20XX Love Chapter 5.1 - 5. NIGHT X NIGHT

Seo Jungin bolted upright. Nam Taeyong and Jo Heechan immediately checked their watches.

Numerous movements were being detected by the sensors installed in the second-floor corridor.

If Creepions had started being summoned, they could appear on the fifth floor at any moment. They needed to immediately set up a defensive position in the central hall of the fifth floor and protect Seo Jungin within a barriered safe zone.

At that moment, a message came through on the watch. It was Kim Yikyung.

「Jo Heechan. Nam Taeyong. Where did you take Jungin? Are you two night sentries out of your minds right now?」

The members in the opposite hospital room had also woken up instantly upon hearing the sensor alarm.

“Ha… I’m done for. What do I do now?”

Jo Heechan, overwhelmed with frustration, covered his face with his large hands. Nam Taeyong, irritably brushing back his disheveled hair, stayed silent for a moment before speaking into the watch.

“Kim Yikyung, you’re hardly one to talk about night sentry duty. Anyway, if you’re awake, report the mobile forces. This is Nam Taeyong, Jo Heechan, and Seo Jungin. Current location: opposite hospital room. Status check complete.”

Jo Heechan, half-stunned, stared at Nam Taeyong with his mouth agape, marveling at his unflinching demeanor.

Seo Jungin looked around, searching for his clothes.

Jo Heechan quickly jumped off the bed, picked up a patient gown from the floor, and held it open so Seo Jungin could slip his arms into it. But as their eyes met, Jo Heechan immediately dropped his gaze to the floor and spoke in a timid voice.

“I’ll help you put it on, Hyung…”

“…”

Despite the chaos he’d caused, Jo Heechan’s demeanor was like that of a big dog nervously watching its owner, and Seo Jungin found it impossible to stay angry at him.

While Seo Jungin picked up his underwear and slipped his arms into the gown Jo Heechan held out, another message came through from Kim Yikyung.

「Mobile forces report. Kim Yikyung, Hwang Woohyun, Choi Suhyuk. Current location: Room 501. Immediately switch alarms to silent and open the hospital room door. We’ll check the central hall and secure an escape route. Before the second sensor goes off, set up a barrier and protect Jungin in the safe zone.」

Nam Taeyong switched the watch alarm to silent and signaled to Jo Heechan and Seo Jungin.

As Seo Jungin got out of bed, he was barefoot in his patient gown. Jo Heechan stared for a moment at his sleek calves and peach-colored heels, then suddenly wrapped his arms around Seo Jungin’s waist and lifted him off the ground. Seo Jungin’s face turned bright red as he whispered urgently.

“Jo Heechan…! What are you doing right now…!”

“No, Hyung, you’re barefoot right now. I carried you here like this, so I’ll carry you back.”

“I’m fine, put me down. Put me down…!”

“No, there are sharp things on the floor, and you could hurt your feet!”

“I’m fine, I said I’m fine, why are you being like this, just put me down already!”

Nam Taeyong turned around irritably, glaring at the two bickering in hushed tones, and pressed his index finger to his lips, showing his teeth.

As the noise behind him quieted, Nam Taeyong gently opened the hospital room door. The door to the opposite room was also opening.

The moment Nam Taeyong’s eyes met Kim Yikyung’s, Kim Yikyung shot him a murderous glare. Though his mouth was shut, his eyes were hurling every curse imaginable.

“What’s with the death stare when you’re hardly one to act so righteous?”

Nam Taeyong retorted with a sharp look, sticking his head out through the door crack. He turned to check the central hall, which was very dark, and so far, there were no major issues.

Creepions, until they spotted humans, tended to cluster together and move sluggishly, milling about aimlessly in place, whimpering or stumbling, making them easily identifiable with the naked eye. It was clear they hadn’t been summoned to the fifth floor yet.

But at that moment, the watch on his wrist vibrated with bone-conduction alerts. Checking it, he saw that sensors in the third-floor emergency exit corridor and the fourth-floor hallway were both detecting movement. And not just one or two creatures.

Nam Taeyong and Kim Yikyung exchanged startled glances.

Creepions were being summoned on every floor. Dozens of them. If you combined all the ones summoned across the floors, it could easily be over a hundred Creepions.

It was an emergency. Nam Taeyong and Kim Yikyung checked both the left and right sides of the corridor, top and bottom, then immediately opened the hospital room doors. Choi Suhyuk and Hwang Woohyun, with angry expressions, glared at Nam Taeyong and Jo Heechan as they emerged, but there was no time to argue. With tense faces, Choi Suhyuk, Hwang Woohyun, and Nam Taeyong, armed with positron guns, swiftly entered the central hall.

Under Kim Yikyung’s cover, Jo Heechan carried Seo Jungin into the nest, helped him put on shoes, and fussed over getting him into a uniform before the three of them also entered the central hall.

A chilling silence hung over the fifth-floor central hall.

“Woohyun, set up the barrier.”

At Kim Yikyung’s whispered command, Hwang Woohyun nodded.

Inside the fifth-floor recovery room, there was an unusual emergency ladder leading to the rooftop. At the rooftop entrance of the emergency exit, a manual handle escape hatch was installed in the ceiling in case the door-opening mechanism failed, and an identical setup was present inside the recovery room.

While outdoor evacuation stairs and slides were already installed for hospitalized patients’ emergency escapes, the ladder’s utility was questionable, but since it was for emergencies, there was no need to overthink it. In fact, being able to move directly to the rooftop from the fifth floor made it ideal for creating a safe zone.

Hwang Woohyun inserted a barrier capsule into the floor in front of the emergency ladder. When activated, special fibers would deploy, instantly copying and projecting the background, creating a deceptive barrier that hid anyone behind it from enemy detection.

These special fibers were embedded with chips that sustained esper abilities, allowing an esper to infuse their power into it, turning it into an excellent defensive wall.

Hwang Woohyun infused the barrier with his lightning ability, creating a safe zone with an electrified defensive wall, then immediately beckoned Jo Heechan. Jo Heechan, tightly holding Seo Jungin’s hand, quickly moved behind the barrier Hwang Woohyun had set up.

Seo Jungin crouched behind the barrier. He had completed countless missions, but hiding alone in a safe zone without Han Seungmin was a first.

Han Seungmin had been the main guide. Seo Jungin had always been the secondary guide. Now, the survival of the K814 team truly depended on him.

He felt anxious and afraid. The weight of that responsibility.

“Stay hidden here. If we need guiding, we’ll come to you, but Jungin, you absolutely cannot come out. Got it?”

“Hold the positron gun tightly, Hyung. If it feels dangerous, don’t shout—just press the emergency button on your watch.”

Seo Jungin looked up at Hwang Woohyun and Jo Heechan and nodded.

If something happened to him, everyone else would be in danger too. He was breathing for all five of them.

“Don’t worry. We’ll protect you no matter what.”

Hwang Woohyun’s eyes softened, his aquamarine pupils glinting. His gentle smile, meant to reassure, formed a slight dimple above the corner of his mouth.

“Okay. Got it.”

Seo Jungin smiled back, but for some reason, tears kept welling up in his eyes.

He wasn’t usually this much of a crybaby. Was it since Han Seungmin died? Every time he saw the others, tears would suddenly surge uncontrollably.

It felt like the longing of seeing someone he thought he’d never see again.

Never see again? Had never seen…?

Was it because he was trapped in a spacetime snare? As if tenses were tangled, as if his sense of spacetime was all jumbled.

Even though he was with them now, why did he feel this longing, this sorrow?

As if he’d never see them again, as if he thought he’d never see them, as if he shouldn’t have seen them…?

Ah. He didn’t know. Now wasn’t the time to get lost in complex emotions. He had to focus, stay sharp, and keep these guys alive.

Hiss… Hiss-hiss…

As soon as Hwang Woohyun left the safe zone to take position, the familiar, terrifying breathing of Creepions began to echo. They were starting to swarm the fifth floor through the emergency exit.

Choi Suhyuk, hiding behind the reception desk in the central hall, and Kim Yikyung, Jo Heechan, and Hwang Woohyun, concealed behind the opposite storage cabinet, gripped their positron guns tightly and fixed their eyes on the fifth-floor entrance.

As a recovery ward, the automatic glass doors controlling outside access were firmly shut. They wouldn’t open unless opened from the inside.

Beyond those glass doors, Creepions were gathering in droves.

Their dark, slimy bodies glistened grotesquely, as if their skin had been turned inside out, dripping with an unknown liquid. Their muscles were unnaturally overdeveloped, their limbs bizarrely elongated, and their sharp, jagged teeth protruded menacingly. Their hair was scorched or melted, clinging to their heads, and their eyes were entirely black, even the sclera.

Creepions. Monstrous lifeforms spilling out from the Blood Hole.

In 20XX, multidimensional holes opened, spewing red vapor. It looked like blood, so they called it the Blood Hole. Unknown monstrous lifeforms began pouring into the present world through these holes. People called these grotesquely mutated humanoid creatures Creepions.

They attacked humans on sight, biting, tearing, and ripping them apart. They chewed skin, drank blood, and devoured entrails, as if eating humans was their sole instinct.

The Creepions, rampaging with indiscriminate carnage, plunged humanity into chaos and terror. Wars between humanity, armed with heavy weapons and artillery, and the Creepions erupted worldwide.

Despite the Creepions’ overwhelming strength and mindless ferocity, humanity gradually identified their traits and weaknesses over time, gaining the upper hand against their vast numbers.

But then another hole opened. It was named the Obsidian Hole, as it scattered shards of black glass. Through this hole, monstrous lifeforms with special abilities—ExCreepions—began to pour out.

ExCreepions came in various forms with wildly diverse abilities: some spewed fire, others froze their surroundings, some emitted ultra-high-frequency waves, and others boiled moisture particles. Some even mimicked and manipulated humans.

People burned alive, heads exploded, and bodies cooked as their blood boiled. Corpses littered the ground. Friends were bitten by familiar faces, families were torn apart by once-human bodies, and others were trapped in spacetime snares, shredded infinitely.

Unpredictable attacks and unimaginable slaughter unfolded everywhere.

Humanity fell into panic.

Extinction. The end of the world. Catastrophe. Apocalypse.

It was at that moment that awakenings began occurring simultaneously worldwide. Random, indiscriminate awakenings with no cause or warning.

The first to awaken were mostly late-teen males. The abilities they manifested were identical in nature to the special powers of the monstrous lifeforms terrorizing humanity.

Humanity rejoiced, and governments swiftly recruited these awakened ability users.

Young espers were deployed into battle against the Creepions, and their performance was dazzling.

They flew through the skies, spewed fire, and unleashed electricity. Using their abilities, they hunted hidden Creepions, combining combat and guerrilla tactics to exterminate ExCreepions.

Espers were humanity’s hope and salvation—until they succumbed to their abilities’ rampage and transformed into monstrous lifeforms.

As espers continued using their abilities, they began suffering severe side effects.

Headaches, nausea, pain, seizures.

The stronger the ability, the faster the side effects appeared. At the peak of these side effects, the ability attacked the body, overwhelming it with pain and transforming it into a horrific, mindless monstrous lifeform.

Just like the ExCreepions.

Espers who transformed into these creatures lost all reason and self, attacking humans indiscriminately or tearing them apart to feed.

Through extensive research, experts discovered that using abilities emitted a unique wavelength that accumulated in the body. Espers couldn’t fully harness their abilities because the wavelengths didn’t fully integrate with their bodies, leaving residual ability—toxic force—that built up inside them.

The more an esper used their ability, the more toxic force accumulated, deteriorating their condition. Various experiments and studies led to the development of a drug to neutralize toxic force, but even with the neutralizer, the toxic force that couldn’t be fully removed continued to build up in espers’ bodies at a slow rate.

With no significant breakthroughs beyond the neutralizer, espers were transforming into monstrous lifeforms one after another.

Espers fought missions to eliminate Creepions and transformed creatures, only to inevitably become those creatures themselves.

Facing ExCreepions, espers began to wonder.

“Are these creatures me, transformed into monsters from another dimension?”

Even if they avoided using their abilities out of fear of transformation, the toxic force accumulating in their bodies would eventually turn them into monsters. Those who awakened abilities were destined to become monsters.

As if a curse had returned, the path to mutual destruction opened once more. But then, the true awakening of ability users who could save humanity began.

Individuals capable of detoxifying the residual ability—the toxic force—accumulating in espers’ bodies began appearing worldwide.

They could extract the toxic force from rampaging espers, bringing peace to those writhing in excruciating pain.

Guiding toxic force. Guiding espers. Guiding the path forward for humanity.

The last hope to protect humanity. They were guides.

Seo Jungin’s light brown eyes trembled with anxiety.

The Creepions, increasingly summoned, were pressing against the glass doors, adding weight to them.

The hissing breaths and vibrations of their heels intensified until the glass doors, unable to withstand the pressure, shattered with a loud crash.

Crash. Clang.

“Kuaaaak! Kweeeek!”

Pierced and torn by glass shards, black blood spilled onto the floor, and Creepions, piling atop one another, began shrieking. Climbing and leaping over the fallen bodies, the excited Creepions flooded into the central hall.

Hwang Woohyun was the first to attack. He leaped onto the storage cabinet, standing tall with his imposing height, exuding an overwhelming presence that seemed to touch the towering ceiling of the hall.

Extending both arms forward, Hwang Woohyun spread his palms wide.

The Creepions, their black eyes glinting greedily, charged toward him like a ravenous zombie horde.

Hwang Woohyun’s blue eyes flashed with a piercing light, and dazzling beams shot out from his palms, splitting into strands.

Zap. Zzzzap.

Dozens of Creepions charging at full speed were simultaneously scorched and fried.

Deep furrows formed between Hwang Woohyun’s brows.

His blazing blue eyes, golden hair fluttering in the wind of his ability, and the lightning pouring from his outstretched palms filled the central hall, making him appear almost godlike in his dominance.

The smell of burning oil filled the hall as bodies turned to charred lumps, and the Creepions that followed let out grotesque screams before becoming roasted chunks of flesh.

The members looked up at Hwang Woohyun in astonishment. Though he was an S-class esper, this was the first time he had unleashed such a powerful attack.

Hwang Woohyun himself felt it as he used his ability. Clean lightning energy flowed smoothly through his body like water. Every wavelength of his energy was vivid, as if drawn before his eyes, extending from his fingertips as he willed it.

Was this… because of that day’s guiding?

Hwang Woohyun recalled the ecstatic yet agonizing moment when he had kissed Seo Jungin.

He had wanted to connect more deeply with the Seo Jungin he cherished. But the greedy, ordinary part of himself felt utterly repulsive.

“Static Field!”

Jo Heechan, mimicking Hwang Woohyun’s pose exaggeratedly, quietly shouted a skill name borrowed from a game.

“Unbelievable.”

Nam Taeyong, peeking from behind the desk toward the storage cabinet, muttered.

Hwang Woohyun heard it all but didn’t flinch, though he smirked inwardly.

It wasn’t just Hwang Woohyun. None of the members disliked Jo Heechan’s playful antics, no matter the situation.

Without Jo Heechan, could they have stayed sane through battles where comrades died, got injured, and bodies piled up before their eyes?

Zzt. Zzzt.

Hwang Woohyun’s ability caused a charge phenomenon only in the targeted area, creating a clear boundary as if an invisible defensive wall had been set up. Entering was easy, but there was no escape. Only the fate of being scorched and burned awaited.

“Kweeeek! Kuaaaak!”

Despite watching their kin turn to ash, the Creepions kept charging into the lightning field of the central hall.

“Ha, haa, haa.”

Hwang Woohyun’s sweat-soaked face contorted as his long, powerful casting breath reached its end. As the lightning energy was reined in, he grabbed Kim Yikyung’s outstretched hand and leaped down behind the storage cabinet.

Two Kim Yikyungs appeared on either side of the cabinet. They began unleashing the lightning ability they had just copied from Hwang Woohyun.

Zzzzt. Zzzt.

Kim Yikyung, a special-type esper, could absorb other espers’ abilities and even those of ExCreepions, but when replicating them, the power was weaker than the original. Since the absorbed power didn’t fuse with his body but merely floated within it, he could only mimic the ability’s nature and principles. However, being able to replicate abilities with the same physical and power stats as himself, combined with the need for flexible personnel deployment in the field, made Kim Yikyung’s replication ability invaluable in battlefields lacking firepower.

The lightning field created by Kim Yikyung’s clones, though not as strong as Hwang Woohyun’s, was still formidable, forming a dense, wide lightning barrier in layers.

“Kraaak! Kweeeek!”

The screams of Creepions caught in the lightning field echoed horribly. Blackened corpses began piling up in the central hall. Yet, the number of charging Creepions showed no sign of decreasing. Newly summoned Creepions kept leaping through the broken glass doors into the central hall.

“Damn, there’s a shit-ton of them. Tell whoever’s summoning these Shepherd-whatevers to cut it out, damn it.”

Watching the endless swarm, Nam Taeyong cursed from behind the desk.

“…”

Choi Suhyuk stood up, raising his right arm toward the Creepions climbing over the pile of bodies in the lightning field.

Like a scene from a fantasy movie, a fiery blaze ignited in Choi Suhyuk’s eyes, and a heat haze shimmered around his right arm. Dozens of Creepions were engulfed in a bluish-white light.

Flash.

Without even a scream, the Creepions burned to ash in an instant, scattering in the air.

“!”

“No way…”

“Wow… Suhyuk Hyung.”

Witnessing Choi Suhyuk’s ability in action was beyond shocking.

They had suspected as much from the bone beads and ash piles at previous scenes, but to obliterate so many creatures in the blink of an eye…

Zzt. Zzzt.

“Kweeeek! Kuaaaak, Kuaaa!”

Creepions charging with menacing roars were scorched by the lightning field, then caught in Choi Suhyuk’s ability, turning to ash in a flash of light.

New corpses piled atop the blackened heap, and ash scattered everywhere. It was like a scene from a game, utterly surreal.

But this was a stark, vivid reality—a horrific scene of slaughter. Corpses and chunks of flesh piled up on black blood, with ash from burned flesh and bones scattering everywhere.

“Cough…”

Seo Jungin’s breath grew labored. Covering his nose and mouth with his forearm against the horrific smell and ash, he gripped his positron gun tightly.

From the other side, Seo Jungin’s form was invisible, with the rear wall projected instead, but through the hazy veil of the barrier, Seo Jungin could vividly see every detail of the gruesome battlefield.

Creepions were frantically rushing through the emergency exit, continuously flooding into the fifth floor. Drawn by the horrific sounds and smells emanating from the fifth floor, the Creepions summoned on the lower floors were all reacting and swarming upward.

Seo Jungin anxiously glanced toward Hwang Woohyun and Choi Suhyuk. It seemed like guiding was needed.

Field attacks that targeted a designated area were more powerful than direct attacks but caused toxic force to accumulate much faster. For this reason, the K814 team had developed a strategy where S-class espers Choi Suhyuk and Hwang Woohyun unleashed field attacks, followed by Kim Yikyung, Jo Heechan, and Nam Taeyong providing supplementary attacks while sequentially guiding the two who initiated the assault. Afterward, the entire team would launch a full-scale attack, guiding as needed during the battle.

Choi Suhyuk and Hwang Woohyun, too, must be feeling the rapid buildup of toxic force along with severe physical exhaustion after unleashing their overwhelmingly powerful abilities. With a tense expression, Seo Jungin diligently observed the team members through the hazy barrier.

“Kuak, kuaaaak!”

Zzt. Zzzt.

As Kim Yikyung and Choi Suhyuk’s field attacks piled up corpses higher and higher, gray ash swirled thickly in the air.

“Ha, haa, haa.”

As Choi Suhyuk’s breathing grew labored from the other side, Jo Heechan’s bright red hair popped up above the storage cabinet.

“Guess it’s my turn to shine.”

Muttering to himself, Jo Heechan leaped onto the storage cabinet with a flourish, landing on one knee in a dramatic pose.

Thinking to himself that he looked pretty cool, Jo Heechan casually brushed back his disheveled hair.

Though Seo Jungin’s form was invisible from this side due to the barrier, Jo Heechan was certain that Seo Jungin must have seen his cool moment from behind it and felt a swell of pride. Unfortunately, Seo Jungin’s attention was stolen by the Creepions flooding in from the corridor, and he completely missed Jo Heechan’s stylish display.

Highly conscious of the team members’ gazes he assumed were focused on him, Jo Heechan spread his arms in a grandiose gesture.

“Frost Wave!”

With Jo Heechan’s shouted skill name, a chilling frost shot from his hands, taking the form of icy spikes and surging outward in waves.

“Kuek! Kweeeek!”

Dozens of Creepions, unable to control their momentum as they collided and fell, began freezing solid from the outermost ones inward.

Like bronze statues, the Creepions’ dull, dark blue bodies fused together into a single mass. As layers of freezing ability poured out, their bodies clung together, writhing in a grotesque, frozen state, unable to break free.

In that moment, Nam Taeyong aimed his positron gun at the frozen mass and pulled the trigger.

Boom!

The ice shattered into pieces, scattering as glistening black fragments and debris in all directions. They quickly melted, turning into clumps of black blood and flesh that stuck to the floor. Even though they were humanity’s enemies and horrific monsters, the sight was too gruesome to witness with open eyes.

Seo Jungin crouched tensely, holding his breath, and peered through the barrier. At that moment, he felt a gentle touch on his shoulder. Turning his head at the careful gesture meant to avoid startling him, he found Hwang Woohyun’s kind face close by.

“Woohyun.”

Hwang Woohyun’s face showed signs of fatigue.

Field attacks rapidly drained an esper’s stamina and caused toxic force to build up quickly.

Kneeling beside Seo Jungin, Hwang Woohyun lowered himself, yet his broad shoulders and chest still loomed over Seo Jungin. His thick neck, slightly damp with sweat, and his striking, chiseled face came so close that his breathing was dizzyingly clear.

“Jungin, I need guiding.”

Hwang Woohyun extended his large palm with a slight smile, gazing down at it.

Seo Jungin stared intently at Hwang Woohyun’s face. He was clearly thinking about their previous guiding session and feeling self-conscious about it.

Zzt! Zzzt!

“Frost Nova!”

“Kweeeek!”

Beyond the barrier, a brutal, desperate battle was unfolding—well, desperate if you ignored Jo Heechan’s skill-shouting. Yet here Hwang Woohyun was, concerned about his feelings.

Seo Jungin pressed his lips tightly together, set down his positron gun, and gently took Hwang Woohyun’s hand. Tilting his head up, he pressed his lips softly against Hwang Woohyun’s.

“Uht!”

Hwang Woohyun’s eyes widened in surprise.

“…”

Through the contact of their mucous membranes, Seo Jungin instantly assessed Hwang Woohyun’s toxic force levels. Likely due to the powerful ability he’d unleashed, toxic force was swirling and surging throughout his body.

Focusing on guiding, Seo Jungin slipped his small tongue into Hwang Woohyun’s mouth. As Hwang Woohyun’s teeth parted in surprise, Seo Jungin gently rubbed his soft tongue against them, feeding guiding waves freely.

“Hut! Heu… uht, uht!”

Hwang Woohyun squeezed his eyes shut, flinching and groaning. Seo Jungin’s sweet, dizzying tongue rubbed against his, sending guiding waves surging down his throat. The waves felt like they were exploding one after another, causing Hwang Woohyun to tremble intensely.

“Euht! Uht! Eunng!”

Unable to block or resist, the guiding waves poured in, coursing through every corner of his body. It felt as if he were being stripped bare in an instant, his insides helplessly swept clean.

Hwang Woohyun’s breath caught, and his mind grew hazy. He felt utterly dominated by the guiding Seo Jungin was providing.

And in that moment, their tongues tangled wetly, and a thrilling, electrifying wave surged in.

Zzt. Zzt.

“Eu…!”

“Ng, eunng.”

Seo Jungin’s moans reached his ears. Feeling Seo Jungin’s grip tighten on his hand, Hwang Woohyun instinctively pulled his hand free, grabbed Seo Jungin’s slender wrist, and yanked him closer.

“Haak…! Uup!”

Hwang Woohyun’s tongue plunged deep into Seo Jungin’s startled, wide-open mouth.

“Eunng! Ng…!”

Hwang Woohyun’s tongue, with labored breaths, explored every corner of Seo Jungin’s hot, moist mouth. Every touch of their tongues brought a dizzyingly sweet taste and an unbearable electric sensation.

“Haa, chup, chup, haa, chup.”

Hwang Woohyun sweetly sucked on Seo Jungin’s small tongue and licked his thin lips like ice cream.

“Ng! Haa, haang, ng!”

Each time Hwang Woohyun’s glistening red tongue relentlessly licked Seo Jungin’s lips, plaintive moans escaped. Seo Jungin, continuously pushed back, soon found himself lying on the floor.

With both wrists gripped by Hwang Woohyun, he was overwhelmed by the electrifying waves coursing through him. Seo Jungin panted heavily, writhing in agitation.

Hwang Woohyun’s tongue softly licked Seo Jungin’s jaw and cheeks, then nibbled and grazed his earlobe.

“Ng… Woohyun, wait, uh, heuk, stop…”

“Haa, haa, Jungin, Seo Jungin.”

As Hwang Woohyun’s large hand stroked his hair and his low voice whispered his name in his ear, Seo Jungin’s body went limp, overwhelmed by a dizzying sensation. His lower abdomen throbbed, and his groin tensed.

Hwang Woohyun. Woohyun.

He knew he shouldn’t go further. This wasn’t the time.

“Jungin, chup.”

As Hwang Woohyun’s lips descended again, Seo Jungin closed his eyes, opened his mouth, and responded to the sweet sensation. His tongue was pulled painfully, sucked relentlessly in Hwang Woohyun’s mouth. It felt intoxicatingly good, and he didn’t want to stop.

Woohyun. It’s Woohyun…

More. Deeper than this. More intensely.

Touching more, embracing more, sucking more, and then… and then…

“Ng, eunng, haa, ha.”

“Chup, haa, your tongue is so sweet.”

Hwang Woohyun, breathless from the electrifying sensation, dove deeper into the kiss. When he released Seo Jungin’s wrists, Seo Jungin’s arms wrapped around Hwang Woohyun’s neck, pulling him close.

“Eunng… ng, uht.”

Drawn by the moans, Hwang Woohyun’s hand tugged Seo Jungin’s shirt out of his pants and slipped beneath, touching bare skin.

“Uht, haa, Woohyun, eunng…”

His rough palms caressed Seo Jungin’s soft skin, then began stroking his tender nipples.

“Eunng! Ng, uht, heut!”

As calloused fingers grazed his nipples, a chilling, thrilling pleasure enveloped Seo Jungin. The tongue being sucked this way and that in Hwang Woohyun’s mouth, combined with the teasing of his nipples by those large hands, was driving him wild.

“Heung! Heuung! Ng, eunng.”

“Chup, you’re too cute.”

Seo Jungin’s hips bucked.

The two were so engrossed that they no longer registered where they were or what they were doing.

The pile of corpses just beyond the barrier, the acrid smell of burning flesh filling the air, the ear-piercing screams of Creepions, and the shouts of their teammates—none of it reached them as they sank into sweet, electrifying pleasure.

Zzt. Zzzt.

Jo Heechan leaped down from the storage cabinet, frowning at the dazzling electric waves shooting from both sides.

“Yikyung Hyung, what’s going on? Which one’s the real you?”

Jo Heechan glanced back and forth at the two identical Kim Yikyungs casting abilities. When one of them gave him a quick glance, Jo Heechan sidled up familiarly.

“Hyung, check your watch. The readings.”

Jo Heechan saw that his own toxic force level had exceeded 50% after continuous field attacks and realized Kim Yikyung’s must be even higher. Casting field attacks while replicating his own body would take an even greater toll.

Normally, Kim Yikyung didn’t sustain field attacks this long. The unusually high number of Creepions being summoned demanded more field attacks.

Both Kim Yikyungs were breathing unevenly, their backs drenched in sweat. The real Kim Yikyung stopped casting and checked his watch.

“Ugh, 68%.”

His toxic force was at a dangerous level, just shy of triggering the first guiding alarm.

“68%? Hurry and get to Jungin Hyung for guiding. Wait, Woohyun Hyung still hasn’t come back?”

Kim Yikyung and Jo Heechan looked toward the barriered safe zone. Hwang Woohyun, who had gone for guiding first, still hadn’t returned.

Seeing another wave of Creepions flooding in, Jo Heechan leaped back onto the storage cabinet.

Kim Yikyung deployed another clone of himself, then crouched low and swiftly moved behind the reception sofa toward Seo Jungin’s safe zone.

No way. It can’t be. Surely not…?

And then, Kim Yikyung discovered exactly what he’d feared happening behind the barrier.

“Ha…”

Seo Jungin’s body was pinned beneath Hwang Woohyun’s large frame. His jacket and shirt were pushed up, exposing his white skin and erect nipples, which were being lavished with attention by Hwang Woohyun’s tongue and fingers. His thighs were wrapped around Hwang Woohyun’s waist, writhing in agitation.

Both were lost in ecstasy, their faces devoid of any judgment.

“Chup, chup, haa.”

“Haang, ng, eunng.”

Kim Yikyung knew exactly what state Hwang Woohyun was in, consumed by Seo Jungin. His blind, uncontrollable obsession with Seo Jungin made it unpredictable what impulsive actions he might take if separated recklessly. Deciding to slowly make them aware of the situation, Kim Yikyung knelt close to the pair.

“Hwang Woohyun. Hwang Woohyun.”

Hwang Woohyun, hearing Kim Yikyung’s voice so close, opened his seething eyes and looked over, yet his tongue never stopped licking Seo Jungin’s pink nipples.

“Chup, chup.”

“Hwang Woohyun, snap out of it. We’re in the middle of a battle. Look ahead.”

Hwang Woohyun, as if not comprehending, kept staring at Kim Yikyung while sucking and rubbing Seo Jungin’s nipples with his tongue.

“There are too many Creepions. We need more field attacks. You need to get out there.”

Pointing repeatedly beyond the barrier, Kim Yikyung spoke, and Hwang Woohyun’s gaze finally shifted forward. Choi Suhyuk’s flame attacks, Jo Heechan and Nam Taeyong’s combined freezing and positron gun assaults were piling up corpses, while the two cloned Kim Yikyungs unleashed Hwang Woohyun’s replicated lightning attacks.

“Do you see me covering for you? Snap out of it.”

Hwang Woohyun finally stopped licking, lifting his head. Staring dazedly at the battlefield beyond the barrier, Seo Jungin writhed beneath him, sitting up.

“Haa, Woohyun, do more…”

Seo Jungin wrapped his arms around Hwang Woohyun’s neck, rubbing his cheek against his and whispering. Hwang Woohyun, swayed by Seo Jungin’s agitation, still gazed blankly beyond the barrier.

Kim Yikyung snapped his fingers sharply in front of Hwang Woohyun’s eyes. Finally, focus returned to Hwang Woohyun’s eyes, and he met Kim Yikyung’s gaze clearly.

“Hwang Woohyun, your guiding is done. With Jungin, it’s only supposed to be guiding.”

At those words, the blue light in Hwang Woohyun’s eyes flickered fiercely.

Boom. Boom.

“Kwek. Keuk.”

Ice chunks shattered by Jo Heechan’s freezing attacks and Nam Taeyong’s gunfire melted into flesh, splattering everywhere. Despite their flashy attacks, Jo Heechan’s breathing began to falter from continuous ability use.

Suddenly, Hwang Woohyun appeared, leaping onto the storage cabinet and extending both arms to unleash a fierce field of electric attacks. Blinding beams of light poured out brilliantly.

Jo Heechan, relieved and about to cheer, caught sight of Hwang Woohyun’s grim expression and shut his mouth. His furrowed brows, tightly clenched jaw, and tense muscles revealed how furious he was.

“What’s wrong? Why’s he mad? He got guided, so what’s the deal?”

Then Jo Heechan realized the reason. It had taken too long. If Hwang Woohyun had made mucous membrane contact with Seo Jungin and been exposed to those electrifying waves, even he would struggle to stay rational. Something must have happened behind the barrier, interrupted by Kim Yikyung, and Hwang Woohyun, regaining his senses, was likely furious at himself for losing control.

“So that’s why he’s mad. He got carried away with Jungin Hyung.”

Jo Heechan sighed and jumped down from the storage cabinet. The two Kim Yikyungs bumped into him, stumbling and losing balance.

Jo Heechan looked back and forth between the two, who stood there dazed, and asked in surprise.

“What’s going on? What are you doing? Guiding’s already done? Oh, right, kiss-guiding is quick.”

“No, no…”

“What do you mean, no?”

“We’re… both clones… right now, guiding…”

“What? Both clones? Hyung’s still guiding?”

The cloned Kim Yikyungs were barely coherent, their expressions oddly dazed and unwell.

“What’s wrong with you guys?”

“It’s just… haa, it feels so good…”

“Huh? Feels good, what?”

Kim Yikyung’s cloned bodies could think and act independently but shared all thoughts and sensations. The intense sensations the real Kim Yikyung was experiencing were so overwhelming that the clones were half out of their minds. It meant Seo Jungin’s mucous membrane contact was so potent it stripped espers of control.

“Hyung’s not… with Jungin Hyung right now, is he?”

“Haa, right now, with Jungin… yeah, haa…”

“You, hurry… separate them. Ahh…”

The cloned Kim Yikyungs panted, dazed, unable to focus. Jo Heechan glanced toward the safe zone but couldn’t see anything through the barrier. Having experienced Seo Jungin’s SS-class mucous membrane guiding firsthand, he couldn’t help but be deeply concerned about the situation behind the barrier.

“This is insane.”

Jo Heechan crouched low, darting behind the row of sofas toward the barrier. Sure enough, the situation he’d feared was unfolding.

“Ha, what are you guys doing, Hyungs…”

Seo Jungin lay on the floor, his shirt wide open, exposing his white skin and erect nipples. Kim Yikyung’s head was buried between Seo Jungin’s legs.

Kim Yikyung’s head moved relentlessly up and down, sucking on Seo Jungin’s exposed member between unbuckled pants.

“Heuu, it feels good. More, haang.”

Seo Jungin, moaning with pleasure, clutched Kim Yikyung’s hair, stroking his nape repeatedly.

“Chup, chup, it’s electric. Driving me crazy. Chup, chup.”

Jo Heechan, at a loss for how to handle the situation, completely understood Kim Yikyung’s state.

“Yeah… Yikyung Hyung, I get it. It’s maddening. I know.”

Kim Yikyung gripped Seo Jungin’s scrotum between his thumb and forefinger, making it taut, then licked it thoroughly with his tongue and sucked it, savoring its soft texture.

“Haang! Haaang! Yikyung Hyung, haang!”

“Feels good? Chup, chup, Jungin, feels good?”

Jo Heechan knew he should stop them, but Kim Yikyung’s caresses and Seo Jungin’s reactions were so captivating that he couldn’t tear his eyes away or bring himself to speak.

Swallowing hard, Jo Heechan tilted his head slightly to steal glances at Seo Jungin being caressed.

Kim Yikyung skillfully licked the taut, sensitive scrotum, then released it, letting it soften before slipping it into his mouth, rolling it like a candy.

“Euang! Haa! Ha… ang, ah!”

As Kim Yikyung’s glistening tongue licked up the shaft, Seo Jungin shook his head side to side.

Kim Yikyung’s long, slitted eyes, filled with deep desire, looked up at Seo Jungin’s face as he received fellatio. His thick lips parted, and his red tongue teased the urethra, causing Seo Jungin’s face to flood with ecstasy.

“Haa, Yikyung, haang, tongue, ng!”

Kim Yikyung, frequently glancing up to gauge Seo Jungin’s reactions, had the corners of his mouth pulled up in satisfaction.

“Haa, chup, chup, shall I suck your clit too?”

“Haang! Eunng! Ah, it feels good…”

Kim Yikyung pulled down Seo Jungin’s pants and underwear in one swift motion. Seo Jungin’s dazzlingly white and sleek thighs were revealed.

Jo Heechan, entranced by the intoxicating scene, gazed at his Hyungs with languid eyes.

“While fingering your hole, should I lick and suck your clit with my tongue?”

“Ng, eunng, haaung!”

Kim Yikyung was pulling the pants, now down to Seo Jungin’s ankles, off one leg at a time.

“Ha, this is driving me crazy… I want to see your pussy sucked so bad… wait, no, Hyungs, Hyung-nims!”

Jo Heechan, who had been indulging in the erotic display, miraculously snapped back to his senses.

Striding forward on his knees, Jo Heechan sharply scolded Kim Yikyung.

“Damn it, Yikyung Hyung! This isn’t the time for this, snap out of it!”

Kim Yikyung ignored him, continuing to strip off Seo Jungin’s pants and pressing his knees to spread him wide open.

“Yikyung Hyung!”

At that moment, Seo Jungin’s eyes snapped open and turned toward Jo Heechan. Meeting Seo Jungin’s gaze, Jo Heechan flinched and instinctively stepped back. Seo Jungin’s eyes were glowing a radiant gold.

“Jo Heechan? Heechan-ah.”

Seo Jungin gave a soft, charming smile, the corners of his mouth curling up. Jo Heechan felt his heart drop.

“Heechan-ah. Come here… come here and kiss me quickly. Okay?”

“What, what’s that, Hyung? You can’t do this right now. You really can’t.”

Seo Jungin blinked seductively and reached out to Jo Heechan. His pale fingers seemed to glow as if dipped in henna.

“Like before, okay? Put it in my mouth.”

“Ha, this is really driving me crazy. Hyung, no, no way. You really can’t right now.”

Seo Jungin’s lips parted, and his small tongue slipped out, lightly licking the air in a teasing gesture.

“Haa, damn.”

“You just put it in my mouth. I’ll suck it for you. Okay?”

“Haa… why is this Hyung doing this to me? Yikyung Hyung, snap out of it! Hyung! Hyung!”

Kim Yikyung brushed off Jo Heechan, who was grabbing and shaking his arm, and forcefully pushed Seo Jungin’s knees up.

“Haut.”

As Seo Jungin’s body folded in half and his sleek legs were lifted, the taut scrotum revealed a glistening, wet slit beneath. The slick, glistening flesh was plump and enticing.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Kim Yikyung dove in, licking up the slit with his bright red tongue.

Slurp.

“Haaang!”

“Krrk!”

A jolt of intense pleasure surged into Kim Yikyung’s frontal lobe, as if electrodes had been plunged into his brain, sending a powerful current through it. Kim Yikyung’s eyes half-rolled back as he began frantically sucking on the flesh in a trance-like state.

“Ang! Haang, eunng, haang!”

As Kim Yikyung’s prominent nose burrowed into the flesh, rubbing against the clit, Seo Jungin’s hips jolted upward with a twitch. Kim Yikyung tossed aside his cumbersome glasses carelessly and thrust his tongue eagerly into the moist, sweet membrane.

Slurp, slurp…

“Euang! Yikyung Hyung! Haang, ng, ng.”

Zzt, zzt.

At that moment, the cloned Kim Yikyungs on the battlefield, unable to act on their own, stood with unfocused eyes, panting heavily as they savored the overwhelming pleasure.

From the other side, Nam Taeyong, rapidly firing his positron gun with both hands, suddenly noticed the panting Kim Yikyungs and shot them a bewildered glance.

“What the hell are those guys doing… not fighting?”

Nam Taeyong narrowed his eyes, observing the Kim Yikyungs. Their identical faces, staring blankly into space with hot breaths escaping their mouths, were drenched in lust to a degree that could haunt dreams.

With a look of disgust, Nam Taeyong’s gaze shifted to the safe zone, and a low curse slipped out.

“Fucking… hypocritical bastard.”

Nam Taeyong looked up at Choi Suhyuk, who was unleashing his ability from atop the desk. Choi Suhyuk looked visibly exhausted from the continuous flame field attacks, with sweat dripping from his chin.

“Choi Suhyuk. Checked your watch?”

Choi Suhyuk glanced down at Nam Taeyong, slightly tilting his right arm to check his watch.

“…”

“What’s the reading?”

“Still fine.”

“Get guided before it gets too high.”

“…”

Choi Suhyuk raised an eyebrow, furrowing his brow, and scanned the central hall, assessing the pile of corpses.

“Choi Suhyuk!”

“Yikyung Hyung is getting guided right now. Heechan went to get guided too. I’ll go when they’re back, so shut up.”

Choi Suhyuk finished speaking and unleashed another terrifying flame field across the area. Bodies engulfed in horrific hellfire turned to ash and scattered.

Nam Taeyong could see right through Choi Suhyuk’s mind.

‘Stupid idiot.’

He was trying to delay making mucous membrane contact with Seo Jungin until the very last moment.

What’s the point? You can’t avoid guiding. Planning to turn into a transformed creature?

“Do whatever you want, dumbass. If you turn, I’ll kill you on the spot.”

Nam Taeyong’s face grew cold as he fired a particle beam into the forehead of a charging Creepion.

Boom.

Behind the barrier in the safe zone, Seo Jungin was still shuddering and arching his back under fervent caresses.

“Chup, chup-chup.”

“Haang! Haa, that’s too much, it’s driving me crazy…!”

As Kim Yikyung rapidly licked the membrane from the hole to the skin gland, Seo Jungin thrashed his head, releasing a flood of fluids.

“Haang, eunng, it’s killing me, ng! Eunng!”

“Huk! Heuk, chup, krrk…!”

Kim Yikyung flinched and let out a groan. He felt like he was the one dying.

It was completely different from the last time with Seo Jungin. The intensity of the electrifying sensation was on another level. It churned his mind, heated his body in an instant, and overturned his rationality with its waves.

“Heu, krr, eu…”

Kim Yikyung spread the drenched flesh with both thumbs, soaked in saliva and lubricant. The engorged, blood-filled clit was fully exposed.

“Haang, what are you… going to do…”

“Haa, haa, haa.”

Kim Yikyung, with bloodshot eyes, stared obsessively at the erect clit.

“Haa, your clit…”

Kim Yikyung dug his hands further, spreading the inner membrane wide and peeling back the hood covering the clit. The bright red clit head, slick and wet, stood rigid, trembling faintly.

“It’s standing so hard. Heu, perfect for sucking.”

Before he finished speaking, Kim Yikyung’s thick lips sucked the clit head into his mouth.

“Haaaang!”

With Seo Jungin’s scream, an unbearable jolt of electrifying waves poured into Kim Yikyung. His eyes completely rolled back in that moment.

“Krr, heu, euk…!”

Kim Yikyung trembled violently, moaning as he bit and sucked on Seo Jungin’s swollen clit. At that moment, all of Kim Yikyung’s senses were focused solely on sucking Seo Jungin’s clit, working his tongue and lips relentlessly.

“Haaang! Stop! Sto-op!”

Seo Jungin’s screams were drowned out by the Creepions’ roars and the crackling of lightning.

Kim Yikyung, without pausing his lips and tongue, plunged his thick middle finger deep into Seo Jungin’s wet hole.

“Haaaang!”

Seo Jungin threw his head back, grabbing Kim Yikyung’s hair with both hands.

“Chup-chup-chup, chuup, chup-chup.”

As Seo Jungin’s hips bucked, Kim Yikyung spread one arm wide, pressing down on his thigh and lower abdomen, sucking the small clit protrusion while thrusting his middle finger into the hole.

“Haang! Haaa!”

Amid the splashing sounds, scream-like moans erupted. Seo Jungin clutched Kim Yikyung’s hair as if to tear it out, writhing and pouring out electrifying guiding waves.

Meanwhile, Jo Heechan, completely forgetting why he was there, watched the two with burning eyes, rubbing his swollen crotch.

“Ha, haa, haa.”

Watching Seo Jungin twist under cunnilingus and fingering, Jo Heechan’s mind went hazy. Seeing Kim Yikyung’s lips and tongue ravenously sucking the clit and his fingers thrusting into the hole, Jo Heechan couldn’t restrain the surging arousal.

Each time the wet tongue flicked, the deeply flushed, bean-sized clit was rubbed and sucked into the red lips, tormented thoroughly. The fingers plunging in and out, soaked in the gushing fluids, slid and stuck messily.

“Huk… huk… huk…”

Jo Heechan wanted to bury his head in Seo Jungin’s crotch, eagerly sucking the small, cute, erect clit. He wanted to hold down the thrashing, aroused body, suck it until it drove him wild, and then plunge his rock-hard cock deep into the softened hole.

Then Jungin Hyung would cling to his back, clawing and crying out that it’s too deep, too much, while gushing and loving it, protesting all the while.

He’d rub the inner walls with his cock until it gushed, then thrust hard and deep, pounding relentlessly until he couldn’t breathe, filling him with cum.

He’d grab the panicked body protesting against cumming inside, thrust his cock to the hilt, and pump it full.

“Huk, huk, huk.”

Jo Heechan, caught between the scene before him and his fantasies, rapidly rubbed and stroked his painfully swollen crotch. He wanted to unbuckle his pants, pull out his bursting cock, and plunge into Seo Jungin right then and there.

“Kaaaak!”

Boom.

At that moment, a Creepion lunged and crashed hard into the barrier.

Zzt, zzt.

Though the barrier was made of fiber, it was charged with strong lightning, repelling the Creepion instantly. As the barrier’s veil rippled heavily, Kim Yikyung and Jo Heechan snapped back to their senses.

“Ha?”

“Huk!”

“Kaaa!”

The fallen Creepion raised its head, roaring and charging at the barrier. Its gaping black mouth and sharp teeth were vividly visible through the veil.

Kim Yikyung and Jo Heechan reflexively assumed defensive stances.

“Kweeeek! Kuek!”

Zzzzt.

A bolt of lightning struck down from above, piercing through the Creepion’s core. It convulsed, charred black, and turned to ash while standing. As the corpse collapsed sideways, Hwang Woohyun stood behind it. He cast a worried glance toward the invisible barrier before immediately turning back.

Facing Hwang Woohyun’s expression up close, Kim Yikyung and Jo Heechan fully realized their own loss of control.

“It’s just, I mean… Hyung, why can’t you get a grip? I kept calling, and you didn’t even hear me. Is this really the time for this…?”

Jo Heechan, feigning innocence with a faltering tone, scolded Kim Yikyung.

“Look out there. Your clones are all just standing there, dazed.”

As Kim Yikyung glanced beyond the barrier, he saw his clones emerging awkwardly from both sides of the storage cabinet.

But the moment the clones regained their senses and unleashed a lightning field, the real Kim Yikyung’s hair was grabbed, his head buried back in Seo Jungin’s crotch.

“Heup?!”

“Ng, Yikyung Hyung, why’d you stop? Do it again.”

Kim Yikyung, with his lips and nose buried in Seo Jungin’s soft, sweet flesh, closed his eyes for a moment, savoring the sensation. He could lick and suck it forever. Every inch of Seo Jungin, from a single strand of hair to the tips of his toes, was so beautiful and lovable.

But this really wasn’t the time. The number of Creepions was overwhelming. Beyond the barrier, Creepions kept climbing over the mountain of corpses, swarming in.

Even with such extensive field attacks, their numbers didn’t decrease. They should have been providing intensive guiding support to Choi Suhyuk, who had unleashed the most powerful abilities.

His toxic force must be nearing critical levels.

Kim Yikyung lifted his head, reluctantly glancing down at Seo Jungin.

“Yikyung Hyung…”

As Seo Jungin’s eyelids slowly blinked, his golden irises, laced with red neural lines, shimmered enchantingly and seductively. Just looking at them made Kim Yikyung dizzy, as if his entire mind was collapsing.

Kim Yikyung lowered his head and softly kissed Seo Jungin’s tender lips.

“Haang.”

“Heut!”

Despite the intense regret left by the electrifying sensation, Kim Yikyung forced himself to stand. Even as he buttoned up Seo Jungin’s clothes, Seo Jungin writhed, emitting electrifying waves.

“Heechan-ah.”

“Huh? Uh? What?”

Kim Yikyung stood, looking down at Jo Heechan, who was sitting hesitantly.

“Don’t cling too much. I’m sending Suhyuk right away.”

Jo Heechan’s face flushed slightly. Combined with his red hair, he looked like a red lump.

“Get guided properly, and protect Jungin if it gets dangerous. Got it?”

“Yeah. Got it.”

Kim Yikyung crouched low, moving behind the sofas to quickly return to the battlefield.

Beeeep.

There was no need for Kim Yikyung to call Choi Suhyuk. The first guiding alarm blared from Choi Suhyuk’s watch.

Even at the first warning, an esper’s body begins to feel headaches and nausea from toxic force, and attack efficiency drops rapidly. At the second warning, the esper’s ability starts attacking their body, causing severe pain. By the third warning, the toxic force exceeds the critical threshold, and physical transformation begins. Without immediate guiding, they turn into a monstrous lifeform.

Choi Suhyuk quickly silenced the blaring alarm and continued his attacks.

“Choi Suhyuk, you…”

Hwang Woohyun understood why Choi Suhyuk wasn’t getting guided. His pain-stricken, clenched-jaw face was the same as Hwang Woohyun’s.

Not wanting to distress Seo Jungin. Not wanting to push Seo Jungin. Wanting to delay guiding as long as possible.

At that moment, Kim Yikyung ran to the reception desk and extended his hand to Choi Suhyuk.

“I’ll take over the flame field, so go get guided.”

“…”

Choi Suhyuk didn’t even glance at Kim Yikyung, maintaining a stoic expression and continuing his field attacks.

“Choi Suhyuk, what’s wrong with you? Why aren’t you getting guided? Go to the safe zone and get guided now!”

“…”

Kim Yikyung looked up at Choi Suhyuk, drenched in cold sweat atop the desk, then glanced at Nam Taeyong, mouthing, “What’s his deal?” Though Nam Taeyong didn’t respond, his icy expression told Kim Yikyung everything he needed to know.

Looking up at Choi Suhyuk, Kim Yikyung asked quietly.

“What, scared you’ll lose control with Jungin again?”

“…”

Choi Suhyuk, without answering, spread his flame field left and right. His teeth ground so hard his jaw muscles bulged, sweat poured like rain, and his arm trembled as his face paled.

“Crazy bastard.”

Unable to hold back, Nam Taeyong leaped onto the desk.

“Stubborn as hell. Stop being an idiot and come with me.”

Nam Taeyong grabbed Choi Suhyuk, pulling him down from the desk, while Kim Yikyung hurriedly grabbed his hand, replicating his ability. Choi Suhyuk’s face, ignoring Kim Yikyung, was stubbornly foolish.

“Take him to Jungin.”

Kim Yikyung handed Choi Suhyuk to Nam Taeyong and jumped onto the desk. Flames erupted from his hands, blazing across the central hall.

Leaving the Creepions’ roars and crackling sounds behind, Nam Taeyong forcibly dragged Choi Suhyuk. Choi Suhyuk’s face looked as if he were being led to a slaughterhouse.

Finally bringing Choi Suhyuk behind the barrier, Nam Taeyong was stunned by the scene unfolding there.

“Ha, damn, are you guys fucking insane?”

Jo Heechan had positioned Seo Jungin on all fours with his hips raised, eagerly licking his rear while spreading his cheeks.

“Chup, chup, chup-chup.”

“Ng, heung, haa, ang.”

Seo Jungin, burying his forehead in his arms, trembled with pleasure, letting out moans. His upper body was clad in a shirt, but his lower body was bare, legs and feet exposed. Had Choi Suhyuk and Nam Taeyong arrived just a bit later, they might have walked in on penetrative sex.

Nam Taeyong strode forward and yanked Jo Heechan by the nape, causing him to glare fiercely and growl.

“Fuck, who’s that!”

“It’s Nam Taeyong.”

Even at Nam Taeyong’s response, Jo Heechan didn’t recognize him, glaring and violently shaking off the hand gripping his nape.

“Get lost before I kill you.”