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All of the stories in Punishing: Gray Raven, for your reading pleasure. Will contain all the stories that can be found in the archive in-game, together with all affection stories.
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Operation "Red Envelope"

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Reluctantly, you have all decided to travel with Nanami.

You follow her to an abandoned mall inside City 015, where fallen shelves and items have scattered all over the place. Yet, there is a certain order to it, as if someone has briefly cleaned up the area.

They're my new discovery here!

They're a very important part of my battle strategy, which was why Nanami had a plan to hunt them down!

But now it's all messed up because of you! Aye-yi-yi-yi!

Hunt them down? So you mean you were trying to deal with them?

Well, I don't want them to wander about. It's dangerous out here!

...And a few other things. I'll explain later.

To them, duh! Just now they would've been "purified" if they weren't careful, wouldn't they?!

...Regardless, Nanami does things her way! I never act without reasons!

I was trying to deal with them alright! But you've disrupted my plan, so you have to fix it by doing exactly what I tell you to! Nanami's got a plan!

Your... plan? You aren't acting on instinct for once, Nanami!

I'd like to be one of the smart ones once in a while, is what it is.

After all, I couldn't have "instinct" them from the mine they were inhabiting to here, could I?

...Something wrong with that?

I mean, they couldn't have popped up out of nowhere, right? Like, you pop up from Babylonia—same idea.

Hunt them down, I told you! To lure them here from where they were...

Is that possible? How would you do that?

If we want to hunt something, first, we'll need to collect bait!

Exactly! And Nanami knows where you can find baits. After that, we just need to dress it up a bit...

What bait are we talking about here?

Information classified! You'll find out when the time is right!

Although Nanami could've handled it by herself, it wouldn't hurt to have a few extra pairs of hands helping if we want to hunt them down... It takes a while to collect the baits, after all.

Who says I'm helping?!

Hey, Bianca, let's go find that thing ourselves! You wouldn't join this ridiculous plan of hers, right?

...Commandant, what are you thinking?

Defeated, Karenina shakes her head. But she was the one who rushed to help Nanami in the first place, so she cannot make herself sit it out.

...Fine! I can't leave you alone, now, can I? What if something happens to you?

Just to be safe, please come with us as well, Commandant.

In that case—Nanami's big hunt is ready to go! Everyone, on your mark! Get set! Collect the baits!