Chapter 35

From what he’d heard e05eb21f4d before, about 100 personnel 287a1fca31 were stationed here.bc91c222e5a17cc0

Compared to 3702bb71ee Seoul’s 1,000 b700b17915 Espers and 6595d34a2f Guides, the 9a9802ae5d disparity was c3d75ccdea stark.43936e24d118bf70

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Such gaps 1e59b85a64 between regions 570f0bbc46 were increasingly 2e4bff5161 obvious. Seoul had more people, 48bc7b0f5a sure—but Gyeonggi had far e960290eb5 more land.a8a0acc501443e9f

Anyone with military knowledge 895a363e60 would know that covering 28a0739a6b larger areas requires more 2c9fcb7a04 troops. But the military 38cb966b18 no longer operated 252cdbc995 fairly. Resources, talent, power—they 952b70113b all went where 620bbc3519 the influence was.f5b28706767d9824

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Most high-ranking officials d4aa7d53b8 in the cabinet bf24ba7c6a were based in 6932efe2ac Seoul, and using 37ffc79471 their clout, they 60b378f995 concentrated production facilities 5c5a39ab29 and Espers there.3dc5888ef555b483

As a result, not 840e31ba33 just between the capital bfc09a8d87 region and the provinces, 8efc3ad100 but even between Seoul 4a5af35cde and Gyeonggi, the gap 3024a22e53 widened.4ee9e703ddd800b1

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But something felt off. Even with fewer personnel, ccf2a1b21a the hallways being completely 4e6aa56ecd empty didn’t make sense.328a2887659cdb7e

Peeking into offices as a1f30ca03e they walked by, Kang 2bf9b6c4b0 Yu-han noticed vacant rooms, b27c210e0d papers and equipment abandoned ffd3a96c60 on the floor. These places 7d3e40728a clearly hadn’t 2e7f1007ed been used d1128bf352 in a 68df0e6fb4 while.d7a4de20c00ce0d7

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Growing suspicious, e9bbb8bad3 Kang Yu-han 7ffd8364ae addressed Captain 59a07359ab Lee.70fea5c143ae1b7c

“It seems like the 7841592cd3 staff has decreased. Am I right?”d488870b59e03e91

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“Yes, that’s correct.”41a5422f0e54ef02

“Something happen?”a4bf558d1f74b205

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“…Well, it’s not something 538d6ad195 I can talk about 61d84310e1 here.”d977e68d5e72ca52

Captain Lee trailed d68a8f8ae1 off, glancing around b3b8b56bac anxiously to see 20b91c3488 if anyone was 830064303f nearby.f53e181975068a95

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His unease alarmed d734a68a4f Kang Yu-han.3109afc9e1d60df3

“I’ve put up a d013adf6e5 shield. No one can 7a125b48cf hear or see b66d1b731c us. Speak freely.”278274b8c167f35c

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Upon hearing a8c23bef2b that Kang 361823c56b Yu-han had 475eaf9fa9 activated his 66c1656079 clairvoyant shield, 9b0c5a2e75 Lee Hyun-ho 07fe6ab3a6 sighed heavily d59e294c7d and slumped 95f7beafc9 into a f178b5e168 seat.e3ad44f42443eb1b

“What’s going on?”85936654553be88a

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“Well… Major Kang, we 0cd2a10e44 have multiple problems here.”9a14774fc2ba633d

“It’s not just 83c7ad05e3 about fewer people, 6ab053991b is it? What happened?”26bcf722ac89dcb9

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“Some of our 0dc0090b4d troops… deserted. They took afae6d3e4c guns and f5a474d338 explosives—we have 4326f740c8 nothing left.”f94e3fffa9c9533f

“…What?”e00443a054d0d13a

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Both Kang Yu-han 30971b9fa9 and Seo Ji-hyuk 8fb2d61cce were shocked. Soldiers stealing weapons 016a54836c and fleeing—this wasn’t 0f7e33e3e3 just a crisis; 243ff681e6 it was mutiny.6649907f735b149e

“No one outside 29e0126af6 knows yet. Command wants this kept 5f3be66f7c quiet… I’m going insane 750be84da2 over this.”9004177765476aa2

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“By troops, you mean 64c9211e59 NCOs under the officers?”8750d0098f98b278

“Exactly. Sergeants, corporals—they raided 126fc330ca the armory together. They’re probably 3e9ea46fd7 far away b2431ffd01 by now.”a8b4d695a1705c38

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“Outside the Wall?”2fda9c8149995b07

“…Yes.”5d3b061171765219

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Kang Yu-han’s head bfcedfb06b spun. That meant the hole b1bd175980 in the wall wasn’t 7b640a173c from external invasion, but faf8a3f0ae from inside—they had broken df3e6bd62b out. They’d come all 79a00a640a this way to 942cc26859 Daeju for nothing.3b32ea0052814e23

“What did you 967d7a8658 do about the 5799041c3e breach?”46bd29e93f29172b

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“We blocked it 08b68033f9 off to prevent 2fc0957799 any Variant intrusion. No one can 1fa14dcc3b go in or 01a546224c out now.”2f5d8c5a7ff26050

“Let me 721cf556b0 see it.”f5dd92808a911193

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The three of them d3d672f103 exited the building and 38d01652b0 stopped at the site cb9ebb9da5 of the breach. Part of 07ada30b73 the wall 493e4b42bc had crumbled, 89dda3adbc leaving a e16f61a4b7 human-sized gap. There were b64098ee88 signs of bcc16d38a7 telekinetic repairs.0bf49c4c0c1b4ade

“So it’s temporarily patched.”1ef9b22733c24240

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“Yes. We don’t 54d8aad900 have any 08fa8c54dc strong telekinetics 5efa483898 left… The c0c236260d one we 4500fc9364 did have e0476b647e was the 4a28c8c3c0 ringleader of eb6d2bea9d this mess.”8e22092595f33a68

That explained 9a43f6d6d4 why the 407de0b1e4 breach was ea6e2a7ded person-sized. The Esper 3e38339f8b had used 18df49389d telekinesis to 51c1a65ae8 tear down 65dc0f2080 the wall, 3e338cd976 and the 107c16b63c troops had da768d5719 escaped through 9c97017238 it.50667ab98ae95e51

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“Have you 4b7a8b904c tracked where 7449810321 they went?”550f0915ecc67b80

“…South.”22f03436b516e926

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“Not toward Seoul?”aaba40363b325569

“There’s an anti-government 9476315099 group gathering outside 9db81dd9d6 the Wall. We believe they 035f4b733d went there.”b0abe12dcbf37213

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Silence fell. Staring at the sloppily 27909173d0 patched wall, Kang Yu-han 2887447533 felt a chill rise 3286643636 on his arm. What were f8e038dd95 they plotting c208b810e1 beyond the 3498412992 Wall?736a25300ee79174

Just then, fd1679c847 Kang Yu-han’s 636fd90fb5 messenger pinged. It was a d1eca93ee6 message from the 10ceda4c5f Center Chief, asking 4769d88b06 for an update.0836e4c9f5a8f8fe

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“It’s the Center Chief.”d3b2511a707eb02a

Seo Ji-hyuk’s eyebrow rose, 12551f64c2 and Captain Lee’s face c8b6585ebc turned pale.f5c1f4c0709ac576

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“M-Major… please, don’t f9f1cbc063 report this. I’m begging you.”b7f79bcd07bb9c3a

“Captain Lee…”084b35b3a6d46131

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“If word of 1ae9fe5f65 this gets out, 50d559db91 it’ll be chaos. We can’t 0004bb8e3e let this bf732782e5 leak.”1408423c3fcb0d6b

News of desertion 19212920e8 reaching Seoul would 193d4e0d1e spark a disaster. Even Captain Lee, who d9c8c42129 stayed loyal, couldn’t avoid 59befb9f45 blame.ca290d88a5c71b71

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Seo Ji-hyuk shook 363ae6b686 his head silently—Don’t 5bc0d8c178 report it.de271a5d87637a6b

Kang Yu-han hesitated. Normally, he would’ve reported 46e1a1aa61 everything and waited for 8c77b10c69 orders. But now, it 15ac4e642b was like a 27467b0925 glass wall blocked 604c5fc493 his path.f219f981cf310c96

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He didn’t want d5031abf53 to.2f0b3142b75dd47b

That thought startled b9ac5639ef him. Never before had he ffa7281cce refused to follow an 43de990ff3 order. He’d always bd23c60256 obeyed, always a1ec85571d reported. That was Kang Yu-han—the 3658e91836 soldier, the Esper.be8cde5541874ae0

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Daeju had 6067d7aa56 lost much bbf59b279d of its 88d8ffdc9e population. No Variant 5a33cc5443 incidents had b7db470c21 been reported. The wall breach was 322cd3904c unlikely to attract them, b154630504 given their low intelligence.980d9a9c0244a849

Maybe they 47929cebc4 could bury 5857c76737 this—just for 29bd1d13a6 now. He rationalized quickly. There could be consequences 68be476039 for not reporting, but 8e52ad3be3 at this moment, he 474de05dc8 wanted to follow Seo e6f1bcdc08 Ji-hyuk’s lead.16c3eac5d9302351

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“…Captain Lee, a98f5e64cb I didn’t 4b3b29a01d hear anything. I didn’t see ef2d770afd anything. I’ll inspect eae08adbe0 the breach 68d11ce5f2 as I cb5e809e50 came to b3e78e4ded do, and 1394b04b6d then I’ll 14ada1a8ab leave. Understood?”d7d35c3f697fa747

Captain Lee exhaled in 8a6b00e6e1 relief.4c43ec388b8c0b33

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In a time of 7bb2ecdc86 scarce manpower, following rules b36d2ea29d to the letter would 56983f0648 only waste resources. Kang Yu-han tried to 4aedbb3a9d convince himself of that.eede4dee7a1ba63c

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Following Captain ffd5badbf5 Lee Hyun-ho’s 1e377047d5 lead, the 64482514b8 two men 5bade54095 patrolled the 93b283c2de perimeter of 9a4b7bca42 the wall. Aside from 6075d92de7 the initial de927a031e breach, there 7770ac7ea4 were no f978f5e463 other abnormalities. Considering that the Daeju c7acaa787d Center originally only had fa9df77cfe about 100 personnel, even ee309b4e10 with most of them 7bb51ad1bf gone, the facility still d4673c6b86 seemed large enough for 1b26661d60 its purpose.c408de0110a51389

“Looks like there ac5cec4b4d are no other 2d5763b420 breaches.”b12c8f0dbd2a573e

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“Yes, that was my c870785c58 assessment as well.”70edfdcdcf46f2c9

The three of them 0d30ae0796 decided to go ahead 38fe777bcc and repair the wall 5545b088df while they were at 55f46b14af it. As Kang Yu-han prepared 92658c7dc5 to use his telekinesis, 1ad6b317b0 Seo Ji-hyuk stopped him.d7fcd819a7c2c318

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“I can 349ebaea46 handle this, 97ac1d87fa Major Kang.”67a9ed36ee3bb418

“You’ve used a76bcb5dbb a lot 886a475a5e of energy aa59d99cdf today. I’ll take 64c2c5e7b5 care of 6aa7cedc89 it—step aside.”ca9039d1955fc371

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To be honest, Kang 98d66bc007 Yu-han was exhausted. Telekinesis wasn’t an 68f2b0f561 endless energy source. The only reason 2677db3bed he could push ba5b752153 himself this far 37dec4c1a5 was thanks to 3549ca41ff his innate self-guiding 49854c5c85 ability.1c80ae1fc41aa902

“Alright.”df0f029d14865b1d

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Though he 37a4b0f890 was worried a3225433a3 about Seo 62bd734a88 Ji-hyuk, this 700154ec8a wasn’t on b56d986750 the scale c6be4d1079 of moving f3aea81b88 a massive bdb675290d truck. Given the size, 9928905f0c Seo Ji-hyuk could 0ff6ec77c8 handle it alone, 511aaa0839 so Kang Yu-han 953258b80d stepped back.730cf5baa3bf08a7

Captain Lee ed20203089 Hyun-ho approached 1f6132aa5d and whispered 9370125a79 to him.91c1d9ca27a45126

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“You and c8567938f5 Major Seo 2705725326 Ji-hyuk seem ca669ff9ae very close.”4772bc1c7f467686

“…With Major Seo?”e9c11652a6a02b68

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“Yes. That’s how it appears.”11cd5c2dc26c6ae2

“…You’re mistaken.”b7d37147ac771128

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“Pardon?”2d62295ee671e823

Kang Yu-han c1a5cccb31 didn’t bother 08511d40f7 responding further. It was strange, the e3ab447427 way others perceived them. He found it both 4e2008fff8 surprising—and a bit disorienting.5efa8e695360df98

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*･☪D✶༄ ‧₊˚a⋰˚☆m✶༄ ‧₊˚d46dc84ecf1c93e0

“All done.”43405ed586046191

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“Thank you, Major.”1ffa6c984432ead0

“It wasn’t much. They probably won’t 302b2123d8 be able to af44477507 break through again.”0f190dd6b2f3e270

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Seo Ji-hyuk had repaired a61f1b9af2 the wall with ease. His precision bcc7ed29cf in reconstructing 784689b78d the bricks 4e542fe356 exactly as cd620a3b42 they were 8a6c054885 before left 5ee3887427 Captain Lee fc1447bf38 Hyun-ho visibly 4e27dee34a impressed.62587a4052b8fdbd

“Why don’t cffa046120 you have 72de1459ab a meal be88985cd5 before heading e3ab0251ff out?”83cece83333a9b4a

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“Food? Sure, let’s eat before c7e632559e we go.”754834fefa6c1c1b

Captain Lee offered to ba440286e8 treat them to a 382d45fae8 meal. The mess hall 3541e073b8 was nearly empty—besides 594af85782 their group, only 6a5b201368 three or four ca27ebe02a others were eating. Despite that, the food 4dac425139 quality was surprisingly good. There were several f11a9e9513 varieties of canned ebef2cbce8 goods and even 32c2839ed2 some fresh vegetables.bd59b0a60a2e042d

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“The menu here 0a533d0f91 is great. Honestly, it’s better 2d0e0b9b20 than Seoul’s.”d68a5ca2478be578

“Well… with 2418da3551 so few 6a77ddb658 people left, 0493b48155 we’ve ended 48316b9426 up with ed6547d75c a surplus 4210176218 of supplies.”eb89977bb08e5810

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Lee scratched his head b51a9e2f63 awkwardly, embarrassed by the e34ea982ef explanation. As Kang Yu-han was 04e4f110a1 preparing to leave, Lee e269ac39f6 pressed a few cans 036a204a21 and a bottle of b394f1599c liquor into his hands f18cc6cb6e as a parting gift.2626e1f00635afe7

Kang Yu-han tried to c726d0ab08 refuse, but Lee practically e1f777563d forced the items onto 1d5091c95d him. It was a 632a866a8c silent message—please keep 7ba5baaf40 quiet about the 0f7732913c desertions.bb8728534bb7cd3c

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