4 4 301 A streak of warm liquid flows down your cheek. With the buzz in your ears, you open your eyes to find the fading moonlight behind a cloudy night sky. The small building that trapped you is long gone.
8 8 301 DialogEnable Hoping to take stock of your surroundings, you try to get up, only to find yourself pressed against by something heavy. Something that is dripping the liquid running down your face.
9 9 302 Is that... vital fluid? 10
10 10 301 1 Your vision trails downward, and you find Changyu's body lying on yours.
11 11 302 ?! 12 Changyu! 12
12 12 201 1 500166
13 13 301 1 Lucia Commandant! 1
14 1013 301 Hearing your voice, Lucia knocks out the remaining guard and hurries toward you with the rest of Gray Raven.
15 14 302 Is everyone alright? 15
16 15 301 Lucia Everyone's fine. It's just a flashbang. 1
17 16 302 Is Changyu... 17
18 17 201 1 1031001
19 18 301 1 Liv Diagnosing... His M.I.N.D. hasn't been damaged, and his body isn't critically wounded... The vital fluid he's bleeding is probably from injuries he took during the battle... 1
20 19 302 But he's not waking up— 20
21 20 201 1 500026
22 21 301 1 Lee Hey, you! How long are you going to lie there? 1
23 22 301 Annoyed, Lee grabs Changyu by his collar and lifts him off his feet.
24 23 201 1 500225 6
25 24 301 1 Changyu ...Think of the children, Lee. Can't you just be a smidge gentler? 1
26 25 201 1 500026 10
27 26 301 1 Lee Not for you. 1
28 27 202 1 1
29 28 301 Lee lets go of him, and Changyu lands—except he barely catches himself, no sign of the dexterous fighter he has been the whole night. Staggered, he leans on the broken wall next to him, rubbing his eyes clean of the vital fluid that seeped in.
30 29 201 1 500225 14
31 30 301 1 Changyu A flashbang... I thought the wacko was bringing us down with him with an explosive. 1
32 31 302 Where's their boss, by the way? 32
33 32 201 1 500026
34 33 301 1 Lee He escaped—thanks to a moron who smashed a hole in the wall for him before the flashbang went off. 1
35 34 201 1 500225 2
36 35 301 1 Changyu C'mon, I couldn't have planned for everything, could I? 1
37 36 301 Changyu Fussing over every detail's gonna give you wrinkles, Construct or not. 1
38 37 201 1 500026
39 38 301 1 Lee That's not true! 1
40 39 202 1 1
41 40 301 You stand up to find all the mechanoid guards you fought now decimated.
42 41 302 Enemy status? 42
43 42 201 1 500026
44 43 301 1 Lee We took care of the rest of them when you were both out. Not that there were many of them left—this doesn't seem to be their headquarters. 1
45 44 203 1 0.25 -400
46 45 201 2 500225 400
47 46 301 1 Changyu A temporary base of operation, then. 2
48 47 301 Lee Enough with this. Care to explain what just happened? 1
49 48 204 2 6
50 49 301 Changyu Oh. Well... 2
51 50 301 Changyu scratches his head, embarrassed.
52 51 202 1 1
53 52 203 2 0.25 0
54 53 204 2
55 54 301 Changyu Sorry for keeping this from y'all. 2
56 55 301 Changyu You were discovered the first time you set foot on the dock. 2
57 56 301 Changyu These were some dirty, rich folks screwing around. They didn't think Babylonia would get involved. 2
58 57 301 Changyu And when they realized that we knew each other, they came to me with an offer: remove the Babylonians, and they'll remove some of the more audacious terms on their deal with Akdilek. 2
59 58 301 Changyu Audacious terms that I'd have to follow to get this— 2
60 59 301 He picks up the leather suitcase he threw aside and takes out an authenticator, carefully inspecting it.
61 60 301 Changyu Phew... Everything's intact. Luckily I secured it when the guards came swinging. 2
62 61 302 You secured it during a fight like that? 62
63 62 301 Changyu Well, it's important. 2
64 63 302 But you just threw it to the side... 64 You weren't protecting it during the explosion. 64
65 64 204 2 6
66 65 301 Changyu Priorities, priorities... 2
67 66 301 Changyu I told you I wanted a win-win situation... But if I have to lose one, I'd rather lose this. 2
68 67 301 He gives the authenticator in his hand a spin. Then he walks away and sits on a piece of rubble, mumbling to himself.
69 68 302 Why didn't you tell me the plan? 1068
70 1068 204 2 14
71 69 301 Changyu Would you have said yes? 2
72 70 302 No. 71 Maybe. 72
73 71 73 301 Changyu Duh! What do you think? 2
74 72 301 Changyu Even if you agreed, your buddies here wouldn't! 2
75 73 202 2 1
76 74 201 1 500166
77 75 301 1 Lucia What exactly was the plan? 1
78 76 302 Changyu was going to— 77 ... 79
79 77 201 1 500225 3
80 78 81 301 1 Changyu Look! You're here in one piece! 1
81 79 201 1 500225 2
82 80 301 Changyu It doesn't matter, as long as 【kuroname】 is here in one piece. 1
83 81 302 But we've only discovered their scheme. 1083 But we haven't found those involved. 1083
84 1083 204 1 1
85 82 301 Changyu I guess you're looking for this? 1
86 83 301 Changyu transfers you a data file.
87 84 301 Changyu I just received this from Sophia. She managed to put together a list of names once she was done "cleaning." It should help you track them down, wherever they're hiding now. 1
88 85 302 So, all you're after is this device? 86
89 86 301 Changyu Yep. Trades can resume once we get to quickly identify counterfeits with this thing. 1
90 87 302 You could've left me when you got it. 88
91 88 301 Changyu Leave you? Have you forgotten the last thing I said? 1
92 89 301 Changyu raises three fingers, the way he did the day before.
93 90 204 1 2
94 91 301 Changyu I told you I'd protect you, 【kuroname】, and I never go back on my word. 1
95 92 302 That doesn't sound like a good deal to you. 93
96 93 204 1 1
97 94 301 Changyu Why? Because I didn't exploit everyone? 1
98 95 301 Changyu Sure, I probably should've left sooner for Akdilek's sake. 1
99 96 301 Changyu But I'm the agent on the scene, and I say you are more valuable than this device, so YOU are my priority. 1
100 97 301 Changyu And I trust you. And I trust me. That's why it was always going to end in our favor. 1
101 98 302 Even though you thought it was a real bomb? 99
102 99 204 1 6
103 100 301 Changyu Ugh... Sure. 1
104 101 204 1 2
105 102 301 Awkwardly he smiles, recalling how he was on the verge of a breakdown during the heat of the moment.
106 103 204 1 1
107 104 301 Changyu Anyway, it's lovely how everything went so smoothly. 1
108 105 301 Changyu I assume you're going after our escapee as well? 1
109 106 302 That's part of the job. 107 This data is more than enough. 107
110 107 301 Changyu Then I guess it's fair to say we've killed two birds with one stone. 1
111 1108 204 1 13
112 108 301 Changyu Wait, no—three birds with one stone... 1
113 109 302 Three birds? 110
114 110 204 1 6
115 111 301 Changyu's and your eyes meet, and he quickly looks away with a murmur.
116 112 301 Changyu I've got everything I'm after, with a few benefits thrown in... Sounds like the best deal to me... 1
117 113 302 Hm? 114
118 114 204 1 2
119 115 301 Changyu Nothing! Congratulations on a mission well executed! I'll take my leave now, see ya! 1
120 116 202 1 1
121 117 301 Changyu waves everyone goodbye, before hopping over the crumpled walls to a small, hidden path. But then he stops, and he turns around to look at you.
122 118 201 1 500225 1
123 119 301 1 Changyu I'll see you soon, 【kuroname】. 1
124 120 301 He smiles at you and waves one last time, with a sincerity that you can perhaps recognize now.
125 121 301 Changyu Next time I'll be an open book. 1
126 122 301 1 AniZhuanchangBegin With that, Changyu dashes away through the ruins, leaping from one broken wall to another, looking almost lighter than he ever was, as he vanishes from your sight...
