角色故事•二(解锁条件:角色等级40)
“小子,你真行啊…用神乎其神的手段搬光了我的产业。但我绝不会投降,大不了,我就把这里全炸咯…你能怎么办?”
伊伊玛尼喀的“疯牛”示意手下松手,他从桌子上抬起头来,拍了拍衣领上的灰尘。
“你们,高高在上的公司狗,根本看不起流浪者,对吧?但你现在在我们的地盘,就得按我们的方式。”
“疯牛”清空弹匣,往枪中装入一粒子弹,丢在他脚边。
“六次,最多六次枪响之后,生死由命。你敢不敢?”
他蹲下来,捡起枪。
“用枪指着我的人太多了,甚至有人直接扣下了扳机…但你猜,为什么我还能站在这儿?”
他站起来,逼视着“疯牛”的眼睛,举起枪,抵住自己的心脏。
“因为最后,枪都会来到我手里。”
“而现在,这个游戏令我有些厌烦了…六分之一的概率远远不够,要挑衅命运——”
六声连续的枪响在死寂的星舰中炸开,烟尘过后,他再次举起枪,朝“疯牛”走去,而弹匣里有一颗新的子弹。
“就得先学会把自己变成骰子。”
“——你不肯投降,但凭什么?就凭这拙劣的概率游戏?还是……”
他调转枪口,指向黑暗中的某处。
“她?”
枪口所指的方向,一位同样举着手枪的女士缓缓出现。看到她的一瞬间,“疯牛”仿佛抓到了救命稻草。
“翡翠女士,这和说好的不一样……”
就在同时,两人开枪,在双方各自背后的暗处,两个黑衣人应声倒下。
“公司的敌人还真是无处不在,对吧?”女士从容地收起手枪,拿出化妆镜,检视了一下自己的仪容。
“拿你我的生命作饵,让他们争相啄食,误以为这是一场内讧,却被一网打尽…不错的诡计,只不过太惊险了些。”他微笑着欢迎对方的到来,双手却微微颤抖。
“诡计?不,只是一场测试罢了。”
优雅的女士摊开手掌,一枚闪烁着奇异色泽的“砂金石”躺在她的手心。
“没什么奇怪的,被渴望,被追逐,被切割,被出售…这都是宝石的宿命。”
“但你还是有许多可做的,全凭你怎么看待自己。”
Character Story: Part II
• Unlocked at Character Level 40
"You're quite something else, boy... I still can't figure out how you managed to empty out my entire business. But I will never surrender. If push comes to shove, I'll just blow up this whole place... What are you gonna do about it?"
The Mad Bull of Iymanika signals his followers to let go. He raises his head from the table, dusting off his collar.
"You arrogant dogs from the IPC never respected us wanderers, did you? But now that you're in our territory, you'll play by our rules."
Mad Bull empties the cylinder, putting only one bullet in the revolver, and tosses it to the other man's feet.
"Six shots. Fate will decide whether we live or die after a maximum of six shots. Do you have the nerve?"
The other man bends down and picks up the revolver.
"There are too many people who've pointed a gun at me. Some of them even just went ahead and pressed the trigger straight up... Now, guess how come I'm still standing here."
The man stands up, stares into the Mad Bull's eyes, raises the gun, and puts it against his own heart.
"It's because the gun will always end up in my hand."
"And now, this game is making me bored... One in six? That possibly is nowhere near enough. If you want to tempt fate..."
Six consecutive gunshots thunder out in the starship that is wrapped in a deathly silence. After the smoke clears, the man raises the gun again and walks toward Mad Bull. The revolver is now loaded with a fresh bullet.
"You need to learn how to turn yourself into a die first."
"...You won't surrender, but why? Because you have this lousy game of chance? Or..."
He points the gun into the darkness.
"Because of her?"
A woman holding a pistol emerges slowly from the direction the revolver points. The Mad Bull acts as if he found a lifeline when he sees her.
"Madam Jade, this is not what we agreed upon..."
At that moment, both of them opened fire simultaneously, and two figures dressed in black fall from the shadows behind each of them.
"The IPC has enemies everywhere, right?" The woman calmly holsters her pistol, takes out her cosmetic mirror, and inspects her appearance.
"You used our lives as bait, making them believe there was internal strife between us, and then you eliminated them all... A clever trick, although a bit reckless." He greets the woman with a smile, although his hands tremble slightly.
"Trick? No, it was just a test."
The elegant lady opens her palm, revealing a shimmering aventurine of peculiar hues.
"There's nothing strange about it. Gemstones are destined to be... desired, sought, cut, and sold."
"However, there's so much more you can do. It all depends on how you see yourself."