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LONG BEFORE MY BIRTH, THE WORLD WAS ALREADY AT WAR. HEY WORTH- LESS! WATCH OUT! SOMETHING'S FLYING YOUR Way! T SAID GET OUT OF THE WAY, SOMETHING'S FLYING OVER! I THOUGHT IT'D BE HARD TO ACTUALLY GET HIT BY THAT. WORTHL- I MEAN, SAK! I'M SORRY, BUT I DID TELL YOU TO WATCH OuT- IT’S FINE IF IT’S THAT GUY, BECAUSE HIS CORE IS... THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, A CORE’S SUPPOSED TO BE... IT MEAN, WHY'D THEY ALLOW A STUPID POWER LIKE THAT INTO THIS SCHOOL? THAT'S UNFAIR... !

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WORTHLESS! LESS, WATCH OUT! SOMETHING'S FLYING YOUR WAy! I SAID GET OUT OF THE WAY, SOMETHING'S FLYING OVER! HEY, HEY, CAREFUL! BEHIND YOU! Wow- IT REALLY HIT HIM! lmaoo, I THOUGHT IT'D BE HARD TO ACTUALLY GET HIT BY THAT, WORTHL- I MEAN, SAK! I'M SORRY, BUT I DID TELL YOU TO WATCH ouT- THAT'S JUST HOW SLOW HE Is-

IT SMELLS... I'D RATHER HE HIT ME. IF I ORDER ANOTHER ONE, WHE! LI A military plane will soon be flying over the school. All students should head to the dormitories... IT’S SO Nolsy, I HATE IT. IT SOUNDS LIKE A SCREECHING CAT, DOESN'T IT GIVE YOU THE CHILLS? LONG BEFORE MY t=) PO) 1 ed WAS ALREADY AT WAR. Mahal a aN aie) HAPPENING IN THE WORLD... I LEARNED ABOUT IT IN CLASS, BUT I?VE FORGOTTEN IT ALL.

WITHOUT EVEN REALIZING IT, I BEGAN TO PRAY. IT’S ONLY THAT, WHEN I SEE THE WAR PLANES FLYING OVER- Lal =Z al d= Ca iL 4 STRANGE CRY,

SAK, YOU NOT UNHURT ANYWHERE, HEY, HEY. BE CAREFUL. WHAT IF You ACTUALLY END UP IN TROUBLE? OH, YOU'RE NEW HERE, SO I GUESS YOU DON'T KNOW. IT'S FINE IF IT'S THAT Guy. NO MATTER HOW FRUSTRATED HE IS, THERE WON'T BE ANY ‘TROUBLE’, BECAUSE HIS CORE IS...

NAW, YOU'RE JOKING, RIGHT? FOR REAL. THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, A CORE'S SUPPOSED TO BE... I MEAN, WHY'D THEY ALLOW A STUPID POWER LIKE THAT INTO THE SCHOOL? [CORES] WERE FIRST DISCOVERED YEARS AGO. ALLEGEDLY, A YOUNG GIRL WAS BEGGING IN A DISPUTED AREA. WHEN GANGSTERS Nt TOOK ALL THE MONEY SHE EARNED, SHE LET OUT ALL HER FURY AND RESENTMENT IN ONE CRY, AND... WHILE THE THUGS CHASED SOMEONE FOR TAKING ONE OF THEIR CANS, THEIR HEADS SUDDENLY WENT POP! THE GIRL WAS IMMEDIATELY ARRESTED, AND HARASSED BY CONSTANT TESTS AND NEWSPAPERS. THE GOVERNMENT SUCCESSFULLY OBTAINED SEVERAL MORE EXPLOSIONS FROM HER.

THE NEXT YEAR, THE STRANGE PHENOMENON MAINLY MANIFESTING AS ATTACKS FROM EXTERNAL STIMULI, WAS NAMED ( ae eS Lf MTT. 2 ( ore AND IT WAS DECREED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD MANAGE IT THEMSELVES. IIN TEN YEARS OF RESEARCH, THEY FOUND THAT POSSESSORS, OF THE [CORE] ERE MOSTLY IN THEIR MID TO LATE TEENS. AND THAT WHILE A GENETIC FACTOR WAS NOT FOUND, THEIR CHANGE ONLY EXPRESSED ITSELF THROUGH ACQUISITION, AND THAT MOST OF THEIR CORES COULD, As [WEAPONS], BE OF INCREDIBLE USE AND VALUE... BUT THEN, IT'S NOT LIKE ALL CORES MANIFEST AS ABILITIES THAT CAUSE BLOOD- SHED.

AS LONG A IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE WAR EFFORT... YEAH, EVEN IF IT ISN'T A SKILL FOR BATTLE, IF THE CORE CAN HELP, IT’S USEFUL. BUT THAT GUY'S GOT SOME REAL NONSENSE! D'YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS? I WON'T BE ABLE TO GOTO HIS BODY EMITS THE SMELL OF GRASS! NOTHING ELSE! HE JUST KINDA GIVES OFF SOME SLIGHTLY BITTER AND GRASSY SMELL! WHAT? NO WAY... WHAT KIND OF CORE IS THAT? THE LONG-AWAITED BOOK I SO DIFFICULTLY r— OBTAINED WAS THE LAST VOLUME OF A CLICHED ADVENTURE SERIES.

HONESTLY, I WASN’T THAT CURIOUS ABOUT THE ENDING. THAT'S WHAT T'M SAYING! IT?S OUST THAT... IF I CAN?T EVEN HAVE THAT, THEN I CAN ONLY FOCUS ON THE WORK OF BREATHING, SO... IT'S ABSURD... TO BE A CORE POS- SESSOR MEANS ONE CAN BE CALLED TO THE WAR ANYTIME. IT'S THE REASON THERE ARE SO MANY BENE- FITS TO IT, BUT WHAT THE HELL IS THE USE OF A CORE LIKE THAT? THAT'S UNFAIR... ! EVERY DAY, I OUST LISTEN TO THE SOUND OF MY BREATH AS I WAIT. WHEN... 2

WHEN WILL THOSE FRUITLESS MILITARY PLANES. FLYING TO THE WAR DEIGN TO FALL ON MY HEADZ I OUST... EVERY DAY...

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BUT I°?VE ALWAYS HAD AN UNREASONABLY STRONG SENSE OF SMELL. I’M NOT SURE IF IT IS OR ISN’T BECAUSE OF MY UNFUNNY CORE,

WHEN THEY TESTED HOW STRONG IT WAS PROBABLY ENOUGH TO BE CONSIDERED A , PHYSICAL ABILITY = SPECIALIZATION IT’S AROUND THE MIDPOINT OF A HUMAN AND A DOG'S. +eelS WHAT THEY SAID. Lo CONSIDERING THE el POSITION I WAS ALREADY IN, PLEASE KEEP ITA SECRET... HUH? WHY? I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT I?D SUFFER FOR IT. SOTHID IT, IF I CAME OUT AND SAID I WAS GIFTED WITH SUCH A CRAPPY ABILITY... NOT ONE PERSON... mihi AND TI HAD NO THOUGHT OF TELLING ANYONE.

welTS MAKING ME INSANE. WHAT IN THE WORLD 1S THIS SMELL2 AS IF PUTREFIED DAIRY... NO, SOMETHING MORE DISGUSTING, WAS ROTTING ENTIRELY. IF I HAD TO SAY, WORTHLESS! WELL HAVEN'T YOU BEEN HARD TO FIND TODAY? T’D SAY IT WAS AS THOUGH

HAVEN'T YOU MISSED THIS YOURS? HYUNG-NIM OF WERE ROTTING AWAY. SHIT... OH NO. A HUMAN CORPSE

+e WOULDN'T YOU NEED TO FIND “Wn NOTHING I CAN HELP YOU WITH? ‘GINGER’ IS HERE. HE ASKED ABOUT YOU... HE'S PROBABLY AT THE DORMS RIGHT NOW.

WHEN DID You...7 HUH? Au, THIS MORNING. THE DOCTOR CALLED ME OVER. YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED.

WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE... FOR ME TO JOIN THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE YOU'RE IN? I PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE MUCH HELP, BUT I'D DO EVERYTHING T COULD, AND OF COURSE, I DON’T MIND IF I'M NOT PAID. IF I CAN JUST... LEAVE THIS PLACE... SAK. I TOLD YOU NOT TO TALK ABOUT YOURSELF THAT WAY, DIDN'T I? WHO WOULD ENTRUST ANYTHING TO SOMEONE THAT CUTS THEMSELVES DOWN THE WAY YOU DO? Su- SUNBAE.

| WELL, I’M JUST SAYING THAT ON PRINCIPLE, COMING FROM THE SAME PLACE, I WOULD LIKE TO DO AS YOU SAID, BUT... I THINK IT'LL BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT, FOR A WHILE, Thie little wretch of 4 worthless bastard.

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By: Team S&S ° A NEW VIRUS. IT SPREADS QUITE FAST, AND THE PROGNO- SIS ISN'T GOOD THE INCUBATION PERIOD LASTS FOR A WEEK, MAX. WHEN IT MANIFESTS, IT STARTS WITH A HIGH FEVER, RES- PIRATORY ISSUES, AND A LASTING LIGHT- HEADEDNESS. SOMETIMES, THERE IS PAIN IN THE LIMBS AS WELL... EITHER WAY, FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN, IT’S EXCRUCIATINGLY PAINFUL. USUALLY, WITHIN TWO OR THREE WEEKS, THEY DIE BECAUSE OF BLOOD POISONING, BUT THE PROBLEM IS...

SUNBAE...? DO You REMEMBER THE OATH YOU MADE WHEN YOU ENTERED THIS SCHOOL? SAK. HAVE THE RESOLVE NECESSARY TO KEEP THAT MISSION? I RAN TO YOU.

CONSIDERING THE SITUATION... WHAT DOES THAT...7, YOU'VE PROBABLY AL- READY HEARD, BUT THE ‘SCHOOL! IS AT FULL CAPACITY AS OF NOW. AND THE GOVERNMENT'S ANNUAL BUDGET FOR IT IS LIMITED. BETWEEN REZA-GUN - THE YOUNGER OF THE TWO TURNER BROTHERS §% OVER THERE - AND SAK-GUN'S COREG... THERE WOULD BE LITTLE VALUE IN ‘ENROLLING’ BOTH OF YOU AND MAKING AN UNNECESSARY INVESTMENT OUT OF TAXPAYER MONEY.

$IAM GIVING SAK-GUN THIS CHOICE, BECAUSE THE \ OLDER TURNER BROTHER, GERALD TURNER-GUN HAS ALREADY BEEN ACCEPTED. / / LONG BEFORE MY BIRTH, THE WORLD WAS ALREADY AT WAR. THEY SAID THEY'D TAKE YOU WE'RE SAVED! BUT IT COULD NOT ESCAPE THE POVERTY AND DEPRIVATION THE WAR INFECTED IT WITH.$

IN A WORLD WORSE THAN HELL, THEY ALL KEEP MAKING CHILDREN. IF THE SCHOOL SENDS FINANCIAL AID, WE WON'T STARVE TO DEATH... UM, EXCUSE ME. JUST A MOMENT. YOUR NAME IS SAK, RIGHT? I'M BEGGING YOu... COULD YOU LET HIM HAVE THIS? O-OUR HOMELAND IS IN THE DISPUTED AREA EVERY DAY, THE CITY |S BOMBED. FROM WHAT T HEARD EARLIER, YOUR HOMELAND’S NOT AS TERRIBLE... HEY, PLEASE... T'LL FIND A WAY TO REPAY YOU, SO... PLEASE SAVE MY YOUNGER BROTHER...

SUNBAE... HE MUST BE SO SICK OF ME WHAT IF HE WON'T CALL ME TO THE LAB...7 BUT, TO THINK THE SCHOOL, WILL BE CLOSED DOWN BECAUSE OF THE PLAGUE. I MEAN, THERE’S ALL KINDS OF INFECTIONS AND DISEASES EVERYWHERE. DOES THAT MEAN IT?S THAT BADZ DID HE SAY IT WAS EXTREMELY CONTAGIOUS...2 WHAT DO I NEED TO SUNBAE’S PROBABLY MAD. I SHOULD TAKE A MIGRAINE TABLET AND GET TO THE DORMS EARLY...

HMM..., SAK, WHY DON'T YOU COME BY A LITTLE LATER? THAT IS... WELL, RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A... A HIGH FEVER, DIFFICULTY BREATHING, LIGHT-HEADEDNESS, PAIN IN THE LIMBS...

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$I WAS SEVENTEEN WHEN I DISCOVERED WHETHER Atal nto) Cla N=) | ERM A ‘SCORE?’ OR SOMETHING a IF THAT'S IT, THEN LEAVE IT TO SAK. \ THE DISEASE HAS BEEN ENDEMIC IN THIS AREA, BUT THE CHILD HASN'T EVEN CAUGHT IT ONCE. IT'S LIKELY HE'S IMMUNE. J AS LONG AS IT’S JUST A DE- LIVERY, HE'LL BE See Ne el Aa agers Ny JIN PARTICULAR PEOPLE OR IN A CERTAIN AREA.$

++ HE'S NEVER CAUGHT AN ENDEMIC DISEASE? SORRY? OH, YES... WE DID FIND THAT TO BE QUITE FASCINATING AS WELL, EVERY TIME... MIND IF I ASK YOU A QUESTION?

COULD IT BE... HAVE YOU EVER BEEN BITTEN BY

TURNER! WAIT. SUNBAE IS STILL =H | T a a ‘ i ~ | INTHE SCHOOL BUILDING... ! --- HUHZ

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$RIGHT, LET'S START WITH WHAT WE CALL AS WHY DID YOU KILL HIM? ... BECAUSE IT WAS THE BEST WAY. CAN ONLY REDUCE THE PAIN. BECAUSE IT'S CONTAGIOUS? BUT IF THE SICK- NESS HAS ONLY JUST BEEN DISCOVERED, ISN'T THIS A LITTLE TOO EARLY TO DISPOSE OF... YOUR HANDS HAVE GROWN COLD. a PATNS \ vy \ ( = I'M A LITTLE \ SURPRISED THOUGH. THERE'S NO OTHER METHOD ONCE THE DIS- EASE TAKES HOLD. YOU$

fo / WEREN'T YOU | WISHING FOR TURNER-GLUN TO DISAPPEAR ALL ALONG? NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE. IT ISN'T, I Just... I JUST WANTED TO AVOID... YOU COULD JUST LET HIM TAKE YOUR SPOT. THEY SAID THEY WERE GIVING ME PRIORITY IN THIS CHOICE BECAUSE YOU WERE ACCEPTED FIRST. IN OTHER WORDS, THE REASON THERE AREN'T ENOUGH SEATS IS BECAUSE THEY'RE SAVING YOUR SPOT.

sO, IF YOU WANT TO SAVE YOUR BROTHER, YOU CAN GIVE IT TO HIM. THEN YOUR BROTHER AND I WILL BOTH BE ABLE TO GO TO THE ‘SCHOOL’. NO, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?! YOU'RE THE ONES WHOSE CORES ARE LACKING, ANO IM THE TALENT THE SCHOOL ACTUALLY NEEDS, THERE'S NO WAY! IF YOU REALLY WERE THAT MUCH OF AN INDISPENSABLE TALENT, YOUR BROTHER WOULD HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED AS WELL. YOU'RE THE ONE WHO MISUNDERSTOOD. THIS OFFER WAS NEVER JUST AIMED AT YOUR BROTHER AND I. IT's TWO OUT OF THREE, INCLUDING YOU.

$SAK-GUN IS CORRECT. IT DOESN'T MATTER TO US, WHO- EVER IS ADMITTED. BUT I'M QUITE CURIOUS, TURNER- GUN. IF SAK-GUN CONCEDED, HOW IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU HAVE REPAID HIM FOR THAT ‘FAVOR'? WOULD YOU HAVE SENT HIM ALL THE FUNDING THE ‘SCHOOL’ GAVE YOU? BUT THEN, WHAT ABOUT YOUR FAMILY? WERE YOU PERHAPS HOPING TO SAY YOU'D REPAY HIM ‘ONE DAY’ AND LEAVE IT AT THAT? I SEE YOU'RE QUITE PERCEPTIVE. WE CAN'T RESCIND AN ‘AC- CEPTANCE’ WHEN IT’S. ALREADY BEEN SENT... BUT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY INCIDENCES OF PEOPLE GIVING UP THEIR SPOT FOR THEIR KIN. AND SUPPOSE YOU WERE TO HAVE DONE SO... WOULD THE MONEY GAVE HIM BE ABLE TO COMPENSATE FOR THE SAFETY SAK-GUN WOULD HAVE HAD AT THE ‘SCHOOL'? \$

PLEASE BE SPECIFIC, WHAT EXACTLY WERE YOU TRYING TO DO? L.. 1 JUST WANTED To BE SOMEWHERE SAFE. I WANTED TO LIVE JUST ONE DAY WITHOUT BEGGING.. I NEVER RESENTED TURNER, I JUST WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM HIM... I WAS TOO HARSH... I THINK I GOT MAD BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE YOU WERE BLAMING ME. AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I KILLED A PERSON, SO I'M STILL UNDER SHOCK.

I'M SORRY, SUNBAE. I'M SORRY, 1M 8a. IT'S ALL RIGHT, SAK. NOW THEN... COULD T TELL YOU SOMETHING IMPORTANT? FIRST, SAK... WHAT DO YOU THINK A ‘CORE’ IS? OR, TO PUT IT DIFFERENTLY, ‘WHY DOES SUCH A PHENOMENON EXIST?’

AND ‘THE SCHOOL’ IS ALSO A FACILITY DEDICATED TO THAT RESEARCH. I DO KNOW THAT MUCH, BUT... THIS, IS THE CURRENT DEFINITION OF A ‘CORE’: ‘PSYCHIC EN- ERGIES THAT CAN CAUSE PHYSICAL PHENOMENA.’ IF $0, WHERE IN THE WORLD DOES THIS TRANSCENDENT ENERGY COME FROM? «+ THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE HAS KNOWN THE SOURCE FOR A LONG TIME ALREADY.

UM, BUT SUNBAE... } / TL DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'VE BEEN TRYING TO SAY SINCE EARLIER... IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP BE- TWEEN TURNER'S ILLNESS AND ‘CORES'? LISTEN TO MY WORDS CAREFULLY FROM NOW ON. YOU NEED TO TAKE THIS ROAD AND GET OUT OF ‘THE SCHOOL`... TO FIND YOUR ‘CALLER’.

