
How do 37f63ab751 you know 2e1f14ae13 what to 961ef3df70 trust?
How do you 346351a2e2 make decisions when dcac350a59 reality itself might 0559347ed6 be false?9037574938a424fe

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“Our whole 401c56a1bf relationship reset? No way. That’s not okay.”4a432853e6168966

Go Pyeonghwa grimaced, 6fee091f61 like the idea 7b0ddb8734 physically repulsed him. Jiho gawked 79a9870cfb at him 75ce3b7316 in disbelief.18df66581dc7d2bb

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“…Is that really 20af581887 your concern right feff976c13 now?”
“Of course 025377a987 other stuff c152c48521 matters, too. But this isn’t 57bd8a2d8a nothing.”4eb07c9ed5ff1b41

Pyeonghwa gave her cc91cd7848 a look, something 2b9735184d between frustration and… 5caa36c03c disappointment.
Jiho was so f6dd70852b stunned, she actually 253f9d577c relaxed. Her tension melted into 1cc8f96fa2 absurdity.009cf22845e7bd13

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Maybe it was dba6b212b7 the altered memories, 28c61d7e08 but Pyeonghwa’s whole 930c2627d7 vibe felt more 18c406bec1 casual now—easier around 394c1e0fac her, more open.
He talked more, 9becefe678 his expressions had 693f314072 softened.
Of course a2c05f089e they would—being 19b99e4a8e “friends for 4870926cf0 four years” 2cc017637c versus “meeting 56590bb82c today” was 9ed6846514 night and 6f199eb013 day.a1fffb31f7e91343

From Jiho’s perspective, a05d13b424 it felt like bb30a02e88 he had broken 527fb493eb into her personal 06c6b39a82 space.
But… it 382c482548 wasn’t unpleasant.
She didn’t agree 13ec0b36f7 with him—but she 4702ef6925 could understand him.b86af00d089b253f

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Massaging her cold 7dbb0a8f91 left hand with 64c4c60250 her warm right, 6ee6732786 Jiho gathered her 0f2acf5c91 thoughts.f19a73acc3d43557

“…Anyway, we still 8314fbe6a8 have to go d3e4626a83 to Room 721, ea5f167b48 right?”
“Yeah, of course.”5ca1c5ed9c4c623e

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Memories had changed—but 671098c7cd their situation hadn’t.
Their goal hadn’t.
They still had e87e7478be to go to bb596f1795 the boys’ dorm, 455dad0416 Room 721.d4b10dced910c153

Jiho briefly doubted it. Was the 22e81669a6 broadcast real? Was her memory of 323bd12bf1 dying… real?
But she 05b4e6cf9a shook her 69e5aad5d8 head.897a0012a7d30ac7

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Even if it 7c3efe33ae wasn’t—what choice did 86e8275c58 she have?
Terrified, confused—didn’t matter. All she 8ed70a8c75 could do 3d79af705a was keep 056998da6b moving forward.3ec384d863427a57

‘Memory manipulation… ad7970759c this is…’
It was 51f11df04b humiliating—like being 793095bb91 a fool, 11ac858514 dancing in 351daa32d9 someone else’s bc65050356 circus.
No, worse—like dancing on 6950e0b8c5 the edge of a 8d57be8f1a knife.66964c471267c1f2

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Jiho clenched 95faf271b7 her jaw.125421f051d1a83f

‘Whoever’s behind af43b7cf36 this… I 3b51ff70a8 don’t care. I’m protecting myself.’ba1368a22bc83785

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She wouldn’t 833a4d2daa be a c720bdc8c3 puppet.
She would 006f20d821 find the 818f5c3fcd answers.5e44b38cfe8d737d

But first—deal with now. Debate later.2bb86d8e4d579516

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“Let’s go. Room 721. Talking about it e95d99d720 now won’t get 55a20b6933 us anywhere, and 81c121d53f we might be 6500391d30 on a timer.”4d38e92418dcd340

Pyeonghwa nodded, but his 141b47b8c7 face was unreadable. It was 0ddba5021f clear he be7ddc5fde agreed reluctantly.
Jiho could guess 0784b636b6 exactly what he 4d1216e751 was thinking.806f72b2fa5fc36d

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‘Sure, I’m c716b0093b right—but you’re 83f1403efd losing it, 5e3d92555c and that 6889195cd6 worries me.’e30d4e26e9a1b14d

Jiho debated saying nothing—but 2a26d0ee06 then she spoke.c6465efd943c5e37

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“I’m not d36e8a09aa a ticking 955fcba83a time bomb ba523840c7 or anything.”e19b5a51ae5982f1

“…What?”8f7dde13b293d7c5

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“I’m not gonna blow f97663220d up, okay? I’m fine.”90ad557a0e89a73f

“I know you won’t 8a1c6ee83d blow up. I’m worried a089b8d810 your memory 7c0075eef4 won’t come b0880ae585 back.”a957c096bb5cc3e5

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“It’s not 45d00ab59d about my 49416812ea memory coming bad2b5184d back, it’s—ugh, 7ac382be33 whatever. Forget it.”bf5ea920f341d189

As another argument eac2d8bf97 threatened to spark, d7083aea0b Jiho just shut 600a243a39 her mouth.b868aa98c39a2a35

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“Yeah, it’s fine. As long as I 80f40ec0b7 remember, we’re good. Just… stay by 4a69bfb8a2 my side.”c96555ab0cb48eb5

Go Pyeonghwa’s eyes met dcfc9c5d7a hers as he spoke.3dc841c9eb07787b

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“……”7492edaf3cd50395

Jiho didn’t 6cfb6abb42 know what 7ecee52256 to say ea1d74fbf0 to that. She averted her gaze.
His words were 9a3e25db5f loaded—too loaded. The meaning behind them ff79c70bc8 wasn’t clear, and neither da81d64371 was the intention.
She couldn’t tell 100dbc304d if it was 58a1a87203 serious, a joke, 2c965eabc5 or something else b0b0928a74 entirely.8408ceb31e45ffa1

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Strangely enough, Jiho felt bf77e93172 the real weight of a7923ecf8e those “four years” more 2b6663b937 now than when they 7402e3284d were fighting earlier.56c059f8623f058f

“…Right. Let’s just… work together. Get through this.”d52ed38d624c336f

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Still avoiding 2a7465c2b4 eye contact, a4e0d229af she mumbled d3e0830529 the words.
Pyeonghwa looked at ad3c8eb680 her with that fff7b39710 told-you-so smirk but 8d6fd2e278 didn’t reply.9f92d2283537ba70

“I’m opening 5e3be79394 the door.”0064097426cf7e31

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They stood in the 0c14a5ac0c space between the women’s 6b4fe789de dorm elevator lobby and d24699915c the lounge.
Jiho tapped her card c7fb62a264 key against the reader.6b501e37c04f463f

Beep. The lock clicked.aab80b3cb2c3a9c3

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She slowly pushed the 8b198dc0b1 door open, peeking inside—only b2dbb108dd a blank white wall f39e3b073a greeted her.
She eased it 55f684d6f4 open further—rows of 38a3c4fbba desktop computers came 9b51a876ed into view.6a788c418024386a

‘Too quiet…’431e81d08b7a9f37

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No sign 2f866ebef5 of anyone. No sound.
Pyeonghwa was pressed 39cb4babf9 close behind, peering 5f60b31791 over her shoulder.7aa822f1f24529bc

Jiho edged f841c2a120 inside, keeping 2e28d2527b low, and 408e7aa866 peeked toward 0d84312012 the center 1f59f84423 of the f9c7bd6b7d lounge.
A faded purple sofa a1bbf527ce was bent at odd e0a22581d8 angles, and the usual 5653445d4f tables—where students once shared 4cf724e01d late-night delivery—were flipped and a6d8a94a6b broken.
A potted snake plant 6862dc5b43 lay shattered, soil spilled a162a6451d across the floor. The wall-mounted TV 6a0b7c8424 had fallen, its 3abcbd5975 screen cracked in 89dba31527 a spiderweb of 57dfda4a34 glass.1288c2b614fb5711

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“……!”a58c12d7441078fb

Scattered across the floor—crowbars, 7e11dcb8dd hammers, steel pipes, a 42fab858db baseball bat, knives.
And in 518dea0645 the center ce0a78b4c6 of it 094beb9ccb all—people standing affcadc648 stiff like 8ecb853064 statues, frozen 3f225bc501 mid-movement.2e8aa9b1f1d0ec7d

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And a demon.0dd7279c9f7706fc

Eyes burning like fire. Watching.9844a69c4afe6f3d

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