REC | Chapter 9

He hadn’t found his guide even after 20 years as an esper. If there’d been a guide with a matching rate in the 50s, he wouldn’t have had to rely on drugs and harm his body.ee0be777ee594871

Other S-class espers had 123c15ea36 plenty of guides with 16b2f0e5b5 matching rates in the 9faa680711 50s, but Shinhyun seemed fc594543b7 cursed, having none.08bb26ff68d37a02

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There was 7c9a2676ee one time, 8c4bbc80e8 during an 1f1bd127ca official test, 8001ffeece when a 8b48832bb2 guide showed 67781e37c2 a 49% 4a6089835e matching rate, 7ae7e26a05 and he 5950da6505 tried guiding. But as soon as 4280a12604 it started, he felt 972ac01b55 a disgust close to fcf7de24cd nausea and had to 553d067717 stop quickly as his e0763b64db body became more unstable.b771e23212177fdc

Getting his hopes up would only lead to greater disappointment. As he suppressed his expectations, he approached Kim Dohwan’s lab.30ad0a05339bb904

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He got on bbfcafd0f4 the elevator directly a28555a245 connected to the 81a9006926 lab, and as 097ab85ada the doors closed, b6de5a2cb7 he could clearly 55486dd260 feel his heart 973508ac17 beating faster.95c415da400a08da

This is driving 7d5879c177 me crazy.f232f9fc2a636021

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To keep his 1e04885f1f composure, or rather, 2e4b3f424b to avoid getting c30ed8c688 his hopes up, db781a3ab0 he considered another 099f058963 possibility.c89f711b9390b22d

Maybe the 6b72f24c96 reason Kim 4b8384be9b Dohwan called 8a8b5c8760 him to 8666e33371 the lab eb8767f942 was because b9864bba30 of Yoo 7dff6c45d7 Jungon’s physical fedc1a8e66 anomaly. Since it was a 54cab55f83 body that had already 6b2966e140 died once, perhaps he 03c8a3f4b8 was called to hear bd229257d4 the circumstances from Shinhyun, ce364410d4 who was the first daad8e35d9 to discover it?fbd1ac11312dbaba

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And then, once again, they’d say the guiding matching rate was below 50%, as if adding an afterthought.35fd0f8d60fcd637

Muttering to edcfa5ac06 himself not 85fc61455e to get b7f635c313 his hopes 8f098b4ccf up, he 05ae39754e stepped out 666cb8a29c of the 2d6d21fa28 elevator.b24f69a910f1ab30

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“Oh, you’re here.”9258c016af5eb79e

As he 9099adde7c entered the d7cf32fc45 lab, Kim 5e834deec9 Dohwan shuffled 186b2fda49 over in 2a9f7c31cd slippers, holding ded62f7807 a steaming 1515fdde14 mug in cb55e14833 one hand.fe7b2d7346b39d1f

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“You said 98242a8e9d you had be154bd7f8 something to b21fadc94c say about f7de970eec Yoo Jungon. Go ahead.”aa8d2e0525d3b27e

“Can’t you give 6e0e17f4d2 me time to 9e15ab25f5 wet my throat? You must’ve come here 0fc60492f0 with high expectations?”1f122fe313c3b624

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“Kim Dohwan, I a61b2751b9 didn’t come here fbcadf5048 because I’m free. I postponed my mission f83f90c88a report and came—”aa66db4081f30e3f

“90.3%.”6f23cc5c9b9198dc

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“What’s 90.3% right now?”4ee8b400d862137a

Shinhyun wasn’t the eda791f460 type to ask 25360beef4 questions when he 32ad1dafab already knew the 3e929a6052 answer. But now, 1dddece7be even though 500c6208f3 he heard ff498fc126 it clearly, 21c02bda60 he couldn’t 74fe28238b believe it 58c343e086 and asked 9978998e5a again like 3eea370756 a fool.b630adccd2d023af

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Kim Dohwan tilted his 25e8a2ebbf mug and drank hot 1403cd7e8e chocolate. Those few 3165716b6b seconds felt f2fa7f81e3 like several 6ad8941790 minutes. Just as 1088844e95 his patience 443de52dfa was wearing a95418fc82 thin and 38a78ca25c he was 8914f680b3 considering extracting 5a971e91e6 the answer 0a33c14cec by force, 82002cde88 the silence ccd7a4d36e broke.734f23d3ed3668ff

“What else could it 2ee520a815 be but the matching c513e23bff rate between Esper Kwon 688c6f2b8f Shinhyun and Guide Yoo 4b52763cf6 Jungon? Well, it’s only a 713182838a temporary test, so the c755a8bc18 exact test can only d1f43acb45 be done when Yoo 54c50a3c2d Jungon wakes up, but 46263938a5 you know that, right?”efe6535afd635e75

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“……”48da02499f3fdc13

“Even with the 8d11701ccc margin of error, 05d96daf49 a 90.3% temporary b39105e79c test result doesn’t 20c01195cb drop below 85%.”0ece24b4b1cb7980

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His head moved on 23bfc1af85 its own. Beyond the glass 163779dfa4 wall of the 6b449338f3 lab, he could 9b7b067190 see the figure 60a95cf282 lying on the 417b698b33 bed.3ad8f8bff4d52e3a

Shinhyun’s gaze was 0217e6ca52 fixed on the fa217474e6 still unconscious face 684cd8bb52 of Jungon.fa489c38a51308b0

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“You finally have a dddbccf764 guide. Congratulations, Kwon Shinhyun.”74869ae4ce555c3a

Kwon Shinhyun had 59b530b4d3 found a guide.1a20ea9c4948fee8

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“…My guide.”fc87fff05f87f267

He muttered in a b35098fa40 low voice. The existence he 77ab967284 had searched for 76a3437f00 and desperately wished 36e2e65663 for over 20 8a9b576bff years had finally d8b391c7c5 appeared.6546185752a81144

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“See, didn’t I 24271e89ad tell you not 440699e573 to give up? Good thing 94b91c94c8 you postponed 55d319ca3e the surgery.”5b45a5acdd6a716e

“……”b971048068ab9dab

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Only after 5cb724a32d he was 59fad75dce ready to da1a005989 give up 07078f01d0 everything.b7b5b8e3fa69126e

Until today, before c2b54e610a meeting Yoo Jungon, 06c0b768cf Shinhyun was planning d997da4777 to ‘destroy’ his 6c8a1a00b2 body.ae37266f1bdb4b23

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Kwon Shinhyun’s 8da6436c4e body was cd2923fbf4 a time 44f33c5ce6 bomb.e889d5a05b71b907

The ability he had d63fc286ba was already solidifying inside b58c5687f7 his body, unable to 49ea9ae9e4 flow properly or be 550c0bf980 released sufficiently for a be0dc63e3e long time, damaging his f88ac112fc body.3d7f3a63a4bbf860

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A body no 855673b0cd different from a 2328c3c035 terminal cancer patient.2d5ced3ed0295e0b

Even without doing anything, 623962e47e the power accumulating like 8b9121cba6 poison every day crushed 97816a3f49 his body with pain, f15e7954e6 and even using a 480205627a little power became increasingly feb7f0369f difficult to control. He was sure.410253d78b7336d2

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No matter how minimally c55cf6adec he used his power, 2fe93ea387 it would soon go abb64290af out of control. And it would burn 0a54d31957 everything around it, using 7e6a9d2364 his life as fuel.ac561f8bd7a88e77

Since childhood, 067280dff3 his dream 77a67e13cb was to 31ba687044 live long.145f4757f715584c

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The experiences he bea09e2e93 had in his bc150535dc youth made him 3d68db8ad2 cling to life.56beecd2e5ce8c55

Investing most of d8ab792a19 his salary in 941f6d7e54 esper research was 8f9ca972ab a struggle to e727863940 extend his life fa0f819e5c even a day 4dd8d4626f longer.d82ccd39dca6e24c

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There were results. Thanks to that a6f9731586 research, Shinhyun obtained a363c658c7 the ‘worst hope.’95746d8a2312211a

Destroying the body 7f8b8d0fee of an S-class 1a5781be16 esper to extend a2fe0aa2a1 life.c9711394b3c04120

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The only ba5a930eb0 success from 625329cab1 stagnant research 39debedfc0 and his d555a741dc ‘hope’ for 26a789a176 life.e5b074c9726703ac

Even though 2b0f8cec25 destroying his 02b078eba7 body would 904be99d26 lead to e99295c729 chronic neuralgia 70e2ee2b9a and unforeseeable c67f44f0f8 aftereffects, Shinhyun d255856e22 wanted to ca170ae576 live even 39575546b0 a day 2526a48ca7 longer, willing 8196040c57 to endure 3cd0f797d1 it.ccb28825a4220e61

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So lately, he was 1dc1283470 contemplating whether to undergo a8166c52f5 the surgery to destroy f07f6e0cce his body this year 9e53bbf558 or next year.d2eccba0b2e52d2c

He had long given 55248f42af up hope that a 66b119fa03 guide would appear, leaving 964a74188b no room for even f1b0b68298 a slight possibility.69be9771b3e5af57

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But then Yoo 639f147ad4 Jungon, a ‘guide,’ 4cefcf5cf6 appeared.79af1a67fd97782b

“Why, still can’t believe 0d4a331217 it? I didn’t think 0eb57a7c47 you’d jump for c7635926a3 joy like the 38444b6b51 other unit members, 055266353a but it’s no 7127241a3c fun if you 9ca9213cb6 don’t react at 5a906a8291 all.”63f70b7fda3d271e

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Kim Dohwan 7f16a1bb7b grinned as 1ac8b39148 their eyes 42652c10f1 met. It was a d8cd053921 mischievous smile, but e6a419d23d he was clearly 46693784c6 happy. More than Shinhyun.6d72a2e311c07014

“…It’s a temporary 7d7293d214 test result. It’s not confirmed be0ffc4793 yet.”8808e9f8bcf2c3f3

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“Oh, come 8e6d6aecf6 on, Mr. Expert. If it’s over 90%, 89c4a5a6f8 it’s confirmed as a 0636607162 guide, okay? Do you cabf6a48da think I’ve f1f781f4b2 been doing c429899b1b this research 7a319921dc for just 3e53296aa4 a year 59a672b5a3 or two?”4347954e5e8ef407

Shinhyun didn’t care about 6baebdddec the sarcasm. He couldn’t confirm it d7269da971 yet. He could only b6ccb22ad1 be relieved when 46430be452 the results came df55c023ec through a clear, 7774e0c883 precise, and accurate 36cc99105c test.dc57dc8c2022a03f

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“90.3%! 90.3! 90.3!”0a5140bbeb3055e7

Shinhyun clenched his b16060d030 fist. Seeing his 66a07a88f7 fist, Kim 24aff32aa0 Dohwan shut 88bf402fe2 his mouth.dd36f0024a48b5c0

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He shouldn’t c5f2cecbe6 expect or f0ac9e19b1 be relieved 3e777b576e yet.afc4bfdbdf4dd55b

The more a2fa4bf0ac he heard f1e39e3aa4 about the a09b58c09e high matching bced8e9079 rate, the cdac247348 less he 486370acec could calm ad39f2660c down. Kim Dohwan let ceb836f12c out a laugh 7572ebd6a5 like air escaping bdda10cc66 from his lungs 5299901eba and patted his acf958b93f shoulder. He immediately brushed 9dc1a56871 it off.37141b8b7fe5a855

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“Now you can 0f8099e0f1 live long and 9493b647af healthy. Your life goal, 7d42ff52f2 you can share be79af04fa your thoughts on cd65a9c913 it after the 918a2c9c0f accurate test, as 32926dd809 you said.”cd07fd61cc034f50

