Chapter 4 Part 5
"...What's wrong? Did you fall in the bathroom and get stuck in the toilet?"
To Tae-ui's question, Tou only glared at him with fierce eyes, not answering.
His murderous entrance made him look like someone who had been beaten up somewhere and returned breathing heavily, unabl...
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Feeling the cold sensation fitting snugly in his hand, Tae-ui glanced at Moller. Moller, with his back turned diagonally to him, was still deeply absorbed in his puzzle.
Personal weapons were prohibited within the branch. At most they turned a blind eye to knives or non-lethal gun...
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Plop, the cigarette fell from his mouth. Tae-ui stared blankly at Shin Lu, not even noticing the cigarette falling between his feet. He clearly saw him stumbling over his words while staring at his feet, unable to meet his eyes.
"It was winter about two years after graduating high...
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Tae-ui smiled wryly watching Tou playfully make a slashing motion across his neck with his hand while going "Snap!" That playfulness briefly erased the dark afterimages clouding his mind.
Only a few hours remained. After half a day passed, they would see those they had only heard ...
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3. Rigrow
From morning that day, a brutal atmosphere swirled in the air.
From the moment he took his first step outside his room, that stinging air was palpably felt on his skin.
After half the branch members left for the South American branch, the branch that already ...
2024-11-07 12:28:49 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 4
"I believe there's been a misunderstanding."
Kinaine responded calmly to the insulting remark. In fact, he felt no particular emotion about it. He had heard far worse countless times before.
"If you wish, I can show you my badge."
Mercenaries were ranked according to the diff...
2024-11-07 12:20:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 74: A Lonely Ghost Gazing at Home
"Escaped?!" Tang Baiqing's eyes bulged: "That's impossible! He's just an idiot, how could he escape?"
"He was beaten by other suspects in detention, and when the officers took him out for medical treatment, he escaped in the chaos, even injuring three offi...
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In the Xinaluo region, inside a home in the living village.
Xu Er pressed down on the young man's head: "Know why we're looking for you?"
"Big Brother, you must have the wrong person, I...!" The young man's face turned pale as he tried...
2024-11-07 12:15:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 72: Run!
In the Police Bureau Hospital, the officer guarding Daxiong went to the stairwell and dialed a number: "Hey hey, yes, yes, we have an injured suspect from our detention center. Yeah, it fell on my head, I brought him out to see a doctor, but didn't expect the hospital to be so busy. We'...
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#Part 9. 58%
His eyes flew open.
"..."
A ceiling engraved with elaborate patterns, a canopy surrounding a huge bed, a sparkling chandelier. All these unfamiliar things existed clearly in his field of vision. He reg...
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"Seung-jo."
"...Yeah."
"Sleep well."
"...You too."
After barely moving his stiffened tongue to respond, a moment later Kang Mu-heon's body relaxed softly with a long exhale. Only when the regular breathing sounds that followed began to slow and become sta...
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At the strange intonation felt in those words, Seung-jo's expression became even more unpleasant.
"I'm not interested in men, so get lost."
It wasn't that there had never been guys who approached Seung-jo when he was alone. There were timid ones who spoke to him sayi...
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"No. What do you mean sending around letters like this? Making it widely known will only attract evil people around Her Highness."
"Since Jourin rarely goes out, that's fine. And it's not really 'widely' known."
The skull principal was already happy because of the debt erasure.<...
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Uman was deeply moved by the mage who accepted immediately without a moment's hesitation.
Indeed, there was a reason his great elder sister Jourin had praised him highly.
'Truly an excellent mage. He clearly understands what the greater cause is.'
Crack!
Due to inten...
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The skull principal sent a reassuring look at his disciple who was muttering while looking down at a stack of papers.
As he had thought before, perhaps this Wardanaz family mage's most genius talent wasn't his magic ability but his way with words.
This time too, please sweep awa...
2024-11-07 11:52:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 3 Part 12
"But you should have drawn lots better. Ending up staying here which will become unprecedentedly turbulent. Even with 50% probability you could have drawn a lucky lot."
"The lucky lots must have all been drawn by people like Brother Jae-ui."
"Could there be another person i...
2024-11-06 12:41:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 3 Part 11
***
It was a Friday night of mixed joy and sorrow.
Friday evening, after regular hours ended, they drew lots as planned. To determine who would stay at the Asian branch here and who would go to other branches. As already known, those coming to the Asian branch for this join...
2024-11-06 12:40:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 3 Part 10
Separate from their differing opinions, this kind of smoothly flowing conversation wasn't bad. Talking with this man was enjoyable in that sense.
Suddenly Ilay burst out laughing for some reason. His not-too-loud laughter continued briefly.
'Every time I talk with you, I th...
2024-11-06 12:39:43 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 3 Part 9
Suddenly the large mirror beside the desk caught his eye. His eyes met his own reflection staring back at him. His face was bright red. From his earlobes to his neckline was red. Seeing himself like that made Tae-ui even more embarrassed, and he rubbed his cheeks with hands cooled by th...
2024-11-06 12:39:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 3 Part 8
Tae-ui tried to smile calmly as he spoke. Shin Lu said "Yes" and stood up to go to the side room again.
As soon as Shin Lu disappeared from view, Tae-ui silently but frantically beat his chest and thighs.
What are you doing? Want to show an ugly side in this situation when y...
2024-11-06 12:38:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 3 Part 7
The library on basement level 5 was always quiet. Perhaps because of that, sometimes people could be seen sleeping in corners between bookshelves with books covering their faces.
Since someone was already sprawled out occupying his usual corner spot between the bookshelves where h...
2024-11-06 12:37:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 3 Part 6
"It's not easy to lose your life to such basic mistakes."
As Tou started rolling up his sleeves at the openly grinning Tae-ui, the atmosphere suddenly chilled. Confused by the sudden silence, Tou turned his gaze, and Tae-ui also looked forward.
An edited clip was playing on ...
2024-11-06 12:36:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 3 Part 5
'How scary. So, are you going to cut ties with your precious brother?'
"How would I know? He's the one who cut ties and left first."
'Oh?'
The man's voice changed to one of interest. Tae-ui wanted to see his face once. He was surely looking at the monitor with a slow, ...
2024-11-06 12:35:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 3 Part 4
Tae-ui shifted his gaze, pulling the book slightly away from his face. Though his reflection wasn't visible from this position, there was a large mirror hanging beside the desk.
Tae-ui got up again and went over to press his face close to the mirror. A man with a calm face stared ...
2024-11-06 12:34:37 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 3 Part 3
While wiggling his fingers and debating whether to touch the crown of his head, Tae-ui quickly lowered his hand and gave up as Shin Lu raised his head. If his uncle had seen, he would have clicked his tongue at him for being gutless.
"You worked hard again today. Not much left of ...
2024-11-06 12:33:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 3 Part 2
"Now it's your turn to take some hits."
Speaking calmly while rolling up his sleeves, Tae-ui began striking the man with an expressionless face. Though the man quickly got up even while being hit, he took twice as many hits during that time as he had given earlier.
When the ...
2024-11-06 12:32:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 3 Part 1
White Hands
BAM! A sharp, violent sound rang out. Then bright red blood trickled down.
"Ack!"
Alta, clutching his nose, squeezed his eyes shut for a moment, then seeing the blood flowing down his palm, glared with irritation.
"This bastard used a...
2024-11-06 12:31:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 3
Seven years ago, one day, Kinaine woke up in the body of his older brother Hasan. And he watched as Hasan pretended to be him in his stolen body.
His physical form, his achievements, even his close friends. Hasan had easily taken everything away.
However, Kinaine couldn't reveal hi...
2024-11-06 12:22:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 71: Land of Chaos
In the Police Bureau Hospital, the officer guarding Daxiong made two rounds upstairs but couldn't find any familiar doctors. The corridor outside the surgery department was full of police officers from Longkou District and arrested suspects.
"Hey, brother, what's going on...
2024-11-06 12:21:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 70: Leaving Detention
On the central street of Zha'nan District, Tang Baiqing bent down to get into Xu Hu's car: "What's wrong?"
"Let me show you something," Xu Hu took out his phone, pulled up a photo, and handed it to Tang Baiqing: "Does this look familiar?"
Tang Baiqing squinted a...
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