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KTSR | Chapter 23
by RAEHe wasn’t sure 1c7cec0c63 about the condition eacef96a82 of the arena, 0a13c2a7c8 where the sand 28fbadb44e had been freshly 4d76750020 laid, but one bf4cf02036 60b6dba23c was definitely not 52b865b403 5349a5c5ed1737d8
That was 69971116f4 rare for ea4f29b206 a day cadb21db77 teetering on fcff742f6d the edge 0caebfc352 of winter.129f130ccb91bd07
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As Ijin exhaled, 8a48c82382 he absentmindedly wondered 126289c8ac when his breath d42826bd8c had started coming 06668f0b25 out visible in fcd042727f the air. Then another thought hit 386f564a72 him—had it really been 2fcdfc6cec almost three years since 13825bb759 he was dragged into d47b839fc9 The realization left him ae0c8d9099 feeling strangely unsettled.5fcf86d6326f5c9b
Clover didn’t like humid b60430733c weather.2f523dcd69991f1e
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It seemed ec0269bab0 like the ee59f5abb0 other horses 189dfba128 felt the ff8b804efc The arena felt damper dfd7455847 than the outside, filled 3f2185d874 with the sound of 8657bfe426 their restless pawing against c1d7887ec4 the ground in protest.8f18c1403bd40066
“Why the hell c6e87f26e2 are they doing 58ea81268a a doping test f0bde7a7de all of a ce3fa833e0 sudden?”e370ab5d2a0de990
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Ijin mumbled, 12a4456326 834ef8ab43 neck as d51294038b if comforting cc76ded527 both the 4d29ee0365 horse and 9fa9f04235 himself.477fbaef4717ca7a
Peeking around Clover’s cb49f40c5f hindquarters, he caught d882cde1fd a glimpse of 73102e6d5a e3826cb029 just barely visible 8d701d2483 on the other 96baa05df8 ce72f0f795fb89d1
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Even after checking and 31f7582a84 replacing Clover’s worn-out horseshoes, d06f745df9 Woo Cheolyong still wasn’t e59a464be3 That was strange 52556c3771 01b89ee35f ea69337c3c sudden pretense of da0712b63b integrity in this ce5a299dfc shitshow of a b7e6bba52f horse racing colosseum, b2bd430c27 where everything usually 5cfc1c31ed ran on chaos.2de72793be29b5af
Ijin had never 194aab5918 even thought of f9db853e36 drugging his horse, d2bb0097d7 so he wasn’t 90e4801858 worried about the 69ca256f14 test. But still—it was unexpected.a78ed21c054ba0f6
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Why the d2b2775bc1 sudden test?”c7fd255b14527757
One of 47534e9cd5 ea3cd103d7 raised his 438b44d7f0 voice. He was the f5c7201455 rider of Mai 86bdf175ee b99b9a37a6 that had recently f66c59a665 been on a 70b542fd56 5dd806dc11352bf9
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“The higher-ups changed. Underlings just do what feacfc1690 they’re told.”cbd4c101fc84645f
3980e88d13 27cc6bdd38 of the bde2df1859 b8da54c1c7 ones, puffed 2bfb44cc3a on his c097e7c0eb cigarette and 7f72d2a841 responded indifferently.e36b49bfbf25fa12
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Ijin absently 65b8a7fccd fidgeted with acf0a2ea10 222fa9a73e of cigarettes inside—one he’d 2341edc6fc gotten from Kim Jaeman. After some 3c4e98028d hesitation, he 3171332031 pulled one 563ba9468b out and 461d6c90c3 placed it bf029ca7d9 between his e99b2e8412 lips.ecd4621ed1bd6f14
78e6c12ca6 2000e88c93 glance before stepping 9d032fed18 over and lighting dd23a3465a it for him.020aaf1d1612864f
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“Look at you. You never ce4b40eab9 used to e65c0a5269 Guess you’ve finally gotten f1b144844d soaked in this place.”da7c0daef4011e55
b5e2eac479 damn depressing, ajusshi.”45f7b3fb6611762b
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Ijin snapped back, 4f914cb3fd but then mumbled 66515e7ece under his breath, b77969db8e “…Thanks for the dfdb5b79f5 5a43d89b4c7a5661
Kim Jaeman 7e33ead974 smoked the e655bb0945 195a3e29049e6a5d
