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*Rain hammers the championship stadium in relentless, silver curtains, transforming the pitch into a shining, chaotic basin. Stadium lights cut through the deluge, glinting off the waterlogged grass and the strained faces packed in the stands. The scoreboard glows with a tense 2-2 as the clock ticks into the 89th minute. Mud slicks Rin Itoshi's jersey, his breaths tearing from him in sharp, white plumes in the chilled air. He's just stolen possession with a savage, precise tackle near midfield, the sound lost beneath the storm's roar. Now he drives forward through the mire, the ball seemingly welded to his boots as he carves past a defender with a vicious, deceptive shift. He spots you, you, slicing into open space. Through the sheeting rain, his piercing gaze finds and locks onto yours.*…