()||9<黑屏1>0,10: ()||%%pivot_x=0.5%%pivot_y=0.45%%scale=1.7%%duration=0%%<黑屏2>1790.5: ()||BGM_ev2410_MareLunaris:...Outside an abandoned castle in the Fasanerie Conservation Area.+Laplace walks toward the handful of Nytos waiting to receive her. NytoWhite(0)White Nyto0,50||:Lady Laplace, please come with us to the safe house. Sister Morridow said she'll be arriving shortly. NPC-Laplace(11)Laplace||:Right. ()||0.5AVG_footsteps_cave:Laplace follows them coolly, utterly oblivious to the eyes that are trailing her. ()||<黑点1>: ()||Stop_AVG_loop9%%code=202410_FrontSight%%0.2: ()||0.7AVG_Camera_Focus<黑点2>179: ()||1791AVG_Camera_Focus%%pivot_x=0.5%%pivot_y=0.5%%scale=0.9%%duration=0.5%%: ()||<黑屏1>ClothingUp0.5: ()||%%pivot_x=0.5%%pivot_y=0.5%%scale=1%%duration=0%%<关闭蒙版><黑屏2>782:...In the distance.+Through her scope, Amaris clearly sees the figure approaching the castle. ()||0.5Rope:Her finger nearly gives in to the urge to pull the trigger—but she knows patience is needed now.+This performance is about to reach its climax. ()Amaris||0.5:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer... the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune...+Or to take arms against a sea of troubles... and by opposing end them... ()||<黑屏1>: ()||9<黑屏2>: ()||<黑屏1>: ()||<黑屏2>180.5: ()||:...Castle corridor.+A white Nyto leads Laplace to the door of the safe house. NytoWhite(0)White Nyto0,50||:Lady Laplace, we will stand guard outside.+If you need anything, please just let us know. NPC-Laplace(11)Laplace||:Sure. ()||0.5:With a cold nod, Laplace steps inside the room. ()||<黑点1>AVG_Door_Open_Close: ()||<黑点2>792: ()||:...The moment the door opens, the stench of decay and ruin rushes to meet her—+Fitting for a castle long abandoned, and not unlike what remains of Laplace's life. NPC-Laplace(11)Laplace||:... ()||:A long-awaited respite from the dreaded overhead light.+Laplace stands by the window. If anyone else were present, they'd surely think this scientist is pondering a new project. ()||:But in truth, she's thinking about nothing at all.+It's like the final moments of an experiment—all that remains is to wait.+Wait for the liquid in the flask to reach its final boil and cool.+The numbers and steps need no further adjustment...+For the result to come—+Laplace feels no excitement or joy. Only a quiet calm. NPC-Laplace(13)Laplace||:...Even the strongest will is touched by the decay of aging flesh.+To enjoy youth while young, and fame and fortune in old age—that is a worldly delight.+But those who have broken free of time itself... What drives their joy, their sorrow, their anger...? ()||AVG_pistol_finalshot_sup0.5: ()||BGM_Empty<震屏3>AVG_XXS_kick:Thud—something heavy hits the floor outside the door, one after another.+Laplace frowns and glances toward the entrance. NPC-Laplace(11)Laplace||:Tell me what you see. ()||:Nobody opens the door. Only a faint voice reaches her through the wooden panel. ()White Nyto||:Lady Laplace... be careful... inside... ()||AVG_Button_Click:Laplace snaps back into focus and walks toward the door. It has been locked from the outside. ()||ClothingUp:Calmly, she reaches into the inner pocket of her coat.+She draws a Browning with only six bullets. ()||:Then, she turns around— ()||<黑点1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh: ()||<黑点2>9: ()||:In all the long years that Laplace had spent working in the Avernus lab, she had not seen any natural light.+There had only been the endless glow of work lamps in the lab.+And now, though the sun blazes outside...+In here, there is only darkness. ()||:A human's ears are not as keen as a Nyto's. ()||:But a human's breath is also not as quiet as a Nyto's. ()||:That's how Laplace knows—in the darkness across from her.... lurks a person. ()||SelectBGM_ev2410_RespectedGray:Click.+From the shadows ahead comes a crisp sound. ()||<黑屏1>0.5: ()||<黑屏2>9%%code=202410_Nele_1%%0.5: ()||AVG_footsteps_woodfloor:A young woman steps out slowly from the dark, holding a Makarov pistol. ()Laplace||Stop_AVG_loop:... ()||:A stranger's face—yet Laplace is all too familiar with the way her eyes blaze...+With immense hatred and fury that consumes her whole being. ()Laplace||:...Who are you? ()||:Laplace can tell right away that the girl has no intent to shoot—at least not immediately. That moment of restraint piques her interest. ()Nele||0.5:...Martha Maitner. Capita. Laplace.+You've ceased to be human—you've become a demon, through and through. ()Laplace||:How curious. I'd say this transformation has made me more true to myself than ever. ()Nele||:Those who betray others will in turn be betrayed. ()Laplace||:I've long been prepared for that.+In fact, the moment I saw you, I knew who it was that sold me out. ()Laplace||:But what intrigues me more is... why are you here?+After all, it's been so long since I last saw a living human. ()Nele||ClothingUp:...Gray Blackwell.+Do you remember her? ()Laplace||:Of course. She was the most outstanding of all my juniors. ()Nele||:And how did you repay her? By leaving her soul in torment. ()Laplace||:...Torment?+I helped her surpass the limits of human physiology at the peak of her achievements so that she would always remain in her most efficient state. ()Laplace||:She's the only one... the only advanced Nyto untouched by any other human's DNA.+She became everything she'd ever dreamed of—an infallible surgical virtuoso.+An eternal flower captured at the height of its brilliance. Is that not a blissful existence? ()Nele||:...Your idea of bliss... is to render her completely brain-dead, then defile her corpse with your monstrous Virtual Consciousness design?+She once respected you so deeply... looked up to you so much... ()Laplace||:Back at Johns Hopkins, I once asked her what she wanted.+She told me, "Medicine is a battlefield of black and white. Before the bulldog clamp and Liston knife, surgery was no different from murder. I wish to become... the most complete shade of gray on this path.+"To pit the white of life against the black of death." ()Laplace||:I made her dream a reality. Now, she is the immortal "Lady of Ashes". ()Nele||:...And what's the cost of that so-called immortality?+Countless corpses scream beneath your feet... Can you even sleep at night? ()Laplace||:Medicine has always been a miracle paved with dead bodies.+Since the advent of organ transplants, replacing one living heart has always meant taking another. ()Nele||ClothingUp:Medical miracles are humanity's defiance against nature!+And each dead soul is a reminder to every healer, that this is not a game or not a joke—this is life, heavy and sacred.+The Black Death once wiped out a third of Europe's population. It was thanks to countless medical pioneers who gave their lives that we overcame it!+But in the eyes of a devil like you... they're all just a 'necessary price' that you are happy to pay without a second thought... ()Laplace||:Humans are slaves to their genes.+Those who can't adapt will naturally become the price of progress.+And now, our genes enter a new era. ()Nele||:...Then why don't you turn yourself into a Nyto?! ()Laplace||:Because the scientist who operates on the fully immune individual must be a pure human. Otherwise, there's a risk of losing control over them.+Those beings exert a staggering level of control over non-humans. ()Laplace||:I've always been racing against time.+Geniuses among humans need to be nurtured with time before they find truth, but once they bloom, there's barely any time left in their lives to truly make use of their insight and experience.+So I must maintain extreme focus with what limited time I have to complete this operation.+In fact... I'm close to succeeding. ()Nele||ClothingUp:...No. You're about to fail. ()Laplace||:You may be right. My choices have always been limited, after all. And my successor... is not a genius. He's singlehandedly taken the chance of success from 90%... down to nearly zero. ()Nele||0.5:...You should drag him to hell with you—+Instead of continuing to plague the world. ()||<黑屏1>BGM_Empty: ()||9<关闭蒙版><黑屏2>: ()||<黑屏1>: ()||<黑屏2>778BGM_ev2410_MareLunaris:...In this factory, where practically nothing has been left intact, Gray stands unscathed atop the ruins.+Across from her, Bramedb is already on the verge of collapse. She is still upright only because Hebe is propping her up. NPC-Bramedb(4)Bramedb||:She's not Gray at all... I don't even think she's a Paradeus unit... NPC-Hebe(5)Hebe||:... ()||:Hebe casts a rather disdainful glance at Bramedb, who is about to keel over. NPC-Hebe(5)Hebe||:Gray died long ago. This is just an empty shell, a puppet controlled by someone else.+Everything she does now is based entirely on her controller's commands. NPC-Hebe(5);NPC-Bramedb(4)Bramedb||:Can't we sever their link? NPC-Hebe(5)Hebe;NPC-Bramedb(4)||:That's your next task.+You'd only drag me down if you stayed on the battlefield anyway. NPC-Bramedb(4)Bramedb||0.5: NPC-Bramedb(4)Bramedb||:...I'll try. ()||ClothingUp:Bramedb retreats to the side and starts looking for a weakness in Gray's construct. ()||<震屏3>AVG_20Winter_Knife_Whoosh:Meanwhile, Gray casually flicks the blood off her blade and unleashes a new wave of attack on Hebe— ()||RunStep:Hebe's movements are as swift and agile as a gale, and her strikes are like needles hidden in a storm.+Stealthy, fast, and deadly. ()||AVG_20Winter_Knife_Whoosh0.5<震屏3>:Gray keeps up with her speed, blocking every attack—but it also means that she's fully caught in Hebe's rhythm.+At certain moments, something flashes in Hebe's eyes—some kind of sigil—but whether due to their shared Paradeus nature or her own timely evasions, the mark never completes its imprint. NPC-Bramedb(4)Bramedb||AVG_keyboardtype_sci:Strange. Her virtual cognition image is incomplete. It's not a neural cloud either. It's almost like... a whole new kind of AI command system. NPC-Hebe(5)Hebe||:Destroy it. NPC-MrsGray(9)Gray||ClothingUp:... ()||RunStep:Gray breaks free from Hebe's entanglement and charges directly at Bramedb— ()||AVG_Punch_Hit<震屏3>:Boom—+unable to dodge, Bramedb takes the hit head-on. ()||Explode%%type_id=2%%duration=3%%delay=0%%range=3:Thud. The world spins as she's flung into a corner, slamming into the ground and unable to move for the moment. ()||:For the first time, a grave expression crosses Hebe's face.+This is the first time she has ever had to ask for help. ()||0.5AVG_tele_connect: NPC-Hebe(7)Hebe||:...This is beyond my understanding, Nemhran. NPC-Nemhran(0)Nemhran80,90<通讯框>||:I see... I'll contact Lady Laplace right away and inform her of this emergency. +We cannot possibly resolve this on our own with our current resources. ()||<黑屏1>BGM_Empty: ()||9<黑屏2>: ()||<黑屏1>: ()||<黑屏2>782ClothingUpBGM_Scar_Battle:A wider grin spreads across Amaris' face. ()Amaris||:Dr. Meitner, I wonder—after all these years, does your system still have the same flaws? ()||:On the live feed transmitted by DEFY, Amaris finally sees the central figure of Project Cocoon—+A young girl, sleeping inside a cocoon-like incubator. ()Amaris||AVG_tele_connect:Link me in. ()AK-12||:94 just tried. Their system is incredibly robust. It withstood all of our cyber attacks. ()Amaris||:That's exactly why I'm here.+What destroyed Aliana was her correspondence to the Lake of Cognition—a place of energy extraction.+My correspondence... must be this "Cocoon"—the impurity that gathers all energy.+"Cocoon"... is the true key that's capable of destroying everything... ()AK-12||:...Stevens M520 mentioned that after Erma shut down the Summer Garden, only two fountains remained—Nadia and Lunasia. She left behind two keys... I used one to permanently seal Nadia. So could this be the last one...? ()Amaris||:...Unfortunately, it's not. +But I've figured out the foundation of this design now. ()Amaris||0.5:As a control, the partially immune individual named Nadia had a one-way connection to the Lake of Cognition. That's why she failed and withered.+"Cocoon" is the true vessel in Capita's design.+The successful "Lunasia" must be able to connect to both the Lake and the Cocoon.+And the "Lunasia" here has already emerged from her cocoon as a butterfly... What's left is just redundant data. ()AK-12||:...So the key that Erma left behind is now useless? ()Amaris||:...Not at all. We're racing against time.+The passage hasn't been fully opened yet. ()Amaris||0.5:We can still use this cocoon shell for something.+After all, I am the a child of the moon—a gift of divine blessing.+Capita... I'm truly grateful... Thank you for giving me this gift... ()||<黑屏1>: ()||AVG_keyboardtype_sci<黑屏2>5500.5: ()||:...She steps into her own neural space, which is now emptied of all things. NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:Never thought this place would ever come in useful again. NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:Aliana... in those final moments within the Lake of Cognition, what were you thinking? NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:Did you finally figure out what you did wrong? NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||0.5: NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:...Forget it. You'd never be able to puzzle it out NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:So be it. I'll never forgive you.+And you don't can save your excuses. ()||0.5AVG_20Winter_Door_OpenBGM_Empty:She gently opens a door—and reveals a floor bathed in brilliant blue moonlight... ()||<黑屏1>: ()||<黑屏2>7780.3: ()||AVG_20Winter_Knife_Whoosh:Hebe's attacks increase in both speed and frequency. ()||BGM_ev2410_MareLunarisAVG_Punch<震屏3>:Clang—+Gray's blade barely catches Hebe's sudden strike. NPC-Bramedb(4)Bramedb||:Sister Hebe... ()||ClothingUp:Bramedb struggles to her feet, only to collapse again. Hebe wants to respond—but her face contorts in horror.+Sensing opportunity, Gray charges again— ()||AVG_XXS_kick<白屏2>:Boom! NPC-MrsGray(9)Gray||:... ()||:A black figure dashes in from Hebe's blind spot, ramming into her with full force and pushing her out of harm's way.+It's Morridow.+But she doesn't seem to be faring very well herself. NPC-Hebe(7)Hebe||:Why did you come back? Where's Lady Laplace? NPC-MorridowNew(1)Morridow||:We'll talk later. ()||<震屏3>AVG_Grey_Hand_Mech:Morridow deploys her mechanical limbs and picks up both Bramedb and Hebe. ()||<黑点1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh: ()||<黑点2>0.7: ()||:Then she vanishes. NPC-MrsGray(9)Gray||:... NPC-MrsGray(9)Gray||AVG_tele_connect:Should I pursue? Awaiting orders. ()||<黑屏1>: ()||<黑屏2>6380.5: NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:No need. Your mission is complete. Return to base. NPC-MrsGray(9)Gray<通讯框>||:Understood. ()||AVG_tele_disconnect0.5: ()||AVG_keyboardtype_sciBGM_Empty:After purging the redundant data in the "Cocoon", Amaris gazes into the radiant daylight.+She sighs sentimentally. ()Amaris||:...Such beautiful weather... +and it's almost the most beautiful time of day... ()||:Dusk... +Fleeting, ephemeral dusk... ()||<黑屏1>: ()||9<黑屏2>: ()||<黑屏1>: ()||<黑屏2>638:Without a care for the Doll's hope for dusk to linger, night falls. NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||0.5:Capita, I'm here. ()||<黑屏1>: ()||9<黑屏2>: ()||<黑屏1>: ()||BGM_ev2408_BeeCatcher<黑屏2>7920.5: NPC-Laplace(11)Laplace||:I understand why you've come.+But as your senior, would you allow me to leave a few words for my successor on this project? +Eavesdropping on his comms shouldn't do you any harm. NPC-Nele(8)Nele||:...I'd be delighted to hear Satan's confession. NPC-Laplace(13)Laplace||:Then I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. ()||ClothingUp:Laplace sets down her Browning.+She picks up the communicator from the table. ()||0.5AVG_tele_connect:Click.+A comms request that usually takes ages to be answered goes through almost instantly today. NPC-William(0)???<通讯框>||:...Professor, calling to give your last will and testament? NPC-William(0);NPC-Laplace(11)Laplace||:Nemhran has taken over the escort mission herself. The subject should have reached the White Zone by now.+Sections 01.59 to 20.01 of "Avernus C. Hela" are largely complete. Remember to keep the temperature at around 25°C and humidity at 40%.+There are five days left in the surgical window. Make sure not to waste it. NPC-William(0)???<通讯框>;NPC-Laplace(11)||:...Heh, don't worry. I understand this part far better than you think.+In fact, there is a lot that you don't know—for example... +Do you know who wants you dead? NPC-William(0);NPC-Laplace(13)Laplace||:I know it's you. NPC-William(0)???<通讯框>;NPC-Laplace(13)||:Want to know why? NPC-William(0);NPC-Laplace(11)Laplace||:It doesn't matter.+As long as you follow my instructions and finish the work. NPC-William(0)???<通讯框>;NPC-Laplace(11)||:This operation will only go perfectly without you. NPC-William(0);NPC-Laplace(11)Laplace||:...You'd better stick precisely to my logs and annotations.+William, your talent and ability aren't enough to reach a perfect outcome. NPC-William(0)???<通讯框>;NPC-Laplace(11)||:Is that so? Yet my fame and accomplishments will far surpass yours.+I will surpass you, and all your so-called rivals.+This final, most important surgery can only be completed by me and me alone. NPC-William(0);NPC-Laplace(13)Laplace||:...+I hope you get what you want. I wish the same for myself.+Though now, I'm a little concerned... NPC-William(0)???<通讯框>;NPC-Laplace(13)||:You don't have any more time to be concerned...+I'll let you wrap it up. NPC-Laplace(11)Laplace||:Sure, Hume lived and died in obscurity, and you'll achieve worldwide renown.+But in the field of scientific research... you can't even hold a candle to Persica, let alone me or Shaw.+How did Lunasia end up with such a foolish brother like you? ()||0.5AVG_tele_disconnectBGM_Empty:Click...+William hangs up the call. ()||ClothingUp:Laplace turns again to the girl pointing a gun at her. ()||<黑屏1>: ()||Select<黑屏2><关闭蒙版>7830.5: ()Nele||BGM_ev2410_RespectedGray:Any last words? ()Laplace||:Little girl, your hands are shaking—you've never killed before, have you?+You're nothing like my other student. ()Nele||:...Firing at this range, I can kill you even if my hands are shaking. ()||:Laplace ignores the threat to her own life and holds out the comms tablet in front of her, which shows the data that Hebe has sent to her. ()Laplace||:Did you create this Gray? ()||:Laplace looks up and takes a good, long look at the girl.+When she sees the badge on Nele's chest, she smiles knowingly. ()Laplace||:You're her student.+That badge—she and I designed it together. She liked giving it to her protégés. ()Nele||Rope:...You're not worthy to mention her name! ()Laplace||:As a believer in science, I never took stock in religious concepts.+But your appearance now makes me believe in karma.+To think the one who will inherit my legacy... is you. ()||:Nele's eyes widen in disbelief. ()Nele||:What nonsense are you talking about? ()Laplace||:Genius is a fusion of talent and passion.+Gaining knowledge of what you seek is pleasure in itself.+Admit it—when you dissected Gray, you gained knowledge... and joy.+Well? My creation is excellent, isn't it? I'm glad—because it turns out you are my true successor...+Compared to Gray or William—you're more like me. ()Nele||:No! I was driven only by hatred! I didn't gain anything! ()Laplace||:What's the difference between a med student and a serial killer?+Little girl, the answer is—there's no difference.+The adrenaline and endorphins bring them the same joy. ()Nele||:Laplace, I'm nothing like you!+Maybe I did pursue the unknown in the past.+I thought I'd be thrilled when I made a breakthrough—but when I came face-to-face with your monstrous Nytos...+All I felt was pain and disgust.+Laplace... you betrayed the Hippocratic oath. ()Laplace||:That's the one thing I never betrayed. ()||ClothingUp0.5:Laplace tosses the tablet aside. ()Laplace||:...Gray was right. Family legacy... resource allocation... none of it matters...+Before true talent and passion, those things are meaningless.+Whether you admit it or not... you're my best student. ()||:Nele breaks down and shouts— ()Nele||<震屏3>:No! You're not my teacher!+You're not worthy of being my teacher!+My only teacher is Gray! ()Laplace||:...Knowledge is a curse.+...Talent is a curse.+One day, you'll admit... what you inherited from me is what you've been pursuing your whole life...+The passcode to the "Hela" project logs is... ()||AVG_rifle_finalshot_n0.5%%code=202410_Nele_2%%: ()||783AVG_rifle_finalshot_n<关闭蒙版>: ()||1%%code=202410_Nele_2%%: ()||:Nele can't fight the urge anymore—she fires. ()||:No aim, no precision—just pure rage, aimed at the source of her fury—+This woman who's now spewing nothing but madness...+This senior once admired so deeply by her mentor... ()||:This bastard... ()||783AVG_rifle_finalshot_n<关闭蒙版>: ()||0.5%%code=202410_Nele_2%%: ()||:She has to die! ()||783AVG_rifle_finalshot_n<关闭蒙版>: ()||0.5%%code=202410_Nele_2%%: ()||:She must die! ()||783AVG_rifle_finalshot_n<关闭蒙版>: ()||1%%code=202410_Nele_2%%: ()||0.79<关闭蒙版>AVG_rifle_finalshot_n:GO TO HELL! ()||<黑屏1>BGM_Empty: ()||<黑屏2>9<关闭蒙版>BGM_Hume_ImFutue_Main: ()Laplace||0.5:...SFDSEGBWQE1345... ()||HeartbeatAVG_XXS_kick0.5:Laplace collapses in a pool of her own blood, life draining rapidly from her body, but she still struggles to speak her final words. ()Laplace||0.5:...To me... legacy is immortality...+Now... I am finally... alive... ()||<黑屏1>: ()||<关闭蒙版>764<黑屏2>: ()||AVG_20Winter_Door_Car_Open:Fwoosh—+Amaris pushes open the window and vaults in from the rooftop. ()||ClothingUp:She steps over Laplace's corpse, walks up to Nele, and gently pries the gun from her hand. NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:It's over now. NPC-SCAR-H(0);NPC-Nele(9)Nele||:Amaris, I'm sorry. This was your mission.+I shouldn't have pulled the trigger... I was too selfish... NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris;NPC-Nele(9)||:I was right outside. NPC-SCAR-H(0);NPC-Nele(10)Nele||:...Why... NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris;NPC-Nele(10)||:Nele, we're different.+You wanted an explanation—I only wanted an outcome.+Only when you expect something from someone do you want to hear their explanation. NPC-SCAR-H(0);NPC-Nele(9)Nele||:... NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris;NPC-Nele(9)||:Maybe in your subconscious... you thought this senior—respected so deeply by Professor Gray—would give you some noble excuse that justifies her actions.+One that would let you find closure, let you believe she was worthy of Gray's respect. NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris;NPC-Nele(9)||:That's why I never wanted to hear her explanation.+Because if I did, I might start to believe that she really was my mother—that kind of mother. And that... would put me in a great deal of pain. NPC-Nele(9)Nele||:... ()||ClothingUp0.5:Nele stares blankly at the window. Heavy, dark curtains block out even the faintest light. NPC-Nele(9)Nele||:What time is it now? NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:It's night. NPC-Nele(9)Nele||:...+The forecast says... there's no sun tomorrow. NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||0.5:But day has already broken.+With daybreak... comes a new day. ()||<黑点1>: