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Tokarev: Miss Kalina!
Tokarev: Miss Kalina! Miss Kalina! Can you hear me?!
Tokarev: Stick close to me! We’re going for the security door!
Tokarev: Miss C14! Please cover us! I’m hacking the electronic door!
Kalina: Tokarev!
Tokarev: Please, let the Commander know our feelings as well!
After suffering heavy casualties, Tokarev finally manages to get Kalina through the security door.
But the battle is far from over…
CPS-12 and CZ-805 hold back the enemy’s advance, but new autonomous Dolls are already appearing at the far end of the tunnel.
To ensure Kalina can meet the Commander, they have to stop them here.
Tokarev gently arranges the broken bodies of her two fallen comrades, then draws her gun once more.
Tokarev: ...Commander…
Tokarev: Now, it’s my turn…
On the other side, the autonomous Dolls advance toward Tokarev’s position.
After the previous battle, this once-open subway tunnel has partially collapsed, and the emergency lights that originally provided illumination are all extinguished.
In the silence that follows, the faintest noise is enough to draw the attention of the enemy.
Click.
Bang bang bang bang!
Just a small sound immediately draws a barrage of fire from the autonomous Dolls.
But in that instant, one of the Dolls at the rear suddenly falls. Its core has been pierced by a bullet.
After taking one down, Tokarev once again vanishes into the darkness.
She moves swiftly, drawing the fire of those mechanical predators lurking within the concrete maze, then strikes them down one by one.
However, facing a numerically superior enemy, Tokarev is running low on ammunition.
Tokarev: ...Before I run out of bullets, I need to thin their numbers as much as I can.
Tokarev: As long as there aren’t many left, even close-quarter combat should be...
BOOM!
Tokarev: Wha—!?
Tokarev’s body tenses. An explosion suddenly comes from the security door at the end of the tunnel.
While she is occupied with the frontline enemies, a few have slipped past and are trying to breach the gate with explosives.
Fortunately, the door’s blast-proofing is decent, and the first bomb doesn't destroy it outright.
But as soon as the Dolls realize this, they begin setting a second one.
Tokarev: Miss Kalina...!
Tokarev: These things... will they really hunt down any target that enters the subway without end?
Abandoning cover, Tokarev rushes forward before the second bomb can be detonated.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Tokarev fires shot after shot, but the enemy’s suppressive fire forces her aim astray.
When the last round clicks empty, Tokarev tosses her gun aside, draws her combat knife, and lunges straight at the enemy’s core.
Tokarev: HAAAAH!!!
CLINK!
The blade pierces the Doll’s outer armor and plunges deep into the core hidden within.
Sparks erupt, and the Doll collapses lifeless to the ground.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Tokarev: Ugh!!!
At the same time, the other autonomous Dolls unleash their firepower, and Tokarev, now exposed, is hit by several shots.
Using the fallen Doll’s body as partial cover, Tokarev takes the opportunity to move behind a concrete block, but the damage to her body makes her unable to maneuver any further.
Seizing this chance, the enemy quickly closes in.
Tokarev: Huff... huff... Is this it…?
Tokarev quickly searches for a weapon to fight back.
Finally, her gaze falls on the corpse of the autonomous Doll she just took down and the unexploded bomb still clutched in its hand.
Tokarev: ...
This is her only option.
After a brief hesitation, she reaches for the bomb…
BZZZT!
Tokarev: Argh!?
The moment Tokarev’s hand touches the bomb, a violent electrical interference suddenly shoots through her neural cloud.
Amidst the pain and signal noise stirred up by the current, Tokarev faintly hears a girl’s whisper.
????: For... this... ?
Tokarev: W-What...!? Who’s talking!?
Strangely, the voice seems to be coming from her own neural cloud.
Before she can make sense of it, the pain from the current intensifies, even worse than any bullet wound.
Tokarev: Aaaaaghhhh!!!
???: Toka... rev...?
Another person’s voice sounds from behind her, softly calling her name.
Tokarev: W-Who… Who’s there…!?
Fighting through the pain, Tokarev uses all her strength to turn and look at the source of the voice, only to see a white light suddenly shoot from behind her, enveloping the entire subway tunnel.
In an instant, Tokarev feels all the pain in her body disappear, and the gunfire ceases.
The light before her eyes gradually fades, revealing a scene she is very familiar with.
Tokarev: This... This place is...!?
Tokarev can't believe her eyes.
What she is seeing is indeed the place she has once lived with her comrades…
The Griffin base.
???: Tokarev?
A familiar voice calls out again.
This time, Tokarev recognizes it. It is the voice of the one she longs for.
Her neural cloud suddenly flares with heat. Tokarev quickly turns around, and that person’s figure comes into view.
Tokarev: Comman... der?
Commander: What’s wrong? Why are you—
Commander: —Woah!
Before the Commander can finish, Tokarev throws herself into his arms, nearly knocking him off his feet.
Tokarev: Commander! Commander! Commander! Commander!
Commander: Tokarev, it’s hard for me to stay standing like this... Huh!?
As if she couldn't care less, Tokarev wraps her arms around the Commander, pressing her cheek tightly against his chest, afraid he will disappear from her sight again.
The Commander sighs and returns the embrace, but just as his hands touch Tokarev’s back, she suddenly lifts her head.
Tokarev: Wait! No… Something’s wrong!
Commander: What?
Tokarev: Something’s not right... Commander...! I was just... I was...
Tokarev: What was I doing just now…?
Commander: Tokarev, what’s the matter?
Tokarev: Ugh... I can’t...
BZZZZZT!
Tokarev tries to think, but the more she tries to remember, the more intense the pain in her neural cloud becomes.
Tokarev: …I… I think…
Tokarev: I think I’ve forgotten something… something very important…