()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()||<黑屏2> <BIN>22</BIN>:...In the Factory of the Griffin base.+CZ75, NZ75, and P90 have been safely returned to the base. Upon inspection, their bodies don't seem to be damaged and their neural clouds are stable.
NPC-Kalin(4)<Speaker>Kalina</Speaker>||:Commander, should we perform a more in-depth check?
CZ75(4)<Speaker>CZ75</Speaker>||:I'm fine, Commander.
NZ75(0)<Speaker>NZ75</Speaker>||:Sorry we made you worry...
P90(4)<Speaker>P90</Speaker>||:Commander! Are we dreaming?
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:I'm just glad that you're alright. Right, where has Ouroboros gone?
CZ75(4)<Speaker>CZ75</Speaker>||:Ouroboros...
NZ75(0)<Speaker>NZ75</Speaker>||<黑屏1>:...
()<Speaker>CZ75</Speaker>||<黑屏2> <BIN>387</BIN><BGM>10258</BGM>:What...are you doing?
()||<黑点1>:CZ75 is thrown off by a sudden burst of force. By the time she has gathered her wits, Ouroboros and Jashin-chan are already standing in the middle of an eruption of red light.+Their hands are tightly clasped, and rampant mana surges over the surface of the land. Sinister black shadows rise from within the torrent of mana and morph into vicious monsters...
CZ75(4)<Speaker>CZ75</Speaker>||<黑点2> <BIN>384</BIN><common_effect>%%code=RedScreen%%</common_effect>:Ouroboros! What are you doing?!
Weaver(7)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:Mind your own business... Now go!
()||:Ouroboros' face looks incredibly strained. Red mana surging from Jashin-chan's hand writhes up Ouroboros' arm like bulging veins. +There is a clear disparity in their respective power, and Jashin-chan's mana is overwhelming Ouroboros.
CZ75(4)<Speaker>CZ75</Speaker>||:Jashin-chan! +Please stop already! Ouroboros can't take it!
()||:Jashin-chan remains unconscious and unresponsive. +CZ75 jumps into the swell of mana. Soon, the mana starts crawling up her legs, as though she were wading through lava. CZ75's mind begins to melt and sink....
CZ75(4)<Speaker>CZ75</Speaker>||:Ouroboros! +You'll suffer backlash for using a power that doesn't belong to our world! +You may never be able to go back to Griffin again!
Weaver(3)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:There's something...that I need to do.
()||:The blood-red mana is about to surmount Ouroboros' shoulder.
CZ75(4)<Speaker>CZ75</Speaker>||:Even if it means you'll end up stranded in another world?
Weaver(3)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:Exactly.
NZ75(0)<Speaker>NZ75</Speaker>||:CZ! We'll help too!
Weaver(7)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:Are you all morons?! I told you to mind your own damn business!
()||:CZ75 puts down her weapon and takes Ouroboros' other hand. +Through ten tightly-laced fingers, CZ75 helps alleviate part of the burden.
CZ75(4)<Speaker>CZ75</Speaker>||:Right now, we're a team!
Weaver(7)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:Are you STILL pulling this crap at a time like this?!
NZ75(0)<Speaker>NZ75</Speaker>||:Those are the rules in Griffin! However many Dolls go out, that's how many that have to come back!
P90(4)<Speaker>P90</Speaker>||:That's right! That's how it is!
()||:NZ75 leads P90 to CZ75's side. Their hands are firmly linked too.
CZ75(4)<Speaker>CZ75</Speaker>||:We'll lend you our processing power, so make sure you do what you need to do. +Then we'll all go home together.
Weaver(3)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:...
()||<黑屏1>:The scalding mana flows between their hands and strange, unfamiliar scenes begin to flash before CZ75's eyes...
CZ75(4)<Speaker>CZ75</Speaker>||<黑屏2><关闭蒙版><BIN>22</BIN><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:And I don't know what happened after that...
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:What?! So Ouroboros was working with Jashin-chan? +No wonder this realm had an effect on Dolls when it was opening up... +So she's using mana to physically manifest a neural cloud computational space...
NPC-Kalin(4)<Speaker>Kalina</Speaker>||:But why would she do that?
CZ75(4)<Speaker>CZ75</Speaker>||:Ouroboros said she had something she needed to do.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>|| <SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:Agent, do you have any ideas?
BOSS-8(0)<Speaker>Agent</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>I believe so.</color>+<color=#00CCFF>I'll go stop Ouroboros and bring her back. A reprimand will soon follow.</color>
BOSS-8(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><通讯框>||:Agent?
BOSS-8(0)<Speaker>Agent</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>As for exactly what it was that she needed to do, I'll let Ouroboros tell you herself.</color>
()||<SE1>AVG_tele_disconnect</SE1><黑屏1>:Agent ends the call.
()||<黑屏2><BIN>332</BIN><BGM>GF_21winter_avg_pathfinder</BGM>:...In an empty data simulation space. +The ghost that has always been haunting Ouroboros stands at the very center, her trademark smile on her face.
NPC-Jormungand(0)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>||:Hi, Little Snake. Long time no see. ♪
Weaver(3)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:...
NPC-Jormungand(0)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>||:Huh, that's strange. There's something different about you. +Oh, I know, why are you armed with that weird axe? +Looks kinda unwieldy.
Weaver(3)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:...
()||:Jormungandr paces around Ouroboros in a circle, staring her up and down with curiosity.
NPC-Jormungand(1)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>||:Hey, did they beat your voice out of you?
()||:Ouroboros returns Jormungandr's gaze wordlessly. She now understands why she decided to help that stupid snake build her perfect world. +It was never her intention to avoid returning to the Griffin base. +All she wanted was this moment. +A chance to face Jormungandr once more.
Weaver(3)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:Get lost.
NPC-Jormungand(0)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>||:Hahaha, it's a relief to see you this lively. +I was actually worried about whether I could go all out fighting you if they had actually smacked you silly.
Weaver(5)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:Cut the crap. Let's do this.
()||<黑点1>:Ouroboros initiates an attack without waiting for Jormungandr's reply...
()||<黑点2>:...
NPC-Jormungand(0)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>||:Say, Little Snake. Is this world a simulated data space, or does it really exist?
()||:Jormungandr picks up a rock from the ground and throws it forcefully into the distance.
NPC-Jormungand(1)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>||:Now, does this sim space have upgraded sensory feedback systems, or... +Is this the real world? +... +Why aren't you saying anything, Little Snake?
()||:Jormungandr looks down and grins at Ouroboros, who is pinned underneath her. She gives her an affectionate pat.
Weaver(3)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:...
NPC-Jormungand(0)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>||:Ah, sorry, I suppose it's hard to say anything when I'm sitting on your back. +You know what I think? I'm guessing this is a dream of mine. +I mean, Little Snake coming at me with an axe? That's entirely unrealistic.
()||:At the sight of the axe that is deeply embedded in the ground, Ouroboros silently curses Agent for the thousandth time for confiscating her floating cannons.
NPC-Jormungand(1)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>||:Hey. I'm actually dead, aren't I? +I remember I lost that survival battle.
Weaver(3)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:Yes, I killed you with my own hands.
()||:Jormungandr languidly shifts more weight onto Ouroboros' back.
NPC-Jormungand(0)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>||:My my, then why do I remember throwing the match for you, hm?
NPC-Jormungand(0);Weaver(7)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:(Groans)
NPC-Jormungand(0)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>;Weaver(7)||:Is that why you've resurrected me? +So that you could kill me again with your own strength? To prove that you're worth something, however pathetic it might be?
NPC-Jormungand(0);Weaver(3)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:What the hell do you know?
NPC-Jormungand(0)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>;Weaver(3)||:Hahahahaha... +Well, I have to hand it to you. I don't know how much time has passed, but you haven't changed at all, Little Snake.
NPC-Jormungand(0);Weaver(3)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:I've become stronger. I just lost my strength because of an accident. +Otherwise you'd have been blasted into paste by now.
NPC-Jormungand(2)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>;Weaver(3)||:... +You still don't understand at all, do you?
NPC-Jormungand(2);Weaver(3)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:What?
NPC-Jormungand(2)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>;Weaver(3)||:If—
NPC-Jormungand(2)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>||:If I were to take your life right now, what would you do?
()||:Jormungandr shifts her position. She is now kneeling on Ouroboros' back, her hands wrapped tightly around Ouroboros' neck.
Weaver(7)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:...
NPC-Jormungand(2)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>||:Would you cry and beg for mercy, or would you take your revenge in the next life?
()||<黑屏1>:Ouroboros' vision slowly turns black...
()<Speaker>Hunter</Speaker>||<黑屏2> <BIN>9</BIN>:War is not chess! You're neglecting too many factors, Ouroboros! You will soon regret this!
()<Speaker>Executioner</Speaker>||:That's why Ouroboros is someone that does whatever she wants...
()<Speaker>Architect</Speaker>||:What about you, Ouroboros? Do you like yourself?
()<Speaker>Agent</Speaker>||:Survive by any means necessary. That IS your specialty, after all.
()||:The voices in her memories gradually grow indistinct...
()<Speaker>Agent</Speaker>||<黑屏1>:Then I'll give you a weapon to protect yourself, once again. Griffin's squads dug it out of your old lair. +It can only be used once, so please make sure you use it when it counts.
()||<黑屏2><BIN>332</BIN>:With great effort, Ouroboros takes out the wadded-up picture, and with her last breath she shouts at Jormungandr.
Weaver(7)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:VENOMOUS DESCENT!
NPC-Jormungand(0)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>||:Heh?
()||:Nothing happens.
Weaver(7)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:Agent, you tricked me again!
()||:Just before Ouroboros angrily throws the wad away, she notices the program written on the back of the picture.
Weaver(3)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:...
NPC-Jormungand(0)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>||:What kind of super move are you using? It's got one hell of a windup delay...
()||:Jormungandr yawns impatiently, but before she can mime herself dramatically nodding-off, she is thrown off by the sudden surge of energy that emanated from Ouroboros.
NPC-Jormungand(0)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>||:Hahahahaha! I knew you wouldn't go down so easily! +Magnificent, Little Snake! You're simply magnificent!
()||:Ouroboros rises to her feet, her former strength having now returned to her in full. +She once again picks up the axe lodged in the ground.
Weaver(6)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||<黑屏1>:Come then, Jormungandr. +Let's settle this once and for all.
()||<黑屏2><BIN>384</BIN><common_effect>%%code=RedScreen%%</common_effect><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:...On the other side of the park.
Jashinchan(8)<Speaker>Jashin-chan</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||<BGM>GF_Jyashinchan_Story_JSC</BGM>:Why hasn't Little Snake come back yet...? +I'm sick of playing pachinko...
()||:Jashin-chan waves her hand and the pachinko machines, along with the sea of pachinko balls, vanish instantly.
Jashinchan(8)<Speaker>Jashin-chan</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:The gachapon machines are getting boring too...
()||:Jashin-chan tosses away her special-edition Tsuchinoko gachapon and stares dejectedly into the distance.
Jashinchan(8)<Speaker>Jashin-chan</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:Did something happen to Little Snake? +If only someone else were here...
()||:Jashin-chan's heart feels hollow and empty at the thought of the others.
()<Speaker>Jashin-chan</Speaker>||<common_effect>%%code=CJ_rain%%</common_effect><SE1>AVG_amb_thunderrain</SE1>:... +They're gone... +They're all gone... I'm the only one left... +I'm so lonely...
()||:The stomach ache that has vanished returns with a vengeance.
()<Speaker>Jashin-chan</Speaker>||:I don't want...to be alone...
()||:Jashin-chan curls up on the ground in pain.
()<Speaker>Jashin-chan</Speaker>||:It hurts...
()||:A pair of black shoes appear within the field of her blurred vision.
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:What's the matter, Jashin-chan?
()<Speaker>Jashin-chan</Speaker>||:Ah...
()||:With great effort, Jashin-chan raises her head and sees a familiar person.
Yurine(6)<Speaker>Yurine(?)</Speaker>||:What's with that look of surprise? Is there something on my face?
()||<黑屏1>:"Yurine" smiles and extends a hand to Jashin-chan...
()||<黑屏2><关闭蒙版><BIN>332</BIN><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:...
NPC-Jormungand(0)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>||<BGM>GF_21winter_avg_mahaline</BGM>:Hehe, so it's over at last...
Weaver(9)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:Yes, it's over.
()||:Jormungandr grins as she peered at the wound on her waist. +Her data-form has begun to fade away, starting from the area around the wound.
NPC-Jormungand(0)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>||:Have you found your answer?
Weaver(9)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:I knew it the moment I saw your annoying face.
NPC-Jormungand(0)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>||:So, what is it...?
()||:Jormungandr lightly collapses on Ouroboros' shoulder.
Weaver(9)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:It doesn't matter anymore.
NPC-Jormungand(0)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>;Weaver(9)||:What?
NPC-Jormungand(0);Weaver(9)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:It doesn't matter whether you win or lose. +What matters is WHY you win, or why you lose.
NPC-Jormungand(0)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>;Weaver(9)||:...
NPC-Jormungand(0);Weaver(9)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:You lost to me back then so that I would live on for your sake. +This time, I've beaten you to let you know that I haven't disappointed you. +Now we're square.
NPC-Jormungand(1)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>;Weaver(9)||:...
NPC-Jormungand(0)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>||:Hahahahaha... +Good, Little Snake, that's good...
()||:Jormungandr's fading form is now almost translucent.
Weaver(9)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:Goodbye, Jormungandr.
NPC-Jormungand(0)<Speaker>Jormungandr</Speaker>||:Yeah, I'll be off now. +Don't forget about me, Little Snake.
Weaver(9)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:...
()||:The weight on her shoulders vanishes.
Weaver(9)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:Yeah.
()||<黑屏1>:Jormungandr is gone, as though she had never been there in the first place.
()||<黑屏2><BIN>34</BIN>:Ouroboros walks shakily back to the Sangvis base.
Weaver(3)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:...I'm back.
BOSS-8(0)<Speaker>Agent</Speaker>;Weaver(3)||:You're back, Ouroboros.
BOSS-8(0);Weaver(3)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:This mission of mine...has reached its successful conclusion.
BOSS-8(0)<Speaker>Agent</Speaker>;Weaver(3)||:Yes, I know. You performed admirably. 
BOSS-8(0);Weaver(3)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:Then what are you standing around for? Didn't you say...
Weaver(3)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:You were going to have Hunter give me a massage...?
BOSS-8(0)<Speaker>Agent</Speaker>||:Very well.
()||:Agent smiles and claps her hands. +Hunter walks up to Ouroboros and helps her up from the ground and onto a chair.
BOSS-3(0)<Speaker>Hunter</Speaker>||:Does my massage please you?
BOSS-3(0);Weaver(3)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:...It really sucks.
BOSS-3(0)<Speaker>Hunter</Speaker>;Weaver(3)||:... +How about this, then?
BOSS-3(0);Weaver(3)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:Better, if just barely.
BOSS-8(0)<Speaker>Agent</Speaker>;Weaver(3)||:Do you have any further instructions?
BOSS-8(0);Weaver(3)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:Where's Executioner? Tell her to do a Native American dance for me.
BOSS-8(0)<Speaker>Agent</Speaker>;Weaver(3)||:She's getting ready for it.
BOSS-8(0);Weaver(3)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:But before that...
Weaver(3)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:I'd like my reward.
BOSS-8(0)<Speaker>Agent</Speaker>||:Alright.
()||:Agent smiles and takes a seat opposite Ouroboros. Then, she places a crisp, brand new photo on the table.
BOSS-8(0)<Speaker>Agent</Speaker>||:This is your reward.
Weaver(3)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:You... +You're not...
()||:While everyone else wore smile in the photo, Ouroboros looked out of place with her annoyed expression.
BOSS-8(0)<Speaker>Agent</Speaker>||:Welcome home, Ouroboros.
Weaver(3)<Speaker>Ouroboros</Speaker>||:You...
()||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:The critically damaged Ouroboros finally passes out, unable to hold on any longer.
BOSS-8(0)<Speaker>Agent</Speaker>||:... +Well, what are you waiting for? Do it. +She's so badly broken we might as well just take a few bits each and toss her into the Factory.
BOSS-3(0)<Speaker>Hunter</Speaker>||:Find fault with my massage skills, will you?
BOSS-3(0)<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Punch_Hit</SE1>:Hunter smacks the unconscious Ouroboros on the back of her head.
BOSS-2(0)<Speaker>Executioner</Speaker>||:You won't even give me a drink and you expect me to do that dance for you?
BOSS-2(0)<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Punch_Hit</SE1>:Executioner also smacks the unconscious Ouroboros on the back of her head.
BOSS-8(0)<Speaker>Agent</Speaker>||:Right, that's enough. Let's hurry and wrap this up.
BOSS-2(0)<Speaker>Executioner</Speaker>||:You're still holding onto that weapon for dear life even though you're practically in pieces... +Say, Agent. What if she chops me up now? Can I claim workman's comp for it? Do I get a vacation?
()||:Agent gazes thoughtfully at the axe Ouroboros absolutely refuses to release, then she rolls her eyes at Executioner.
BOSS-8(0)<Speaker>Agent</Speaker>||<黑屏1>:It just means you're unlucky.
()||<黑屏2><BIN>384</BIN><common_effect>%%code=RedScreen%%</common_effect><BGM>GF_Jyashinchan_Story_Jinbouchou</BGM>:...Meanwhile, on the other side of the park.
K5(0)<Speaker>K5</Speaker>||:...Are you really sure you don't need help?
BOSS-8(0)<Speaker>Agent</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>No need for that. We've already picked up Ouroboros' trail and we're preparing to recover her.</color>+<color=#00CCFF>Go after your objective.</color>
()||<SE1>AVG_tele_disconnect</SE1>:Agent ends the call.
Yurine(0)<Speaker>Yurine</Speaker>||:Everyone has problems that they need to sort out themselves. +Let them take care of it.
K5(0)<Speaker>K5</Speaker>||:Much as I would like to help, sticking my nose into S.F.'s business is a tricky affair... +I'm sure they'll be fine!
Minosu(0)<Speaker>Minos</Speaker>||:Yeah, let's go look for Jashin-chan.
Medusa(0)<Speaker>Medusa</Speaker>||:Look, over there!
()||:Medusa points into the distance. A building juts out amidst the red swirls of mana, yet it shows no signs of being contaminated by it.
Yurine(0)<Speaker>Yurine</Speaker>||:A place free of mana... +That might be a weakness in this barrier. Help me hold off the monsters while I take a look.
Minosu(0)<Speaker>Minos</Speaker>||:Yurine, I'll go with—
Yurine(0)<Speaker>Yurine</Speaker>||:I'll be fine. You protect our friends from Griffin with Medusa.
()||:In the blink of an eye, Yurine is gone.
Medusa(0)<Speaker>Medusa</Speaker>||:Yurine!
K5(0)<Speaker>K5</Speaker>||<黑点1>:Everyone has problems that they need to sort out themselves, huh...