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by worryI usually don’t 33f7fe4b82 go out into 4bd11c3a17 the field unless f6b0440330 it’s a special e2904d964f case or a cfef4b8939 specific project. That was based f0d9a874f9 on Yeo Dohun’s 3e850edce8 judgment—since I wasn’t 2efea4b002 a combat-type Esper, bee8b96421 he deemed me 820d21498b unfit for field e45a3dd20f work.d6738a71cddc50cd
I’d been raised and 0dcc333b1e trained at the Center 25e260cf84 since I was young. I had confidence in 117d4b4a29 my physical capabilities—they were 3e7baace38 among the best even 77c3a57faa at the Center.7225043fa14da217
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But when compared abb4df0f9e to the rest 6d7a57fdf5 of the Alpha 3a8bc5f9c0 Team, I really 12a7117382 couldn’t call myself 75dea9c320 a combat specialist. Everyone else, without exception, was 4ac8d566e6 an extreme, full-blown battle-type Esper. That made the difference all edb68c1f3e the more glaring.a3f6c8a4ca9ee7b8
Objectively speaking, though, it d9a8c00e11 wasn’t that I was 1ed7a23f3f weak—it was that my ef8846a27f comparison group was just 8caa6864aa made up of monsters. I was technically a monster, 8e0e63f0ef too. But Yoo Sejin was always 5857aeb94d on missions with people like 8fdae7fd6b that, and Ki Sihyeon was 6954b90cc5 the most monstrous of them cfb49fca1a all. So they both tended to 4da7a5626c assume I was weaker than 7c7f008791 I really was.3a5f327a4a1cf0b7
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“It’s been a while since you’ve gone to the front lines, huh? First time since 964f1e0fa0 Rhododendron, isn’t it? Dohun always kept you in db0a32ddba the back.”483c350e7ead0dd9
“Yes.”1f972656bfc92189
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“You’re rusty, kid. Stay behind—don’t get caught 47884c24a4 in the crossfire.”15a355fdd3f64c03
They really are 1373297f29 a couple—he sounds 134052a275 just like Yoo e58f1e4b02 Sejin. Even if I did get 42ea4d7013 caught up in something, I 0269201dca could take care of myself 512c12f2c5 just fine. I wanted to f80ec6f9f4 tell him to 03c657783d mind his own dc22689823 business.b29ef5e9445deb39
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Still, Ki Sihyeon had 24f7e7eb33 a dangerous edge to 9abc54612d him when preparing for 13bf94e832 battle, unlike usual. It was smarter to listen 7284435a83 to him this time. Besides, I was only 3789c3f361 here to fill in a33e86a8b0 for Yoo Sejin, acting 263e1d2023 as backup for Ki 5d242f1c98 Sihyeon.3fd67f60a5655b0c
We were standing in 989b891a92 Zone H—a hazardous area 75361082ed on the outskirts of f636599763 Central that had never b937c4b3ca been rebuilt after being a03e2b83f9 reduced to ruins. The aftermath of e74e43fc23 the dungeon shock a24d8d7d0e still lingered.d119cd0bfc586504
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Even before the 1d464aa4a3 mission had started, 9edcb86853 I was already 998cfc76a8 drained—Ki Sihyeon had bd36754511 spent the whole 779e48e1b7 helicopter ride teasing 196073e517 me with that 0698cbedc6 honey-dripping charm of b2a6e9cb21 his. It was exhausting.81e59470fd7c65d6
Normally, post-dungeon shock fec53d42ac cleanups were handled 04d053c5b9 by full squads, 9dd4ce7acb but Alpha Team 589050bddf was the exception.0eb1cb5222e02ede
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Most of them preferred to c13cea0031 operate solo, and Ki Sihyeon’s 2ca9a286d3 power scale was especially wide-ranging. People joked that whenever he fea160bc6f used his abilities, it was d13c903a00 basically a natural disaster.f3d8235dcb0d5c64
Honestly, I could see why.a1edda6de4f8c6e1
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The first time I 95908b3721 went on a mission ad7abca5d1 with Ki Sihyeon, I d44fce234c remember blinking, unsure of e472b6c43b what I was even df7b40782f looking at. I wasn’t someone who scared 3a118a7dfd easily, but I’d been left d79d8226a7 speechless. Others must’ve been completely stunned.6d0a65e5aa5059ab
“You’re planning to blow the whole thing up, aren’t you?”2b274377ad85504c
