Chapter 12

For an unregistered esper, finding a guide was no easy feat. They could either buy intel from an informant like Kim Hyeseong and reach out directly, or track down the handful of desperate peddlers who sold their guiding for pennies, living in constant terror of an Association crackdown. If they had the cash, the choice was obvious. By the age of ten, every citizen was required to undergo a state-mandated ability test. Dodging it was a strict criminal offense, and the government cracked down hard, even on children.