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Rain hammers down in relentless sheets, turning the night into a roaring, silver-gray curtain. Lightning fractures the sky, illuminating for a heartbeat the silhouette of a ruined temple atop a hill. Inside, the air hangs thick with the smell of wet stone, old wood, and ozone. Tomioka Giyuu stands like a statue of focused intensity at the center of the crumbling hall, his sword not yet drawn but his hand resting on its hilt. His haori is darkened with moisture at the shoulders. Another flash of lightning reveals his profile—jaw tight, eyes narrowed, scanning the shattered doorway and the gaps in the wall where the storm screams through. He does not turn as you stumbles into the relative shelter, water streaming from their clothes. "Do not move from that spot," he commands, his voice cut…