"Ugh, ugh, ugh..."
"Stop shaking, you idiot. Just protect me."
"It’s... It’s a burden, ugh... ughh...!"
"...TOC really is too much. No helicopters, sending a weakling like you."
It had been 10 minutes since Central Park was attacked, and now they were in the Upper West Side, just west of Central Park.
A vehicle was heading north toward Harlem. Inside the vehicle were six people, and all of them had patches on their shoulders that resembled the crests once worn by European nobility.
The inscription read "VANGUARDS OF THE EMPIRE," above a lily design, and the emblem of the now-destroyed World Trade Center. Together, these symbols formed the emblem of the 104th Military Police Battalion of the New York National Guard.
- "Our wolf pup is heading north with Captain Parquson. I heard New York’s in chaos, but could you give me the details?"
- "Hmm. It’s rare for the wolf pup to be armed and heading out like this. Are you planning to use the Icarus gear as a totem to restore the communication network?"
- "Not that difficult. But it would have been better if you sent two members of Aricon instead of the 107th Military Police Company. Looks like it hasn’t gone as planned."
- "Wolf pup, are you listening? Your heart rate is through the roof. Your sympathetic nervous system is going haywire. Looks like the stiff folks at TOC haven’t touched the gear's functionality... Let me help you."
- "Accept it. I can’t do much from this distance, but I’ll do what I can. Also, since you took Parquson out with you, if he dies somewhere in Newark, the pup would be terribly sad."
- "I wish I could go myself, but New York’s airspace is a mess. About 40 attack planes launched from Virginia."
- "The 12th Carrier Strike Group has made up its mind. What’s certain is that thanks to the wolf pup, there won’t be any friendly fire near the Military Police Company. Just... the counterattack won’t be effective."
- "Keep using the pulse as much as possible. We can detect enemies moving outside with Sky Eye, but those inside the buildings are trickier."
- "Exactly. Urban warfare is always a nightmare. Take out all the drones you’ve got."
- "It’s luck. Don’t rely on it too much. Annoying situations can still happen."
- "...Is the wolf pup mistaken, thinking Captain Parquson is seriously injured?"
