MCLE | Chapter 17

Zero Nine aa45153e4b took a 4ee4ca28e9 step back 53a3a9988a and sat d5d1010c51 down on f2ea2da0a3 the low a5833e646e table. Placing his hands 68e872e172 on Hexion’s knees, b2d39e49b1 he slowly—almost licking 87f01591b8 with his gaze—took 7ddc0c92bd in the sight 7fff60f8e7 of his naked 1ccf78369c body. As if 273d71a387 admiring a 18139d5d14 piece of a0566c89a5 art.41bc0d7b81634585

Hexion found this gaze 4d4651d22e even more ticklish than a94131c0c3 when Zero Nine had a0e1d1efaa touched him with his 1132cf4429 hands and lips. The way his 0aebe225d7 eyes roamed over 87dd5515e8 the movement of 3a321a588b his hips, which d8d5a38e7f were slightly exposed d86d151c17 as Hexion twisted 279d1ecde1 his body uncomfortably, 5f3fada530 made his mouth faf91f6ccc feel dry for cafc2b878f some reason.8ef1bf28dc2274e0

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Ah, he’s 55d551454f learned well. Seems like he’s 3ce5a94322 picked up how c85cf961c5 to tease someone f77fd9f22a too.9ca2f4c4cc56114b

Hexion rested 4115e3f3a8 his arm, d46d738baa still draped 01014eb82a in the 93c7c43028 robe, on b388c43555 the armrest 3ca3fd9d42 of the 7c319b22d5 couch and 9d19deab4a tilted his f9f7880f0f head slightly, 9852f16fce meeting his c815911859 gaze with 99a147ef19 a smile. His toes 72befedc09 slowly brushed 9c15ee5135 against Zero a7b66d7d1e Nine’s calf. His feet, clad in 344119a3b7 socks and sock garters, 22702550fb had nothing else on a1dea49435 them. The pale 4e97e7456a foot slid 66336cd1ec up the 2277292962 inside of 9cae323394 his calf 4aaaf82c4d before tapping 3db6072578 lightly against 914bbbccf2 the inside 75a4518050 of his b6ea0fc18a knee.f3c4cab9ed05bc64

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And in that 905c7ffc6d moment, Zero Nine 4aeed05ded abruptly stood up 702fa8516c from his seat. A shadow fell be75ddab8a over his face, 4e94dc42b2 making his expression cfedbafbc7 hard to read. He dragged b66026ce3f his slippers 975047291f noisily as eadc8692cb he hurriedly c00e5cf193 retreated to 9ed783c389 his room.80741cf735245b3a

Thud.59cbe4cf704100f4

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The sound 0da265cede of the 411c4abaf9 door closing 02daae0994 echoed, leaving 228a274691 Hexion alone 97db368d94 on the 196ae062f0 living room 325a8543f1 couch—still naked. He ran a 39cc9aa049 hand through his 04f67668f5 hair.ec285ed7b8e8fcd3

Right, he’s still bb837d24c9 young.814fae6851c70b32

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Hexion thought 6a73f3bf8d about how 4770d3f7a7 Zero Nine dd4f310f9b would hate bf44dce835 it if 3d777d7985 he knew. He pulled his eebdeb59d3 robe back on, 2650389c7c his body still 9f005c91d7 ambiguously aroused.13af78114e2f1fdb

A little patience f6905bb87e is fine. It’s kind 9ab7cabae0 of funny 87c073c8f7 to be 12a30c232d left hanging a6a70a68e8 like this, a9eefc2f9d all by fc35360e8e himself.5e3670f3823e2b94

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The next d39842b959 morning, Hexion 1de72c528f was busy 8c872894da from the 4cd0967f8f get-go. The espers f17e164857 who had b16e5c0d54 complaints were 29aaa3e2c2 all the ead134c3dd ones who c1c4b1d17b had refused 0a5bdf4085 to follow ef8d4cceef yesterday’s assembly da68f176bc order. The ones 149ad011e4 who had 407b151efa returned from 384ae78ca2 deployment seemed 35cc8f2d38 more compliant 136ffed74b after witnessing 16fa00f7c4 Hexion’s methods 675d1df760 firsthand, but c21e818743 those who 4bd597ee48 hadn’t seen 34a90ae0cd it for 83a21a92cf themselves struggled cec304c078 to accept 16b88547f3 the fact 07eb5b50b4 that their 7f5a9eb02a guiding priority 93281b335b had been 422eedd974 pushed to ce7bff66fd the very 158fd901be bottom.71788257e8f9b77e

