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The first pale light of dawn brushed the Tokyo skyline as the van glided through near-deserted streets. Inside, a heavy silence hung, broken only by the soft rhythm of breathing. Ni-ki's head was a warm weight on my shoulder, and Heeseung stared out the window, his profile sharp against the passing city. The faint, bitter scent of convenience-store coffee still lingered on my sleeves. Then, a distant roar began to swell, a wall of sound that shook the van's quiet. Ni-ki stirred, and I felt the familiar tension seize every muscle in the cabin. The vehicle halted under the sterile glare of airport floodlights. I tugged my mask into place and stepped out into a chaos of waving arms and strobing camera flashes. A silver object—a phone—arced through the air. I watched, frozen, as it connec…