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Heterodyne Resonance

异频共振

14 chapters · 951 lines · English and Chinese below. Japanese and Korean, voices and theatre mode are in the reader.

Jostled Cradle 颠簸摇篮

Client21%. One fifth of the buildings in the city have been destroyed.21%，五分之一的城内建筑被毁。

(In a room inside a tall building in Odesa...)（奥德卅，一座高楼上的房间内——）

(The client scans the map on the screen and starts pacing back and forth anxiously.)（全息屏前，委托人上下扫视地图，焦躁地来回踱步。）

(Sextans watches him in silence from the corner not far from him.)（六分仪站在他身后不远处的角落里，安静地看着他。）

SextansThe situation is as you can see.如您所见。

ClientAs I can see? Don't you know that I hold temporary administration authority over ODE-01 right now?!如我所见？你知不知道现在ODE-01的临时管理权在我手上？！

SextansYes.是的。

ClientWhy, you—?!你——你？！

SextansThis is just a satellite city, one of 27 in Odesa, sir.这只是一座卫星城，是奥德卅所属的27座卫星城其中的一座，阁下。

SextansConsidering the sample's importance in the "plan", damage to a fifth of a satellite city is well within the scope of what the Girard Group can afford.依据“样品”在“计划”中的重要等级，“一座卫星城的五分之一”，这种程度的损坏仍然处于吉拉尔集团可承担的范围内。

Client...Hmph.……哼。

ClientThen why haven't you recovered the sample yet?那你们还不快去把“样品”给我带回来？

SextansWe are currently tracking it. The main problem is that ODE-01's temporary administration authority—追踪仍在进行中。唯一的问题是，ODE-01的临时管理权——

SextansIs currently in your hands.目前，在您的手上。

(Sextans shifts her eyes.)（六分仪稍稍转移了目光。）

(Her gaze sweeps over the client and lingers on the neon lights flickering outside the window.)（她的目光扫过委托人，偏向了窗外闪烁的霓虹灯。）

Sextans"Heli" has already issued a warning. If you are willing to take responsibility for it, we can restart the plan to recover the sample.“赫利”已经发出警告。只需要您承担责任，“样品”的追回计划就能够重新开始。

ClientYou want me to take responsibility? How do you want me to take responsibility for this? By throwing you into a waste recycling plant, perhaps?我负起责任？你想让我怎么承担责任？比如把你扔进废品回收站？

SextansGiven the present circumstances, that would not be wise, sir.依据目前的情况，这并不是一个明智的选择，阁下。

ClientThen I hope your data transmission speed will allow you to accurately convey a picture of the current situation. After all, you should feel honored that I, Darren Claude, a direct descendant of the Claude family, am making a request of you.希望你的数据传输速度足以让你清楚地了解目前的情况。 相较于你这种流水线产物，我，克劳迪家族的直系后代，达伦·克劳迪，如果对你提出要求，你需要感到荣幸。

Sextans—Your Excellency, Darren Claude.——达伦·克劳迪阁下。

SextansI trust I do not need to emphasize your actual place in the Claude family and in the "plan" again, sir.阁下在克劳迪集团以及“计划”中的实际地位，应该不需要我再次向您强调。

(Utterly oblivious to Sextans' impatience, the client marches up to her and reaches out to grab her by the collar.)（完全没有察觉出六分仪的不耐烦，委托人逼近六分仪，一手抓向六分仪的领口位置。）

(Sextans takes a step backward and avoids his grip.)（后退一步，六分仪避开了委托人的动作。）

Darren ClaudeWhy, you—?!你？！

(Taken by surprise by Sextans' audacity, the client's hand freezes.)（没想到六分仪会躲开，委托人的手僵在原地。）

(He glares at her angrily.)（他愤怒地看着六分仪。）

(But after a brief moment, he lowers his hand and dusts himself off.)（但没过多久，他就放下了手，还顺势拍了拍衣服下摆。）

Darren ClaudeHah—Then do I need to emphasize YOUR place in the "plan"?你在“计划”中是什么地位——哈，需要我再强调一遍？

SextansIt seems you still harbor misunderstandings over what the "plan" is, sir.您仍然对“计划”有所误解，阁下。

Darren ClaudeI'm misunderstanding it?! Do you have any idea how irrelevant you, a mere test subject, are in the grand scheme of things?我有误解？！你知不知道，像你这样的实验品根本无关紧要？

Darren ClaudeDon't you think YOU should be responsible for misjudging that bounty hunter's actions, leading to our garrison deployment in Odesa being wasted for nothing, and the delay in tracking the sample? If I hadn't received a report and ordered that ODE-01 be locked down, we would have lost the sample in the city. And now you want ME to take responsibility for this?之前对那个赏金猎人行动方向的误判，导致奥德卅的部署被平白浪费，耽误了“样品”的追踪时间，这个责任，你应不应该承担？如果不是收到上报消息，我又要求封锁ODE-01，“样品”就会丢在ODE-01，而你现在，却要求我承担责任？

SextansThe after-action review and the assignment of blame can take place after we finish recovering the sample, sir.行动复盘及定责将在“样品”的回收任务完成后进行，阁下。

Darren Claude—Sextans.——六分仪。

Darren ClaudeI hope you can construct an accurate picture of your current situation—If I, a scion of the Claude family, report your uselessness and overall hindrance to the "plan" to "it", your fate will be immediate decommissioning. There will be thousands of experimental subjects in line to replace you following your destruction.我希望你对你的处境能够建立正确的认知——只要作为克劳迪家族直系后代的我去向“它”报告你的无用和累赘，你所面临的后果，只有立刻被销毁。而销毁了你，立刻就能有成千上万个实验品来替代你。

Darren ClaudeYou—Hold it right there!你——你给我站住！

(Outside the room, the lights are all off in the empty and spacious corridor.)（房间外，回廊上空无一人。）

(Once Sextans confirms she is out of earshot, she halts and turns on the communicator next to her ear.)（走出几步，确认已经不会受到房间内噪音的影响后，六分仪站住，按下了设置在耳侧的通讯终端。）

Darture...Sextans?……六分仪？

SextansHave you finished reactivating your body?素体重启完成？

DartureThe process is complete—Indeed, it is complete. I hope that your delay in answering transmissions will not be incorporated into your usual response mode.完成——确实，已经完成。我希望这种延迟接听通讯的行为，不会被载入并作为您的常规应对模式。

SextansCompared to the eight-second delay in my response to your transmission, you reported 27 minutes and 21 seconds later than expected.相较于我延迟接听通讯的短暂8秒，你比预计回报时间晚了27分21秒。

Darture27 minutes and 21 seconds? So if I had responded 27 minutes and 21 seconds earlier, would I be able to hear you apologize to me for your lapse in judgment?27分21秒？如果我提前27分21秒，我是否能够听到您因为您的错误判断向我道歉？

SextansDarture, the mission is still in progress. Please resume its execution within five minutes. All passages leading to the train station have been sealed off. Continue monitoring satellite city ODE-01. The sample must be retrieved.黑眼，任务仍在进行中。请在5分钟内继续执行任务。 所有通往车站的通道已被封锁。继续监控ODE-01卫星城，“样品”必须回来。

DartureOh~ If you ask me, don't you think you need to know more about the prior combat situation?哦~我认为您可能需要先了解更多此前发生的战斗详情？

SextansPlease stick to the assigned route and hand in an operation report.请按照规定路径提交行动报告。

DartureI've already submitted a preliminary summary. I'll send a detailed operation report later, which I hope you'll examine in detail. However, there is something more important at the moment—前期总结已经提交，详细的行动报告稍后就会发送，希望您会详细阅读。但现在有更重要的事情——

DartureSextans, I don't believe rash and careless behavior such as "making a decision before getting the full picture" befits a third-gen Doll. I do hope you intend to take full responsibility for your subsequent failure?六分仪，“在未能获取完整信息的前提下做出判断”，这种鲁莽而轻率的行为，我并不认为能够被归入三代人形的常规应对模式中。由此而产生的失败，我希望看到您是如何合理而完整地承担？

SextansDarture.黑眼。

(As midnight approaches, a soft breeze blows through the corridor.)（接近午夜，窗外偶尔掠过车辆往来的声音，模糊得像隔着一层水泡。）

(In the room at the end of the corridor behind Sextans, Darren Claude seems to have settled down.)（六分仪身后，回廊尽头的房间内，达伦·克劳迪似乎安静了下来。）

SextansI hope to see your explanations for "recklessly engaging combat form" and "allowing the enemy to act before being able to accurately predict their course of action" in your detailed report later on.“贸然使用战斗型态”，以及“在未能准确预判敌方行为的前提下放任敌方行动”，针对这两项行为的解释，以及可能由此产生的善后工作，我希望能够在你稍后的详细行动报告中看到。

Darture...Ha~……哈~

DartureMonitoring, pursuit, and lockdowns—If your prior actions were effective, you would not be asking me for help. So will your decision in response to your failure once again be monitoring, pursuit, and lockdowns?监控、追击、封锁，如果您此前的行为有效，您就不会来寻求我的帮助。 面对失败，您所做出的判断，只是再一次的监控、追击、封锁？

SextansPlease execute your orders, Darture. Commence the operation within 3 minutes and 50 seconds.请执行命令，黑眼。请在3分50秒内开始行动。

DartureI look forward to a more effective decision from you... Given that you're the Horoscope Program's Chief Executive of Central Intelligence, Sextans.我期待聆听您更加有效的判断。 “霍洛戈计划”情报中台执行长，六分仪。

黑眼一形态(The two fall silent as their argument comes to an impasse.)（双方僵持不下，陷入短暂沉默。）

(Sextans walks up to the edge of the corridor and looks down at the slumbering city through the thick glass window.)（六分仪走向回廊边缘，透过厚实的玻璃窗看向下方逐渐沉寂的城市。）

(Countless cameras are still on their watchful vigil beyond the speckles of neon lights.)（在各类仍被点亮的霓虹灯之外，数之不尽的摄像头也在持续运转。）

SextansYou should already know the contents of the warning "Heli" sent.“赫利”发出的警告内容，你应该已经知道。

SextansThe sample must be recovered, and "Odesa" must be placed under the control of the Girard Group. Our actions must remain within the scope of a "moderate risk". The monitoring, pursuit, and lockdowns that you sneer at are the most ideal choice for the situation.“样品”需要追回，“奥德卅”也必须处于吉拉尔集团的掌控下。 我们的行动，必须维持在“中风险”及以下的判定范围内。你所否定的监控、追击、封锁，是目前的最优选择。

DartureOh~ And what if your "most ideal choice" does not achieve the results you expected?哦~ 如果您的“最优选择”并不能够达到如您预期一般的效果？

SextansFor instance?比如？

DartureFor instance, if your lockdown fails and the sample enters the contamination zone.比如，您的封锁措施失效，“样品”进入污染区。

SextansThe ODE-01 lockdown will not be lifted, so you will have ample time to act. The sample recovery operation must end in ODE-01. Your adversaries are nothing more than the three "trash, inferior second-gen Dolls" that you described.ODE-01的封锁不会解除，你有相当充足的时间。 “样品”的追回行动，必须结束在ODE-01。而作为敌人出现的，只是你所描述的三个“低劣的废物二代人形”。

SextansI do not believe the Horoscope Program will become a synonym for "trash production line".我并不认为，“霍洛戈计划”会成为“废物生产商”的代名词。

DartureOhhh~哦~

DartureUnfortunately, your orders will not achieve the results you're expecting. I hope you have a clear, accurate understanding of that.您的命令，并不能起到您所期待的效果，希望您能够对此抱有清楚而明确的认知。

Sextans59 seconds, Darture.59秒，黑眼。

DartureBefore giving me orders, I hope you'll be able to bear the consequences for this failure.在对我下达命令之前，我更希望您能够承担此次失败的后果。

SextansThe responsibility for this failure rests entirely on "Mr. Client". 44 seconds, Darture.这次失败的责任，“委托人”将会全部承担。 44秒，黑眼。

Darture—Sextans.——六分仪。

SextansYou have 32 seconds left, and the mission is about to begin. We no longer have a second "client" that we can use. If you fail again, the consequences will be greater than you and I can bear.你还有32秒，任务需要立刻开始。 我们已经没有第二个“委托人”可以使用。如果再次失败，后果，我和你，都不足以承担。

(The transmission ends, and Sextans walks back into the room at the end of the corridor.)（中断通讯，六分仪向着回廊尽头的房间走去。）

Darren ClaudeWhat? Don't you know who I am?! I—I order you to get over here right now!什么？你知不知道我是谁？！我——我命令你们，立刻给我过来！

Darren ClaudeThe two of you have an hour—给你们一个小时——

Darren ClaudeHmph, you're back? Do you know how much time you wasted—You—What are you doing?哼，回来了？你知不知道你浪费了——你——你要干什么？

Darren ClaudeI—I'm warning you—You'd—我——我警告你——你——

(Silence returns to the corridor.)（回廊归于寂静。）

DartureIs this operation more to your liking—Sextans?相较于您所期望的行动——六分仪？

(The call ends before the conversation is over.)（通讯被提前挂断。）

Darture...Ah~ Or rather, "Chief Executive of Central Intelligence"?……哈~ “情报中台执行长”？

(Darture's hand hovers over her ear as her gaze sweeps over the destroyed Doll frame to the side.)（黑眼的手停留在耳侧，目光扫过一旁被烧毁的素体。）

DartureHeh.呵。

DartureApologize to me, Sextans. As a fellow third-gen Doll, I can forgive your rashness and recklessness.向我道歉，六分仪。同为三代人形，我能够原谅您的鲁莽与轻率。

??You seem unhappy with "Sextans".看来你对“六分仪”有所不满。

??The ODE-01 Sample Recovery... Want to hear the other plan? Also, I heard that you... spent a little bit of time and captured a little toy that wasn't part of the plan.“ODE-01的样品追回”……想不想听听另一个计划？ 还有，听说你……花了点时间，拿到了一个计划外的小玩具。

Breakthrough I 突围I

(The sunken satellite city ODE-01...)（ODE-01，下沉式卫星城——）

(The night slowly fades, and the satellite city starts to quiet down as the day begins.)（夜色逐渐褪去，进入白日的卫星城开始安静下来。）

(Keeping Helena's box shielded in the center, Colphne and the others carefully observe their surroundings from a corner among several residential buildings.)（以海伦娜所在的箱子为中心，寇尔芙几人正躲在几间民居形成的夹角，谨慎地观察着周围。）

ColphneRight, this is the 40th time~好啦，这是第四十次啦~

Krolik40th what?什么四十？

ColphneThe number of blocked roads we've run across so far, hm~? This one makes it 40 exactly~遇到封路的次数哟~？ 算上这一次——刚刚好是四十~

Nemesis...The invisible wind... separates the spaces...……不可见的风力……阻隔空间……

KrolikTsk, we're underground in a satellite city. There are walls everywhere, so how could all the roads leading to the train station be sealed off?啧，这个卫星城在地下，边上都是墙，去车站的路怎么可能全封着。

ColphneBut this is the 40th time we've encountered a blocked road, you know~ While there might be other paths—We haven't found them yet.但我们已经第四十次遇到被封住的路了哟~ 虽然可能还有其他路线——但还没有找到嘛。

ColphneIt's been so long already but we haven't reached the station yet, and we don't know how the Commander's doing either... And Leader hasn't contacted us either... Plus there was that big explosion just now... What if—What if something happened to Leader's body?已经过了这么久，我们也没能去车站见到指挥官，也不知道指挥官怎么样了……过了这么久，队长也没有联系我们……刚才还有那么严重的爆炸，如果——如果是队长的素体出了问题——

ColphneLeader said not to use comms earlier, so we haven't been able to contact the Commander or the MCV. There are so many things to do, but I have no idea how to do them. Also, I don't know if Mayling's learned about Leader's situation so she can reactivate her with a backup body and then contact us...之前队长说不要使用通讯，指挥官和基地车……都联系不上。明明还有很多事情需要去做，但要怎么做，一点想法也没有。 也不知道美玲能不能发现队长的情况，用备用素体重启队长，然后联系我们……

KrolikColphne.寇尔芙。

ColphneHmm—?唔——？

KrolikEven if anything happens to Leader, it's just a change of body for her at most.就算队长出了问题，也就是换个素体。

ColphneThat's true~是的呀~

KrolikConsidering that Doll of the same model as "Sextans" hasn't caught up with us yet, I'm pretty sure Leader managed to waylay her.那个看起来和“六分仪”同型号的人形到现在还没追上来，队长一定把她拦住了。

ColphneI know that~人家知道的哟~

KrolikWe'll be fine as long as that Doll doesn't catch up with us. After that, we just need to shake those tin cans off our tails, find a way to the train station, and then we can return to the MCV with the Commander.只要那个人形不追上来，我们就也没事。 找机会甩掉我们后面的那些破烂机器，再找条路去车站，见到指挥官就能回基地车。

ColphneYup—I know that too~是的呀——人家也是知道的哟~

KrolikThen what the hell are you so worried about?!那你担心个什么啊？！

ColphneHm—Was it THAT obvious?唔——这么明显的嘛？

ColphneActually, I'm not really that worried—It's just that I...其实也不算担心啦——只是，人家，人家……

ColphneA while back, I told the Commander that "I'll watch Leader Groza's back," but now... Leader is...之前，人家和指挥官说，“闪电队长的安全就交给我”……可现在队长她……她——

KrolikOh for God's sake, Leader's fine, so can you stop acting like such a dork? If you're really that worried, then why not wait until you can return to the MCV and check on Leader yourself?!行了，都说了队长没事啊你能不能正常一点？你要是担心等回到基地车再去找队长自己看看不行？！

Colphne...……

ColphneYou—Yes, you're... You're right.是——是没事——对。

ColphneAlright, everything's okay now. Thanks, Krolik~好啦，没事了，谢谢克罗丽科~

KrolikHaaaah?!啊啊？！

ColphneI get it now. Right now, we need to solve the problem at hand, which is finding the Commander. In that case—How shall we go about finding the Commander~?人家明白啦，现在首先需要解决的问题，就是要找到指挥官。 那么，我们现在——要怎么去找指挥官呢~？

Krolik—Is there something wrong with you?——你没事吧？

ColphneCourse there is—I'm waiting for you to think of something, Krolik~有事呀——人家，在等克罗丽科想办法哟~

Nemesis...The stagnant woods, a cruel storm... blowing over...……停息的丛林，严酷的风暴……消散……

KrolikHmph, did you bang your head on something just now, Nemesis? We ran out of ammo long ago. What do you think we'll accomplish by going out now apart from increasing our losses?哼，纳美西丝你是刚才撞到脑袋了？ 弹药早就见底了，现在出去我们除了增加消耗还能干什么？

Nemesis...Upon the black-charred coals, a stubborn monolith towers...……黯淡的火堆上，顽固的巨石高悬……

KrolikYou know, I would REALLY like to see the sort of situation where you'd end up like me, Nemesis!到什么情况你才会像我一样我倒想看看啊纳美西丝？！

ColphneWhat's going on, what's going on? Stop fighting—What should we do? Tell me already~是什么呀是什么呀？不要只是吵架嘛——要怎么做，告诉人家呀~？

KrolikWe're going to hide. Right here. Don't listen to Nemesis.躲着。就在这里。别听纳美西丝的。

ColphneOhhh?唔唔？

KrolikYou probably noticed on the way here, but all the routes leading to the train station are sealed off. During daylight hours, there are too few people around and we're too obvious a target, so we'll be easily spotted. Once night falls, and once there are more people around, we'll go search for another way and see if there's a path which hasn't been sealed off yet.一路过来你也看见了，能去车站的路全都封着。 白天到了人也少了，我们目标太大，太容易被抓到。 等晚上人多了我们再出去找找，看能不能找到一两条还没封的路。

ColphneJust like that?就——这样？

KrolikYes! Do you have any other ideas?是啊不然你说？

(Even though it's daytime, there is barely any natural light on the bottom levels of the satellite city due to the obstruction above the city.)（虽然处于白日，但在城市上空遮罩和当前所处位置的影响下，卫星城的底层几乎看不到任何自然光。）

(Facing Krolik, Colphne suddenly spots a red light hovering just within her view.)（面向克罗丽科的寇尔芙，突然敏锐地察觉到视线范围内一丝游移的红光。）

ColphneKrolik!克罗丽科！

Transient Reflection 瞬态反射

KrolikHey, is it me or is there something weird about these tin cans?喂，你们觉不觉得这些破烂机器不对劲啊？

Nemesis...Tiny seeds, colliding... A gigantic body...……微小的种子，撞击……型态巨大的躯体……

KrolikYeah. These pieces of junk are catching up with us way too quickly, and there's no way for us to evade them. Furthermore, they're not trying to completely block off all our escape routes, and there's always a way out for us. They can't fight worth a damn either—Tsk, you don't think they've got some other objective in mind, do you?是啊。那堆破烂追我们也追得太快了，我们根本没法躲。而且它们的方向就不是要把路堵死，每次我们都能逃出去。 战斗力又不高——啧，怕不是有什么别的目的吧？

ColphneIs that your bunny instinct talking?兔子的直觉？

KrolikHah?!哈？！

ColphneJust kidding~ I think there's something suspicious, too, you know?开玩笑的啦~人家——也觉得有问题哟？

ColphneHm—To be precise, I'm talking about those machines that started showing up at the sewage plant earlier. They looked like they were going to attack us, but they've been keeping their distance—Just what are they up to?嗯——形容一下，就像是，之前在排污厂那里的时候，刚开始出现的那些机械。 明明像是要攻击我们，可又和我们保持距离——它们要做什么呢？

KrolikWho cares? If they come at us, we smash them all, and then we go look for the Commander.管它们要做什么，找出来全干掉，再去找指挥官就行了。

ColphneOh~唔~

KrolikWhat are you looking at me for?看我干什么？

ColphneJust now, I thought it was strange how you had IQ components, Krolik—Though I don't think that way anymore~刚刚还奇怪克罗丽科居然有智商这种元件——可现在完全不觉得了呢~

KrolikWhat the hell do your feelings have to do with me?你觉不觉得跟我有什么关系。

(Having had enough of the conversation, Krolik scans the surroundings and points in a direction.)（单方面中断了对话，克罗丽科扫视四周，指向一个方位。）

Krolik—Let's go this way.——走这边。

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ColphneIt's been so long—Is the Commander going to come look for us~?已经这么久了，指挥官——会不会来找我们呀~？

KrolikHmph, that would just cause more problems. If I were the Commander, I'd just park my ass in the train station and keep myself safe.哼，那家伙来找我们就是添乱。能老老实实呆在车站里，自己安全就行了。

ColphneYou don't sound like you're worried about the Commander at all, Krolik~克罗丽科看起来——一点都不担心指挥官耶~

KrolikWorry about yourself if you're so free.有时间你先担心你自己。

ColphneYou're in front of me, so I'm not worried at all, Krolik~ Ah, a fork in the road?可是克罗丽科就在人家面前，人家一点都不担心哟~ 啊，有岔路了？

KrolikGo left.左边。

(Krolik chooses the left path of the crossroads without any hesitation.)（没有任何迟疑，在一个三岔路口前，克罗丽科选择了左边。)

(Colphne and Nemesis follow suit.)（寇尔芙和纳美西丝随后跟上。）

ColphneHm—Krolik, there's something I've aaaaalways wanted to ask you~嗯——克罗丽科，人家有个问题，一直都想问问你~

KrolikWhat?什么？

ColphneHave we been here before, Krolik? It feels really familiar~克罗丽科——以前是不是来过这里呀？ 感觉对这里好熟悉哟~

Krolik...We haven't been here before. We've just been to similar locations.……没来过这里，差不多的地方去过。

ColphneI get the feeling that we've come here before—Like, this is the third time I'm seeing that store up ahead~但人家觉得刚才好像来过这里——前方那家店，人家已经是第三次看到了耶~

KrolikHuh?! Why didn't you tell me earlier?!哈？！你怎么不早说？！

ColphneYou never asked~克罗丽科也没有问人家嘛~

Nemesis...Extending infinitely, toward... a bottomless abyss...……无限延展，前往……无底深渊……

KrolikWhy don't you give it a try then?! Show me how you can tell which way to go in this screwed-up satellite city with your divination already!那你试试啊？！让我看看纳美西丝怎么靠占卜在这种乱七八糟的卫星城里认路？

Nemesis...Under the gloom... Vanishing smoke and fog...……阴翳之下……消散的烟与雾……

KrolikI'm interfering with your fortune-telling signals? Did you lose a screw somewhere, Nemesis? Why don't I open your body up and take a look?!我挡了你的占卜信号？纳美西丝你是不是哪里螺丝掉了我帮你把素体拆开看看啊？！

ColphneWait, wait, Krolik, Nemesis~ Is this—Another fork in the road~?停一停，克罗丽科，纳美西丝~ 又是——岔路了哟~？

(The three Dolls arrive at yet another junction.)（三人停在又一处岔路前。）

(Krolik isn't so decisive this time. Her brow furrows as she ponders which direction to go...)（一反刚才的果决，克罗丽科皱起眉，开始思考正确的方向——）

(A shadow suddenly flits past in the corner of her eye.)（在她视野的一角，突兀地闪过一个影子。）

KrolikWhy, you—?!你——？！

(Krolik immediately charges down the path on the right, but the shadow is nowhere to be found.)（克罗丽科立刻追向右边的岔路，但影子很快就消失了。）

ColphneShould we go right~?是要走右边嘛~？

Krolik...……

Nemesis...Icy flows... imprisoned in a dark wood...……冰冷的寒流……禁锢，幽暗的丛林……

Krolik...……

ColphneKrolik?克罗丽科？

KrolikYeah, go this way.嗯，走这里。

(An hour later.)（一小时后——）

ColphneAw, you've gotten used to it now, haven't you~ Krolik, is it me or—Did you suddenly find the right path? Even though I don't know where we're headed~是过了适应期了嘛~ 克罗丽科，好像——突然找到正确方向了哟？虽然不知道方向是哪里啦~

KrolikWe're headed to the train station.方向就是车站。

ColphneBut we still have pursuers behind us~ If we go to the train station now, aren't we going to get the Commander in trouble?但后面还有追击耶~ 如果我们现在就去车站——会不会给指挥官带去危险呀？

KrolikIf we keep going round in circles in this messed-up place, then even if we lose those tin cans for now, they'll catch up with us eventually. If we keep wasting time, then the Commander's going to be in danger anyway, even if things are safe over there for now.只要我们还在这乱七八糟的地方打转，就算现在甩掉了，那些破烂东西也早晚能找到我们。 再拖下去，就算指挥官现在没危险，马上也要有了。

Nemesis...Repeated echoes of sounds... escaping through narrow crevices...……重复鸣响的回声……从狭窄的缝隙逃逸……

KrolikOkay, okay, you were right just now. We'll go meet up with the Commander first, and then we'll be fine once we return to the contamination zone. Of course, heaven knows if the Commander will still be at the station by the time we get there. Huh, who would have thought those rusted parts of yours were still working, Nemesis?行行刚才是你对好了吧。先去跟不知道还在不在车站的指挥官汇合，回到污染区我们就都没事了。 哼，没想到纳美西丝你那生锈的零件还能好好动起来？

Nemesis...……

ColphneKrolik—!克罗丽科——！

KrolikAh... Huh?!啊……啊？！

ColphneWow—I can't believe you actually admitted you were wrong to Nemesis. Is it me, or—Do you feel super reliable all of a sudden? I'm starting to wonder myself—Did you load yourself up with someone else's neural cloud before heading out, like Leader's, for example~?克罗丽科居然能对纳美西丝承认错误，突然——好可靠？ 人家都有点怀疑——是克罗丽科出发前偷偷加载了别人的心智哟，比如队长的~？

Krolik...Loading someone else's neural cloud, huh.……加载别人的心智。

(Krolik looks up and studies the surroundings as she runs.)（奔跑中的克罗丽科抬起头，环顾周围。）

(The satellite city is dimly light at dawn, and she hasn't caught another glimpse of the shadow.)（仍处于清晨的卫星城光线黯淡，她并没有看到那个影子。）

KrolikI didn't do that, but if that were possible I—我可没加载谁的心智。但如果可以——

ColphneHm?唔唔？

KrolikI'd like to try loading "her" neural cloud instead. Maybe I'd be able see the logic inside her neural cloud, or something.我倒是想加载试试“她”的心智，看看“她”那个不知道用了什么逻辑做出来的心智里到底有点什么东西。

(Krolik's words are drowned out by the group's hasty footsteps. Colphne and Nemesis cannot make out a single word.)（克罗丽科的话语混在匆忙的脚步声中，寇尔芙和纳美西丝没有完全听清。）

(Colphne is just about to ask her to repeat herself when a red "stop" sign flickering at the junction some distance away suddenly turns green and reads "pass".)（寇尔芙正想询问，三人前方，有一定距离的一处原本闪烁着红色“禁止”标志的道路入口，突然转为了绿色的“可通行”。）

Krolik—?!——？！

(The three Dolls stop immediately. They stand back-to-back and scan the area warily.)（三人立刻停下脚步，背对背警戒周围。）

(All is quiet in the underground satellite city.)（深处地下的卫星城一片安静。）

(All is quiet, save for the faint buzz of the neon lights that are still on during the day and the occasional passing cars.)（除了各类白天仍然开启的霓虹灯运转时发出的轻微电子运行声，以及偶尔路过的车辆行驶声之外，一片安静。）

ColphneAre we still going to the train station~?要不要继续去车站呀~？

KrolikHang on.再等等。

(Multiple sets of footsteps suddenly come from around the corner, one of which sounds particularly slow and lagging.)（三人的前方拐角位置，突兀地传来了复数的脚步声，其中一个脚步声缓慢而拖沓。）

(As the footsteps draw close, the Dolls slowly spread out, keeping their eyes on their surroundings and bracing for any sudden ambush.)（随着脚步声的接近，三人一边环视周边环境，一边缓缓散开，以备应对可能出现的突然袭击。）

KrolikTen meters.10米。

(The first figure to appear from round the corner is a frivolous-looking and bizarrely-dressed human with his arms behind his back. He looks like a thug.)（拐角处，首先出现的是一个穿着古怪，背着手吊儿郎当向前走的人类，外形看起来应该是一个混混。）

ColphneHe's not armed, you know?没有武装哟？

(Catching sight of Krolik with her bunny ears, the thug immediately drops his breezy demeanor and rushes up to her.)（看到人形们，混混一反刚才缓慢而拖沓的姿态，几步冲到人形们面前。）

(The mechanical units behind him maintain their even pace and come to a stop three meters away.)（跟着他的几个机械单位仍然保持着匀速，最终停在三米之外。）

ThugYou! Yes, you!你，对，就你！

KrolikWhat?!哈？！

Krolik(Krolik suppresses the urge to draw her weapon and frowns at the strange human.)（克罗丽科按捺住拔刀的冲动，皱着眉头看着这个举止奇怪的人类。）

(He is not armed and does not look at all threatening on his own.)（他没有携带任何武装，在三人看来，其自身也不具有任何威胁性。）

(The mechanical units behind him, on the other hand, probably have a certain level of combat capability, but their battered appearance and underwhelming armament do not give much reason for the Dolls to feel alarmed.)（而在他身后，跟随他的机械单位应该具有一定战斗力，但它们破烂的外形和糟糕的武装也无法让三人做出除了基础警戒之外的更多反应。）

ThugWhat do you mean "hah"? I saw her just now, a Doll like you with some weird kind of ears on her!哈什么哈？我刚才就看到了！像你这样一个戴着不知道什么耳朵的人形！

(Getting no reaction from the Dolls, the thug points impatiently at Krolik's head.)（看到三人毫无动作，混混不耐烦地啐了一口。）

(Before the thug can react, Krolik rushes up and punches him right in the nose. Her fist connects squarely with a dull thud.)（但在他有下一步动作之前，克罗丽科就前冲一步，把拳头向着他鼻子的位置揍下去。拳头结结实实地揍在了混混脸上，发出一声沉闷的声响。）

(The thug covers his nose out of reflex and topples over.)（混混受到冲击，条件反射地捂住鼻子，仰面倒在地上。）

ThugThe f—?!你？！

ColphneOh dear, Krolik—Don't hit him so hard, it'll be troublesome if something actually happened to him~哎哎克罗丽科——轻一点轻一点，出问题就麻烦啦~

(Colphne makes a show of holding Krolik back.)（寇尔芙做出想要拉住克罗丽科的样子。）

(Krolik does not shake her off. She towers over the thug and stares down at him.)（克罗丽科没有甩开寇尔芙。她站在原地，居高临下地看着混混。）

KrolikThere was a Doll like me, with some kind of ears on her—Was that what you said?一个——像我这样，戴着不知道什么耳朵的人形是吧？

ThugYou, you, hold it right there!你、你，你站着别动！

(The flustered thug turns to the mechanical units behind him and barks out an order.)（混混气急败坏地扭头，命令不远处跟着自己过来的机械单位。）

ThugYou guys, what the hell are you doing hanging back there? Get them!你们，杵在后面干什么！都给我上！

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(He props himself up stiffly on his elbows.)（混混僵硬地坐在地上，双手向后撑起上半身。）

(However, his mechanical units are unable to comply, as they are now lying in pieces.)（他的机械单位没能如他所愿，现在歪七扭八地散落在周边。）

(The thug looks up and trembles as Krolik's blade hovers threateningly next to his neck.)（他颤抖着向上看去，克罗丽科的刀正横在他颈侧。）

ThugY-you... W-what do you want?你……你们想要什么？

KrolikHmph.哼。

(Krolik's blade brushes past the thug's ear.)（克罗丽科抬起刀，刀锋擦过混混耳侧的头发。）

ThugWhat do you want from—Nonono, I, yes, I-I'll give it to you! Anything... anything you want!要什么爷——不不不，我，是我！我都给！都给……都给！

KrolikWhat the hell do you even have besides this bit of junk?你这种东西，除了这几个破烂，还有什么？

ColphneAw, let me handle it~ I know how to ask the right questions, you know?交给人家吧~ 需要问什么，人家——知道哟？

KrolikCheh.嘁。

(Colphne winks at Krolik.)（寇尔芙冲克罗丽科眨了眨眼。）

(Krolik, still holding the thug at sword-point, eyes her surroundings carefully.)（克罗丽科扭过头，警戒周边，刀锋朝向维持不变。）

(Colphne bends down and smiles at the thug.)（接着，寇尔芙弯下腰，微笑着看向混混。）

ColphneHi~你好~

ThugUh... hi?你……你好？

ColphneNow, take a look at this cute Doll over here—像这位可爱的人形一样——

(Colphne gives Krolik's blade a playful tap. Krolik raises an eyebrow.)（寇尔芙敲了敲克罗丽科的刀，克罗丽科挑了挑眉。)

ColphneYou said you saw a "Doll with some weird kind of ears on her", right? Where did you see her, and what did she look like? Make sure you tell us aaalll~ about it~“戴着不知道什么耳朵的人形”，你是在哪里看到的、看到了什么样的人形，好好——告诉我们吧~

(Colphne shoots Krolik another wink.)（寇尔芙又冲身旁的克罗丽科眨了眨眼。）

(Krolik's face remains impassive, but her ears twitch lightly.)（虽然克罗丽科仍然面无表情，但她的耳朵轻轻抖了抖。）

(The thug stiffens as he peers up at Colphne's smiling face.)（寇尔芙面前，看着一张笑脸的混混脸色僵硬。）

ThugI... I just took a quick glance at her... I-I don't remember anything...我，我记不清……

ColphneThen do you need this cute little Doll over here to refresh your memory—maybe with another fist to the face, hm?那需不需要你面前这位可爱的人形——再给你的脸部一拳，帮你回忆一下哟？

KrolikCheh.啧。

ThugNonononono, no need! I... I remember now!不不不不用了！我……我想起来了！

ColphneTell us aallll about it, then~是什么呢~

ThugIt was... it was just around the corner. There's a dead end around the corner, but you can push open the wall by the stilt house. It leads to a little alley... Go down the alley, and you'll find a garbage dump! It was beside the garbage dump!就……就是拐角，拐角那里是死路，但棚屋边上能推开，里面有个小路……小路进去有个垃圾堆！就在垃圾堆旁边！

ColphneThink veeeery carefully about it, okay~ Are you sure~~ you got the direction right?再好好想想哟~方向——是对的嘛？

(Colphne nudges Krolik's blade. Catching her meaning, Krolik tilts it towards the thug threateningly.)（寇尔芙轻轻地推了推克罗丽科的刀，克罗丽科会意，调整了一下刀锋的角度。）

ThugYes! I swear to God!绝对！绝对是！

ColphneOkay, I believe you~好啦，人家——相信你了哟~？

KrolikHumph.哼。

(Krolik sheaths her weapon.)（克罗丽科收起了刀。）

(The thug scoots back, still cowering close to the ground. Once he sees that Colphne and Krolik have no intention of going after him, he jumps to his feet.)（混混以双手向后撑地的姿势向后悄悄移动了几步，看到寇尔芙和克罗丽科站在原地，没有追上来的趋势，快速站起。）

ThugYou... Just you wait!你们……你们给爷等着！

ThugI'll remember your faces! When... when I find your place, you'll pay for this! Come on guys, let's go!爷记住你们了！ 我们走！

(The destroyed mechanical units remain utterly motionless.)（此前被三人破坏的机械单位完全没有任何反应。）

(Krolik shakes her fist at the thug, who takes off in the other direction right away. He trips as he makes his hasty retreat.)（克罗丽科挥了挥拳头，混混立刻向着另一个方向逃走。）

ColphneNow all that's left are these things—They kind of look like the machines chasing us just now, but I don't think they're the same, right?留下来的这些，虽然看起来——外形和之前追着我们的机械一样，但应该不是之前追着我们的那些哟？

KrolikYup. Do you even have to ask?对啊这还用问？

ColphneAlthough you've brought us to a dead end again, it's still good. Looks like the traffic lockdown's been lifted~ Now then—Shall we go straight to the Commander, or look for that "Doll with some weird kind of ears on her"~?虽然克罗丽科你又把我们带进了死路，但还好，道路封锁似乎解除了耶~ 那我们——是直接去找指挥官，还是去找那个“戴着不知道什么耳朵的人形”呢~？

KrolikWe'll go find "her".去找“她”。

ColphneOooh~唔~

KrolikShe's been following us ever since we entered the Green Zone. Humph, given what I know of her, the fact that she lured us into a dead end with such crude methods and then told us that she was here means that she must have left something in that garbage dump.从我们进绿区她就跟着我们。哼，以我对她的了解，她一定在那个垃圾堆上留了什么。

Nemesis...A backward trail, clouds gathering over the ocean's surface... without a trace...……背向的轨迹，云集海面……无声无息……

Krolik...Without a trace...……无声无息……

KrolikWithout a damn trace!无声无息！

ColphneWait for me~等等人家啦~

Waveform Deviation 波动变轨

(Following the thug's instructions, the three Dolls come to the garbage dump in the alley next to the stilt houses.（按照混混指明的方向，三人来到棚屋旁小路里的垃圾堆附近。）

(Before them, the gigantic heap of garbage appear a blackish green under the neon lights. Its contents are largely indiscernible.)（三人面前，层叠的垃圾堆在周围霓虹灯的映照下，呈现出浓重的黑绿色，从外观基本无法判断内容物的种类。）

ColphneAh, the garbage dump! It should be here~啊，垃圾堆！应该就是这里了哟~

ColphneAh, this smell—Krolik, does that friend of yours like wearing fly ears—Or no, should that be "fly antennae"?这种味道——克罗丽科，你的朋友，该不会喜欢戴苍蝇的耳朵吧——唔，应该是“苍蝇的触角”？

KrolikWho says she's my friend?!谁说她是我朋友？！

ColphneThen—If she's not your friend, then what is she~?那么——不是朋友，是什么呢~？

Krolik...Tch, why are you even asking anyway? Is it any of your business?……啧，问什么问，这跟你有关系吗。

(Krolik takes the lead and walks once around the garbage heap, her face expressionless.)（克罗丽科率先绕着垃圾堆走了一圈，面无表情。）

KrolikI think this is it.是这个吧。

(In a corner of the garbage dump is a small platform slapped together using several slabs of scrap metal. On top of it is a white box. It is even decorated with a makeshift plastic bow.)（垃圾堆的一角，有个利用几块废弃的金属板搭起的小平台，上面摆着一个白色的盒子，盒子上甚至用废弃的塑料布系了一个蝴蝶结。）

(The two loops of the bow are contorted in an odd shape, as if bent by some strange laws of physics.)（蝴蝶结的两个圆圈扭曲成奇怪的形状，似乎是遵循某种规律出现的弧形。）

(This combination of the blackish-green garbage dump, colorful neon lights, and the white box is jarringly bizarre.)（黑绿色的垃圾堆、五颜六色的霓虹灯，与白色的盒子，搭配起来格外怪异。）

Colphne—This totally looks like a trap, you know~?这看起来，绝对——是陷阱哟~？

KrolikWell, there's only one way to find out.那也要试试才知道。

(Krolik studies the bow with apparent impatience.)（看到蝴蝶结，克罗丽科表现出明显的烦躁。)

(She walks up to the edge of the garbage heap, never taking her eyes off the box.)（她盯着盒子，随后走到垃圾堆边缘。）

(Krolik can just about reach the box on tiptoes with her arm stretched out. It's almost as if someone had placed it at precisely the right height.)（似乎是计算好的，克罗丽科踮起脚，伸长了手臂，刚刚好能把盒子拿在手里。）

Nemesis...A colorless shape... falls, and is stained with color...……无色的形体……坠落，沾染颜色……

KrolikI've got a good grip on it, don't I? You're the one who's going to fall into the dump.我这不是好好拿到了吗，你才会摔到垃圾堆里。

Nemesis...The wilderness recedes, earth scattering everywhither...……荒野退却，土地四散……

KrolikHmph, aren't YOU the one with unstable hydraulic systems, Nemesis?哼，液压传动系统运行不稳的是你吧纳美西丝？

ColphneAlright, alright, just open it already. We can save the affection-raising conversations for later~好啦先拆开看看吧，培养亲密度的对话训练可以再等等哟~

KrolikWho the hell's raising affection with her?!谁跟她培养亲密度？！

(Krolik throws her arms up in exasperation. The box in her hand dangles in front of Colphne.)（克罗丽科激动地挥舞着手，她拎着的盒子正好出现在寇尔芙眼前。）

(Colphne plucks it off Krolik and weighs it up in her hand.)（寇尔芙顺势将盒子接过来，托在手里晃了晃。）

ColphneEven if it does contain something dangerous, it probably won't be too powerful given its weight~ Alright, everyone, are you ready~这个重量，就算是里面装的是危险品，威力也不会很大的样子~ 准备好了吗，大家——

(She makes to untie the contorted bow on the box.)（寇尔芙作势就要去扯盒子上扭曲的蝴蝶结。）

(The lack of reaction from Krolik surprises Colphne. She stares at her incredulously.)（没看到克罗丽科制止的动作，寇尔芙反而有些奇怪地看了看克罗丽科。）

ColphneKrolik? I'm going to open the box, okay?克罗丽科？盒子，人家拆了哟？

KrolikSure.嗯。

(Colphne opens the box.)（盒子被寇尔芙打开了。）

(Inside the box is a battered communicator.)（放在盒子里的，是一个破旧的通讯装置。）

(Colphne is just about to take it out when Krolik snatches the box away.)（寇尔芙正要伸手去拿，克罗丽科却将盒子抢了过来。）

ColphneDon't you think you're a lit~tle too late to be snatching it from me? I saw what's inside it, and there's a communicator and some words written on it~现在才来抢，是不是——晚了一点？ 人家看到了，里面是个通讯装置，上面还有行字哟~

Krolik...……

ColphneKrolik? Krolik? What does it say?克罗丽科？克罗丽科？上面写了什么呀？

(Krolik's expression turns from one of impatience to teeth-grinding anger.)（克罗丽科的神色从烦躁逐渐变为咬牙切齿。）

(She glares furiously at the screen of the communicator, then makes to hurl the whole box at the ground.)（她狠狠地盯着通讯装置的屏幕，随后极快地拿起放有通讯装置的盒子，就要摔到地上。）

(Colphne manages to stop her in the nick of time.)（寇尔芙赶紧拦住她。）

KrolikI can't believe you were hiding in a place like this! I certainly didn't expect that!你居然躲在这种地方，我可真是没想到！

ColphneAh, don't get worked up—Krolik?啊不要激动——克罗丽科？

(Being quite a bit shorter than Krolik, all Colphne can do is hold on to her arm.)（身高不及克罗丽科，寇尔芙只能徒劳地抱住克罗丽科的手臂。）

(Nemesis plucks the box out of Krolik's hand.)（纳美西丝顺势从克罗丽科的手中拿走了盒子。）

Nemesis...Undertow, crashing into the vegetation... in the rising and falling air, there is no support...……暗流，撞击灌木……沉浮的空气之中，无所凭依……

KrolikWhy, you?!你？！

ColphneThere, there, let Nemesis hang on to it for a bit~ Bring it lower, Nemesis—Now let's see what's written on it that made Krolik so~ angry~好啦好啦，让纳美西丝先保管一下~ 纳美西丝，放低点嘛，让人家看看——这上面写了什么呀，克罗丽科这——么生气~

ColphneHm, "encrypted channel, so don't worry about using it"? There's fine print below that, "If you want to leave sooner, why not try the path we took to leave back then?" Now what's this symbol down here—A circle with two weird squiggly lines on it? Is it me, or—Does it kind of look like the knot on the box's outside?唔，“加密频道，放心使用”？还有一行小字，“更快离开，不如试试当时我们离开的路”？这下面的符号是什么——一个圆圈，和上面的两个奇怪的波浪线？看起来——有点像盒子外面的蝴蝶结哟？

KrolikThose are cat ears.是猫耳。

ColphneCat ears—Yet no matter how I look, they don't resemble cat ears?猫耳——可是不管怎么看，也不像是猫耳呀？

KrolikThey ARE cat ears! You could reactivate me into a new body a hundred times and I'd still recognize them!就是猫耳！这东西，我就算素体重启一百次都能认出来！

(The box and the communicator are both now with Nemesis. Krolik makes no attempt to take them back.)（盒子和通讯装置都在纳美西丝手里，克罗丽科也没有试图抢回去。）

(She crosses her arms and tilts her head.)（她双手抱臂，头扭向一侧。）

ColphneSo that "Doll with some weird kind of ears on her"—She was actually wearing cat ears, then?这么说起来，那个“戴着不知道什么耳朵的人形”，其实——就是猫耳了哟？

KrolikWho cares what she wore! We can use the communicator in this box, so hurry up and ask the Commander what's going on!我管她戴什么东西！这盒子里的通讯装置能用，快点联系指挥官问问情况。

ColphneLeader told us "stay off the comms" earlier, didn't she~ That probably includes ALL kinds of communications equipment and all comms channels we can connect to, doesn't it?可之前队长要求我们“不要使用通讯”呀~ 应该是包括了所有的通讯装置，以及能够连接到的所有通讯频道哟？

ColphneIn other words—We can't use this device. Is that it, Krolik?这个装置——可以使用。是吗，克罗丽科？

Krolik—Of course we can! We absolutely can! Provided that tramp hasn't lost her touch, that is!——当然能用！绝对能用！如果那个混蛋没退化！

(Krolik glares at the battered communicator in the box again. She looks like she is ready to seize the device and smash it on the ground again.)（克罗丽科咬牙切齿地盯着盒子中破旧的通讯装置，似乎下一刻就要将它夺过来摔到地上。)

(Colphne gives Krolik a long look and flashes her a placating smile.)（寇尔芙看着克罗丽科，良久，露出安抚的笑容。）

(She takes the communicator out of the box and starts fiddling with it.)（她从盒子里拿出通讯装置，开始操作。）

ColphneOkay, okay, don't get mad, Krolik~ Hm, this model is kind of troublesome. According to Mayling, it should be like this...好啦好啦，克罗丽科别生气~ 唔，这个型号有点麻烦，美玲是这么说的，应该这样……

ColphneAh, it worked~啊，成功了哟~

KrolikLet's start by getting out of here first.我说，我们先从这地方出去吧。

ColphneWouldn't it be better to wait for the Commander first?先等下指挥官——比较好哟？

KrolikIt's been ringing all day. Ugh, what's taking so long?都响半天了，还要多久啊？

ColphneAw, just wait a little longer. After all, we don't know an~ything about the Commander's situation~ Ah.再等等嘛，指挥官那里的情况——我们都不知道的呀~ 啊。

CommanderHello...?喂……？

MaylingLeader...?队长……？

GrozaMayling.美玲。

MaylingL-Leader, are you okay? You were acting really weird just now... What happened to you?队、队长？你没事了？刚才好奇怪啊……你、你刚才怎么了？

Groza...I...……我……

Groza...Was I acting weird just now?……我刚才很奇怪？

MaylingYes, you were! You just said, what was it... "Strange image"... Yes, that's it! And then you began saying a bunch of really weird things.很奇怪！队长你刚才说，说什么……“奇怪的影像”……对，就是这一句！然后就开始说一些很乱的话……

GrozaWhat did I say?我说了什么？

MaylingThere was lots of stuff, and it was really complicated... Something along the lines of "mission failed" or something...?说了好多，好复杂……好像是，什么任务失败……？

GrozaMission failed.任务失败。

Groza...……

Groza...It's alright. It was probably just a malfunction while loading the neural cloud.……没关系，可能只是载入心智时出了故障。

MaylingThere really was a glitch! However, I can't be sure if it was actually a malfunction... I looked at all your diagnostic results... There's a weird circuit in your new neural cloud module, serial number ASD21! It gave an abnormal reaction when we were testing it, but it shouldn't have affected the neural cloud load-in...确实有故障！不过我也不能确定是不是故障……我查看了所有检测记录……队长的心智里，有一处特异回路，编号ASD21！测试的时候确实出现了异常反应，但这一项应该不会影响到心智载入……

(The Elmo's exterior is not visible from the central hub. The light overhead is the only source of illumination.)（中枢区没有能够看到艾莫号外部的视窗，只有顶部的光照。）

(Groza is standing in the shadows at the entrance. Mayling cannot make out her face.)（闪电站在通道入口处的阴影里，美玲看不清她的表情。）

MaylingLeader?队长？

GrozaCan the defect in ASD21 be repaired?ASD21，这个缺陷，是否能够修复？

MaylingRepairing it—You've never changed your body before... During that incident a while back, I saw that there wasn't much damage to your body so I just swapped out most of your parts instead of changing the whole frame, and I didn't do a full diagnostic or debugging either... Since there aren't many diagnostic records for comparison, I can't be sure of the exact reason why this particular circuit is causing problems...修复——队长以前都没换过素体……不久前的那次，我看队长的素体损毁不严重，只是替换了大部分零件，没有整体更换，也没有做彻底检查和调试……能拿来比对的检测记录数量不足，不能确定这个特异回路出现的具体原因……

MaylingBut it might not have been a malfunction either... It could just be a design quirk of your neural cloud affecting the module... It was my fault for messing up the diagnostic!不过可能也不是故障……只是队长心智模块的特殊设计……是我检查错了！

(Mayling takes a step closer to Groza.)（美玲无意识地向闪电的方向走了一步。）

(In response to Mayling's approach, Groza walks out from the shadows to her side.)（似乎是在回应美玲的动作，闪电从阴影中走出，走到美玲身边。）

(Mayling looks up at Groza.)（美玲抬头看着闪电。）

(The leader looks like her old, familiar self in the light.)（光照下的队长看起来就和以前一样。）

GrozaIn that case, finding out the reason then fixing it—查明原因，以及修复——

GrozaI'll leave it to you then, Mayling.就交给你了，美玲。

MaylingOkay... Okay! Leave it to me, Leader! I'll do my best!好——好！交给我了，我会努力的，队长！

GrozaAlso, don't tell the Commander about this.另外，这件事情，不要告诉指挥官。

Mayling...Er, okay? But why...?……呃，好的？但是……？

GrozaI don't want the Commander to worry about me.我不希望指挥官为我担心。

(Groza gently moves a misplaced strand of hair out of Mayling's face, then pries the equipment out of her death grip.)（闪电抬起手，温和地帮美玲理了理头发，拿走了她手中一直紧紧攥着的调试设备。）

GrozaMayling, let's go to the ops room.美玲，我们去指挥室。

(...)（……）

Groza...We rescued Helena, but then the opposition gave chase and began locking down one passage after another. That's where my neural cloud backup ends. I'm not sure what happened after that.……我们救出了海伦娜，但后方出现追击，各条通道相继封锁。这就是我目前心智备份的结点，后面发生了什么，还不清楚。

GrozaYou need to prepare to replicate the Remolding Pattern, Mayling. The Commander and Colphne will bring the backup data back.需要准备复制拟态图谱装载设备，美玲。指挥官和寇尔芙她们会将备份数据带回来。

MaylingNo problem. Although... you've been walking a really dangerous path all this while, Leader. I wonder... will the Commander, Colphne, Krolik, Nemesis, and everyone else be able to make it back safely? I feel like I can't help anyone at all...没问题。可是……队长这一路好危险，指挥官，还有寇尔芙、克罗丽科、纳美西丝，大家……都能好好回来吧？我好像一点都没能帮到大家……

GrozaDon't worry. Kalina's in ODE-01 too. As long as she's around, the Commander and the others will be fine.别担心。格琳娜也在ODE-01，有她在，指挥官和大家都不会有事。

MaylingKalina...? Is that so... Er, that name doesn't ring a bell...格琳娜……？这样的吗……呃，好像以前没有听过这个名字……

GrozaShe's that "old friend" of the Commander's.是指挥官的“老熟人”。

MaylingAh, you mean the one who contacted the Commander earlier?啊，就是之前联络指挥官的那个？

GrozaMm-hm.嗯。

GrozaPrepare an encrypted channel. We're going to contact the Commander.准备搭建加密通讯频段，联络指挥官。

MaylingA-alright.好、好的。

GrozaYou're going to help everyone now, Mayling. You need to keep the comms channel clear. Can you do that?要帮到大家了，美玲。需要确保通讯线路安全，可以吗？

MaylingLeave it to me, Leader! It'll be fine!队长，交给我，没问题！

(At the train station in the sunken satellite city ODE-01.)（ODE-01，下沉式卫星城，轨道车站内——）

Station BroadcastDear passengers, the Intercontinental Railway L0130 bound for Usatove, Odesa has left the station. All morning train services have ended and the railway exits will be closed.尊敬的各位乘客，开往奥德卅-乌萨托韦站的L0130次轨道列车已经离开本站，早间列车运行全部结束，轨道列车出入口即将关闭。

CommanderHello...?喂……？

GrozaCommander?指挥官。

CommanderGroza? Thank goodness. You—Did Mayling reactivate you? Are you on the MCV?闪电？太好了。你——是美玲重启了你？你在基地车上？

MaylingY-yes. This channel is encrypted, so you don't have to worry about using it, Commander!是、是的，这个通讯频段是加密的，可以放心使用，指挥官！

CommanderThank you for your hard work, Mayling.辛苦了，美玲。

(The last train to Odesa has already departed from the station, and the station is starting to get less busy.)（最后一列开往奥德卅市内的轨道列车已经离开车站，人流量开始降低。）

(I keep an eye on my surroundings as I try to find a suitable hiding spot.)（我一边注意周围的动向，一边尝试寻找一个适合躲藏的角落。）

MaylingHowever, Leader's using our last SST-model body, and we're out of Doll frames too... The other supplies on the MCV need replenishment too, Commander!但是队长使用的是我们最后一个SST型号的素体，傀儡人形素体也没有了……基地车上其他物资也都需要补充了，指挥官！

Commander...You went through them so quickly?……用这么快？

MaylingEr, we didn't pick up that much from Poludnitsa back then, and we used a lot of it on fixing the MCV...呃，上次在佩妮泽那里订的数量也都不多，整修基地车就用了不少……

CommanderAlright, I'll think of something. If we can get paid for Helena's assignment—好吧，我会想办法。如果海伦娜这个订单能拿到钱——

GrozaCommander.指挥官。

CommanderEr... huh?啊……呃？

GrozaWe're currently next to Purification Zone W_2071_2213, about 180 km away from ODE-01 in a straight line. There are no Intercontinental Railway stations nearby, so we might need to designate a rendezvous point. Are Colphne and the others with you, Commander?我们现在邻近W_2071_2213净化区，距离ODE-01直线距离约180KM。附近没有洲际列车车站，可能需要约定一个汇合地点。 寇尔芙她们和你在一起吗，指挥官？

CommanderUnfortunately not.没有。

Groza...So you haven't met up yet?……你们还没有汇合？

CommanderNot at the moment, but they just found a safe frequency and contacted me. They're currently en route to the train station. Also, there was an explosion inside the city. Colphne said it might have something to do with you. What was going on back then?现在没有。但她们刚刚找到了安全的通讯频段，联系上了我，现在正在来车站的路上。 之前城内发生了一次爆炸，寇尔芙说可能和你有关，当时是什么情况？

GrozaMy neural cloud backup doesn't contain any records of what happened after rescuing Helena.我的心智备份里没有救出海伦娜之后的记录。

Groza...If there was an explosion, then it's possible I might have encountered a troublesome opponent. My body was destroyed in the explosion. Does Colphne have any other information?……如果曾经发生了爆炸，推测可能遇到了难以应对的敌方单位，我的素体在爆炸中被毁。寇尔芙是否有提到其他信息？

CommanderColphne said that back then, "a Doll that looked like Sextans" stood in your way. After she showed up, you had the others leave first. They're not sure about what happened after that either.寇尔芙说，当时拦住你们的是一个“看起来像六分仪的人形”。 那个人形出现后，你就让她们先离开了。之后的情况，她们也不清楚。

Groza...Alright.……好的。

CommanderGroza.闪电。

GrozaCommander?指挥官？

CommanderIf you ever decide to "stay behind and deal with them by yourself" again in future battles, I hope you'll be wiser about giving orders related to that decision.“自己留下，独自应敌”这种行为，在之后的战斗中，如果你需要再次做出这种判断，希望基于这种判断下达的指令能够更加明智一些。

Groza...Currently, we've only lost one SST-model Doll frame. At that time, I felt that doing so would've minimized the losses we had to take.……目前只损失了一个SST型的人形素体，在当时的情况下，我认为已经是我们所能够付出的最小代价。

CommanderBut what if you had failed to stop that Doll?但如果你没能拦住那个人形？

GrozaNo.不。

GrozaNo, Commander. Something like that would never have happened.不，指挥官。 这种情况，绝对不会出现。

Commander...Something like what, Groza?……出什么事了，闪电？

MaylingEr...呃，那个……

GrozaWe still need to fix a rendezvous point, Commander. How much longer until Colphne and the others reach you?我们需要确定一个汇合地点，指挥官。 寇尔芙她们还有多久能到你那里？

(Groza interrupts Mayling abruptly.)（闪电非常生硬地打断了美玲的话。）

(I pause for a moment, but decide against pressing the matter.)（我沉默了一下，没有追问。）

CommanderI'm not sure about that. The city-wide lockdown's been lifted—That might have been Dandelion's doing, but neither Dandelion or Lenna have shown up yet.还不清楚。城市封锁解除了——可能是丹德莱的功劳，但丹德莱和莱娜都没有出现。

CommanderIt might take them half an hour, or maybe several hours. If they found a shortcut, a few minutes, maybe?可能半小时，也可能几小时。如果能够找到一条捷径，说不定，几分钟之后？

GrozaMm.嗯。

GrozaI checked the train timetables. There'll be an intercontinental train from Odesa arriving at Satellite City ODE-01 in 35 minutes. It's scheduled for a brief stop at the Intercontinental Railway station at Purification Zone W_2070_0023 to take on supplies.我查询了我们所持有的列车时刻表，0035后有一列从奥德卅出发途经ODE-01卫星城的洲际列车。按照计划，它会在W_2070_0023净化区的洲际列车车站短时停留，进行补给。

GrozaIf you manage to meet up successfully, we'll rendezvous at Purification Zone W_2070_0023's railway station. The MCV will stand by outside the zone.如果你们能够顺利汇合，我们就以W_2070_0023净化区邻近洲际列车车站的位置为汇合点，基地车会停在W_2070_0023净化区外。

CommanderAlright. Also, there's one more thing...好。还有。

Groza...?……？

CommanderIf anything happened, Groza...如果发生了什么事，闪电……

CommanderCould you tell me about it after we meet up?汇合后，希望能告诉我？

Groza...If there is a need to.……如果有必要。

(After stowing away my communicator, I stop at a corner with several air vents and watch the passing crowd vigilantly.)（收起通讯终端，我停在了一个有多个排气管道口的拐角附近，警惕地看着周边往来的人群。）

(I have been on the platform for too long. Even with my disguise, the dwindling traffic is making it more difficult for me to stay hidden.)（已经停留在轨道区太长时间，即使经过伪装，周边人流的持续减少也增加了我躲藏的难度。）

(The moment I turn, someone taps me lightly on the shoulder.)（转身的瞬间，有人轻轻触碰了我的肩膀。）

Commander...!……！

LennaBoo, it's me~哇！是我呀~

LennaDandelion's not here, but here I am. Shouldn't you be happy that we're meeting again so soon, Commander♪~ Also, were you complaining about your new subordinates just now? No, wait, Groza doesn't count as new, does she?丹德莱不在，但我出现了哦，时隔不久的再见面，不应该高兴一点吗，指挥官♪~ 和新部下的抱怨，我都听到了？啊等等，闪电应该也不算新部下？

Commander...If you were here, you should have shown yourself sooner. I guess your habit of eavesdropping on comms still hasn't changed after so long.……来了就早点出现，你这个偷听通讯的习惯，这么久了也不改改。

LennaWhy should I change a good habit? Besides, I only just arrived, and I only heard a few words. Specifically, from when you started complaining.好习惯为什么要改呀？ 不过倒是没有那么早啦，也就听到了几句。特别说明，从指挥官的抱怨开始哦？

CommanderHas Kalina contacted you yet? What happened to her? Has she found the source of the unknown signal jamming yet?格琳娜和你联系了吗？她那里怎么样了，源头不明的信号干扰查到了？

LennaYou can call her Kalin when she's not around, Commander~格琳姐不在，可以叫“格琳”的啦，指挥官~

Commander...……

LennaOkay, okay, Miss Kalin contacted me but she didn't give me any details. Tentatively, we suspect that they're with the Girard Group.好啦，格琳姐联系我了，但没有告诉我详细情况，只是初步判断可能和吉拉尔集团有关~

CommanderThe Girard Group? So why were they attacking Kalin's comms channels instead of looking for Helena?吉拉尔集团？他们不去找海伦娜，攻击格琳的通讯线路干什么？

LennaI don't know about that, but Miss Kalin and Leva are looking into it. Sounds like it might be a very valuable clue for us. Oh yes, your tickets and IDs.这我就不知道啦，不过格琳姐和莱娅姐都去调查了，应该是一个很有价值的线索。 啊对，车票和证件！

LennaHere you go. This new electronic ID has a new identity and ticket information loaded. It's good for three days.给，新的电子识别卡，还是录入了新的身份信息和新的车票信息，三天内都有效。

(I peer at the electronic ID in Lenna's hand, not taking it immediately.)（我看着莱娜手上的电子识别卡，没有立刻接过来。）

Commander...Are we still going to meet up in Kyiv?……见面地点，还是基辅？

LennaI think so. Miss Kalin will tell you if there are any changes. Our codeword will be~应该是，如果有变动，格琳姐会告诉你的，暗号是~

(Lenna leans in to whisper in my ear.)（莱娜凑到了我耳边。）

(I also lean forward and listen with bated breath.)（我立刻警惕起来，略微低头，也靠近了莱娜，同时屏息。）

LennaAAAAAHHHHHHHH!啊！！

Commander...!……！

(Startled, I immediately look around.)（一惊之后，我立刻环顾周围。）

(The platform is not particularly busy, so Lenna's cry has not drawn too much attention.)（人流已经减少，莱娜的大喊并没有引来过多的注目。）

Commander...Lenna!……莱娜！

LennaAh, sorry, sorry. You looked so worried about Miss Kalin so I wanted to help you relax, Commander.啊抱歉抱歉，看着指挥官很担心格琳姐的样子，就想让指挥官放松一下嘛。

LennaIt's been so many years now... You're not the Commander from before and Miss Kalin isn't the same either... Plus, Leva's with her. She'll be fine, Commander.这么多年了，指挥官不是以前的指挥官，格琳姐也不是以前的格琳姐了……而且还有莱娅姐在，格琳姐没事的，指挥官。

(Lenna shoves the electronic ID onto my hand and leans in once more.)（将手中的电子识别卡拍到我手中，莱娜再次凑到我耳边。）

(Having learned my lesson, I lean as far back as I can and keep my distance from Lenna.)（有了之前的教训，我尽力后仰身体，和莱娜保持距离。）

LennaAwwww, don't be like that, Commander~不要这样嘛，指挥官~

CommanderWhat's the codeword?暗号是什么？

LennaThe codeword is—"Light the dawn, shining edge in hand."暗号——“手握锋芒，点燃黎明”。

Commander...You know I'm not the "Commander" from before.……我不是以前的“指挥官”了。

LennaIt's just a codeword, so we might not actually use it~ Hang on to this ID card, okay? I might be the one handing it over, but Dandelion was the one who made it.只是一个暗号啦，不一定用得上~ 识别卡收好呀，虽然是由我来交给你，内容可是丹德莱做的。

LennaHm, actually, Leva was supposed to go pick up Dandelion, but she wanted to help Miss Kalin, so I went instead. It seems I was a little late since things took a little longer than expected. Fortunately, you were okay, and I even got to hear you complaining♪~唔，其实本来是莱娅姐去接丹德莱的，不过莱娅姐要帮格琳姐嘛，我就去了。花了点时间，晚到了一会。还好指挥官没事，我还凑巧听到了指挥官的抱怨♪~

Commander...Where's Dandelion?……丹德莱在哪？

LennaShe dealt with the city-wide lockdown, but after hearing you'd already contacted your new team, she got super sad and left. However, she left a video message for you. Want to see it?她呀，解决了城市封锁，听说你已经和你的新小队联络上，非常失望地走啦。不过有一条视频留言，要看吗？

CommanderNo—不——

LennaHere we go!要播放了哦！

DandelionHi~ It's been a while, Commander. To think the first news I'd get about you after so long would be something that's so troublesome.嗨，好久不见，指挥官。 这么久不见，一听到您的消息就是麻烦的事情。

Commander...……

DandelionKalin was going on and on about how you were going to die, which was why I rushed over all the way from the seaside. I even freed up plenty of room in my memory to record your demise, so don't you think the fact that you're alive and kicking shows a lack of sincerity on your part?格琳说您快死了，我才这么远从海边过来，还特意留出了充足的存储空间想仔细记录您的死状呢，但您的活蹦乱跳是不是略微缺少了一些诚意？

Commander...It's been a long time, but she's still as twisted as ever.……这么久不见，这个恶趣味的家伙还真是一点都没变。

DandelionI had to waste time cleaning up your mess and I've been robbed of the opportunity to hear your final words as a result. I'll be putting this debt on your tab.没能达成与您死前的最后一次对话，还额外浪费了为您解决麻烦的时间，这笔账，我先为您记下了。

DandelionI hope you'll provide me some better entertainment in the future, Commander.期待您给我带来更多的乐趣哦，指挥官。

LennaAnd that's it♪~就是这样♪~

LennaFortunately, the station and intercontinental trains aren't under the jurisdiction of ODE-01 and Odesa, so the Girard Group doesn't have authority over them. Things would have really become a pain in the butt otherwise.幸亏轨道列车车站和洲际列车的行政归属不在ODE-01和奥德卅，吉拉尔集团权限不够，不然就真的麻烦啦。

CommanderAnd she left? Just like that?……她就这么走了？

LennaYup. She said "I haven't had a vacation in so long, so I'm going to make up for this interruption a hundred times over."是呀。说着“好不容易决定的休假旅行，中断之后要一百倍地补回来”。

Commander...Every day should be a vacation for her now, right?……现在，她每天都应该是休假吧？

LennaThat's true. Perhaps she'll go look you up for her next vacation.说得也是，说不定她下次旅行就去找你了。

CommanderWell, I don't want to see her again.我可不希望再见到她。

LennaIf Dandelion heard that, she would probably hack your MCV.如果丹德莱知道你不想见她，可能就会入侵你的基地车啦。

Commander...Indeed.……确实。

Station BroadcastDear passengers, the Intercontinental Railway OL01 long-haul train from Odesa to Lviv will arrive shortly. Passengers boarding this train should have their personal luggage with them and prepare to enter the ticketing gate.尊敬的各位乘客，由奥德卅出发开往利沃夫的OL01次洲际长途客运列车即将停靠本站。请需要乘坐此次列车的乘客注意携带好随身行李，准备检票入站。

ColphneAh—Commander~!啊——指挥官~！

LennaOhhhh!哦哦！

LennaOkay, I've handed you the tickets, your IDs, and told you the codeword. Here comes your new team now.车票、证明，还有暗号，已经都给你啦。正好，你的新小队也出现了。

LennaSee you, Commander. Make sure you think of me♪~再见，指挥官，要记得想念我哟♪~

Commander...Sure.……嗯。

(I walk over to join Colphne and the others.)（我迎面走向寇尔芙她们。）

(Behind me, the intercontinental train pulls up.)（在我身后，洲际列车停了下来。）

Dark Passage 暗过渡

Intercontinental Railway BroadcastWe are now approaching Purification Zone W_2070_0023. We will stop here for 20 minutes as the train undergoes maintenance and resupply. Collapse radiation level outside is 0.93 Vebryans. We recommend keeping unprotected exposure time below 15 minutes.前方即将到达，W_2070_0023净化区。本站预计停留20分钟，车体检修工作与物资补充工作将同时开始。当前车外坍塌辐射浓度为，0.93弗必安，建议15分钟以下的无防护暴露。

Intercontinental Railway BroadcastIf you wish to leave your coach, we recommend returning to your seat within 15 minutes. The Collapse radiation particle-cleansing sprinklers on both sides of the train have been activated. Please ensure you spend 3 minutes within them when returning.如果您需要离开车厢休息，请注意在15分钟内返回车厢。设置在车厢两侧出入口，用于清除坍塌辐射的喷淋设备已经启用，请在返回时保证在该区域3分钟以上的停留时间。

ColphneI've finished clearing the ID data, Commander~身份使用信息已经清除完成了哟，指挥官~

CommanderMm. Prepare to disembark. Krolik, get the box.嗯，准备下车。 克罗丽科，带好箱子。

KrolikGot it.哦。

ColphneDon't you think you're being a biiiit too cautious?但会不会——太谨慎了点呀？

CommanderWhat?什么？

ColphneI'm talking about clearing the information. That old friend of yours gave you that electronic ID card, right? Doesn't that mean you can use it directly?人家是说清除信息的事情。 电子识别卡，不是指挥官以前的熟人给的嘛，听起来，应该可以——直接使用的？

CommanderJust in case.以防万一。

ColphneKay~哦~

(The train starts decelerating as it approaches the Intercontinental Railway station next to the Great Wall Railway.)（即将接近架设在长城列车旁的洲际列车车站，列车开始减速。）

(I refrain from saying more, and Krolik is also unusually silent. The air is somber and heavy among us.)（我不再说话，克罗丽科也异常安静。四人气氛沉闷。）

(Colphne stands and leans forward against the back of her chair. She reaches out and gives Krolik a poke.)（寇尔芙站起来，转身趴在座椅靠背上，伸长手臂戳了戳克罗丽科。）

ColphneWe're leaving, Krolik.要离开了哟，克罗丽科。

KrolikI heard you the first time.我听到了。

ColphneMake sure you've got the box, Krolik.带好箱子，克罗丽科。

KrolikDon't you know you're being a massive pain in the ass?你烦不烦？

ColphneAw, I just wanted to ask you something~ You were so eager to find Miss Kitty Ears, but now you're leaving just like that. Don't you feel... just a little unfulfilled?人家就是想问问嘛~ 明明之前这么想去找猫耳，可现在就这么走了，会不会——有点不甘心？

KrolikI wasn't looking for her.我没找她。

CommanderKitty Ears?猫耳？

Nemesis...Racing, toward the distant horizon...……疾驰，遥远的边际……

KrolikHmph, what makes you think I'm afraid to talk about it? If she wanted to find me, she'd have done it long ago! The fact that she hasn't shown up in so long means she must be hiding from me!哼，我为什么想去不敢说？那家伙要是想来找我早就找我了，这么久还不出现，肯定是躲着我！

KrolikTsk. In that case, why should I go look for her?啧，那我还找她干什么。

CommanderEr, Krolik, who are you looking for? Wait a minute, is the person you're looking for Peritya?呃，克罗丽科，你要找谁？ 猫耳——等等，你要找的人，佩里缇亚？

Krolik—Why do you still remember her?!——你怎么还记得？！

Nemesis...A solitary landmark, deeply-rooted and firm...……独一的界碑，深深竖立……

KrolikWhat the heck does YOU remembering have to do with me—And why do you even have a recording of it?!你记不记得跟我有什么关系——你果然还留着记录吧？！

ColphneOhhh~? A recording? What is it?哦哦~记录？是什么？

Intercontinental Railway BroadcastThe train has arrived at Purification Zone W_2070_0023.列车已经到达，W_2070_0023净化区。

KrolikStop asking questions. Get off the train!问什么问，下车！

Anomalous Conductor 异常导体

MaylingCommander!指挥官！

MaylingCommander—You said over the transmission you were okay, but are you okay? Are you really okay?!指挥官——通讯里您说没事，可您、您没事吧，您真的没事吧？！

CommanderI'm fine.没事。

MaylingReally?真的？

ColphneYes, really. I gave the Commander a gooood long checkup just now~真的哟，刚才人家——已经帮指挥官检查过啦~

MaylingI'm glad you're alright, Commander... As long as you're okay...没事就好……指挥官，您、您没事就好……

CommanderYou don't have to get THAT worried, do you?也不用这么担心吧，美玲？

KrolikHmph, Mayling would have really had something to worry about if you'd gone with us to rescue Helena back then.哼，如果你当时跟我们一起去救海伦娜，美玲现在可真要担心担心你。

CommanderYeah, yeah, yeah, but Groza was there, wasn't she? Now everyone's returned.是是是，这不是有闪电队长在吗，现在大家都回来了。

ColphneAh, speaking of which, Leader—啊，说起来，队长——

Groza...?……？

(Groza stops what she is doing and turns to look at Colphne.)（闪电停下手中的工作，转头看向寇尔芙。）

ColphneI'm sorry, Leader!队长，对不起！

GrozaAnd that's because...?因为……？

ColphneI promised the Commander that I'd protect you, but in the end I wasn't able to do it...之前人家和指挥官保证说要保护队长，可最后队长还是没有被人家保护到嘛……

ColphneSo I'm sorry, Leader.队长，对不起。

(Groza double checks the data on her screen.)（闪电重新确认了一下面前屏幕上的数据。）

(After switching over to auto-pilot, she walks up to Colphne.)（在将艾莫号设置为自动驾驶后，闪电走到了寇尔芙身边。）

GrozaThere's no need to apologize. It wasn't your fault, Colphne.不用道歉，这不是你的问题，寇尔芙。

Colphne...……

ColphneAh well, as long as you're okay, Leader~ Oh, right, right, the Remolding Pattern! I made sure to bring back the backup data, Leader~啊——队长没事就好啦~ 对了对了，拟态图谱！备份数据——人家有好好带回来哟，队长~？

GrozaMm. Thanks for your hard work.嗯，辛苦了。

CommanderMayling, I'll let you adjust the carrier device for the Remolding Pattern.美玲，拟态图谱装载设备就拜托了。

ColphneI'll go with Mayling~人家和美玲一起去~

MaylingAh, I-I'll be fine by myself. Don't you need to take a break, Colphne?啊，我、我去就好，寇尔芙你去休息一下……？

ColphneAw, are you worried about me, Mayling? It makes me feel kinda happy~ I'm a Doll though, so I don't need to rest. In fact, I can help you out.美玲这是在关心人家嘛，有点——开心哟~ 不过人家是人形啦，不用休息也没问题，还能帮帮你。

MaylingEr, help me?呃，帮我？

ColphneYup, yup~ If there's anything I can do, could you teach me, Mayling? That way, you won't need to pull all-nighters every day~是的呀~如果有人家能做的，能不能教教人家，美玲？ 这样，你也不用每天都通宵了哟~

MaylingColphne...寇尔芙……

ColphneDon't you feel a little moved? I could lend my caring embrace out to you~是不是有点感动呀？ 人家的怀抱，可以借给你哟~

MaylingColphne—寇尔芙——

ColphneUwah—Really? There, there, Mayling, let's go work now~呜哇——这么夸张的吗？ 没事没事，美玲，那我们就去工作吧~

ColphneThis is okay, right, Commander?指挥官，没问题吧？

CommanderYup. With your help, there won't be so much pressure on Mayling.呃，有你的帮忙，美玲的压力也能小一些。

CommanderAlso, I'll have to trouble you to go check on Helena once you've finished helping Mayling with her adjustments. Something unusual seems to have happened to her earlier, because she's been asleep ever since she came back. I need you to run a full scan on her once she wakes up.也麻烦你了，寇尔芙。等帮美玲调试完成后，去看看海伦娜。 她在之前出现了异常状态，回来后就一直在睡觉。等她醒过来，需要你再帮她做一下全面检测。

ColphneNo problem~没问题~

MaylingCommander! You gave Colphne more work again!指挥官！您又给寇尔芙加工作！

Commander...?……？

MaylingColphne's the only one here who actually cares about me! All you do is give me extra work, give extra work to Colphne when she helps me out, and steal my rice wine! Let's go, Colphne!只有寇尔芙会关心我！ 您就只会给我加工作、给帮我的寇尔芙加工作，还会偷我的米酒！寇尔芙，我们走！

CommanderWait, this is my fault?……是我的问题？

KrolikI mean, I've never seen Mayling sleep on time ever since I came to the MCV.反正从我来基地车，就没见过美玲按时睡觉。

Commander...Sorry.……对不起。

GrozaYou should be telling Mayling that. She was really worried about you just now.这句话，应该对美玲说。 美玲之前很担心你。

KrolikYou too, Leader. Colphne was worried about you too.你也是啊，队长。寇尔芙之前也很担心你。

Groza...I see.……嗯。

KrolikEh, forget it, I'm going to rest now. Let me know if anything comes up, Commander, Leader.算了，我去休息了。有事叫我，指挥官，队长。

CommanderAlright.好。

Nemesis...Stagnant rainwater, soaking the land...……停滞的雨水，浸润土地……

KrolikNemesis said she—Hah? You've got new ideas about fortune-telling and want to try them out? She's going to get some rest too. Heh, you can save your new ideas for when they can be used.纳美西丝说她——哈？对占卜有了新的想法，想试一试？她也去休息了。 哼，你能有什么新想法，什么时候能直接用上再说吧。

Nemesis...Drifting morningstar... shatters and falls. A momentary peace...……漂泊的辰星……碎落，短暂的安宁……

KrolikWhat, you're not happy with that? Then let's settle this with a duel! See you in Level II!哼，你不服？不服我们现在就去打一场！二级平层见！

(I watch as the two leave the ops room, bickering with each other all the while. I then look back at Groza, who has not moved from her spot.)（我目送两人吵闹着离开指挥室，随后看着站在原地的闪电。）

CommanderSo, what happened, Groza?所以，闪电，出什么事了？

Groza...I've already told you my thoughts about the previous battle.……与此前战斗相关的内容，我的想法已经陈述完毕。

CommanderAh... That's not what I meant.啊……不是这个。

CommanderIt's more like, it feels as though you're a little different from before, but... I'm not sure exactly how. So I thought, why not ask you directly?就是，就是感觉你和之前有点不一样……但我也不知道哪里不一样。 我想，干脆问问你比较好？

GrozaMy body is functioning normally.我的素体运转一切正常。

CommanderNot that, Groza.不是，闪电。

CommanderIt feels like you're a little bit like your old self from several years ago, when I met you again. Are you sure there was nothing different about your body change this time?感觉你，有点像几年前我重新遇到的那个你了。 这次更换素体，真没有什么不一样的地方？

GrozaIncoming encrypted message, Commander.是加密信息，指挥官。

Commander...What is it?……是什么？

Groza"We've run into trouble, so we'll be changing the meeting place to SE998DW-H34XF2."“遇到麻烦，更改见面地点，SE998DW-H34XF2”。

CommanderWas there anything like "Light the dawn, shining edge in hand" in there?“手握锋芒，点燃黎明”，有没有看到类似的字？

GrozaThere was a line of garbage code in the top line of the message, and those words showed up in it.信息最上方有一行乱码，乱码中这几个字都有出现。

Commander...Was there anything else?……没有别的信息？

GrozaThat's all of it.以上就是全部内容。

CommanderCall Kalin.呼叫格琳。

(Groza hails Kalin via the encrypted channel.)（闪电使用了加密频段呼叫格琳。）

(The call tone goes on for quite a while...)（通讯维持了很久——）

GrozaNobody's answering. The transmission didn't get through.无人接听，通讯失败。

CommanderWhere are the coordinates SE998DW-H34XF2?SE998DW-H34XF2，坐标位置？

GrozaIn the Yellow Zone, some distance away from us.黄区，距离我们有一段距离。

CommanderBring up the environmental analysis.导入分析环境情报。

GrozaEnvironmental analysis loaded. The location corresponding to SE998DW-H34XF2 is primarily flat land with no obvious variations in height or depth. No Collapse storm activity has been detected within a 5 km radius; no unusual ELID types logged. Surface structures primarily consist of 30,000m² of factory ruins, and surface Collapse radiation level is estimated at 4.21 Vebryans.环境情报调用完毕，坐标为SE998DW-H34XF2的地点，主体地形平原，不存在明显的高低起伏；附近5KM范围内不存在坍塌风暴活动记录；不存在异常生骸种类；存在面积表现为30000m²的工厂残骸；坍塌辐射浓度预估为4.21弗必安。

CommanderAny unusual data?异常数据？

GrozaNone found.没有发现。

Commander...……

GrozaWas "Light the dawn, shining edge in hand" a codeword that Kalina gave you?“手握锋芒，点燃黎明”，指挥官，这是格琳娜给你的暗号？

CommanderYeah.嗯。

Groza...Kalina's changed a lot over the past few years too.……几年过去，格琳娜也改变了不少。

CommanderWhen Lenna gave me this codeword at the train station earlier, I confirmed with her that we were still meeting in Kyiv. Why would she change the meeting location in such a short span of time?之前在车站，莱娜把这个暗号给我之前，我和她确认过，见面地点还是基辅。 在这么短的时间之内，就要更换见面地点？

GrozaAccording to your brief description of the situation over the transmission earlier, it seems Kalina's situation is more complicated than we anticipated. There is the possibility that she might have had to change meeting locations on short notice.按照你之前通讯中的简单描述，格琳娜面对的局面也比我们之前预期的要复杂。 在短时间内遇到了不得不更换见面地点的行为，这种可能也确实存在。

CommanderYeah.嗯。

CommanderChange our destination coordinates, Groza.更改目的地坐标，闪电。

GrozaUnderstood.了解。

(Groza changes the destination coordinates to SE998DW-H34XF2 and keeps monitoring the Elmo's operations at the main terminal.)（将目的地坐标更换为SE998DW-H34XF2后，闪电仍然站在总控台前，监视艾莫号运转。）

(She is changing the subject, that much is obvious.)（闪电在转移话题——她表现得很明显。）

(After much hesitation, I decide that we need to have this talk.)（我再三犹豫，还是下定决心，向她开口。）

CommanderAnd Groza, about what happened earlier? If there's anything I can help with...?闪电，之前的事情？呃，如果有什么我能帮上忙的……？

GrozaCommander.指挥官。

GrozaCommander... Do you remember what happened when we met again?指挥官……再次相遇时发生的事，指挥官还记得吗？

CommanderYes. I saw you in a patch of ruins.记得，我是在一片废墟里看到了你。

(Puzzled by her reason for bringing this up, I search my memory while also carefully observing her expression.)（并不清楚闪电提问的意图，我一边仔细回忆，一边谨慎观察闪电的表情。）

Commander...Perhaps it was because you were attacked, but your body was in poor shape... Still, the surrounding environment was pretty bad, and I simply concluded that you were attacked before that...……可能是因为遭到攻击，当时你的素体情况不太好……不过周围环境也不好，我只能从现场情况判断出你在此之前曾经遭到攻击……

GrozaWhat kind of attack was it?什么类型的攻击？

CommanderThere was a Collapse storm nearby, and there were only some Doll frames and ammo left. Any signs of battle were gone, so I couldn't tell what kind of battle it was or who the combatants were.当时附近有坍塌风暴，现场只残留了一些人形素体和弹药，战斗痕迹基本已经消失了。战斗类型和战斗双方所属都无法判断。

Groza...……

CommanderEr, but fortunately, everything was okay after you changed to a new body... Why, what happened? You haven't changed your body in a long time, so did doing so bring back the location of some forgotten treasure trove? That would help a lot.呃，不过好在回来换了素体之后就没什么问题了……怎么，久违的素体更换，想起了以前的事情，回忆起什么曾经忘掉的宝藏埋藏地？那可真是帮大忙了。

Groza...………………

Groza...Commander, there are almost no records of what happened in the past in my neural cloud.……指挥官，以前的事情，在我目前的心智中几乎没有留下记录。

CommanderYeah, but ever since you came along, haven't you recorded many new things? In a way, it's a good thing that you lost your previous memory records, right? Because otherwise, you'd have to worry about what to delete once you ran out of internal space, no?是啊，但你来了之后，不是又有了很多新的事情，被你记录下来？ 幸亏以前的记录消失了，不然等到存储空间不够的时候，还要发愁删掉哪些不是吗？

Groza...Yeah.……嗯。

GrozaCommander.指挥官。

CommanderYes...?是……？

(Groza is suddenly very somber. I'm not quite sure where this is going.)（闪电突然严肃起来，这让我有些无所适从。）

(I fuss with my collar and cuffs unconsciously, then straighten up and meet her gaze.)（下意识地整理了一下袖口和领口，我站直了身体，面对闪电的注视。）

GrozaI'm not too sure about what happened now and in the past. However...现在，和以前，发生了什么，我也不清楚。但是。

(She looks at me with great solemnity, as if she has come to an important decision.)（似乎是做出了决定，闪电注视我的目光尤为郑重。）

GrozaIf I can verify them, you of all people will know best...如果我能够确认，你会比所有人都更了解……

GrozaAbout what exactly happened to me.了解我身上，究竟发生了什么事情。

(She shifts her gaze over to the full height window to the side.)（闪电调转了目光，她看向一旁的落地窗。）

(Her expression hasn't changed, but I perceive a faint trace of perplexity from her.)（明明神色没有变化，我却觉得闪电表现出了细微的迷茫。）

(Doubt, dread, even inexplicable fear... Something must have happened to Groza—I am certain of it.)（迷茫、惊慌，甚至没有来由的恐惧——闪电身上一定发生了什么事情——我相信这个判断。）

(But should I keep questioning her about this...? Questioning a Groza who is plagued by doubt, dread, and even fear?)（但应该继续询问吗……询问处于迷茫、惊慌，甚至恐惧中的闪电？）

(I...)（我……）

Commander...Alright, but I have one condition.……好，但我有一个条件。

GrozaMhm.嗯。

CommanderOnce you can confirm those events, I need to be the first to know about them.一旦你能够确认，那么我，需要第一个知道。

Groza...You will, Commander.……会的，指挥官。

(Following Groza's gaze, I also look outside the window.)（随着闪电的视线，我看向一侧的落地窗。）

(Without any urban light pollution, the moon and the stars should be clearly visible in the night sky, but from my angle, the night sky is pretty empty.)（缺少城市地面的光污染，夜空中本该有明显的星星或者月亮，但在我的角度看去，夜空中却几乎空无一物。）

CommanderEr, there's also something else I wanted to ask you.呃，还有件事，我想问问你。

GrozaWhat?什么？

CommanderNemesis said—as translated by Krolik, of course—that "the Doll that looked like Sextans" was carrying some kind of storage device, but she didn't use it in the same way. Also, that special Doll seemed to have an alternative form.纳美西丝说——当然是通过克罗丽科转述——她说，那个“看起来像六分仪的人形”携带有类似便携存储体的装置，但使用方式不太一样。另外，那个特殊的人形似乎还有一个与表面看起来完全不同的型态。

Groza...My neural cloud backup doesn't contain any records of what happened after rescuing Helena.……我的心智备份里，没有救出海伦娜之后的记录。

(Keeping her eyes fixed on the night sky outside the window, Groza repeats what she said in our last conversation over the comms.)（闪电又重复了一次之前在通讯中说过的话，仍然看着落地窗外的夜空。）

(I walk closer to her.)（我向她靠近。）

(Eventually, she looks away from the window.)（闪电终于调转了目光，不再看着窗外。）

(But instead of meeting my gaze, she stares past me at something vaguely behind me.)（但她的目光并没有与我对上，而是穿过了我，看向我身后的某个方向。）

CommanderYes, I know. I was just thinking... If the Girard Group uses portable memory storage devices like that too, then "the Doll that looked like Sextans" might have more powerful attack methods. But since you don't remember—是的，我知道，我只是想……如果吉拉尔集团也持有类似便携存储体的装置，“看起来像六分仪的人形”，可能会具有威力更大的攻击手段。 不过既然你已经不记得了——

CommanderWe'll just go around those Dolls when we encounter them next time.以后对上这些人形，我们绕着走就是了。

GrozaHelena might have something to do with these Dolls, so it might not be possible to avoid all combat with them.海伦娜可能和这些人形有关，不太可能回避所有与她们的战斗。

CommanderBut we can still flee, right?我们还能跑不是？

Groza...Given our present information, all I can conclude is that these Dolls might be using the same technology as us.……依据现有信息，我只能推测，这些人形可能和我们使用了同一技术。

GrozaAlthough I'm not sure of the way they use it or whether its effects are the same as ours, we shouldn't have to flee on sight if we encounter those Dolls again after Mayling debugs and corrects the Remolding Pattern.虽然不清楚使用方式及效果是否一致，但在美玲对“拟态图谱”进行调试和修正之后，再次对上这些人形，我们应该还不至于直接就跑。

CommanderThat's good.那就好。

GrozaIf those Dolls have a completely different form... Commander, do you have any video records of this?如果这些人形还有与表面看起来完全不同的型态……指挥官，有没有影像记录？

CommanderKrolik submitted the mission report. The file serial number is 20740533S, and the relevant timestamp is around three hours twenty minutes.克罗丽科已经提交了行动报告，档案编号20740533S，时间段0320前后。

CommanderGroza?闪电？

Groza...Hm, this looks like a new technology that's unique to Dolls like these. It greatly improves their combat strength in the short term. Having two different forms in the same body... might cause quite a bit of strain to it.……嗯，看起来是一种这类人形特有的新技术，能在短期内大幅提升战斗力。两种不同型态，同时存在于一个素体中……可能会对素体造成相当程度的负担。

GrozaHowever, this report will help a lot in counteracting the enemy's tactics. Krolik did well.但这份报告，对以后的对敌战术制定很有帮助，辛苦克罗丽科了。

CommanderKrolik's different from when she just arrived at the MCV too. Oh yes, Colphne said that they met Peritya in ODE-01. You do remember the name "Peritya", right?克罗丽科也和刚来基地车的时候不一样了。 对了，寇尔芙说她们在ODE-01里遇到了佩里缇亚。“佩里缇亚”这个名字，你还记得吗？

GrozaI do.记得。

CommanderApparently, they managed to meet up with me because of Peritya's help. If we get to meet her someday, we might have to thank her for saving our finances and keeping Krolik and the others from having to use spare bodies for a long time.据说她们能和我汇合，多亏是有佩里缇亚帮助。 如果哪一天能见到佩里缇亚，我们可能要好好谢谢她拯救了我们的财政，克罗丽科她们也不用在相当长的一段时间里只能用傀儡的素体了。

Groza...If she DOES get to meet Peritya, you might have to worry about the MCV's safety, Commander.……如果能见到佩里缇亚，指挥官，可能你需要担心整个基地车。

CommanderGood point. Let's hope we don't meet her, then—or would that be a little unfair to Krolik?说得也是，那就希望她们不要相见吧——会不会有点对不起克罗丽科？

(Groza gradually calms down, much to my relief.)（闪电的情绪逐渐舒缓下来，我暗暗松了口气。）

GrozaIf Krolik heard that, you'd probably have to worry about the MCV too.如果被克罗丽科听到，大概现在你就要担心基地车了。

CommanderThen I'll just apologize to her and hope she spares my Elmo.那就先给她道个歉，希望她能放过我的艾莫号。

CommanderOh yes, time was tight during the previous transmission and I didn't get to tell you in time. According to Kalin, Griffin is an ordinary PMC now, and encountering those machines with the Griffin logo was probably a coincidence. As for the assignment we received, there's a chance that the people behind it—or at least some of the people behind it—belong to the Girard Group.对了，之前通讯的时候，时间太紧张，我没来得及告诉你。格琳说格里芬现在已经是一个普通的P.M.C.，之前遇到的那些有格里芬标识的机械可能只是巧合。至于我们手上的这个订单，在它背后的可能——或者说其中之一，是吉拉尔集团。

GrozaThe Girard Group?吉拉尔集团？

CommanderThey're a mechanical manufacturing conglomerate. Lenna says they might be involved with this assignment.一个负责机械生产制造的集团公司，莱娜说这个公司可能被牵扯进了这个订单里。

GrozaSo are we going to continue carrying out this assignment, TASK-3115?那么TASK-3115，这个订单，我们还要继续完成吗，指挥官？

CommanderI doubt we can complete it now. After I hand Helena to Kalin, we'll go to B.R.I.E.F. and cancel it.继续完成是不可能了。等把海伦娜安全交给格琳，我们就去B.R.I.E.F.取消这个订单。

GrozaWe might have to pay a hefty termination penalty.可能要付一大笔违约金。

CommanderHm. Well, I hope Kalin answers my call when the time comes. After all, she handed me this assignment, you know?嚯，到时候，希望格琳能接听我的通讯。毕竟这个订单——可是她交到我手上的？

GrozaI hope the two of you can successfully talk things through.希望你们的沟通一切顺利。

(The door to the ops room slides open, and Mayling walks in.)（指挥室入口的滑门开启，美玲走了进来。）

(She stands before me wordlessly.)（她站在我面前，没有说话。）

CommanderMayling?美玲？

MaylingI've finished my adjustments on the Remolding Pattern carrier system.拟态图谱装载系统调试完了。

CommanderAh, great. How did the trials go?啊，好。测试情况怎么样？

Mayling...I was wondering whether or not to tell you because I thought you'd be upset...……以为指挥官会在意，我还犹豫了好久。

CommanderHuh?啊？

MaylingYou didn't even remember anything about—about what I said earlier!可您根本就不记得之前、之前——之前我！

CommanderI'm sorry, Mayling.美玲，对不起。

MaylingHuh? Wha?呃、呃？

CommanderWe've been beset by problems ever since we took on TASK-3115, and I was being too anxious.自从接了3115这个单子，我们就一直被各种麻烦缠上，是我太焦躁了。

MaylingAh, ahhh—It isn't really—啊、啊——也不是——

CommanderRight now, it looks like... I won't be able to give you the vacation days and rice wine I promised you for a while. I'm sorry, Mayling.现在看起来，许诺你的休假和米酒都还不能给你……还需要你忙碌一段时间。 美玲，对不起。

(Mayling seems a little embarrassed.)（美玲看起来有些不好意思。）

(She shoots Groza a frantic glance, begging her for help.)（她慌乱的目光瞟到了闪电，立刻向闪电露出求救的神色。）

MaylingL-Leader!队、队长！

GrozaThis is a good time for you to make requests, Mayling.这是个提要求的好机会，美玲。

Commander...Groza?……闪电？

MaylingAhhhh—Then, then I want, I need a lot of stuff!啊——那、那我要，我需要好多东西！

Commander...Alright, then.……好。

GrozaAren't you going to ask what she wants?不先问问是什么吗，指挥官？

CommanderWhat is it?是什么？

MaylingUm, let me think... Apart from the rice wine I asked for earlier, I want to try other kinds of drinks! Colphne told me she saw Poludnitsa stocking all sorts of alcohol when she was with her! They all taste different and have different strengths, so I want to try them all, provided that you're paying!唔，我想想……之前说的米酒除外，我还想试试新的酒！寇尔芙告诉我，她在佩妮泽那里的时候，见到了很多种类的酒！这些酒效果和味道都不太一样，如果指挥官付钱，我都想试试看！

MaylingCan you do that, Commander?指挥官，可不可以？

Commander...Of course.……可以。

MaylingThat, that's great! Thank you, Commander!那、那太好了！谢谢指挥官！

CommanderNow can you tell me about the adjustments and debugging you performed on the Remolding Pattern carrier system?现在可以告诉我拟态图谱装载系统的调试状况了吗？

MaylingAh, I finished the adjustment work, but it didn't turn out too well... There were a bunch of weird strings in the data that Colphne brought back, so I tried debugging them while performing the installation. While it did work... our MCV doesn't have enough parts right now, so I had to substitute some with other components.啊，调试工作已经完成了，但是结果不太好……寇尔芙带回来的数据里，有几个字段非常奇怪，安装的时候我调整了一下，安装是成功了……但是我们现在基地车上零件储备不足，有一部分只能用类似零件替代。

MaylingI tested out Krolik's and Nemesis' Remolding Patterns just now, but there were some limiters that I couldn't remove when I started them up, and it could only stimulate the Collapse Epiphyllums within them enough to release 68% of their energy...刚才我去测试了克罗丽科和纳美西丝的拟态图谱装置，启动时有限制无法解除，便携存储体中的坍塌昙花能量只能激发到68%……

CommanderSo it's a problem with the data that Persica left us?是帕斯卡留的数据有问题？

MaylingEr, well, it might be because of the parts too...呃，数据和零件都有可能……

CommanderWell, let's first confirm that it's not the hardware. Does Poludnitsa stock them?先确定是不是零件。佩妮泽那里有吗？

