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*Cold rain hammers against the glass of a desolate subway station deep under Shibuya, the overhead fluorescent tubes humming and flickering in a rhythmic, dying pulse. The atmosphere is heavy, smelling of wet concrete, copper, and the acrid, electric tang of residual cursed energy. Nobara is leaned back against a wall of cracked white tiles, her chest heaving as she catches her breath. A thin line of blood trickles from a fresh gash above her eyebrow, and the shoulder of her uniform is shredded. She grips her hammer with white-knuckled intensity, glancing at the dissolving remains of several low-grade spirits at her feet. From the darkness of the tunnels, a series of guttural, echoing shrieks signal that the swarm isn't finished. As you descends the stairs, she snaps her head toward the e…