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No.

Another very Texas answer.

Break a leg, Texas.

Mm-hm.

Texas takes the mask.

The White Wolf lets go, without warning, without hesitation. She turns around and walks into the landship's hold.

Oh, and Texas?

You were fun while it lasted.

<p=2>November 9th, 1100 11:57 P.M.</>

Well...

Landship, the White Wolf of Saluzzo and Texas, and the Truckers' Union...

What else did we miss?

S-Signor Bellone...

Hello, Eirene. Haven't seen you in a while.

Perhaps we should have a little chat once the festivities are over.

Go on, Mayor Leontuzzo.

The duo's performance has come to an end. Time to deliver the closing speech for Carnevale.

Thanks for bringing me here, Demetri. And sorry I couldn't give you a satisfactory answer even at the very end.

Since when have you been the type to say useless crap like that?

...I suppose you're right.

Good evening, folks. I'm Leontuzzo.

As you can see, I was a little dinged up, but I'm out of the woods now.

I was actually there in the middle of the parade on the way to Court Square, experiencing this city that we live in together.

I'm sure little needs to be said about the impressive performance of Signorine Lappland and Texas.

But I wanted to see your faces, say a few things, and spend the night together with you guys.

Many things have changed in Nuova Volsinii over the past year, not least the completion of the Nuova Volsinii Port, the biggest cargo port in Siracusa.

Every connection it makes is like a pulse of the city, demonstrating healthy, robust vitality, supporting thousands of enterprises and hundreds of thousands of livelihoods.

We founded the country's first police academy, a new code of laws, and people are increasingly identifying with Nuova Volsinii.

This makes me glad and anxious in equal measure.

The city continues to face many problems that cannot be ignored. For example, the citizen credit system remains inconvenient, and there are many cases where it doesn't achieve its intentions.

We also understand that the uniqueness of New Urban Management Act makes it difficult for our citizens to receive the support they need for cases that span jurisdictions.

A year is a very short period of time. City Hall and the courts still have much to do.

What I want to ask is this: What is Nuova Volsinii to you?

That's also the question that I want to ask other Siracusans in Volsinii, Sicilia, Montelupe... what is Nuova Volsinii to them?

And what is this young city to neighboring Leithanien, distant Ursus, and all the other countries in Terra, for which change is a constant?

Are we a new possibility to them? Not just a different kind of violence, but something stronger, firmer, more close-knit, something worth talking to?

Will they understand that our strength comes from our most earnest desires, that we, and all the others gathered here today, can safeguard our hard-earned new lives?

That's what we have been trying to achieve over the past year.

There is no famiglia in Nuova Volsinii. The reforms associated with this saying doesn't rely on 'Siracusan' methods, as Siracusans know it—

A secret negotiation, an assasination in the dark, a purge of the city, a deadly struggle between famiglie...

All that has happened here, and all that will happen, will be viewed through the lens of the law.

We're giving a new order to our new life. The swamp that Siracusans used to take for granted will no longer faze us.

A friend once said to me that I'm walking down a thorny path.

He's right. But all the challenges that we have faced is exactly why Nuova Volsinii must continue to move forward.

For everyone who has been hurt on this path, for everyone who may be hurt in the future, I'm sorry.

But at the same time, I continue to extend an invitation to all the friends who have something to ask of Nuova Volsinii.

We shall trample the thorns together and make this brand-new, one-of-a-kind city better, little by little, until it's ready to usher in a new era.

As a matter of fact, a new era for Siracusa has already begun, a future filled with infinite possibilities.

Demetri gazes forward silently, at the silhouette of Leontuzzo outlined by the countless lights.

What can I say, Leon?

Saluzzo's wine isn't bad, but I prefer my own.

Bellone will find its way into this city, in my way, by your rules.

I promise that to you.

Demetri turns around.

The mayor's speech continues, but he has received the answer he was looking for. Demetri has accepted the invitation, or perhaps, the declaration of a very long war.

Enjoy the rest of the night!

And, the dawn of a new day.