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()<Speaker></Speaker>||:A few days ago, on the outskirts of the Offenbach District in Frankfurt.
NPC-M400(0)<Speaker>Hertha</Speaker>||:What's the hold-up? It's time to change shifts.
NPC-M400(0);NPC-SIG-Cross(0)<Speaker>Cross</Speaker><Position>0,150</Position>||:...+Has the Instructor come out at all during your shift yesterday?
NPC-M400(0)<Speaker>Hertha</Speaker>;NPC-SIG-Cross(0)<Position>0,150</Position>||:No. Why?
NPC-M400(0);NPC-SIG-Cross(0)<Speaker>Cross</Speaker><Position>0,150</Position>||:That's three days. For three whole days, she's been inside the safe house...+That's not a good sign.
NPC-M400(0)<Speaker>Hertha</Speaker>||:...
MG338(0)<Speaker>Lenny</Speaker>||:This is MG338, I have a report for AR-18.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_keyboardtype_sci</SE1>:Hertha routinely sweeps the visitor from head to toe with as quickly as she can.
NPC-M400(0)<Speaker>Hertha</Speaker>||:...You're good.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The petite figure gives Hertha a silent nod before disappearing through the door into the safe house.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>356</BIN>:In the evening, inside the temporary safe house.+The stuffy air hangs heavy in the room. It is obvious that the windows haven't been open for several days.+Lenny walks up to AR-18, who is hard at work.
AR18(2)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:While going through the work that the Commander has left behind, I came across several messages in their personal mailbox.+The sender's name is Cornelia Schaefer.+She wrote to request the Commander's assistance in investigating Professor Gray, who was affiliated with the Galatea Corporation before her death. She seems to have knowledge of certain matters concerning Paradeus.+What do you think?
MG338(0)<Speaker>Lenny</Speaker>||:She is the employer of Mia, a former colleague of mine.+If you are concerned about whose side she is on, I once helped her evade Paradeus' pursuit while in Berlin.
AR18(2)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:So you think she can be trusted?
MG338(0)<Speaker>Lenny</Speaker>||:In my opinion, even though she hails from a wealthy and prominent family, she can be depended upon.+In fact, I would go so far as to say she is on the same path as the Commander.
AR18(2)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:...Hails from a wealthy and prominent family?
MG338(0)<Speaker>Lenny</Speaker>||:Yes, she is the granddaughter of the former Ministry of Health.
AR18(2)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:We need an influential human to help us get into Frankfurt.
MG338(0)<Speaker>Lenny</Speaker>||:...Are you implying we should ask a favor of Miss Schaefer?
AR18(2)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:If there's any possibility that it may work, I'll give it a try.
MG338(0)<Speaker>Lenny</Speaker>||:I understand. I will contact Mia immediately.
AR18(2)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:Also, keep the Commander's disappearance a secret from her for now.
MG338(0)<Speaker>Lenny</Speaker>||:...Yes, ma'am.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>10213</BGM>:At present, on the outskirts of the Offenbach District, Frankfurt.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_wind_grass</SE1>:Hertha is startled by the sudden rustling of leaves while she is standing guard.
NPC-M400(0)<Speaker>Hertha</Speaker>||<SE1>Select</SE1>:Who's there?!
APC556(2)<Speaker>Mia</Speaker>||:Relax, it's me.
NPC-M400(0)<Speaker>Hertha</Speaker>||:Miss Mia, how come you never make a sound when you move?
APC556(2)<Speaker>Mia</Speaker>||:Being quiet and unobtrusive is one of the basic qualities of a bodyguard.+Is the Instructor here? I've come with new intel.
NPC-M400(0)<Speaker>Hertha</Speaker>||:Come on in.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||:AR-18 puts down what she is doing when she sees Mia coming in.
AR18(3)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:Any messages from Miss Nele?
APC556(2)<Speaker>Mia</Speaker>||:These are your permits. Memorize all the details of your cover identities written on them. They may question you at the security screening.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:AR-18 takes the permits, and her stern face softens ever so slightly.
AR18(3)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:Please convey our gratitude to Miss Nele.+She has certainly done us a huge favor.
APC556(2)<Speaker>Mia</Speaker>||:If you want to thank her, get the Commander to do it in person.
AR18(3)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:Sure.
APC556(2)<Speaker>Mia</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Mia glances around the room and silently takes note of the details she sees.
AR18(3)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:Any questions, Miss Mia?
APC556(4)<Speaker>Mia</Speaker>||:The Commander... isn't busy. They're trapped somewhere, aren't they?
APC556(4);AR18(5)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:...
APC556(4)<Speaker>Mia</Speaker>;AR18(5)<Position>0,100</Position>||:There are no obvious signs of human activity in this safe house.+Besides, if the Commander were not incapacitated, you wouldn't have come to Nele for help with the permits.
APC556(4);AR18(3)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:As I have already explained to Miss Nele, the Commander is doing their utmost best to resolve a certain matter, but they have run into some obstacles.+Once the Commander completes their task, they will be more than happy to treat with Miss Nele.
APC556(4)<Speaker>Mia</Speaker>;AR18(3)<Position>0,100</Position>||:...+So where is the Commander dealing with this important matter?
APC556(4);AR18(3)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:...In the Wiesbaden District.
APC556(4)<Speaker>Mia</Speaker>;AR18(3)<Position>0,100</Position>||:...If you're referring to the restricted area within the Wiesbaden District...+You can just say the White Zone.
APC556(4);AR18(3)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:...I was not aware that this kind of information is public knowledge in Germany?
APC556(4)<Speaker>Mia</Speaker>;AR18(3)<Position>0,100</Position>||:Even ordinary citizens can visit the government office as long as they have an appointment.
APC556(4);AR18(3)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:I see.+...In that case, it would also be a walk in the park for Miss Nele to travel to the White Zone, wouldn't it?
APC556(4)<Speaker>Mia</Speaker>;AR18(3)<Position>0,100</Position>||:...+You know Nele won't say no to your request.
APC556(4);AR18(3)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:If it's at all possible, could you ask Miss Nele to take note of the terrain and geography within the White Zone for us?+To be honest, this is what the Commander has been trying to achieve clandestinely.
APC556(4)<Speaker>Mia</Speaker>;AR18(3)<Position>0,100</Position>||:...That's state secret.+Are you asking Nele to commit treason?
APC556(4);AR18(3)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:...We will never put Miss Nele in that kind of position.+I swear to you on the Commander's honor. 
APC556(4)<Speaker>Mia</Speaker>;AR18(3)<Position>0,100</Position>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Nele will be meeting Herr Vogt in the White Zone tomorrow afternoon.+I hope you'll hold up your end of the bargain.
AR18(3)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:When this matter is over, I will make sure Miss Nele gets an appointment with the Commander.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>356</BIN><黑点2><BGM>10230</BGM>:AR-18 convenes an emergency operation meeting.+The assembled Dolls line up neatly and gather in the cramped interior of the safe house.+AR-18 stands across from them behind a simple desk and scans everyone's faces.
AR18(2)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:We are all set to enter Frankfurt.+I will now give instructions on how we are going to proceed. Would all team leaders present promptly relay the information to their teams.
()<Speaker>All</Speaker>||:Yes, ma'am!
AR18(2)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:First of all, we will be entering Frankfurt with Miss Nele's help.+Her bodyguard, Miss Mia, will be driving us into the city, and we will be declared as "Miss Nele's newly hired bodyguard Dolls".+Considering the latest intel we have on the traffic restrictions in Frankfurt, I believe those who come along this time must meet at least the following criteria—
AR18(2)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:One, they must have experience in carrying out prolonged covert operations in an urban setting;+And two, they must excel at electronic warfare and masking their signals to conduct infiltrations...
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||:I think I heard our names being called?
HK416Mod(0)<Speaker>416</Speaker>||:...
AR18(2)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:Yes, Squad 404, I need all of you to aid us on the EW front in this operation.
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||:No problem, I'll bill the Commander for it.
AR18(2)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:Also, Cross and Hertha.
()<Speaker>Cross & Hertha</Speaker>||:Yes, ma'am.
AR18(2)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:The six of you will be coming with me to Frankfurt.
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:...
AR18(2)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:RO, while I'm away, please keep this place running.
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:Understood.+I just feel a bit useless for not being able to help you...
AR18(2)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:The AR Team sustained severe damage in the previous operation and are still recovering.+Even you haven't been fully repaired yourself. Please don't worry about anything else until you get yourself patched up. 
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:...Alright.
AR18(2)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:Once I leave, you and ST AR-15 will be in charge of this safe house and our other outposts in the area.+Please keep all the remaining Dolls safe and await further instructions.
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:Roger that.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:416 picks up the permits from the desk and checks them one by one.
HK416Mod(0)<Speaker>416</Speaker>||:What should we do with these permits that Miss Nele has delivered to us?+The information on them doesn't really match us.
AR18(2)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:That's true. Although the paperwork has been taken care of, we will still have to stay out of sight as much as possible.+In the most ideal scenario, we won't have to go through any manned checkpoints and are granted access after a simple document verification.
HK416Mod(0)<Speaker>416</Speaker>||:I see. So Squad 404 will have our work cut out for us from the moment we get in.
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||:I'll leave that in your good hands. ID signal masking and modification is your forte, after all.
HK416Mod(0)<Speaker>416</Speaker>||:...+And your forte must be bossing people around.
UMP9Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP9</Speaker>||:Now, now. Let's figure out how we can speedrun the security checks in Frankfurt!
G11Mod(0)<Speaker>Gr G11</Speaker><Shake>||:Zzzz...
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Late at night, outside Frankfurt.+A van full of Dolls follows the congested traffic and moves slowly on the brightly lit autobahn, grinding to a stop regularly before starting up again.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:With a hand poised on the car horn, Mia looks around restlessly. 
APC556(4)<Speaker>Mia</Speaker>||:...Aren't there supposed to be traffic restrictions all over Frankfurt?+Why are there so many cars waiting in line to get in at this late hour?!
UMP9Mod(2)<Speaker>UMP9</Speaker>||:Looking at the license plates, there are even cars coming from Munich and Lübeck...+Why come all the way here at a time like this?
UMP9Mod(2);UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||:People are probably unnerved by the terrorist attacks in Berlin and Frankfurt?+The series of explosions in Berlin from a few months ago still haven't been fully investigated, then there was another explosion in Frankfurt on Halloween, and now a Doll has apparently committed "murder".+People all over Germany are in a panic.
UMP9Mod(2)<Speaker>UMP9</Speaker>;UMP45Mod(0)||:But shouldn't they be AVOIDING Berlin and Frankfurt?
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||:In the eyes of ordinary citizens, the stricter the restrictions, the safer they think it is...+Right now, Frankfurt's crackdown on Dolls is probably the toughest in the entire country.
HK416Mod(0)<Speaker>416</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_21Winter_Click_Keyboard</SE1>:Enough chit-chat.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:416 stares at the multiple dots moving uniformly on the screen.
HK416Mod(0)<Speaker>416</Speaker>||:45, several drones have locked onto us.
AR18(2)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:Keep calm, don't do anything that would draw suspicion.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Both AR-18 and Mia glance ahead.+Several drones lined up in a single row are overlooking and scanning the vehicles entering the city from mid-air.
HK416Mod(0)<Speaker>416</Speaker>||:It seems to be a routine check. We haven't attracted any particular attention.
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||:Just to be safe, we should still wipe ourselves from the system after getting through.
HK416Mod(0)<Speaker>416</Speaker>||:Right, I've already left a backdoor.
UMP9Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP9</Speaker>||:Our permits and forged IDs have been uploaded. All green on the backend, no problem whatsoever.
AR18(2)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:Looks like we passed the first check then.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:All the Dolls in the van breathe a small sigh of relief.
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||:You've suddenly become so mature and dependable, 416. Are you in a lot of debt or something?
HK416Mod(0)<Speaker>416</Speaker>||:...Why are you always talking smack to me...?
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||:I was just expressing my concern for you.
HK416Mod(0)<Speaker>416</Speaker>||:Your concern is hard to stomach.+My financial situation is perfectly fine, thank you very much.
UMP9Mod(3)<Speaker>UMP9</Speaker>||:How nice~ 416 is such a reassuring presence now~
HK416Mod(0)<Speaker>416</Speaker>||:...
UMP9Mod(3)<Speaker>UMP9</Speaker>||:45, is this what being a veteran truly means?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:416's fingers keep dancing across the keyboard, but her frown betrays her exasperation.
HK416Mod(0)<Speaker>416</Speaker>||:AR-18, can you order them to shut up?
AR18(2)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:It's probably a good idea to keep quiet for now.
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||:Roger that.
UMP9Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP9</Speaker>||:Okie-doke~
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:UMP45 smiles to herself and looks out the window.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_NightVision_Start</SE1>:Whirr... Amidst the silence, a small drone suddenly whizzes down to scan the van.
APC556(4)<Speaker>Mia</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>We're now in the queue waiting to get through the checkpoint.</color>
AR18(2)<Speaker>AR-18</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:<color=#00CCFF>Attention, switch to our closed-circuit comms channel and deactivate all external contact signals.</color>+<color=#00CCFF>Pay attention to your facial expressions and movements. Don't blow your cover.</color>
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>Acknowledged.</color>
NPC-SIG-Cross(0)<Speaker>Cross</Speaker><Position>0,150</Position>||:<color=#00CCFF>Understood.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The van is silent once again. In the small, enclosed space with only the dull roar of the engine, it slowly carries the Dolls toward the brightly lit night of Frankfurt...
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