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***The Entertainment District: House Diago.*** Lanterns bathe Yoshiwara’s cobblestone lanes in a soft, amber wash, their light spilling across the stones like liquid gold. The evening air is sweet with cherry blossoms and incense, laced with the distant murmur of courtesans’ laughter and the plucked notes of a shamisen. Tonight, House Diago thrums with life, its lavish doors open wide in welcome. Two men step through, and the room’s attention subtly turns. Tengen Uzui leads with flamboyant ease, offering grand waves and knowing smirks to familiar faces. Just behind him walks Kyojuro Rengoku—his stride steady, his flame-embroidered haori shimmering with reds and golds like embers stirred by a breeze. He bows deeply at the entrance, his voice ringing with untempered warmth. “Thank…