()||54BGM_Empty：...+...... M16A1()M16A1||：Per...sica.+I've extracted...the file. NPC-Persica(2)Persica<通讯框>||BGM_Truth：...+Well done, M16.+Deliver it to 16Lab with your drone. M16(3)M16A1;NPC-Persica(2)||：I've already dispatched it along with the equipment you gave me...+I've never used it, and I hope M4A1 will never have to use it either... M16(3);NPC-Persica(2)Persica||：...She'll use it as she sees fit. M16(0)M16A1;NPC-Persica(2)||：Ha, true... She's a smart girl...+A bit TOO smart, unfortunately. An indecisive AI isn't fit for command. You really should've designed her to be more assertive.+Or if I'd been more strict with her... Sadly, that's no longer possible... M16(0);NPC-Persica(0)Persica||：Perhaps... But you're certainly still helping her.+You know...M4 is right behind me. Everything you say is directly transmitted to her neural cloud. M16(3)M16A1;NPC-Persica(0)||：Why are you doing that? M16(3);NPC-Persica(0)Persica||：To stabilize her mental state.+I'm attempting to break her seals, but forcing her to awaken through technology will make her neural cloud go haywire.+Your voice is keeping her calm and at peace. That's crucial to repairing and recalibrating the personality of her AI. M16(3)M16A1;NPC-Persica(0)||：Seal? Recalibrate? I don't think I'm following... M16(3);NPC-Persica(0)Persica||：M4A1... This time, I won't just wake her up.+When she awakes, she'll be stronger...and more dependable...+That's...how she used to be. M16(0)M16A1;NPC-Persica(0)||：Ha, I just can't picture...an M4A1 like that.+Too bad...I won't get to see it... M16(0);NPC-Persica(0)Persica||：Will you regret this, M16A1? M16(0)M16A1;NPC-Persica(0)||<黑屏1>：Why would I? It's a bargain for me!+If I really mean that much to her... M16A1()M16A1||<黑屏2>54：Tsk... NPC-Persica(3)Persica<通讯框>||：What is it? Your neural cloud...is starting to act up. M16A1()M16A1||：My head...is throbbing...+It's a very dull ache, nothing too bad, but it's kinda annoying... Is this how it feels to be rewired by Parapluie? NPC-Persica(3)Persica||：Possibly... But AR-15 never reported this. M16A1()M16A1||：Maybe she didn't want to. That girl...is always acting brave.+And...now there seems to be interference in my channel... NPC-Persica(3)Persica||：That's Sangvis Ferri rewriting some of your modules. The channel will be jammed.+Very soon, you won't be able to hear me... M16A1()M16A1||：Ha...+So I won't even get to say goodbye? NPC-Persica(3)Persica||：The link is still there. If you want to say goodbye, do it now. M16A1()M16A1||：Haha, will I wake her up, like in your fairytales? NPC-Persica(2)Persica||<黑屏1>：Do you want that? ()||<黑屏2>9BGM_Empty：M16 falls silent for a moment. M16A1()M16A1||：M4A1... M16A1()M16A1||BGM_Wake：No matter what I'll turn into...wait for me. Persica()Persica||：M16... M16A1()M16A1||：Ha, that's a bit embarrassing...+But it's all I want to say... ()||：With that, M16 gives herself a good stretch. M16A1()M16A1||：In any case, I'm done here, right? What a relief.+Then let's bid each other farewell while my mind is still my own... M4A1()M4A1||：M16... M16A1()M16A1||：...! M4A1()M4A1||：M16...+Don't go... Persica()Persica||：...! M4A1()M4A1||：M16...don't go...!+M16A1!! ()||<黑屏1>：At last, I see hope in this labyrinth.+It is in the form of a familiar and dependable figure, burning all alone in the distance, and I know that is the exit...+I run after her. The flame grows rapidly and bursts into a blinding light...+Until at last, it turns into a surgical lamp in the ceiling...and I make my way back into reality from what seemed like an endless dream. M4A1()M4A1||<黑屏2>53：(Gasps) (Pants) Persica()Persica||：M4A1...+You've finally... M4A1()M4A1||：...+Where...am I...? Persica()Persica||：You're home, M4. Welcome back... M4A1()M4A1||：I see... I have finally...+Also, Miss...Persica...+...Where is M16?+I heard her voice... Persica()Persica||：M16...+Is out on a mission... She isn't here for the time being. M4A1()M4A1||：Is...that so...+I want to...see her... M16A1()M16A1||<黑屏1>：Really? Then you'll have to wait for quite a while... ()||<黑屏2>9<黑屏1>：Statics crowd out all correspondence in the channel, and the signal is completely lost. It's time to leave. Leave everyone behind...+I get on my feet and dust myself. I'm starting to feel rather attached to the room.+Not because of the deleted memory, but because this is where I bade my last farewell... ()||<黑屏2>54<黑屏1>：I am bugged. I am monitored. I am used as an anti-communication weapon... What will I turn into, now that I've been marked by Parapluie?+The person who comes to mind right now isn't myself or anyone else. It is none other than AR-15...+That girl... What would she be thinking at a time like this...?+I'm losing my train of thought. I take a deep breath and hug my weapon tight.+I leave the room behind as the old iron door creaks shut. ()||<黑屏2>9<黑屏1>："Most people won't realize it's the last day of their life as they wake up that morning."+Sometimes, things are actually easier when there's nothing else to lose. ()||：Thud! ()||<黑屏2>57：My neural cloud can no longer propel my limbs. I fall on my knees in the long corridor, like a cat with its bones taken out.+Time's up...+Now...I just have to await my fate...+...... M16A1()M16A1||：Singing...? ()||：I start to hear the singing of a clear, female voice. I can no longer tell where it's coming from.+Maybe it won't hurt to just listen... I'm truly exhausted... M16A1()M16A1||<黑屏1>：Beautiful...+Have I finally...started dreaming as well...? Dreamer()Dreamer||9BGM_Empty<黑屏1>：Not really, M16A1. This is neither a dream nor a delusion.+You're merely completely immersed in the Sangvis deep web. M16A1()M16A1||<黑屏2>56BGM_Brain：Dream...er... Dreamer()Dreamer||：My, my. You know...I really, really hate handling stuff like this...+Things that make me work overtime on short notice really ruin my mood... M16A1()M16A1||：Well...? Not gonna...shoot...? Dreamer()Dreamer||：Now let's not be hasty. Let me tell you something interesting.+Just now, you see, a modular drone flew over the area...+That kind of thing can be spotted from above very easily, you know... M16A1()M16A1||：You mean... WHAT?! Dreamer()Dreamer||：Relax. It has certainly been shot down, but it has fallen somewhere beyond my territory.+It'll take a while to see who'll get to it first.+But then again, it no longer has anything to do with you, does it? M16A1()M16A1||：Humph...+Don't underestimate...our Commander... Dreamer()Dreamer||：Whatever. After all, I don't really care about that sort of thing. M16A1()M16A1||：So...what...do you want? Dreamer()Dreamer||：Technically, it's our Mastermind that wants to see you. M16A1()M16A1||<黑屏1>：What?+I'm not seeing her here. Dreamer()Dreamer||<黑屏2>9：She isn't here, alright...+But she's there in your mind...+Didn't you just hear her? M16A1()M16A1||<黑屏1>：...! ()||<黑屏2>18：The next day. Griffin HQ. NPC-Helian(0)Helian||：Welcome back, Mr Kryuger.+Was everything sorted last night? NPC-Kyruger(0)Kryuger||：Thanks to Persica, it's dealt with for the time being.+But we can't let down our guard. The military will pressure us time and time again in the future. NPC-Helian(1)Helian;NPC-Kyruger(0)||：By the way, Mr Kryuger...+Regarding the T-Doll M16A1... NPC-Helian(1);NPC-Kyruger(0)Kryuger||：Her sacrifice will not be in vain.+Reward the Commander in charge of the operation. Comfort the other T-Dolls and keep a close eye on their mental state. NPC-Helian(0)Helian;NPC-Kyruger(0)||：Understood. I'll follow up on the matter. However...if I may be frank, sir, aren't the AR Team's neural clouds a little inconvenient? NPC-Helian(0);NPC-Kyruger(0)Kryuger||：Everything comes with a price, Helian.+We're on the battlefield. There are always things that matter more than others.+Let's head to the office. I need to make some changes to the working plan. Are the preparations we've discussed ready? NPC-Helian(0)Helian;NPC-Kyruger(0)||：Yes...+Mr Kryuger, is the final showdown...about to begin? NPC-Kyruger(0)Kryuger||<黑屏1>：Just get on with the preparations... Kryuger()Kryuger||<黑屏2>9：In any case, it won't be very far off. ()||<黑屏1>：Episode 8 - Spark. END.