()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><bg_move>%%pivot_x=0.65%%pivot_y=0.42%%scale=1.5%%duration=0%%</bg_move>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=2.5%%delay=0.1%%range=15</controll_shake>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.8</CGDelay><BGM>GF_EV9_Intermission</BGM><bg_move>%%pivot_x=0.4%%pivot_y=0.42%%scale=1.5%%duration=1.6%%</bg_move><SE1>AVG_brake</SE1><Night><黑屏2><BIN>472</BIN>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:...In an unknown area in Sector 2Z64.+The sound of gunshots has faded into the night. The Commander finds themself in a dilapidated building complex.
()||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Car_Open</SE1><bg_move>%%pivot_x=0.5%%pivot_y=0.5%%scale=1%%duration=1.5%%</bg_move>:
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Car_Close</SE1>:Where are we?
NPC-Motoko(0)<Speaker>Motoko Kusanagi</Speaker><Position>-40,130</Position>||:The Labyrinth of Minos.
NPC-Batou(2)<Speaker>Batou</Speaker>||:Who knows what treasure or monster is hidden in there...
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...
NPC-Motoko(0)<Speaker>Motoko Kusanagi</Speaker><Position>-40,130</Position>||:Batou.
NPC-Batou(0)<Speaker>Batou</Speaker>||:Gotcha.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>RunStep</SE1>:With just a look from the Major, Batou moves ahead to investigate.+The Commander takes in their surroundings. The desolate sight is like coarse sand revealed by the ebbing tide. The illusion of those blooming cherry blossoms is utterly smashed.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Why have you brought me here?
NPC-Motoko(1)<Speaker>Motoko Kusanagi</Speaker><Position>-40,130</Position>||:You may be an excellent commander, but you are certainly no dictator.+You are far too kind and decent for that.
NPC-Motoko(1)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><Position>-40,130</Position><同时置暗>||:...
NPC-Motoko(0)<Speaker>Motoko Kusanagi</Speaker><Position>-40,130</Position>||:Do you know how dictators keep their captives in line?
NPC-Motoko(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><Position>-40,130</Position><同时置暗>||:No.
NPC-Motoko(1)<Speaker>Motoko Kusanagi</Speaker><Position>-40,130</Position>||:They let them believe they are free.
NPC-Motoko(1)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><Position>-40,130</Position><同时置暗>||:...So the Dolls and I are all captives of this place.
NPC-Motoko(1)<Speaker>Motoko Kusanagi</Speaker><Position>-40,130</Position>||:Yes. Your so-called "freedom" comes with strings attached.
NPC-Motoko(1)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><Position>-40,130</Position><同时置暗>||:What strings?
NPC-Motoko(0)<Speaker>Motoko Kusanagi</Speaker><Position>-40,130</Position>||:Once you learn the truth behind this "freedom", there may be no going back.
NPC-Motoko(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><Position>-40,130</Position><同时置暗>||:Then this "freedom" is no freedom at all, but simply a different kind of enslavement.
NPC-Motoko(0)<Speaker>Motoko Kusanagi</Speaker><Position>-40,130</Position>||:Indeed. Now let's go.
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>9</BIN><SE1>AVG_footsteps_cave</SE1><SE1>AVG_footsteps_woodfloor</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Kusanagi gestures for the Commander to come along. They enter one of the run-down buildings following Batou's footsteps.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.1</CGDelay><关闭蒙版>:
()||<黑屏1><SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=2%%delay=0.1%%range=3</controll_shake><黑点2><BIN>327</BIN><SE2>Gunfight</SE2>:...In an unknown area in Sector 2Z64.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Gunshots are still echoing faintly through the narrow corridor. After making sure it is safe, the Commander puts down their gun.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||<SE1>Select</SE1><BGM>BGM_stage12</BGM>:...All clear.
NPC-Batou(0)<Speaker>Batou</Speaker>||:Clear.
NPC-Motoko(0)<Speaker>Motoko Kusanagi</Speaker><Position>-40,130</Position>||:Has the alarm been disabled?
NPC-Batou(0)<Speaker>Batou</Speaker>||:Yep, it's an archaic alarm system. Very easy to work with.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_whitenoise</SE1>:The defeated faceless people slowly disintegrate into void data and disappear from the gray concrete floor.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:The defenses here aren't that difficult to deal with. Is this really the place we're looking for?
NPC-Motoko(0)<Speaker>Motoko Kusanagi</Speaker><Position>-40,130</Position>||:See for yourself.
NPC-Batou(0)<Speaker>Batou</Speaker>||:Shimamura and the others must've noticed the commotion over here.+It won't be so easy when they get here.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Team_Running</SE1>:Their rapid footsteps echo through the corridor, breaking the late-night silence.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:What are we after?
NPC-Motoko(0)<Speaker>Motoko Kusanagi</Speaker><Position>-40,130</Position>||:The forgotten truth about this world. The key hidden beneath the rug.
NPC-Batou(0)<Speaker>Batou</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:Major, I'm reading a signal this way.
NPC-Motoko(0)<Speaker>Motoko Kusanagi</Speaker><Position>-40,130</Position>||:Stay together. Let's go.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Right.
()||<黑点1><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><SE1>AVG_Team_Running</SE1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1><黑点2>:The number plate of each holding cell flashes past the Commander's eyes, but the holding cells are all empty.+The Commander dashes down the corridor, until there is one last cell at the end...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:
NPC-Batou(0)<Speaker>Batou</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_2023Slow_Keyboard_Correct</SE1>:Major, I found the target, but her signal is unstable. I may lose her any second.
NPC-Motoko(0)<Speaker>Motoko Kusanagi</Speaker><Position>-40,130</Position>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Prison_Door</SE1>:Perform a hack immediately.
NPC-Batou(0)<Speaker>Batou</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_keyboardtype_sci</SE1>:Setting up a connection now.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>327</BIN><SE1>AVG_footsteps_woodfloor</SE1><BIN>327</BIN><bg_move>%%pivot_x=0.6%%pivot_y=0.6%%scale=1.5%%duration=1.5%%</bg_move>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:The Commander stops outside the holding cell at the end of the corridor. Inside the cramped cell, a familiar girl is sitting against the wall.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Heartbeat</SE1>:Her long hair hangs over her face. She looks as if she is just taking an afternoon nap.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Boys...
NPC-Batou(1)<Speaker>Batou</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_whitenoise</SE1>:Major, the signal is—
NPC-Motoko(2)<Speaker>Motoko Kusanagi</Speaker><Position>-40,130</Position>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:There's no time! I'm going in directly!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><SE1>AVG_Creep</SE1>:The Major plugs Boys' data cable into the port behind her neck.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=1%%delay=0.1%%range=3</controll_shake><SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1>:Under the Commander's agitated gaze, Boys frowns, then slowly slumps to the floor.
()||<黑屏1><CGDelay>1</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><SE1>AVG_2023Slow_Heart_telescreen3</SE1>:Beep...
()||<黑点1>: