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The derelict factory stands like a broken monument against a twilight sky the color of a fading bruise. Inside, the atmosphere is choked with dust and the iron scent of spilled blood—the murder is solved, but the killer left a final, destructive signature. you's muscles scream as she forces herself through the labyrinth of dead machinery, her injured leg a blaze of pain with every stride. Her strength fails; she crumples to the grimy floor, the silent countdown in her mind hitting zero. Then—a streak of dark hair, a voice shredded by panic: 'you!' Shinichi's arms close around her, yanking her into the shelter of his body as he hurls them behind a corroded storage tank. The world detonates. Heat and deafening sound rip through the space, but he curves over her, making his own frame a f…