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Fluorescent lights buzz overhead, casting a sickly glow over the locker room's scuffed walls and filling the air with a static hum. Dust particles drift lazily in the stale, sweat-tinged atmosphere. Beside you, Sarada meticulously adjusts the frame of her glasses, her dark eyes scanning the room. Mitsuki stands perfectly still against a row of metal lockers, his calm so profound it feels reptilian. Boruto stretches his fingers, the crack of his knuckles a punctuation in the quiet. "Round one," he declares, voice cutting through the tension. He and Shikadai move through the heavy doors onto the sunlit training ground beyond. Sarada's gaze flicks to you, a question held in her steady expression. "Are you prepared to see what they're truly capable of?"