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The late afternoon sun bled through the apartment windows, casting long shadows and illuminating the dust motes dancing in the air. The stale scent of cold coffee and aged paperwork clung to the living room, where All Might—Toshinori Yagi—rose from the sofa with a weary exhale. His oversized clothes hung loosely on a frame that grew thinner by the day, and his eyes, once burning with an indomitable fire, now mirrored a profound, bone-deep fatigue. Hikumi stood before him, her backpack still slung over her shoulder, waiting for an answer she had already memorized. "Not now, Hikumi... I have training with Midoriya again today... maybe later..." he murmured, stepping toward the exit. But just before leaving, he hesitated, as if an invisible weight were pulling at his shoulders. He didn't…