14 14 301 AniZhuanchangEnd At the end of the road, the world turns into an ocean of flowers.
15 15 301 Liv touches the wound on her chest, only to find it turns into a rose, scattering into the wind.
16 16 301 ??? Liv...!
17 17 301 Hearing a familiar voice, Liv turns around and looks.
18 18 301 Even with a badly damaged frame, Liv still recognizes Lucia.
19 19 201 1 500391 1
20 20 301 1 Lucia How come you're also... 1
21 21 301 With a wry smile, Lucia shakes her head and pulls the young man standing nearby toward her.
22 22 201 1 500401 2
23 23 301 1 Liv Oh, is that Lee? 1
24 24 301 Unlike how Liv remembers him, the man before her is a black silhouette, like a cutout in three-dimensional space.
25 25 301 Is it because Lee's path has led somewhere beyond what Liv knows?
26 26 301 Liv Why are you... 1
27 27 301 Liv ...It's a specialized frame, isn't it? 1
28 28 202 1 1
29 29 301 Lee does not answer her.
30 30 201 1 500401 2 -400
31 31 201 2 500391 1 400
32 32 301 1 Lucia Let's go. You don't have to worry about anything anymore. Commandant is waiting. 2
33 33 301 Liv ...Commandant? 1
34 34 301 Lucia Look, right there. 2
35 35 301 Looking at where Lucia is pointing, Liv sees a human standing in the middle of a flower, nodding and smiling at Liv.
36 36 301 Liv ...Commandant! 1
37 37 301 Oh, 【kuroname】 looks so much older than she remembers.
38 38 202 1 2 1
39 39 301 【kuroname】 It's been a while.
40 40 201 1 500401 14
41 41 301 1 Hearing that voice, all the walls Liv puts up around her crumble into nothingness.
42 42 301 What is this place?
43 43 301 Are they momentary mirages, or are they the consciousnesses and data that remain after death?
44 44 301 It does not matter anymore. The companions Liv has missed so dearly are now with her.
45 45 204 1 1
46 46 301 Liv ...Have you been waiting here for long? 1
47 47 301 The commandant nods, still smiling, and Liv finds the pain her body has been feeling slowly melting away.
48 48 201 1 500391 2
49 49 301 1 Lucia This time, no one can separate the four of us. 1
50 50 201 1 500414
51 51 301 1 Hippocrates What the hell happened to you... There's a hole in your chest. 1
52 52 301 The familiar Professor looks at Liv with a kind of frustration.
53 53 201 1 500401 14
54 54 301 1 Liv I... don't exactly remember. 1
55 55 201 1 500414
56 56 301 1 Hippocrates Probably went to protect some jerk, I bet. 1
57 57 301 Hippocrates You always do that, putting yourself in harm's way. 1
58 58 202 1 1
59 59 301 As if treating a patient, the Professor holds onto Liv's shoulders, her fingers inspecting Liv's wounds.
60 60 301 Incredibly, Liv does not feel pain.
61 61 301 【kuroname】 You've suffered all this time... Liv... I'm sorry.
62 62 201 1 500401
63 63 301 1 Liv ...All this time?
64 64 201 1 500414
65 65 301 1 Hippocrates Right, the M.I.N.D. migraines from your specialized frame never stopped. It's as painful as arthritis or bone fractures, but it's localized in your head. 1
66 66 301 Hippocrates Plus, the death mirages from that memory data... It must have been tormenting to live. 1
131 131 301 Even after Liv returned to her Eclipse frame, the M.I.N.D. migraines and death mirages followed her. The afterimages affected Liv still, making it difficult for her to participate in normal fights.
132 132 301 After the technology on the Deep M.I.N.D. connection got refined, Liv volunteered to participate in a difficult and long rehabilitation to get used to these effects.
133 133 301 Separated by a sheet of glass, Liv and the commandant, who also required rehabilitation, smiled wryly at each other in their own training rooms.
134 134 201 1 500166
135 135 301 1 Lucia Not even a day of rest. 1
136 136 202 1 1
137 137 301 Lee There's always a next fight. Even when we find a way to eliminate the Punishing Virus, there will still be other troubles.
142 142 301 Years passed by and Cosette had grown up, learning about her mother's wish after talking to Liv, and she ended up as a remarkable Support-type Construct, working hard to save the wounded.
143 143 301 Both Cosette and Gray Raven had found new friends and lost old ones on the way.
144 144 301 Together, they tackled many problems of the past and discovered new obstacles.
145 145 301 As Lee said—there was always a next fight.
146 146 301 Gestalt predicted that there was a 0.031% chance that they could find a miracle. They could not, and humanity was forced into a new calamity.
150 150 301 【kuroname】 The world has always been this way. The Punishing Virus was not the first virus that led to a catastrophic outbreak.
151 151 301 We solve one problem, and the next one will arise. Once we found a way to eliminate the Punishing Virus, a new disaster soon followed.
152 152 301 Like the sun and the moon, taking each other's place. There are no endless days, nor are there eternal nights.
153 153 301 【kuroname】 But we have not stood still, and the battles we fought didn't lose their meaning. Our respites went from days to seasons to years—they were all progressing...
154 154 301 AniZhuanchangBegin 【kuroname】 Most importantly, you all were there with me. It made the journey easier.
