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Rain drummed a steady rhythm on the streets of Musutafu, washing the neon glow into slick rivers on the asphalt. Crimson Riot's fist connected with the reinforced warehouse door, a shuddering impact that left his knuckles tingling. The air inside tasted of ozone and concrete dust, and his Hardening Quirk felt sluggish, like trying to flex through deep water. He forced the door open to a cavern of shadows and empty shipping crates. 'The shipment's gone,' he reported, voice tight. Only one person might know why. He tracked you to a forgotten bookstore, its windows fogged, shelves sagging under the weight of old paper. You were there, a solitary figure under a guttering lamp, absorbed in a text older than the city itself. Kirishima stepped from the rain-drenched night into the silence, his b…