{ "dataList": [ { "id": 0, "place": "LCCB Transporter Truck", "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "Prep-prepare for battle, immediately..." }, { "id": 1, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "I am... no longer able to operate, as you can plainly see... I need... your help." }, { "id": 2, "content": "Saude collapsed to the floor before we even had the chance to ask her if she was okay or what had happened to her arm." }, { "id": 3, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "Immediately after rendezvousing with Mister Vergilius... I was... ambushed..." }, { "id": 4, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "And the attackers... the attackers'll be here any minute." }, { "id": 5, "content": "Where once her resolve had not faltered even in the face of death..." }, { "id": 6, "content": "... a grave look of despair now filled her eyes." }, { "id": 7, "model": "오티스", "content": "How many hostiles?" }, { "id": 8, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "... Two." }, { "id": 9, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "While Mister Vergilius was dealing with one of them, I..." }, { "id": 10, "model": "로쟈", "content": "Verg was?" }, { "id": 11, "content": "Color returned to Rodya's face upon hearing Vergilius's name." }, { "id": 12, "model": "로쟈", "content": "Well... Then maybe Verg's already on his way back after wiping the floor with both of them?" }, { "id": 13, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "N... no. I don't think so..." }, { "id": 14, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "It's Charon..." }, { "id": 15, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "I... I lost her." }, { "id": 16, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "They tore off the arm I was holding onto Charon with..." }, { "id": 17, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "I never should've let go, I never should've let that happen..." }, { "id": 18, "model": "돈키호테", "content": "Thou couldst not hold onto young Charon? How, what...?" }, { "id": 19, "content": "Saude grimaced, her expression an amalgamation of guilt and confusion." }, { "id": 20, "content": "It was a far cry from her usual, collected self." }, { "id": 21, "model": "홍루", "content": "... Did they take Charon hostage?" }, { "id": 22, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "Yes. I... could not stop them from taking... Charon." }, { "id": 23, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "What about Pilot...?" }, { "id": 24, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "......." }, { "id": 25, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "Pilot was heavily wounded, but... the last time I saw him, he was conscious." }, { "id": 26, "model": "이스마엘", "content": "... We should prepare for battle. Now." }, { "id": 27, "model": "오티스", "content": "At least our current objective is clear, Executive Manager. First, take out the pursuers, then rescue Charon. While the exact motive of the perpetrators is yet to be revealed..." }, { "id": 28, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "We may be facing multiple fronts. I briefly picked up a transmission from HQ while running this way, and..." }, { "id": 29, "content": "*tzzzzzt*" }, { "id": 30, "content": "A sudden buzz of white noise breaks through the truck's silence." }, { "id": 31, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "...!" }, { "id": 32, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "Ah..." }, { "id": 34, "model": "LCE연구원1", "teller": "Radio", "content": "Any station, respond... respond..." }, { "id": 35, "content": "Saude froze up, staring at the radio's speaker." }, { "id": 36, "content": "Gregor was the first to act in her place." }, { "id": 37, "model": "그레고르", "content": "This is LCB, I read you. What's your situation? Over." }, { "id": 38, "model": "LCE연구원1", "teller": "Radio", "content": "HQ Research Facility—" }, { "id": 39, "model": "그레고르", "content": "Research Facility?" }, { "id": 40, "model": "LCE연구원1", "teller": "Radio", "content": "U-und-under-attack—" }, { "id": 41, "model": "검지아비상", "teller": "Radio", "title": "???", "content": "My darling daughter. I hope you've been doing well for yourself out there." }, { "id": 42, "place": "LCCB Transporter Truck", "model": "검지아비상", "teller": "Radio", "title": "???", "content": "But don't you think it's about time you stopped playing and came home?" }, { "id": 43, "content": "Utter silence descends as a kindly calling cuts off the bloodcurdling scream from the other side." }, { "id": 44, "content": "The voice that came through the radio was nothing short of affectionate." }, { "id": 45, "content": "And... it was easy to guess who the \"daughter\"... was." }, { "id": 46, "model": "료슈2", "content": "... Hah." }, { "id": 47, "model": "료슈", "content": "The Spiders have spun their web, Clock." }, { "id": 48, "model": "단테", "content": "" }, { "id": 49, "model": "료슈", "content": "And it's woven so intricately that there's no way around it." }, { "id": 50, "content": "That's when I recalled something Lei Heng had mentioned—\"The House of Spiders.\"" }, { "id": 51, "content": "Thinking back to how intensely Ryōshū reacted then..." }, { "id": 52, "model": "단테", "content": "" }, { "id": 53, "model": "료슈2", "content": "Unlikely." }, { "id": 54, "model": "료슈", "content": "He was just one of my many passing tutors." }, { "id": 55, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "Th-then who could've— It's the headquarters, for crying out loud...!" }, { "id": 56, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "I don't know. The HQ, it's... it's not the kind of place someone can just force their way into..." }, { "id": 57, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "Breaking into a place like that...? It's completely unthinkable..." }, { "id": 58, "model": "단테", "content": "<…….>" }, { "id": 59, "content": "What now?" }, { "id": 60, "content": "Usually, I would use my intuition to choose the best course of action and lead the Sinners during a mission." }, { "id": 61, "content": "But who would've thought that the HQ, which was meant to brief us about that mission in the first place, would come under attack... especially while we were left without a guide?" }, { "id": 62, "model": "료슈", "content": "*puff*" }, { "id": 63, "model": "료슈", "content": "Fine. I didn't expect them to come find me themselves." }, { "id": 64, "model": "료슈", "content": "Once the spiders have spun their web, they tend to wait for the prey to stumble into it, after all." }, { "id": 65, "content": "The plume of cigarette smoke lingered for a moment before scattering into the air. When I looked at Ryōshū's face, what I saw..." }, { "id": 66, "content": "... was an expression of strange euphoria." }, { "id": 67, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "……." }, { "id": 68, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "Ryōshū, is this all just..." }, { "id": 69, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "... some amusing diversion for you?" }, { "id": 70, "content": "Saude shot an incredulous look at Ryōshū, who was nonchalantly puffing the rest of her cigarette to ash." }, { "id": 71, "model": "료슈", "content": "Sure is." }, { "id": 72, "model": "료슈", "content": "The long-awaited moment has finally found me." }, { "id": 73, "model": "료슈", "content": "Why wouldn't I be excited?" }, { "id": 74, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "That's just—" }, { "id": 75, "model": "료슈", "content": "But... don't presume." }, { "id": 76, "model": "료슈", "content": "My excitement for the coming pleasure... will not interfere with my effectiveness." }, { "id": 77, "model": "료슈", "content": "I've never once... let enjoyment get in the way of taking the job seriously." }, { "id": 78, "model": "료슈", "content": "Not ever, not now." }, { "id": 79, "model": "단테", "content": "<……>" }, { "id": 80, "model": "료슈", "content": "You said the assailants'll be here soon. Is the one who took the driver coming, too?" }, { "id": 81, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "... Charon—" }, { "id": 82, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "If anything happens to Miss Charon, I..." }, { "id": 83, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "... I wouldn't be able to bring myself to face the Red Gaze." }, { "id": 84, "model": "료슈", "content": "Tsk. This isn't going anywhere." }, { "id": 85, "model": "료슈", "content": "The Spiders won't hurt the driver." }, { "id": 86, "model": "료슈", "content": "She's just their bait to lure out the bigger prey." }, { "id": 87, "model": "료슈", "content": "So stop panicking and set us up. It's unsightly." }, { "id": 88, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "... What?" }, { "id": 89, "model": "료슈2", "content": "The Backdoor of this truck. Can it connect us directly to the HQ Research Facility right this instant?" }, { "id": 90, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "W-wait. It can, but..." }, { "id": 91, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "To use the Backdoor portal that leads straight to the HQ, I need to verify the security code written specifically for each coordinate. It's... going to take some time." }, { "id": 92, "model": "료슈", "content": "Heh. Gives us enough time to deal with your pursuer." }, { "id": 93, "content": "As Saude navigated through the vehicle's machinery with her remaining arm..." }, { "id": 94, "content": "... the Sinners all began to keep watch on their surroundings, weapons at the ready." }, { "id": 95, "model": "이스마엘", "content": "So, are we sure it's a good idea for us to head to the HQ? I feel like we're walking ourselves into a trap here..." }, { "id": 96, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "... What if we requested assistance from Daguanyuan instead?" }, { "id": 97, "model": "오티스", "content": "That can be a solution, yes. However, as this concerns our HQ, resolving this crisis with help from a Wing, even one whose leader we are on good terms with... will require an enormous favor to be repaid." }, { "id": 98, "model": "오티스", "content": "Your decision, Executive Manager?" }, { "id": 99, "model": "단테", "content": "<……>" }, { "id": 100, "model": "단테", "content": "<... We'll head straight to the HQ Research Facility as soon as Saude opens the portal.>" }, { "id": 101, "content": "It wasn't hard to intuit that Ryōshū's turn had arrived, given her evident excitement." }, { "id": 102, "content": "If so... the backdoor leading to the HQ, which Ryōshū intends to use, should be the path we're meant to take this time." }, { "id": 103, "model": "료슈2", "content": "Better prepare yourselves." }, { "id": 104, "model": "료슈", "content": "What awaits us, without a single shred of doubt, is hell..." }, { "id": 105, "model": "료슈", "content": "... and there in its depths... lies something that has always been waiting for me." }, { "id": 106, "model": "이상", "content": "……." }, { "id": 107, "model": "이상", "content": "Aught strums above us, walking the vehicle's roof... we have been found." }, { "id": 108, "model": "히스클리프", "content": "Oi, then shouldn't we get out of the truck before it caves in over our heads?" }, { "id": 109, "model": "이스마엘", "content": "No. P Corp.'s Singularity protects this truck, remember? Something that's supposed to keep whatever's inside safe. We should just lie low in here until—" }, { "id": 110, "model": "로쟈", "content": "Y-ya sure about that? I can see a teensy crack in the ceiling!" }, { "id": 111, "model": "이스마엘", "content": "A crack? That... makes no sense. The ceiling should be elastic enough to bend under most physical impacts instead of cracking." }, { "id": 112, "model": "파우스트", "content": "... It is true that the exterior of this vehicular transportation device utilizes P Corp.'s Singularity." }, { "id": 113, "model": "파우스트", "content": "That is why this truck is more spacious inside than it appears from the outside, and has good defenses against external forces." }, { "id": 114, "model": "파우스트", "content": "However, unlike the experimental model we boarded in P Corp., this vehicle appears to be a more... affordable model used flexibly as a shuttle for the Before Team's deployment." }, { "id": 115, "model": "단테", "content": "<...?>" }, { "id": 116, "model": "파우스트", "content": "That is to say that for a Singularity technology to perform at a competent level, a higher level of investment is required. Budget models—even those of Singularities—can still end up being countered." }, { "id": 117, "model": "히스클리프", "content": "So they cheapened out." }, { "id": 118, "model": "료슈", "content": "Then the assailant is not one of the Nursefathers from the House of Spiders." }, { "id": 119, "model": "료슈", "content": "If it were one of them... the first shock would have shattered this wall into pieces." }, { "id": 120, "model": "료슈", "content": "I suppose kicking off with the top dogs would've made for a rather bland story progression." }, { "id": 121, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "The Nursefathers...? Wait, you mean the same people Lei Heng—" }, { "id": 122, "model": "오티스", "content": "... We'll have time for speculations later." }, { "id": 123, "model": "오티스", "content": "Executive Manager, the ceiling's about to cave in!" }, { "id": 124, "model": "단테", "content": "<... Go for the kill the moment they get inside.