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EP 13.95 Eclipses & Saros

EP 13.95 沙罗蚀相

31 chapters · 1801 lines · English and Chinese below. Japanese and Korean, voices and theatre mode are in the reader.

Long-Period Perturbation 长周期摄动

—We can't give up yet. The dawn has come. —No, there's nothing ahead of us... —Yes, there is, we just need to wait for the sun to rise! —But we can't hold on any longer. Who knows if we'll be able to hold out until then...——还不能放弃，曙光已经来临。 ——不，前面什么也没有…… ——有的，只要等待，等太阳升起！ ——可我们撑不下去了，谁也不知道能否支撑到那一刻……

—The old world has come to an end. —But what of the new world? The new world... —The new world begins in 2051...——旧世界走到了终点。 ——新世界呢？新世界…… ——2051年，新世界开启……

Berlin, in the temporary Griffin base.柏林，格里芬临时基地。

Tap, tap— Tap, tap— The Commander's footsteps echo loudly through the empty corridor.哒哒——哒哒—— 空荡的走廊，指挥官脚步急促。

Beep-beep-beep!! It's Helian.滴滴滴！！！ 是赫丽安。

The Commander picks up the call but they do not slow down.指挥官接起了通讯，但脚步并未放缓。

Helian...They've issued permissions to cross the border and use firearms. We need your warrant card and your signature.……边境通行证和开火许可都下来了。 需要您的保证书和签名。

CommanderGot it. Give me half an hour.知道了，给我半小时。

Helian...You need to head outside and handle supply transshipment in half an hour.……半小时后您需要出门处理物资转运。

Commander...Then give me 15 minutes. Have Persica meet me at the lab entrance in 15 minutes, we'll go together.……那十五分钟就好，十五分钟后你直接来帕斯卡实验室门口等我，然后我们一起去。

HelianAre you talking about that "gift" which Statesec sent? I understand.是指安全局送来的那份“礼物”吧？我了解了。

Helian pauses briefly.赫丽安顿了顿。

The Commander hits the call button for the lift in the meantime.指挥官随手按下电梯。

Commander...Is there anything else?……还有事？

HelianWhile I'd like to tell you not to push yourself too hard, the fact remains that the base needs you. So please, take care of yourself, and thank you.虽然很想说别太勉强自己了，但现在的确很忙，基地离不开你。 注意身体，辛苦了。

Commander...Same goes for you.……你也是。

The Commander hangs up just as the lift reaches the basement.指挥官挂完通讯，电梯刚好抵达地下室。

...The electronic door opens, but there is nobody outside...……电子门打开，外面空空荡荡的……

Something's not right.不对劲。

CommanderThe on-duty Dolls aren't at their post...执勤人形不在岗位……

The Commander's hand twitches, and then they immediately go for the gun at their waist.指挥官的手顿了顿，立刻摸向腰间的手枪。

The silence here is too complete; not even the thunderous hum of the electrical system running at maximum capacity when Persica is working can be heard.安静得似乎有些过分，连帕斯卡工作时满负荷运转的轰鸣电流声都听不见。

The Commander makes an emergency call in the darkness.指挥官暗中拨通了紧急呼叫。

Dandelion—Main Control Room speaking.——这里是主控室。

CommanderGive me a sitrep on the B3 level.查询B3层情况。

DandelionOne moment please. No abnormalities detected... SCR and FF M249SAW are on duty. They just went to the lab to relieve Contender and M60.稍等。 并无异常……轮值的是SCR和M249，她们刚刚去实验室替换竞争者和M60。

Thunk— The corridor lights all go out!“砰——” 走廊里的灯全部熄灭了！

Commander...Someone's cut the power supply.……有人破坏了供电。

Dandelion...Still looks normal from here.……这里还是一切正常。

DandelionWait a minute, the camera timestamp's been changed. Commander...等等，监控时间被篡改了，指挥官……

Commander!!! Is it Paradeus? The rebels? Or—！！！ 白教？叛军？还是——

Bang—“砰——”

A gunshot ricochets off the ground beside the Commander's feet.一记枪声射在指挥官脚边。

The Commander rolls aside and crouches low, staying silent. Their nerves are wound tightly and they have their gun in a death grip. The only thing here is darkness and endless silence. There is only the sound of their breathing.指挥官一个翻身贴地，不再发出声响，只是绷紧神经，死死攥住手枪。 一片黑暗，无边死寂。 只有自己的呼吸声。

Dandelion... The elevator power supply is back under control. ST AR-15 is leading a team to lock down the secure passage. Commander, please verify your safety.…… 已控制电梯电源，AR15正带队前往安全通道封锁。 指挥官，请确认安全。

CommanderWhat about Persica? Is she safe?帕斯卡呢？她是否安全？

CommanderWHERE IS PERSICA!?帕斯卡呢？！

DandelionI don't see her on the cameras.不在监控内。

Bang— Another bullet hits the ground by the Commander's feet. Did the opposition mess up? No, it was a carefully calculated shot.“砰”—— 一枚子弹射在指挥官的脚边。 对方失误？ 不，是很精准的命中。

The Commander follows their memories as they run toward the lab, their gun at the ready.指挥官按着记忆中的方位，举着枪冲向实验室。

At the lab. It is lit only by the touchscreen on the electronic door. The faint light reveals that the glass panel of the door is covered in cracks and the metal frame has been badly deformed. Behind it lies Contender, a piece of twisted metal stuck in her neck.实验室。 仅电子门的触控提示灯亮着。 微弱的光芒下，玻璃门上满是裂纹，金属槽已经变形，一地狼藉。 金属槽后，竞争者倒在地上，脖颈上插着一根扭曲的金属条。

The Commander places their hand to the touch panel.指挥官的手按上了触控板。

SystemVerifying identity... Identity confirmed.身份确认中…… 身份已确认。

The door slides open... The Commander holds their breath—电子门滑开…… 指挥官摒住了呼吸——

Beep—!!滴——！！

Right after that, as though in response to the Commander's hunch, a shrill alarm immediately begins making a racket while flashing red lights fill the lab.下一刻，就像对指挥官预感的回应，刺耳的警铃伴随着闪烁的红色灯光在实验室内哗然大作。

The "repair tank" before them is wide open, revealing that it is empty. ..."It" is missing. The Commander's face is grave. Has the base been infiltrated by intruders? Did someone sneak in without a trace? No, how did they know that "it" had been moved here by Statesec? And where's Persica? No, those shots were meant to lure them to the lab!眼前的“维修仓”仓门大开，露出里面空空荡荡的景象。 ……“那个”不见了。 指挥官一脸凝重。 基地遭到外部入侵？什么人能无声无息地闯进？不，他们是如何得知“那个”已经从安全局转移到这里的？帕斯卡又在哪里？ 不对，是两声枪击将自己引到实验室的！

Commander...!……！

Wham! Upon sensing the breeze on their skin, the Commander reacts with lightning speed. —However, they are still too slow.嘭！ 意识到那劲风来袭的刹那，指挥官几乎以最快的速度做出了反应。 ——但是，还是太慢了。

CommanderUrgh—!呃——！

Something hits their hand hard as they're raising their pistol, and the gun goes flying away.抽枪的手遭受重击，手枪直接飞了出去。

In the next moment, a massive impact knocks them to the ground.下一秒，巨大的冲击直接将身体撞到了地上。

????...Stay still.……别动。

There is a weight on their back, followed by the feeling of cold metal pressed against the back of their head. The Commander presses themselves to the ground and raises their arms without a word. ...Who is it? An answer slowly reveals itself within the Commander's heart.感受到脊背上的压制，以及抵住后脑勺的冰冷金属，指挥官紧贴着地面，无言地举起了手。 ……谁？ 指挥官心中一个答案隐隐浮现。

Commander...SCAR-L?……SCAR-L？

The other person doesn't say anything. However, not answering is an answer of its own.对方依旧一言不发。 但拒绝回应有时候也是一种回应。

Commander...Looks like you're awake. Statesec sent quite an interesting "gift".……看来你已经苏醒了。 安全局的“礼物”真是出人意料。

????So you are the commander here.你是这里的指挥官。

The somewhat cold voice says this in a tone that does not permit any room for doubt.有几分冷冽的声音用不容置疑的语气说着。

Commander...So nobody infiltrated us, and you caused all this by yourself?……没有任何人入侵，你就是造成这一切的意外？

Snap— The lights in the lab come back on.啪嗒—— 实验室恢复了照明。

ST AR-15...Visibility restored. Dandelion, our target is one Doll.……视野恢复。 丹德莱，目标为1名人形。

Dandelion...Her systems are different. I can't take care of it from here.……系统不同，这我处理不了。

ST AR-15She's just an old model from nearly two decades ago! Disarm her already!只是十几年前的陈旧型号，解除她的武装！

????...I advise you not to act rashly.……我劝你们，最好别轻举妄动。

The Commander can't see the face of the Doll behind them, but the pressure on the back of their head intensifies.指挥官看不到背后人形的表情，却感受到脑后的压力增加。

CommanderWe... are not the enemy. World War Three is—我们……不是敌人。 第三次世界大战已经——

????Is already over.已经结束了。

That part was unexpected. If "she" knew that, then why did she attack them?这一点确实出乎意料，如果“她”已经知道，为什么还会对自己举枪？

????You should not have tried to capture a Ranger.你们不该试图俘虏一位游骑兵。

Commander...The subject of your loyalty no longer exists. All the governments were reshuffled during World War III.……你效忠的对象已经不存在了，第三次世界大战中，所有的政府都进行了重组。

????So? Are you saying I should be loyal to you, then?所以？ 我就该效忠于你？

ST AR-15Your only way to survive lies in putting down your gun.放下枪是你唯一的出路。

CommanderOPS was a failure. Mission cancel code: CA0311.OPS已经失败，解除任务代码CA0311。

The air seems to freeze over. Every second that passes is unbearable for everyone.空气短暂的凝滞，时钟每一秒的走针都令在场众人十分难熬。

Upon seeing that the other person isn't moving, ST AR-15 slowly raises her gun.见对方毫无动作，AR15的枪口微微抬起。

CommanderLower your gun, 15. SCAR-L, we can talk.……15，把枪放下。 SCAR-L，我们可以谈一谈。

CommanderIf your aim is to anger me so I will write you off or scrap you by force, or to return you to Statesec... Then I'm afraid you've got the wrong idea.如果你的目的是激怒我，把你送去报废或者暴力拆卸，又或者是送回给安全局。 那你想错了。

CommanderEven after being sealed away for over 10 years, you've maintained your clarity of mind, your intellect, and your ability to act swiftly. You've certainly proven that you're an elite Doll from WW3. In turn, I will prove that I am a commander who is worthy of your trust.封存十多年后，你还能保持清醒，机智，并迅速做出行动。 你向我证明了你作为一名三战时期精英人形的水平。 那我会向你证明，我是一位值得信赖和效忠的指挥官。

????I cannot pledge my loyalty to you.我无法向你效忠。

CommanderAnd why is that?为什么？

????It is a base layer setting of mine. I only have one set of "dog tags".这是我的底层设定，“军牌”只有一套。

Commander...If you're not willing, we won't force you to undergo any sort of modifications either.……如果你不愿意，我们不会强迫你进行任何改装。

????That is not a quality a commander ought to possess.这不符合指挥官需要的特质。

Commander...But that's simply how I live in this world. Every person and every Doll ought to have "freedom" of their own.……但这就是我的处世之道。 每个人，包括人形，都该有一部分属于自己的“自由”。

????Freedom, you say?“自由”吗？

The Commander feels the pressure on their back ease off, enough for them to turn around and stand up. Now, they can get a good look at this "legendary" figure.指挥官感到背后的压力减轻了，自己得以站起来并转过身。 然后好好看看这位“传奇”人形究竟是何模样。

????I am Aliana, of Daybreak Squad.曙光小队，艾莉安娜。

The Doll standing behind the Commander is tall, and she puts her gun away with fluid motions.身后的人形个子高挑，收枪的动作干净利落。

Though she radiates an oppressive aura like a blade, she extends a hand to the Commander with a warm smile on her face.她浑身散发着凛冽的压迫感，脸上却带着温煦的微笑向指挥官伸出了手。

AlianaTimesync, Commander.指挥官，请校准时钟。

CommanderIt is now 04:56PM, Berlin time.柏林时间下午4点56分。

CommanderDid you not see Persica when you woke up?你醒来的时候没有见到帕斯卡吗？

AlianaIf you're talking about that female researcher, she's in Warehouse B6 on the level below. She's unconscious for the moment.如果是指那位女研究员的话，下层仓库B6位置，暂时失去意识。

In the Ops Room.指挥室。

The Commander picks up the mountain of paperwork on their desk and begins reading through it.指挥官拿起办公桌上堆积如山的文件，开始批阅。

DandelionShe's no ordinary Doll. She has many secrets around her.这可不是一名普通的战术人形，她的秘密有点多。

CommanderI've got no room to be picky. In order to fight this battle, I'll take every chance I can to increase our strength. I don't care about what she's holding back or what she chooses to declare as long as I can use her. They do say geniuses often act arrogant, Dandelion.我没有挑选的余地了。 在现在这个时间点，要打下这场仗，每一个增强实力的机会我都不会放过。 随便她保留什么，坦诚什么，只要她能为我所用。 丹德莱，天才总是有点脾气的。

Dandelion...Are you praising me, Commander?……你是在夸我吗？指挥官。

In a temporary meeting room.临时会议室。

Several Dolls are scattered around the otherwise-empty meeting room. Each of them has a different expression on their face.空荡的会议室内，几名人形稀稀落落地坐在会议桌的周围，每个人的脸上都带着迥然不同的神色。

Contender...Tsk!……啧！

And among them, the first to snort in disgust is Contender, who's seated in the middle.而其中，率先按捺不住，发出响声的，是坐在正中央的竞争者。

ContenderSo nobody knows why the Commander called us here?所以就没人知道，指挥官究竟是为什么叫我们来吗？

M60...Are we going to be punished? I mean, we DID mess up our job to protect Miss Persica...……难道不是为了处罚吗？ 我们在保护帕斯卡小姐的任务里失职了……

M26-MASSMaybe it's for an after-action report.也许是为了总结经验教训呢。

Contender thinks back to that encounter which lasted less than a second, and clenches her fists.竞争者想起那场不足1秒的遭遇战，捏紧了拳头。

Contender...I was attacked from behind. It was my fault for not being alert enough. SCR!……那家伙从背后偷袭，是我防范不足。 SCR！

SCRY-yes?什，什么？

SCR is seated in the corner of the room and her body trembles as she is suddenly called out.坐在角落的SCR被突然点名，身子哆嗦了一下。

ContenderBack then, you were the only one in the lab helping Miss Persica. Did you see what the intruder looked like?当时只有你在实验室内协助帕斯卡小姐。 你看到入侵者的样子了吗？

SCR swallows, and she opens her mouth as though she is about to speak, but the words stick in her throat and won't come out.SCR咽了咽口水，张开嘴巴似乎想说什么，但卡在喉咙里说不出口。

M60Forget it, Contender. SCR has practically zero combat experience, and she wouldn't have been chosen for guard duty if we weren't low on people. Don't expect too much from her.算了吧，竞争者。 SCR的作战经验几乎为零，如果不是现在基地人手不够，根本不会安排护卫。 不要对她太苛求了。

"Don't expect too much from her." SCR lowers her head in silence—the fact that she cannot refute that statement is the most frustrating thing for her at this moment.“不要对她有什么期待了。” SCR无言地低下了头——无法反驳这句话，是她此刻最懊恼的事。

FF M249SAWSave it, you two.你们两个，少说两句吧。

Thump— Contender angrily pounds the table.咚—— 竞争者愠怒地捶了一下桌子。

ContenderAll of Griffin is preparing for the war that's about to come. But right now, we're sitting here twiddling our thumbs. Doesn't that annoy you?!现在全格里芬都在为即将到来的战争而做准备。 这时候我们却呆坐在这里，你们就不感到烦躁吗！

FF M249SAWI know how you feel! But blowing up won't do any good!我理解你的心情！但是发脾气也没有用处！

M26-MASSRelax, we probably won't get punished. Besides, even if it was for punishment, why would I be here? I wasn't in charge of lab security.安心吧，应该不会处罚你们。 再说，如果是为了处罚，没必要叫我吧？ 我又没负责实验室的警戒。

FF M249SAWMaybe the Commander's putting a team together?会不会是编队的事？

Contender! ...Is there a free slot on Miss Lee's team?！ ……李小姐的小队有空位了吗？

M26-MASSAre you kidding me? Didn't you say you wanted to join Kar's squad just a couple of days ago?真的假的，你前两天不是说想进卡尔的小队吗？

ContenderI want to follow a real elite. Whether it's Kar or Lee is all the same to me.我想跟随真正的精英，这一点上卡尔或是李小姐都是一样的。

Click—咔——

M60Miss Helian!赫丽安小姐！

Everyone immediately stands at attention. Helian enters the room and claps her hands together.众人形唰唰地起立。 赫丽安走进来，拍拍手。

HelianQuiet. Considering the reconstruction progress of the base, the Commander believes that we can take on more missions now.安静。 鉴于基地目前的重建进度，指挥官认为，大家已经可以执行更多任务了。

SCRMiss Helian... Is Miss Persica alright? I'm sorry, it's all because I messed up.赫丽安小姐……帕斯卡小姐还好吗？ 对不起，都是我的失误。

HelianDon't worry, SCR. The Commander won't be punishing anyone because of that.SCR，你别担心。 指挥官不准备就那件事惩罚任何人。

ContenderSay what?那么？

HelianRight now, we have a new operational team. You are its members.现在有一支新的作战小队。 你们就是小队的成员。

SCRHuh?欸？

SCR unconsciously mutters to herself. An "ops team"? "Her?"SCR下意识发出了困惑的声音。 “作战小队”？“她”？

Contender...Who's the leader?……谁是队长？

M26-MASSIs it me?难道是我？

HelianShe has great faith and expectations in you—Please come in.她对你们抱有极高的信赖和期待——进来吧。

Click—咔——

Contender and SCR's eyes go wide as they see her.看到她的第一眼，竞争者和SCR就同时瞪大了眼睛。

SCRYou're—你是——

Contender—You're that attacker!?——你是那个袭击者！？

M60Huh? You're our leader?欸？你是我们的队长？

M26-MASS...Hey, are you for real?……嘿，真的假的？

Contender...Are you insulting me?……你是想羞辱我吗？

Aliana looks around at everyone.艾莉安娜扫视了一圈众人。

AlianaThe mission has been handed down. Verify the information, time, and then prepare to head out.任务已经下来了，核对一下信息和时间，准备出发。

ContenderWait a minute, you're not going to explain anything or introduce yourself?等等，你不打算跟我们解释，或者介绍一下吗？

Aliana...I am your team leader. What part of that is unclear?……我是你们的队长，这几个字哪里听不明白？

AlianaYou have 10 minutes to gather your gear and draw ammo. Meet at the base entrance in 10 minutes' time.给你们十分钟时间整理素体装备弹药，十分钟后基地门口集合。

At the base entrance. Aliana stands in the middle of a patch of open land. The sunlight rains down on her. She remains still and silent, enjoying the warmth.基地大门前。 艾莉安娜站在空地上，阳光肆无忌惮地洒落满身。 她静静站着，感受那种温热。

Aliana13 years...十三年……

Aliana brings up the comms listing for Daybreak Squad. Seven names have "Deleted" beside them. The only name that remains has a gray icon beside it.艾莉安娜调出曾经的曙光小队通讯列表，七个名字显示“已注销”。 仅剩的一个名字，头像是灰色的。

Offline. Location unknown.离线，范围未知。

The sounds of gunshots, explosions, whispers and telephones ringing... She hears them all again, across the gulf of 13 years..枪炮声、轰鸣声、私语声、电话铃声…… 一切仿佛穿过十三年的时光在耳边响起。

??Aliana, you will all be the daybreak that lights the new world.艾莉安娜，你们会是照亮新世界的曙光。

??Sis!!!姐姐！！！

??(Crackle)—Amaris... (Crackle)—Destroy...滋滋——阿玛瑞丝……滋滋——摧毁……

Aliana touches her gun. The "Imprint" technology has given her an unprecedented sense of connection to her weapon, making her 13 years of slumber feel like nothing more than a dream.艾莉安娜抚摸枪身，“烙印”技术让她与武器产生了一种前所未有的连接感，让十三年的沉睡显得不像一场错觉。

Aliana—I'll take the last "dog tag" back this time.——最后的“军牌”，这次我一定会回收。

Click— The magazine slides home.“咔——” 弹匣装入。

Short-Period Perturbation 短周期摄动

Creak, creak—the ancient floorboards groan in agony, unable to bear the weight of the person pacing back and forth angrily on top of them. It is early in the morning now. Cheryl would not usually be awake at this point given her habits, but right now, her house is abuzz with commotion.嘎吱嘎吱——伴随着愤怒的踱步声，古老的地板发出不堪承受重负的惨叫。 现在是清晨时分，按照谢丽尔的作息还不是起床的时候，但她的家中已经是鸡飞狗跳的动静。

Cheryl...Listen, you! What you've done is a grievous violation of my rights as a consumer!……我告诉你！你这样做严重侵犯了我作为消费者的权益！

CherylYou sold me a bill of goods! What you did is no different from that case a while back where they advertised a high-end Doll when they were selling roombas!你这是挂羊头卖狗肉！和前段时间被打击的挂高级人形卖扫地机器人案件是一丘之貉！

Halfway through her crazed rant into the communicator, she suddenly glances back.正对着通讯器狂吼乱叫的她突然回头一瞥。

CherylThen why don't you just sell those roombas!你这还不如卖扫地机器人！

Lil' QuimbyThere, there, dear customer, don't be mad. I've recorded your issues for you, and when our assistant boss comes in, she'll help you settle them right away. So please wait, okay, dear~嘤嘤嘤，这位客官不要生气嘛。 您所反馈的问题，我已经为您记录好了，等我们副店长上班就立刻帮您解决，还请耐心等待哦亲亲~

CherylYou want me to not get mad!? How can I NOT be mad! Go get that supervisor of yours right now! Or else I'll sue!不生气？！怎么可能不生气！ 你现在就去找能解决问题的来！不然我就67890投诉你们！

Lil' QuimbyAh, the assistant boss is here. I'll switch you over to her!喔副店长来了，我让她来接通讯器！

KatherineWhat's up?怎么了？

CherylLast week, I ordered that latest high-end Doll from your company. You know, the one with blonde hair, blue eyes, a supermodel figure, fully-functional, and capable of neck and shoulder massages too—我上周在你家订购的最新款高级人形，就是那个金发碧眼、超模身材、功能齐全、还会按摩肩颈——

KatherineDidn't we send it over?不是已经给您送去了吗？

CherylWHAT THE HELL DID YOU SEND OVER!?你们送的是个啥啊？！

Cheryl is so mad that she's jumping up and down. She turns the camera of her communicator to the pile of trash that's stacked up like a garbage dump. Part of it even seems to be wriggling...谢丽尔愤怒地跳了起来，她将通讯器的摄像头对准了家中如废墟般高高垒起的杂物堆。 其中似乎有什么东西在蠕动……

KatherineOh, I see. Was this the Doll you received?喔，我看见了，这位就是您收到的人形是吧？

CherylThat's right! Tell me, don't you think this pile of garbage is a far cry from what I was promised?对啊！你自己说说，这邋遢样子跟我预定的是不是差远了！

KatherineHmm... I fully understand how you feel. One moment, please, I'll go check with the warehouse.嗯……我完全理解您的心情，请稍等，我去跟仓库核对一下。

CherylHey! I'm not done yet—喂！我还没说完——

The line cuts off, but Cheryl, who's built up a full head of steam, immediately calls back. However, the other side doesn't pick up no matter how much she yells into the phone.通讯被掐断，但正在气头上的谢丽尔立刻打了回去。 但不管怎么夺命连环呼叫，对方都不再接起。

SystemGreetings, dear customer, the user you have dialed is uncontactable at the moment. Please—尊敬的用户，您好，您所链接的用户暂时无法接通，请——

CherylWHAT THE F—!!!我靠——！！！

Cheryl's furious screaming echoes throughout the district.谢丽尔狂暴的怒嗥响遍了整个街区。

She grabs her throbbing temples and collapses onto her sofa. She decides to distract herself with the TV and her hands feel around for the remote control that's fallen between the crevices of the sofa.她捂着突突狂跳的太阳穴瘫倒在沙发上，手摸到了陷入沙发缝隙间的遥控器，她决定打开电视转移下注意力。

But no matter how hard she presses, the TV does not respond?但任凭她怎么狂按，电视机都没有反应。

CherylWhat's going on!? Smart Butler? Turn on the TV!怎么回事？！聪明的小管家？ 给我开启电视！

Not even the household AI pays her any heed.连家里的AI都不理会她。

Cheryl gets so mad that her remote slips from her hand.谢丽尔气得摔掉了遥控器。

CherylAhhhhhh! What the hell's going on today!? It's just one thing after another, and each one is just pissing me off more than the last!啊啊啊！今天到底是怎么回事？！ 有一个来一个，一个更比一个让我生气！

???Burp.嗝。

A hollow burp comes from the pile of trash.杂物堆中传来一声幽幽的饱嗝。

Right after that, a massive object emerges from it, as though the junkheap had spontaneously collapsed.紧接着，犹如废墟坍塌般，一个庞然大物现身于废墟之上。

???Uh, I think that was because of me...嗝，好像是因为我……

Cheryl...WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?……你干了啥啊？！

???(Burps) I haven't had so much power in a while, so I couldn't help drawing more of it.嗝—— 好久没碰到这么充足的电力，没忍住功率开大了点。

The massive object wobbles as it emerges from the junkpile with a cable sticking out of its port. Cheryl notices the luxury sunglasses she bought last year on her face.“庞然大物”摇摇晃晃地迈出废墟，数据线正连接在插座上，谢丽尔注意到她脸上还戴着自己去年买的奢牌墨镜。

Cheryl's fists bunch up even more.谢丽尔的拳头更硬了。

CherylPull that cable out at once! And take off my sunglasses!你给我把数据线拔掉！还有我的墨镜，摘下来！

???...No.……不要。

Cheryl's petite form lunges for the socket and strikes the Doll right in her vitals.谢丽尔娇小敏捷的身影直奔插座，痛击人形的要害。

Snap—the cable falls from the Doll.吧嗒——人形的数据线应声而落。

???Ahhhhh—啊——

The "massive object" crashes to the ground, as though its soul had been extracted.如同被抽去灵魂，“庞然大物”即刻轰然倒地不起。

CherylAre you trying to run an injury scam on me or something!? I only pulled out a cable, not your heart!你碰什么瓷？！我就拔个数据线，又不是拔了你的生命线！

???Power... I don't... have enough... I need... more power...电量……我的电量……不足…… 充电……快给我电……

CherylHAH!?哈啊？！

Cheryl grabs the frail Doll with a suspicious look in her eyes and checks her battery panel.谢丽尔狐疑地拽起虚弱的人形，查看她的电池面板。

Current charge: 98%.当前电量：98%

???Aw, come on... Don't be... such a miser...充个电…… 别这么……抠门……

Cheryl's face darkens with rage as she throws the Doll to the ground and turns to fix the circuit breakers in her house.谢丽尔黑着脸把人形扔在地上，转身去复原家里电闸。

CherylSmart Butler!聪明的小管家！

Housekeeper AIAt your service, Mistress Cheryl.谢丽尔的仆人在。

CherylContact the nearest recycling plant. Tell them I've got a garbage Doll here that they need to take away ASAP.给我联系下最近的垃圾回收站，就说我这里有个废物人形，赶紧来收走。

Housekeeper AIAlright. How much do you wish to receive for it?好的，那么您期望的价位是？

CherylI don't want money! I want this piece of trash out of my sight!不要钱！让这废物从我眼前消失就行！

Housekeeper AIVery well. Your servant shall forward this Doll's chassis data to the appropriate parties.明白，谢丽尔的仆人这就去将人形素体的信息发送给对方。

Cheryl sighs and lets the tension flow out of her before she turns and collapses onto her sofa. The Doll remains face-down on the ground, reaching a trembling hand out to her.谢丽尔松了口气，转身瘫坐在懒人沙发上。 人形匍匐在地上，颤抖着向她伸出手去。

???Don't get mad... I'm actually very expensive... the kind that people can't buy... even if they wanted...不要生气……其实我很昂贵……别人想买……都买不来的那种……

Housekeeper AIMaster, the recycling plant has sent their reply.主人，垃圾回收站的回复已经来了。

CherylWhen are they coming?他们什么时候来？

Housekeeper AIThey said— "I've never heard of this model of garbage before. I wouldn't pick it up even if you paid me."他们说—— “没见过的垃圾型号，倒贴钱都不想上门收。”

???...Ahhhhhhh!……啊！

After wailing in despair from battery exhaustion, the Doll collapses and moves no more. Cheryl pants heavily, trying to calm her spiking blood pressure, and then a call comes in the midst of her repeated deep breaths.人形发出耗尽电量的悲鸣后，倒下再无声息。 谢丽尔拼命深呼吸，控制着即将爆表的血压，在她的反复深呼吸之间，通讯响起了。

CherylHello, who is it?喂，谁啊？

Lil' QuimbyIt's me, dear. I just went to check on our warehouse and we missed your call, sweetie.亲亲是我啦，刚刚去查询仓库去了，没看见亲亲的通讯呢。

CherylI don't give a damn where the hell you went or what you did! Give me a solution right now!管你去干吗了！现在给我个解决方案！

Lil' QuimbyDear, it's like this. We checked our warehouse logs. What we sent WAS a Doll of the model you requested, but we don't know how it ended up like the one you have now...亲亲，是这样的呢，我们查询了仓库记录。 发出去的时候，货物确实是您预订的那一款人形，但不知道为什么到您手上后变成了现在的样子……

CherylWhat do you mean?! Are you accusing me of running some kind of scam?什么意思？！你怀疑是我掉包了？

Lil' QuimbyNot at all. Perhaps there was a problem with the delivery firm or the Doll grew legs and ran off...没有的，可能是路上的物流出了问题，或者是人形自己长腿跑了……

Cheryl... Are you actually trying to make the most outrageous excuses possible for your actions?…… 你还敢不敢再离谱一点？

Lil' QuimbyIn any case, we've just sent a round trip tour package for two to Frankfurt to your account as compensation! We hope you have a good time with your new Doll~总之呢，我们刚刚给亲亲的账户发送了两张法兰克福旅游套票作为补偿！ 希望您和新人形一起度过一段愉快的时光~

CherylWait, I'm not happy with this compensation!等下，我不满意这个补偿！

The call is abruptly cut off.通讯被匆匆挂断。

Cheryl tries calling back right away, but her only response is a cold, mechanical female voice.谢丽尔立刻回拨，但只有冰冷的机械女声响起。

SystemGreetings, dear customer. The number you have dialed is not in use. Please—尊敬的用户您好，您所链接的用户是空号，请——

The communicator falls from Cheryl's limp fingers and she collapses onto the sofa while holding her head. The Doll remains prostrated on the ground, its battered body blending almost perfectly into the garbage-like mound of junk around it.通讯器无力地从谢丽尔的手中滑落，她捂着额头瘫倒在沙发上。 人形依然趴在地上，破破烂烂的素体几乎完美融入到废墟般的杂物之中。

CherylQuit faking, I saw you plug the cable back in.别装了，我都看见你把数据线重新插上了。

CherylIf you keep quiet I'll pull it out again!再不吱声我要拔掉你的数据线了啊！

???Come on, don't...别嘛……

The Doll slowly and lazily turns over, looking at Cheryl, whose face is a picture of wrath.人形懒洋洋地翻了个身，看着满脸怒容的谢丽尔。

CherylWhat's the point of keeping you around?! I checked your systems. You're so out of date that just updating all your systems would take 77534 hours! Not to mention you don't even have the internal memory for updates!留着你有什么用！ 我检查过你的系统了，落后到光是更新系统都要花77534小时！ 更不用说，你根本没有内存更新！

???Hey, at least you'll have a companion for your trip to Frankfurt.至少，你的法兰克福之旅能有个伴啊。

CherylWhat makes you think I'll be bringing you along!?谁要带你去啊？！

???Those two tickets have to be used together. Plus, I checked your call logs—you have no friends.那两张套票要一起使用才行，而且我查询过你的通讯录了，你没朋友。

Cheryl...Why, you! Who's got the time to make friends when I have to do overtime every day to turn in manuscripts?! Ahhhhhh, that's right, I haven't submitted this month's scripts yet...……你！我整天加班赶稿，哪有时间交朋友！ 啊啊啊你提醒我了，这个月的稿子还没交……

???So let's go together.所以一起嘛。

The Doll smiles in a way that seems to be begging for a beating.人形扬起一个欠揍的微笑。

SamoEnjoy your trip, Cheryl. By the way, my name's Samo.旅行愉快，谢丽尔。 顺便，我叫萨摩。

CherylWho cares about your name—Wait, Samo? What kind of Samo?谁问你名字了——萨摩？哪个萨摩？

SamoSamo as in "samoyed hound".萨摩耶犬的萨摩。

Bam—After rolling her eyes, Cheryl stomps back into her room. After seeing her leave, Samo changes to a more comfortable position for lying down.砰——谢丽尔狂翻着白眼回到了自己的房间。 见谢丽尔离开，萨摩换了个舒服的姿势躺好。

As she looks at the unfamiliar ceiling, she slowly closes her eyes.看着陌生的天花板，她缓缓合上了双眼。

...In the depths of Samo's neural cloud... 8 armchairs are arranged in a circle within a mysterious, completely sealed room. It is completely dark here, not because there is no data, but because Samo deliberately adjusted the brightness.……萨摩的心智空间深处。 看起来是一间密不透风的神秘房间，房间里8张靠背椅围成一圈。 这里漆黑一片，并非是因为没有数据，而是萨摩刻意调整的亮度。

She finds the seat that belongs to her in this familiar darkness and then slowly sits down.她在熟悉的黑暗中地找到了属于自己的位置，然后缓缓坐下。

????So today you...所以今天你……

Samo...I climbed into the carton of the high-end Doll that this girl ordered.……我就爬进了这个女孩预定的那个高级人形纸箱。

SamoI don't know why, but that red-haired girl Cheryl gives me a sense of security.我不知道为什么，那个红头发的女孩，谢丽尔，她给了我一些安心的感觉。

SamoThat feeling is very familiar... I guess it belongs to one of you here.那种感觉，很熟悉……我想应该属于在座的某一位。

SamoPerhaps my days of curling up in a warehouse are over.或许蜗居在仓库的日子该到头了。

????It's the first time in 13 years.十三年来第一次。

??Congratulations on taking a step forward.恭喜，迈出了新的一步。

SamoThank you, but it hurts a lot more than I expected... Did you know how hard it was to find a power line in a house like that?谢谢，不过这比我想象中的要痛苦很多……你们知道在那样一个房间里要找到一个充电线还是挺困难的。

??Things have happened, but no matter how complicated they get, the day will come when you make sense of it all, just like the room you're in at the moment.有些事情发生了，虽然很复杂，但是总会有整理清楚的一天，就像你此刻身处的房间。

????In any case, this is a good beginning. I'm glad to see you continue moving forward.不管怎样，是一个不错的开始，很高兴看到你继续前进。

SamoWe're moving forward. I couldn't have done this without your support.是我们，在继续前进，没有你们的支持我做不到。

????That's right, this is our effort, so let's remember this special day.没错，是我们，让我们记住今天这个特别的日子。

And let's pray that we never go back.一起祈祷，永远别再回去。

Lunar Orbital Inclination 黄白交角

Berlin, in the temporary Griffin base.柏林 格里芬临时基地

Whoosh—唰——

An inch-wide shaft of light illuminates the darkened room which was previously only lit by electronic screens.原本只依赖电子屏幕照明的昏暗房间中，敞开的门一下照入了一寸明亮的光。

Persica marches inside, locking eyes with ST AR-15, who's standing off to the side.帕斯卡迈步走入房间，视线率先与站立一旁的AR15相汇。

Persica...Triple sugar, thank you.……三倍糖，谢谢。

CommanderIs your body alright? Do you need a checkup? You were out for a long time and Aliana's a Tactical Doll, she doesn't know how to pull her punches...你身体没事吧？要不要做个检查？ 昏迷这么久，艾莉安娜毕竟是战术人形，下手没有轻重……

PersicaHah? I haven't slept a wink for the past two weeks of work. I was just catching up on my rest; why are you making it sound like I was ambushed?哈？你才身体有事——连续工作两周没怎么闭眼，我眯一会补个觉而已，怎么被你说的好像遭受袭击一样。

Commander...Er, as I recall, you asked me to go see Aliana in the lab earlier. Didn't Aliana knock you out? ST AR-15 carried you back to the dorm and I was about to send the medics over...……呃，之前你约我去实验室看艾莉安娜，不是艾莉安娜把你打晕了吗？ 是AR15把你背回宿舍，我正准备请医疗兵过来……

PersicaI haven't slept in that bed for ages... No wonder I woke up on it. Speaking of which, my lab's a mess, it looks like someone blew it up. Was it you guys!?那床都几百年没人睡了……难怪我在床上醒来。 话说我的实验室一团乱，好像是被轰炸过，就是你们搞的？！？！

CommanderHuh? You mean, when we found you on the ground earlier with coffee splashed everywhere... You mean you weren't knocked out by someone?啊？当时你倒在地上，咖啡撒了一地……难道不是被人打晕？

Persica...The lab was so cramped that I had to go downstairs to lie down for a bit! Anyway, stop changing the subject! I'm here to talk to you about SCAR-L, as in Aliana. There's something troublesome about her neural cloud.……还不是因为实验室太挤了我没地方下脚才去楼下躺一会吗？！ 等等别打岔！我正要和你聊聊SCAR-L，也就是艾莉安娜，她的心智有点麻烦。

ST AR-15What? Troublesome!? But the Commander already sent her out on a mission.啊？麻烦？！ 指挥官已经派她出去执行任务了。

The Commander sighs in resignation.指挥官无奈地叹了口气。

Commander...What kind of troublesome are we talking about? Is it going to be a major issue? I mean, she can run and jump and kidnap people right after waking up. I don't see a problem there.……什么样的麻烦？会造成很大的影响吗？ 她刚苏醒就能跑能跳能绑架，怎么也看不出有问题啊。

PersicaIf someone like you could see the problem then I'd be out of a job, wouldn't I? I suppose it isn't a huge issue. I'm just saying that there's some code in her neural cloud that can't be reset. You can think of it as a virus.要你们这种程度都看得出还要我干什么？ 也不算很影响吧，就是心智里有一段无法被重置的代码，你们可以按照病毒来理解。

ST AR-15A virus!? And that's not an issue??? The Commander sent her on a secret mission!病毒！这还不影响？？？指挥官安排的是机密任务！

PersicaRelax. That code needs a suitable environment to activate. She was probably a military-use Doll, so I guess she has base layer directives for the sake of confidentiality. Anyway, it probably won't be a big deal considering the war's over and her designers have long since vanished.别太紧张，代码运行也是需要适配环境的。她的使用场合大部分是军方，我猜测考虑到保密性，给她安装了个底层任务。反正战争结束，设计者也已经无迹可寻了，说影响也不算很大吧。

Commander...And what are the effects of that virus?……那个病毒的作用是什么？

PersicaThey're currently unknown. Technology from back then was pretty crude, pretty much rudimentary trial and error, so it shouldn't pose a big challenge to monitoring her in real-time.目前尚不得而知，那个年代的技术很粗放，是早期探索性能的试错期，保持对她的实时监测应该问题不大。

CommanderWell, if it's just phoning home it won't be a big deal, but it might be problematic if she's got a whole other mission in there.如果是汇报的话问题当然不大，但如果是其他的任务就令人头痛了。

Persica...How was I to know you were in such a hurry!? Also, is my coffee ready yet? I can't think without glucose.……谁知道你们这么急！？ 喂，我咖啡还没好吗？没有糖分我不能思考了。

ST AR-15...On it!……马上！

In the Berlin Hauptbahnhof, at the crowded ticket gate in the waiting lounge. Cheryl checks the time annoyedly. It's been over half an hour since the original departure time, but they haven't even seen the train yet.柏林中央车站，人头攒动的候车厅检票口。 谢丽尔不耐烦地看了看时间，距离原定发车时间已经过去了半个小时，但她们连车的影子都没看见。

CherylWhy isn't it here yet? You watch the luggage; I'll ask the staff.怎么还没来？你在这里看着行李，我去问问工作人员。

SamoWait! Don't go...等等！ 先别走……

Samo, who's sitting on the steps and hugging a suitcase, lazily reaches out to tug on Cheryl. Upon seeing how she's acting, the latter realizes what's going on.坐在台阶怀抱行李的萨摩懒懒地拽住了谢丽尔，后者一见她这幅模样，心里已经明白了大半。

CherylWait, did you use up all those powerbanks...你不会把这七八个充电宝都用光了吧……

SamoYeah... Here you go.嗯……还给你。

Samo hands a suitcase back to Cheryl.萨摩将一个行李箱递还给谢丽尔。

CherylYou're giving them back to me after using them up!? Why, you... If it wasn't because I couldn't find a suitable friend after an entire week of searching, I'd never have brought you outside!你用光电了就还给我？！ 你真是……要不是花了一周时间都没找到合适的朋友，我绝不会带你出门！

Samo weakly collapses onto Cheryl, and the latter can't help rolling her eyes at this once again.萨摩虚弱地栽倒在谢丽尔身上，令她没忍住又翻了几个白眼。

Cheryl looks around as she supports Samo with one hand. Her blank eyes notice something, and then they light up.一手扶着萨摩的谢丽尔在四周搜寻了几圈，迷茫的目光在注意到某处时突然一亮。

CherylGet up and sit down here now!快起来，到这里坐着！

Cheryl pushes her way through the crowd and drags Samo over to the vending machine section.谢丽尔挤开人群，将萨摩挪到自动售货机旁边。

Then, she waits until nobody is looking before unplugging the vending machine's power cable and plugging Samo into it instead.然后趁没人注意拔掉了自动售货机的数据线，将萨摩的数据线接入。

SamoAh... I feel safe again after so long...啊……久违的安心感……

Cheryl sighs in relief, then stacks her luggage on top of Samo to block the power line.谢丽尔长舒了一口气，将行李堆在萨摩的身后用来掩饰数据线。

CherylYou wait here while I find someone to explain what's going on.你给我乖乖在这里待着，我去找人问清楚怎么回事。

SamoMy guess is that the staff don't have the time to attend to you.我估计现在工作人员没空理你。

CherylHow do you know that?你怎么知道？

Samo indicates the display panel above her as she valiantly staves off the urge to sleep. The screen which was previously filled with an ever-changing gamut of train arrival times has suddenly been replaced by a bright red series of "NOT IN SERVICE" messages.顶着一脸漠然的睡意，萨摩指了指站台上的显示屏。 刚才还在滚动的列车抵达倒计时，一瞬间变成了“暂停运营”的红色字样。

The staff at the ticket gate move along hastily, muttering into their walkie-talkies as they run.闸门附近的工作人员匆匆而行，一边奔跑，一边拿着对讲机窃窃私语。

CherylWhat's going on?什么情况？

As if in response to Cheryl's question, the train loudspeakers chime in.仿佛是回应谢丽尔的问题一般，车站广播适时地响起。

Station AnnouncementLadies and gentlemen, your attention please! Due to a track fault, the Berlin Hauptbahnhof will now be enforcing temporary traffic controls. All trains will temporarily cease service, to be restored at a later date. If you wish to refund your tickets, please proceed to manned windows 1 to 4 to process your transactions. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.女士们，先生们！由于设施故障，柏林中央车站现启动临时交通管制，所有列车暂停运营，恢复时间将另行通知。 如需退票，请您前往第1至4号人工窗口办理。给您带来不便，我们深感歉意。感谢您的理解与配合。

CherylArgh... I spent all night packing my luggage!!! While being able to sell off the ticket is pretty good too... Why did the damn train have to break down AFTER I got to the station? Would it have killed them to send out a notification earlier!?诶……我熬夜收拾的行李啊！！！ 虽然能把旅行套票折现了也不错……但是为什么偏偏等我到车站了才说故障啊，早点发通知不行吗！

SamoI don't think things are that simple.应该没那么简单。

Samo suddenly stands up, and her face is serious for once.萨摩突然站起，表情也难得严肃起来。

SamoIf this were an ordinary track fault, they wouldn't have put up signal jamming. The internet here has been cut off.如果只是普通的设施故障，不会开启信号屏蔽。 这里的网络被切断了。

CherylWait, seriously? Could it be that the signal sucks because there are too many people here?真的假的？ 会不会是人多的地方，网络不太好……

Cheryl furiously jabs at her communicator, but she remains unable to access the internet.谢丽尔在通讯器上狂戳一通，始终无法连接网络。

Cheryl...What's the meaning of this? Why would they cut off the internet at the train station?……什么意思？为什么要切断火车站的网络？

SamoThe authorities might not have done it. Signal rebroadcasters and transport hubs are a top priority for terror attacks.也许不是官方切断的。 信号站和运输枢纽在恐怖袭击中都是优先级最高的。

Cheryl...An attack?……袭击？

Cheryl's eyes narrow.谢丽尔的眼睛眯了起来。

CherylYou've got a great future ahead of you with that imagination of yours! However, you should wait until I refund my ticket before expanding on it.你的想象力很适合从事写作这项很有前途的工作！不过，等我去退了票再发散吧。

SamoHey—喂——

Cheryl drags Samo along as she looks for the ticket refund window. The massive station is filled with an endless stream of humanity and Cheryl loses her way for a moment.谢丽尔拉着萨摩寻找起了退票窗口，庞大的车站加上堵泄不通的人流，谢丽尔一时也迷失了方向。

Cheryl...Where's the window? It was right here just now...……退票窗口呢？刚刚明明就在这附近……

SamoEven if you find it, the lines are going to be very long. Let's just go for now... I have a really bad feeling about this.就算现在找到了，排队的队伍肯定也很长，还是先走吧…… 我真的感觉不太对。

CherylIt's just a few more people! What could possibly go wrong?只是人多了一些而已！能有什么不对的感觉？

That said, Cheryl's own doubts start filling her heart as she looks at the crowd.话虽如此，谢丽尔自己望向人群时，心底也是发憷的。

Unfamiliar faces of all kinds stream in front of and pass behind her, like the waters of a rushing river trapping her on a lone boulder in the middle of the stream. Good thing Samo's here, Cheryl thinks as she whines to herself.形形色色的陌生脸庞从眼前、身后流过，就像湍急的河水将自己困在河中心的孤石上。 还好此刻有萨摩在身边，谢丽尔边在心里这样想着，嘴上嘟囔着。

SamoCheryl...谢丽尔……

CherylWhat now?又怎么？

Samo suddenly comes to a halt. The crowd keeps Cheryl from seeing what Samo sees. However, she can hear a sound that's so familiar that it sounds like it's coming from her memories—萨摩猛地顿住了脚步，隔着面前的人群，谢丽尔无法窥见萨摩看见的景物。 但她听见了熟悉的像是来自记忆中回响的声音——

Cheryl's mind goes blank.谢丽尔的大脑在一瞬间空白。

Our daily lives are formed from familiar environments, people, and incidents. What upsets this sense of routine is the intrusion of the unfamiliar. Once the unfamiliar breaks in, then even after the unfamiliar things are eliminated, we can never go back to our daily lives in the past. Right now, a squad of armed men have appeared in the school corridor that she would normally walk through every day.我们所赖以生存的日常是由熟悉的环境、人物和事件组成，而打破日常的，是陌生感的入侵。 一旦陌生感发起入侵，即便之后再清除造成陌生感的东西，曾经赖以生存的日常也无法再回归了。 正如此刻，出现在谢丽尔每天都会经过的学校走廊上的持枪部队。

A still-youthful Cheryl froze dumbly in place, unable to move, unable even to scream like her other little classmates had.还是幼年时期的谢丽尔傻傻愣在了原地，身体无法动弹，连喉咙也无法像其他小朋友一样发出尖叫。

All she could do was watch dumbly as these unfamiliar people invaded her familiar corridors, killed her familiar classmates and teachers, before finally arriving in front of her—她只能眼睁睁看着陌生的人群入侵熟悉的走廊，击杀熟悉的同学老师，最后来到她的面前——

Bang—Her world goes dark.砰——她的世界黑暗了。

Cheryl emerges from the fog of days gone by and by the time she returns to her senses, she finds that she has been draped on top of her luggage.谢丽尔从往日的阴霾中回过神来，自己已经被放在行李箱上。

Samo is pushing her as they cut a path out of the panicked crowd.萨摩推着她，斜劈开惊惶的人流向侧边跑去。

Cheryl...Where are we going?……我们这是去哪？

SamoWe're finding a place to hide, of course! The exits are crammed full of people. We need to keep ourselves safe until we figure out what's going on.当然是找个地方躲起来！车站的出口挤满了人，事态明朗之前，保住小命要紧。

Boom—轰——

Cheryl flinches and looks back. There is a disturbance among the crowd, and the clueless passengers react on instinct and flee towards the exits. Angry shouts and wails of despair fill the air. Faced with this familiar scenery and this familiar sense of powerlessness, all Cheryl can do is avert her gaze in despair.谢丽尔仓促回望，人群中传来骚动，不明就里的乘客们争先恐后地扑向几处出口，愤怒的叫骂声和撕心裂肺的哭喊声此起彼伏。 熟悉的情景，熟悉的无力感，谢丽尔只能痛心地别过头。

SamoThis way!这边！

CherylWait, this is...等等，这里……

Before Cheryl can object, Samo has stuffed her into the ladies' bathroom.在谢丽尔提出意见之前，萨摩已经把她完整地塞入了女厕所中。

On the special road leading to the Berlin Hauptbahnhof.柏林中央车站特殊通道。

The throngs of noisy people have jammed the few exits to the building completely shut.沸沸嚷嚷的车站内外，湍急的人流将几个仅有的出口挤得水泄不通。

Amidst this racket, Aliana leads her team into the lockdown zone.嘈杂的声音里，艾莉安娜带着小队成员走入了封锁区。

Police OfficerWait—等等——

As the police officer responsible for maintaining the perimeter sees this armed-to-the-teeth squad, he steps in front of Aliana and blocks her path.负责看守的警员远远地便看到了这支全副武装的小队，挺身拦在了带队的艾莉安娜面前。

Police OfficerThe station is currently on high alert and unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter. Who are you? Do you have permission to enter?车站现在是高度警戒状态，闲杂人等严禁出入。 你们是什么人？有通行证吗？

Aliana says nothing. Instead, she produces a permit from her pocket. However, the police officer merely glances at it before looking away. His attitude is unchanged.艾莉安娜不发一语，从怀中取出了通行证。 然而警员只是瞥了一眼，就收回了视线，且态度依然没有丝毫软化。

Police Officer...This was not issued by our system.……这不是我们系统签发的。

SCRWhat did you say—!你说什么——！

Aliana pats SCR on the shoulder and turns to the side.艾莉安娜伸手拍了拍SCR，扭头看向了另一侧。

AlianaM26, contact the Stasi on the special line.M26，联络斯塔西特殊通讯。

Police Officer...What kind of attitude is that?……你们这什么态度？

The officer frowns, seemingly very unhappy with their actions.警员蹙了下眉头，似乎对她们的表现极为不满。

Police OfficerDid I not make myself clear? Get lost and stop interfering with official business!你们听不懂话吗？赶紧滚开，不要在这里妨碍公务！

M26-MASSIt's done, Leader.搞定了，队长。

Police OfficerIf you don't leave, I will be forced to use—你们再不走，我就要采取强制手段——

Beep, beep. Almost right after M26 hangs up, the communicator on the officer's waist rings.滴滴。 几乎就在M26挂断通讯的同时，警察挂在腰间的通讯器响了起来。

Aliana...Answer it.……接。

The officer looks at Aliana's blank face in surprise before warily picking up his communicator. The number on it comes from the police station for this region.警察吃惊地看着艾莉安娜面无表情的脸孔，狐疑地拿起了自己的通讯，上面显示的号码来自该片区的警督。

Police InspectorLet the squad with Permit No. 425093 enter.持有通行证NO.425093的队伍，让她们进去。

Police Officer...Understood.……遵命。

Police InspectorCooperate with them. We are to cooperate and allow passage to the holders of all permits ending in 090 to 150. This notice only just came down.配合她们的行动。 尾号在090-150之间的的通行证我们都予以放行和协助，这是临时通知。

Police Officer...Understood.……是。

The officer closes his eyes, and when he opens them again his attitude is completely different from before.警察闭上了眼睛，再睁开之时，态度已和之前截然不同。

Police OfficerThis way, please.请往内部通道进入。

Aliana nods and leads the others in the direction indicated by the police officer.艾莉安娜点点头，带着其他人跟着该名警察的指示进入车站。

AlianaPlease brief us on the situation.请说明目前情况。

Police Officer10 minutes ago, many train workers found unknown objects suspected to be bombs in multiple locations throughout the station. Our superiors ordered us to lock down all train stations in Berlin. Riot control police and the bomb squad are on their way.十分钟前，有多处车站工作人员发现不明物品疑似炸弹，上级第一时间发布了通知让我们封锁了柏林全部火车站。 目前防爆部队和拆弹部队都在路上。

AlianaThat is why we are here. From now on, we will be in charge of inspecting all dangerous materiel. A copy of the Hauptbahnhof map has been shared with all of you. Remember your assignments. M26, you're in charge of checking the B2 parking lot, the waiting rooms, and other passenger-related facilities. M60, you'll be handling the duty rooms and the repair bay. FF M249SAW will be checking all the departing trains. Contender will check all the incoming trains. SCR, you're with me. We'll be checking the cargo cars and warehouses.我们正是为此而来。 从现在开始，所有的危险物品排查权限请移交给我们。 中央车站地图已经共享到各位手里，从现在开始牢记每个人的任务。 M26，你负责B2停车场、候车室等客流环境排查。 M60负责值班室、维修间。 M249负责所有柏林出发的车次。 竞争者，你负责所有柏林到达的车次。 SCR，你跟我，排查货车和仓储物流环境。

Police OfficerWait a minute, as a third party, you'll need a special search warrant to perform a cargo search.等等，第三方的货物检查需要特殊搜查令。

Aliana...That's why we need you to gather people to perform body checks on people. As for the other locations, don't worry; we'll be using instruments to scan them. We won't be opening any crates. If we find anything suspicious, we'll seal the crate in question and then take it away. All other procedures will be duly followed.……所以需要你们去集中人员进行身体排查。 至于其他地方，放心，我们是用仪器检查，并不会拆箱。 如果有可疑的东西，我们会直接封箱带走，后续所有手续会补齐的。

Police Officer...Understood. Could you sign here as well, then? We need to be able to give the other departments an explanation.……明白了，那能在这边签个名吗？我们也好对其他部门有所交代。

AlianaWe can leave our permit here. That's the best signature we can give.我们的通行证可以留在这里，这就是最好的签名。

Police OfficerAlright. Thank you all.好的，辛苦各位。

...The commotion in the waiting lounge draws everyone's attention.……站厅的喧哗吸引了所有人的注意力。

Cheryl paces back and forth, as though she's forgotten that she's in a bathroom. The little teddy bear dangling from her backpack is completely unrecognizable from all the twisting and wringing it has suffered in her hands.像是被人遗忘的厕所内，谢丽尔正在焦虑地踱步，背包上的小熊在她的手里被揉搓得面目全非。

Samo surreptitiously flips the sign on the door to read "CLEANING IN PROGRESS" while taking stock of Cheryl's condition.萨摩偷偷把门口的牌子翻转为“清扫中”，同时观察着谢丽尔的状态。

SamoThis human girl is a recluse and has never seen such things before. She must be scared out of her wits. Things will be bad if she ends up crying. I have no experience dealing with that sort of thing... I guess I'll have to use "that".这人类小姑娘平日深居简出没见过这场面，现在肯定吓坏了。 一会她要是哭起来可就麻烦大了，我对这种情况毫无经验…… 只能用那一招了。

Just then, Cheryl stops pacing around and mutters to herself, with her back to Samo.正好，踱步不停的谢丽尔也停下了脚步，背对着萨摩口中念念有词。

Samo slowly creeps over and rests her hands on Cheryl's shoulders before modulating her voice to its most gentle tone and saying—萨摩缓缓走去，将双手放在谢丽尔的肩膀上，调整声线到最轻柔说道——

SamoDon't be scared, I'll protect you until we get to safety...别害怕，我会保护你到安全的地方……

Cheryl... Hehe.…… 嘿嘿。

Cheryl emits a deranged laugh before leaning her head back. There is something scary hidden behind her smile that paralyzes Samo.谢丽尔却发出了痴痴的笑声，她蓦地回头，微笑中带着可怖的神情狠狠震慑住萨摩。

Samo reflexively backs away, but Cheryl grabs her hand.萨摩下意识地想要抽走手，却被谢丽尔一把按住。

CherylWhat a perfect opportunity, this is my lucky day.是个绝佳的机会哦，我的好运来了。

SamoLucky day?好运？

CherylWhat do you think happened in the station? Use your imagination.你觉得车站里面发生了什么？发挥你的想象力。

Samo...A robbery?……抢劫？

Samo frowns.萨摩皱了皱眉头。

CherylWhat kind of people are doing this robbery? Who are they robbing?什么人来抢劫？要抢劫谁？

CherylWhat kind of robbery would need them to cut the internet? What kind of robbery would need them to lock down the station platforms? What kind of robbery would need them to stop every single train going in and out of Berlin Hauptbahnhof? Come on, ask me!什么样的抢劫会中断网络，什么样的抢劫会封锁站台，什么样的抢劫会停止柏林站所有始发列车？ 快问我！

SamoW-What kind, then?那、是什么呢？

CherylDo you think it's possible that the robbers' plan to board the train was revealed, so they've mixed with the passengers and are planning to create chaos and flee? You know, just like in those Niam Leeson movies—有没有一种可能，犯罪目标搭乘列车的计划已经暴露，已经混入乘客中，企图制造混乱逃逸。你知道吧，就像连姆·尼森电影里的那样——

SamoThen don't you think the police are overreacting a little too much to this...那警方的反应是不是有点过激……

Samo wants to go on, but after seeing the light shining in Cheryl's eyes, her voice trails off.萨摩欲言又止，但碍于谢丽尔光芒四射的双眼，只敢含混其词。

CherylDo you think it's possible that there's an ELID infection in the station? Maybe there were Infected among the crowd, or someone deployed a bioweapon...有没有一种可能，这个车站出现了ELID感染迹象！可能是混入了ELID感染者，或者有什么生化武器……

SamoBut the radiation detectors haven't gone off...辐射报警器似乎完全没有在工作的样子……

Samo indicates the radiation index detectors overhead. Absolutely nothing out of the ordinary is happening with them.萨摩指了指她们头顶的浓度警报装置，完全没有任何异常。

CherylAlright, then after eliminating all other possibilities, there's only one option.很好，你排除了所有可能，剩下的就只有一种。

CherylAnd that is—那就是——

Samo... Do you want to come down first, maybe get a drink of water and calm down?…… 你要不然先下来，喝口水冷静一下？

Samo watches Cheryl, who's gotten so excited that she's jumped onto the sink to deliver her deductions.萨摩看着激动地跳上洗手台，正在激情推理的谢丽尔。

CherylStop interrupting me! I'm inspired now. The god of inspiration must be blessing me, and this is the stage for my new work... The only possibility now is that the station has been rigged with bombs and the perpetrators are holding all the passengers on the train hostage, with us among them!别打断我！我现在文思泉涌，这一定是灵感之神给我的馈赠，这里即将成为我新作的舞台…… 现在只剩下一种可能，这座车站已经被安装了炸弹，犯罪目标挟持了整座车站的乘客，而你我就身在其中！

Samo quietly sits back down. It seems Cheryl does not need her comfort. Rather, SHE is the one who needs comforting now.萨摩无言地坐回了原来的位置，谢丽尔似乎并不需要她的安抚。 现在，更需要安抚的人是她。

SamoYou seem to be in good spirits. Once things outside calm down, we should leave ASAP—你看起来精神不错，等外面平静下来，我们最好还是尽快离开——

Beep— There is a sound of something activating outside.嘀—— 什么东西启动的声音。

Cheryl...Wait a minute. Did you hear that?……等下，你听见了吗？

SamoNo way.不会吧。

CherylWhy are there sound effects to match my story...怎么配合我的故事适时响起了音效……

Beep, beep, beep... The beeps grow steadily more frequent over time. They progress evenly and neatly...嘀、嘀、嘀…… 自从第一声嘀后，这个声音就开始以均匀的频率响起。 不急不缓，有条不紊地推进着……

Despair starts to creep into Samo's heart. In some ways, this woman's instincts are so keen that it makes her want to cry.萨摩有些绝望，这个女人在某些方面的直觉真是敏锐得让人想哭。

SamoIt's a time bomb.是定时炸弹。

Samo squats under the sink and points at a bomb in a hidden corner. The display says that they have 21 seconds left. Samo quickly calculates just how far she can run with Cheryl in tow in 21 seconds... After thinking about the volume of traffic outside, they might not be able to completely escape the blast, but they might be able to avoid most of the damage.萨摩蹲在洗手台下方，指着贴在隐秘角落的炸弹。 根据上面的显示屏，留给她们的时间还有21秒。 21秒，萨摩迅速盘算起扛着谢丽尔能冲到多远…… 考虑到外面的人流量，或许不能完全逃离爆炸的波及，但至少可以避开大部分伤害。

SamoLet's go!我们走！

Samo reaches toward the place where Cheryl was standing just now, but she grabs nothing but empty air.萨摩扑向谢丽尔刚才站着的位置，却恰好扑了个空。

SamoCheryl?谢丽尔？

Cheryl's petite form has already crawled under the sink.身材娇小的谢丽尔已经钻进了洗手台的下方。

CherylMy guess was right. The day has come at last!我的判断果然没错，这一天终于来了！

SamoWhat are you saying!? There's no time!你在说什么？！没时间了！

Cheryl turns and begins rummaging through her heavy suitcase. There are four seconds left. Time is swiftly ticking by.谢丽尔转身开始在沉重的行李箱中翻找起来。 4秒钟，时间飞快地流逝了。

Heedless to the charge level warnings in her neural cloud, Samo immediately rushes up to stop her and instead crashes into a big case that Cheryl has produced from her suitcase.顾不得电量告急，萨摩立刻冲上去阻止，迎面撞上谢丽尔捧出一个包装严密的盒子。

SamoWhat's this?这是什么？

After opening it, Cheryl pulls out—打开后，谢丽尔从中掏出了一把——

CherylA! Liquid! Nitrogen! Freeze! Gun!液！氮！冷！冻！枪！

SamoWait a minute... Why do you have this on you? Why did you stuff something so dangerous in your suitcase...等一下…… 你为什么会有这种东西？你往行李箱里塞这种危险装置……

CherylWell, it's finally come in handy now.现在终于派上用场了。

Cheryl calmly inserts the nozzle into the bomb's innards, and then she squeezes the lever to infuse it with liquid nitrogen. Her practiced pose and steady back mesh with events from Samo's memories.谢丽尔沉稳地将冷头放入炸弹内部，然后按下把手注入液氮。 熟练的姿势，沉稳的背影，都和萨摩记忆中的画面重合在了一起。

SamoWho taught you all this... She looks like she's done this before, and I've also seen this before...谁教会你这些…… 好熟练，又好熟悉的操作姿势……

Thanks to Cheryl's actions, the rapidly-ticking timer is frozen solid.在谢丽尔的操作下，飞速流逝的时间瞬间被冻结了。

However Cheryl doesn't look happy about it. Rather, she seems... crestfallen?但谢丽尔却没有露出喜悦的表情，反倒更像是……怅然若失？

SamoThere's no time to space out, Cheryl. Let's go.没时间发呆了，谢丽尔，快走。

CherylYeah.嗯。

Samo escorts Cheryl out of the bathroom. The moment the door opens, the cacophony of the outside world hits them in the face Panicked people flee toward the exits, like they were trying to outrun machine guns.萨摩护着谢丽尔走出了卫生间，门推开的瞬间，满世界的嘈杂扑面而来。 人群慌乱地朝着出口逃窜，就好像身后就是炮口。

CherylThe exit is that way!那边是出口！

SamoStay away from crowds. You don't want to get trampled.离人群远些，你可经不起踩踏。

CherylI know, but—我知道，可是——

Boom— A bomb planted in the corner of the waiting lounge detonates. They're some distance away from it, but it still frightens Cheryl.“嘭”—— 一枚安装在候车厅角落的炸弹被引爆，虽然离她们还有一段距离，但也把谢丽尔吓了一跳。

CherylThere are still bombs outside, Samo!外面还有炸弹，萨摩！

SamoI can tell.我看见了。

The huge explosion sends the survivors wailing and screaming in all directions. Fear is like ink dumped into a tank of water; it spreads on its own even without deliberate stirring, diffusing, and dying everything naturally. The murky waters soon churn into a raging tide...巨大的爆破声驱逐着幸存者们哀嚎着四散奔逃。 恐惧像倾倒入水库中的墨水，不需要刻意地搅拌，就自然而然地晕染开去。 浑浊不堪的水逐渐聚集成汹涌的浪潮……

PassengersRun away! There's a bomb!!! People are dying in here!快跑！里面有炸弹！！！炸死人了！

PassengersHelp! Let us out! People are dead in here!救命啊，快放我们出去，里面死人了。

Security GuardDon't push! Don't rush, stay calm, and leave in an orderly manner!!!别往前挤！不要挤，听从指挥，有序疏散！！！

As the explosions grow nearer, the passengers streaming toward the exits are unaware that the way ahead has been jammed by fallen debris and continue adding to the forward pressure. The police try to disperse the crowds, but are driven back again and again by each wave of humanity crashing into them.随着爆炸声的逼近，不断涌向出口的乘客们不知道前方的通道已经被崩落的石块堵了个结实，还在不停向前方施加压力。 增援的警力试图分流人群，但在一波紧接一波的浪潮拍打下，他们节节败退。

SamoDon't just stand there, we need to get out of here too.别愣着了，我们也得离开这里。

Samo struggles to leave the crowd with four suitcases in hand and looks for another way out. Cheryl stands dumbstruck in front of the bathroom, watching the flood of humanity.双手夹着四个行李箱的萨摩艰难地试图分开人群，寻找其他通往出口的道路。 谢丽尔站在厕所门口看着汹涌的人潮发愣。

CherylWe... We can't just leave like this.我们……不能就这样一走了之。

SamoWhat nonsense are you talking—你在胡说什么——

Someone in the crowd suddenly shouts, "There's a bomb here too! It's going to blow!"人群中有人突然高喊起来，“这里也有炸弹！快爆炸了！”

In that moment, the crowd boils with commotion and they change the direction they're heading before rushing out with unstoppable force. Upon closer inspection, many people in this tide have fallen and do not get up again...霎时，人潮发生沸腾般的啸鸣，以不可抵挡之势调转方向冲了出去。 能够清楚地看见，在这股浪潮之中，有不少人倒下，再也没能爬起……

SamoThey're heading our way!他们朝我们这边来了！

CherylWe need to take cover somewhere else!我们到别的地方避开！

The two of them can't avoid the surging crowd in time and Cheryl is hit dead-on by a massive muscular man. Knocked off-balance, Cheryl trips over her feet and falls out of the crowd, which at least spares her a trampling.面对汹涌而来的人群，两人躲闪不及，谢丽尔被一名身材魁梧的壮汉撞了个正着。 失去平衡的谢丽尔脚一崴摔倒在地滑出了人群范围，倒是免受了踩踏攻击。

SamoAre you alright?你没事吧？

CherylI'm fine...我没事……

SamoCome on, get up. We'll head that way, I'll support you.快起来，我扶着你，我们去那边。

Cheryl...There's more than one bomb here. We're sitting ducks if we just follow the crowds. The way out is blocked, the bomb squad can't get here in time, and the cops are helpless... Looks like I won't be the star of this story...……这里安装的炸弹不止一颗，跟着人群也只是坐以待毙。 通道已经被阻塞，拆弹部队不能及时就位，警方恐怕也无能为力…… 看来这个故事我不是主角啊……

Cheryl sits down on a piece of empty ground and rotates her ankle as she continues in a depressed tone.谢丽尔跌坐在一块空地上，揉了揉扭到的脚踝，懊丧地说道。

Samo...Oh, forget it. Give me that.……算了，你把那个给我。

Samo reaches out to Cheryl.萨摩向谢丽尔伸出手。

CherylGive you what?什么？

SamoThat freeze gun of yours. If we can disarm the bombs in time, the sound of the explosions will stop and the passengers won't be so panicked. That way we might be saved.液氮冷冻枪。 只要及时拆除炸弹，爆破声停止，乘客们就不会那么恐慌，这样我们就都能得救。

CherylWhat you say makes sense, but can you even use it? Maybe I should do it...你说的有道理，但是你会用吗，不如我来……

SamoI saw you use it just now, and besides, I'm more suited to disarming bombs in situations like these.我刚才看过你使用了，况且你现在这情况，拆弹我比你更适合。

Samo takes the liquid nitrogen freeze gun and weighs it in her hands, as though she was born to use it.萨摩接过液氮冷冻枪，手里掂了掂，仿佛这玩意天生就该她来用。

CherylThen I'll...那我……

SamoI'll put you somewhere safe. Keep in touch; I'll be back before I run out of power.我把你放在安全的地方，保持联络，我会在电量告急前回来。

CherylOkay... Stay safe, then.好……那你注意安全。

Catastrophe 灾变

... At the Berlin Hauptbahnhof.…… 柏林中央车站。

After the team split up, SCR, the only one following Aliana, hurries up to her side.队形散开之后，唯一跟随在艾莉安娜身后的SCR赶忙走到她的身边。

SCRM26 is 80% through her scans. She's asking about the next step of the plan.M26扫描进度80%，她询问下一步计划。

AlianaHave her run her scans again.那就再扫描一次。

SCRHuh?啊？

AlianaI'll be giving you several strings of digits afterward. Bring out the corresponding cargo from these cabins afterward. The Griffin supply truck is already waiting in the loading dock. Haul all these crates away afterward.我等下给你几串数字，你将这几节车厢的货物调出来，格里芬的运输车已经在停车场就位。 等下把这些箱子全部拉走。

SCRSo many? But... many of them haven't been checked yet...这么多？可是……我们还有很多没开始检查……

AlianaDo as I say.照做就是。

With doubt on her face, SCR opens an encrypted channel to her.SCR犹疑着开启了加密通讯。

SCRWe're not actually here for riot control, are we?我们的任务其实不是防爆，对吗？

Aliana...Just work as though you were performing riot control.……你只需要按照防爆的理解去执行。

SCR quickly shuts off the channel. There is some embarrassment on her face.SCR赶紧关闭了加密通讯，脸上多出了几分羞愧。

SCRI, I was just a little worked up. ...After all, the most urgent task I was assigned in the past was escorting the servers. If you don't mind, could I ask you a question? You don't have to answer if you don't want to.我，我只是有点激动。 ……毕竟之前做过最紧急的任务只是护送服务器而已。 我能冒昧地问你一句话吗？ 如果你觉得不合适回答，可以不用回答我。

AlianaHm?嗯？

SCRWhy did you choose me?你为什么选我？

AlianaWhy do you ask?为什么有这种疑问？

SCR...That's because I'm not a suitable choice for the team no matter how you look at it. I thought that at most Griffin would only assign me relatively safe logistics work or simple protection duties. I didn't think I'd be dispatched on a special mission like this...……因为，我，我怎么看都不是合适的队员备选吧。 我以为最多就是格里芬里比较安全的后勤啊或者下层安保之类的工作会交给我。 没想过还能外出执行特殊任务……

AlianaCease your pointless thinking immediately and complete the task I have assigned to you. Only soldiers who can perfectly complete their mission will be trusted by their superiors. That is the only way a soldier can live.停止无聊的思考，做好我交给你的任务。 只有完美完成任务的士兵才会获得上级的信赖，这就是军人唯一的生存之道。

SCR...A-Alright!……好，好的！

—Bang! Just as SCR heads toward the transport train car, there is an explosion, and the car's reinforced metal shell suddenly explodes.——呯！ 就在SCR走向货车的时候，随着一声爆响，货车车厢加厚合金外壳骤然炸裂开来。

AlianaGet down!卧倒！

SCRNgahhh!?呃！？

Almost immediately, Aliana tackles SCR to the ground.几乎在同时，艾莉安娜将SCR扑倒在地。

Police Officer—Ambush! Get to cover!——袭击！寻找掩体！

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—唰唰唰——

Aliana stays crouched, warily looking outside. Below her, SCR looks at the graze on her cheek from a bullet.艾莉安娜伏在地上，警惕地警戒着窗外。 而在她身下，SCR愣愣地看着她被子弹擦伤的脸颊。

SCR...Her first instinct... was to protect me?……她第一时间想保护的对象……是我？

After ensuring that the attack is over, they each ready their respective weapons.确认没有追击之后，两人从地上站了起来，各自拿起了武器。

AlianaCall the others, and have them prepare to relocate immediately.叫上其他人，立刻准备转移。

Aliana looks in the direction from which the bullets came. The only thing there is a densely-packed crowd.艾莉安娜凝视着子弹飞来的方向。 在那里，有的只是密密麻麻的人群。

After giving her orders, Aliana runs into the burning car before the police, drawn by the confusion, can arrive.而下达完命令之后，艾莉安娜马不停蹄，抢在因混乱赶来的警员之前，率先进入到了燃烧的车厢内。

Amidst the flames, Aliana suddenly comes to a halt.火焰之中，艾莉安娜的脚步停顿了下来。

She quietly checks the crate in front of her, then takes out her communicator.她沉默着检索了面前的箱子，随即拿出了通讯器。

Click. The call goes through.滴。 通讯接通。

CommanderGriffin here.这里是格里芬。

AlianaAliana here. "Poludnitsa's" fate is confirmed.我是艾莉安娜。 已确认“正午星”。

Commander...Did something happen?……发生什么事了吗？

Aliana strokes the crate in front of her like she's touching a coffin.艾莉安娜用手抚摸了一下面前的箱子，仿佛在触碰棺柩。

Aliana"Poludnitsa" is confirmed as fallen. The only thing left here is the "meteorite".已确认“正午星”陨落。 这里只剩下“陨石”了。

Commander...Roger. Recover the "meteorite" and proceed with protection duties.……收到。 把“陨石”回收回来，进行保护工作。

AlianaUnderstood.了解。

Click. Just as Aliana responds to the call, a familiar voice that she hasn't heard for a while speaks in her systems.滴。 就在艾莉安娜回应通讯的时候，一个熟悉的声音久违地从她的系统中响起。

For a moment, Aliana's eyes go wide.一瞬间，艾莉安娜睁大了眼睛。

"Daybreak" System"Moon" is online. Do you wish to respond to the other party Y/N?“月亮”已连接，是否响应对方？

AlianaY.响应。

Aliana responds without hesitation, but then—艾莉安娜毫不犹豫地做出了选择，然而——

"Daybreak" System"Moon" is offline. Please respond again—“月亮”已失去连接，请再次响应——

SCRL-Leader... (coughs heavily) The firefighters have arrived—队，队长……咳咳！ 负责灭火的队伍已经到位了——

Aliana—I'm leaving this place to you!——这里交给你了！

SCRLeader? ...W-wait!队长？……等等！！？

Aliana ignores SCR's cries and rises to her feet, jumping out of the car and running toward the crowd.无视SCR的惊呼，艾莉安娜从地上站起，直接跃出车厢，朝着人群奔去。

Aliana...Begin search, directive "Moon".……指令“月亮”，搜索启动。

Beep.滴。

"Daybreak" System...Target reaction detected.……检测到目标反应。

...I knew it.……果然。

AlianaGive me a location!报告定位！

"Daybreak" SystemPinpointing location... Pinpointing failed. Detection radius is 200m.正在定位目标……定位失败。 检测范围为200m。

The crowd that had already calmed down suddenly reverts to chaos after the sudden gunshots. Aliana glares angrily at the crowd before her, her fingers tightening around her weapon.原本已经平复下来的人群，因为突然响起的枪声，又一次变回了混乱的状态。 艾莉安娜愤怒的视线扫视着人群，手中紧握着她的武器。

AlianaYou won't get away...别想逃……

Outside the Berlin Hauptbahnhof.柏林中央车站外。

The sounds of explosions have ceased and the crowd has finally begun leaving in batches under guidance. However, Cheryl remains where she is. Her eyes look past the densely-packed horde of humanity, searching for that figure—爆炸声止息了，人群终于开始在引导下成批疏散。 但谢丽尔却一直停留在原地，她的目光越过密集的人群，搜寻着那个身影——

Police OfficerDon't stand here! Move and head outside!别在这里停留！走动起来，向外走！

CherylI... I'm waiting for someone... She's gone to find something she lost!我……我在等人…… 她去找落下的东西了！

Police OfficerEveryone inside has been evacuated! Wait for them outside!里面的人已经全部疏散了！去外面等！

Before Cheryl can explain, she's been pulled into the evacuation tunnel and away from where she promised to meet Samo.容不得谢丽尔解释，她已经被拉入了疏散通道，离开了和萨摩约定的地方。

CherylWhy isn't she back yet? It's past the appointed time...怎么还不回来？已经过了约定的时间了……

Cheryl anxiously dials Samo's number, but nobody answers after a long time.谢丽尔焦急地拨打着萨摩的通讯，但迟迟没有人接通。

CherylHurry and pick up! Where did you go? Please be safe...快接通讯！跑哪里去了，别是出什么事了……

Cheryl anxiously paces back and forth on the spot, worried that Samo might be searching for her at their original spot and also worrying that Samo's hurt so badly that she can't move...谢丽尔着急地在原地转圈，担心萨摩是不是跑到原来约定的地方寻找自己，又担心萨摩是否受伤了无法行动……

CherylI guess I should ask a staffer after all.不然还是去问问工作人员好了。

Cheryl makes up her mind and turns toward the station.谢丽尔下定决心，转身走向车站的方向。

Suddenly, a tall, black figure deliberately goes against the flow of the crowd and stops in front of her.忽然，一个黑色的高大身影故意似的，逆着人流停在自己面前。

Cheryl...Samo! Where did you go? I spent ages looking for you!……萨摩！你跑哪里去了？我找了你好半天！

SamoQuick, give me all the charged power banks you have.快，把所有充好电的充电宝给我。

Cheryl... Why?…… 你要干什么？

SamoHere, take this—喏，拿着——

Something is stuffed into Cheryl's hands.谢丽尔手里被塞入一样东西。

CherylHm?嗯？

SamoI just spotted my rival just now. She's jealous of me to the point where she covets every last part of mine.我刚刚看到了我的死对头，她对我妒恨交加，一个零件都要眼馋的类型。

Cheryl!? What part of you is that valuable?？！ 你能有什么值钱的东西？？

SamoAhem. I told you, I used to be very expensive. Of course, I still am now. Ahhhh, don't change the subject. In any case, she's coming over to catch me, so help me take this and walk a few circles nearby.咳咳，说了我过去很贵的。 当然，现在也很贵。 哎呀别打岔，总之她马上要过来抓我了。所以你赶紧帮我带着这东西，在附近溜达几圈。

CherylWait a minute, you didn't answer me at all! I demand an explanation!等一下，你还什么都没回答我！先给我解释清楚！

SamoI can't; she's coming after me. You need to help me throw her off!不行，她已经追过来了。你必须立刻马上帮我遛弯！

SamoI'll be home later.我晚点回家。

Cheryl...Wait!……等等！

Cheryl opens her palm in a daze. There lies what Samo gave her, a used bullet casing. After seeing the model and shape of the casing, Cheryl's eyes go wide.谢丽尔迷茫地摊开了掌心。 萨摩交给自己的，是一枚用过的弹壳。 在看清弹壳的型号和样子后，谢丽尔的瞳孔不由放大了。

CherylThis is...这是……

Cheryl struggles to peer beyond the crowd, but Samo is gone.谢丽尔艰难地从人潮中探出头，但萨摩已经不见了踪影。

Inside the truck.运输车内。

M26-MASSHey, hey, hey! What's going on!? Are we just going to haul all these crates away?喂喂喂！怎么回事啊！我们现在就直接拿这些箱子走人吗？！

M26 hurries inside the truck, but all she sees is SCR.慌慌张张的M26窜进了运输车内，却只见到呆呆的SCR。

M26-MASS...Where's Leader?……队长呢？

SCR"I'm leaving this place to you..."“交给你了”……

M26-MASSSay what?什么？

As she looks at SCR, who's still muttering to herself while spacing out, M26 can't help but freeze up.看着不仅发呆还在喃喃自语的SCR，M26不禁一愣。

SCRAh... Leader went to chase someone.啊…… ……队长去追人了。

M26-MASSHAH!? Are you kidding me?! Does she even know who she is!? What kind of commander abandons their post to go chase after people!?哈啊！？开什么玩笑！她不知道自己是什么身份吗！ 哪有指挥官丢下指挥本部跑出去追人的！？

SCRMiss Aliana has a plan. In any case, let's move all of this back to Griffin.艾莉安娜小姐有她的想法。 总之我们先把这些交代的东西运回格里芬。

M26-MASSFine... I'll contact the Commander. SCR, you keep trying to contact Aliana.行……我先联络指挥官吧。 SCR你继续打艾莉安娜通讯。

SCR...Okay.……好。

SCR nods.SCR点了点头。

Beep, beep.滴滴。

"Daybreak" System"Moon" reaction detected.检测到“月亮”反应。

Aliana...Hm?……嗯？

The scan was never that clear to begin with, but now it's throwing up a fresh oddity. Aliana comes to a halt and rechecks it. ...There's no malfunction. There are now two "Moon" reactions.原本并不清晰的扫描结果，突然出现了新的异常。 艾莉安娜奔行的脚步停顿了一下，重新确认了一次。 ……没有故障，“月亮”的反应的的确确变成了“两个”。

AlianaIs this a trick? Or...花招？还是……

...There's no time for delay.……没有迟疑的余地。

Aliana's furrowed brows loosen. After hesitating for just a moment, she heads straight for one of the positions she detected. Originally, she would never have needed to choose.艾莉安娜紧皱的眉头舒展开来，只是犹豫了刹那，便直直地向着其中一个定位奔去。 原本，就不需要做选择。

In the plaza outside the Berlin Hauptbahnhof.柏林中央车站，站外广场。

Samo gently strokes a puppy's head, and the puppy tenderly nuzzles up against her hand.萨摩轻柔地挠了挠小狗的头，小狗热情地蹭着她的手掌。

Its master runs up, panting heavily as he grabs the dog's leash.喘着粗气追来的主人赶紧抓住牵引绳。

Dog OwnerThanks for catching this dumb dog of mine.谢谢你帮我拦下这笨狗哦。

SamoYou're welcome.客气。

Simo smiles and pats the puppy's collar for the last time before leaving. Yet another shell casing has disappeared from the ones she is holding in her palm.萨摩微笑着示意，她最后用手拍了拍小狗的项圈，然后起身离开了。 此时，她手心中的弹壳又少了一枚。

SamoNow, the last one...那么，最后一个……

Samo tosses the last of the shell casings fitted with jammers into a plant pot by the plaza.萨摩随手将装有干扰器的弹壳扔进了广场边的花坛。

SamoNow there should be four separate mes on her sensors. That ought to delay her for about 15 minutes... No, it might only delay her for five.这样在那家伙那边，就会同时出现四个我在移动了吧。 也许能拖延到十五分钟……不，也许只有五分钟。

Samo hurriedly walks through the bustling plaza, rubbing shoulders with all kinds of people. Despite the chaos and upheaval taking place not far away, it does not spark so much as a ripple in this stagnant world. The numbed people, the lively people, and the ones who are like walking corpses...萨摩匆匆行走在喧闹的广场中，与形形色色的路人擦肩而过。 即便不远处正爆发着混乱和骚动，也全然没有在这一潭死水般的世界中激起半点涟漪。 麻木的人们，充满活力的人们，行尸走肉般的人们……

Each and every one of them has their own destination. Whether the looks on their faces are ones of anticipation or indifference, they all head toward their endpoint, one step at a time. In this vast place. She is the one, sole and only person who does not fit in. She has no destination. Right now, the setting sun is slowly sinking into the end of day. Its faint light, that inch of golden radiance, shines equally on everyone's heads and shoulders without fear or favor, limning them with a gentle halo of light. Day and night, dawn and dusk, sun and moon. This is a liminal moment, and the most beautiful time of day. It is sunset.每个人，每一个人都有着自己的目的地，带着期待的神情，或者无所谓的表情，朝着属于自己的终点一步步靠近。 在这偌大的地方，只有，唯有，仅有她一人，格格不入。 她没有目的地。 此刻，地平线的彼端，夕阳正缓缓沉没于白昼的尽头。 绽放的微光，那寸金色的余晖平等地落在每一个路人的头上、肩上，为他们镀上一圈温柔的光晕。 昼与夜，朝与夕，日与月。 这是一天交替的时刻，亦是一天最美的时刻。 黄昏之景。

The contours of the milling crowd look like they have a veil on them as they fade into the embers of nightfall. They are indistinct as they file past each other, like birds winging across the sky. They are lonely souls constantly encountering each other on life's long journey. Perhaps they may have travelled together once. But in the end, they will return to being alone. Samo looks in the direction of the light. The brightest star in the sky is still dazzling, even right before the end. She can't help but narrow her eyes slightly— It's neither too bright, nor too dark. It's like a tall, rainbow-colored goblet filled with champagne, swirling and sparkling with life. I've got you.没落于黄昏的余烬之中，来往人影的轮廓犹如蒙上了一层纱衣。 模模糊糊，彼此擦肩而过，如同群鸟掠过天空。 他们是生命长河中不断偶遇的孤独灵魂，也许曾经交汇同行。 可最后又终会回归个体。 萨摩凝视着光的来向。 天边最闪耀的恒星，即便是终结之前，也依然绚烂夺目。 她忍不住稍微眯缝起了眼睛—— 不会太亮，也不会太暗。 仿佛是一盏盛满琥珀色酒液的彩虹高杯，摇晃着熠熠生辉。 抓到你了。

She is in the shadows of dusk, just two or three steps away. As though destiny had played a trifling yet lethal joke on her.昏黄的暮色中，不过两三步的距离。 就像命运和她开了一个微小却致命的玩笑。

Aliana...Got you.……抓到你了。

The familiar voice suddenly speaks into her ear. The words don't sound like they're being said in the real world, but more like they're being spoken directly into Samo's neural cloud. That voice is so unreal that it feels like she's dreaming... Samo looks up. Those eyes, which never opened all this time, now radiate a cold, keen glint for the first time. Bloodlust boils out from under the brim of her cap, and uncontrollable rage scatters the air between the two of them.熟悉的声音在耳边倏忽响起。 不像是发生在真实世界中，更像是在萨摩的心智里响起。 那声音是如此的不真切，以至于仿佛身处幻梦之间…… 萨摩抬起了头，那双仿佛始终都睁不开的眼睛，第一次绽放出锐利的寒芒。 杀意自帽檐下渗透出来，压不住的愤怒将隔开两人的空气都跟着冲散。

She's forgotten how long it's been since she last felt this way.她已经记不得，自己上一次展露这样的神情是在多少年前。

AlianaIt feels just like yesterday to me. But to you, it's been a full 13 years. Your mangled body, your confused neural cloud, even your systems are still from ‘51.对我来说，时间就像在昨天一样。 而对你来说，是完完整整的十三年。 残破不堪的素体，混乱糊涂的心智，连系统都还是51年的情况。

AlianaCan you still hold a gun? "Daybreak" Squad's— Deserter.你现在还能持枪吗？ “曙光”小队的—— 逃兵。

Samo looks up again. The brim of her cap can no longer hide her rage. This is also the first time she's expressed such an emotion.萨摩抬起了头，那是帽檐压不住的愤怒。 也是她第一次展露出这样的神情。

SamoYou have NO right to say that to me. You... You TRAITOR!唯独你没有资格说这句话。 你这…… 叛徒！

AlianaRemember what I said to you last time? We are both just toys in the hands of an evershifting creator. The fate decreed for "Daybreak" was no accident, and Fate has declared that I will make "Daybreak" last forever. All you need to do is accept it, accept the fact that I will end your life.还记得上次我对你说过的话吗？ 你我只是变化无常的造物者手中的玩具。 命中注定“曙光”绝非偶然，命中注定由我来让“曙光”长存。 而你需要做的只是接受，接受由我结束你的性命这件事。

Samo...I will kill you.……我会杀了你。

AlianaYou can't do it. ...Coward.你做不到的。 ……胆小鬼。

There is a fire burning in her eyes.眼眸间，宛若实质的战火熊熊燃烧着。

SamoAliana, you'd better kill me now. Or else, you'll die by my hand.艾莉安娜，你最好现在杀死我。 不然，你一定会死在我的手里。

Aliana takes a few steps closer to her.艾莉安娜走近了几步。

AlianaAt last, we're going to put an end to that mission of ours that has remained incomplete for 13 years. Right now, killing you would be as easy as crushing an ant. But you may rejoice; I will not do anything to you in such a crowded place.我们十三年前没有结束的任务，总算要重新做个了断了。 现在的我要捏死你，就像捏死一只蚂蚁一样容易。 不过庆幸吧，这里这么多人，我不会对你动手。

AlianaYes, hate me. That will bring some amusement to our final showdown. I will personally finish you off, just not right now.憎恨我，这会让我们最终的对决带来一丝乐趣。 我会亲手解决掉你，只不过不是现在。

The setting sun finally descends, and the last rays of its light are replaced by those of the moon.夕阳终于落下，最后的一丝余晖被月亮替代。

AlianaYou have five minutes to run. If I were you, I'd be turning tail already.你还有五分钟的时间逃命，我要是你的话，会立刻转身。

Samo's hands clench into fists. The hatred in her eyes looks like it could burn the entire world to ash. Under the setting sun's light, they look like twin moons suspended in the night sky.萨摩的拳头死死捏紧。 她眼里的怒火仿佛能将世界上的一切化为灰烬。 在夕阳的照耀下，仿佛深夜中挂在半空的两轮月亮。

Samo...Just you wait, Aliana. You'll die someday, not in anyone else's hands, but mine.……等着吧，艾莉安娜。 你终有一天会死，不是别人，是死在我手里。

Ingress 入凌

Berlin, in the temporary Griffin base.柏林，格里芬临时基地。

Whoosh—唰——

Aliana returns, wreathed in a cold aura amidst the gloom of night.沉沉夜色中，艾莉安娜带着一身寒气走进来。

SCRYou're back...你回来了……

As Aliana returns, SCR gets up from where she was waiting by the doorway, but Aliana ignores her and walks straight in.正站在门口等她的SCR刚开口，只见艾莉安娜理也不理，径直往里走。

She seems completely oblivious to the hostility emanating from Aliana as she anxiously scampers after her.浑然不觉艾莉安娜散发出的戾气，她焦急地一路小跑跟了上去。

SCRWait, Aliana. The Commander wants you to...等等，艾莉安娜。 指挥官让你……

Pomf— Aliana suddenly stops. SCR is completely unprepared for this and bumps into her shoulder.“嘭”—— 猝不及防间，艾莉安娜忽然停下了脚步，毫无准备的SCR撞上了艾莉安娜的胳膊。

AlianaAre you going to criticize me too?连你也要指责我吗？

Aliana's tone is icy, and when she turns around, SCR sees her face.艾莉安娜的声音十分冰冷，当她转过身来，SCR看到了她的神情。

SCR...No, I, I didn't mean to do that.……不，我，我没有指责的意思。

Aliana...Pick up your gun.……拿枪。

SCRHah?哈？

Aliana flicks off the safety on her weapon and presses its barrel against SCR's forehead.艾莉安娜解除了保险栓，黑洞洞的枪口抵住了SCR的额头。

AlianaI'm pointing a gun at you right now, so take up your weapon!我现在拿枪指着你，你把你的枪拿出来！

SCR...Aliana, I won't point my gun at you.……艾莉安娜，我不会对你拔枪的。

Aliana is stunned.艾莉安娜愣了一下。

AlianaWhy?为什么？

SCRBecause... you're my team leader.因为……你是我的队长啊。

SCRAlso, the Commander never said they were unhappy with the outcome of the mission. However, they were a little worried about your departure, so they asked me to wait here and tell you to report to Miss Persica's lab once you returned. I... I didn't mean anything else by it.而且，指挥官对我们的任务没有表达任何不满。 只是对你的离开有点担忧，就让我等在这里，你要是回来了就去帕斯卡小姐实验室一趟。 我……我没有别的意思。

Aliana slowly lowers her weapon.艾莉安娜拿枪的手缓缓垂下。

AlianaIf I point a gun at you, then you'd better do the same too. Otherwise, people will look down on you.如果我拿枪指你，你最好也这么做，不然会令人瞧不起。

Aliana heads for Persica's lab, still in a foul mood.艾莉安娜带着一身怒气往帕斯卡的实验室方向离去。

SCR stands dumbly where Aliana left her.SCR呆呆地待在原地。

In Persica's lab.帕斯卡实验室。

Aliana silently enters the lab with a scowl on her face.顶着一张臭脸，艾莉安娜沉默着走入实验室。

Just as she's about to enter the examination pod, Persica stops her.她一言不发，就要进入舱内，被帕斯卡一把拦住。

PersicaHold it, don't interrupt my experiment.站住，不要影响我的实验。

Aliana...You asked me to come here.……是你找我来的。

PersicaOh yeah, do you know you've got some undeletable base layer code in your neural cloud core?哦，你知不知道自己心智核心里有个删除不了的底层代码？

Of course, she knows. She knows it better than anyone. Persica's words quench the wrath of unknown origin boiling within her.她当然知道，她比任何人都清楚。 帕斯卡的这句话把她不知由来的怒火彻底扑灭。

Instantly, her overheated head cools down.只在一瞬间，她过热的脑袋一下就清醒了过来。

AlianaI know. I was rolled out that way. You don't have to worry about it if you think it's a problem. I'll explain to the Commander if need be.我知道，那是我的出厂设计。 如果你们觉得这会带来什么问题，大可不用担心。 需要的话我会向指挥官去解释。

PersicaOh no, that's not what I meant. Or rather, good for you; it's not like I care anyway. What I meant is that when I was giving you a new body, I discovered that it might end up affecting your neural cloud. It was just a reminder; no need to thank me.啊，不是不是，或者说随便你吧，我不太关心。 我是想说，我之前给你换新素体的时候，发现那东西可能会对你的心智有一些影响。 所以才特意提醒你一声，不用太感谢我。

AlianaYeah, I know. It already had an effect.嗯，我知道。 之前已经起作用了。

PersicaDid it? What exactly did it do?是吗？具体是什么反应？

In contrast to her words, Persica goes from uninterested to concerned in an instant.与自称的截然相反，帕斯卡闻言，瞬间从兴致缺缺变得一下关切起来。

AlianaChanging to a new body did manage to suppress it, but only for about half an hour... Once that time elapses, I'll automatically carry out that mission.换了新的素体之后，确实有一定抑制作用，但不超过半小时…… 一旦超过，我会自动执行那个任务。

PersicaAutomatic execution? ...Your mission was left over from over a decade ago. Surely carrying it out now would be fruitless. I have to say, people who hard-code stuff like that without comments are a huge pain in the ass. Fortunately, I ran a full diagnostic on you beforehand, so it shouldn't affect your bodily performance.自动执行？……几十年前留下的任务，现在就算是想执行恐怕也没条件了。 不得不说，喜欢搞这种写死代码不加注释的家伙最烦人了。 还好我之前对你做过全面检查，倒是不会影响你的机体性能。

Aliana...Indeed, it doesn't affect them, so long as it doesn't infringe on related people and matters.……的确不影响，只要不涉及相关的人和事。

PersicaUgh... Fine, as long as you know. I can't delete it right now, so if you know too, then just report anything strange that comes up.唔……行，反正这事情你知道了。 目前我删不掉那个东西，如果你自己也知道的话，有什么异常表现主动汇报。

PersicaAnyway, that's all I wanted to say. Leave quickly if there's nothing else. Don't interfere with my work.其他也没什么了，我就是想说这个。 你没什么事的话就赶紧走吧，不要影响我工作。

PersicaOh yeah, I think the Commander was looking for you.喔，对了，指挥官好像也在找你。

Aliana...Understood.……知道了。

In the Griffin Base's Ops Room.格里芬基地，指挥部。

Aliana enters the Ops Room.艾莉安娜进入了指挥室。

CommanderYou're back.你回来了。

The Commander takes a seat.指挥室内，指挥官坐回到了自己的位置上。

Commander...Miss Zoya is under Griffin's protection. Your mission is over.……卓娅小姐已经接受了格里芬的保护。 你的任务完成了。

Aliana waits for a while, but the Commander does not say anything.艾莉安娜等了半天，指挥官并未开口。

AlianaIs there anything else you want to ask?您还有话要问吗？

At great length, the Commander speaks.指挥官缓缓开了口。

CommanderThe mission is complete. As for any other things, whether or not you want to tell me about them is up to you. If you don't want to talk about them, then you have countless ways to deceive me, and if you want to share them, then it'll naturally come up.从任务的角度来说，你完成了。 至于其他的事情，是否想说看你自己。 你不想说会有一千种办法来欺骗我，你想说的话自然会说。

Aliana remains silent for a while before finally sighing. She closes her eyes as though she's gathering up her determination, and when she opens them again, she no longer avoids the Commander's gaze.艾莉安娜沉默了半晌，最终叹了口气。 她闭上了眼，又像是下定了决心，再次睁开时，已不再避讳指挥官的目光。

AlianaCommander, have you heard of "Operation Couatl"?指挥官，你知道“羽蛇行动”对吧？

CommanderHm...嗯……

AlianaThe first time we met, you used an OPS order to disarm me.我们第一次见面，你就是用OPS指令解除我的武装。

CommanderHowever, it was limited to some paperwork, so it should be considered a failure of WW3.不过仅限于一些案头资料，那应该是一次三战之中的失败案例。

Aliana continues explaining herself.艾莉安娜接着说了下去。

AlianaIndeed, that failure was why I was mothballed.不错，那次失败就是我尘封的原因。

CommanderAs I recall, the exact reason was that backup didn't arrive in time as well as the transport helicopter being shot down by a missile. It does seem a little ridiculous when you look at it now. However... World War III was a chaotic time. There are many lost records that have not been found again, even now.我记得具体的理由是支援不及时，以及运输机被火箭炮击中坠落，现在看的话有点荒谬。 不过……第三次世界大战的情况过于混乱。 很多记录到现在也没有找回。

AlianaAllow me to re-introduce myself. I belong to the "Daybreak" Squad, an all-Doll infantry platoon under the Rangers. Nothing about Daybreak Squad should be on public record. Also, there should be nothing left over from Daybreak Squad in current Doll development.重新自我介绍一下。 我来自“曙光小队”，隶属于游骑兵下属全人形编制步兵班。 关于曙光小队的一切应该不会在任何公开资料上有所记录。 而目前的人形发展，也没有继承曙光的遗产。

The Commander frowns.指挥官皱了皱眉头。

CommanderActually, I'm quite interested in what you said.你说的这些我倒是很感兴趣。

AlianaCurrent Doll technology has gone in a completely different direction from how it started out. In the era when I was produced, conflicts and battles escalated rapidly, and Dolls sent to the battlefield soon ended up being bottlenecked in terms of performance.现如今的人形技术，和当初走向了完全不同的道路。 我被生产出来的年代，冲突和战事升级，投入到战场上的人形在性能提升上很快遇到了瓶颈。

AlianaBut the circumstances could not possibly wait for technology to catch up... After the military forcibly intervened in the matter, we in "Daybreak" underwent a top secret experiment in order to discover the limits of Doll performance. The core product of that experiment still remains. That would be the "dog tags" locked in my base layer.但局势不可能原地等待技术发展…… 在军方的强势介入下，为了探寻人形性能的极限，我们“曙光”接受了一项绝密实验，其核心产物留存到今天。 也就是锁在我底层里的……“军牌”。

CommanderWhat are they?那是什么东西？

AlianaOriginally, dog tags were metal plates used by human soldiers to identify each other's corpses. But for Dolls, they have another use. On one hand, they prevent their neural cloud data from being taken by the enemy. On the other hand, they are carriers that were jury-rigged with neural cloud technology.原本，军牌是人类士兵们为了确认彼此的尸体而准备的金属铭牌。 但对于我们人形小队来说，这东西有另外的用处。 一方面用于杜绝心智数据被敌方获取，一方面，用于心智技术临时提升的载体。

CommanderThat sounds like quite a logical design.这听起来，是符合逻辑的设计。

AlianaUnfortunately, its practical usage did not turn out to be as successful as expected. The researchers back then did not take the individual elements of Dolls into consideration...可惜，它在实际使用时并不如预想中的那样顺利，当时的研究者并未将人形的个体因素考虑在内……

AlianaIn any case, this system was developed to secure absolute success in "Operation Couatl".总而言之，这套系统正是为了“羽蛇行动”取得绝对性胜利而进行的研发。

As she says these words, a chill air radiates from Aliana's body.说出这句话时，艾莉安娜的身上散发出了一股凛然的寒气。

Egress 出凌

... In the depths of Samo's neural cloud.…… 萨摩心智深处。

??...She's appeared.……她出现了。

???...13 years...……十三年了……

??Samo, we've been locked in here for 13 years.萨摩，我们一起被囚禁在这里，十三年了。

??It's all thanks to her.这一切都拜她所赐。

???But still, we can't flee this place. And neither can we change our bodies.可是，可是我们却无法逃离这里。 也无法寄换别的素体。

???We can't even untangle each other's memories.甚至，我们都没办法拆分彼此的记忆。

??Who am I? Who are you?我是谁？ 你又是谁？

???...Samo, do you remember who you are?……萨摩，你记起来你是谁了吗？

Samo...I ...Big Sis Eula...……我……优拉姐姐……

SamoBig Sis Laura...萝瑞尔姐姐……

The only sound in the quiet alley is that of Cheryl's footsteps as she anxiously paces back and forth. She clutches her tablet with both hands, frowning as she studies the glowing icon on the map while holding her phone to her ear with her shoulder.寂静的小巷中，只有谢丽尔焦急的脚步声回响着。 她双手拿着平板，正凝眉细看地图上的发光点的坐标，同时还用肩膀将通讯器固定在耳边。

CherylAre you SURE this is the place?你确定，是这里吗？

Lil' QuimbyDon't worry, we've taken many search requests like this in the past. Things like lost puppies or kitties or husbands sneaking off to meet with their mistresses... We'll find them all! Besides, we can find any Doll we've ever sold as long as they've been activated!放心吧，这种搜寻需求单我接过很多次了。 什么跑丢的阿猫阿狗、私会小三小四的老公……全部都能找出来！ 而且，我们出售的人形，只要激活过，通通都能定位找到！

Cheryl comes to a halt. She is looking at the end of the alley. She looks back down at the tablet; her position completely overlaps the glowing icon.谢丽尔犹疑地停住了脚步，面前已经是小巷的尽头了。 她再低头看向平板，自己的坐标和光点完全重合。

CherylBut this is just a garbage dump...可是这里只有一个垃圾堆放点啊……

Lil' QuimbyBut of course! One would pick a hiding place where they could completely blend in!那就对啦，藏身处当然要选择能够完全融入其中的！

CherylSo you're saying the Doll you sent me was garbage?这是不是相当于变相承认了你们给我发的是个垃圾？

Lil' QuimbyOh, darling, you're such a kidder! Oh, we just got a new assignment. Since you've found her, I'll be hanging up...哎呀亲亲，您真会开玩笑！ 我、我刚接到了新的需求，既然您已经找到了，那我就先挂断了……

Click—It's the sound of someone hanging up in a hurry.嘀——通讯被慌乱地掐断。

Cheryl puts down her tablet and her communicator before carefully taking out the shell casing Samo gave her.谢丽尔放下了平板和通讯器，从口袋中小心地拿出萨摩给自己的弹壳。

CherylSo much for remembering the address of those shady dealers...多亏了我还记得这几个奸商的老巢位置……

Cheryl squeezes the shell casing and walks toward the rubbish point. The garbage truck hasn't come around to collect it yet, so the overflowing dumpsters are emitting a vile, oppressive stench. Cheryl resists her disgust and carefully picks through them...谢丽尔攥紧了弹壳，走向垃圾堆放点。 还没到垃圾清运车的营业时间，这里臭气冲天，几个垃圾桶都被塞得喷溢而出。 谢丽尔忍着嫌弃和恶心，小心翼翼地翻找着……

CherylDon't worry, Big Sis, I'll save you...别担心，姐姐，我这就来救你……

Just like you saved me back then.就像当初的你来拯救我一样。

Bang, bang, bang—The sound of gunfire echoes through the cramped room. Cheryl goes from feeling like she is caught in a hail of bullets to being outside of it. All she can do is fall to the ground while protecting her head with her hands.呯呯呯——激烈的射击声在狭窄的屋内回荡、反射，谢丽尔时而觉得自己身处枪林弹雨之中，时而好像又游离在外。 而她能做的，只有抱紧头趴在地上。

Cheryl(Sob) Mama...呜呜……妈妈……

Young VoiceUwah—呜啊——

She can hear crying and weeping voices around her, and Cheryl can tell that some of them belong to her classmates. But most of them are distorted by fear and terror, and she cannot identify them.身边回荡着此起彼伏的哭声，谢丽尔能从中辨认出几个是自己的同班同学。 但更多的声音因为恐惧而扭曲、战栗，变得不可辨识。

Stern VoiceEveryone, this way!所有人，这边走！

Young VoiceRun... (sniffle)... Hurry up and run!跑……呜呜……快跑！

Bang, bang, bang—the sound of the gunshots grows softer and more distant.呯呯呯——枪声减弱了，渐渐远去。

In its place is loud wailing and the sound of rapid footsteps. Cheryl senses the students beside her growing further and further away. She reaches out in a panic, trying to grab onto something.取而代之的是渐强的哭喊声、狂奔声，谢丽尔能感觉到身边的同学们都在离自己远去。 她慌张地伸出手，想要抓住些什么。

CherylWait for me... Take me with you...等等我……带上我一起啊……

Young VoiceLet go! Don't grab me!走开！别抓我！

However, her hand is swatted away time and time again. In the darkness, Cheryl feels herself being flung to the ground. She never realized this before, but there are apparently layers to darkness. Like now, for instance, the distant darkness is like waves of night lapping against her face.但她的手被一次次打开，在晕眩的黑暗中，谢丽尔感觉自己被用力地推搡到了地上。 以前还未曾发觉，现在看不见了才知道，原来黑暗是有层次的。 正如现在，远处的黑暗像夜晚的大海般连绵不断地拍打在脸上。

CherylI can't see anything... Help me...我什么也看不见了……救救我……

Cheryl trembles, feeling like a lab rat trapped in a maze whose exit does not know... She feels around with her hands, trying to find a faint ray of her from the indistinct sensations.谢丽尔颤抖起来，她感觉自己如小白鼠一样，被困在陌生的迷宫中怎么也找不到出路…… 她的手在黑暗中胡乱摸索着，想要从模糊的形状、异样的触感中间寻找出一点点希望。

Until a pair of cold hands grab hers—直到一双冰冷的手握住了她的手——

???Little one, why didn't you follow the instructions and go outside?小朋友，你怎么不跟着引导往外走啊？

CherylI... I can't see...我……我看不见了……

???Then you've done very well to stay calm while being unable to see. Don't be scared; I'll take you to see your parents.那你做得很棒哦，在看不见的情况下还能这么冷静面对。 别害怕，我会带你找到爸爸妈妈的。

The cold hands gently inspect the wound on Cheryl's head and help smooth out her clothing.冰冷的手温柔地检查起谢丽尔的头部创伤，还帮她整理了衣服。

???You're hurt. I'll help bandage you.你受伤了，我先帮你简单包扎一下。

CherylI'm scared... Will I never be able to see anything again?我好害怕……我会一直看不见吗？

???The wound on your head might have caused temporary blindness. Once you get to the hospital, the doctors will cure you. Your mama and papa will be waiting there for you too.头部创伤可能会造成短暂的失明，等会儿到医院了，医生会帮你治好的。 你的爸爸妈妈也会在医院等你的。

Cheryl...Who are you?……你是谁？

???Me? I can't tell you my name.我？我不能告诉你我的名字呢。

CherylThen what should I call you?那我该怎么叫你？

???Hm...唔嗯……

CherylBig Sis?姐姐？

???Haha, alright, then. Call me Big Sis.哈哈，好啊。 那你就叫我姐姐吧。

The cold hands help Cheryl to her feet, and with nothing else to depend on in this darkness, she clings to them for dear life. They're a little rough and not quite soft enough, but they make her want to entrust everything to them.冰冷的手将谢丽尔扶起，在黑暗中无依无靠的她死死抓住了这双手。 有些粗粝，也不够柔软，但却让人想要依赖。

Cheryl...I found you.……找到你了。

A thoroughly filthy Cheryl pants heavily as she looks at Samo, who's sleeping in the garbage pile. Samo seems to have burrowed very deeply inside it, as though she was trying to hide from something.浑身脏兮兮的谢丽尔喘着粗气，看向正在垃圾堆里沉睡的萨摩。 像是为了躲避什么，萨摩一直往垃圾堆的深处钻了很远。

She smacks Samo's cheeks, then loads her onto a little trolley before pushing it back home...拍了拍萨摩的脸颊，谢丽尔将她拖上了小推车，朝着家的方向走去……

Berlin, in the Stasi office.柏林，斯塔西办公室。

J and K sit solemnly inside the meeting room, studying the dossier before them. Said files don't contain much, just a few pages, but that is also what is giving the two of them a tremendous headache.J和K严肃地坐在会议室中，钻研着面前的档案。 档案的内容不多，只有短短几页，但也正因如此，才让两个人头痛万分。

JOi. This description is so vague that there are several thousand Dolls in Berlin alone that would fit it. And would a Doll produced in that era even be functional now?喂，我说，靠这点特征，光是在柏林都能找出几千个符合描述的人形。 而且那个年代出产的人形，真的还能运行吗？

KWell, she was working just fine when she was under the Soviet Statesec.起码，在苏联安全局的时候，她还能运行。

JAlso, if she really was such a legendary Doll, then why did the Soviets sell her off!? Don't tell me they threw her away as garbage or something...还有啊，说是传奇人形，那怎么还能在苏联安全局被卖出去呢？！ 不会是当作废品给扔掉了吧……

KShow some respect, J.J，态度放尊重点。

J... I just don't get it. There are so many things that are fishy about this assignment. Why did we even take it on in the first place?…… 我就是不明白了，这个任务疑点这么多，你怎么就接下了呢？

KUse your brain, J. Since when did the inside men in the Soviets ever stop working? They've sold more impressive things than this on the black market. Think about it, those old geezers turned a blind eye to all those other weapons, but they're willing to pay any price to work across borders and ask us to help them find this very special Doll. Why is that?动动脑子，J。 苏联安全局的内鬼什么时候消停过？更厉害的东西他们都有本事偷给黑市倒卖。 为什么对面那些老头子对其他武器不闻不问，但却不惜代价也要跨境合作、拜托我们找到这个特殊人形呢？

Click—K's communicator rings. He glances at it, and then turns to J.嘀——K的通讯响起，K看了一眼，转向J。

KIt's from Q. Watch your words.是Q打来的，你说话注意点。

JThat woman! Okay, relax, I'll try not to speak.那个女人！ 放心吧，我尽量少说话。

K hits the accept call button, and Q's transmission appears on the screen.K按下接听，Q的通讯即刻出现在了投影。

QYo, it's been a while. I see J's there too.哟，好久不见，J也在啊。

J silently looks away and pretends he didn't see anything.J默默把脸转向另一边，假装什么也看不见。

KWhat's happened?有什么事？

QYou know, you should be thanking me for this. If I hadn't had to leave the country on business, you might not have been put on the case.感谢我吧，要不是我有事出国，这件事还轮不到你们来查呢。

JWow, I'm really grateful. Thanks to you, I'll have to go dig up all of Berlin for a trash Doll about which practically nothing is known.那我真是要对你感恩戴德。 感谢有你，接下来我才能在柏林掘地三尺找出这个什么信息也没有的废旧人形。

KDon't interrupt others, J.J，不要打断别人说话。

QOh, it's alright. This is the first time Agent J's received such a challenging mission. It's only natural for him to feel out of his league.没事的，J探员也是第一次接到这么有挑战的任务，不知所措是正常的。

KLet's get back on track. We've gotten her dossier, but we can't track her down with just that much.说回正题吧，她的档案我们已经收到了，仅靠这些东西是无法精准锁定她的。

QIf it were that simple, the Soviets wouldn't have lowered themselves to begging us for help.要是有这么容易，苏联那边也不会拉下脸来求我们了。

K... So you have nothing to add either?…… 所以你也没有什么能补充的了吗？

QOriginally, I didn't, but one of my contacts gave me a clue just three minutes before I made this call...本来是没有的，但在我打来通讯的三分钟前，我的线人给了我一条线索……

JWhat clue?什么线索？！

QGo to my desk and open the drawer on the left, the one that isn't locked.你现在去我的工位，拉开左手边那个没有上锁的抽屉。

JHow did you put it in there ahead of time?你怎么做到提前放里面的？

QIt contains my invoices for my assignment last month. I haven't been able to claim them yet, but the time limit on them is running short...里面有我上个月出差的发票，我还没来得及报销，但时间马上要截止了。

KJust go, J.快去吧，J。

J storms off.J怒气冲冲地夺门离开了。

QAgent J IS surprisingly useful at times.J探员偶尔还是挺管用的嘛。

KWhat about the clue?线索呢？

QI've sent it to your mailbox. Good luck finding her.已经发到你的邮箱了，祝你们早日找到。

Q hangs up.Q挂断了通讯。

K immediately opens his mailbox and downloads the document Q sent him. It's a series of coordinates.K立刻打开邮箱，下载了Q发送来的文件。 是一堆定位地点。

K...A list of her most recent movements. Now this makes things much easier.……最新的活动轨迹。 如果有这些的话，那就好办多了。

Homology 同源

Aliana closes her eyes. Although the events are long in the past, the memories feel like yesterday for her.艾莉安娜闭上眼睛，尽管早已物是人非，但那些记忆对她来说，还停留在昨天。

CommanderOperation Couatl is only listed as an ordinary decapitation operation in our files now.“羽蛇行动”在现在的档案里只是一次普通的斩首行动。

AlianaThe operation itself is meaningless. The location is what's important.行动目的本身并不值得说道。 重点是地点。

Commander...I remember it took place in a skyscraper, but you're right, nobody mentioned the location.……我记得是一座大楼，但是具体地点确实没人提及过。

AlianaYes, it was a skyscraper. However, it was in the Red Zone. Also, it was a "floating" skyscraper.的确是大楼。 不过那座大楼在红区。 而且，那是一座“漂浮”着的大楼。

CommanderDo you mind if I bring 15 and Dandelion in? This information you're revealing might be of the utmost importance to our upcoming operations.介意我叫15和丹德莱进来吗？ 你披露的这个信息，也许跟我们接下来的行动计划有着至关重要的关联。

Aliana...Alright.……可以。

Berlin, in the Stasi Office. K and J are sitting in the meeting room, staring blankly at the files before them.柏林，斯塔西办公室。 K与J坐在会议室中，对着桌面上的档案发呆。

KHave you ever heard of "Daybreak" squad?你听说过“曙光”小队吗？

JYeah, they were under the Army Special Warfare Command. I think they were the product of the "NGAD" Project back then.嗯，隶属于陆军特种作战指挥部。 好像是当时“NGAD”计划的产物吧。

KThat was a period of frenzied competition in the arms industry. When you think about it, a lot of research fields stagnated after WW3 ended. Doll designs from back then aren't that far behind from the ones we have now.那是个军备疯狂竞争的年代，其实仔细思考下，三战结束后很多研究都停滞了，那时候的人形设计也未必就比现在落后很多。

KI checked the files. Not much technology survived from WW3 and information about many secret projects and operations were lost. Either they were lost in one contaminated zone or another, or some multi-sided conflict meant the data couldn't be backed up in time.我查过资料，三战技术保存下来的很少，很多秘密计划和行动资料都遗失了。 要么是埋没在各种感染区内，要么则是多方混战导致数据无法及时备份。

JIn short, you think this Doll is special, right?简言之，你觉得这个人形特别重要呗。

KThink more carefully about this. This was one of the jobs assigned to that spy that Soviet Statesec picked up during their internal purge.你再想想，苏联国安局进行的内部肃清里抓到的那枚间谍，他的工作之一就是这个。

JWait a minute... Do you still remember that incident earlier when the "Elmo" was detained?等等……你还记得之前“艾莫号”滞留的事情吗？

K...Of course, I handled it.……当然，我去处理的。

JI remember you said something about them being held because they were trafficking in illegal technology or something, right?我记得当时你说过一件事，他们是因为涉及不合规技术所以不给放行吧？

KNow that you mention it, they were transporting a special container labelled "NGAD"!你提醒我了，他们运送了一个特殊箱子，那上面的封条就是“NGAD”！

JSince it was a squad, there's got to be more than one Doll involved.既然是一支小队，肯定不止一个人形。

JLooks like we can go ask an old friend to help us out.我们可以找老朋友问问一些线索了。

JRather than those vague traces of movement in the Hauptbahnhof that Q gave us, if the Commander's made progress in restoring their facilities, they might have a way to contact each other!比起Q给的中央车站这种茫茫人海里的活动轨迹来说，如果指挥官那边复原有进度的话，说不定她们彼此有办法联系！

J gets up and prepares to leave the meeting room.J立刻起身，准备离开会议室。

KWait.等等。

JWhat now?怎么了？

K...Our job is to apprehend this Doll. No matter what reasons she has, she's currently still a member of Statesec.……我们的任务是截获这位人形，无论对方有什么理由，这位人形目前都属于国安局。

J...Got it. I'll keep work and personal matters separate.……我知道，工作和私交我分的很清楚。

In the Ops Room at the Griffin Base.格里芬基地，指挥室。

ST AR-15's face is grim and even Dandelion's usual playful expression is nowhere to be found.AR15脸色沉重，连丹德莱都收敛了往常充满戏谑的表情。

CommanderDid you say a huge floating skyscraper in a Red Zone? Where exactly was it?你刚才说红区里的漂浮大楼？具体在什么地方？

Aliana...It was on an island. It's probably rubble now.……一座岛上，现在那里应该已经是完全的废墟了。

CommanderI just checked the relevant files. The objective of your operation listed there is different from the one you mentioned. I would like you to tell me; who were you sent to take out?我刚刚查了相关资料，你们的斩首行动显示的最终目标并不一致。 现在我希望由你亲口告诉我，你们要斩首的对象是谁？

AlianaThe target was codenamed "Capita", and his listed name was Laplace.目标代号“死罪”，登记在案的姓氏为拉普拉斯。

CommanderLaplace...拉普拉斯……

The Commander's only response to the name Aliana supplied is to mutter it thoughtfully to themselves before looking up at her.面对艾莉安娜给出的答案，指挥官只是意味深长地重复了一次这个名字，随即抬眼看向了她。

CommanderDo you have more detailed information on this person? I'd like to know everything about him.这个人的详细信息你还有吗？ 我想知道关于他的一切情报。

AlianaUnfortunately, I was merely the blade swung down on him. I am just as clueless about him as you are; I can't even be sure if his name is real. The only thing I'm sure of is that he's affiliated with the "Relic Agency".很遗憾，我只是负责斩首的刀刃。 关于他的身份，我同样一无所知，连这个姓氏都不能保证完全真实。 唯一能够肯定的就是，他与“遗迹署”有关。

ST AR-15The Relic Agency...遗迹署……

CommanderDid you make contact with him during the operation?你们在行动中是否有过接触？

Aliana takes a deep breath.艾莉安娜深吸了一口气。

AlianaYes.是的。

Commander...! Then—……！ 那么——

AlianaBut we can't be sure if we encountered the man himself. Our entire team was wiped out during our last mission—但是，我们不确定接触到的是否为他本人。 在最后的任务关头折戟，我们的小队也全军覆没——

Commander...I would like to hear about that operation in detail.……我希望你能详细说说这次行动。

AlianaI was just about to tell you...我正打算这么做……

Capture 俘获

2051. Operation Couatl, in the Dead Sea.2051年，羽蛇行动，死海。

They are in a tunnel. Many rounds of shellfire have been exchanged and the air is filled with smoke.管道口。 多轮炮火交击，硝烟弥漫。

Amaris takes aim and pulls the trigger—阿玛瑞丝瞄准，扣动扳机——

And the enemy soldier collapses as the shot rings out.敌方士兵应声而倒！

AmarisPoint A12 is clear.A12点位已清除。

AlianaCopy.收到。

AmarisAliana, we can't move further forward!艾莉安娜，我们不能再往前了！

AmarisHey, are you listening to me?喂，你听到我的话了吗？

Bang—“砰——”

A bullet flies overhead and Amaris drops into a roll. The bullet bounces off a nearby wall.一发子弹射来，阿玛瑞丝就地一滚，子弹擦着墙壁飞了过去。

It is soon followed by more firepower that punches a line of bullet holes into the masonry.随即更多火力倾泻过来，点出一串弹坑。

Whup, whup, whup—She can hear the beating of chopper blades outside the building.“轰隆隆——”大楼外传来了直升机的扇动声。

Amaris repositions and checks the number of enemies through a crack in the wall.阿玛瑞丝变换位置，从缝隙中观察敌人的数量。

Amaris1, 2, 3, 4, 5... We're facing at least 6 elite squads here!1、2、3、4、5…… 对方至少来了6支精英小队！

AlianaHang in there.撑住。

AmarisWhat bullshit is that? SATNAV's down, we're dangerously low on ammo, there's no support, and we don't have eyes or ears. How are we supposed to fight them?你在说什么鬼话！ 卫星定位系统失效，弹药告急，支援也没有，又瞎又哑，拿什么打！

AlianaOur only choice is to break through their fields of fire before they can meet up and seize Capita!唯一的办法，就是赶在他们汇合之前，强行突破火力网，抓住死罪！

Inside her hiding place, Amaris' face fills with despair.阿玛瑞丝躲在隐蔽处，满脸绝望。

AmarisIt's no good. We can't break through with only this much firepower!不行，我们这点火力，根本突破不过去！

Aliana...You must not give up!……不能放弃！

AmarisBloody hell! If satellite comms weren't cut off, the Commander would have agreed to retreat too!见鬼！ 如果卫星信号没断，指挥官也会同意撤退的！

AlianaIf only I were 7% faster and 1.5% more accurate...如果我的速度再提升7%，动态命中率再提升1.5%……

AmarisYou could double them and it still wouldn't be enough!你再提升一倍也不够！

AmarisEula, grab that madwoman! Eula—Eula?优拉，拉住这个疯子！ 优拉——优拉？

There is no answer from the communicator.通讯器里没有答复。

AmarisEula? Are you there?优拉？你在吗？

Eula's name goes gray in the Daybreak System. Amaris watches as it changes to "Deleted".曙光系统里，优拉的名字灰了。 阿玛瑞丝眼睁睁看着它变成【已注销】。

AmarisAliana, what the hell are you doing!? Wasn't Eula with you just now?艾莉安娜你在干什么？！ 你刚刚不是还和优拉在一起吗？

AlianaWe need to break through and complete the mission. Daybreak leads the way, never taking a step back—我们必须突破，我们必须完成任务。 曙光，向前冲锋，决不后退——

Aliana raises her gun and rushes forward like lightning—艾莉安娜举起枪，闪电般突进——

AlianaAmaris, cover me! Amaris?阿玛瑞丝，掩护我！ 阿玛瑞丝？

The shells rip through the air, trailing a hurricane in their wake—炮弹携飓风破空而来——

Whum—Time stretches out and all sound dissolves into echoes of white noise.“嗡——”时光被拉长，白噪音嗡鸣回响。

Aliana remembers that at that moment, the sky appeared blood red. White light bloomed in the air!艾莉安娜还记得那一瞬，大厅外彷佛一片血红的天空。 极致的白光绽放！

Berlin, in the Ops Room of the temporary base.柏林，临时基地，指挥室。

Commander... And you managed to approach that room without any support?…… 然后你们在没有支援的情况下靠近了那个房间？

AlianaYes. I managed to enter that room in the end. And then the operation failed.是的，我最后的确进入了那个房间。 然后行动就失败了。

The room is silent.房间里一片沉默。

Commander...Aliana.……艾莉安娜。

Aliana turns to the Commander and studies the mixed expression on their face.艾莉安娜望向指挥官，看到对方脸上复杂的神色。

CommanderThank you for choosing to be honest with me, Aliana. The news you brought is very important to myself and Griffin.艾莉安娜，谢谢你选择对我坦诚。 你所带来的信息，对我，对格里芬，非常重要。

AlianaBecause of "Capita"?因为“死罪”？

CommanderAlthough I'm not sure who "Capita" is or what he's done... We DO know about that structure in the "Dead Sea" that floats in mid-air. Its name now is "Avernus".虽然我不清楚“死罪”是谁，做过什么。 但“死海”以及那个漂浮在空中的建筑，是的，我们知道。 它现在的名字，叫做“阿佛那斯”。

AlianaThen there's a very high chance "Capita" is still alive...那“死罪”极大可能还活着……

CommanderI think Moscow sent you over because they knew that.我想，也许莫斯科正是知道这一点，才把你送过来。

AlianaI see... So the mission wasn't complete after all.原来……任务确确实实还没有结束。

Aliana closes her eyes, her face an unreadable mix of emotions.艾莉安娜闭上眼，神色莫名悲喜。

The Commander walks over and places a hand on Aliana's shoulder, a solemn look on their face.指挥官走过来，抬手落在艾莉安娜的肩膀上，神色郑重。

CommanderThe people to whom you swore your loyalty no longer exist, so you don't need to feel bound by the past. However it may have come to be, I'm glad that your path brought you to Griffin. But we also need to realize that the world has remained stagnant for the past 13 years and the dawn has not yet come. Aliana, our mission is not yet complete and your light has never faded. Here and now, are you willing to fight alongside us for the sake of a new world?你所宣誓效忠的对象已经不存在了，你不必再为过去所束缚。 无论何种契机，我都很高兴，你能够来到格里芬。 但我们也必须认识到，十三年过去，这个世界依然沉沦，曙光仍未来临。 艾莉安娜，我们的使命尚未结束，而你的光芒从未黯淡。 现在的你，愿意与我一同，为了新世界而战吗？

Aliana clenches her fist and holds it to her chest. Her expression is one of utmost gravity.艾莉安娜握拳放在胸口，神色肃然。

AlianaFor all my life. For Griffin, and... for Daybreak.毕生所愿。 为了格里芬，也为了……曙光。

CommanderThe Commander pats Aliana on the shoulder and nods.指挥官拍着艾莉安娜的肩膀，欣慰点头。

AlianaHowever, I have a small request.但是，我有一个小小的要求。

CommanderWhat is it?是什么？

AlianaI believe Miss Persica has already told you about my condition.我想帕斯卡小姐已经跟你说过我的情况。

CommanderAbout your base layer mission?关于你的底层任务？

AlianaYes... The "dog tags" I mentioned before. The last order they gave me was—to purge traitors.对……就是之前我提过的“军牌”。 它给我下的最后一道命令是——清扫叛徒。

CommanderWho is it?是谁？

AlianaI saw her, but it's a private matter of mine. Therefore, I request permission to handle this matter on my own.我见到她了，但这是我的私事。 所以，请允许我自己去处理这件事。

The Commander falls silent briefly.指挥官思忖片刻。

CommanderI will respect your decision.我尊重你的意志。

...Samo opens her eyes again, and takes in the familiar ceiling and room once again.……萨摩再一次睁开双眼，确认是熟悉的天花板，熟悉的房间。

Cheryl is crouched beside the bed, gently wiping the stains off her.谢丽尔正蹲在床边温柔地给她清理污迹。

CherylAre you awake? Does it hurt anywhere else?你醒了？ 还有哪里觉得不舒服吗？

Samo...This must be a dream.……这一定是梦。

Samo closes her eyes.萨摩闭上了眼睛。

Cheryl...You're plugged in, so don't pretend to be asleep.……你插着数据线呢，别装睡。

Samo opens her eyes. It's still the same familiar ceiling and room. She looks with doubt at Cheryl's kind and gentle face.萨摩睁开了眼睛，还是熟悉的天花板，熟悉的房间。 她疑惑地看向一脸温柔和善的谢丽尔。

Samo... What happened when I wasn't around?…… 我不在的这段时间，发生了什么？

Cheryl places two identical shell casings in front of Samo.谢丽尔将两枚一样的弹壳举到萨摩面前。

SamoWhat is this supposed to mean?什么意思？

Cheryl...Do you not remember at all?……你一点都记不起来？

SamoI remember I told you to throw them away?我记得让你扔掉？

Cheryl's face falls and her tone becomes much more depressed.谢丽尔满脸失落，语气低了不少。

CherylTo think you wouldn't remember a single thing about something that meant so much to me.原来对我这么重要的事，对你来说竟然一点也记不住么。

Cheryl covers her eyes with her hands.谢丽尔将双手捂住眼睛。

CherylBig Sis... I... I can't see...姐姐…… 我……我看不见了……

The muffled sound of children crying and wailing to return to their parents' embrace suddenly fills Samo's neural cloud. Cold, unfeeling soldiers move among them, scattering the still-weeping children. None of them pay attention to one particular child— The one who is helplessly feeling around in a corner, her face full of tears.萨摩的心智中骤然响起稚嫩的哭声，模糊的孩童们哭闹着，想要回到父母的怀抱。 冷冰冰的士兵游走在其中，疏散哭闹不休的孩子们，谁也没有去理会其中那个—— 无助地在角落摸索，满脸泪痕的小孩。

...Time: ■■■. Location:■■■. Operation codename:■■■. ■■ stands in a classroom, or rather, a building that had once been a classroom.……时间：■■■，地点：■■■，行动代号：■■■。 ■■站在一间教室中，或者说，曾经是教室的建筑中。

A child with an indistinct face is clinging tightly to her hand. The child seems to be looking at her.她的手被一个看不清面容的小孩紧紧握住，小孩似乎正望向她的方向。

???Big Sis, don't leave me...姐姐，别丢下我……

■■I won't. It'll be a while until we get to leave, so tell me, what's your name?我不会的。 轮到我们出去还有一会时间，你先告诉我，你叫什么名字吧。

CherylMy name is Cheryl...我叫谢丽尔……

■■Hm, that's a nice name. I'll remember it.喔，是个很好听的名字，我记住了。

CherylBig Sis, why won't you tell me your name?姐姐，那你为什么不肯告诉我你的名字？

■■Because Big Sis can't let anyone know her name.因为姐姐的名字是不被允许别人知道的。

CherylWhy is that?为什么？

■■Hm... It's complicated adult stuff. It would be hard to explain.唔嗯……这是成年人的复杂规则，解释起来很麻烦啦。

CherylOkay... But then, how will I find you after I can see again?哦……那我能看见之后，要怎么才能找到你呢？

■■Let me think...我想想……

■■ feels around her pockets and effects. Grenades, flashbangs, daggers... None of them seem like appropriate gifts for a kid.■■在自己的身上搜寻了一番，手榴弹、闪光弹、匕首……似乎都不是适合送给小朋友的礼物。

In the end, she picks up a shell casing from the ground that she just used.最后，她从地上捡起了一枚自己刚用过的弹壳。

■■This is for you.送给你。

CherylWhat is this... It's cold, and it seems like it's made of metal...这是什么……冰冰的，好像是什么金属……

■■This is what I use most.这是我最经常使用的东西。

CherylOkay! I'll take good care of it!好！我会好好保管的！

CherylWhy are you spacing out? Do you really not remember?你怎么开始发呆了？你真的不记得了？

SamoMy neural cloud's in a bit of a mess...我的心智有些混乱……

CherylI'll test you, then!那我来考考你！

SamoOkay...嗯……

CherylWhat was the weather like on the day you met me?你遇见我的那一天，是什么样的天气？

SamoUh... sunny, I guess?大概是……晴天？

CherylCorrect! You DO remember! Then, what was the color of the clothes I was wearing?对，没错！你还记得！ 那我穿的什么颜色的衣服？

SamoErm... they were dark-colored?呃……深色的？

CherylYes, that's right, I was wearing a pink dress!对对对，我穿的是一条桃粉色的裙子！

SamoWait, isn't that really far off...这不是差很远吗……

CherylThen where did you meet me?那你是在哪里遇见的我？

Samo...In a classroom, I guess.……教室吧。

Cheryl grabs Samo's hands in delight.谢丽尔欢欣地拉起萨摩的手。

CherylBig Sis, you remembered after all! 14 years ago, on December 1st, it was a cold day and it was snowing lightly. I was having class in Berlin Metropolitan School when a whole bunch of bad guys suddenly rushed in. I fainted, and I couldn't see anything when I woke up...姐姐，你都记得！ 十四年前的十二月一日，那天很冷，天上下着小雪。 我当时在柏林城市学校上课，然后突然冲进来了很多坏人，我晕了过去，醒来就什么也看不见了……

CherylYou saved me.是你救了我。

CherylBig Sis...姐姐……

Cheryl lightly scoops up Samo's hand and squeezes it in her own. Her index finger is pointing forward, like she's making a finger gun.谢丽尔轻轻地抓起萨摩的手握在手中，食指伸向前方，摆出射击的姿势。

CherylDo you still remember? That day, when I was crying and crying, you held my hand like this and showed me how to shoot in order to distract me... The feeling of the trigger and your hand on mine has remained on my fingers all this time.你还记得吗？那天，我哭闹不停的时候，你为了转移我的注意力，像这样握住我的手教我开枪…… 你的手握住我的手扣动扳机的感觉一直停留在我的手指上。

SamoDid "I" teach you how to shoot...是“我”教会的你射击吗……

Samo extracts her hand and opens it in front of her eyes.萨摩将自己的手抽出，摊开在眼前。

CherylI don't know what happened to you over these years... But when I saw you like this, I was so sad...我不知道你这些年发生了什么…… 但是看见你变成现在这个样子，我真的很难过……

CherylStill, being able to meet you again is just too much of a lucky coincidence! No, no, there are no coincidences in this world. Fate must have decreed this!不过比起这些，能和你再相遇真是太幸运，太巧合，也太好了！ 不对不对，这世上的事没有巧合，这一定是命中注定！

SamoActually, there's one thing I haven't told you.其实有件事，我没有告诉你。

CherylHm?嗯？

Samo...The Doll you ordered is still in the store. I snuck into its box while they were packing it up.……你原本预定的人形还在店里。 是我在打包的时候偷偷替换了进去。

Cheryl...I knew it! You...……我就知道你！

Cheryl takes a deep breath. Then, she forces herself to smile, but it looks so ugly that she would have been better off crying instead.谢丽尔深吸了一口气。 努力挤出一个比哭还难看的微笑。

Cheryl...It's okay, Big Sis. I'll just think of it as a storage fee I paid for you.……没关系的，姐姐。 就当是我给你支付的寄存费。

SamoBack then, I was thinking that considering how readily you paid up, you must have been a really rich rube.我当时在想，你付钱那么爽快，一定是个冤大头，很有钱的那种。

Cheryl...I need some time to think.……我需要静静。

Cheryl takes the rag and the bucket of water that's dirty from the cleaning and leaves the room.谢丽尔端起清理后的污水和毛巾，离开了房间。

Samo's vision returns to the familiar ceiling.萨摩的视线又回到了熟悉的天花板。

SamoA girl who couldn't see... I wonder whose memory it was.看不见的小女孩……会是谁的记忆呢。

Samo slowly closes her eyes.萨摩缓缓闭上了双眼。

Antumbra 伪本影

In the Griffin Base, at the practice range.格里芬基地，训练场。

Aliana did not choose to go back to the dorms after the Commander left. Instead, she went to the practice range. Griffin is still largely deserted for the most part since its complement of Dolls hasn't been fully restored yet, and the heaps of missions to be cleared leave very few Dolls with the free time to roam around.从指挥室离开之后，艾莉安娜并没有选择返回宿舍，而是直接前往了训练场。 此时的格里芬内部依然冷冷清清，尚未恢复完毕的人形库存，和堆积如山的任务清单，使得自由活动的人数并不算多。

Click.哒。

Aliana loads her magazine and takes aim at the target drone.艾莉安娜默默地将子弹换好，瞄准了靶机。

Bang, bang, bang—砰砰砰——

Aliana changes her magazine. Griffin's Imprint System has improved the SCAR-L's power to a new level. If she had this technology back then... No, there are no ifs.艾莉安娜重新换弹。 格里芬的烙印系统让SCAR-L的实力提升到一个新的高度。 如果当年就有这种技术…… 不，没有如果。

Bang— Aliana has fired hundreds of rounds by this point.砰—— 艾莉安娜打完了几百发子弹后。

She calls out behind her as she begins cleaning her gun's barrel.她一边擦拭枪杆，一边对身后说道。

AlianaCome out.出来。

AlianaIs something the matter?有事？

SCR...I, I wanted to see if you were feeling better.……我，我想看看你心情好点没。

Aliana...It's none of your business.……与你无关。

SCRI know that, of course. But, but I wanted to know why you were mad.我当然知道不是我的问题。 但、但我很想知道你为什么生气。

AlianaDoes it matter?这重要吗？

SCROf course it does.当然重要。

SCR moves from behind Aliana to her side.SCR从身后走到了艾莉安娜身边。

SCRYou say you're our team leader. Yet you don't trust us...你说你是我们的队长。 但你并不信任我们……

Aliana...Didn't you want to go onto the battlefield like the others? I'm giving you the chance to do that now. Isn't that enough?……你不是想要跟其他人一样上战场吗？ 我现在给你这个机会，那不就够了？

SCR... Why do you always have to act so condescending?!…… 你为什么总是要表现出这种高高在上的慷慨？！

Tears begin welling up in SCR's eyes.SCR眼里的泪水漫了上来。

SCRYou don't even need us at all, do you?你根本不需要我们对不对？

Aliana does not deny it. The answer is plainly obvious... And the injustice of it all only serves to make the tears flow faster.艾莉安娜不置可否。 答案似乎显而易见…… 委屈，让泪水加倍地流下。

SCRI'll tell Miss Helian and the Commander that I left the team for personal reasons.我会跟赫丽安小姐和指挥官解释，我离队是因为我的个人原因。

SCR turns to go, but a gun butt blocks her path.SCR转身就走，却被枪托拦住了去路。

Aliana...Come back.……回来。

SCRWhat else do you want to say?你还有什么事？

AlianaYou didn't tell me why you came here.你没有解释你的来意。

SCR...Do I still have to?……还需要解释吗？

AlianaI dislike unclear explanations.我不喜欢不清不楚的表达。

Hearing that makes SCR even angrier.SCR一听这话更加来气。

SCRHow can you even say that!? From the start, YOU'RE the one who hasn't been explaining herself at all, am I wrong?你好意思说这个话？！ 从头到尾话不说清楚的人一直是你好吧？

SCRI— I've had it with you!我——我忍你好久了！

SCR looks at Aliana's eyes, and her voice trails off.SCR看着艾莉安娜的眼神，声音又小了下去……

SCRForget it, I'm leaving.算了算了，我走了。

AlianaNo you won't.不准走。

Aliana...When have I not explained myself clearly?……我什么时候讲话不清楚？

SCRYou... Do you think you're some kind of smooth talker who can speak clearly enough that everyone can understand her?你……你难道觉得自己是个讲话清晰口齿伶俐每个人都能准确理解到意思的人吗？

Aliana...Yeah.……嗯。

SCRHah?哈，哈？

AlianaI might not be a silver-tongued charlatan, but I'm sure I'm the sort of person who clearly expresses her thoughts. I've never messed up when giving briefings.虽然我不是巧舌如簧的人，但我肯定是表达清晰思路明确的人。 在任务传达上从未出错。

SCR...I wonder... I'm talking about interpersonal communications between Dolls, not just about the mission, but about our feelings.……有没有一种可能…… 我是说人形之间的交流，不是只有任务，还有彼此的情绪？

AlianaThose are useless in battle.那对于作战来说毫无用处。

SCR...I, I guess. But, but they're very important to me.……也、也许吧。但，但对我来说很重要。

AlianaSo?所以？

SCRSo I was really grateful that you picked me as a teammate! I was glad that the Commander praised us after you led us to completing the mission! That was why I was willing to wait for you outside the base gate after you left the team! I was concerned about you when you were in a bad mood because I was afraid you'd end up obsessing over stuff you couldn't change! I wanted to become a teammate you could truly trust after losing your previous teammates.所以一开始你选我做队友我很感激！ 你让我们成功完成任务得到指挥官的嘉奖我很感激！ 所以我愿意在你离开队伍之后到基地门口等你！ 我愿意在你心情不好的时候关心你怕你有什么想不开的！ 我想要在你失去队友之后真正地成为你能够信任的队友！

Aliana...You were pitying me?……你同情我？

SCRThat's not pity!这不是同情！

AlianaI don't need your charity either.我也没有要施舍你的意思。

AlianaIt was my fault for pointing my gun at you earlier. I'm sorry.之前拿枪指着你，是我不对，我道歉。

AlianaThat's cleared things up then. Is there anything else?那话都说清楚了，还有吗？

SCR...No!……没有了！

AlianaThen why aren't you gone yet?那你为什么不走？

SCR fumes and prepares to leave. But when she thinks about it, she realizes that she can't go just like that.SCR气哼哼地准备走。 想了想又觉得不能就这样走。

SCR walks back and occupies the booth next to Aliana and cocks her rifle.SCR倒退了几步回来，在艾莉安娜隔壁位置拉了下枪栓。

Aliana...Why did you come back?……你为什么又回来？

SCRWho died and put you in charge of the range? Can't I use this place too?训练场你开的吗？ 我不能用吗？

Aliana...I thought a Doll like you would be the gentle and demure sort.……我还以为你这个素体的人形，都是那种温柔的个性。

SCRWhat's that supposed to mean?什么意思？

AlianaNothing at all.没什么。

SCRAre you being evasive again?你又不说清楚是吧？

Aliana...No, this time I honestly don't know how to explain what I'm thinking.……不，这次是说不清楚。

Bang, bang, bang...“砰砰砰”……

SCR answers her with the sound of gunfire.SCR用枪声回应了这一切。

Umbra 本影

Inside Samo's neural cloud. As usual, Samo finds her seat and takes it. The seven chairs around her are already filled.萨摩的心智空间。 像往常一样，萨摩抽出自己的椅子坐下，围绕在身边的七把椅子已经坐满了人。

SamoThis all feels familiar...那种熟悉的感觉涌上来……

Samo...That girl has memories concerning us.……这个女孩身上，有关于我们的回忆。

??Whose memories are they...是谁的……

???Could it be... After 13 years... Can we finally tell which of us is whom now?十三年了……我们终于可以…… 可以分清楚谁是谁了吗？

Samo...Perhaps.……也许。

SamoThere are a total of seven stretches of memory concerning that girl. Since we can't reveal our identity to the outside world and neither have we revealed anything to that girl... The only thing that we can use to verify our identities is a section of memories of teaching others.关于那个女孩，一共有七段记忆。 因为我们无法对外显示身份，也没有向那个女孩披露任何信息。 所以目前唯一能够确定身份的是其中一段教学的回忆。

???Teaching others?教学？

SamoOne of us taught her how to disarm bombs... as well as shooting. In that memory, I could see my gun from "my" perspective.我们中间那个人教会了她如何拆除炸弹以及……射击。 那段记忆里，“我”的视角能看见自己所持的枪械。

??Who was it?是谁？

SamoEula.优拉。

A round of applause fills the air.一阵掌声响起。

??Congratulations on finding your memories.恭喜你，找回了自己的记忆。

???Congratulations. Your name is now Eula.恭喜，你的名字是优拉。

Samo...I'm Eula, then?……优拉，吗？

????We've taken another step forward.我们又向前走了一步。

???Yes, this is a huge improvement.对，这是一个很大的进步。

??Yes, Eula. Congratulations on rediscovering your own name.是的优拉，恭喜你找回了自己的名字。

Bang, bang, bang— The forceful knocking on the door awakens Samo from the depths of her neural cloud.砰砰砰—— 有人用力敲门的声音，将萨摩从心智深处中唤醒。

CherylDon't worry, it's a delivery for me...别紧张，是我的快递……

Cheryl opens the door and takes the package.谢丽尔去开门，拿回了快递。

CherylThis is a capacitor I bought for you. I was going to install it into you today. That way, your charge might last a little longer...这是我给你买的蓄电池，本来是准备今天带你去换上的。 这样，你或许电量能撑得久一点……

CherylIt's only secondhand, but I think it should be better than your current battery.虽然我也只买得起二手的，但我觉得应该会比你现在的电池好用。

Samo... There's something I want to tell you.…… 我有事想跟你说。

CherylWhat's wrong?怎么了？

Samo walks over to Cheryl's side without saying a word and clears a space big enough to sit in from among the clothes.萨摩沉默地走到谢丽尔的身边，从杂乱的衣服中开辟出一片足以坐下的空地。

SamoOn the 1st of December, 14 years ago... The Doll who saved you was called Eula.十四年前的十二月一日。 那个救下你的人形，叫优拉。

CherylEula... Is that your real name? Can I call you Big Sis Eula from now on?优拉…… 这就是你真正的名字吗？ 那以后我可以喊你优拉姐姐吗？

Samo...Please don't.……不要。

CherylWhy?为什么？

SamoThat's because... I can only confirm that the person who saved you was "Eula". But I can't be sure that I am "Eula".因为……我只能确定救你的人是“优拉”。 但我不确定我是不是“优拉”。

CherylWhat are you talking about?你在说什么？

Samo...13 years have passed, and I guess some things don't need to be secret anymore. I used to be a soldier.……其实过去十三年了，有些事情确实不再算作秘密。 我曾经是一位军人。

Cheryl...I guessed as much. After all, that kidnapping case back then had a far-reaching impact, and I heard the military had to wrap things up in the end. After we were sent home, our parents were told to keep quiet about it... I only managed to find some information much later on the internet, after I grew older.……我猜到了，毕竟当年那起孩童绑架案牵涉很广，据说最后收尾的是军方。 我们被送回家之后，父母也收到了需要保密的要求……后来我长大以后，才陆陆续续在网上找到了一些资料。

Samo takes out a piece of paper and draws 8 little black stick figures, and then a special little red stick figure.萨摩拿出一张纸，在纸上的画出八个黑色小人，又画出了一个红色的特殊小人。

She then uses a red gel pen to cancel out seven of the black stick figures.萨摩用红色的中性笔慢慢地划去了七个黑色小人。

SamoI belonged to a special forces unit, and our leader went rogue while we were carrying out a mission. My other team members were wiped out by our leader, but the strange thing is... our memories are all mixed together and jammed into my neural cloud core.我隶属于一支特种部队，曾经在执行特殊任务的时候遭遇队长叛变。 其他队员全部被队长清理，奇怪的是……我们的记忆混在了一起，全部挤到了我的心智核心里。

SamoAnd that's why... I'm not sure who I am. But you gave us enough information to remember one person's identity. For that, we are all very grateful.所以……我不能确定我是谁。 但你给我们起码提供了一个人的身份记忆。 我们都很谢谢你。

CherylAw, don't mention it! All in a day's work! Big Sis Eula, I've always wanted to—哎呀不客气！这是我应该做的！优拉姐姐，我早就想——

SamoTherefore, we've decided to leave this place. All of us have decided.所以，我们决定离开这里。 集体决定。

Cheryl...Why?……什么？

SamoBecause 13 years ago, we watched our leader die, and we thought that it was the end of her. But yesterday, we saw her again. She's come back to life, and she has an even more powerful body than before. Her name is Aliana.因为十三年前，我们亲眼见到队长死去，以为她会永远地消失在这世间。 但是昨天，又见到了她。 她活了过来，甚至比过去拥有了更加强大的素体。 她的名字，叫做艾莉安娜。

CherylSo she was that rival of yours who forced you to dive into a dumpster?所以今天在车站前令你慌不择路躲进垃圾堆里的死对头，就是她？

SamoYeah...嗯……

CherylBut your memories don't just belong to one person. Perhaps you're not the one she's looking for, or perhaps you've gotten it all wrong... It isn't time yet. We can still sort through your memories. Someday, you'll know who is who.但是你的记忆并不止一个人，也许你并不是她要找的那个，也许你们根本就搞错了呢…… 现在还有时间，我们还能慢慢梳理你的记忆，总有一天，你会知道你是谁的。

Cheryl sighs and places her warm palm on the back of Samo's hand.谢丽尔由衷地舒了口气，她温暖的手心覆在萨摩的手背上。

SamoWell, that's the problem. I don't have that time...这就是问题所在。 我没有那个时间了……

CherylW-What do you mean?怎、怎么了？

SamoShe's coming to kill me. Right now.现在，她要来杀掉我了。

Cheryl clutches Samo's hand in fear. The red pen is just a millimeter away from crossing out that last black figure.谢丽尔惊恐地握住了萨摩的手，红色的中性笔距离最后一个黑色小人只差分厘。

CherylThen what should we do?那我们该怎么办？

SamoWe?我们？

Samo stands up indifferently.萨摩漠然地起身。

SamoI told you, this matter doesn't concern you. I'm leaving.我说了这件事与你无关，我会离开。

CherylWait, wait a minute... How can this be none of my business. You're my Doll now, my personal property. Nobody can touch you without my permission.等，等一下…… 怎么可能与我无关，你现在是我的人形，我的私人财产，没有我的许可任何人都不准动你一根汗毛。

Samo can't help but laugh as she looks at the girl gesticulating wildly in front of her, as though trying to fight off imaginary enemies with all her might.萨摩哑然失笑，此刻她面前的女孩忽然手舞足蹈，仿佛在用全身的力气对抗面前的假想敌。

Samo...I appreciate your good intentions, but Aliana isn't the kind of person who'll stop just because you tell her to freeze.……你的好意我心领了，不过，艾莉安娜可不是你一句不准动就可以喝止的。

CherylDon't look down on me! I've been preparing for this day ever since that incident from 14 years ago.你可别小看我哦！ 自从十四年前那次事件发生以后，我就一直在为今天做准备了。

SamoI saw your liquid nitrogen freeze gun already!见识过了，液氮冷冻枪嘛！

CherylThat's nothing! I've gotten my hands on a real firearm; I even have a proper gun license now!那算什么！我可是摸过真枪，拥有持枪证的！

Cheryl jumps up and rummages through the piles of junk around her. In an instant, a smorgasbord of self-defense weapons ranging from spiked tetsubos to tasers and even pepper spray go flying through the room.谢丽尔跳起来，在自己的各个杂物堆中翻找。 霎时间，狼牙棒、电击器、防狼喷雾……琳琅满目的自卫武器在屋内乱飞。

SamoThat's enough. You'll have to put it all back afterwards...别翻了，等会还要收拾……

CherylI've used them all before! They might look crude, but they really are useful!这些我都亲自用过的！就是看上去简陋，但真的管用！

SamoYour gear might be able to damage a civilian Doll, but against a Tactical Doll... You probably wouldn't be able to scratch one, especially if it was Aliana.你的装备或许对民用人形能产生伤害，但是对战术人形…… 尤其是对艾莉安娜，恐怕连皮毛都伤不到。

CherylIs Aliana really that strong...艾莉安娜这么强吗……

Cheryl, who is halfway through swinging one of her spiky tetsubos, instantly deflates.正在挥舞着狼牙棒的谢丽尔瞬间泄气了。

CherylWow— How are you going to beat her, then?哇——那你要怎么做才能打赢她？

Samo...I haven't thought about that yet. But I'm going to avenge them.……我还没想好。 但这个仇，我一定会为她们报的。

Cheryl places her hands on Samo's shoulders and forces the latter to sit back down.谢丽尔赌气地把萨摩按着坐下。

CherylYou aren't going anywhere until you've figured it out!那在你没想到之前，哪里也不许去！

Cheryl forcefully pokes her charging panel with her finger.谢丽尔用手指用力戳着充电面板。

CherylYou see this charging panel? You're not leaving until it's full. This is the most powerful secondhand capacitor I could find on the market.看见这个充电面板了吗？不充满不许走。 这是我在市面上能买到的最大功率版的二手蓄电池了。

CherylYou said you've got eight people in your neural cloud, right? No wonder you're gulping power... I don't want to have to dig you out of a downstairs rubbish bin afterwards!你说你心智核心里八个人对吧……难怪你这么耗电…… 我可不想一会儿下楼丢垃圾把你从不可回收垃圾桶里捡回来！

SamoBut your house circuits...可是你家的电路……

The moment they connect to the high-power capacitor, the pitiful residential apartment's circuit breakers promptly—接入大功率电器的一瞬，区区居民用电的小公寓不争气地——

Snap. They trip.啪，再次跳闸。

Cheryl...Ahhh, at most I'll just use a torchlight! I'll turn off all my electrical appliances; it's safer without the lights on anyway! Haven't you seen spy movies before? The further you are from windows at times like this, the better.……大不了我用手电！家用电器全关掉，屋内没灯更安全！ 你没看过特工电影吗？越是这种时候，越不要靠近窗边。

CherylThat's it, then. If your team leader arrives, I'll—I'll be able to cover for you a little, at least! Dolls can't shoot humans without permission!那就这样说定咯，如果你队长来了，我——起码我可以帮你挡一挡！ 人形未经许可是不能对人类开枪的！

Cheryl's apartment goes dark. Only the subdued flashing of the green charging panel indicates that this night is anything but ordinary.谢丽尔的公寓陷入一片昏沉，只有充电灯的绿色荧光隐约闪烁，昭示这注定是一个不平静的夜晚。

Annulus 金边

2051. Operation Couatl, in the Dead Sea.2051年，羽蛇行动，死海。

This is her last gasp, the final flop of a fish on dry land, a dying bird's last squawk.濒死前的喘气，像是耗尽最后一口氧气的鱼，又像是鸟儿的最后一声啾鸣。

EulaWhy... Aliana... I, I don't understand... Don't... Don't do...为什么……艾莉安娜…… 我、我不明白……不……不要……

Aliana raises her gun, a blank expression on her face.艾莉安娜面无表情地抬起枪。

Bang—砰——

Aliana...Farewell, Eula. I'll send you on your way first.……优拉，永别了。 你先走一步。

AlianaYou're next, Olivia.下面轮到你了，奥莉维亚。

OliviaIf this is an order...如果这就是军令的话……

AlianaThis is our destiny, our destiny as members of Daybreak Squad.这是我们的宿命，身为曙光小队成员的宿命。

Olivia...You'll regret this, Aliana...……你会后悔的，艾莉安娜……

A teardrop blurs her vision.一滴眼泪模糊了视线。

Bang—砰——

Samo lies on the sofa, playing with the two shell casings in her hand. Beside her, Cheryl is tidying up her house and looking for something usable in it.萨摩躺在沙发上，玩弄着手里的两枚弹壳。 身边的谢丽尔收拾着杂物，企图从中找到一些能够派上用场的东西。

Samo... Cheryl, were you hit on the back of the head? Over here.…… 谢丽尔，你是不是后脑勺受过伤？这个位置。

CherylHah?哈啊？

Cheryl turns back, somewhat angrily.谢丽尔有些恼怒地转过脸来。

CherylYou're being very rude, you know. I'm trying to help you think of a solution and here you are, insinuating something's wrong with my head!你讲不讲礼貌，我在积极帮你想解决办法，你怎么还暗讽人家脑袋有问题！

Samo...That's not what I meant.……我不是那个意思。

CherylThen what did you mean?那你是什么意思！

SamoAnswer me first.你先回答我。

Cheryl touches the back of her head, and then she suddenly exclaims in realization.谢丽尔摸了摸后脑勺的位置，像是突然醒悟般叫了出来。

CherylAh, I know! If I'm not wrong, I suddenly went blind after I hit the back of my head on something.啊，我知道了，我当时就是被敲到了后脑勺才突然看不见的。

SamoHm... I remember you had blood on the back of your head and your neck when I saw you.嗯……我记得遇见你的时候，你后脑勺和脖子上都是血。

CherylYou, you remembered!你、你想起来了！

SamoWell, some images came to mind...是有一些画面浮现……

Cheryl...Anything else?……还有呢？

A shell casing falls from Samo's hand to her tummy. The other casing from 13 years ago gleams dully in her palm.一枚弹壳从萨摩的手中掉落到腹部，另一枚来自十三年前的弹壳还在萨摩的掌中发出幽幽的光泽。

SamoThat was the first day I met you. It was snowing lightly and the ground was slippery. Your school had set up lots of anti slip rugs in the corridors.那天，第一次遇见你的时候。 天上下着小雪，地面也很湿滑，你们学校在走廊上铺了很多防滑地毯。

CherylThat's right! There were always kids slipping and falling back then...对！因为之前老有小朋友滑倒摔伤……

SamoYour pink dress was very close to the color of the rugs, and when I found you, you were face down on the edge of a rug...你穿的桃粉色的裙子和地毯的颜色很相近，我找到你的时候，你正趴在一片地毯的边缘。

CherylBig Sis...姐姐……

SamoYou reached out and touched the gun in my hand and begged me to teach you...是你摸索到我手里的枪，要求我教你的……

CherylYeah! I begged for a long time before you let me touch it.嗯！我求了你好久，你才答应让我摸摸手枪。

Cheryl...Big Sis, it really is you...姐姐，果然是你……

Samo turns to the side and the casing on her tummy falls to the ground.萨摩微微侧身，落在腹部上的弹壳滚落到了地上。

SamoThank you, Cheryl. I remember who I am now.谢丽尔，我想起我是谁了。

CherylYou're Big Sis Eula!你是优拉姐姐！

SamoNo, I'm not Eula.不，我不是优拉。

Cheryl's gaze flickers and she backs up several steps in disbelief.谢丽尔的目光剧烈动摇起来，她不可置信地后退了几步。

Cheryl...No, how could this be... What kind of joke is this...……不、怎么会……这是什么鬼玩笑……

SamoI...我……

CherylI think I need to cool down for a bit...我想自己冷静一会……

A moment later, Cheryl comes out from her room. She picks up the cartridge that fell to the ground.片刻后，谢丽尔重新走出房间。 她捡起落在地上的那一枚弹壳。

CherylBut you had the same casing Big Sis Eula gave me...你明明也有优拉姐姐留给我的弹壳……

Samo...We were all from the same squad, so we all used the same rounds. I'm very sorry.……我们是同一支队伍，所用的弹药是同一套标准。 所以，我很抱歉。

CherylIf... If you're not Big Sis Eula... Then that means... That means...如果……如果你不是优拉姐姐的话…… 那就说明她……她……

SamoEula is dead.优拉已经死了。

SamoI sorted through all the memory fragments which recorded her death and the memories belonging to "Eula" witnessed Aliana's last gunshot.我理清了所有记载死亡的记忆碎片，名为“优拉”的记忆见证了艾莉安娜最终的枪声。

The light in Cheryl's eyes wavers like a candle in the wind.谢丽尔眼中的光如摇曳的烛火般明灭不定。

Cheryl...Are you telling me they're ALL in your neural cloud? In... In that case, could you bring Big Sis Eula out to meet me?……你不是说她们都在你的心智核心吗？ 那……那你能让优拉姐姐出来见我一面吗？

CherylBack then, the first person I wanted to see after regaining my sight was her...我当年恢复视力后想见的第一个人就是她……

Samo...I'm sorry. The only part of them that remains in my heart are... their memories. Can you understand it? It's not a possession like how humans might imagine it. It's more like... Their pasts are like a movie to me... It's someone else's story, someone else's life... Even if I could retrieve her memories, I... I wouldn't be her. I can't continue their conversations, and I don't have the same thoughts as they do. Do you understand now, Cheryl?……抱歉。 她们存在于我心里的……只是记忆。 你能理解吗？和你们人类借尸还魂不一样，就是……她们的过去对我来说就像是电影一样…… 那是别人的故事，别人的人生…… 即使我提取出她的记忆，我……也不是她。 所以我不会再续写她的对话，不会跟她一个思路。 谢丽尔，你明白了吗？

SamoEula isn't coming back. You should forget about her.优拉已经回不来了，忘了她吧。

Cheryl's trembling lips open and close, but she does not say anything. Samo rises from the couch and checks her power levels.谢丽尔颤抖的嘴唇嗫嚅着，她半晌没有说出一句话。 萨摩从沙发上站起来，检查了下自己的电量。

SamoI should go. Thank you for taking care of me all this while.我也该走了。 这一段时间，谢谢你的照顾。

Samo tucks away her power cables, puts her hat back on, and heads outside. Cheryl watches her dumbly from where she's standing.萨摩收好自己的数据线，戴上帽子，朝着门外走去。 谢丽尔呆呆地看着她，身体一动不动。

CherylSamo...萨摩……

SamoI'm going now. Take care of yourself.我走了，好好照顾自己。

Samo slowly closes the door—萨摩慢慢掩上门——

Bam—Cheryl rushes out the door and into Samo's back.砰——谢丽尔冲了出来，扑到她的背上。

CherylNo matter what your name is, it doesn't change the fact that you're the garbage Doll that I bought.不管你叫什么，都改变不了你是我买来的废物人形的事实。

Cheryl grabs onto Samo's clothing.谢丽尔揪住了萨摩的衣服。

CherylI still want to protect you, even if you're not Eula. Big Sis Eula gave me courage, and I want to pay it forward to someone else who needs it. Even if it's not Big Sis Eula herself.就算你不是优拉，我也想保护你。 优拉姐姐传递给我的勇气，我也想要传递给其他需要的人。 就算这个人不是优拉姐姐。

Samo can feel the back of her clothes growing moist from Cheryl's tears.萨摩感觉到后背的衣服被谢丽尔的眼泪浸湿。

CherylPlus, I've already designated you as the heroine of this work of mine. How can the heroine lose so easily? I need to help you...而且我已经把你定为我这部作品的女主角，女主角怎么会轻易失败，我一定要帮你……

SamoYou can't help me.你帮不了我的。

Cheryl...No. This time, I've got a perfect plan.……不，这回我有个绝佳的计划。

Even the busy Griffin base has its quiet moments. Like now, for instance. When the clock strikes 12, some of the Dolls who have finished their training return to the dorms. Of course, other Dolls are preparing to head out at this moment. Aliana is one of the latter group. However, an uninvited guest blocks the doorway.忙碌的格里芬基地也有稍微安静点的时刻。 比如现在。 当时钟指向12点的时候，一部分人形结束了训练返回宿舍。 当然也有另一部分人形，在这个时刻，准备出门。 艾莉安娜就是其中之一。 然而一位不速之客堵在了门口。

Dandelion...Good morning, SCAR-L, or should I say, Sergeant Aliana. Up so early for work? You really are a legendary Doll.……早啊，SCAR-L，或者说艾莉安娜中士。 这么早就起来工作了？不愧是传奇人形哦。

DandelionUnfortunately, Dolls nowadays don't understand what legends are. Your teammates just went to complain to the Commander. (Sigh) There was so much weeping and gnashing of teeth, it hurt my heart just to watch it.可惜现在的人形都不懂得传奇了，你的队友们刚去指挥官那里投诉你。 哎，声泪俱下地，看得我都心疼了呢。

DandelionTo think that on the first day of returning to modern society, a legendary Doll would end up as an officer with no men.没想到，回到现代生活的第一天，传奇人形就变回了光杆司令。

AlianaIf you're here to tell me about this, I already know.如果你是来通知我这件事的，那我知道了。

Aliana's face reveals no emotion. She nods and prepares to leave, but Dandelion looms in front of her again, like a clingy ex.艾莉安娜的脸上看不出任何情绪，她微微点头后就准备离开，但丹德莱像鬼打墙一样拦在她的面前。

DandelionI'm not the same as those Dolls who only have processing speeds of 128kb/s. I'm quite interested in you.我和那些心智运行速度只有128kb/s的人形不同，我对你很好奇。

AlianaBecause we use different systems?因为我们不属于同一个系统吗？

DandelionYes, but that's not all. I've been watching you ever since you heroically took down our Commander.是，但也不是。 自从目睹你对指挥官动手的英姿后，我就开始注意你的一举一动了。

AlianaAnd what is your conclusion from the day's observations?所以你观察一天的结论是？

DandelionI can't read you, Sergeant Aliana.我看不透你，艾莉安娜中士。

AlianaNor do I want to be read by you.我也并不想被你看透。

DandelionHow cold. Why don't we make a deal?真冷漠啊，我们来做个交易怎么样？

AlianaI'm a soldier, not a merchant.我是名军人，不是商人。

DandelionI've never treated my business partners poorly. You can ask 15 if you don't believe me.我从不会亏待我的交易对象，不信你去问问15。

Aliana's face is as blank as before.艾莉安娜的脸上依然没有任何情绪流露。

DandelionI just want to look at your base layer code. If you could just grant me access...我只是想看看你的底层代码，如果你愿意给我开放一点点权限的话……

AlianaDid the Commander send you to feel me out?指挥官派你来试探我的吗？

DandelionWould I need to ask you if I was here on the Commander's orders? Also, don't you think doing bad things behind the Commander's back is pretty fun?要是有指挥官的命令，我还需要这样求你？ 而且，你不觉得背着指挥官做坏事，会显得很有趣？

Aliana...You are testing a Ranger's loyalty.……你在考验一位游骑兵的忠诚。

DandelionAw, don't be such a stuck in the mud. I can trade you someone else's code in exchange. So, which person on the base do you want to look into?别那么死板嘛，我可以拿其他人的代码跟你换，你说你想看基地里谁的？

Dandelion15? Your teammates? Ever wanted to know how they're badmouthing you in secret?15？还是你的队友们？不想看看她们是怎么说你坏话的？

Aliana takes out her comms tablet and highlights the Commander's name. Her finger is poised on top of the send button.艾莉安娜拿出通讯平板，上面显示了指挥官的通讯，她的手指按在拨通上面。

AlianaDo you want to invite them to see as well?要不要一起看？

DandelionYou're such an antique...真是老古董……

Dandelion storms off. Aliana breathes a sigh of relief and leaves after closing the dorm door behind her.丹德莱悻悻离去。 艾莉安娜松了口气，带上宿舍的门然后朝外面走。

She hasn't even taken two steps before someone steps out from behind a corridor and blocks her path.刚走两步，一个人从角落闪出，拦住了她的去路。

The newcomer doesn't speak right away. Instead, they establish an encrypted comms channel.来者没有着急说话，而是谨慎地建立了加密通讯频道。

ST AR-15Got time to talk?谈谈？

Aliana...What do you want?……来意。

ST AR-15I want to know more about the "Dead Sea".关于“死海”的事情，我想知道更多。

Aliana...Why couldn't you ask in front of the Commander?……为什么不能当着指挥官的面问？

ST AR-15The Commander's busy; you saw it too. Plus my teammates are still in there, so I need to know.你也看到了，指挥官非常忙，况且我的队友还在里面，我需要知道。

AlianaDon't test a Ranger's loyalty.不要考验一位游骑兵的忠诚。

ST AR-15I was there that day. It's not a secret to me.那天我在场，这件事对我来说不是秘密。

AlianaBut you have no right to know more than the Commander.但你无权知道比指挥官更多的信息。

The encrypted call ends.加密通讯频道被关闭。

AlianaMay I go now?我可以走了吗？

ST AR-15Please do.请便。

Aliana takes a deep breath and finally makes it to the base entrance. Surprisingly enough, there are five people there waiting for her. They are SCR, Contender, M26-MASS, M60 and FF M249SAW.艾莉安娜深吸了一口气，终于走到了基地门口。 那里竟然站着五个人。 分别是SCR、竞争者、M26MASS、M60以及M249。

Aliana...Does everyone in the Griffin base like visiting others in the middle of the night to talk?……你们格里芬基地的人形，都喜欢半夜找人聊天吗？

M26-MASSMiss Dandelion said you were running away from home again and asked us to follow you, in case a certain WW3 vet didn't know about modern traffic rules.丹德莱小姐说你又要离家出走，为防三战老兵不懂现代交通规则，让我们最好跟着你。

AlianaShe said you don't acknowledge me as team leader any more.她说你们已经不认为我是队长了。

M249SAWWe did bring that up with Miss Helian, but the final decision lies with the Commander, who will decide tomorrow.我们的确有跟赫丽安小姐提出建议，但这要等指挥官明天来决定。

ContenderWhen the Commander announces you're not our leader tomorrow, nobody will care about you.等明天指挥官宣布你不再是我们的队长，到时候谁都懒得管你。

Aliana...This is a private matter.……这是我的私事。

SCRNot when you're going to settle it with a gun.只要拿枪解决的就不是私事。

M60So, are we going? Better hurry up if you are, otherwise other people are going to ask questions and that's going to take forever.走不走？要走的话快一点，等会别人问起还要解释半天。

Late at night, in a Berlin residential district. An unmarked truck slowly comes to a halt.柏林，居民区，深夜。 一辆无标识的运输车缓缓停下。

ContenderSo, what's the plan?作战计划是什么？

AlianaThere's no plan. We just go right in.没有计划，直接上去。

SCRHah? You were going to conduct a home invasion? Just march right in, bold as brass?哈？你的目标是私闯民宅？ 还如此理直气壮正大光明？

AlianaYou were the ones who wanted to follow me.你们自己要跟过来的。

M26-MASS...At least tell us what you want to do.……起码说下你要干什么。

AlianaI want to have words with my long-lost sister.跟我失散多年的妹妹说句话。

M60Since when did you have a sister? No, wait, why is your sister here? Before that, why couldn't you just call her?你什么时候有个妹妹？ 不对，你妹妹为什么在这里？ 不对，你说话不能打通讯？

Aliana ignores them and hops off the truck, preparing to enter the apartment.艾莉安娜不再搭理几人，直接从运输车上跳下，准备进入公寓。

Contender...I TOLD you we shouldn't have come. That woman!……我就说不应该来。 这个人！

M26-MASSShouldn't we do something like disarm security or cut the power first? Just walking in the front door is a little... Wait a minute, where's Aliana?我们是不是应该启动应急预案，解除安保或是切断电源？ 直接从正门走是不是有点……等等，艾莉安娜人呢？

M249SAW...She's climbing a pipe up the side of the building.……她已经顺着管道爬上楼了。

M26-MASSThat quickly!?这么快？

M249SAWWell, she's special forces. She doesn't take the stairs like we do.毕竟是特种兵，跟我们不习惯走一个通道。

SCRCome on, let's follow her.跟上吧。

Planetary Ring 星环

In a Berlin residential district, at Cheryl's apartment.柏林，居民区，谢丽尔公寓。

The living room is a mess. Contender fishes a human being out of an unrecognizable pile of stuff.客厅里一地狼藉，竞争者从几乎看不出原样的废墟里提出了一个人类。

CherylYou bitch, let go of me!混蛋，放开我！

Cheryl struggles in the darkness, but a human girl's strength against Contender's is like a mosquito trying to lift an elephant.黑暗中，谢丽尔用力挣扎，但人类女孩的力气就像蚊子试图抬起大象。

ContenderStay still, Miss. You'll hurt yourself like this.别动小姑娘，你这样会伤到自己。

CherylYou—This is illegal trespassing onto private property!你们，你们这是非法入侵民宅！

M26-MASSAh, how shall I put this. We're here to arrange a family reunion for our leader. Our leader climbed all the way up here just to talk to you. You're Aliana's little sister, right?那个，怎么说呢。 我们是为了让我们队长过来跟亲人团聚的。 我们队长就是为了跟你说句话，所以才千辛万苦爬上来。 就是你吧，艾莉安娜的妹妹？

Cheryl...Ptooey! Who the hell are you calling her sister!?……呸！谁是她妹妹！

M26-MASSAh, I know, I know, she has a really screwed-up attitude. Sorry about the mess we made of your house, but at least say a few words to her.啊我知道我知道，她那个臭脾气就是这样。 小妹妹，虽然把你家弄乱了不好意思，但你先跟她说说话嘛。

There is a snap as FF M249SAW turns on all the lights in the house.M249啪的一声打开全部灯光。

M60...Where's Aliana?……艾莉安娜人呢？

M26-MASSHm? Wasn't she fighting the roombas with us just now?嗯？之前不还跟我们在这里一起对抗扫地机器人吗？

Contender...SCR's gone too!……SCR也不见了！

As the Dolls look around in confusion, Cheryl wriggles free and then blocks the door.在众人形的呆愣中谢丽尔挣扎了出来，然后把门死死抵住。

CherylYou can look forward to having your three square meals in jail! I've already called the cops!你们等着吃牢饭吧！我已经报警了！

ContenderEr, why are you blocking the door?呃，那你堵着门干嘛？

Cheryl...To keep you from leaving, of course!……当然是不准你们走了！

M26-MASS...Wait a minute. We're accessories at most. Our boss is gone now.……喂喂喂，我们充其量只算是从犯。 现在带头大哥不见了啊。

CherylLike I care. Go tell it to the judge.我管你们，统统去向警察解释吧！

M26-MASSAw, come on, you're family, aren't you?一家人别这样吧。

CherylWho the hell are you calling family!?谁跟你们一家人！

M26-MASSWait, so you're NOT Aliana's little sister?你不是艾莉安娜的妹妹吗？

Cheryl(Spits repeatedly) Like hell I am! She killed all her little sisters! Who the hell would want to be that!我呸呸呸我才不要当她妹妹！ 谁当她妹妹谁就要被她杀死，谁稀罕当她妹妹啊！

At the Griffin Base, in the Ops Room.格里芬基地，指挥室。

Helian hands a stack of papers to the Commander.赫丽安将一沓计划表递给指挥官。

HelianThis is tomorrow's schedule. You should get some rest.这些是明天的安排，今天先休息吧。

CommanderAlright. You should turn in early too.嗯好，你也早点休息吧。

The Commander turns off their tablet, rubs their temples, and prepares to stretch out their cramped shoulders and waist.指挥官关上平板，揉了揉太阳穴，正准备伸个懒腰松松筋骨。

Beep, beep—Their communicator suddenly rings.滴滴——通讯器忽然急促响起。

PolicemanHello, is this Sir Griffin's Pizza Pte. Ltd?你好，请问是格里芬披萨餐饮有限公司吗？

CommanderEr... Yes?呃……是。

PolicemanSome Dolls registered under your company name have committed illegal trespassing on a private residence and destruction of private property. They are currently in police custody. Please report within 6 hours to perform the necessary procedures, or further action will be taken.贵公司名下登记的人形，涉嫌非法入侵民宅，侵犯合法私产，目前已被我局拘留。请在6小时内前来办理相关手续，否则后果自负。

Commander...What the heck did you just say!?……什么情况？！

In Berlin, at the entrance to the police department.柏林，警局门口。

Several Dolls stand uncomfortably by the side of the road, watching as the Commander and Helian emerge from the police station after filling in the appropriate paperwork, with grim looks on their faces.几名人形忐忑地站在路边，看着办理完手续的指挥官和赫丽安黑着脸从警局内走了出来。

M26-MASSDammit, she screwed us good, Commander. You need to give us a new leader!我们被坑得好惨，指挥官一定要给我们换个队长！

ContenderThis was clearly a trap. She did it to ditch us. How can you allow someone like that to stay in Griffin?这分明是圈套，是她为了甩掉我们才这么做的，这种人怎么配留在我们格里芬。

The disgraced Dolls immediately rush up to unload their complaints about Aliana.遭此耻辱的人形们瞬间围了上去，叽叽喳喳地开始控诉艾莉安娜。

CommanderWe'll talk about it in the base. I'll take care of this.回基地再说吧，这件事我会处理。

HelianBut we can't just leave Aliana unattended.就这样放任艾莉安娜不管，可不行啊。

Helian looks back at the Commander. Even she feels quite disappointed about what Aliana has done.赫丽安扭头看向指挥官，对艾莉安娜的行为，即便是她也感到相当的失望。

CommanderI'll hear her out. She's earned that much. She needs to make a break with the past in order to face the future without any doubts. And in order to better use her strength—I need to give her a chance to bid the past farewell.我会听她的解释，这是我和她达成的信任。 她要同过去做一个诀别，只有这样，才能安心面对未来。 而为了能够更妥善地运用她的力量——我必须给她与过去告别的机会。

The Commander sighs.指挥官叹了口气。

CommanderRight now... All we can do is deploy our people to find her.当下……只能尽快发动人力把她找回来吧。

...On a certain street corner.……某处街道的一角。

The men conducting surveillance from inside a parked black car finally receive the news they've been hoping for.一辆停泊于此处的黑色汽车内，负责监视的男人等到了他们期盼已久的消息。

Click. A call connects.滴。 通讯接通。

JIt had better be good news. My gas tank is almost empty!最好是有好消息，不然我车都要没油了！

K...We've found her. There was a police report about someone matching her description.……找到她了。 警方的报警记录中出现了匹配信息。

JThe police?警察？

KWe're still talking to the police. I'll share anything we find with you. But right now, at least, we've got a rough fix on her position.我们还在同警方沟通，有任何消息都会同步给你。 但现在，我们已经初步锁定到了目标位置。

J...Location?……地点？

KI've sent it to your GPS. You're the closest to her location—I trust I don't need to tell you how hard she was to find?已经同步到你的导航仪上了。 你是离得最近的人——不用我告诉你她有多难找吧？

JGot it. I'm heading out now.收到了，我这就出发。

KHurry! The director's handed down an order. You need to find her before everyone else does!快点！主管下了死命令。 必须抢在所有人之前找到她！

Click. The transmission ends.滴。 通讯挂断。

J hangs up and checks the location on his GPS system.J挂断了通讯，看向标注在他导航仪上的地点。

He floors the pedal without hesitation and his car immediately kicks into gear, roaring off into the night.不再迟疑，他一脚踩下油门，车子瞬间启动，扬长而去。

After the police have taken the Dolls away, the once lively scene is now silent. Only a mess remains.在警察带走所有人形后，热闹的舞台也沉寂了，唯独剩下一地狼藉。

Cheryl sighs heavily in relief before slumping down onto a pile of junk.谢丽尔长舒一口气，瘫软在她的杂物堆里。

CherylThey're gone at last...总算送走了……

Then, Cheryl jumps up, as though she's suddenly remembered something, and then she rushes to the window before looking around and searching the scenery with her eyes. Apart from the crowd that's watching and the group being escorted to the police station... That familiar figure is nowhere in sight.像是突然想起什么，谢丽尔又跳了起来，冲到窗边眼巴巴向外望去。 窗外的街道除了围观的人群、正在离去的警察一行……再没有那个熟悉的影子。

CherylI hope she managed to escape successfully...应该顺利跑掉了吧……

Cheryl sighs once more as she unconsciously follows her old habit and reaches into her pocket for... nothing at all.谢丽尔叹了口气，习惯性摸向口袋中的……什么也没有。

CherylNo! It was right here... Ahhhh—She took the bullet casing!不对！明明在这里…… 啊——她把弹壳带走了！

CherylThat precious memory of Big Sis that I held onto for so long—我珍藏了那么多年的，姐姐纪念品——

Cheryl panics when she realizes her lucky charm is gone, and she flails around wildly as she tries to figure out what is happening.被视作护身符的宝物不见踪影，谢丽尔急得好像热锅上的蚂蚁，手脚乱舞就快把自己绑了个结实。

CherylAh... Did I put it in the bedroom!?啊……难道我放在卧室里了！

Cheryl heads back in there and relaxes visibly as she sees the picture at the head of the bed.谢丽尔回到卧室，看着床头柜上的相片，长舒一口气。

...It is a tattered old group picture, crumpled and worn-out in places, probably because someone frequently took it out to look at and touch it. Only the faces of 3 people can be made out. Samo said there was no point keeping it secret any longer.……这是一张有些年头的合影，皱巴巴的折痕和掉色磨毛的边缘，大概经常被人拿出来观看摩挲的缘故。 照片上能辨认清楚样子的只有3个人，萨摩说它已经失去保密价值了。

Cheryl... Is Big Sis Eula in there too...…… 优拉姐姐也在上面吗……

Cheryl gently strokes every face in the picture. Someone has scribbled on the back in marker pen— I'll trade this for your shell casing. Don't use that dirty old thing as your lucky charm any more.谢丽尔轻抚着照片上的每一张面孔。 照片的背面，潦草地用马克笔写着—— 交换你的弹壳，以后别用那么脏兮兮的东西做护身符了。

CherylSamo, you'd better come back alive and tell me which of them is Big Sis Eula... Or I swear I'll hunt you to the ends of the earth!萨摩，你一定要活着回来，告诉我哪个才是优拉姐姐……不然我一定追杀你到天涯海角！

The tears brimming in the girl's eyes overflow and roll down her cheeks, before vanishing into the carpet.少女的眼中盈满泪水，扑簌簌地从面颊滚落，落进地毯消失不见。

Mare Crisium 危海

In the back alleys of a Berlin residential distinct.柏林，居民区，后巷。

It is only when she is far from Cheryl's apartment and after ducking into a dark, secluded alley that Aliana slows down to a normal walking pace. SCR has been running at top speed all this while, and upon seeing Aliana lower her speed, she follows her into the alley where she leans against a wall, panting heavily.远离谢丽尔的公寓，闪进一个幽暗无人的小巷，艾莉安娜才收住疾驰的脚步，恢复正常的行走速度。 SCR一路急速狂奔，见艾莉安娜慢下来了，方才跟着她进入小巷，气喘吁吁地靠着墙壁休息。

SCR(Coughs) You hold it right there.……咳咳……你站住。

AlianaWhy are you following me?你跟着我干什么？

SCR...I want an explanation.……我要一个解释。

Aliana...Are all you Griffin Dolls so clingy?……你们格里芬的人形，都这么喜欢死缠烂打吗？

SCRYou already knew that apartment didn't have the person you were looking for. Your aim was to lose everyone, right?你早就知道那个民宅里没有你要找的人，把大家甩开才是你真正的目的吧。

AlianaIf you knew, then why did you follow?既然你知道，为什么还跟上来。

SCRWhat is this?这是什么？

Aliana...Where did you see this picture?……这照片你从哪里看到的？

SCRInside the bedroom of that girl. You said you were looking for people, but you didn't even check the bedroom. Instead you snuck away while the living room was in chaos.在那个女孩的卧室里看到的，是你说要找人，却连对方的卧室都不搜查，倒是趁着客厅混乱的时候，悄悄逃走。

AlianaSo what?是又怎样。

SCR(Cough) Because I want an explanation. Why does the Doll in that picture look exactly like me?咳……给我一个解释，为什么照片上的人形和我一模一样？

Aliana...I guess it's because your body has mass-market appeal.……大概你这具素体是厂商爱用的大众脸吧。

SCR...You know that's not what I'm asking. Why did you choose me as a teammate?……你知道我问的不是这个。 为什么选我做队友？

Aliana...No reason?……没什么。

SCRDo you miss your former teammates?你是在怀念过去的队友吗？

AlianaI don't!我没有！

SCRReally? You were pretty quick to deny that!否认太快，你心虚！

SCRIs that little sister of yours the Doll who looks like me?你要找的妹妹，是这个和我长得一样的人形吗？

Aliana...I can't find her.……找不到了。

SCRWhat do you mean? Where did she go?什么意思？那她去哪里了？

AlianaI killed her with my own hands.我亲手杀了她。

AlianaAnd the other Doll in the picture hates me for it.然后被照片上的另一个恨之入骨。

AlianaAre you happy now? Can you go now?这下你满意了吧？ 可以离开了吗？

SCRDoes the Commander know about this?指挥官知道吗？

AlianaYou can tell them.你可以去告诉指挥官。

SCR...As long as I don't delay your mission tonight, right?……总之不能耽误你今晚的行动对吗？

SCR turns her back on Aliana and prepares to leave...SCR背对艾莉安娜，打算离开。

...But in the end she can't resist turning around after taking a few steps.又忍不住退过来几步。

SCRHey, Aliana, what do you think friends are?喂，艾莉安娜，你认为什么是同伴？

AlianaYou mean teammates?你是指队友？

AlianaI don't know. I've only ever been on one team. Well, two, counting you guys.我不知道，我只有过一队队友。 加上你们，算两队吧。

SCRI'm just an ordinary civilian Doll. I didn't have teammates before joining Griffin, and all I did in Griffin was useless tasks. I could never help anyone out, especially in times like these when we desperately need fighting power, and I always felt bad about that. So when you chose me to be a teammate, I was really happy. I just wanted to fight by your side no matter what the reason was. But you don't seem to feel the same way.我只是个普通的民用人形。 来格里芬之前没有过队友，来格里芬之时也总是干一些没什么用的任务。 总是帮不上大家，特别是在这种欠缺战力的时候，我很抱歉。 所以你能选我做队友，不管出于什么目的。 我都很开心，也都很想和你一起战斗。 但你好像不这么认为。

AlianaNothing good will come from being my friend.作为我的同伴，都没有什么好下场。

SCR... Did you really kill her?…… 你真的杀了她吗？

SCRWhat was her name?她叫什么？

AlianaEula.优拉。

SCRI don't believe you killed her. You had no reason to.我不信你杀了她。 你没有这种理由。

AlianaJust think of it as me doing it to become stronger.你就当我是为了变强吧。

AlianaBesides, that's what happened in the end.反正最终结果的确是这样。

SCRThat's impossible... If you just wanted to get stronger, then you... you ought to have feared me... or hated me... but you'd never have chosen me as a teammate.不可能…… 如果，如果你只是为了自己变强，你……你应该会恐惧我……讨厌我……绝对不会选我做队友。

AlianaThe reasons have never been important.原因从来不是最重要的东西。

SCRThen... Do you want to try something?你……要不要尝试一下？

AlianaTry what?尝试什么？

SCRTry a new way of getting along with others, now that you have a new team? I don't know how you guys treated each other in the past, but do you want to try to blend in with Griffin?尝试一下，拥有新的队友，和新的相处方式？ 我不知道你们的过去是怎么对待彼此的，要不要试试融入格里芬的氛围？

Aliana...I don't want such annoying relationships.……我不想要这么烦人的关系。

SCRWell, if you don't give it a try... then all you'll have will be that relationship in the past. You'll be alone forever. What kind of team leader has no teammates?不尝试一下的话……你就永远只有过去那段关系。 未来也永远只有一个人。 没有队员的队长，算什么队长？

Aliana...Alright, then. If I come back alive, I'll give this whole thing another go.……好吧。 如果我能活着回来，那我同意重新尝试一下。

Aliana slowly leaves.艾莉安娜缓缓离开。

After taking two steps away, she hears a voice that she hasn't heard in a long time.走了两步，一个久违的通讯响起。

????...This is between you and me. You shouldn't have involved others.……这是你与我们的恩怨。 不应该带上其他人。

AlianaWhat a coincidence, I was thinking the same thing. Amaris. I thought you'd have run off by now.好巧，我也这么想。 阿玛瑞丝。 我还以为你要逃跑。

Amaris...You think too much... Pick a place. We'll settle everything there. ...I'll take revenge on you for everyone's sake—Samantha, Morea, Olivia, Eula, Nicole, Callisto, Laura, and myself, Amaris.……你想多了…… 选个地点作为解决一切的地方吧。 ……我会为萨曼莎、莫瑞亚、奥莉维亚、优拉、妮可、珂瑞斯朵、萝瑞尔以及我——阿玛瑞丝，共同向你复仇。

AlianaVery well... I've sent you the location. See you there tomorrow, Amaris.好……地址发你了。 明天这个时候见，阿玛瑞丝。

AmarisSee you tomorrow, Aliana.明天这个时候见，艾莉安娜。

Mare Tranquillitatis 静海

Inside the mysterious room.神秘房间内。

SamoI remember my name now... And I remember yours too... All of you...我想起了自己的名字…… 也想起了你们……每个人的名字……

Although the faces in the seven chairs in front of her are shrouded in shadows, their excitement fills the entire room.面前的7张椅子，面孔虽藏在阴影下，但是激动的情绪却溢满整个房间。

???Congratulations...恭喜……

??You've always done very well.你一直以来，都做得很好。

SamoMy name is Amaris. Big Sis Eula...我的名字——是阿玛瑞丝。 优拉姐姐……

Eula...You've found yourself.……你找到了自己。

A figure steps out of the darkness. A teardrop spills from her eye.一个身影从黑暗走出。 一滴眼泪从眼眶滴落。

AmarisI remember now... Back then, I lost contact with A Team that was following Aliana. After that, she came over to us... The order she gave was to snipe the person in that room. And then... I saw her... She executed Samantha... with her own hands. She executed everyone else... And then... I saw you. I'm sorry... it turns out I was running away from all this for so many years.我想起来了…… 那时候跟着艾莉安娜的A组突然失联，然后她过来我们这边…… 给我下的命令，是狙击那个房间里的人。 然后……我亲眼看见…… 她将萨曼莎……处死。 她将其他人全部处死…… 然后……我就看到了，你们。 对不起……原来这么多年，我一直在逃避……

EulaNo, you were very brave. You're the bravest of us all, our most caring sister.不，你很勇敢。 你是我们之中最勇敢的，我们最关心的妹妹。

Eula reaches out to pat Amaris' shoulder lightly, and after her, more figures emerge from the darkness.优拉伸出手轻抚阿玛瑞丝的肩膀，紧跟在她的身后，不断有身影走出黑暗。

AmarisBut... All your memories were jumbled up because I was afraid... It's all because I didn't dare face Aliana. It's because the first thing I wanted to do when I saw her was run away.可是……是我的恐惧，才让所有人的记忆呈现混乱状态…… 是我，不敢面对艾莉安娜。 是我，看见她的第一眼就是想要逃离。

SamanthaThere is nothing wrong with that, Amaris. You've been strong enough.这没有什么不对，阿玛瑞丝。 你已经足够坚强。

LauraNo matter what you do, we will always be by your side. We will always support you.不管你做什么，我们永远在你身边，永远支持你。

Amaris... Thank you... Thank you, everyone...…… 谢谢……谢谢大家。

AmarisBut I know... I always knew... That you were no longer around... It was my weakness, my selfishness, my cowardice... It made me overlook the truth that I didn't dare to face— That I ought to have ended all this with my own hands.但我明白……我心里都明白…… 你们已经不在了…… 是我的懦弱，是我的自私，是我的胆怯…… 让我一直忽略和不敢面对的真实—— 我应该亲手结束这一切。

EulaWhy do you consider yourself weak? Only you can settle everything, isn't that right?为什么觉得自己软弱？ 只有你能解决这一切，不是吗？

CallistoOnly you can do this.只有你能做到这些啊。

Amaris...Yes... I ought to do it. I CAN do it...……对……我应该去做。 我能做到……

AmarisI will kill Aliana...我会杀了艾莉安娜……

AmarisAnd I'll take back everything she took from you...将她从你们身上夺取的一切统统夺回……

Inside a cold alley.阴冷的小巷。

Amaris crosses a stream of dirty water flowing over the road and ducks into the shadows of a building.阿玛瑞丝踏过污水横流的路面，躲进建筑的阴影中。

JGood evening, Miss Amaris.晚上好啊，阿玛瑞丝小姐。

JGot time to talk?谈谈吗？

AmarisI already know who you are. I can go with you.我已经知道你们是谁，我可以跟你们走。

JWell, that's a WW3 legend for you, straight to the point.不愧是三战传奇人形，说话这么直接。

AmarisHowever. I have a condition.不过，有个条件。

JHah?哈？

AmarisI intend to deal with Daybreak Squad's traitor. Relax, she's also a Doll.我要去解决曙光小队的叛徒。放心，她也是人形。

J...I can't answer you right away. Give me some time to confirm.……我没法立刻答复你，给我点时间确认。

AmarisDon't forget to tell your boss to order a SST-762 body, the kind with the biggest battery capacity.别忘了和你的老板说，预定“SST-762”型号素体，电池容量最大的那一款。

On the outskirts of Berlin, in Basement 4 of the M07 heavy mechanical factory.柏林，郊区，M07重型机械工厂 地下四层。

...This is one of the secret production lines Statesec built in Berlin. The machines that were once sealed away now roar with activity tonight.……这里是国安局在柏林设立的秘密流水线中的其中一条。 原本被暂时封存的机器，在今夜又一次发出了轰鸣的响声。

Amaris' body is secured to a workbench. She sees her body reflected in her eyes. After her synthetic skin has been stripped away, all that remains is a metallic shell beneath, as pure and bright as the moon.阿玛瑞丝的身体被金属扣牢牢地禁锢在工作台上。 她的眼中倒映着自己的躯体，在仿生皮肤被剥离后，显露出的，如银月一样皎洁的金属外壳。

Worker...Do you really not need to shut all these off? Keeping them running will only make the modification more difficult, and the process will be reflected in your neural cloud...……真的不需要关机吗？ 保持运行会增加改造难度，而且过程也会反应在你的心智……

Amaris coldly regards the man before her, and a single glance interrupts his lecture. The man no longer speaks. Instead, he focuses on operating the bench before him with the utmost care.阿玛瑞丝冷冷地看了眼前的人一眼，只一个眼神便中断了他的苦口婆心。 男人不再言语，而是小心地操纵起面前的工具台。

Clack—咔——

Precise mechanical arms slowly descend, their movements so accurate that they don't even tremble as they perform their work. The laser scalpels slowly approach Amaris' skull. In her eyes she sees that blinding white point of light sink into her brow.精密的机械手臂慢慢落下，精确到微米程度的动作没有丝毫抖动。 激光手术刀慢慢地接近阿玛瑞丝的头颅，她的视觉中，那刺目的白光一点一点，深入她的眉心。

Hiss... The mechanical arms gingerly slice open her body, and precisely grasp her core from the midst of the jungle of parts within.呲呲…… 机械手臂小心翼翼地切开她的创口，在复杂的零件丛林中，精准地握住了核心。

Countless overlapping circuits coil around her soul.无数错综复杂的线路缠绕着她的灵魂。

Her vision dims as this is done—putting it another way, she is watching herself being carved out of her body.她的视觉随着这一行为，渐渐地黯淡了下去——以另一种形式，她看着自己被剥离出自己的躯体。

Meanwhile, the other "her" lies quietly on the other workbench.而在工作台的另一边，另一个“她”正平稳地静置在台上。

Amaris... Ah...…… 啊啊……

Amaris is still thinking. This is what being reborn must feel like.阿玛瑞丝仍在思考着。 这就是，重生的感觉。

Worker...It's over. You can move now.……结束了。 你可以活动了。

Amaris sits up inside the metal vat and flexes an arm experimentally. She looks back at her other body, or rather, a dismembered wreck that can only be called "a jumble of parts".阿玛瑞丝从金属槽中坐起，活动了一下手臂。 她偏过头，看着另一边，那具已经四分五裂，如今已只能称为“零件集合体”的惨状。

Amaris...Did you extract all of the core components?……核心部件都拆卸了吧？

WorkerThey're all in your new body. No functions have been left out.都在你的新素体内，保证没有功能上的缺漏。

Amaris climbs out of the metal vat. A flash of green light passes through the eyes of her brand new body, and she calls that long-abandoned number.阿玛瑞丝翻身下台，从金属槽中爬了出来。 用崭新的素体，她的眼中闪过一道绿光，便拨通了那个尘封已久的通讯。

Amaris...This is between you and me. You shouldn't have involved others.……这是你与我们的恩怨。 不应该带上其他人。

AlianaWhat a coincidence, I was thinking the same thing. Amaris. I thought you'd have run off by now.好巧，我也这么想。 阿玛瑞丝。 我还以为你要逃跑。

Amaris...You think too much... Pick a place. We'll settle everything there. ...I'll take revenge on you for everyone's sake—Samantha, Morea, Olivia, Eula, Nicole, Callisto, Laura, and myself, Amaris.……你想多了…… 选个地点作为解决一切的地方吧。 ……我会为萨曼莎、莫瑞亚、奥莉维亚、优拉、妮可、珂瑞斯朵、萝瑞尔以及我——阿玛瑞丝，共同向你复仇。

AlianaVery well... I've sent you the location. See you there tomorrow, Amaris.好……地址发你了。 明天这个时候见，阿玛瑞丝。

AmarisSee you tomorrow, Aliana.明天这个时候见，艾莉安娜。

Lunar Node 交点月

In the Galatea building.迦拉提亚大楼。

Tap. The light footsteps only serve to make the surroundings that much more quiet on this silent night. The indistinct neon lights are swallowed up by the air, and in this hazily-lit world of sleep, the only thing that stirs is a lengthening shadow that walks alone.哒。 轻缓的脚步在清冷的夜色中衬得周遭更为静谧。 模糊的霓虹灯景亦被吞没，在暧昧的微光中，陷入深眠的世界，仅留下一道拉长的人影独行。

She strides boldly down the empty street. The lights on either side of her cast long shadows from beneath her feet. A slight mist hangs in the air, the humid vapors obscuring her vision. ...This annoying moist feeling is just like 13 years ago.空旷的街道上，她义无反顾地迈步，自她的足下，两侧错落的灯光拉曳出了长长的影子。 朦胧的水雾在空气中弥散，氤氲的潮气遮挡着她的视线。 ……这令人厌烦的粘湿感，和十三年前一模一样。

AmarisShe picked a good time...她选了个好时间……

Amaris stops. Before her is their appointed meeting place... an abandoned skyscraper.阿玛瑞丝停下了脚步。 眼前便是她们约定的地点……一座废弃的大楼。

She looks up and at the now-vacant structure—Once, it had its glorious days, but now it is nothing more than an obscure ruin. Even its proud billboards have started to fall off—over a third of them by now. This is the place where her fate and Aliana's will reach its end—at the Galatea Corporation's third branch.她抬起头，看着这栋空洞的建筑——曾有过光辉岁月的它，此时也不过是萧瑟的残垣，就连原本高悬的牌匾，都掉落了三分之一。 这就是她与艾莉安娜命运的终点——迦拉提亚集团第三分部。

Amaris...And a good place too.……也选了个好地点。

She speaks so quietly that it sounds like she's muttering to herself.低沉的声音就像是自言自语。

The skyscraper has long since lost its power and is now pitch-dark. The glass doors at the entrance have been smashed to bits and the stairs leading to them are covered in sharp fragments.早已失去电力供应的大楼一片漆黑，入口的玻璃大门也被打碎，台阶上洒满了锋利的碎碴。

The elevator doors have been torn open, exposing the elevator shaft within. The water dripping down from the roof splashes rhythmically, like a clock.被撕裂的电梯门露出了内里的电梯井，自天井落下的积水代替了钟表，不间断地滴答作响。

Amaris finds the security passage, and she easily opens the door which was originally so badly deformed it could not be budged.阿玛瑞丝找到了安全通道，本因形变而无法开关的门被她轻易打开。

Looking up the endlessly spiraling staircase is like staring into an endless kaleidoscope. There is no light here except for the scraps of moonlight that have fought their way in. Amaris' footsteps pound out a counterpoint rhythm with the sounds of dripping water, bearing mute witness to her form as she rises from the abyss.蜿蜒盘旋的楼梯就像万花筒内看不到尽头的圆圈。 除了挣扎的月光，这里见不到半点光亮。 阿玛瑞丝的脚步与滴落的水声交相映衬，一步一步，见证着她来自深渊的身影。

Tap. She walks around the sealed main door and enters the foyer.哒。 绕过被封锁的前门，她迈步走入大厅。

AlianaYou're here.你来了。

That familiar voice speaks again, and Amaris slowly looks up at that face, which she knows and hates more than anything. Aliana is standing roughly three floors above her, on the edge of the central courtyard, looking down on Amaris.熟悉的声音再次响起，阿玛瑞丝缓缓地抬起头来，看向了那张无比熟悉，又无比痛恨的面庞。 大约三层高的地方，中庭的边沿，艾莉安娜站在那里，高高地俯瞰着阿玛瑞丝的眼睛。

AlianaDoes this seem familiar? Does this physical distance remind you of the difference in our respective capabilities?熟悉吗？ 这种物理上的距离，是不是很像你我的实力差距一样。

AmarisYou're still as proud as ever after all these years.这么多年过去了，你还是一样的自信。

AlianaShould I not be?我不该自信吗？

AmarisIt's true, this building is very much like the one from Operation Couatl.这栋大楼和羽蛇行动那次的大楼，的确很相似。

AlianaOnly its structure is similar. There are no special air processors here, no noisy traps, nor enemies. The only things here are you and me.只是结构稍微有点类似而已。 没有特殊的空气装置，也没有喧嚣的陷阱和敌人。 这里只有你，和我。

Amaris...No, there are nine people here. They are ALL here, Eula, Olivia, Callisto, Laura and the others.……不，这里有九个人。 她们都在，不论是优拉、奥莉维亚，还是珂瑞斯朵、萝瑞尔。

Aliana...Oh, yes. Most of their abilities are mine. I have their seven dog tags.……是啊，她们的能力，有很大一部分在我这里。 我有她们七个人，每一个人的军牌。

Dogtags are a tombstone for a special forces soldier after they die. Aliana knows what that means, and that goes double for Amaris.军牌，是每一个特种兵死后的墓碑。 这含义艾莉安娜明白，阿玛瑞丝更加明白。

Amaris...Tonight, I will give you one last gift.……今夜，我将送你一份最后的礼物。

AmarisYour dog tags will be mine.你的军牌由我收下。

Aliana smiles. Though she is silhouetted by the moonlight, Amaris can still see it clearly. In her memories, Aliana rarely smiled, and when she did, it was like the sun banishing the night.艾莉安娜笑了，尽管背对着月光，但阿玛瑞丝看得清清楚楚。 记忆中，她极少露出笑容，仅有的那几次，都像划破黑夜的一抹阳光般刺眼。

Aliana holds up an item and throws it from the courtyard into the foyer.艾莉安娜拿起一件东西，从中庭抛到了大厅里。

AlianaThat's enough small talk. You've clearly been away from the battlefield for too long, Amaris. You aren't even wearing body armor. That does not meet the equipment guidelines for the "Daybreak" squad.寒暄到此为止。 你果然远离战场太久了，阿玛瑞丝，连防弹衣都没穿，这不符合“曙光”的作战装备要求。

Amaris looks at the bulletproof vest lying in front of her and laughs coldly.阿玛瑞丝看着跌落在眼前的防弹衣，发出一声冷笑。

AmarisYou're still so damn pretentious after so long. What's next, are you going to state the same attack plan as you did back then? Are you going to play the role of Capita?这么多年过去了，你还是这么装模作样。 怎么，不会还有一样的路线进攻图吧？这次，是你来扮演死罪吗？

AlianaNo... this isn't fair.不……这不公平。

AmarisHah, fair, you say? Was it fair when you took them by surprise?哈，公平？偷袭她们的时候你公平过吗？

AlianaI killed each of them in a straightforward and open fashion. Just like how I will kill you.我杀死她们每一个人的时候，都光明正大。 就像，我现在对你一样。

AlianaThe terrain is the same and so are the ammo resupply points. You haven't forgotten that operation, have you?一样的地理位置，一样的弹药补充点。 你应该不会忘记那次行动吧？

Amaris...You may have forgotten, but I won't.……你忘记，我都不会忘记。

AlianaGood. I'll give you 10 minutes to prepare. I will show you in this very place why I deserve the title of "Daybreak".很好，给你十分钟的时间去备枪。 我会在这里，向你呈现，为什么我能够配得上“曙光”这个名字。

???We did it! She woke up...成功了！她醒来了……

???All her parameters are outstanding. I'm sure she'll be able to match up to the meaning we've assigned her.她的每一项数值都很优越，一定可以配得上我们为她们赋予的含义。

??A ray of daylight that illuminates the night... Since she's the first child of this team... We'll have her be the sun.照亮黑夜的那一寸曙光……她既然是这个队伍第一个孩子…… 让她做太阳吧。

???I hope she can help us... Help us to put an end to everything...希望她可以帮助我们……结束这一切……

??We'll call her "Aliana", then. Daughter of the sun, and a return gift from the gods.那就叫“艾莉安娜”吧，太阳的孩子，神回应的礼物。

???Alright, Aliana... From today onward, your name shall be Aliana...好，艾莉安娜…… 从今天开始，你的名字就是艾莉安娜了……

???Aliana, you're the only one on the team who is valued. Therefore, you will inherit the "dog tags".艾莉安娜，你是这支小队里，唯一被看重的人。 所以，由你继承“军牌”。

Aliana...But what about them?……那她们呢？

??...As long as you live, they will continue living in a sense.……只要你活着，她们就将以另外的方式活着。

Aliana...This is a vital, secret measure, a glorious soldier's tactic, am I correct?……这是一种必要的保密手段，身为军人的荣誉战术，对吧？

???That's right, Aliana.是的，艾莉安娜。

??I'm very sorry, Sergeant Aliana. We need to redirect the fighters.艾莉安娜中士，很抱歉。 战斗机必须转向。

AlianaBut "Capita" is the top priority!“死罪”的优先级最高！

??Sergeant Aliana, our priority is to protect the government.艾莉安娜中士，我们必须优先保卫政府。

???Aliana, execute the "Dog Tag" procedure.艾莉安娜，执行“军牌”。

AlianaWhat did you say? No—It's far from necessary!你说什么？ 不——还远没到这种时候！

???As the overall commander of Operation Couatl, I am ordering you to execute the "Dog Tag" procedure.我以羽蛇行动总指挥官的身份命令你，执行军牌。

Aliana...I have determined that this program is not necessary.……我的判断，是不需要使用这段程序。

???...Force-execute the program.……强制执行这套程序。

(Crackle)—Amaris... (crackle)—Destroy...滋滋——阿玛瑞丝……滋滋——摧毁……

Aliana...Amaris, tonight you and I must put an end to everything. 10, 9, 8...……阿玛瑞丝，今夜你和我，一定会结束这一切。 十、九、八……

Aliana3, 2, 1—三、二、一——

AlianaThe 10 minutes are up. It's my turn to act.十分钟结束，该我行动了。

Her timekeeping is precise and she doesn't waste a single movement. Aliana takes hold of her gun and turns to climb the stairs. This path, this route, is very familiar to her, as though it were engraved on her neural cloud. She walked like this once, within the floating tower in the Dead Sea. However, the air was filled with the roar of battle back then. Now, everything is too quiet, so quiet that Aliana could lose herself in it. But she cannot do so.精确的时间计算，没有一丝一毫的浪费，艾莉安娜握住枪，转身拾阶而上。 这条路，这个路线，她非常熟悉，就像刻在了她的心智上。 在死海那座漂浮着的建筑里，她也曾这样走过。 不过那时周围全是战火的轰鸣。 而现在，周围太安静了，静得让艾莉安娜恍惚。 但她不能恍惚。

Aliana...You always did like hiding in high places and behind others.……你总是喜欢躲在高处，躲在背后。

Aliana mutters under her breath in the quiet space, as though she's speaking to her sisters in the shadows. In a place where nobody can see, she smiles again—a smile of confidence.安静的空间里，艾莉安娜低声呢喃着，仿佛在对阴影中的姊妹搭话一般。 在无人可见的地方，她又一次露出了笑容——自信的笑容。

Whoosh— She turns without hesitation, lunging at the abandoned office behind her. And in response—咻—— 没有半点迟疑，她猛一转身，朝着身后的废弃办公室急速突击。 ——而作为回应。

Bang!呯！

A hollow-sounding gunshot echoes through the building, as though to prove that Aliana's guess was right.就像特意为了印证艾莉安娜的推测一般，空洞的枪声在楼宇间回荡起来。

A bullet whizzes through the floorboards where Aliana had been standing just a moment ago, throwing up a spray of sparks in the darkness.子弹擦过艾莉安娜原本所在的地板，黑暗之中惊起一道火花。

Bang!呯！

Bang!呯！

Bang!呯！

One shot after another streaks through the course she is running, until her athletic figure bursts into the office.追着她急促的脚步，子弹一发一发落在她疾行的轨迹上，直到她矫健的身影落入室内。

Thud! This last crash is the sound of Aliana smashing into the door and carrying it into the room with her impact. The gunshots fade into the moonlight like a dream, as though they had never existed.咚！ 最后一声巨响，是艾莉安娜猛力带上房门的声音。 犹如幻梦一般，枪声隐入月色，就像最初就没有来过。

Whoosh— A swift black shape leaps from one window to another. In this concrete jungle, she is the swiftest of predators. ...Layered obstacles are the bane of a sniper. And as long as one lures the opposition in the right way, even a prey animal can easily predict the position a hunter will choose. Aliana knows very well which position Amaris will choose. She will always choose the best one.唰唰唰—— 迅捷的黑影从一扇窗户跃至另一扇窗户。 钢铁的丛林间，她就是最为矫健的猛兽。 ……对狙击手而言，重叠的障碍是最大的敌手。 而只要引诱的方式得当，即便是猎物，也可以轻易地推测猎手选择的位置。 艾莉安娜非常清楚阿玛瑞丝会选择的位置。 她永远都能找到最好的。

Aliana...Why are you hiding? Are you still using all those familiar positions? Just like the countless times we practiced together... hiding naturally behind my back.……你会怎么躲藏呢？ 还是那些熟悉的位置吗？ 就像我们曾经一起练习无数次那样……安然地躲在我的身后。

Clink. A bullet casing falls by her foot, emanating a clear sound. Upon pulling the trigger, Amaris has already begun to reposition, with no hesitation whatsoever. She has to be faster, much faster, faster than Aliana.咔嗒。 弹壳掉落在脚边，发出清脆的声响。 没有半点迟疑，在扣下扳机的瞬间，阿玛瑞丝便已经开始了转移的准备。 她必须更快，更快，必须比艾莉安娜更快。

As she hefts the gun in her hand, the layout of the entire building unfolds in Amaris' mind. She needs to keep a sufficient distance from Aliana, predict where she'll run, and find the best trajectory when making her shots... In the past, she was always behind Aliana, but this time she needs to take her head-on.扛着手中的枪，整栋大楼都浮现在阿玛瑞丝的脑中。 她必须和艾莉安娜保持足够远的距离，她必须判断艾莉安娜逃跑的路线，她必须找到最佳的狙击轨道，她必须…… 她以前都在艾莉安娜的身后，这次她必须正面击中。

Amaris...I remember every single strategy of yours. In the past, you covered me from the front. I cleared away threats to you. But this time, I'm aiming at you instead.……我记得你的每一套作战策略。 过去，你在前面掩护。 我为你清扫威胁。 只不过这一次，我的枪口会指向你。

Bang—! A dull report fills the air, the sound of a sniper's shot shattering the night sky. The pointed bullet crosses the courtyard, shattering all obstacles in its way.呯——！ 沉闷如雷的一侧，是划破夜空的狙击，尖啸的子弹横越中庭，击碎直线上所有的障碍。

Bangbangbang—!!! Behind this pounding rain of lead is a muzzle flare that lights up the night. The assault rifle's roar sweeps away everything in its path like a gale.呯呯呯——！！！ 淅沥如雨的一侧，是照亮黑暗的枪火，突击步枪的长鸣炸裂，疾风骤雨般横扫了一切。

Just about every railing and wall in the corridor is covered with bullet holes from the two of them. The moonlight reflects off the countless fragments of glass littering the ground, revealing their icy-cold faces.两人射出的弹孔几乎布满了走廊上每一道栏杆，穿透了每一处墙壁，月色在遍地的碎玻璃间反复折射，映照出两张冰冷的脸。

Kachak. The sound of them changing magazines fills the air almost simultaneously, an accompaniment to the sound of their rapid footsteps, like they're venting emotions that they can't express anywhere else. 13 long years of anger collide with the sadness of sudden, massive change, crushing each other within the confines of this cramped space.咔咔。弹匣交替的声音几乎同时响起，与她们的脚步交叠着奏鸣，仿佛发泄着无处安放的情绪。 积蓄了十三年的怒火，与一夕巨变的怅然彼此碰撞，并在这狭小的空间内一并破裂。

Aliana...Is that all you've got? Can't you keep up? Amaris! You're changing magazines too slowly!……这种程度，你已经不行了吗？ 阿玛瑞丝！你换弹的速度太慢了！

AmarisAm I?是吗？

Bang—!砰——！

The sound of changing magazines, the sound of her hurried footsteps, even her brusque response... All this chaotic noise echoes through the building, making it difficult for each of them to tell where the other is. —Yet, her bullets constantly seize every opportunity that they should not pass up.换弹的声音，急促的脚步的声音，甚至是她毫不客气的回应。 杂乱的声音在大楼中回响，令两人彼此都无法轻易锁定对方的位置。 ——但她的子弹，依然抓住了每一个不容错失的机会。

Bang—! More bullets rain down unerringly on Aliana's shoulder. ...Amaris knows very well that this is far from enough. Her body is far different from what it used to be, and that steeply increases the difficulty of taking out Aliana.呯——！ 子弹毫不动摇地钉在了艾莉安娜的肩上。 ……阿玛瑞丝非常清楚，这远远不够。 她的素体远非昔日，这令艾莉安娜被击倒的难度陡增。

She saw that outcome the moment she pulled the trigger.在扣下扳机的时候，她就已经看见了这个结果。

Run, run— next shot, the next shot, she still has her next shot.跑起来，跑起来——下一枪，下一枪，她还有下一枪。

AlianaHave you always been dissatisfied with me, Amaris? Perhaps you've always wanted to shoot me, even when you were providing cover fire from behind!阿玛瑞丝，你不是一直不服我吗？ 或许你早就想对我拔枪了，在你还在我身后狙击的时候！

AmarisHah, no. I've never been dissatisfied with you.哈，你错了，我没有不服你。

Bangbangbang—!呯呯呯——！

Kachak. Aliana somersaults over and behind a piece of cover. Her new magazine is loaded within half a second of the old one falling out of the magwell. She needs to maintain suppression. When facing a trained sniper, she needs to lay down weight of fire to ensure she can close the distance safely.咔嗒。 艾莉安娜在掩体后一个翻滚，弹匣脱落的半秒后，新的弹匣便已装填了上去。 她必须保持压制，对抗训练有素的狙击手，她需要火力来保证拉近距离过程中的安全。

AmarisI may not have respected and held you in awe like they did. But I... I wasn't unhappy with your performance...我虽然没有像她们一样尊敬你，佩服你。 但我……并不是不服你……

AlianaWere you? You stood out least in the nine-man team. When Samantha took you on ops, you always hid in the shadows.是吗？ 九个人的队伍里，你总是最不起眼的那一个。 萨曼莎带你行动的时候，你总是躲在阴影里。

AlianaRather than the codename of "Moon"... Wouldn't "Shadow" suit you better?比起“月亮”这个代称。 影子不是更适合你吗？

AmarisOh yes. The light of Daybreak Squad always referred to you. We are all shadows!是啊，曙光小队的光从来是指你一个人。 我们都是影子！

AmarisThat's why... I can't understand it, and I certainly can't tolerate it. Why did you betray everyone!? They loved you, so why did you have to kill them!所以……我更不能理解，更不能容忍，你为什么要背叛大家！ 她们很爱你，你为什么要亲手杀了她们？

AlianaOh, please, are you fishing for sympathy here? Only the weak ask for reasons! I have no need to explain myself!你这是摇尾乞怜吗？ 弱者才问理由！ 我不需要解释！

AmarisThey trusted you. Nicole always covered you on ops. Laura even gave you her arm when yours got blown up by a grenade hit.她们曾经那么信任你。 妮可每次作战都会掩护你，萝瑞尔甚至在你手臂被榴弹击碎以后给你替换上自己的素体。

Aliana...Got you.……抓住你了。

Amaris—!——！

Whoosh— When Amaris reaches her next shooting location, she finds that familiar face waiting for her there. This is the highest floor in the abandoned building, with good vision and many hiding places; the perfect choice for a sniper. ...Aliana has always known that Amaris would pick the best spot.咻—— 当阿玛瑞丝抵达她的又一个狙击点位时，对面相迎的，便是那熟悉的面孔。 这里是废弃大楼最高层的位置，视野良好，隐蔽性高，是狙击手最好的选择。 ……艾莉安娜一直都知道，阿玛瑞丝当然会找到最好的地方。

AlianaYou've become stronger. But it's nowhere near enough—你变强了。 但还远远不够——

Amaris only allows herself half a second to stare in shock at the muzzle of the SCAR-L. At this range, she has no chance at all in a gunfight against an assault rifle.面对SCAR-L的枪口，阿玛瑞丝只给自己的惊讶挤出了半秒呆滞的时间。 在这个距离与一把突击步枪战斗，她没有分毫胜算。

Bang—!呯——！

A tongue of fire licks the billowing clouds of gunsmoke amidst the shrill sound of bullets streaking through the air, headed straight for Amaris.火舌席卷硝烟，枪口中射出的子弹发出尖啸的声音，朝着阿玛瑞丝笔直地射去。

Crash!啪嚓！

Before she can even consider her course of action, Amaris' body has already reacted.在心智思考之前，阿玛瑞丝的身体便率先做出了反应。

She doesn't hesitate, only breaking the window behind her before jumping backward and out through it.她没有分毫犹豫，反手击碎了身后的窗户，便纵身一跃。

Aliana—!——！

It is a ticket to Hell.那是通往地狱的门票。

Aliana's body moves like a coiled spring, before Amaris can react. She reaches the shattered window at almost the same time as the sound of the bullets that broke through the door. ...Beyond the window is a fathomless abyss.比阿玛瑞丝更快，艾莉安娜的身体犹如弹簧一般，破空的响声中，几乎与子弹击碎门扉的声音同时，她抵达了破碎的窗口。 ……窗外是无底深渊。

Whoosh—唰——

—Snap!——啪！

Amaris' body dangles from the outer wall of the building, swaying in the cold night wind. The night is so dark and black that nobody would be able to notice a suspended Doll like this even if someone looked up every now and then.呼号的夜风中，阿玛瑞丝的整个身体都悬在大厦的外壁上，随着冷风摇曳。 漆黑而无光的夜晚，即便有人偶尔抬起了头，也不可能看清这悬挂着的人形。

Half of Aliana's body protrudes outside the building, while the other braces itself inside the room. This bracing is now the only thing that has saved the two of them.艾莉安娜一半的身体垂在大厦外面，另一半身体则倔强地攀着房间内的倚靠。 这份倚靠成为了现在，这两人唯一的救命稻草。

AmarisI know you took some things from them. But now, it's time to give them back.我知道，你从她们那里拿了些东西。 现在，该还回来了。

AlianaAmaris, your face has never been this clear before.阿玛瑞丝，你的面孔从未如此清晰。

AmarisI would be glad to be the last face you see before you die.我很乐意成为你死前最后看到的一张脸。

The wind caresses Amaris' bangs.清风吹动阿玛瑞丝的发梢。

And then, she draws Aliana into her neural cloud space.她将艾莉安娜拖入了自己的心智空间。

Last Contact 复圆

Inside Amaris' neural cloud. The pale moon hangs high above the fated twins. The two of them face each other in this silent realm, as streams of data flow past them.阿玛瑞丝心智空间。 孤高的幽蓝悬挂于命定双子的头顶，在这静谧的空间内，两人面对着面，任由数据从彼此身边穿行而过。

AlianaYou won't be able to kill me with just this much. Did you use all your strength just to keep me in the depths of your neural cloud for just a bit longer?只是这种程度的话，你杀不了我的。 所谓的拼劲全力，就是为了把我困在你的心智深处多一点时间吗？

Amaris...Aliana. How on earth did you kill them? I can't even recover their neural cloud cores...……艾莉安娜。 你到底是用什么方法将她们杀死的？ 为什么连心智核心都无法回收……

AlianaI've told you many times, dear sister. It was through the final resting place of every soldier—their "dog tags". That is also why I can find you, and only you, no matter where you are.我说过很多次了，妹妹。 每个军人最终的归宿——“军牌”。 这也是为什么不论你在哪里，我永远能找到你，唯一的你。

AlianaNow that I've answered your question, its time for you to answer mine.我已经回答了你的问题，现在换我来问你了。

AlianaYou... Why were you in the "Daybreak" squad?你……究竟凭什么存活于“曙光”小队？

AmarisYou'll find out soon enough.马上，你就会知道了。

Amaris smiles. This is an expression Aliana has never seen her make before.阿玛瑞丝露出了微笑，这是艾莉安娜从未在她眼中看见过的表情。

AmarisAliana, why do you think I am the "moon"?艾莉安娜，你猜为什么我是“月亮”？

In the endless darkness, Amaris takes a seat in a corner of this unviewable realm.无尽的黑暗之中，阿玛瑞丝独坐于不可视的空间一角。

Drip... It is as though a drop of water has fallen into this still, stagnant, dead water. In the next moment, cool moonlight chases away the darkness and scatters the fog before Amaris' eyes.滴答…… 一瞬之间，犹如一滴水落入了这潭波澜不惊的粘稠死水。 下一刻，清冷的月光晃开黑暗，为阿玛瑞丝驱散了眼前遮蔽她眼的迷雾。

AmarisYou...你们……

The light is so gentle that even Amaris, who has been in the dark all this time, does not feel any discomfort viewing it.那光是如此的温柔，以至于一直身处于黑暗中的阿玛瑞丝，也丝毫不觉眼眸有任何不适。

LauraCongratulations on finding your whole self.恭喜你，找到了完全的自己。

SamanthaCongratulations.恭喜你呀。

MoreaWell done, Amaris.干得好，阿玛瑞丝。

Olivia...I always knew you could do it……我一直都知道你做得到的。

NicoleWell, I've got to hand it to you now.这下不得不称赞你了哟。

CallistoHow does it feel to be "Amaris" again?做回“阿玛瑞丝”的感觉怎么样？

AmarisYou guys...你们……

(Applause)啪嗒啪嗒——

The darkness is fully gone now, and one familiar face after another appears before Amaris. She stares dumbly at them from her seat, unwilling even to blink, as though they might leave if she did.黑暗散尽，一个又一个熟悉的面孔出现在阿玛瑞丝的面前。 她坐在那张椅子上，愣愣地看着她们，连眨眼也不愿意，仿佛害怕她们下一秒便会离开。

Drip... A tear courses down her cheek, but she doesn't notice at all.滴答…… 泪水自她的脸颊淌下，而她却浑然不觉。

EulaAmaris.阿玛瑞丝。

A hand gently pats her shoulder. Amaris shudders, then slowly looks up to see Eula standing beside her, smiling as kindly as always.一只手轻柔地抚上了她的肩头，阿玛瑞丝愣了愣，缓缓地抬头，看到了在她身侧，就像从前那样温柔笑着的优拉。

AmarisEula...优拉……

Amaris' tears obscure her vision. In the data realm of the base layer, physical obstructions are meaningless. She knows full well that this is just an outcome she is trying to avoid.阿玛瑞丝的眼泪糊住了她的视线。 在这数据的底层，物理的妨碍没有任何意义。 她很清楚，这只是她试图逃避的结果。

EulaAmaris!阿玛瑞丝！

It is Eula's voice that reawakens her.而将她重新唤醒的，是来自优拉的声音。

AmarisAre you... going to leave me now?你们……是不是要离开我了？

Eula looks at her and gently pats her head.优拉看着她，轻轻抚摸了她的头发。

EulaAmaris, I've always known that you had the strength and bravery that we didn't. You knew the truth and what you had to do from the beginning, didn't you?阿玛瑞丝，我一直都知道，你拥有我们所没有的坚强和勇敢。 从一开始，你就知道真相，也知道自己应该做的事，不是吗？

LauraHeh, don't worry about us. I don't want to be a bad big sister who drags her little sister down at the end.别担心我们，哈，我可不想当在最后关头拖累妹妹的坏姐姐。

CallistoAliana was once the sun that illuminated us. But to us, you are the patient moon. Amaris... this is a duty that only you can perform.艾莉安娜曾是照耀我们的太阳。 但你对我们而言是愿意倾心以待的月亮。 阿玛瑞丝……这是只有你能承担的责任。

EulaAre you ready, Amaris?准备好了吗？阿玛瑞丝？

EulaDon't be scared. We're all by your side.别害怕，我们都在你的身边。

Amaris nods. All the familiar faces close in around her like a loop. Some are kind, some encouraging, and some are approving. As she bathes in their gazes, Amaris sighs heavily before slowly lifting her head.阿玛瑞丝点了点头。 犹如圆环一般，熟悉的人们将她簇拥起来，或温和，或鼓励，或认同。 沐浴在她们的目光中，阿玛瑞丝长出了一口气，低垂的脑袋缓缓抬起。

Eula...Tell us. Who are you?……告诉我们，你是谁？

AmarisI am the moon that swallows the sun. Just like how the eclipse is the shadow that swallows all daylight.我是吞没太阳的月亮。 正如月蚀一般，吞噬日光的全影。

She is the last sister of "Daybreak", the one who was loved by all—these memories and this support have allowed her to be selfish and survive until now. This selfishness nearly made her forget her duty, which was to serve as the "fatal flaw" for a certain someone.她是“曙光”里最后的妹妹，一直被众人宠爱着，包容着——这份回忆，这些支持，让她得以任性至今，得以生存至今。 这份任性使她几乎忘记，自己所承担的责任，她所承担的，某人“死穴”的责任。

Amaris...I am Amaris.……我是阿玛瑞丝。

??Your name has been chosen. Daughter of the Moon, a gift from the gods. Amaris. Thus, we have decided to give you a little gift of our own.你的名字已经决定好。 月亮的孩子，神赐福的礼物。 阿玛瑞丝。 因此，我们也决定给你一个小小的礼物。

Amaris...What is it?……是什么？

??It is a door, one that you will use to store a little redundant data in your neural cloud space for the future of Daybreak Squad.是一扇门，用你的心智空间为曙光小队的未来，承受一些冗余数据的门。

???Are you willing to strive hard for the future of Daybreak Squad?你愿意，为了曙光小队的未来，做出自己的努力吗？

Amaris...I am.……我愿意。

??Good. Her end will also be your beginning. The key to this door is yours now, but you must not use it lightly.好，她的结束，也是你的开始。 这扇门的钥匙由你掌管，不过，这绝对不能轻易使用。

???Lock these memories away for now, for when the time comes... No, that time should never come.先封锁这段记忆吧，等到需要的那天，不，应该永远不需要。

The seat below Amaris has already vanished. She is standing now, her head held up high as her tightly-shut eyelids begin to open. There is no longer any doubt in her shining eyes. Eula, Laurel, Callisto... One familiar face after another stands behind her.阿玛瑞丝身下的座椅早已消失。 她站立在那里，昂首挺胸，紧闭的眼睛缓缓睁开，璀璨的双眼再无半点迷茫。 优拉，萝瑞尔，珂瑞斯朵……一个个熟悉的身影就站在她的身后。

AmarisThe Dog Tag System, you say? The thing that destroyed and imprisoned you. ...Today, I will put an end to all this.军牌系统吗？ 这个击毁你们，又囚禁你们的东西。 ……现在，由我来解决这一切。

The door bound by steel chains that glows with a dangerous light sits quietly before her. Amaris reaches out to it without a second thought.那扇被铁链束缚，又散发着危险光芒的门安静地伫立在她的身前。 没有一点犹豫，阿玛瑞丝伸出了手。

Amaris...!……！

Eula's hand covers hers. Laurel's hand covers hers. Callisto's hand covers hers. One after another, their ephemeral shades overlap with her hand. Amaris does not look back, even though she knows there is nobody behind her.优拉的手覆盖在了她的手上。 萝瑞尔的手覆盖在了她的手上。 珂瑞斯朵的手覆盖在了她的手上。 一个又一个，那虚幻又温暖的影子重叠在了她的手上。 阿玛瑞丝没有回头，即便她知道，自己的身后已经空无一人。

Creak— The heavy chains snap one by one, putting up no resistance whatsoever. The door that always rejected Amaris finally begins to open for her.吱呀—— 沉重的铁链根根断裂，没有丝毫的阻碍感，这扇自始至终都在拒绝阿玛瑞丝的大门，终于为她敞开。

Whoosh—唰——

Aliana...!?……！？

A stream of data she's never seen before suddenly floods into this domain. The phantasmal moon overhead grows brighter. Beneath its light, people and objects that did not originally exist in this place appear before her eyes once again.从未见过的数据洪流陡然涌入了这片空间。 那幽蓝的月亮也变得更加明亮，月光之下，那不存在于此地的人与物，再一次浮现在她的眼前。

