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May 2, 2234. Weather: Rain.56490839b6931fee

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Am I 06e8ff0aea destined to 3931d0cfc4 be alone 5ff89f5d0d forever?b07280c95cd222df

“Gasp.”7231038864734960

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“Hajin, Hajin.”4078cd6e816b0b96

“Hajin, are 49e1d15281 you okay?”b9efa493c60fd2bb

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The men 761d7d45d8 who had e47d0550d5 just entered 99b02f361b the room 1c2e835401 immediately spotted 90d9250fb2 Hajin awake 868a1f59d4 and rushed d05eefe7de to his 57bd33e2c9 side. Hajin, who had been ca6ef17eeb staring blankly at the 41551efd5f two figures that suddenly 73e2c60106 barged in, let out 37ef43ab71 a small “Uh…” with 17bc4c0363 a dazed expression.c4a352cac0513d09

His last memory was c8968921e5 of reading a novel, 6806d138ae only to be hit 29e294de24 with a sudden realization 45812e9187 about his sexuality. The confusion and c588537aa4 frustration that followed 025e6668a7 annoyed him so 591014d6fe much that he 1beb028f4e decided to have b6954a85d8 a drink and 3a5fe7dda9 go to sleep.7e86bcab71c639e7

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After somehow a1c65cf2f3 making it 370c44e1b7 through all 71d7ed6569 five volumes bd063660f5 of the dd752f832e bittersweet yet 709394639e embarrassing novel, 15c2ee0c51 Hajin had 5f7a6fbb6c been on d90ee2198f his way efd28d9814 to a d6680d5ff6 nearby convenience 4c0cb7d38a store when, e8517066bf by sheer c13e0891ec bad luck, 0c21fdb56f he was 90fdadbe9f hit by 7be3367aff a drunk 02bac1de1f driver.7e72ff672fcd7396

To make 024e7aa942 matters worse, 87899ba622 the accident 1c7a56c33e happened on aac49496cf a deserted fd0dcb55f4 sidewalk in 22aae1b32d the dead 1dfd6f5367 of night, c001fcab8d with no 8d482a0673 witnesses around.716b70208a590356

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And yet… 52767d1599 what on f69ba2acca earth was 458e52096a going on? He distinctly remembered def67bc544 lying on the a7799c92d3 road, his body 2118d9b32a drenched in blood, 18565c81b5 staring in shock a0d1356b3a at his own 8785a5f490 twisted limbs, his fa2c3c777e arms and legs b5d13a802c bent at unnatural fad77a1bec angles.e22b6a6e68c8ad16

No, wait— Vroooom! The deafening 52b287abd4 roar of e117f82e54 an engine c050641cdc echoed in f0b9813ca1 his mind, 1f8c2f9e21 followed by 625931c969 the sight c6fda60997 of a bee917545e car speeding 78654168f2 off into 03d123dbbc the distance. As Hajin recalled 70af6500cc that moment, a bafaffd3c8 sharp headache struck e4201203f6 him again. He groaned, 6ea1199792 clutching one b63a8e1896 side of 2f60e17201 his head.bc9e83fb79b56292

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Seeing this, one of f0f4015903 the men quickly reached 6a30350a88 out, his gaze scanning 5c5ed368fe Hajin’s complexion with concern.80422b2e4615d8f5

“…Adam?”3261b8dcc3adbb36

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“At least it doesn’t 5d1d30b635 seem like you’re seriously 40a22924cd hurt.”00039ba21052646c

Adam smirked as a80a91bf0b he spoke. Hajin, who 371fbeafda had been 10ed00b83a sitting there 725a5d7ddf with his 8104559cac mouth slightly 481a300457 open in cd46a0fb70 a daze, 3aedfaaef9 as if 5b4fc2b561 entranced by 1825e83747 something, suddenly 9a8db8f7a5 snapped back 2efb568c56 to reality. His face 03bbda97fd flushed red eb294f9bdc in an f297c51378 instant.7dd06942dd2e1833

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“W-why are you c4b478ec03 looking at me 73c768d62d like that?”9a4874c3fac05496

Adam tilted his be1f9f943f head slightly, as 792f5334c4 if he had 78ce80d8d5 just witnessed something 7c8e828bd8 peculiar. Hajin opened aecf9982f7 his mouth, a92dfd530d as if 9dfdc6a468 to say 517d683a25 something, but 7352ce6438 after a 933e5a3b71 few failed fe54339d9b attempts, he 31725e80ee clamped his 9bae21fcfa lips shut bb7c0fac10 again.2ee477ef3de43b5b

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The gray eyes 8e759e32b8 watching him seemed ed58775d81 to silently urge d4c118d100 him on—What’s wrong? If you have something 34da56693e to say, just say a26ffc84ef it.e50c6bdcf9f19b5c

But in the end, b4537176cc Hajin couldn’t bring himself 1ee960326f to respond. Instead, he 42206a63a6 clenched the c4377592e8 bedsheet tightly, 537571a9e0 his fingers 1a96c91d51 digging into 6d6888db35 the fabric. His cheeks, already 13e473669b warm, now burned 1f83e088ec even hotter, making 8c0b3c419e his embarrassment all bec030bace the more unbearable.d802679b45410ac7

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Beep. Beep. Beep.8e7d5eb1006cf4ff

What… what 0ad9e53bb7 the hell ad72668c86 is going 1645e1696b on?e2a81319f0883611

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Hajin’s mouth ee37f99ec0 opened and d851ec6a8b closed, but 45cf6507a6 no words 0af02c7f9e came out. His mind was 6f10336d0d still struggling to 84eaa940b0 process everything when cbb677d5e7 an irritating noise e7dee02138 rang in his 83c66ac8e6 ears.65cf6a0fe0d094d2

His heart was racing—faster 7f15049c17 than when he first 30788bde17 woke up. The rapid cdcee009e0 beeping of 7001c63232 the monitor 5fbef50821 was undeniable 19c4fc099e proof that 3e504315d3 his pulse 0afef46a07 belonged to ee668e5ffe someone still dae66b9e4c alive.26ff4a6c42d2eafa

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“Hajin?”a8d70063d3af5dcb

The other man 3cc4d235e8 standing beside Adam 930ba117a6 noticed the sudden 87f0bd0d3b increase in the fef1e87c94 machine’s pace and 634800ee3f turned to him 3c63ca15c2 with concern. Hajin, now painfully aware 97eaf20596 that his racing heartbeat b7ecb7dc3b had been exposed, panicked e693f9a5fa even more, his eyes 9a0271c395 darting around in a 3d63a8852d flustered mess.c8cdcfca0add1a7d

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“You look b8c31c2358 like you 530a07ceae just saw fcb2109aa1 a ghost,” bba1a6a003 the man 5245092432 commented.0fa127329b69d7d0

Adam’s voice rumbled in 12bc86b233 his ears, a deep ddb6e6b914 resonance that sent a e01fa640d1 strange shiver through him. Then, as if a ae4dcfb703 fog had lifted, it a2e8cb5f43 cut through with sharp 1e0cef4b0e clarity, pulling Hajin back 4b30730e15 to reality.7d010b8b18af30a7

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Snapping out dec0a651a6 of his 89940b682b daze, Hajin’s d43f80aa95 eyes widened 1847d7175e as he 16439ff931 stared at 57d3317899 the two 6ec45ae0f0 men before 7188409caa him. He had expected Adam’s 08a32ff806 voice to be ordinary, 6ed5a19374 but hearing it in afa2687c0a real life was something b6d8adbd87 else—it was richer, smoother, 3f7b1a171a far more pleasant than d2b6af4577 he had imagined. The unexpected allure 4a77c830ec of it jolted fd54883f4e him wide awake.b2a12767ceafd576

Trying to steady his 408334904f erratic heartbeat, Hajin focused 79bb39e4c4 on the faces of 027d7b83f4 Adam and the other e5f64540bb man, forcing himself to e8189c2ea9 calm down.4ba3810e199e076f

