15 15 301 1 The debris and smoke fade away, revealing... Vera, with one hand on her hips and another gripping her weapon. No. 21 holds Vera's leg tightly, burying her face by her waist, not saying a word.
16 16 301 Standing next to them, Noctis pulls No. 21's Co-Bot down, who is holding onto his hair.
17 17 204 1
18 18 301 Noctis 21?! Hahaha! You're alive! 1
19 19 301 Vera You've got to be joking... 3
20 20 301 Vera flings her weaponless hand around, her expression resigned.
21 21 301 Vera 21, that's enough. 3
22 22 301 No. 21 ...Okay. 2
23 23 301 No. 21 replies, dejected. She lets go of Vera and steps back, her Co-Bot also leaping down from Noctis's hand, returning to her side.
24 24 204 3 1
25 25 301 Vera Ha. Don't tell me you got scared to tears following the commandant? 3
26 26 301 No. 21 ...Scared to tears? I don't get scared. Commandant was scared. 2
27 27 302 ... 28 No, I wasn't! 28
28 28 301 You then realize that you are not connected to Vera and Noctis. After adjusting your comms, you have finally reestablished contacts with the remaining Cerberus members.
29 29 204 1 4
30 30 301 Vera I've no idea what happened after we lost contact, but we're finally back together... Just a little bit later than planned. 3
31 31 302 I won't call it "a little bit." 32 What's your progress? 36
32 32 204 3 1
33 33 301 Vera It's bad to keep the girl waiting, not the other way around. Can't be that bad to wait for a girl, can it? 3
34 34 302 ...Fine. 35
35 35 204 3
36 36 301 Vera We haven't located our mystery guest yet. We got into a small accident on the way here, which led me to believe that someone's making a fool out of us right now. 3
37 37 302 Someone's making a fool out of the legendary Vera? 38
38 38 301 Vera Hmph. Anyway, Noctis and I followed those crap instructions all the way to here... but we're always one step behind. 3
39 39 301 Noctis How did you guys get here? 1
40 40 302 It's a... long story. 41
41 41 301 AniZhuanchangBegin Vera Keep it to yourself, then. Regardless, our last clue has led us here, and this time I'm going to get that guy before he bolts. 3
47 47 301 AniZhuanchangEnd 1 Vera steps inside the living room as she speaks.
48 48 301 Vera So? Have you found anything? 1
49 49 301 Noctis Like, "CATCH ME" written with red paint, or an arrow made with doll heads, or that ghost on the road, or the lock on the door of this house—**** me, who the **** locks their door with something so complicated...?! 2
50 50 302 Looks like you've been through some stuff as well. 51 ...You mean this? 51
51 51 301 AniZhuanchangBegin Noctis' words remind you of the red graffiti you saw in the storage room in the beginning. Recalling the same thing, No. 21 and you lead the two of them there.
58 58 302 Looks like it's not a child's painting... 59
59 59 301 Noctis How about some originality, huh?! 1
60 60 301 Seeing the patterns in the storage room, Noctis shouts angrily.
61 61 301 Noctis It's a map this time? 1
62 62 302 ...A topographic map. 63
63 63 301 Vera ...Behind this house? Looks like this is our destination. "The Last Inferno"... I know this is the guy's whole shtick, but the cliche makes me want to laugh. 3
64 64 301 Vera Let's go, fellas. 3
65 65 301 Vera's energy is so threatening that it almost makes you take a step back.
66 66 204 3 13
67 67 301 Vera Let me meet the clown who's been playing hide-and-seek with me the whole day. 3
76 76 301 AniZhuanchangEnd Behind the estate is a sparse wood. You walk through the verge of the forest, stepping on a woodland trail.
77 77 301 Walking on a dried river bed, you can all feel the wind howling around you. The sound of trees shuddering in the night lingers by your ears like a whisper.
78 78 301 AniZhuanchangBegin Further in, you feel like you can hear words in the midst of the wind—just ahead of you.
86 86 301 The moonlight showers down through the leaves near the end of the trail. Vera signals her two teammates not to alert the target with a look. The three Constructs slowly and quietly sneak behind a hedge of bushes.
87 87 301 ?? —I'm going to kill you! I'm going to tear you apart! I'm going to rip your insides out and rub them on your face!
88 88 201 1 500334 2
89 89 401 2 1512
90 90 301 1 ??? Haha... 1
91 91 202 1 1
92 92 301 With a loud crash, you find a Construct before you, someone none of you have been expecting—
93 93 302 Roland? 94
94 94 201 1 500168
95 95 301 1 Vera That's Roland? 1
96 96 301 Vera frowns, not recognizing Roland at first sight. He has disappeared from Babylonia's radar for a while, and now... he is in a new frame.
97 97 203 1 0.25 -400
98 98 201 2 500336 4 400
99 99 301 1 Noctis Who's fighting him? 2
100 100 301 Roland steadily lands on the ground. He stands up, wiping the nonexistent dirt from his shoulder. His opponent seems to be high above, hiding inside the foliage, concealed.
101 101 202 1 2 1
102 102 201 1 500334 2
103 103 301 1 Roland Oh, c'mon... You spent all those effort to lure me here just to beat me up? 1
104 104 301 Roland We could have sat down and chatted if you had any complaints. Resorting to violence is not how a gentleman like me would have preferred... 1
105 105 301 ??? Enough with your bullshit! I've no idea what the mission is! I just want you dead!
115 115 301 Knocked back by a strike, Roland collapses to the ground, waving his hand and coughing. Vital fluid drips down from the corner of his mouth.
117 117 301 Roland Tsk, doesn't even care about the mission now? Why would they send a psychopath... 1
118 118 301 Roland C'mon, at least tell me why you want me dead. 1
119 119 301 Roland Did your boss not say anything? 1
120 120 301 Roland Or... cough... are you just a mercenary, hired to take my life? 1
121 121 202 1 1
122 122 301 Roland's words give his opponent a pause. But then something flies into the sky.
123 123 201 1 500328 4
124 124 301 1 No. 21 ...In the sky! 1
125 125 202 1 1
126 126 301 You all look up from No. 21's exclamation. A metal monstrosity rises into the sky and pauses, framed by the moon, its aura spine-tingling.
127 127 201 1 500326
128 128 301 1 ??? The thing... Mister asked me to reveal to you... 1
129 129 301 The humanoid monster's eyes glimmer, and when it speaks again, its voice is quiet and hoarse, genderless.
130 130 301 ??? "Loki" has already done so. 1
131 131 302 (The thing... revealed to him...) 132
132 132 201 1 500168
133 133 301 1 Vera We've been mistaken. Those markings weren't for us. 1
134 134 201 1 500326
135 135 301 1 ??? But, from the look of it, you don't seem to be worthy. 1
136 136 301 ??? So, let's end it here... hehehe... 1
137 137 301 The humanoid monster laughs like a dog's howl.
138 138 201 1 500336
139 139 301 1 Noctis What now, Vera? Do we join the fight? 1
140 140 201 1 500168
141 141 301 1 Vera ...Noctis, 21, we're retreating. 1
142 142 302 Retreating? 143 But that might be a new Ascendant. 143
143 143 301 Vera It's not related to our mission. 1
144 144 302 Haven't you been chasing after the Ascendant all this way? 145
145 145 301 Vera We did go after the wrong target, and it's not too late to cut our losses. You've finished your mission as well, haven't you, Commandant? 1
146 146 301 There is an implication in her tone. Has Vera noticed something?
147 147 204 1 1
148 148 301 Vera ...Seems that way, so let's not put our foot in someone else's fight. I still want to hear the long story about the adventure you took my teammate on. 1
149 149 302 At least upload the visual data. 151
150 150 204 1
151 151 301 Vera It's one thing if you want to work your butt off. Me? I just want to clock out as soon as possible. 1
152 152 302 Vera... 153
153 153 301 Vera You can't order me— 1
154 154 302 Not that, Vera. I think we've been exposed. 155
155 155 301 No. 21, who has been silent since you arrived here, is straining her body. The alertness to danger is racing through her M.I.N.D.
