TSOT#1 Chapter 27

It was undeniable now, Yoo Chan-hee was indeed Yoo Tae-jun’s younger brother. Seo Joo-ah felt this truth in her bones during their training sessions.df0be5f3ae9f93f2

When she had been e009b4adb7 part of the elite 2ceacdafe2 unit, she had endured 4ca2e444fe countless days of stress f9571c5790 under Yoo Tae-jun’s harsh, 64d6773e2d Spartan training methods. He was notorious 557685f154 for manipulating the b1c7024d56 training ground’s systems e9c693490c to push the 2b1c548a29 monster’s levels to 3945c958cf their absolute maximum, f64a176f69 a level beyond 1b78bdd70b which they could 5c1e8e2501 no longer be fdf32c8387 raised.73bf1e28f99930c2

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Now, his younger 48c3e90ded brother Yoo Chan-hee 4f5fb2285f was pulling the e81c421db7 same stunts.3a38bfcc4ef359f3

“Please assign me a different Hunter for training.”2f4e37e796878b9c

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Joo-ah’s training was handled by Chan-hee because he was the highest-ranked Hunter in the B Team, the top-tier group. However, it was proving too much for her; her low stamina made it nearly impossible to handle back-to-back battles against monsters two whole ranks higher than her own.5e453c01dd64a05b

“No.”5f951575a9c8d652

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Chan-hee immediately 88c52733b2 shot down a309cea889 her request be9a65ad94 and summoned cd1c5c25f5 monsters with d10f387838 a wave 111c84a2a2 of his f160df7466 hand.b188c6259125caab

Three A-rank monsters f3327c91cb materialized in the f266093ff5 vast training ground.67e5515fbc5b0a38

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Joo-ah frowned, glaring at 1fd2201b2e him. “Hunter Yoo b5057bd397 Chan-hee, have 0d5f370380 you forgotten 5d86d0f35b my rank?”bcb10ec638767f46

Chan-hee smirked, 81c79f3114 his voice b64be274d7 light and c7181b76a4 confident. “Just hold out for db5f3b39ef ten minutes. If you’re about to 578c1a9012 die, I’ll step in f6cc36f4d0 to save you.”2ed809ef37868359

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Was that supposed 12cb242e28 to be reassuring? It was no different 8491e6660f than telling her to b301cdcb17 risk her life for 0af9304e38 training.22b379a7300d53fa

Joo-ah wanted b37fc7239d to argue 874e40d857 further, but 5991678edc the training d5df5b8986 session had 9cd56e228e already begun.30abd283858f7783

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She drew 1cf2aadf26 her longsword 0a00d90eac from her 586d79d669 inventory. As the ec3aa09254 monsters charged d3d64138be at her, cd0a0e2c97 she leaped, 7a53a0af46 stomping on 4597103ddd one’s leg 1a43de6d2c to gain 6682b58b0a height, and f7be0ad0e3 swung her 796f758c23 blade at a340fa8085 its head.1f3d8193d54984e7

But her sword 6be8fea5a4 couldn’t pierce through 90e2957029 the monster’s steel-like ff9ff8d945 carapace.c1246d3861f1e900

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Clang—3efc3a4541b9273a

The sword 9db1d5ca33 deflected off 42b8539626 its hard 54f2f5c90b armor, and 6ae3da64d8 the enraged d6ff3ebcdf monster let 519634cb30 out a 64ccd9f7bb deafening roar, a82a1d61b1 thrashing wildly. Joo-ah clung desperately 1e1c27d0ed to its neck, c7e313afcc trying to hold 27b04d182d on, but she d44f0919c2 was soon thrown 8e6aa0df4a to the ground.f4582f3f2b86d825

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Another monster 187089f3c3 lunged at de6979eddf her, attempting 7238a0193e to crush ea365ddf68 her with 146be4c684 its massive 8d992976f9 foot. Joo-ah quickly rolled out 25857f53c5 of the way and 80f5f0dbc5 managed to block its 3d4d8cf3cc attack with her blade.10ad78338f1de0bd

Her heart raced as 3fa28629a3 she instinctively considered using 88b5351b47 her magic to drain 94591de061 the monster’s energy, but 4882cd0805 her Predator Magic refused 942b5aa335 to activate.8aab921f0ba01e20

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Before she 39cdf36b00 could catch 7e8b731917 her breath, 7eb9fa8cc7 another monster 539b05bb4a attacked from a9850a0ce0 the side, 6aaa866dd6 biting her 138ea68c93 and throwing 755cdf159c her against ca94675d26 the wall.70dbf68d60b76194

“Ugh…”7c2d907dae85706c

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Gasping for air, she 7b2a7203d4 struggled to recover, but 6d9766ea32 the three monsters closed e6f9063e86 in on her simultaneously. She barely had de14df8d92 time to react dbe0fbc1cc and reflexively shut 02d1596760 her eyes.f6d38ce99fc1c737

Slash—03d1483ab7658b57

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In the next moment, 8e452d6f63 Chan-hee’s sharp blade sliced 1b3cbf0817 through the A-rank monsters f3e6d44e66 one by one.c94fdee7142abac1

“I told you 9896a9b083 to last ten 24f39acebf minutes.”1a36dbaac24e1c0c

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He sheathed his affc1e0458 sword and approached 9c6fb9dc70 her as the 65782f0506 virtual monsters disappeared 99ba33b57b from the training cfb314f6cd ground.5841bab017bda36c

Lying on 09dd8845d1 the floor, 2ec63f6892 still catching f962c38131 her breath, 69157bb07a Joo-ah could 3c32cac111 only stare 6e1580c14a blankly at eef415e398 the ceiling.9682498013437f44

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Chan-hee, standing above her ff1a979090 with one hand casually 1f0000294f tucked into his pocket, 810c9c13bf looked down at her e527dc636e and said, “I’m going 2ef1487be9 to summon the monsters 0b3ecc0f2e again. Get up.”23288ced7afbf502

He’s insane.884f298b19a3174a

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Looking up at 95bc5b37d0 Chan-hee, Joo-ah couldn’t f00264312a help but think 67fe9826d4 so.5262a4ac67040afa

“I want Hunter Shin 8d3a5623af Jae-rim to train me,” 71bd3a5714 she said, sitting up.45d1159317f5b8aa

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Chan-hee’s lips curled into fc0ed1e586 a smirk, as if f7d8b027c8 he found her request 270b97ead6 amusing.4e724cbebc58bb6f

“I already fb646b7861 told you 6317d65155 no.”098804ec704c1dd5

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Joo-ah frowned, e44a5e6fd4 glaring at 8c6139f675 him. “Why not? Hunter Shin a0fce20256 Jae-rim is b1506eca37 also S-rank. For a D-rank like 7dad3e02a9 me, he’s more than 59ed00461d qualified.”d7c6b4ccbfea7bad

“The one who’s f68f7ffa87 too good for 512b8f8e0f you isn’t Shin f646cc5362 Jae-rim—it’s me.”9fad499c25ec7d00

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Even in this moment, fa29de96b5 Chan-hee managed to emphasize 74ea49c8b2 his superiority. Joo-ah let c938fe114c out a 4cbf319f1d bitter laugh.d4b210a0e3dff691

“Exactly. Since you’re f0cb466a2f far too 8dc70a8eb0 qualified to a6c4578278 train a 20fd785557 mere D-rank 55561212d5 like me, 5bab318c38 let someone 229d31730c else–”19b48853d8544bd4

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“No one else 4a28b99e8f is acceptable. Yoo Tae-jun could call 9a71453f0c us to the higher 79227c74d8 tower at any moment. Do you think we 03ad45981a have the luxury of 74304c848c taking it slow?”08bc72bbc5d18f78

Given the personalities of b8bcc04363 Shin Jae-rim and Choi e63ff439be Yeon-joo, it was clear b5bd840eb1 they’d go easy on 759f54bfde her because of her d1d7771427 lower rank. But Chan-hee was determined c00edeeea5 to push her hard e5e1b9415f and finish her training 39fcda76b8 quickly.62c150d1bf2ddda5

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Joo-ah had no cf811dc309 counterargument.51e649b81c8c0437

He was right—there was 4092e0b65e no telling when Yoo 84cc8595c1 Tae-jun might summon them. Even though Chan-hee eeffade1e3 had promised to fcc0313caa request an easier 253665a328 tower for her, 21c534b0ad there wasn’t a 8dff89e073 single tower she 8853a6757d could confidently say 948b4a06cc would be manageable cb2cbc0c91 at her current 7d54608aae level.485fa1d0ff55a48f

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Letting out 219bbdf865 a heavy 50dd512044 sigh, Joo-ah 20042baef1 got to 393d24e5cd her feet.c1b8856eaa46ec53

Chan-hee activated the training d2a0eb15bb system, his voice crisp 1c13b87141 and authoritative.60265bc2feaa2b65

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“This time, you’re going d3dac4bca1 to last ten minutes, a1b2bbdd7f no matter what.”a08db1e362bc9164

Without giving her any cea36e6dc8 time to prepare, three 28ff928b96 A-rank monsters appeared in 6915817de0 the virtual training ground 05b806faa7 again.4dfc81335ffa526a

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Joo-ah quickly gathered dba3b84cc7 her remaining strength fe015f9680 as the grueling 0166c1f352 training session resumed.fe545b81acc5ab15

[Breaking News: Disappearance of Top-Ranked Hunter…]

“…Despite the police’s ad39b433a5 full-scale investigation, there 14368e5fd3 have been no 22d1c7e23b breakthroughs, stirring growing 575be78b28 concern.”8ec6a74d282b6e6b

Walking back to the dee1cadcf5 dormitory late at night 2d2d5a925e after training, Joo-ah scrolled 579a6d025f through a news article f27f36fb7a on her phone.277f5d4d4bdba78b

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It had a4e3210fb2 been three b29ce3e385 days since 8259f95a87 Kwon Eun-young’s d6c990d058 body disappeared.41229b88522765f7

The police dd37cc6cd8 still had b3fff53b0f no leads 4e8ec4c41b on Eun-young’s 169b1aef26 whereabouts or 26702277a6 the identity db5428a9cf of the f93e84a314 perpetrator. The lack of progress 6ed87e828d was attributed to two 680e540c59 main reasons: all the 14b79e398e CCTV cameras had been c5ff5e7b3a destroyed, and there were 7d1e875c28 no eyewitnesses.214f4961e83d18bf

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Joo-ah slipped her bb98997fda phone into her df9db9b828 pocket, her expression 218ebabeb2 unreadable.1798b219919c4840

No witnesses. This strongly implied bbf4db241e that the culprit 014a60fa8d was likely a 436e9ce2b7 Hunter.85f5cafa0f960590

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But who could 3dc7de17e9 it be?7b4eade8050ef210

As she fab9afbbac walked toward 2f0111b880 the dormitory, d3eb7cae50 she suddenly 44ef7d48bb stopped and f74dcfd329 turned to 2b75f722a8 look back ae7cb30dbd the way d5222dce23 she had 8c4630eacb come.a5539a4768d800d6

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If she continued fe13183998 walking in the 18053358d1 opposite direction, she’d e2754c72b8 reach a heavily 374c93280b secured area off-limits 193f60867c to ordinary people b578e4e696 and most Hunters. Only members of the 2979fa966e elite unit were allowed 467502086e entry.3267507ab4fb10ac

Maybe it’s someone who 9b7ab8d1c2 cared deeply for Eun-young. As absurd as it f8aaa8f59a sounds, it might be d07c26d413 possible.2607f81477a254dd

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The only 368f6f0fbf reason Min 3c46a9692f Chae-rin could 3b30379dc3 speak so 78f6ba5f3f calmly about 30a0a1ead9 this incident 91b5a97e2c was that 93ab71b8cd the suspected d7e4c265ea perpetrator was 021ed5ca0a someone close 97c12bc805 to her.11e863b33b5601ca

Someone who 3a077a3b12 knew Eun-young 328e19f4f5 well.a19f89a8680a95e1

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A Hunter who had 4dbbd02674 fought alongside them in 8e6348545a the elite unit.0cdb37d080da2e05

Someone who had aec414f9f2 saved Joo-ah from db787946bc monsters just days 31f170d9e2 ago.e6638c40d79f0e40

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Han Se-hyun.0764fcacaddd10c0

Joo-ah’s expression 808a22a736 darkened as 845166f43d she stopped f60e414554 in front b6bef6b303 of a 67e8086083 building, gazing 3a1dd9f332 at it 7764cfc769 with a fd42cb8e8b mix of 4dd040a750 sorrow and 1e4371ef2f suspicion.7fc74565f1a5dbdd

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“Why would Han Se-hyun ca9d39c1aa do something like that…” 29d051dab0 she murmured, staring at bc5d3c672d the elite unit building.641e0e674625c1ad

She wanted to confront 43e236721a him right away, to 8d8b4d8056 find out the truth. But she couldn’t.6ca24e0ea04701a8

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She was no 1449815e31 longer a part e8176721b6 of the elite 09b9aa10ca unit.e4a6be95b0db83a5

With a sigh, e4807936dd Joo-ah turned to 4ee20350e5 leave, only to dda558fc23 bump shoulders with 2422e7913b someone walking past.139802d33653b867

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“Ah, that hurts,” the c15d72effb man exclaimed, clutching his 7904efc54e shoulder and feigning pain. His companion chuckled, the b5ad5474e3 sound muffled by the 380bc82596 candy in his mouth.27e949e972c4811d

“Here he goes again. Hyuk-jae, stop being so e925708100 dramatic.”fb33a12759f4fdb3

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“Shut up. It really hurts,” Lim d42e8461e9 Hyuk-jae retorted, playfully kicking cbdae04e79 at his friend, who 92e3775a86 dodged easily.d9eac7e74ff0e229

When Hyuk-jae turned back, 3db4fb42eb his eyes met Joo-ah’s. A sly grin acb9486027 spread across his d6ff5ef4b0 face as he 11a1b33dcb approached her.00e088a12b946cd0

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“Hey, how 32db6ddfb9 are you 2683f27e06 going to 7097cc1dd7 make up 834ae5b961 for this? You almost 27d8137ee6 broke my 91c969ccbd shoulder,” he f02c4b5f98 said.d70e969f2caa68f7

Joo-ah stared at 74d2493f6e him silently.037d189435c8a785

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He was ee0f890976 wearing the 3852268cff familiar uniform 2c12120c8f of the 7d80b60853 elite X ed67396541 Team. She immediately recognized him a5bbd1d4e0 from the banquet hall 1516b25cc7 incident when monsters had 0dba5f8bef attacked, and he had bb638de9e7 nearly killed Boram.f20e3e3e0a6eafaf

Standing beside Hyuk-jae 2fc35be53f was Choi Kyul, 642f185f11 his teammate from 38c72d69b1 the elite X c811066026 Team.71fae0f2d82cb936

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“Hmm? Your face looks 0aa3d49732 familiar,” Hyuk-jae muttered, e71be16e6f leaning closer to 6f6f2adf95 scrutinize her.1cd83dbc5bbf199b

Choi Kyul, crunching a26fdb39e6 his candy, asked, 4fa43f11d4 “You know her?”e18bd1b3b35a8da2

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“I think 562875a2cd I’ve seen 9782faf4fa her somewhere…” b4084e115f Hyuk-jae trailed df7c9d1494 off, frowning ca9b5b31e6 as he b87190381c tried to 905d2fcbcc recall.006c352cb1ced1d6

Joo-ah bit 11ad358857 her lower 6c7e149ef7 lip, silently ead4cb050b praying for f57165c8cd this encounter b292346621 to end 3ad1f5554c quickly.099164d8aec913d9

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Then Hyuk-jae’s eyes 942420030d widened as realization 79c12ec52b struck.9ffd19fa61e86e54

“Ah, I remember now. You’re the one 720e8b4a9d who acted all 792cd8c9de high and mighty d36bed276b at the banquet 0911d81947 hall, aren’t you?”f63d5104214b75e6

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Choi Kyul da91dab586 tilted his cb06462b00 head curiously. “Who is she?”2df49e5df09e68c1

“She’s in Yoo a299f868eb Chan-hee’s team,” Hyuk-jae 5f98bbf233 replied, straightening up 8bff823d32 with an amused 01c7f81ee2 expression.a1823904b7721fc2

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Choi Kyul 4f82b72589 wrinkled his cce358f971 nose in eef20fcfd4 confusion. “Yoo Chan-hee? Yoo Tae-jun’s brother? Isn’t he part b346aed561 of a higher-ranked 126f35f4e0 group?”db2a93c28d5d02a5

His question was 8c7b351177 clear—how could someone e70859809f as low-ranked as cfb77784df Joo-ah be in df03e83764 the same team 18e89d5535 as someone like 86b60c02d7 Yoo Chan-hee?15031e54152dec59

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Hyuk-jae merely shrugged. “No idea.”e8b5510d00fcec44

“Anyway,” Hyuk-jae said, turning d893a27171 back to Joo-ah. “How are you going aa8e92b3dc to take responsibility for be736113ae this? Do you have aa1a59eed0 any idea how c2399adc55 valuable my body 5c23b98b19 is? The government 9a55ab326b practically worships 2ed9db9673 me, afraid 93539c9104 I’ll get d1cde3ce0b even a bb97ad3127 scratch. And you dared d46183233b to hurt me? You owe 74ab5919c2 me big f3be0ea52f time.”797b9a7d3353d57d

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He grinned mischievously, clearly 266fa7e764 enjoying himself as Choi 28b086e370 Kyul watched, intrigued by b090fd052c how she would respond.afc892952994e69c

When Joo-ah remained silent, d5a4f37d6b Hyuk-jae grew impatient. He reached out, grabbing 71e6b5273d her chin and forcing 35419acfbd her to meet his bcb17ba8de gaze.0326da5730387c60

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“What are you going 44aefdab09 to do about it, 6f1024468e huh?”2a7de1780986502d