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Neviim
Levi: The humans have entered Neviim.
Atad: We’ll lead them in, then brainwash them all at once. That will save us time and effort.
Levi: Then, I’ll lend you my power.
Atad: Milady Levi…?
Levi: There is a sample that can block your mind control.
Levi: I’m entering Judecca’s core. I’ll trust you to handle this, Ingram.
Ingram: Yes, milady…
Chapter 40: Insect Cage
Neviim Interior
{Kurogane breaks through, Prep screen, Units deploy}
Daitetsu: Are you sure about this, Major Elzam?
Elzam: You’re better at handling the Noah-class than I am.
Elzam: Anyway, I’d much rather pilot a PT, Captain.
Daitetsu: Understood. I’ll take good care of the Kurogane.
Ryoto: Still, where are we…?
Latune: There’s air and gravity in here…it’s like a space colony.
Giado: What’s dis place doing inside an alien fortress…?
Garnet: Who knows…?
Kyosuke: …..
Daitetsu: Status?
Eita: Atmosphere, gravity, pressure…they match Earth’s.
Bullet: Is this a residential area…?
Leona: Yet it doesn’t feel like anyone is living here.
Gilliam: (Professor Radom’s theory…was she right about a low population?)
Gilliam: (Or, they’re simply not here now…)
Garnet: Well, it is a surprise. I didn’t expect to find something like this inside the White Star.
Giado: Yeah, it’s like a pasture.
Gilliam: (…Pasture…that’s an apt description.)
Ryoto: This is no time to chat about where we are…
Kyosuke: Either way, we’ll have to see how the enemy moves. All units, be careful.
{Conditions shown, Battle starts}
{Turn 2 Player Phase}
Elzam: All units, stay alert.
Leona: Understood, Major Elzam…
Tasuku: …Hey, Leona.
Leona: What? You know private communication isn’t allowed.
Tasuku: Just for a second. OK?
Leona: …Fine. What is it?
Tasuku: I…
Tasuku: I’m not giving up.
Leona: !
Tasuku: That’s all I have to say for now. I’ll tell you the rest…after we survive the battle.
Leona: Tasuku…
Eita: ! Possible enemy sighted at 12 o’clock!
Tetsuya: All units, prepare to engage! Enemy units are approaching the center area!
{Turn 2 Enemy Phase, Enemies appear}
Bullet: Armored Modules! Why are they here!?
Russel: Maybe another group infiltrated the base before us…?
Ryusei: That’s not possible! Aren’t we the only ones who made it in here!?
Russel: In that case, they were probably captured by the enemy…
Elzam: The ID Code belongs to the DC…but, it’s cancelled.
Rai: What…?
Elzam: They’re former comrades, brainwashed by the Aerogaters…!
Kusuha: W-What…! You mean they’re humans like us!?
Elzam: I believe so…!
Kusuha: Th-Then…we have to rescue them!
Gilliam: That’s impossible.
Kusuha: Why not!? Bullet and the others rescued me…
Gilliam: In your case, we just had to destroy the T-LINK unit…
Gilliam: These mechs don’t have that system, so these people were probably altered directly.
Gilliam: There’s little chance they’ll revert to normal. Just like Col. Kar-Wai…
Kusuha: …!
Katina: This is war, Kusuha. Nothing is simple.
Kusuha: …I…I know…
Ryusei: Ugh…those monsters…!
Rai: I was expecting this, but it still didn’t prepare me for it…
Kyosuke: Never mind that.
Excellen: …You’re cold.
Kyosuke: It’s the only way to get through this…
{Conditions updated, Battle resumes}
{Clear out the enemies}
Eita: Enemy units have been destroyed!
Kyosuke: …This isn’t the entire hand. More are coming.
Masaki: Yeah, I got it…
Aya: ! What is this feeling…?
{TK reaction}
Aya: Ah! Ugh!
Ryusei: Aya!?
Aya: E-Energy…! T-Too strong…!
Rai: Captain, get ahold of yourself!
Radha: (This energy pattern…it’s the same as in Geneva…no, it’s Mai Kobayashi…!)
Radha: Aya, reduce your T-LINK connection by 40%!
Aya: R-Roger…!
Aya: (! It stopped!?)
Rio: Aya, are you OK!?
Aya: Y-Yes…
Aya: (What was that just now? It felt like they were reading my thoughts…)
Eita: Captain! More enemy units have appeared!!
{Four Valsion Kais appear}
Lune: That’s a Valsion Custom!
Ryoto: Those mechs shouldn’t exist…
Gilliam: It’s probably a replica built from the data they gathered.
Lune: There’s no way a copy of my dad’s Valsion could defeat us!
Sanger: Take down anything that gets in our way! Let’s go!!
{Conditions update, Battle resumes}
{All Valsion Kais defeated}
Tetsuya: They keep sending Earth units against us…!
Tetsuya: Their technological power far exceeds ours. What are they trying to do?
Eita: Captain! Another object is in the vicinity!
Daitetsu: Hostiles!?
Eita: No, sir! They’re…!
{Gespenst MKII S appears}
Viletta: Looks like I made it.
Bullet: ! That’s…!?
Excellen: Hey! Isn’t that Viletta?
Ryusei: Who?
Russel: An employee of Mao Industries…she worked with Radha to develop the R-GUN.
Ryusei: (…I’ve met her somewhere…)
Radha: Where have you been…?
Viletta: …..
Viletta: …After I left the Hiryu Custom, I’ve been investigating the enemy on my own…
Gilliam: Viletta…
Viletta: …I know my explanation is vague. But, my mission is to stop the Aerogaters…
Viletta: So, if you don’t believe me…then just shoot me.
Gilliam: …No. I trust you.
Viletta: …Thank you, Major Gilliam…
Viletta: At any rate…be careful. They’ll be sending reinforcements…
{CG shot of SRX, Alteisen, Weissritter, Cybuster, Valsione, Grungust, Grungust Type-2, Giganscudo, Guarlion, Wildschwein, and Gespenst MK II Type-R as they appear on the field.}
Ryusei: !! What the!?
Masaki: It’s the Cybuster and the Valsione…and the Alteisen and Weissritter!
Kyosuke?: Assault 1 to all units. Stay alert. Our fakes just arrived.
Kyosuke: …As anticipated.
Excellen?: Hmm…the enemy sure likes to use old tricks.
Ryusei?: Ha! I’ll show them a copy’s no match for me!
Ryusei: H-He’s me…!
Excellen: They even sound like us…
Bullet: Lieutenant, this is no time to be impressed!
Excellen?: Oh my, THEIR Bullet butts in just like ours.
Shiro?: It seems that way, meow.
Shiro: ! Th-There’s even one of me!?
Masaki?: Well played…but we’re not falling for it!
Giado: W-Wait a minute. I’m getting confused…
Leona: They don’t seem like doppelgangers…
Irm: Are you implying our death is near? That’s no joke.
Gilliam: But, they aren’t shifting behind our phase. Therefore…
Viletta: Yes. It’s the same as the Valsion Custom…
Viletta: Those mechs are fakes built from the data they collected…
Viletta: And the pilots were created by scanning your minds…
Viletta: In short, they’re shadows with substance.
Aya: (Is that what that TK wave was for…?)
Masaki: So, it’s a trick…
Excellen: (Hmm…this time, I see what the others do…)
Masaki: Kyosuke, this is definitely the person who came after Lune, Excellen and I.
Kyosuke: So how do we find them?
Excellen: I think we just need to destroy these copycats, wouldn’t you say?
Kyosuke: …..
Kyosuke: (We still don’t know the enemy’s intent. What if they’re only here to confuse us?)
Viletta: Remember, they’re shadows…don’t let them confuse you!
Kyosuke: …Yeah. They need to return to the darkness…!
[Conditions update, Battle resumes}
{Ryusei VS Ryusei?}
Ryusei: You’re dead, you worthless fake!!
Ryusei?: Really? If you destroy the SRX, everyone will die.
Ryusei: !
Rai?: You know. You know the dangers of the R-Series…
Aya?: And, you know that the T-LINK System attracts nothing but danger.
Aya: !!
Ryusei: Shut up! You’re just trying to confuse us!!
{Defeat all shadows, more enemies appear}
Masaki: There it is!
Atad: …Apparently, my Trauma Shadow is no longer effective.
Masaki: They weren’t effective to begin with! No mere copies can defeat us!!
Masaki: There won’t be a third time!!
Atad: Hmph…you’d be better off submitting, like Galuin.
Masaki: What’d you say!?
Atad: Have you thought about it? You won’t have to worry about the past or the future…
Atad: Just about the fight at hand. Doesn’t that sound good?
Masaki: We aren’t fighting because we want to!
Atad: Ha! You all enjoy fighting! Just like Gaza!
Masaki: What!?
Atad: If you didn’t, why would you have come all this way?
Atad: That’s why Neviim and Judecca sought you out.
Atad: You humans, with such a desire for combat.
Atad: Gaza Haganer…no, Tenzan Nakajima is a prime example.
Ryusei: !!
Masaki: So, it is him!
Atad: Now, Gaza…make them one of you.
Atad: No matter what you do to them, I can fix it later…Meheheh.
Gaza: Hyaha! Really!? I can really kill them!?
Atad: Yes, go ahead! They’ll be easier to handle that way!
Gaza: Hyahahaha! I’ll get ‘em! I’ll get ‘em all!
Gaza: One by one you’re all going to be crushed! Crushed by me!!
Gaza: Crush crush cruuuuuuush! Hyaaaaaahahahaha!!
Ryusei: T-Tenzan…!
Kyosuke: Ryusei…can you hear me? We’re running out of time.
Ryusei: …..
Kyosuke: …No mercy.
Ryusei: Yeah…I need to end this here…!!
Gaza: What are you talking about!? This is the end for you! Hyahahaha!!
Atad: Don’t worry! After this, you’ll all have new lives!
Atad: As loyal weapons of the Balmarians!
Masaki: That witch…! She’s just toying with us! Let’s finish this!!
{Conditions update, Battle resumes}
{Defeat Gaza}
Gaza: Ugh…guh…!?
Ryusei: You’re finished, Tenzan!!
Gaza: Ack…kk…Th-th-th-that’s right…t-t-t…
Ryusei: !?
Gaza: T-t-tomorrow is…s-s-s…
Gaza: Tomorrow is-s-s…Burning-g-g PT…f-finals tourname-e-e-ent…
Ryusei: ! You…remember!?
Gaza: G-g-gotta get home, s-s-set up my machi-i-i-ine.
Gaza: T-take dow-w-w-w-n…each and e-e-every one of y-y-you-u…
Gaza: Every last o-o-o…ne. Hya-hyahaha…HYYAAA…!
Gaza: Hyeheheheheh…eh, HYAAAAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!
{Gaza dies}
Ryusei: …..
Ryoto: …In the end…it’s always the same…just like with the DC…
Ryoto: …Wasn’t there…any other way…?
Rio: …Don’t waste time thinking about it, Ryoto…
Ryoto: Rio…
Rio: …He had it coming. Save your pity…
Ryoto: …..
Rio: …I’ll never forgive…the way that the Aerogaters use humans…!
Ryoto: Yeah…
Ryusei: …..
Ryusei: Tenzan…
Ryusei: …Your game finally ended…
Ryusei: Only for real this time…
Atad: Hmph…worthless piece of junk. I must have pushed him past his mental limits.
Atad: Oh well…I’ll show them how superior Balmarians truly are!
{Defeat Atad}
Atad: Th-This isn’t possible!! For me to…for a Balmarian to lose to humans…!!
Atad: S-Such a thing…cannot be possible!! I know everything about them!
Atad: They’re nothing…! They only have the drive to fight, we are the ones who gave them the weapons…!!
Atad: Why!? Why me!?
Atad: H-How could I have been defeated!?
{Vayikkra explodes}
{All enemies defeated}
Eita: All enemies have been destroyed!
Daitetsu: Good…! Start the Titanic Drill! Break through the fortress!!
Ryusei: Just you wait, Ingram! We’re coming for you!!
Elsewhere in Neviim
Atad: Uh…ugh…I can’t…can’t die like this…I’ll kill…them…
Atad: I-I’ll use…Levi’s data and the Zyflud crystal…to power…
Atad: Power up my…body…
[Data accessed]
Atad: Wh-What’s…this? A top secret file…?
Atad: ICS…Subject Number Four…? Jennifer Fonda…?
Atad: !!
Atad: H-Her face…! That…that’s me!! Th-Then…
Ingram: That’s right.
Atad: I-Ingram…! I-I’m….I’m not…!?
Ingram: Correct. You are not a Balmarian.
Ingram: You’re a sample that I brought back…a human named Jennifer Fonda.
Atad: H-How can that be…!? I’m-I’m a sample like Gaza and Galuin…?
Ingram: Correct.
Atad: Y-You’re lying…! I’m Atad Shamran…
Atad: A pure-blooded Balmarian!
Ingram: All of those memories are false.
Ingram: In truth…there isn’t a single true Balmarian aboard the Neviim.
Ingram: Myself included.
Atad: !
Ingram: You’ve done well, Atad. I mean, Jennifer Fonda…
{Weapon cocks}
Ingram: It’s time you slept. Forever…
{Bang}
Insect Cage End
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