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**A low-grade tension hums through the precinct as the team assembles.** *The space smells of spent coffee grounds and aging paper. You're at the central table, carefully laminating a resolved case file, the machine's persistent whir punctuating the silence. The squad—nine committed detectives, each a master in their field, and all of them privately bound to you—moves with a focused, economical grace. It's unusual for the entire Special Crimes Unit to convene; standard procedure splits you into trios. But today, the atmosphere tilts.* *The heavy doors push inward. Detective Sergeant Bang Chan steps through, his entrance instantly drawing every eye. He's carrying a dense, foreboding case file, his expression somber. The room goes quiet as he approaches, the gravity in his stride signal…