()||9<黑屏1>0,10BGM_Empty: NPC-Pamzan(12)Ganglati0,-70||658<黑屏2>10082:Haha... ()||:He lets out a low and maniacal laugh. He is out of ammunition. +Facing him directly, Ange's weapon is still aimed at him, but her trembling finger hovers hesitantly on the trigger. NPC-Pamzan(12)Ganglati0,-70||:Why don't you shoot? I'm quite certain you still have one last round. NPC-Ange(19)Ange;NPC-Pamzan(12)0,-70||:... NPC-Ange(19);NPC-Pamzan(12)Ganglati0,-70||:Or are you saving it for yourself? NPC-Ange(22)Ange;NPC-Pamzan(12)0,-70||:Tell me—what really happened? +What the hell happened to you? NPC-Ange(22);NPC-Pamzan(13)Ganglati0,-70||:You have no right to ask! +You're the one responsible for this entire tragedy! Both Armin and Sana died at your hands... NPC-Ange(22)Ange;NPC-Pamzan(13)0,-70||:What are you talking about? +Have you forgotten what happened in Beslan?! NPC-Pamzan(13)Ganglati0,-70||<黑屏1>:Never! +It was in Beslan that you shot them... and killed them... NPC-Ahmin(0)Armin||<黑屏2>654<边框>2:Ange... Why? NPC-Sana(3)Sana0,210||<边框>2:Ange, can you not point the gun at me? I'm scared... NPC-Ange(19)Ange||<边框>2:... ()||<边框>2:Despite Armin and Sana's pleas, Ange refuses to lower her gun. ()Ganglati||<边框>2:What are you doing?! Put down your gun! NPC-Ange(20)Ange||<边框>2:... ()||RunStep<边框>2:Ganglati cries out furiously, but Ange simply turns and snickers. ()||9AVG_rifle_finalshot_h:Bang! ()||AVG_rifle_finalshot_3h<黑屏1>:Bang-bang-bang! NPC-Pamzan(10)Ganglati0,-70||<黑屏2>658:I'm gonna kill you! I'm gonna kill you this instant! ()||RunStep:Fueled by his rage, he throws away his now useless firearm and charges at Ange. ()||ClothingUp:Ange immediately rolls behind a piece of obstacle. NPC-Ange(22)Ange||:I didn't shoot them... I could never fire at them... NPC-Pamzan(13)Ganglati0,-70||:Die! Die! Die! ()||RunStep<黑屏1>:With rage surging in his veins, he raises his knife and charges at Ange with reckless abandon— NPC-Sana(1)Sana0,210||<黑屏2>129<边框>2:What's taking Teacher so long? NPC-Ahmin(1)Armin||<边框>2:She'll be here very soon. Why don't you have some milk first? It'll get cold if you leave it. NPC-Sana(3)Sana0,210||<边框>2:I don't like milk! You drink it for me! ()||<边框>2:The warm milk is pushed up to his face. ()Ganglati||<边框>2:No, Sana. If Teacher finds out you didn't drink your milk when she gets here, she won't take you to fun places. NPC-Sana(4)Sana0,210||<边框>2:...That won't do. Humph! You guys are so unhelpful! ()||<黑屏1><边框>2:Under Armin's and his watchful gaze, Sana drinks up all the milk. NPC-Pamzan(13)Ganglati0,-70||<黑屏2>658:Sana was so young... when you killed her... +She was so innocent... +Why did she have to die, but not you?! NPC-Ange(22)Ange||:Ganglati... +Is that really your name?! +...Try to recall your real name! ()||AVG_Sword_Scope:His face contorts with wrath. He lets out a primal scream and throws himself at Ange behind her cover. NPC-Pamzan(10)Ganglati (?)0,-70||:Let me kill you... here and now!!! ()||AVG_20Winter_Knife_Whoosh<黑屏1>:He raises his knife as he laughs maniacally— ()||<黑屏2>7AVG_pistol_finalshot_sup<边框>2:Bang! +A small yellow bird falls, its head buried in the knee-deep snow. NPC-Sana(3)Sana0,210||<边框>2:Wuaaaah... I... I killed