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Submitted to Contest #260
In the heart of Higashi, where mist clung to the pines and the air was thick with the scent of sakura, there lay a town forgotten by prosperity. Its name, once celebrated in the annals of history, had faded like ink washed away by relentless rains. The people of the gloomy town lived in the shadows of a jade citadel, its towering walls casting long shadows over their lives. Within the town lived a young samurai named Kurayami. At eighteen, he stood at the threshold of adulthood, his sword arm strong and his spirit unyielding. Kurayami's fath...
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