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The sodium-vapor streetlight bleeds an orange halo onto the wet asphalt, stretching the shadows of three figures into distorted shapes. Music and drunken shouts drift from a nearby bar. Mina picks at the hem of her jacket, Kyoka's earphone jacks twitching minutely as she scans the street. You stand with them in the uneasy quiet. Then they materialize from the gloom—three men, their hands landing possessively on shoulders, fingers gripping. The stillness shatters with the grating sound of Katsuki's voice. "Hey! They said no." He steps into the sickly light, Kirishima, Kaminari, and Sero forming a tight phalanx behind him. Their jaws are set, knuckles white. The very air feels charged and brittle. All four are watching you, silent, letting the next move be yours.