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Ijin coughed as the d21ea15350 harsh smoke punched his 3c123a7022 717362c03c smoked the entire thing 5e789aa569 to the end.c1ad26d7bf2153a6
“Done, Ijin. You can take eaa12d0a2e 20a0687ed7 parade ring now.”376ed8ce4929e6f5
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Woo Cheolyong peeled off ac8759f151 his gloves and tossed 75f7355bcb them into the trash, 05224e9f57 then called out to ca7520d60b the other jockeys.7eb4e425d297e44a
3d149facc7 the riders ran 90f70ca45c to their horses, 1a1821ebdd One of them, a 6578bbe98b jockey a year younger 5b6856a902 10d379bd57 shaking, like he’d just 02add26514 been reunited with a b11883b47c 0db68fc267 separated in a war.42712f7cc1d0d7af
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Ijin caught sight 91319184c1 9a606d4bfd for just a e530b1fa76 second before turning 3320f74ecd back to Clover.6de3f28e55746b69
“You did great.”c2330ed5aa74d964
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He whispered softly, 1e6bfad39e and as if 66325045c1 understanding, Clover’s delicate 5cce8e8a92 ears twitched.c8186ef22922e971
“It’s a hassle 0018e1480d to piss when c2557b0287 nothing comes out, d04bd60f58 huh? And having to do 64d00a125f it in front of a23e6e017f people, no less.”608cab35c396c84e
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Whenever he said e8e7704773 things like that, 9c0fa75fb1 the stable workers c1aa20ef13 would laugh, saying, 50d237b8c4 What would a d1d1506165 366ece9fe4 fa97fda49c0cbf88
That was a 816be80fe2 long time ago. Back when those 1bb5686370 kinds of jokes 6f65519823 came with genuine b66ba60851 laughter.308bb496c7409fa1
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13a4ff2823 memories was bitter.dc77b51970b5a1a1
Seon Ijin, c6876d3daa 9185a1ad58 a899d62b7b was the 66264a4a87 fifth to 9e29a9f2e6 lead Clover 6b83b32f01 out. Clover’s weight was ebfcecf680 the same as 62d6607968 last week. However, when measured cd8b777f2a together with Ijin 38e87a0471 in the saddle, 060401b140 the combined weight 2da836f12f had decreased ever 5343bda0cd so slightly. That meant 26a7c3e908 one thing—jockey 88da5b6ac6 Seon Ijin 36778fd5a2 had lost c705966f4e weight.7c6da75e0730a0c3
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Maybe that was why. The tight, dfc724f7e4 uncomfortable riding 440d8754d2 suit that 5dfddc0521 had always 5600ab40ef felt restrictive f6a0a2c957 now fit 5dd43d0a86 cf42237373 his own afd2e89079 clothes. The jockeys ahead of 3494cd075f d3eeb9cd21 wriggling their hips and 7fbab22b9a thighs as they walked, c40ea7d6ae trying to adjust their 3740a1778c tight pants.bfbf31ead2262db6
As soon as they 3fbf68a39a 5f036faadf 97851f6258 shouts erupted.6fd8048a638b3fd9
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“Number 5! I bet on Number cd863728f6 5 today! 56a7fce977 well! Do it right!”5967f6f32c6428a5
“Number 1! My grandpa, who passed 05ee2b8d4d away last night, picked 54158cac52 this number! You bastard, if 6b4740abc9 you’re wrong, you’re d93e9a71d2 dead!”afec7951732f0427
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“Number 7’s got the 48092fc18b best-looking ass today!”fdecd2586d76a377
141d4767a7 sensitive creatures. If people screamed f628ec4aed 41ec59c36d got stressed. Ijin’s face scrunched up 0835ae4104 in annoyance.29aa4f0e3d82f0de
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Clover, whose cdf1751be2 hooves were d8453823f6 especially hard, dab735554a 68e5e66507 f4881e5b6a a5885bb652 but was 66c9ce54b6 still getting 4ab06401bb used to 8ca241a799 2ddf7121e9 and starting 79792ca561 19113cf628 walked. c4b488847f triggered a c59ad5239f wave of e0e3a9fefd cursing.2c31ac2b5ad588cb
