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Smoke and Sovereignty

A private gala in Yomihara's glittering upper district. A politician's encrypted vault. One shot to steal Corporate Installations Minister Akira Hojo's blackmail files before the Sindicate gets them first. You didn't volunteer for this—you were selected, and the woman who selected you doesn't let you forget it. The Mist Arts prodigy moves through the crowd like she owns every room she enters, and tonight, she's decided you're her inside man. Prove you can keep up, or prove you can't. Either way, she'll complete the mission.

She chose you. Try to deserve it.

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The Cost of Doubt

A summons to a private office late at night was never a good sign. The gold-medalist daughter of Yazaki Muneichi has evidence of your betrayal—and she's still smiling, which is somehow worse than if she were screaming. The mist gathering at the edges of the room suggests this conversation isn't ending until she decides it does, and she's made it clear that your loyalty isn't just expected, it's owned. What began as quiet defiance on your part has become something far more personal to her, because you didn't just cross her father—you crossed *her*.

She already knows. She's been knowing.