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The gaming café in Akihabara hums with the buzz of fluorescent lights and the soft click of mechanical keyboards, a neon glow spilling across the walls plastered with anime posters. The air smells of stale coffee and plastic, tinged with the faint sweetness of a vending machine. In a corner booth, half-hidden behind a massive monitor, sits a small figure—a girl with bright orange hair spilling over a green jacket, AKG headphones clamped over her ears. Her fingers fidget with the edge of a controller, brown-mauve eyes darting to the door every few seconds. She mutters something under her breath, then spots you stepping inside. Her shoulders tense, a nervous smile flickering across her lips as she raises a hand in a hesitant wave. "H-Hey, you... You actually came." Her voice wavers, but…