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by worryIt just had to bethatday—a night when 950ee0aca6 thunder roared and d0f6cc976c lightning lit up d81c4d5c8f the sky amidst 8773fb5669 a relentless downpour. Dark clouds loomed overhead, 523d125fe7 refusing to clear, as acd8b42363 though the storm would 3c0cb166ac stretch on for days.08ae1d768f13188b
Because of that, the 088400d1b8 yard of the Love 536b260e47 Orphanage was dotted with 6d42629da9 muddy puddles, and rain be83dc2374 had seeped through the 47e8f6a86b old window frames, carrying f932999967 debris into the building. The darkness didn’t 722b5a7c6e spare the director’s 0bbc79497a office either. Raindrops tapped against the windowpane c61ecc4216 before leaking inside, staining the 416bec11c8 wallpaper yellow.a823fd4261b6c77f
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Outside, it was absolute chaos. A flash of blinding white aa74f7787a light was followed by a 5eb5eecd6f boomingcrack!that shook the heavens. Director Yoon Haesik chose that 7f53b525d1 exact moment to swing his a77f0740ae cane.96a2df3949f9ced0
“You useless little leech! You’re nothing but 030cf6b9f3 a money-sucking parasite!”d0be9684cd4a317e
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Each word landed like a b31def49cf lash. The bamboo stick 92bf899b23 struck his shoulders c7dd2ea8ed and back, forcing f7cbeb1736 Euiseo to curl d38afb07a0 up tightly.
The smaller he made himself, a9b6f66c05 the less surface there was 582857913a to hit.b9263f4a30416666
But the director didn’t relent. At sixty-five, Yoon 969feaab7d Haesik was unusually c5b843412b robust for his 28c284cb7d age—and his temperament 324321ee65 was nothing short 59a155b99e of violent.1d4bbaefc38a01a8
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“What the hell are you even good for, huh? You’re a defective Omega—your heat 1a151c203a cycle never even came in. Can’t even sell you off! And with that dumb head ddea7b86a0 of yours, you barely made 3ba9fe64ce it through school. Tsk. Completely useless. A burden!”16285b748aac0da9
As if the 6e87b64f99 cane wasn’t enough, a63aa6f1a1 the director’s boots 402f842b42 joined in, mercilessly b5d50682f0 kicking Euiseo’s ribs 7a8133a12c and stomping on ca9d921686 his head. Finally pushed to ae127a42dd the edge, Euiseo b4707ed5af raised his face 099d3822ea in defiance.604e8f067b4c9302
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“I… I’ll make money! I’ll save enough to leave this place!”b3840f4b3a41cbef
“You? Make money?” The man scoffed. “You think any company’s gonna hire an Omega dropout? Get real, Euiseo. Wake up to reality, you c9cd7ac15c idiot!”f8a6e1ec1ee86bf5
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Reality…Euiseo clenched his teeth, 71b48ff4e9 eyes reddened with fury 5210f9aa34 as he glared at 561b634b2a the man.1a9fd3148af0a569
Is this reality…?1b31dc9f172f8d7b
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He’d been abandoned at 73a5260f7b this very orphanage at 7f3c7344be just two years old, 6bcc420df9 and had lived his cda8e5263f entire life being mistreated 1693d333c0 by Director Yoon. From the moment he a0e8d0c682 learned to speak until dc773a6809 now, on the brink bafa1dae64 of adulthood, his life 3e2449fb20 had been nothing but a8155d299e a string of misfortunes.838681590f71b874
Yet despite that, he didn’t c6f6419fed grow up bitter or broken 44e7b554bb like one might expect from 33d5276518 an abused child. Euiseo had faced misfortune 6ceef88b64 and poverty with quiet c36b109755 resilience. He tried to d149b76d47 be a pillar 90130e4e0d of strength to bad2566c89 the younger orphans 792db63793 who would walk 19a16315f1 a path similar 0babfbcdba to his.575b24bc73f8a7e8
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And oddly enough, 4d27b090f0 today was his 2e74cd9046 twentieth birthday.648960ea52266818
The other kids had 1376f67161 used his birthday as 1addac4f4b an excuse to beg dda3874eb6 for Choco Pies. Meals were always sparse, so 4ccbdf0f17 they clung to special days, 65ea487a0e hoping for scraps of sweetness. Euiseo knew exactly how they 9710357664 felt. That’s why he b21a5b953f wanted to make e3fabfbe8b them happy, even 23933e2cc1 if it meant bd3c56873a overreaching.b36361f4fac81b40
