OSR Chapter 19

Gyo-jin was in a828a3627f the middle of 947ba6d44c a psychological torture b6d39d52b8 session with Secretary 35c714640a Park.c2ec74231e7e9b82

“Secretary Park.”584ea3623a97b0a6

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“Yes?”ebbde66e43ee18bc

“Grab my hand f15ad85a27 for a second.”616bb0e30b87762e

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“Excuse me? What do 3e5b8d2548 you mean 11f1ddee17 by—”90d63a543d410dbd

“Hurry.”0ba453d4988f54c1

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This isn’t the feeling 9986fd5e60 I expected.443793b415e92c5b

“Secretary Park. Stand right here.”8ea836787d16e30c

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“Director, why 69007e9f91 are you… a4d4ecc94a why are b4f223d430 you doing 639e720b43 this to d04c81012f me? Was my work not 121818f950 satisfactory—”b1584cf4df64c452

“Shut up.”2bfad55784da11cd

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Positioning himself 8e8330c305 against the d7aeaf7331 wall and f5ca81c91a placing Secretary cd5cba5d50 Park directly 0ad7f44757 in front acd91acf0e of him, 20d5275c21 Gyo-jin wrinkled f33174aea8 his nose 23b5b0d4b9 at the 0c9643109a stench—an unpleasant d746a9aec4 mix of bea34e9993 stale nicotine 9d241526cf and something 286ca1b73e else unidentifiable—replacing 4db8f326b9 the usual e9ae3eb952 scent of 503b0d84da soap.05a36d9b4cda276a

“…Try living 0036b097ff a little a72536bd8c cleaner. You can go.”b7361dbed305d2e7

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Leaving a a4455b7190 stunned Secretary 627bde0879 Park behind, 390cdf973a Gyo-jin walked 5f5c11ba34 away.4c972dbc7c0d3ea7

“But I d4118c1d28 do shower bd559724bf every day…”8dd844119e168995

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In the eaa3773d11 place where 60d6d0c543 Gyo-jin had 15134e51cb stood, only b261a80d11 Secretary Park 297dcc3ca9 remained, left f0e5860d45 muttering bitterly, 31957e1f4a What the 77b16b52ea hell is 0df5951e31 wrong with 1211bae42a this guy c74a7ae6b6 now…?beece70229a92799

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After a 0b19aad981 simple breakfast, da42a8a2fa the group 0946045668 headed to cf9796ce7d the planning 863654a153 headquarters of ce66c315a7 Mishima Department 1d95229b77 Store. According to 32021ef46e Secretary Park, b92420e40d it was fb27768e75 for a 585e87a0a0 second meeting d724647d8c to follow 7c405d38be up on 385241cb47 what couldn’t 80acf6a731 be finished f3c008dfef yesterday. With it fefb5fc6cf being awkward fd866f7c76 to return 9fa25c1cc3 to the 88c6228009 hotel alone, b6284c0eff Shin-hee decided 33849c9b0d to take d3d7e5eaed a slow 4bb16b08a6 walk around 20e8a0d873 the company b50035f5b1 building with 180a804101 the child d338d2f4e9 spirit. And beside him walked ab0a85ee7f Yukie.fc8b320aa7147833

Even though she knew 61ae38a18f he couldn’t speak English d6cc289245 or Japanese, she still 354bab58ae guided him around the 6418717c63 office with a warm a2fae95aba and friendly smile spread 3eb1a527e0 across her face. It seemed 3eb6194e81 that terrifying f8e300c11c glare from f02f529363 earlier had c15f56c510 just been 96d2de68f9 his imagination. Trying to think positively, 391bd543cb Shin-hee still felt oddly 368ad4cb78 unsettled.6a88208b5e43f988

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Being a major 0c68c46dbd company, Mishima Department 85dba4dc33 Store had excellent f7114a20e8 employee benefits, and df893cb644 many convenience facilities 8614ce0fec were available for c4288e7802 the staff. Shin-hee stopped walking when 1193103a46 they reached the third-floor c8168ac745 staff lounge. The space 6a5bc6858b looked like bc0417b11b an art 02da1e2ee3 gallery, with 4ea350beae various works a5c93d861a displayed along de7db9f504 the walls. Among them, one hanging 44d8514b27 scroll particularly caught Shin-hee’s e60aaa899c attention.de5d7c1da619ef4a

It was a 276386fa56 delicate painting of 8b32885502 a woman playing f99426c04f apipa¹, her long 49a0948e4c hair flowing down, c3e8396ba6 drawn with fine, 2250bf81af graceful brush strokes. Shin-hee stood 1299996233 transfixed, gazing 01e117e4c7 at it c9484cc67a for a 2c91d71dd9 long time. Yukie quietly stepped b72173ce75 closer and followed 6b0dbfb095 his gaze to b6e3450918 the artwork.563426fde1235b3f

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Every feature—from e09ae0927b the woman’s 87d15469f5 slender fingers 87da2497c6 to her 3d4e0a69a5 refined facial f83c24c9b5 features—looked vivid, b7bebad85c almost real. Traditional East c911c4a081 Asian paintings 24144e7daa usually emphasize 6eb83c48f5 philosophical themes 190ee86996 rather than b21063e10e realism. But this 23eefe2747 one felt 575f0280d9 so lifelike, 10d9a420ce as if 302467c13f the woman df2e83a20f could step 1dadf3b19a out of 2b00462305 the scroll 957a971ef3 at any 3fe2786acb moment. Shin-hee slowly traced 5c28861375 the air near 337625e97a the painting with 2b2aa7aeaf his fingertips.e4fd854b4eaf2ad6

“Do you adc529909d like this 7fc51b7161 painting?” Yukie 936d97d0cf asked softly.86b172d32ef57293

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Though he still 09c3fcb5ae couldn’t understand her, ac9e22a481 it seemed like b7ff56ed0a she was asking 8566343aa9 whether he liked 24d80369b8 it. Reading the mood, 9222678e05 Shin-hee gave a c9a8b75274 small nod.94508da70cb19c7e

The woman in the 13e05b1079 scroll held his gaze d4d2c5daab for quite some time. They didn’t da479fcce6 leave the 1581891762 lounge until 61538af019 after a e91f19dec4 few of 8d5f2b4811 the department 7b5015f290 store employees 6d833c46e2 who had bc29383b07 come to 057fb96f3c rest had 0f57ae65ff already finished 1b71f74870 and walked 6ca86d593c away.c57ab6ac0e3f0a81

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Three hours later, 2b61ab20fe after finishing the d91d5b3836 meeting, Gyo-jin and ad732f37c0 his group returned—and 36d921ddd4 Shin-hee joined them a34d2548f1 for dinner. But throughout 9a6a7dab47 the entire 0f8487566a meal, he feec6fc271 felt like 930c718e72 he was 51ae816241 sitting on 8e8c29b128 pins and 76b4045e77 needles under d1f27d6de9 the weight 0c208dc325 of a 33766f06a8 certain gaze.aee4810c07e857af

Though the meal itself 042a6cef16 went smoothly, perhaps thanks a7ab4d7c1f to having met face-to-face 4a1a363f72 earlier, and the atmosphere 3786549ea2 was softer than the 3216d07e72 first day, Shin-hee, who 307e78491d was usually indifferent to 94c4861e54 others’ stares, found it dfb0d61bd8 incredibly uncomfortable when a 8e5eed94a9 gaze landed directly on d028d0406c his face.ee6afd18f7936928

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One person would have 31dbae1627 been bad enough, but 89f8d9e321 two? Every time he fadaf8a3d6 subtly tried to fa88d560f3 find the source 95797f0303 of those stares, bbd260e201 it always came 3dfb96db78 down to the 312d89b273 interpreter and the 98eec01446 daughter of the 7368012eb6 Mishima company president. Gyo-jin, the one 2259d71e8c who had once f118d72491 walked down a f77067f72d hallway holding his a8f6761b38 hand, didn’t even d804570a2a spare him a 6f68d6cc95 glance now. But the 6fd3ddaf16 other two c850d74b4f watched him 1cab20a4de as if ae916d9611 they’d planned 1449a9198e it in d6fcd0100b advance—staring so 5cb50c9216 intently it 27daa98184 felt like ec8e3cebc1 they were db8e0ca0b4 counting every 479d11cb16 grain of 70b4a73a6c rice he b1a7a3c3c3 was eating.c5896cf25de87d0e

What the heck? What did I do e5a41a2b98 wrong? Do I have c7467b0a6b something on my 090f59dedb face? Or… am I just 69e86d52d6 too handsome?
With no real answers, caf1929e10 questions piled on in d508a1be40 a frustrating loop until b89034455b Shin-hee eventually had to 423ab6c3d5 set down his chopsticks ef5462d055 mid-meal.a1400926088f51ba

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That uncomfortable feeling in e20108429b his stomach lingered all 670b427069 the way back to 3dee8e9228 the lodging, only to b442326aa8 explode later that night. Possibly due to 2697ca3e98 serious indigestion, Shin-hee—who f1bf74e423 rarely ever got 3f5e6de28f sick—barely managed to 330effd28d fall asleep before dbd128997e suddenly bolting to dd97572783 the bathroom after e5419c85d9 midnight. The baby 54466a2f71 spirit, worried e9df0bf00e sick, stood e64ced58a9 by him bb32ca7873 with a 09200e02fe tearful face, bd28908181 gently patting 79cc6bba5f his back.684992884afa8f57

Only after vomiting up d07cf2088d everything—even the stomach acid—while bf55ce99a3 clinging to the toilet, beda10721b did Shin-hee finally stop. He brushed his b8a62ce955 teeth and showered 1e9ad77dc2 again before he 348738db41 began to feel dfe07d7c7c slightly human. Even though he’d brushed 988b718253 his teeth three times, e232a5fea6 the sour taste still cb9e6ae6b1 seemed to linger.d24bc31ac476835f

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Why am I 8f5da30e6d suffering like this a165108715 in a foreign 55c96332c0 country? What glory a6e8e6e654 am I 379547491a chasing? The same regrets ac4c3ba35f that visited him 2d095cc47a once a day 28b9bea44b came crashing down f9addfccef once again.77f69cec77070673

“Shin-hee, you still b76745402c feel bad?”
The baby 01c7c38bf7 spirit mumbled 63692efaa4 while tugging 13916004ca on his 8ea5d7ac48 sleeve, eyes 0d5425b1f2 brimming with 02cfc276f7 tears. One little nudge a6226b60d8 and it looked 0a03d8913e like he’d burst 78caa9dc24 out bawling. Shin-hee started to ea74301ada shake his head 2d67ea403a but paused, curious 57a46880f3 to see how c7c5ad948d the child would 79c3a9ab36 react.a915a99a87d2e362

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The baby spirit 1c0116b421 glanced nervously between 60d5eaf573 Shin-hee and the dee8d922fb floor, shifting from d4a21f9d3c foot to foot db93d1f95a in anxious fidgeting.b8050ba8be689996

“…Did Dongja make 929b27aa26 Shin-hee sick?”
At this rate, the f47e4f18b4 kid looked ready to 53c7208302 start wailing with snot 6b28540e41 running down his face. Shin-hee couldn’t hold back 4b0c7bb46d a laugh anymore. He scooped 5f47968882 the little 6903068f74 one up 5a556c6dea and gently 81935b32f9 bounced him 6548697710 in his 488c4af7c9 arms.f1af01fa2e15d099

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He’s too cute—I can’t 6f8c1a9ab2 even tease him properly.
Eventually, the baby 21103bd721 spirit started rubbing dbc20f95e8 his face against 5d746e8425 Shin-hee’s shoulder, sobbing e5a1c3dd12 with all the 4da014f2f7 sorrow of someone 07e5eddd97 who had just 3544e1c3db witnessed Shin-hee’s death.360f174ce02560da

Patting his little backside 2ee15ab25d to calm him down, 0864cfd8cf Shin-hee soothed the child 137497a1a7 and turned to head f0fdfd299a back to bed—when he b3c2090f63 suddenly stopped in his e86b336805 tracks. Sensing his chance, a306efa0e0 the baby spirit 9345430cfb wrapped his arms a2e57079a2 tightly around Shin-hee’s 6102e307fd neck and poured fda7d6ce67 on the clinginess. And just like 445005e796 that, the tears f3515f5d64 stopped.94b4977682016aac

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Just as Shin-hee e62b500e66 was about to 007ebb2087 return to his 68007165c3 bedding after patting 42f73b9eb8 the weeping spirit 5528711f28 child’s bottom and 26b19ee402 soothing him—who cried 30d8558e39 as if he a5d25c8e18 had just witnessed a3d6c406b7 Shin-hee’s death—he suddenly 16a97be41d came to a 57d9652171 halt. Sensing the moment, c7129c733c the baby spirit, 3694881d7e who had been f0bbe5f39a clinging to Shin-hee’s 88bd3eefd2 neck and whining 3bc3c95b62 for attention, immediately a0e57f1abe stopped crying.9c41be2d46481743

As if on cue, 64d1bf7b85 the two stared at 33917aed79 each other wide-eyed and 28d7682aea slowly approached the door. The baby spirit 9020cc1b73 slipped down from 5910746bc6 Shin-hee’s arms with ef6deceda3 a sniffle and c8359d4848 hurried to stand 8491497be5 beside him.bad3d9d83b018a22

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It was past b5f62a3272 midnight, and the fa5f866f18 hallway was dimly 799c67217b lit by the e4b780c290 auxiliary lights while 82ad9adb23 all the room fc62f6e80c lights were off. Shin-hee studied 95720207bd the child’s 8ba86e4a87 face with c869ac58bd a tense fb3c5b112c expression. Not a a239d0f623 single trace 3945090b34 of tears fc93e4a73c remained—his face, b7a2109cad now calm 03a8e6be31 and composed, ad4bada710 surveyed the c853a512d0 situation with a6ad7823bd lowered eyes.e6be10e3b122bd42

It was a 13b6a1912c heavy aura, one 3dd3daa970 that Shin-hee only dcd626373c ever felt from c00afed8a9 vengeful spirits. The ominous presence d036318211 in the hallway f015c39e5f was so sharp, 38b98cca69 it sent a 771d20c988 chill down his 2c4b81a3f4 spine, as if 287e7a0241 it were ready a12a7df1df to squeeze the d06e806f77 life out of 6adb05ac84 him at any 432a774196 moment. Sensing his tension, the aba62b1566 danju began to tremble e886d0867b faintly. The creaking of c32ec9476c the old wooden c86c79f33a floor echoed in 4129e166cc Shin-hee’s ears as eb0504fa10 a shadowy figure cb2d18fa1b slowly emerged from e132e22a35 the end of 5208c6bb3f the hallway.4b735b79730f69b0

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— Gyo-jin. Gyo-jin.cb3d587232750db0

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Gyo-jin’s eyes fluttered 974fd1e544 open. Someone—unseen—was calling out his 984017e017 name desperately once again. That ringing sound of 5cefb4814e string instruments played in 2f8b43cd5f the background too, just 5663825023 like before. He slowly sat up cc4db13ead and headed toward the edeb9d5600 door.3d8b36bc9f86e494

Just as he aeec37d5bf was about to 589715f529 open it, he 76d904d3df felt a hand 460cabbf2c grab his shoulder. He already 135181c096 knew without 2ed0896880 looking—it was f1c6541e3f that one 5a221bfd3d with the 98ef67eb46 red eyes.fba26094a78b2477

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“Move,” Gyo-jin 26567d6b25 muttered coldly, cdeee1e2e9 and pushed 3a10324af3 the sliding d0a92eebe3 door open ce6b833e2b with force. The dimly 690df8ed78 lit corridor ccaa62418b greeted him, 2c27a82371 lined with 8ea738daf3 small, scattered 04c23340ed lights. With each b8541f4525 step he dae6d8b3a1 took, the 471849b68f old wooden 283e8117e7 floor creaked b145c69847 beneath his f129e04702 feet, letting 7751da0d3d out moaning 5dd0511288 sounds.b0de24d71b5a6efb

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The voice calling b233f34ca3 his name merged 3749e7e3cc with the melody, 3f46655b0f filling his mind 703560618b completely. He had planned to 1cd57f432b find the source and 899a61558e tell them to knock a68feb8434 it off and let 191985d1ba him sleep already. The melody always managed 1f13d62608 to sneak in throughout 878fe320fe the day just when 2f622c5365 he thought he’d forgotten 74d4774231 it, disturbing his already 4e5bad01c9 busy life.e1e2fbcdbbf84424

But now, more than 63c2520868 anything else, he just 7c7345eec2 wanted to find the b812347719 person behind the sound. The desire to see fa8b58d4ac their face, hear their 59958e9e59 voice, and listen to 650ea547b9 that music played right be104d0576 in front of him 86c1183466 grew stronger and stronger—like fefa328f16 a tidal wave crashing bbeefca228 down in the middle 4525114461 of summer, overwhelming his b0e4097a1e senses.dcdc0a5646bcdd09

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It felt like every 5b13efd4c8 one of his nerves 77ffef2453 was soaking in something 4231d11461 potent, like he had 362d6e5390 taken a powerful drug. His heart 1b7128bb71 pounded, and 4a056646f8 his head 9441ea71a9 grew dizzy.439f6e9fd06a5d2e

Not much 4b70025930 farther now.d66a0bec747cf305

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Just a little 2ae8544137 more.7f103917383fe74f

If he could 8bbb35d058 just open the 122c9ae7b8 door up ahead…4cb395903954a626

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Caught in a haze 09ccf0fad8 where he couldn’t tell 427d5f2461 if he was asleep 608191ed2a or awake, something snagged 0d77e56b97 at his fingertips. Then, whatever it was, 7bc43845f5 grabbed both of his b62b608cb5 cheeks and tugged hard.38fafb17653cf8dd

