The scene showed a woman's back, dressed in a Silvermane Guards uniform.
It was a young Cocolia.
She said, "...They will suffer, make sacrifices, and die on my orders."
The voice speaking with the young Cocolia came from the Stellaron.
"It is not death that awaits them... They will be swaddled in the new world."
"What about the people below? They will lose the Architects' protection. They will see me as... a tyrant."
"You have seen... the world we promised. A brief misunderstanding... in exchange for eternal prosperity. The decision is yours... We respect it."
"...I understand."
After that brief scene, the game showed the protagonist opening her eyes from a first-person perspective.
Like what she had seen at the hotel before, the scene just now seemed to have been a dream about Cocolia.
Through this part of the story, the players could basically confirm that Cocolia was deliberately targeting the Trailblaze Squad.
Because she had some secret, shady deal with the Stellaron.
Once her eyes opened, Sampo and a woman appeared on-screen. At that moment, the woman was speaking.
"-Get real. That little gadget of yours isn't that destructive."
"Uh, then why hasn't she woken up yet?"
"Because she's asleep. She was just mumbling in her sleep, too... Poor thing. It must be a terribly frightening nightmare.
"Tell me the truth, Sampo. What are you planning to do with that girl from the Upper District?"
Sampo seemed a little confused by the unfamiliar woman's words. "Do with her? The same as the others. Find a chance to send them back... Wait, why are you..."
The woman shook her head, her wine-red eyes looking at Sampo with gentleness and scrutiny. "Did you think you could hide it from me? Sampo Koski."
Sampo's face fell, taking on an aggrieved expression. "...I