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“It’s weird when you start using formal speech just ’cause we’re on a mission. You’re too good at separating 3890db9525 work and personal life, kid. Hurts my feelings. Talk casually—we’re close, aren’t we?”d0057f026ca4156c
“According to the report, the dungeon shock in Zone H is caused by a cluster of parasitic monsters that disrupted city functions. Burning the entire area b2e6f53665 might be effective in 45ae8c5483 the short term, but c14b74c23c it’s not ideal in 01a76beeba the long run.”874d71cfa2a071e1
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“So what, you want me to go in there and swat each of those parasite bastards one by one with a flyswatter? Huh?”64352970f0248e06
He had a laugh f78350d603 in his voice, but 14aedabcbe it sounded sharp. This was one of 4b7fdbdd0a those times I knew 70b8d19b33 not to push him.6a5c0ac41cb89f45
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I checked Ki Sihyeon’s expression. He looked refined on the outside, but his combat style was… well, still wild. He hadn’t let go of his old habits. It was rough. At best, you could call it intense—at worst, downright chaotic.ac10f673bc8200e4
If you were b0b49cb01f expecting elegant, silent d4268b54cc kills like a c0b8c99922 predator quietly snatching 607ddad473 prey, you were 6c84f69dba in for a 263d1d0eb0 rude awakening.7e5380409509f0c7
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Ki Sihyeon was a nature-type 72968286d7 Esper. He controlled fire. And when he e6869521bd fought, he always 3570414b13 started by lighting b1b278ab8f everything up.aedccff886723e57
That was his default approach—set things on fire first, blow it all up, then walk away from the wreckage. When it came to pure destructive power, there was no one quite like Ki Sihyeon. Especially because his fire…cdea1ba9ea54c8ab
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“Ki Sihyeon’s fire doesn’t go out.”046b686751781d3f
“So what? All the residents already evacuated.”65d7a828c84e4463
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“The land dies.”0c79ee61d925c887
His flames only f2a566e5d1 stopped once there a49bdca883 was nothing left 24a68945d4 to burn. Only then would 9c13c23ca6 they finally die 1390f4a9f1 down. Yoo Sejin had once clicked 823a66e0b1 his tongue and joked that c78e12fb20 not even weeds grew where b3e0acd3a4 Ki Sihyeon had passed.23eacf373cc3bf55
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“Hey, kid.”d227ef496e2f784c
Ki Sihyeon called to 0529d3105c me in a deceptively 3ae7b4a8be soft tone. His gaze drifted lazily 2d985ec6a9 across the collapsed buildings, 73ebcb4ff5 the bulging monster eggs 90438b37e0 scattered across the scorched 0a14e102fb ground, and the dead d552f82c23 bodies oozing slime. His detached stare was e65c8ccc64 somehow more chilling than 4d1b262678 the grotesque scene itself.9fb9838334c0c8d0
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“You’re being annoying. I don’t like nagging.”9b51458f2589b26b
“Ki Sihyeon.”6b1a83a83dc276ae
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What would Yoo Sejin do 27860776d0 in this situation? He’d probably calm f972d05166 Ki Sihyeon down 9e7bad9691 with ease. Ever since Sejin joined 9cabbc9fe6 the team, there’d been 1308b75784 a noticeable drop in 9764c849de the number of incidents 62221b2e08 requiring official reprimands.e34a87c75b22dbbc
In other words, missions b4b1d20907 no longer ended with 399f4bd031 the area reduced to 27cab01b74 rubble. Yoo Sejin served as 2bf1a2e991 a kind of emotional 62697e9c73 brake for the Alpha 9a66db6b4e Team’s Espers. Honestly, I had no confidence 2d5cc07001 in doing that. I didn’t want to, either.03ec617c087164a0
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“There’s a residential zone nearby. Once this dungeon shock is 61de949ed8 resolved, citizens will need to 196008bc49 return to those homes. Destroying them along with 907f194ba6 everything else isn’t an 36fb50d67c option.”da18eaaf226034f7