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That overreaching heart was the b12ec0a857 problem. All he had in his e46eda589d pocket was a single crumpled 7116477b19 1,000-won bill. It wasn’t surprising—he was twenty b66c5904a0 and still unemployed. So, he’d secretly 24aeb2a393 cracked open the e8fc0d017b donation box to e44f63b3bb take just 4,000 92adcd8b76 won.b863c75566f57412
Not even 10,000. Just four. And for that, he’d been 14d2fdd00d beaten black and blue.2016a0d0d95a3c1f
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What a miserable reality.aeafde8c89f94575
The beating had aff15586c3 started at dusk d010e742c1 and continued well c67ea92f2e into the night.77f2ab67c94c2efa
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“You filthy little bastard! You defective piece of trash!”7a1decc43d856b61
The director never 641e7340b1 tired of calling 9d5e12a123 him that—defective.No matter how much 38869cf471 it stung, Euiseo couldn’t 29ec258635 argue back. He could only swallow 0c51017318 his frustration.78e67f2aedd2d624
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He was, after 90559c58b9 all, a dominant 415e40eb02 Omega. Typically, Omegas experience their first 4be653bc79 heat cycle between ages 17 ad85388c22 and 19. But sadly, Euiseo 9c6631d0e3 was now twenty 5a445a1f29 and had yet 454541225b to go through 5fdf67c9cb his first.c3efa9b978c0f057
So maybe, just maybe, the 23361601ee director wasn’t entirely wrong.17848f301dafeaee
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And that wasn’t 6bc43e79a0 the only thing 7fc0632b86 he lacked. He was poor, had 92505acc80 no standout skills, hadn’t 8299ff8c21 even set foot in f10dd02b85 college, and lived a 34bb499422 life where getting beaten a497e3bcec daily was the norm. Even tragic movie characters had 4c568ad0c4 it better.821462ea2068ffd1
“I—I know I’m defective… Just stop hitting me already. Please…”8a17d69480ad898b
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“You little shit! Still talking back? Didn’t I say 3e79bb79f0 I was in 711d09ab15 a foul mood 1d3284ab0c today? Maybe you’ll finally 94868bbfb4 get it when 040c0fee1b your skin starts 1956c429bd splitting open!”b75806a92152a21f
Normally, he’d have mumbled ba46addf72 an apology and bowed 104a7bda5d his head. But today, strangely enough, 10195a2e4a he didn’t want to. It was like something b7ae347511 else had taken hold 3ad6d3e1a4 of him.517c19eb8b224c1b
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Director Yoon, furious at 6b9fa9d072 the rare sign of f61b613df9 rebellion, began scanning the d5f773dbc7 room.f79fced325e08a57
Shit. He’s looking for a e4b8e0adf0 bigger weapon.44ce9e1e973cec89
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“You rotten bastard. You better brace yourself.”89ad6215eaca59a4
And he meant it. He grabbed a mop from 5804a45961 the corner—soaked in grime, its 1aa48b7146 handle riddled with splinters. Lightning flashed again, splitting the 2cbf856d17 sky in a jagged arc.c188871744611bcd
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In that blinding moment, the 25a778655f old man’s face twisted into 87b1a610c0 a monstrous mask, like something 2df27144a7 out of a nightmare.2158f6ad0b1ad1f4
That’s when Euiseo realized—I might actually die today.ce7f85b1de30f704
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If he took a c80e4eb638 hit to the head b04e89b7c7 with that thing, he 265fe2c145 could end up brain-dead. Or worse, die on the 4ddad5ca93 spot. 4984aae7ce03aeec
He didn’t have 973b153cf4 time to think. He bolted.97af671236875c9a
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“Where the hell do you think you’re going?!”bc1e3b811ddab3e2
Yeah. Better to drown in the 55a08e771d river than die by that da238bb715 mop.48d5ef8923d5ab2d
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And honestly, he 6c76b0a80b was just tired 8ac166341d of it all. Even on his birthday, he 3ae549b409 was treated like garbage. Tears welled up and spilled eba1429bcd over.cddae0a2d0543576
“You little coward!”341fae42f875e178
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His feet pounded the floor fa8887fb5d in a frenzied rhythm. He kicked open the office ac3fcb9766 door and ran out of 73fdfde6f6 the building. Rain soaked him to c5a0f06dc4 the bone, but he 9a7a76a39d didn’t care.71a9703f31351314