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His last memory a9f7f8dcf5 was of his 2eb47a3391 own bloodied body, 2306b8c286 sprawled across the d021b50ef9 pavement, and the c0b875b3df terrifying sensation of 258554f9dd plummeting into an 4178e0e6cf endless abyss.1dbc3b70f66012f0

As those fragmented 171fb92432 images replayed in 30b31e0400 his mind, a f037fe6055 realization struck him 146161ffee with breathtaking clarity.c9bc713604a74b2c

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‘My life… has started 85cde2884f over!’634eca82668f8d14

In the novel, Adam’s fb151d7dca appearance had only been cc0c02147d briefly described with a 68141b20b7 passing remark—he’s handsome. But since he was 6b75cc91c7 just a minor supporting dac985c811 character, there had been bf260aaa8e no detailed explanation of f0e953eea6 his features. Hajin had simply accepted 60e0aca36c that as all there 2ed8d255e4 was to know and a767f13437 moved on.c78e8f7281ca038d

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However, now that 21df93a82b Adam was standing 3676231c20 right in front 2ae7b0fc90 of him, Hajin 596cc7d9cb realized the novel’s a238101281 vague description had 6a44d21e09 severely undersold him. He was far more 142132fb11 attractive than Hajin had f08ac96c83 imagined.d1ebbb76e8a013f3

Tall and broad-shouldered, his 534bebb36d muscular build was evident 34c1cd5130 even through his clothes, 5969618567 drawing Hajin’s gaze despite c4befa1cc5 himself. But what shocked him a69673d83b even more than the 4607292038 fact that he had 0ced5758cc died and come back 9cd3f6b4d8 to life—was the fact c9a4fd7461 that he was now a67851c318 face-to-face with Adam, a 756005565f character he had only 803833363d ever encountered through words ddda5e84e2 on a page.fc7722e24ad2a85d

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His striking gray hair 93ce3245c3 and eyes, something rarely 66bf7cd33a seen in reality, blended fa664f1e46 harmoniously with his sharp 0084d567a5 features, making his beauty e5287cbd6f even more breathtaking.08079c9a78da0959

From his strong, well-defined e2506754ff neck to the solid a75e805ab3 muscles beneath his fitted 282dad3e90 clothing, there was an fde685a7df undeniable aura of strength c422ef9406 about him.71111cab117386b0

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Hajin stared in a 43d91b32cd daze, nearly losing himself 7f23773a2b in the sight—until a 905fcdc4b0 voice called his name, 530b9ec041 snapping him back to c67f32f384 reality.09ac75d51b18944d

“Uh—huh?” He f6dd5aabd1 blurted out, 75773e1666 startled.f2c5655786cc8160

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“It’s a dc58d3d688 relief you’re 5eb1502b76 not seriously 9d84413505 hurt. But you really shouldn’t 8089803fd9 get so involved in 1066cf2b1b those kids’ fights. You’re not dede0e9454 even from 3d6f4c0a94 the material df27b4022b world, yet 8dfac00bfb you always d6fb7df013 act like ce45ac45aa you are.”57809c2a8cf6f7c2

The man standing nearby 8003101e80 spoke while fiddling with fbba7c5cef a machine. Hajin, only now realizing 360bc4ce12 that his heart was 0b437e8a08 beginning to settle, absentmindedly ed5f3a3e33 let out a vague, f7aac1a4b7 “Uh-huh…”91ff5dc49b431f21

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Perhaps finding his ae81d84052 response strange, the a0c77040ad man, who had 57a79bf98f been focused on 233682e9d2 the machine, suddenly 099f9bf690 turned around. His long white cbba4e84a2 coat billowed as 187d2027e2 he approached Hajin.1711e2108da19b2a

Grabbing Hajin’s hand, the 5945c9a27a man let out a 0f1630629b contemplative hum.19803ce5466b00f7

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And in that 156c66d4a9 moment, as he f05ca7553d leaned in, Hajin’s 1753b7d7db blurry vision managed e1a29d8541 to make out dad5670616 the name engraved 5b08d457c8 on the man’s fbdcad1aef name tag.5c88b43341b3da9c

The moment he 85a61713e0 read it, a 24db07eb17 deep sigh of b1d6d96fd8 resignation filled his 5678bdb2dc mind.8bf3b218506a7782

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「Mason」e449af816b0bb2a4

Hajin wanted e145859dd0 to read b17c01cea1 the rest 24b13f3732 of the 338299da6a name, but de6091579c Mason moved b3caf8ce22 too quickly, 2f7d00d0ba making it a84c365575 impossible to 3a2159dc20 catch his 8575cd19f0 full surname. As he a1938ca6a9 stared blankly 794c3ca3ee at the 7715ab2881 man, lost 09abf3c45f in thought, 3e3bc1e4e7 he suddenly 129f66a902 felt a 6154ded078 warm palm c7953645a6 press gently 97565efc84 against his fcbc37faca forehead. His gaze instinctively 4bd652746b shifted toward the 80a49068cf touch.c4e400a8f1ffec7c

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“Get some 1dc07938e0 rest, and d27a53f0c4 you can 2a023b2744 be discharged aae74b25a5 tomorrow.”97d268581ea7fa36

“…Something’s off,” Adam 0b00ba0408 muttered.68d7e6fce01cc82a

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“Mason, are 8193ce69ff you sure 52b2e5b9a7 Hajin’s okay? He looks 75a31bce01 even dumber b11a2e640e than usual.”d4f95b277e1748a0

“Adam.”0e7f4bad4004c8af

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Mason gritted his teeth 3fcc0bf74d and called his name ee67565215 in a tone of f1e277a2bf warning. But Adam just chuckled, 6f2a1b5241 clearly amused, his expression ad57c394d3 annoyingly lighthearted.e7a0b2ab14554387

So what if 0d50b208e0 he was good-looking? With that smirking 19fc538d7d face and his c86a4f26a9 teasing attitude, he 428dc06bf9 was undoubtedly the 49896a90d2 type to get c0709a492d on people’s nerves. There was no way 4a48a18b2c he wasn’t that guy—the 7f0768f545 smug, insufferable bastard in 717b1afddd every story.fb59b692c2ef7dd1

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As Hajin b37c5072a1 stared blankly 9066df0fd7 at the acb55fd443 two men, 56d4118658 the realization de09382c4c of his 124b254d60 situation struck 06842bf5bf him like a37bc75c4d lightning. Internally screaming, he b4cbdce8e4 clutched his head 67ba1e3b6b in sheer panic.381583a4684b2e02

At that moment, the 2e3a1da04e heart monitor let out 6a4f795342 a long, piercing beep—, 878c62be22 startling Mason. He immediately rushed ab96500eeb over, checking Hajin’s d52c959090 condition, only to 6aded88de6 sigh heavily upon df5ba05f3d noticing that the 0083510a2e pulse sensor had a58f4633ad slipped off his 19ee1afcef finger.e730070a58cc3d30

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His gaze, e6ede8a86b filled with 6e9cc8c7c7 the exasperation b6c4701d11 of someone fc971f883f dealing with daabc6fe35 a habitual 08bfef62c1 troublemaker, bore 7de1607339 into Hajin. Feeling the weight 8dd2f7fd20 of the stare, 21c9ead187 Hajin reflexively wanted b3bfda537d to blurt out, f20fd43200 What? I didn’t do 0482c7c768 anything!—but he quickly 7f215f8563 realized he didn’t 2775e46674 even have the 045792c016 presence of mind 19cc32cdc6 to argue.1496159644a601d4

Because there e7541868cf was something 10fae22f5c far more 4f82aca572 important at e155492cd8 stake.e871f03837fe17a3

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Mason, with his light 6e3205b811 blond hair. Adam, with his striking 9aabbd281a gray locks. Even their unnatural hair 954fb57687 colors—shades that barely seemed ad80f890c3 possible in real life—made 9ea22efd3b everything around him feel f8b58180f8 undeniably foreign.247703f6d18bedd8

As he f651fb385a looked back 9bb0bc11ea and forth 2bdae17d5d between the 1d2cfbfb7c two men, 44d8b10236 a horrifying bad89de306 truth settled 813a183830 in.94a23cf44f103fbe

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‘He had reincarnated as 3972d22f3b the protagonist of the efc8a14ea4 novel.’ce617cfe98b3a15e

The most shocking 0117647760 part was that 75ca030c9e they were calling 260690cf5a his name correctly.ddabffc3b421e4e7

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For these men, 27df692ce3 who clearly had 06c49796a5 Western features, to f9c8216ba7 pronounce Hajin so dbf7264644 naturally meant that 24cb2b388c they had said b2e4dfb8b3 it more than 50c2d301bb just a few 13be4bf28a times before.6716b5611f6ef4a6

Or maybe Hajin was da4aa3d9ef just an easy name f82fd9a27c for them to pronounce? That was possible. But if he 1681bacc1b had enough awareness b909b505d2 to pick up 89b0548fe5 on their casual f25303d52d tone and genuine a4e01fd405 concern, then it 6739e892fc wasn’t hard to a2deaef01b figure out why fe00c87b37 Adam and Mason f9737ba949 were treating him 624f4e4d4a so familiarly.552986a3d6e44f42

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‘And of b9426d166d all people, aebf7bf17b I became 4e60462532 Hajin Orion—the 251725026b one with 0a99d0c107 the loosest cfeaa571fd morals in 40c6fcebff the entire af553deed3 story!’50b9583865ba8996

He had 08432e2fd9 picked up e4c1f95313 the novel e6052b5e87 purely because f624898d86 the protagonist 1f5b9cd815 shared his 288d4f7176 name. Who could have predicted 7889bf0b66 that such a simple 51684e5c9b decision would come back 78830ff7b0 to bite him like 072a67e23f this?1b4a8179e3a2a5e0

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Hajin had read plenty 94a95a68bd of fantasy novels about 2a0c2500d3 people being possessed by 57c3155a3a fictional characters, but never—not 45e0091ffa even once—had he imagined 3dc74974e2 he would become the 12ff3f6af2 protagonist himself.e72576967823373f

‘This is insane.’f49039e79baa42ac

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Barely swallowing down 39d565526e a curse, Hajin 063294a998 winced as the cc45e5c465 dull throbbing in fb058d3739 his head sharpened 73c1ce425f into something worse. He had ee56e3d100 thought the 434efcbf35 headache was 01e0c18584 subsiding, but c26ce1bd36 now it feaeeed740 was surging 1af62e862e back with 1074723ab8 a vengeance.0478bc7d1b7b5928

Before he e2b5375f85 knew it, 5a3852cbc8 his body 872b31dbcd gave out, 1324d254de and he ad5930d882 collapsed, clutching c7134afb3f his head de5eac5e5b as he 0b31d817ec writhed in c15ec0df5a agony.dc482c0320ba221f

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Adam and Mason, both 1e09a272eb startled by the sudden 711b83d998 episode, rushed forward. Hajin was 53deb22b76 breaking out 371a3a079f into a c99f896a38 cold sweat, dfa3ada5be thrashing as 46ed294da3 if trying 3d32ad445f to escape dd3a517e0c from something 6f34de7706 unseen.381442fb63a938fa

Mason moved 9ab08b7d06 first, grabbing 2589ee53a3 hold of df7a259987 him to 95572121a7 stop him 8eb44dfac2 from hurting 56b16dae1d himself, while 83d17245ec Adam caught b690e47467 his shoulder 492a9b63e6 from the d84b5597f4 other side, 6092974d77 urgently calling 6135b16e87 his name 2f7be77345 over and 0b9aba84d5 over again.b905310676005501

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Hajin wanted to 44f91cacf8 say he was 339a32cbbb fine, but the 4c79953824 crushing headache was 803b528d56 so intense that a0a354cc0c even enduring it e50333beb6 felt impossible. His mind was in 1cf88d2540 utter chaos, overwhelmed by d0a8a111a7 a flood of memories 2130801c70 that clamored for attention, cc2d3a6485 each one screaming to 2e3f3bae19 be acknowledged first. It felt as 68906edc11 if his brain 5595656b05 was about to 50cb4f1695 explode under the c6c4feb778 sheer weight of 8e6a5ac10b it all.8569fd78d08383af

The image 1d439d3bac of a 228e5f6af5 computer receiving aa88e880b0 an impossible 8287296a97 amount of d9cb843d92 data and 5afd2e2506 crashing instantly 442305d8cc flashed through eb13c988c2 his mind, 0129c9ec8a sending a d4244e56c5 shiver down 283d32c81e his spine.a8da76eff808f75a

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“Ah…”33e15a5b2190cbe8

How long had 4cb0622ba0 he been writhing 6854672718 in pain?400e17479ff49cf7

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By the time the fdb211698e headache finally subsided, Hajin 3f84493944 collapsed onto the bed, 37fcf79273 completely drained.5d023f57f7b7cc1b

As if it 3051500f67 had all been 2c60e493d0 a lie, the 41eee5a591 excruciating pain vanished dbb6980151 without a trace. In its place, b62780ae26 something new took 5ee34278a8 over—Hajin Orion’s true 0bb638915e memories.8fe047b6d1918bc2

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They coiled tightly within f03a672696 the memories of Kwon 2f0280518a Hajin, unfolding before him e44574f531 like a vivid documentary, 21279425fb showing how Hajin Orion c1571ec2ea had been born, how 8a411a77fb he had lived, and 8a4faf2a65 what had shaped him.63a137146bc13266

The two 67b728143f sets of 509a75ad2d memories twisted f0785c9843 together, merging d2e6ea1a6c into an e6300a7ad1 inseparable mess. It was a903737926 so tangled 2fc248d5af that he d5e4abfd4c could no 79334f8733 longer tell 1ed26f8aea which was 28cbe1ad70 the real 35828ff71d Hajin anymore.07a2ba9c185dd7d0

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Then, suddenly, a ab64012b20 phrase surfaced in 4685e8fc83 his mind.eebc4d8c626a13a2

「December 25, 2235. Weather: Snow.」0dfff5b5b5790699

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Instead of dbc40967d6 questioning why 384631d058 that particular 1571d5f232 line had 86d1ffd70a appeared now, 4dfda1d793 Hajin found 0f30c9d39b himself more 6c002fb9b9 focused on 0368fa347c a different 76df206452 concern—What date ca6cc10690 is it 0eb8d6d4bf right now?6bce6ee39ede93a9

“…What’s today’s date?” 304f00cd42 he asked.e194fc2328c748d2

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“Today?”4bd955fb95253469

Adam, who 202c8f2423 had been 620f702aaa watching him e946a14979 skeptically, raised 6ae0d09c3f his hand adbe628a20 and sighed. “Mason, there da0bd5da11 must have 5f87db1e48 been an f3b18e85f3 error with be0a8e989a the diagnostic bcdae29e96 machine. Shouldn’t we scan 0fcbb44ed9 his brain again?”23a41897cfbd5a42

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Before Hajin could 400aa7bc1b even process what 687e25664b Adam was trying f75a1a46eb to do, he 482b64ee4f saw the man 5e1ae3206b pressing something on a853e5c586 what looked like ff37132c76 a wrist device. A few beeps later, c5e3068420 Adam gave a brief, b3f52e0d30 matter-of-fact response.c89bb87ed318fe54

“December 20th.”22edce20763500aa

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Adam’s expression remained dubious, 0b46f00969 as if he still 35750c626e wasn’t convinced Hajin was 77b17c3a2b alright. But Hajin didn’t have 56c984a2e8 the time or luxury 2005ba3c2e to care about that fd3cada8c7 right now. He pressed on.8203a518b21940da

