()||9<黑屏1>0,10BGM_Empty: ()||Gunfight10203<震屏3>480:Bangbangbang— ()||AVG_Bullte_Ricochet:No matter how unexpected the angle the bullets come from, Gray deflects them easily with her tail. +The bullets ripping through the air throw up an intense shower of sparks on the surface of Gray's tail. NPC-MrsGray(9)Gray||AVG_Gray_Hand_Mech:You should save your bullets. M4 SOPMOD IIMod(3)M4 SOPMOD II||:Take this! ()||AVG_Combat_Hits<震屏3>:SOP-II sticks close to Gray and locks her movements down while delivering one savage attack after another. ()||%%type_id=2%%duration=1%%delay=0.1%%range=8AVG_20Winter_Knife_Whoosh:Gray doesn't skimp on the application of her blades either, but she always ends up cutting nothing but air. NPC-MrsGray(9)Gray||:...Tsk. ()||:Gray can sense that SOP-II seems to have learned from her previous experiences, and her assault is more dynamic and deadly than before. +Gray abandons her relaxed attitude. NPC-MrsGray(9)Gray||:You actually memorized my moves? RO635Mod(4)RO635||:SOP-II! M4 SOPMOD IIMod(3)M4 SOPMOD II0.1||:GRAWR—! ()||AVG_Cloak_Whoosh:RO635 notices Gray's moment of shock and signals to SOP-II. +SOP-II immediately leaps at her and ferociously rips and tears at Gray's arm. ()||AVG_Cut_Watermelon<震屏3>:Clang—+Gray barely manages to block SOP-II's vicious assault, but her arm is maimed by SOP-II's claws and she's breathing hard. NPC-MrsGray(9)Gray||:You learn fast. M4 SOPMOD IIMod(3)M4 SOPMOD II||:I'll leave that mouth of yours for last so you can scream while I shred you! NPC-MrsGray(9)Gray||:Hahaha... RO635Mod(0)RO635||:SOP-II, back off a little. M4 SOPMOD IIMod(3)M4 SOPMOD II||:Right! ()||:RO635 knows that Gray no longer has the luxury of playing around now that SOP-II has seen through her moves. +However, it's obvious that SOP-II is tiring out faster than Gray. This is not a tactic that is sustainable in the long term. RO635Mod(0)RO635||:Save your strength. M4 SOPMOD IIMod(3)M4 SOPMOD II||:I'm okay! ()||:Gray narrows her eyes as she looks at the panting SOP-II and the tense RO635. NPC-MrsGray(9)Gray||:I had fun playing with you, but my time's almost up. +See you later, cute little doggy. M4 SOPMOD IIMod(3)M4 SOPMOD II||RunStep<震屏3>:Get back here! I'll kill you!!! ()||AVG_20Winter_Knife_WhooshAVG_Cloak_Whoosh:Gray suddenly darts aside, evading SOP-II's fierce attack while somersaulting to the upper level of the ruins. RO635Mod(4)RO635||:SOP-II! Don't be rash! ()||Explode%%type_id=2%%duration=3%%delay=0.1%%range=10BGM_Empty:BOOM!!! ()||AVG_lifttable:With a mighty explosion, the ruins collapse again. +SOP-II is lost amidst the rubble. RO635Mod(4)RO635||RunStepAVG_tele_connect:Unicorn! We need backup! UMP45Mod(0)UMP45<通讯框>||:Roger! RO635Mod(4)RO635||:Verifying SOP-II's condition! ()||ClothingUpBGM_stage1:RO635 immediately starts digging through the rubble in search of SOP-II. ()||:UMP45 and UMP9 come over to join in the excavation. +Fortunately the ruins have been degraded by long years of radiation exposure and the material is basically rotten, so it didn't hurt SOP-II. RO635Mod(0)RO635||:Are you okay, SOP-II? M4 SOPMOD IIMod(3)M4 SOPMOD II0.1||AVG_XXS_kick:Peh— Pehpehpeh— +That dirty shameless bitch! I got a mouthful of mud! UMP9Mod(0)UMP9||:Well, at least you looked really cool when you pounced on her! UMP45Mod(0)UMP45||:RO, we've lost track of Gray. RO635Mod(0)RO635||:Yeah, I know. ()||AVG_tele_connect:Click—+A transmission comes through the Aeneas conference room channel. ()Mona||:Nitrogen here. We've reached the vicinity of the original target. RO635Mod(0)RO635||:Did you find anything? RO635Mod(0)Mona<同时置暗>||:We've just locked onto Morridow's trail. We're now in pursuit. RO635Mod(0)RO635||:Roger. I'll have Squad Ferrum move up to support you. +Umbrella and Unicorn just engaged one of the targets, Gray, but she gave us the slip. ()Mona||:Got it. Nitrogen will be careful. ()||AVG_tele_disconnect:The transmission cuts off cleanly. UMP9Mod(0)UMP9||:Those Stasi agent Dolls sure are amazing, at least compared to that J from before... UMP45Mod(0)UMP45||:Hopefully our future cooperation will go just as well. M4 SOPMOD IIMod(0)M4 SOPMOD II||:It will, right, RO? RO635Mod(0)RO635||:... +Yeah, I'm sure it will. ()||:RO sighs heavily. RO635Mod(0)RO635||:I won't let you down, Commander. ()||<黑屏1>: ()||AVG_Team_Running9BGM_Empty<黑屏2>:As they follow the target coordinates, RO635 and the others enter the darkness... ()||BGM_EmptyAVG_Water_Drip:... +... +...Darkness. ()||GF_21summer_avg_Demon:Within the endless darkness, Angelia is left covered in the grimy muck. There's no telling how long she's been asleep. +The sounds of screaming and gunfire looping in her psyche have finally stopped, but they are replaced by a deathly silence. +She has no idea how long she has been immersed in this darkness... ()Angelia||:... ()||ClothingUp:(Rustle) +Fragmented whispers filter through the vacuous blackness, breaking the silence. ()||Rope:She struggles to open her eyes and move her limbs, but she is immobile, as though something heavy is crushing down on her. ()???||:I'm counting on you, Koleda. +Take good care of her. She's yours now. ()||:...Is that RPK-16? +Who is she talking to? ()???||:...Roger. ()||ClothingUp:The sound of rustling fabric is quiet, yet grating. ()RPK-16||:...There, that should put you at ease, right? ()???||:You... you think... +Do you think... you'll be forgiven for this? ()RPK-16||:... +Fortunately, I don't seek forgiveness. ()||:...Whose voice is this? ()RPK-16||:... ()???||:Ange. ()||:An unfamiliar voice quietly calls her name, and a rip appears within the darkness of her mind. ()||Heartbeat:Her nerves hurt like they've been stabbed by a needle. Amidst her groaning, Ange uses all her strength to focus on her eyelids. ()||<黑屏1>: ()||<睁眼>510:...The long-awaited light floods into her eyes, and she sees a familiar transparent wall— +A Nyto dressed in tatters, like one of those abandoned Isomers, stands quietly beyond it, watching her. +She has an air of unfamiliar familiarity about her, entirely out of place in this setting. NPC-AngeDamage(0)Angelia||:... NPC-Koleda(0)???||:Hello, I am Koleda. From now on, I will be in charge of your daily care. NPC-AngeDamage(0)Angelia||:What about that crazy Nyto from before? NPC-Koleda(0)Koleda||:... +She has other work lined up for her. ()||:The Nyto averts her gaze a bit unnaturally. +Ange closes her bruised eyelids and a faint, mocking smile appears on her lips. NPC-AngeDamage(0)Angelia||:That's alright. NPC-Koleda(0)Koleda||:... ()||:Ange has lost track of time ever since she was imprisoned here. +She doesn't know how long she's spent like this, her left arm behind her head, her right arm behind her waist, and suspended in mid-air. +Extended periods in a custom-made straitjacket and the heavy weights around her ankles have left her body feeling like a statue... +If the Nyto assigned to her from earlier hadn't routinely kicked and punched her, she might have lost all sense of feeling in her body. NPC-Koleda(0)Koleda||AVG_door_elecport:Let me help you change your dressings. ()||ClothingUp:The Nyto called "Koleda" slowly enters the room and starts applying a cool medication to Ange's exposed wounds. NPC-AngeDamage(0)Angelia||:... NPC-Koleda(0)Koleda||:... ()||ClothingUp:Amidst the stiff silence, Koleda finishes treating Ange's wounds with gentle hands. NPC-Koleda(0)Koleda||:I'll be leaving, then. NPC-AngeDamage(0)Angelia||:Wait. ()||:Ange notices that Koleda was more careful while treating the wounds left behind from when she triggered that dirty bomb. +Right now, they're lost in a mess of blood and bruises and they're not particularly easy to distinguish. +There's only one way someone would be able to tell them apart— NPC-AngeDamage(0)Angelia||:Who ARE you? NPC-Koleda(0)Koleda||:... +Ange... NPC-AngeDamage(0)Angelia||:... ()||:At the quiet utterance, Ange frowns and studies this Nyto more carefully. +Looking into her eyes, Ange seems to notice something. She gapes a little. NPC-AngeDamage(0)Angelia||:You're... NPC-Koleda(0)Koleda||:I am Koleda, Ange. ()||:Through the heavy, reinforced glass, Ange sees her shocked face reflected in Koleda's clear eyes. ()||<黑屏1>: ()||9<黑屏2>BGM_Empty:... ()||<白屏1>: ()||<白屏2>460GF_22W_SFX_chant%%code=CJ_WC_piaofu%%:...The Nytos sitting on the pews intone their verse with reverence, and their voices seem to leap toward the light in the direction where the statue's hands are pointing. +Between the Nytos and the statue stands a woman in a white dress. ()||ClothingUp:RPK-16 quietly approaches the woman, stopping two or three steps behind her. +The two seem to be maintaining an intentional silence. RPK16(5)RPK-16||:... ()||:The woman glances at a Nyto beside her as she sings, and the latter obediently vacates this picturesquely pristine scene and walks up to RPK-16. NytoWhite(0)Ashley0,50||:I am Ashley. Please come with me. RPK16(0)RPK-16||:Alright. ()||:RPK-16 smiles and follows the Nyto out of the hall. Soon, the two of them are alone. NytoWhite(0)Ashley0,50||:Has Angelia been settled in? NytoWhite(0)0,50;RPK16(5)RPK-16||:Yes. NytoWhite(0)Ashley0,50;RPK16(5)||:Big Sister Nemhran thinks very highly of you. +She says you're more efficient than Big Sister Gray. NytoWhite(0)0,50;RPK16(5)RPK-16||:That would be going too far. I'm just doing my duty. NytoWhite(0)Ashley0,50;RPK16(5)||:We reward capable individuals appropriately... +Paradeus will make your dream come true. NytoWhite(0)0,50;RPK16(6)RPK-16||:And I am very grateful for that. NytoWhite(0)Ashley0,50||:Come with me. ()||<黑屏1>: ()||9<黑屏2><关闭蒙版>:RPK-16 follows the Nyto with a smile. ()||:There seems to be a deeper meaning to her smile, and her gaze is fixed on the Nyto's back. ()||<黑屏1>: ()||9<黑屏2>BGM_Empty:... ()||<黑屏1>: ()||<黑屏2>480BGM_Sneak:...In the quiet ruins on the outskirts of Berlin. +Three girls crouch silently in the shadows of the ruins, their keen eyes looking in the direction where the trail has vanished. ()||:After holding her breath and straining her ears to pick up the target's movements, Mona signals to her teammates behind her—+"Move in." QBZ191(0)No. 9||ClothingUp:... Rhino(0)Rhino||ClothingUp:... ()||:Upon receiving the signal, the two Dolls stick to cover and proceed toward the target in an orderly fashion. +Mona opens a short-range intra-squad comms channel. SP9(0)Mona||AVG_tele_connect:Remember to conceal your signals. Rhino(0)Rhino||:Got it. QBZ191(0)No. 9||:The enemy is inside this building. SP9(0)Mona||:Correct. I just scanned around us. Even if they're all mobs, we can't take on their numbers. +Also, we're supposed to be following the target, so we need to avoid spooking her. ()||:Concealed in the shadows of the ruined masonry, the three girls remain motionless, like stone statues blending in with the environment. SP9(3)Mona||:Take note. The target has appeared. Rhino(0)Rhino||AVG_keyboardtype_sci:Target Morridow locked. Signal from the tracking device matches our information. QBZ191(0)No. 9||:The person next to her looks pretty impressive... SP9(3)Mona||:That's Grig. Her swordsmanship is incredible, so make sure you don't let her get close—that's what the AR Team reported. Rhino(0)Rhino||:She looks like the agile type. Those are hard to handle. SP9(0)Mona||:... ()||<黑屏1>: ()||<黑屏2>:Under the trio's watchful gaze, the white-clad Grig helps support Morridow to a ruined building ahead of them, with several Paradeus units as escorts. +They're just about to leave their range of vision... +When Mona gestures again, indicating that they should follow. ()||<黑点1>: ()||<黑点2>AVG_Team_Running:They close the gap between them once again, and then they see what was originally hidden in their blind spot— QBZ191(0)No. 9||:...Is that a truck?! SP9(3)Mona||:Dammit, they're planning to escape in a vehicle! Rhino(0)Rhino||:Want me to bust their tires? SP9(3)Mona||:Don't do anything which would risk exposing yourself. ()||:The three Dolls are unable to get any closer due to a lack of cover nearby. +All they can do is watch as Morridow is stuffed into the vehicle... +Mona opens the Aeneas conference room channel. SP9(0)Mona||AVG_tele_connect:Hailing Umbrella, this is Nitrogen. We've encountered the target, Morridow. +However, it looks like she's boarded a Paradeus truck and left. We cannot pursue further. SP9(0)RO635<同时置暗>||:Umbrella copies. Don't push yourself. You just need to lock onto the tracking device. SP9(0)Mona||:Roger. SP9(0)RO635<同时置暗>||:Squad Ferrum is heading over to back you up. SP9(0)Mona||:Roger, with heavy firepower we'll be able to— ()||:Mona suddenly stops speaking. Though she was only distracted for a moment by her conversation, she comes to an abrupt realization... The Nyto in white who was standing not too far ahead has just vanished in the blink of an eye. SP9(0)Mona||:...Where's Grig? QBZ191(0)No. 9||:Huh? I-I don't know... +Did she just vanish into thin—?! ()||AVG_Sword_ScopeBGM_Empty:Whum— ()||10130%%code=CJ_zidan%%AVG_20Winter_Knife_Whoosh:The humming sabre gleams coldly as it vibrates, and its piercing white radiance is already before them in an instant— ()||<震屏3>AVG_Cut_Watermelon:Shing—! +The Doll called No. 9 barely manages to protect her companions by parrying the blow. QBZ191(0)No. 9||:That sword's fast! ()||ClothingUp:Their white-clad opponent now stands proud and alone in a high place, casually wiping her blade. +Instead of panicking, the Dolls have moved to cover with silent coordination, preparing to ply their trade. SP9(3)Mona||AVG_weapon_reload:Squad Nitrogen, prepare for battle! ()||<黑点1>: