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There's been so much going on lately…
There's also the final exam to prepare for, which will take up a week's time. There won't be any issues tomorrow, and I surely won't hold things up.
Everyone just consider it an anti-theft measure...
In the dense forest, several figures hurried along, their faces and necks covered with bloodstains from the scratches of tree branches.
"Ha, huh, hah-heh."
Matsumoto Kiyotaka panted heavily, his trachea burning as if touched by fire, his saliva thick as glue blocking his throat, almost making him retch, while his legs shook uncontrollably, nearly bringing him to his knees on the ground.
The mountain route was too difficult to run on, with bushes and stones everywhere, making it easy to twist an ankle.
The performance of a 5-kilometer run back in the police academy had long been worn away by the years.