()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_ev2412_2064</BGM><黑点2><bg_move>%%pivot_x=0.6%%pivot_y=0.5%%scale=1.5%%duration=0%%</bg_move><BIN>85</BIN>:...Newsroom office of DDR2.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>RunStep</SE1>:Shadowless rushes into the empty office, swiftly gathering equipment for an on-site report. +The space that is usually filled with chatter and noise is now so quiet it feels unsettling.
()<Speaker>Broadcast</Speaker>||<SE1>AirRaidWarning</SE1>:<color=#00CCFF>...All employees, immediately proceed to the underground parking lot for shelter!</color> +<color=#00CCFF>I repeat, all employees must stop their work, do not bring any belongings, and immediately proceed...</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Zipper</SE1>:Shadowless ignores the shrill broadcast and keeps packing in silence.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:Beep-beep. Her communicator emits a sharp, insistent noise.
NPC-Shadowless(8)<Speaker>Shadowless</Speaker>||:This is DDR2 reporter Shadowless.
()<Speaker>Ossietzky</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>Where are you? Why haven't you come to the parking lot yet?!</color>
NPC-Shadowless(8)<Speaker>Shadowless</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker>Ossietzky</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>The newsroom is only waiting on you! Don't play the lone wolf now of all times!</color>
NPC-Shadowless(8)<Speaker>Shadowless</Speaker>||:I just received word the A5 was bombed. I'm going to cover it on site.
()<Speaker>Ossietzky</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>Are you insane?! The bombing is still happening!</color>
NPC-Shadowless(8)<Speaker>Shadowless</Speaker>||:I know.
()<Speaker>Ossietzky</Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:<color=#00CCFF>You're just a civil affairs reporter, not a war correspondent!</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Stop this madness and get down here!</color>
NPC-Shadowless(8)<Speaker>Shadowless</Speaker>||:I'm still packing. By the way, I can't find my microphone. Ask Falk if I could borrow his.
()<Speaker>Ossietzky</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>You! You know our office isn't safe either! TV stations are always one of the top bombing targets!</color>
NPC-Shadowless(8)<Speaker>Shadowless</Speaker>||:Fine. I'll assume Falk agreed. Anything else?
()<Speaker>Ossietzky</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>Sheesh, you really...</color> +<color=#00CCFF>I knew there's something wrong with you when you transferred here from Berlin! Turns out you actually got a few screws loose!</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_disconnect</SE1>:Shadowless hangs up. She shoulders the camera and microphone and steps out of the office.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<震屏3><SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1>:Thud. She collides with Falk, who is making his way back.
()<Speaker>Falk</Speaker>||:Shadowless?!
NPC-Shadowless(8)<Speaker>Shadowless</Speaker>||:Perfect. Falk, I'm borrowing your microphone.
()<Speaker>Falk</Speaker>||:Where are you going?
NPC-Shadowless(8)<Speaker>Shadowless</Speaker>||:The A5. For an on-site report.
()<Speaker>Falk</Speaker>||:The bombing is still going on out there! It's too dangerous to go now!
NPC-Shadowless(8)<Speaker>Shadowless</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Shadowless brushes past him coldly.
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><bg_move>%%pivot_x=0.5%%pivot_y=0.5%%scale=1%%duration=0%%</bg_move><BIN>553</BIN><SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Close</SE1>:Falk grabs his bag and rushes after her.
()<Speaker>Falk</Speaker>||:You have no idea what you're doing! +I used to be a war correspondent! Ordinary people can't face that kind of cruelty!
NPC-Shadowless(8)<Speaker>Shadowless</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker>Falk</Speaker>||:My last war interview was with a woman and her child. They had just learned where her missing husband was. +I still remember how brightly they smiled in that footage. Even though their house had been leveled half an hour before, at least they could reunite as a family.
NPC-Shadowless(8)<Speaker>Shadowless</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker>Falk</Speaker>||:I watched them leave—the woman slowly lugging her bags, the child darting onto the bus ahead of her. +Then—boom. The bus exploded... There wasn't even a trace of that child left...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:Falk tries to seize Shadowless again.
()<Speaker>Falk</Speaker>||:Do you understand? Losing family isn't a single storm; it's an endless rain that never stops. +That woman will spend the rest of her life crying tears of grief... +Shadowless, no matter how much you want to prove yourself, this isn't the way—
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:But as he blocks her path, he sees her face is already wet with tears.
NPC-Shadowless(10)<Speaker>Shadowless</Speaker>||:Prove myself? I've never wanted that.
()<Speaker>Falk</Speaker>||:...Then why?
NPC-Shadowless(10)<Speaker>Shadowless</Speaker>||:I know too well what it feels like to lose family.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker>Falk</Speaker>||:I'm sorry...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Shadowless wipes her tears away, her face hardening again.
NPC-Shadowless(8)<Speaker>Shadowless</Speaker>||:I had a younger brother. He walked into a world bloody beyond fathom, chasing the truth. +He died there. He'll never come back.
()<Speaker>Falk</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Door_Hit</SE1><震屏3><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Bam. Shadowless kicks open the emergency stairwell door.
NPC-Shadowless(8)<Speaker>Shadowless</Speaker>||:I must take his place and keep looking at this blood-soaked world.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_ev2408_StungtotheMorrow</BGM><黑屏2><BIN>412</BIN><SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:...Romy's office. +Hoffmann hands Romy several stacks of files.
NPC-Hoffmann(0)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>||:I've obtained the full entry and exit records of the Guard Regiment for the past week. +This one is their submitted version. This one is the system's backup log.
NPC-Romy(0)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Book</SE1>:Romy flips through the papers, circling certain departments.
NPC-Romy(0)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:Compile the concealed personnel list, and restore all the erased entries.
NPC-Romy(0);NPC-Hoffmann(0)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>||:Yes, ma'am.
NPC-Romy(0)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>;NPC-Hoffmann(0)||:Can you get their munitions inventory records as well?
NPC-Romy(0);NPC-Hoffmann(0)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>||:No problem. Plenty of sharp-eyed youths in the Guard Regiment are willing to serve you.
NPC-Romy(0)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>;NPC-Hoffmann(0)||:Good. Once you have it, compile it and submit it to the State Council.
NPC-Romy(0);NPC-Hoffmann(0)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>||:Should I attach any specific charges?
NPC-Romy(0)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>;NPC-Hoffmann(0)||:Highlight all data related to the air raid.
NPC-Romy(0);NPC-Hoffmann(0)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>||:Understood. Collusion with rebels, involvement in the Frankfurt air raid, treason...
NPC-Romy(0)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:You already know how to write it.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Romy sets those two documents aside and opens a third.
NPC-Hoffmann(0)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>||:This is a combined intelligence report. +According to our informants and military observations, no transport planes have taken off from the Soviet side.
NPC-Romy(0)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>;NPC-Hoffmann(0)||:So Carter is cornered—fighting alone.
NPC-Romy(0);NPC-Hoffmann(1)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>||:At least this air raid will soon burn itself out.
NPC-Romy(3)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>;NPC-Hoffmann(1)||:A lifelong soldier deserves respect at the very least. +And the other one?
NPC-Romy(3);NPC-Hoffmann(0)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>||:The party has already organized a vote to strip Oberstein of all his posts and duties.
NPC-Romy(0)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>;NPC-Hoffmann(0)||:Hm.
NPC-Romy(0);NPC-Hoffmann(0)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>||:As for General Schweinsteiger...
NPC-Romy(3)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>;NPC-Hoffmann(0)||:...That matter won't remain a secret for much longer.
NPC-Romy(3);NPC-Hoffmann(0)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>||:My point is, we could seize this opportunity...
NPC-Romy(0)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>;NPC-Hoffmann(0)||:...The General's case is absolutely crucial. We need the right timing.
NPC-Romy(0);NPC-Hoffmann(0)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>||:Understood.
NPC-Romy(0)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>;NPC-Hoffmann(0)||:Let me stress this again—we are cutting out rot, not severing the limb.
NPC-Hoffmann(0)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>||:...Right.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_File_Put</SE1>:Romy lays down the file and sips her coffee while pondering in silence. +Every report she holds should have been cause for triumph, yet her face remains calm.
NPC-Romy(0)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker>||:By the way, how are things on Q's end?
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><BIN>697</BIN>:Social Unity Party Headquarters.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<白屏2><SE1>AVG_The_Division_Camera</SE1><CGDelay>0.1</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_The_Division_Camera</SE1><CGDelay>0.1</CGDelay>:Click. Click. Officers are photographing the scene with great care.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Furniture torn apart like paper. Blood splattered on every surface, showing the victim's desperate struggle. Oberstein's eyes, still wide with the last trace of emotion. His motionless chest.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Zipper</SE1>:Q slips under the cordon. Even she frowns at the sight of the corpse. +The younger officers have long since retched themselves empty when they first saw the gruesome body.
NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:... +Any leads?
()<Speaker>Police Officer</Speaker>||:Estimated time of death is three hours ago. +Weapon appears to be a sharp metal object. The fatal wound is the penetration wound through the head. Multiple other punctures and lacerations on the body. +Full assessment still pending.
NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:Any ID on the killer?
()<Speaker>Police Officer</Speaker>||:All internal cameras are destroyed. We're pulling street footage, but odds are slim. +The only witness is his chief secretary Fred, but he's hysterical—keeps repeating something about "a woman turning into a spider"...
NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:Right, I see.
()<Speaker>Police Officer</Speaker>||:There's no further useful intel at the moment.
NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:Thank you, nonetheless.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:The officers exit the room, leaving Q alone with Oberstein's body. She looms over him and gazes down into those clouded eyes.
NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:Minister, Oberstein is dead. +Confirmed identity, confirmed deceased.
NPC-Romy(2)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker><通讯框>;NPC-maya(0)||:<color=#00CCFF>...Dead?</color>
NPC-Romy(2);NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:Yes. Looks like Paradeus' handiwork.
NPC-Romy(3)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker><通讯框>;NPC-maya(0)||:<color=#00CCFF>Have his family been notified?</color>
NPC-Romy(3);NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:His only direct relative can't be contacted.
NPC-Romy(0)<Speaker>Romy</Speaker><通讯框>;NPC-maya(0)||:<color=#00CCFF>Then arrange a simple funeral in the party's name.</color>
NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:Yes, ma'am.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_disconnect</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Q ends the call and leaves the office.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Perhaps even Oberstein would never have imagined—the last time he was surrounded by a crowd, bombarded by flashing cameras, would be the moment of his own death.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><CGDelay>0.7</CGDelay><SE1>AVG_The_Division_Camera</SE1>:
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>336</BIN><bg_move>%%pivot_x=0.5%%pivot_y=0.5%%scale=1%%duration=0%%</bg_move><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Tape_Start</SE1><BGM>GF_21summer_intro_DemonVariation</BGM>:...An emergency broadcast runs across every channel. +Static interference occasionally breaks the feed.
()<Speaker>沉痛的声音</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_whitenoise</SE1>:<color=#00CCFF>This is a message from the National Defense Council, the Socialist Unity Party... and the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic</color> +<color=#00CCFF>In deepest sorrow, we would like to inform all citizens of the GDR...</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Herr Rudolf von Oberstein—Vice-President of the State Council, Vice-Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Minister of Science and Technology, member of the National Defense Council, and Deputy Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party—and General Heinrich Schweinsteiger—First Deputy Minister of Defense, Chief of Staff of the Nationale Volksarmee, and Secretary of the National Defense Council—have both been assassinated.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>As leaders of great achievement, they will live forever in the hearts of the German people.</color>
()<Speaker>沉痛的声音</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>The orchestrator has been identified as Carter Petrovich Neustadt—former member of the Neo-Soviet Army General Staff, Army Group Chief of Staff, and the initiator of the ongoing Frankfurt air raid.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>He seeks to kill our people and tear apart our unity through violence, but we will never yield!</color> +<color=#00CCFF>At this critical hour, we have exchanged information with the Neo-Soviet leadership and received their affirmation—</color> +<color=#00CCFF>We will stand together as always, bound by the true will of the people.</color>
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><bg_move>%%pivot_x=0.5%%pivot_y=0.5%%scale=1%%duration=0%%</bg_move><BIN>9</BIN>:
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2>:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:Beep-beep. +The comms notification sound echoes forlornly in the dark.
NPC-Lunasia(4)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:...
NPC-William(6)<Speaker>William</Speaker><通讯框>;NPC-Lunasia(4)||:<color=#00CCFF>Sister, do you like this gift I've given you?</color>
NPC-William(6);NPC-Lunasia(4)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:...So this is the altar you chose?
NPC-William(6)<Speaker>William</Speaker><通讯框>;NPC-Lunasia(4)||:<color=#00CCFF>This is the altar WE chose together. What we failed to complete back then can now begin anew.</color>
NPC-William(6);NPC-Lunasia(4)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:...Will everyone die?
NPC-William(2)<Speaker>William</Speaker><通讯框>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:<color=#00CCFF>Except for the lucky ones who board the Ark.</color>
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