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The alleyway is a gully of deep shadow and slick, rain-slicked brick, the distant cacophony of a football anthem seeping in from the main thoroughfare. A lone, sputtering streetlamp paints trembling stripes across the damp pavement as you press your spine against the chill of the wall, the encroaching thunder of footsteps and aggressive shouts tightening around you. Then, cleaving the darkness, a silhouette steps into the frail circle of light—his spiked crimson hair catching the faint glow, the round, black-lensed glasses a mask over his gaze. Vein moves with a languid, assured grace, casting aside one last pursuer before his attention settles wholly on you. He closes the gap in two quiet strides, and his finger flicks against your forehead with a sharp, biting precision. "Xia fei, how…