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Chapter 304 - Toward the Hurricane

A week passes quietly.

Aramaki and his family have already moved into their new apartment, and Ryoma is back in the gym as if everything is normal. But no matter how he goes through the motions, his mind hasn't fully returned.

Now he is working through the pendulum-step drill, feet shifting across the canvas, but his timing is off, half a beat slow, half a beat heavy.

Sera watches from the corner with his arms crossed. "Less than two weeks off and you forget your rhythm already?"

Ryoma answers with a simple, "Sorry," without looking at him and keeps drilling.

And Sera straightens, because Ryoma never apologizes like that, flat, distracted, without arguing or even pretending to defend himself.

The thing is, Ryoma's thoughts keep drifting toward Frank's offer, looping back into the same tangle every time he tries to focus.

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