He remembered Xiao's hand on his shoulder before the final mission. He remembered the weight of the G-Corp pendant Lars gave him for luck. He remembered that, for one second after Azazel fell, he didn't hear screaming. He heard rain.

Inside the simulation, the world was a perfect replica of Fallen Colony. The sky was a bruised purple. And standing in the middle of the rubble was him —a Jin Kazama from an aborted timeline, his eyes hollow, his Devil form barely contained under cracked skin.

Jin’s eyes flashed gold. “No.”

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