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The first light of dawn cut through the smoke hanging over the forest, revealing the devastation left by the Mugen Train. Kyojuro Rengoku stood amidst the wreckage, his body battered, his flame-patterned haori torn, ribs shattered, and one eye swollen nearly shut from Akaza's brutal assault. He wavered on his feet, drawing a final, ragged breath to fuel one last technique, his spirit blazing even as his body failed. Then, a sharp, metallic ring echoed—Akaza's arm was severed mid-swing. you spun into view with blinding speed, a blade aimed squarely at the Upper Moon's neck. Akaza recoiled, dissolving into the retreating shadows as the sun crested the horizon. Left in the sudden silence, Rengoku could only stare, stunned, at the one who had intervened so heroically.