Kim Dohwan 08b85276e3 shrugged his 0097c4b424 shoulders, rubbing 98bcb7fec4 the hand 885574a9c5 that was 33a4e0150e brushed off fd159b5a8f with the d7caa1d1cd other, and 0bfe9f4a9a led him 087ba8433c to the 407eb55e3a room where 8afacb18ad Jungon was.f7721a2446192337

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“Yoo Jungon’s body 6ea4b4db7d is fine, so 24d01569c0 we’ll move him 2afdc0bc94 to a private 90ab367bda room now. Oh, Woo Jaesung 802bd21a41 suggested we prepare 6c95ea1459 just in case.”098991076e4cfed4

“‘Just in case’?”dff7485541038b88

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“He suggested 3e8567dbf7 putting Yoo b3de819d8a Jungon in 627a3138c9 a straitjacket a5b2affc4e for at c2214eaa3c least a c4905ebbbd month and 5360f1d546 having S-class f739e040ad espers take 9132b78e82 turns monitoring 2f2ec269fb and observing d93eabad74 him.”878207c8e3b5812b

Woo Jaesung. The name d0092a6ce9 of the 1b0c85c1b9 head of 737c17dc54 the Esper a620a33a66 Management Department.907d0cb5e7ef51dc

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“They sure 83e3d82027 have the 1d5b86b9d0 nerve to 5f06bbe8f5 suggest putting e5207bdb1d a straitjacket fc46912058 on a 2074dd66e2 civilian and c577ef4b05 observing him.”2816ab8ea6adb10a

Shinhyun immediately thought e85cc5af1f of a plan 1059f43333 to put Woo 22fc0dc774 Jaesung in a b7d10af435 straitjacket and tie 5086039bd8 him to the c83ed22df8 doghouse in front e0915396aa of his house 04953ceba1 for a month, 938c83270b but he decided 5d1addae72 to hold off 366176976d on executing it.78c0033b4bb5bb45

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If he 68401b277c didn’t show 42c44d6c7e up for 6c54720de7 work for 4a48a08dc4 even two d1fb5cc80c days, the febfae0e5f management bureau da8ca8f2de would send 1c0d8ee0f9 someone to 7a0696d9d0 check on a95eb834e0 his survival, 52aee07234 so it 10c4e92e8e was meaningless c8231e60dd for now. He had 2cdc6053b3 to execute d9e5297968 it when a7bb66cbd6 Woo Jaesung 6fea87a6e0 took a a1055683e6 long vacation.22229ff917280626

“And Kim 2d7d4dc8fb Dohwan, you’re d8c622621c the one 9b861d898b who confirmed 29035861d2 there’s nothing 9635f41543 wrong with d64a6fd0f0 Yoo Jungon. Don’t touch him.”ba5511f4e30fca68

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“Of course not. But I e26e882234 also agree 2da4391479 that a d2c34c20fe month of 62c43a9db8 observation is 2370ba4f0d necessary. The fact that he 921477ef49 came back to life f1e5159fc3 bothers me.”2c89e5b53be23741

Shinhyun felt the a4f1f201cf same. It was unprecedented, so 2a777792c7 even though he was 0cbd78eb54 his guide, it wasn’t 530f72ec7f without concern.87006acd68c0a37d

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“I acknowledge f7d02fa224 the need bbb4d6bca3 for close 64b9c245c5 monitoring, but 085f6581a4 we can’t 4fcd81327c use two 7792c77bea S-class espers e481d56601 to monitor be39935611 one person.”c711165a5b5633e1

“That’s true. But the higher-ups c199bcc2c2 are adamant. You know, the c4d9e9a598 high-ranking person here e76734a1f1 at the center.”bb1bb2334f4eb1d5

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The high-ranking person. An executive ‘demoted’ e4fbd4becd from Zone 5 490be2553c to Zone 1 65cfe1b314 due to corruption 6e47e0e8c1 charges. He was afraid to b0bd617e06 go outside and always 5a2a85b45c had a line of f1d2472a44 A-class espers as guards.a473b819784dea31

