()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>GF_EV9_Intermission</BGM><BIN>412</BIN><黑点2><SE1>AVG_doorknock_wood</SE1>:Knock knock.
NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Open</SE1>:Director, I've obtained a vital lead regarding the "Dreambox" case.
NPC-Romy(3)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:...Yes, we need to act before the opposition does. +I don't want excuses, only results.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Inside the Director's office, Romy frowns and looks unhappily at K as the latter barges in.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:K realizes what he's done and makes to back out, but then Romy raises a hand to stop him.
NPC-Romy(3)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:If you can't do it, find someone else who can. +The Stasi doesn't pay wage thieves.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_disconnect</SE1>:Click. +The transmission ends.
NPC-Romy(0)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:...
NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker>||:... +...Director?
NPC-Romy(0)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:Report your findings.
NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker>||:Yes, ma'am.
NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Book</SE1>:Tallinn, Bohnsdorf, the orphanage... I've finished indexing and compiling the background information, approval documents and related records for all these locations which were involved in Paradeus' "product". +We have reason to believe that these places are not where their real lair is.
NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker>||:The most direct reason for that is because the research environments of these locations could not have produced "products" of Gray and Bramedb's grade. +I've checked the Stasi internal archives. None of our people have handled the "raw material" provisions side of things, but upon closer examination, their procedures are very comprehensive.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:K lays the documents in front of Romy.
NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker>||:While they're not on the scale of a prohibited laboratory, these places all have underground facilities to a certain extent, including Galatea Corporation's own properties. +Just applying for public works approval is a long process in itself.
NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker>||:...If there are no surprises, these ought to be enough to explain the situation. +R&D work on the high-end Nytos and the cores of the Boxes of Iaso was conducted elsewhere. Such a vast undertaking would require extensive facilities, ample space and personnel. There's no way they could have gotten all of that without leaving traces behind.
NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker>||:I've looked into the relevant pharmaceutical and high-precision equipment manufacturers as well as their import/export logs. +...While some of the documents were with their engineering departments and I could not obtain them, there is one thing of which I can be sure. +They are most definitely located in Berlin... and that is where the problem lies.
NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker>||:I've combed all of Berlin but I couldn't find a single trace of them. +There are no suspicious buildings and satellite imagery could not find anything problematic in any undeveloped areas. +That's as far as our investigation has gotten... I sincerely apologize.
NPC-Romy(0)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Romy silently studies the reports K has placed on her desk. Without saying a word, she takes out her cigarette case. She places the black filter to her lips, then produces a silver lighter from one of her pockets.
NPC-Romy(3)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:...You've checked them all?
NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker>||:I have. I'm certain we haven't missed anything.
NPC-Romy(0)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:Haven't you?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Holding her cigarette between her thumb and forefinger, Romy exhales a cloud of smoke and lightly taps the lit end on her glass ashtray to dislodge the ashes.
NPC-Romy(0)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:How about this place?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:She indicates "a certain region" on the map.
NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker>||<BGM>GF_22W_BGM_1</BGM>:...The "Dead Sea"?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:K looks at Romy in surprise.
NPC-Romy(0)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:It's been abandoned for years, and its radiation intensity has remained high all this time, so it's been regarded as an irrecoverable "Black Zone". +No map will contain any details on its contents, even military-grade maps.
NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker>||:...But like you said, it's a Black Zone. +Nobody can go in there... Not even Dolls could function normally in such a place, to say nothing of human beings.
NPC-Romy(3)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:We're not talking about human beings, but a pile of "corpses", Schwaben. +Don't you think it would be a natural lab for Paradeus?
NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker>||:...
NPC-Romy(3)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:Besides... think about it this way. Technology is constantly advancing. +Perhaps someone managed to solve the problem you mentioned, or say, a group of people who are devoted to radiation research.
NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker>||:...So you expected something like this. +Since you knew the answer from the beginning, why did you have me investigate?
NPC-Romy(0)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:Only a moron would blindly believe what they see. +Why limit yourself to just one option?
NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker>||:So that's what they mean when they say a true chessmaster doesn't make a single masterstroke...
NPC-Romy(0)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:I've already shared this information with the Commander. +You'll be responsible for helping Operation Aeneas come to fruition after this.
NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker>||:...Understood. +Wait... We'll be assisting someone else?
NPC-Romy(1)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:We need a stiletto to thrust into the heart of the enemy. +...But it should preferably be wielded by someone else.
NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker>||:I understand... I'll make sure not to get too involved.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Door_Open_Close</SE1>:K pauses, then with a nod, he turns to leave the office. +After K is gone, Romy leans her chin on one hand and raps idly on her desk before gazing quietly at the documents sitting on it.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏2><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:...
()<Speaker>Broadcast</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_whitenoise</SE1>:...Sources indicate that the large-scale armed conflict on the Soviet border was precipitated by a reactionary organization. +Following approval by the Berlin government, large quantities of Soviet refugees will be crossing the German border and some of them will be housed within Berlin City. +Berlin's citizens have voiced bitter protest against this and many refugees have joined their movement. According to what is known, the protesters' demands are...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Button_Click</SE1>:Click.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>84</BIN><黑屏2><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=1%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake><SE1>AVG_Moto_Run</SE1><BGM>GF_21summer_avg_SecretAgent</BGM>:After reaching out to turn off the radio broadcast, Romy taps her ear mike with one hand while holding the steering wheel with the other.
NPC-Romy(4)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:Sterling? Brigitte?
Sterling(0)<Speaker>Sterling</Speaker><Position>0,150</Position><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Present.</color>
PPQ(0)<Speaker>Brigitte</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>At your service.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Romy nonchalantly glances into her rear view mirror. +Four black motorcars are following her without bothering to conceal themselves.
NPC-Romy(4)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:As we predicted, they're about to make their move. +I need a pickup. Also, compute the best route for me.
Sterling(0)<Speaker>Sterling</Speaker><Position>0,150</Position><通讯框>||<SE1>AVG_keyboardtype_sci</SE1>:<color=#00CCFF>Processing. We'll meet you at Fallback Point A.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>We've sent the quickest route to your vehicle terminal.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<震屏3><SE2>Gunfight</SE2><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Bangbangbang—!!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_brake</SE1><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=3%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake>:Screech—
NPC-Romy(7)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||<BGM>10051</BGM>:Tsk!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_engine_speedup</SE1>:Romy turns the wheel and pivots the car before glancing into her rear view mirror again.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE2>Gunfight</SE2>:A man has emerged from the car's sunroof. He is holding a compact submachine gun and is hosing her car down in the middle of the street without any hesitation whatsoever.
NPC-Romy(7)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:There are four cars and 15 men altogether. She has no chance at all in a stand-up firefight. No matter what, she has to hold out until she can rendezvous with the Dolls.
NPC-Romy(11)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||<SE1>Select</SE1>:Speaking of which... are you REALLY sure I can reach the fallback point safely?
Sterling(0)<Speaker>Sterling</Speaker><Position>0,150</Position><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>...I swear it upon my honor. These people will not pose a threat to you. </color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=3%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake><SE1>AVG_Car_Skid</SE1>:Romy glances at the route displayed on the terminal, then hits the brakes, causing the vehicle to fishtail wildly as it comes about.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_pistol_finalshot_n</SE1><SE1>AVG_Bullet_Hit_Body</SE1>:Using this opening, she takes aim at her pursuers and accurately puts a bullet into the skull of the assassin leaning out of the sunroof.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=3%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake><SE1>AVG_Moto_Run</SE1>:Immediately after that, she eases off the brakes and steps on the gas, causing the vehicle to lurch forward swiftly on a new heading.
()||<黑点1>:
Sterling(0)<Speaker>Sterling</Speaker><Position>0,150</Position><通讯框>||<BIN>315</BIN><黑点2><SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:<color=#00CCFF>Alert! New targets at 3 o'clock!</color>
PPQ(0)<Speaker>Brigitte</Speaker><通讯框>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:<color=#00CCFF>Alert! New targets at 9 o'clock!</color>
NPC-Romy(10)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:<size=50>...Are you two parroting each other or something?</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:While she's still thinking— +A racing black shadow charges through the other side of the cross junction she's passing through and slams into her vehicle like a thunderbolt.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Car_Crash</SE1><BGM>10065</BGM><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=3%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake>:It is a heavy cross-country vehicle, and considering it was going fast enough to trigger alerts, Romy's vehicle flips end over end through the air, grinding along the road before crashing into a grocery store display window and coming to a halt. +The car's side door is visibly sunken in, and the empty front axle is still spinning wildly.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Car_Skid</SE1>:The cars chasing Romy soon catch up to her, and the vehicles fan out to enclose Romy's vehicle in their midst.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_weapon_reload</SE1><SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Car_Open</SE1>:Several black-clad assassins dismount with crisp, efficient movements, chambering rounds in their weapons as they move up to approach Romy's vehicle. +It finally grows still. The car, whose frame was deformed by the collision, is embedded into the grocery store, with only its base is showing. The punctured fuel tank leaks petrol, which pools into a puddle on the pavement.
()<Speaker>Assassin</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The assassins swiftly approach the vehicle, but as they draw close and verify the situation inside the car, they are shocked to realize that there is nobody inside.
NPC-Romy(11)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:...Humph.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_The_Division_Flash_Bomb</SE1>:Rattle, rattle, rattle... +A snort comes from the shadows inside the grocery store, followed by a grenade tumbling into the pool of gas under the leaking fuel tank.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<震屏3><SE1>Explode</SE1>:BOOM!!!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>GF_21summer_avg_SecretAgent</BGM>:The sparks from the explosion ignite the car's gas tank, and the ensuing fireball consumes the assassins and the grocery store.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_bigglassbreak</SE1><BIN>9</BIN>:Meanwhile, Romy is thrown through the broken glass windows by the force of the explosion and rolls into the alley behind the store.
()||<黑点1>:
Sterling(0)<Speaker>Sterling</Speaker><Position>0,150</Position><通讯框>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1><黑点2><BIN>86</BIN><SE1>AVG_Alarm_Distance</SE1>:<color=#00CCFF>Still alive?</color>
NPC-Romy(8)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:So much for your "honor".
Sterling(0)<Speaker>Sterling</Speaker><Position>0,150</Position><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Don't relax just yet. There are two more teams nearby. </color> +<color=#00CCFF>Please proceed to the appointed location ASAP.</color>
NPC-Romy(11)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:The car's gone, so I'll have to proceed on foot. +Compute a new route for me.
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><SE1>RunStep</SE1>:As Romy hurries down the alley, wave after wave of noise reaches her ears. It almost drowns out the sound of her communicator.
NPC-Romy(8)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:Why is it so noisy anyway?
PPQ(0)<Speaker>Brigitte</Speaker><通讯框>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:<color=#00CCFF>There is a large refugee protest up ahead.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Recomputing a route for you!</color>
NPC-Romy(11)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:No need!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_rifle_finalshot_n</SE1><震屏3>:Bang!
NPC-Romy(11)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||<SE1>AVG_Bullte_Ricochet</SE1>:Tsk!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_pistol_finalshot_n</SE1>:Bang!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_pistol_finalshot_n</SE1>:Bang!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Select</SE1>:After returning a shot to the people behind her, Romy slicks her hair back and casually ties it up, then changes her magazine with practiced skill.
NPC-Romy(11)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:This hairstyle is really inconvenient.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>RunStep</SE1>:She can already see the refugees in front of her. +The distorted sounds are now becoming clear.
()<Speaker>Refugee</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Crowd</SE1>:<size=50>...Protest! We oppose the jingoists invading our homes!</size>
()<Speaker>Refugee</Speaker>||:<size=50>We oppose the Soviets taking our land!</size>
NPC-Romy(8)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:...Why are they doing this?
PPQ(0)<Speaker>Brigitte</Speaker><通讯框>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:<color=#00CCFF>According to the protesters, they're against the government's decision to shelter the Soviet refugees...</color>
NPC-Romy(11)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:How "unfortunate"... +Wait a minute, are they talking about PMCs like Griffin?
Sterling(0)<Speaker>Sterling</Speaker><Position>0,150</Position><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Yes, look out behind you!</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE2>Gunfight</SE2><震屏3>:Bang! Bang! Bang!
NPC-Romy(11)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:...A refugee protest?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_The_Division_Flash_Bomb</SE1>:After getting behind cover, Romy chucks a tear gas canister out behind her—in the cramped alley, any pursuers will need to pass through the gas cloud in order to get to her.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Soviet refugees... Could that be—
NPC-Romy(11)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:I'll reach the fallback point in 15 minutes. +Also, send me a diagram of the route Griffin is taking into the country.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:—Oberstein's enemy was never the Stasi. Everything he did was pointing to the same target.
Sterling(0)<Speaker>Sterling</Speaker><Position>0,150</Position><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Got it! We'll be there right away!</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_rifle_finalshot_n</SE1>:Bang!
NPC-Romy(11)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||<SE1>AVG_Bullte_Ricochet</SE1>:Your "right away" had better be reliable— Tsk! See you at the fallback point! +We'll talk once we've taken care of this lot!
Sterling(0)<Speaker>Sterling</Speaker><Position>0,150</Position><通讯框>||<SE1>Select</SE1>:<color=#00CCFF>Roger!</color>
()||<黑点1><BIN>10</BIN>: