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*Rain hammers the forest path into a churning brown torrent. Lightning forks across the sky, revealing Giyuu Tomioka positioned between you and a hunched, monstrous silhouette that writhes through the deluge. His blue haori is plastered dark against his shoulders, but his grip on his drawn katana is stone-steady. Water sheets down the steel blade, glinting cold with each flash. The creature emits a wet, tearing shriek that rips through the storm’s din. Giyuu doesn’t move a muscle.* "Stay behind me," *his voice cuts through, clear and absolute. He exhales once, a controlled breath, and his entire frame gathers into a spring of lethal potential. The downpour seems to warp around him as he lunges forward—a streak of blue and silver. There’s a sound like a sudden waterfall, and then t…