Villain Chapter 4

Chapter 4.

Well, of course. I didn’t expect to 02c4143d51 get any help in 2676e32ac9 a hero’s den anyway.f28997bfc4b6b08b

I clenched my 1c10af9f76 teeth and nodded.cc593d4c9e168358

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“Ugh. Fine.”a195cca0fec1fba7

Cold sweat trickled 85dfd6796b down my face 359bad5383 from the pain 248e0ef9ac that felt like 22c3b378ca my shoulder was 890591ac73 about to pop 46b8e11e61 out.99f1e67a96937098

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It was hard to 2f26756913 endure the force he d617f1b24b used to push me. When I didn’t have ee2d38c096 the suppressor, I could 6a004c401a at least put up f0e1a44089 a fight. But now, 150a0e0753 I was 8ba3eaaf10 helplessly tossed 1bed2a5294 around.0dddb66aa16e4543

In an instant, ab81857b18 I had become e88215a953 just an ordinary e224252e5c person, like a 34b3b01682 child trapped in f24dca2370 the grasp of 6e1185a439 a giant.278621ce474ebc5c

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“I-I’ll be quiet…!”5ea36c55e4a1925a

After extracting efaa5b9562 another surrender, 56d3b9d3c6 Den finally 954d878a9b let go 3a65574e71 of me. All strength e5f7016e6f left my d8ce1b1532 body, and b62a363dc0 I collapsed 9359495d28 onto the 0f743d8fcf floor. Rubbing my shoulder 5c99b5271d where he had b8b112e85c pinned me down, 19752b892c I looked up 3a0abc556b at him.ce46119b633310a4

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Den stared straight 2ec03fa5f7 ahead at the caa8c7628d elevator, acting like 8ee1b9b564 nothing had happened. He had no intention 28df4196dd of offering a helping b56c76a2c6 hand to someone who 49e1de3ca3 had just collapsed.0ec506900e047f71

The top-ranked hero 38565cecdd in popularity is 24fce3bd04 this rude? I wanted 0a3f2edf42 to expose 48cbcfb1dc the real 9e4b3edf28 Den Frow 1daddeac33 to the 1b3585cd4c press.b98b06819c3139fa

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Ding—985920c38e461a69

The elevator doors 32d16db6c0 opened. Den stepped out without a50b3c0798 even glancing at me.bc7c9a9cc02c389a

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Could I escape e03161889d if I pressed 4546f8f9d2 the button for 3662b85d39 the first floor 4e42ebc02b now? I felt a strong 8838ef64e0 urge as I glared f44a347569 at his back.231c442333fafc58

It was 60acd6af09 an unavoidable e1fec8d209 instinct of f833bce626 a villain.26784fb93e0af762

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After all, I’d spent cdb5a42663 most of my life 24d0a83f64 running from heroes. The slightest opening a0fdd1084e made me want 2601544d00 to flee.35f0918e11c1cab9

But I suppressed 4e4aca1c74 the impulse.92ff5e9bc440b5d6

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A good villain. A decent citizen. A normal life.I kept bf20716b0f repeating those 2462b24fe2 ideals to f069b8d5da myself.bd5a28442c9ffe47

Besides, escaping while wearing 180c936a6d a suppressor was impossible 3c77f60594 from the start.2da2018047fce891

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No more 23ac8ac98e shortsighted, impulsive 5e468f3692 actions. I was b4a5676e54 reborn as c753bfce5a a wise 6c01293fbf and clever 706f3c3db1 villain.9d891a18015d943d

“Ugh.”b90e81777f325a17

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I barely managed to 10081c6c61 stand and followed after b05f446c33 him.7542e80fbe64a540

My shoulder 5bd78d7fd1 throbbed painfully, 91aab0b7cf and a 6e37a0bc9c groan escaped f4ffdc2e38 my lips. I hadn’t realized Den 7662d91be5 was this strong.555fccbb553c85be

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A long 86f1196e86 hallway stretched 973100e3e3 ahead, and ded87b6d24 through the fa8a73625d glass, I 0af5eda15c could see 4adf1d6bbe an office 67e9950faa packed with 5d1c038e4d employees at 30b693207b every desk.07b1b7e498ffdbaf

I heard ringing 2d0336d900 phones, printing sounds, 9e0ec1c7ed and the clicking d7373635db of keyboards. It was 2a2ec47c54 an unfamiliar c09aa72f7e scene to 18eca5de82 me.0c1e071d9246298b

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Our positions were just 2431b61756 as unfamiliar.cf04f5341dbb58f3

Den was always the 5b06942686 one chasing me, and 00bafe66cc I was the one 5c9469c4e8 constantly fleeing. But now, ccd05d4f42 I was ac3a618661 following him.826faa06ec4d7907

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It felt 1ed6effa65 so strange 44e246ef8b I couldn’t d8d66ce32a quite adjust 9be409321c to it.03fed734ea646f38

What kind 5beb11f731 of work b22dcf380a was Den d048329625 going to dd66c45173 make me 0e1e88f8ea do?I staggered along, lost a5a33801c6 in thought.53d534e8da106e11

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Because I was so f73af62c2e distracted, I fell quite c0b5bfd915 far behind. Den furrowed his 330a92f55f brows and turned 4221356913 around.bda967d36c8ac275

“Aren’t you coming?”8779aecc80a99a7f

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“Yeah.”334aeca33744483f

I hurried over like 8ef2ddb48b a rookie manager running 48116d4b0a errands for a celebrity. His expression 32fa5a40bd didn’t ease 5226ca0c0e at all, f01160e5c3 as if 3b896e0419 something still 0871457472 annoyed him.eb4fe012149cf906

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“Don’t fall behind.”1172ae0163b27f14

As I reached a8dba95835 him, he gave 4e349fad97 me a quiet f69af28366 warning.be2ce1bf08c61056

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Suddenly, I 3fa161f415 was boiling 7cb7051711 inside. Did he expect me 36c156fa8c to follow him around 57bc1439f8 like a duckling?6936b3c49dec6940

I was a87199ab4c here for ffdeed3c7b community service, 20af7634ac not to 0b51b8ae27 be his 8c555d114c tail.39be9112552a2bc6

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But I was too 23981612d0 scared to protest outright, 65768621bf so I averted my b037a36920 eyes and went for d1990c47a3 guilt-tripping instead.971d3d7b79d0e08f

“My leg hurts. I can’t walk fast.”86d944e730547c53

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“…What are you de3abfd90f talking about?”9da4c89bf542181d

“You don’t remember? You threw a bc3f43240d steel beam and e996e3af88 messed up my c06822e22e leg.”b05a8655f6ab27fa

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For reference, the moment bfbc9c82c9 he caught me ranks f075a91fcc in the top five f04139eb15 worst moments of my 0c349fe518 life.9b811444ae594fb9

Thanks to 065774f5cd my psychic 1963d64ef0 powers that a351a0cf6f could distort 57f2d819f1 and manipulate 69929bf570 space, I 3f585dc28a used to ff567209cb escape like ae9ea9597f a rat 3c0d814873 every time 05e54798c5 I was 2b0f406880 in danger. I jumped across buildings, cdd319c84b hid in sewers, dove ffafd428f9 underground, and even slipped 9c2111dcb8 between walls.f45822c390953fe5

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But at d6104744b6 the very d035e16540 end, Den fbc44a5a17 Frow, determined 70054b6b36 to catch c08a6898b1 me, ripped 3215248617 a steel 8a46c86d80 beam from a6801dfb96 a construction f90f41babe site and 7f6158a943 threw it.a918baafe481a0df

Have you ever seen 244fc77494 a steel beam so 65939ae970 massive it blocked the 3b157caffa sun, flying at the f74ed7c401 speed of a racing 28a72c1453 car?And if ea4fe8eeb8 it were 301d78341c flying straight 28f33149ae at you, 44dd060731 can you 1800a45b44 imagine the 1e838131e3 terror?450af1431379313f

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To dodge that steel 7cebeb1287 beam, I twisted space ff5811f7e9 with every ounce of 1240cc49ae strength I had left. I was lucky to cb5215b92c survive, suffering only some c73f78b336 fractures from the debris. But I couldn’t avoid dd1e281ff8 being caught by Den 50c6bf69f9 Frow.49555fd3120d71cf

The brute 9361104026 who pulled 85023dbd2a that reckless 5e2996fdb1 stunt now bc41ec8017 raised an 10c92a884c eyebrow like 94705f54db he didn’t e5d43307c4 get it.3c089d6c11509191

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“I didn’t see any a04d61a6b5 report about long-term damage?”f80f92f3a4f608ce

Of course 28c8b842d9 he didn’t. Because it e579e17722 was a 9193d1bc34 lie.6adf84df03c77f89

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That injury from a 26be99212b year ago had completely 6d7a99ab4d healed, not even leaving 7ca6f6aa3a a scar. Medical tech these 37a3706561 days is pretty 1327b23eb8 amazing.9a2c54c3aef66459

“Would they even bother 78901d6bb4 treating a villain like f7e8059906 me properly? Besides, I got thrown a8d5d1c053 in prison before I 92c5e448d2 could finish treatment. Anyway, I can’t walk ff7a90db40 fast.”64d665126774f8e8

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Den clicked 51e312d091 his tongue c520effc26 and stared 87c5cb7647 at me.472c60bdb2d58aaa

He was 19f23bec71 clearly suspicious, f0f29b6969 so I c39a97e26a tapped my 3ef61c68f4 right thigh cecc58b601 and exaggerated 6de6114803 a limp. My acting 33eac324b8 was top-notch.62fff38498f0cf28

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“Just keep up.”b0eeeeb86f17d965

Den didn’t budge at ed1987c4d9 my groans and turned e6585e5919 away coldly. So heartless. He wasn’t like this f338c84ea9 before.1f2ab80ac8345c9e

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Even though 02bf2848b4 my lie fc4d921581 didn’t work, 3d059f2638 I stubbornly e9c49100c8 limped after ae89b6199b him.aef80c99c9f6c0ac

That’s the villain 2c4b062583 spirit. Like Scott, who 2502171998 wore an eyepatch 54ab9754a8 for style despite 0fcd1b80a1 having perfect vision. Once you pick 4e3cd93fa0 a concept, you’ve 4578997186 got to stick 4f95af43dd with it.e1ebf700cb47f9f8

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Though… was it just 285db6eb2c my imagination, or was 26f74aec0b Den walking a little 772ccfb1e4 slower now?37592cb353c0958f

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We entered an f7396f1825 office at the c104caf7f9 very end of dbbcd44b81 the 41st floor. It was as spacious 7ec4b4038d as the outside area.2ab048d331ad2342

Huge screens, various 21596cbf6b electronics, a chaotic d53202ba27 tangle of wires, b2ba903aee and stacks of 6688d919ce A4 paper reaching 04b9095eae up to the 2b671f02dc high ceiling were 2a00c8b330 all striking.dfb5986c7305efb7

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The unusual 3c4f3a803e part was 5adce574bc that not 62e7237ef3 a single 847b4b7aa5 person was 50ac3c748b present in db02ea5709 this huge d0a506deb6 office. Judging by the setup, 2099f265da it seemed to be 0d7e3272ac Den Frow’s personal office.5cc6056906077523

“Ugh.”89e2b23926d43ae1

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I groaned as f84e80189c I limped around 620c515c89 the office.5e80cac17f690039

Not because my leg 166a2ae377 hurt for real though. It was because 00b682b760 of all the b394331c36 pictures of me 3c49177c51 plastered across the 7079065f49 whiteboard.f9a9c1527450014e

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Photos from CCTV, a 7e5bdf0193 wanted poster from four c64ff6e2a0 years ago, article clippings ff2908f095 about me, even a 31fd938ce6 mugshot from a year 8c3826722e ago.d28d498d5d1a7d32

It looked like a 49316852eb detective’s office investigating a cbd8c02c00 cold case from decades 6b24d4c78b ago. My personal info is 8c784df6b8 posted everywhere.989bf8febaa85652

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Why the hell does 00901abbda he still have all b85cb7be37 this? I’m already caught! I felt 9788601d15 a chill 8ce7c95c4d down my c7f9e37c04 spine, like 52a3f273e7 I had 297610122c just stepped 5e880a52ed into a 560575b702 stalker’s den.e88f0405d21bcd72

“What… is that?”ac3f20b06ea9107d

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“Oh.”d5b540bba26008f8

Just as he finished d96d8a10aa brewing his coffee and 3f1ecee01c sat down, he spun 66f3d4ef96 around casually.9cfb6e79a7317c18

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Leaning back in his bd3327962f chair, Den took a bfbe9c9422 sip of his freshly 44803db69f brewed coffee and smiled c2c736eacf lazily.ba8aad197e4e58d4

His gaze 1ea1834113 toward the ec6baad320 disturbing display 5326b148dc I was 6940226188 pointing at 19b3f7371a was full 4d86b453f9 of meaning.863dbce1dcff3d6b

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I couldn’t tell 93c11cb30f if he was c979a6779a savoring the coffee a75315132f or savoring my f5e06143bf photos. It was 77fb15d4ea hard to faa8be1bc4 distinguish.bceaf171a9623ac8

“I kept a little as a memento of catching you.”e6287b826f82b9da

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A little? The entire 1311fac272 whiteboard was f75fccf3d4 filled. Why did this beb30cd382 feel so creepy? A shiver 474efbed71 ran down fe1b7a4aa6 my spine, a6de48df5d and I 3affd25cf1 trembled slightly.3e3c3e1bedb3b36d

Out of habit, I regretted my past. I shouldn’t have approached Den back then…3d4c3991cf2f35a0

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If I ever had afdc69311f a chance to turn db40bc059e back time, I would d1b51bb52d return to the day 413ef2811f I first met him 3213ad8ec0 without hesitation.54e9f7250dcc372a

Then, this cursed connection a5b5264770 wouldn’t have begun. My regret c956d13e6c ran deep.bf928ec099a40b64

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Den Frow 807f445f29 put his 2dc57aff56 mug down 5e4714ab07 on the b79d8f3b1a desk and 177191cf70 gestured at b3cbef57e3 me with a5f07f7f33 his chin.a92eb7b75900b153

“Chichi.”29a90d32cb41072f

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“Huh?”5baf3dfda197a7ee

“I’ll tell 9857da054a you what 06be78f0e0 you’ll be 8c753c3230 doing from d27afea83f now on.”c6ff70b9e84b160c

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I was as a5f1354e0d nervous as if 349afce453 I were standing 0d0c5b9e1b in court listening 546a0a76eb to a sentence.590eaf05f6be1e5b

I clasped my 4385b1b2ad hands together like ef90d12796 I was praying 5f922bf378 and swallowed hard, a2e1f07694 waiting for him 2760dae005 to speak.dbdad5c87e1fd689

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What kind of f2418ef633 work would I ba78becd4b be doing here? I couldn’t 41d9559ca3 even use 6895e2e0ef my powers b2b1db7642 with the ab3f884a4f suppressor on. What use could a380cdc25f I be?502ef4c1f7de71c1

Den tilted 42d2756124 his head 3a1ddda4a8 slightly and e785d8181b spoke.95177495e1228b8c

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“From now on, you’re my secretary.”bff0d7b32e3371b7

“…What?”0abf742a0365782a

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Did I hear e6db4c90d2 that right?I blinked and 1ada07705b rubbed my ear.8d4c60dec1b05217

“Me?”9ec946b3ec3a2221

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“Yeah.”2f35596f19db7ed4

“Your secretary?”c488fd7a458f9407

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“That’s right.”48013a06a5b39d22

What is a b92107a7e7 secretary, anyway? I rubbed efea02dea9 my chin 1843ae79d2 in thought.dd380b8da1d6a2ca

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A secretary? Someone who follows a hero around, holding a tablet and chattering, constantly on the phone with someone, dealing with pushy reporters…e876f032f256bdb8

Basically, a front-line lackey da63a4fd43 for a hero. And now dd71f880fd he wanted 747a01683f me to a47049eee3 be that?5ceb90405aaf6822

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I shook my head d1b7f45d50 immediately.ac70c89ce0155b4a

I had a1dd9bdc71 my pride b1243c2b6a as a e45e47e41b villain. How could I do b4c812d8d7 something like that? It was absurd.5dcc5bf862dd53f8

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“I can’t do 972c2e3f37 that.”bc32ae10c2526b76

“43,000 hours of 7a3918c93a community service.”2b07a5a190d2608c

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My body flinched. They say there’s nothing scarier than debt, but I think I just found something worse.01163d3beccc1e71

A dreadful curse that ebc25f88c8 shackles hope and freedom. My community service 5d9914a2a2 time clung to 1dd2c30ecd me like handcuffs.97f990b8967f60eb

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“If you 29c45a8fe6 behave, you eeaaa88916 could finish 5c237f89a8 it quickly 013db2de32 instead of f197a8701f working for 5d648a39d3 twelve years.”bc4068ec31fa40aa

“H-How?”ab727e6009c5eeca

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“You’ll be doing d38a6e1fac my errands, around ba4cd90f93 the clock. No clocking 3233a2c65e in or 58b9ff5c09 out. Twenty-four hours 92e1c42baf a day.”18df2f430acf3194

My brain spun 8450d95c9f rapidly.085cb9c0a272ea08

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43,000 hours. Working 24 hours a day without breaks would take 1,791 days and it’s about five years. That meant I could be free in five years instead of twelve. It was astonishing. My face brightened at the thought of freedom in just five years.1200645b9fa73e9d

But it was 0cb70ea949 too early to 79889c7e9f celebrate. The idea of 9ecd1353a2 being Den’s errand 82b92c6e3f boy 24/7 seriously 033c901335 bothered me. I looked at 69534b943e him cautiously and 7a7d093f7e asked.8a598865cb10e712

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“You’re not lying, are you?”cbf827fdfdcb9664

“Why would I 379ba007ca bother with something 5ba765d688 so unnecessary?”d40712172030b1d8

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Den tilted 677d8feb09 his chin dc6840bde0 arrogantly.89ac9bbaf0ad1498

Leaning back a367e19bbe in his 40d70e8e16 chair, hands 6cf90b0fa6 clasped, his 4657752b5c lips curled a320591dc8 into a e9132d08a1 sideways smirk.ad21c29c83f6e524

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At that moment, 24b9d0bb49 Den Frow looked 52b55d9176 more like a d8a50b4738 villain than any afac847806 villain I’d ever d91c254e3c met. The kind with a 58716fe176 sly and sinister agenda.ba219d5b77ba1a63

Nah, Den efd6a6692d Frow wouldn’t 1cc3a92b63 be like 17cc1a1ed3 that.8c5f0f25a69c27bc

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He’s the rising-star b7804c4a00 hero ranked number 01bd1ecded one in popularity. The one who risked e020989fd0 his life to save d632a6a7f8 citizens.6d77ce9f76a01bfa

Sure, he had a 32f9dd052d twisted personality, but he 4bc0505e91 wasn’t truly evil.85c4c8a168391b0d

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Even four years ago…533d5d1265b8db76

When I approached e1a16d269b him on purpose 4309578bb1 to extract information ccdbc97d63 and got caught, 8468f585fd he let me 939aa8de0d go. Maybe because he 4d79ee27e0 was swept up ab10dc851e in emotion, but a163fa2924 despite knowing I 4d71b29e58 was a villain, c78e26b106 he still did 7d762a317a so. Even after dcb88b09a9 I backstabbed 99027fe909 him badly, 1798b74097 he kept 8ef966bb75 letting me cded76d540 slip through 6e312e0035 his fingers.bfe3c9008c60b47f

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I knew 03255d0320 very well c5342edadd that Den b654a7a44d could’ve caught f10e5112e7 me but 923e90342f kept letting 1bfe0a135b me escape.4d619d1e7476db3a

I still didn’t know why he was so furious in the end. Why did he ruin my plans to leave this city forever and capture me…c5fdbd3d5675b739

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But hey, 258c5fcbfd maybe it’s b48e478798 time to 78d3882d05 swallow my 5878550c88 pride, and eed98d8248 give being 8470e0f6b9 a hero’s d82d86c864 lackey a 023276b81b shot?994c82491f9ececf