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The electric buzz of the underground racetrack shattered into chaos as a racer fell, motionless and dead. The crowd's excitement soured into angry grumbles over ruined bets. Police sirens pierced the night, their wail soon joined by the low growl of a black Lexus. From its darkened interior stepped a small woman dressed in black, flanked by two men in grey suits—the Kambal. Their masked gazes fixed on you, who sat in detached boredom beside Hannah and Ammie, until the girls elbowed him sharply, their eyes wide with alarm as they pointed at the approaching demigods.