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Urgh—
Bzz..
Commandant, this way...
Lucia steadily paves a path, coldly surveying for ambushes and cutting apart any approaching Corrupted.
Commandant? Please follow tight.
……
Sorry, Commandant. I must look... uncanny right now...
The symptoms of M.I.N.D. deviation are... showing...
Commandant...
Sure.
I've heard that... maintaining close contact with your commandant can help stabilize M.I.N.D. integrity.
……
But... with my condition now...
Then... I'll just follow you like this, Commandant... Is it alright...?
After a short rest, you and Lucia reach your destination—a small area hidden by the ruins.
Beneath the shadows stand a discontented-looking teenager, and...
A somewhat reluctant and petite girl.
Lucia! You're hurt so badly... Commandant, you as well...
It's not an issue. I've disconnected my pain receptors, so executing the mission will not be a problem.
You've gone so far to...
Reckless beyond belief.
At least, we succeeded.
Yes, you did. But for this, you've been heavily wounded, our most important Commandant nearly died, and not only so, even Liv's lost her combat capabilities.
Liv...?
I'm sorry, I overloaded my Levi-Guns for the blast just now and its core melted...
But, I can still provide computing power and data support!
... (Sighs)
Lee, your hand?
Hand?
Just scorched from connecting the Levi-Gun to the city's power grid. Nothing serious, it doesn't affect its function.
Lee...
Right, Commandant—
You'd likely require these, so I scavenged a few serums for you.
Don't ask where I got them, you can probably guess.
At least we've escaped from the Corrupted's ambush now. Let's continue with the plan, Lucia.
Yes. I'll reiterate first. Our mission is to recover City 015.
When we're done exterminating the Corrupted from the designated areas, the Engineering Force will arrive and rebuild the city into a frontier for Humanity on Earth.
But our conditions are dire, we must first regroup with other supply squads to resupply...
And after a map update, I've found that the church nearby has a shortcut to the nearest meeting point. Let's head over there.
Ugh!
Church...
Is something the matter with this church?
Nothing, just struck by a sense of déjà vu...
Occasionally... happens...
Not an unusual occurrence. The M.I.N.D. system is a complete simulation of the human consciousness model after all.
Might be a remnant from one of the places you've been. You do have a vast amount of combat experience after all.
Commandant, you seem to have left yourself out.
Even though it's true that your resume doesn't stand out... but...
Nevermind... We all have skeletons in the closet.
Lee...
I'm fine now, let's continue.
