Chapter 34

“Na-oh.” Translator: MadHatter

That

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mottled patterned

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cat was there.

My

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thoughts became

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downright disorganized at

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that moment.

How

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could that

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cat be in a place like

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this―

Seated

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before the garbage

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dumpster, its eyes glinting amidst the

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darkness, its

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tail wagging slowly

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in a steady rhythm, it

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was without a doubt

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the cat that had

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been stood in front

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of the white cat

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carcass last night, staring

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at me with

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a grudging look embedded in

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its eyes.

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Its

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voice was

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uncanny to the

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point that goosebumps

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rose on my

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skin.

It

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was far from a normal meow. Could

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a cat purr like

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this?

“Naaaah.”fubeiow

Like

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yesterday, it opened

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its mouth wide

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and meowed in

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alarm, which was evidently peculiar. What

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was this

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cat trying to convey to

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me?

However, it

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was beyond

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my capacity to

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grasp what

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the cat was saying to

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me, and

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why did it

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appear in front of me

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again after yesterday’s occurrence? I mean, this

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was

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strange.

The

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thought that something

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sinister was about to

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ensue naturally sent

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tremors through my

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body, and I

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threw the garbage

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bag I was carrying into the dumpster and left the

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place.

I

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returned to the front

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of the

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store, feigning composure as though nothing had

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happened, but perspiration drenched my

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hands, my pulse was

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racing, and by all accounts, I was not calm.

The

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25-year-old freeter was pathetically reassured

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by the brightness of the store.

What

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an

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embarrassment.fweg4

I heaved

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a small sigh that

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couldn’t be heard.

The delinquents

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were still hanging out

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in front of the

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store. They

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were too much

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of a nuisance… for heaven’s sake, hurry

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up and disappear.

While experiencing a strange

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sense of fatigue, I

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took a big detour around

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the delinquents’ hangout

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and walked to the

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entrance of the

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store.

“―Oh, that

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reminds me. The

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cat I ran over is

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still there, right?”

The

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voice I accidentally

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heard from behind me brought me

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to an involuntary halt.

“Ah… that

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white

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cat, right?”fwe

“It’s decomposing quickly, isn’t it? The flies

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were swarming all over

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it.”

“It was

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pretty gross, huh!! Haha! Plus, it

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stunk!”

Hold

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on…fegqw

That

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conversation. It couldn’t be…fewq

“Haha, it was

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wrong of it to leap out in front of us, that was like

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asking us to run over it!”

“Kahaha! Cats

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nowadays are dumb, they are too carefree! Aha!”

One

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of them laughed and several others caught on and began to laugh as

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well.

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These

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guys ran over it… They ran

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over that cat that was at the

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tunnel exit…

These

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guys were the

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ones who ran over

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that cat.

How could they be laughing after having

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run over that cat? These

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people were

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insane.

“It’s not like I ran

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over anybody. Who

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cares about that?” the man

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with the flashy-colored head spat

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out.

Hearing

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that, my face heated

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up as if my blood was rushing to my

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head.

These guys…iqd3uw

I

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wasn’t a cat lover, nor was I a

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member of any animal rights

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group. I didn’t

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have any

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interest in what these

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guys were talking about

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but…

As

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long as it

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was not a

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person they

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ran over, they wouldn’t care

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about it…?

I couldn’t bear to ignore

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that with them laughing this

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way. That white cat

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was reduced to a miserable mess.

Besides… the

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thought that because of these people, I

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was being haunted by that creepy cat

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with the mottled pattern and getting embroiled in another nefarious situation made me irrationally… aggravated.

I had no

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clue why the cat was showing up

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before me, nevertheless, it was these

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guys that the cat

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should be resenting, not me. What was unquestionable was that

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these delinquents ran

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over that white cat, incurring the wrath

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of the mottled patterned cat. The fact that they

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were laughing it off oblivious to all of this

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sparked a silent fit of indignation

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in my chest.

“Oi, you, what

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are

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you listening to?”gr3

A

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slight pain

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was felt in the

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back of my

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head, and then

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an aluminum can

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struck the concrete ground and tumbled

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down. That aluminum can was

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hurled at the

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back of my head.

“No, you―”Translator: MadHatter

You

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bastard! What the hell were

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you doing! I intended

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to yell at him

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but I lost that inclination immediately after turning

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around.

Because

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each of the dozen or

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so delinquents was staring at me, their eyes glaring. Even

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more so, they were all wearing an

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aura as if they were ready to start

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a fight with

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me.

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As I

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retreated, a man who seemed to be the leader of the

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group approached me, swaying his body and shoved me on the shoulder vigorously.

Anyone would be stunned by such an abrupt action, and I

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instantly forgot my rage and let my heart skip a beat.

This guy may be younger than me but

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his height was insanely tall…!

“Oi, you were just

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eavesdropping on us, weren’t you? Right?”

I couldn’t say

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yes, so I clenched my teeth and held

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one of my arms to protect the shoulder that had

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been pushed away. Perhaps this action

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was interpreted as defiance, the leader

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of the group furrowed his

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brow deeply and came

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at me forcefully. It was agonizing to be seized by the chest

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with all his force, and I unconsciously turned my face away

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in discomfort when he blew

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his rough breath, which reeked of alcohol, at close

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range.

Good

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grief… such people who have been drinking were truly

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awful.

“What? Do

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you have something to

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complain about, hah?”

“You’re nothing but a

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store staff, don’t you

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dare listen to our conversation!”

“If you

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have something to say, why don’t you try

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saying it!?”

Not

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only did the man who

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grasped me by the chest raise a ruckus but the cronies behind

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him did as well.

These

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guys…fwe4th

Without

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companions behind them, they couldn’t even drink or get violent. Disgraceful

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bunch.

I detested these people, I absolutely

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abhorred them.

Without

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even having a job, they gathered like-minded individuals and incited uproar

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without even being aware of the

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trouble they were wreaking on

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others.

“Hea… ven…”rwqf

“Aah?”fwegh

“Face

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heaven’s judgement.”

The

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expression in the eyes of the man in front of me shifted as I said these words while

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he gripped me by the chest.

I was convinced

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that I was going to be

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beaten.

No, I was prepared

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to be beaten up, and I said

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that bombshell remark that

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would rub the delinquents

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the wrong way. Under

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normal circumstances, I would have just let

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it drift by, and prioritized my

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own safety, even if the

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result was hard to swallow.

Tonight, though, I

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was in a foul

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mood.

Therefore, even

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though I would

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suffer a little pain, I decided to be a bit more honest

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with myself.

A

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solid fist flew at me from diagonally

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across me.

Oi… What

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was with that lumpy, pointed silver

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ring?

If I… took

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a serious hit from that

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thing.

Blood

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would

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pour out from me, right?

I

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reflexively

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shut my

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eyes.