()||9<黑屏1>0,10黑屏1>BGM_Empty:
()||10106748<黑屏2>0.5:
()||:In Laplace's lab, Raunheim District, Frankfurt.
NPC-Nemhran(0)Nemhran80,90||:Ashley, delete all information about that book.
NPC-Nemhran(0)80,90;NytoWhite(0)Ashley<通讯框>||:Huh? Isn't it top secret information?
NPC-Nemhran(0)Nemhran80,90;NytoWhite(0)<通讯框>||:It's just a fake.
NPC-Nemhran(0)80,90;NytoWhite(0)Ashley<通讯框>||:I see.
NytoWhite(0)Ashley<通讯框>||:I will now archive all relevant information.
()||AVG_keyboardtype_sci:As Ashley processes the data in the Bee Sting System, a thought suddenly occurs to her, and she turns to look at Nemhran.
NytoWhite(0)Ashley<通讯框>||:Sister Nemhran... The Bee Sting System is never wrong. There is no way it could have intercepted information regarding a fake...
NPC-Nemhran(0)Nemhran80,90;NytoWhite(0)<通讯框>||:Someone is trying to lure us into taking the bait.+It couldn't have been a coincidence. Track down the source of the information.
NytoWhite(0)Ashley<通讯框>||:Yes, Sister Nemhran.
()||AVG_keyboardtype_sci:Ashley promptly dispatches several Nytos to check the CCTV footage at the Frankfurt Library and look for signs of unauthorized access within the Bee Sting System.
NPC-Nemhran(0)Nemhran80,90||:Also, you can stop following any intelligence updates on Hume and "Human Intelligence Research".
NytoWhite(0)Ashley<通讯框>||:So we will no longer monitor any activities concerning the book? Any updates, changes in status, downloads?
NPC-Nemhran(0)Nemhran80,90||:Let me put it this way...+We will still be keeping an eye out, but for whoever is behind this.+We don't need to care about any new intelligence that emerges; we just have to focus on finding out what these people are after.
NytoWhite(0)Ashley<通讯框>||:Understood!
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()||9<黑屏2>:
()||<黑屏1>:
()||417<黑屏2>0.5:
()||:In the surveillance room in the Paradeus factory.
NytoWhite(0)White Nyto0,50<通讯框>||AVG_tele_connect:Sister Ashley, I have gone through all the CCTV footage at the Frankfurt Library.
()||0.2:
NytoWhite(0)Ashley0,50||:Have you found the target?
()||0.2:
NytoWhite(0)White Nyto0,50<通讯框>||:No... All surveillance record in the time frame when the forged book was planted in the library has been wiped and replaced with false data.+Since it has been completely overwritten, we cannot even recover the original data.
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NytoWhite(0)Ashley0,50||:...+Are there no other leads at all?
()||0.2:
NytoWhite(0)White Nyto<通讯框>||:None. The enemy was extremely meticulous. They had even hacked the cameras in the surrounding areas.
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NytoWhite(0)Ashley0,50||:Keep looking into it. Find the first camera they hacked and carry on from there.
()||0.2:
NytoWhite(0)White Nyto<通讯框>||:Yes, Sister.
()||AVG_tele_disconnect0.5:
()||AVG_doorknock_wood:Knock, knock.+There is a knock at the door.
NytoWhite(0)Ashley0,50||:Enter.
()||AVG_20Winter_Door_Open0.5:
Nyto(1)Black Nyto||:Sister Ashley, I have gone through all the CCTV recordings from 24 hours before to 24 hours after DEFY's attack on the factory.
NytoWhite(0)Ashley0,50;Nyto(1)||:And you've compiled all the relevant information?
NytoWhite(0)0,50;Nyto(1)Black Nyto||:Yes. We found their ride, and we are currently trying to track their travel route.+We will finish reconstructing their route in approximately three hours and subsequently locate their hideout.
NytoWhite(0)Ashley0,50;Nyto(1)||:Good. You may go.
Nyto(1)Black Nyto||:Yes, Sister.
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()||AVG_20Winter_Door_Close0.5<黑点2>:
()||0.5:The large surveillance room is silent again.
()||AVG_magic_circle_start:Ashley accesses the Bee Sting System and finds the information about the fake book. She pulls up the upload and access logs, then sends them over to a Nyto for more in-depth investigation.
()||AVG_tele_connect:After completing all her tasks, Ashley contacts Nemhran.
NytoWhite(0)Ashley0,50||:Sister Nemhran, we have tracked down Task Force DEFY's movements and are currently trying to locate their hideout.+All information pertaining to the fake book has been erased, and the search for its source is still underway.+All security matters at the base have been taken care of.+In addition, the materials from Berlin are being transported to Frankfurt. 17 batches have already reached the "Cocoon" factory.+Should the excess waste be moved back to Berlin?
NytoWhite(0)0,50;NPC-Nemhran(0)Nemhran<通讯框>||:...No need. Initiate Father's plan and connect to the assembly line of the Iaso's Boxes.+Also, keep a closer eye on Hebe's Bee Sting authorization. We cannot afford to have her cover blown.
NytoWhite(0)Ashley0,50;NPC-Nemhran(0)<通讯框>||:Understood. All channels for accessing Bee Sting within Frankfurt are isolated.+Not to mention protected by multi-factor encryption method.
NPC-Nemhran(0)Nemhran80,90<通讯框>||:Right. Anything else to report?
()||AVG_keyboardtype_sci:Ashley opens the Bee Sting System's interface.
NytoWhite(0)Ashley0,50||:Sister Nemhran, through the investigation we discovered that...+The information regarding "Human Intelligence Research (18th Edition)" was a modified copy of the interface from when we received information on the 17th Edition.+It's redundant data that appeared on the backend of the system and did not enter via normal channels.
NytoWhite(0)0,50;NPC-Nemhran(0)Nemhran<通讯框>||:...+And you were fooled by such a simple ruse?
NytoWhite(0)Ashley0,50;NPC-Nemhran(0)<通讯框>||:...Sister Nemhran, I... I... I'm so sorry...
NytoWhite(0)0,50;NPC-Nemhran(0)Nemhran<通讯框>||:Nevermind. It may have been a simple trick, but whoever was responsible managed to hack the Bee Sting System without triggering the alarm, promptly find a loophole and forge a piece of intel that drew our attention.+That alone makes them a worthy opponent. They're probably Griffin Dolls.+However, they are bound to have left behind traces when hacking the system.
NytoWhite(0)Ashley0,50;NPC-Nemhran(0)<通讯框>||:Now that we know what kind of pests we're dealing with...+Should we exterminate them?
NPC-Nemhran(0)80,90<通讯框>||0.5:
NPC-Nemhran(0)Nemhran80,90<通讯框>||:...Let me think about it.
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()||<黑屏2>0.5566BGM_Empty:
()||:In a hidden corner near the Paradeus factory.
HK416Mod(0)416||AVG_tele_connectBGM_ev2408_StungtotheMorrow:...Time for your scheduled check-in. Found anything?
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45<通讯框>||:We have broken through the fourth layer of their defenses, nothing about the Commander yet.
UMP9Mod(2)UMP9<通讯框>||:They've buried it way too deep!
HK416Mod(0)416||:...Not even a sliver of a clue?
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45<通讯框>||:We did find a surveillance signal that isn't part of the array in the Paradeus factory. This signal appears in multiple rooms within the same civilian building, but we haven't been able to extract the video feeds.
HK416Mod(0)416||:You have another ten minutes before the password refreshes.
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45<通讯框>||:9 is looking into the surveillance signal while I'm working on breaking through the fifth layer.
HK416Mod(0)416||:Acknowledged. Gr G11 and I will make sure it's safe out here.+In these last ten minutes, exit the moment you receive a withdraw signal.
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45<通讯框>||:Copy that.
()||0.5AVG_tele_disconnect:
HK416Mod(0)416||:Gr G11, wake up. Go up there and stand guard—
()||ClothingUp:416 taps Gr G11 out of habit to wake her, but when she turns to look, she is surprised to find Gr G11 staring at her with her eyes wide open.
G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:...
HK416Mod(0)416;G11Mod(0)||:...You're actually awake.
HK416Mod(0);G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:I couldn't sleep when you look like that...
HK416Mod(0)416;G11Mod(0)||:Like what?!
HK416Mod(0);G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:So tense... Like the female lead in "Planet of the Zombies" on the eve of the attack...
HK416Mod(2)||Rope0.5:
HK416Mod(2)416||AVG_Punch_Hit<震屏3>:Don't make it sound as if I were about to die!
HK416Mod(2);G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:So you do watch the movies that I recommend.
HK416Mod(0)416;G11Mod(0)||:...
G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:...Please don't scold me. I'll go stand guard.
()||AVG_Creep:Gr G11 climbs compliantly to a high vantage point and starts surveilling the surrounding area.
()||:416 monitors UMP45 and UMP9's progress closely while also scanning for nearby signals continuously.
()||0.7:
G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:You've been acting weirdly since you came back from Avernus...
HK416Mod(0)416||:...+Did 45 send you to question me?
G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:How did you know?!
HK416Mod(0)416||:You're hardly that observant.
G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:...
()||ClothingUp:416 glances at the uneasy Gr G11 and decides to offer an explanation.
HK416Mod(0)416||:I have simply come to realize this squad's weakness.+The AR Team has the support of the Commander, while DEFY is still plenty strong even having lost their own commander.+But what about us? We have no commander, no one to count on. All we have is ourselves.
HK416Mod(0);G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:Haven't we always been this way...?+With no one to boss us around, we can spend our days gaming and binging TV shows, and only have to take some odd jobs every now and then. What's so bad about that?
HK416Mod(0)416;G11Mod(0)||:...That's just like you!+I mean, I'm not saying it's bad either, but the situation is getting more and more tumultuous, and I can sense that something big is about to happen.+If we keep being so complacent, Squad 404 will not survive.
HK416Mod(0);G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:That sounds so complicated... I don't get it...
HK416Mod(0)416;G11Mod(0)||:You don't have to get it. Just know that no matter how I change, 404 will always be 404.
HK416Mod(0);G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:And we'll always be together, right?
HK416Mod(0)416;G11Mod(0)||:Yes.
HK416Mod(0);G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:Then why all the griping?
HK416Mod(0)416;G11Mod(0)||:I don't have gripes against anyone in particular, but...
HK416Mod(0)416||:...I used to think that 45 was cold, profit-driven, and would only take jobs that work to our advantage.+That's why even when she accepted high-risk commissions, I tried to convince myself that the payout justified the risks.+However, only in Avernus did I realize that she took the job simply out of her devotion to Ange and the Commander.
HK416Mod(0);G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:Huh?
HK416Mod(0)416;G11Mod(0)||:Ever since she came back from Avernus, she's been really down in the dumps. You think it's just because of 9, who can easily be loaded onto a new frame?+That's certainly part of it, but no.
HK416Mod(0)416||:She is mourning Ange, but she just won't admit it.
G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:...+And you exposed her just like that? No wonder you're always arguing with 45...
HK416Mod(0)416;G11Mod(0)||:Even you found out about her secret?!
HK416Mod(0);G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:Yeah... I found her spacing out one night.+I asked her what she was doing, she said Shaw got to have a grand funeral after she died, but not Ange.
HK416Mod(0)416;G11Mod(0)||:...
HK416Mod(0);G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:Are you worried that 45 is being too emotional?
HK416Mod(0)416;G11Mod(0)||:Developing feelings for your employer is bound to affect your judgment.
HK416Mod(0)416||:We're not strong enough, and we have nobody to rely on. Our margin of error is much smaller than the AR Team and DEFY.+For us, one false move, and the whole game could be lost.
G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:So you want to take over as leader of Squad 404?
HK416Mod(0)416||:404 can only survive with a perfectly cold and rational leader at the helm.+If 45 is no longer up to the task, I don't mind playing this "villain".
()||0.5AVG_2023Slow_Keyboard_CorrectBGM_Empty:A pop-up appears on 416's device.
HK416Mod(0)416||AVG_2023Slow_Keyboard_Enter0.5:
HK416Mod(0)416||:A squad is coming toward us. Can you see their configuration?
G11Mod(0)||0.5ClothingUpAVG_Camera_Focus:
G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:Looks like routine patrols... but they're headed this way...
HK416Mod(0)416||:Make sure our signals are masked. Hide 45's and 9's frames.
G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:Right.
()||AVG_21Winter_FT_Heel:As Gr G11 observes with bated breath, the patrol squad slowly crosses her field of vision.
()||0.5:
()||0.1Stop_AVG_loop:
()||AVG_Scene_Transfer:Just as they are about to disappear from view, the white Nyto in the lead suddenly stops dead in her tracks, then her head pivots around in an extremely unsettling manner—+She stares directly at Gr G11, who is hidden behind a window, and she flashes her a dreadful smile.
G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:Aaaaaahhhh!
HK416Mod(0)416||:What's wrong?!
()||<黑点1>:
()||AVG_Cloak_Whoosh<震屏3><黑点2>566:Gr G11 tumbles off her lookout with a scream.
()||BGM_ev2408_DanceWithDeath:416 pulls Gr G11 to her feet. At the same time, she notices that the signal of the patrol squad has disappeared from her scanner.
G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:They spotted me!!!
HK416Mod(0)||0.5:
HK416Mod(0)416||:That's not right...
()||:A thought suddenly occurs to 416. She rushes over to where they've stashed UMP45's and UMP9's frames... only to find nothing.
HK416Mod(0)416||ClothingUp:...
HK416Mod(0);G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:How come they're gone?!
HK416Mod(0)416;G11Mod(0)||:They're not gone; we got hacked.
HK416Mod(0);G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:Huh?! When...
HK416Mod(0)416||:I don't know, but I'm guessing the patrol squad was actually bait...
HK416Mod(0)||0.5AVG_weapon_reload:
HK416Mod(0)416||:Prepare for battle.
()||%%type_id=2%%duration=4%%delay=0%%range=6Explode:Boom!+The enclosed wall is abruptly blown apart.+Debris is flung everywhere, and dirt hangs mid-air in the dazzling sunlight like a swarm of wasps.+416's suspicion is confirmed.
NPC-Nemhran(0)Nemhran80,90||:...
()||AVG_Cloak_Whoosh:A woman dressed in white appears in the scene of frozen time.
HK416Mod(0)416||Select:Gr G11, focus your fire!
()||Gunfight<震屏3>:Rat-tat-tat... Gunshots erupt as 416 and Gr G11 lay down suppressive fire without any hesitation.+Several bullets fly straight toward the backlit white figure hovering in mid-air.
()||AVG_whitenoise<白屏2><刮花>:Pzzt... pzzzzzt... Powerful interference obscures their vision like a blizzard. They can no longer distinguish between night and day.+The ground shakes beneath their feet, and all solid sensations gradually dissolve into insubstantial illusions that are ever-shifting.
()||0.5:
HK416Mod(0)416||:We must... hang in there until they get back!
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