Chapter 69: Zoo
On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Daxiong had been in prison for over three months, with about another month of procedures to go before his case would be tried.
At 11:30 AM, the Dragon City Police Bureau's Criminal Case Detention Center served lunch on schedule. ...
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Chapter 87
Trembling with fear, he asked.
"W-what if my stomach really gets pierced?"
"...The human body isn't that weak."
"Really? Huu, even this paper trash-like body won't get pierced?"
Haren muttered "Paper trash" as if h...
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#Side Story, In Heat - 4
Mu-heon knew how to win with just one sword. His victories had never been cowardly. All the children had challenged him and lost, but no one had ever resented or hated Mu-heon. Fighting and losing to someone overwhelmingly strong evoked emotions closer to admiration and respect ...
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#Side Story, In Heat - 3
In fact, one boy swinging his sword right next to Mu-heon was in a laughable posture with only his buttocks sticking out and his shoulders excessively leaning forward as he tried to charge ahead, being too conscious of it. In contrast, Mu-heon's movements looked extremely fast a...
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Chapter 1003
"Are there no creditors you didn't roughly threaten?"
"There are a few I threatened gently."
"...Are there no creditors you didn't threaten at all?"
The skull principal slowly shrugged his shoulders at those words.
"Your magic has improved a lot but you still ask foo...
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Chapter 1002
'Have I fulfilled my role as a senior, even if just a little?'
Yi-Han felt proud.
Just as he had received help from Einroguard's seniors, the fact that he could pass on that same help to his juniors felt more satisfying than expected.
Closing his eyes, Yi-Han recalled the ...
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Chapter 1001
Even as his senior was raging at the unfairness, Yi-Han kept moving without stopping.
In fact, the fact that Yukbeltire had gotten angry had long disappeared from Yi-Han's mind.
Several mages at Einroguard were on Yi-Han's 'People Who Can Be Ignored Even When They Grumble or Com...
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Chapter 2 Part 10
"Hands? Who was it?"
Tae-ui raised his eyebrows slightly in mild surprise. He thought his uncle would understand with just that much. Was he the only one who thought those white and delicate hands were beautiful?
"He said he found Laurent Gastier's Mythology. The 1925 editi...
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Chapter 2 Part 9
Tae-ui turned his head. No more water sounds could be heard from the bathroom. Though he thought his uncle might come out soon, soon splashing sounds of water being struck and low humming were heard. He seemed to be soaking in the bathtub or something.
The phone wouldn't stop ring...
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Chapter 2 Part 8
Tae-ui must have visibly shown his fluster. His obvious discomfort must have shown in the young man's eyes too, as stability returned to eyes that had been wide with surprise.
"An unfamiliar face... who might you be?"
The young man quietly asked. Tae-ui was flustered again.<...
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Chapter 2 Part 7
The room was spacious. Plenty of room for three people. Three double beds, no visible closet but what looked like built-in wardrobes behind those doors in the wall, and all necessary items like storage cabinets, desks, and bookcases were equipped.
"Fill and use the fridge in front...
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Chapter 2 Part 6
He roughly grasped the context. It seemed there was someone from the European branch who had become something of a public enemy here, but though they all ground their teeth, he must be too difficult to easily deal with - that seemed to be the gist of the situation. Perhaps they were in ...
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Chapter 2 Part 5
Carlo, who had been discussing with the men who had gathered close saying things like 'that one we'd only heard rumors about' and 'that legendary one', turned to look at Tae-ui when he heard those words. Then he shrugged and frowned.
"What are you talking about. Of course that's a...
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Chapter 2 Part 4
When Tae-ui muttered this, Carlo laughed again. Though he seemed to take it as a joke, it was somewhat true. He had been told before that his inside and outside were different, and right now he really wasn't feeling comfortable inside. The hands that Carlo was casually shaking were, to ...
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Chapter 2 Part 3
From his middle-height build but somewhat darker skin tone and subtly narrower bone structure, he didn't seem to be pure Han Chinese but perhaps had some minority ethnicity mixed in.
The young man who had been watching Tae-ui with an interested but not excessively curious gaze tap...
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Chapter 2 Part 2
When Tae-ui looked at him with an incredulous face, his uncle added that there was no need to worry, as if trying to reassure him.
This definitely seemed like the wrong place to come. Even though it was only half a year, come to think of it, isn't half a year more than enough time...
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Chapter 2 Part 1
United Nations Human Resources Development Organization - Asia Branch
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United Nations Human Resources Development Organization.
A cooperative organization aimed at supplying capable human resources by training and developing talent that can assist in the maintenance a...
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Chapter 2
There were two princes in the Kingdom of Hairak.
These brothers were as opposite in personality as they were in appearance.
The First Prince Hasan was arrogant and gloomy. He would beat servants to death for minor mistakes and took pleasure in mocking and slandering others.
I...
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Chapter 68: The Twenty-seventh Day of the Twelfth Lunar Month
According to the lunar calendar, it was the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, three days before the New Year. Following Su Tianyu's hometown customs, they were supposed to visit ancestral graves before the New Year. However, the Su fam...
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Chapter 67: Gu Tongshan
Xu Hu and Wei Xiangzuo's master was called Gu Tongshan. This old fellow was one of the absolute elders of the dock gang, of the same generation as the current head of the dock gang - both had the character "Tong" in the middle of their names.
Gu Tongshan was the previous ga...
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Chapter 66: Wave After Wave of Attacks
At noon.
In the Inspection Bureau's interrogation room, although Tang Baiqing wasn't handcuffed or locked in an iron cage, all his personal items like phone and documents had been confiscated. Moreover, the people questioning him had installed two sets of law...
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Chapter 86
Crash, but the other was too strong to be knocked down by his charge. He struggled with both wrists caught and finally fell back noisily. It looked like he was throwing a fit, unable to control himself.
Though Haren's reason had blurred compared to be...
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#Side Story, In Heat - b
'Jealousy...'
They say there's nothing as unsightly as one-sided jealousy towards a friend expressed by just one person.
Seung-jo himself thought such jealousy was utterly ridiculous. But when he saw Mu-heon so absorbed in conversations with other boys as if he had f...
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#Side Story, In Heat - a
The spring of fifteen was unusually chilly.
Though it was March, the days were still short and heavy snowfall occasionally fell. In such weather, the school announced a training camp for all sports clubs during spring break, citing mental and physical training as the reaso...
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Chapter 1000
"Well, I'm going."
With both hands occupied, Yi-Han had no choice but to wave the hand holding the hamster cage as a greeting.
The hamster inside let out an angry squeak.
"Wait... Wait, Wardanaz!"
Jijel, unusually flustered, called out to Yi-Han.
"Aren't you go...
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Chapter 999
The old Yaksha waved his arm as if annoyed. The giants' mouths were forcibly closed.
-Come. I've kept them safe.-
"The head servant..."
-He came from earth, so he returned to earth. Don't grieve. It's not a blessing for the dead to be bound to this world.-
"...?"
<...
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Chapter 998
-Th-that...-
-...Professor Verduus was there too!-
Fortunately, there was one knight among them with abundant wit.
The other Death Knights looked at their companion with admiring eyes.
This was truly a knight's wisdom, displaying such quick thinking in this situation....
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Chapter 1 Part 3
It had been problematic from the start, being assigned to the same unit as the people he had gotten along worst with at the military academy. In the end, he nearly killed someone, nearly died himself, and was discharged, completely cutting ties now. He didn't want to think about it anym...
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Chapter 1 Part 2
However, his brother, looking as calm as ever, spread his fingers in a scissors shape and made a cutting motion between his and Tae-ui's pinky fingers. As if cutting the invisible red thread of fate connecting them.
Then, as if nothing had happened, he went back to staring at the ...
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Chapter 1 Part 1
When the doorbell rang, Jung Tae-ui froze. The soy-braised black bean he was holding between his chopsticks fell and rolled. It took less than a few seconds for the black bean to roll off the plate, leaving a sticky trail before coming to a stop, but the doorbell rang again impatiently ...
2024-11-04 12:35:53 +0000 UTC
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