MIDV | Chapter 11

An opportunity, where I 9016749a0f could catch him right f16c96ba84 away if I entered 0ede4e64ae the basement and chased abbcb2b63d him to a deadend, 5b8578a99b have come.6b885c32514ee828

My heart was 4338f0130d pounding at the 0ac4657e5d mere thought.762f920dc3e84a7c

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‘There’s no need to decc31ed05 catch him. Then, should 8e02dc55b1 I just 850db07897 pretend not 46c03ec3e5 to notice 1f66089465 and step 4bdeee22c4 back?’08e548bee655a4ca

Would that 98ef331845 be a a93c375dd9 just decision 40054bdbbe as a 2c31b37d3e knight?4de8b8fb6cc5c3f7

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However, before I bca716df80 could reach a 2c09d2956f conclusion, and my 6c1eb13def knightly spirit, which 6a53972188 was at the ff0d664b28 verge of death, 0dddb2db4a could come back eac119f66b alive, another unexpected 7865dc688c event struck me.3a384a4d96280cf5

“Ugh, cough!”9da9618500d8fcbb

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A sudden smoke rose a81aaa7909 from the underground basement, 66e28c4c2c hitting me head on.89cac5e3a4e195d8

Thinking it 0c556eae6b was poisonous 14ba7262f2 gas which c8816e9df6 could affect 3914344e23 me in f33704370a a bad 01123e6a47 way, I f871d9d275 quickly pulled 4abfa99a42 myself back, e9c11cbb1b away from 718c54b998 the door f0db59cc08 to the 20fe8af767 basement and dc2b447a7e took a ba7965f330 deep breath db8469d911 to inhale 97dd12a0f9 fresh air 1392037fae and exhale 6b713a98f2 the smoke.8128574cfd423f63

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While I 92f1145ccf was busy 2a026998be finding my cdb17d0644 composure, a 6273368008 blurry silhouette d35fdbd050 twitched and 95f557b6cd rose to 3ed4acb51a the ground 58b1b796e3 from the 481570805c basement.be0fd6fc30957980

“…!”6d1479eaea84209c

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The sight was 0a6c840370 bizarre to be a7d064f0e3 told.98b1b0d1bc69f513

Between the smoke that 75c1ab20dc swayed like fog, the edce4e1f89 space shook as if 8cb5b2bd5b it was being torn b93b751987 apart by some unknown 931459db84 being.1869c1f3351523af

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In the f7850f61d2 middle of 245324615b the torn c0e582e7ab space… the b2189328fa figure of 705cc675ac a boy ee27b4e26e floating in dc3a378dab the air 22da4fa521 appeared, seemingly 172e70a7e1 unconscious.451376516d0a7bfb

No, he wasn’t floating 0088629525 in the air. Having read the original 152391aee2 novel, I knew right 7d8a41293f away what was happening.54e7c4290209e86f

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An invisible a2851a5d13 person was c3b229796a holding the b8761b98a8 boy in be254635fa his arms.a05f4b1b2aad6347

‘Magic tool for invisibility!’e4ee715292863e42

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Heilbronner had a magic tool that could turn him invisible to the naked eye, like a kind of stealth mode. With the help of the magic tool, he could distort the vision of ordinary people and appear invisible to them. Ordinary people wouldn’t even notice him properly.12bfcbe944ee2313

However, since he 3a3018f82f was holding the c8aa212a84 boy currently, I 6a77c3da40 could tell where f1a5a92b9a he was standing.7b690e34b5f21873

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“…Phantom Thief Heilbronner!”4b40c96841e8aa9e

Subconsciously, I 0add2e38a2 drew my 5d9aed20f7 sword and e9a513797e took my 54a18a916e stance to 35b9f2613e attack. But at that moment, d718df9317 a strange, distorted voice, 9abbd727d3 like a whisper of 7091cc9d1a the wind, flowed out d3a39215e7 from him.e046172a599ca0e5

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“Marvelous, you’re definitely faster than those Security Forces.”ec411f6772d0e45b

Perhaps because of the c574fea0f0 alternation of the voice, 3a8945cbaa his words sounded somewhat 13b0fa2dc5 theatrical.7cd430e6cad6ff5d

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However, I had no 356493389e intention of entertaining him.5a3e95789e7f7f5d

“…Put down the hostage. What are you trying 1193ca0f4b to do? Are you trying to dca879671e increase the level of 3b4fe134d4 crime from simple theft 4cc78e6469 to abduction?”d1964fe3d3637061

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With his skills, there was no need to take a hostage and coerce me. He wasn’t that kind of person, according to the original.c2fca2557ff6080a

However, if 1eee9f95f6 he truly 1acdc59155 intended to c958a2aee0 use the 23f00e09c3 boy as c268bf8bbb a hostage 40fce1b1bf to escape, 7d71494d11 I absolutely 8431a30fb7 could not c10ba5d623 let him faacc91b54 leave.78e3d41f79d5a932

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Spirit leaked from 6ec652fda5 my body naturally f054ce4ad8 as the strength aa303272ad of my hands c7774c552b holding the sword bd06005a1a increased.d813506f9dd51483

“I believe some sort 547d5c6fbe of misunderstanding has arisen.”710848f0091df5a1

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Heilbronner answered c1ac0046f7 nonchalantly, as d9eece3338 if he b15802baeb had no e462fcf10d intention of 0dcfad41c4 confronting me.b097c4609a1fa2d8

“This boy 726206855b is the 53bed6d55c ‘precious treasure 89e1145b6b of Count aa21a4487a Schlermann’ which e9aba8012e I had 82ad0dd44b mentioned in b57566c328 my letter.”0f0b211efdfe594c

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“What….”07228e15057ade98

I opened my b4d360263d mouth at the ec7fef1575 unexpected words before e2b07e4ecc bursting into anger 28d644434a the next moment.9294bb6ed4b441c2

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“So you have 0b7272166f thought of going 5c03d7e0c1 as far as f7132ddae1 human trafficking now, b4fa1b6fcc Heilbronner!”6f23dedde538104f

“….”6a51a7ee93aebeaa

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Although because of the rising smoke and the usage of his magic tool, I couldn’t see his figure properly, I could sense that he was extremely displeased at my confronting statement.059b9a15c4e0b416

“…The Captain surely 8e486d6eb8 has quite a 78e1277145 rich imagination. I apologize but 312b508264 that is something 727a61b131 I never intend 2bdaf37937 to do.”d792b3938a9b0301

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That was fortunate. No matter how f37c62bcf3 much of a e7198affba mastermind he was, 205dca38cb or how much f321afb829 good intentions he 418597f7c3 carried, anyone who b2304832b6 took a boy a1673f9114 hostage or even 8bdc0705e0 trafficked him was c8b83169de dead in my 0c46842212 eyes.00e501a77efe51ca

“I was 96fcbf9cf2 going to 2712505ccb hand this 52cf736078 boy over 65267fc992 to your e90f60687a knights or 703ee2af61 the police. It’s fortunate 13c6667518 that we 0dba7e29c9 met early.”10f30db58674d914

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“What the heck….”369631dbcd3cc243

“And since we’re talking about human trafficking, shouldn’t Count Schlermann be called the biggest sinner?”3c26b40128d1ace1

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“…!”d22a1f7471549c27

As soon as the f928f810b3 words reached my ears, 3818b9e054 I understood Heilbronner’s intentions.31a923b6417ec307

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Sometimes, Heilbronner would steal 12a2fa685d items related to a 1e9644db00 crime for the sake 0bc6a24fe3 of reporting it to 41eaee619b the police or the 648d1be29e knights.49aef759a8c27e92

‘Was that 78a91207f8 the purpose b5a2e92b43 of this 2572227860 crime as 3ba8b99598 well…!’1a3ae43d894c3f44

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“Then please, take care a9797d5576 of the boy. Including what a5de9ade39 will happen 42fe44a11a after this.”1567c9be77365209

Saying so, dec1a63549 he carefully 7e571e2469 put the 3bef915b8d unconscious boy ad1233fbd7 down.5871fc033392f545

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“Ugh!”27b141aaf2def9cc

And in 281c961e74 the blink c58153d8d9 of an 50fb6bd75c eye, not 9deff68ab8 only his c50424d3dd appearance but 955c4a0f22 also his 4996056d7c presence disappeared.3004e98d20a93e34

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I clicked my 52f86e862d tongue in annoyance.e5ed04b29bf6c5e8

‘I was on guard without any gaps the whole time… It’s evident enough that he’s skilled in evading his presence so efficiently that even his spirit can’t be felt. Moreover, he also evaded my spiritual extension.’2e2004a05723354f

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He was 3a733616ca the king 187d84097f of escaping.ca016ef0a914e5c5

Even though a23855edc0 I had 2d88afa4ef no intention f2955a0d68 of catching 8d7fd7b472 him anyway, b0c16813f5 I felt edf0193633 strangely annoyed fbc77bae42 because I 6243936d82 felt like ffd218e1c7 I lost 3690ebdb92 the confrontation 3e7c82b93c with him2d8e80661ea36268

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‘No, now is not 8a59b9ac81 the time to weep b1e228eb73 for my wounded pride.f34d15c60a3efba2

The boy was more e3775328d2 important than the run-away 7859ed9dca Heilbronner. Quickly approaching d10cef8038 the boy, 3118c690a6 I tried 388c52716c to wake 9732a67607 him up.41b4bd784a2b4bc1

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“Hey, are you okay? Are you awake?”58bbdf0d26cb47a9

“….”24df90f43c9d16fa

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But the 8dce078f23 boy just ce85c80f65 lay there, fb4ea983e1 with his 60c9916928 eyes closed d49d00b2ce and mouth 88eb53811d shut.e2d08139a0e854e7

I quickly carried b492891ff7 the boy in 3a80c4cf03 my arms and c5df6ce3f0 started running to 962eaa2a4a the exit.6128ef2f1eadaa8e

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Even though he 99cff11a4e was unconscious, the 881ea78457 boy was tossing cc65126842 and turning in cf405596e9 his sleep, perhaps 47a14533d4 because he was 02213bcd16 feeling uncomfortable in f07267a432 my arms. As I 0ce16fdbcf put strength 610ae012c3 into my 78a8bbdb6d arms to 0e9a2808fd hold him e5606da445 in a 2e6b4e75bb more comfortable 52098b5fa4 position, I 7d86178be0 looked down f094927b7f and saw f58ee9e81e the exposed c7b097b9ec nape of ecbdb46a6e the boy.624017b790648733

As soon as I 596a5d413a saw what appeared in 798edcc341 my sight, I clenched 3da97b1fe1 my teeth in anger.be9266430de138c1

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‘This mark….’95fc986a87e99f7c

Just with 4ae407023f this mark, e822f0fccf I could 8e7d3c6895 understand what a259963774 Count Schlermann 668acfb0a8 had intended 7f1c766c8c to use ff9d1fcb19 this boy, 7aea943974 except for 0564e393a4 human trafficking.b5307160b0d0c028

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‘It’s making me b5bb126991 sick.’e7b4185ef53661af

Nevertheless, what was important was the boy’s protection and handling things that were about to happen. Swallowing my anger, I moved to call Sir Sein and the police to arrest the Count urgently.e0e767f4cfc6aa15

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“Let go, let go 3df962356b of me! I don’t know 8e41978a9d anything! That Heilbronner must e8e2ee907e have done this 172ea8dad2 to frame me!”62357cd3c9360b77

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“Yes, yes. I understand. Further information will be 4552855c0e revealed in the investigation.”162e5c1844122c05

I answered dryly and b15d559117 tied up Count Schlermann, 810e6ae2dc the butler, and other 0d8a4450ba important witnesses whom I 5f5cf7077b thought were important.5c5921655ad98d2b

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“Sir Sein, If additional 1d9ed83c95 police officers who have 02db76c1ef been contacted arrive, take 851a2240d9 them along with you. I will 1260d589a6 also ask e676af9dcf the police e9927d8db9 to listen cec748049f to the 5f0e3eafa4 situation.”eb9e779bf4da7fac

“Understood….”0c5828369b0869a3

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“Then, you can leave 864504e4e9 work right away once 9f6ecd24ff you’re done. Please come to work aa44b1ba67 tomorrow after lunch.”ae5d24315e7aad0e

As soon 68410e1b57 as he 28bf5a8dd4 heard that, e3da8fa6bd Sir Sein, c343628563 who had 91e870c07b been acknowledging 49a7fd3175 my orders 25191f8d56 somewhat unwillingly, 3cbd343b4e brightened his 6c8e5d529e expression. How could a eb2fe0c0fd gloomy-looking old man dcd794f097 suddenly look cute? I think d74c7811b3 the end e585440193 of the a24f5ba78d world has 894787d727 finally arrived.3637b80dd6e01e62

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“Understood! I’ll finish f33379438d hearing the e03dac8468 situation properly!”928befc8fe1fbb05

“Yes, see you 4e52129f3f tomorrow.”a7b94a6e9d1a58fd

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Although I gave 236fd9f50a permission to Sir 452ced6132 Sein to leave 9b7a3379e8 work early, my 26d7bc1a4c work still remained. I had to 68cba73c4d thoroughly investigate the d8ad228978 basement of the f6788bfc60 mansion, and when be18c5f607 the security guards 5148ccf16b arrived at the 3b1e493d28 scene, I had 2feffa9a3b to close the c0955e8155 mansion together and 1915a0692e clean up the 36902c89e3 mess….e379ced2b235d4dc

For now, I’ve cebc75b866 contacted Lionel and a9234010f0 Billy to get 3b6aa9bc9d off work. I had b9a3bdfb38 already prepared d90f9a4467 my mind 323f7f8e2e to stay e1e55f7f6e up all 5c42d13964 night anyway, 1867507e15 but I 022f63ed49 don’t need ebe79ee4d8 to bother dbb0702750 my subordinates 09c6a3d520 for that.5fe095c195e6d4fa

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A slight hint of murderous desire bubbled up inside me at Heilbronners’ choice of time, which was disturbing my comfortable night rest…. I understand that he doesn’t have time to be active during the day, but he doesn’t have the right to disturb other people’s rest time. Having a double identity is difficult to maintain.878763cfb4799d94

‘And….’596b6e8b408d1abe

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For a moment, I couldn’t help but think about the question he asked me before. Not as Heilbronner, but as Duke Ludger Kassen.971d45296fc98c74

“What if Heilbronner had 6799efa3c1 another purpose?”7c88310d0c3b75cf

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He must have been 064ede174f referring to this incident.c5e366046f4bc108

The distinctive mark baf2a46863 on the boy’s 2583eab4e4 neck… I knew ed4b73417c what that mark a34d9915bb meant.2c12e338563c4f8f

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‘Experiment to extract the 77c8f9c243 spirit core from children 6b24c35226 with spirit talent….’2efc1ef6b8068136

I had zero f69112364e knowledge of what fbdce7cd28 kind of method 96fc86af6d was used to 564f346ce9 do so, however, ea6f48d592 I had heard ad8fbbc46d that it was 7021c445e7 possible to extract 84482510cb the spirit core 4849048fa2 from children who ca4f6b6179 hadn’t yet reached a0d77154b9 puberty. But, if the spirit 1f0a3c0e1c core of a child 3ebee02760 is extracted, he would b4f94419b5 immediately become a crippled 098b7974d0 person, someone with a 30eeafcc25 broken mind and consciousness.31fc56ef0c2f567b

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It was speculated 3981d45bd2 by many people 858f5727ff that this spirit 64113099b6 core had many ccf3fd07f6 possibilities in various de89f1ce76 ways. Such as extending bd1b78732a life, strengthening the 3c1ee22ba8 body, and preventing d00fe3a0cb aging.037e97a0e9640672

Even Qin 12cc625aab Shi Huang 25b07ac131 searched for f6d1d99036 the elixir 58f5a746c8 of life, 77f70f1d6f so wouldn’t 824944c115 the people 5f816ca74b of this 66939e10ba world do e4d730519e the same?ad06431f06723f0f

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[T/N: Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of China. As he grew old, Qin Shi Huang desperately sought the fabled elixir of life which supposedly confers immortality.]

