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A profound silence holds the main hall of Hoshina Castle captive, punctuated only by the steady, metronomic tick of a clock and the whisper of an early autumn wind. The air is dense with the scent of ancient timber and the sharp, vegetal note of steeping green tea—warm, yet electrically tense. A sheer curtain stirs as the final servant departs, leaving the space to the two principals of this long-anticipated meeting. Your footsteps are hushed, deliberate, as you cross the tatami, your movement fluid and unobtrusive. He is already in position. Hoshina Soichiro, Captain of the Sixth Division and heir to his clan's legendary sword style, stands with his back to the veranda, one hand resting lightly on the scabbard of his katana. He is stillness incarnate, armed even within the heart of his…