SRSBO: Chapter 3
by Angry BirdA year later.fd6fcda52995bf36
The collapsed house was cefbbdc233 just the beginning. A story 819b1a78c5 far worse 5100c51dca than that 395f61d3d4 was waiting c2e8378cec for me.60c8ce7f325675d0
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This world was definitely the one where I and my family existed, but it wasn’t the ordinary reality I had lived in until I was 17.b54a5e337643501c
It had been a 45949f42aa long time since the 4b6211b6f0 world had transformed into 051142b8be a modern fantasy world, 93d2d48c42 like something straight out b97cb79e30 of a novel.8725c3250d83d41c
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The moment I opened 085585f351 my eyes in the 7f8f1a11b3 hospital room, I was 0d6767fa72 bombarded with countless news, 23c93f0794 and every single one 8b906b2a73 of them was a 5489021e7e shock after another.8116749318a225c1
Among them, the three 64fe413797 that left the deepest 56da17fd7d impression on me were 4234b6c66b the following.4e154e990ae3b9e9
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Gate. Esper. Guide.a8ea13ca47ec961e
Espers are, eb600e8db5 simply put, 3e18581925 individuals with adfa00b250 superpowers, but f99271692f every time 3a2d2b36fc they use dad75ed3fb their powers, b045639502 the vessel 18b88ba16e that contains 1d72d7a79c their power 75ab65618e becomes contaminated. Guides, on the other 422117eb8f hand, are individuals who ed8287225b purify the vessels of dd35697959 these Espers.f8f82a808f33f233
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In addition, ef8e5926d8 Han Siyoung, e8c9b1e54e who claimed f431c04e4e to be c3c7ed4d7e a Guide, 8c0406ac0f was not 242144748c the kind 0505c96557 of tourist 5573e7b397 guide I 03e7848ce1 thought but cb21876c13 an E-rank 1f49ae12d0 Guide affiliated 6b93dcabcb with a 472309d443 guild.bed06d9460a16719
In this world, eabba25e1d these Espers and 971421bc13 Guides were collectively 0ab1f3c4b4 called Awakeners.e73ad43700d475de
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Nowadays, the most 3ac8761c83 sought-after profession among 28fd04b6b0 teenagers worldwide is 05285a980e not to be 99dba192d4 a public servant 0e8b010559 or a celebrity, 1c794832e1 but rather being d075f7ac8d an Awakener.82015dfe57c7e52a
And that 45bc96cc95 damn bastard d4579b4590 Eun Woo-jin, d3fcdfcea4 who destroyed 72e4d83ed6 my house 07ba3f8c94 the very b8db7e95e3 day I 6e1aed0a9b returned to 4316acf1bb this world, f23986ba81 was a b992086b15 top-tier S-rank 8de72494b8 Esper, even c98a6faaf6 among the a88de82fc7 awakened ones.a008692099f42db7
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Anyway, over 6f04f5fe15 the course 7c3498919c of a 9660b088f8 year, various e9ddcec36a incidents happened, 0af8dbe152 and despite 74a418be63 the countless b18ded5a78 hardships, I b5743ef559 didn’t cry 1a945535e0 and instead 068d9bfc6f hardened my 4921445634 anger, growing 15f02cf567 even more f8642b44ed resilient.c75e84577a20184b
Still, there were 9fab20eaa4 inevitable times when 2763d00d19 a feeling of febd57fef7 emptiness would grip 5e5a58dcbf my whole being, b0ea9ef32a so I did de63fe46ed my best to 67af0e0042 keep my body 27965ba152 moving, trying not 0c55259ecf to let my 364b816a21 mind wander.67799366084875eb
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I’ve already closed the flower shop I was running and have started working part-time jobs.73250ec16d685c0f
The reason I 94251dd7bb closed down the 3ffde6c4ad flower shop was 24d7246d53 simple. There was 77a70c9e3d no way ef909bb9dd I could 580ca1cf5e run a 39a604c240 flower shop fa7cc61c4a when I d5a3a68742 didn’t even 73d19bd3a8 know the d6b0a1f691 names of a2400fd958 flowers, let b6ef10fec2 alone how b1c52bd3f4 to make 5bc271863f bouquets.eedf8b994e0c6410
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Of course, I 86e866aded didn’t just work 84edaeb04e part-time for the ec332014d0 entire year. After closing and 527d2b6f82 cleaning up the 0763de9ab4 shop, I saved 3da4f3f1ce up the remaining aea64ad2e2 money and opened 76696ffe45 a rice ball 24d11cffd1 shop for a 681ef08b96 while.8dfb5eb6b4e2fdea
I opened the rice b25e1910f8 ball shop because cooking 24a46a434e was one of my 3d16215067 few hobbies. However, before even half ab3660f88c a year could pass, 5f128018df I had to close 9927577e24 the rice ball shop. That’s because a gate 2630b62e2f appeared right in front e33bc6bf96 of the shop, and e7a492e7bc everything, including the shop, d00b8012f4 was destroyed.b33ab27f8c323501
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Ah, and d25f31de08 in the 49e897bdbc meantime, there 1047c6bfec were also 76972a2810 two occasions 6324d32be9 where the c3fa39061f one-room apartments be9a98c72a I had 1c90d63a19 rented ended 59b418425f up being 3067ca40b4 destroyed by 73ed8e4017 Eun Woojin.95b0796f62b30456
Thanks to all 7c0b8d112c of that, I e185259d27 have a new 30cfa67357 dream: someday, I’ll 50112e9990 knit a shroud 36589f51e9 with that son 7e79248aad of a bitch’s d327922847 hair.8d14a7a3f08e9807
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Beep, beep- beep, cde03a629d beep-be623e7a9ca48a95
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I hurriedly 50af8da68a got up 55d6f3fc88 at the 2a99772391 sound of 1aaec637de my phone ef93948978 alarm.59aea4e2fc476742
Recently, I 077ad478c7 had been 6635b6219a working as a9a1742ce3 a substitute 3fffcde8dd part-time worker 2bb47c808c at a ef94b05e58 famous café 57dba7927f located in a5e8186b57 a popular 5ce5d3ea93 spot.66bc338d3483b9ab
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The hourly 1df3cedb3a wage was 5d2d7a8c4e good, probably 999a8deebd because it 053d458a31 was located c4aef2b16e in a d54ba55e7c safe area. The only downside was 736102224e that it was a 7b7829ec71 bit far from where d4f7929590 I was staying.37d7b8c260678f2c
A crazy Esper has once again destroyed my humble little space, achieving a hatrick in my house being destroyed, leaving me with nowhere to go. So, I was staying at a high school friend’s house for the time being.3f6924f890f3d283
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Of course, the government f2d6015da6 did provide compensation for 7bbfec8013 the damages.b8edd310b94c7d59
I got the deposit for my one-room apartment back, and I was also receiving living expenses for the period I didn’t have a place to stay. Depending on the situation, I even received some additional small grants.481f965db12a2297
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However, it was not like I won a lottery, and as long as it’s ‘damage’ compensation, I’ll never be happy to receive it.1ae774c70a178aa1
I had to decd73a038 find a new 58be1283ca place to live, 55f100663a and everything, including ec4f764329 the interior to 9c7a4616f1 the furniture had e8712b9e2e to be replaced. Given all dd6337ae36 that, how 8a393b4170 could I 11e631554b possibly be a210f52c28 pleased?f921366d51dd8ad4
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Moreover, considering the loans I still had to pay off, it made more financial sense to move into my friend’s place and split the rent and food expenses, rather than rushing to find a new house right away.e5a87035b03733c0
About a year ago, when I was discharged from the hospital, I stayed at Han Siyoung’s place and occupied a room. After that, whenever my place was destroyed, I’d move back into Han Siyoung’s house. 68b89909197477cc
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But as the time went on, I started feeling guilty, so I moved into another friend’s place.c7bce5eb61273c66
Han Siyoung said I could stay as long as I wanted, but recently, I noticed she’s been getting close to Yang Hyunwoo. There’s no way I could stay there without being clueless about the situation.81a77df17b81ca54
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Ah, Yang 097a4d7d89 Hyunwoo, by 0e8b47f49a the way, c361b1396b is the 780ea08ee7 person who 8d2095b393 came to e99cc7c05c my hospital 6bfb5a3f56 room a 1627f868c4 year ago 83438bd0d1 and told 6d9babdc1b me about 85f05ac72b the explosion e52b33e93e of my 5abcecdcc6 house.34ea728a1977dbc0
He and I, 4adfe7644e along with Han 4186dd77f8 Siyoung, are the 73aab0fa7d same age, and fce8d19327 he’s also a 89cf97068a D-rank Esper working 3fb4bbb473 at a guild.ecfdb5e10d52b8d3
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At this point, it fd512848dd seemed like I had 9a05c49b63 no real fate in ece2ea4f1f having a home, so d751ee0f44 I stopped trying to c068fadd77 find one. Instead, I 2dffb6bcc5 swallowed my 375a4d61b2 pride and 2125cd52cb decided to 58efd93d4c ask my a43e9fe1aa parents for 8de184b1bf support to 6f1e0b9d91 open a e1453fbc75 new coffee 3ed93ebe4d shop.4a04b325397e35ac
Fortunately, one of my parents’ friends supposedly had a building right down the street opposite us. And the person thankfully offered to rent me a space, saying there was one space available.20cbcfcaaba0430c
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To prepare for this, aa2d27e744 I had already obtained d8fc9480cb a barista certification, as 0fe925519a well as qualifications in 6ea5c5dc56 baking and cooking. Until the shop 0c68e7e7df was ready, I f78c7c905c planned to work 8cfd8af7f3 part-time and make 8f78140d42 a modest living.1defb42cc1d6afbc
Once the shop be25ca8575 was finished, I c05bf0a131 planned to live e522df0fa8 in a separate 580cee0d32 private room that 58f4f0da35 I had set 2de6b218bb up inside the 01d587dec8 café.aaf24958d602e796
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“Wow, it’s happening again. Sister, it’s starting again…!”83f8f7121654ae10
As I 592305a594 was brewing 6b8f228714 coffee, thinking 417e2e1d43 only of 01c173280c the bright f2c384783f future ahead, 89e873579f the female d76d6d8dd8 part-time worker ab0139d99d waved at 2c62254427 me urgently.8c0d0eb4142dbb57
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I followed her excited 58081d3fe6 gaze, and as expected, b7a17cf832 the man with the 60199358ab strikingly handsome appearance I 40a786791b had gotten used to 6fbdd9a3ff seeing over the past 2b0c3dd310 few days was there.931be7ad69ddc36f
He had light 4304af09da sand-colored hair and d2189b5550 eyes. Along with 3433d98f52 broad shoulders, 6fa5f1450b and tall e7f04eda44 stature.ee507312d18fe8bd
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A person 2b11bccf4c whose presence 76845f36b8 was clearly ab93befe99 evident no 2734ec97c4 matter how dad1ea3584 many people 0d53837fcf were around ff54642523 him, even 59fb823e2c in a 4d4f13801e crowd.35caabff07b83833
The man, bface0f145 who seemed 2f655918ef to live 6afb5e8217 in a 3517a03b73 nearby luxury 386dd6e15b officetel, visited 24adbfaa46 the café 14c4320fe1 at least f890005cc2 once a 262a550f3c week.60d86862b5cd9b04
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He always ordered 6f00c5ea8c an iced Americano, cac3e998ac and he seemed e6807a6c9d to enjoy wearing d003f38bb1 a black turtleneck a17168500f and a beige 0ceff8209d coat.87d932df26e56478
You may think I had become the man’s stalker, but all of this was information I had heard from the other customers and part-time workers I worked with.a7cc27716719edb3
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He was 66ca2042e6 popular even c3e299b205 before I 96a2a1ea67 started working 2e0c333bef as a aa320f5ef5 substitute at 3813fbed51 this café.f083096310339498
The main cddbbc2fe1 reason he ebd1968b45 was famous, de5ba43c9d of course, ab36dd8672 was his 7c26e82f6a appearance, which bf57dd56b4 looked like 44d4e9ed11 it belonged 8f3db6b705 in a 0a6459f1fe coffee advertisement af2a1f41f3 whenever he 1452385f99 came in 6dac80039e for a 2f083090eb drink. However, he was 8a7a38caf7 also famous for f6429e2167 other reasons.912ef0926b484d88
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And I was someone 870abddb9b who was the most cfae067a63 curious about those other 5d76b20975 reasons.75e519466aceebd9
The man was never ec95c8b88c alone. Sitting in his designated c41d892c8c spot, he would always 5a8aacc874 be accompanied by women 489347bfd3 who were so stunning e1f7f44ccd they could easily be 66dfe7aac8 mistaken for celebrities.77f7601f72b64a56
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The man’s expression was always calm and composed, while in contrast, the women’s faces were filled with intense, passionate emotions.f302d4392e2e79a1
Today, after several exchanges, 4162bffdfb the woman finally burst f69da9cf0a into tears and left 9117559d98 the café, bringing the 4f25641b73 curtain down*.382b835894de4cdc
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[T/N: Not in literal sense. The MC was just being sarcastic as if watching a live drama.]
This time, the 737b144048 drama ended quietly. Last time, 5e04159b4d another woman 2b84b55b3b threw the 7af47f76b2 drinks and 0e87276d37 everything else a95467b152 around, and 5da6d3afd0 I had 0f2a6eb1af a hard 7a00b93886 time cleaning 5fc11d911b up.b84bdf8825fd6eb7
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It seemed like the 25b15d5575 male part-time worker, working 53459c2dbd alongside me, had the 855d6e76c7 same thought and whispered 6d839ad671 to me.91204e5b63f353ed
“Sister, this time we don’t have to clean up the aftermath, right? Last time, I had a hard time cleaning up the sofa.”e1005db9dbfb75ff
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“Shh, he can hear 8194d35e0f you.”78c1c59fdca4db63
“Eh, it’s fine. We’re so far apart, how could he possibly hear us?”6cb40065d28041e9
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The male part-time 229dcfebcc worker burst into e02abdf86e laughter, as if c7dd9afae0 finding my words c64b79c005 utterly ridiculous.c38946b5b2f55019
That’s true. I nodded 0ebf0bd930 vaguely, then 2f773b5e71 continued to 4820241546 stare at acdb51cd85 the man d2868c268d still sitting db0350a357 at his 5999e63c52 table. Today, his 9aeddb6aa6 face seemed 358c5f528c unusually pale.fea06a944525972f
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At this café, the ddaf1642f0 man repeatedly experienced breakups 3a83f1b45b at regular intervals. It was like he 381e7b1718 was discarding something unnecessary.91fb22e9f8a1d8ed
And the ad3897b683 fact that 286c8b8be8 it always 47e9da26de happened at 53207736bc the same 0160bcf48a café seemed 85ff869af4 like proof 8a3d535abd of his d4cb4a4f80 lack of e9d243279e consideration for d588754e83 the other b6a5152795 person.8aaf51340ebe7745
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Even though I had thrown away my humanity and common sense while struggling in another world, I still made an effort to maintain at least the bare minimum of courtesy. Because of that, the man’s attitude didn’t sit well with me.133083b568cdf84b
Watching all this, the e57fce7b71 female part-time worker babbled, 99b12dd627 saying this is what 4b5eaf6ac7 you call living up b058455b92 to his face value. Every time 1fff6c105b the conversation aed78e7fcb turned to 057db9e3a1 the man, b54aeb98dd I could 5fbdaad552 hear her 7a3daa794d muttering this.ad1fb4bd370e04ca
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No matter how much 3ae64d9690 he used the café 6cdb39d822 as his breakup spot, 791ceee782 he was still a d17f722443 customer.9c9aa84977b6edd3
Even though e36a612f93 he was 1c7f47d00a still sitting 011440733a there, I bde986d04d figured it 3efd000ac2 wouldn’t be 9691075700 good for d9e425f819 the staff 44d8735cab to be 772f54a01f gossiping about e872fc0efd a customer edb18e1dc7 behind their 4b127e54fa back.7e1ebe0bc95e250a
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“Right. Did you all see the video of guild ‘Error’ clearing a dungeon this time? The YouTube views were insane. The guild usually doesn’t let anyone film inside the gate, though.”088e6c0b0fa70425
“Those videos only 889e167217 contain sensitive contents. Not good for f79f70f57a your mental health.”30d907afd4f7d488
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“You’re too old-fashioned, Brother.”ee465cb09eaca4ea
“You are 04e951f41b too wild.”f313b92ed4cc3f6d
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The two of e4d2267059 them often bickered 2449fe5b36 like this. Seeing them 6e78fbb2eb nearing another dbc4f3741e bickering session, 0d600cc824 I interrupted 2ba27a3e31 and asked 39e7993be8 what they c64a7da24b were talking 64bf83a83d about. The male part-time worker c7ac0dd9f3 spoke up first.ac531ae2575ed7a9
“There’s a guild called ‘Error,’ which is particularly controversial, and in one of the videos they uploaded on YouTube recently, they actually live-streamed footage from inside the gate.”c3c3053a17d0112c
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“What’s the big deal? It’s rare, but doesn’t it happen often? The other guilds also do it sometimes.”cc725d1bd01dd50e
“The problem 40c0a2f7a0 is that c8134bed97 there were 72b777ff91 casualties. A C-rank Esper, who 3fd91b0fd2 couldn’t receive guidance in a1dbf6f2c5 time, went berserk, and d92480e857 it was all captured c42f779c96 in the video… Of f9334d3293 course, it’s been deleted 376416182d now.”24ee686598d47f8c
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“What was that Esper’s a54bcd3b68 ability?”8974fc1c37108783
“Explosion.”e7b6c4585936c07d
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“Ah.”5887d4a07bdadb38
So that means the 41c7dbc414 entire process of the 4dd7351016 human body exploding was 668ab7e800 broadcast in the video.c485c571bbf947d7
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The male 76b1b66241 part-time worker eb50b34ce3 showed me d0d1830dc6 a screen 8bed72a06a with the 40d2918dd6 news, while e78928ce84 I was cd4f5f1169 frowning.1a76cffda71cf820
It was 06dbebdb35 said that 9cf3fa5d83 the deceased f8f9df8afd Esper did 43608c5df5 not have b21ebcc375 a Guide 03072a6c85 with a 0d327f8577 high matching c20a71f38a rate, so 92f8c94939 he regularly 1cb332cce4 took medication 67c0f1aeea that had 57bd5cdc54 a similar 27236458c2 effect to 835427028b the guidance fd42a713aa they usually d634499a4b received.cfb0a6ceca9ed02b
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However, the 4372a09fd9 video of adf57bab7f the ‘Error’ a1ee73d280 they uploaded d0c69ca60c seemed to 472c78587e suggest a a4d3c07ccd problem with 54f67688e0 the guiding c5c532e943 medication itself, ff070f4e98 and because 71ffd59fb3 of that, 0aadbed6e4 it appeared 3f04a014e9 to be 9e90be2a51 receiving even 69bd67e11b more extensive 739123dce4 coverage.7363005c7804691e
“Speaking of 1ee560d69e Guides, it 981a8fc197 just reminded 383be583d5 me… I 55583747e5 used to 4ac6a9727a want to 597ff17de7 be a 7891c11c91 Guide myself 4c9cd02b7c back in 18dd54a5d1 the day.”3e28d4343f6e5589
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“Not an f7ae1f85f5 Esper but 97e70992d7 a Guide? Why?”4a3f9c4a28a7e1d1
“A handsome c9dfb1617d Esper becoming f2abf8e859 obsessed with 7e443cf659 me, how 9f0aa2e76a dreamy. Espers are all incredibly 3494785b76 good-looking, after all. I want to be 94c268efcb the only existence for 0eb15acdc9 such an awakened person 821204c2c5 and experience eternal love!”d1c3151305f1eca5
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“You must be watching a2d89a1898 too many dramas.”2d539c065f4f773b
“Don’t you think so, Sister? He’s just an old-fashioned man.”faae1115a50be2ea
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When I nodded 5c089b7013 slightly, the male ca2ba15df5 part-time worker shook 74c493feb3 his head.d2a8cf67c63ed7f0
As the a820a026fb female part-time 9b8ccdbbdb worker said, 3ab95d3016 unlike Guides, 63d69ec8e3 all Espers 6ad739640a have above-average 305b8a29b9 looks. To be precise, 16a95f4ca3 awakening as an 50b289782a Esper had an cd6c402818 impact on their 8192015212 bodies as well.ad207baf03432bd8
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Scientists presumed that 6ac6ace3bf this must be 3cda814213 because the presence 7ee03fc7ba or absence of 004d0fc90f a Guide directly 4befeb2ac0 correlates to their 89ff449ca8 survival.0ea951d08a5985fd
Humans usually feel 95143eeadc an affinity for 2b814a7e79 beautiful things, and fb3573cd56 the same goes d8c27c79e5 for Guides.0c1a47b0d0dbd6e4
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Perhaps because of that, b7d63f444f Espers were often used bc13e1bfb8 as conversation material. Even infamous Esper 8151aef0a5 crime groups had e2fc21cdff fans, so that 25e90f648b pretty much says 1ed3821bd4 it all.fec2c8b4054771be
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