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Topple the Chamber! Topple the nobles! Death to Olmer Ingra!

Topple the Chamber! Topple the nobles! Death to Olmer Ingra!

Wrath is spreading between us.

I get it, but...

Wrath. We're all used to that state of mind.

But it makes a person short-sighted. We've already suffered for it.

Hah. Keeping a clear head sure ain't my style.

You don't need to keep it, just charge ahead with it, that's all.

I can roll with that. Sure, I'll leave the complicated stuff to you guys, and the fights, you leave to me.

I've been holding this in forever, Sona.

I know.

Before Szewczyk and Ashley come back, we need to find people who were there... reporters work, heck, eyewitnesses work. The more, the better.

...The Great Kawalerielki Separation.

External reports said it was an industrial accident caused by damage from Leithanian extremists, to shatter the smooth running of the Major.

No city comes that weak. More than likely it was everyone dragging each other down.

But what's clear is the whole shake-up showed people just where Kawalerielki... this 'City of Greatness' was rotting through.

Never mind me, you're sort of a famous knight too, aren't you? Won't strutting around like this get you recognized?

Who'd care about a nobody like me while the Major's on?

Why are you the one going with me? I thought it'd be that sniper. She's a better fit with this sort of thing.

Justyna? She's more liable to get exposed than I am, actually, not to mention she's already the one who dared to rescue you.

No need to keep dangerous elements together, and you're both bow knights. If you did get attacked in the streets, it'd be tough to handle.

Isn't that nice. No, you just wanted to keep an eye on me, didn't you?

Hmph.

A knight-noble wouldn't make peace with the Infected, even if he clashed with the Armorless. Do you really think I'd let my guard down around you?

Rubbish. I worry I'll get infected, and I worry my family will. What's wrong with that?

Don't think you're my lone disbeliever, Ashlock Knight.

Really? Then now seems like your best chance to escape, Plastic Knight.

So long as—

—You shut up, you petulant brat.

I didn't come to play rise of the weak with you. I don't give a damn about your demands, or whether you need your trust in each other to live—

—I only came to hunt those audacious bastards down. I guarantee the Armorless will give me hell, and they'll put my family through worse doing it, so I'm making the first damned move.

That's why I'm here now. My wife, my child, and no one else. Believe me, I don't have the slightest concern for your ridiculous cause.

Don't get so full of yourself, Infected. You think the only thing that makes up this city is 'your enemies' and 'your friends?' What a model victim complex...

Let me tell you, in Kazimierz, in this society of ours, the majority are 'not concerned with you at all.'

It's quiet around here.

This is the General Chamber's ground floor. Only nomadic city engineers and maintenance crew are allowed into the structuring below us. We'll have to stop here.

Hmph.

Relax, no need to be so cautious. No cameras here.

But can you guarantee there's no Armorless?

Hilarious. The Armorless wouldn't choose a public venue—especially not a hub of the elite like this to start killing.

It'd give the Adeptus Sprawiedliwi too much of a hold on them. That's where they draw the line, and we're going to toe that line for all it's worth.

Realistically, how many knights does Kazimierz have? They've got nothing but ID-type fodder to judge who's who... it's child's play to disguise.

So what is your family going to do?

Aside from my missing wife and child, they've been sent out of Kawalerielki already.

The Armorless Union has its informants far beyond where Kawalerielki ends.

I know that.

Maybe if I get another chance, I'll cut back on the recklessness. At least until my child grows up, and can take care of himself.

But the K.G.C.C. don't sell remedies for regret. This is where we are, Infected, so we'd better put the complaining to rest.

Huff... dammit, the supermarkets and restaurants are all shut. Why did they set a meeting for this time.

*Sigh*... If I revise the draft early morning, maybe they won't chew me out so hard in editing—

—Huh?

Sorry to bother you. You must be pretty beat after a long day of work, huh, Mister Reporter?

A... A knight? Where did you come from?!

Easy now, sir.

Want a sandwich?

H—Huh?!

C'mon. I'm asking because you look like someone dragged you through a car wash.

Please leave immediately, or I'll sound the alarm! Even if you're a knight, this is...

Eep?

Your phone lines are cut.

Here's the deal. Both your neighbors are out far away, and right now, my partners in crime are pretending to be renovation workers, carrying out rush repairs on this building's elevator and entrance.

Wh... What the hell are you trying to do? I don't have any money, I don't know anything...

Easy, there, wind it down. You make me out like I'm a robber here.

You. There was a report on the 'Great Kawalerielki Separation' a few years back. You wrote that, right?

M... Me?

With an incident that huge, every outlet in the whole country would be reporting on it. There's no way I didn't write something...

B—But, I'm just a net editor... I was still working at The Illuminator then, and by now that whole paper's been bought out.

Mm-hm, I know, which is why you only need to answer a couple questions for us, and then we're gone. Sound good?

We just want to get an idea of the situation. And we got you supper on the side.

(Err... is she actually carrying a bag of sandwiches?)

You had an interview in your report with a pretty unassuming janitor, who said 'I thought there was an earthquake, and I climbed out of the transport pipes, I was so desperate.'

Looking at the picture, this is the General Chamber of Commerce Tower, right? During the Great Separation, the electricals were all out, but the Chamber has a standalone power source.

Can you give me some details about what you... saw of things?

Reporting in, 'Lazurite' Monique.

We have traces of movement from a few targets here. They've split up to investigate something. And the Kuranta 'Wild Mane' Iwona Krukowska is nearby guarding the Infected.

They've set up an Infected community.

But they're still hoping their own strength, their own violence will protect it from falling apart?

Is this how stupid knights have gotten these days?

Right. Here's their list of contacts... and some calls we've intercepted from them.

They're very cunning, steering clear of wireless communication. There's a good chance these messages are all a smokescreen.

Forget anything else, they're investigating the 'Great Kawalerielki Separation.'

Er... how do you...

If your deductions are as convoluted next time, either you're dead, or you're out of a job. Learn a thing or two.

R—Right! Please give your instructions!

(Exasperated sigh) With Wild Mane Knight left alone, what instructions could you even need?

S—Sorry, I'll go give the order to surround—

If anything happens with the media or Adeptus Sprawiedliwi, will your heads on the chopping block even make up for it?

I... I can't...

Forget it. I'll go myself.

Y—You don't need to go to the trouble!

It's not right to pull off that big of a maneuver before any official orders come from up top.

Taking out an Infected knight's nothing difficult, but it has to be silent, no hide nor hair. Can any of you do that?

Well...

If you get it, then zip it, and while it's zipped, drag Roy back for me. They could've picked anyone to keep watch on the Nightzmora. Why waste a Lazurite's time on the clock?

Seriously...

Target, confirmed. Wild Mane Knight, Iwona Krukowska.

Date, weather, present state of mind... but this isn't an official assignment. I shouldn't need to record so much detail.

Hmm. And no need to kill too many Infected. It'll be terrible on the million-to-one I get infected myself.

Anyway...