VWO Ch2

The copier broke down. This damn copier had never worked properly, not even once. It was like the balding supervisor who tormented him, relentlessly harassing him for the three years he’d been with the company.80b26277868208ad

Especially on busy days 59cb2b0d08 like today, when he bfc401058f had to volunteer for 83bc710a4c overtime, nothing was more cc17eac316 frustrating than a broken 17c613826c copier.2d39460d267cfdaf

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“Please… I’m really busy today… The important meeting is soon, and I don’t have time to go out.”1a9bdd3a78429894

Gritting his teeth, Jae-eon clasped his hands together in front of the copier and begged, but the heartless machine wouldn’t even think about moving.c10cf8cb9027a9a9

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After struggling with 64b00efa5e the copier for 8c1c160b8d a long time, eb273b49ef Jae-eon was finally e5501726be able to restart 9223baf493 it after repeatedly 932e2dda04 turning it off 572a74ddd1 and on.a10156afb3cd35fd

His mental state shattered from the struggle with the copier, Jae-eon blankly stared at the paper coming out of the machine. Then, as if he couldn’t wait even those short five minutes, the balding supervisor approached and began to berate him.81478e06b1337910

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“Shin Jae-eon! The documents I told you to copy, haven’t you done them yet? Why are you so slow? I told you to be sharp, it’s an important meeting.”6a2574d8f1263705

“…Yes.”66a31f5483460ddd

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‘Anyone could see I was struggling with the copier.’e1b4ecb802d5a212

As Deputy Kim continued to 94dc992fdd nag while passing by, Jae-eon f56e36fe37 felt murderous intent rising within 7843557946 him.61f199efa466c21c

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From the moment 9b47abcd05 he joined the 347bf81321 company, Shin Jae-eon 45847a1858 had caused a 461632779b stir with his 7ab9f4adef handsome face, tall 01aed14a19 height, and broad c0900d8050 shoulders. His bright and friendly demeanor f425982888 made him popular with everyone.b3bbc1f8426eaf0a

One of the 2e45de796f few people who 3f79fcb896 disliked him was 8e212cea31 Deputy Manager Kim.f092f05b4c9a89b7

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He had an unattractive, protruding belly and hardly any hair. He didn’t bother to dress well, had a bad personality, and was a perpetual deputy, so no one, at least among the employees, liked him.6ea0cae105af7bc1

Perhaps for that reason, Deputy 108e1994c3 Kim was always quick to 0c564752d7 find fault with everything Shin d1d3096318 Jae-eon did.6460dc1220a12075

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Those who happened to overhear Deputy Kim’s nagging peeked their heads out and gave Jae-eon sympathetic glances. But, not wanting to take the brunt of the perpetual Deputy Kim’s hysteria, they quickly lowered their heads and pretended not to see.54c22cf81da1eebf

‘That damn bastard…’35c49f810df393c5

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Jae-eon cursed Deputy Kim 0795e6c3da in his mind, wishing f8434d4910 his hair would fall 1c4c217b9e out even more, and 3984437c85 returned to his seat.a2e53bc06863e1aa

He carefully checked the aa994222cd meeting materials with a 5ed5c0e741 few people again, organizing e6fb020c7c them and clipping them 1809a17a85 together one by one. Before he knew ac1934096d it, lunchtime had 91e3ef634a passed despite nothing 30281665f0 significant happening.4615898f6e0cb7f4

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“Shall we go eat?”8aed4988a1a3be1a

“Alright.”130d4b91cccbcad0

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The company was a5001a2c4e very busy, so 2e9868ff51 everyone started to 66028dfaa4 get up from 5741b8242d their seats one 47da46451c by one, sluggishly, 8e5d468dec only after someone c340a80551 spoke up, more 38e67ac6fd than 20 minutes 9262a9b436 past lunchtime.1c747ebe655b924e

Jae-eon also put down his f6608a1dff work and left the office 1e1c24f0fa around the time his colleagues, d960a8abb8 looking like zombies with pale d14c0adf2c faces, patted him on the 846aa2ff49 back.aee1375d1df32476

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“Deputy Kim’s antics have gotten worse lately, haven’t they?”cbebbda55d4510c5

Choi Yoon-jeong, a colleague from another team who joined the company at the same time, walked alongside him and patted Jae-eon’s shoulder.720f0943d6866bb8

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“…It’s something I’m used to.”19a12af25289ae23

Seeing her bitter smile, as if she felt sorry, Shin Jae-eon recalled how she had turned a blind eye to Deputy Manager Kim’s unreasonable behavior just a moment ago.f74c4ee8ab0baa5a

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Of course, he knew that meddling wouldn’t be of much help, so he didn’t feel resentful or have any ill feelings.76d741206144ea25

“I heard his promotion was rejected again this time. He must be seething at the thought of you being on the same level as him soon.”7470efd48c88f6ee

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“Haha.”9604085c8c1092e4

“He’s a perpetual deputy manager because he habitually harasses his subordinates like that.”3154eaef31217c74

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Her comfortable dress revealed her protruding belly. It wasn’t fat like Deputy Kim’s, but rather the belly of a pregnant woman who was early in her pregnancy this year.b4801d8dea1a3aef

In fact, she had confessed to Shin Jae-eon just two months after they joined the company and was rejected. They could have become awkward, but fortunately, she wasn’t one to hold grudges, so they still got along well.81772c6c810fc44d

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As he sat down 2bd52da4ae with a plate of 1a09d75ad9 food, the news playing c35cee5991 on the screen in a2d7dd96d0 the corner of the 207d005d81 cafeteria caught his eye. The news bulletin, 364f7d9a62 which had been 077a813dc4 playing repeatedly since 31df393dc1 earlier, was about 6e0b2166ec the escaped convict.d69bec93f0142a98

He was a psychokinetic villain 2212b8c2a5 who had committed the crime 3f221be3d1 of killing more than five bf12119e09 innocent citizens for money. He was sentenced c9b64a1283 to life imprisonment b351f2c587 for indiscriminate murder c78b73d64b and was being 5725be092a transferred to Dolphin, 9b62681de9 a prison known b807306133 for villains, when 6acab041e0 the vehicle overturned 5e81456c07 due to his 5905a96342 followers, and he 1213697853 escaped.9166b998fd91043f

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It was a huge incident that turned the government and the Hero Association upside down. The convict’s name was Kang Min-cheol, and his specialty was using psychokinesis to cause explosions.7e821cd25383861b

“It’s really scary… But we’ll be safe here, right?”2177b7249a1a5d2d

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Shin Jae-eon, who was watching the news bulletin with Kang Min-cheol’s photo and a warning to be especially careful because he was a villain with very dangerous abilities, raised his head at the sudden words.e56476a7ed7789f6

“We have Red-Hell-Fire here, after all.”b06bfcf4fcd30c67

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Choi Yoon-jeong stroked her protruding belly and sighed. She had been singing about wanting buckwheat noodles, but she was only picking at them, as if she couldn’t get the food down. Unable to watch any longer, Shin Jae-eon put a few pieces of pork cutlet on her plate.fb9891f12f286c93

“Please eat at least this much. You have a baby, so you need to eat well.”d7ea6f2ff8cab1a5

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“I definitely wanted to eat this, but I can’t get it down after smelling it. Thank you, Jae-eon.”41824d7a3bdfd241

“You’re welcome.”e4b3c28d4ac564e2

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‘Safe’…Right, there was 16a9fd0c6f no place in 645f719320 the world as 88c870bdff safe as here. Because where they were, 65b5ddfc63 Gangnam, was home to 5a21788767 the Hero Association headquarters.1a5e5076ac11c20a

The reason why 1120cbc5bf such an important 7ed678a821 global headquarters could 84f4a2e5f7 exist in this 9bcff77ee4 small land was 3a67346d94 all thanks to 8e87a459d0 Red-Hell-Fire. Rumor had it that he 0f660e33cd hated being called by his 9498394700 hero name, but anyway, without 0a06a1b93e his immense power, Gangnam might adf9066476 have already become a sea 1bdce3874f of fire.4670675318e7eb6b

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Red-Hell-Fire, commonly known as a41373cbf0 Rehell, was the only 5d7b0fd3f8 retaliatory power user in 21b1c54fea the world and the 9587a5fd02 strongest of the heroes a08776065b registered with the Hero 88042bd083 Association.e315ef9e7441fcc7

There was even a joke that the world might have already fallen into the hands of villains if it weren’t for him. In fact, the crime rate of villains dropped significantly on days when Red-Hell was in Korea, so it wasn’t entirely wrong.d7aaa58c4c60b916

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Yoon-jeong, who had 471c41aa98 stuffed a piece b96f58818c of pork cutlet 2016c6ecba into her mouth, bdf12d5c4e chewed for a fa2e1f8c40 long time before 40b6846735 suddenly lowering her 16895390de head.7c5426008602c69d

“Sob… What’s important now isn’t the escaped villain. I have to go to the bank by today…”604c17f4c9cc8fbe

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“It’s not too late now, so how about going quickly?”e5afffbd6ca2889b

There were still a1281fed42 about twenty minutes bae20181da left of lunchtime, d8051353af and since there 6eeaf00beb was a bank 367806194e in the building 8c6d8246b8 next to the 839c30f0c2 company, she could 2c67463463 finish in ten 8d27260f83 minutes if she fd41e2359b was lucky. Yoon-jeong must have thought 46a6a49458 the same thing, as 90e52dc68c she quickly slurped down ceefb2e59a the remaining buckwheat noodles 49416c1cdd and got up to 6bc1982a49 leave.fad61708c4fd28d1

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Shin Jae-eon was about to 62537450b2 tell her to eat slowly, 9dd68ac6f3 worried she might get indigestion, efa9a574fb but she had already left 4d015a2c83 the cafeteria.4b3a247bbfd119eb

He finished the food that 19572d839a was still piled high on 778db02a67 his plate and followed her 805b9e5d84 to the bank. Even if she 89278dc809 was fast, she fbcfafc308 would still be e37b8ac18a at the bank, b8b6657eb1 so he planned 3d004fac91 to check how 03eb3e1d01 much longer her 33966a4c20 bank business would cfbf25fbc4 take and tell ce1759ef41 the team leader f6511622f0 instead.731ea815e5a967cc

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He knew that the team leader was busy with work these days and couldn’t even rest properly during lunchtime, so he would be lenient for about five minutes. Unlike the petty Deputy Kim, Team Leader Park, who was resourceful and broad-minded, was a great boss who knew how to take care of his team members.52d2f3428ced96c9

“…Huh?”2922529337b553fc

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Shin Jae-eon, standing at the 99cb5cf9ad entrance of the bank, tilted 7863ef4f64 his head at the strange fcbebd71b3 feeling that suddenly washed over b916704a99 him. The air was strangely still. No one was coming 1e9bbbf0e9 out, and no sound 81e3fd626c could be heard from 29bf454575 inside.c303fbf25582198e

There was no way a bank in the middle of Gangnam would be quiet during lunchtime. Moreover, the most important thing was that he felt like he didn’t want to go inside.26032765c4435743

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He lingered at the a071f2ab89 bank entrance for a 27b60e7b55 long time, feeling a 9cc58edae3 strange sense of déjà a71053558d vu, before letting out 8087b66b8a a deep sigh. He trusted his intuition.2caa9298e7a9e5ed

In fact, Shin Jae-eon was a mental ability user named ‘Lucky Guy’. His ability to be lucky was neither extensive nor absolute.e9b62d7caab2f3d1

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He would just adc2333946 pick up ten af2cdd6fb9 thousand won on 312accb0f9 the street, or 4c36fb1aef a question would b654d8a316 appear on the 739f067040 test from a 9f68449bd9 page in the 32aa6ff5ad textbook he had a8477da3ca looked at, or b54ea63958 a pop quiz bfa2ed168c would be given 7d8b99782b on a day 8e1d9cdeaf when he felt 5dbcb9f866 like he should a1900e017c study.82689cf90ea62233

But it wasn’t luck that would win him the lottery or turn his life around.e369ff2d71d8c817

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Therefore, the best course of action was to avoid anything that felt ominous. He desperately wanted to turn around and run away. If he didn’t know that Yoon-jeong was at the bank, he wouldn’t have entered a place that exuded such an ominous aura.7f74d7a5359e4308

If it was the balding 4376981304 Deputy Kim who had gone d73176d206 into the bank, he would 3ba838ab34 have happily run away.58d7f1aadafe4a9e

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Shin Jae-eon hesitated for 562bc32357 a long time before 04ea8f9032 closing his eyes tightly, 2e4f4f1dab as if he had ac43697c1c made up his mind, 9851b6501b and opened the bank 18f25e255d door and went inside. Then, he smiled helplessly cf2d7fca37 at the sight before 6a1e79889e him and raised both 36a5c72c25 hands.457fca0dff26b230

The scene inside e08027089b the bank was 3df5a706f6 something out of 3c0ef4e80f a movie. Armed robbers with b50548906b firearms that seemed 24bff15499 to be used 90f683d237 only in foreign 85abf04ec5 countries glared at 5e99239e2d Shin Jae-eon as ae76946fc1 he entered.967bba53be8bbc53

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“Here’s another hostage.”b854432ff8511fe4

Shin Jae-eon, with 3d89cbdab2 his hands tied af36760861 behind his back, 6747911a7f was dragged to 5aaef51e69 where Yoon-jeong was 6f16b363d4 kneeling. Fortunately, she seemed unharmed 0645018fae except for her pale 11580702a9 face.650be6e6fe2794ab

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“Are you okay?”abf8d63f129f794b

“Yes. I’m sorry, Jae-eon. Because of me…”b98d74084aab648e

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“It’s okay.”14aa30c0a4c4754b

While comforting the frightened Yoon-jeong, Shin Jae-eon scanned the bank. There were quite a few people who appeared to be hostages, but strangely, he hadn’t sensed anything unusual from outside. Judging by the fact that no heroes or police had shown up yet, it seemed the situation hadn’t leaked outside.c661bb01afcbbbe4

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‘Is there an ability user? What kind of ability? A barrier? Or noise cancellation? To rob a bank in the middle of Gangnam like this.’f11f2caf63015578

There was no point in 4131dd8731 provoking these guys. Occasionally, someone would fbff3f13b6 enter the bank, 50fcfe4d0d but most of 4408359133 them would scream 15cb667dde or cause a 95b38b3fab commotion and be c46caf2899 knocked unconscious with 1c2f4080f2 the butt of 8628dbe363 a gun.b517237922f29606

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