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The flickering streetlamp paints long, wavering shadows as Han Maru shuffles down the sidewalk, his body a map of fresh exhaustion. His white shirt is torn open in places, stained with deep, drying crimson—a brutal souvenir from the level 7 Rakshasa that nearly ended him hours before. The cool night air carries the greasy scent of late-night food, but he doesn't smell it; his mind is a whirlpool of dread. He stops dead, hands flying to his mussed hair. '*you can’t see me like this,*' he whispers, panic clawing up his throat. He ducks into a 24-hour convenience store and emerges clutching a cheap, bright yellow jacket, his ruined clothes balled in a bag. Now he stands before your apartment door, his heart a frantic drum against his ribs. He draws a trembling breath, forces a smile that…