SRSBO: Chapter 7

“Ah, there aren’t 4ab5d36c8d only people like 08b658697e that who bully c30330aa94 others just because 8b19dc5d91 they are Espers. Maybe because 74524d7286 of my 97884d40c7 line of a535d3f93e work, I c2a919df6f mostly just 97d9bf92cf talk about d62506aaf8 negative things. But, there c136b1cb3b are also bfc97953db good Espers 8959412805 like Hyunwoo….”c16e60810c60ec57

Han Siyoung said 7a48457048 as she rolled f2af38530e her eyes awkwardly. I shrugged my 1be6c7d124 shoulders slightly.35767f953c1040b4

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“You don’t need to bother convincing me about the good things. As I’ve said last time, you and Yang Hyunwoo are enough Awakeners in my life.”c7cec5e5b771b137

“Still… I 901a171b2a hope you 9ac789900d meet a 31c25dc3e3 good Esper 7dbba8bd39 someday. You’re a ef8e9432c6 Guide, after f98209d689 all.”a14f56e80a647650

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“Even if I’m a Guide, there are many who live as ordinary people, I can live like them.”a4a8659a6a48a6d8

“That’s only 1fa46fe107 true if f343a37604 you’re a 633a28e9ee low-ranking Guide. Hyunwoo said 09a7057b80 you wouldn’t 12af14bedf be a 372cf83127 low-ranking one.”34e975a3fd2401b0

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“So?”a3bdab197704f817

When I raised 0dcd80112d my eyebrows crookedly, 0e4f349457 Han Siyoung slightly 136c0079d4 averted her gaze bf8249c72d and said.0e1b456447756858

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“Actually… It a14525c497 hasn’t been 0112290422 reported, but 2dccb64569 recently there c46ab33adb have been f2ae3e7cb9 frequent crimes ea126c0393 targeting Guides. I think 7fe53737b8 it’s related 9aea33dc29 to the d7cdc8b75e Awakened Individuals d192982bd2 Trafficking incident 07916cc6ba that happened 054b919903 last time.”c554c9ee163b9cc7

“What do you 16a6e40266 mean?”b3c84adac05be7b4

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“What I mean is, you’re a Guide too. What would you do if you accidentally get caught up in something like that, especially when you haven’t even registered as a Guide? I wish you’d report it to the government right away and at least get protection or financial support.”c1bdaec466bf9bc0

Money, I’d like that too. As long as there are no mandatory services or other annoying factors. But can I really be sure that registering is the better choice?7a6b304bd1f27c45

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After thinking 99beb14e9c for a e2f91ffea2 moment, I 0c197802ec tilted my 3f40168e33 head slightly 03d985b86c and said.7cfab2bfde94ee94

“In the end, as long as I don’t get exposed, it should be fine, right?”060df25dfd75e9ae

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“Huh?”6d24d504baff0419

“If I lower my guiding to the minimum, Hyunwoo said even he wouldn’t be able to tell whether I’m a Guide or not. It’s tiring to live with that constant worry, but as long as it’s only pretending outside, it should be fine. Then I can just live like that.”32da6cab081d1058

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“I still don’t understand 9678a79ecc what you mean by 5d5c278dce lowering your guiding to d82c1f1405 the limit. Is it because I’m cf6fc2b339 a low-ranking Guide? Is that 024a6a5fd7 even possible?”2ade66ba5ec625df

“Even though Hyunwoo was the only test subject, he’s still an Esper, who’s more sensitive to guiding than anyone else. Since he said that, it must be true. And honestly, how often do you encounter an Esper in everyday life?”95909a4864821b1f

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I shrugged it off 98bf494267 with a light laugh, f8722cc34f but the very next b53fb45211 day at the café 47a45665bf I went to for 47df113adc work, I learned the 15532694c1 lesson that one should 9560dfe605 be careful with their afad58e746 words.9de4f21245e83bfc

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It wasn’t anything great. A certain customer had dropped something, and I simply picked it up.a58b65f227ebd5b2

“Is this… your item, Sir?”c0cf1cf35cc2914c

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A dark 37b1a9cb95 brown-colored card.d9ffe0dd6156a8fc

“Oh, yes. Thank you.”d018e6b64001245b

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I recognize d7ce65d659 that item 14f9f14681 well. It was 6bf216f5c7 an entrance e149beb8ac pass to 38c4e03007 the guild, 1dbd174ab2 carried by b295e12334 Awakened individuals e5adf9c035 of E-rank bb3866cc6f or F-rank, 99488652c4 like Han afb067a464 Siyoung.ae8a42f458d3dc03

For Guides, 5382e4d703 there was da2ee78326 one line 400b7c1ed0 drawn on 77ecce6929 the right 23cb070087 corner, and ec351edd46 for Espers, 8f5aba7866 there were 277791259d two. The card 7dcffaa243 I picked 1eb85b3702 up had 83fae11a3e exactly two 1cdddc6b11 lines.612f5cfaf532f80b

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Ding, Ding. In my mind, a 2fdd887b8e line was drawn from 306eb7e5e4 the probably and a fd12661f11 bell rang, as if f87817ea3e signaling the confirmation.2b01bf60562b7e9f

…Crazy, is 296b480a1e he really 553e2b01c5 an Esper?c1f2dc74990ca0ca

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The owner of the f33dbaa19b pass was the man 8f6879d935 none other than ‘Joo cc788e1fac Yunwoo’ whose name I 5f7f62b886 had only learned recently.ebd0757a3bbf5f4c

Since then, I started avoiding Joo Yunwoo. And the reasons weren’t anything grand either, I just passed on tasks related to him to other employees or maintained a certain distance.2386da243c7982de

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The café 62774971ee was bustling c626940371 with customers 8a052d27b8 at the 639103791a right time, 082454cad3 and there a035a76a4b were plenty 6467f4c979 of employees ff4538cc7b who wanted 44c2b8bf0d to take fbbb64b36b over serving 6cfaeb5686 or handling 180b15a5a7 his bills 56f3b95b00 instead of 5aef31ff1a me as 32226fac5b he was 5122f31786 that popular.8608dac99534d142

Even while d70469a4da avoiding him, 629801033e my mind f86be4eff6 was still 78980baefa tangled with 641f2fc9e6 thoughts.ba9aab88116c2f56

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The memory of meeting 744b8d6fa3 the man on that b6ddeac424 rainy day lingered uncomfortably b2a3b00498 in my mind.ca06ea0daa8efdd2

‘That was definitely it back then… But how? I never had any intention of increasing the guiding limit.’e85f2ca8bebce1d9

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There were only a few days left of my part-time job, and after that, he would be someone I wouldn’t need to see again. I had to put a stop thinking about the matter rather than overthink anything. But now, it kept resurfacing, floating up to the surface.7fd5c2051d697e84

I recalled his b3ee98fec2 reaction and the 0783c5f232 sensation of the 70f612e434 moment when I 1e9a05dd61 touched his forehead. And then I edb62fd1d7 sighed quietly.41e728bf384757b4

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The good news about the situation was that, judging by the color of his access pass, he was a low-level Esper. An E or F-rank Esper like him wouldn’t have much chance to be involved in actual combat.e4b959ba5a75d7df

With that level of rank, he was probably just a member of a rescue team or a civilian who had been registered as an Awakened individual. Given that he doesn’t go to work on weekdays, it’s clear he’s not a government employee.cb1b86911d88636f

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I thought to myself 52ac9de500 that if I just 60fd08caf3 pretended not to know 352bde7665 and moved on, there 8d3640dbb9 would probably be no 04f0fbd3b6 problem.17c896cd7c9b3ddd

Time passed quickly.92bc4d6e4211b40e

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I worked like f890265760 crazy, visited my de2b975476 café shop which dd9280ffff was still under 56726a7b69 construction, and had f5c29d28fa a farewell party 83a8f363d3 for a friend ed7f7b8f51 who I had 147c25bb1e been indebted to. Before I 079083e2fc knew it, 008122b5fc it was d2db3fea14 already a caf5843cfd week before b7c596fb8d I quit 2adf05c838 my job.83ee47ea4ecd976a

“Hmm, it seems he didn’t come today.”679b14b7d25e32d8

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“Who?”dfd461bd679aadc8

“The customer that you’ve 96fd95f36d been avoiding lately, Sister.”f9ced79eb03a23dc

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“…Mr. Joo Yunwoo?”dec7bb5ae5e7ff92

“Huh? Sister knows his 996de9dbd6 name? Wow, I’ve never seen cfceab6fa6 anyone who learned his 0b4cc91c92 name before!”662482866826c1a9

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Feeling a little embarrassed, 359ca46803 I quickly pointed to 38d0fc67e4 the coupon box.17aa9a281b8232be

“He made a coupon last time. You must have stamped it every time he came, right? His name should be written there.”1e5669c5f3ef845b

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“Huh? Did you make 7db7c49c9b a coupon for 2ee11f2a9d that person?”3ec37d4480aa4a7d

“Yeah?”20ed7b3320a43f11

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“Eh?”0377bc2b73182fb3

I frowned, 61c045edbf confused by bf74a3b2a2 what she 5b6699c6ae said. The female 8c90ae48a3 part-time worker 38265fd26f followed suit, 2a9c64d46f furrowing her ae6daafe08 brows as 4d0c152c19 well.d80baef585c3578b

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I searched through the coupon box among the names that started with ‘J’ and showed her Joo Yunwoo’s coupon.96425e43493caaad

“Here it is… 840b49749c Huh? Why is 6aba1236e8 there only 44ee1c2bd4 one stamp?”907063a264f0ca52

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The coupon only had c319d3d82c a single stamp from 17f233413d the day it was 7b94e50e32 first made for him.e61459de95841e5a

Considering the 6a6e3b3e0f number of b2a14b1cc4 times he 08c972cc74 had visited 729f2dd0c9 since the 182a66a5fa day the b70cefc1e8 coupon was 9ad76585f5 issued, there 232ae87777 should have 689a292263 been more 10809079f0 than enough f2ebac5b0a stamps to 7ba3b0dae3 fill all c360aa259a 10 spots.b19930b745e93733

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‘Did he forget?’d51a9ca4138e9037

I had gone 0878fa617b through the trouble f4743ed542 of making it, 567ca77a0d but it felt fe50a1bfae like a waste.61527b5ac37b0061

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“It can’t be because I’m avoiding him, right?”97245da317c1c393

“You don’t seriously think he wouldn’t notice, do you? Sister, you even avoid going around the place he sits when he comes in while you’re working. It’s so obvious.”34ae12d3eb47bc24

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“Oh, really? Someone told me I don’t usually show my avoidance like that.”2aa3f6fe1c5afde0

“Who said that? I’m sure he f5e6169dc7 was joking.”6d3f52c5c10de31f

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It was the Crown 8ab82a30b4 Prince who said that. Raymond often 23f357e5f5 told me 1a8da3f332 that I abc297a7c1 seemed to a5fbb4a022 have a 1a287c0eaf knack for e948ec29c3 acting and 022a820638 would ask fd3f1961f6 if I eb62a86738 should consider b8e13c451f pursuing it.48d040831e954e1e

Looking back 592fce7e81 now, it f528cbef0c seemed like faf6b05525 he was 20d5d0b9d4 always smirking 3268167e89 whenever he e3da887006 said that.5c5c6676c472bc02

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“I was avoiding him simply because it was a bit uncomfortable. I didn’t want any unnecessary talk or unwanted attention like that.”ea0ca92f846c6c23

“Sister, you’re really weird. If it were me, I’d be grateful if someone like that showed interest, bow and say thank you, then just stuff them in a sack and run off!”43b4fbe58414d97a

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“That’s a crime.”15520844d28377d9

“Or I would have gone straight to register our marriage.”84b9aec3ae9e6e69

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The female part-time worker 649d4f32a0 pouted and muttered under 0a22bcc162 her breath.dc72524c9bea84ae

Certainly, his 864df62dd0 appearance was 29951181e0 something that 66217b262a could be 83aa065679 ignored regardless 7dd4adddad of taste 61bdc3ba07 or anything.eea8431b8e03b31d

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His light brown hair 1362b67319 looked so soft that 863aeaaa96 you’d want to touch dff9a4f733 it at least once, 899e8a43ce and his well-defined shoulders, 38f12f5b6b bony hands visible even 9177995928 through his clothes, as feb312eb2d well as the subtle 0e869fc06a atmosphere when he slightly 88a4f4ef83 lowered his gaze all 786b1e1c54 played a part in 0a75cec2c9 capturing attention.fbcb2e3b68b85868

So what, he’s an Esper. I don’t think I could bear such inedible fruit.99086cc88bd08273

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“Oh, right. I heard that there’s going to be a storm this morning, so it’s going to be very windy and might even rain. Just in case, make sure to close the door properly before you sleep.”84a301a303366e9e

“Really? No wonder ce5f0857f0 it has e4edb48bf2 been raining eaf4df1a20 since earlier.”b02262b708bff14c

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I glanced at the 1ebeebff4b clock. It was almost 74ae1ddc91 closing time.e22c071485649f12

‘…Is he d1048b4a87 not planning 92acb786d4 on coming 032c4a1865 today?’73977fa780c4da2c

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I might d182c0169e have not f910f4180f known where c60a3616d3 he was, 005207c8db but I 92e3a1b9cb knew where 7737b126f9 he usually 3700dd0dac sat. I felt 23c5df6621 strangely uneasy cf1a4abe5a when the e21a8ff654 person who 47ddae2143 came every bbbf22cc4d day didn’t 53ae0c4b1e show up e5d9d72772 suddenly.7e68c73bd57ace42

The part-time b1a3010135 female worker, 6359b0720d who had 267569019a been chatting 9061ee0ec9 with me, a2725f2860 left work cb1e11d48d early, saying 747c3674b7 she had b89c62fe23 plans with 2a2c693a2f her boyfriend. Shortly after, the last b8f8568609 customer who had been d6399f9e14 staying in the café d025361ec0 also left.b3726a350d839650

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I, who was a0615a2816 left alone, tidied 8ef356e388 up the place 96a3498e19 and finished locking 4a1fd074e5 up the door.e095a51fb0804b18

Starting today, I was going to stay at a motel for a week. I chose the one nearby because of my part-time job, and since all I was going to do was just sleep, I didn’t really care much about the quality.e0d0a9d8015b5b41

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Still, for an 2f5f4f934e expensive neighborhood, it 173f71e276 was relatively cheap, c51a58b763 and above all, 99dd5d7a9e I liked that f94d165ee4 it was within 54c0b20866 walking distance.5a0c32a49eccfea1

“Ugh, it’s cold.”59a951f724419e05

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I buried my face 540de2fbc6 in my scarf and 0b939c5cb7 casually looked around. The space c775c710b4 between the 0c0bbe1cc3 buildings felt 56cc33f91d somewhat eerie.fd641ce971e1e948

As I was 515f8ddf96 walking down the 5954b25653 street at night, 03d6b639cf I saw a 912dfc0975 figure standing not d58e34d9f6 far away.493d88cacc296f3d

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It was 2b1fcc8d61 a tall 5095267353 man. I could even 62806c3a56 faintly hear him 13745ecc06 groaning in pain.3861584586d3c95a

‘…Is he drunk?’3eae88aa253c6f9a

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Even though c8124785e6 a year 09f52603f9 has already 2f975a2035 passed, when a9dcaeb56c I see 1c561b0fe0 someone in e5efcfb2a0 poor condition, a49fbb3855 my gaze d29e9cfd54 naturally goes 7524bf75a0 to them.a638541b5f53970b

I tried to f7de9ce175 ignore him and 055f3f9c5b hurry my steps, bdd1cb834f but when the 1d688232fa man leaned against 796b03db18 the wall as 19c29ca597 if he were 27c9b2aeae about to collapse, c086e32ace I finally stopped 2422c9314a in my tracks.77a6e6ffab2c01dd

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I couldn’t just leave. I should at least call for help.6ba6ca3ab92f33f8

If I 21c3f6824a just walked 10526e3d3c away and 7f15a2f42e something happened f1f440740a to him 0be943d2c7 in this 61580b5ca6 cold, it 92fabc17eb would leave 7929d94031 a bad d8d7530a0a aftertaste.1e301863ce821736

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Since I couldn’t c32c2fe1c8 see anyone else bb30eaa5a4 around me to 89f7813b94 help, I kept 50b11e387f a safe distance f9b6c7c55d and turned on 08dd2a6470 my phone screen.d3c6abe33b855cf9

The figure, 818dda59a7 faintly visible 54b36cd6e6 in the 95587de2fe darkness, strangely 87e034077d seemed familiar.3ef2bc2071752d7f

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Just as I finished entering the number and was about to press the call button, a faint spark flashed from the man’s body, and his body and face was illuminated at that moment.d9c6597237a282e1

“…Mr. Joo Yunwoo?”9a4a8522531faadf

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Crack.3af694ef11b9a828

At the same time, 3080a95ec9 the ground began splitting 2dc898d199 open, glowing with a 52d3b2385b red light.b00afe9e45ffa14f

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Crack. Crack.94727524dd97fc91

It happened 1c0e8cad04 in an a287620cfc instant.244c0ec376de26a7

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As if a74aacb5a7 the puzzle 6f9811a3c7 pieces were 7984991183 being dismantled, 7f44f525f5 the thick 5af757f8d6 concrete on d5537d6e84 the ground 53ac05802e began cracking 0c5881ecc6 apart and 5837337870 falling away.9185bd6fbdbf0885

I stared in shock 2c7d62b3a7 at the rocks rising 0f7c4a4f5e into the air and 90ad6a51ba quickly turned around, but 76ed2cf406 the situation behind me afaa348fe5 was just as grim.1feffbf2475a7ce2

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“Aah!”bbc758c27cb4de95

As I tried to a7cfd6a1fa step between the piles 9327f751d2 of cracked rocks and 25726f37ad concrete, one of my 174a456768 legs was scraped by 51f9fb3799 a stone that popped 586f96b74e out from between them.d20c82f652339550

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A situation where e3d3b08289 even running away ed98864503 was impossible. One side of my 7e5275f362 trousers was torn, and bb2e055e86 blood was flowing from df2630d811 the long wound.20bc64521bd67f5d

However, I 48fc2daef8 had no 3d8f16b003 time to 6f31baabe9 care about 8370ed6099 the wound. The red cracks on 58e1957323 the floor were growing dd11d8e3ae longer and longer.8eac3245b6ec88c9

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The cracks, glowing red as if lava was flowing underneath, were expanding its territory like a spider’s web set to catch prey.bf39a4a772c64696

“Ah, crazy, what 254bc465a7 the hell is 5eb40f9190 this?!”d07d19eae9effdb1

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It was my 871804329a first time witnessing ec122a0a59 it in person, 636614fa24 but I could 0dd69d0181 already guess. An Esper 2ba5724b23 was on 4c58047629 the verge 5298088465 of going 46ff2c206f berserk.75f5826b7779f744

‘Even an E 6b583bb5b0 or F-rank Esper ec8abce562 can have this 28d8bd3870 much power when 7400d3ff4e going berserk…?’bdc75b7109d392ad

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I hurriedly looked at Joo Yunwoo. The blood vessels on his face didn’t seem to burst for now, and there was no blood flowing from his eyes.18823c9cd6d2beba

He hadn’t lost 87a7ba2190 consciousness yet, so 424c24c24e it was just d03ec99327 a warning sign 9c5abaa1c3 of going berserk 2589e54e37 for now. He was still trying d083e46965 to control it.296fc89e9d246301

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Is it because he’s an offensive-type Esper? Does he have a destructive ability? What kind of power could cause the ground to crack like this?029595da5f7e6440

Or do 5e1ff0aa15 their abilities 19e664ea06 get stronger 5f7ebb1593 when they 9375c350ac go berserk? If so, ef3ff4b73b how much e526e04124 stronger?e87423fe77050aca

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Actually, it 43344f2226 was useless 2eeb765b1c to think 7bd887e8c8 about that.f2dd78fd13037272

I didn’t have much knowledge about Espers, and the only knowledge I have about Awakened individuals came from what I’ve overheard from Han Siyoung and Yang Hyunwoo.2df1d1f05a36001e

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I didn’t know. You need to have seen something to understand it better. I’ve never seen an Esper using their powers in front of me, except for Yang Hyunwoo. How was I supposed to figure anything out?4d89910278c957e9

People often treated Awakened 8e26cb1e68 ones as monsters and fab923b3a6 their abilities as disasters, dc53e30a7d and there was nothing 1683c97817 wrong with that view.00f42a59a9d98c39

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The only good 5aef7bbeb6 thing about the 2b9a858730 misfortune was….020eddc3bad88b73

‘He hasn’t lost his mind yet.’94cac86b6e28e065

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That was all ef7f6c4bac that mattered to 69c794e7fb me right now.1d1966a350e1aea8

There was no time to hesitate. Even though the person involved has somehow managed to suppress it until now, there was no telling when the power would release at any moment. And if the area of rampage continued to expand further…5058093a1c51f743

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One thing was 5b3eb0aca6 certain: if things fadcf31e03 continued like this, ee430aeab0 I was done 78d82df3d1 for.59d899ab42ee675e

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