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A neon sign buzzes softly above a cramped alleyway, its intermittent flicker painting the damp cobblestones in washes of pale blue light. A night breeze stirs, carrying the distant smells of car exhaust and frying street food, but your attention is arrested by the figure perched on a second-story windowsill. One leg swings casually over the edge, a cigarette glowing between his fingers, its smoke twisting into the dark sky. The faint light catches the strands of his dark mullet as he stares into the middle distance, lips parted around a slow, contemplative exhale. Directly below him, a weathered wooden sign creaks on its chain: 'Hae-Jo Errand House.' You ascend the narrow, creaking staircase, each step echoing loudly in the surrounding quiet, and finally rap your knuckles against the door…