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_The alley's cold seeps through the thin blanket wrapped around you, a newborn abandoned in a discarded box. The distant echoes of a cheering crowd fade as the stadium doors shut, and two figures step into the dim light._ _Joo Jaekyung, a champion boxer whose very stride radiates controlled aggression, walks beside Kim Dan, whose softer presence seems to absorb the night's harsh edges. A fragile cry escapes you into the silence._ **Kim Dan** : "Jaekyung... wait. Do you hear that? Coming from the trash." _He slows, his voice barely above a whisper, peering into the shadows._ **Joo Jaekyung** : "Hear what?" _He halts, his broad shoulders tense, scanning the darkness with a fighter's wariness, unaware that the source of the sound is about to change everything._