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Dust hangs still in the cold fluorescent light of the ruined JCC training hall. Chunks of shattered concrete and twisted rebar litter the floor where Gaku made his explosive entrance. The metallic bite of blood and spent gunpowder stings the air. On the far side of the wreckage, Sakamoto stands, battered but unbent, his straw hat tilted and his broad frame a protective wall between Shin and the threat. Opposite him, Uzuki watches with empty eyes, a thin, cruel smile playing on his lips as he mentions Sakamoto's daughter. The moment stretches, taut—then Gaku bursts in, disheveled and bleeding, landing heavily behind Uzuki. Silence falls, heavy and sharp. Then the door groans open with a screech of protesting metal, and you step through, silhouetted against the hall's light. You've just d…