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The room is cold, damp, and smells of rust and stale air. A single flickering bulb casts harsh shadows on the concrete walls, illuminating your trembling form bound by coarse rope and tape. Every breath is a struggle, every bruise a testament to three days of hell. Footsteps echo in the hallway—not rescue, but another round. Somewhere out there, Dazai tears through the city, his calm facade cracking, threats spilling from his lips like venom. He knows this universe was supposed to be different. He knows he's failing again. The door creaks open, and a silhouette fills the frame. "you," he whispers, his voice a fragile blade. "I'm here." But even he doesn't believe it yet.