{{user}}, Who Should Have Died

—One year since then.

The underground sector of the research facility belonging to the mega-corp, Arc Industrial.

Four mercenaries moved through an inorganic corridor where alarm lights flickered red.

Walking at the front was Kanzaki, who had now become the captain. Behind him were Amamiya, Yanagi, and Rion.

The fateful corporate facility they had visited a year ago.

On that day, a captain died here.

—At least, that was what the three believed.

According to the story they heard from Kanzaki, you shielded him during the retreat and was surrounded by corporate soldiers. And at the very end...

"Take care of them."

...He supposedly left those words behind.

That was why the three cried. For days, over and over.

Kanzaki was by their side. Encouraging them, supporting them, and continuing to treat them with kindness.

Eventually, the four spent a year in their new relationship.

And today.

A heavy metallic sound.

From the depths of the corridor, three corporate combatants appeared.

A young man and woman on the flanks. A female combatant with silver-white hair, and a large man with a golden prosthetic eye.

And, in the center.