()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<睁眼><BGM>BGM_TK_face</BGM><BIN>2</BIN><Night><bg_move>%%pivot_x=0.5%%pivot_y=0.5%%scale=2%%duration=0%%</bg_move><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The Commander wakes up by the riverside, unsure of how much time has passed.
()||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1><bg_move>%%pivot_x=0.45%%pivot_y=0.5%%scale=2%%duration=0.5%%</bg_move><CGDelay>0.1</CGDelay>:
()||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1><bg_move>%%pivot_x=0.55%%pivot_y=0.5%%scale=2%%duration=0.7%%</bg_move><CGDelay>0.4</CGDelay>:
()||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1><bg_move>%%pivot_x=0.5%%pivot_y=0.5%%scale=1%%duration=1%%</bg_move><CGDelay>0.1</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:In front of them lie Kuro and Mityl, still unconscious. Beluga and the box are nowhere to be seen.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Wake up. Come on, wake up.
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position><Shake>||:Mm?
NPC-MDR_AB(0)<Speaker>Kuro</Speaker><Shake>||:Ugh...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:The Commander shakes the two awake. Once it becomes clear that the girls are unharmed, they exhale in relief. They take out their canteen to offer water, but after a moment's hesitation, they dig out two sealed bottles of water from their pack instead and hand them over.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Here, drink some.
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:What happened... Beluga?
NPC-MDR_AB(0)<Speaker>Kuro</Speaker>||:Don't even mention that woman.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_splash_water</SE1><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:With the canteen in hand, the Commander walks to the river, empties the remaining water, and thoroughly washes it with river water.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Beluga is with Doss. They took the box.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Judging from the sky, we've been out for at least an hour. Go through your packs—throw out any opened food and water. We're going after them.
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:That's such a waste...
NPC-MDR_AB(0)<Speaker>Kuro</Speaker>;NPC-P90_AB(0)<Position>0,-50</Position>||:One hour. Can anyone guarantee the opened stuff isn't poisoned?
NPC-MDR_AB(0);NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:There's just the three of us here.
NPC-MDR_AB(0)<Speaker>Kuro</Speaker>||:What about Beluga?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.2</CGDelay><SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Mityl falls silent. She sighs and starts discarding things from her bag.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<震屏3><SE1>AVG_Punch</SE1><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Kuro slams a half-open pack of hard tack to the ground and crushes it underfoot, grinding it out in frustration.
NPC-MDR_AB(0)<Speaker>Kuro</Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_carmona</BGM>:Forget it.
NPC-MDR_AB(0);NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:Hm?
NPC-MDR_AB(0)<Speaker>Kuro</Speaker>;NPC-P90_AB(0)<Position>0,-50</Position>||:I say we forget about this mission.
NPC-MDR_AB(0)<Speaker>Kuro</Speaker>;NPC-P90_AB(0)<Position>0,-50</Position>||:Doss, unidentified spec ops, a client who won't tell us anything, bullets that could hit us from behind at any moment...
NPC-MDR_AB(0)<Speaker>Kuro</Speaker>;NPC-P90_AB(0)<Position>0,-50</Position>||:I'm done with this job.
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:Don't be rash. There's still a way. I'll find us a vehicle—we can still catch up.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Zipper</SE1>:Kuro has already packed up her small satchel. She swings it over her shoulder and stands.
NPC-MDR_AB(0)<Speaker>Kuro</Speaker>||:What about you two? Are you going after the box or coming with me? We can team up on another gig...
NPC-MDR_AB(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:It's probably too late to back out now.
NPC-MDR_AB(0)<Speaker>Kuro</Speaker>||:The box is already gone. If we quit now, our reputation is the only thing that'll suffer. Worst case, we change names and start over.
NPC-MDR_AB(0)<Speaker>Kuro</Speaker>||:People die in the Dark Zone every day. No one's going to remember us...
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:There's still 18 hours until the deadline. We still have a shot—
NPC-MDR_AB(0)<Speaker>Kuro</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Punch_Hit</SE1><震屏3>:<size=50>But I don't care anymore!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Kuro's sudden outburst startles Mityl.
NPC-MDR_AB(0)<Speaker>Kuro</Speaker>||:Let me ask you—do you know what's in the box? Who the client is? Why you're delivering this thing?
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:Kuro...
NPC-MDR_AB(0)<Speaker>Kuro</Speaker>||:We don't.
NPC-MDR_AB(0)<Speaker>Kuro</Speaker>||:We're risking it all for those bigwigs hiding in skyscrapers, pulling strings from afar. Is it worth it?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Mityl crouches, arms around her knees, clearly wanting to speak but too timid to. The Commander keeps their head down, busily fiddling with gear, pretending to be preoccupied.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:No one answers. No one knows how to.
NPC-MDR_AB(0)<Speaker>Kuro</Speaker>||:I'm leaving.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Take care.
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:Wait!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Mityl pulls three grenades and several medkits from her bag and presses them into Kuro's hands.
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:Take these three grenades—no shrapnel, so you won't hurt yourself. Take the medkits too. Don't skip carrying them just because they're heavy. With the way you charge in without cover...
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:...Take care of yourself.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Mityl trails off, reluctant to finish. Kuro walks off a few steps, then rushes back and hugs Mityl tightly. She nods to the Commander.
NPC-MDR_AB(0)<Speaker>Kuro</Speaker>||:Stay safe!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:Kuro heads off alone, leaving Mityl and the Commander on their own on the riverside.
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:Why didn't you stop her?
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Because she's right.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The Commander stops what they're doing and straightens up to look at Mityl.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:What about you? Why are you staying?
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:I... I don't know.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Mityl hugs her knees.
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:I just liked it when the four... no, the three of us were together. I don't like being alone.
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:How did things fall apart so suddenly?
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Come on. Let's find a car first...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:The Commander leads Mityl toward the woods not far off.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:It's not the worst-case scenario.
NPC-Hecate_AB(1)<Speaker>???</Speaker>||<SE1>Select</SE1>:You're right.
()<Speaker>Commander & Mityl</Speaker>||:!
NPC-Hecate_AB(1)<Speaker>???</Speaker>||<BGM>GF_22W_BGM_1</BGM>:Now it is.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Team_Running</SE1>:A group of uniformed special forces emerges and surrounds them, formation tight. Leading them is a woman with long, black hair.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:I've had more guns pointed at me today than I did all of last year.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:The Commander raises their hands and turns around helplessly.
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><Night><BIN>2</BIN><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...It's you?
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>Hecate</Speaker><GradientShow>2</GradientShow>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:You know who I am?
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:No, no...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:The Commander eyes the group, focusing on the woman in front. The octopus emblem on her arm is impossible to miss.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Blackgold Universal...
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:You were the ones who attacked us at the port—and on the boat!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Mityl recognizes the distinctive modded rifle immediately.
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:Hand over the box, and we'll let you live.
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:You've revealed yourselves after hiding all this time. Doesn't that mean you were going to kill us anyway?
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:That was the plan, but the box isn't here.
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:Tell us where it is and spare us both the trouble. I have no interest in making this harder than it needs to be.
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:You can guarantee that?
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>Hecate</Speaker>||:Hecate keeps her word.
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||<震屏3>:Hecate... You're from Blackgold's Abyss Squad!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Shocked by both the woman's name and the identity of the soldiers, Mityl blurts out her realization.
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:Kuro was right... This was a bad gig...
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>Hecate</Speaker>||:So? Thought it through yet? I don't have all day.
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:As you can see, we don't have the box.
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>Hecate</Speaker>||:Three.
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:We were tricked. The box was stolen.
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>Hecate</Speaker>||:Two.
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:It's really not with us!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><SE1>AVG_weapon_reload</SE1>:
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>Hecate</Speaker>||:One.
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:Doss has it!
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>Hecate</Speaker>||:Doss?
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Yes. I'm sure you've figured it out by now. There were originally three of us. On the boat, a fourth joined us.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:She called herself Beluga. She earned our trust, then brought Doss' men and stole the box.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:So your enemy is Doss, not us.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Faced with gun barrels all around, the Commander stalls for time, trying to distract Hecate and her squad.
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>Hecate</Speaker>||:And the third person?
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:...
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>Hecate</Speaker>||:How do we know you're telling the truth? Maybe the two of them just moved the box together.
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:Well... uh...
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>Hecate</Speaker>||:Heh.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Hecate eyes the pair who have no proof to back up their claims and signals a soldier beside her to kill Mityl first.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Wait! You got me; the box isn't actually with Doss.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:You want to know where it is? Put the guns down. You said you'd guarantee our safety.
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>Hecate</Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:You just refused the deal.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_weapon_reload</SE1><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:A Blackgold operative steps forward, his gun aiming at Mityl's head. She shuts her eyes.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<震屏3><SE1>Explode</SE1>:BOOM!!!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_arenabreakout_battle2</BGM>:A huge explosion sounds from the forest behind them. Then another...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<震屏3><SE1>Explode</SE1>:BOOM!!!
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>Hecate</Speaker>||:Stop.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Hecate halts the execution, signaling for three subordinates to investigate the forest.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Only four people—including Hecate—remain around Mityl and the Commander.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The Commander glances at Mityl. They exchange a look, both catching a flicker of secret delight in the other's eyes.
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:<size=25>An offensive...</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Mityl gestures toward the slope on the left with her eyes. The Commander gives a subtle nod.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The three operatives sent to investigate have moved far away. But suddenly, white smoke from another smoke grenade rises from the opposite side of the forest, drawing everyone's attention.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Now!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>RunStep</SE1><SE1>AVG_Punch_Hit</SE1><震屏3>:The Commander and Mityl spring into action, ramming into the Blackgold operatives in front of them.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE2>Gunfight</SE2>:Gunfire sprays off-target, tearing up the ground—
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><SE1>AVG_The_Division_Burning_Stick</SE1><common_effect>%%code=AVG_chuxian_yan%%</common_effect>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Another smoke grenade lands in their midst, clouding visibility.
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>Hecate</Speaker>||:Cease fire! Get out of the smoke!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Team_Running</SE1>:Too close together and afraid of friendly fire, the Blackgold operatives stop firing blindly and reposition to regain vision.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Meanwhile, the Commander and Mityl dash for the slope on the left.
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>Hecate</Speaker>||<SE1>Select</SE1><CGDelay>0.7</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<震屏3><SE1>AVG_rifle_finalshot_n</SE1><CGDelay>0.2</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_rifle_finalshot_n</SE1><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.4</CGDelay><SE1>AVG_rifle_finalshot_n</SE1>:Hecate raises her rifle. Without aiming precisely, she fires at the ground near the Commander's feet, forcing them to duck for cover and halt their escape.
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><Night><BIN>1</BIN><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:You okay?
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:Yeah, but I left my pack. I'm low on ammo.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The Commander hides behind a tree. Mityl observes the situation from behind a nearby boulder.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Got any throwables?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.2</CGDelay><SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Two grenades, two smokes.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:That's enough. They won't storm us—they want us alive.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:We're just five meters from the woods. If we get in, we might lose them.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:"Cuckoo~ Cuckoo~"—a bird call sounds from the dense thicket.
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:...That sounds nothing like a real bird.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Get ready.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Team_Running</SE1>:The Blackgold operatives raise their weapons and creep forward. Mityl pulls the pin from a grenade.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<震屏3><SE1>AVG_rifle_finalshot_n</SE1>:Bang—one of the lead Blackgold operatives drops from a gunshot.
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>Hecate</Speaker>||:From the trees!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1><SE1>AVG_The_Division_Grenade</SE1>:The shot acts as a signal. Mityl times it perfectly and throws her grenade. The two of them break into a sprint, heading for the "bird call".
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Hecate aims at the Commander and fires—
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<震屏3><SE1>AVG_rifle_finalshot_n</SE1><CGDelay>0.3</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_rifle_finalshot_n</SE1><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_2022Saros_Gunpast</SE1><SE1>AVG_Bullet_Hit_Body</SE1>:The first shot misses, but the second hits the Commander's lower left leg.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:They stumble, staggered by the hit. They're about to become a sitting duck.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE2>Gunfight</SE2><震屏3>:Mityl stops, turns, and fires at the Blackgold operatives hot on their heels, forcing them into cover and giving the Commander a breather.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Go!
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:We're going together!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Mityl empties her mag and reaches out for the Commander—Blackgold has them in their sights again.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Explode</SE1><震屏3>:Bang—another grenade from the trees stalls the pursuers for two seconds.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Kuro peeks out from the woods.
NPC-MDR_AB(0)<Speaker>Kuro</Speaker>||:Come on!
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:How's your leg?
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:I'm fine.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1><CGDelay>0.2</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:The bullet that should've shattered their leg seems to have done far less damage than expected. The Commander steadies themself and runs with Mityl into the forest.
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>Hecate</Speaker>||:Hm?
NPC-MDR_AB(0)<Speaker>Kuro</Speaker>||:This way, follow me! I found a car!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:It is much harder to pursue their targets in the woods at night. The Blackgold operatives hesitate to use grenades, afraid they would kill all three.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Soon, the trio finds the vehicle Kuro prepared ahead of time.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.7</CGDelay><SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Car_Open</SE1>:
NPC-MDR_AB(0)<Speaker>Kuro</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Car_Close</SE1>:Everyone in? Buckled up? Alright—launching!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=3%%delay=0%%range=3</controll_shake><SE1>AVG_engine_speedup</SE1><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE2>Gunfight</SE2>:They speed away. The Blackgold operatives, with no vehicles of their own, fire uselessly after them. None of the shots land.
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>Hecate</Speaker>||:Stop.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><回忆><BIN>1</BIN><Night><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
NPC-P90_AB(0)<Speaker>Mityl</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:Your leg?
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:It's fine.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><关闭蒙版><BIN>9</BIN>:
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<Night><BIN>1</BIN><黑屏2>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:Hecate returns to where the Commander was shot in the leg. There isn't a single drop of blood on the grass.
NPC-Hecate_AB(0)<Speaker>Hecate</Speaker>||:Could it be you?
()||<黑点1>: