...
Vonnegut barely dodges another strike from Bianca's blade, his brow furrowing just a touch.
Another unexpected twist, totally off his radar. That feeling of things going completely haywire washes over him all over again.
He's never once seen this particular frame of Bianca in any of the old records.
Giving the agent no quarter, Bianca whips her sword into a flexible lash, its tip leaving stinging afterimages as it snaps directly at Vonnegut's side.
Wait, has he genuinely never seen it before? Or...
Is his mind already playing tricks on him from "Hetero Tower's disappearance"?
As he remains lost in thought, Bianca's lashblade cracks from a distance. He doesn't manage to dodge in time, and a bloody gash rips across his cheek.
The sharp sting yanks him back to reality. After a quick calculation, he drops the force field he was holding.
Instead of pressing her attack, Bianca wheels around, darting toward you. You and Bianca quickly link up, and with the long sword in hand, she once again confronts Vonnegut, who looms over the Red Tide tank.
If you two are so set on this.
He seems to flick a switch, and the ground shudders. The Red Tide churns in the storage tank, as Hetero-Creatures thrash and rasp beneath its surface.
I wouldn't mind keeping both of you here for good.
This isn't the right time to get into a drawn-out fight with these two.
The "backup" is already secured. Nothing can throw a wrench in his plans—even if the Gray Raven Commandant bites the dust in this aquarium.
The way they came from is totally wrecked by the agent. If they try to escape through that shortcut, they'll just run straight into a fully-grown Chiko.
He'll drown all the haywire seeds together in this aquarium that's about to crash.
What a shame...
Bianca isn't sticking around to hear more. Her lashblade snaps through the air with precision, her moves getting slicker thanks to the M.I.N.D. connection.
...
Catching the Gray Raven Commandant here was just a spur-of-the-moment idea—he's got plenty of aces up his sleeve.
Up against the formidable Bianca, the agent has no stomach for a drawn-out fight and just turns to bail.
Only after making sure Vonnegut is fresh out of tricks does Bianca finally put her weapon away.
Commandant! Are you hurt anywhere?!
She nervously scans the health readings on your protective suit.
Pressing the port on your protective suit, you feel the cold serum shoot into your bloodstream, honing your mind.
I've switched to the Crepuscule frame. It's working perfectly fine.
Pulling off a performance like this with just a few adaptation tests... That's Asimov for you.
Yes, I've noticed it. This frame requires external equipment mounted on the CUB to function. And it's on a time limit.
...That's enough. This window is all I need to get you out of here.
I'm afraid not. By the time I came to, I was already in the sea.
I followed the Red Tide's leakage and swam in through a busted exterior wall on the aquarium's lower third level.
Constructs can still move in Red Tide-corrupted seawater, but...
There is another option.
During my sweep of the aquarium, I found a passage inside that goes straight to a nearby town.
Even though I heard the underground passage caved in, maybe we could still—
Her lashblade swings out, batting away a metal structure that almost comes crashing down on both of you.
There are no other ways out. You'll just have to roll the dice with this one.
The path is right ahead!