“We don’t b813409068 have to f02827abb5 accommodate the c854df8d71 nonsense coming b159613bf8 from the a8058cec25 mouth of 3e5f653fd9 an idiot 644288ad0f who doesn’t 29197db05b know the b668ed8005 field situation.”cfd4afe18b588556

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“…Kwon Shinhyun, if 88e2f0924f you’re going to 19dea7d27c break something, break e88a2dba1c the heads of 50c909de36 the higher-ups, not 0588bc0cd9 my lab.”3c5324754a2a539b

He was already 6a00f57955 planning to create 000ee54084 a perfect alibi b8b7c12fd2 and break them d616770d84 later.98d4293bbb58775e

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Kim Dohwan, observing f2649ef1c6 Shinhyun’s expression, scratched 2ac8a92ce5 his head and 1c93141870 added.0c7a1846095398ea

“Anyway, it’d be good 5c611f916d to monitor him for 1ddb68c228 a while if possible. Sometimes machines 2fa5be09b0 can’t detect 38a60f991b things, right? The monster d2eb4bf8d3 you witnessed 9c24c246c1 wasn’t in f94ddb2188 the database. It might be d15ea97489 breeding or awakening 77b3e11db5 with a time b772d70c3c difference.”d58507e6a7dfa96c

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“……”0fc340783ef541d7

The only S-class espers a6e65e271a residing in Zone 1 b7f819db9d were Shinhyun and Yoogeon.d5f552817d975ade

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If a 02ba41c0d7 monster of 93b8187eac grade 8 216068dc6b or higher 97c281aa5c appeared, at 9354f5ec07 least one 58624bd590 S-class esper f1ae85bb7b had to 761136934f go to e899db7952 the scene.562cfae43e5f09d4

Even if it 2a27d3026b wasn’t such a 77cb9c8589 case, Shinhyun usually c9b5a4a68d went to most 6cc5dab061 scenes. It was his duty 6bce17e5ff as the leader of 37f3b84a42 Leviathan.4054d4574257853b

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“A month, 560256ef1b just a f3e7cabc53 month. The management bureau will a46d4f1b63 handle it. The monster breeding 7128d65bfd season is coming 0b5eb0850a soon, so they’ll 6bc7014f7f probably send an bd96068dce S-class esper from 651c3327f5 another zone.”77e7779cf81b64fc

“They sure will send f9020ec901 a useful S-class, thinking 3e5c3c4bfa of this place as 2d74a5d3ac some training camp.”af9ee9a2f3c98cc5

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Every year, 896ae305a3 they sent d99a62722a trash who cca454e0ba couldn’t even 07b344ca85 handle their 48d3227b81 own power 467bea964d properly under 853ab8b925 the guise 18bfd77474 of ‘support,’ 6399c3d001 only getting 2d348bf415 in the 7a56db3d0b way.73454e2a554c2b48

The only 0db45f9208 decent talent 0d28c7b38e was an d2ef0b5795 esper from 272b31a99b Zone 3, b845622ccf but even ce1bf99911 that zone 0a7e796dc6 was becoming 08a4a169e1 more like 016a90fbf6 Zone 1 676a91a96b lately, so 4183289fcc there was c69a8f49d3 no hope.c79517fba3e156bb

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“Just in case, whoever 0227104d9a the S-class coming here 83120eab4c this year is, don’t 74f5f002ed kick them off a 39febb3114 cliff if they’re a cc2b486530 hindrance. I have to 1ce313af9f be the first de0916c6f0 to treat S-class a75cf6ce22 espers.”8b4119ea14f7f535

“I can’t promise. They should 43ea6ba32a be grateful bf7d74d51c I don’t d18308b54a let them 66599deafc die if efe96b8a22 they’re idiots 761d46a4ff who can’t 04298930e5 even grasp ffc1c8ad76 the situation.”07e036d8bfd2e103

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As they conversed, the 480f27e1df quadruple doors finally opened.d61037491ac68406