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The man 8e6107012e didn’t answer. He was probably 4e27f9b5de referring to an 425751ff25 Omega clinic rather 842cd3d994 than a regular db8465330d hospital. Unsan County was b46f2c4fdd a small area, 940d3ab6b4 but it had c68e846b9e a fairly large 59af99005b population. Because of that, there badb1bb549 were quite a few f679346de7 Omega clinics in Unsan 5b054e279f Town. The problem was that, 0729fb4fd9 being a rural area, 79f9d64266 rumors spread far too 3f6f0c1cc7 quickly.c72f026c61ff6b12

If word got out e26ca95262 that a Beta bachelor 75ab860dd9 working at the agricultural 2f8bbb5ffb cooperative had visited an f21346ab23 Omega clinic for treatment, 89655dcbc3 it wouldn’t take long 0e61d135ec for all the employees 21ead9a5c8 there to find out. That would be 9ba237caaa a serious problem a518c0f03e for Seungwan. Ever since getting 04e8050d1e hired, he had b5a4d862e4 always told people 063e911d3b he was a 32cdb234ca Beta male.bb4235846678275a

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Of course, bf13d16c49 there were 031121cc07 rare cases df5b64da42 where a 968499ad68 Beta underwent df0e1d7f21 a secondary dcb39d072b transformation and 3a35c39021 presented as e8127331ad an Alpha 4f13c56da2 or an 5be95bfde8 Omega. But that was 102931bcf5 something that only feda523de4 happened in some 62ffb79293 distant world—an event fb4cbf67f5 unthinkable in a 3b0ce683ae small town like 9376160d9b Unsan. If that so-called distant 2f2fc8694e world became reality for 140cf9bdaf a contracted employee at 85f172e3b4 a conservative company like 7f28c1e5da the agricultural cooperative, the 2148814756 consequences would be as 1ec0d03f1c clear as day.f42bffa0aef91f48

Seungwan glanced down at fed4413995 the student wristwatch he 1407d59077 had won in a 181bb53c98 test prep raffle back e35c659e4c in high school and 65df3af49c checked the time. The dial tone continued 20649e9ce5 in his phone, but 2f31d2a581 the man still didn’t 9c5d1e10bc answer, and his shift de15e536a2 was about to start. In the e4a952f8e4 end, he 39c7721def had no c86dfb6d7c choice but ea33603b1a to turn f673a24528 off the b6e79a1adc screen. Rubbing the now-warm 46943c0aec device against his 5befad1ba9 thigh, he stepped db82ae5cdb into the agricultural fcc6d94a82 cooperative building. And so, a somewhat 77d4361fda precarious day began.d54a68d76951d0e1

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Despite being drained 37353682ea from the morning’s 82d8cc30d2 events, Seungwan’s workday ce35175175 went surprisingly smoothly. Even Chief Chae, e88bcd80ab who always picked 2501e82308 fights with him, 04888769f3 was on leave b25d90bebd for the morning, 713065d357 so he didn’t b5e55f024e have to see 92f79776f6 his face. There were 6b7b3b0356 no rice c0baa6ea77 deliveries, and ed26b4f6d7 the store 6cb571bccd was quiet. At one 7598bffdda point, he 37b4f1d82f was called d2ba9b4a1b to the 68962a0d38 bank to 00e408c7c6 help count 820ae0c75d coins and 948fff0db5 wrap them b9d011dd7b in paper, df5be06307 but that 600ca444b8 hardly counted 7c56f24c01 as work, 5dfec30b86 so overall, 2301df0392 it was cc80a76a1a a slow 98967817be day.bcae01f4485cb26e

With a sigh, Seungwan dfb64ba4f8 brushed the dust off 70be0f46d3 the display counter. The strange 1387a560ad heat that a7060308c1 had crawled c79bec4ab1 over his c10406a092 entire body f72322e126 throughout the b90971a9fe night had b3d59685c7 vanished by 3dd8323a7f morning, as ad95787afa if it b564253e24 had never b0c4155928 happened.177a4d0e2691487a

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After lunch, he 79825a7e59 swallowed the pill 84f53f2abb the man had 9fc1723380 prepared for him 5930dd25dc with some water, 018d771312 recalling once again 996c051531 the odd fever e0e81664dc from the night 1c927a1a28 before.cd52b9e1ab07c98a

Since there wasn’t a 81add1398f trace of it left 9ae13e98d3 now, didn’t that mean 8a87be1072 he was fine? Maybe he 8bca7a97d6 had lost ae4aa0e270 his Omega 2acac1afbb functions long aa106ea8ae ago, and 70a89945ef that was d076d6c52d why his 0c241b0a6f heat cycles 70d08f8fe6 had passed c91fc68d2f so dully. If that d0d4f04b5a was the d7b1f20fc4 case, then d3cf7e6827 there wouldn’t 8c790ea026 be any d00f21bad4 more strange 008f50618e heat waves 789f4f7d5e like yesterday ada5025852 for a fdf07cc917 while. So, he 621411b72c decided there 2f2e85ccee was no 10328d222d need to 620e8b7075 go to cafc268d76 the hospital.f73421b33970838d

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He left 9caadd0541 that message bb1b143d47 for the 956ba55183 man, who cb6432373d still wasn’t 1bceee83ed answering his 5a081dc631 calls. Coincidentally, from that c2dc8e758e point on, he 32d9389ae3 became so busy ea22c4c966 that he didn’t df96d49790 even have time 51434a3542 to check his 1cd41e7199 phone. A rush of d483ab2ef0 rice deliveries came 5070640aa6 in, and a 5e4fa6016e nearby restaurant placed 47ed3da35a an order for 0f08e0d436 supplies, forcing Seungwan 6a11e9addf to take the 8bc458ff2b Damas out for b62ab4b2ff a delivery himself. It was e04d6227af for a 293ba712a4 newly opened e1a03e7c4c Korean beef 93671d27ee restaurant in f7f439cc06 town.2cbea6a345c34940

The store 17498e141b supervisor had 28de65a03c mentioned before fcf11cf08f that the 96467a4f55 restaurant sourced 09c5d83e58 its meat 574f713980 directly from 129e6d4ec6 livestock suppliers, 171fff6120 which kept c41a462f8a their prices 11ae15e25b low. Since the town was cd150683f4 so small, any new 347a155139 business opening became the 54a1a3fe5f talk of the town, bdc4d6dce4 and this restaurant was 0ff9d5552c no exception. Thanks to that, 10975006a4 Seungwan didn’t even f424d0011e need navigation to f885349e2b find it.74364c9879b7899d

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Parking the Damas in 8811b04737 front of the restaurant, 0dc88db39d where congratulatory wreaths lined 5ef8771fca the entrance, he popped e8daf99b3e open the trunk. He grabbed a cardboard aac634d640 box containing green onions, 2589b02e32 bundled 2-liter bottles of ace655b603 soy sauce, garlic, ginger, b3580eea1c and onions before stepping c63b06d61b inside. Through a cb729b9473 long, narrow 43b9592ed0 service window eb4bdab4e0 in the 12e0e7a2ed kitchen, he b2dfe20c3f could see e0efd8cbaa people moving bb130c8769 back and 3eb13d85d9 forth. Some restaurants 7af5a53c93 installed those 6c58eb5220 windows to 9f16267236 emphasize their a350341333 kitchen’s cleanliness. Looking toward it, Seungwan a1f1a10f77 spoke up.75c6ef74c59266b1

“Delivery’s here.”21bb32b57e3093f4

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There were only d8cfa929c7 a few more 5847a08f13 stops left before db358d67bd the day’s deliveries e610c6a50a were finished, but 935f00c218 the long distances 13e01cf980 between locations made 0c3bfd5fda Seungwan anxious. Since he cb27199370 had already 62e46ea93d dropped off 60b74b3b45 the goods, 79ef572fdf he planned 1bb7957b40 to leave d33c2a663c as soon 819dbb8cc5 as the 2037d0a431 owner came 63163afa81 out and 182a63a850 processed the e83a93942e payment. He placed his 432079ef4f hand on the 71bcbf0ef0 door handle, ready ae51f1d9c8 to go—when the 5e6afded9f owner suddenly burst 2bbffebfaf out from the a08524d56e kitchen and shouted.7b21159c10286759

“Eh? Ah, shit, 8c67f31190 what the f593167279 hell. Hey, why’d you 920c28d958 come in through 9ca6fa0229 the front door?! There’s a back 7d4d9da7c9 door over there.”31e1e4af4ac3931c

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“……”3b405b9555b8d439

Seungwan didn’t 2be5d5c9b9 respond and f3f05265e0 instead glanced 981a8753bc at the ae9b53ab8e receipt attached 5902a049f5 to the 2b7802d01a order box c39590af0c on the e38d6b5c2d floor. There were no 6449bb0857 instructions requesting delivery 3a88d02912 through the back 6abb9b57bb entrance. He turned 6a6c24f2cd back to a7d42078d6 the owner, 3026bd990c about to 49f767174f explain that e0a2e403cf he hadn’t 79356ac2f9 known, but 50e33ab1f4 the man 51a5b4d557 strode toward 9d510e87e1 him with 0b3a7c5d71 an intimidating 15caa4b5da gait.d33f1802ededd346