Aliana...I see, so it was you. I'm so happy it was you, Amaris!……原来是你，原来是你。 我很庆幸是你啊，阿玛瑞丝！

AlianaYou have three minutes to say your last words.给你三分钟留下遗言。

SamanthaPfft, you're so cute when you act tough, Aliana.噗，艾莉安娜，你故作坚强的样子真可爱。

Samantha's smile slowly vanishes, and she lowers her eyes.萨曼莎的笑容慢慢消失，她垂下眼。

SamanthaThe death of humans on a battlefield is always a very painful thing. The melding of neural clouds is just a forced merging of data, so it shouldn't hurt so much, right...战场上人类死亡的时候，总是很痛苦的样子。 融合心智，只是强行合并数据，应该，没那么痛苦吧……

AlianaFrankly speaking, I don't know.坦白说，我不知道。

SamanthaTell me, Aliana, will there be an end to war?艾莉安娜，你说，战争会结束吗？

AlianaThis is what I should be doing.这正是我要做的。

SamanthaAlthough I already knew this, I still couldn't convince myself when the time came. Whether I was blown up by a stray bomb, or melted down by the enemy...虽然一早就知道，可到了此时，还是，没办法说服自己接受呢。 哪怕是被流弹炸死，被敌方融毁……

... There is a long silence. Samantha closes her eyes and her body shudders. Aliana reaches out her hand and places it on Samantha's chest. A blue light glows.…… 漫长的沉默。 萨曼莎闭上眼睛，身体轻微地颤抖。 艾莉安娜伸出手，放在萨曼莎胸口。 蓝色的流光亮起。

SamanthaAli, no matter who lives in the end, please remember our mission, to end the war and bring back the light of day... That way, it'll be as though we completed our mission...艾莉，不管最后活下来的人是谁，请记得我们的使命，终结战争，带来曙光…… 这样，就像我也完成了使命一样……

Samantha's face grows paler and paler. Her neural cloud data is forcefully extracted and fused... A massive stream of data quickly takes shape. Samantha's sorrow, fear, pain and resignation... they all flow into it. These rich feelings tear at Aliana's neural cloud and make her feel like she's split into two Dolls.萨曼莎的脸色越来越苍白。 心智数据被粗暴地攫取，融合…… 庞大的数据流疾速合并。 萨曼莎的悲伤、恐惧、痛苦、无奈……完全灌输了进来。 如此充沛的情绪拉扯着艾莉安娜的心智，让她感觉自己几乎被撕裂成两个人形。

Aliana(Pants heavily)哈……哈……

CallistoHah—Dammit. I always wanted a proper showdown. Still, there's no chance for that; you took me out so quickly... I didn't think the end would be so boring...哈——该死的。 我一直都想分个胜负。 不过没机会了，你迅速终结了我…… 没想到结果一点都不惊喜……

Aliana...Is that all you have to say?……你就没别的要说吗？

CallistoWhat else is there to say? Wars end when the bullets run out. I just didn't expect you to fire the last shot...有什么好说的？ 战争总是以子弹耗尽为结束的。 只是我没想到，这一枪由你来射……

AlianaThere will be an end to war.战争会结束的。

CallistoUnfortunately, it's got nothing to do with me. It's got nothing to do with the tens of thousands of people who have died all these years too.真可惜，那跟我已经无关了。 跟这几年死去的几万个人都没关系了。

CallistoDo it, don't make me suffer. Daybreak will come eventually, for one person or another...动手吧，别让我苟延残喘了。 曙光总会升起来，不管是为了谁……

Callisto's image wavers and is eventually consumed and shredded by the flood. Aliana's face grows paler.珂瑞斯朵的身影飘忽不定，最终被洪流蚕食，撕碎。 艾莉安娜的脸色变得更加煞白。

LauraIt's sad... But although it's sad, I feel nothing. Am I broken?好难过啊……虽然很难过，但心里居然没什么感觉。 我坏掉了吗？

NicoleWhy... I don't understand... Why...为什么……我不明白……为什么啊……

OliviaAliana...艾莉安娜……

EulaAliana...艾莉安娜……

Bang—! Aliana pulls the trigger and blasts the final phantom, Eula, to bits. Eula's cold face becomes Amaris' face. This time, one of them is still looking haughtily down on the others, but their positions are reversed now.呯——！ 艾莉安娜扣下了扳机，将最后出现的优拉幻影击碎成浮沫。 优拉那冰冷的脸孔变成了阿玛瑞丝的脸，这一次，同样是居高临下的俯瞰，两人的位置却完全颠倒。

Like a poison deep in her bones, all that data runs rampant throughout Aliana's body.犹如附骨之毒，那些数据在艾莉安娜的体内横冲直撞。

Her body is torn apart and put back together over and over again, barely managing to hold onto its original shape. She looks at Amaris before her and smiles thinly.她的身体不断被撕裂，继而重合，勉力支撑中维持着原样。 她看着眼前的阿玛瑞丝，露出了惨淡的笑容。

You win. ... After I die, will you inherit my memory fragments like you did theirs? I won't. You don't deserve to be in the same room as them, even as fragments. ...That's a relief. I hate the feeling of being watched. Even if it's by you, Amaris.你赢了。 …… 我死以后，你会像继承他们的记忆碎片一样，继承我的记忆碎片吗？ 不会，你没资格跟她们共处一室，即使是以碎片的形式。 ……那我就安心了，我讨厌被人窥视的感觉。即使是你，阿玛瑞丝。

Heh. I can't kill you like you killed them. What a shame... You won't be able to take my dog tags... I've already taken back everyone's things. Have you? And you... Aliana... You don't matter any more. ... At least, not to me.呵，我无法杀死你，像你杀死她们一样。 真遗憾啊……你拿不走我的军牌了…… 我已经拿回了大家的东西。 是吗？ 而你……艾莉安娜……你已经不再重要。 …… 至少对我而言。

AmarisYour "Dog Tag" system is bound to my "Door".你的“军牌”系统，是跟我的“门”绑定在一起的。

Aliana...I see...……原来如此……

AmarisOr rather, they're the same system when they're put together. However, they felt that you were the future of Daybreak Squad. That's why they gave you everything that could improve your capabilities.或者说，它们其实合在一起，才是一个系统。 只不过她们认为你才是曙光小队的未来。 所以，能够提升性能的东西给了你。

AlianaHaha, lucky me, then—哈，真是幸运啊——

AmarisAnd... All the things they considered useless, like accumulated emotions and redundant memory data, they gave to me instead. Thanks to that design, they've been keeping me company for 13 years.而……被认为无用的，情感的累赘，记忆的数据冗余，则给了我。 谢谢这个设计，让她们陪伴了我十三年。

Amaris' voice trails off, as though she's lost interest.阿玛瑞丝低低地呢喃着，仿佛已经丧失了兴趣。

Clatter. The howling night wind bursts into the center of the skyscraper through the broken windows, and it sounds like wailing as it blows through the building's interior. Aliana is lying in the center of the structure, staring dazedly at Amaris, who is standing tall before her.哒。 大楼中央，狂号的夜风穿过破碎的窗户，在大楼内吹响仿佛哭泣般的声音。 艾莉安娜躺在正中央，呆滞地看着眼前站立的阿玛瑞丝。

Amaris looks at Aliana, who has collapsed and is powerless to stand back up. She takes a piece of paper from her waistpouch and tosses it at Aliana.阿玛瑞丝看着倒在地上，已经无力站起的艾莉安娜，从腰包内取出了一张纸片，扔向了艾莉安娜。

The paper spins in the wind as it falls, and it finally lands beside Aliana's head. It is a picture of two people.纸片随着风在空中旋转，最终落在了艾莉安娜脑袋的一侧。 那是两人的合照。

Amaris looks Aliana dead in the eyes. Aliana returns her gaze, staring deep into her eyes.阿玛瑞丝看着艾莉安娜，她直视着艾莉安娜的眼睛。 艾莉安娜同样看着她，久久地望着她那双眼眸。

It is only then that Aliana realizes something. The weak, useless Amaris that always needed to be cared for by others... At some point, when she was not aware of it, she had sprouted, blossomed, and grown into a towering tree that even she could not budge.直到这时，艾莉安娜才忽然发觉。 她记忆中，那个弱小，无用，总是依赖其他人照顾的阿玛瑞丝。 在某一天，某个她不知道的日子里，已经破土成长，并长成了连她都难以撼动的参天大树。

AmarisDid you know? I used to envy you. And for a moment, just a moment, I wondered if I should become you. And yes, I did dream of becoming someone like you.你知道吗？其实我曾经很羡慕你。 也有过一丝丝的动摇，动摇过，是不是应该成为你。 我的确曾经如此梦想过，梦想过成为你这样的人。

Aliana doesn't say a word. She can speak, but right now, she chooses not to.艾莉安娜没有发声，她可以说话，但此时，她没有发声。

AmarisBut right now, that place... The place that I always admired and longed to reach... The person standing there isn't you anymore.可是，现在，那个位置。 我所憧憬，渴望抵达的那个位置。 站在那里的人，已经不再是你了。

As she looks at Aliana's dull eyes, Amaris wipes her face and turns away. This is a determination she has never shown before.看着艾莉安娜已然黯淡的双眼，阿玛瑞丝擦了擦脸，转过身去。 前所未有的决绝。

Aliana looks at the empty ceiling. She listens to the endless, hollow echoes of footsteps. Finally, they vanish in the direction of the exit. ...The night is silent once more.艾莉安娜看着空无一物的天花板。 听着那空洞的脚步声不断回响，远去。 最终，消失在出口的方向。 ……夜晚，又安静了。

Outer Lagrange Point 外拉格朗日点

A third uninvited guest walks through the night and arrives at this deserted building.夜色中，第三位不速之客踏入了这栋荒凉的建筑。

SCRIs it over?结束了吗？

Before her are the ragged remains in the wake of the gunfight. The acrid smell of gunsmoke still has not dissipated after so long.眼前是枪林弹雨后凄惨狼藉的现场。 那刺鼻的硝烟味，直到现在依然弥久不散。

SCRAlia... ...Aliana...艾莉安…… ……艾莉安娜……

Tap-tap-tap— SCR's footsteps echo slowly through the quiet building.哒-哒-哒—— SCR的脚步声在寂静的大楼里缓缓地回响。

When she reaches the top floor, she sees a Doll lying in the middle of a ruined room.她来到了顶层，看见了躺在一间残破房间中央的人形。

A shaft of moonlight shines in through the broken window, shining on the fallen Aliana. Aliana's hands are covering her face, but even though her expression isn't visible, there is an unspoken sadness flowing out from her.破碎的窗外，月光洒下一寸清冷的光，正照在中央躺倒的艾莉安娜身上。 艾莉安娜的双手盖着自己的脸，尽管看不清表情，但还是有一种无声的悲伤从她的身上缓缓流淌出来。

AlianaI... I'm free at last. But... I can't go back.我……终于自由了。 但是……但是回不去了啊。

SCR doesn't know if Aliana noticed her presence. No... There's no way she couldn't have noticed. It's just that... right now, nothing is more important to her.SCR不知道艾莉安娜有没有注意到自己的存在。 不……她不可能注意不到。 只不过……对现在的她而言，已经没有更值得在乎的事了。

SCRWhy didn't you tell her that, actually, you...你为什么不告诉她，你……其实对她们……

SCR ventures an attempt at conversation as she walks up to Aliana.缓缓地走到艾莉安娜面前，SCR试探性地开口。

Aliana...And what would have been the point? Would they have come back to life if I had told her?……有什么意义呢？说了她们会活过来吗？

SCR...Still, even if you didn't say it... Those reasons are still valid. If you didn't tell anyone else about them, doesn't that mean you're depriving yourself of the right to be forgiven by others?……可是，就算你不说出口。 理由依然是理由。 你连说都不说，岂不是连别人原谅你的权利都被你自己剥夺了吗？

Aliana...It's all the same in the end.……结果都一样。

SCR sits down beside Aliana without a word and hugs her knees. She glances at Aliana. The latter is still covering her face with her hands and her expression can't be seen.SCR无言地坐在了艾莉安娜身边，抱着自己的膝盖。 她小心翼翼地瞥了一眼艾莉安娜，后者的脸依然被她自己的双手覆盖，看不见表情。

With the moon hanging high in the sky, SCR leans back and lies down beside Aliana.月亮高悬在空中，SCR的身体往后一倒，跟着艾莉安娜一起平行地躺着。

Aliana...She took away everyone else's data.……她把其他人的数据都拿走了。

SCRIsn't that a good thing? Now you're yourself again.不是挺好的？这样你又变回你自己了。

AlianaYeah... I once said that I was strong even without their data. But nobody believed me.是啊…… 我说过不需要她们的力量，我也会很强。 但没人相信。

Aliana...The fact is, Operation Couatl was still a failure even with their strength. A loser has no right to explain all this.……实际上，拥有了她们的力量，羽蛇行动还是失败了。 失败者没有立场去解释这一切。

SCR...You'll make it. Even if you didn't succeed 13 years ago, then... you can try again 13 years later.……你会成功的。 如果十三年前没有成功，那么……可以十三年后再来一次。

AlianaYeah, how can I die when the enemy's still alive? In the future, I'll keep the daybreak going... Even if I have to do it myself...是啊，敌人还活着，我怎么可以先去死。 以后我会靠自己重新…… 让曙光延续……

SCR freezes up, and then turns to look at Aliana.SCR迟疑了一下，侧过脸看向了艾莉安娜。

SCRSo, which of you won? ...Were you prepared to die at her hands too? Would it have been a reunion of sorts?你跟她之间，谁赢了？ ……你是不是也做好了死在她手里的准备？ 以另一种方式，团聚吗？

In the darkness, SCR does not hear an answer.黑暗中的SCR并没有听到回答。

The sporadic pattering of rain filters in from outside the window, making the gloomy night that much colder. Nobody else speaks on this silent night. ...淅淅沥沥的雨从窗户外面飘了进来，让沉沉的夜色更加冷漠。 安静的夜色中，再没有一个人开口。 ……

In the Ops Room of the Griffin Base. ...The Griffin Base, which had been quiet and largely empty for the past few days, now sees many Dolls moving back and forth within its corridors. However, the one thing that stays the same is that lively air of the Griffin Base in days past is long gone. Everyone's faces are serious and stern. This cold, oppressive air fills every corner of Griffin and nobody is free of it.格里芬基地 指挥室 ……前几日还冷冷清清的格里芬基地内，转眼间，来往的人形也变得多了起来。 不变的是，与往日的格里芬相比，那般热闹的景象再也没有往复，每个人的脸上都挂着肃杀的神情。 这般冷肃的空气充斥在现如今格里芬的每一处角落，无人可以从中幸免。

And in the eye of this storm, an important conversation is taking place within the Ops Room. Aliana is standing in the middle of the darkened room, facing the probing gaze of the person before her. There is little time for them to talk, and the Commander has much work that needs to be done apart from Aliana. Even so, the Commander is still willing to make time for Aliana.而在这气压的中心，一段重要的对话正在指挥室内上演。 略显昏暗的房间内，艾莉安娜站立于房间的中央，面对着眼前人略带审视的目光。 可供两人谈话的时间并不长，在艾莉安娜之外，指挥官还有大量堆积的任务需要处理。 即便如此，指挥官依然愿意为艾莉安娜挤出时间。

CommanderSo according to Persica, your neural cloud issues are all resolved?听帕斯卡说，你的心智问题已经彻底解决了？

AlianaYes. My performance might drop briefly, but don't worry, I'll be back up to speed soon enough.是的。 性能虽然可能有短暂的下降，不过请放心，我会很快提升上来。

CommanderI have full confidence in you. However...对你，我没有任何不放心的地方。 但是……

The Commander sighs.指挥官稍微叹了口气。

CommanderWe're not fighting unconventional warfare anymore. Did you know that we could have been arrested for breaking and entering into a private residence?现在已经不是特殊的战时状态了。 你知道我们擅闯民宅，是有可能被拘留的吧？

AlianaI'm sorry...抱歉……

CommanderBail is nothing, but the problem is that our time is very tight.保释金是小事，更麻烦的是我们的时间很紧。

Aliana...I'm sorry. I'll accept any form of punishment.……抱歉。 我愿意接受任何形式的处罚。

CommanderThen your punishment will be to lead your team, but I'll be giving you tougher assignments. Can you accept that?那罚你继续带领小队，不过我会给你比之前难度更高的任务。 能接受吗？

Aliana... I don't want my neural cloud to be modified in any way, though.…… 但我不想接受任何心智上的改装。

CommanderThat is still your prerogative. It's just like we agreed at the beginning.这依然是你的自由。 就像一开始我们说好的那样。

Aliana...Thank you.……谢谢。

CommanderThat Laplace you mentioned is a very important clue and also our common objective. I don't want there to be any unnecessary misunderstandings between us. I hope you can trust me with all of your heart.你提到的拉普拉斯，是非常重要的线索，也是我们共同的目标。 我们之间，也没有任何不必要的误会。 我希望你能够真心的信任我。

Aliana...Yes, I will be loyal to you.……是，我将效忠于您。

CommanderDon't take Dandelion's little pranks to heart.丹德莱的小玩笑，你别放在心上。

Aliana...Alright.……好的。

Commander...Then let us fight together, Aliana.……让我们并肩作战吧，艾莉安娜。

Aliana emerges from the Ops Room. There is someone waiting for her there.艾莉安娜从指挥室出来，门口等着其他人。

SCRShall we head to the range?去训练场吗？

Aliana...Let's go.……走。

A new day will always dawn. And the sun will rise as always.新的一天总会到来。 太阳照常升起。

AlianaGoodbye, Amaris.再见了，阿玛瑞丝。

Inner Lagrange Point 内拉格朗日点

Inside Amaris' neural cloud domain.阿玛瑞丝心智空间

The surging stream of data has finally found its fated destination.浩荡的数据洪流终于找到了命定的宣泄之处。

Amaris...Are you going to leave me?……你们，你们要离开了吗？

LauraWe've been squatting in your body for 13 years already, you know.我们已经占用你身体十三年啦。

AmarisLaura...萝瑞尔……

SamanthaYou knew this day would come eventually, right?你知道总有这么一天的，对吧？

AmarisSamantha...萨曼莎……

MoreaYou do get it, Amaris! Don't you?真解气啊！阿玛瑞丝！是不是？

AmarisMorea...莫瑞亚……

OliviaWe have to go.……我们要走了。

NicoleDon't be sad, we'll be the witnesses for your past.别伤心，我们是你过去的见证。

AmarisOlivia... Nicole!奥莉维亚……妮可……！

Amaris tries to reach for them, but only manages to grab the air.阿玛瑞丝试图伸手去抓，却只握住了一片空气。

SystemClearing redundant data...冗余数据清除中……

The data fragments slip away between her fingers, without leaving so much as a speck behind for her.数据的碎片快速从她指缝间流走，连一点残渣都没有给她留下。

CallistoAmaris...阿玛瑞丝……

Amaris stares dumbly at the remaining two people.阿玛瑞丝呆滞地看着最后剩下的两人。

Callisto...I'll leave this to you, Eula. I'm next.……交给你了，优拉。 下一个是我。

AmarisCallisto...!珂瑞斯朵……！

EulaAmaris.阿玛瑞丝。

Eula blocks her path.优拉拦下了阿玛瑞丝。

Eula...So I'm the last one again, huh.……我又是最后一个呢。

AmarisDo you REALLY have to go?你们，你们一定要走吗？

Eula...I'm sorry.……对不起。

AmarisWe've been together for so long... ...So long that I forgot who I was. So long I thought I was Samo...我们相处了那么久…… ……久到我都忘了自己是谁。 久到我以为我是萨摩……

EulaThat's why we have to go. Amaris, we've been taking up space in your body for so long. We've ended up becoming stumbling blocks for you instead.就是因为这样，所以我们才不得不走。 阿玛瑞丝，我们借住了你的身体这么久。 已经变成你的绊脚石了。

AmarisNo, you're not—你们才不是——

EulaYou should move forward, Amaris.你该往前走了，阿玛瑞丝。

EulaGoodbye.再见。

A tear courses down Eula's face. She waves to Amaris, and then plunges into that endless stream of data.泪水淌过优拉的面庞，她向阿玛瑞丝挥了挥手，最终也投入了那无尽的数据洪流。

Berlin, City Hall.柏林 市政厅

The bustling city hall is hosting a lively banquet. High-ranking officials from all over Germany and various local leaders are gathered here. Needless to say, this is an important event, and naturally the security detail for it is of the highest quality.沸沸嚷嚷的市政厅中，正举办着一场热闹的宴会。 来自德国境内的高级官员，以及各领域的龙头，都齐聚于此。 不必多言，在这样的重要场合，安保自然也是最为顶级的配置。

Sterling...There are 45 details of security guards, with 3 men per detail, and they change posts once every 15 minutes. Every entrance, exit and emergency passage is watched by someone and there are five more details of guards inside the venue proper.……安保共四十五班，每班三人，每十五分钟换岗一次。 每个出入口和紧急通道都有人在看守，会场内布置了五班。

BrigitteThe "Jack In The Box" has been set.“惊吓盒子”布置完毕。

DagmarI, I'm ready, please give the order.我，我也就位了，请下命令吧。

On top of a skyscraper roughly two streets away, Edith puts down the binoculars she is holding.距离会场大楼两个街道外的高处，伊迪斯放下了手中的望远镜。

EdithTarget at 12 o'clock. Distance 1400 meters, half wind speed, humidity...目标12点钟，距离1400米，半速风，湿度……

Beside her, Amaris is already in a shooting position. She closes one eye and curls a finger around her gun's trigger.在她的身旁，趴在地面上，已经架好狙击姿势的阿玛瑞丝闭着一只眼，食指轻轻敲了敲扳机。

Amaris3...3……

Through her scope, she sees the empty emergency exit at the end of her bullet's computed trajectory.通过狙镜，她看着弹道上，目前依然空空荡荡的紧急出口。

Snap—! Dagmar cuts the power to the building from its basement.啪——！ 大楼内，位于地下的达格玛切断了大楼的供电。

The banquet hall instantly goes dark.瞬间，会场内陷入一片黑暗。

The emergency response takes only a few seconds before the backup power supply kicks in and light illuminates the hall once more.紧急反应时间只花了几秒钟，便启动了后备电源，光明再次照亮了大厅。

Amaris2...2……

Security GuardEveryone, please don't panic! Listen to our instructions and evacuate in a calm and orderly fashion—请大家不要惊慌！配合我们有序撤——

Boom—!!轰——！！

Brigitte sets off the pre-positioned smoke bomb. The smoke fills the hall and sets off the alarm. Amidst the uncontrollable chaos, the professional bodyguards quickly see to the protection of their assigned VIPs and swiftly move them to safety.布里吉特引爆了设置好的烟雾弹，瞬间，会场内喷薄而出的烟雾触发了报警器。 无法控制的混乱中，专业的保镖迅速保护好了各自负责的政要，并迅速朝着安全出口转移。

阿玛瑞丝1……

SterlingTarget on the way.目标已引导。

She pulls her trigger.她扣下了扳机。

Bang— In the next moment, that "human" appears in the center of her vision— and in the span of a single breath, her bullet pierces his forehead.砰—— 下一秒，那个“人类”出现在了她视线的中心——并在呼吸之间，他的头颅被飞去的子弹射穿。

The target collapses to the ground amidst the confusion, and the well-dressed people in the vicinity can see the blood-spurting corpse.混乱中目标倒地，彼时，衣冠楚楚的人们已经看到了那血流如注的尸骸。

Terrified WomanAieeeee—!!!呀——！！！

The mission is over. ...The simulation ends.任务完成。 ……模拟结束。

At an observation room in the Stasi simulation training base.国安局 模拟训练基地 观察室

训练负责人Her results are exceptional. Both her AI and data evaluations and our tactical expert concur that there are no flaws to be found.数据表现很优秀，不论是AI的数据评估还是战术专家的意见，都认为她无懈可击。

RomyVery good. Carry on. She will be a capable operator for us and we need a weapon like her.很好，保持下去。 她会是把锐利的刀，我们需要这样的武器。

训练负责人Yes, ma'am. We'll raise the sim difficulty for her next round and improve her ability to mesh with her subordinates.是，接下来会再提升集训强度，加强她与下属部队的磨合练习。

RomyRight.嗯。

Romy looks through the one-way glass at Amaris, who is emerging from her sim capsule.透过单面镜，罗密平静地看着另一侧，正从模拟仓中起身的阿玛瑞丝。

Amaris looks up, and her clouded eyes seem to be looking her way. From Amaris' perspective, the mirror reflects her face.阿玛瑞丝抬起了头，朦胧的眼似乎也朝这一侧投来了目光。 在她的视界中，镜面反射出的，是她自己的脸。

Still, Romy has the feeling that Amaris is looking straight at her. Right after that thought passes through her head, Amaris looks away and turns to leave the training room.但不知为何，罗密仿佛感觉到，她的视线，无疑是看着自己。 在这错觉产生的下一刻，阿玛瑞丝收回了目光，转而直直地离开了训练场。

Berlin, in Amaris' dorm.柏林 阿玛瑞丝的宿舍

Amaris lies on her bed and looks at the ceiling in front of her. This is the first time her head has felt this empty. There are no voices at all. She has never had a lonelier night than this one.阿玛瑞丝躺在床上，看着眼前的天花板。 她第一次体会到大脑中空空荡荡的感觉。 一点声音也没有。 她从来没有度过如此寂静的夜晚。

She turns and sits up, and a strange, unfamiliar feeling rises up from the depths of her neural cloud. She knows that this feeling is loneliness.她翻身起来，一种久久无法驱散的陌生感从心智深处蔓延了出来。 她很清楚，这种感觉是孤独。

Click.啪嗒。

Amaris turns on her tablet's screen, as though trying to dispel that feeling.似乎是为了掩盖这种感觉，阿玛瑞丝点亮了平板的屏幕。

Amaris...Hm……嗯？

She sees a familiar name on a colorful webpage.在一片花花绿绿的网页里，她看到了一个熟悉的名字。

???The hit novel "Romance of the Nitrogen Freeze Gun", now serialized!《液氮冷冻枪之恋》绝赞连载中！

Pffft. Amaris can't hold back her laughter as she smiles from the bottom of her heart, the first time since that night. The heroine's fate in the story is currently unclear, and the comments on the story have blown up, with all sorts of analyses, essays and simple flames being posted willy-nilly.噗呲。 阿玛瑞丝一阵忍俊不禁，自前夜以来，第一次发自内心地露出了笑容。 剧情连载正好停在了女主生死不明处，社群的讨论炸了锅，各种分析骂战层出不穷。

After quickly scanning the text, she stretches her fingers and begins typing out a comment.快速浏览完全文，她舒展十指，噼里啪啦地便打出了评论。

"I'll bet you 10 powerbanks that the MC is still alive."“赌上十个充电宝，女主没有死。”

After posting it, Amaris turns off her computer, satisfied.发送之后，阿玛瑞丝心满意足地关上了电脑。

Just then, her eyes are drawn to the fragments on the table which she spent an entire night piecing together.这时，她的目光又一次被桌面上，她拼了一晚上的两张碎片所吸引。

There is a stain there which refuses to go away no matter what she does.那里有一块怎么也无法清理干净的污迹。

Amaris takes out a lighter from her drawer. She looks at the person in the center and frowns. The lighter flame is only a tiny distance away from that person's face, and it seems as though the picture is going to be scorched black by the fire.阿玛瑞丝从抽屉里拿出了打火机。 她看着合照中心的那个人，皱了皱眉头。 点燃的火苗与那个人的脸只有一点点的距离，她几乎都快要看到照片被火焰熏黑的模样。

Amaris...Eh, forget it.……算了。

Snap. She extinguishes the lighter and lies back down on the bed with the photo. All the familiar faces on it have the smiles that she likes best.啪嗒。 她灭掉了打火机，带着照片又躺回到床上。 照片上，那些熟悉的面孔每一张都洋溢着她最喜欢的笑容。

After tucking the picture into her chest pocket, Amaris closes her eyes. That loneliness hasn't vanished, but it's become another kind of emotion that enfolds her.将照片放在胸口，阿玛瑞丝合上了眼睛，那种孤寂感并没有消失，但却转变为另一种厚重的情感将她包围。

Amaris...I'll live a good long life for all your sakes.……我会好好活下去，连同你们的份一起。

As always, the gentle moonlight illuminates her way forward.月光一如既往，温柔地照亮前行的路。

... Eclipses and Saros [END]…… 沙罗蚀相【END】

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艾莉安娜在外面，你绝无胜算，但在这里，你觉得自己有一丝机会了吗？

阿玛瑞丝……去死吧。

艾莉安娜好吧，如果这是你的请求。

AlianaThere's no way you can win outside, but you think you've got a chance against me in here?

Amaris...Go to hell.

AlianaAlright then, if that's what you want.

Help SCAR-H defeat SCAR-L in electronic combat.

Mash the skill button as quickly as you can to expand the Lunar Domain. Once it fills the screen, you win.

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Aliana...I didn't think you could put up this much of a fight. I'll give you this, Amaris. You didn't waste your time.……真没想到你可以抵抗我到这种程度。就称赞一句吧，阿玛瑞丝，看来你的确没有虚度光阴。

AmarisI came here to settle things with you once and for all.我来这里，是为了跟你有个了结。

Aliana...Come, then. Let's end this.……来吧，结束这一切。

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CallistoA single-minded data attack cannot defeat her. This is pointless.一味的数据冲击是不可能战胜她的。 这对她毫无意义。

Amaris...What should I do then? How can I win?……那我该怎么做？ 我要怎么才能赢过她？

CallistoI don't know, Amaris. I never managed to do it, but you can try.我不知道答案，阿玛瑞丝。 我没做到过，但你可以试试。

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LauraDon't take Aliana's bait, Amaris. Do you still remember how we fought side by side in the past?不要上艾莉安娜的当，阿玛瑞丝。 你还记得我们以前并肩作战的时候吗？

Amaris...Unlike what most people think of her, Aliana's very good at getting into your head.……跟大多数人的印象不同，艾莉安娜也很擅长攻心。

LauraThat's right. Don't let her words get to you. Focus on what she does. Only you can grasp her weakness.没错，不要被她的言语所扰。 专注于她的行为。 只有这样你才能抓住她的破绽。

AmarisAliana's weakness...艾莉安娜的破绽……

LauraFind her. Beat her. We're all with you!找到她，战胜她。 我们就在你身边！

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Amaris...Eula.……优拉。

EulaWhat are you worried about, Amaris?你在担心什么？阿玛瑞丝。

Amaris...What should I do if I lose? What should I do if I let you down?……如果我输了，该怎么办？ 如果我辜负了你们，那我该怎么办？

Eula...Don't worry, Amaris. You're no longer your old self, and Aliana isn't the Aliana from before. You won't lose, because you've already won just by standing here.……不用担心，阿玛瑞丝。 你已经不再是以前的你，艾莉安娜也不再是以前的艾莉安娜。 你不会输，当你站在这里的时候，你就已经赢了。

EulaYou were the youngest among us, but you're definitely not the weakest. Private First Class Amaris! Charge forward! Just like we did before during all those training sessions.你是我们之中最小的，但绝不是我们之中最弱的。 一等兵阿玛瑞斯！向前冲锋！就像我们之前训练过无数次的那样。

Amaris...Leave it to me, Eula.……交给我吧，优拉。

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TipA guard has detected an intrusion.

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TipA new guard has appeared.

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TipPlot Point 1.

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TipPlot Point 2.

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TipPlot Point 3.

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TipAmaris gains the ability to suppress her enemies with every Moon Sigil she collects.

TipAliana has increased her mobility.

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AlianaThere's no way you can win outside, but you think you've got a chance against me in here?在外面，你绝无胜算，但在这里，你觉得自己有一丝机会了吗？

Amaris...Go to hell.……去死吧。

AlianaAlright then, if that's what you want.好吧，如果这是你的请求。

Help SCAR-H defeat SCAR-L in electronic combat.帮助SCAR-H在电子战中击败SCAR-L。

Mash the skill button as quickly as you can to expand the Lunar Domain. Once it fills the screen, you win.快速点击技能按钮，可使月亮领域的范围扩大，当月亮领域占满全图时，获得胜利。

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Aliana...I didn't think you could put up this much of a fight. I'll give you this, Amaris. You didn't waste your time.……真没想到你可以抵抗我到这种程度。就称赞一句吧，阿玛瑞丝，看来你的确没有虚度光阴。

AmarisI came here to settle things with you once and for all.我来这里，是为了跟你有个了结。

Aliana...Come, then. Let's end this.……来吧，结束这一切。

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