()||9<黑屏1>0,10黑屏1>BGM_Empty:
()||<黑屏2>417<回忆>GF_22W_BGM_3:...
()Test Subject||:Captain Ganglati, his vital signs are gone...
NPC-Pamzan(10)???0,-70||:And he still gave nothing away?
NPC-Pamzan(10)Test Subject0,-70<同时置暗>||:We interrogated him as per your order, but we could not obtain any new information from him that we did not already possess.
()||:In the live feed on the screen, a test subject stands up next to Novikov's corpse. +Novikov is sprawled on the floor of the warehouse. His face is bruised and swollen, and blood is spurting out from the dagger still lodged in the main artery in his neck.
NPC-Pamzan(10)???0,-70||:...
()Test Subject||:I just wanted to scare him into talking, but he was so terrified he stumbled into the dagger himself...
NPC-Pamzan(10)???0,-70||:Doesn't matter. Since he's dead already, make the most out of the body.
NPC-Pamzan(10)Test Subject0,-70<同时置暗>||:What do you mean?
NPC-Pamzan(10)???0,-70||:Clean it up and turn it into the scene of a crime of passion.
NPC-Pamzan(10)Test Subject0,-70<同时置暗>||<黑点1>:...Fabricate a murder scene to incriminate Commander Angelia? Understood.
()||<黑点2><关闭蒙版>:The man smiles for the first time in a long time. Standing in front of the screen, he watches the live feed from inside the interrogation room at the Griffin base. +Since access to the surveillance system is gained via hacking, the picture is a little blurry and flickery, but he can still make out Commander Angelia and the anger on her face.
NPC-Pamzan(10)???0,-70||:Just stay there like a good girl... +I'm coming for you, Angelia...
()||:He caresses the blurry face on the screen with his fingertips...
()||AVG_whitenoise:Pzzzt! A sharp and abrupt pain flashes from his right temple to his brain.
NPC-Pamzan(10)???0,-70||:Tsk...
()||<黑屏1>:He presses his buzzing head against his hand. The neuro-stabilizer on his right temple, which is covered by his hair, has come loose again.
NPC-Ange(38)?||7<黑屏2><回忆><黑屏1>:...
NPC-Pamzan(10)???0,-70||<黑屏2><关闭蒙版>417:Not again... +Teacher... I require treatment...
()||:He makes a call on his communicator as he hyperventilates.
NPC-Pamzan(10)???0,-70||:Teacher...!
NPC-Pamzan(10)0,-70;NytoWhite(0)White Nyto<通讯框>||:Sister Sana is currently undergoing reconfiguration. If you have anything urgent to report, I will relay it once the procedure is completed.
NPC-Pamzan(10)???0,-70;NytoWhite(0)<通讯框>||:Sana... +My neuro-stabilizer is malfunctioning again. I need the Teacher.
NPC-Pamzan(10)0,-70;NytoWhite(0)White Nyto<通讯框>||:I will notify her as soon as the experiment is over.
NPC-Pamzan(10)???0,-70;NytoWhite(0)<通讯框>||:Right...
NPC-Pamzan(10)0,-70;NytoWhite(0)White Nyto<通讯框>||:Is there anything else I could help you with?
NPC-Pamzan(10)???0,-70;NytoWhite(0)<通讯框>||:How... how is Sana doing?
NPC-Pamzan(10)0,-70;NytoWhite(0)White Nyto<通讯框>||:Her condition is stable. Teacher said to reassure you if you inquire about this.
NytoWhite(0)White Nyto<通讯框>||:Focus on completing your mission. Do not forget what you have been through.
NPC-Pamzan(10)???0,-70||:Understood.
()||<黑屏1>BGM_EmptyAVG_tele_disconnect:He puts down the communicator and slowly sits down on the metal chair. +He no longer sees the interrogation room at the Griffin base, and he is no longer in a heavily contaminated wasteland.
()||<黑屏2><边框>2边框>7GF_Halloween_Wind_loop:He has returned to the birch woodland back home, and Sana is waiting for him under a tree. +They agreed to go looking for birds in the woods today.
()???||<边框>2边框>:Let's go, Sana.
NPC-Sana(0)Sana0,210||<边框>2边框>:Okay!
()||<黑屏1><边框>2边框>:He smacks his own red and freezing cheeks then takes her hand, which is wrapped in a thick mitten. Together, they wade through the knee-deep snow into the distance...
NPC-Pamzan(10)???0,-70||<黑屏2>417Stop_AVG_loop:Sana... I will avenge you and my brother... +The murderer who shot you in Beslan... will be cut to pieces... +You hear that, Commander Angelia?
()||<黑屏1>:Enduring the pain that is shooting through his head like an electric current, he glares vehemently at the indifferent Angelia on the screen.
()||<黑屏2>15810295:...Late at night, in the interrogation room at the Griffin base. +Sitting across the interrogator who sits at attention on the other side of the table, Ange yawns unabashedly.
()Interrogator||:Commander Angelia, please be cooperative.
NPC-Ange(13)Ange0,25||:I told you—I wasn't even at the base yesterday.
NPC-Ange(13)Interrogator0,25<同时置暗>||:Alibis need to be verified for them to be considered. +Please start from the beginning and explain your itinerary yesterday.
NPC-Ange(14)Ange0,25||:... +I left the base at seven in the morning, and as per my arrangement with IOP, went to the lab over there to help test the Dolls. +I cannot reveal anything specific about my work due to a confidentiality agreement.
NPC-Ange(14)Interrogator0,25<同时置暗>||:This has been verified. Your statement matches the surveillance records in the Griffin base and IOP's building.
NPC-Ange(13)Ange0,25||:Once I was done with my work, I went back to the Griffin base. That was about ten in the evening.
NPC-Ange(13)Interrogator0,25<同时置暗>||:Let me go over this again. You left the Griffin base at 7 a.m. yesterday to run tests for IOP. +Then you returned to the Griffin base at around 10 p.m. after completing your work. Is that correct?
NPC-Ange(14)Ange0,25||:Yes.
NPC-Ange(14)Interrogator0,25<同时置暗>||:Presumably, you already know the time of the crime?
NPC-Ange(12)Ange0,25||:I hear the body was found at around 4 p.m.?
NPC-Ange(12)Interrogator0,25<同时置暗>||:At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, a T-Doll in the employment of Griffin and Kryuger PMC discovered the deceased Commander Novikov in the logistics warehouse.
NPC-Ange(13)Ange0,25||:That proves I didn't have the time to commit the crime, no?
NPC-Ange(13)Interrogator0,25<同时置暗>||:Actually, I have a few questions regarding your alibi.
()||:The interrogator turns his tablet around and shows it to Ange. It is a CCTV footage.
()Interrogator||:Commander Angelia, according to your statement, from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. yesterday, you were either commuting to and from the IOP lab or working in the lab. +Then how do you explain this CCTV footage recorded at 2 p.m. yesterday?
NPC-Ange(12)Ange0,25||:...
()||:The interrogator presses the play button. In the surveillance footage, Ange leaves the IOP building through the backdoor and drives off on a motorcycle with no license plate.
NPC-Ange(14)Ange0,25||:I had to attend to some personal matter.
NPC-Ange(14)Interrogator0,25<同时置暗>||:Surveillance coverage was small and sparse in the area you traveled to, so we could only find intermittent footage of you. +But one thing is certain—
()||:The interrogator plays the next surveillance clip.
()Interrogator||:You only returned to IOP at 4.30 p.m., then you left at 9 p.m. +This means that contrary to what you said earlier, you were not working at IOP from 2 to 4.30 p.m.
NPC-Ange(14)Ange0,25||:As I said, that's my own personal matter. I have the right to protect my own privacy.
NPC-Ange(14)Interrogator0,25<同时置暗>||:According to the statements given by other commanders, you have had multiple heated arguments with Commander Novikov. +Testimony shows that you have threatened to kill him before.
NPC-Ange(12)Ange0,25||:He had bugged and spied on me repeatedly in the past and shamelessly feigned innocence when I found out. +I have found listening devices installed around me on at least five occasions.
NPC-Ange(12)Interrogator0,25<同时置暗>||:But you didn't have proof that he was the one behind the bugs, so Griffin decided not to pass judgment on him.
NPC-Ange(12)Ange0,25||:He always did a clean job. He was no amateur.
NPC-Ange(12)Interrogator0,25<同时置暗>||:It would seem that Commander Novikov had knowledge that could cost him his life. Does it have anything to do with your "personal matter"?
NPC-Ange(13)Ange0,25||:... +You already consider me the culprit, so you're trying to trick me into letting something slip?
NPC-Ange(13)Interrogator0,25<同时置暗>||:Don't be testy, Commander Angelia. I am just making reasonable assumptions and routine inquiries.
NPC-Ange(14)Ange0,25||:Novikov's death has nothing to do with me. He was no more than an irritating fly to me. +I have more important things to do than worry about being harassed by a fly.
NPC-Ange(14)Interrogator0,25<同时置暗>||:Your "personal matter" seems to be quite the priority for you.
NPC-Ange(14)Ange0,25||:Let me say this again.
()||:Ange's patience has reached its limit.
NPC-Ange(13)Ange0,25||:My personal matter is completely irrelevant to this case. Besides, I have an alibi.
NPC-Ange(13)Interrogator0,25<同时置暗>||:Your alibi cannot be entirely verified unless you are willing to explain the missing link.
()||Rope:Ange clenches her fists and fights the urge to punch this man's aggravating face.
NPC-Ange(14)Ange0,25||:...
NPC-Ange(14)Interrogator0,25<同时置暗>||:...
()||:Taking in Ange's silence, the interrogator turns the desk lamp and shines its light directly into Ange's face. +The piercing light makes her narrow her eyes.
()Interrogator||:I see that you're determined to make this difficult.
NPC-Ange(13)Ange0,25||:...
NPC-Ange(13)Interrogator0,25<同时置暗>||:Perhaps you have your own reasons that you cannot speak of, or perhaps you're just putting up some last-ditch resistance. +But whichever the case, I'm sorry to inform you that until your innocence can be proven, you will be stripped of your duties and confined to the Griffin base. +Any attempt to leave the base will be considered abscondment.
NPC-Ange(14)Ange0,25||:...
NPC-Ange(14)Interrogator0,25<同时置暗>||<黑屏1>:If you have no further questions, that is all for the interrogation today.
()||<黑屏2>18BGM_Empty:LAMG paces uneasily along the quiet corridor. A piercing white light is shining through the window on the door of the interrogation room at the end. +It has been eight hours since Ange went inside, and it does not look like she is coming out any time soon.
LAMG(0)LAMG0,100||:The other commanders only had to go through some perfunctory questioning... +Why are they turning up the heat on Commander Angelia?
()||AVG_Door_Open_Close:Click. The interrogation room door opens.
LAMG(0)LAMG0,100||10258:Commander!
NPC-Ange(10)Ange0,25||:...LAMG? +Didn't I tell you to stand by at your dorm?
LAMG(0)LAMG0,100||:I... was worried about you...
NPC-Ange(10)Ange0,25||:...
NPC-Ange(11)Ange0,25||:I'm fine.
()||:Ange appears nonchalant, but LAMG notices her tightly clenched fists which gives away her suppressed rage.
LAMG(0)LAMG0,100||:Were they hard on you?
NPC-Ange(10)Ange0,25;LAMG(0)0,100||:No. +Don't worry about it. Let's go.
NPC-Ange(10)0,25;LAMG(0)LAMG0,100||:Miss Helian came by earlier and told me to let you know... +That the brass is taking the murder of this commander very seriously and has dispatched an investigation team from the capital. All suspected commanders have to be suspended from duty and undergo investigation. +They're probably worried that this may be related to the serial murder of Griffin employees that happened a year ago.
NPC-Ange(10)Ange0,25;LAMG(0)0,100||:She's telling me to bear with it?
NPC-Ange(10)0,25;LAMG(0)LAMG0,100||:Yeah... I believe that's what she's getting at.
NPC-Ange(10)Ange0,25;LAMG(0)0,100||:Huh. Can you run an errand for me, LAMG?
NPC-Ange(10)0,25;LAMG(0)LAMG0,100||:I'll do whatever I can!
NPC-Ange(10)Ange0,25;LAMG(0)0,100||:Take this to 16LAB for me and hand it to Professor Persica.
NPC-Ange(10)0,25;LAMG(0)LAMG0,100||:...
LAMG(0)LAMG0,100||:Commander...
()||:LAMG sounds utterly defeated.
LAMG(0)LAMG0,100||:I was banned from leaving the Griffin base not long after you entered the interrogation room. +Even my comms permissions are restricted to only internal calls within Griffin...
NPC-Ange(14)Ange0,25||:Even you? I see.
LAMG(0)LAMG0,100||:...
NPC-Ange(10)Ange0,25||:Then go get some rest for now.
LAMG(0)LAMG0,100||:Commander...
NPC-Ange(10)Ange0,25||:What is it?
LAMG(0)LAMG0,100||:If... you just sit tight and kill some time at the Griffin base, things will just blow over... +Would you consider doing that?
NPC-Ange(10)Ange0,25||:... +We'll see.
()||<黑点1>:Ange waves at LAMG as usual and walks off. +LAMG is left standing outside the door. She checks and double-checks the surroundings and only leaves after making absolutely sure that nothing is amiss. +This is the first time she's seen Ange looking so grim.
()||<黑点2>82:On the other side of the door.
NPC-Ange(14)Ange0,25||:...
()||:Leaning against the door, Ange looks outside the window at the quiet summer night. She can only hear the continuous chirps of insects, rising and falling like the breath of the night.
NPC-Ange(14)Ange0,25||:Dammit. I'm so close...
()||:Ange slumps on the floor weakly. +The cries of the cicadas sound especially loud in the silent room. +Ange listens to it while lying on the floor, but she suddenly realizes that the noise isn't made by cicadas but some sort of vibration.
NPC-Ange(12)Ange0,25||BGM_Empty:What's this...
()||:She gets up from the floor irritably, steps over the stains left by her cold sweat, and looks for the source of the vibration. +Soon, the statue of wolves by the door catches her attention. The statue was a gift from Shaw. +She spots the strange glint in the eyes of one of the wolves, so she reaches out a hand—
NPC-Ange(13)Ange0,25||AVG_PPT_Switch:...
NPC-shaw(5)Shaw<通讯框>||10051:Ange, we meet again.
NPC-Ange(12)Ange0,25;NPC-shaw(5)<通讯框>||:When did this...
NPC-Ange(12)0,25;NPC-shaw(3)Shaw<通讯框>||:Actually, it's 12's idea.
NPC-Ange(12)0,25;AK12(4)AK-12<通讯框>||:Hi, Commander Angelia. Long time no see. Surprised?
NPC-Ange(13)Ange0,25;AK12(4)<通讯框>||:...
NPC-Ange(13)0,25;AK12(4)AK-12<通讯框>||:Always keep an eye on even one's closest ally—you taught me that.
NPC-Ange(14)Ange0,25||:I didn't tell you to... Nevermind. Thanks to you, I can still communicate with the outside world.
NPC-Ange(14)0,25;NPC-shaw(0)Shaw<通讯框>||:I hear you're in big trouble.
NPC-Ange(12)Ange0,25;NPC-shaw(0)<通讯框>||:Not really, but the timing is truly terrible...
NPC-Ange(12)0,25;NPC-shaw(0)Shaw<通讯框>||:By the by, my offer still stands.
NPC-Ange(13)Ange0,25;NPC-shaw(0)<通讯框>||:...
NPC-shaw(5)Shaw<通讯框>||:You desperately need to get out of your current predicament and continue your quest, don't you?
()||:Ange is struck in her Achilles' heel. Veins appear on her forehead as she suppresses her anger.
NPC-Ange(14)Ange0,25||:... +I'll consider it.
NPC-Ange(14)0,25;NPC-shaw(0)Shaw<通讯框>||:How unfortunate. Then, I suppose this is the end of our little arrangement.
NPC-Ange(12)Ange0,25;NPC-shaw(0)<通讯框>||:Do you have to come mess with me when my temper is at its worst?
NPC-Ange(12)0,25;NPC-shaw(0)Shaw<通讯框>||:Then start hurling abuse, like you usually do.
NPC-Ange(14)Ange0,25;NPC-shaw(0)<通讯框>||:...
NPC-Ange(14)0,25;NPC-shaw(5)Shaw<通讯框>||:Ha, you can't do that because you need me to get you out of this mess.
NPC-Ange(13)Ange0,25;NPC-shaw(5)<通讯框>||:Ёбаная ты сука.
NPC-Ange(13)0,25;NPC-shaw(1)Shaw<通讯框>||:How very like you. Such a unique way of begging for a favor.
NPC-Ange(14)Ange0,25||:...
()||:Ange rubs her throbbing temples. Holding back the urge to annihilate the world, she looks at the hateful face in the communicator.
NPC-Ange(14)Ange0,25||<黑屏1>:Fine, I accept your offer.
()||<黑屏2><关闭蒙版>:The next morning.
()||AVG_Door_Hit:Thunk-thunk-thunk! +The forceful rap on the door wakes Ange, who feels like she had only just fallen asleep.
()Guard||:Sorry to disturb you, Commander Angelia. Please come with us for further questioning.
NPC-Ange(14)Ange0,25||:Alright, I'll be out in a minute.
()||:Ange contains her anger and cleans herself up promptly.
AK12(0)AK-12<通讯框>||:You slept for 3 hours 12 minutes and had only 15 minutes of REM sleep. You're suffering from severe sleep deprivation, Commander Angelia.
NPC-Ange(14)Ange0,25||:I don't need you to tell me that.
AN94(0)AN-94<通讯框>||:Commander, we have reached the target location. Please provide further directives.
NPC-Ange(10)Ange0,25||:That is the weak point in the security of the Griffin base. The CCTV here broke down a few days before the incident. I suspect that the murderer entered the base from there.
AK12(0)AK-12<通讯框>||:It does look pretty close to where Commander Novikov was found dead on this map.
NPC-Ange(10)Ange0,25||:See if you can find any traces left behind by the culprit.
AN94(0)AN-94<通讯框>||:Yes, ma'am.
AK12(0)AK-12<通讯框>||:Commander Angelia, why didn't you bring this to the investigation team's attention? Wouldn't this clear you of any suspicion?
NPC-Ange(10)Ange0,25||:I don't trust them. +Besides, the state Novikov's body was in is a little...
()||AVG_Door_Hit:Thunk-thunk-thunk! +The knocking grows even more forceful.
()Guard||:Commander Angelia, you are currently on suspension. Please cease everything you're doing and cooperate with the investigation.
NPC-Ange(14)Ange0,25||:I'm coming.
()||:The shouting from outside the door continues to grate on Ange's ears. She is just about to put away the micro-communicator when AN-94 pipes up a bit anxiously.
AN94(0)AN-94<通讯框>||:Commander, we just discovered new traces of another break-in. +They seem to be older than the other traces, but definitely left by the same people.
NPC-Ange(10)Ange0,25||:Good. Keep looking.
AK12(3)AK-12<通讯框>||:94, cover me. They're right—
()||AVG_Explo_Close:Boom!
NPC-Ange(12)Ange0,25||:...
()||:Ange does a double-take at the sudden loud noise.
NPC-Ange(12)Ange0,25||:12? 94?
()||AVG_whitenoise:Pzzt... +There is nothing but static from the communicator. No response from the Wolf Pack. +Just then...
()Guard||AVG_Door_Hit:Hey, don't try anything funny! +You're a major suspect, so don't make trouble and do as you're told!
NPC-Ange(13)Ange0,25||:...
()||:Ange stares at the micro-communicator in her hand. The furious knocking on the door transports her back to that summer day from several years ago.
NPC-Ange(14)Ange0,25||<黑屏1>:Пиздец! I knew this day would come.