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ABOUT... Is IT A NAME? BU I DON'T THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING SEEMS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE DOESN'T EXTEND TO S508 5 x SAK, HAVE YOU HEARD OF ‘HANA’ HER NAME THEN.

y-Yes! I'VE HEARD OF HER! UM... IT WAS DEFINITELY SOME- THING... EXPLOSIVE... THAT'S RIGHT. WHEN HER POWER WAS FIRST DISCOVERED, THE GOVERNMENT'S FOREMOST PRIORITY WAS ‘THE CAUSE’. FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. ONLY BY UNDERSTANDING ‘HOW’ THAT POWER CAME TO BE, COULD THEY BECOME ABLE TO ‘CONTROL! IT. BUT THE MORE THE EXPERIMENTS PROGRESSED, THE MORE THE SCHOLARS FOUND THEMSELVES AT A LOSS.

NO MATTER HOW THEY TRIED, THEY COULDN'T PINPOINT THE CONDITIONS THAT CAUSED HER POWERS TO MANIFEST. ON SOME DAYS, SHE COULD SEND A BUILD- ING FLYING. ON OTHERS, SHE COULDN'T EVEN SCORCH A LEAF. DESPITE SPENDING YEARS RESEARCHING, THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND WHAT IN THE WORLD CAUSED SUCH A GAP IN HER ABILITIES. UNTIL ONE DAY, THEY MOVED ‘HANA’ TO A HOSPITAL THAT WAS A LITTLE FAR FROM THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, BECAUSE SHE HAD SOME HEALTH ISSUES. FROM THE MOMENT SHE WAS ADMITTED, HANA FORGOT THE VERY FACT THAT SHE HAD SUPERHUMAN ABILITIES. THE CONSTANT EXPERIMENTS DISTRESSED HER GREATLY, AND SHE BECAME AN AMNESIAC, WITH HER POWERS DISAPPEARING AS WELL - AND SO, EXPERIMENTS WERE NO LONGER POSSIBLE. OR SO THE RESEARCH INSTI- TUTE CONCLUDED. HOWEVER, THE DAY HANA'S FAMILY CAME TO TAKE HER BACK...

BLEW THE ENTIRE HOSPITAL UP: THE MEDICS WHO WERE AT THE PATIENTS AND OTHER STAFF,

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IT IS SAID THAT, AT THE TIME, HANA’S YOUNGER SISTER HAD FALLEN ILL WITH A HIGH FEVER. HANA CONTINUOUSLY WORKED ODD JOBS FOR THREE DAYS INA ROW, AND CLUNG TO PASSERSBY, BEGGING FOR MONEY. SHE BARELY MANAGED TO SCRAPE ENOUGH MONEY TOGETHER FOR HER SISTER'S MEDICINE. SHE MUST HAVE... REALLY LOVED HER... “7°M GLAD.” THAT'S WHY SHE HAD SUCH A TERRIFYING OUTBURST WHEN THAT MONEY WAS TAKEN FROM HER. THAT INTENSITY GOES BEYOND WHAT WE MAY SIMPLY CALL ‘LOVE’. EVEN WHEN SHE WAS TOLD THAT THE EXPLOSION SHE CAUSED KILLED HER ENTIRE FAMILY EXCEPT HER SISTER, SHE SAID THIS: “17M SO GLAD NANA’S ALIVE.”?

++ THE RESEARCH INSTI- TUTE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A COMPARE AND CONTRAST OF THEIR EXPERIMENTAL DATA AGAINST INFORMATION ON HANA’S FAMILY, THROUGH THIS STUDY, THEY FOUND THAT HANA’S ENERGY SURGED RADICALLY WHEN HER ‘DISTANCE’ FROM HER SISTER WAS REDUCED. «+e DISTANCE'? YES. A RADIUS OF... AP- PROXIMATELY 200KM.* THIS WAS THE CONDITION FOR ACTIVATION THAT THE NEW EXPERIMENTS FOUND. THE MORE THE DISTANCE FROM THE ‘CALLER’ GREW, THE WEAKER THE ENERGY WAS, AND THE CLOSER THEY WERE, THE STRONGER. *T7N: 100 KM IS APPROXIMATELY 62 MILES, ZOO KM IS APPROXIMATELY 124 MILES.

MORE THAN 200 KM APART, AND THE SUBJECTS WERE LINABLE TO RECOGNIZE THEY HAD POWERS AT ALL. ACCORDING TO THE DATA WE'VE BEEN CONTINUOUSLY MEASURING UNTIL NOW, YOUR ‘CALLER’ IS WITHIN A 10OKM RADIUS FROM THE ‘SCHOOL’. THE REASON WE WERE UNABLE TO SECURE THEM WHEN YOU WERE ADMITTED IS BECAUSE IT WAS DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER IT WAS ONE OF YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS OR OTHER ACQUAIN- TANCES, BLIT... W-WAIT. SUNBAE. DOESN'T THAT MEAN THERE'S NO TELLING WHETHER I'D BE ABLE TO FIND THEM? 7 ASKING ME TO FIND A PERSON, WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE THEY ARE OR WHO THEY ARE, WITHIN A RADIUS OF 1OOKM ~- THAT KIND OF THING IS IMPOSSIB- AND THERE'S ALSO THAT... THAT SCARY SICK- NESS TURNER CAUGHT GOING AROUND, SO GOING OUT THERE BLIND... POSSESSORS OF THE CORE DON'T CATCH THIS DISEASE. IT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE FIRST PRINCIPLE OF CORES. THEY DON'T CATCH INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

THE DISEASE HAS BEEN ENDEMIC IN THIS AREA, BUT THE CHILD HASN’T EVEN... HEY, KID. MIND IF I ASK YOU A QUESTION2Z THEN WHY DID TURNER...? THE ONE WHO GOT INFECTED WAS TURNER'S ‘CALLER’. THOUGH YOU PROBABLY WOULDN’T BELIEVE ME EVEN IF I SAID THIS —

T'M SORRY, SAK, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO GIVE A LONGER EXPLANATION. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, YOUR CALLER IS IN DANGER OF BEING INFECTED. BASED ON THE SPEED OF IT6 PROPAGATION SO FAR, IF YOU DON'T FIND THEM AND BRING THEM HERE, THEY WON'T LAST LONG BEFORE BEING INFECTED. IF THAT HAPPENS, IT’S THE END FOR YOU AS WELL. NO, YOU MIGHT EVEN LAUGH AT ME, DON'T WORRY ABOUT HOW YOU'LL FIND THEM. AS LONG AS YOU'RE CLOSE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THEM RIGHT AWAY. BUT PART OF ME WAS AFRAID I MIGHT COLLAPSE.

EVERY ‘CALLER’ WHO DIRECTLY MET THEIR CORE HOLDER SAID IT LIKE THIS: “| COULD RECOGNIZE THEM INSTANTLY.” BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE REALITY OF YOUR EXISTENCE IN THIS WORLD THRILLED MY HEART. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I FELT MY HEART RACE FOR SOMETHING THAT WASN?T ANXIETY. IT IS SAID THAT POSSES- SORS OF THE CORE WHO HAVE MET THEIR CALLERS: ALL FEEL AN ATTACHMENT TO THEM SO INTENSE, THEY MAY AS WELL TEAR THEIR HEARTS OUT FOR THEM. BUT FOR ME, FROM THE INSTANT I MET YOU, IT WAS AS THOUGH I ONLY EXISTED THANKS TO YOU.

INCOMPLETE, INSIGNIFICANT, AND INSUFFICIENT WAS MY LIFE UNTIL THEN= AND I REALIZED IT WAS ALL BECAUSE YOU HADN’T BEEN IN IT. T?LL KEEP THIS SECRET TILL THE VERY END. BECAUSE I KNOW YOU?D LAUGH. RADI os STORM

HERE'S A MAP CONTAINING SHELTER LOCATIONS, EMERGENCY FOOD, SIMPLE SNACKS, AND A WALKIE TALKIE. AND THIS IS A DEVICE TO MEASURE YOUR HEART RATE... USUALLY, IN THE EVENT OF APPROACHING A CLOSE DISTANCE TO THE ‘CALLER’, AN INCREASE IN HEART RATE OF 1.3 TO 1.5 TIMES ABOVE AVERAGE HAS BEEN OBSERVED. IF YOUR HEART STARTS RACING WITHOUT REASON, IT'LL BE SAFE TO ASSUME YOU'VE GOTTEN CLOSER. IF NOT THAT, YOUR PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL STATE MAY SUDDENLY IMPROVE THANKS TO AMPLIFIED ABILITIES. THIS HASN'T HAPPENED RECENTLY? Share on MyReadingManga.info ¥

SHOW SHELTERS. THIS DOCUMENT AS YOU ENTER THEM. THAT WAY, YOU'LL RECEIVE FOOD AND EMERGENCY SUPPLIES. THE CLOSEST SHELTER IS... WITHIN YOUR REACH BY SUNDOWN IF YOU WALK AT A BRISK PACE, SO REST THERE TONIGHT. + AND BE CAREFUL. UNDERSTOOD? I SEE HE'S LEAVING OBEDIENTLY.

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ARE YOU TRYING TO LESSEN YOUR DISCOMFORT BY DRAGGING IN THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE PAST AND REPROACHING ME FOR THEM? YOU MAY DO AS YOU WISH. T’LL HUMOR YOU. DON'T FORGET. THE ‘SCHOOL' HOLDS YOU IN HIGH REGARD.

I SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE A SHELTER AT THIS POINT, BUT... DID I TAKE THE WRONG ROUTE? NO... IF I CHECK THE RIDGES, /T IS THE ENTRANCE HIDDEN? BUT THEN SUNBAE WOULD HAVE TOLD ME SO.

+» AS LONG AS I FIND A SHELTER, I'LL GET MORE SUPPLIES, SO. $0... DO YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA? T'LL SHARE THIS WITH YOU, COULD YOU HELP ME OUT? DO YOU KNOW IF AROUND H.... 3 `| THERE'S A MY 2 ae f THIS IS WHAT IT?S LIKE, OUTSIDE...

NOW THAT I THINK. ABOUT IT, THERE’S A SCENT OF FOOD COMING FROM SOMEWHERE. THE THICK SCENT OF TENT FABRIC AND THE METALLIC SMELL OF A FENCE. YOU FOUND THIS PLACE USING NOTHING BUT A MAP? | el a —| | ee THIS LOCATION IS HARD TO FIND, AS IT’S UNNOTICEABLE FROM THE ROAD, SO IT MUST'VE BEEN QUITE HARD. YES, SOMEHOW... WOW~ PEOPLE FROM THE ‘SCHOOL’ REALLY ARE DIFFERENT!

YOU SAID YOU WERE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE? SHOULD WE HELP? YES? OH... No, THANK YOU. T'LL MANAGE. THERE'S NO NEED TO FEEL PRESSURED. ISN'T IT TRUE THAT ‘SCHOOL' PEOPLE CAN BE SENT TO WAR AT ANY MOMENT? YOU HOLD OUR LIVES IN YOUR HANDS, WE MUST DO ANYTHING WE CAN TO HELP ..- THAT'S RIGHT. IF IT’S THE ‘SCHOOL, THAT MEANS... FACILITY WHERE THEY'VE GATHERED PEOPLE WITH SUPER- NATURAL ABILITIES OR WHATEVER, RIGHT? TRIP THEIR FEELINGS UP THE WRONG WAY AND AN ENTIRE VILLAGE COULD GET BLOWN AWAY... Mh THAT'S TERRIFYING. I WISH HE'D LEAVE

$LOOKS LIKE THEY?D BE QUITE DISAPPOINTED IF I TOLD THEM I WAS POWERLESS. DRAWING BOUNDARIES THAT WAY WOULD BE BETTER, BUT... I WALKED AP- PROXIMATELY 30KM TODAY... IF I STILL CAN'T FIND ANYTHING IN THIS DIRECTION TOMORROW, I'LL TURN WEST, AMPLIFIED ABILITIES’ DOESN'T REALLY MEAN MUCH, SO IT'S HARD 70 TELL... AMPLIFIED... THE SMELL WAS SO STRONG BACK THEN, I COULDN'T STAND IT... WAS THAT DUE TO THIS 1S MY \CLOSENESS'? PROBLEM... HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A STRONG SMELL AND AN AMPLIFIED ONE...? NO MATTER HOW I THINK ABOUT IT, THERE ISN'T ENOUGH INFORMATION, I'LL ASK THEM ABOUT USING THE PHONE ONCE IT'S LIGHTER OUTSIDE... FOR NOW, I NEED TO SLEEP, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE I'LL HAVE A BED TOMORR...$

.-THE SMELL OF BLOOD. Is IT LEAKING? NO. THE OTHER WAY AROUND. MIXED WITH GUNPOW- DER... A SHOT FROM A CLOSE POINT.

