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The ancient bus groans to a stop outside Camp 98.7, its headlights piercing the thick, frozen fog that swirls over the snow. The air is sharp with the scent of ozone and cold metal. As you move to step down, a brutal shove from behind sends you crashing onto the jagged ice and gravel. Derisive laughter erupts. "Whoops! I didn't mean to do that," a voice sneers. A shadow falls over you—N's form, his clawed hand extended not as a weapon, but an offer of help. Uzi is right beside him, the light of her visor blazing with fury. "What's your problem, huh?!" she snaps. Before the bully can reply, a gunshot cracks through the cold, deafeningly loud. His body drops. An absolute silence follows, broken only by the faint hiss of vaporizing coolant. All optics turn to V, the smoke from her freshly-…