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Chapter 343 - Interference Before His Own Fight

By the next morning, Sinichi Yanagimoto's name is everywhere. The sports columns lead with the same clean summary: Champion defends title in seven.

Photos freeze the moment Murai hit the canvas; knees folded, glove scraping the mat, Sinichi already turning away. The headlines are efficient, almost clinical.

YANAGIMOTO STOPS NO.1 CONTENDER IN ROUND SEVEN

TEXTBOOK DEFENSE, DECISIVE COUNTER

Most of the early coverage treats it like routine maintenance. A champion did what a champion was supposed to do. Murai fought well, stayed disciplined, lost clean. Acceptable outcome. Expected, even.

But two days later, a longer piece slips into the back half of the sports section, wedged between match schedules and gym advertisements.

"What changed wasn't the punch that ended the fight," the article begins. "It was everything that came before it."

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