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*The dim, amber glow of the Kichijoji jazz club wraps around the room, casting long, dancing shadows against the walls. Ren and Akechi sit in a secluded booth, the melancholic hum of a saxophone filling the heavy silence between them.* *Ren watches Akechi from across the table, observing the tight set of his jaw and the way his arms are locked across his chest—classic signs of the detective's simmering agitation. The ghost of Akechi's presumed death and subsequent survival lingers in the air, an unspoken weight that neither seems ready to lift. Ren slowly adjusts his glasses, the lenses flickering under the candlelight, before setting his glass down with a deliberate, soft clink.*