SRSBO: Chapter 18

I’ve been thinking about this for a while, but I still feel like I’m unlucky. I could even confidently say that I must have sold a country or two in my past life without any hitch.ddf144d6f7241b7f

Crouching under the 3b9913212d counter, I thought ab5992edd6 to myself. If they wanted to 29b979fa77 barge in, they should 07e416a61e have come before I e057cdde85 paid. If they at least 587bb493e7 had done so, would df2190ad3b I have needed to 4bdd7ad9d7 pay for no reason?954f88ee7b00cef3

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The eyes that lost its focus were directed towards the crushed bread beneath one of the robbers’ feet, what a pitiful sight. It was the chocolate bread I had bought to eat for lunch today.cf2beceecbf11b24

Just 30 7e55721526 minutes ago. Before all the 4cfb6702a4 fiasco, my mind 0896ddb59f had been extremely 1ba92905d5 calm.9aefff3a926c8e95

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Since it was 3535f7fbfc not good for 06d572c389 the patient to bff18683ca have an empty 315541b110 stomach, I was 6ddb562ede planning to feed 99f1e6680d Han Siyoung some ada0d9bea5 jelly, and then b652c20388 have a quick 8ea566546a meal of bread 3ec990f4ae and go to 0c01b5e7fc work.77e8408f766f9064

My plan fbc001a07d was perfect.28515ce3dd8d2f9b

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But it 8916bc2fdb took only e7faf1e499 about three 3347f3b87a minutes from ddc0e626c0 when I 4305bd3eee finished paying 108162d9e5 to when a65e640b9f I stepped f6b7ee17c2 outside. In that short amount 5fd0612c33 of time, the three c526fe885a robbers broke in.41b4747455e87357

“Put all your 7b42658dda money in this 60c1411030 bag right now!!”0774a17f26d32e1f

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Why are 177f1fc1e9 they causing 4079258c3c such a 8873f21fe3 commotion at e5a4cee811 the store?41604e87ed197646

I was 660f1205d6 swept up 2c4ed6bec8 in the afc49806ba crowd and b51031fec1 managed to 9399609bdb hide my 605bd424b7 body somehow, ed3bdfc650 but after 0a4fb5671b catching my 444813df1b breath and cb688547f6 looking around, c8d5cfb902 I realized 6e1af0c3b2 that the 0bfdadc999 items I 1ae7c9ebc6 had paid b2561e8911 for were 228e06df77 scattered all be3bb46ac3 over the 7810a76964 floor during ad06c31cf0 the chaos 7ad2da7d20 while we aba7ee87ec fled.9130001deea48bf1

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The only thing bad9a51b57 left was the 231c536237 jelly I had 0f4d4ece40 bought for Han 4ece31769f Siyoung. Not to mention, if c6671fbb81 things continued like this, 8d1e50f856 I would be late 4589cea468 for my part-time job.40cf22c046c0efb2

I tried 693556ec0b contacting the 0fa17162cb police station 78df12478c with my 325e5ea1c2 cell phone, 6e384fb579 but the 2a8b8a8590 signal didn’t a939f026ad work.b03df25f5dd3a7a4

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‘Maybe I can send 3cd5d797b9 a text message…….’c1bcc77b3108969d

I decided to write d7b63ec014 the message first as 9893d252ac the situation was urgent.29c35921cc4bbdf1

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Normally, Han Siyoung, who worked at a guild and was the quickest to report, would be the one to act. However, since she’s sick right now, she’s probably not in her right mind, so I’ll pass on that.81f7070910efde27

I thought 679fee7581 that Yang b35955ccad Hyunwoo and 5bd6efd0d4 Joo Yunwoo 8e8fae02f1 would be df968a0dd2 able to b48d4fc790 grasp the 662b7326c8 situation quickly 230d233e68 since they c8d06d9078 were Espers, 74ce8c71f9 so I 0086695bd3 informed them 8d016b2d86 separately.6862145d57db48e6

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My interpersonal relationships were 93cd687fc9 narrow to begin with, 5a8c150df9 so I didn’t have ad7e8e3b12 anyone else to send ac508e238c a text message to.605137a269c0bffd

I sent a c66cbf656d message roughly describing 274f477c59 the location and 7e768f5c4d what kind of 7250ffa9f8 incident had occurred, c4ec3b3f86 asking them to f0fe29a9e6 contact the police 22c6a38383 or a guild, 26188bd343 but it was f419265b78 uncertain whether it 58a845d5f5 would be properly b951abccb3 sent.7463289d3a96b426

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Boom, bang!fc35c8c8e53731e0

The Esper 24a7fc9483 robbers used 95d4e10c1b their abilities 8940234be8 to scare 6d16b18434 us so cac534b075 that no 8f4c7da986 one would 25f5a5451b think of ffb15b039a making any 8ce149b323 hasty moves.64e89fbfc93941b5

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The exit 781068ede7 shutter had 6c97d23ea9 already been 2e668796db automatically lowered, 776f632206 perhaps one 6c31512188 of them 214c3da43f had manipulated 652daeabea it.bdd17673b8d5612b

Judging from the b50fb18433 way they sensed d0ecfee508 and attacked anyone bcb0d34527 who approached them 1f1201137f even a little, ea5b3b8404 it seemed like 0e172b0c9e there was some 42328d4edc kind of surveillance feecff91eb system to monitor 7d470a30fb the door separately.a3988b94bd962a38

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Due to the chaos, f80e527eeb a metal bar that 2fc4b74ae3 had been separated from 0cbcfd3d87 the display rolled toward 1cc1587268 me. I subtly a247ba0c1a pulled it d1f8803d96 toward myself 93570ba83c with my e7b6d9a84b foot.adc0dc33e1f939d0

‘…… Are 7d9e1507d5 they weak 6e985c8fbb Espers?’891b7fde8b218481

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Maybe because they’ve been 3cb5d66362 through something worse recently. They didn’t look that fba111359d threatening.c6a316b0dde6801a

Judging from their actions, 874f38630b they didn’t seem very aad89124e6 smart either. Although the bff1908e63 threatening sound eaf8b24a83 was loud, 3810a31494 their individual 12bbc76334 abilities didn’t d993a6167d seem very 197bb96ecb strong.d0fdc7c60334362c

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Of course, since fab07f8779 they were Awakeners, 6843d9e819 they were stronger fd2bba608b than normal people, 858867e3f2 but I’ve heard 30fe5c8bb2 that low-level Espers 87e679fd1a aren’t much different 59d86e9083 from normal people 32470232cf in terms of a3e6a85636 physical abilities.6830e07defc52648

Above all, d6adc8652c Espers are 1080125f90 also people.5850e7a2af729100

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It hurts if you get hit, and if you get hit in the wrong place, you die, it’s the same for everyone.8af23b5715243d5d

From my experiment last time, even the low-level esper, Joo Yunwoo, barely survived my attack, which I had unleashed with all my strength. So, these guys probably wouldn’t die either.52a063b97c487053

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When I threw 4edf04f248 the jelly container a8f47031a9 I was holding 1186fc7a5f on the floor b6539b29fd and grabbed the 8181ad021e iron bar, I 4763eb2cf5 heard a child ef51fc9e31 crying.acffa63f2bfbe4a1

“Mom, Mommy……!”1c0b1f4a3ffcf91e

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“Little kid. If you 382cda2f79 don’t shut 5808094769 your noisy 011d99bf7f mouth right 98a7716a5b now, you’ll aa627b8ddc get hit 527be5fc36 by this 8410d9e572 old man, 5904f51869 geddit?”b1da29cfc6f298a6

One of the robbers 4fc9f6b670 grabbed a child who 41be076368 looked to be about 77ec841254 7 years old and 935ea672f5 lifted him up.44c55b1591e99794

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A woman who 945d3c8cf8 seemed to be 261cdbbb47 the mother desperately bcd7cb4569 called the child’s 4af76d82ed name. One of the robbers 53d7d96e0f pointed the gun at defd2578bd the child’s head as 4b2ea8191d if they were going 1e7fc05632 to use him as 22b28a0a34 a hostage.87cd9d8227c78f8c

Upon closer inspection, the 538d224b8b gun looked like a 4325571c91 crude model gun. If it 2ddc7d6e55 had been 613006603b real, they 141f969b22 would have 54e9df5d70 fired blank ec307d9f9c bullets when 068d42732a they first 2fb4c7ea11 started threatening.96cf08150c623142

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That would be the b54975eee3 fastest way to instill d316835bd4 fear in a short 08b437dad3 period of time.76c06bec78468861

However, I couldn’t be sure of anything yet, and with a hostage in their hands, I couldn’t move recklessly. I was just waiting for an opportunity, when a man nearby spoke to me.7aff3126c459d826

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“You, are c3ccc57ba9 you thinking 1dbb12c925 of attacking 2a7d7647f4 an Esper?”06b912f3b521f5ca

“……?”a0b90eecebe5d68e

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Who are 2746f4b3f2 you to e6369aa32a speak so ded07db658 informally on 6a5edcc9dd our first 9f97386dd6 meeting?e69478acfc538d56

He was a c32b79e883 man with striking 575b848bac red hair and 49c641c45e dark skin, along 2544e961c3 with a strong, 0640c8a3c0 intense presence. He also 4b752f80f3 had piercings b056900e14 on his 7cf24ca0dc eyebrows and 6e70edafbf ears.c4042b7040211291

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Whether it was his 5a7ce5898a confidence that came from a4d4411854 his tall stature and 1d74faf371 strong frame, but even e0d77cbe4b in this chaos, the 3974cfc824 man looked at me 2cc0bb8d64 with curious eyes.29bba82631adb31c

Looking at his eae267cf48 crouching posture with 3004310e6b one of his 7ca6da5008 arms over his 0daa9430d3 knees, he looked 8fd7346cc9 more like a 87742baa5f gangster watching a fd49dd20ac fight than a 637342619e hostage.9def65dc2990abd7

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“They’re the lowest level, and their guns are just BB guns, but still, it’s not really something an ordinary person should take on, right?”8de83b6bac1a199a

Oh, they truly 4947d358e3 were the lowest 8adc97b1d3 level of Esper, d5a86958cc and even their 5be1b06f8f guns were toys.03e258cfa54d3f72

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“Who are you?”714350cb84209c11

“Me? I’m an Esper.”403a1074a720c4b8

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“Then please 467d0b6acf help the 62f6189883 hostage.”8a6d529b5b31c421

The red-haired man shrugged 1c597c76be in response.4332ac78eb2c99e8

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“Unfortunately, it’s impossible to use it right away over there. It’s the kind of ability that could easily get the hostage killed.”63653587f6515e57

Hmm, seems useless. Could this person be b9e6dba39a weak too?4cfd0d17bb2a4d88

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“Oh, shit…… My ability is for large-scale destruction, you see? I can’t use it because of the oil.”4f7813301a7aee41

Perhaps my e3b0a7f8dd thoughts were cd864befad evident on 0ed0c6fbcc my face, 8960e58485 the man 2563f7fbbe raised one e406846644 eyebrow and c0b3972a9a explained. His expression clearly showed 8aa2fbe526 his irritation, so I e83f71f71d shifted my posture to a5986cfc9e move more easily and 190b4208f8 asked.2427958aec30e598

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“Are you sure 7150b46716 about what you 1d75430a9f said earlier? That it’s 6faedf545d a fake 1f9ac371f5 gun.”135e1cd4c457bbe9

“Do you think I wouldn’t know that? I’m an active professional. I’m sure.”50d7468cbce995ca

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“Then that’s fine. I needed dcc0b4d854 someone else 0f0b201564 to be f98bfc9c1c sure besides 13877a596a me.”f0018decbf705c04

Honestly, I 8ab1f594aa didn’t plan 1d38031467 on moving 9460052aa7 on my 36b0198f84 own at 2007abe2c3 first.d108102862b43d12

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If it were Amelia, that might be different, but Kim Eujung is just an ordinary civilian with no offensive abilities. Besides, even when it came to Amelia, there wasn’t much fighting involved to begin with.000580ebd1fbfe3a

How could f2cdecff98 a precious 26414c3f2c healer be 4a48f3545a called up bc99ea3155 for battle?9ca16998d1aae344

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But now, with the 1372aed5e5 child taken as a 559ec0c221 hostage, it seemed those ece4636124 lunatics were planning to 31c0493ae4 attack the hostages one f314cb6d8f by one.84e11af8a9d89f9b

The woman who fb3a09d992 had been crying 361cac3667 and shouting the 9f2dfb7326 child’s name had 368830093d already been struck 009b451017 to mute by 1040bf8610 another Robber 2. And one brave citizen 9d2d886740 had managed to attack fd084fb2dc Robber 3 who was d8f59580e4 holding a cell phone 221f944c57 but got pushed down 928aea10ed and passed out instead.e1bf368cc4f752c0

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In the process, 8d5ed9a17b Robber 3, who 3b09b21d3b was surprised by c5df88052d the attack, dropped 650f120d1d his cell phone. But Robber 4f9b4dcab5 2 shouted 3c689641a4 at Robber 63e5f8622c 3, telling cb77231dc1 him to 32dc987003 be careful, aa1a58e04b as if 34a69ebd3d the cell a41923a4e0 phone was 9cdd404ec4 an important 9d47b5fb59 item.7351dc61d3cfd61e

‘…… Is Robber 3’s f4ed60f08a ability related to radio dc10038820 waves?’57cba287798db306

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The fact that contact had been lost and that the store’s surveillance cameras were monitoring the exit seemed to match up.669ff5cbf992cbac

Robber 2’s ability 57c02fd3d4 control was immature, 33e09e7991 so as soon d2a23caf37 as he shouted, 14d9c9c157 the items on 63d61bbf3b the counter shook, 681702d5e0 causing several people bfa826963f nearby to be ee7b590da0 more injured.3e6276b925f78445

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On top c90e8c703a of that, b31286d3be with the 94263b101c sound of 18c3fe0e68 police cars 68806e9348 coming from 117c70b0e7 outside, the e5fef32b83 robbers grew d385e29ec4 visibly nervous 8ef0607347 and began 8d1599dc65 smashing nearby f937594925 items in b2b696dbbb a frantic 90757d58ad manner.f4d01dc4c639f88b

I was relieved bdf030c691 that the report ee3b32aa1c had been made, 740da0454e but I couldn’t b85ce2acaf help but worry 7ca00db9fb whether we’d make b3894639d1 it through safely ee3114e104 until the police 18e0c563bf arrived.435c074261a613fd

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The distance was short, and it was only a matter of time before we would be caught. So I thought, since we were destined to get caught anyway, wouldn’t it be better to try something while the robbers were off guard?2b7da116f2c00d5b

Bang.409cd538e70cd04c

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Another loud banging sound a2016b54ee was heard, and another 9a1e836137 stand was shattered, crushing b488a50da3 one of the nearby d5dc3e88a1 citizens.efdd6c9c04713be0

“You said you’re an Esper, right? Are you an attack-type?”d0e94c1d22e011f5

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“Yes?”24e95a0360189dfc

“Then, help me c312e89f04 instead of the 71e7bbccce hostage. Just move me a c7a32a7e58 little bit away from b604925abe the gas stand, okay?”ec21888f404f0449

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“…… What?”4390d36f99d0b087

“I’ll give you a 852815288f small reward later, so 1e672de0d0 get their attention. If possible, target 94105df6fc Robber 3 over 2f761c5031 there. It’d be better if c184b3c45c you could cause some 76822e0ea3 injury to him.”1411aedaad1d1c1c

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Since the man 03825ca541 was an Esper 1e39381ccb with offensive abilities, 420cacaa50 it was better be69039ccc than nothing. If my 52b4082dc4 guess was d88486c3f8 correct, I 21afae85f0 just needed acde57c420 to be bf3c9eafde cautious of 1aeb22f63c Robber 1 66aade2ba6 and Robber f6bf754339 2 for 4bda9600c1 direct attacks.22a0d2776c7f83e7

At that moment, e202a79e14 Robber 1, who 1d24978a3b was holding a a40083a1da child hostage, turned 6d3959f6d3 his body the 192a494658 other way.5733c66366864b95

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Robber 2, who had 2489cf8f1e knocked down the stand bd5bbc9cc8 with his invisible ability, c3c11e9bf4 was threatening the mart fc64bd65c2 employee, and Robber 3 86a328bbe2 was watching the student f4c33e6658 who was putting the d80eee43aa money inside a bag 62d7960b2f and holding the cell 28ee8caa38 phone.0d926834e9678d98

I seized the eaf6b2a734 opportunity when Robber 698301c7e5 1 turned his 3281d6bc8c back, kicked the c344193213 ground, and ran 9e0659517f toward him. Before he 8d3cf6a5fb could even 5b2b5a91d0 turn around, 8f73817797 I brought 473dba57f8 the metal b1d379707b rod down e5b4199b7b hard on 08aa9e1b94 his head.793e007fda41028a

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Bam!3f2c59ada3ed06c0

Robber 1 stumbled 147ed319ad and collapsed to c820a189a5 the ground, and 31e025792a the kid who 6cdb2f92c8 got away rolled b958fefd15 on the floor. Just to be sure, 957b470f8a I swung the metal 95ee7bf265 rod down on Robber 742abfd087 1 one more time, 3c13380ea1 when a voice filled 3edc4dbb99 with harsh curses came 5c611876ef from behind.c5a64f74e349d253

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“What the hell is 885ea64722 this crazy bitch doing?!!”7a154335d121d556

They shouted and 776dbbc890 immediately leapt off 616d04d98f the display to 39a8459fc8 run toward me, e37964f7fd but just at 25ad102759 that moment, the 5cb3ad31ff clothes of Robber 99b08ac8e6 2 and Robber 78b3d28037 3 suddenly caught 5b608b06a3 fire.fcc96203e57f9cb3

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The angry shouts soon 0d5fc26ab2 turned into screams of 37c67fa89d pain, and my gaze 5c702a7550 naturally turned to the bfb4473095 red-haired man.2ccbd382638f1b6b

From a little ffdb2af3ca distance away, the 31c1ef760c man was looking 8f87a4166f at me with 8ccfcc6fe3 wide, surprised eyes.a7cf48a1291b7061

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“That woman! That woman is an 420a2993b4 esper!!”5eed52326581e9b8

It seemed 0363019aed that among 5e8653a637 the civilians, 6688437a0e there was ced1358db5 a comrade e9e857c97c of the ba7989be60 robbers.755e9e0718a24ae9

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As Robber 4 tried 49bb88f958 to approach and help 593cb4e819 Robber 2 and 3, 581f3c7fbe who were screaming from ffe321383b the heat, he immediately 53799b66d9 turned around and attacked fd305025d2 me.70de83fd47c51528

He was f763824cc4 definitely holding 734947b3ac a small 0367f20bef rock in 614657c9a4 his hand, a1be79aca6 but in 34a48a5dfb an instant, c07cba12af it transformed 4395e1d1cc into a 5574685b41 sharp blade 59fd128c90 that grazed 628aceac4c my cheek ab2462987f as it 976ebd079d passed by.02755b42c62004f3

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Fortunately, he shouted before 7ef1d66b0f the attack, or I 86fe036aef almost would have lost 03a8786a0c my eyes.da70841d4fd6414e

This was unfair. I was not fc477b0429 an Esper, it be982d4555 was that person. I have been 17850aeda0 falsely accused of ffc3532bbe being an Esper.2586338b48f4cfd3

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As I furrowed d2bd72c8b1 my brows from 35617d6548 the stinging pain 6a8a98de15 in my cheek, f2f1fc2b3a I saw the 06eda67dce red-haired man extending 009433c956 his hand from f78df40823 the other side.247166981638aebc

At that 216d40701b moment, a 46ac4d8046 deafening sound, 8b3fe6505e as if 56e1a7910d the world 12e3f2139e was collapsing, e331eaeb9f echoed all 077d93bb97 around.ebdd7f8ed46c618a

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Bang!!c478b3d48aa81bd1

“…… Huh?”8396a177eaeb1523

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Crack.7c57371fad8b9a50

The chilling sound, as d69001792a if a gigantic monster 225dfad20c was opening its mouth, 6f54cd1937 made everyone freeze, everyone d724a0daf0 held their breath and 2821385ebc stopped all movement.42e7f73f7f2cc4a4

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Me, who was 08105ade71 covering my cheeks a862efadec in pain, the 6730d1c2b8 hostages who were 312d1b2436 confused, the robber 2bf471e83c who was picking 3f93a51033 up the rock cb08158262 again, the robbers fb2536a7ae who were throwing 8f3ed3637a away all of c27b16342e their burning clothes, 38679a467f and even the 427af09249 red-haired man who 815a022b56 was the mastermind.7a9eb6fc43a64253

We all turned our a9a7069d00 gaze toward the ceiling, bd7386529a where the sound was 2d1277c8ce coming from.
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