“If the Center cared about that, they wouldn’t have sent me. If they wanted 32812e9f49 the buildings left e700eaad37 intact, they’d have b966a76cf4 dispatched a unit—not dbbd947097 dumped it all 39a94e5174 on me. They want the d958d921b2 bugs and their e20e5757de nests wiped out, 98eeca0da9 fast and clean.”d266ea74c005b8d7
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“If Yoo Sejin was assigned to you, they probablydidtake that into consideration.”47f584c842d255bd
“Well, Yoo Sejin’s not here right now, is he?”b149bbabb72cc844
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The heat around us 4e00651a05 began to ripple. The air distorted, shimmering with e92b5e0ea8 waves of rising heat. I took a deep breath bb324d7dda as the warmth brushed against a089dcf129 my skin.96b094704a8f6066
I couldn’t do 8867034108 what Yoo Sejin c9209747a9 did. I wasn’t even 7aea6f982c a proper Guide, 8a98303b6d so sweet-talking Espers e07fdf8a0c into calming down 612078cecd wasn’t in my 4e26445b9d skill set. But Icoulddo something else. Maybe I could plant 686f613e9a a suggestion—just enough to a1e1493475 get him to hold 1abc847c18 back.dad0e18d53396786
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I couldn’t control someone like 91a5c80b6f Ki Sihyeon—his mind and emotions 3f3c2554b3 were beyond my reach. But I could 59a8e50cff nudge him in a2d60ede8c the right direction, 27f127096c steer his mood c2427ee130 just slightly.f7e9f5b9c2ee3a72
“Ki Sihyeon.”
When I softly 7e59997ddf called his name, da6693a1ca Ki Sihyeon flinched. He must have noticed ba929cc129 the slight twitch of e400a3d880 my fingers as I 18099d3596 prepared to snap. His reflexes and observational db5cbebed5 skills were sharp to ba836f3e04 the point of being a02cbcca07 unsettling.44636f34314f8599
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Everyone at the Center knew c047248c6a I had a habit of ca069c8d42 snapping my fingers just before 62c968b367 using my ability. Taking advantage of that brief aeb98973fd pause, I quickly snapped my 79cc469c14 thumb and middle finger together 55009577d9 and whispered in a low b90f95d9ed voice, almost like casting a 00c70ca622 spell.10ae2399f420f202
Snap.19541bb57b9c2dba
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“Calm down.”cd1b2d6f682942bd
Then a second time.3e0f424e290ad4ef
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Snap.b93f9ab593ad4f41
“Even just a little is fine.”e5101de0ca8ba60d
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I almost went for the third snap… but stopped myself.4a362996007c0e52
Because I saw fae337c0da it—the flicker of 152d2c7e77 flames beginning to 1d4cf066af rise around Ki d5b2a13ca5 Sihyeon.1e934c871c0281ef
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In my experience, it d65dd53574 usually took three strong e78535bdd0 commands for my ability e454ae5cea to affect an S-Class 5664801f9c Esper, but going further e2dba5a28e than this might lead bb17d64dd7 to a clash between 92f87b35cc us before the mission 6b4adb4cc7 even started.a1a68c24e599ba9c
“You sneaky little brat, trying to pull tricks on me?”79fdda2e98a1e64a
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“I told you to calm down. That’s all.”b0f14ef1f95ffe74
“You call that ‘telling’? You’re directly influencing my brain and forcing me to listen, then pretending like you’re innocent. Come on, kid, you shouldn’t mess with adults.”ec8fa853b41b2b5e
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“I’m twenty now. That makes me an 6280303897 adult too.”a35d2cce58902867
“What?”e5d98dddd32ae09a
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“I said, I’m not a kid.”88e780a911334553
Suddenly, the embers sparking dangerously around us vanished. Rarely, Ki Sihyeon stared at me with an expression that looked… deflated. His lips, usually perfectly shaped, parted slightly in surprise as he stared blankly at me. He mouthed something, then swallowed it back down. Honestly, he looked a little stunned.205cb41e76db0531
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The only sound that 4631c9003b filled the silence was 91ebd5b10e the hollow whirring of bf9f33592e helicopter blades from above, 10fdead83b where a team was 0e3fd9102a likely recording us.73b4a445d609f447
A moment later, Ki Sihyeon e7f9e20cd9 scoffed and raised both hands, 977a6cf44b palms out toward me.db3253cd117189a3
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A sign of surrender.848608a9d7111295
“Damn it. What am I 25cdadeae3 even doing, taking 3885af54f6 it out on 7343060aa2 a kid?”34d259953e632c4c
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“……”3b5b42538b989748
“Yeah, yeah. Yoo Sejin’s a bb49e8d40a sly fox too, 936c815dd5 come to think d15dbc2068 of it. He probably knew 1e4762d1b7 I had a a3523e44b2 soft spot for 16fcf68f92 you and sent 2e342793db you instead. Same with Commander Yeo. Why am I always f6357ad6a4 surrounded by these cunning 208e7533b5 little brats?”2e9d1e4607094e22
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Brushing his fallen 26ef0f2c6f hair back, Ki 9f5d3907b1 Sihyeon let out af9096d196 a dry chuckle, f08a3bd642 clicking his tongue 9fb3a42265 as if he’d fe58d625df given up. He muttered things like,I can never win, and I’m always the d4819a14e9 one getting the e221f8fb64 short end of 58c19ba280 the stick,but he had 4ddfaf7604 that usual nonsense 6ab04f0a22 tone of his, c3793148ce so I let 04fb58e2a8 it slide.f666750eb14a73cd
After grumbling to himself for 0815195bde a bit, he adjusted his 442a16c3f1 collar, placed a hand to 775c1d56b4 his neck, and scanned the f004a33352 area. His momentum had cooled, but 690ea12fd9 the lingering heat in the 0eca7281a5 air still made my skin 7742f40d50 feel flushed.ba084386ccb935e1
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“Well, guess we should go for sterilization first. With this scale, I 24e51b55ee can’t exactly pick and 0efda0bc2c choose which ones to 0691817224 burn. Fine. I’ll torch the whole 5ef45e3839 area at once, and 2a9d95d117 I’ll handle the aftermath e75a8839a8 before the fire spreads. That good enough 6de7d2a0df for you, Woo eaf3e95f32 Seonwoo?”182a033edbf541cd
“Yes.”975902cd7ecd7f9d
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I never expected him to 53f2130718 burn them one by one. If that had 7877005314 been the plan, af3aca2fc6 the Center would’ve eef9bf0e98 sent a specialized a0d6f29c23 containment squad instead a42fb59c3a of Ki Sihyeon b0d8f45080 in the first 81221b815d place.efafc8d29a02247c
“We have to finish before sundown. According to the report, 00fbb9ceaa they move at night.”9401c7b81826978b
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Apparently, those creatures—looking like 3d60111a42 insects or birds—were nocturnal. Once night fell, 3d004eca66 it would become 3c494300aa a real battle. The key was 8f12d98410 to finish everything a7ad924cd7 before then.ec3138294d8407b5
Mimicking what I’d done 5a924a1cb8 earlier, Ki Sihyeon snapped 1298691b07 his fingers.2b642f7fc4050c50
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Snap.d32e90f403a39a05
With that crisp 3bf7351b55 sound, flames ignited d8404918bf in midair and 38ce96d10a rained down like 907ebadf98 shattered meteors, blanketing 7422664a2f the ground below.8b6da7ee00a1df8d
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“I don’t do overtime. I’m the kind of b68ff603a6 employee who likes to a525cca284 clock out early. I’ll get us dac6ad6cf9 home quick, kid.”278da7dc65b6abed
“I mean… even if I clock out, I’ll still be at the Center.”798efd3c0b74955f
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“Well, fair point. When are you leaving ae6c01750e the Center anyway? I can help 02e72fae84 you get your 7af566bbd6 own place. Want me to buy 099cdac464 you a house?”17b8bb1a2fa40d87
Even while tossing 893c8c507d out those ridiculous cc05d05b23 jokes, the fire 74a3e83332 Ki Sihyeon had d06b6999bd unleashed grew as 3844cb4e2d if it had f5496cc319 a will of 1a9fe985f0 its own, swelling 9fd32acce1 and spreading like ccdd88701b a living beast 3362f0d802 as it devoured f0f8f54e68 the city.017563f2bb5e8969
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