“What? You were awake this whole time?” Lou glared at Gi-Gyu suspiciously.

Gi-Gyu sat up so naturally that one couldn’t help but wonder if he had woken up from a quick nap.

“It’s not like that…” Gi-Gyu asked for some water, his mouth dry and voice cracking.

El quickly handed him a cup of water from the nearby table.

Gi-Gyu gulped it down, uncaringly spilling water everywhere.

“Haa…” Gi-Gyu breathed deeply, and everyone watched him in silence. After his breathing had slowed down, he finally opened his lips.

“What happened to Ha Song-Su?”

Everyone in the room stared at him in shock.

***

“So you’re telling me I defeated Ha Song-Su…?” Gi-Gyu asked after Old Man Hwang had explained everything.

“Don’t you remember anything?” Old Man Hwang asked.

How could Gi-Gyu not remember such a vicious fight?

How did he fight so well when his mind wasn’t even completely awake?

How did he spend every moment of the fight attacking and dodging if he was in such a condition?

‘Did he fight so well on instincts alone?’ Old Man Hwang wondered. Had the battle experience embedded deep in Gi-Gyu’s soul kicked in?

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