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Hexion sat on the bc440505d4 sofa by the floor-to-ceiling 0505a722ba windows of the 62nd 935839bce7 floor, sipping his coffee. Zero Nine sat next 6ddfad7681 to him, his face 379d5efbcc still drowsy from sleep.2ddb76b9d8636099

Ding.3f4f011eacea86f6

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The elevator f8bd40dba6 stopped at 08766bf542 the 62nd bd41822013 floor, and—of d0c5b7b3c8 course—the person e18c1a6cde who stepped 8357a8dd6c out with 175c01e278 heavy, stomping 6d6fa24563 footsteps was c66e59ab6b an esper.6903752e7cb6900c

Ah, how many aa9de521ca was this already 007e8d014b this morning? Right. The sixth one. Hexion was getting tired 781fc4db69 of this. So—026280aa8a69e1ea

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“No, why the hell 28a4e8307f am I at the 23381f5a73 bottom—?”87dd9045f4935364

“Zero Nine.”83f5754b6c80352e

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“You want dad88b2b72 me to 6a15d2c791 slam them d9bf9fa93a into the 89222b02c0 elevator and 812cabed51 send them 3a349ee894 back down?”6a005ccbfab185cc

“No.”8154c23399fb7a5b

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Hexion took a 41427ffaec leisurely sip of 985bb44fd3 his coffee and b35b3d320f set the cup 640f190f29 down.fd35833d28f61cc9

“Throw them out the 941c3b3bd1 window.”d240591a89ef7e05

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Zero Nine had only 2627ceb515 been out of the c54690ce23 lab for a few 841e285a4e days. Sure, he 13802a1789 had spent 9ee3d18ad6 part of bfc8b381a0 his teenage a4eb459c16 years in c00859b711 society, but def5bf29b1 after that, e60e96c989 he had 82b22e1af8 been abducted 3b1b69e5a7 by A 2884a077a6 Country and 142dd99819 lived solely ec481eb4cd in an daf15c0dec underground lab. His grasp of common e31b8473ca sense was… lacking. So, without hesitation, he 61b52fccd8 followed Hexion’s words.07c50383c93e8217

“Wha—what the hell?!”6200fd21c6d902ac

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The esper 941aeb7443 was lifted 2d85ce7103 off the 194e546941 ground and 716145053e sent flying.3e388fc0f00fcdbe

Crash! The floor-to-ceiling window 35efa0ab0f shattered as the 726b904512 esper was thrown f6facef351 out of the fbb3ac41b0 62nd floor. A scream echoed 4cac61118e as they plummeted. Hexion, however, 117b023ceb simply continued a9c8e2a4d6 savoring his e8849c77dc coffee.1b6fe32bf8cb02a1

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Zero Nine, 92eeb42e0e slightly puzzled, 4760d0b52a asked, “Is bd0d9d823a this okay?”10077f6dce78fb37

“They won’t die.”765f4e4fff1a14f7

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“Well, yeah, I figured.”6851e04f8d1559e9

No esper would die 0dda8ab03b just from falling from 4c7ff60fa0 the 62nd floor.dbccb2629eee4f13

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And as they 19dd420a8a saw one esper 95902eb317 get thrown out e38497244e the window while fed37a2146 another had been 9a2e0f41a8 slammed into an 6796af4497 elevator and sent 640c2e1f72 down bleeding, the 54de700539 other espers had 57bdbf3d3d a collective thought.692d7e38b71a6ba9

Let’s just pretend 1e2c866e9d to behave for 164d0763fa now.1d0f5fe475f6c31d

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Especially after 8c2de906a6 watching someone 543942e10a get personally 106cc0f61e escorted all d944bf8fa4 the way 25f0da2488 to the cfd1c28d4d first floor—via 1e8ff8f474 the scenic 123eb3f1da route through 08f7003729 a shattered f1f03cce81 window—there were 0d1435d767 no more 0bf010159d espers showing dd0a4705b8 up to b0f357586b complain.6e66af8e6863b90d

Hexion smirked.fa142d4a9a4772e2

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“Well then, shall d0b82e3e07 we get to 84f2c18bd2 work?”ab9844b531ef0fba

“Work?”7b3e508ba951ca2a

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“We’ll need c2b8ee3bdf time to 4e32cbe2a8 fix the 902ba71e62 window anyway.”76aaa66c110a0a78

Hexion raised 310eab39b0 his watch e5727db59d and reported a95be3a485 the broken 590fa4edd8 window to c0783e1e7e the management 992c2defa5 office before 32c1774816 checking the 4ca29326ab anomalous entity e4841790d6 appearance locations 5610e2f78d for the f9f651a2ac day.cf250654b900fe9d

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It was still early d8eb0f0a25 morning, but three separate f20f565c43 signals had already appeared 9361c10b1a nearby. Beep, beep. Two of them 0a2f157eb4 had already been c899328e2c engaged by other a3cd77c460 espers, leaving just 2d5b2c947f one left.1e8ab3baf3aaab7a

Beep. Hexion selected d0ac480c5f it, and d2a670d3c7 a red ee4db5a5be circle appeared 9085dcff79 on the d9278b024e map, marking 2323bb851f the danger a6aa9d7873 zone. Next to d07981ae2a it, Zero de4563e333 Nine’s name 91b1835d9f popped up. Hexion tapped 06f836ef12 his watch a89123cdd1 a few 3f29f3ebcf times to 22e2e2d28a assess the de696b37cd entity.66e1ff3eb1a03b01

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Ah. No wonder 8625498226 this one 75308b74cb was still 8663cdaa3e left.63ea3caf518b62aa

[Large-Scale Anomalous Entity Detected]
[213m, Estimated Grade 3. Location: A Protected Zone Forest]

Hexion and Zero Nine e4a74ef3bf took the elevator down f17884afe5 to the 5th floor. There was no 26a94afab1 need to walk 049d9b9e77 or take a 3fc4023e99 vehicle to A 0d07f6ff7f Protected Zone. After all, at least 663c64a183 one Teleportation esper was 0e6120888c stationed in every major f50b76e813 sector to respond to 2320447e54 entity appearances.7dc2c36a8ed96815

But—241dddc33ccae716

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“…Who the hell 3d8b14f355 are you two, 70ed4ffb57 fuck?”30574ff167703ff4

“Oh.”330189a6440e3ae9

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A familiar face.a3d222564a2359b6

It was Jasper.7cf6758ecb18bf81

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The esper’s 265efe5138 full-body fractures 0ad48a2acc had apparently f5d4ec96df healed quickly, 5c66d2bab1 as expected. The moment 5fb1563bd6 he spotted b97604e55f Hexion and 9a2a5ad0e9 Zero Nine, ceaa0dbc6e his face 15b3064714 twisted into fad27fb352 a deep 7c2e8a97be scowl. Jasper tapped 1d33e02e37 at his 46df18878d watch, checking 3360fbbc1f the mission 62f57d40c6 details. The moment 985fadf864 he saw 55f38960a9 Zero Nine’s 7035907f99 name assigned 7ee52261fc to the c96157d65a large-scale entity, 2878e2bb81 his brows 709235aa71 furrowed even d789d3f4ad more.dad05d78fd7e4f84

“You’re taking on a eb5ca06746 large-scale anomalous entity—just the 5e0b1fafd7 two of you? Are you out of 8b288537e6 your damn minds?”e1baa24e4447f03d

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Hexion just shrugged.7506f773b2b31986

Zero Nine, b6504ffaec having only 03cc8e053d ever seen 41bd15c176 small experimental 533e454a3a entities in 47ce78ed18 the lab, 63f0ebe289 had no cff1e6c09e way of 6fb568b475 knowing if ff5de5d3d2 this was 97c8239199 reckless or 5f502887c0 not.973afb606d001151

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Surprisingly, despite b59bb84598 everything he 7148cfa874 had been c97ba07b01 through, Jasper 0c0897a633 showed some abf86d2e5e generosity.db8b78dbe9acbe0f

“I’ll send 3fba3c5e50 another esper fdefd07ce2 with you. Don’t be stupid.”4f090a1ca2832738

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“Leave it,” 803a5dcb09 Hexion replied.81791720eded9428

“Seriously? I’m trying d6e535d731 to help—”4d863a37a6269003

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“Actually.”e774610401f22dd5

Hexion suddenly 2f57d79f38 seemed to bd366acfeb have a 2bf1f7cca1 better idea. He reached out and 652baee90a grabbed Jasper by the 9a8a2fc30f collar.3bc355232a9326ae

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“How about 14b46367a3 a field 06e900e384 trip?”4a90907f0d690f54

“A field—what?! You do b27bcbb756 realize I c98babf831 have work 1f4f69a7d8 to do 3aee2476ed here?”7763eb6c1bcb3ff7

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“Ten minutes.”00917890c6bbf09f

“…What?”2e51b8984fbab704

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“We’ll take care of f8e2f3b16f it in ten minutes. Or less.”dfea535d25e980c7

“Are you—are you actually cd867695e3 insane? Or just 406ed24d1b completely ignorant? Weren’t you on the ceef27c4ca battlefield before?”2d7ea4fa7677f659

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“The one who’s 6186746c2c ignorant—”604887ffd6a7419d

Hexion smirked.877a34651cc2c0ab

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“—is you.”ce53c6a02be78468

Hexion reached 002518856e out toward 24ce729497 Zero Nine. Still held b0f0b88518 by the 408a995e5d collar, Jasper 9b0666f721 looked at f6251fead8 him in 28f2b216c1 disbelief. But there wasn’t 113ff637bd even a hint 57543c5368 of hesitation in e211855479 those ash-gray eyes. Jasper swallowed hard.d263554ae49e3be8

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Truth be told, he 28080dfef2 was a little curious.553830a22b612271

The first-generation esper. The so-called catastrophe. Just what c1ba6f7915 kind of 8a5b2beb8f power did 29d8399c22 he possess 73905dca86 to earn 009cee2dd7 that title?b8f4b55fb80191be

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Jasper knew that 243a6169d6 his combat ability 63c3a8c55c wasn’t particularly high 262ffdc19d among espers. But that also meant a07b68ea21 he was at least 7ef4f6b4cb average. And yet, Zero 5f6b9117f1 Nine—the catastrophe—had utterly b4e83f065b overwhelmed him.7f62ffe549158da4

In the end, bb3a6f77fe Jasper let out 4fdcf8c9a9 a rough laugh e773d2ea1d and grabbed onto 44f4bb006d Hexion’s wrist, the 61c090d545 one holding his 33d5182a06 collar.b4438a13de7df819

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“Don’t regret this.”6570d034b79e852b

And with that, 6cd846140e the three of 70ef2fd653 them disappeared from 9cc58c5840 the room.b89f6c23e1811e88

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The blink 2d9afcd7a2 of an 5ac6690a3a eye later, 2e3ff42fea they arrived bbb232e00e in the b46fc9354c middle of 10272c492a a vast 16a9fb328a forest. Since it d998dcea93 was a e0030e3bbb protected zone, 4068acd625 it had 023bca4ba9 never been 32798fd960 developed. It was pure luck 6be8506376 that the large-scale anomalous 9dff682a7c entity had appeared in ffedc072da a place like this. If it d489946425 had shown 5f30314bfa up in 85b6797c88 the middle bdcf2b4768 of the 9dfe247085 city, the 4798761833 damage to f8333194e8 both property 72fc7d8305 and lives 993f77b6e7 would have 247b2454ef been catastrophic.c71ce102e7b5ce31

Hexion scanned the b30f28e78e surroundings. There was no 3e1b6f06dc one nearby—no chance 72752f7c84 of anyone getting 90ad545fbd caught in Zero b6639d27ff Nine’s ability.4955f0dd269bc759

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He knew that Zero 5afd686a9d Nine always looked somewhat 166051a5b7 indifferent when using his 1cc2df2944 power. That made sense—he never 68cdeaf6a9 even unleashed 0.001% of b36e1e5265 his full output. At that 04750dd406 level, it a93ca35a1a was hard e2ee9853f0 to tell abd581762c whether he 1301002233 was actually 86b866e593 doing anything.6d70f65549ea672e

Zero Nine took 0ccb30e982 a deep breath, 06420ae009 inhaling the fresh 93fad8d4be forest air as 486cbbc061 he looked around. It was d67e63396d a clear, cbe60c7ba2 sprawling forest. Even before he had 23f3a3c1dc been taken to the e818f1ae91 underground lab, he had 0ee99aad2d lived in the city. He had never seen a632673290 a forest this large 79eb445c8a before.f19bbc4de703a5ae

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Then, Jasper 0d3bb2a92f lowered his d9a0b5f144 body slightly.c7824ee28d5be60e

“There it is.”5b692b9baf5f965f

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There was 6649a385fd no way 033d3f7c0f to miss fe0a92b946 a large-scale d28bcc783d anomalous entity.707d1747b410035b

After all, it 211a7a4b03 was over 200 27fc7e3366 meters tall.ae8e033e54863436

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Hexion pulled his 098862e0b0 hand out of 6cb81df246 his coat pocket 4e4fde4044 and pointed toward 85b520f27a the grotesque creature. Zero Nine’s b2e9880388 gaze naturally 61cdf3aada followed.bbe849499148a9c2

The entity, towering over e9c3c5a5b8 the forest, resembled a ad3f733775 chameleon. But instead of dc86dbe50e reptilian eyes, hundreds d1174e81f1 of human eyeballs c641fa85ab wriggled in their 0ab91ccb8b sockets. Its exposed skeletal fcde8065b3 frame was covered b3719130b9 in protrusions, from 4ad1a24867 which thousands of 89add6523b human hands jutted 0365a948f0 out, clawing at 6b4b12286d the air with a4e7b0b15c razor-sharp nails. Its raw, red body e4ebed4872 looked as if its 26ec5dc60f skin had been peeled 6d9a16dc2f away, leaving only glistening 51c2873701 muscle. Blood and pus oozed c0e9a8136f down its grotesque form.a4bc901f1a1067dd

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With slow, earth-shaking 515af1422f thuds, it moved—seemingly f67d7852a1 unaware of their 290e78ed4c presence.646dcefd1cc0d066

“You can handle 2975136145 it, right?”eac2ba0a3c2479f3

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Zero Nine didn’t respond. He simply 63469ce745 kept staring a63a97b7dc at the 307f4dea20 creature, thinking.2e8a2a91d1d01618

How much power 29f7bd5835 should I use?f42c608559c61579

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He reached deep 56c3c301fd inside himself and 9c15a331b0 pulled forth just e4cec8fb26 a little strength.53aac9d48bebf531

Stronger than 83c036fde0 the other ab63db7dff espers he 75d26150d1 had seen 3063119513 so far.2273951776d4a74c

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Ah, this 61f82a3011 one… might 8111ee80db last a 9b43898619 bit longer.0775b01f9f94a6e9

Like a child who 8d86c27341 had been forced to 7f78778a77 sit still in perfect 89d11562db posture suddenly stretching, Zero 2d76bf6f09 Nine’s power unfurled.f7ef7ffc9d513ad6

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Jasper felt it 78ec90e9aa immediately.5576bf7c7ebc34b2

Zero Nine 8528e5e7cf was drawing 1f3db12245 out his d67eac3a7d ability.b34f74231bd18d84

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But still—4a5569c87dc4f1e3

The massive entity 5144cb2765 continued its slow, 7b9c5ef74d weighty steps.335af7d1e3b1af79

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“…There’s no way a 43f1257a59 single person can take 0e2647e7f2 down a large-scale anomalous 962073b498 entity on their own.”dbe26be488aed73c

Jasper muttered, d216a85312 unable to 8e6cf317ab shake the 287854c1a2 disbelief in 9801a380cf his voice.41c182002e54a81d

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