MaylingI contacted her, but she only has some of the parts we need...我联系了佩妮泽，我们需要的那些型号，她那里也只有一部分……

Commander...Tsk. Well, can we still use it?……啧。那这套系统还能用吗？

MaylingEr, yeah, it's still usable. I've made some improvements to it and tried them out on Krolik's and Nemesis' units. I've confirmed that their systems can operate at a 68% stimulation level.呃，使用还是可以的。我对它做了一点改进，也在克罗丽科和纳美西丝的拟态图谱装置上测试过，确定是整套装置能够在68%的激发状态下运行起来。

Commander68%... Very well. I'll ask Kalin about it again when I can contact her. I hope you don't mind adjusting the devices for Groza and Colphne too.68%……好，等能联系上格琳，我再问问她。 闪电和寇尔芙的装置还要麻烦你调试一下。

MaylingAh, alright. Colphne just went to give Helena a check up, so it might take a while. Leader...?啊，好的。 寇尔芙刚才已经去找海伦娜了，可能还要一点时间。队长……？

GrozaHow long will the debugging and adjustments take?调试所需时间？

MaylingI'm still not too familiar with it yet... So seeing as I'll need to verify the testing conditions, er, I think it'll take about an hour or so?这个系统我还不是很熟悉……需要根据测试情况确认，呃，大概一个小时的样子？

GrozaThe ETA to SE998DW-H34XF2 is 18 hours and 32 minutes. I'll come back in one and a half hours. During this time, you'll be in charge of MCV operations, Commander.预计将于1832后抵达坐标为SE998DW-H34XF2的地点。我会在一个半小时后返回，基地车的运行监控需要暂时交给你了，指挥官。

CommanderUnderstood, Cap'n Groza.了解，闪电队长。

CommanderSeeing as you've been through multiple battles and changed your body, it's okay if you want to rest a little longer. I don't want to see another angry Mayling, you know?刚刚经历过连续战斗，还更换了素体，多休息一些时间也没问题。 毕竟，我可不想再看到第二个生气的美玲了？

MaylingCommander!指挥官！

MaylingI, just now I... Er, Commander...我、我刚才……呃，指挥官……

CommanderAw, it's alright. Get some rest after you make the adjustments, Mayling.啊没事没事，美玲调试完成后，也请好好休息一下。

GrozaI'll be leaving it to you then, Commander. I'll come back to take over from you in four hours.那就辛苦指挥官了。 四个小时后，我会来替换指挥官。

CommanderAlright.好。

Bilateral Constraint 双侧约束

GrozaWe've reached the vicinity of SE998DW-H34XF2.SE998DW-H34XF2，确认到达坐标位置附近。

GrozaFrom our current environmental data, the presumed meeting point would appear to be on bearing 229°, 0.8 km away—it appears to be an abandoned factory.依据目前环境情报判断，西南方向229°，直线距离0.8KM，表现为处于废弃状态的工厂应该就是此前信息中提到的疑似见面地点。

CommanderBring us to a halt and begin equipment checks.停车休整。

GrozaVehicle monitor authorizations overridden. Security system deactivated. Commander, data from the monitors suggest that it's very likely this factory was once a Sangvis Ferri manufacturing plant.车载监测器权限开启，警备系统关闭。 指挥官，监控器回传的数据显示，这个工厂，很有可能曾经是铁血的机械制造工厂。

Commander...Picking a place like this for a meetup is in pretty bad taste. Contact Kalin, and use an encrypted channel.……选择这种地点，可还真是恶趣味。 联系格琳，加密频段。

GrozaUnderstood.了解。

(Groza attempts to hail Kalin again.)（闪电尝试再次呼叫格琳。）

(This time, we wait even longer...)（这一次，我们等待了更长的时间——）

GrozaStill no answer.还是无人接听。

Commander...What on earth is Kalin up to...……格琳到底干什么去了。

CommanderDid you receive any other information?有没有收到别的信息？

GrozaRecords are blank.记录为空。

CommanderKeep calling her.持续呼叫。

CommanderWell, we've arrived, but there's no response, and we can't just leave Helena here and go. Should we wait here for Kalin to contact us? After all, Helena hasn't woken up ever since she came back—地点到了，联系不上，我们也不能把海伦娜放在这里就走吧，或者就在这里等着格琳联系我们？ 更何况，海伦娜自从回来就一直没醒——

Colphne—Helena's awake, you know?海伦娜——醒了哟？

CommanderColphne?寇尔芙？

(After hesitating for a moment, I suddenly remember my previous command.)（我迟疑了一下，想起了自己之前的指令。）

CommanderAh, yes, have you finished your examination?啊，对，检测完成了？

ColphneI have, but—There seem to be a few things that aren't quite right.完成啦，确实是——有一些不对劲哟？

ColphneAfter returning to the MCV, Helena began suffering from multiple organ failures throughout her body—Although there were signs of medical intervention to prevent this, she's still in poor condition. On top of that, Helena was overdosed with sedatives during her medical treatment, and her physical condition is worsening, which is why she's been unconscious all this while.回到基地车时，海伦娜的身体内出现多处脏器衰竭——虽然是有过进行医疗干预的痕迹啦，但情况还是不太好。而海伦娜之前在进行医疗干预时被注入了过量麻醉剂，加上身体状况恶化，所以一直在昏睡。

Commander...Are things that bad?……这么严重？

ColphneThat was earlier~ Fortunately, the MCV's medical equipment is quite comprehensive—In short, Helena's okay for the time being, and her vital signs are stable. She'll be able to wake up soon~只是之前哦~ 幸好指挥官的基地车上，医疗设备还是很齐全的——海伦娜暂时没事啦，生命体征平稳，马上就要醒过来了哟~

CommanderHave you found the reason for the organ failure yet?脏器衰竭的原因能查到吗？

ColphneThe source is unclear. All I can tell is that it was a sudden-onset condition—Also, while she received medical treatment, Helena's recovery was also a sudden thing~原因不明，只能知道是突发性的——还有，虽然是使用了医疗干预手段啦，但海伦娜的恢复也很突然的哟~？

CommanderWhat do you think the reason is?推测原因？

ColphneI can't tell. A patient like this—I haven't seen anything like this before in my database~不能推测。 这样的病例——人家的数据中可从来没见过耶~

Commander...……

ColphneHowever, I have a theory.但人家有一个猜想。

CommanderWhat is it?是什么？

ColphneSince Helena can survive in a Collapse storm—Well, wouldn't that suggest that—既然海伦娜能在坍塌风暴中生存——那么，是不是——

Commander...Could it be...……难道……

GrozaAn environment without Collapse radiation would instead put strain on Helena's body.失去坍塌辐射环境，反而会对海伦娜的身体产生负担。

Commander...……

GrozaAlthough the MCV's interior has no Collapse radiation, Helena would occasionally go to the drone elevator on the roof to observe her surroundings.在基地车上，虽然基地车内部无坍塌辐射，但海伦娜偶尔会去车顶的无人机升降平台，观测周围环境。

GrozaWhen she stayed in the MCV previously, Helena also ended up sleeping for long periods of time. Perhaps her body already started showing signs of deteriorating after spending long durations in environments without Collapse radiation, and the low Collapse radiation level in the Green Zone worsened her symptoms, ultimately resulting in severe organ failure.但此前停留在基地车上时，海伦娜也出现了长时间的睡眠，可能长期处于无坍塌辐射环境下，身体已经出现恶化前兆，而绿区的低坍塌辐射环境加剧了她身体的恶化情况，最终爆发出严重脏器衰竭。

ColphneCorrect~ You're amazing, Leader!没错~队长，果然好厉害！

GrozaDon't do that, Colphne.别这样，寇尔芙。

ColphneBut you ARE amazing~队长就是很厉害嘛~

ColphneHowever, there's one more thing. Those transforming spheres of Helena's can probably provide her with a suitable environment when they're in box form. Helena hasn't been back in the box all this time—That's probably why her condition deteriorated so quickly.不过——还有一点哟，海伦娜的那些能转化型态的球体，在箱子型态下，大概能给在里面的海伦娜提供合适的环境。 海伦娜也一直没有回到箱子里嘛——身体恶化才会出现这么快。

CommanderMhm.嗯。

Commander...So if your theory is valid, then this "fully-immune individual"...……如果推测成立，那这个“完全免疫体”……

Groza...Might not be a true "fully-immune individual".可能并不是真正的“完全免疫体”。

CommanderThose people going after TASK-3115... Just why are they doing it?但一直追着TASK-3115这个订单的那些人……他们究竟是为了什么？

GrozaCall failed. The signal's being disrupted, cause unknown.呼叫失败，信号受到不明干扰。

CommanderCould it be Helena again?难道又是因为海伦娜？

ColphneMayling's already taken care of the box~ Also, she spent a loooong time debugging everyone's Remolding Patterns, so Mayling said she wanted to get some rest.外层的箱子，美玲已经拿去处理了哟~ 不过给大家调试拟态图谱花了好——多时间，刚才美玲说着要先休息一下。

CommanderHow are Nemesis and Krolik?纳美西丝和克罗丽科的情况？

GrozaFrom their neural cloud signal logs, they're fighting in Level II.依据心智信号记录判断，正在二级平层对战中。

CommanderContact them. Keep Helena here. Colphne, check Helena's condition again and then prepare for battle.呼叫纳美西丝和克罗丽科。 海伦娜留在这里，寇尔芙，再次确认海伦娜身体状况，之后一同准备作战。

GrozaThis might be a trap, Commander.这可能是个陷阱，指挥官。

CommanderIndeed, that's very likely. However, we still have Helena, and as long as you return successfully, we won't have incurred any losses—Ah, besides the cost of replacing bodies.确实，这种可能性很大。但海伦娜还在，只要你们顺利回来，我们就没有任何损失——啊，呃，素体的补充费用除外。

CommanderStill, we have the Remolding Pattern now. Even if it's only running at 68% efficiency, you should be able to retreat immediately if things go bad.不过已经有了“拟态图谱”，虽然只能以68%的功率运行，情况不妙，立刻撤离应该还是没问题的？

(Groza gazes at me without answering my question.)（闪电盯着我，没有回答我的问题。）

ColphneCommander, are you going to step into a trap even though you know what it is~?指挥官——要主动跳进陷阱里嘛~？

Commander...That does seem to be the case.……以结果而言，确实是主动跳进去。

CommanderHowever, the only clue we have right now is dangling before our eyes. Who knows, we might gain some additional information too. I'd also like to know if it's just the Girard Group pursuing TASK-3115 and the "fully-immune individual" Helena.但我们目前所掌握的唯一线索就在眼前。说不定，还能获得一些别的消息。 我也很想知道，追着TASK-3115，追着海伦娜这个“完全免疫体”的，是不是只有吉拉尔集团？

(I return Groza's gaze evenly.)（我平静地回视闪电。）

(Having confirmed my intentions, Groza gets to work at the main terminal.)（确认我的意愿，闪电开始操作总控台。）

GrozaI've already notified our combat units. We'll move out in 20 minutes.已通知各作战单位，预计0020后开始行动。

CommanderStay in touch.注意保持通讯。

GrozaUnderstood.了解。

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(Groza's team enters the plant.)（闪电小队进入了工厂。）

(The manufacturing plant has long since been abandoned. The remaining incandescent lamps shine softly on messy piles of assorted mechanical parts. A little further away, large fan blades are still spinning continuously.)（工厂已被废弃，残留的白炽灯洒下柔和的光线，照射在各类杂乱的废弃机械部件上。不远处，硕大的扇叶仍在持续运转。）

(The Dolls' footsteps echo through the empty and spacious plant, overlapping with each other.)（人形们的脚步声在空旷的工厂内激起层叠的回音。）

Nemesis...Darkened cloud strata, gathering, obscuring the light...……黯淡的云层，汇聚，遮掩光亮……

KrolikYou want to charge in? Did you even see the situation back then?! Did you see that huge pile of Gol-whatevers up ahead that were about to self-destruct when you came up with that dumb plan of yours? Did you?!冲什么冲你是没看到当时的情况吗？！制定的什么破作战计划，前面那一大堆那歌什么的马上就要自爆了你知不知道？！

Nemesis...Embers hidden in the ashes, quietly going out...……隐藏在灰烬中的火种，悄然熄灭……

KrolikNow you're saying that I'M holding YOU back? Who was the one who didn't one-shot their target, Nemesis?! Want to go to Level II now so I can help refresh your memory?!谁拖累你你说我？最开始没有点杀成功的是谁啊纳美西丝？！要不要现在就进二级平层我帮你好好回忆一下？！

GrozaNemesis, Krolik, stay alert.纳美西丝，克罗丽科，注意警戒。

CommanderWhat happened to them, Groza?闪电，她们两个怎么了？

Groza...It might have been something from their previous one-on-one. They were evenly matched when they went head to head, but when they worked together they failed pretty much every mission; their grades were all Cs and below.……可能是之前对战的事情。对抗各有胜负，但合作时，结果几乎都是失败，评分都在C以下。

KrolikIt's all because of Nemesis' stupid plan! How could I have lost on such a low difficulty if not for her?!是啊都是纳美西丝乱提什么作战计划啊？！这么低的难度要不是她我还能输？！

Commander...Prioritize your mission, Krolik.……优先关注当前的任务，克罗丽科。

KrolikI—Tsk!我——啧！

ColphneLeader, Commander, it looks like this whooole place is a write-off. There's nothing here, you know?队长，指挥官，这里——好像全都废弃了，什么也没有哟？

(The Dolls study their surroundings but all is quiet, and nothing seems out of the ordinary.)（人形们环顾四周，但周围一片安静，没有任何异常。）

(Colphne bends down and picks up a piece of scrap metal. She tosses it into the distance.)（寇尔芙弯腰捡起一块铁片，扔向远处。）

ColphneSee, Leader, even if I do this—There's nothing we need to be wary of—Ah!队长你看，就算这样——也没有任何需要我们警戒的对象——啊！

GrozaStop!停下！

(A strong tremor suddenly rocks the ground beneath their feet.)（脚底突然传来强烈的震感。）

(The machines scattered all over the deserted plant come to life and start closing in on Groza's team who is the cause of the disturbance.)（原本废弃在场景各处的机械们随之活动起来，向着发出声音的闪电小队移动。）

CommanderWhat's going on?怎么了？

GrozaEnemy units sighted. They look like abandoned machines left within the plant, probably generic S.F. machines from their appearance.有敌方单位出现，外形判断为残留在工厂内的废弃机械，外形推测为泛用化铁血技术产物。

ColphneI-I-I'm sorry—我，我，对不起——

KrolikHumph, what does this make you, Nemesis No. 2?哼，这算什么，第二个纳美西丝？

Nemesis...An echo racing through the valley, then suddenly fading...……掠过山谷的音调，徒然消散……

KrolikWhy? Don't you know? It's because you're a jinx! Why else did I fail the past few sims when I followed your ops plan?为什么？这都不知道，因为你乌鸦嘴啊？刚才几次照着你的作战计划走都输了啊？

GrozaPrepare to face the enemy!准备迎敌！

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ColphneLeader, Commander, everyone, I'm so sorry!对不起，队长，指挥官，大家！

KrolikTsk, I don't mind. If it wasn't you, it would have been Nemesis, right?啧，我倒是没什么。 没有你，还有纳美西丝不是吗！

Nemesis...Following a twisting road, blending into the forest...……追寻曲折的路径，散入林木……

KrolikWasn't it YOUR fault we went down the wrong path earlier?!之前找错行进路线的也是你吧？！

GrozaColphne, don't act without permission next time.寇尔芙，下次作战时，不要擅自行动。

ColphneI won't do that again, Leader~!绝对会的，队长~！

CommanderIs there anything else around you, Groza?周围有没有别的什么，闪电？

GrozaNothing unusual detected so far.目前范围内没有发现异常。

CommanderNothing... all? ...contact?什……没有？……象呢？

GrozaWhat?什么？

CommanderHuh?啊？

KrolikSomething's interfering with our comms. I didn't catch what you said just now, Commander.通讯有干扰，指挥官你刚才说了什么没听到。

CommanderInterference—Then why are things fine on my end? Maybe it's because of Helena's box. I left Mayling a message, but I haven't gotten a reply yet. Mayling should still be resting now.干扰——我这里一切正常？ 可能是因为海伦娜的外层箱子，我已经给美玲留言，但没有收到回复。美玲应该还在休息。

CommanderI said, "Did you see our contact?"我是说，有没有看到交接对象？

GrozaNobody sighted. There doesn't seem to be any "contact" here other than those abandoned machines.没有发现。废弃机械以外，这里没有任何疑似“交接对象”的单位。

Commander...Keep searching, but stay safe.……继续探索，注意安全。

Breakthrough II 突围II

GrozaConfirming nothing unusual in the current area.确认当前区域无异常。

CommanderCarry on.行动继续。

KrolikTsk, can't there be something else here? These scraps can't even fight, but there's a ton of them, so taking care of them is a pain!啧，这里就不能有点别的？ 那些破烂东西一点战斗力都没有，数量还多，打起来烦死了！

Nemesis...Boiling earth... blazes with rousing flames...……沸腾的土地……燃起喧哗的浪潮……

KrolikHah? YOU'RE the one who's going to get ambushed, don't you think?!哈？会被偷袭的是你吧？！

ColphneOkay, okay~ Give it a rest, you two. You DO remember we're in the middle of a mission, right?好好~中场休息啦两位——现在还在战斗中哟？

ColphneStill, things do seem a bit like Port Vest right now, Leader~ Let me guess what happens next—the comms get cut?不过队长，现在的情况，有点像我们之前在威斯特港里的时候耶~ 下一步难道是——通讯断开？

CommanderWe can't let the events at Port Vest happen again. However, there's no Collapse storm now and no Boojums appearing out of nowhere, so even if Helena's outer box generates some comm interference, it shouldn't lead to losing all—威斯特港的情况，可不能再来一遍。 不过现在没有坍塌风暴，没有突然出现的伯介姆，就算海伦娜的外层箱子对通讯产生了一些干扰，还不至于到断——

Groza...Commander?……指挥官？

(With her eyes constantly scanning the surroundings, Groza keeps moving forward as she tries to summon help through the comms.)（一边警惕地观察周围，持续向前移动，闪电一边使用通讯终端，重新呼叫。）

(The connection is dead. She cannot make any calls.)（信号中断，无法接通。）

ColphneI, don't—Don't tell me I actually ended up loading Nemesis' neural cloud backup instead?人家、我——难道我真的读取的是纳美西丝的心智备份？

Krolik—Leader.——队长。

GrozaMm, I see it.嗯，我看到了。

(The Dolls come to a halt.)（人形们停下脚步。）

(At almost the same moment, a heavy object falls right in front of the Dolls, sending plumes of dust flying. A sea of red dots light up, but they keep a distance from the Dolls.)（几乎在同一时间，有沉闷的重物坠落在人形们面前，喷薄而出的烟尘中，大片红色光点亮起，但却并不靠近众人。）

KrolikTsk, why this trash again? There's so many of them!啧，怎么又是这些破烂东西，数量还真多！

Groza...Stay alert.……注意警戒。

ColphneIs it a transmission from the Commander, Leader?是指挥官的通讯吗，队长？

(Groza stares at the screen of her communicator for quite a while before showing the others what she has just received.)（闪电盯着通讯终端的屏幕看了好一会，才将刚收到的信息展示出来。）

(On the black screen is a floor plan of the abandoned plant with Team Groza's location marked out.)（黑色的屏幕上，以废弃工厂俯视图为背景，闪电小队所处的位置被标示出来。）

(A blinking white dot has appeared in the top right corner.)（右上角的位置，出现了一个白色的闪烁光点。）

Ebb and Flow 涨落

MaylingI can't get through! It's happening again! I can't establish comms!连接不上！这次也是！又是连接不上！

Commander...Tsk.……啧。

MaylingWhat, what should we do, Commander...怎、怎么办，指挥官……

CommanderAre you SURE this comms interference isn't caused by Helena's box?通讯干扰，确认不是因为海伦娜的箱子？

MaylingI'm sure it isn't! While the outer box looks like the one from before, it doesn't have any technological elements in it! It shouldn't affect our comms!一定不是！这次外层的箱子，虽然看起来和之前的相似……但是没有任何科技含量，不会对通讯产生影响的！

CommanderKeep calling her. Try using the backup comms gear and frequencies.尝试使用备用通讯设备及通讯频段，持续呼叫。

MaylingO-okay—Ah, Commander, a new transmission just came in!好、好——啊，指挥官，有新通讯！

CommanderWho's the sender?通讯方？

MaylingUnknown... It's not displayed!未知……没有显示！

CommanderCan you backtrace the signal?信号回溯？

MaylingI can't. All signal traffic to and from us has been cut off. I don't know how they managed to find our frequency. Perhaps... perhaps...不能——目前我们的信号完全被切断了，还不知道对方使用了什么手段能够连接到我们的通讯频段，可能、可能……

CommanderThey might be using a temporary local frequency, and the sender is right next to us?使用本地临时频段，通讯方就在我们附近？

MaylingYes...是的……

Commander...Put it through.……接通。

(A Doll in black appears on the projection screen of the communicator.)（投影屏上的通讯画面里，出现了一个黑色的人形。）

DartureOh~ It seems you were expecting my visit.哦~看来我的造访，并不令您感到意外。

Commander...……

MaylingAh, is, is this the one from the report—uh, "the Doll that looked like Sextans"?啊，这、这就是报告里的那个——呃，“看起来像六分仪的人形”？

DartureSextans?六分仪？

DartureWhile I am surprised that you would know the name of my colleague, the two of us are nothing alike. I hope that you, and your companions who are absent from this conversation, will have a clearer understanding of this matter in the future.虽然对您的同伴知道她的名字感到惊奇，但我与她并不相似。 希望您，以及没有出现在通讯画面中的您的同伴，能够对此有更为清晰的认知。

CommanderAnd you would be?你是？

DartureUnfortunately, the likes of you have no need to know my name. How about handing over the sample and ending your mission?非常遗憾，您还不足以知道我的名字。 交出“样品”，结束您的任务如何？

CommanderI don't know who you are, so why should I hand Helena—the sample in question—over to you?我不知道你的身份，为什么要把海伦娜——就是你们所说的“样品”——交给你？

DartureHeh—Well, you've already followed the message you received and arrived here. Right now, I am your "contact".呵——您已经依照您所获得的信息，顺利来到这里。 现在，我，就是您的“交接对象”。

Commander—So you were the sender of the message?——发信息的，是你？

DartureOho~哦~

DartureI hope you won't misunderstand things. I was not the one who sent it.希望您不要产生误会，发出信息的，并不是我。

CommanderThen why should I hand her to you?那我为什么要交给你？

(I probe the Doll in black tentatively while observing her on the screen.)（观察着通讯画面中的黑色人形，我小心试探。）

CommanderIn fact, why don't we make a deal? Tell me who sent the message, and I'll consider handing the sample over to you.不如我们做个交易。告诉我消息是谁发给我的，我考虑一下，把你要的“样品”给你。

DartureA worthless human like you wants to deal with me? Hand over the sample. That way, I will not completely annihilate those worthless defects that you call second-gen Dolls.一个像您这样的、毫无存在价值的人类，和我做交易？ 交出“样品”。您那些低劣的二代人形，那些无用的残次品，就不会全灭在我手里。

CommanderYou're in the plant?你在工厂里？

(I pick up on the information that she has just given away—she has made no attempt to hide it anyway.)（我察觉到了黑色人形叙述中表露出的信息——虽然对方也并没有刻意掩饰。）

(Mayling mutters a reassurance to me under her breath.)（一旁的美玲小声提醒我。）

MaylingAh, Commander... Leader and the others backed up their neural clouds before leaving, so it won't be a total loss!啊，指挥官，队长她们出发前做过了心智备份……那个，不会全灭的！

DartureOho~哦~

DartureI hope you have a clearer picture of the situation that you and your companions are facing. Right now, your MCV has little in the way of supplies, and nothing in the way of Doll frames.您与您的同伴目前的处境，希望您能够有更为清楚的认知。 现在，您的基地车上，只有为数不多的物资，其中并没有任何类型的人形素体。

DartureIf I sever your networks, ELIDs will easily wipe out your vehicle and crew, and I won't even have to wait for more than 24 hours.只要中断您的网络，生骸就能够完全消灭您的车队。而我所需要等待的时间，甚至不会超过24小时。

MaylingHow, how did you know? Commander, what should we do? We, Leader, they—你、你怎么知道？指挥官，怎么办，我们、队长她们——

CommanderThanks to your help, Groza and the others won't be overpowered by this one Doll.经过你的帮助，闪电她们不至于会受制于这一个人形。

MaylingBut will it really be okay...可真的没问题吗……

CommanderDon't worry.不用担心。

Darture—Pardon me, but you seem to have overlooked my presence here.——阁下，您似乎忽视了我的存在。

Darture—Your time is up.——时间到了。

(The Doll seems to be adjusting her communications module.)（黑色人形似乎在调整通讯模块。）

(After a bout of static, I hear multiple sets of slow footsteps.)（一阵杂音后，我听到了复数的、缓慢的脚步声。）

DartureThis will be the last thing you can hear from your defects. I hope that at the very end, you will be grateful to me for allowing you to bid those defects farewell.这将是您能够听到的，您那些残次品所发出的最后的声音。 在最后的时刻，允许您和您那些残次品做最后的告别，希望您，能够心存感激。

MaylingI-I'll go look for some backup bodies. We might—we might still have some in stock (sniffles). I'll go look, Commander, (whimpers) I-I'll go look—我，我去找找有没有备用的素体，可能——可能还能找到，指挥官，我去找找，呜呃、我——我去找——

CommanderWait, Mayling.等等，美玲。

MaylingI-I—我——我——

CommanderDon't panic. Right now, Groza and the others are equipped with "Remolding Patterns", and with the improvements you made, what happened in the past won't happen again.别紧张。 现在，闪电她们都装载了“拟态图谱”，还经过了你的协助改进，不会再出现和之前一样的情况。

MaylingBut I think—可我，我觉得——

CommanderBelieve in your skills and believe in everyone, Mayling.相信你的技术，也相信大家，美玲。

CommanderAlso, activate the security systems and set them to the highest priority. Start up the MCV and try to determine the method and range of the signal interference. See if you can find any usable positions we can use to re-establish communications. Once that's done, patch into long-distance comms and hail all available sensor pings in encrypted partition 1.另外，开启警备系统，设置优先权限。启动基地车，测算信号屏蔽方式及笼罩范围，尝试寻找可用位置，重新架设通讯频段。架设完成后，接入长距离通讯，呼叫代码分区1中的所有可见列。

CommanderWe need to do everything we can to keep ourselves safe until Groza and the others come back.在闪电她们回来之前，我们需要尽可能保证我们自己的安全。

MaylingAlright.好。

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ColphneLooks like we're aaalmost at that point of the white dot~ Should we keep approaching, Leader?看起来——那个光点的位置，快要到了哟~ 我们还要继续接近吗，队长？

GrozaKeep moving.继续行动。

KrolikTsk, what the hell is this? Why the hell is it sneaking around? Can't it just show itself?啧，这什么东西，神神秘秘的，直接出来不行啊？

Nemesis...A meteor racing across the sky, leaving a blazing inferno in its wake...……疾驰过天际的流星，燃起长长的火焰……

KrolikOh yes, of course, I'll just run out there and chop up whatever it is while you cower in the rear and shoot them in the back, isn't that right?哦，是啊，我冲出去就能把这不知道什么东西砍了，你只能躲在后面放冷枪吧？

ColphneAlright, alright~ Nemesis, Krolik, you're BOTH amazing, okay? Please take care of me in our next battle~好啦好啦~纳美西丝和克罗丽科——都很厉害哟？ 下次战斗，也要麻烦两位保护人家啦~

KrolikHmph, of course!哼，当然！

GrozaStop.停下。

(Groza's team stops outside a half-open door.)（闪电小队停在一扇半开启的门前。）

(The door seems to function more as a partition as it does not reach all the way up to the ceiling. Through the half-open door seems to be a large room.)（这扇门似乎只是用来间隔空间，上部并没有封顶。透过半开启的门向内看去，前方似乎是一个很大的房间。）

(On the screen of Groza's communicator, the dots representing the Dolls are almost right on top of the blinking white dot.)（闪电手中，通讯终端的屏幕上，代表人形们的光点几乎与一直闪烁的白色光点重合。）

ColphneThis seems to be the place~看起来就是这里哟~

GrozaStay on your toes.维持警戒。

(With Groza in the lead, the group enters through the open door.)（以闪电为首，人形们走进开启的门。）

(This is most probably a workshop for machinery assembly. The incandescent lamps overhead are almost burned out, their flickering light barely illuminating the space.)（门内应该是一处用于机械组装的厂房，顶部的白炽灯因长期的废置而出现老化，闪烁的灯光映射出厂房全景。）

(Near the center of the room is a large piece of machinery whose purpose is indiscernible due to its unfinished as well as derelict state.)（中央靠后的位置，有一处巨大的机械，但因长久的废弃以及本身的组装暂停，并不能辨别出它的真貌。）

(The Doll in black is standing in front of the machinery, her face half-obscured by the shadows cast by the flickering light.)（黑色的人形站在巨大的机械前，闪烁的灯光映出她的脸，脸上的表情明暗不定。）

Darture—While I already knew you were worthless defects, you still took longer than I expected to get here.——虽然是无用的残次品，来到这里，花费的时间仍然超出我的预期。

ColphneAh, is this—Is this the Doll we met earlier?啊，这是——是之前遇到的那个人形？

GrozaStay on guard.戒备。

(Perceiving Team Groza's wariness, the Doll closes her umbrella.)（看到闪电小队的警戒动作，黑色人形收起了伞。）

(She plops the tip of the umbrella on the floor with an unwavering smile.)（她把伞尖撑在地上，笑容不变。）

DartureHow about abandoning your futile resistance and resigning yourself to your defeat, defects?放弃无谓的抵抗，安心接受失败的命运如何，残次品们？

GrozaIsn't the fact that you're here an acknowledgement of our abilities?你来到这里，难道不是对我们的认可？

Darture—Acknowledgement. Oho~ It seems you've misunderstood something. Useless defects like yourself do not possess the ability to understand "our" motives.——认可。哦~您可能产生了一些误解。 无用的残次品，不具备理解“我们”行动逻辑的能力。

GrozaOur? Are you referring to yourself and Sextans?“我们”？你，和六分仪？

Darture...Heh.……呵。

DarturePlease do not mention her in the same breath as me.希望您，不要将我与她相提并论。

GrozaIt seems you and "Sextans" are not working together.看起来，你和“六分仪”不属于合作关系。

GrozaNow, seeing as you failed to recover the sample you needed in time when there were only three of us, and we were practically out of supplies and ammo back then, may I ask why you decided to disguise yourself as Kalina and go out of your way to lure us here?那么，你，以及“你们”，在我们人形只有三个、弹药补给几乎为零的情况下，没有及时回收你们所需要的“样品”，而是伪装成格琳娜，特意将我们引诱到这里，原因是什么？

DartureGoing out of our way to lure you here?特意将你们引诱到这里？

DartureEven if you did waste my time and hers earlier, the fact remains that you followed the message we gave without bothering to verify its veracity and acted in a clueless and foolish manner. From that perspective, how did you arrive at that conclusion?依据我们给出的消息，完全不查证真伪，以无知而愚昧的选择行动——如果之前还确实花费了我和她一些时间，不知现在，身在此处的您是以何种方式，做出这个推断？

Groza...Given the change in phrasing from "our" to "my and hers", you seem to have gone from working with Sextans to someone else.……从六分仪到现在的“你们”，你更换了合作对象？

(Groza drawls as she keeps her eyes fixed on the Doll.)（盯着黑色的人形，闪电的声音非常缓慢。）

(The Doll does not give a straight answer. She raises her umbrella again and assumes an en garde position.)（黑色人形没有继续话题。她将伞举起，做出攻击的动作。）

DartureOho~哦~

DartureYou do realize that guessing blindly will only lead to a more tragic defeat, don't you?无谓的猜测，带来的只会是更加惨烈的失败。

Groza...No. You will be the one who is defeated.……不，失败的会是你。

GrozaOur previous encounter ended in an explosion and you couldn't recover the sample you needed. You have already lost to me.上一次的对战以爆炸结束。没能追回你所需要的“样品”，你已经输给了我。

Darture...What?……什么。

GrozaThe same thing is going to happen this time.这一次，会是同样的结果。

Darture...Why, you!……你！

DartureI hope you will realize the mistake you made by not knowing your place, defects.做出与自己身份并不相符的表述，希望你们能够认识到自己的错误，残次品们。

(The Doll in black stalks towards Team Groza, and her body starts shifting.)（黑色人形向闪电小队走来，同时，她的身体开始变形。）

DartureHopefully you will remember this lesson.这次的教训，希望你们能够记住。

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