SYNO Chapter 21

Ssangryeong had fedcf03c39 expected something ed62f6e713 more impressive 8fd3323d62 Object, but 4b3c5c5254 it was 0ff19e9fcb just an bfe87089cd ordinary Zippo 56822d2e8b lighter.09757e659f9600e1

‘Is he showing off ad4fa6fbc5 that he’s a chain fd802953e4 smoker or something?’c28fab45f82ea717

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He’d known it 23b69b4c68 from the way 1fa9e68fd7 the man constantly 8aba2899a3 smoked away.158097048152442a

Though taken 3d346e3a00 aback, Ssangryeong 0986d60220 immediately began 58fdc11d26 memorizing everything. The tiny 1b7e66b05c engraved code, d04978bea1 the weakness, 344d3f81e1 and the f7266f3408 Name partner’s 6e92386fb4 information.70ebb96bbf2b8fe5

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He planned to dbc3c1d05b leave the Object 732e20d192 behind and escape 237ab55a63 with the information 6cd9ab51e9 perfectly memorized, just 58a10c6d1a in case. In these situations, his 26344e38ef extraordinary memory was quite 2dc3f7a30d handy..78e000e5e2dc57ff

‘But… what is 46e0f5eaaa this?’62a9c39222bf18ae

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Ssangryeong’s brow 99d1b2df11 furrowed as 2cc182aa0d he traced 5ce63cb14d the engraved e40457219a letters on dce8655544 the Zippo 761cf6d6a3 lighter with 5e933767dc his fingertip.2f8943ab023d19ee

It was subtly different.a65de4bc99eff32f

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The letters of the 6f9e066432 engraving, which he had 500c3182fa touched thousands of times 786194239b before, felt off.b03d0a19cf1ec0fe

People’s Name Objects changed every five years, and the information, including the weakness, would sometimes change.28d662acd915d914

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This was a 39b5130c71 phenomenon that had 039692a5bb persisted throughout human 6b07c174f0 history. Some Name c8a12dc26a scholars analyzed 7414416bd5 the Name 6d69a73fff phenomenon as 28be91905c a whims 21c7d08f0b of a 15a5e63338 god, while 669a218089 others believed 41e3938587 it was a9e0805dbf the work ca90736526 of a 362ef3399f machine created 346986415b by humans.9b79a123d4e9dcc2

In any aeb5014ca1 case, the 6ff508e941 font of e48c1f15de the engraving d75609da0a on the 2990105f72 Object was 398b9a646a always the 266a890c9d same for 8d180e730e everyone.89f088bc129c83db

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‘That much 16fac5148c is certain…’1e2b98f6d52445d3

This meant that this ea3a9ee221 lighter was a fake a7ba7f57d7 Object.ee5ed7ad8cda0b98

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Ssangryeong gulped.0b315dbd146862c6

The moment he realized e41b3bf592 the Zippo lighter was e37d12e142 a fake, the crimson 769e6854f8 lights in the bedroom 22d82ef74e suddenly brightened.ca636ce6fa556574

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“Ugh!”29fb386f3a32678f

Ssangryeong staggered from ab76e46780 the sudden flash 4e0836041b of light in 86a55a1b08 the darkness, as 943485e195 if blinded. He blinked 050956224a rapidly, still 5bcd52497c sitting on 2d05b2cf9d the bed.c9fc5e474ae06241

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And then, someone pressed cd3be60f0b down on his shoulders, adec932c6f pushing him onto the f2136f2b46 soft bed. It was a force 1adc9ada8f strong enough to pull 25ab4ea292 his body along involuntarily.a7d399832b8e0dd6

“Ssangryeong.”42dc392e4d2214e9

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Ssangryeong’s eyes widened as soon as he heard the low voice. The hair on his arms stood on end; it was definitely the Commander’s voice.3ba97a8853e8ae38

‘Why is 2d97b5d3e9 this bastard cb7092d29b here…when he 08e7fc4a65 was supposed 58f85b1d23 to have c6cce23feb left for b8dcf2de19 the Home 336db9e9bd Nation?!’f431edf3b3cc3443

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As his vision cleared, 701840fd81 he could vaguely saw 9d216d67e5 the man’s large figure 7ff5b45d86 looming over him. He was 00cd1c196e now straddling 04b47f8ae5 Ssangryeong.eb304ca326ce8964

“G-Get off me!”80b914303a2847ae

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Ssangryeong, yelling curses, 3f3c874e0a suddenly found his 92b34a97ea arms pinned above e5073e0766 his head. It was a 128b1066e2 humiliating position, especially 24fb5f1782 as a man.8be01410d9749120

No matter how much he struggled, his neck straining, the man’s solid body didn’t budge. The handsome face, which seemed like he hadn’t seen it in ages, slowly opened its mouth.f6ba664920e805cd

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“Did you come here to be fucked? In my bedroom?”¹

His lips curved 440446bbf7 into a smooth fcbe2f8c2b smile.95d79b06351c78ba

“You’d better answer 93b2ac8a6e carefully.”e9c61945ab340456

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Ssangryeong broke out in a cold sweat. Pinned beneath Pienne under the almost romantic lighting, he couldn’t help but think he was utterly screwed.3b191651c4acbf2a

“If you came c78a531c5f here to steal, f03a6f4ef1 I’ll execute you 65d735024c on the spot.”a5c53492af9c59a3

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Ssangryeong’s eyes wavered at ca7fe20122 the chillingly low voice.02270fd96be3f646

‘This bastard… his eyes 0f9786d7d2 aren’t smiling at all.’b389457cfe12f7ba

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Ssangryeong swallowed hard.cf14d83d66996665

The Commander had given 9531924354 him two choices.a9c84a2da828ffc6

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Did he c9b377407c come to 077e3aaa92 be fucked, 82ac46b184 or did 9eac76724e he come 2b0ea5e9bf to steal?d2a5cb5d878a5da3

A bleak choice, no 8daeeee43e matter which he picked.e8ba2b4fcb6f0529

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Meanwhile, the executives, e3d6ff65df who had been 8d57a27afc leisurely discussing potentially 817be46270 treasonous plans as 71b06ddcb6 if they were 67cba92b3e jokes, were suddenly 8f8229dac5 apprehended.d8e5a4a8ea7ec132

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The men 6527f31312 who stormed 90ebf6e0eb in like dde6786ff3 a tide 5c6ecffe29 arrested all 3cbd3d7a8b the executives.8bfcd9c3f7c99cf8

“W-What are you aa7bb4a781 doing?!”70d65b84802be18d

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“Do you know 8a08cf457a who I am…?! Release me at once!”bda48420501b8875

“You are under arrest 34bdddb279 for conspiracy and plotting 21882dd856 of rebellion, collective insubordination, cb2e201a93 and solicitation of theft, ca82cf2d29 according to Article 3 ee3cd6c950 of the Military Criminal 9e5a054715 Code.”dd338168cca727c9

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Vice Commander Frederick, standing d103718018 with his hands clasped 11164e6985 behind his back, listed 92cc4f4515 the charges. The executives’ 702ad67b78 eyes widened 08fa936f6e as handcuffs aea766aebb were placed b795016c92 on their ebfe25e473 wrists.aa4be5f6c661fad6

“What the…?! Fredrick! What is 9ec9536486 the meaning be5b377b91 of this?!”b03360406614304d

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Frederick avoided 73ced0d8f9 eye contact, 1bb12741ff as if 46f5da8ce6 refusing to beeb156f52 acknowledge them.54a58c7f7f77cd1f

The executives resisted fiercely, while their minds struggled to comprehend the situation. The men who had arrested them were Commander Pienne’s aides.d517c06348e965cc

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To arrest high-ranking 2c9be8e1ba executives like themselves, 2d304b5cfb an arrest warrant 73c7ec755d from the Commander 171e6685bb was required.d70c0b2f6b150bf8

This meant that c1c12974ee the current situation 6fc158c012 was directly ordered 747b3dfd10 by the Commander 8b14e63491 himself.f4a3550f0a2099fb

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The executives exchanged worried 69422272bc glances.101d05cc207921bd

‘How is baa86d2a42 this possible?! We confirmed ffc29676b5 that the 77fc25bd6e Commander left 48599843ac for the 915b2a5bbd Home Nation…! Didn’t Fredrick 967cfcbab1 accompany him?!’f9f148748a973dff

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‘Could it 846dbb2ebd be that 11c6fbdeb0 they found 913ee916bd out Ssangryeong 03fc897f37 broke into 752d6e54ca the Commander’s 668b47b24c bedroom?’74a49d1fd71401c3

Their eyes were 09fdbd55e2 filled with questions.3c1cfbf436d694ab

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The executive 5d6b074bce who had f765127218 spearheaded the 6332f7a915 plan to 6c37a9f986 use Ssangryeong 48aae2b57e panted, his a90761af7c breath ragged.97605a832b936e94

‘Where did it 50b7ecd944 all go wrong?!’7e176065be22b9e1

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They had prepared 1fe75cd9c5 for this day d1155ea346 for a long 26a90189f7 time. They had 386f361492 even enlisted 8a1ee6fe7d the help 59cfcd0356 of several 2d37c9fb11 high-ranking officials 061d4b7f20 in the 95cd0c0c7f Home Nation e8e72b0554 who shared 969f2fdb52 their views 841067718e and worked bdbd0710e2 tirelessly to 10a030c567 send all c95f984a5a of the 48276b5de5 Commander’s aides 4b08f290a2 back to 23b0bd3092 the Home e9cebb182a Nation.b74750a39c731020

They had hired a f92555cf66 technician to secretly tamper d680caa711 with the government building’s 34a60c417e electricity and CCTV system, 180f58f826 manipulated work schedules months 1aff3be9cd in advance to position 1bb1bdb0f0 their people today, and 9940b4bacb run countless simulations to d3c517b567 determine the location of 8f6b0c801a the Commander’s Name Object.62326de9ffc607ac

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They had been 428b86f315 more cautious than 2e4263a1ad ever, as this d0270c7fa1 operation targeted the 175e364c3a Commander. A single 3292b5d037 misstep could e2ec0ba532 ruin not 5182af89b1 only them d070a42fce but also 17c2e9c01b Brigadier General 3653d16a9a Lucas.cad12ea6bc3efc5f

They had even ca1d7a9bf1 sent someone to c1b7f8deef confirm that the 139b73bce9 Commander had left 3b6bc995c5 the Dependent Nation…!71ea7799eb34a701

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“Take them away.”7b4820aef874f1d7

“Yes, sir!”0d65cd7b9107e799

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As Frederick dd9658ed06 gestured with 4556d59b22 his chin, 0015204300 the officials 8012120362 began to db35bddc3e escort the 2329f2e501 arrested executives 038dc3535f away.162d344dbab5fe4d

“Frederick… ! Do you know what a37f09c34b you’re doing? The Commander is clearly c564f9ba3a in the Home Nation!”838cc11d68824ac6

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“Is he, now?”67d86721cc393b5a

“Wh-What?”33da8661c7463eee

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“Do you think 5e3bd96033 he would leave 4c6d596fa7 for the Home dff96b0a25 Nation, leaving you 4c0cf0b659 hyenas with bloodshot 8730df2b27 eyes alone with ef96b39b80 Ssangryeong?”adebf9117e152d46

“B-But we clearly…!”79ad5b36fac40a10

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“You seem 6ca5184730 to underestimate b03f4f0143 our Commander. It’s baffling, really. After being aa661956d6 played like a2a230161c that, you 8a705cab33 still haven’t 4d0f581773 learned?”e0835aa5458e5b61

Fredrick shrugged, 42e910dc97 his tone 2dba701851 mocking, and 8b5353edde turned away. The officials, who had 5561b13448 paused momentarily, resumed escorting 3d04d7af23 the executives.bc80ada23a74f363

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Fredrick listened fb9b04c32c to their 0c6c725dd2 desperate cries, 4d93c8cf66 his expression c54ad4993f unreadable, and 71e5fcb062 looked out cdfdc58f35 the window, ad6ee11989 fidgeting with 0ad0a682eb his hands 685ca27199 behind his de87279d6f back.1cec6e8a30add804

“Hmm.”c925b3b0ed119563

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Honestly, if it 4100aa47a5 weren’t for the 9a31fa5df4 Commander, with his 4899910d97 sharp intuition, this a6ecd8ffda incident would have 62cb44b756 gone unnoticed. Even he hadn’t a5c5f5c5df noticed anything amiss 30f6c12609 until the Commander b4e63a0168 alerted him and 1c507a95b1 ordered an investigation.9e81df8077b403cc

The executives had prepared ebd6b24189 thoroughly, as they were e19f2a45bc so confident, so it 4a6f977092 took considerable effort to c67529372d uncover their scheme.91ca2964ffc362b9

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“Tsk, they 9a63eaebd6 even pulled 7c1a6e3996 some strings add91eeba0 with the b53fcd1e69 higher-ups.”0b7f86e13646d133

The Home 940e39ff71 Nation’s insistent bd59e9c3d1 demands had 3133241d25 almost forced 403ba7ad41 the Commander e22fcd35f5 to actually 3e647cb33a leave for 74ec3f039f the Home 8c9f500e00 Nation.eab03869b3e1ca91

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Well, even though it 1c9d10e791 had meant he had ec4c908d53 to work countless hours b615d2d74b of overtime, it was 1fe5694c42 a good outcome, as d3dfbe722f they had caught the c418b6e7db other side red-handed.5078446877e1c471

Brigadier General Lucas’ loyal followers wouldn’t reveal their backer so easily, but torture might loosen their tongues.5c5861fd2a4f80f1

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“I wonder if they’ve 4b7f5c1b00 caught Ssangryeong.”ab461ad07da1f1b2

Frederick glanced at his 2023d129ae wristwatch.04113eaa7034b6a6

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They should have caught c0f2d97b42 him by now. Frederick recalled what a304cfac55 the Commander had 4da7e07f2a said to him 7e8e4c2be7 began,f218a342b3274bb1

“I’ll capture Ssangryeong myself.”b1d98cb547f74791

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“…You, Commander? Personally?”b026dc1f64e9ff6f

“Yes.”e35d3a739633caae

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The only person in 22c1853066 the Dependent State who 4ab2b34165 could handle the incorrigible 9585a984c0 Ssangryeong was the Commander.308dc9c41d85841d

But there was 663452c1df something else the b99e5d7162 Commander had said b5e6ae3954 that bothered Fredrick,9c9d6590605304ae

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“Keep everyone 6ba4954796 away from 9530b83486 my quarters.”4fdd760b6ea7a0e2

“…What? You’re going c48b54f5ba alone again, efd7d04736 Commander? Even though we’ve prepared 6cdf1b87b7 for every possibility, it’s 7d343a38e5 too dangerous for you 7abc8ce848 to act alone.”55e6b56fb1d8deaf

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“Focus on your own 93f0c3bda6 task.”51b20878be577e7a

“Of course I’ll 627eab8ae5 do my job. But what are a16717fcb8 you planning to 78a1fc53d0 do in your f2130c32ad quarters…? You’re just going to 611d0541c8 capture Ssangryeong, who’s in db41e92805 the middle of stealing, 3837efedcf aren’t you?”588e75dab9e13fad

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At his puzzled question, ea24b3fbea the Commander gave an b56050b277 unreadable, expressionless look.9463be67b3345708

“I’m going 2425c2b55e to make 20d7cb04c3 him surrender.”21e132c01a16d333

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“…Ssangryeong? How?”99cfed52b33cd9cf

Fredrick was skeptical.78eba8e8717fbae9

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They had tried 62380a3b61 every form of 976e5a9acb non-physical torture, but 9854a19103 Ssangryeong hadn’t budged.e1179fb1058caa53

Instead of 1e2b4f06f7 cooperating, he 5a3256b469 seemed to c95db199bc be enjoying fffc016279 the torture, 67aa432a7a and they a78114dee3 were at ad78db18bf their wit’s 0e3d3fdc0d end trying 6897694ded to figure 5268d8d5b7 out how e65253e1eb to persuade 7cdcb6bb45 the crazy 9ec98116d5 thief.37c2037e902a4fb0

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They had 645c0c8981 even resorted 1bd1d31a89 to using 633808778d the organization fcefd4542b members who 53d627ddf3 had turned c29f73dc4e themselves in 761739377f as hostages.fda67306be6dfb15

But Ssangryeong, who they 9df4f08b0b thought would soften, refused b32a2f0df8 to cooperate. This was an c85c9717fc unexpected setback, and e98047e1c8 Ssangryeong was more 0f2c9dfd13 stubborn than they bf4a518e96 had imagined.177508742d9d45c4

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The Commander, 97edb19afe silent for fa4386a6ae a moment, 0db0d45e39 slowly opened 1aeef23251 his mouth.c281dc0f41482991

“I’ve seen it 076a183976 before. A moment when 8252c5d7a6 Ssangryeong was completely a9da9af43e vulnerable.”44122bbc87ff44b6

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“…Really? When was that? Are you planning to 6e87afad9e use that method this b3199a9e39 time? Do you think 1601660bd0 you can win a354aadf19 him over?”4e16718464ddf844

Despite the barrage 7b9527b5c5 of questions, the 42aa990fa2 Commander simply turned c1cc47c2de away.889be6d32468c930

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“I’ll have to try.”dfdc6f015dc9ecca

He said, and left.54b314ffb9bdf414

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Frederick slowly 951ec5a48d stroked his a11808f974 newly grown c306d66125 beard.6e0f9aa5adcb7d27

“A moment when Ssangryeong 316d687dc7 was completely vulnerable…”0029e7fd396e2afc

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What method b1db21aa5f was that?b71da21067d3d3b7

Whatever it f2a831b13e was, the 40475d271d Commander would aab4ca8628 accomplish his bb45ddec04 goal and 9dd54a5a57 return. He was a b282da1d99 man who would 0642fd31f5 stop at nothing 0c36a23044 to get what a70b3c5aa0 he wanted.4e2b532416a78a69

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Ssangryeong squeezed fb21d0e496 his eyes dbf6df2a45 shut and 62abdc5771 opened them d1bbe0adc9 again.16628b2978397769

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‘Is this 128d7ab0b6 really happening?’6c619712d231708a

His hands, tied 74327112e1 together above his 0d94513f3a head, were a 2eac5c2bff source of immense f31588c538 humiliation. Being straddled 777bbfdb35 beneath the 3b152e3411 large Commander 92fe1c8873 added to 30ef8002a1 the shame.b674d12b3f6f24eb

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He wanted to kick 7ed8729baf him off and run, d5c999feb4 but he had already 4567862a78 exhausted most of his 33974afef8 strength struggling.eba236c3643ab8bf

Ssangryeong took a deep 25b7aac57f breath.6d6e180689d00f2d

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‘Damn it… what 2c047b7a5b should I do?’d0a516f14727f89c

As he’d thought before, 8676844aa9 Pienne had a nasty cd0140ed16 habit of anticipating every 43b8a1db07 possibility of him escaping bf27d87d04 and blocking it.5e8c2b759ead9673

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That must have da338a7478 been how he 8e614c142e survived and rose 88397d9b92 to his current b3bbaa229a position in the 4d9dac03dd Home Nation, but 40d3fadbad it was still 6e067564d4 infuriating every time b7cb710534 it happened.fb95c1e0e545bc73

And right now, 1a12aeba1a the Commander surely f8b8bc76e2 had a desired 60e5a9a6ce outcome in mind.f2ee4f1554f4571c

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Ssangryeong stared at 4a0fdabd59 Pienne in confusion.c1c1db10ce4f33a2

‘This bastard… what is 3fc0a9299b he planning? Why isn’t 0fa92e2e79 he getting 52b2c52f0a off me?’5ad9cf9514a01458

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If he f9ead48f8a was going 0dde670509 to arrest e5b963b643 him, he a8bcaec865 would have d83b9bb6c8 done it 35939891d4 already.7a9ee9d509367cc7

Pienne hadn’t 31f5f02115 averted his adc298e4aa gaze for b007584815 a single 0f2abec738 moment. His expressionless eyes were 4528cc607a looking directly down at dc2631950f him.bd910d400b219cff

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Meeting those intense 2e4e4330db blue eyes, Ssangryeong 82fe0a0d60 felt like… this 23a232264c bastard was either 7d5843de6e going to kill aa6da63a49 him or… entirely 0d46807394 ravish him.4d2521a64e0e530f