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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>GF_EV9_Story</BGM><黑屏2><BIN>169</BIN>:...In the White Zone, beneath the quarantine wall. +Like most of Frankfurt, this place has been reduced to rubble. +But as the White Zone, it remains Frankfurt's most heavily fortified area. +What lies on the surface, what has been destroyed, is often the least important.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Wheelchair</SE1><黑点1>:A nondescript medical Doll slowly pushes a cloaked patient forward.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1><黑点2><BIN>764</BIN>:She follows a street nearly leveled to the ground and comes to a stop at a small, half-collapsed office block next to the Stasi's Building No. 2. +She quietly produces a pass as she enters, and lets the guard confirm her identity at the door.
NPC-Bodyguard2(0)<Speaker>Security Guard</Speaker>||:Medical Doll Marlohe, pass level C-2.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_The_Division_Baggage_bomb_Activation</SE1><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
NPC-Bodyguard2(0)<Speaker>Security Guard</Speaker>||:Identity verified. Neural cloud inspection in order.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:As for the figure in the wheelchair, no one seems inclined to lift their hood.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_BaseDoor_Open</SE1>:The guard presses the button for the underground elevator.
NPC-Bodyguard2(0)<Speaker>Security Guard</Speaker>||:Wiesbaden Sanatorium No. 2 is open for you. Please enter.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>9</BIN><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Card_Reader</SE1>:...Beep. +Marlohe swipes her ID card at the slot by the entrance.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>745</BIN><黑点2><SE1>AVG_21Winter_Open_Light</SE1>:Incandescent lamps flare to life in the pitch-black tunnel. +At the far end, a suited agent stands waiting.
NPC-maya(2)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:You're here at last, Chairwoman Ulrich. I hope you don't mind our cumbersome procedures.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1><SE1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh</SE1>:The "patient" rises from the wheelchair. Marlohe unfastens the cloak hiding her face.
NPC-Ambassador(0)<Speaker>Ulrich</Speaker><GradientShow>2</GradientShow>||:No problem, Agent Q. I understand your protocols. +These are extraordinary times; everything must be handled with extraordinary care.
NPC-Ambassador(0);NPC-maya(2)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:Thank you for your understanding. Please follow me. Minister Riefenstahl is already waiting in the conference room.
NPC-Ambassador(0)<Speaker>Ulrich</Speaker>;NPC-maya(2)||:This meeting has endured so many delays. Thankfully, it is finally happening, thanks to you all.
NPC-Ambassador(0);NPC-maya(2)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:The Minister is very eager to help bring this meeting about. +I'm sure she will be most gratified to have earned your praise.
NPC-Ambassador(0)<Speaker>Ulrich</Speaker>;NPC-maya(2)||:Romy accomplishes nearly everything she sets out to do. +She truly is a rising star. +Am I the last invited guest to arrive in Frankfurt?
NPC-Ambassador(0);NPC-maya(2)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:Not at all. Two vice-chairmen are still en route. +There are two days left until the meeting begins; we hope they make it in time.
NPC-Ambassador(0)<Speaker>Ulrich</Speaker>;NPC-maya(2)||:This time we owe much to Agent K. +To evade pursuit, he laid out multiple decoy routes... +When he reaches Frankfurt safely, please convey my sincere gratitude.
NPC-maya(2)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:He is a highly capable Stasi operative, isn't he, Marlohe?
NPC-Maid(0)<Speaker>Marlohe</Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:Yes, Chairwoman Ulrich. Rest assured, K's specialty is disguise and infiltration.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>72</BIN><黑屏2>:...Stasi special communications channel.
NPC-Hoffmann(0)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker><通讯框>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:<color=#00CCFF>Initiate routine intel sync.</color>
()<Speaker>Deputy Minister of State Security C</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>Main Division III confirms border base intel.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Data sync in progress.</color>
()<Speaker>Deputy Minister of State Security B</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>Main Division I confirms movements of the 10th Armored Division.</color>
()<Speaker>Deputy Minister of State Security D</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>Foreign Intelligence and External Operations confirm Carter's latest movements.</color>
()<Speaker>Deputy Minister of State Security A</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>Minister's Task Force E has secured the list of Obersteins' remnant followers.</color>
NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Central Evaluation and Information Group progressing on schedule.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Conference Room 1—152 attendees confirmed, 89 dead, 2 missing.</color>
NPC-Hoffmann(0)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Major General Kumm, commander of the garrison, has been suspended. Disciplinary result pending.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>The top priority now is to make sure the meeting in Conference Room 1 proceeds as scheduled.</color>
()<Speaker>Deputy Ministers of State Security</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>Copy.</color>
NPC-Hoffmann(0)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Dismissed. Natasha, stay behind.</color>
NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>...Understood.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>But Herr Hoffmann, our offices are just steps apart.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Why must we use the intranet channel?</color>
NPC-Hoffmann(0)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Because the Minister wants you to relaunch an investigation into two individuals.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Ballard von Oberstein.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>And Griffin Lyons.</color>
NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker><通讯框>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:<color=#00CCFF>...Understood.</color>
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>477</BIN><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:... +...This is an operating theater, hardly a place for receiving guests. +But inside, a young man is clearly waiting for someone.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1><BGM>GF_22W_BGM_3</BGM>:He slowly polishes the scalpels and other surgical tools, glancing now and then at the clock.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><SE1>AVG_footsteps_woodfloor</SE1>:Tap, tap, tap. Unhurried footsteps draw near.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Open</SE1>:Click. The door opens. The newcomer removes his hat in greeting.
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>Earl</Speaker>||:Sorry to keep you waiting.
NPC-William(2)<Speaker>"William"</Speaker><Position>0,-80</Position>||:You're late.
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>Earl</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:The man removes his coat unhurriedly. +There are neither Dolls nor Nytos present. +A meeting of apparent sincerity.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:The Earl stands by William's side, staring at his profile and the scalpel gleaming in his hand.
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>Earl</Speaker>||:Mr. Oberstein, how many have inherited the codename "William" before you?
NPC-William(2)<Speaker>"William"</Speaker><Position>0,-80</Position>||:That doesn't matter, Earl.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:William sets down the scalpel and leads him over to the table.
NPC-William(2)<Speaker>"William"</Speaker><Position>0,-80</Position>||:You're not here for meaningless answers. +You're here to witness the end of an old era, and the dawn of a new one.
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>Earl</Speaker>;NPC-William(2)<Position>0,-80</Position>||:I don't deny it.
NPC-Griffin(0);NPC-William(2)<Speaker>"William"</Speaker><Position>0,-80</Position>||:You're just not yet certain how much leverage this new era will bring you.
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>Earl</Speaker>;NPC-William(2)<Position>0,-80</Position>||:I thought you wouldn't act until I fulfilled my promise. +After all, we have no formal agreement.
NPC-Griffin(0);NPC-William(6)<Speaker>"William"</Speaker><Position>0,-80</Position>||:Agreement? Nothing but ink on paper. +Since I dare to act first, I'm not afraid of you breaking faith. +Were you satisfied with the fate of Laplace and Rudolf?
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>Earl</Speaker>;NPC-William(6)<Position>0,-80</Position>||:All I need is the fall of the old era. The method doesn't matter. +As for my promise, I will fulfill it. +Once that meeting ends, once Frankfurt's fires die down... +You will have everything you seek.
NPC-Griffin(0);NPC-William(2)<Speaker>"William"</Speaker><Position>0,-80</Position>||:Then I have no more doubts. +When Valkyrie's conditions are met, you may proceed to deliver on your promise.
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Earl</Speaker>||:Frankfurt has already been utterly razed for this very plan.
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NPC-William(2)<Speaker>"William"</Speaker><Position>0,-80</Position>||:It's still not quite enough. +The blood spilled is still not enough...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><SE1>ClothingUp</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:The conversation trails off. Both men sit wordlessly, letting the weight of silence fall.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_ev2412_tranquility</BGM><SE1>AVG_wind_grass</SE1><BIN>846</BIN><黑屏2>:...Autobahn 661. +After a night of toil by multiple Doll squads, the road is once again passable. +Now, under the direction of hurried transport officials, the highway is opened for use.
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:Commander, I've handed over the affairs of the autobahn.
M4 SOPMOD IIMod(3)<Speaker>M4 SOPMOD II</Speaker><Shake>||:Finally, no more tearing apart wreckage!
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Good. What about the supplies being dispatched?
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:Already loaded onto the Elmo. I've assigned Dolls to take stock.
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Send a portion to the underground shelters; the majority of civilians are there.
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:Yes, Commander! I'll go follow up on the supply tally. +Oh, would you like handle the delivery to Miss Nele yourself?
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Nele? She... Right, I forgot to ask. How is she doing?
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:According to 520, she and Amaris are still tending the wounded at Johannes Gutenberg University metro station.
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Got it. I'll go myself. Please take care of the rest.
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:Understood.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><SE1>AVG_Team_Running</SE1>:RO635 heads off with her squad. +The Commander watches the Dolls withdraw from the cleared road, and their heavy mood lightens just a little.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>822</BIN>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Crowd_Run</SE1>:...Johannes Gutenberg University metro station. +The Commander arrives with some emergency supplies. Amaris has been waiting for them.
NPC-SCAR-H(0)<Speaker>Amaris</Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Here, Commander.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Amaris pulls them through the crowd. +The air has grown stale and stifling from the extended lockdown and overcrowding; the stench is overwhelming. +Forcing their eyes open, the Commander finally spots a pale figure in the crowd.
NPC-SCAR-H(0)<Speaker>Amaris</Speaker>||:Nele!
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Busy inside a makeshift tent, Nele looks up. Seeing the Commander, she carefully steps around patients and comes out.
NPC-Nele(6)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:Commander? +Why are you here?
NPC-Nele(6)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:520 said you needed medical supplies. I've brought the basics for now; I hope it helps. +Whatever else you're missing, make me a list. I'll try to find them.
NPC-Nele(4)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:Besides medical supplies, we're in need of emergency food and supplements. You came right on time, Commander.
NPC-Nele(4)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Nele... you look like you haven't slept in days.
NPC-Nele(4)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:Commander... you look the same...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:Two worn-out souls share a knowing smile.
NPC-Nele(4)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:I thought you'd have left Frankfurt already...
NPC-Nele(4)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:And I thought you'd have gone home.
NPC-Nele(5)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:...Honestly, I felt a little lost.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1><SE1>AVG_Zipper</SE1>:Nele remembers something. She digs into her bag and produces a tightly wrapped box.
NPC-Nele(4)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:Here, your Makarov.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Select</SE1><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:The Commander takes the pistol. It is empty.
NPC-Nele(7)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:I'm just not fit to carry a gun. +Just before Laplace died, she said something to me and gave me a key. Amaris will tell you.
NPC-Nele(7)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:What did she say?
NPC-Nele(7)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:It doesn't matter anymore. +When blinded by hatred, I carry a gun. +But once the hatred is gone, I would rather hold a scalpel.
NPC-Nele(7)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:I want to save people. The more the better. +I am not a killer, and I don't find joy in killing.
NPC-Nele(7)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:You've done well.
NPC-Nele(5)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:Sorry, I'm rambling when I should be...
NPC-Nele(5)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:No, this is the time for such words, Nele. +Like you, in the face of this disaster, I've found my original aspirations—my true self. +Why did you take up the gun? +Why did I? +You set it down to save lives. +I hold it still, also to save lives. +Our methods differ, but our purpose is the same. We walk the same path.
NPC-Nele(4)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:...Thank you, Commander. +Revenge is a long surgery. A step forward is hell, a step back is also hell.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:The Commander silently squeezes Nele's hand.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Then Nele pulls out a storage drive and hands it over.
NPC-Nele(4)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:Now, there's one last thing I want to do. +Inside is evidence proving Professor Gray's innocence. I'll testify as witness.
NPC-Nele(4)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:... +Nele, you understand what this means? +You'll face endless retaliation... even from those you thought were friends...
NPC-Nele(4)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:I'm prepared.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:Nele returns the squeeze on her hand with a faint smile.
NPC-Nele(4)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:If Professor Gray's motto was, “Only death cannot be avoided, and only life cannot be let down," +Then mine would be Romain Rolland's words—
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><narrator>:Each one of us in turn climbs the Calvary of the age. +Each one of us finds anew the agony, each one of us finds anew the desperate hope and folly of the ages. +Each one of us follows in the footsteps of those who were, of those before us who struggled with death, denied death—and are dead. +Bathe in humanity every day, and endure, and love your destiny. +We all have to do what we can... Als ich kann.
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