#043
Choi Hanseo stared at Eunseok with a momentarily hardened gaze. But upon seeing Eunseok’s eyes filled with firm resolve, he let out a soft sigh.
“…The subject is S-class. If they’re on the verge of going berserk, contact guiding won’t be enough.”
Eunseok slightly raised the corner of his mouth in a smile and asked Choi Hanseo:
“Why? Are you jealous?”
“I can’t say I’m not.”
Choi Hanseo affirmed with a voice tinged with mild irritation.
“Then I’ll accompany you.”
Choi Hanseo said, his voice still laced with annoyance. Eunseok had no intention of entering the tiger’s den that was the Ability Management Bureau alone anyway. He nodded without much hesitation.
As they walked side by side to the first floor main entrance, a car sent by the Ability Management Bureau was already waiting. In front of the car, the deputy director of the Management Bureau, whom Eunseok had seen before, was pacing anxiously.
“Guide Lee Eunseok!”
As soon as they crossed the main entrance, the deputy director’s face lit up.
“Come on, hurry up and get in.”
The deputy director urged, opening the car door himself as if there was no time for further greetings. It was understandable, given that an S-class esper’s life was hanging in the balance. Eunseok got in, followed by Choi Hanseo in the back seat. The deputy director frowned slightly upon seeing Choi Hanseo get in but quickly climbed into the passenger seat as if there was no time to question it.
The car sped off like mad, truly in a rush. On top of the car, a siren typically found on police or fire trucks blared loudly. It was a privilege of the Ability Management Bureau. Receiving the right of way from other vehicles, the car raced at top speed and came to a screeching halt in front of a large building.
In front of the main entrance where the vehicle stopped, four or five people in white coats stood with pale, worried faces.
“Come on. Get out quickly.”
The deputy director, who had jumped out of the car, opened the back door and urged them. Choi Hanseo got out first, moving as leisurely as usual. Eunseok followed, nimbly extracting himself from the car.
“Guide Lee Eunseok! The situation is not good!”
A woman in a white coat said, her face pale, almost clinging to him. Her face was full of worry and concern.
“Let’s go quickly.”
As Eunseok spoke, the people hurriedly led the way. They started walking quickly at first, but soon began to almost run.
As they boarded the elevator, the woman from earlier explained the situation.
“There’s an A-class guide whose matching rate with Sunwoo is close to 50, but unfortunately, they caught a severe flu yesterday and are out of their mind with a high fever. They tried to force themselves to guide while on an IV drip but collapsed, and although another guide is guiding now, Sunwoo’s readings are so bad that there’s no sign of improvement.”
The woman, whether a researcher or medical staff, poured out her words almost in tears.
Ding-.
The elevator stopped. The people rushed out again, quickly walking and guiding Eunseok.
After going a little way down the corridor, an open space appeared. Beyond the space, a thick-looking iron door was visible.
Outside the iron door, which had a “No Entry Except Authorized Personnel” sign, people stood as if surrounding it. These individuals, all wearing tense expressions, looked to be in their early to mid-twenties at most.
“Choi Hanseo…!”
“It’s an S-class guide!”
“Eunseok really came!”
Those standing around let out small exclamations. Expressions of relief appeared on their faces. Having spent time in the same building with hunters, Eunseok could sense that they were all espers belonging to the Ability Management Bureau. They seemed to be on standby in case the S-class esper went berserk.
The thick iron door opened.
Beep-! Beep-! Beep-! Beep-!
The alarm sound from the watch, which Eunseok had heard during the emergency guiding of the former White Tiger Guild member, pierced his ears. The scene inside was very similar to the previous situation.
“Argh-! Ugh… Aaah…”
A man lying on a hospital bed writhed and groaned in pain, his body convulsing. His face and bare upper body were stained red with blood flowing from his nose, ears, and mouth. Wide leather belts restraining the man’s body to the bed barely prevented him from falling off. Judging by how they withstood the S-class esper’s struggles, they seemed to be special restraints made from gate byproducts.
A woman could be seen desperately trying to press her lips against the man’s, holding his face with both hands as he writhed in pain. But his struggles were so severe that their lips could barely meet properly.
“Sunwoo! Just hold on a little longer! Try to stay still for a moment!”
The woman attempting membrane guiding, her lips covered in blood, cried as she tried her best to maintain lip contact.
“Aaaargh! Aah!”
But the esper seemed completely deaf to the female guide’s voice, continuing to writhe in pain. The metal bed rattled with his convulsions. Near the bed, a tray containing various drug vials and syringes, presumably used on the esper, lay haphazardly discarded.
“Guide Lee Eunseok!”
The woman in the white coat called out to Eunseok urgently. At that sharp cry, almost like a scream, the female guide attempting guiding jerked her head up.
The guide’s eyes widened as she recognized Eunseok’s face. The despair hanging in her eyes visibly vanished in an instant.
“Please save him! Guide! Please save our Sunwoo-!”
The female guide cried out, almost screaming. Eunseok walked towards the bed, taking off and throwing aside his T-shirt.
Eunseok sat astride the convulsing esper. Then, bending down to press his upper body as close as possible, he began guiding at maximum output. The esper’s body greedily devoured Eunseok’s guiding energy like a starving beast.
The energy being sucked in was tremendous. It was dizzying for a moment. It was on a completely different level from emergency guiding a B-class hunter. Eunseok gritted his teeth and raised his guiding output to the maximum.
“Urgh… Ugh…”
After a while, the violent convulsions subsided a little. But the trembling of the body, still shaking slightly, didn’t stop at all. Checking the watch, the readings were still red. This was clearly not a problem that could be solved with simple contact guiding. Membrane guiding was necessary.
Eunseok glanced to the side as he pulled away his upper body. A short distance away, Choi Hanseo stood tall, staring at Eunseok with an expressionless face. As their eyes met, Choi Hanseo’s eyes narrowed slightly. He seemed quite displeased. But he nodded slowly, as if to say ‘do as you wish’.
Eunseok firmly grasped the trembling man’s face with both hands. Up close, the blood-covered face still showed traces of youth. The pupils under the twitching eyelids were fully dilated. Veins bulged on his forehead, ready to burst, testament to the immense pain he was experiencing.
Eunseok pressed firmly on the jaw joint to prevent tongue-biting and forcibly opened the mouth, then lowered his upper body to press his lips against the blood-covered mouth. The pungent smell of blood assaulted his nose. Despite the nausea rising from the strong smell and taste of blood, he suppressed it and deeply entwined his tongue, causing the body beneath him to twitch in immediate response.
“…Uh… Uuh…”
The esper’s groans were gradually weakening. Through the connected lips and deeply entwined tongues, an enormous amount of guiding energy was continuously being sucked in. The S-class esper on the verge of going berserk sucked and sucked Eunseok’s energy like an insatiable demon.
This bloody kiss continued for quite some time. The esper’s tongue, which had been stiff despite the licking and sucking, gradually softened and at some point began to entwine and pull at Eunseok’s tongue like a snake. Checking the esper’s eyes right in front of him, Eunseok could see that some focus had returned to them.
Eunseok tried to raise his upper body for a moment to check the esper’s readings. The esper, sensing this intention with uncanny perception, bit down on Eunseok’s tongue and strongly sucked on his lips.
“…!”
Slurp-. Suck-.
The sound of rough biting and sucking of lips and tongue echoed. Beneath Eunseok’s seated hips, a heavy sensation had appeared at some point. It was clearly an erection.
The restrained esper thrust his hips, rubbing his genitals against Eunseok’s buttocks.
‘This crazy bastard…’
Eunseok inwardly cursed while firmly pressing on the jaw joint with his hand.
“Ugh-!”
The esper let out a pained groan. Eunseok separated their tightly sealed lips and raised his upper body. Turning his head, he saw that the watch on the wrist restrained by the belt showed a light orange color. It was a reading that indicated some discomfort and pain, but a clear mind.
Having confirmed the esper’s state through the readings, Eunseok, overcome by rising anger, struck the guy’s head hard with his hand.
At the sound of the hit, the people surrounding them gasped.
“Let’s leave the rest to another guide.”
Eunseok said irritably as he got off the bed.
As he wiped his lips, covered in saliva and blood, with his forearm, Choi Hanseo approached. At some point, he had taken off his suit jacket and draped it over Eunseok’s shoulders. As Choi Hanseo’s ever-present scent enveloped him, Eunseok’s feelings of disgust and irritation slowly subsided.
Choi Hanseo cleaned Eunseok’s lips and around his mouth thoroughly with an alcohol-soaked gauze. Eunseok expressed his gratitude with his eyes.
“Gu-guide! I’m still in pain! I’m not okay yet!”
The esper, tightly bound by the restraining belts, shouted while thrashing his body.
“Shut up, Park Sunwoo. Before I cut off that little dick of yours.”
Choi Hanseo warned in a low voice, looking at the esper with cold eyes. At that, the esper closed his mouth and fell silent.