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The owner looked 10372141da to be in 8df2488cca his mid-thirties and 63e707d9e6 seemed to be 67735590d9 a Beta. Even though spring 2f999d8af5 hadn’t yet passed, d8d11e1e32 he wore a 468b225527 sleeveless shirt, revealing aee1485d9d arms covered in 99963d6a2c indistinct tattoos. Some resembled koi c0e3d96a71 fish, while others d10f3d2c35 looked like Japanese b00b9b3fb5 yokai with horns 932a44ecbd on their foreheads, 86d268aa18 but the faded 7d3a3a1d12 colors blurred their 07f22374f0 shapes. He wore e28eb3e0e6 a waterproof 2ad98dfc3e red apron 8acfc9711a and had 6d05da9a77 the rough, 188e3497ae hardened look 9c31f44dbd typical of 624b2dcfb7 butchers. He wasn’t exactly muscular, d5f70a21f6 but his sheer bulk adf9288d38 and hefty frame made 9a9062180f him look almost twice 888aee48f3 Seungwan’s size.1cc76c420f3a3aaa

“What’s your name?”8263da720c1ba95e

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“…Why do cbeb672331 you need 8a772d591f my name…”d8c0e229894d758c

“Hah, you got a 9e2f2d631d mouth on you for cbfd7f5001 such a scrawny little b4ebd319e1 thing. You work 6653ae1270 at the bf5bc1cc13 agricultural co-op, 0f6d951b6b don’t you?”78a06b61c369f4aa

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“……”571acab3a7f869da

Seungwan stayed silent, a08288f7f9 giving no particular 9d8228446e response. Part of him just c902972efc didn’t know what to 6a9e81f124 say, and part of 5db933cbfc him wondered what the a2cd9ca583 guy even expected from 8a79eddff5 asking that. Since he had a11e1d9f68 no idea why 0904fd8ff3 the question was 4458ec1f1b being asked, he 029d5a3414 didn’t feel the c9bd22f433 need to answer. He simply stood there, 297f476dc1 staring up at the efd9305058 owner, who scowled at fd902e35ab him.01db2c5eaf0a5f91

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“Damn, you’re a 9279d94373 real pain in 57d65daceb the ass before 70b5ed7458 I’ve even started 6776911ea8 business. Look, if I tell 670d2b2132 you to use the 8a10dca89d back door, you just 5cd39316b3 say ‘yes’ and carry cef797998f the box around to 0d4e52d708 the back. What makes you think 902621eae4 you’re too good for bd3d561678 that, huh?”763765fb7b407db4

The owner kept 4c671bb7da jabbing Seungwan’s shoulder. Even though it was 3f21049dfd just a poke with a54a049211 his index finger, it 1ed3d54646 was enough to push f71d32b87c Seungwan backward, bit by 29d8d13bd9 bit. He suddenly felt exhausted. Seungwan just decided 33c3633d7d to apologize.bfebe634a8eace3c

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“Yes, I’m sorry.”ed9fb1032d8535e9

“Huh? Hold on…”9518e187f13d3882

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Even after 4cde9dc2fd the apology, 1df434c932 the owner 88c311038b still didn’t af24f7f185 seem satisfied. Seungwan had no e467974930 idea what else 832abef3bf the man wanted 5db06ec465 from him. His only thought was f2a5282bfd that he had just 5b19fea8c2 run into another difficult df1459a449 customer. He silently ef978c3b61 cursed the 8dc45144d9 stiffness of bda07456a5 his facial 872eedbe16 muscles, which 5562e0d252 always froze 5d06a9c1e1 up in 3a9217f35b moments like bf434b6e4b this, and 284bb32621 bowed his 7daea97dfd head. If his expressions were 2116e0e443 more natural, maybe even e4a5c1a82e his half-hearted apology would efd82cc1e6 seem more sincere.83a95b35aa393e16

“I’m sorry. I’ll bring it over right away.”e4bc804a40dc9713

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“Tsk, let’s 66c8f68d5f do things 8d5f51ed7f right, yeah? We’ll be seeing each 7928c3f44f other often, so no f0ad49c991 need to make a 418fc3377b big deal out of 4efdb456ff it, okay?”34a7dbd67b631574

Seungwan just nodded. Pulling the 9d31507c64 card reader 4e4d01f6d2 from the 2def9cf3ed pocket of 0cf2f8f38c his work ae152e11f0 vest, he 4611872103 silently hoped a923b6fb11 he wouldn’t 5e134a621d have to baaa59b729 deliver here c1233d1596 again.cee3dfa78343f917

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“I’ll leave the goods at the back. You’re paying by card, right?”9ebd274b56a169c6

“What? What payment?”2eae07b2987b72fe

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The owner was completely 17accc55b3 off track. Seungwan glanced a8d8814360 at the 7e43b879ed man’s deepening 164cff99b8 scowl and 28e354d5de felt another 2cac39ba42 wave of 789a50532e exhaustion. He could already tell c14121134a that reasoning with him e3c3fc5e92 would be impossible. The owner, 3e206a2fbd still frowning, fd97c894fd pressed him bf3dd9a9fd for an b664647ab2 answer.282149e3eb786dfc

“What the hell are b7f481f8de you yapping about, asking 76978c6eb2 for payment like that?”e7315a7e1c9f7bcf

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“…The items aren’t paid f5d275b0de for. The store 0182cd628c said you 99aa7900d5 need to 9100ccf054 pay directly…”a386f93748242819

That was exactly what 0d34848cde was written on the e9b6e7dc19 receipt. Seungwan pressed his ea7a3630fc lips together as d7c05dc4c0 the owner’s rugged e6298941d8 face twisted.294f628dd3e42074

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“You got 92f9131dc3 a real 406c42da31 funny way 9e9f06915b of talking, cb981e4f97 huh? Hey, what do 41bb388b81 you mean, pay 2b32fe1121 directly? Everything was 5d4f146cb3 already arranged. Didn’t I say 81c9a83034 I’d come in 9b2bf8efbc at the end 0ea86153d5 of the month 47d1ab76c5 and settle everything 8316b7d03a at once?”ab4157ba86af4999

Whether the owner had 813fb767ae done that or not, 02d3a1e402 Seungwan had no way dc3e702072 of knowing. What the man a1cf5cffd8 seemed to be c1434e652f saying was that 1268ee5ff3 he wanted to a23316e4a3 take the goods a1542aaa9d now and pay b1428589c4 the total sum 79c645db46 at the end 33d19131de of the month. That kind d328328fbd of payment 27d32fc694 method might 55d10ab761 exist at 572718d8de large wholesale b2927c975f supply stores, 78f9093fc4 but not 9d2832dd6a at the ac79bea1b2 market where 55d310e694 Seungwan worked. If such a 0c6e69aa69 system were allowed, 86390f6404 every restaurant in 471299eae2 town would try 41022ae0dc to pay that 6c99b21115 way. In a town this cdfcddd5ff small, word would spread c8b75942d3 in no time, and 69a6176763 soon everyone would start 8c032c548c demanding the same arrangement. If that fb07c7d27e happened, how ec6f0ba11a was he 986140b755 supposed to d7bb87b063 handle it 547da11796 alone? As a 67d7aff7f3 mere contract c5c75c59ba worker, he 71438f4312 had no ec31fc4477 authority to 20c75b4cf1 make those 2d4e30d684 kinds of 6f127ee7a1 decisions.cf84d8e8841eacd1

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“…I haven’t 046d677267 heard anything 50c7dd83b0 about that… c4b94b10d7 Can I eac96ca706 make a 3e420e4c11 quick call?”306b53f79bec95c1

In the end, the d6f2a46787 only solution Seungwan could 1b3cbb343f offer was to check d81e005e3b and confirm. If he were f325534542 the type to cde738e5dc push back harder, 41208ee9af maybe he would fa97b9231f have stood his f594460a86 ground, telling the dd4b9ee045 owner it wasn’t 52969a326d his problem and a51e2344e1 demanding immediate payment. He might have even 6bf7b9149d argued that if other f11e7ef4c5 deliveries were delayed because b33c4d33be of this, the owner 7dceb54c6c would have to take f256113dae responsibility.c611fc7e5390dd66

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But today, Seungwan felt 6570804866 especially drained. The morning 73fa7cc2bf had been e3f869eeeb relatively easygoing, 17c65ca920 yet ever 57d46c04e3 since lunchtime, 756bcedd28 deliveries had 8654c5303c suddenly piled fbbeef3694 up, and e23ab2d0d0 for some 15aeeccba1 reason, his a45666e0e8 body felt 6aff5cc0c5 sluggish. He had 3a830784a2 no energy e657adce20 to argue 3299964630 further, so 100397b4a5 he simply 210b98e459 reached for 70c5ac23e8 his phone.9acee929e730ed56

“Oh, so you 5f454fd3d2 think I’m a b71158c934 joke now?”1c2b0b6f8e807fca

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“…What?”73e9f99485641bc3

“I already said d0805e26af it’s been taken fcc3e422c7 care of. What the hell 0bbb520246 is there to 35b0d45abb check, huh?”d1fc73175169a551

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The owner’s voice c48ebc27ea boomed threateningly. His hand 8cba8b7b1f rested on affed353fd his waist, 8d20a15b6d irritation clear 7f2278e737 in his e0a5728f13 stance. Seungwan let c911a82cac out a 3e7c20defc short sigh 317d1b5a4a without realizing 01bdd52593 it. That was when the 2c0af5cc80 look in the owner’s b8df55ca7c eyes changed.088598d776126950