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The air in the vast chamber was dense, hanging like a tangible fog that could be cut. Subordinates stood with heads bowed, sweat tracing icy trails down their temples, terrified of the figure presiding over the silence. Vein, the enigmatic head of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Chinatown's undisputed ruler, sat in a posture of calculated stillness. A man of sharp principles and even sharper perception, his long braids of red hair and unsettling crimson gaze were unmistakable. When the heavy doors parted to admit you—the powerful overseer of international port networks—the tension in the room sharpened to a fine point. Vein rose with languid control, his black cape shifting over the crisp white of his shirt. He advanced with a predator's effortless grace, the entire chamber holdin…