Dialogue/(Old) Rose that Blooms atop of Lotus 1-5

Translated by Khosen

Ev 1-5 - Journey to the Center of the Secret Facility

Nicky Tracy:

Whew~ guess this place wasn’t that safe after all.

Leanne:

Yeah. There’re a lot of signs of battle everywhere.

Nicky Tracy:

The good thing is that the room where they kept the data isn’t damaged.

Shirayuri:

To the Agency, keeping their information from harm is the most crucial.

As a result, we have an emergency backup generator in the room.

HongRyeon:

Anything we could help?

Leanne:

Appreciate the offer, but since this is our specialty, leave them to us.

HongRyeon:

Well we’ll continue to check the perimeter then.

Please let us know if you need anything.

Shirayuri:

Nicky, do you think you can bring back the power for the entire facility?

Nicky Tracy:

Yeah it won’t be difficult. Why?

Shirayuri:

I just wanted to figure out how the entire facility operates while we hack into the system.

Leanne:

Are you two okay with handling the data then?

Shirayuri:

Should be. We’ll need time to gather all the information, but since right now we’re only looking for that one specific bioroid, it

wouldn’t be a problem.

Nicky Tracy:

Got it. Well then I’ll be right back ~

Leanne:

Okay. Shall we get started?

Let’s see… I’ll just use this to unlock the main database…

Mind if you pass me over the Hacking Tool so that I can bypass the clearance level?

Shirayuri:

Here. I already nullified the security protocol that’ll censor any sensitive information.

Leanne:

Thanks. Let’s start searching then?

And this should be the last...Got it.

Hmm? Wait…

Hey, take a look at this.

Shirayuri:

What is it?

Leanne:

Think I found some information about her.

Shirayuri:

This… could lead to something bigger than I thought.

Leanne:

Exactly, let’s check out the details.

Records: Special Order X1

Under direct orders of: Ángel Rioboros, Head of Black River

Aim: To investigate the recent increase in an act of terror against the company.

Findings 1: There has been a statistical increase in an act of terror against the company. While investigating further into the case, an unknown bioroid with red coloured hair (Will refer to her as R1) has been spotted. R1 has been constantly spotted in different locations that have been attacked, and an investigation in determining whether there’s a causality between R1’s appearance and the attacks is currently underway.

Findings 2: R1 appears to resemble the appearance of C-77 HongRyeon, but the company has no record of creating R1. As a result, 2 hypotheses are suggested. First, the possibility of data leakage of C-77 HongRyeon’s DNA, and the second, the possibility of a group opposing the Head of the company secretly creating one. Since there are no known incident reports on any case of data leak, this investigation focuses on the second hypothesis.

Findings 3: R1 shows extreme aggression towards the counter-terrorism team, and especially towards the company’s own, Team Mongus. Furthermore, R1 appears to also show extreme wrath and obsession towards C-77 HongRyeon.

Conclusion: R1 is a common denominator of the recent increase in attacks towards the company. However, more investigation is needed to figure out who created her, and how C-77’s DNA got leaked.

Follow-up records: Special Order X2

Leanne:

There’s a follow up document. Let’s see -

Announcement:

All powers have been restored throughout the facility. All systems rebooting.

Leanne:

Oh the power's back.

Nicky Tracy:

I’m back. Sorry it took longer than I expected.

Leanne:

No worries. We were just looking into what we’ve discovered. I see you restored the power.

Nicky Tracy:

Well it is my specialty.

Shirayuri:

By the way, if the whole system’s rebooting, wouldn’t the security system reboot too?

Nicky Tracy:

It shouldn’t be a problem. My clearance level is pretty high, so if I do this…

Oh, it says I don’t have system access unless I’m a part of this specific facility?

Announcement:

Warning. Warning. An unknown armed group has infiltrated the data room.

Security protocol Alpha has been issued, security protocol Alpha has been issued. All forces to eliminate the intruders immediately.

Security AGS:

Warning. Warning. Drop your weapons and surrender immediately.

Nicky Tracy:

Hey we’re also a part of Agency 080. We’re under the direct orders of the last surviving human.

Security AGS:

Only the members of the current facility may give direct orders to this security AGS.

Last warning. Drop your weapons and surrender immediately.

Nicky Tracy:

My gosh. These things are never flexible.

After the battle.

Leanne:

These AGSs are just piling up. This isn’t going to end anytime soon.

Anyone have any good plans?

Nicky Tracy:

Working on it, give me a minute.

Announcement:

You do not have authority to access the facility’s security protocol. Access denied.

Nicky Tracy:

Mmm… This is a really annoyingly intact security system.

Shirayuri:

Any other ideas?

Nicky Tracy:

Well I can’t access it unless I’m registered…

The best way would be then…

To just give it a whack!

Announcement:

Detecting - impact - on the security console, system shut…

Security AGS:

Security Console Destroyed. Security System. Shutting down.

Nicky Tracy:

See? Hitting a machine a few times makes it work better!

Leanne:

Ahaha…

Shirayuri:

*Sigh*... can’t believe this is what they call a special agent…

Nicky Tracy:

Sometimes thinking outside the box brings a good outcome.

Leanne:

Haha. The ends justify the means. Anyways, is everybody alright?

Shirayuri:

I’m not hurt.

Nicky Tracy:

I’m fine too.

Leanne:

That’s good. Ah, I see Team Mongus.

HongRyeon:

Is no one hurt? All AGSs that were in our way got shut down.

Leanne:

We’re fine, is everything okay out there?

HongRyeon:

Yes, we currently are not detecting any signs of potential threat.

Leanne:

That’s good, well from what we gathered so far, we still lack information about her.

However, since Ángel decided to give direct orders himself, we know for sure that she is unique and extremely dangerous.

We managed to open some documents before the battle, so let’s check that out first.

Records: Special Order X2

Under direct orders of: Ángel Rioboros, Head of Black River.

Aim: To investigate Maria Rioboros and her followers.

Findings 1: While investigating the Head’s step-sister Maria Rioboros, a hostile force including the elders of Rioboros was discovered. After a more in-depth investigation, the members of the force are confirmed to be individuals who had previously shown hostility towards the company.

Findings 2: Maria Rioboros declared herself as an Empress of the family, and multiple unidentified bioroids were confirmed on sight serving under her command. Of those unidentified bioroids, a visual of R1 has also been spotted. Furthermore, as a result of espionage, it is confirmed that R1 was indeed built based upon C-77 HongRyeon’s DNA, and given the name of “JangHwa”.

Conclusion: With this and the findings from Special Orders X1, it is thus plausible to conclude that JangHwa and other unidentified bioroids are currently serving Maria Rioboros. Furthermore, the purpose of the attack written in X1 is seen to be an attack by Maria Rioboros to undermine Ángel Rioboros’ influence. Currently, intels have gained access to JangHwa's DNA sequence, and it is currently stored at the Yokohama Branch. After researching further into her DNA, the Yokohama Branch research group concluded that JangHwa was built based upon C-77 HongRyeon’s DNA. Her DNA is still stored at this location for further investigation.

Shirayuri:

Well this is something.

Leanne:

I didn’t expect this at all.

HongRyeon:

JangHwa... with my DNA?

Shirayuri:

She’s built based on your DNA, but it seems like her personality is completely different from you, HongRyeon.

Leanne:

Just because you share the same DNA doesn’t mean you are identical.

From time to time a mutation may occur and a special entity may appear from a normal one.

Shirayuri:

Yes, that is not unheard of.

HongRyeon:

And the reason why she shows aggression...

Leanne:

The only clue for that right now is that she was under orders to engage in an act of terror by Maria.

Guess the only explanation as of now then would be that she became obsessed with Team Mongus as they got in her way.

HongRyeon:

But still… can’t quite figure out why she’s so hostile towards us.

Leanne:

Let’s see if we can find any more -

Announcement: With the destruction of the security console, all further access to the database is denied. Requesting further authentication from a member registered to this facility.

Leanne:

Huh?

Shirayuri:

Guess this is because someone decided to destroy the console to nullify the security system.

Nicky Tracy:

What, it’s not like we had any other choice?

Shirayuri:

Yes, but how are we supposed to gather further intel now?

We need clearance to access the database, and none of us got one.

Nicky Tracy:

If we need clearance, we just have to find the administrator of this place.

Leanne:

And where do we find the administrator...ah!

I’ll check the DNA seed bank.