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She doesn't.... look right...

The Originium crystals floating in the air beside her.... How is that possible?

It's repulsive dissociation...!

Did the Originium crystals permeate her skin to form black ice crystals along with the water molecules in the air?

Permeate....? Permeation?!

........Shit........ Shiit!

Blaze!

Doesn't it hurt! Doesn't that hurt her?!!

Don't you feel pain, white rabbit?

Enough... That's enough... Why are you doing this? Stop it!

Mmmng..... Nnnng!

Amiya? I don't like the look on your face.... Wait!

Amiya, don't do it! Don't reach into her mind!

I didn't... I'm not using Arts! But her emotions.... Her emotions are pouring into my consciousness...!

I've been waiting for you.

You want to kill Reunion's commander, don't you?

Now she's standing right in front of you.

Here's your target. Get hot, burning hot.

Hot...?

Is that.... Her emotions...!

Team, stand by!

FrostNova, we don't need to waste our breath here!

Lungmen exiled the Infected without a care as to where they could go. They are not coming.

Even though there were still thousands of Infected people in the city.... Lungmen resigned them to their fate.

No one will interfere in our fight.

So many of us.... against you alone?

What else?

Honestly, we're a little outnumbered. No one should be stupid enough to take an avalanche head on.

But actually, head on against an avalanche, I think I'd come out on top?

But you're one of those.... like where all the cold in the world gathers up into a single focal point.

I thought your Yeti Squad was pushing your abilities to the limit, making your Arts more powerful and effective.

I was wrong. They didn't make you stronger.

It's your Arts that made them stronger.

As long as my brothers and sisters are with me, I can't risk hurting them by releasing my full power.

But now. They're all dead.

There are no living things left around me.

Hmm!

The temperature has dropped dramatically....

Not good! Such a low temperature.... it's thrown off my instruments!

I no longer have any reason to contain the winter within me.

What the hell? Does Reunion have its own walking Catastrophe?

What is the lowest temperature Originium Arts has ever achieved? I've got a feeling she's breaking records one after another right now...

FrostNova, I'll ask you again, are you serious about this?

Anything else you want to say?

Yeah.

——Knock it off, white rabbit, you're going to get yourself killed.

Hmph.

You're really going to die! You're strong enough already! You don't have to push it this hard!

You don't have to do this to get a fight! If you want to fight, fight all you want after this!

I don't want to see Infected killing each other!

There's no reason for us to fight to the death here!

No.

Blaze!

Ready up!

Pfft!

She froze my fingernails. They're cracking.

You really want to kill us?

I have a reason.

As commander, I've lost.

——but as a warrior, I'm still in the fight.

...Amiya-1, Blaze-4, all units, do you copy?

Exit the area. Now.

You too, Gavial!

Because you can't come back to save us if you don't get out now!

Who's the best sniper in our squad?

........Me.

You might die. Are you sure you want to volunteer?

I'm sure. I am the best, at the moment.

Okay, GreyThroat, you stay. Everyone else, get the hell out.

Hurry!

Why did you withdraw your team during a decisive battle?

Up against FrostNova, the number of squads doesn't make a difference. They have no way to protect themselves. And she can kill in an instant.

There's not much you can do, even with someone as skilled as Rangers. It's not the archery, it's the materials.

My crossbow seems to be useless already.

It'll be good for a bit. But you decide whether it works or not....

If it was up to me, I'd take a few shots at her with Rhodes Island's main guns. That'd be pretty helpful.

Or conjure up a dozen fireteam to spray ammo and Arts into her to see what she can take.

She'll run out of steam eventually. But... maybe not before we do.

Did you bring a tourniquet?

You should ask me if I have any anticoagulants with me, the kind that won't mess up.

Blaze....

...You asked earlier why FrostNova could endure the pain of Originium crystals piercing her skin?

I know why. I can feel it.....

She could endure it because the pain inside her was worse... Several times worse.

Now, Doctor, you need to go too.

No.;No.;No.

Doctor!

...Do you want to see it through...?

...To be a trustworthy Doctor...?

I want to see it through.

...Amiya.

I... Dr. {@nickname} is.... committed.

Doctor of Rhodes Island.

Your decision won't do them any favors.

So why do you do it?

I told you, you can come to Rhodes Island.

And I will fight shoulder to shoulder with my operators.

I get it.

Blaze, GreyThroat, Dr. {@nickname}.