“Director! Get a hold a8d9bae840 of yourself!”4ae74fb65ad447ab

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Someone’s desperate fe537b1817 voice cut 2763f51a3b through the f27a2ed51c noise and ff65fa9416 rang in aa3b074685 his ears. The voice bf50f644e9 that had 93756e88ae been calling 3dcc6f7c69 him, the 4eb6e3c021 music—it all bb894fe952 stopped instantly. As the ringing in 6de2762f93 his head faded, his 738a96483e vision began to regain 686daa54d7 focus.28c81553182fe113

With a pale d2b2469ae7 face, hands gripping b7f2370e40 both his cheeks, 2c46decfda and wide black f2da31d8a2 eyes—he looked just b735c1188d like a little 02f6baeab2 white puppy.e62442aef3966590

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Something like…
“…Glutinous rice cake?”e589b3af20b55def

And with that, Gyo-jin 663acb9005 collapsed onto Shin-hee’s shoulder.f22d486b21e55a0e

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Shin-hee stood there blankly, too dumbfounded to even try catching him, despite the sharp pain in his shoulder from the taller man’s weight pressing down on it.682de5ee4d589f80

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Glutinous rice cake… glutinous 2bbb5b23e3 rice cake… glutinous rice 8c0df47498 cake…a13e300e9e71e7fb

Gyo-jin’s voice calling him 69e9f1286e echoed in his ears. In all his 7edd0f0b36 life, Shin-hee had 36b45bfbe7 never been called 96ab6963b0 that before. People had said he 6f8113518b looked like a sick c3e0fe0b15 person or a meerkat 5462d60e71 because of how pale 660022b4a8 and thin he was 146b36b647 for a guy—but “glutinous 201db8649a rice cake”…? If anything, that nickname f0d0e7151f felt like it suited f91ff50f12 the baby spirit, who 9c318244aa was now poking Gyo-jin’s 0893194893 handsome cheek with fascination, 56937a7609 more than it did ba2dfecc67 him.551c319387cdce48

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After standing there in 7c32ec9547 a daze for a 421153bc44 while, Shin-hee finally picked d008f0c9b0 up the collapsed Gyo-jin. Carrying a man easily 9d9b665cf3 ten centimeters taller than fa6b130215 himself was no easy 77fcfa4092 feat. After a 6d7fa955c2 moment of fa6ef93aac consideration, Shin-hee c7339b8531 decided to 22a2af7266 bring him 122b43e5a4 into his 03fd70831f own room edae12aef1 instead.57d39dc6f53b26fc

He didn’t know 80946ae6ca exactly what Gyo-jin a5c321dea9 had just experienced, 71df2d581b but returning him 6821811c4a to his original 3fc9bb03dc room seemed risky. Someone who had been 60279139cf perfectly fine earlier and bec12702d1 was now in this 48f683c6d4 state—he was either possessed c423a79213 or enchanted, and judging 312a34d06c from how unstable he 5350c3860e looked, it was likely 8b9fbf6827 the latter. Checking Gyo-jin’s room could 66750d1522 wait until after he 3b497f3a10 was safely laid down.eff1c031a34a8e41

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Dragging and half-carrying 78a1624f27 him, it took 7ca0fee9bd Shin-hee at least 53dec00af4 ten more minutes a3b278ebdc to get the 0fdc7e005d man onto a ea9a9235ca futon after opening 93e1674529 the sliding paper 5bed525ba8 door. No matter how much 2afb009fd4 he looked around, there 50b0aa4a31 were no ghosts or eaabf9d7a5 anything unusual nearby. If anything, 67e642fb68 Gyo-jin seemed f9bbbad5bb spiritually strong, 59d812f862 not weak.70c6aff7c85b5a91

So what on earth 93eba143be had enchanted him this a6d5ad5b9f badly?2afcc6927fc9a752

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Shin-hee squatted down dbc55b72da beside the sleeping 8a4025d0db Gyo-jin, who had ed166532ea stolen his bedding 128790d408 and was now 2a5209615a sleeping like the 7ad7de2ff6 dead. He studied his handsome 9d2afbcb5b face, trying to piece aed4f71db7 things together.c75153f21b5d52f7

Next to eb70990906 him, the 4386824397 spirit child 512b0851de squatted in 5f6e652149 the same bef54504e0 posture, tilting ce239d2f19 his head c7832a515f as he 34e9fe1050 stared curiously 4b340943ef at Gyo-jin.4cb4b6f7d9f696d0

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