()||9<黑屏1>0,10黑屏1>BGM_Empty:
()||10118%%code=CJ_rain%%5650.5<黑屏2>:
()||:...Deep within the Bee Sting System.+Data blocks keep falling away and raining down on this virtual space that has transformed into a library.
UMP9Mod(4)UMP9||AVG_keyboardtype_sci:The Bee Sting System has refreshed its password ahead of schedule!+All access authorizations are being overwritten!
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45||:416? What's your situation?
()||AVG_whitenoise:Pzzt. Only a faint noise can be heard through the comms line.
()||Battlefield:Rumble... The ceiling starts quaking, crumbling, and the last corner where they are hiding will soon be exposed.
UMP9Mod(4)UMP9||:45, we've got to go now or it'll be too late!
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45||:...
()||:UMP45 looks at the intelligence file that's almost within her grasp. The decryption progress bar is still stuck at 72%.
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45||:9, buy me 20 seconds.
UMP9Mod(4)UMP9||:20 seconds?! We'll also get washed away by the data torrent!
()||AVG_keyboardtype_sci:Ignoring UMP9's attempt to stop her, UMP45 resumes her effort in cracking the code.+UMP9 has no choice but to do whatever she can to slow down the spread of overwritten data.+But with the application of the new password, there is no stopping the rapid onslaught...
UMP9Mod(4)UMP9||:45, we're seriously running out of time!
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45||:...
()||:At the horizon of the digital space, a heavy downpour quickly erodes whatever is left.
UMP9Mod(4)UMP9||:45!!!
()||0.5AVG_2023Slow_Keyboard_Correct:
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45||:Done.
()||ClothingUp:UMP45 quickly stows away the intelligence file that she has finally acquired and grabs UMP9 without a backward glance.
()||%%type_id=2%%duration=6%%delay=0.1%%range=5AVG_lifttableBGM_Empty:The last corner in the library rocks and sinks amidst the torrent of data like a broken raft.
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45||:Withdrawing back to Level II.
()||<白屏1>AVG_magic_circle_start:
()||183<关闭蒙版><白屏2>:
()||<白屏1>:
()||<白屏2>0.5249:
()||:Like a world buried in heavy snow, the sunken library is no more.+Even though the Dolls are safely back within their neural space, UMP9 is still in shock.
UMP9Mod(5)UMP9||:45, another 0.5 seconds and we would've been goners!
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45||:Relax, we made it.
UMP9Mod(2)UMP9||:But why didn't 416 warn us? Even now, there's still no...
()||ClothingUp10244:UMP9 grumbles as she starts preparing for their return to the real world, but she freezes when she registers what she's seeing.
UMP9Mod(2)UMP9||:45, what's this place...?+Why is it all white? Our Level II didn't use to look like this, did it?
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45||:...
UMP9Mod(2)UMP9||:Did 416 upgrade the system?
()||AVG_tele_connect:UMP45 tries to contact 416 again.+Before the line connects, a familiar voice shouts from the distance.
HK416Mod(0)416||RunStep:45!!! RUN!!!
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45||:...!
()||AVG_whitenoise:Pzzt... A white sphere of light comes flying this way.+The brilliant light hurtles straight toward UMP45 and UMP9 with no signs of stopping—
()||<震屏3>Explode:Boom!
UMP9Mod(4)UMP9||:What the heck was that?!
()||:Having barely dodged the attack, the two Dolls look incredulously in the direction it had come from.
()||AVG_Team_Running:416 is dashing toward them with Gr G11 in tow, pursued by a white-clad woman hovering in mid-air.
()||Gunfight<震屏3>:UMP45 and UMP9 immediately open fire in unison to cover their retreat.
UMP9Mod(4)UMP9||:What is going on?! Where did that woman come from?!
HK416Mod(0)416||:We got hacked!
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45||:That woman looks like big trouble. She fits the description of the unit "Nemhran", who appeared in Avernus.
UMP9Mod(6)UMP9||:So she's the one who wiped out Squad Nitrogen single-handedly...?
G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:Ugh...
HK416Mod(0)416||:We don't stand a chance against her; we've got to get out.+The location of our frames is still hidden. We must escape from Level II before she finds it.
()||AVG_2022Saros_SCARL4:416 inserts a new magazine into her weapon.
HK416Mod(0)416||:Gr G11 and I will cover you. Try to find a decryption point.
HK416Mod(0);UMP45Mod(0)UMP45||:Got it.
HK416Mod(0)416;UMP45Mod(0)||:Make it quick.
UMP45Mod(0)||0.5BGM_Empty:
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45||:416...
HK416Mod(0)416||:What is it?
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45||:You will indeed make a great squad leader.
HK416Mod(0)||0.3:
HK416Mod(0)416||:Tsk.+Is this really the time?!
()||RopeRunStep:416 drags Gr G11 off to draw Nemhran away...
()||<黑点1>:
()||<黑点2>9:
()||<黑点1>:
()||<黑点2>249GunfightBGM_ev2408_DanceWithDeath:From the moment 416 realized they'd been hacked, she has noticed the white-lipped python that is always lurking in the corner.+It appears in every corner they flee to, but never attacks. It just flicks its tongue leisurely, as if just passing by.+But 416's instincts tell her that it's not that simple.+In electronic warfare, the visualization of every single object consumes processing power, so objects never appear for no reason.+This white-lipped python is on a mission.
HK416Mod(0)416||:...
G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:Whoa! That women just teleported!
HK416Mod(0)416||:This is her domain, after all. As long as she has the computational capacity, she can literally do anything.
()||ClothingUp:Ignoring the python for now, 416 focuses her attention on fighting the woman dressed in white.+She outclasses them in speed, agility, and power. They have no other choice but to keep a safe distance away from her.
HK416Mod(0)416||AVG_Team_Running:Pump those legs! Don't stop!
G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:Ugh... I can't keep this up!
HK416Mod(0)416||:Get on!
()||RopeClothingUp:416 pulls Gr G11 onto her back without hesitation.
HK416Mod(0)416||:You handle the shooting!
G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:On it!
()||<震屏3>1Gunfight:
HK416Mod(0)416||AVG_tele_connect:45! Any luck?!
HK416Mod(0);UMP45Mod(0)UMP45<通讯框>||:Give me another 37 seconds.
HK416Mod(0);UMP9Mod(4)UMP9<通讯框>||:Hang in there, guys!
HK416Mod(0);G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:Ughhhh... Hurry up! I'm about to be electrocuted!
HK416Mod(0)416||:...Copy that.
()||AVG_tele_disconnect0.5:
()||<白屏1>0.5AVG_whitenoise:
()||<白屏2>%%code=AVG_xiaxue%%:Swish...+Light powder drifts through the air.+Seeing that a thunderstorm is coming, 416 picks up the pace as she flees with Gr G11.+Out of the corner of her eye, she catches a glimpse of the white-lipped python, still hovering leisurely in a nook.+But in the blink of an eye, it disappears.
HK416Mod(0)416||:...
()||<白屏2><关闭蒙版>Explode:Boom!+Taking advantage of her momentary distraction, a grenade blows up and sends them flying.
G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:Argh!
()||%%type_id=2%%duration=2%%delay=0.1%%range=4AVG_Cloak_Whoosh:416 breaks her fall with several rolls, then without stopping for even a second, she pulls Gr G11 up and resumes her sprint.
()||Explode<震屏3>0.3:
()||Explode:Boom...+They are pelted with grenades from behind.
HK416Mod(0)416||:45!!!
()||0.5AVG_keyboardtype_sci:
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45<通讯框>||AVG_2023Slow_Keyboard_Correct:It's done. Logging out.
HK416Mod(0)416||:Get Gr G11 out first. She can't take any more of this.+I'll go last.
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45<通讯框>||:Got it.
G11Mod(0)Gr G11||:Ugh...
()||AVG_magic_circle_start:Gr G11 moans as she dematerializes in 416's arms.+Now that she has logged out successfully, 416 can finally go all out.
HK416Mod(0)416||Select:Come on then!
()||AVG_Cloak_Whoosh<震屏3>:416 vaults over an obstacle constructed with data and fires to slow down the white-clad woman.
()||:Hiss...+The sound of a snake flicking its tongue.
HK416Mod(0)416||:...!
()||:It's that white-lipped python again.+This is the first time it has appeared so close to her.
()||Gunfight:416 immediately switches her aim and fires at it, but it simply twists its body nimbly and avoids all the bullets.
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45<通讯框>||AVG_tele_connect:416, prepare to log out.
HK416Mod(0)416||:Acknowledged.
()||<震屏3>AVG_Cut_Watermelon:Almost immediately, the python strikes and sinks its teeth into 416's arm.
()||<黑点1>AVG_magic_circle_start:
()||9<黑点2>:
()||<黑点1>:
()||<黑点2>0.5566:
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45||:Are you okay?
HK416Mod(0)416||:...
()||ClothingUp:After escaping from Level II, 416 checks the site where the python has bitten her.+There is no sign of any bite.
UMP9Mod(4)UMP9||:What's wrong? Is your arm injured?
HK416Mod(0)||0.5:
HK416Mod(0)416||:I'm fine! Now let's get the hell out of here!
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45||:I've already sent AR-18 all the information we found in the Bee Sting System. She said she could work out the coordinates.
UMP9Mod(0)UMP9||:Then we completed the mission!
HK416Mod(0)416||:We're charging five times our standard rate this time.
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45||:Of course.
()||AVG_Team_Running:Bringing along the unconscious Gr G11, the Dolls of Squad 404 disappear into the messy room.
()||0.5:
()||<黑屏1>:
()||9<黑屏2>BGM_Empty:
()||<黑屏1>:
()||<黑屏2>0.5417:
()||:"If you say in the first act that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third act it absolutely must go off."
()||ClothingUp:While watching Squad 404's retreat on the monitor, Nemhran narrows her eyes and lightly taps 416's face with her slender fingertip.
NPC-Nemhran(0)Nemhran80,90||:Bang.
NytoWhite(0)Ashley0,50||:Why did you let her go, Sister Nemhran?
NPC-Nemhran(0)Nemhran80,90||:Who says I let her go?
()||ClothingUp:Nemhran pulls her hand away from the monitor and picks up a wine glass instead.
NPC-Nemhran(0)Nemhran80,90||:It's just not time for the rifle to go off yet.
()||0.5:
()||<黑屏1>:
()||9<黑屏2>:
()||<黑屏1>:
()||<黑屏2>0.59AVG_Broken_Glass:Clang.+The sound of something made of glass hitting the floor.+Then a cool sensation seeps into the hand.
()||<黑屏1>:
()||764<睁眼>0.5:
NPC-Lunasia(0)Lunasia||ClothingUpBGM_ev2408_LoveStory:Did I wake you?
()Commander||:...+What happened?
()||:The Commander finds themselves lying on the floor of yet another unfamiliar room.+To their side, Lunasia is cleaning up the knocked-over glass awkwardly with one hand. Iced water has been spilled all over the floor.
NPC-Lunasia(0)Lunasia||:Can you let go now?
()Commander||:...Huh?
()||Rope:The Commander looks up in bemusement and is surprised to find that they have been gripping Lunasia's hand tightly.
()||ClothingUp:After finally extricating herself, Lunasia rubs her clearly red and swollen hand.
NPC-Lunasia(0)Lunasia||:You had my hand in a vice-like grip all night, so I couldn't leave.
NPC-Lunasia(0)Commander<同时置暗>||:Sorry...
NPC-Lunasia(2)Lunasia||:No need to apologize. I actually slept pretty well even though I was forced to sleep on the floor next to you.+I even had a nice dream...
NPC-Lunasia(2)Commander<同时置暗>||:What dream?
NPC-Lunasia(0)Lunasia||:It's a secret~
()||ClothingUp:Like a lazy cat, Lunasia tilts her head to one side and sizes up the Commander with narrowed eyes.
NPC-Lunasia(0)Lunasia||:According to my memory, this frame hasn't slept in a long time.+There's probably something about you that puts people at ease.
NPC-Lunasia(0)Commander<同时置暗>||:In exchange, you should also give me something that would put me at ease.
NPC-Lunasia(0)Lunasia||:What do you want?
NPC-Lunasia(0)Commander<同时置暗>||:The truth.
NPC-Lunasia(0)Lunasia||:Hm?
NPC-Lunasia(0)Commander<同时置暗>||:Why are you moving me around in circles?+We've been at the same place all along, haven't we?
NPC-Lunasia(0)Lunasia||:...
()||ClothingUp:Lunasia takes a deep breath, then she lets out a soft chuckle.
NPC-Lunasia(0)Lunasia||:How did you find out?
NPC-Lunasia(0)Commander<同时置暗>||:The sounds.+They're very realistic, but all the ambient noise was audio simulation.+The church bells, the choirs, the planes taking off at the airport... They all had an obvious loop point.
NPC-Lunasia(0)Lunasia||:...
NPC-Lunasia(0)Commander<同时置暗>||:Judging from how far the sounds were coming from, we must've been moving around in the same building.
NPC-Lunasia(1)Lunasia||:As expected of the Commander.
NPC-Lunasia(1)Commander<同时置暗>||:...+Why though?
NPC-Lunasia(0)Lunasia||:Because it's fun.+I like wasting your time like this.
NPC-Lunasia(0)Commander<同时置暗>||:William doesn't intend to see me at all, does he?
NPC-Lunasia(0)Lunasia||:You're probably right. After all, he managed to achieve everything he wants without having to use you.
NPC-Lunasia(0)Commander<同时置暗>||:...
NPC-Lunasia(0)Lunasia||:So... your life is now in my hands.+You will have to live the way I want you to live.+This could go on for a week, a month, a year, a decade... maybe even a lifetime.
NPC-Lunasia(0)Commander<同时置暗>||:...
NPC-Lunasia(0)Lunasia||ClothingUp:I do wonder what you'll be like in ten years' time. Will you still be as rebellious as you are now?
NPC-Lunasia(0)Commander<同时置暗>||:...
NPC-Lunasia(0)Lunasia||:But one thing I do know for sure—in ten years' time, all your Dolls will be little more than spare parts.+You may be able to find chunks of them in the second-hand market.
NPC-Lunasia(0)Commander<同时置暗>||:...
NPC-Lunasia(0)Lunasia||:Why aren't you saying anything?
NPC-Lunasia(2)Lunasia||:Oh, you must be hungry.
()||0.5:Lunasia walks over to the table with a smile. She takes out a loaf of bread and starts cutting it up into slices.
NPC-Lunasia(0)Lunasia||:Oh dear, how could they be so careless?+I clearly told them to prepare a bread knife, so why have they left me a dagger instead?
()||ClothingUp:Lunasia deliberately holds up the dagger to inspect it. The sharp glint of the unsheathed blade pierces the Commander's eyes.
NPC-Lunasia(1)Lunasia||:It'd be very dangerous if the prisoner got hold of it.
()Commander||:...
()||AVG_footsteps_cave:Lunasia returns to the Commander's side with the dagger in her hand.
()||Stop_AVG_loop:
NPC-Lunasia(0)Lunasia||ClothingUp:In exchange for the peaceful sleep you have given me, you can have this dagger.
NPC-Lunasia(0)Commander<同时置暗>||:...
NPC-Lunasia(0)Lunasia||:You can kill me and escape.+We are now in the White Zone in Frankfurt. The security is very tight out there. You will run into the patrolling guards the moment you get out. Once you tell them about the ordeal you've suffered, you will be escorted to safety.
NPC-Lunasia(0)Commander<同时置暗>||:The White Zone?
NPC-Lunasia(0)Lunasia||:Oh right, aren't you worried about your Dolls on the Elmo?
()||:Lunasia points at the surveillance camera with the blinking light.
NPC-Lunasia(0)Lunasia||:They've already tracked you down. Get out of here and you'll see them very soon.
NPC-Lunasia(0)Commander<同时置暗>||:...+I'm not going to do that.
NPC-Lunasia(0)Lunasia||:If you're concerned about the explosives I'm carrying inside my frame, I was just messing with you.
()Commander||:That's not why I'm not doing it.
()||ClothingUp:Whoosh.+The dagger is pressed right up against the Commander's neck.+The smile has completely evaporated from Lunasia's face. Her cold eyes glint as sharply as the dagger in her hand.
NPC-Lunasia(1)Lunasia||:If you refuse to obey, I'll kill you.+To be honest, I've grown tired of you.
NPC-Lunasia(1)Commander<同时置暗>||:Go ahead.
NPC-Lunasia(4)||0.5:
NPC-Lunasia(4)Lunasia||:Are you testing me?
()Commander||:Yep.
()||Rope:Lunasia's pupils contract in anger. The cold blade slices open the Commander's skin, but it goes no further than that...
()||1:
()||0.5<震屏3>AVG_21Winter_OperatingDisc_DropBGM_Empty:Clang.
()||AVG_20Winter_Door_Open:Lunasia drops the dagger. She stands up and pushes open the door.
NPC-Lunasia(4)Lunasia||:Get out.
()Commander||:...
NPC-Lunasia(4)Lunasia||:Get out of here before I regret it!
()||AVG_footsteps_woodfloor:The Commander rises wordlessly. After taking a long look at Lunasia, they leave the room.
()||AVG_XXS_kick:As the footsteps recede into the distance, Lunasia slumps down to the floor.
()||:Tap, tap, tap.+The footsteps have returned to the door.
NPC-Lunasia(4)Lunasia||:...+Why did you turn back?
()||Stop_AVG_loop:The Commander is standing at the door with a blanket folded over their arm.
()||:They walk up to Lunasia, put the cuffs that have been their restraint for the last few days around her wrists, then place the blanket over her head...
()||<黑点1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh:
()||9<黑点2>0.5BGM_ev2408_BeeCatcher:
NPC-Lunasia(4)Lunasia||:What are you doing?!
()||:In the sudden darkness, the terrified Lunasia is picked up off her feet.
()Commander||:Taking my revenge.
()||ClothingUp:The Commander heads out the door again with Lunasia in their arms.
NPC-Lunasia(4)Lunasia||RopeClothingUp:Are you mad?! You could've left on your own!+William could locate and catch you through me, have you not considered that?!
NPC-Lunasia(4)Commander<同时置暗>||:I caught William once, I can catch him a second time.+But next time, I will just kill him and be done with it...
NPC-Lunasia(4)Lunasia||:Don't be a fool. Return to your precious Elmo.+Do you seriously think you're a savior? You are nothing. You can't protect anything.
NPC-Lunasia(4)Commander<同时置暗>||:...You're absolutely right.+I once met a young woman. I just promised her a safe haven, and she trusted me completely.+She died right before my eyes, and I was utterly helpless.
NPC-Lunasia(4)Lunasia||:...
NPC-Lunasia(4)Commander<同时置暗>||:I vowed then and there that I would not let this happen ever again...
NPC-Lunasia(4)||0.5:
NPC-Lunasia(4)Lunasia||:...Machlian?
NPC-Lunasia(4)Commander<同时置暗>||:...
NPC-Lunasia(4)Lunasia||:She died so long ago, but you're still thinking about her?
()||:The Commander can hear the mockery in Lunasia's chuckle.
NPC-Lunasia(4)Lunasia||:If... I tell you I can revive Machlian...+Would you agree to it?
()||:The Commander is immediately wary.
()||ClothingUp:Lunasia presses her lips against the Commander's ear.
NPC-Lunasia(1)Lunasia||:Say... if Machlian resides within Morridow's body, can you accept that?+Just like me with this body. Can you accept it?
NPC-Lunasia(1)Commander<同时置暗>||:...+It doesn't matter whether I accept it or not. You don't have a choice either way.+From now on, you are my prisoner.
NPC-Lunasia(4)Lunasia||:...
()||RunStep:Carrying Lunasia, the Commander runs out toward the light...
()||<黑屏1>: