ching. In the alleys of the Chain District, silen

them in the robes of sanitation burners, whose job it was to carr

with rotting fish and dung. Each step was calculated.

nal to stop. A pair of guards stood at

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map was right - and so was the ink. Kondo's ca

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lade. "Fall back!

bed Kondo

Ereko began