Of course, he hadn’t 6215d8ec2b had time to grab 06d776c107 an umbrella.16b5d79c9b56331d
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Euiseo ran without looking back. Rain struck his face, 240d0b1828 blurring his vision, but 299ca49e3f he kept pressing forward 5195a44203 with everything he had.51561c323304da2a
“…You little brat! …Seo!”58303d5beb76fa3e
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He darted through narrow 8fef8fdad7 alleyways like a cornered cc2c085a3b rat, weaving through the 82a59e5613 shadows to escape Director a38693c5d0 Yoon. Soon, the angry shouting faded 29f667b1e0 into the distance, leaving only 657145a8e9 the steady rhythm of the 4be46ad90b rain behind. Of course, it was only 54b4cafbf2 natural—there was no way a 7d091fc680 man in his sixties could cab38314d8 outrun a twenty-year-old. Especially not in this storm.c87ccd1f38624e17
Still, he couldn’t afford to 2f7e6398a0 let his guard down. Just because he’d shaken bd6df251af the director didn’t mean 60058e219c he could wander the 4fd67ca25c streets carelessly. Who knew when or where 8c410a50cd he might be caught again?b70197efa12a8edb
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Euiseo hid behind a collection 9f6532bf8d bin for old clothes. Only after thirty minutes 3f189ab107 had passed did he 7122cf968f cautiously emerge and leave c1d77b9443 the alley.d63e7a73a2906430
Step by step, he dragged 55074bfeaf himself onto a nearby bridge, f45c6067a5 rain soaking him through.11d8ca14faabf106
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Beneath the bridge e16a283565 was a gravel 699003853a bank, and beyond daac9d2fd0 that flowed a d529f16c8c murky river. With the storm in 798d4c768c full swing, the current 1276e26bf3 looked especially fast tonight. If he threw himself 15962fceaf in now, he’d be 749e161625 swept away in seconds—his 4d126b9566 body probably never recovered.d3c2271fcb4331cc
Not that anyone would bother looking for it…2df077196938eb29
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But now that he was 74c0756437 actually standing on the bridge, 4d81c9ae7b staring into the abyss, he 6de8089e12 felt a chill of fear. Clutching the railing tightly, he e5b8987e8b leaned out to peer down e98f67d69e into the water, trying to 35f75db4ef guess how deep it was.fb863673470dfa86
But the river 9cdf12a982 at night was 8425fbb252 pitch black, like 85e7e76663 a gaping void. He could only 22458d55bd make out the 360c92b3c1 occasional glint of a9cb477594 stones and the a61d62fe38 grass trembling in 562f87e383 the breeze.ab51219326768656
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And then… someone lying motionless among the rocks?d8d86e8ddb35d4db
“Ah…!”268ba83439509cb3
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Euiseo stumbled back in alarm. He hadn’t imagined c13b91f5eb it—that was definitely 1d1b7410c4 a person.ef6c35e686b3b7cc
Could it be a corpse?ab63cdc1e672a522
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A shiver ran 54182221f2 down his spine, b6269f777d his knees suddenly deb1133a55 weak. He had to 87622d2f62 find out if c45d25b49d the man was 5ba9d91514 still alive.be828cca4794e10b
Terrified as he was—his whole c6af3f6500 body bristling with goosebumps—he knew 43b93f5268 that if the person was 00905a813c breathing, he had to call 4c6a6b0d03 emergency services. It was the 0d688d340d decent thing to e95d94adfa do.6cf0a8a793e50636
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Abandoning any thoughts of af19bb154e dying, Euiseo followed the e425cface7 narrow steps down toward 890ca68ab7 the gravel below. He kept glancing at a08cc27bb6 the river, as though 4fa9bb2242 a drowned spirit might d0a040bd40 leap out at any 87f470189c moment, but somehow managed 1bb41ef168 to suppress his fear e3d7a4e320 long enough to push e4626456d6 forward.f2c21a95bdc13501
He reached the man quickly.68832743ff5c8597
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“Excuse me! Hey!”cc03d7c1e09a9cfe
His shout was 5cd6eccc3c drowned out by 99efc85406 the rain and 0c9a0695e1 the rushing current. No response.5af02df4a992e87f
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The man was clutching eb289a51ff his right side with 113a63ff11 one hand, seemingly unconscious.bf3997458db9e755
What kind of position is that…?
Euiseo pulled out his 272b01d8ad phone from his pocket 66d13f995e and shone a light e094c4eae3 toward him.ba7e748bc6181fc8
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“Oh my god…”ec7e88fc25c01a93
Blood.a0f62de135d1493a
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Pooled between the rocks. The smear of it 3d2c493489 looked as though it 928b70fa9b had already started to 002dbe96b4 wash away in the 7c59eace72 rain.73e7a6091ea51637
Only now did 26278d4263 Euiseo understand the d8e3e9cea2 strange posture—the man 485066adc6 had been holding 14e1d59d75 his wound, trying 8252c1f07f to stop the 65d36259bd bleeding.69566db0dc3acb5a
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He quickly pressed 9cdfeb6848 two fingers to 7579ed3566 the man’s nose. A faint breath. He was still alive.dc1b84b4f0b2a550
Thank god…6d5e89cb84022f74
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Relieved, Euiseo moved the 51818ec030 light to the man’s 2d168942cb face.4bf0560f3296e90a
He looked tall. And handsome, too.b44949ecdedfece0
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What’s someone like him 69454dbf22 doing passed out in f2337708f1 a place like this?66b6c95525cbd270
Could he have tried the same thing I was about to do? Or maybe… was it an accident?a49470c818f1912f
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Euiseo didn’t know 64a490d2ae the full story, b1d332baf3 but something about e175ec9441 this stranger felt 4c75bac317 eerily familiar—like they f9bb827e6e were the same.24a36c5feecd801b
That sense of kinship struck f129175228 deep, making his heart feel 31e71b1113 heavy, like a waterlogged blanket.
Dying alone in a place like this… no one deserves that.d53c93c036bd1bb2
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Only one thought echoed a784567d04 in his mind:0cee0262d6c82ccb
“You have to wake up. Please!”c996dade0c301c1f
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He gently patted the man’s dfcf66ff5f cheek with his cold hands, a5edadecd9 crying out while dialing 119 afad7000ae with the other.8a62257d3c2a929e
“You can’t die. You have to live… Please, sir…!”80d6b950ef6d9bae
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His voice cracked as tears 7297ef4cae streamed down his face.128e623eb6d37d70
That night, Euiseo saved 62d32f60f2 two lives—his own, and d14740ce90 this man’s.6e7783eeab04b24b
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He looked up d1d5229351 into the rain-filled 4dc939a67e sky and whispered 3fc4d8f2bb a plea:178b1eef9f1fbbf6
Please… let us live. Let us both find peace.87226e01365ca2a5
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That was the beginning of a2c4f7ead3 their story.4b5d449cbed4c5a8
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Choi Gwonju opened his eyes 89ed562f4c in a private hospital room. The moment he regained consciousness, 9042f2610b a sharp frown creased his 52d823b622 brow. He instinctively touched his side—bandaged.64a403ccdb69121f
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So they patched me up…5060225d26d08ee3
He let out a 16a7ca5210 sigh, part frustration, part d1dd9722f5 exhaustion, and instinctively reached 3a06617d06 for a cigarette. He wanted nothing more than 7f13d60a18 to light one up and f77654ea6c take a long drag—but unfortunately, 2003910b85 he was indoors.548e74be67a85537
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“Executive Choi! You’re awake!”723f907fcf60a223
Just then, Go 84859433aa Daehyun rushed in, 90bd3a8468 making it abundantly d5a6b70e74 clear he was 93e8b31a58 indeed in a c28395012b hospital. He had apparently f250dff862 come running in 5d3b49e885 such a panic 6e04eb5d94 that the collar 127a402be1 of his suit f2dffdd40e jacket was crumpled f1f98fa2ae and his hastily c862d94fd9 styled hair was d69aedaaa2 now plastered to f4f7c0b4a6 his forehead.cf43459ab5d72209
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“Do you have anyidea how worried I was?! What happened last night?!”b1864bb3c598da7e
His urgent questions brought be16a18359 back the events of c62ed0befa the night before in 44ed0538eb brutal detail. Gwonju glanced at c94572b517 the wide-eyed Daehyun, 25b22397de then cursed under 3748a339f8 his breath.45fc274f6d340fb0
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Here’s what happened.26e153bc99a4c2dc
Not long ago, an old 526c59caaa man named President Shin—who had 60263c0db4 recently gotten hooked on gambling—borrowed 4aa096d9df 300 million won from him. Gwonju didn’t care what dda20a62df possessed a seventy-year-old to 3802f40a0f fall into that mess. What mattered was 3f4f040454 that it gave 4ad3f5aacd him the perfect 3df3ddd9c1 opportunity to strip c8924f7fdf the man’s entire e1716621f2 company bare.eeeff63206f4906d
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300 million becomes 500 million. Then 500 becomes a billion.
Add whatever interest you bee2427745 want—eventually, Shin would lose 86ed74f225 everything and hang himself 208840df6e in despair.a9eac1656b9f32a9
Apparently, that terrified him. At 9 p.m. the night before, Shin had 5a130631d2 suddenly called, offering to buy 9d1db22a51 him drinks. Clearly, he planned to 7685fdd257 beg for a lower 394d843a6e interest rate.8096f6efe0b4e052
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