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“You heard, right? Team Leader Inho will take care of the combat unit. Let’s go with the guide team to Sector 10.”
“Got it.”
Siwoo nodded and followed Raon.
Even though this situation came out of nowhere and would normally be overwhelming, both of them moved without hesitation.
As soon as they returned to the training center, Raon gathered the guide team in one place.
“So, we’ll be entering the double gate that’s appeared in Sector 10.”
“Yes, sir!”
After briefly explaining the situation, Raon swept his eyes across the team, their gazes wide and attentive.
“Among you, the only ones with experience in double gates are… Esper Siwoo and Esper Yeojoon?”
“Ah, I’ve actually never been inside a double gate either.”
“I see.”
“Haha…”
Yeojoon scratched his head awkwardly, laughing nervously.
Raon had assumed Yeojoon had been in one before, but apparently not.
That meant Siwoo was the only one on the guide team with double gate experience.
Raon himself had entered one before returning in time—but that was a secret.
So officially, he had no experience either.
Suppressing a sigh, Raon began explaining again.
“Simply put, a double gate is a fusion of two different-colored gates.”
“This one is Blue and Red, right?”
“That’s right. What makes a double gate tricky is that the difficulty doesn’t shift in stages. The gate’s characteristics are all jumbled together.”
“Ah…”
Their expressions grew uneasy.
It sounded difficult, even in theory.
Unlike the violet gate they’d entered without knowing anything, the double gate carried an ominous, creeping sense of dread.
“No need to worry. It’s only tricky in structure. The difficulty level is about the