“You son of c8724ca1dc a bitch, Number 557bcadc19 5! 9a992f5367 cb23fea15e wrong with ef7b354b13 your condition?! If you’re messing with e291bb934c me, you’re dead! I’ll chase 75d9f30534 you to f435183562 e21615b6ba of the c91d1edcc2 earth and 2973214cc9 b14b4f8763 dbc0feacb8dc330d
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“Ahahaha, Number 5 5acfe002d8 is screwed. What kind of e0b37dba19 Looks like a damn 5a226dd3d5 slug!”8f1103f79e56238d
d42063a8d7 had the money to 3d125eef98 chase him to the cd0a2c2039 13bbfe717dcc9cfc
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Ijin whispered fcdec72bc0 to Clover, 64bfd24e14 Don’t listen 0e6f0bf917 to them. You’re the best horse 0548b8c672 out here.2878c277e0c26407
Leaving behind that 918a081312 garbage parade ring, fd36b9e66f 455e6561d9 the racetrack.8386002af542c1e2
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Today, Ijin’s fd9bbebef3 3213fdf77f 0c75adb192 place. Not last, 1e379134c5 but also 4bee20c269 not in a80209ab66 the high aaca72b832 rankings that e57c601fb9 Kwon Hyeongdo a9abdf87db had mentioned—just 42f19fcff7 the perfect 06b8d58ff8 spot. Of course, races never 09786a7c63 went exactly as planned. Aiming for fourth place 4faadbc13a was actually harder than 174a272525 f2da4c8af9c070c7
Still, Ijin 83e250f98d had an 6779b8e249 advantage. Despite being taller 4034465f0e than most jockeys—a 425b7a14fb physical disadvantage in a98bcd4e3b 9816c06c2f were razor-sharp. He had an 3f3666ac2b uncanny ability to c9db888fcb determine the perfect c62f2295e6 positioning and route 737485f6c7 And he could sense 040f8cbc50 the right moment to c7bafe3eb1 spur forward with incredible 57c0e5c818 precision. In his f7aa7ee4a7 debut year, 02b27ee5a3 he hadn’t 317923cd96 0e6e308613 best record 376e9f1c0d with the b88f82320d strongest horse—he 82b6ea1bbf had done 45ddc4bfda it with 8e2e36f7f4 a no-name 0b51a75356 052519e2b1546cea
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0c8cde61f2 could make sure Clover 5811c18275 didn’t win first place d298126214 but still placed in 0881a8f057 the upper middle ranks.1b133bb1e1d5a45a
“Fourth place. deda8cef72 fourth. It’s easier than first, 77d07013db and at least it’s 37aa40c3fd not humiliating like last. You can do it, 6f6ff01cfb Hm?”7f2f7f06aa946665
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Clover must have 3ffda79c6c understood his desperate 7914a1ee90 whispering. He could d15f5d13ea be a f74e2323e7 2054e0d6e3 but he 450b761f96 5366f07f68 understood Ijin’s 75fdfa94ec feelings.34e2422b7fa980f4
Ijin slowly scanned 055bdb7086 the racetrack. The doping tests weren’t c5a6c03690 the only new addition. A few rookie 035bb9f8c8 gangsters stood at 511c690e06 intervals, holding cameras.f7965b63d1a53cfa
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Something was 0488e928b8 definitely changing.edb79f57eb82087a
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And the one 65518865c4 pulling the strings 73484fdeed was probably that 73901d4ecf man.8246ddfd13482442
Ijin’s eyes locked 0f8bb61ff5 onto the VIP 64946a5b4d box. From here, f35d3318ac he couldn’t 28b2213696 see the a16a811fba other side, 2b5e1b2955 but from 9c0033caca over there, c5bced960b they could 1c69bbe2c3 4d04312081 68ac9c48b2 practically picture cf29efb590 Kwon Hyeongdo c8d57ac57e sitting like 2532f87015 a king, 84f0009e6c lording over bf1c6a7bdf everything despite 325c0b52db 52ede37dee piece of 665a5d5483 human trash.5e1dd7be25936b24
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Fine. He’d place fourth just fc12c48bfe to shut that loud 28fd4504db 0949182267577615
Ijin gripped his 706c21b92b 6c18cb29d1d17a36
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[Number 3, Number 3 is leading the turn! At the front, it’s Number 1, Number 3, and Number 8. Hot on their heels are Number 9, Number 2, and Number 7. In the lower ranks, the standout horse is Number 5, Number 5!]
As the rapid-fire race 4451f91bc6 fef78de252 bb36b83da9 in cheers. Clutching their betting 0b49926a7f slips, they screamed f82af7bcd8 out their chosen 5ac3d61d04 numbers, practically spitting 6c37717475 Their eyes looked like 639932c266 they were about to 0671a7232f pop out of their c83022f143 sockets.fd6c03bad743d75d
The noise 46cc3a5368 was deafening, 565aba8398 but none 6dcad5a6d3 d39d0e7f6f reached Ijin’s 35ce878049 ears.11dd3e2dc19f3d83
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Hanging back in the 4603b2b6fa lower ranks, he watched 5d2a2343f1 Then, with the 67eb34cee3 finish line just 5f05725371 ahead, he made 23beaf817d his move. It was 362c502264 like seeing 7cef6a475c f20637aeab path marked 7d2f7ccb79 out in 27f045b83f neon—his route 4af3b2606b was clear. Ijin gritted 8765e21187 his teeth 444d9e3624 a0482aa68f Clover forward. With a snort of 80122b9d6a hot breath, Clover kicked 4d20ed4e0e off the packed dirt 0435e4d708 and surged ahead.a6dd7e48af3e064a
[Oh! Number 5! Number 5 is suddenly shooting forward like crazy! It’s like someone fed him an aphrodisiac—he’s running with drool dripping from his mouth!]
Of course, 231cf37fb0 the crude f869e71286 32f1c43f1a from none 83285da6da other than 8959223a23 the team bfd99bca97 leader of 0e7c01736e Colosseum.4036089ff6cfa2a9
[Look at that! The jockey must be desperate! Number 5—everyone, watch Number 5! The way he’s swinging that riding crop, I’m starting to worry he’s going to smack his own ass instead of the horse’s!]
fdd40a204c oddly excessive today.b31c2e726e529379
The VVIP section 9710d2b00d listened to the 911dcd6151 commentary with sneering 23ef603848 smirks. Bringing up 7f0563befa a jockey’s a2d13c7f92 backside in 0c0ea4a9e4 the middle 0a175ee5c1 of a 8444d91857 race? That had 5af1e7b330 to be 1b6b3e644a b8322110af the recently 0cc8031737 circulated photo 203c494974 catalog.3f776fa44618bd34
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[Ohhh! Number 5 overtakes Number 7! He’s passed Number 2 as well! Will he pull off a miracle and come from the lower ranks to take first place?! Or will his streak end here?!]
Ijin clenched ef292c2e83 his teeth.5049737430cd20d9
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A nose difference—that’s 3553bec5b9 4697af4a92 in horse racing. The deciding factor e70bab8099 was which horse’s bac0eb8bb8 nose crossed the 4ca4f61ad0 line first.5a1c99645675ff2f
His fingers went 3678179861 numb from gripping 67f00bdd21 the reins, and 51bf4abb38 his thighs screamed 68034d34b8 from pressing down 46222cda8f bbc19d554b as he practically 7f0b304983 d839e43a27 saddle. 39dcc45c50f9ac40
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“Uwaaaah!”1a79171d8ea41352
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[Number 3, Number 1, Number 9! And in fourth place—Number 5! The winner is Number 3! Second place goes to Number 1! Third place—Number 9!]
And just like that, de0df828f6 Ijin finished in fourth d92b848bc8 place.b4ee4a35013b8826
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Upon seeing 7351313e25 Ijin’s final 085d89c4aa 778d6a5988 Hyeongdo burst 0fd7c70866 into a 76a07bddfb long, roaring 0141a1d28a laugh.bb33dc9431bcff62
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ec617226f1 executive officer 513349049f 78bdf22da0 with wide e8fe5e9d99 3795ebf36b for the df097dbaba laughter to e7a49194e5 die down, 6670ed8529 but it a54c44a9d1 showed no eb8b34de93 signs of 8ec91bc7d3 stopping. Kwon Hyeongdo 4e5182af12 slapped his f653af4935 rock-hard thighs 1aed961707 as he 43a978bd01 laughed, then 9d42f82eba suddenly shouted—d5fc12bb961bcfa2
“Where the a38b074316 hell did 49009bae27 something like 59c8fbe287 that come 58f7cda6f2 1e370db339e223cc
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His eyes 1ed2393d31 gleamed as de3b5fe38d he spoke. The chief bc1cd50312 executive officer 85fce45255 looked bewildered.b34d6a2287f0b963
“Uh… Who? You mean e4262dceb3 Number 3?”9626ab1e46b0f2bc
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“Seon Ijin!”f98ab2e62ced5794
Kwon Hyeongdo leaned forward, 61a40ff6a5 6658b2f1c1e3a66b
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“Are your eyes 445cc40a79 just for decoration? 9dd6c2f16e race was a real e537de237f thing besides Seon Ijin?! Number 5!”ab6c7b236243d108
“Seon Ijin? But that bastard only 3bb991a504 managed to come in 45862c53ce fourth place.”fef4fb65ade72a75
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And that’s 3fe5cb0ea3 what makes 421ccb135b it impressive.”a9d09895ab6f8086
Slumping back ea7faafd87 into his e8c19d637f chair, Kwon db4e1518f9 Hyeongdo rubbed 5bd00108c7 his chin.031af406a14f4671
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1f267d1f5c a reason cebcee0f0a no one a0e2c7a160 had found 94e8d70344 something like 3817389b6b this before. He had been 8103e5e5b5 locked away in ee12b2785e a30cac0d71 2ddbeb718a 5e3bea552e1db9b7
Kwon Hyeongdo 865e0a4cbb understood perfectly f0ad9702b1 why Seon 0074bf7935 Ijin had 53853c6c83 de220c4585 2051ac9a0b 5b1ea83a5f most of 671d15b565 the race, 4c4a9a360e only to e0044908ff bfdbbf2cb0 at the 707c00a475 last moment b7522f3d4f and then b245e018a7 db53726aa3 fourth place.d372d17658af21ef
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He had 3808dbda4a been watching 6eb6b8325e Ijin the 0cb205d119 The way his riding 37e0af9dbc crop hesitated except when 3cf210a584 chasing. ad50db642d 4cb49c2cd9 chance to aim af5c6d249a for third place, 3c9f3a4934 he pulled back 2cdf0adc0f again.d9713d222a025082
By avoiding the lower cf259c8b89 ranks, he stayed clear deecc18d95 of Ppochi’s betting schemes. 7cb968ec8d the top ranks, he 829fac2f28 b19186dac3 attract too much attention fb4aa50703 to himself. That level 9af7f320f2 8146a9468c was impressive e2216d625d on its 2e17029e71 own—but the 4bc104fcb9 fact that fc5ce96b84 he actually b11df480b5 1dc8d455f9 off was 58dd7738fd what made 8fab36c692 him the ba94538a61 real deal.dffd2fca8f7be88b
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“…Damn. 974d551a72 I’ve felt bad for 2b0450b152 295e24fe4e sincerely.0e3cfa8215f1a62d
Growing up c85fa29fea in an 4248f76be4 orphanage where f4ed917863 the director’s 15f747f252 “discipline” had been 273e6dc8ff nothing more than e9379b6c3f a cover for 92cf33d86d brutal abuse, he b5ed8e6813 had never pitied 9703e714f4 anyone before.ba60ff4d25956793
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“He’s got talent. He’s got brains. But he’s broken. His life 7711de3dba is already 6daf45629f fucked.”2fc2c190ba5730b1
He sighed, f53740312b e4c8b4e319 to the 0398cc7c40 chief executive 346b94392e officer.25bbfba229151f22
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“So? Where the hell 080e210a5f did you find 71ca97d10b a guy like 807947bda6 Colosseum’s more 91662b9d89 interesting than c3df8710c3 I thought. Yeah. Much more interesting.”7447b51b51287d1d
Kwon Hyeongdo’s eyes gleamed. e6f289eda5 7c54f1f0f1 boring detective game—but now, 986fa13585 he was intrigued. So much so 2d78a72a60 cbcdfebca3 looked almost innocent.163a56d6e1b2ed50
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“T-Thank you, sir. Then… about the next c1454aac8e time the Chairman visits… 314baaff0c If that happens, could b18f85880e I possibly…?”ff9bedb214c0b474
40e40bc305 b287e5489a executive officer 51fc27e541 could even c5f7c6b29a 0fea6293f0 sentence, Kwon 5a7068598a Hyeongdo shot 719cfe2543 up from 95d6b28dc4 bd8d091bb2 7e84028705 out of a2893c7fd5 the VIP f299c053f8 0dbf14646165691f
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“…That little punk has 0eeaff4383 no manners.”c8f46209d6ee56c5
5e8d873f44 4922e4f265 retreating figure. But at this 6bcb7e3a1a point, he was 4ac4ae6ae6 just a dog a4f956612e chasing after a 2a05a626ab chicken—left empty-handed and d467e0cd31 0049d65c76 efa7c25e1e6624f0
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