()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>270</BIN><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><黑屏2>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Creep</SE1>:The atmosphere inside the villa shifts once again. Though Karven is still held at gunpoint by both the Commander and Beluga, he now seems oddly at ease. Smiling, he pulls out a chair and sits down.
()<Speaker>Karven</Speaker>||:Don't forget—it was me who introduced you to Doss in the first place.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><回忆><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><BIN>86</BIN>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_stage11</BGM>:Two months earlier, in a nameless town west of the valley.
()<Speaker>Karven</Speaker>||:Got this month's cut?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Karven, flanked by a few loyal subordinates, goes about his usual routine—collecting protection money from a small gang seeking shelter under their name.
NPC-Bodyguard1(0)<Speaker>Bodyguard</Speaker>||:It's all here...
NPC-Bodyguard1(0)<Speaker>Karven</Speaker><同时置暗>||:You seem to have something to say?
NPC-Bodyguard1(0)<Speaker>Bodyguard</Speaker>||:The gang here says someone troublesome just showed up. They're hoping we can help take care of them.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Karven narrows his eyes slightly, glancing sideways at the bodyguard who brought the message.
()<Speaker>Karven</Speaker>||:How much did they pay to have you deliver that message?
NPC-Bodyguard1(0)<Speaker>Bodyguard</Speaker>||:It's all here.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:The bodyguard pulls a gold ring from his pocket and respectfully hands it to Karven.
()<Speaker>Karven</Speaker>||:Heh, you've learned a few tricks from me over the years.
NPC-Bodyguard1(0)<Speaker>Bodyguard</Speaker>||:...
NPC-Bodyguard1(0)<Speaker>Karven</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Hmph!
NPC-Bodyguard1(0)<Speaker>Karven</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Now that we've taken their money, we should at least offer them something in return. So, who's the target?
NPC-Bodyguard1(0)<Speaker>Bodyguard</Speaker>||:No idea.
NPC-Bodyguard1(0)<Speaker>Karven</Speaker><同时置暗>||<震屏3>:No idea?!
NPC-Bodyguard1(0)<Speaker>Bodyguard</Speaker>||:Word is, it's a teenage girl. She suddenly appeared in town, had some kind of run-in with them... They didn't expect her to be so dangerous...
NPC-Bodyguard1(0)<Speaker>Karven</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Oh? Interesting.
NPC-Bodyguard1(0)<Speaker>Karven</Speaker><同时置暗>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:Send someone to investigate. Don't provoke her yet.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>1</BIN><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker>Karven</Speaker>||:You're Beluga, the one they were talking about?
NPC-M16_AB(0)<Speaker>Beluga</Speaker>||:Something you want?
NPC-M16_AB(0)<Speaker>Karven</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Relax. I come in peace. I'm here to offer you a sincere invitation—to join the Antonio family.
NPC-M16_AB(0)<Speaker>Beluga</Speaker>||:Antonio? You're Doss?
NPC-M16_AB(0)<Speaker>Karven</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Haha, no. But I'm one of Doss's most trusted men. You can call me Karven.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Beluga eyes the rotund middle-aged man in front of her. He doesn't quite match the fearsome image she'd heard associated with Doss.
NPC-Bodyguard1(0)<Speaker>Bodyguard</Speaker>||:Boss, about that favor we promised the gang—
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_pistol_finalshot_n</SE1><震屏3>:Bang!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1>:Karven draws and shoots the bodyguard who whispers the reminder.
()<Speaker>Karven</Speaker>||:A little gift, to mark our first meeting.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Beluga smirks coldly.
NPC-M16_AB(0)<Speaker>Beluga</Speaker>||:Pleasure doing business.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><回忆><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><BIN>554</BIN>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Half a month later.
()<Speaker>Karven</Speaker>||:Boss, it's here.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_footsteps_woodfloor</SE1>:Karven hunches forward as he leads the way. Behind him is Doss, dressed in a tailored suit, cane in hand, flanked by four stoic bodyguards.
()<Speaker>Karven</Speaker>||:Watch your step here, there's a ledge.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:Doss ignores Karven's obsequious chatter and strolls forward, stopping in the center of the road.
NPC-Doss_AB(0)<Speaker>Doss</Speaker>||:Is it cleaned up?
NPC-Doss_AB(0)<Speaker>Karven</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Al... Almost.
NPC-Doss_AB(0)<Speaker>Karven</Speaker><同时置暗>||:The damn bandits had no idea what they were messing with, daring to cross the Antonio family... Blind fools!
NPC-Doss_AB(0)<Speaker>Doss</Speaker>||:Hm?
NPC-Doss_AB(0)<Speaker>Karven</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Their leader, Jim, ran off. We're going after—
NPC-Doss_AB(0)<Speaker>Doss</Speaker>||:If someone has to die today, I'd rather it be Jim than you. Understand?
()<Speaker>Karven</Speaker>||:Y-Yes...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Karven wipes the sweat from his brow, bowing even lower than before.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>RunStep</SE1>:A disarmed subordinate runs over from a distance and whispers something to one of Doss' guards.
NPC-Bodyguard2(0)<Speaker>Bodyguard</Speaker>||:Boss, we got Jim.
NPC-Doss_AB(0)<Speaker>Doss</Speaker>||:Good. Let's see him.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><回忆><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><BIN>414</BIN>:
NPC-Doss_AB(0)<Speaker>Doss</Speaker>||:Did you bring him in?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:In the center of the room, a middle-aged man lies bound on the floor. Behind him, Beluga hands her weapon to one of Doss' bodyguards.
NPC-M16_AB(0)<Speaker>Beluga</Speaker>||:I did.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:Doss doesn't even glance at her. He raises his cane and lifts Jim's chin with it, inspecting his face from side to side. Then—
()<Speaker>Jim</Speaker>||<震屏3><SE1>AVG_Punch_Hit</SE1>:Hnng!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Jim lets out a muffled cry as Doss strikes his jaw with the cane, his teeth flying out as he collapses to the floor.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Doss tosses the now-dirtied cane to a nearby guard and adjusts his rose-crested gloves.
NPC-Doss_AB(0)<Speaker>Doss</Speaker>||:From now on, you work for me.
NPC-Doss_AB(0)<Speaker>Karven</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Boss...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Karven tries to interject, but chokes back the rest of his words.
NPC-M16_AB(0)<Speaker>Beluga</Speaker>||:I hear you don't let anyone carry weapons near you, other than your guards. If there's no trust, why would I work for you?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Karven subtly takes a step back.
NPC-Doss_AB(1)<Speaker>Doss</Speaker>||:Huh? Hahaha...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Applause</SE1>:Doss claps his hands and guffaws. Hidden behind his sunglasses, no one can tell whether it's amusement or threat in his eyes.
NPC-Doss_AB(1)<Speaker>Doss</Speaker>||:People should serve willingly. If that's not the case, then forget it.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Doss turns to leave with his men. One guard lags behind intentionally, as if this scenario is routine.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1><震屏3>:Thud! The sound of something heavy hitting the floor.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Doss glances back from the doorway to see Jim's lifeless body, his neck twisted unnaturally.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Next to him stands Beluga.
NPC-M16_AB(0)<Speaker>Beluga</Speaker>||:You don't need a gun to kill someone.
NPC-M16_AB(0)<Speaker>Beluga</Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:I'm in.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<关闭蒙版><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>10213</BGM><BIN>270</BIN><黑屏2><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker>Karven</Speaker>||:Haha... You realize, if you hadn't agreed to Doss back then, you'd have been the one to die.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Whatever Karven's recalling—perhaps a scene of Beluga being gunned down by Doss' men—it makes him burst into smug laughter in his chair.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:But then he remembers the situation he's in. The glee contorts into a grimace of rage and bitterness.
()<Speaker>Karven</Speaker>||:I knew keeping you close could bring me trouble, so once you transferred to Doss's side, I had people watch you closely. Eventually, I found something off...
()<Speaker>Karven</Speaker>||:The team Doss sent with you to hijack the boat... You killed all of them, didn't you?
()<Speaker>Karven</Speaker>||:If you kill me—
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_pistol_finalshot_n</SE1><震屏3>:Bang!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_lifttable</SE1><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=2%%delay=0%%range=3</controll_shake>:Karven crumples to the floor. Blood pools from the back of his head. A single bullet hole marks the center of his forehead, and the smugness still lingers in his eyes, frozen at the moment of death.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...
NPC-M16_AB(0)<Speaker>Beluga</Speaker>||:He talked too much.
NPC-M16_AB(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:What if he really had exposed you...
NPC-M16_AB(0)<Speaker>Beluga</Speaker>||:He already did.
NPC-M16_AB(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The Commander stares at Beluga in shock, but she seems unfazed. She casually wipes her pistol clean with the curtain and holsters it.
NPC-M16_AB(0)<Speaker>Beluga</Speaker>||:Why are you surprised?
NPC-M16_AB(0)<Speaker>Beluga</Speaker>||:A local gang with no military ties, and yet no one dares cross Doss in the Dark Zone. You really think he's that easy to fool?
NPC-M16_AB(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:...Maybe I just trusted your skills too much.
NPC-M16_AB(0)<Speaker>Beluga</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Even a guy like Karven could get away with all this under his nose.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_File_Put</SE1>:Beluga looks slightly exasperated, but she doesn't argue. She tosses a cassette tape into the Commander's hands.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:What's this?
NPC-M16_AB(0)<Speaker>Beluga</Speaker>||:Listen to it yourself.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:With a flick of her hand, Beluga kicks Karven's corpse out of the way and heads for the door.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Where are you going?
NPC-M16_AB(0)<Speaker>Beluga</Speaker>||:Maybe you'll find out someday.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:She reaches the door, then suddenly turns back.
NPC-M16_AB(0)<Speaker>Beluga</Speaker>||:Oh, right.
NPC-M16_AB(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Hm?
NPC-M16_AB(0)<Speaker>Beluga</Speaker>||:Tell Mityl and Kuro I said hi.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:With a chuckle, the Commander watches the familiar figure disappear once again.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:Tell them yourself next time.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><SE1>AVG_Button_Click</SE1><BIN>9</BIN>:
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><SE1>AVG_whitenoise</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Ssshh—skkk—
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The cassette's audio is rough and filled with background noise—an engine rumbling, likely recorded secretly in a car.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Gradually, a familiar voice cuts through...
()<Speaker>Doss</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>Send Beluga to Karven. That rat's already eaten more than enough.</color>
()<Speaker>Doss</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>You mean Beluga? She's not coming back. I know the things she's done.</color>
()<Speaker>Doss</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>They threw out bait. If we don't bite, it'll look suspicious.</color>
()<Speaker>Doss</Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:<color=#00CCFF>But if you bite the real one... heh. Let someone else take that risk.</color>
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