()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>480</BIN><BGM>GF_21summer_avg_Crisis</BGM>:...On the outskirts of Berlin, at the edge of the Red Zone. +Even when capitalizing on their superior numbers and formation, Squad Nitrogen only barely manages to maintain a slight suppression advantage.
Rhino(0)<Speaker>Rhino</Speaker>||:She's slowing down, No. 9!
QBZ191(0)<Speaker>No. 9</Speaker>||<SE1>RunStep</SE1>:I see it!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Sword_Scope</SE1>:Whum—
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Select</SE1>:Just as Grig pauses mid-stride, No. 9 raises her gun and pulls the trigger without hesitation.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<震屏3><SE2>Gunfight</SE2>:Bangbangbang—!!!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Bullte_Ricochet</SE1>:A series of bullets strikes Grig dead on, and some of them hit her legs.
NPC-grig(0)<Speaker>Grig</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||<SE1>AVG_Bullet_Hit_Body</SE1>:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Knife_Whoosh</SE1>:With a subdued grunt, Grig brings her sabre up in a flourish and takes a defensive stance. +The gleaming blade and the inky-black muzzles of the guns are locked in a silent confrontation. +Both sides are unable to act, and the stalemate continues.
SP9(0)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:...
QBZ191(0)<Speaker>No. 9</Speaker>||:...
Rhino(0)<Speaker>Rhino</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>W-Why is nobody moving?</color>
QBZ191(0)<Speaker>No. 9</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>We can't be sure that we can overcome her with a pre-emptive strike.</color>
Rhino(0)<Speaker>Rhino</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>But we can't just let ourselves get passively beaten up!</color>
SP9(3)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>No, the enemy isn't fully confident either, which is why she's ceased her attack.</color>
Rhino(0)<Speaker>Rhino</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>In that case...</color>
QBZ191(0)<Speaker>No. 9</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>At times like this, you mustn't panic. Hold your breath and focus yourself.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Look in the direction of your prey. Don't lose yourself in her eyes, but trace every frame of every movement she makes in your mind. </color>
Rhino(0)<Speaker>Rhino</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>I'll try.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Knife_Whoosh</SE1>:With a smirk, Grig suddenly shifts from a defensive stance and suddenly thrusts her sabre forward for the kill.
SP9(3)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||<SE1>RunStep</SE1>:<size=50>Scatter!</size>
QBZ191(0)<Speaker>No. 9</Speaker>||:This is—
Rhino(0)<Speaker>Rhino</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Uwah—
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Though they're all well-trained Dolls, they're having difficulty dealing with this sudden onslaught.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE2>Gunfight</SE2><震屏3>:Bangbangbang—+Covered by gunfire, the three of them manage to avoid the ferocious thrust and roll to the side. +With her stab, Grig has successfully broken up Squad Nitrogen's formation.
NPC-grig(0)<Speaker>Grig</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh</SE1><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=2%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake>:Now that her opponents' formation is in tatters, it is the perfect opportunity for her to charge in and slaughter them. However, she does not follow up on it. Instead, she rides the momentum of her charge and directly jumps off the hill. +Her pure white silhouette vanishes into the thick, coiling mists.
Rhino(0)<Speaker>Rhino</Speaker>||<SE1>RunStep</SE1>:Hold it!!!
QBZ191(0)<Speaker>No. 9</Speaker>||:Don't chase her. There's no way we can catch up with her.
SP9(0)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:... +So she never intended to go all-out on us.
QBZ191(0)<Speaker>No. 9</Speaker>||:Yeah, to think we assumed that we could suppress her by force...
SP9(0)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:She was probably just buying time for Morridow to retreat.
Rhino(0)<Speaker>Rhino</Speaker>||:Why does it sound like she was playing us like a fiddle...
QBZ191(0)<Speaker>No. 9</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Standing on the hill, the three Dolls look in the direction where Grig has vanished. +They're standing on the edge of the Red and Black Zones. The mist ahead is growing heavier and heavier, and they're on the verge of officially entering the Black Zone.
SP9(0)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:Let's go. We should link up with Squad Ferrum first.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Team_Running</SE1>:After turning their eyes away from the indeterminable distance, the three Dolls sort themselves out and set out once again.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BGM>GF_22W_BGM_2</BGM><BIN>85</BIN>:...Meanwhile, in the Aeneas conference room.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:A slender hand is gently tracing the complex, criss-crossing routes on the map with a small, intricate chess piece in its grasp. +The hand moves with confidence and fluidity as it brings order and clarity to the initially jumbled routes.
XM8MOD(2)<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:Oh... I see...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Lines intersect at different points, and where the points meet, they once again race toward different directions.
XM8MOD(2)<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:Umbrella and Unicorn lost their target here. Nitrogen engaged their target here... +So does that mean this is the place...?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:The Doll places the chess piece on the map.
XM8MOD(2)<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:Yes, this is the only place that makes sense. All the lines, all the points, they all exist for this...
XM8MOD(2)<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:<size=50>I see! I got it! I got it!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Card_Reader</SE1>:Task Force Aeneas registration completed - Chessmaster.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<震屏3><SE1>AVG_21Winter_OperatingDisc_Drop</SE1>:The Doll excitedly flips the board, then squeals in delight over the conference room channel.
()<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:<color=#00CCFF>...?!</color> +<color=#00CCFF>What happened?</color>
XM8MOD(0)<Speaker>XM8</Speaker><GradientShow>1</GradientShow>||:Oh! This is "Chessmaster" reporting, leader! +I've found their rendezvous point.
XM8MOD(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker><同时置暗>||:<color=#00CCFF>Er... Where is that?</color>
XM8MOD(0)<Speaker>XM8</Speaker>||:Patience, I'll guide you to it. Just leave it to me. +What a marvelous game.
XM8MOD(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker><同时置暗>||:<color=#00CCFF>Alright... Is there anything else you want to relay?</color>
XM8MOD(0)<Speaker>XM8</Speaker>||:Persicaria wanted me to give you two little things. +One is an offline mapping device, which I'm using right now. The other is something codenamed "Strongarm". She said you'd know how to use it.
XM8MOD(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker><同时置暗>||:<color=#00CCFF>...Understood. See you offline.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_disconnect</SE1>:The transmission ends, and the Doll holding the chess piece once again falls into contemplation, unconsciously breaking into a smile.
()||<黑点1>: