novelnext Chapter 266 : The Truth That Remained
Chapter 266 : The Truth That Remained
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Click. Click.
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NovelFire reader preview #a9353979c9a6 (issued 2026-07-18).
Lexus quietly followed behind Maria as her heels echoed through the corridor.
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The building stood near the border between Sector D and Sector E.
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Despite its unremarkable exterior, the inside was surprisingly spacious.
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‘Some kind of secret laboratory?’
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Lexus himself had worked in places like this several times during his days in the Stingray Security Department.
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But perhaps because so much time had passed...
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Or perhaps for another reason...
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This place gave off an atmosphere completely different from the laboratories he remembered.
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“……Is Peter Jones here?”
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“……In a manner of speaking.”
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“You've been giving vague answers this whole time.”
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As Lexus grumbled, Maria seemed strangely dejected.
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After hesitating for a moment, she slowly opened her mouth.
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“To be honest...”
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“I only learned about this matter relatively recently.”
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“When exactly?”
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“Until last year, I didn't even remember that a student named Peter Jones had attended the Academy.”
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“After all, managing individual students isn't part of the Foundation Chief Secretary's duties.”
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“If Chairman Aaron hadn't given additional instructions...”
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“He probably would've remained abandoned there forever.”
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“Abandoned?”
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“Yes.”
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“Abandoned.”
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Maria nodded.
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Lexus was about to ask what exactly she meant by "abandoned."
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Before he could...
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They reached the end of the corridor.
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“We're here.”
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Maria scanned her keycard through the security system.
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The tightly sealed steel door silently slid open.
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The instant it opened...
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A bizarre mixture of warmth and cold drifted out.
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And inside...
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There was a monster.
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A massive cage.
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A writhing mass of flesh.
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The floor was covered with a revolting liquid that looked like blood—or perhaps pus.
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Rope-like crimson tentacles crawled across the ground at random, smearing the disgusting fluid everywhere.
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Its enormous body resembled the cap of a gigantic mushroom.
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Unlike the constantly moving tentacles...
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Its bloated body was so massive that it could only pulse slightly without actually moving.
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Apparently...
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It had completely lost the ability to travel.
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Instead...
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The very top of its body, where a human's crown would have been, split open in the shape of a cross.
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Air flowed in and out through the opening.
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Every time it exhaled...
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Countless crimson spores poured into the air.
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Fortunately...
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They were immediately sucked into the ventilation fans mounted on the ceiling.
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No one outside seemed to be in danger of inhaling them.
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A grotesque creature...
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Half fungal colony.
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Half animal.
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Even Lexus, who prided himself on having hunted countless monsters...
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Had never seen anything like it.
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“……What is this monster?”
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“……”
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Maria said nothing.
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But sometimes...
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Silence conveyed more than words ever could.
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Praying that his understanding was wrong...
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Lexus asked once more.
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“Don't tell me...”
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“That's White Puppy's brother.”
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“Right?”
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“……”
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“Good God……”
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Maria remained silent again.
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Lexus grabbed his forehead with both hands.
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Unable to calm himself...
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He paced back and forth.
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“No... this has to be a joke.”
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“Seriously?”
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“Yes.”
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“At least according to the records.”
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“How the hell is that human!?”
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“It's just one giant lump of flesh!”
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“Damn it... how am I supposed to explain this to that girl……!”
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Lexus' voice rose.
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To someone with no personal connection to Peter Jones...
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The fact that he'd become a monster only inspired a detached,
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"Oh... so that's what happened."
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Nothing more.
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But Iri...
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Wouldn't react that way.
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He wasn't even sure she'd survive learning that the brother she loved had once been the robber who murdered her adoptive parents.
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If she learned he'd become...
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That...
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What would happen to her?
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“Ah... ahhh... seriously……!”
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“Mr. Bane.”
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“H-How did he end up like that?”
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“Huh?”
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“At least explain it to me.”
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“Didn't you read the records?”
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“I did, but they never—”
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W-Wait.
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At that instant...
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A single phrase flashed through Lexus' mind.
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He distinctly remembered reading it in the report.
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“……The parasite?”
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“Don't tell me... that's because of it?”
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“Yes.”
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Maria calmly nodded.
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As Lexus waited for her explanation...
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Part of the wall suddenly opened.
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Several small drones flew out.
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Passing through a dedicated entrance beside the cage...
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They began cleaning the various bodily fluids covering the floor.
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Watching them...
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Maria quietly began speaking.
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“It's a parasitic Mystic called Xylothra.”
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“It reproduces by scattering spore-shaped eggs that take root inside the brains of animals that inhale them.”
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“And once the infection progresses...”
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“So they become monsters.”
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Lexus finished the sentence.
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“Haa……”
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A sigh escaped him.
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There was no need to ask how Peter had ended up this way.
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He'd already read the report.
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“Why has the Stingray Group been keeping a monster like that alive for years?”
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“We've been using it for experiments.”
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“What?”
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Lexus couldn't hide his astonishment.
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“Xylothra is an extremely rare Mystic.”
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“There have been very few confirmed cases.”
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“At the request of Headquarters' Technology Department, it was transferred there for various experiments.”
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“Why keep him hidden all this time?”
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“Because this isn't something that can be publicly disclosed.”
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“...That's true.”
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Not only had they sent an Academy Scholarship Student into a secret operation...
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Instead of treating the illness he'd contracted...
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They simply watched him deteriorate and used him as a laboratory test subject.
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Naturally...
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It wasn't something they could announce publicly.
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“What about now?”
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“Last year.”
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“Shortly after Young Master Aaron returned to the position of Chairman, he instructed us to locate him.”
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“It was probably shortly after Miss Iri became a Scholarship Student.”
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“We transferred him here from an external laboratory approximately 2,400 kilometers away.”
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“Why go to all that trouble?”
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“I don't know.”
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Maria answered calmly.
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“I can only assume something changed in his heart while he was bedridden.”
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“I've thought about it ever since last year.”
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“But I still haven't found the answer.”
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“Then why are you giving me all this information so easily?”
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“It isn't because you're special, Mr. Bane.”
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“Chairman Aaron secretly hoped Miss Iri would forget this incident forever.”
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“But if she continued searching for the truth...”
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“I believe he intended to tell her eventually.”
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“Even if someone other than you had found it.”
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“……”
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So...
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Everything had been happening in the palm of Aaron's hand all along.
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The realization left a bitter taste in Lexus' mouth.
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Still...
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He decided to let that part go.
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He asked one final question.
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Pointing his thumb toward the monster...
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He quietly asked,
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“That……”
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“Was there... really no way... to cure him……?”
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“No.”
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Maria answered immediately.
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As though she intended to sever any lingering hope before it could grow.
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To some...
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Her attitude might have seemed heartless.
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But to Lexus...
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He was grateful.
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It felt as though someone had poured cold water over his confused thoughts.
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His mind finally began clearing.
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“I see……”
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“In that case...”
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Lexus slowly nodded before turning toward the exit.
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Behind him...
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Maria asked,
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“Are you leaving?”
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“I am.”
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“Will you tell Iri?”
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“I... don't know……”
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That was all Lexus said.
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He slowly walked away.
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Before leaving the prison...
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He looked back one final time at what Peter Jones had once been.
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Ah...
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The contrast between the photograph in the report...
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And the monster before him...
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Drew another sigh from his lips.
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Carrying a heart that felt as heavy as iron...
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He quietly left.
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After that...
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Lexus didn't return to work for nearly a month.
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No one from the office contacted him either.
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Maria had probably handled everything beforehand.
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She was still as capable as ever.
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But despite her consideration...
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Lexus still couldn't reach a conclusion.
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For several days...
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He wandered from bar to bar, trying to drown his feelings with the strongest liquor he could find.
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Every time he woke with a crushing hangover...
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He resolved to replace his increasingly useless liver and kidneys with newer models.
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After wasting about a week like that...
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He began digging through every book and document he could find.
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He hoped to uncover something—anything—about the parasitic Mystic called Xylothra.
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But confirmed cases were so rare...
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That he learned almost nothing.
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Naturally...
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There wasn't a single treatment capable of restoring infected victims after they had transformed.
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The only information he found amounted to,
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"Remove it during the early stages of infection."
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Which was utterly useless now.
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Eventually...
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He returned to his apartment empty-handed.
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Like a deflated balloon...
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He spent an entire week lying motionless on the sofa instead of his bed.
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He neither ate nor drank.
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He simply stared blankly at the ceiling...
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Until his Emergency Survival Energy Module activated.
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Finally...
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“Damn it.”
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Muttering a single curse...
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He stood.
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Or rather...
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Calling it "determination" wasn't quite right.
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He simply realized that if he continued agonizing over someone else's tragedy...
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He'd be the one who died first.
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Right.
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In the end...
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It was merely the relationship between a client and a Fixer.
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A Fixer must never become too emotionally invested in a client's circumstances.
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The moment personal feelings entered the equation...
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Disaster was inevitable.
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He casually threw on the coat draped across the sofa.
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It was still stained with vomit.
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He didn't care.
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Nor did he bother fixing his bird's nest of hair...
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Or trimming his overgrown gray beard.
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Then...
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Lexus immediately made a phone call.
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The saved contact name read,
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White Puppy.
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After several rings...
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The call connected.
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[……Hello? Mister?]
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“The job's done.”
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[……Huh?]
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Confusion was obvious through the receiver.
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Inhaling deeply...
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Lexus carefully spoke each word.
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“Your brother……”
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“He's alive…….”
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The moment I entered the office...
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My eyes met Iri's tear-filled gaze.
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The instant she saw me...
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Her expression completely collapsed.
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“Chairman……!!”
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She immediately rushed toward me.
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She nearly twisted her ankle and fell on her second step.
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Yet...
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She somehow regained her balance and reached me anyway, grabbing the collar of my coat.
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“C-Chairman……!!”
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She could barely breathe.
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She gasped desperately.
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Her breathing had become so ragged it seemed as though it might stop at any moment.
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Her overwhelming emotions were clearly crushing her lungs.
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She looked dizzy.
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Unable to remain standing on her own...
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She barely managed to stay upright by clinging to my coat.
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It looked as though she would collapse to her knees at any second.
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“M-My…… my brother……!!”
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She couldn't even finish the sentence.
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But those few words alone told me...
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The time had finally come.
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Ah...
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In the end...
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I lowered myself onto one knee...
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And embraced Iri.
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I only wanted to ease her sorrow, even a little.
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Instead...
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She broke down completely.
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Like a dam bursting...
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She sobbed even harder.
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Then struck my back with all her strength.
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“Why…… why did you keep…… hiding it from me……!”
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“……I'm sorry.”
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“I…… how could…… you…… Aaaahhh!!”
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“I'm sorry.”
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All I could do...
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Was apologize again and again.
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I'd always known this day would eventually come.
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I'd wanted to delay it for as long as possible.
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But in the end...
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It had arrived.
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There was nothing I could do now...
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Except gently rub her back.
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I simply held her while she buried her face against my chest and cried.
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My shirt was already soaked.
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Her tears couldn't even be absorbed anymore.
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They simply dripped onto the floor.
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“……I'm sorry.”
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“Don't…… apologize……!!”
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“You knew……!”
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“You knew everything……!”
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“And you kept hiding it from me……!!”
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“I'm sorry.”
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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The same words kept escaping my lips.
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Every time they did...
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Iri poured out resentment and curses upon me.
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But little by little...
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Even that began fading with time.
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“Chairman……”
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How much time had passed?
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Having finally stopped crying...
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Iri called to me while remaining in my embrace.
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The fists that had repeatedly struck me in anger...
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Had somehow changed into trembling hands clutching tightly at my clothes.
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With a voice gone hoarse from crying...
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She spoke with difficulty.
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“I have... a request…….”
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“……Tell me.”
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“Please……”
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“Let me see my brother.”
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What could I possibly have said in response?
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There was only one answer.
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“……Very well.”