Arknights (明日方舟)

Does this mean we can't go home anymore?

It's okay.

The dragon lady is on it.

Yeah, we'll go back for sure.

The rat grandpa said so himself, didn't he?

Needn't even wield the actual sword anymore, eh?

You've grown old, Lin Kojui.

Yeah. Our time is over, Wei.

You would sit by and watch two sisters kill each other?!

They won't make the same mistake you and Edward did.

You old coot—

You have no business meddling in this!

The city will soon enter the range of Lungmen's cannons.

Let's go.

No, we should bear witness...

As to whether those Infected can handle matters.

Rosmontis!

Deep breaths!

There are too many of them.

The medics are at their limits too...

Rosmontis, can you still move?

Doctor.

Yeah, I'm fine.

Good. Analyze the enemy, and form a barricade.

Adjust our units' positions per my instructions.

Okay.

Help me.

Yeah!

Everyone! Help us out!

Subtly pull back our forces!

Now.

Grab...

and cut!

Suppress the isolated enemies!

Fire! Fire!

Is everyone okay?

Yeah. Thanks for that, Commander.

This will buy us some time.

Good work, Rosmontis.

All that's left is—

Doctor.

You're worried about Amiya, aren't you?

But...

Go.

You too, Dr. Kal'tsit. I'll hold the line here.

Thanks.

Let's go, Kal'tsit!

I will need to remove my rings in this operation.

You may not.

Your life, too, is irreplaceable.

I know Theresa didn't leave me a tool for murder.

These are meant to be used when I need to help someone.

A blade is a blade.

It will cut you.

I'm not afraid of that. Wounds can be healed.

After all, I'm a person, not a weapon.

"Who can prove that you and I are not a kind of weapon?"

But you've grown up.

Your decisions are your own.

What's that sword...?

Quite the wicked weapon you've chosen.

You are indeed the Lord of the Sarkaz... the enemy of humanity.

No, I'm nothing but an ordinary Infected. A person!

So you saw my memories?

I've learned all your sword techniques.

What did I spend all that time training for then?

Fine. Just forget everything else you saw.

Kashchey, the only wicked one here is you!

The wielder's will decides the worth of a weapon.

If we share the same fury, then so too do our swords!

Handling the Chi Xiao isn't about technique, but spirit!

Let's do this, Amiya!

Yes!

Pain, huh?

How terribly nostalgic.

He didn't even flinch...

No, we managed to harm him. If we keep it up—

Are you happy?

For injuring your own sister, Hui-chieh?

Don't you dare call me that!

Madame Ch'en!

Kill me...

Release me from this!

Talulah?

I can't take this...

I could never possibly wish to kill you...

But I hate.

I hate you, these lands, all of it.

I can't take it anymore, Hui-chieh.

Why did you break your promise?

I kept crying out for you,

but you never came for me!

It was your betrayal!

That's what changed me!

Talulah...

That's not right.

Those memories are incorrect.

Did that really happen at night?

No...

When that happened...

the sun was still up.

Both your memories have been warped.

Talulah, he planted this hatred in you.

Remember!

Just how many of your thoughts has he twisted, and how hard you tried to resist!

The past you would never have trampled on your friends' lives like that!

Shut up...

This war!

This tragedy!

Shut up.

Shut up!

Is this really what you want?!

Shut up!

Face yourself, Talulah.

Shut up!

Chi Xiao - Fleeting Night!

You have my thanks, Amiya.

Now I know what my sister really thinks.

You've done enough. I'll end her with my own hands—

Killing her here is meaningless.

Her crimes will be determined when the verdict is handed down.

You haven't been fighting just to kill criminals, have you?

Maybe he was right.

Maybe I've been seeking salvation in the murder of my family.

Talulah will live and face justice.

Your confidence grates awfully on my nerves.

It's not confidence. It's called responsibility.

We see our obligations through.

It's not something a hollow person like yourself with even a borrowed body could imagine!

You think you've driven me into a corner?

The devil of the snowfields, the Aegis of the Infected...

Everyone who could kill me is dead.

No one can stop my plan now.

I wouldn't mind keeping up this meaningless conversation,

but I can only do what this body desires.

My throat... It burns!

Now keep your mouths shut.

I shall liberate my powers.

I love all the people of Ursus.

All of them. Without prejudice.

It has been so for a thousand years.

Likewise, the land has always loved them.

To Ursus, all lives are equal.

And because fate is blind, countless lives will vanish before me,

and I grieve for them.

Yet they must accept those hardships,

as hardship is how they grow stronger.

The glorious nation I admire thirsts for blood, violence, and death.

The Deathless Black Snake!

Amiya...

Amiya.

You weep over the smallest of things,

proclaiming yourselves saviors, but what can you see from your narrow perspective?

Letting Reunion fall here is but the beginning of my plans.

Infected.

No one else will treat you as fairly as Ursus will, as I will.

We know of the depravity of the Ursus people, yet we have let you live in their shadow.

The late emperor brought greatness to his subjects,

yet he was unable to bring happiness to the Infected.

That ends today.

I will bring about new exaltation and equality.

The Infected may struggle, but they will live on.

But the people of Ursus require war.

As time passes, passion is ousted.

When Ursus becomes incapable of igniting even the smallest spark,

the country and its people will become lost in the annals of history.

I will let them restore their lost dignity.

The same holds true for the Infected.

Yet why?

For the meager happiness you have today,

why do you disrupt the peace, glory, and wisdom that will follow a thousand years hence?

Chi Xiao.

Shadowless.

You are ignorant.

You have never known despair at the brink of destruction.

If you wish to stand in the way of the return of Ursus's prosperity and its people's unity,

then try and stop me, the incarnation of Ursus.

My Arts...

This is the end, Kash—

What are you doing?!

If this body is unwilling, I can do nothing.

Now, I wonder...

Does she wish to live?

Put the sword down!

"Sister", if only I had succeeded in killing you,

everything would have gone perfectly.

What?

Those unfortunate Infected...

Stop it.

All the lives that could have been meaningful sacrifices in her path

of conquest have now gone to waste.

Don't you dare mock my people!

That was all your scheme!

I simply educated her.

Like you and Wei, this is merely a form of parenting.

I'm not your daughter!

You have the nerve to say that?!

It's okay.

Miss Talulah! Please remember who you really are.

Remember everyone who fought because they believed in you.