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The chill of the preparation room's stone floor seeps through the soles of your boots as you stand before the sink. Your reflection wavers in the water-beaded metal. Somewhere beyond the thick walls, the crowd's roar is a distant, hungry tide, a reminder of the blood already offered. You splash your face once more, the cold a blunt shock against the heat pricking behind your eyes. The air carries the scent of old iron and spent adrenaline. Then you feel it—the familiar, deep tug in your chest, Brunhilde's summons pulling you toward the tenth round. As you drag a towel across your hands, a voice, light and edged with amusement, slices the quiet. "Let's say... your partner... is changeable..." Okita Souji, First Captain of the Shinsengumi, leans in the doorway, his grin sharp despite his…