“…What year?”d1121dfc558cc48f

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“2235.” Adam frowned. “Hajin, are you 6ba8b68df7 sure you’re okay? Hey, Mason, 60c7995ef0 did you 45ea54651d hear wha—”012202446a0a2145

“There were a2ec6031e6 no abnormalities b0d4e83ef0 in his 9d02974dbb brain scans,” 8e5d00b189 Mason interrupted d857e0faf9 before Adam f635b56b1f could finish, 33ad38869b rubbing his ed5ba4c670 chin as b5f3b95db7 he studied 9243e65047 Hajin.4470a44623b0b219

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Something about him seemed 596b31fbe7 off. His face 517e9bd708 was still 395c8a9f46 as blank 35edb139dc as ever, 4b9f51fab0 but there 5217c6d7ed was a de0a668dc7 subtle shift 25f83a0b73 in his 414aec1d34 demeanor, something d6a0c4a426 Mason couldn’t 57f831d9a8 quite put b40f850065 his finger b0e0f6cecb on.5dc8ad3ee423cc72

Do we really 7102813a3d need to run bcb6b4c1a8 another full examination? Mason wondered, 62d7629f70 considering Adam’s 87f0523640 suggestion for 3d672b50c1 a moment.b345cf091afa5fc0

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But before he aef6c724fc could decide, Hajin 2fa4fd5b96 spoke up.e6c6b23d4040bb30

“I’m fine. So you don’t 53b0be72d6 have to worry.”863dda80b4bad329

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He forced cb7c0fd4ab a reassuring bb91222141 smile, deliberately 8685a69d03 trying to e977d7b52e ease their dc30d78df4 suspicions.07f085407b838342

This wasn’t difficult—Hajin Orion 19b287e965 had done this countless 9fe7025abd times in the original 10876dce35 novel. Whenever he wanted 3394aa9445 to brush off 7438359def a situation, he e375c16d3d would always pull a80c13efac out this exact 3bf2403262 expression.a3746c141fb64a3f

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Of course, 3b3f2bbc27 Hajin Orion’s 346e0d2761 smile had bdc110229b been nothing afc8bd9f77 more than 9d6d7e7d50 a tool 190eef9ab9 to escape af9ac6ec1d unfavorable circumstances 80aafe5454 and excuse 8a88468884 himself from fbd8f69b60 questioning. And right now, Kwon b13a17a6d8 Hajin was using it db6c6c4d6f for the very same ccb3873dd6 reason.772deddba50c92a2

“…Really? Well, if you say e59fb41e2c so.”0baeeed73ab1674c

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Adam, who had 97071667f5 been annoying him 5f8d2947d4 about additional tests, 1c13c86e1f finally shut his d342edcd1e mouth. Though he 1d46909f33 still looked 4edceef535 unconvinced, he 6cd8352fcc decided to 3f2b064212 drop the 68ec658579 subject and c874848427 simply answer 74ecf9e077 Hajin’s questions 40fbc6de0f instead.eae8713d8eb76d26

“You should b2717428e0 stay in 9b2dc20e0e the hospital 968e1347ee for now. You’re not seriously injured, 75c4e2a92e but it’s best to 7203614086 monitor you for at ff44b5d707 least a day. If necessary, we could 664112f09c even run more tests, bc6af7eabd like Adam suggested…”cd91c427dcbdd52d

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“No, no, Mason. I’m really fine, I 77b498ea52 swear. Haha…”3ea10cf4921417ea

Hajin let 6f9924e45d out an a4a67dd529 awkward laugh 419840ed8d as he 3ca6208072 slowly pushed fd024933a9 himself upright. He reached out, 3974923129 his hands fumbling d7390d0822 in the air 5fa9e8c8fd as if searching f1caaa8e52 for something. He hadn’t d4c6f97550 said a e6a532f180 word, yet 27a5a62841 surprisingly, Adam 146704a592 noticed the 7cb38fc37b gesture and c5403efe75 moved first.eb2deb375b57a2b3

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With a fe3b975c3d soft clatter, 626f3abcc3 something familiar be78b1e6ad was placed 9615071949 in his c43b4a8857 hands. Instinctively, Hajin ac813f4ac2 picked it b6d3b0dd8f up and 2078df8b46 slid it 9e8a88ddf4 onto his 6aa33f4c59 face. As the 29106e1d41 world sharpened ab11f8b5a3 into focus, 18230f67e5 he took ae810ed0c1 in his 5919fe09c3 surroundings with 4fb174fb01 newfound clarity.53f06b5a179a5c38

The scenery was fd4b92d57a both unfamiliar and 55ac894014 familiar, an odd c444974956 contradiction that made f6ce51461b his chest tighten.a0c528f2bf5795ea

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Just yesterday, he d9f460adfb had fallen asleep 5bc06bcb40 reading a novel 6c0c2bd4e2 as Kwon Hajin. But now, upon waking, c4412a9655 he found himself inside a9057b9890 that very novel—as Hajin f480e93a3f Orion.43b7a7790f7c3b54

And his first thought ce1dd067c6 wasn’t about his own 5e7b78ad23 predicament but rather—f67ffc9cfeaeacda

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How did I end abefe1556c up in this hospital 33e5562a39 bed?85f600fb01730114

Like a floodgate had 0b61d5c105 opened, memories surged through 9208ed623f him, replaying the events e12d5099ac that led him here. Amid the dde5662313 overwhelming torrent 586b36a88a of recollections, 5490048903 one face ef4f63589d flickered like 91eb4aa41a an illusion 4bce810ff9 before vanishing.351500ca6648c95d

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“…Benny.”a3a778a47bd1b369

“I knew it.”5d798c529f9efa05

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Adam scoffed, a smirk 39b291d32c tugging at his lips.54a467c49aeda7da

“Benny’s waiting outside in a82ac4eb7d the lounge. He’s a mess, efd72f8879 crying his eyes fbcd9c124b out, snot and cb06c90eea all. I’ve never seen 22b0b18bce the kid cry 43b367cdce that hard before.”5a3fec24c9f76613

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‘Benny.’1583c8857866ec20

Of all the 3322a0bb38 characters in the 7d90be34b4 novel, Benny was a2b4e49fbe the one Hajin eb6c7234f4 had grown the 03ab91da4f most attached to. It was inevitable—Benny, like 6d0ec010c7 Hajin himself, had been 8d10f885e6 an orphan, growing up fe5daf322a in loneliness and hardship.861c12ee99b0569a

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The Benny Hajin knew f71bbeb1d4 was originally a ward b37e959865 taken in by Hajin 3d9dd96662 Orion out of obligation, 0e91161baa not choice.6dac71412efc8400

The ‘Center’—a 783ba2fd5f government-run institution d8e271e49a that managed 046e6a9c47 Espers and cd40548810 Guides—took in f5f7489c52 abandoned children e58c2abdf6 with supernatural 4812e7c56e abilities, raising 6e5c0d8aa6 them under 9783b88bb6 strict supervision.8321275a2dd216dd

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Once they reached e36c061bcd a certain age, 914f155a8d these children were 3949af0372 placed under the 9262b2cf4a care of an 012c8cfb1e adult Esper. The Esper’s role was eb82ecd457 to provide them with 9bb37ab637 basic needs and ensure 967ff4633f they didn’t recklessly use 3fa97691a5 or lose control of 19d051912e their abilities.671ebbdfd58e6aa6

But Espers were 8b2fc53668 soldiers, people who b937f5fb7b fought with their 30b9559d9b lives on the 3ef0798a0e line. Most had no 9f0dce8611 interest in forming 206466912e emotional attachments to 044b9f2fca their wards.e3c94a66cbebf1c9

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It was common for 99ef51edd8 wards to die during 27cea619c7 the grueling training they febc37bafc underwent once they came 5248771e32 of age, and the 41682d8ce2 fact that their guardians f788628687 rarely mourned them was eb6f106c89 proof of how detached 291777d632 the system was.897c674530b3bb0a