{ "dataList": [ { "id": 0, "place": "Distorted Butter Street, District 14", "model": "뉴앵두", "content": "... Hm. That should be all of them." }, { "id": 1, "content": "Surveying the area with measured alert, Aeng-du cast the blood from her sword with a few sharp flicks before sliding it back to its sheath." }, { "id": 2, "model": "에즈라먼지", "content": "Huh, they're not changing back... Doesn't look like beatin' up the Distorted ones reverts them immediately this time around." }, { "id": 3, "model": "뉴앵두", "content": "Perhaps a fortunate turn of events, in a way. Let us search for clues while time allows us." }, { "id": 4, "model": "에즈라먼지", "content": "Right, right... You take that side, Aeng-du. I'll search here." }, { "id": 5, "content": "Ezra and Aeng-du moved about as though they were used to this kind of situation. Without even taking a moment to catch their breath after the battle, they began searching the space." }, { "id": 6, "model": "돈키호테다침", "content": "P-prithee...!" }, { "id": 7, "content": "Don Quixote was the first one to voice her doubt in the surreal, unfamiliar situation we found ourselves in." }, { "id": 8, "model": "돈키호테다침", "content": "We battled Distortions upon our arrival hither, yet never before have I beheld our surroundings changed with so sudden a flash!" }, { "id": 9, "model": "돈키호테다침", "content": "Prithee, I cannot make sense of this situation. Couldst thou render a detailed account of this Distortion phenomenon?" }, { "id": 10, "model": "뉴앵두", "content": "Ah... Apologies. It would appear I overlooked the briefing due to the urgency of this predicament." }, { "id": 11, "model": "뉴앵두", "content": "This is, according to the definition presented by Lady Moses, a \"Location-type Distortion.\"" }, { "id": 12, "model": "에즈라먼지", "content": "It's basically when a whole space Distorts. And since places and buildings can't move on their own, the Distortion gets fixed in a certain space." }, { "id": 13, "model": "에즈라먼지", "content": "As for this one... Looks like the Distortion's already progressed pretty far along. Middle stage, probably? They don't usually get this big, but this one here's covering almost an entire street." }, { "id": 14, "model": "이상다침", "content": "Then those people..." }, { "id": 15, "model": "에즈라먼지", "content": "They entered this space and got caught up in it. And our job right now is to get to the bottom of the phenomenon—what exactly gets people caught up, and what happens to them once they're in." }, { "id": 16, "model": "에즈라먼지", "content": "Of course, we can't really rule out the possibility of a powerful Distortion that's encroaching upon its environment... Oh, by that I mean when a Distortion bleeds into the space around it and warps it." }, { "id": 17, "model": "에즈라먼지", "content": "... Oh, man, I'm actually talking like our team leader. Rubbed off on me, I guess. Hehe." }, { "id": 18, "content": "Ezra continued with a sheepish giggle." }, { "id": 19, "model": "에즈라먼지", "content": "In any case, we won't be able to suppress or cure the Distortion even if we whoop these guys' asses a hundred times." }, { "id": 20, "model": "에즈라먼지", "content": "We need more clues to help us locate the Inflection Point... Maybe we should examine these people over here, too?" }, { "id": 21, "content": "With a call, Ezra directed our attention to rows of collapsed people all around, all of them clad in dopo robes." }, { "id": 22, "model": "돈키호테다침", "content": "And these are..." }, { "id": 23, "model": "이상다침", "content": "The glyph emblazoned upon their headbands—\"Chu (推)\", bespeaks propulsion and pursuit. It marks them as Ch'unokkuns, functionaries charged with scouring and hunting runaway Nobis." }, { "id": 24, "model": "뉴앵두", "content": "You hail from the Homeland as we do. I am unsurprised that you know of them." }, { "id": 25, "model": "이상다침", "content": "... I could hardly fail to know, for I, too, was once enumerated among their quarry. Scientists and technicians were daily being dispossessed of their stations in S Corp., after all..." }, { "id": 26, "model": "뉴앵두", "content": "So it was no idle tale... Scientists who ply their craft without fattening S Corp.'s coffers are seized forthwith and made Nobis of the Corporation." }, { "id": 27, "model": "이상다침", "content": "Indeed. I count myself fortunate to have absconded with my friends afore the Brand of Nobi could be impressed upon us; otherwise..." }, { "id": 28, "model": "뉴앵두", "content": "\"Nobi\"... the wretched appellation conferred upon the people for the convenience of those in power. A vile practice and an excuse of their powermongering—nothing more." }, { "id": 29, "model": "이상다침", "content": "... The so-called \"Taboo Hunters\" of S Corp. operate by much the same anatomy. Does the breaching of Taboo summon the hunter, or does the hunter first seize his prey, to thereafter frame the captured with invented transgression?" }, { "id": 30, "model": "뉴앵두", "content": "If the powerful so desire to chase a man down, to take possession of his very being and keep him caged, then they need only decree that he should bear the lot of a Nobi. Such is what S Corp. has become today." }, { "id": 31, "model": "뉴앵두", "content": "My mentor, too, is one of the victims of that accursed practice..." }, { "id": 32, "model": "이스마엘다침", "content": "Then could these people have been sent out to capture your mentor or Yi Sang?" }, { "id": 33, "model": "뉴앵두", "content": "Or me, perhaps. Or none of us." }, { "id": 34, "model": "파우스트다침", "content": "You mean to state that they may be conceptual forms of Ch'unokkuns generated by Distortion. That is a plausible conjecture." }, { "id": 35, "model": "오티스다침", "content": "We are getting nowhere with this clue-hunting." }, { "id": 36, "content": "With a heavy sigh, Outis pressed her fingers against her brow as if her head were starting to pound in frustration." }, { "id": 37, "model": "파우스트다침", "content": "To delve further into the matter, it is necessary to determine why the S Corp. and its Ch'unokkuns have appeared as the motif of this phenomenon." }, { "id": 38, "model": "뉴앵두", "content": "... Considering the course of events we have seen so far, would it not stand to reason that the Distortion stains all nearby things with memories most foul?" }, { "id": 39, "model": "파우스트다침", "content": "... The presence of Ch'unokkuns suggests a possible correspondence to Yi Sang's memories. Conversely, however, the absence of T Corp.'s Time Collectors weakens that hypothesis." }, { "id": 40, "model": "파우스트다침", "content": "In which case, the most plausible theory is that this particular Distortion could have stemmed from Bamboo-hatted Kim or Aeng-du's memories." }, { "id": 41, "model": "뉴앵두", "content": "......." }, { "id": 42, "content": "Aeng-du furrowed her brow and fell into thought, as though she couldn't grasp the full picture of the problem." }, { "id": 43, "model": "에즈라먼지", "content": "I've seen a few Distortions that show trauma or affect their surroundings..." }, { "id": 44, "model": "에즈라먼지", "content": "But this one? I'm not getting that pop! of inspiration. Can't even guess at what this Distortion wants, either." }, { "id": 45, "content": "*POP!*" }, { "id": 46, "place": "Abandoned Photo Lab, District 14", "content": "The white flash of light suddenly drowned my vision again as Ezra clutched her head and cried out with annoyance." }, { "id": 47, "model": "에즈라먼지", "content": "Ugh! If only the Team Leader was here... Cracking this would've been a piece of cake!" }, { "id": 48, "model": "이스마엘", "content": "And... we're back. So this is why you kept asking whether we'd seen anything bursting with a pop..." }, { "id": 49, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "The N Corp. employees must have it rough, too... getting dragged into the Distortion like this." }, { "id": 50, "model": "이스마엘", "content": "I mean, what else were we supposed to do? It was self-defense. They were about to attack us." }, { "id": 51, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "I suppose finding the root cause and taking care of it would be the fastest way forward." }, { "id": 52, "model": "에즈라먼지", "content": "Let's just do what we can for now..." }, { "id": 53, "model": "에즈라먼지", "content": "Okay, first, we need to develop the film we found here. We'll head to the nearest darkroom, and..." }, { "id": 54, "model": "에즈라먼지", "content": "Nah, actually—let's first drag that slippery, hat-wearing colt back here and get him talking about the Ch'unokkuns. That's probably our best bet." }, { "id": 55, "model": "에즈라먼지", "content": "Ughhh! Every time we take a job, that slacker just slips off without telling anyone!!!" }, { "id": 56, "content": "As one part of me watched Ezra stamp her feet in frustration..." }, { "id": 57, "content": "... I was also carefully following Heathcliff's team through the other part of my vision." }, { "id": 58, "model": "단테", "content": "<... Oh, I think I can help with that.>" }, { "id": 59, "model": "파우스트", "content": "... Have you located him?" }, { "id": 60, "model": "에즈라먼지", "content": "... Huh? What? Boss Clock found something?" }, { "id": 61, "model": "단테", "content": "" } ] }