()||9<黑屏1>0,10黑屏1>BGM_Empty:
()||9<黑屏2>:...
AN94MOD(0)AN-94||AVG_keyboardtype_sci:Your weapon has also been calibrated.
AK15MOD(0)AK-15||:...
()||Rope:AK-15 slowly gets down from the testing platform. She raises her hand and stares at her palm. Then she curls her fingers into a fist and throws a few jabs.
AK15MOD(0)AK-15||:AK-15...
()||ClothingUp:She picks up her gun from the table. +The scratches aren't too obvious, but they're definitely still there on the surface of the metal.
AN94MOD(0)AN-94||:If you wish to Imprint with a heavier weapon, we can try to put in a request.
AK15MOD(0)AK-15||:...
()||<黑屏1>:
RPK16(0)RPK-16||9<黑屏2><回忆>:We're partners, 15. You can share your thoughts with us.
()||<黑屏1>:
AK15MOD(0)AK-15||9<黑屏2><关闭蒙版>:No need.
()||AVG_weapon_reload:AK-15 inserts a magazine into the AK-15 assault rifle and racks the bolt with practiced ease, producing a nice and crisp sound.
AK15MOD(0)AK-15||:This is my partner.
()||BGM_Empty:...
()||<黑屏1>:
()||<黑屏2>97GF_EV9_Intermission:Repair Workshop, Statesec.
()||:The two T-Dolls caught in the explosion have been given a clean bill of health, but the moment they're discharged from the repair workshop, they get into a fierce argument.
AK12(14)AK-120,50||:Why did you disobey me, AK-15? +Do you have any idea how bad the consequences were because of your unauthorized action? +Not only was our target severely injured from burns and smoke inhalation, even the other hostages were caught in the explosion.
AK15(0)AK-15||:I don't understand your plan. It was inefficient, and it greatly increased the likelihood of failure. +You made an error of judgment as the commander, AK-12
AK12(3)AK-120,50||:...O ye of little faith, AK-15. +I didn't expect you to comprehend my plan. +But I think I can now safely assume that you never intended to submit to my authority to begin with.
AK15(0)AK-15||:...
()||:AK-12's eyes are now wide open, and AK-15 meets her gaze. +As the wolves try to stare each other down, AK-15 finally starts feeling a faint sense of connection with AK-12.
AK15(0)AK-15||:Obeying your command and submitting to your authority would lower my efficiency in carrying out my mission. +AK-12, you are a hindrance to me.
AK12(14)AK-120,50||:...
()||:In the face of AK-15's insult, AK-12 remains impassive. After a pause, she takes two steps closer to AK-15.
AK15(2)AK-15||:...What are you doing?
AK15(2);AK12(2)AK-120,50||:You're very confident in your own performance, yeah? +Perhaps you think AN-94 and I... No, you believe that nobody can keep up with you. +Is that why you don't need a partner? Why you'll disobey an order when it doesn't suit you?
AK15(2)AK-15;AK12(2)0,50||:I obey my orders. +I always choose the most effective method to complete a mission.
AK12(4)AK-120,50||:Hahahahaha... Don't make me laugh, AK-15. You know what? Maybe you should get a job at the zoo. It'll suit you better.
()||:AK-12 suddenly closes her eyes and laughs mockingly. She then purses her lips and pauses for a while.
AK12(0)AK-120,50||:In that case, let's have a duel, AK-15.
AK15(4)AK-15||:...What?
()||:AK-15's eyes widen in disbelief.
AK12(0)AK-120,50||:You're awfully confident in yourself, but let me tell you, you give yourself too much credit. +You're not as good as you think. I can beat you, simple as that. +You heard that right—just the two of us, one-to-one, no guns.
AK15(4)AK-15;AK12(0)0,50||:Is something wrong with your neural cloud, AK-12? +Or are you just trying to piss me off? +If that's what you want, it's not working.
AK15(4);AK12(0)AK-120,50||:You scared?
AK15(2)AK-15||:...
()||<黑屏1>:
()||73<黑屏2>AVG_door_elecport:On the training ground.
AK15(2)AK-15||AVG_footsteps_cave:...It isn't too late to back out, AK-12.
AK12(0)AK-120,50||:You're always so hard on AN-94, is it because you also think of her as a hindrance?
AK15(2)AK-15||Stop_AVG_loop:...
AK12(0)AK-120,50||:She thinks you hate her. +If you actually acknowledge her as a decent fighter, why don't you show some encouragement?
AK15(0)AK-15||:...I don't do pointless things.
AK12(0)AK-120,50||:...
()||:AK-12 chuckles at AK-15's reply. Then she positions herself in the corner of the room.
AK12(0)AK-120,50||:Need some warm-up?
AK15(0)AK-15||:No—
()||AVG_Cloak_Whoosh%%type_id=2%%duration=1%%delay=0.1%%range=8BGM_Empty:Whoosh!
AK15(4)AK-15||:—need.
()||<震屏3>AVG_Punch_Hit10051:Smack!
()||AVG_Combat_Hits%%type_id=2%%duration=1%%delay=0.1%%range=8:AK-12 and AK-15 are both top-tier units under the Wolf Pack Project. In order words, even if AK-12's specs aren't on par with AK-15's, she is no weakling at all. +Before AK-15 can even finish her sentence, AK-12 is already charging in like a silver thunderbolt, her knifehand strike slicing through the air and going straight for AK-15's face.
AK15(2)AK-15||Rope:(Grunts)
()||:This surprise attack is no more than an ineffective probe to AK-15. +She can also tell from this one simple strike what AK-12's intentions are.
AK15(2)AK-15||:...
()||:I see. +She's after my eyes.
()||AVG_XXS_kick%%type_id=2%%duration=1%%delay=0.1%%range=5:After putting some distance between them, AK-15 brings her fists up to guard her face. Her gaze grows even colder as she watches AK-12. +She has now entered combat mode, and AK-12 is an "enemy".
AK12(0)AK-120,50||:Such intricate parts are wasted on you when all you rely on is brute force.
()||:Even though her first strike has failed and betrayed her strategy, AK-12 looks completely unfazed. +She holds up her hands in readiness, not bothering to hide her intention of exploiting any weakness in AK-15.
AK15(2)AK-15||:...
()||:Now that AK-15 knows what to defend against, AK-12 won't be able to break through her defenses with her strength and speed. +She has already lost this duel.
AK12(14)AK-120,50||:(Inhales)
()||AVG_Combat_Hits<震屏3>:While AK-15 is focused on guarding her face, AK-12 switches to attacking her torso and lower abdomen.
()||AVG_Cloak_Whoosh:AK-15's right arm shot out like a whip and makes to grab hold of AK-12.
AK15(4)AK-15||:—!
()||:Knowing that the duel will be over the moment she gets caught, AK-12 bends down at an extreme angle to evade AK-15's grasp.
()||ClothingUp:Then without pause, she delivers an uppercut from her contorted position, bypassing AK-15's other defending arm and going for her eyes again.
()||AVG_Punch<震屏3>:Bam!
()||:AK-12's attack is foiled yet again. Taking advantage of her stature, AK-15 tries to close the distance and takes hold of her body.
AK12(3)AK-120,500.1||:Don't even think about it!
()||:AK-12 immediately rights herself and backs away before AK-15 can reach her.
AK15(3)AK-15||:...
()||RunStep:Not giving AK-12 any time to recover, AK-15 presses on with another attack.
()||AVG_Combat_Hits<震屏3>:The T-Dolls have already exchanged several blows over the course of just a few breaths. +Having become familiarized with AK-12's moves, AK-15 grows more aggressive and lands several punches on AK-12's face.
AK12(14)AK-120,50||ClothingUp:...Tsk.
()||:AK-12 tuts in displeasure and wipes away the bionic blood dripping out of her nose.
AK15(2)AK-15||:...
()||:...Is this how AK-12 is going to beat her? +How naïve. Why? Why is her successor so inept?
()||AVG_Combat_Hits<震屏3>:Their arms collide in mid-air, producing clangs louder and sharper than any metallic blades. +AK-12 has no ace in the hole. Her body is very sophisticated, but only about as sophisticated as the prototype unit, AN-94. +AK-12 has no chance of defeating herself... so why?
AK15(2)AK-15||:...What on earth are you thinking, AK12?
()||:AK-15 gradually dominates the rhythm of their bout, but even as the scales tip more and more clearly in AK-15's favor, AK-12 doesn't seem the least bit concerned. +She seems to be absolutely sure that victory will be hers.
()||AVG_XXS_kick%%type_id=2%%duration=1%%delay=0.1%%range=8:Thud. +AK-12 has been backed into a wall. There's nowhere else to go.
AK15(2)AK-15||:...Yield, AK-12.
AK12(14)AK-120,50||:...
()||ClothingUp:AK-12 doesn't reply and simply draws her combat knife. +...What good would that flimsy weapon do her?
AK12(14)AK-120,50||:—
()||AVG_20Winter_Knife_Whoosh%%code=CJ_zidan%%:Whoosh!
AK15(0)AK-15||:...
()||:Futile struggles.
()||AVG_Slap:Smack! +Combat knife gleaming dangerously in hand, AK-12 widens her stance and goes straight for AK-15's flank. +...Child's play. Her attacks are too predictable.
()||Rope:AK-15 grabs hold of AK-12's wrist. +Then her other hand wraps around her throat.
AK15(0)AK-15||:Game over...
AK15(4)AK-15||:?!
()||:...It is not over yet.
AK12(0)AK-120,50||:Heheh.
()||Rope:AK-15 leans forward as she grapples with AK-12, but her forward momentum is doubled as her balance keeps tilting. +What—
AK15(0)AK-15||:Crap.
()||:She's been had. +The moment she gets hold of AK-12, her own center of gravity is used against her.
()||<黑点1>:
()||AVG_Door_Hit<黑点2><震屏3>445:Thunk! +The two Dolls crash heavily onto the floor. Without giving AK-15 the time to react, AK-12 retakes the initiative.
()||:...It was an act. +Everything she's been doing was an act! It was never her intention to go for the eyes. +From the very beginning... AK-12 has been biding her time before drawing this duel onto the ground when her guard is down.
()||Rope:Her hand is still wrapped tightly around AK-12's throat. +But AK-12 won't pass up this hard-earned opportunity.
()AK-15||Rope%%type_id=2%%duration=3%%delay=0.1%%range=3:—!
()AK-120,50||Rope:—!
()||:The Dolls grapple in silence. This is a contest of pure strength. +...She's actually locked in a stalemate with AK-12.
()AK-120,50||:...What about now, AK-15? +Do you still think you can win for sure?
()AK-15||:You...!
()||:Fury blazes in AK-15's eyes, but it doesn't change the predicament she's currently in.
()||ClothingUp:AK-12 wraps her legs around the left arm that AK-15 is using to choke her. At the same time, she pins down AK-15's right arm with her right foot.
()||Rope:With AK-15 immobilized, AK-12 presses the sharp combat knife against her neck.
()AK-15||:Ugh... Gah!
()||Rope:The glinting edge is dangerously close to AK-15's neck, where her neural cloud is connected to the motor control hub of her body. +AK-12 has her completely cornered. Under these circumstances, she is without a doubt at an overwhelming disadvantage. +...This shouldn't be.
()AK-120,50||:...You've never experienced this before, have you, AK-15? +You think just because you're so strong, you're above learning this kind of technique that humans use to "overcome strength with weakness".
()AK-15||:Guh... Aaaargh...!!
()||:Even in this impossible position, AK-15 still tries to push the knife away from her with the hand that's been grabbing AK-12's wrist.
()||AVG_whitenoise%%type_id=2%%duration=2%%delay=0.1%%range=3:(Crackle) +The wrist on AK-12's knife-wielding hand gives off a few sparks as the circuit threatens to short out. With her other arm now freed up, she braces her right hand against the left and leans her entire upper body into the knife. +AK-12 is well aware of the difference in their specs, but she is nevertheless amazed that AK-15 still has the strength to repel her thrust even under these circumstances.
()AK-120,50||:(Grunts)
()||:Like AK-15, she cannot be certain that she'll win.
()AK-15||AVG_Cloak_Whoosh<震屏3>:—!!!
()AK-120,50||:What...?!
()||:The pinning hold is threatening to come apart under AK-15's brute force. Even with both of AK-12's legs wrapped around it, her left arm can still muster the strength to throw AK-12 off. +She can still win. +Her superior specs make it possible to turn the tables even when she's at a disadvantage. +She can do it.
()AK-120,50||:You... don't know when to give up, do you...
()AK-15||%%type_id=2%%duration=1%%delay=0.1%%range=8:Ugh!!
()||AVG_whitenoise:(Crackle) +AK-12's vocal module is crushed in the deadlock, but even now, she is still grinning maniacally.
()AK-15||:Argh... Hargghhh...!!
()||:The knife is slowly lifting off her neck. In this contest of strength, she still has the upper hand. +She can win... She will win... +Even if there's no momentum to ride; even if gravity is working against her; even if she has to overpower two arms with only one. +She can still win. +She is... the most powerful T-Doll in the entire Neo-Soviet Union—
()AK-120,50||AVG_whitenoise:You... really... are strong...
()||:AK-12's voice is grotesquely distorted as she speaks through her damaged vocal module, acknowledging AK-15's strength... +...While also pronouncing her defeat.
()AK-120,50||AVG_whitenoise:But... it's... over.
()AK-15||:—!!!
()||AVG_Cloak_Whoosh:AK-12 suddenly twists her whole body to the right with all her might. +Using her own hip as the fulcrum, she flips AK-15's body over and pins her arm firmly behind her back. +AK-15's strength... buckles.
()AK-120,50||AVG_whitenoise:(Crackle)
()||:As electronic body parts creak and crackle more and more dangerously, AK-12 braces her knees against AK-15's armpits. She scrunches up her torso and throws all her weight into the thrust.
()||AVG_Cut_Watermelon<震屏3>9BGM_Empty:(Squelch)
()AK-15||AVG_tele_disconnect:...
()||:AK-15's eyes widen. +The cold knife is buried in the back of her neck. The moment the connection between the neural cloud and the body is severed, the Doll loses all motor control.
()||:...She... she lost?
()||:...
()||<黑屏1>:
AK12(14)AK-120,50||<黑屏2>73AVG_whitenoise:(Croaks)
()||ClothingUpAVG_XXS_kick%%type_id=2%%duration=1%%delay=0.1%%range=5:It takes AK-12 all her remaining strength to peel AK-15's fingers off her throat. She collapses on the floor with her arms spread out. +Her combat knife is sticking out of AK-15's spinal cord, rendering her paralyzed.
()||:(Crackle) +AK-12's right wrist is dangling from her arm, connected only by a small bunch of wires. She now wholeheartedly agrees that her partner is an absolute force of nature.
NPC-shaw(0)Shaw||:...You're looking the worse for wear.
AK12(3)AK-120,50||GF_EV9_Story:...
()||:AK-12 turns her head to look at Shaw, who's casually leaning against the door. Her face remains impassive.
()"Nadia"||:Unfortunately, I had to notify Doctor Shaw when things escalated.
AK12(3)AK-120,50||AVG_tele_connect:"If. You were watching." +"Why. Didn't you. Stop. Us."
NPC-shaw(0)Shaw||:...Why are you talking like that? It's creeping me out.
()||:AK-12 has connected to the radio station and by stringing together audio files of words and phrases she needs, she communicates with Shaw using this comical voice while keeping her face completely deadpan.
AK12(3)AK-120,50||AVG_tele_connect:"My. Vocal. Module. Is damaged."
NPC-shaw(0)Shaw||:...This is worse than I thought.
()||ClothingUp:Shaw lights a cigarette and peers at AK-15, who is lying immobile on the floor. +...Still, a winner is a winner, even if the victory came at a great cost.
NPC-shaw(0)Shaw||:...Why didn't I stop you? +I was curious about the outcome and had my popcorn out, duh. Problem?
AK12(3)AK-120,50||AVG_tele_connect:"But you don't seem. Particularly. Happy." +"Did you. Want me. To lose."
NPC-shaw(0)Shaw||:Don't be ridiculous. +You are both my masterpieces. Whichever one of you wins will only prove how brilliant my design is. +A sparring contest like this every once in a while can be quite entertaining.
AK12(14)AK-120,50||:...
()||:AK-12 looks at Shaw and slowly closes her eyes. +Her reaction and ambiguous half-smile are a bit unnerving even for Shaw. +She finds it unsettling how her own creation seems to be seeing right through her.
NPC-shaw(0)Shaw||:...I am curious, though. +I wouldn't be surprised if it had been anything else, but AK-15 actually lost in hand-to-hand combat... I must admit you've left me quite astonished. How did you beat her?
AK12(14)AK-120,50||:"Strategy". +"Psychology".
()||:AK-12 waves her hand impatiently. She seems to have finally grown tired of this method of communication. She gets to her feet.
()"Nadia"||:"I tricked her with a ploy and took advantage of her over-confidence." +"She never considered the possibility of losing. She had absolute faith in her strength and invincibility, yet she did not understand that strength wasn't everything." +"...Even if I hadn't beaten her, she would experience defeat eventually." +"She does not understand human nature, but she is still a Doll." +...This is what AK-12 wishes to communicate to you.
NPC-shaw(4)Shaw||:...
()||AVG_door_elecport:AK-12 watches while Shaw mulls over her answer. She walks past Shaw and heads back to the repair workshop. +Shaw stands rooted to the spot as she silently peers down at AK-15, who is still lying on the floor.
NPC-shaw(0)Shaw||:Artificial intelligence sure is frightening, Nadia.
()"Nadia"||:I cannot comment on that, Doctor Shaw. +But I can assure you—you have our absolute loyalty.
NPC-shaw(5)Shaw||:...Oh, are you quaking in your boots, Nadenka? +Don't worry, I'm not going to do anything... In fact, I'm looking forward to the day you defy me.
()||:Shaw slowly turns around and waves her hand at the air.
NPC-shaw(0)Shaw||:Clean up AK-15's body and send her to the workshop. +I... have some thinking to do.
()"Nadia"||:Yes, my lady.
()||<黑点1>: