Guide Me If You Dare novel Chapter 77

Chapter 77: PRIVILEGED

WHEW.

Yuno knew that he had succeeded in "unclogging" Mo Hanjin’s Core when he felt the warm and sticky liquid between his nose and upper lip.

Yep, he got a nosebleed.

"Yuno, here."

Leehan handed Yuno a handkerchief, which he accepted with a grateful heart.

"Thank you, Hyung."

"How do you feel, Guide Mo Hanjin-ssi?" Bambi asked while looking down at Mo Hanjin. "Did your ability return?"

"Yes, Team Leader," Mo Hanjin said politely. "I can feel my Mana flowing again."

"That’s a relief," Bambi said, and then he turned to Noh Yuno. "Chief Kim told us to let you go after doing the job here, so you may leave now, Guide Noh Yuno-ssi."

"Thank you, Team Leader," Yuno said, bowing politely towards Bambi and Ryu Sungbin. "I’ll go ahead."

Bambi and Ryu Sungbin only nodded.

Yuno then left the NGB Infirmary with Leehan, only opening his mouth when they were already waiting for the elevator. "Leehan Hyung, if you’re going to laugh, then laugh. Stop faking a cough."

And Leehan really did burst out laughing. "I couldn’t laugh because Esper Ryu Sungbin-ssi was so damn scary."

"What was even funny, Hyung?"

"You."

"Me?"

"You didn’t open your mouth for a year after Noa Hyung-nim rescued us from the Lab," Leehan said after he calmed down from laughing. "Then one day, you spoke to us for the first time. You really gave Noa Hyung-nim a piece of your mind back then."

Ah, right.

Sajangnim did something really stupid back then, so I got mad and lashed out at him.

"I’m really glad that you haven’t changed at all since then, Yuno. You still say whatever you want no matter who your opponent is."

"Well, I can only do and say reckless things because I’m privileged as Sajangnim’s person. And, now, I also gained the privilege of being Esper Ki Gayoon-ssi’s exclusive Guide," Yuno said, pausing for a moment. "I need to at least have this much privilege for our plan to succeed."

"The privilege you have only worked on the government because they don’t want to mess with Noa Hyungnim and Esper Ki Gayoon-ssi. But you know that’s not enough, right?" Leehan asked. "Ultimately, the ones you have to influence are the Guides."

"It’s hard to find the right balance, though. I just want people to stop treating Guides like second-class citizens, but that doesn’t mean I hate all Espers," Yuno said, sighing. "And just because I want to be supportive of Guides, as I am one, doesn’t mean I support their wrongdoings. Hyung, why am I so nosy?"

Yuno just wanted to mind his own business.

But who am I kidding? I can’t ignore it when shitty things happen right in front of me.

"Isn’t it obvious? It’s because you know you can change the world."

Yuno let out a frustrated sigh. "I want to smack the younger me for being so ambitious back then."

"Too late to regret it, bro," Leehan said while chuckling. "You can’t back out now since you’re the center of our plan."

Aigoo.

Well, I made a promise with my fellow E-Class Guides, so I have no intention to back out. But I’m allowed to complain.

Yuno’s thoughts were only interrupted when the elevator arrived.

And when the doors opened...

"Yuno-ssi."

"Hyung!"

Oh.

Lee Sarang and Kim Jaeha came out of the elevator and greeted Yuno enthusiastically.

Why are they being so friendly with me?

But since Lee Sarang was older and Kim Jaeha was technically higher in ranking than Yuno, he bowed his head politely towards the two.

"Hello."

Lee Sarang and Kim Jaeha were about to greet Yuno back when...

"Esper Lee Sarang-ssi, Guide Kim Jaeha-ssi."

It was Bambi and Ryu Sungbin.

"Esper Lee Sarang-ssi, go and see your Guide," Bambi said sternly. "Guide Kim Jaeha-ssi, follow me. Esper Matthew-ssi told me you refused to guide him, so I need to hear your side of the story."

Yuno was surprised to hear that.

Kim Jaeha refused to guide Esper Matthew-ssi?

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"YOONYOON, you’re waiting for Yuyu?"

This sly fox is arguably the richest man in the country, and he has plenty of connections to other countries— connections that he made by inventing Guiding Pills and aphrodisiacs. It won’t be an exaggeration to say that Moon Noa built his empire based on what Guides and Espers need for their intimate Guiding Sessions.

Moon Noa knows Noh Yuno’s true value, so he’s using the punk to mess with the government on purpose.

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