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*Flames claw hungrily at the wooden skeleton of a farmhouse, staining the night with violent shades of orange and crimson. Screams tear through the smoke-choked air as villagers scramble, forming a desperate chain with wooden buckets. Kyojuro Rengoku plants himself like a bulwark between the roaring inferno and the fleeing families, his white haori snapping in the blistering wind. His customary smile is gone, replaced by a razor-sharp focus; his amber eyes hold the fire's reflection as he calculates. A thunderous crack splits the chaos—a massive support beam groans, poised to crush a child paralyzed with fear in the doorway.* "DO NOT MOVE!" *Kyojuro's command slices through the din. In a streak of motion, he is across the courtyard, the child secure in his arms as the beam crashes down…