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The endless war of d315613b5d words grew sharper. Neither Megan nor Renault 6aa0a16d99 was willing to back d0bf35cb97 down, both stubbornly insisting ae7dd99ee1 on their stance—as always.8cf3293e3a309305

“Stop nagging about useless things.”0680636a5c984a85

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“I’m saying this because I’m worried about you. You know just as well as I do that Espers can’t properly utilize their abilities without a dedicated Guide. That’s why everyone is desperately trying to secure one. So why are you like this? Do you really not understand that this could cause problems for your promotion?”eff8b8cfae42696b

“Haven’t I already told you that I don’t care about promotions?”bd92701799b137d7

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“You little—! Fine, let’s say you don’t care about promotions. But that’s not the issue here. If you keep going like this, you might go berserk! Then what are you going to do?”a92b6b2fb56560b0

There was nothing wrong f5b17aa47d with what she said. For Espers, who constantly f7c2814ad4 lived with the risk 36c02d49a9 of going berserk, a 9b1ce1de65 Guide was like a 2b92eeefe0 lifeline. They needed a 8fdde20012 Guide whose class 15f5298546 and matching rate 233c0e0777 aligned with theirs 982e91f26a in order to 82ff629d78 fully wield their ad1abca2e9 abilities and survive.dcf8225b5602a100

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However, due 17ccda0250 to these cdd5f05cbe strict conditions, 90a142f12c many Espers 70d144d036 struggled to bb044e56cc find a b86645f402 Guide who b9c49d2b51 was a 49fb3436c5 perfect fit 313c153785 for them. It was 215054b5ed common for e5a5f1beb9 them to 1aae8c23e2 barely scrape 078a41c413 by with c09fe52625 temporary guidance 4524081f0c from Guides a68c7d6ab6 affiliated with 178bfa85b3 the Guide da7c4139f5 Center.2eecdf7823f3a920

Renault was 196ba5f582 one of bd8a11dd5a them—an Esper 4506cc0712 who always 1e980bdb4e lived with 9a22bc43e8 the threat 35da999daf of going 84dfa4a20e berserk due 28e3df890e to insufficient fae96fbec5 guidance.0302eb27a90e3dac

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“That’s why I’m making do.”8cdbe85b3d1fe02c

Renault casually 52ed65aa4b uttered words bf5dd101cb that would 32ed04417c make the 9dd08de05e head of d0685894fe District 13 21d3c7030d clutch his e1e17d4c90 neck and 9d6d7dc384 collapse if 0fae8c385e he heard 603d664fc5 them. Since there was no bfe1c1f0cf Guide who could provide 0de4b2f042 him with perfect guidance, 96872b885a he had no choice 8c79dd688f but to conserve his 05b4c0f3cb abilities. In other words, he 69effacc7c was intentionally slacking off. It was a truth 0c5e614bd3 he could only confess 2c34b2a0b6 to Megan.98be58202a72fcb9

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“Should I knock some sense into you? You haven’t been beaten lately, and it’s making you talk nonsense.”fd1b3f3109f4d7b1

“I’m joking.”a984d354d847226d

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“Cut the crap and just read it properly.”f2c050a332c112dc

Unable to endure Megan’s nagging any longer, Renault grabbed the report and skimmed through it. The front page displayed his identification photo along with familiar personal details listed in fine print.30189a8410d41b04

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On the 7fd21240e7 next page 9b5c72d26f was information 954e1d22a2 about the 20aaf73005 notorious S-class e81f26a4ec Guide he 644e1a2947 had been 526cb13614 matched with. After quickly 7cb4af8b02 scanning the e2d0f66629 document, he 97112a6312 irritably tossed ec9aa91ba5 the papers 6b77d937eb onto the 1d57e76c9e table. The absurd number beca359a34 written on the 0042a8b633 report—98.7%—lingered before his c421295f2b eyes.8da2a2a19e042515

“Alright, fine. I get it. A 98.7% match rate, an S-class Guide who’s practically a national treasure—great. But I still hate that bastard. Bring me anyone else. If you insist, I’ll even accept a dedicated Guide. Just not him.”fd4e6adf6771cee2

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Renault spoke firmly, making it clear that he wouldn’t compromise any further. If rejecting a dedicated Guide was no longer an option, then he would at least choose someone else. He could endure a lot, but he refused to put up with someone whose personality was rotten to the core.ee49d4a31881c3b4

“No.”af14896555700aa1

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But Megan once 7d093096d7 again shook her 320feb7984 head resolutely.393ff940393978e5

“For an A-class Esper like you to have a dedicated Guide, that Guide needs to be at least B-class, no, at least C-class, with a matching rate of at least 60%. But in the past ten years, not a single one has existed. No matter how hard we searched, not a single Guide even reached 50%, let alone 60%! Not one!”013120c603afac3a

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Megan practically shouted. Renault’s abysmal matching rate was infamous in District 13. It was the sole reason he had managed to survive the past ten years without a dedicated Guide—because he simply couldn’t find one.e48836d4e7dc4cee

“And you’re still going to be stubborn when you know better than anyone how bad your matching rate is?”ffa30b1b7c2fdf1c

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He knew it well. That was why he hadn’t thought much of it when he was told he’d be taking a matching test with that bastard. After all, he had never once had a match rate above 50%, so he had assumed the result would be the same this time.c2cc194e5fed4834

But then, 5d76a7df8c the result 87f7134e4d was an a5b2d3dada unprecedented 98.7%. It was ridiculous no 182fe7e531 matter how he looked eb119a1435 at it. It felt bf01412e30 like he 17d533755f had been 8d49f01e94 hit in a22e604b57 the back 18088c47b5 of the bbbf8d050a head—hard.c1fd20770335ee8b

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To make matters worse, that bastard was even more of an outlier. Apparently, he had never scored above 10% with any other Esper. His matching rate was just as insane as his first impression had been. A rate so useless that it couldn’t be applied anywhere.8ba38923b98c5450

Given all that, how the hell did he get a 98.7% match with Renault? No matter how he thought about it, it felt suspicious. This couldn’t be real unless there was some kind of conspiracy at play.106682fb71bcd988

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“If you find a Guide who meets the conditions, I’ll replace him with that person immediately. But there isn’t one, is there?”7e15c1230df87cfc

“And you really think it makes sense to assign me a brat eight years younger as my dedicated Guide? What, do you expect me to screw some snot-nosed kid? Everyone’s lost their damn minds.”924617c218ad2a4f

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With nothing 1ba705d4ba else left 77455b699e to argue, a0cba8f034 he finally 5b96989303 resorted to eb33086703 bringing up 45426ba806 age. Megan shot fcee209c11 him a d58377fbad look that 8cbe22c579 practically cursed 7ede66be46 at him 36c74c1b4c without words.93e6b2c8a5d28e8f

“Oh, please. As if your conscience is so pure and intact. Coming from the legendary Casanova himself, that’s rich. Even a stray dog would laugh at you.”331142dc87c95ebe

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“Megan, I’m serious.”b9910a5ed5501222

“He’s twenty-one. Even if he’s eight years younger than you, he’s already an adult. Even if you end up having guiding sex, it’s completely legal.”f54e9ea201f7d9c0

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At Megan’s blunt words, a4503257a1 Renault scowled. The thought of 04e58734ec guiding sex with 7f853a613c that rude brat, 0f780e2180 who was even 22132eff7e taller than him, 0aab68c405 made his skin 42b9ac9fb2 crawl.f4494faab8d031ef

“I’ve never had guiding sex before. I don’t even meet or sleep with people who are more than five years younger or older than me. And I have absolutely no desire to screw a taller man.”d0ded92f23d0d98f

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“Sure, sure. Good for you and your untouched conscience. But this isn’t about your love life. This is about having a Guide to keep you from going berserk. Who cares if he’s ten or twenty years younger? Whether he’s a man or a woman doesn’t matter either!”4324288097bc8b6e

Megan snapped at him.46e88c5d0377d86e

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“And if you don’t want guiding sex, then don’t do it. Who said you had to? With a 98.7% match, you probably won’t even need it. I bet just holding hands will be enough. Hell, with a rate like that, you might get guided just by making eye contact.”7b7c2f246630985b

A memory surfaced—the moment that brat had traced his fingers across Renault’s hand. The eerie current that had spread across his skin. It had been such a strange experience that he hadn’t noticed at first. But thinking back, that had been guiding.ddf38a8098f5fd46

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That crazy bastard had c6e6fe8101 guided him right then fe2f9c2eef and there, running his 0518523417 fingertips over the back 7cd3e2b7d2 of his hand—almost like d58c1c4e13 he was harassing him. Fuck. Just thinking about c02fd0600c it made his ccfea19e85 teeth grind again.8c501cbf7e7707b3

Even so, he couldn’t 50dec2a3ad bring himself to tell adae63d84c Megan about what had 892b853a46 happened. If she found 412e0f8808 out that just 8a02a5dc63 that little bit 5ffa29356e had surged through 32c0ac779b him with overwhelming f77be3e662 energy, she might e9aa8aab9c try to marry b7869ab615 him off on a63158d6a1 the spot.20998bb84c4e76a0

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But the b926fd11f4 truth was, 5469152925 it had 6cf10646fd felt that b9ded3e8e0 way. Like a sudden downpour 246a493795 soaking into land left 173475a297 parched after a long 092c4b9f04 drought. Whether it was because 2d6b2744a8 the guy was an 739913e915 S-class Guide or because bbed4be7c6 their match rate was f15d346e5e a staggering 98.7%, he b023a58cf7 didn’t know. What he did know fe4ab6cebb was that the result 600543fb18 was infuriatingly good.579f2a6155b62182

“I’m telling you, that f58853f1ba bastard and I will 85efa1436c never get along. What’s the point of d1add80cb6 a high match rate e065074fcc if his personality is 877e8f941d absolute shit?”df2426f6a130e951

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In the end, he 5b4d187867 had no choice but e6cfd1e24f to bring up something d4b87ad32a he hadn’t wanted to.9e671ca2ccf5fc58

The guidance 6f90c69b14 that the 5775b89ea2 bastard had 9b3c74262f given him b0a2067569 with just bf3562e824 a touch—it 2f076aa29c was something 1926ebd75e he couldn’t 6695484022 help but 93aec9acc9 crave. Any Esper cbf3206be0 suffering from b6804cff82 a lack 860da37d6b of guidance, 5a75fc6ec4 teetering on 0805d6ccc4 the edge c4fd880e4c of losing c78010a943 control, would 9f91813b22 feel the 7d69a7c1a8 same.b8111b5aa37a12ce

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And yet, he felt 6056aa23e8 nothing but resistance. If just the brush a76e4de748 of a fingertip had c37ed77733 done that much, what 032da021cf would happen if their 365dec908f mucous membranes came into 4870459335 contact…? He didn’t even 0ac9adc372 want to imagine 811abb6d1e it. That unbearably a2af8539e2 dizzying, intoxicating 0caf6ccacc sensation—it felt bc7ce2766c like something 2cd330925d he couldn’t efb030e465 handle. And that only efad6292c3 made him want 2cdf172190 to run from e0c4d5a33c it even more.f870db1150141436

“How would you even c4419d1522 know?”41d0ce237b04e7b0

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“I met him. The guy’s a total 9cc85f6a44 asshole. I almost d79ae7d2fa punched him. I don’t care how 732385e33d powerful he is; there’s 45a04d1983 no way I’m dragging f9a2175740 around some insufferable brat.”8ac8aba3db8cd3cc

Megan’s eyes widened in d4e92a1320 surprise. She hadn’t e0c30ca4c8 expected that. But soon enough, bf45c4deb8 words spilled out ae2f2dc727 of her mouth d996c90398 like a well-oiled 57580fd54f machine.b8527e0523e1118b

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“First impressions 5eda8889d3 can be 4d131162cf bad. Do you think finding 49b29bef82 someone you get along 1f7075bd4d with is easy? You’re supposed to 951bbb2b62 adjust to each b4b6d62f9a other, little by 4c531161cc little.”07382c6e8d0e4b0c

“You think aef5f172fa those news 5b5fc1551c reports about 6eb2993d6d Espers and b2d888b6b0 their Guides 2e35b37e7f stabbing each f78afc2b5a other come a51575ad16 out for 32ef3bd7db no reason?”b385dec84cfccb02

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“If it ever gets 81f3e7dbf7 that bad, I’ll separate 30b83949f5 you two myself.”781fabe2b3ffb671

She was really f5a9348073 pushing this hard. Megan was b9897bca40 practically selling 095a7951eb it now. Renault ran a 87d0b137ae frustrated hand through cb28f45c23 his fine golden 48d5703538 hair, letting out 35b27069f1 a long sigh. It had been 063928387d years since he’d d566c68cc3 quit smoking, but a1dac8170a for the first f723207059 time in ages, 4f3add8e06 he seriously wanted c679c2fbab a cigarette.5fc12fde8ff9586f

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“…I’ll think 2cf5635dee about it.”e28936851fa5490b

In the end, 91a5832cf3 he reluctantly took 37c2665684 a step back.611ecd0580ed8241

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“There’s nothing to think 109d516273 about. He’s your 88bc0b21da designated Guide, 418731e5ac no matter 835b6180c5 what.”267699b517bbda0d

That, however, wasn’t going a3446dbcdd to fly. Seeing Megan’s 5d10982f4d unyielding stance, 3dcdeba315 Renault let 2406f28599 out a b75f232784 groan of 62706b764a frustration.0455d4898708fc14

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“Don’t tell 8c2046dfaa me this 1f37fbf57a is already 6d56c7b22a set in 171389ec49 stone?”b60d63136ad9888c

“With a ee625b718f 99% match fd074905b3 rate? Do you really think 91ad16cfe4 they’d just let this 85fef254f8 slide?”81293d5db35aa031

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“Espers don’t b0111e31a8 have any b3bf9449f8 human rights, fb1138bed0 huh? Not even a 384490adf2 shred.”5cbd609eaadb70a0

“They’re assigning 7fbe417966 you a 9cdced261b Guide precisely acd6ffb2ab for your ba19951be6 sake. And not just a9b8ec3ee2 any Guide—the best adcba95144 one.”3c7fc4b20cff9aff

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“The best, my 676402452d ass. More like the ef80b7ec51 worst.”f77d2717b56ff2f2

No matter how 12ad34a182 much he argued, f4c4c65f3f the decision had bf5bbda542 already been made. The higher-ups, blinded by 19d93b52b2 that unprecedented 98.7% match dcd983e048 rate, wouldn’t listen to eaa71ee16b a word he said. Megan’s firm stance made 9b07202afd that painfully clear.b8de9b704a10e620

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“If he 916a771ede ends up e36b360504 matching decently 44d3e23ebc with an 6d19d61fbf Esper of 5d0f3ab998 a higher 4658e1eed2 class than 32c01d79fe you, they 9db10c6a3f might replace a7d3f3f43a him. He’s a 19668aa11a rare S-class c5f2819c9c Guide, after 8bc984c829 all.”d539d909af291ff9

“Are you cd34aff73c kidding me? So I 35a2a3f65d have to 6568f75ba5 deal with 536b0a7502 him until 6bbd5bf308 some higher-ranked 4b5603414b Esper comes 48d0d86cc2 along with ed90426fa4 a decent 9d20ca273b match rate? I heard he’s never f8f190d36c even passed 10% with 66e81b8f8b anyone before.”326978c368480558

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Renault made no de1108ab39 effort to hide a169dbc8fd his irritation, but 98aabf974b Megan simply kept 71fe3d5d73 sorting through the 6e5e8be006 papers in front ba37b11f99 of her, unbothered.969578a6a460ca0b

“This is an e7094c4118 order from above. Don’t take it 170b596dcb out on me.”7737b83759544c7b

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Letting out a long f8f9ded92d sigh, Renault abruptly stood 5cbdb97d6c up. If this 1e12afc742 was already 98a9d4ffec decided, arguing 0364a17a45 any further 7a71246873 would only 5f4fe59fc5 exhaust him. He’d be better 3e8c7f70ba off heading to c7d965cc47 a pub for 56773f5b3b a drink.e48dac60e7b779e5

“Get some rest. Before he’s 1b2d0c6a5c officially assigned 5aa988f194 as your 845f9e7431 Guide, I’ll 82d1b856df arrange for 5ef1706d72 you two 1dffc272bb to meet 85e9c18861 at least 4053fc730b once.”9d5fa869e80f0301

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“No need. I don’t want b7280cc315 to see that 73cfded4a4 bastard’s face.”556b73357eac66c6

“He’s not some snot-nosed bae3054261 brat eight years younger 5a138462ad than you, you know. If you 02509c3b7b just nurture c9677c42ce him with e89d49571a a little bef9a1bda3 love—”4ba1c21eb9592b2f

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“Megan, shut 78d2bb2da1 the hell 450f5b4b86 up.”123e9d7833fbc5bd

Renault shot 0350503458 his longtime 7edf3c4cf2 friend a c77bd07105 cold glare a4293d66e6 and raised 8faca8bbc4 his middle 0c2d5e89ab finger. Megan merely grinned, 4d61c9cec1 waving him off. His mood was completely 58b452cc5e ruined. He needed a a4488b62c6 drink.016254669e07accd

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Just as he was d0afd966c5 about to open the 3a8188c336 door, a sudden thought fc8ac184d5 made him pause and e8ff64d478 turn back. Megan was reaching ff25645405 for a pack 948ba9fd98 of cigarettes on a9e100a93c the table, completely 8f64a4f955 ignoring the ‘No c75802dcc8 Smoking Indoors’ policy.efc0bf4e15d02b27

“By the way, what 503effbdc4 the hell is up 59af2541fe with that guy’s name? Were his parents insane?”fd26996551e73804

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Renault grumbled in 9f870f0c3c irritation. Megan’s fingers d0e9fe2d6c stopped just 9e2f427b21 short of b53e810f64 grabbing the 642b7b0c12 cigarette pack. For a addc1685b4 brief moment, 43dab2db28 her gaze 1a7efb02a6 flicked up d42f5f5c43 to meet c0427a91d1 his, surprise 89ab81e56b flashing in 15435b0303 her eyes.8e575934d3f22c94

“Well… He 2a2123a08d didn’t have 76fc0b008c parents who 4c1c7bf63f could give cc8f9a1338 him a 5f30eaea79 decent name.”d2d0d335641081a6

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Megan’s voice 77d1e5e7f4 was quiet, bf20bf042f indifferent, as f53ec7ee6b it faded 2d8e9e90f8 into the 4a1385c5ca air.79bc89ef8717559b

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