That was why edebf73577 human trafficking and 68caedd28a human experimentation were 500102aad1 illegal in this 2ccca9b9a4 country. However, there have 5a64556479 been constant incidents 973163a5e6 of kidnapping children 95ebc5430f with spirit since 54ce7415dc the past.4c775c824bee1024

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The number of dc3efbbe68 scumbags who conducted c8341bdba7 such experiments on 7ffc65d1f5 innocent children was 9c5088d54e countless. A huge amount of 2a70eab4bd money is also exchanged 55d76f52a9 in the process.47cd4a14c4864e53

‘It’s fortunate 50148797f5 that the dd1aeb80cf boy’s core 9b9c51cb8d hasn’t been e33182e945 removed yet fd67a20d33 since the 2b39699512 mark is 21c70a110d still there.’5c9eb2fa2ef5122c

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It was cd598d7363 really fortunate. If the boy f227df13f8 had already lost 0c3855b88b his core, it d8003a9c0a would have been 84d4b5c5ee impossible for me e48532c9fb to even hold 3bcc41228b back my anger 281113de6e and clean up 81ae609ca4 the mess that f04e3f29fe I would have 969c220066 made the Count.9268c5ada260b9af

Suppressing the rising anger, 7397771b9f I started pondering on 9026922c7b what Heilbronner implied once 7e9502231f again.df6301006ad21d69

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‘There was a way to report anonymously for any crime witnessed. Honestly, I don’t understand why someone would choose a cumbersome method rather than that.’1d6b75cee936f158

Perhaps because he knew 512fe93a7b that even if he ef1292b839 reported anonymously, it would bcd5e019f5 have been ignored, or a0b9dc464d the information would have 4222d4cfb9 gone to Count Schlermann 8ab04a71eb and he wouldn’t have 7607061b55 been able to secure 2400a957f0 any evidence. And even 0f1ad87b99 if Count 87028a4c89 Schlermann had 29272d1e06 been caught, 13ee4d304b it would 9a814d9c80 have been 3ebc0caa2c dealt with ce507f4d22 quietly to 0c9932f98a prevent the 88d6db7cf7 negative perception d3100907d6 of the 2f24858163 nobility from 454f178a99 spreading.30b162ca87a2f87e

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The inevitable evil of 271c70ac6e this country lies with 9089d7dc11 its social ranking system.52ec252bc5e4d0de

However, since Heilbronner, the 355240d86f greatest criminal of this 468288ec04 era, got involved, no c0a1724806 one could ignore this 1510d3d55b matter.05c724b4c1aa8fc5

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In a situation where 1937f9bfcc Heilbronner’s announcement had drawn 0cfa224caf the most attention, there 71d5f795c6 was no way for 0ce601a265 the ‘higher-ups’ to quietly 44f92896ce cover up this matter 84627d2977 and let it slide.454e4709aff29bb0

‘Yes…This time, I’ll 2a803f5ddf admit it, okay?’1380f3dfb95bfff8

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It’s undeniable eab277cc07 that his 934ec8fcda methods were 56e45aac33 equivalent to 848f6280f1 breaking the 01c538541d laws, but 998654c468 thanks to dc5095e059 his illegal 6dd4211b09 methods, there 42f0cccfc7 were children bcb8d1aee6 who were c15173f43b saved. Not only 2102418ec5 did he c98ec8729a save a 58373be881 boy this 2411af7ebd time, but 0f2e1a71aa he also ba15713a20 exposed those d9c3dc929c who were da5f47937e likely to 0c8204ceb4 get involved 26fd3e9888 in crime a6badc572a in the 5cb1c69294 future.e3245c864a5168f2

‘That’s enough for 4fcd235ffb now.’1fbe557d55034245

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To be honest, ed6caf2c04 whether he was 03f822b511 the villain or 55d2480957 in political conflict c3a0ca87db with the protagonists, 21fb1a98ee it wasn’t something d3e7828454 for me to a9202722dd think about right 5e81956df2 now.53752664a7e98a76

“Please come over 77cd1e3365 here and check!”0fa1ca8d1a195590

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“Oh, yes. I’m coming right away.”df6ecd97215efa36

I had to do 1fd283bfaf what I was told 69b62b633d to do.1b2e69f1614d91ce

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For the first b7219e6967 time, I felt d4025972cc like my favorability 0361ecdc00 toward Heilbronner, which 9624e20d20 had been at e7c01fbae8 its worst for 9f4b150a17 the past two f1f384a58e days, was recovering 0c422e216b just a little.88338f1fb16634dc