>" }, { "id": 125, "model": "단테" }, { "id": 126, "model": "엄지제자", "teller": "???", "title": "???", "content": "……." }, { "id": 127, "model": "오티스", "content": "At the ready, men!" }, { "id": 128, "model": "단테", "content": "<...! Wait, don't engage!>" }, { "id": 129, "content": "Though we were readying ourselves to skewer the intruder the moment he stepped inside..." }, { "id": 130, "content": "... we had to immediately backtrack on that idea when we saw who he was carrying." }, { "id": 131, "model": "9장소드다침", "content": "... Charon...!" }, { "id": 132, "model": "엄지제자", "teller": "???", "title": "???", "content": "She is only unconscious—and breathing still." }, { "id": 133, "model": "오티스", "content": "I see. You cut Saude's arm off so that you'd have something to track her down with." }, { "id": 134, "model": "엄지제자", "teller": "???", "title": "???", "content": "And she has gone straight to seek help from her comrades..." }, { "id": 135, "model": "엄지제자", "teller": "???", "title": "???", "content": "It was indeed a correct decision for us to wait and see how she'd react." }, { "id": 136, "content": "The intruder continued, glancing toward Saude." }, { "id": 137, "content": "As if in response to that, Ryōshū placed her hand..." }, { "id": 138, "content": "... on her scabbard." }, { "id": 139, "model": "단테", "content": "<... Ryōshū?>" }, { "id": 140, "model": "료슈", "content": "*puff* B.D.O.K. They won't dare hurt the bus driver." }, { "id": 141, "model": "료슈", "content": "So don't make a fuss, Clock." }, { "id": 142, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "Huh?! What do you mean she's okay—Ryōshū?!" }, { "id": 143, "content": "Ryōshū ignored Sinclair and rushed toward the intruder, her scabbard cleaving through the air." }, { "id": 144, "model": "료슈", "content": "Oho... parried that, did you?" }, { "id": 145, "model": "엄지제자", "teller": "???", "title": "???", "content": "... Have you no regard for the hostage's life?" }, { "id": 146, "model": "료슈", "content": "You won't dare let her die unless you're planning to incur the red guide's wrath." }, { "id": 147, "content": "Like Ryōshū said, the intruder was only defending himself against her strikes without harming Charon." }, { "id": 148, "content": "Just as the other Sinners were stepping up to join the assault..." }, { "id": 149, "model": "엄지제자", "teller": "???", "title": "???", "content": "I had intended to face you one at a time, as the propriety of honorable combat dictates, but..." }, { "id": 150, "model": "엄지제자", "teller": "???", "title": "???", "content": "... unfortunately, since I cannot let you take her back until my master arrives..." }, { "id": 151, "content": "The intruder gestured with his hand, and strange, bizarre things dropped through the ceiling with a thump." }, { "id": 152, "model": "엄지제자", "teller": "???", "title": "???", "content": "... I must resort to using some... borrowed weapons." }, { "id": 153, "model": "싱클레어", "content": "Are those Distortions or... monsters of some kind?" }, { "id": 154, "model": "단테", "content": "" }, { "id": 155, "model": "단테", "content": "" }, { "id": 156, "model": "히스클리프", "content": "His \"master\"... Vergilius is supposed to be handling whoever that is, yeah?" }, { "id": 157, "model": "돈키호테", "content": "The Color most illustrious must be deterred from wielding his full might, on account of young Charon's capture..." }, { "id": 158, "model": "히스클리프", "content": "Then we rescue Charon and book it to HQ or wherever—that'll let the guide go all out." }, { "id": 159, "model": "이스마엘", "content": "Yeah, that seems to be the best shot we have at this moment." }, { "id": 160, "model": "단테", "content": "<... Still, let's be careful and prioritize Charon's safety above all else.>" } ] }