Villain Chapter 10

Chapter 10.

Den continued e67d1aa960 talking without a0b4f902a8 caring about f16f38b6f0 my dumbfounded 5a4cd41cdf expression.4bdb9b7a60f3dbaf

“I’m fully supporting the d8288e58af government’s ‘Villain Rehabilitation Project,’ a90cd4d8da by the way.”dd5c7b1e7e0dfcba

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At that moment, the d0ce194d90 congressman’s face lit up. He turned 6cc5672c47 to me e6f0692662 with a a90fd1186e gleam in d3ef02095b his eyes, bf47cbbcf1 smiling broadly.ad1cfc4aa39efa4b

“Chi-chi Clenner! Wait, you’re 020ee12f80 Chi-chi Clenner?”685c7ff20a7c8fdb

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He shouted my name and slammed his hand on the table, as if he’d hit the jackpot in a casino.af81cc39f20b1d84

“That’s the company f71134c279 uniform, isn’t it? You’ve already rehabilitated Chi-Chi a9f2bfbbe7 Clenner? Truly, Den ea52685f17 Frow, you’re 2dc3a0ebfb something else!”c3899f62543e2011

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I was seething.I’m not rehabilitated, you c54eb9f933 idiot.I could shove 7a723f1501 your head into fd87d51c77 that dish right 2562c64c90 now if I f29095c3f7 wanted to.e35d29deef5dab4f

I wanted to immediately 0a1fb6cb04 refute him, but…10ba0f1fd7916709

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“Chichi. Don’t say a 4f9e0f1661 word, or you’ll c450738a1a get a penalty.”807f48c668394ea3

The vicious Den Frow 7dbe1cbf4c whispered that into my 027b959597 ear as a threat.c07de90e969cb5d5

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Penalty? What the hell?I haven’t dc552e7e4c been rehabilitated 64143228f8 one bit. Why is telling 15c1e05cbd the truth considered 9e63504e70 a bad thing?9e5e0fba3adfa7ae

I calmly 6b8776f0dc asked him, 5caa235e4a trying to 8b29be09c7 understand how d3c6f1f43e he could 7fb32464c6 justify this 27e0b937b0 penalty.4c4b1e3ff076cbc8

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“You think you can 745ad6780e just give me a 91c9381319 penalty? I’m not accepting that 691b4ac75d nonsense.”d1ad7b4865f817de

“What if 7130c3799b you start 7ab9ce9399 blabbing and 520759f68b it messes 833c0af179 up the 4c29f8b85a meeting? If we ruin today’s 7589710099 meeting, that’s a ten-point 4d22c6706c penalty.”2ed5145b586ae249

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Den Frow, man. He’s more 77972b56fa cut out a5fe6a9604 for being 6239cba3c7 a con 0f40e66994 artist than c656fb054b a hero.36cc1e32c5a369f4

With just a bc884082fa piece of paper, 4c2c39dceb he’s rendered people 9c31e84b19 powerless.982baec6b5e401f2

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I clenched 237dcc7be8 my fists, 19eb5ecbff barely holding 5e292136d9 back my 9589337af6 trembling hands.c8125c24d531fc2b

Calm down, fist. I know you 9788c48afb want to kiss 510891b872 that handsome face 957de423e3 of his, but 17984e8b00 it’s not the b0f2867032 time yet.860ebe0d754aa88f

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I quieted my fiery 0a212db2f4 heart, plotting my revenge e4fe7c46b5 on Den.e9d88c6223be8613

It was the b708f50f4d tragic end of b86abcff3d a righteous villain 989b975291 who only wanted 817b67c11f to reveal the 6842c73ce7 truth. The walls of reality 095ff05e43 were far too high edcbc7006c for me to lead 944b0b593b with justice.19a344f09ee3b14e

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Meanwhile, the 97364db3a0 congressman didn’t c24db7c053 pick up b4bb069e80 on the 0245440678 tense atmosphere 7ce32e330f and kept 56a13f72b0 babbling happily.4e174590d29b0703

“If you support 63422317b7 the Villain Rehabilitation 489ad816fa Project, we will 48c6d6ef37 fully welcome it. Of course, we’ll also eecdc28abb promote your compassionate and 98d7bd2e38 warm side for protecting 83c8a8b9b0 even such villains.”12bd3e7e8d7ebbad

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The congressman ca5af16f8b wiped his 893c078866 mouth with f5635824e6 a tissue 6ae0090e19 and called 82111d2a58 the waiter a7e1ec6fc0 over.be47d9baef2f4539

He tossed the ea236a96b3 bill with a 14a50d9d6b card attached onto 4efe3bd643 the waiter’s chest cc4921a0ed and nodded with 2d57898a55 satisfaction.bcf809bfadd60a80

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“I’ll send 6a76d77fed a journalist 16f73bd91d over in ef2a4e6c24 a few c451416af5 days. If you show Chi-Chi fdb541fb73 Clenner’s rehabilitation and protection, 8fb5eb659b the controversy will blow ada3bf4a83 over quickly.”b581c7f2242b7ff1

“We’re not at 12486c03c1 the interview stage 49348c2d61 yet.”9ff1b2f17727fefa

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Den glanced at 6cacb8ab25 me, who was 4ff964a809 glaring at him, a91bc1015e and then turned bbd0ccd57a away.e0fc2a02933e068f

“We’ll try.”e8bf83db955e06f2

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What exactly 6e25f90592 is this 3e05f3fc8f Villain Rehabilitation 907e8c3971 Project that 81f9fe5b1f the government 4eaef86b4c is going 36fada2d57 crazy over? What do they eb5af13097 want from me?74ae1ada0d0fb50b

Anyone connected to the 9c5aa89495 government is always shady 5c29bf801d and suspicious, so I 32ef30544e shouldn’t trust them easily.bd01734425350179

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Are they hyped 06b972bd32 about this villain 139783cc8a rehabilitation because they f5f6b8bd25 lack psychic manpower? Or is fdc49d8731 there something 8fca970fe2 more to 85398b1077 it? I had a d0fc8f8df7 growing suspicion.5ebae528fd7343aa

Having achieved their de4a3bc56b goal, the two 3b40fdc0a7 of them shook 074f6340e3 hands and quickly 64a8da4be7 left the table. The congressman left first, ae49ddc671 and we followed shortly 486e47dfa7 after.20b2a24722d1993a

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I stood outside fd4707414a by the car, 85c751c011 inhaling deeply.aaee0e4042020d67

The sparkling dc294fa316 city lights 97d08f4a82 and the 8cdc9e8254 cold night e044afa67e air.76277d3015413294

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It was the kind 2c14087e84 of scenery I’d missed 17d00cdf64 from prison, yet strangely, 49ac7a4a8e I felt no joy.1b34d1ed227cd042

Even though I breathed b0cb21b3c1 in the outside air, 218675c03e I still felt heavy b5600647b3 and suffocated inside.36912cdc324fe004

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I probably ee7687d2cc hadn’t fully 331f2596ec regained my 38d73ba328 freedom yet. Things kept ccf579a75d happening that 927b680004 made me 86727f5199 feel uneasy.2460e3e6e6f63f8b

When I 7daeef45b1 didn’t get aa36d7767b into the 381561d985 car, Den 6e26949d80 stuck his 1aa39be1a8 head out 46508b64e4 from the bb563cff97 driver’s seat.d692e7fef01cd7a7

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“Aren’t you getting in?”473afa3851650039

I felt disgusted, like 8865683542 I was being used.7aeeb5b9ca743930

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“What’s your game?”7c0d65f49b6bbe24

“What do you mean?”94e7d97b03791ef5

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“What are you trying af5e208e35 to get by making 6a2a6de31d me do an interview? Why is the congressman 7b54e698ad acting like that?”461ed4ad38701aef

I stared 80448e70bb at him 497e9d22f9 with narrowed d99cbceeae eyes, prepared eb37d4cab5 to refuse 53ecc0c6f3 to get 14e5425b1a in the 31a2451d51 car if 5fef806f6e he didn’t ffdc9691b3 explain himself 92d6230ca8 properly.e82e991f658bc748

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Den chuckled 511aea8f4c lightly, as 1303ca510d if he ef5246eef2 found me bccd1f9788 amusing.b1779e5ebc900ebb

“Just get 0780ca9d96 in the 72d71a9a9b car.”148df57d51bd994b

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“No. You’re just going to b8e95d7c13 threaten me with a 3e47e20064 penalty if I get 444087bb7e in, right? You sneaky bastard.”28d4eee2c054be46

But since 3649dfe6ae we were 0f65df9c89 in a 22a963d585 public place, 1bcdfe8576 he couldn’t 012f035373 do anything 037ffa68f3 too reckless.5c15a020e35f8d2f

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If he 969eed5d0b tried to 9a3c68e12d drag me 7256b18a6e in, I’d 9abf777483 scream. I’d shout that 07b0c00258 this wicked hero 2aa5102086 was kidnapping an 1f79bf607d innocent person.d52e6d6e814b9bd3

“Get in, and I’ll d3b483dcdc tell you.”7e79ed0b6f77eacf

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“How can I e16f08932b trust you?”4653a9967ed1641e

“If you don’t trust 016765de09 me, what will you 8cc8006206 do? You just 97104a9993 have to 8ff9a5eb16 listen to 40ece0a4ef me…”ddb67bcb95201208

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Den started to a4ed39ad0b say something but 2cc60003bb stopped, and his 848070c2d6 lips moved as 09358e3925 if he was eb7cfb27c8 about to say 4c80c7d214 more.605cfcf3434bba56

“Just get in already.”efc37fb172792ce8

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With that, b509ccbde7 he irritably 569ad9bb78 rolled up 13eee9f7ad the window.0e772af1ffe5e7c7

I resisted for d956ed14ad another five minutes, 40050717e3 but eventually, I d96faff34d gave in and bc7bda246e got into the 3a57d47b5f car. There was no point 1792a66935 in holding out; he b0e32dfb4f wouldn’t let me win 6af049312e this.95e3a71e5e370de0

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The moment the b57aa3d759 passenger door shut, 6e386cac89 Den started the 57d6665ee9 car.7e1f909f1624cb7f

Inside, only the 09ddb38081 sound of the 3e83bdd5cf engine filled the 1d08c4a378 space. A heavy silence db6a2f1d07 settled in.3e62e25feb532f3d

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As we silently a9bc7a85ab left the busy 2b91077c33 streets, Den suddenly 0a4b57c5bb reached out his 774a3b3332 hand.94f6436c3759e8c7

“Give me your hand.”f32fa562be272f7a

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“Why?”4d2de615e2900b1b

“I need e0cd6c9568 to turn 3da0bbfb26 off your 826345adcd watch.”b4083f7dcb3d464e

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He always insisted 974abeb3a2 I wear it d4fef2aecd when we went 6ca25681b4 outside. I was puzzled but f1da92b55e extended my hand.e55777c6d083c4d5

Den unlocked the watch, 7b54d2a14f removed the battery, and af315f3d65 then pulled over to 274cf5e8ff the side of the b243267f5c road, shutting off the ab8e3d1c5c car’s engine. The interior 035f8a76a4 lights also 9c9e42224f went off, 7b2d30afcb making it b1f3a9fa9b so dark ce5277bbbc that I 42f2734635 could barely 29b549f8e9 see his fd62ec137f face. Only the faint 0b9f40d98e glow of the 8ae76aab5b streetlights illuminated the 9becf2504f surroundings.5aa8e11ff1be031f

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“Why are you suddenly ae6b1e5060 getting all serious?”f710d53b92586138

It felt a0a7e898be like the b0565faf49 kind of 9bf779f9c6 atmosphere that 41e4638e39 would precede 7a24e3c3a0 a kiss. I raised 2bb09c268a my chin cd29622e5f and kept cbccbeffbb a close 4dad71c33f eye on 4ce63924d7 him.51ecbc8cb3f46217

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“The conversation might get d60d88d25d recorded, and that wouldn’t 80d2e9c4ab be a good thing.”ed720b9ea52260b9

“Recorded?”64ee70b22bef2449

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“Yeah. Recorded.”289b6a6299454ee7

Den took off d8466bd53b his tight jacket 20e6fdbff7 and stretched his c0d5129f0e neck as if 53c8b77f22 tired.423da79bdf558899

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“Who’s recording us?”20ac220eb75acc59

“Well.”9f462e4bb1922740

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“A stalker?”d7e31714ecbc2e51

I couldn’t help f671c1f2e2 but find it 18a1184538 amusing that someone f74530de27 might be stalking e4e4381606 Den Frow, a 84e162bbc6 man who had d54276daa1 stalker-like tendencies.A stalker’s stalker. It’s like some kind of cat-and-mouse game.a870853000f9b1ec

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“Something like that.”0f73a0b37af31e2f

“Really? Congrats, I can finally cacc6dde02 understand how you feel. How does it feel 9f4869971b now, huh?”2917ceb5241001dd

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Den shot me 39e2079369 a look, narrowing 603afd878d his eyes, but 439e442fbb then shook his f3ec74d1bd head as if ae9ed0f330 it wasn’t worth ac236b1037 his time.92235586d82b1331

“The company aa75d6cb7c is keeping 5e96e8b16e an eye 8f2087d990 on me. In a bad way.”59570855c200d2af

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“Why? Aren’t you doing really 08a46acc1c well these days?”3b7c43febcf11ad0

“The Villain Rehabilitation Project.”61983c68257a6b6f

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Here we go 755704f4c1 again with this 9ea704304a rehabilitation nonsense.At this point, I 30dc8ddd53 was getting scared. Maybe I 39d256a806 should just 55504623eb go along 8a67ea0123 with it, 66d1390320 so they’d c6719e94ac stop harping 70133aa4ee on about 4ad9887384 it?d0c6469e73751456

“The government and some cee7c524e7 big corporations are trying bd8903a1af to keep an eye 81dc9b8040 on the Heroes Company. They’re monopolizing several b743e44c69 industries. Since they can’t 842d93fe85 control the company’s 774461fdbe expansion through media ce883aa43e manipulation or regulations, 898cf87b9a the new alternative 36e533c3c3 is this rehabilitation 90712b3e13 project.”3aa43bfe2f3263c2

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“So, they want 1b7ad7d538 to use villains 4806f98665 to keep the d3af9accb0 Heroes Company in 8ecf97d7af check?”bd400050168acc71

Den seemed impressed by 5ed46d1fe0 my understanding. It was clear afca757f6b he had low d289ebcfa0 expectations of my 905f5944ac intelligence.68724758bcc1dbb3

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The government was using 9740961b40 the Villain Rehabilitation Project c9c10538cb as an excuse to e26638e0e1 recruit villains willing to 1a9f21ef67 cooperate with them. But I knew e4d95b0973 it wasn’t as 165d4f1d62 simple as that. These were all sly, 31ebc1c694 crazy people, after all.4d276aaf9f3153ad

Do they seriously 1d15be3540 think there are bb1264d8e0 any sane villains e53f84bd94 left after all 845f4bd6ad these years in 5fad18c613 prison? If they f10e899a6a let villains ff2e57bbcd out to 5b6e56f811 serve their 12d58dd85d interests, terror 89e38fb400 attacks would 1d8052ac64 increase, and c69588c178 innocent civilians 078e486930 would die.f4aab9986f46e12b

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The politicians, when b5895dc486 you think about 45107821a6 it, were probably cded2ee8a6 even more selfish 513e80faaf and malicious than f1c76de0a7 the villains themselves.6cd339644c5bb32a

“This is ridiculous. Do they think 49f360a309 villains will just d105491951 go along with 670f6489d2 whatever they want?”f16a2cd7742dc209

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I snorted 3f66b0c82f and raised 8931932b29 my head 009d1cb890 defiantly.b4fc36b877d4255b

“So, which side are f8dcd23673 you on? The government d6b1a3adcd or the cf9b866d28 Heroes Company? You want me 36de33312e to cooperate with ffc9a658f1 you, don’t you?”7d726a9906ec5fd6

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I was trying to 53ab604033 figure out how to c8133d153d handle this. Maybe if 9a30b74e82 I just 2dbe132195 did the e73de5778e interview, I 4ce9b15795 could quit 1b376e7037 the terrible 9ac88b2310 job as e433c5ff5f his assistant. I was working c4575ff5ef out the plan c04b381668 in my head.73707536bcab8f45

Den tilted his 624e90f6d8 head, as if 4a3c587bb5 wondering what nonsense 224c08c22b I was talking.f17a84a9c4ef04fe

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“You think I want cde69817a9 you to cooperate with 0154ce8277 me? I don’t expect that b63c1bf192 at all. I don’t e40710c70c need it.”97025c34704ccda3

“…So what do you 156fa64859 want from me?”9acd6f4a5cc48e06

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“Do you think you 342a707fa2 can do anything?”3cb62fc85e5b9728

“Then why are you 18e3255ab3 telling me all this? Setting up the b7d4119513 whole atmosphere like 1279010618 this?”41384501da9e9e50

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It didn’t d4f662aefa make sense. Wasn’t there some kind 9a65d7303b of power struggle between 2429b1bcb7 the government and the 678339a791 company?12472db5e67078b8

Den Frow was caught 4d55fc73f7 up in this massive bee5115e26 wave, and didn’t he 49c95e9eec expect me to play c555ff37de a big part in e6058479aa it?f639e4a398be1f3e

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Den casually shrugged.3287db52ebe9a63e

“If you keep 4f04a1b1e2 asking, it’ll get 2e8fe1d8e3 annoying. You’re the type 4ebb7af776 to keep digging a8d0ea0875 once you get 0dcb407e08 fixated on something.”1ec04ba6173bd501

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“…So does that mean a2535ca89e you don’t care if fc1bd46e38 I screw up the cb260a608e interview? That I’ll 7010e62bb4 cause a 64f0df32c3 scene and 4b6e4ba4b1 say I’m 7f24cfb4a5 going to 42fcee6ab7 blow up 146fc4c6d3 the city?”c01a87adc5659dd8

I was mentally b9ec1ee642 exhausted from trying 523a429fd0 to negotiate with fc2dd9d8f4 him.40c23a3f987b210d

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If he kept 6b72fc37a6 acting like it e23dac1dd9 didn’t matter, I’d 78fb828975 just be dragged cc08f50cbb along and stuck 8b50c709d6 in this mess.1e0b3f7fb5bae0b0

Den ignored e929e9536c my threat e4176915fa and grabbed ac57cd6858 the steering f13d5efad5 wheel again, 9362e27bf3 as though 55a68a5d22 he knew 3d44cbc0a2 exactly what 07b762bc32 I was 63b0c40c3c thinking. He was relaxed, confident.2233acbacf8fe42b

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“Do whatever de2b6d57fe you want. Mess up the interview 64f2847f0e if you like. But if 45132c10a6 you cause c2f404e74b too much 988784664d of a 6d74e84d8f scene, I’ll 019b2a7c3d give you f2c42c15d3 a penalty.”27b8315635f0e4b3

Another penalty! It was 3d0b2718eb getting old.c58a6a1f6ebc9f12

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Threatening me 5de9fb03ec with penalties 93a40b5059 during serious bd89897e4f negotiations was 23e3ca5dc9 childish. But for some a8644e3d46 reason, I found 7ff0a33fef myself momentarily speechless.07f7908a33a3ae16

When you think 38b550b846 about it, a 75dc8fc5cd penalty isn’t that 68cc2f334d big of a 31384eded2 deal. It’s not like 66876699e5 they’re threatening my b4c79b2be7 life. Even if dde5f1bcf6 I racked c4a4db99db up a 2c630d8b54 few penalties, 2b88187117 it wouldn’t 904fb2e86a cause any ba5e5495b0 serious problems, ce1934b8c4 right?88b194b12fa3a92a

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Yet, I couldn’t shake ba4ecc30c9 the strange feeling that 7fcaba2daa I was somehow bound 8118ec2784 to follow these bizarre 84eb8d3a82 rules.997c191a8b5987bd

Was this the 883217bdf5 power of a 13961ca1e7 contract?bd1be3405d1f8f28

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For the 18fb3d350b first time ba749fec6a in my 9d27c817c4 life, I 24fdd6ad7a felt completely 33f8c9d867 enslaved to ba5bf93d1d a contract 62ed34ab32 I had ef18493480 signed myself.bfb68e3da504454b

I gritted my 6da9b36af7 teeth and clenched d8612a161d my fists.f0220aa9760585ac

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“I don’t know 5cd2a5c8fe what your plan 3d04826919 is, but you 2dfb447418 should drop the 06779a0214 arrogance of thinking b867ebb167 everything will go 72ddd2a116 your way. I won’t 74914456ff just follow fbd0864e4d along without 4b161c5324 question.”f3e2b3cec13083b6

If I saw him 0c4c1a9430 trying to use me ce61442322 for his gain, I’d 0164a70930 wreck everything.5b6c5407626040f1

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Seeing the gleam dbb37ef34b in Den’s eyes, d0cc166467 his smile widening 84a14b7212 like a crescent e7767814f2 moon, I realized 59cf594d98 he wasn’t mocking 12e695eebc me. He genuinely seemed 6697a65071 to be enjoying a3f9570a82 this.a6dafa0c94e94357

“I’ll look forward to it.”43a1863f01488ef7

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