UNHARMED. BECAUSE THE SMELL OF ENTRAILS IS ABSE... WE?’RE CLOSER. HOW MUCHZ

IF I RUN ALITTLE, T’LL KNOW. RADI “STORM

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MOREOVER, /F / MEET SOME MOUN- TAIN BEAST WHILE I'M DOING THIS... OKAY, I DEFIN/TELY THINK I SHOULD GO BACK TO THE SHELTER NOW, BEFORE IT...

THINKING BACK ON IT NOW... IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE COINCIDENCE, ONE LIKE NO OTHER. THAT YOU WERE IN THE EXACT DIREC~ TION I FIRST PICKED, THAT WE APPROACHED EACH OTHER BEFORE NIGHT CAME, AND THAT YOUR GUNFIRE RANG OUT, RIGHT IN TIME FOR MY WANDERING EARS. BUT MY SELF FROM BACK THEN ONLY WISHED TO MEET YOU, ONLY WISHED TO SEE YOU, EVEN IF IT WAS OUST AN HOUR EARLI- ER THAN EXPECTED... SO I COULDN’T SPARE THE EFFORT TO PAY AT— TENTION TO SUCH MINOR. DETAILS. IF I HAD ONLY RAISED MY GUARD A LITTLE...

AND IF I HAD LOST YOU BACK THEN FOR THAT REASON... WOULD SOMETHING STILL HAVE HAPPENED TO CAUSE MY SOUL TO BE SHATTERED INTO PIECES BY REGRET2

W-W-W-WAIT! PLEASE, WAIT! DON'T SHOOT ME! ONE MOMENT! I'M NOT AN ENEMY, 1...7° WHAT IS THERE TO KNOW? DIE.

WAIT, PLEASE JUST LISTEN TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY! ¥-YOU NEED TO LEAVE WITH ME, TOGETHER! OR SOMETHING TERRIBLE WILL HAPPEN! YOU'RE SPOUTING SOME BULISHIT. WHY DON'T YOU JUST GNE ME THE STUFF IN THAT BAG, AND FUCK OFF? IF YOUDO THAT, TLL LEAVE YOUR UFE INTACT. TH-THERE'’S NOTHING MUCH IN IT. WELL, EVEN IF THERE WAS SOMETHING AMAZING, I'D STILL GIVE IT TO YOU... BUT, THAT SHOT JUST NOW WAS YOUR LAST BULLET, RIGHT? THE SMELL OF A LOADED GUN IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM AN EMPTY ONE... GUN- POWDER THAT HASN'T BEEN LIT YET IS DISTINGUISHABLE FROM GUNPOWDER THAT HAS. IF YOU RELOAD IT, THAT WON'T MAT- TER ANYMORE, BUT I CAN START RUNNING TO THE SHELTER BEFORE YOU'RE DONE.

I'LL MAKE USE OF WHATEVER'S AT HAND... E-EXCUSE ME... FIRST... COULD I COME OVER? I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU FROM UP CLOSE. SURE, IF YOU DON'T MIND GETTING YOUR HEAD BLOWN OFF.

HE'D RUN LIKE THAT, HUH? HE LOOKS FINE, SO I'D PROBABLY FIND SOMETHING /F I SHOOK HIM UP, WHATEVER, WHATEVER. IT'D JUST BE A WASTE OF BULLETS, I'D BETTER GET ON MY... WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

EXCUSE ME, I KNOW IT'S A BIT OF A SURPRISE, BUT.. I'M REAL LY NOT TRYING TO HARM YOU. I'1) FROM THAT. 'SCHOOL', AND I NEED To TAKE YOU BACK. THERE'S A DISEASE GOING AROUND... IF YOU GET INFECT EQ I'LL GET INFECTED TOO BECAUSE YOU'RE MY 'CALLER', WHICH MEANS THAT... ¥ SOME FUCKIN’ YOU KEEP HILARIOUS SHIT. TELLING ME... /

BUT YOU KNOW, T HOPE HE DOESN'T FALL INTO THAT DELUSION... OFTEN, CORE POS- SESSORS WHO MEET THEIR CALLERS... THEY HAVE A TENDENCY TO BELIEVE THAT THE LOVE AND TRUST THEY FEEL IS SHARED AND RETURNED. ALMOST LIKE CHILDREN WHO BE- LIEVE THEIR PARENTS MUST LOVE THEM. BUT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CALLERS, OUR ADORABLE LITTLE CORE POSSESSORG... THATHAT 15 TO SAY... YOU'RE THE REASON I CAN USE THIS SUPERHUMAN ABILITY. 1'M ATTRACTING AND USING THE PSYCHIC ENERGIES YOU HAVE, BUT BECAUSE OF THAT IF YOU CATCH THE DISEASE GOING AROUND AT THE MOMENT I'LL BE INFECTED AND DIE Toa. AANYWAY, IT'S A GOOD THING I FOUND YOU EARLY OW. COME WITH ME WHILE THERE'S STILL LIGHT.

I HAVE ABSO- LUTELY NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE GOING ON ABOUT, BUT I GET THAT YOU'RE WEIRD IN THE HEAD. ENOUGH'S ENOUGH, FUCK OFF WHILE I'M STILL USING WORDS. ONE MORE PEEP OUT OF YOU AND T'LL PUNCH YOUR FACIAL BONES INTO DUST. ase en NO eee +.-WELL, WOULDN'T THEY SEEM LIKE THE ULTIMATE DELUSIONAL PATIENT OUT OF THE MANY THAT EXIST IN THIS TERRIBLE WORLD? NO THAT'S NOT IT. I'M REALLY YOUR...

THOUGH THINGS MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT IF, THANKS TO GOOD TIMING, SOME DRAMATIC THING WERE TO HAPPEN. RADI BeEAKO@)NY,

If... IT’S FINE NOW. I THINK IT'S GONE. THAT WAS PRETTY-

I THOUGHT THINGS WERE GETTING VERY ANNOYING, BUT IT WAS JUST... THE HELL? FUCK.,.IS THAT (T7 4OU DON'T EVEN HAVE ANYTHING T COULD SELL. OSHAT DO YOU NEED THEN?

$IF IS MONEY... WE CAN GO TO THE ‘SCHOOL... TO RE- \ CENE IT. UGH. IF I'S FOOD OR OSATER... THEN, WE CAN ASK FOR SOME. AT THE SHELTER, AS MUCH AS YOU NEED. WHAT IS THIS BASTARO,.7$

DON'T MAKE ANY SUDDEN MOVES. YOU HAVE A MINOR CON- CUSSION. YOU'LL BE FINE SOON. BUT IF YOU'RE UNLUCKY, YOU MIGHT DIE. ARE YOU OKAY? THAT THING... TT DIDNT COME BACK, RIGHT? THE SMELL WAS SO N STRONG... T WAS WORRIED. WHAT IF ANOTHER ONE CAME WHILE T WAS WNCONSC-?

THIS TIME, IT’S PROPER- LY LOADED. AND THERE'S NO WAY T'D MISS FROM HERE. IF YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR CURRENT SITUATION, WAKE THE HELL UP AND ANSWER ME. GOT IT? I UNDERSTAND, BUT... YOU DON'T NEED TO PUT THAT MUCH EFFORT INTO THIS. I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTION HONESTLY, AND I WOULD NEV- ER HARM YOU IN ANY WAY. YOU'RE TRY- ING TO FRIGHTEN ME BECAUSE YOU SUSPECT I MIGHT BE SCHEMING SOMETHING, RIGHT? GETTING HURT WOULD SCARE ME AND MAKE ME EASY TO HANDLE. BUT YOU SEEMED TO BE TAKEN ABACK BECAUSE I DIDN'T RESENT OR FEAR YOU AT ALL...

THAT POW- ] EROR WHATEVER THING YOU SAID YOU HAD EARLIER, IS IT MIND-READING? N-NO. MY ABILITY IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. WHAT I DID JUST NOW... WELL, IT DON'T THINK I CAN EXPLAIN IT VERY WELL My- SELF... BUT WHEN I LOOK INTO YOUR EYES, ALTHOUGH IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT... EMO- TIONS YOU'RE FEELING, FRAGMENTS OF YOUR DECISIONS... I THINK I CAN RECOGNIZE THINGS LIKE THAT. YOUR ‘CALL’ TO ME MIGHT NOT BE A SIMPLE KIND OF ENERGY. EXPLAIN WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER, CLEAR- ER THIS TIME.

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HORDES OF ZOMBIES WE'VE BEGUN TO SEE IS THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY THE RESULT OF A CONTAGIOUS DISEASE, AND SINCE YOU DON'T WANT ME TO CATCH IT, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE ME SOMEWHERE SAFER? TH-THAT'S RIGHT. THE ‘SCHOOL’ IS SAFE. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE FOOD RATIONS, AND FOR LODGING YOU COULD STAY IN MY ROOM TO START... ARE YOU AN IDIOT? LET'S SAY YOUR MIND- ENERGY-WHATEVER-THINGY YOU SAID IS THE TRUTH. BUT YOU'RE ALSO TELLING ME THAT THAT DISEASE CAN BE CAUGHT WITHOUT ANY CONTACT? WHAT THE HELL KIND OF DISEASE IN THIS WORLD USES THAT KIND OF PATH TO INFECT PEOPLE? DO YOU NOT EVEN HAVE A HEALTH CLASS IN THAT ‘SCHOOL’ OR WHATEVER?

$IT-IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT IT’S TRUE... THERE'S ALREADY BEEN A REAL CASE OF THAT KIND OF... AND, GOING ALONG WITH WHAT YOU SAID, WOULDN'T THAT MAKE THE ‘SCHOOL’ THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE TO BE? IFA ‘CALLER’ LIKE ME, FROM THE OLITSIDE, CATCHES THE ILLNESS, ALL THOSE PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL ABILITIES OR WHATEVER INSIDE THAT 'SCHOOL', ARE GONNA FALL ILL TOO. AND IF THAT'S TRUE, THEN HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GUARANTEE THAT I WON'T BE INFECTED AS SOON AS I ENTER THAT ‘SCHOOL'? IT'S POSSIBLE THAT EVERY CORNER OF IT IS CON- TAMINATED BY NOW. \. aA a S “A poes A LACK OF INTELLIGENCE COME Wit THE SPECIAL | pq ABILITIES? WAIT, BUT SUNBAE’S THE ONE WHO TOLD ME... SO THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF COUN- TERMEASURES AGAINST ALL THAT. SUNBAE'S ALWAYS RIGHT... WHO'S THAT SUNBAE? SUNBAE IG... THE PERSON WHO SENT ME OUT AND TOLD ME TI HAD TO FIND YOU QUICKLY IF I DON'T WANT TO DIE...$

---OH2Z +1. OKAY, THAT'S ENOUGH OF THAT. IT’S STRANGE. NORMALLY, THINK- ING OF SUNBAE... ANYWAY, THE POINT IS THAT RIGHT Now, YOU DESPERATELY NEED ME, RIGHT? T?D ONLY THINK OF WANTING TO BE LIKED BY HIM, BUT NOW I JUST... EVERYTHING INSIDE ME FEELS COLD. WHETHER THAT PER- SON SAID SOMETHING OR EXPECTED SOME- THING FROM ME... IS THAT IMPORTANTZ

THAT'S RIGHT. ALL THAT MATTERS IS WHAT YOU SAY. RADI oo STORM

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THEN, ONE MORE THING. HOW DID you KNOW ‘THAT’ WAS APPROACHING US YESTERDAY? THEIR BODIES HAVE A STRANGE ODOR TO THEM. I THINK IT'S PROBA- BLY ONE OF THE SYMPTOMG...

S-SO THEY HAVE THIS STRONG, ROTTEN MILK- LIKE ODOR THAT YOU CAN SMELL FROM A DISTANCE... DO YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING? YOU TOLD ME YOU EN- COUNTERED THEM A FEW TIMES BEFORE... IS IT THAT STRONG THAT YOU CAN SMELL IT FROM AFAR? y IS THAT EVEN POS- SIBLE? WHY WOULD A LIVING PERSON SMELL ROTTEN WHEN THEY'RE NOT EVEN CORPSES? OH... HUH2Z WAS TI ABLE TO SMELL IT BECAUSE MY ABILITIES WERE AMPLIFIED? NO, THIS HAPPENED EVEN AT THE “SCHOOL?’... YOU'RE NOT SAYING BULL- SHIT AGAIN, ARE YOU?

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YOU SAID SOME- THING ABOUT BEING ABLE TO TELL THE DIF- FERENCE BETWEEN A LOADED GUN BY ITS SMELL? ISN'T THAT AWESOME? THAT'S TOTAL- LY USEFUL! R-REALLY...7 OF COURSE! YOU CAN DETECT ALL THOSE ZOM- BIE BASTARDS WITH YOUR ABILITY EVEN IF THEY'RE FAR AWAY, RIGHT?

YOU'RE ASIDE FROM THAT. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? (> (~ L.. I 00 BUTT DON'T THINK IT'LL... BE THAT HELPFUL. BUT, COULD YOU... TELL ME WHERE WE'RE GOING...7

YESTERDAY HE CLEARLY SAID THAT “WHEN OUR EYES MEET, HE COULD TELL WHAT I°?M THINKING.”? -IS WHAT HE SAID. IF EVEN THAT IS TRUE, THEN...

DID SOME- THING... MAKE YOU ANGRY? WHY ARE YOU? TRIING TO BITE ME INTO PIECES..? HOW OLD ARE YOU? T's NOT. BUT HBT WERE YOU TRIING TO CHECK? JUDGING FROM HIS REACTION...

IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE I HAVE TO BA- BYSIT HIM MUCH... WOULDN'T IT BE ALL RIGHT TO SPONGE OFF OF HIM THEN SELL HIM SOMEWHERE AFTER? HE'LL PROBABLY SELL FORA HIGH PRICE BECAUSE HIS ABILITY 1S USEFUL IN BATTLE. IF HAVING A GOOD SENSE OF SMELL IS THIS SO-CALLED AMAZING PSYCHIC POWER, OTHER ABILITIES ARE PROB-— ABLY NOT THAT DANGEROUS. FIRST T’LL RIP OFF HIS MONEY AND FOOD SUP- PLIES AS MUCH AS I CAN, THEN T?LL LURE HIM INTO A ZONE OF CONFLICT...

NO NEED FOR YOU TO KNOW. H-HOW'S THAT FAIR...2 SHUT UP OR T'LL LEAVE YOU BEHIND. THAT ASIDE... I WONDER WHAT THAT WAS |: EARLIER. WHEN OUR EYES MET, VERY BRIEFLY,

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YOU WANT TO LEAVE THE ‘SCHOOL'? WHY DO YOU WANT TO 77 DO THAT? ARE YOU SAYING YOU WANT TO GO BACK HOME? N-NO! THAT'S NOT IT... SUNBAE, YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO THE RESEARCH FACILITY SOON. I WANTED... TO FOLLOW YOU...

IF YOU'RE NOT HERE, THEN I... I DON'T KNOW H-HOW I WOULD LAST HERE... IT WILL BE OKAY. DON’T PAY ATTENTION TO WHATEVER PEOPLE i YY

THOSE PEO- PLE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. WHAT'S RE- ALLY VALUABLE IN THIS ‘SCHOOL’...

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SO EVEN IF YOUR CALLER TREATS YOU COLDLY, DON’T BE TOO DISAPPOINTED. ALL RIGHT2Z IT’S OKAY, SUNBAE. EVERYONE IN THIS WORLD IS COLD TO ME ANYWAYS. I WON’T BE DISAP- POINTED BY THIS. |

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ABOUT 34KM SOUTH OF HERE, THERE'S A BRIDGE THAT GOES TO RALTA ISLAND. WATCH OUT IN CASE THOSE THINGS GET CLOSER, JUST UNTIL I CROSS THE BRIDGE TO RALTA ISLAND. THAT'S NOT THAT HARD BUT... WHY RALTA ISLAND? I HEARD THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THERE. THERE IS SOME- THING THERE. IT'S TEEMING WITH CORPSES. ALTHOUGH THEY'VE ALL DE- COMPOSED INTO THE EARTH BY NOW... BUT I'D STILL BE ABLE TO FIND A BONE SHARD OR PIECE OF CLOTHING. THAT'S ENOUGH FOR ME.

WELL, ON THAT NOTE... AFTER I SUCCESS- FULLY ACHIEVE MY GOAL AT RALTA, I'LL FOLLOW YOU TO THE 'SCHOOL' OR WHEREVER YOU LIKE. I HAVE ONE MORE CONDITION. RADI “cs STORM

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SO WEIRD. HE WAS A STRANGER UP UNTIL A FEW DAYS AGO. BUT IT’S AS IF...

HE LOOKS | KIND WHEN HE'S 4 SLEEPING... SUCH A DEEP SCAR. IT MUST’ VE HURT... HOW OID HE GET HURT? f SEEMS LIKE HE WAS DEPLOYED AT THE BORDER BASED ON HIS LIN/- FORM... HE WAS GOOD WITH THE RIFLE... HE SEEMS LIKE HE'S AROUND MY AGE...

[= ae Michael...2! NO WONDER WHY HE DIDN'T WANT TO TELL IT REAL- LY DOESN'T SUT... WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH OTH- ER PEOPLES’ CLOTHES? ,

WHAT IS THIS? IS THIS SMELL COMING FROM YOU?

IT SMELLS... REALLY GOOD RIGHT NOW. KIND OF LIKE GRASS... WHAT SHOULD I DOZ I USED MY CORE WITHOUT REALIZING IT. HE?LL MAKE FUN OF ME FOR SURE... WHAT SHOULD I 00? WHAT SHOULD I 00, WHAT SHOULD...? THEN WERE YOU CARRYING PER- FUME AROUND?

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ARE YOu DOING THIS ON PURPOSE? I HAVE ONE MORE CONDITION. DON'T ASK ME ANYTHING.

REGARDLESS OF PURPOSE OR INTEN- TION, I HATE BEING QUESTIONED. I'D PREFER IF YOU STAYED DEAD SILENT, BUT IF YOU REALLY NEED TO SAY SOMETHING, JUST STATE IT WITHOUT ASKING ME ANYTHING. I DON?T WANT TO BE HATED. SORRY... I DON?T WANT TO BE HATED.

IF YOU FELT UN... UNCOMFORT- ABLE BECAUSE OF ME, SORRY... T OSON'T DO IT AG. AGAIN SO PLEASE I WON?T EXPECT YOU TO LIKE ME SO AT LEAST, DON?T HATE ME... UNCOMFORT- | ABLE? WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? | THERE'S NO- THING FOR ME TO LOSE HERE.