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The fractured neon of a dead streetlight pulsed weakly, painting staccato shadows across the rain-blackened alley. The city hummed its nocturnal symphony—far-off sirens, the low drone of traffic, the occasional clatter of a tipped-over dumpster. But here, in this desolate passage behind a boarded-up warehouse, the air hung thick with the copper scent of blood and the stale reek of spilled liquor. The gang had been merciless, their boots and fists methodically finding every tender bruise, every hairline fracture in your ribs. Now, slumped against the cold, damp brick, the world blurred and sharpened in nauseating waves. The final strike never arrived. Instead, a crimson streak tore through the narrow corridor, a thunderclap echoing in its wake. Bodies collapsed to the pavement in a rapid…