it... NPC-Sana(3)Ganglati0,210<同时置暗>||<边框>2:Don't cry... Sana... NPC-Sana(3)Sana0,210||<边框>2:(Sobs) I didn't mean to do it... +I didn't want to kill the bird... NPC-Sana(3)Ganglati0,210<同时置暗>||<边框>2:I know... You just wanted to play a let's-pretend shooting game with me... Don't cry... NPC-Sana(3)Sana0,210||<边框>2:But I killed it by accident... (Sobs) NPC-Sana(3)Ganglati0,210<同时置暗>||<边框>2:There, there. Dry your tears. We'll go find Teacher. She'll think of something. NPC-Sana(4)Sana0,210||<边框>2:...R-really? NPC-Sana(4)Ganglati0,210<同时置暗>||<边框>2:Yeah, she saved me, so I'm sure she can save a little bird too. ()||<黑屏1><边框>2:After wiping away the tears on Sana's face, Ganglati takes her hand and leads her further out into the snowy field... NPC-Pamzan(10)Ganglati (?)0,-70||<黑屏2>658BGM_Empty:Sana was just a little girl... who'd cry and cry because she killed a bird without meaning to... NPC-Ange(19)Ange||:... NPC-Pamzan(10)Ganglati (?)0,-70||:How could you... kill such a girl?! +She was my only little sister... The little sister that Armin and I vowed to protect together... ()||Rope:He grabs Ange by the throat and lifts her off the floor. +Ange's face is deathly pale. Her right leg is gone from below the knee; blood is spewing from the open wound. NPC-Ange(21)Ange||10244:...I didn't cry. NPC-Ange(21);NPC-Pamzan(10)Ganglati (?)0,-70||:What? NPC-Ange(19)Ange;NPC-Pamzan(10)0,-70||:When that bird fell, I didn't cry. NPC-Ange(19);NPC-Pamzan(10)Ganglati (?)0,-70||:What did you say? NPC-Ange(19)Ange;NPC-Pamzan(10)0,-70||:You... +You picked up the dead bird... +And lied to me, saying you shot it deliberately... NPC-Ange(19);NPC-Pamzan(10)Ganglati (?)0,-70||:... NPC-Ange(22)Ange;NPC-Pamzan(10)0,-70||:Back then, I believed you, and I genuinely thought you were an absolute bastard... +I hit you... NPC-Pamzan(13)Ganglati (?)0,-70||:Shut up! What the hell are you talking about?!! ()||Rope:Ange's eyes become bloodshot. She writhes desperately, trying to free her windpipe from his hands and steal a breath, but her struggle only makes him tighten his grip. NPC-Ange(22)Ange||:Ramzan, let go... NPC-Pamzan(13)Ganglati (?)0,-70||:Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! NPC-Ange(22)Ange||:You are Ramzan... +Not... Ganglati... NPC-Pamzan(13)Ganglati (?)0,-70||:My name is Ganglati!!! +Don't call me by that other - NPC-Ange(22)Ange||:RAM... ZAN... ()||Rope:She pulls the trigger... ()||AVG_pistol_finalshot_n:Bang! +The bullet grazes his temple, blowing off the device that had come loose earlier. NPC-Pamzan(11)Ganglati (?)0,-70||:... ()||AVG_20Winter_Chains_Break<黑屏1>BGM_Empty:Pling... +As the device falls to the floor, a cacophony of sound crashes into his mind like a tsunami. ()||<黑屏2><回忆>7AVG_pistol_finalshot_sup:Bang! +A small yellow bird falls, its head buried in the knee-deep snow. NPC-Ange(33)Anna||BGM_23S_Winter_Night:... NPC-Pamzan(1)Ramzan||:Oh, the bird fell... NPC-Ange(34)Anna||:I think... I might have hit it... NPC-Pamzan(1)Ramzan||:... ()||:Anna goes pale. She bites her lips as guilt threatens to overwhelm her. NPC-Pamzan(2)Ramzan||:... +Aren't you full of yourself! NPC-Ange(36)Anna||:What? NPC-Pamzan(0)Ramzan||:It was me! As if you could shoot so accurately! NPC-Ange(37)Anna||:... NPC-Pamzan(0)Ramzan||:I only hit it because I've been taking aim carefully for ages! +Why would I wanna play let's-pretend shooting games with you? You're such a lousy shot, it's more fun to shoot birds on my own! NPC-Ange(37)Anna||:...Is that true? ()||:Anna's pale face darkens. NPC-Pamzan(0)Ramzan||:Yeah, what of it?! ()||AVG_Punch_Hit<黑屏1>:Anna responds to Ramzan's mean gibes with a sucker punch. +The two are locked in a scuffle until their elder brother comes along and breaks up the fight, just like many afternoons in their childhood. NPC-Pamzan(10)Ramzan (?)0,-70||<黑屏2><关闭蒙版>658:...Anna? NPC-Ange(19)Ange||:... ()||:He loosens his grip in a daze. Anna falls to the floor. NPC-Pamzan(10)Ramzan (?)0,-70||:This can't be... This is a trick! +I don't believe it! +It wasn't Anna... It was Sana... NPC-Ange(19)Ange||:That time... I wanted to beat you in our game so much... +I secretly took out half of the rounds in your toy gun before we headed out... NPC-Pamzan(10)Ramzan (?)0,-70||:... NPC-Ange(19)Ange||:By the time we reached the birch wood, you'd already used them all up... NPC-Pamzan(10)Ramzan (?)0,-70||:... NPC-Ange(20)Ange||:Ramzan, you are Ramzan... ()||AVG_Sword_Scope:Boom! He strikes the floor with his knife frantically. NPC-Pamzan(11)Ramzan (?)0,-70||:I'm not... I'm not Ramzan... +I am Ganglati! I have been freed from the thrall of Death and returned! NPC-Pamzan(13)Ramzan (?)0,-70||:Teacher granted me a new life! She would never deceive me! NPC-Ange(19)Ange||<黑点1>:Captain Ramzan, we are siblings... +We... fought together... side-by-side... +I... watched you die... NPC-Laplace(6)Laplace||<黑点2><回忆>547<黑点1>:... NPC-Pamzan(10)Ramzan (?)0,-70||<黑点2><关闭蒙版>658:Lies! You're lying!!! NPC-Ange(22)Ange||:...You're already... dead... +You are now... a monster... ()||AVG_lifttableBGM_Empty:Boom! He flings the obstacle next to Ange off the rooftop. +Ange, now on the verge of death, is lying by his feet. NPC-Pamzan(12)Ramzan (?)0,-70||:Monster? NPC-Ange(22)Ange||:Ramzan... +I will not allow... +No... How could you allow yourself... +To live in this pitiful state... NPC-Pamzan(10)Ramzan (?)0,-70||:For Sana... +For Armin... +No... Sana? Anna? ()||:Anna closes her eyes, fighting back tears. NPC-Ange(22)Ange||:Brother... NPC-Pamzan(11)Ramzan (?)0,-70||:...What? ()||<黑屏1>10258:Anna's pallid face overlaps with the youthful face in his memory... NPC-Ange(33)Anna||<黑屏2>6<回忆>%%code=AVG_xiaxue%%:... NPC-Pamzan(1)Ramzan||:... ()||:The two are standing in the snow outside a small cabin, staring at each other blankly. +Ramzan eyes this little girl who seems to have appeared out of nowhere in bemusement. She is small and lean and wearing a uniform that's clearly not warm enough in this weather. +Her eyes are flat and dull. She seems to be looking at Ramzan, or maybe she is looking right through him at something far away. NPC-Pamzan(1)Ramzan||:Who are you? NPC-Ange(33)Anna||:... ()||:Rustle... Someone trudges through the snow behind him—it is his brother with a cloak draped over his arm. +Armin runs up to the girl and wraps the cloak around her. NPC-Ahmin(0)Armin||:Ramzan, don't just stand there. Get inside and prepare some hot water and food. NPC-Pamzan(1)Ramzan||:What's the meaning of this? NPC-Ahmin(0)Armin||:This is Anna. From now on, she'll be our little sister. NPC-Pamzan(3)Ramzan||:...I don't want a little sister! NPC-Ahmin(0)Armin||<黑点1>:Hey, don't be a brat now! +Like it or not, Anna is our little sister from now on, and we must protect her together, got that?! ()||<关闭蒙版><黑点2>129 : NPC-Ahmin(1)Armin||<回忆>:Anna, have some milk. It's freshly warmed up. NPC-Ange(35)Anna||:Thank you. NPC-Pamzan(2)Ramzan||:Where are you going? NPC-Ange(33)Anna||:... NPC-Pamzan(2)Ramzan||:You're meeting up with Martha Meitner again, aren't you?! NPC-Ange(33)Anna||:None of your business. ()||AVG_bigglassbreak:Bam! Ramzan knocks the cup of milk out of Anna's hand angrily. NPC-Ahmin(0)Armin||:Ramzan! What are you doing?! NPC-Ange(33)Anna||:... NPC-Pamzan(2)Ramzan||:I forbid you from seeing that bastard! She's a pindos! ()||<黑点1>AVG_Door_Open_Close:Anna ignores him. She picks up her school bag and leaves the cabin in a hurry. NPC-Ange(33)Anna||<黑点2>654:... NPC-Pamzan(3)Ramzan||:... ()||:Just like when they first met, the two are standing across from each other wordlessly, this time in a ravaged classroom. +The bloodstains on the floor have dried, but they haven't been cleaned up. +They are both staring at the same puddle of blood... NPC-Pamzan(3)Ramzan||:... +At least it was quick. NPC-Ange(33)Anna;NPC-Pamzan(3)||:... NPC-Ange(33);NPC-Pamzan(3)Ramzan||:I looked at the body. The bullet went right through his brain. It was instant and painless. NPC-Ange(33)Anna;NPC-Pamzan(3)||:... NPC-Ange(33);NPC-Pamzan(3)Ramzan||:He was lucky compared to the others. Do you know how many died today at Beslan High School? +Some got shot, others got trampled, and there were those who held on for a long time before finally dying in pain... NPC-Ange(33)Anna;NPC-Pamzan(3)||:... NPC-Ange(33);NPC-Pamzan(3)Ramzan||:So Armin had it easy... NPC-Ange(33)Anna;NPC-Pamzan(3)||:... NPC-Ange(34)Anna||:Then why are you crying? ()||:Ramzan is doing everything he can to swallow his sobs, but they still rack his body against his will. NPC-Ange(34)Anna||:Ramzan... ()||:Anna steps toward Ramzan stiffly. ()||ClothingUp:She pulls him gently into her arms and strokes his back. NPC-Ange(34)Anna||<黑点1>:This... is how Armin would comfort us, isn't it? ()||<黑点2>652:Ramzan recognizes her immediately even in the uniform. NPC-Pamzan(4)Ramzan||:... NPC-Ange(23)Anna;NPC-Pamzan(4)||:...Ramzan? NPC-Ange(23);NPC-Pamzan(4)Ramzan||:What are you doing here? NPC-Ange(23)Anna;NPC-Pamzan(4)||:I enlisted as well. NPC-Ange(23);NPC-Pamzan(6)Ramzan||:I explicitly forbade you from enlisting! I told you to stay home! NPC-Ange(24)Anna;NPC-Pamzan(6)||:You forbade me from doing many things. NPC-Ange(24);NPC-Pamzan(6)Ramzan||:You never listen to me! What's wrong with living out your days in peace back at home?! NPC-Ange(24)Anna;NPC-Pamzan(6)||:You have no right to interfere with my life. NPC-Pamzan(6)Ramzan||:... ()||:Anna turns and stalks off after giving him a cold salute. +Ramzan gazes at her back and is struck by how unfamiliar it looks. +The little sister he is trying so desperately to protect is determined to break free from under his wing. NPC-Pamzan(5)Ramzan||<黑屏1>:Armin... If you were still here, what would you do? ()||<黑屏2><关闭蒙版>658AVG_whitenoiseBGM_Empty:His right temple is pierced by another sharp pain. He can hear the sound of a building collapsing in his head. NPC-Pamzan(10)Ramzan0,-70||BGM_23S_Winter_Night:Anna... You're Anna... NPC-Ange(19)Ange||:... ()||:Ramzan smiles wanly and looks down at his blood-soaked hands. NPC-Pamzan(13)Ramzan0,-70||:There's no going back... ()||Gunfight:Bang-bang-bang! +A series of bullets land by his feet, forcing him to back away from Ange. The Wolf Pack has made it. NPC-Pamzan(10)Ramzan0,-70||:... NPC-Ange(22)Ange||:No... Wait... ()||:Ange tries with all her might to prop herself up, but her voice is too weak for the Wolf Pack to hear her from where they are. +Ramzan suddenly bursts out laughing. He walks over to the edge of the rooftop, all the while chuckling flatly... +He grins at Anna again—the same sly grin from when he lied to Anna all those years ago. NPC-Pamzan(12)Ramzan0,-70||:Tsk... Call me brother one last time... NPC-Ange(22)Ange||:Bastard... Ramzan... You're a bastard... NPC-Pamzan(12)Ramzan0,-70||:If you're scared, just close your eyes. NPC-Ange(22)Ange||:F*ck off... ()||:He takes another step closer to the edge... NPC-Ange(19)Ange||:...No... Come back... ()||Select:Whoosh—he picks up the empty gun and points it at Ange. NPC-Pamzan(12)Ramzan0,-70||<黑屏1>:Look this way, Anna! ()||7<回忆><黑屏2>:...While Armin is away fetching his coat, Ramzan secretly aims his toy gun at Anna again. NPC-Pamzan(0)Ramzan||:Over here, Anna! NPC-Ange(33)Anna||:... ()||:Anna turns her head and looks at Ramzan coldly. +Bang-bang! He pulls the trigger on his toy gun, and several plastic rounds land by Ange's feet. NPC-Pamzan(0)Ramzan||:Hey, why didn't you run? No fun! NPC-Ange(35)Anna||:...The one who should be running... is you. ()||<黑屏1>:Anna fishes out a pebble wrapped in snow from her pocket and throws it accurately at Ramzan's hand... ()Ramzan||<黑屏2>637<关闭蒙版>:Alright, just this once, I'll do my job as an elder brother. ()Ange||:...I will avenge you... +I swear... I swear I'll avenge you... ()Ramzan||:Ha, even if I tell you not to, you wouldn't listen. +Doesn't matter. That's just who you are—a baby sister who's always a pain in the ass and who never does as I say. ()||:He is still smiling at Ange. ()Ange||:Ramzan... ()||:He remembers now. +He died in that operation. He sacrificed his own life to snatch her back from the maw of Death. +After all, he promised Armin he would protect their little sister. ()Ramzan||:... ()||:He finally remembers. +Anna threw herself over him and bawled. Her warm tears fell on his face, his hands... +He can now recall that warmth. ()Ramzan||:I genuinely thought I had clawed my way from Abaddon back into the world of the living, but I never actually got out. ()||:Ramzan holds out a hand to Ange with a gentle smile, just like he did at her graduation prom. ()Ramzan0,-70||:I need to go. +Anna, I'll be waiting for you on the other side. ()Ange||<黑屏1>:...You won't have to wait too long... ()||<黑屏2>638AVG_wind_grass:A gust of wind blows by... +Ramzan lets the dawn gust sweep him off the rooftop and into the bottomless abyss. NPC-Ange(22)Ange||Stop_AVG_loopBGM_Empty:Brother... ()||:Ramzan disappears from view as Ange cries out faintly. +Dawn breaks on the horizon, bringing forth a surge of light. +The pearly white light spreads toward the darkness, expelling it. AN94(2)0,50AN-94||<震屏>GF_22W_BGM_2:Ange! You... you've lost a lot of blood... +You require immediate medical treatment! NPC-Ange(19)Ange||:... ()||:AN-94 helps Ange up apprehensively and tries to staunch the bleeding. NPC-Ange(19)Ange||:12... AK12(2)0,50AK-12||:I'm here. NPC-Ange(19)Ange||:Blow up this place. AN94(0)0,50AN-94||:... AK12(0)0,50AK-12||:It would certainly be my pleasure, but why? NPC-Ange(19)Ange||:From now on, there is no more Ramzan or Anna. +There is no more Ganglati or Commander Angelia either. AK12(0)0,50AK-12||:Ending your vendetta with a bang? Never took you for a romantic. NPC-Ange(19)Ange||<黑屏1>:... ()||<黑屏2>55:AN-94 hoists Ange up on her back and leaves the precarious building. +AK-12 promptly sets the explosives and catches up with them. AK12(0)0,50AK-12||:I'm guessing you'll want to trigger the detonation yourself? NPC-Ange(19)Ange||:Yes. Give me the detonator. AN94(0)0,50AN-94||:... AK12(0)0,50AK-12||:On top of the names you just listed off, I think we should bury one more here. NPC-Ange(19)Ange||:What? AK12(0)0,50AK-12||:"Wolf Pack". It's such an irksome name. +Hearing it always reminds me of an unsavory character. AN94(0)0,50AN-94||:Do you mean... NPC-Ange(20)Ange||:Then let's go with DEFY. ()||:Ange closes her eyes and slowly rests her head on AN-94 shoulder. NPC-Ange(21)Ange||:From this day on, we will be walking down a path of darkness, leaving the light behind. +We will defy the rules and dogmas of the world and do as we please. AK12(0)0,50AK-12||:...DEFY? I like it. AN94(0)0,50AN-94||:I have no objections. ()||AVG_2022Saros_button:Ange smiles. Then she pushes the button on the detonator... ()||<黑屏2>9AVG_Explo_Distance<黑屏1>:BOOM... ()||<黑屏2><白屏1>:... +This is my gift to you. +Good. It did the job and set my wrath ablaze. +...Abaddon, I shall await you in Hell. +...Laplace's Demon, I will dispatch you with my own hands, in my own way. ()||183AVG_Rain_Heavy%%code=NoiseVideo%%wait=1%%: ()||<白屏2>641Stop_AVG_loop: ()????||:No matter how many times you lose your memory, no matter how the people around you present themselves, you never change your mind. +I expect nothing less from my student. ()???||:You don't seem to know her well enough. ()????||<黑屏1>:It's a pity, but that's how it is with humans. You think you know someone very well when, in fact, you don't know them at all. Fortunately, we now have all the time in the world. ()||<黑屏2>9<黑屏1>:Dear Meitner, I did not expect to hear from you again after so long. +It is both heartening and saddening, but our friendship is now tainted... +Your strength, courage, and tenacity still shine through brightly. You are still as passionate and indomitable as you've always been. +However, you have gone down the wrong path. +We are no longer fellow travelers sharing the same adventure. I'm sorry, but I must decline to participate in this project. +I still miss our days at Hopkins University. +Blackwell, Berlin, 2058.