# Chapter 103
Upon entering the village, they immediately sought out the rest house for ability users. They opened the door and hurriedly went inside.
As soon as Dohyun saw the rest house manager, he explained the situation. The manager looked surprised for a moment, then promptly guided Dohyun’s group to the innermost room.
Dohyun carefully laid Jaehee on the bed and also requested emergency medicine just in case. Then he sent all the Espers out of the room. This included Dohyun himself.
“No one is to enter this room where Jaehee is.”
Manifestation into an omega was not something anyone could help with. Moreover, Dohyun judged that it would not be good for Espers, most of whom were alphas, to be near Jaehee who was manifesting into an omega. So he firmly closed and locked the door.
“Everyone stays on standby in this state.”
Dohyun said, looking at everyone while leaning against the door of Jaehee’s room. All the Espers nodded slightly. Everyone held their breath, waiting for Jaehee’s manifestation.
But there was one person with an anxious face. It was Lee Minhun. He was holding his temple as if his head hurt, looking a bit pained. It was due to the ringing in his ears that kept resonating in his head.
[Feed this to Jaehee without anyone knowing.]
The command-like words vibrated countless times in his head. It felt like his head would explode if he didn’t follow those words immediately.
“…”
But there were obstacles. Several Espers and Kang Dohyun. It wasn’t a situation where he could follow the words echoing in his head.
Yet he couldn’t just do nothing. Because as time passed, his head ached more and more as if it would split. Finally, unable to endure it, Minhun moved.
“Where are you going?”
An Esper asked from behind Minhun.
“Ah, just…”
Minhun brushed it off and came out of the building. He looked at the civilians and various shops around. Then he raised his hand. A tiny spark was created at Minhun’s fingertips. And that spark soon transferred to a building, slowly beginning to burn and ignite the surroundings.
It didn’t take long for the spark to grow. There were noisy sounds and urgent screams. Plus the black smoke visible through the window. The Espers immediately realized what was happening. It was a situation where civilians were in danger.
As ability users who must prioritize civilian safety, Dohyun immediately issued orders to rescue people.
But Jaehee couldn’t be left alone. Dohyun looked at Hyeono among the Espers.
“Jeong Hyeono.”
Hyeono was the only Esper here who had a partner.
“You stay here and protect Jaehee.”
“Ah, yes! Don’t worry. I’ll guard this place!”
Dohyun looked back at the door of the room where Jaehee was, then looked at Hyeono again and said:
“I’m counting on you.”
With those final words, Dohyun led the Espers out of the building. They had to stop the damage to civilians before it got worse.
Hyeono guarded the door of Jaehee’s room while checking outside the window.
“Why did a fire suddenly…”
It wasn’t long after that when Lee Minhun appeared in front of Hyeono.
“Esper Lee Minhun! Where have you been until now? Everyone…!”
Seeing Minhun, Hyeono was about to relay Dohyun’s instructions. He was about to tell him to join the other Espers right away.
But suddenly Minhun used his ability on Hyeono. Hyeono made a surprised expression and hurriedly tried to block the attack.
“Urgh…!”
But the gap between an A-class Esper and a B-class Esper was clear. Struggling against the hand that was strongly gripping his neck, Hyeono soon lost consciousness.
Minhun quietly laid Hyeono on the floor and opened the door to Jaehee’s room. Thick pheromones were spreading throughout the room. Jaehee was in the process of manifesting as an omega. Minhun’s fingertips, being an alpha, trembled slightly in response. But the ringing in his head was stronger.
“…”
Minhun quietly approached Jaehee. Perhaps because he was in the midst of manifestation, Jaehee wasn’t in a state of proper consciousness. He was just closing his eyes and exhaling laborious breaths.
Minhun immediately took out a small bottle from his pocket. Inside was a blue-glowing liquid. Minhun opened the lid of the bottle and poured the liquid into Jaehee’s mouth. Then he covered Jaehee’s mouth and nose with his hand. Feeling something strange about his suddenly blocked breath, Jaehee struggled. Weak resistance continued meaninglessly as he found it difficult to breathe. Soon, part of the liquid went down his throat.
Instantly, the pheromones flowing from Jaehee’s body were inverted. The more Minhun fed him the medicine and forced Jaehee to swallow, the worse this phenomenon became. Soon, blood refluxed along with the medicine from the blocked mouth. Seemingly in considerable pain, Jaehee opened his eyes with difficulty. A weak hand pushed away Minhun’s hand.
But Minhun didn’t stop. He wasn’t in his right mind. With no focus in his eyes, he was just following the orders echoing in his head.
Jaehee tried to use the guiding energy remaining in his body to survive. Though he didn’t know why Minhun was doing this to him, he tried to make him submit with his ability and stop him. His body had once used its ability to compel submission in an A-class gate. So Jaehee thought it would be possible. He squeezed out as much guiding energy from his body as he could.
“…!”
But it wasn’t easy, as if something was blocking it. The ability didn’t work well. It merely made Minhun’s movements a little slower. Accordingly, Minhun’s hand holding the medicine trembled. But he couldn’t stop Minhun. The medicine approached Jaehee’s mouth again.
Kwaaaang-!
Instead, that brief moment bought time for Dohyun to arrive. Dohyun immediately used his ability on Minhun. Though they were both A-class Espers, Minhun couldn’t defeat Kang Dohyun in combat ability and experience. Before long, Minhun was subdued by Dohyun and the other Espers.
“Lee Jaehee!”
Despite the worried shout, Jaehee had already swallowed half of the medicine. Blood gushed from Jaehee’s mouth. The flow of pheromones was also abnormal.
It was dangerous at this rate.
***
Meanwhile, things were just as chaotic at the Center.
The gates that had occurred simultaneously and the remaining monsters were cleared by the Espers under the Center Director’s instructions, and everyone at the Center was cleaning up the aftermath. Choi Geonwoo, whose wavelength value was too high, immediately headed to the examination room with Dr. Yoon.
So Dr. Yoon was moving busily now. It was because Choi Geonwoo, on the verge of going berserk, was in front of him. Dr. Yoon had been instructed by the Center Director to suppress Geonwoo’s rampage as much as possible without guiding energy.
‘Controlling without guiding energy… easier said than done.’
Dr. Yoon, with furrowed brows, was attaching various machines to Geonwoo to forcibly suppress his wavelength. Since it involved artificially controlling an Esper’s senses to forcibly lower the wavelength value without guiding energy, the pain Geonwoo would feel would be considerable. As if to prove this, Geonwoo’s body frequently convulsed and vomited blood. Geonwoo had a pained expression as if enduring the agony.
But even this method couldn’t definitively lower the wavelength value. It only helped delay the risk of rampage a little bit.
“Dr. Yoon!”
Just then. An assistant rushed in urgently. Seeing his pale expression, Dr. Yoon briefly gave instructions to others and quietly left the examination room. The assistant immediately extended a phone to Dr. Yoon. It was Dohyun.
-Dr. Yoon!
An urgent voice continued through the receiver, and the story he heard was shocking.
“What? Guide Lee Jaehee is?”
Jaehee is in danger!
-So right now…!
Dohyun shouted urgently. He was desperately requesting Dr. Yoon to come immediately, but Dr. Yoon, who had been engaged in a serious conversation, suddenly stopped speaking.
-Dr. Yoon?
Dohyun called out to Dr. Yoon. But Dr. Yoon couldn’t easily open his mouth. It was because Choi Geonwoo had somehow approached in front of Dr. Yoon.
He quietly gestured to Dr. Yoon to continue the conversation. Geonwoo’s gaze was colder than ever before.
