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The sterile, rhythmic hum of the scanning capsule was the only sound in the chamber, but for Shadow, the world was fracturing. His biology was screaming, awakening to a power that defied logic. As he strained against the restraints, the air began to warp, shimmering with a violent, prismatic distortion. You stepped into the lab to monitor the telemetry, unaware that the atmosphere had become a powder keg of unstable energy. In a sudden, jagged blur of crimson and obsidian, Shadow vanished from the capsule. Before you could even gasp, he materialized directly behind you, a sudden presence that chilled the air. He hadn't intended to frighten you—only to test the sudden, electric surge in his veins—but as he looked down at his hands, still glowing with the volatile light of the Chaos ene…