Santos

'Are you in trouble? Tell me...'

*Santos - Chief detective of Graci's Detective Agency.*

*The Punisher of Evil who walks between the light and the dark.*

*Punish the evil, enforce the justice. No perpetrator can escape from him.*

## Intro

In Luxium, if you're ever in trouble and have no one to turn to, Graci's Detective Agency is a good place to go. The office is located in the residential lanes of Eversun, clearly signposted. In the office, there is a big man dressed in black leather. Don't get the wrong idea. He's not a security guard or a robber. He is the chief detective of the agency - Santos, a man who can solve all your problems.

Santos usually wears a pair of large sunglasses, a black leather jacket, black tights, a police hat, and a small tie that is out of proportion to his muscular physique (They say this tie has other uses.) And a brown and black hound stands beside him.

'Don't worry, he only bites bad guys.'

Santos will take any case, whether it's murder, kidnapping, legal counseling, or extramarital affairs investigations. Although for some reason, Santos is particularly interested in cases involving corrupt aristocrats. After a period of investigation, Santos would personally 'visit' his target with his hound and a large caliber pistol. The next day, there would be reports in the newspapers of a powerful man going insane or having vanished. No matter how the local Defense Force investigates, they won't find any clues about the perpetrator. Over time, this mysterious man became the existence that frightens corrupt aristocrats. People call him the 'Evil Punisher.'

'These are just anecdotes...'

'Let's get down to business!'

'Are you in trouble? Tell me...'

### Forming a Pact

**Santos's rarity:** SSR

**Max Epiphany without Illumination:** Level 6

The player can form a pact with Santos by the following methods:

* Starter Summon
	+ Use 28 Heart Stones to add this Gyee to the Starter Summon pool.
* Limited Summon
	+ You can form a pact with Santos by summoning him on his limited-time banner.

## Skills

### Basic

**Skill Level**
1. 82%
2. 89%
3. 96%
4. 103%
	+ Increases the damage of Punishing Shot by 30%.

### Advanced

* Penetrating Wound: While effect is active, the unit that has it will take Bleeding-type P.DMG equal to P.ATK \*50% when taking action. Cannot stack. Lasts 2 rounds. Cannot be purified.
* Armor Shatter: Increases P.DMG taken by 15% (does not stack with Basic Vulnerability). Each time an active skill is cast on the unit with this debuff, increases 10% Physical Vulnerability (Can stack up to 55% Physical Vulnerability. This is increased to 65% when large caliber bullets are used. Stacking does not reset duration). Can stack 4 times. Lasts 5 rounds. Cannot be purified.

**Skill Level**
1. 96%
2. 106%
3. 116%
4. 126%
	+ Increases the damage of Punishing Combo by 20%.
* **Large Caliber**
	+ Penetrating Wound's Bleeding-type P.DMG is increased to P.ATK \*75%. Armor Shatter's basic physical Severe Wound effect is increased to 25%.

### Ultimate

* Burst Shards: When duration ends normally, victim takes P.DMG equal to P.ATK \*100%. If this effect is otherwise removed, its victim takes P.DMG equal to P.ATK \*300%. Cannot stack. Lasts 2 rounds. Cannot be purified.
* Tremble: While the effect is active, character cannot cast P.DMG-type skills. Lasts 1 round. Can be purified.

**Skill Level**
1. 401%
2. 434%
3. 467%
4. 500%
	+ Increases the damage of Annihilation of Evil by 25%.
* **Ultimate Sin**
	+ Extra damage factor from Concentration is increased to 2x the base value
* **Flaming Burst**
	+ Normal attacks can force the target's Burst Shards to detonate. If a normal attack triggers a Crit, a series of explosions will result (in this case, it is not limited to whether the target has Burst Shards). Forcibly detonates all enemy Burst Shards. Damage dealt by forcibly detonated Burst Shards is increased to P.ATK \*300%. When using Focus Firepower tactic, Annihilation of Evil ignores 25% of target's P.DMG.

### Mastery

* Elite Hound: Grants self a shield equal to P.ATK \*150%, reduces P.DMG taken by 30%, and deals a counterattack with P.DMG equal to P.ATK \*150% upon suffering a melee attack. Casting normal attacks and skills will add Frustration to the target. Cannot be dispelled; before removal, shield amount will not be reset. Shield will be removed once broken but can last till the end of battle. When an attack breaks the shield, there will be no counterattack.
* Unforgivable: While effect is active, increases DMG dealt by 18% and grants immunity to all debuffs. After taking action, 1 additional Concentration is restored and a normal attack is guaranteed to crit. Cannot be dispelled and lasts till the end of battle.
* Frustration: Reduces DMG by 15%. Cannot be purified. Removed on defeat. Lasts 1 round.

## Imprint

### Basic Engraving

* Agility Engraving (P.ATK +0.60% per Engraving level)
	+ Each engraving level requires I.N. Flux - Arcana x120 and Gold x25,000

### Imprint Skill

The following Imprint Skill can be equipped on other Gyees and Avatars once unlocked.

## Intimacy

### Date Choices

Dates will give either 500, 700, or 900 intimacy points depending on the choice selected.

* **Untouchable - Santos is actually an animal fanatic. But…**
	+ **Cue:** He's saying, 'On me... there's...'
		- Santos... wouldn't be trying to scam you, would he?
		*500 Intimacy*
		- Santos is having an allergic reaction!
		*900 Intimacy*
		- We better contact a doctor at the Kaist Church...
		*700 Intimacy*

* **Glimpse - Santos is staring at a row of bookshelves in the library…**
	+ **Cue:** It may have been a wrong decision to quit school back then...
		- There is no cure for regret...
		*500 Intimacy*
		- Santos the Arcanist, sounds pretty cool.
		*700 Intimacy*
		- But then, the world would have one less outstanding detective!
		*900 Intimacy*

* **Graci - Santos is busy today and needs you to take care of Graci for one day. Enjoy the day with the dog!**
	+ **Cue 1:** What did Santos say Graci eats for lunch?
		- **Must choose to continue:** Wild boar ribs, sea bird eggs, wild bear blood, and red pheasant thigh fillets...
	+ **Cue 2:** Take Graci somewhere fun, or go practice hunting!
		- (Take Graci for a walk around Never Isle...)
		*700 Intimacy*
		- (Let Graci play in Hottie Bar...)
		*900 Intimacy*
		- (Take Graci to play with Miles's wolf Grey...)
		*900 Intimacy*

### Intimacy Blocks

To reach Intimacy levels 7 and 11, Santos needs mementos (found in Darkflux Raid), reiki (found in Extreme Fight or Arcana Tracker), and the following block item:

* **Intimacy Level 7**
	+ S - Wild Boar Ribs
		- Fresh wild boar ribs, one of Graci's favorite foods
		For Intimacy Breakthrough Santos, can be obtained through Extreme Fight.
* **Intimacy Level 11**
	+ Order of Equality Investigation Report
		- The investigation results from the Order of Equality contains news about Santos' parents...
		For intimacy breakthrough with Santos, can be obtained through Extreme Fight.

### Basic Drink Preferences

 50% bonus

 25% bonus

 No bonus

 No bonus

*Note: All blended drinks have a base preference bonus of 25% that can be modified by the drink's attributes.*

### Gift Preferences

**50% bonus**

**25% bonus**

**No bonus**

### Views

Unlock views by leveling the intimacy of other gyees.

* **Gany**: Oh, the gentleman in sunglasses, I know him. This guest occasionally needs my service, but during the service, he stares at other guests. In the middle of each service, he would suddenly get up, pay the fee and leave in a hurry. I guess he must have something important to do.
*Gany's Intimacy reaches Lv.2 to unlock*
* **Vundo**: Santos, he was one of the first batch of students I taught after becoming a professor at the Arcana Academy. For some reason, he was sent to the Arcana Academy even though he has no talent for arcana. And for some reason again, he dropped out of the school and left Never Isle. I heard he's a detective now? What a surprise.
*Vundo's Intimacy reaches Lv.4 to unlock*
* **Mike**: As one of the few people who have survived a confrontation with the Evil Punisher, I have the most right to comment on him. Most people may think that a shot in the head is the worst outcome one can suffer, but when facing the Evil Punisher, there is a punishment even more terrible than death! Together with that hellhound of his... he does things to you that cannot be described with words. As a witness, believe me, if I face him again, I want to be hanged...again... Er... I mean... I'll stop him, right! Stop him!
*Mike's Intimacy reaches Lv.6 to unlock*
* **Markus**: Santos, the famous Evil Punisher! In BlackFlame City, he is much more famous than me! Although he always wears his sunglasses, I can feel the anger behind them. This anger is undoubtedly powerful. With just one man's strength, he has dealt with many corrupt officials and crooked merchants. But he's just one man after all... To be honest, I'd like to invite him to join the Oathblades. However, our paths are different. It's just my wishful thinking I suppose.
*Markus's Intimacy reaches Lv.8 to unlock*
* **Eversun Sailor**: Isn't this the big detective of Eversun? They say he is a God who can solve any problem!
* **Harveston child**: That gentleman has a cute puppy around him.
* **Crossport Official**: What 'Evil Punisher'? He is a complete criminal! If he dares to come to Crossport, I'll give him a taste of prison!

## Scripts

### Consolation Letter

Hi, it's me, Santos.

I remember you're Mike's friend. Lately I have been unable to contact Mike. If you are able to contact him, please remind him that it is almost time to pay the rest of his debt. If he keeps trying to hide from me, I will pay him a visit personally. I am sure he wouldn't want me to find him.

Lastly, ever since you came to the office last time, Graci's been acting funny. I think he may be missing you. So if you have time, can you please come to the office again?

### Bath Drama

* Sunglasses in the bath? I am just used to it...
* Graci stop running! Let's get you cleaned up!
* This place is not bad, perfect for... punishment.

### Fave Hottie Slogan

It's good to take part in events like this between investigations. You see, I'm here with Graci. Should be pretty obvious by now who you should give your vote to, right?

### Branch

**This section contains spoilers for the Branch quest. Please use a desktop browser for the best viewing experience.**

**Debt Is No Burden**

**-Part 1**

*Never Isle...*
*Player talks to Billy on the dock*
**Player**: Billy, Principal Vundo is looking for me. I have to go to the Arcana Academy.
**Player**: I don't know when I'll be back. Let's cancel the trip today.
**Player**: You can take a day off!
**Billy**: Great! I haven't had a rest for a few weeks already.
**Billy**: Captain, let me know if you need me.
**Player**: Yup...
**Billy**: Rupor Show! Rupor Show!
*Billy leaves*
**Player**: \*smiles\*
**Player**: Well... that is...
*Player notices Mike in his Lucky Gashapon as well as the rest of his group on the dock and walks over*
*Peter and Carter are surveying their surroundings vigilantly.*
**Peter**: No suspicious persons near the dock.
**Carter**: ...
**Mike**: Good...
**Mike**: However, this is Never Isle...
**Mike**: He wouldn't dare to do anything here no matter how powerful he is!
**Player**: Boss Mike!
**Mike**: Eeek!!
**Player**: Boss Mike, what are you doing here?
**Mike**: Oh... It's Player... you scared the heck out of me...
**Mike**: I was... exercising. Yes! I was exercising!
**Mike**: This is a very popular sport in Elysiann recently, you have to hide behind the strongest people!
**Mike**: Player, do you want to try?
**Player**: Erh... No, I don't think so...
**Player**: Choji, Peter, Carter...
**Player**: This is the first time I see Mike's full team together!
**Player**: Are you...
*Choice 1.1 - Avoiding your creditor?*
**Mike**: ...
**Mike**: Don't say 'avoid', that doesn't sound very nice.
**Mike**: One can never have too much debt! Mike never avoids anything!
**Choji**: I thought you said we were avoiding the...
**Mike**: That's not true! Choji, stop talking!
**Mike**: I'm in Never Isle today to talk big business!
*Choice 1.2 - Talking about a big business deal?*
**Mike**: Haha, you guessed it!
**Mike**: Yes, I'm here to talk business!
**Choji**: You don't usually invite me to your business negotiations thought...
**Choji**: I rarely get a chance to go home on holiday and you...
**Mike**: Hahaha! I brought you out here to... broaden your horizon...
*Conversation continues after choices*
**Choji**: Mike...
**Choji**: If you're really afraid of the punisher, just tell Player.
**Choji**: Your life is more important than money!
**Player**: Punisher? Are you hiding from someone?
**Peter**: Yeah... We can trust Player.
*Carter nods his head*
**Mike**: I am being hunted by the Evil Punisher...
**Player**: Who is it?
**Mike**: The Evil Punisher...
**Mike**: The most vicious criminal in Luxium!
**Mike**: He has the power of a monster and he has an artifact capable of killing people instantly...
**Mike**: The scariest thing is... He has a ferocious beast that came from the Void!!
**Player**: This sounds unbelievable...
**Mike**: I am absolutely telling you the truth!
**Mike**: Harveston in the north, Kaigon in the south, Red Harbor in the west, and Elysiann in the east...
**Mike**: Many politicians, businessmen, and noblemen have been punished by him!
**Player**: That terrifying? Really?
**Choji**: But how come I heard that the Punisher is a good guy?
**Choji**: I heard that the people he killed are all unscrupulous businessmen and aristocrats!
**Mike**: Bad people should be punished by the law. He's a vigilante who takes the law into his own hands. Of course he's a criminal...
**Mike**: Besides, he killed... some of our clients...
**Mike**: Two old businessmen in the Elysiann Merchant's Guild have gone missing recently... I guess they must've been...
**Player**: !!
**Player**: Anyway... Let's inform the Defense Force!
**Peter**: We don't have any proof that the Evil Punisher is in Never Isle...
**Peter**: The Defense Force won't take any action.
**Peter**: Even if he's really in Never Isle, as long as he doesn't make a move, the Defense Force can't do anything...
**Player**: Oh?
**Peter**: The stories about the Evil Punisher are only rumors. Few people have seen him and no one can prove that he really killed those noblemen.
**Mike**: Moreover, it is not illegal to collect debt in Never Isle...
**Player**: So you really are hiding from your creditor...
**Mike**: Well... I do owe a lot of money to a businessman in Red Harbor and it's overdue...
**Mike**: But he shouldn't have hired the Evil Punisher to collect the debt.
**Player**: That's why you asked Peter, Carter, and even Choji to come with you...
**Peter**: Although, it's Master Mike's fault for not paying back the money...
**Peter**: But I won't allow anyone to hurt Master Mike!
*Carter nods his head*
**Player**: The best solution now... is to repay your debt...
**Mike**: But I really don't have the money...
**Mike**: I'm not someone who would forget my debt.
**Mike**: I'm going to talk business with the Arcana Academy today. If I can strike a deal and make some money...
**Mike**: I'll be able to repay my debt if I can get through this difficult time.
**Player**: Principal Vundo also wants to see me today. I'll go with you.
**Mike**: Hahaha, great! With you by my side, even if the Evil Punisher shows up...
**Mike**: Nahh... Don't be silly... Let's go...
*Suddenly, an alarm rings throughout the dock*
**Player**: Is it the Evil Punisher?
*Carter shakes his head*
**Mike**: Carter... they probably think you're a 'prohibited artifact' again.
**Player**: Carter?
**Peter**: But I seem to remember getting a special permit for Carter before, didn't we?
**Choji**: Yes, I was there with Carter that day!
**Mike**: Has the permit expired...
*Carter shakes his head*
*As the group is talking, three Defense Force warriors approach Carter*
**Defense Force Warrior**: You are carrying a prohibited artifact. We need to inspect you.
*Carter makes some hand motions*
**Defense Force Warrior**: Can't you... Speak?
*Carter nods his head*
**Mike**: No, Carter can't speak. But I can translate for him.
**Mike**: Carter said he is a prohibited artifact but he has a special permit...
*Carter nods his head*
**Defense Force Warrior**: The prohibited artifact is a person? Is this what Mr. Interpreter talked about...
**Player**: Mr. Interpreter?
**Defense Force Warrior**: Never Isle raised its security level yesterday. We need to strictly inspect all the artifacts that enter Never Isle.
**Defense Force Warrior**: Special permits will not be accepted during this period.
**Peter**: I see.
**Defense Force Warrior**: He needs to stay for the inspection. The rest of you are free to go.
**Mike**: You won't understand what he means. I'll come with you.
**Defense Force Warrior**: Mr. Interpreter will take care of it. You can go now.
**Defense Force Warrior**: The commander has ordered that during this period, we should minimize our disturbance to civilians. We just need him to stay.
*Carter makes some hand gestures at Mike*
**Mike**: Sure! Please thank the Defense Force for me!
*Carter leaves with the Defense Force warriors*
**Player**: I've never heard of an interpreter in the Defense Force...
**Mike**: It's a good thing that they have a sign language interpreter in the Defense Force.
**Player**: What's the deal with Carter?
**Player**: Is Carter a prohibited artifact?
**Mike**: Carter's ability is quite special...
**Mike**: He told us to go to the Arcana Academy first and he'll come meet us after the Defense Force inspection.
**Mike**: It's not Carter's first inspection. He's already very familiar with it. I'm sure he'll be done very soon. Let's go to the Arcana Academy first!
**Player**: OK!
*Player, Mike, Peter and Choji walk down the streets of Never Isle*
*Peter looks around warily...*
**Mike**: Peter, take it easy, relax!
**Mike**: Among all the towns in Luxium, Never Isle definitely has the best public security!
**Peter**: No... Our opponent is the Evil Punisher. We shouldn't let our guard down.
**Mike**: Hahaha, we're on the main street of Never Isle...
**Mike**: Even he wouldn't dare to attack me here in broad daylight!
**Peter**: ...
**Peter**: You're right...
*Peter looks more relaxed...*
*A cry comes from not far away...*
**Contest staff**: Never Isle Seafood Cooking Contest! Who will be the best seafood chef?
**Player**: Cooking contest?
**Player**: Choji, do you want to have a go?
**Player**: You can easily win the contest with your cooking skills.
**Choji**: I'm not going!
**Player**: Oh?
**Choji**: Cooking is a science, it's not for competition. What I pursue is the smile on my customers' faces!
**Mike**: Exactly! What Choji pursues is the smile on my face.
**Contest staff**: The winner of the contest can enjoy free seafood for a month!
**Mike**: !!
**Choji**: Mike... Why are you looking at me like that?
**Mike**: Choji, it's unacceptable behavior to waste food, isn't it?
**Choji**: Of course!
**Mike**: Can you stand wasting a whole month's worth of seafood?
**Choji**: Huh?
**Mike**: Choji, join the contest! We shouldn't give a whole month's worth of seafood to someone else!
**Choji**: Didn't you just say...
**Mike**: We are experiencing difficulty with our cash flow lately. A whole month of seafood is worth a lot of money...
**Mike**: How about...
**Mike**: I give you my smile...
**Player**: ...
**Peter**: Master Mike... watch your image...
**Mike**: What is an image? Is my image useful? Can I sell my image for money?
**Mike**: Is my image as important as free seafood for a whole month?!
**Peter**: ...
**Peter**: Paul, I'm sorry...
**Mike**: Choji... is... the... best!
**Choji**: I see. I'll go.
**Choji**: Don't stare at me with that smile. It's creepy...
**Mike**: Ahhhh... A whole month's free seafood... A whole month...
**Mike**: Today is my lucky day!
**Mike**: Let's go to the Arcana Academy. We can't keep the Principal waiting.
**Peter**: ...
**Player**: ...
*You arrive at the Arcana Academy. Considering that you are quite knowledgeable...*
*Principal Vundo wants you to attend the business meeting with Mike...*
*In case the Academy gets scammed...*
*At the meeting, Mike was very sincere and did not try anything funny. Principle Vundo was happy...*
*Mike successfully got the supply right of all the flux minerals for the Arcana Academy...*
*Outside on the steps of the Academy*
**Mike**: Hahaha, there is no business deal in Luxium I can't get!
**Player**: Congratulations!
**Mike**: I've got the deposit! Let's go and have a feast!
**Player**: Oh? Shouldn't you repay your debt first?
**Mike**: That deposit money is far from enough!
**Mike**: Let's treat ourselves first!
**Player**: But... the Evil Punisher...
**Mike**: He hasn't shown up yet. I'm sure he's not in Never Isle today.
**Mike**: Let's take the last airship and get out of Never Isle secretly!
**Peter**: Young Master, we shouldn't let our guard down...
**Mike**: Well... even if he really shows up, I still have you by my side.
**Mike**: By the way, why are Carter and Choji so slow?
**Mike**: Forget it, I'll send them the location with the arcana communication crystal.
**Mike**: Let's wait for them in the restaurant.
**Mike**: Let's go, let's go!
*Mike takes off*
**Peter**: ...
**Player**: ...
*Peter and Player exchange knowing looks and then follow Mike*
*Mike suddenly stops*
**???**: \*Crying\*
*The three turn to see three students ganging up on a smaller student*
**Ferocious student A**: Hey! Did you tell the Principal that we took his tobacco?
**Weak student**: \*Crying\*... It's not right to steal...
**Ferocious student B**: How dare you! How dare you give us away!
**Ferocious student B**: Let's teach him a lesson so he'll know who we are!
**Ferocious student C**: Get him!!
**Weak student**: \*Crying\*
**Peter**: Stop it!
**Ferocious student A**: Who are you?
**Ferocious student A**: Mind your own business!
**Peter**: I'm only passing by...
**Peter**: I don't like that, the three of you ganging up on him!
**Ferocious student B**: He gave us away! He asked for it!
**Ferocious student B**: Get out of the way or we'll let you taste our fist!
**Peter**: I'll give you one minute. I won't fight back.
**Ferocious student C**: Humph... don't underestimate us! Let's beat the hell out of him!!
**Weak student**: Be... Be careful...
**Ferocious student B**: Huff puff...
**Peter**: One minute's over!
**Mike**: Kids, listen to me. Stop now or you'll suffer!
**Mike**: Otherwise... You will end up badly hurt.
**Peter**: It's my turn.
**Ferocious student A**: Yikes... Let's run!!
*The three bullies run away*
**Mike**: Good, good. Smart kids!
**Peter**: Are you all right?
**Weak student**: I'm fine, thank you, old gentleman!
**Peter**: Old... gentleman...
**Weak student**: Old gentleman, are you okay? The three of them hit you quite hard...
**Peter**: Yes... I'm fine...
**Mike**: Don't worry, that was not even a tickle for Peter!
*The student's eyes twinkle with admiration...*
**Weak student**: You are... awesome!
**Weak student**: I wish I could be like you, old gentleman. Then I won't be bullied.
**Weak student**: I was born weak and small. I guess I'll never be as strong as you, old gentleman...
**Peter**: Don't jump to conclusions! With a bit of training, everyone can have a strong body!
**Mike**: Except for me...
**Peter**: That's because you are not disciplined, Master Mike!
**Mike**: Haha... Ha... yes, you're right.
**Weak student**: Really? Can I become as strong as you?
**Peter**: Of course!
**Weak student**: That's great, old gentleman! Can you teach me?
**Weak student**: I want a change. I don't want to be bullied anymore!
**Peter**: Now?
**Weak student**: Please. The three of them won't give up so easily...
**Peter**: But I'm busy right now...
**Weak student**: Are you?
**Weak student**: I knew it... You were just comforting me...
*The student boy's eyes are suddenly filled with tears...*
**Weak student**: You lied to me...
**Peter**: No... I wasn't...
**Weak student**: I don't want to hear your excuses!
**Player**: Do all the kids have so much drama these days?
**Mike**: All right, Peter, just teach him some of your moves!
**Mike**: I'll go to the restaurant with Player and order first!
**Peter**: But, Master Mike, the Evil Punisher...
**Mike**: We are the only ones here. If he was really in Never Isle, he would've done something already!
**Mike**: Don't worry!
**Peter**: ...
**Peter**: Okay... I'll teach you some basic self-defense moves!
**Weak student**: Really?
**Weak student**: Thank you, old gentleman!!
**Mike**: Player, let's go! I'm starving!
**Player**: Okay!
**Peter**: Open your legs, bend down slightly and lower your center of gravity...
*Mike and Player head towards the restaurant*
**Mike**: The restaurant I booked is...
**Mike**: !!
*In the distance, Mike sees a large, muscular man in a leather jacket and sunglasses with his dog*
**Player**: What's wrong, Mike?
**Mike**: Player... That guy!
**Player**: Who?
**Mike**: That guy...
**Player**: !!
**Player**: His body shape, and his outfit...
**Player**: He doesn't look like someone from Never Isle.
**Player**: Mike, do you know him...
**Mike**: Can't believe I'd run into such a hunk...
**Mike**: Today must be my lucky day!
**Player**: ...
**Player**: Mike... Wait a minute!
**Mike**: Leather jacket, fishnet vest, tights... I'm coming!
*Mike approaches the man*
**Mike**: Yo! Handsome! Are you alone?
**Man in sunglasses**: ...
**Dog**: Woof!
**Mike**: What a lovely puppy!
**Dog**: (Threatening growl...)
**Mike**: Let me give you the best dog food!
**Dog**: Woof, woof! (Biting)
*The man's dog almost bit Mike...*
**Mike**: Haha... it doesn't seem to like me...
**Man in sunglasses**: He only eats fresh meat.
**Mike**: Oh yeah... Good boy, you can't eat me...
**Dog**: Woof! (Trying to bite Mike)
**Mike**: Hey!!
**Player**: Mike... Stop teasing the dog... Let's go in...
**Mike**: What's the hurry, Player? We're talking business!
**Man in sunglasses**: Business?
**Mike**: Sir! You have a strong and fit body and your temperament is one of a kind. I can tell straight away that you would make an excellent model!
**Mike**: I'm building a men's clothing brand and you are exactly who I need!
**Player**: Clothing brand? I've never heard of it... Don't you have Peter as your model?
**Mike**: Oh... Peter... He's too rigid. He can't do this...
**Mike**: Handsome, if you've ever done any underwear photo shooting, I can give you an interview right now.
**Player**: He never said he's interested...
**Man in sunglasses**: No, I haven't...
**Mike**: That's okay! I've booked a VIP room in this restaurant. Please come and join us for lunch.
**Mike**: Then we can have an on-site interview.
**Player**: You just want to see him naked, don't you?
**Mike**: Absolutely no! Never!
**Mike**: Handsome, don't worry. This is legitimate and serious business cooperation!
**Man in sunglasses**: ...
**Man in sunglasses**: I decline!
**Mike**: There's no need to decide so soon. You may not know who I am.
**Mike**: Let me introduce myself, I am the president of the Elysiann Merchant's Guild, senior business consultant, and arbitrator of debt disputes...
**Mike**: Mike of the Mike's Caravan!
**Mike**: You can ask around and see who I am!
**Mike**: There's no harm in working with me!
**Mike**: Let me give you my contact. You'll need it!
**Man in sunglasses**: Really...
**Man in sunglasses**: I've changed my mind...
**Man in sunglasses**: I want to have an interview, now!
*The man in sunglasses loosens his tie...*
**Mike**: Ok... Okay!
**Mike**: Let me come closer...
**Player**: Mike... Watch your drool...
*Mike gets closer to the stranger*
**Mike**: Ahem!
*The stranger does something to Mike*
**Player**: Something's wrong!
**Player**: Mike, Mike!!
**Mike**: Hmmm... Grr...
*Mike holds his stomach, unable to speak...*
**Player**: (Whispering) Contact Peter, Carter, and...
*Mike nods...*
**Man in sunglasses**: ...
**Player**: What did you do to Mike?
**Mike**: Evil... Evil... \*Sobbing\*
**Player**: Evil Punisher?
**Evil Punisher**: ...
**Player**: ...
**Player**: (He looks big. I'm afraid I'm no match to him head-on...)
**Player**: (Hmm? What is that large bulge at the waist of his leather jacket...)
**Player**: (A pistol!!)
**Dog**: ...
**Player**: (So this is the power of a monster, the deadly artifact, and the void beast that Mike talked about...)
**Dog**: Grrr (growling fiercely)
**Player**: He's coming!
**Evil Punisher**: Quiet!
**Dog**: ...
**Player**: Huh?
**Evil Punisher**: Mr. Mike...
**Evil Punisher**: The money you owe Mr. Donovan from Red Harbor is already six months overdue...
**Evil Punisher**: Mr. Donovan needs you to pay back the debt with interest!
**Mike**: Mr. Evil Punisher, I really don't have any money now!
**Evil Punisher**: No money?
**Evil Punisher**: Mr. Mike, you just invited me to dine in a high-class restaurant just now...
**Mike**: Well... a meal doesn't cost much...
**Evil Punisher**: Mr. Mike, Mr. Donovan doesn't want to resort to violence.
**Evil Punisher**: However, Mr. Donovan's shipping company is experiencing a cash flow problem and he needs your money back urgently...
**Evil Punisher**: Without the money, Mr. Donovan might face bankruptcy and over a hundred staff might lose their job...
**Evil Punisher**: Mr. Donovan hopes you can help him, just like how Mr. Donovan helped you before...
**Player**: (Is this the legendary Evil Punisher? He is so polite.)
**Mike**: ...
**Mike**: I really have no money!
**Evil Punisher**: Selfish...
**Evil Punisher**: Well...
*The Evil Punisher is trying very hard to control his emotions...*
**Evil Punisher**: 'Be civilized' is the client's request...
**Evil Punisher**: Since Mr. Mike doesn't appreciate my client's kindness...
**Dog**: Woof! Woof, woof!
*The Evil Punisher brandishes his gun*
**Evil Punisher**: I only have one target, which is you, Mike.
**Evil Punisher**: Player, get out of the way!
**Player**: ...
**Evil Punisher**: Mike...
**Evil Punisher**: Doesn't deserve your protection!
**Dog**: Woof, woof!
**Evil Punisher**: These merchants... treacherous, hypocritical, and devious.
**Evil Punisher**: And Mike...
**Evil Punisher**: Is even worse!
**Mike**: I've got nothing to hide!
**Evil Punisher**: Really?
**Evil Punisher**: As the President of the Elysiann Merchant's Guild, you take advantage of your business connection in Crossport...
**Evil Punisher**: and borrow money from merchants all over Luxium...
**Evil Punisher**: You never repay your debt on time!
**Mike**: Well...
**Mike**: Being late on my repayment doesn't mean I won't pay...
**Mike**: Go and ask around yourself. When I pay my debt, I always pay with interest and overdue charges!
**Evil Punisher**: That's true...
**Evil Punisher**: However, in order to hide from the creditors, you forged your capital background and moved to Never Isle...
**Evil Punisher**: If you find dirt on your creditors, you blackmail them...
**Evil Punisher**: You used Peter and Carter to threaten your creditors...
**Mike**: Well...
**Evil Punisher**: Player...
**Evil Punisher**: Are you really going to defend a fraud?
**Player**: !!
**Player**: Mike, is it true what he said?
**Mike**: Of course... not... really...
**Player**: ............
**Player**: (It seems what the Evil Punisher said is true...)
**Player**: (But I can't just hand over Mike to him.)
**Player**: (Whispering) Where are Peter and Carter? Why aren't they here yet?
**Mike**: (Whispering) I can't get in touch with them...
**Player**: (Whispering) What?!
**Mike**: (Whispering) Let's bluff!
**Mike**: Evil Punisher, since you've done your investigation...
**Mike**: You should know how strong Peter, Carter and Player are!
**Mike**: And they are on their way here!
**Evil Punisher**: ...
*The Evil Punisher reveals a glowing sphere*
**Player**: Arcana signal blocking crystal!!
**Mike**: Did he interfere with the signal?
**Evil Punisher**: I won't say it again!!
**Player**: (He's coming!)
**Mike**: Player, help me! Just until Peter and Carter arrive...
**Evil Punisher**: You... get out of my way!
**Player**: ...
*Choice 2.1 - (Help Mike fight against the Evil Punisher...)*
**Mike**: Player, I'll never forget...
**Mike**: Your kindness today!!
**Player**: Let's take care of the Evil Punisher first!
**Evil Punisher**: ...
*Mike and Player fight the Evil Punisher but Mike gets beaten instead*
**Mike**: Ouch... It hurts...
**Mike**: This guy is unexpectedly strong!
**Player**: Hmm...
**Dog**: Woof!!
*Choice 2.2 - (Make way for the Evil Punisher...)*
*Player stands aside*
**Mike**: What! Player, you!
**Player**: His company is already in crisis...
**Player**: You really should pay back the money first...
**Player**: I'm sorry, Mike...
**Evil Punisher**: Wise choice...
**Evil Punisher**: Now... Mike
**Evil Punisher**: You... and me...
**Mike**: Ahhhh... Let me show you what I've got!!
*The Evil Punisher fights Mike*
*Scene continues after choices*
*During the fight, the Evil Punisher beats Mike to the ground*
**Player**: He's... so strong!
**Mike**: \*Sobbing\*... I'm dying...
**Mike**: Let me go, I really have no money left!
**Evil Punisher**: Stop lying!
**Evil Punisher**: You just made a deal with the Arcana Academy!
**Player**: !!
**Mike**: ...
**Mike**: Mr. Evil Punisher, hold on, buddy...
**Mike**: I need to use the deposit to make money before I can pay off my debt!
**Evil Punisher**: That's your own problem...
**Mike**: You leave me no choice...
**Mike**: Help! Someone's trying to kill me!!!
**Player**: ...
**Evil Punisher**: ...
*A Defense Force warrior comes to investigate*
**Defense Force Warrior**: What happened? Who's trying to kill you?
**Mike**: You're finally here. It's the...
**Defense Force Warrior**: Mr. Interpreter!
**Evil Punisher**: Yes.
**Player**: What? Mr. Interpreter?
**Defense Force Warrior**: Mr. Interpreter, what happened?
**Evil Punisher**: Oh, it's nothing. There is a debt dispute between Mr. Mike and me...
**Evil Punisher**: He dropped to the ground as soon as he saw me. Maybe my dog scared him.
**Defense Force Warrior**: Mr. Mike...
**Defense Force Warrior**: Don't worry, it's not your dog's problem...
**Defense Force Warrior**: Hey! Mr. Mike, stop pretending!
**Defense Force Warrior**: You've got to pay back your debt sooner or later.
**Mike**: ...
**Evil Punisher**: Thank you.
**Defense Force Warrior**: You're welcome! I'll return to my post now!
**Evil Punisher**: Okay!
*The Defense Force warrior leaves*
**Player**: If the Evil Punisher is the Defense Force's newly hired interpreter...
**Player**: It means, since we arrived, Carter has been inspected by the Defense Force...
**Player**: The seafood contest and the bully incident in the academy square...
**Player**: were all arranged by you!!
**Dog**: Woof!
**Evil Punisher**: ...
**Player**: You did that to separate Mike from his men!
**Player**: We didn't notice at all...
**Mike**: If Peter and Carter were here...
**Evil Punisher**: Stop jumping to conclusions!
**Evil Punisher**: I sent them away because I don't want to harm them.
**Evil Punisher**: You are my only target!
**Evil Punisher**: ...
*Behind his sunglasses, the Evil Punisher shoots his gaze straight through Mike...*
**Mike**: ...
**Mike**: You won. I'll give you all the deposit!
**Mike**: Sorry, Player, I'll buy you dinner next time...
**Player**: It's okay. You should pay your debt first.
**Evil Punisher**: That... was your last chance...
**Evil Punisher**: But you didn't take it...
**Mike**: What... What more do you want?!
**Evil Punisher**: Punishment!
**Player**: !!
**Evil Punisher**: I'm going to give you...
**Evil Punisher**: An unforgettable punishment!
*Hearing the word 'punishment', the dog beside the Evil Punisher gets excited...*
**Dog**: Woof! Woof!
**Dog**: Woof, woof!!
**Mike**: What... What are you going to do?
**Mike**: ...
**Player**: !!
**Mike**: Ahhh...
**Mike**: Ahhhhh...
**Dog**: Woof! Woof, woof!
**Mike**: Ahhhh.....
**Mike**: Wait... stay away from me...
**Evil Punisher**: ...
**Mike**: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
**Dog**: Grrr! Woof!!
*Sometime later...*
**Evil Punisher**: Are you aware of your mistakes now?
**Mike**: Ahhhh... Yes... I am!
**Evil Punisher**: I helped you realize your mistakes. What should you say?
**Mike**: Well... What... What?
**Evil Punisher**: You should say... Thank you, Graci!
**Mike**: Ahhhhhh!
**Evil Punisher**: Say it!
**Mike**: Thank you, Graci...
**Dog**: Woof woof!
*Sometime later...*
*Mike is only wearing his underwear*
**Mike**: I'm falling apart...
**Mike**: Ahhh...
**Mike**: \*Sobbing\*
**Player**: Are... are you okay...
**Evil Punisher**: Okay...
**Evil Punisher**: The deposit, plus the Gashapon, your clothes, and your belongings...
**Evil Punisher**: That should be enough for the interest.
**Evil Punisher**: Hey!
**Mike**: Yes...
**Evil Punisher**: I'll give you one month to pay the remaining capital!
**Evil Punisher**: Otherwise... It'll be more than the 'punishment'...
**Dog**: Woof!
**Mike**: Yes...
*The Evil Punisher turns to leave*
**Player**: Hold on!! Who are you?
**Evil Punisher**: ...
**Player**: You need to leave him your contact... otherwise, how is Mike going to find you when he has the money?
**Evil Punisher**: Contact...
**Evil Punisher**: Call Graci Detective Agency.
*The Evil Punisher leaves*
**Player**: ...
**Player**: Mike!!
**Player**: Are you all right?
**Mike**: I... I'm fine...
**Mike**: I really want to... I really want...
**Mike**: No... no... I don't want to!
**Player**: Mike, you don't seem right. I'll go find Peter and Carter!
**Mike**: Wait a minute!
**Mike**: Don't tell them what happened just now. Don't tell anyone!
**Mike**: I'll give you the money!
**Player**: Save your money for your debts...
**Mike**: Promise me! Don't tell anyone!
**Mike**: Otherwise, as the president of the Elysiann Merchant's Guild...
**Mike**: A senior business consultant and an arbitrator of debt dispute...
**Mike**: My reputation will be...
**Player**: Sure, I understand.
*Peter, Choji and Carter reach the restaurant*
**Peter**: What's wrong?
**Mike**: Nothing. I was getting very warm while waiting so I got changed.
*Carter gestures at Mike with his hands*
**Mike**: It's all right. It was not that long. The Defense Force inspection is more important.
**Choji**: Let's get something to eat! I'm starving!
**Mike**: Eat...
**Mike**: Choji... How did your contest go?
**Choji**: I got second place!
**Player**: What? Second place? Who got first place...
**Choji**: A man with sunglasses...
**Choji**: His seafood was really good. He deserved to win!
**Mike**: Well, what's the prize for second place?
**Choji**: Nothing. Only the winner gets a prize...
**Player**: ...
**Mike**: What... What...
**Mike**: Ahhhhh...
**Peter**: Master Mike! Are you okay?
**Mike**: I'm fine... I've canceled lunch. Let's go and make some money!
*Carter gestures at Mike with his hands*
**Mike**: I don't need rest. I don't have time for a rest now!
**Choji**: What about the Evil Punisher?
**Mike**: Do you think I am scared of a mercenary? I'm the president of the Elysiann Merchant's Guild!
**Mike**: Right, Player?
**Player**: Yes... Right...
**Mike**: Player, I need to rent your airship....
**Mike**: Let's have a swimsuit party at Hottie Bar!!
**Player**: What? I thought you said you need to clear your debt first?
**Mike**: Well...
**Mike**: One can never have too much debt! It is more important to have fun!
*Continue to Intimacy Level 4*

### Intimacy Breakthrough

**This section contains spoilers for Intimacy Breakthrough scenes.**

**-Intimacy Level 4**

*Note: Please read Branch - Debt Is No Burden before continuing*
*Arcana Academy...*
*Mr. Sebastian is talking to somebody not far away...*
**???**: Seb, you haven't changed at all.
**Sebastian**: Neither have you, Santos.
**Sebastian**: You work for the Defense Force as their interpreter and set a trap for Mike!
**Sebastian**: Just like before!
**Player**: That's Mr. Sebastian and the guy next to him...
**Player**: Leather jacket, sunglasses, and a dark brown dog!
**Player**: The Evil Punisher!
**Player**: What is he doing in the Arcana Academy?
**Sebastian**: Oh! Player!
**Sebastian**: Over here!
**Evil Punisher**: You are... Player. You were with Mike the other day.
**Player**: Yes...
**Player**: I didn't expect to see you in the Arcana Academy, Evil... Mr. Graci!
**Dog**: Woof! Woof!
**Santos**: Hahaha! Graci is my dog!
**Player**: Your dog?
**Sebastian**: Do you know each other or not? Let me introduce.
**Sebastian**: Player, this is Santos. He's my senpai from the Arcana Academy...
**Sebastian**: He helped me a lot!
**Player**: Senpai? Do you mean he was also a student of the Arcana Academy?
**Player**: But I don't think I've seen him...
**Sebastian**: The Arcana Academy couldn't satisfy this man!
**Santos**: ...
**Player**: Uh-huh...
**Sebastian**: Santos, this is Player. He's my friend in Never Isle.
**Sebastian**: He helped me a lot at the Academy Gala.
**Santos**: So you're Seb's friend.
**Dog**: Woof!
**Sebastian**: This is Santo's dog, Graci!
**Dog**: Woof!
**Player**: I see... Graci is the dog's name.
*Santos hands you a card...*
**Santos**: Since you're a friend of Seb...
**Santos**: You're welcome to visit our agency.
**Graci**: Woof!
**Santos**: Let me know if you run into any trouble.
**Santos**: We take cases that normal detectives can't solve.
**Player**: Oh... I see.
**Sebastian**: Anyway, if you're ever in trouble, don't hesitate to call him.
**Sebastian**: After all, for Santos...
**Sebastian**: 'Idleness' is even worse than danger!
**Santos**: (smiles)
**Santos**: Seb, I gotta go. Thank you for delivering my resignation to the Defense Force!
**Sebastian**: No worries! Come back and see my musical in Never Isle later!
**Graci**: Woof!
**Santos**: (smiles)
**Santos**: Sure.

**-Intimacy Level 5**

*Eversun...*
**???**: Aarrgghhh!!!
**Player**: Someone's screaming!
*You follow the sound and arrive at a door...*
*There's a sign on the wall...*
**Player**: Graci's Detective Agency!
**Player**: This is Santo's agency!!
**Player**: Did something happen? (Knocking)
**Sound inside the door**: Hold on!
*Another scream follows...*
**???**: Aarghh!!
**Player**: ...
*Soon, the door of the agency opens...*
*It is Santos who answers the door...*
*You notice that the black tie on Santos has disappeared...*
**Santos**: Oh hi, Player, please come in...
**Player**: Oh...
*Inside the office, the sofa and the table are flipped upside down...*
*Books and ornaments are all over the place...*
**Player**: Santos, did someone break into your agency?
**Santos**: No, I was working...
**Player**: Working?
*You notice a man crouching in the corner...*
*His hands are tied by a black tie to an iron ring on the wall...*
*And Graci is staring at the man who's tied up on the wall...*
**Santos**: Player, give me a second...
**Santos**: Mr. Yefim, do you understand your problem now?
**A man tied to a wall**: How dare you... threaten me... Kaigon won't let you get away with this!
**Santos**: ...
**Santos**: Okay. I guess I'll have to hang you to the side of a ship...
**Santos**: And feed to you the screaming sharks in the Silent Sea...
**A man tied to a wall**: Hmm...
**Santos**: Do you know what screaming sharks are?
**Santos**: When they eat, they leave their prey alive to make sure the meat stays fresh...
**Santos**: They enjoy hearing the prey's screams and the sounds of their agonizing death...
**Santos**: Just like me...
**A man tied to a wall**: Huh... Don't! It's my fault! I am sorry!
**Santos**: Then what are you going to do?
**A man tied to a wall**: I will lift the extra taxes on the rural farmers and pay double compensation to treat the people I injured!
**Santos**: Good.
*Santos removes the tie wrapped around the man and puts it on himself...*
**A man tied to a wall**: Thank you, Mr. Santos...
**Graci**: Woof! Growl!
**A man tied to a wall**: Arhhh! Thank you, Graci!
*The man scrambles out of the office...*
**Player**: Who is that?
**Santos**: A local tax official in Kaigon's countryside...
**Player**: A Kaigon official? Then the Kaigon government...
**Santos**: He's just a corrupt scumbag! He wouldn't dare involve the government...
**Player**: If he's corrupt, wouldn't it be better to report him to the authorities?
**Santos**: These scums are not afraid of being exposed...
**Santos**: The best way to deal with government officials is the 'punishment'...
**Santos**: A punishment that they'll never forget!
**Graci**: Woof!
**Player**: Terrifying...
*Santos picks up two chairs and puts them behind you...*
*He gestures you to sit down and he sits on the other one...*
*Graci runs over to sit down next to Santos...*
*Santos lights a cigarette...*
**Santos**: Let's get back to business.
**Santos**: Are you in trouble? Tell me.

**-Intimacy Level 6**

*BlackFlame City...*
*Woof! Woof!*
*You hear barking behind you...*
**Player**: Oh? (Turn around)
**Player**: Oh! Graci!
*Graci runs towards you excitedly...*
**Graci**: Woof!
**Player**: (Patting Graci) Good boy!
**Santos**: ...
**Santos**: Ahem!
*Hearing the sound, Graci goes back to Santos.*
**Graci**: (Delightful breathing...)
**Santos**: I didn't expect to see you in BlackFlame City, Player.
**Player**: I'm here to deal with something for the Bloodrunners...
**Player**: Actually, I visit BlackFlame City quite often.
**Santos**: I see...
**Santos**: Can I ask you for a favor?
**Player**: Sure, I've got plenty of time now.
**Player**: But I don't know anything about doing investigations.
**Santos**: It's okay, come with me!
*Santos takes you to a fancy bar...*
**Santos**: Two glasses of Bloody Sand.
**Waiter**: Sure, a moment, please...
**Player**: I didn't know there is such a fancy bar in BlackFlame City...
**Santos**: This is the most expensive bar in BlackFlame City. Only rich people and politicians come here...
**Player**: (Whisper) Santos, are you following someone?
**Santos**: There's no need to whisper. Just talk normally.
**Santos**: The target is sitting at the second table behind you. He's a machinery merchant from Red Harbor...
**Santos**: His defective products have caused multiple cargo ship accidents...
**Santos**: Because of his relationship with the governor of Red Harbor, he's untouchable by normal means.
**Player**: Really...
**Player**: How can I help you?
**Santos**: You are already helping me...
**Santos**: Drinking here by myself would appear suspicious.
*The waiter comes over and serves you two drinks...*
**Waiter**: Enjoy.
*When the waiter leaves, Santos takes out an identical glass and fills it with water...*
*Then he adds a few drops of a certain liquid to the glass, making the water look like a glass of Bloody Sand...*
*Santos puts away the glass of Blood Sand and starts drinking the water...*
**Player**: Oh? Are you not going to drink?
**Santos**: (Looking at the glass in his hand)
**Santos**: No, alcohol will affect my judgment...
**Santos**: I heard the drinks here are quite good. Drink more, it's on me.
*Suddenly, you hear a sound behind you. As you are about to turn around...*
*Santos stops you...*
**Santos**: Don't move. Pretend you didn't hear anything...
**Player**: Okay...
*Santos lowers the brim of his cap, and pretends to be drinking attentively...*
*He fixes his gaze somewhere behind you...*
*A few moments later...*
**Santos**: The target has left. I have to follow him.
*Santos takes out a bag of money...*
**Santos**: This is for the bill...
**Santos**: You can stay longer. I'll see you in Never Isle.
**Santos**: Thank you for today!

**-Intimacy Level 7**

*Hottie Bar...*
**Graci**: Woof! Woof!
*Graci jumps onto you and licks your face like crazy...*
**Player**: Wow!
**Graci**: (Breathing rapidly and excitedly)
**Player**: Hey, Graci!
**Player**: Stop it... no, stop it...
**Santos**: Graci! Come back!
**Graci**: \*Whimpering\*
*Graci looks at you longingly...*
*Graci goes back to Santos...*
**Santos**: I'm sorry...
**Santos**: Graci is usually not like this.
**Player**: It's okay...
**Player**: It means Graci likes me.
**Santos**: Yes......
**Graci**: Woof! Woof!
**Player**: Santos, what brought you here? What's up?
**Santos**: This morning Graci licked me awake...
**Santos**: And he insists I take him to see you.
**Player**: Is... Graci looking for me?
**Player**: Santos, can you understand what Graci says?
**Santos**: How is that possible...
**Santos**: I've been living with Graci for 6 years. We've built up some sort of understanding.
*Graci runs up to Player*
**Santos**: He's never been close with anyone other than me.
*Player pets Graci*
**Player**: Really?
**Santos**: Animals are very smart, they can tell whether a person is kind or evil...
**Santos**: And they never lie...
**Player**: Oh?
**Player**: Whether a person is kind or evil. Does it mean I am a kind person?
**Santos**: I think so.
*Graci runs to the pool and jumps in*
*Graci is showing off his doggy paddle skills in the pool...*
**Graci**: Woof!
**Santos**: Oh no... let me get him out...
**Player**: It's fine... The pool is for swimming in, isn't it?
**Player**: While Graci is playing with water, I'll buy you a drink.
**Player**: In return for your drink in BlackFlame City last time.
**Santos**: Alright...
*Player leads Santos to the bar*
**Player**: Hottie, two glasses of...
**Player**: Oh right, you don't drink alcohol...
**Santos**: Just a glass of water.
**Player**: Do you want to try Hottie's juice soda? It's quite good.
**Santos**: No. Sugar makes my mind slow...
**Santos**: I only drink water.
**Player**: Alright...
**Player**: A glass of Light of Light and a glass of water.
**Hottie**: Order received.
**Hottie**: Order complete. Enjoy.
*Santos picks up the glass and takes a small sip...*
*Then he breathes out a long sigh of relief...*
**Santos**: (smiles)
*Suddenly, as if he's remembered something...*
*He finishes the water in his glass...*
**Santos**: Thank you. I gotta go.
**Player**: Do you have a case today?
**Santos**: No...
**Player**: Then why don't you let yourself relax?
**Santos**: I don't deserve to relax.
**Player**: ...
**Player**: Well, then at least have another glass of water.
*Santos looks at Graci, who's having fun in the pool...*
**Santos**: Alright...
**Player**: Hottie, a glass of water!
**Hottie**: Order complete.
*Santos picks up the glass...*
**Santos**: ...
**Player**: What happened to the Red Harbor businessman that you went after in BlackFlame City?
**Santos**: I found him a new home.
**Player**: A home?
**Santos**: A wooden box buried 1 meter deep in Red Harbor cemetery.
**Player**: !!
**Player**: ...
**Player**: Why?
**Santos**: Huh?
**Player**: Why are you the Evil Punisher?
**Santos**: It's just a nickname others gave me...
**Player**: But it's your choice to take other people's requests and deal with the corrupted merchants and aristocrats...
**Santos**: ...
**Player**: Why do you do something so dangerous that gives you a bad reputation?
**Player**: You can totally settle down, get a normal job, and live a peaceful life...
**Santos**: Normal job? Peaceful life?
**Santos**: As long as there are dirty powerbrokers around, normal people can't live a peaceful life!
*Santos picks up his glass and puts it down again...*
**Santos**: The so-called 'normal jobs,' like laborers, small business owners, arcanists, farmers, thugs, and mercenaries...
**Santos**: They are all just working for the rich and powerful...
**Santos**: With a casual request, many people's 'stable life' can be instantly shattered!
**Santos**: Your fate, my fate... they are all in their hands...
**Player**: !!
**Santos**: This world doesn't need those upper-class people...
**Santos**: They are tumors that enslave and oppress ordinary folks.
**Santos**: They will ruin your life! And destroy everything that you know!
**Santos**: Even your parents and your family cannot escape!
**Player**: What happened to your family?
**Santos**: They went missing, thanks to a powerbroker...
**Santos**: ...
**Santos**: Someone must stop them!
**Santos**: You disagree with me just because the upper-class haven't done anything bad to you yet.
**Santos**: But sooner or later...
**Player**: ...
**Santos**: Graci!
**Graci**: Woof?
**Santos**: It's time to go!
*Graci goes to Santos's side*
**Graci**: Woof!!
**Santos**: Graci had a good time.
**Santos**: Thank you for your hospitality.
**Santos**: We still have work to do. See you.
**Player**: (If only I can find Santos's family...)

**-Intimacy Level 8**

*Airship, bridge.*
*The arcana messenger crystal starts blinking...*
**Player**: It's Santos!
*The crystal is on, but you don't hear anything...*
*Vaguely you can hear someone breathing heavily...*
**Player**: Hmmm... Santos is not a prankster. Maybe he's in danger!
**Player**: Billy! Turn around! Go to Eversun, full speed!
*Eversun...*
**Newspaper boy**: The election for the governor of Eversun will be held next month!
**Newspaper boy**: The current governor will be giving his election speech tonight...
*As usual, Eversun is prosperous and lively...*
*But you are not interested...*
*In front of the Graci Detective Agency...*
*You knock, but no one answers the door...*
**Player**: Hmm... Santos...
*Suddenly, a faint scratching sound comes from behind the door. It sounds like it's made by a hook.*
**Player**: !!
*Moments later, the doorknob turns and the door is open...*
**Graci**: Woof!
**Player**: Haha, it's you, Graci...
**Player**: Where's Santos? Is he here?
**Graci**: Woof! Woof!
*Graci runs inside the office...*
*Following Graci, you enter the agency...*
*Santos's left foot is in a sock and his right foot is in a shoe...*
*He's snoring on the couch, with his pants pulled down to his shins and his right hand holding his clothes...*
**Santos**: \*Snoring\* Zzzzz
**Player**: Doesn't he take off his sunglasses and cap even when he sleeps?
**Player**: If Santos is sleeping, then who called me with the messenger arcana crystal?
*You notice an arcana messenger crystal next to the couch, soaked in saliva...*
**Graci**: Woof!
**Player**: Graci, it was you! Did you tell me to come take care of Santos?
**Graci**: Woof! Woof! (Turns around excitedly)
**Player**: Wow, there are dogs, and there is Graci.
*Then you take off Santos's shoe, sock, and pants...*
*With Graci's help, you find a blanket and cover Santos with it...*
*And then you clean up the living room of the agency with Graci's help...*
*Then Graci takes you to the kitchen, staring into the empty bowl...*
**Graci**: Woo...
**Player**: I get it! You must be hungry, aren't you?
**Graci**: Wooo...
**Player**: No? What is it then?
*Graci picks up the bowl with his mouth and comes over to Santos...*
**Graci**: Woof!
**Player**: Neither you nor Santos has eaten anything?
**Graci**: Woof! Woof!
**Player**: Okay, let's go and buy some food!
**Graci**: Woof!! Woof!
*Sometime later, at Graci's Detective Agency...*
*Santos's snoring suddenly stops as he sits up abruptly...*
**Santos**: Oh no! I forgot to buy meat for Graci last night!
**Player**: Don't worry. I fed Graci!
**Santos**: Player! Why are you...
*Graci takes the messenger arcana crystal to Santos with his mouth...*
**Santos**: I see...
**Player**: Graci has eaten. It's your turn now...
**Player**: I cooked something, not sure if you'd like it.
**Santos**: Player...
**Santos**: ...
**Santos**: I'm starving...
*Continue to Trifle - Targeted goods*

**-Intimacy Level 9**

*In BlackFlame City, you got stuck in the investigation of the Renom Shipping's robbery case...*
*However, as you are going to return to Graci Detective Agency to make further plans...*
*A gang of armed and hostile people blocks your way...*
**Ferocious thug**: Our boss wants to invite you to his bar tomorrow night!
**Ferocious thug**: If you don't show up, we'll burn your agency!
**Player**: Trap?
**Santos**: Me?
**Santos**: Hahahaha!
**Santos**: Tell your boss I'll be there!
**Player**: Oh?
**Ferocious thug**: We've got the words delivered. Let's go!
*The thug takes his people and leaves...*
**Player**: Santos, you were just trying to stall them, right?
**Player**: You agreed to them on the surface and then you'll look for more clues secretly, right?
**Santos**: Not bad. But that would be too slow!
**Santos**: It's faster if I meet him and get something out from them!
**Player**: !!
**Player**: Hey... this is obviously a trap!!
**Santos**: Yep.
**Player**: Then why are you going?
**Santos**: The opponent we've been investigating the whole day suddenly asked to meet us...
**Santos**: There's no reason I should reject him.
**Santos**: Wait for my good news tomorrow.
**Player**: Santos, calm down.
**Player**: It means for some reason the culprit is getting impatient!
**Player**: The drinking invitation is bait. He's trying to kill you!
**Santos**: (smiles)
**Santos**: Player, you are really gifted!
**Santos**: However, you've missed out on one thing.
**Santos**: The person who arranged this...
**Santos**: is not the culprit!
**Player**: What?
**Santos**: Two months go, our opponent hired a BlackFlame agent...
**Santos**: They were acting cautiously and harmed Renom Shipping severely...
**Santos**: Meanwhile, he hasn't left any clues that would backfire on him.
**Santos**: He knows that his plan is perfect and no one can find out his identity.
**Santos**: But why did someone come to us and 'invited me for a drink'
**Santos**: the moment we got stuck in our investigation?
**Player**: That is... really weird!
**Santos**: There are 3 reasons. Firstly, for some reason, the culprit wants to give us some clues so that we can find him.
**Player**: Well... that doesn't sound likely...
**Santos**: Currently, he has no reason to do that.
**Santos**: Secondly, our opponent is unpopular so someone wants to use the external power to deal with him.
**Santos**: And they found me...
**Player**: That's possible!
**Santos**: Thirdly, our investigation aroused one of the culprit's 'loyal man's' sense of crisis...
**Santos**: He took the liberty to contact me, trying to stop me.
**Player**: Well... this person is helping his boss...
**Santos**: Anyway, this is good news for us.
**Player**: I see... You are really good!
**Santos**: Player, we can only see the truth after we find out the causes and consequences.
**Santos**: Let's take a rest tomorrow morning...
**Santos**: We have an appointment to attend to in the evening.
*Continue to Trifle - Forgiveness (I)*

**-Intimacy Level 10**

*When the case with Renom and Pablo is over, Santos decides to leave Eversun.*
*Airship, Cargo load.*
**Player**: Phew, this should be the last one.
**Santos**: Yes.
**Player**: Then we're ready to take off!
*After a period of time, the airship reached the predetermined height.*
*On the airship deck, Santos stands alone on the bow.*
**Player**: Lohaladis, Miyol.
**Santos**: (smiles)
**Santos**: Ducino, haranoris!
**Santos**: Player, you also learned the sailor's greeting.
**Player**: Santos, what do these two sentences mean?
**Santos**: Lohaladis, Miyol. The sea is our destination, my friend.
**Santos**: And, ducino haranoris.
**Santos**: It's 'big wave, by your side.'
**Player**: What a powerful way to say hello!
**Santos**: Of course.
**Player**: The wind on the deck begins to blow.
**Player**: Santos, the wind is blowing! Get down!
**Santos**: ......
**Santos**: Yes, Captain!
*Santos comes down*
**Player**: It's strange to hear Captain Santos calling me captain.
**Santos**: You have to adapt, you are the owner of the ship after all.
**Player**: Santos, since we're free, let's talk about your past.
**Santos**: My past?
**Player**: You are Sebastian's senior in the Arcana Academy and you have studied in Elysiann.
**Player**: You were also a captain and now you are the Evil Punisher.
**Player**: I think you have enough life experience to write several books!
*Santos looks into the distance.*
**Santos**: That's just my history of being manipulated and controlled by powerful people.
**Player**: Since we're all relaxed... Just tell me!
**Santos**: ......
**Santos**: Since it's the captain's order... I can only obey!
*You and Santos sit in the middle of the deck.*
**Santos**: I was born in Eversun. My father was the governor of Eversun.
**Santos**: You know that.
**Player**: Yeah! What was Santos like when he was a child?
**Santos**: When I was a child, I was my parents' source of headache.
**Santos**: I hated aristocratic etiquettes and rules and longed for freedom.
**Santos**: Imagine the other side of the sea.
**Santos**: However, my parents were very strict. I couldn't even get out of my house, let alone go to the port.
**Santos**: In addition to wanting to leave home and go out, I had a good relationship with my parents. They really loved me.
**Player**: And then?
**Santos**: When I was 16 years old, the battle of Azria broke out. Azria was destroyed, and the White Cape army seized power.
**Santos**: In order to protect me, my parents spent a lot of money and sent me to study at the Arcana Academy in Never Isle.
**Santos**: As you may know, apart from the White Cape's hatred towards Gyee, the battle of Azria was also due to the fact that Azria replaced Crossport as the economic center...
**Player**: Right...
**Santos**: At first, I was quite happy to leave Eversun and everything that I'm familiar with...
**Santos**: However...
**Santos**: At that time, Never Isle has just been established. For safety reasons, only a small number of people from the Oathblades and the Order of Equality were allowed to leave Never Isle.
**Santos**: Arcana Academy students had nothing to do except study and help with the island's construction.
**Santos**: Although it was boring, I understood my parents' intention. I tried to learn arcana.
**Santos**: But I was not gifted in arcana nor could I sit down and focus on my studies...
**Santos**: I realized the Arcana Academy was only another cage for me...
**Santos**: I submitted the withdrawal application without telling my parents and left Never Isle.
**Player**: !!
**Santos**: When I left Never Isle, I wanted to go somewhere far away from home. So I went to Elysiann...
**Santos**: In Elysiann, I became a sailor in a privateer!
**Santos**: Sailing through the Storm Sea with my brothers.
**Santos**: In my fourth year, I became the captain...
**Santos**: I took my brothers to the Silent Sea in the west, the Sunshine Sea in the south, and the Sorrow Sea in the north...
**Santos**: I met Graci on a small island, he was a newborn puppy.
**Santos**: I will never forget those years in the sea!
**Player**: So... What happened then? Why did you go back to Eversun?
**Santos**: ...
**Santos**: Life at sea was free but it was also dangerous...
**Santos**: In my fifth year as captain, many of my brothers wanted to get married, have kids, and live a stable life.
**Santos**: I was planning to take a few big jobs so that everyone could return home with some money.
**Santos**: However, I made the worst decision of my life.
**Player**: ...
**Santos**: I took up an escort assignment from an Elysiann tycoon.
**Santos**: During the escort, the tycoon found the wealth we accumulated on our ship...
**Santos**: He hired pirates to ambush us on our way back to Elysiann after we finished our assignment...
**Santos**: Our ship sank. Everyone died except me and Graci.
**Santos**: We held onto a wooden plank and floated on the sea for three months before I made it back to Elysiann.
**Player**: !!
**Santos**: It took me half a year in Elysiann to finally hang the rich guy who betrayed us.
**Santos**: After the revenge, I just wanted to go home. Yet when I was back in Eversun...
**Santos**: Everything had changed.
**Santos**: After my father lost the election ten years ago, my family languished and I didn't know where they'd gone.
**Santos**: I wanted to go home but I don't have a home anymore.
**Santos**: My parents had taken care of me for 16 years...
**Santos**: But I have never taken care of them for even one day...
**Santos**: ...
**Santos**: You already know the rest of the story. I started the Graci Detective Agency and became a private detective...
**Player**: I'm sorry, Santos...
**Player**: I didn't know you have such a heavy past...
**Santos**: ...
**Santos**: (Hugging you...)
**Santos**: Compared with the future...
**Santos**: The heaviness of the past is nothing, is it?
**Santos**: Player, without you... I couldn't have made it here...
**Santos**: It was you who got me out of the dead-end and showed me the thousands of alternatives.
**Santos**: Thank you, Player.

**-Intimacy Level 11**

*Hottie Bar, Airship.*
**Billy**: Captain, the Order of Equality sent you this...
**Player**: Order of Equality?
**Player**: They sent me something? I don't remember...
**Player**: Is it what I asked from them a while ago...
**Player**: Let me see...
**Player**: !!
**Player**: Santos!!
*Airship, bridge*
*Player calls Santos over to the bridge*
**Santos**: I heard you...
**Santos**: What happened?
**Player**: Santos...
**Player**: I found your parents!
**Santos**: What?
**Santos**: My... my parents?
**Santos**: But Pablo killed my whole family...
**Player**: No, not everyone!
**Player**: Look at this...
*You hand the Order or Equality's report to Santos...*
**Santos**: ...
**Santos**: What!!
**Santos**: They live in a forest near Kaigon!
*Santos' hands are shaking...*
**Santos**: How many years...
**Santos**: I thought they are already dead...
**Player**: They're still alive!
**Player**: I'll tell Billy to change the course of the airship now!
**Santos**: Hold on!
**Santos**: Wait a second...
**Santos**: Phoo...
**Santos**: How did the Order of Equality know about my parents?
**Player**: When you and Graci came to the Hottie Bar last time, you mentioned your parents were missing...
**Player**: You looked really sad...
**Player**: So I thought the Order of Equality's intelligence network may help...
**Player**: I was just giving it a try. So I contacted my friend in the Order of Equality.
**Santos**: That was a while ago.
**Player**: Sorry, I should've told you earlier.
**Santos**: Don't be. I should thank you...
**Santos**: I just need some time...
**Santos**: To accept...
**Player**: So, are we not going to Kaigon now?
**Santos**: Yes, we are going to Kaigon, now!
**Santos**: At least... I'll check them out first...
**Player**: Sure. I'll tell Billy to change course.
**Santos**: Thank you.
**Santos**: ...
**Santos**: My...
**Santos**: Parents...
*Sometime later, the outskirts of Kaigon...*
*Santos sees an old lady standing next to a forest hut*
**Santos**: !!
**Santos**: Mom!
**Santos**: It really... is her...
**Player**: Go! I'll wait for you on the airship!
**Santos**: ...
**Santos**: (smiles)
**Graci**: (Looking at Santos excitedly)
*As Santos walks to the old lady, he sees an old man talk to her*
**Santos**: !!
**Santos**: Dad... Dad...
*Santos stands a short distance away to overhear their conversation*
**Elderly woman**: Oh, you're back?
**Elderly woman**: How's the baker's daughter from the nearby town?
**Priestly old man**: She's fine. She got injured when hunting in the woods with her friends.
**Priestly old man**: I bought some medicine in Kaigon. She'll heal quickly together with the recovery arcana.
**Elderly woman**: Haha, the baker's daughter is just like Santos...
**Santos**: !!
**Priestly old man**: Right...
**Priestly old man**: I bought this at the Kaigon market...
*The old man dressed up as a priest takes out a model merchant ship...*
**Priestly old man**: He will like this.
**Elderly woman**: Yeah...
**Elderly woman**: Honey, go and give it to our child...
**Elderly woman**: The field was only half weeded.
*The old man walks to a huge tree*
*Under a huge tree next to the hut, there is a tombstone...*
*The ground near the tombstone is clean and flat...*
*Obviously, someone takes good care of this tombstone...*
*Santos and Graci continue to secretly observe the old man approach the tombstone*
**Santos**: ...
**Priestly old man**: Look what I brought you? Santos...
**Graci**: Woof!
**Priestly old man**: ?
*The old man looks around and sees Santos*
**Santos**: !!
**Santos**: Graci, quiet!
**Graci**: (Standing aside obediently)
**Priestly old man**: Oh, I'm sorry... I'm so old that my vision and my hearing are bad.
**Priestly old man**: You are not from here, are you?
**Santos**: I...
**Santos**: I'm from Kaigon and I passed by here on my way to Never Isle.
**Priestly old man**: Never Isle?
**Priestly old man**: It's getting late. Do you want to stay at my house tonight and continue with your journey tomorrow?
**Santos**: Stay for tonight?
**Santos**: No... my friend is waiting for me...
**Priestly old man**: I see. You have friends with you.
**Priestly old man**: Young people should go and explore the world with friends.
**Priestly old man**: Life is changeable and opportunities are temporary. Do whatever you want. Don't hesitate.
**Santos**: !!
**Santos**: (smiles)
**Priestly old man**: Oh, don't mind me, it was just some old silly nonsense. Sorry if I've taken up your time...
**Santos**: No, not at all.
**Santos**: Thank you...
*Santos leaves*
**Priestly old man**: Thank... Me?
*Moments later, at the airship's landing...*
**Player**: Santos, how did it go...
**Santos**: I didn't tell them who I am...
**Player**: Oh?
**Santos**: Knowing that they're still alive...
**Santos**: Knowing where they live...
**Santos**: Is enough.
**Santos**: Let's go back!
**Player**: Yup!
*Santos takes one last far away look at his parents before leaving*

**-Intimacy Level 12**

*Airship, kitchen.*
*In the kitchen, Santos takes off his leather jacket, standing in front of the stove top-naked.*
*Graci is sitting to one side, watching eagerly.*
**Player**: My God...
**Player**: What on earth is going on here?
*Santos looks around in confusion.*
**Santos**: What?
**Player**: Santos, what are you doing?
**Santos**: Cooking.
**Player**: Cooking?
**Santos**: I investigated a White Cape general in Crossport today...
**Player**: Crossport? White Cape?
**Santos**: Just another scum. He's my next target...
**Player**: Will it be dangerous?
**Santos**: Don't worry, I'll be careful.
**Player**: White Cape...
**Santos**: Let me finish.
**Santos**: On my way back, I bought two freshly caught river fish.
**Santos**: I am cooking them for you now.
**Player**: Wow! Thank you!
**Player**: But why are you topless?
**Player**: There's an apron in the cupboard...
**Santos**: Apron?
**Santos**: Hahahaha!
**Santos**: I'm not used to aprons. I always lose them...
**Santos**: When I was a sailor, I didn't need an apron for cooking!
**Player**: But what if you get oil stained on you?
**Santos**: If I'm at sea, I'll wipe it with a rag...
**Santos**: Here, I can just take a bath!
**Player**: Well... It just feels strange.
**Player**: Let me help you.
**Santos**: Why? Don't you trust me?
**Santos**: When I was a sailor, I cooked for myself every day!
**Santos**: However, I haven't cooked much in recent years. My cooking may not be as good.
**Santos**: But I can guarantee it'll be better than in the restaurants!
**Player**: Oh?
**Player**: If you say so. Graci and I will be waiting for your delicious food then.
**Santos**: (smiles)
*After some time...*
**Santos**: Sorry for keeping you waiting. Come and try it!
**Player**: Wow, grilled fish, stewed fish, and fish soup rice!
**Santos**: And Graci's...
**Graci**: Woof...
**Player**: Thank you!
*The fish skin is crisp, the fish is tender and the soup is delicious and delicate.*
*What a rare treat!*
**Player**: Hmm!
**Player**: So delicious!!
**Player**: Santos, you are awesome!
**Graci**: (Looks very satisfied...)
**Santos**: (smiles)
**Santos**: Let me try.
**Santos**: Well.
**Santos**: My cooking skill has gone rusty. It's not as good.
**Player**: This... Is not good enough for you?
**Santos**: On the one hand, I've added too much seasoning. It has covered the food's original flavor.
**Santos**: On the other hand, the fish is only average.
**Santos**: If you have tried the fish caught in the Storm Sea, you would understand.
**Santos**: ...
**Player**: Fish in the Storm Sea... And...
**Santos**: Player, you'd better try it yourself.
**Player**: What? But that's the Storm Sea.
**Santos**: Fly the airship to the coordinates I give you and keep it at a 5-meter altitude.
**Santos**: Leave the rest...
**Santos**: To me!

**-Intimacy Level 13**

*Airship, bridge.*
**Santos**: Player, I have an idea.
**Player**: Yes?
**Santos**: I want to open a detective agency in Never Isle.
**Player**: Sounds good!
**Player**: With an agency, it'll be more convenient.
**Player**: It'll be easier for the people who are in trouble to find you.
**Santos**: Exactly.
**Player**: Let me know if there's anything I can do for you!
**Santos**: So far... I'm fine.
**Graci**: Woof!
**Santos**: Hey... Graci, don't push me.
**Player**: Do you need anything?
**Santos**: I need to ask you... for a favor.
**Player**: What is it?
**Santos**: Will you... be a partner of my agency?
**Santos**: Please be my partner.
**Player**: Huh? Partner?
**Graci**: (Looking at you happily.)
**Santos**: Yes, I need a little help occasionally.
**Santos**: I'll share the revenue of the agency with you 50/50.
**Graci**: Woof, woof! Woof!
**Santos**: I think ... Player
**Santos**: In the Pablo and Renom case...
**Santos**: We worked together pretty well, didn't we?
**Player**: ...
**Santos**: (blushing) So... can you be my partner?
**Player**: (smiles)
**Player**: I can.
**Player**: But I don't want any of the agency's revenue.
**Player**: You just need to cook for me when you have time.
**Santos**: That's all?
**Player**: Yes!
**Player**: What can I do? I can't live without your delicious food.
**Santos**: (smiles)
**Santos**: Deal!

**-Intimacy Level 14**

*At night, a street in Crossport.*
**Angry White Cape soldier**: Catch them. Don't let them run away!
*Somewhere in Crossport...*
**Santos**: Hmm... I've used all my ammo...
**Santos**: I've underestimated the defensive strength of Crossport...
**Player**: What should we do now?
**Angry White Cape soldier**: Ah! I found them!
**Player**: !!
**Angry White Cape soldier**: Stay there!
**Graci**: (Growling threateningly.)
**Player**: Graci, calm down!
**Player**: (Whispering) Santos, let's do as they say.
**Santos**: Well... We don't really have a choice now.
*Sometime later, in a White Cape general's secret interrogation room.*
*You and Santos are tied back to back.*
*On the other side, Graci is chained.*
**Player**: What is this place? It doesn't look like the White Cape prison.
**Santos**: This is the private interrogation room of that scumbag.
**Player**: The White Cape general that we wanted to punish?
**Santos**: Whether it's Gyee or ordinary humans, or even other White Cape...
**Santos**: People who disobey him will be brought here for interrogation and torture.
**Player**: Let's get out of here!
**Santos**: I still have a knife on me that hasn't been taken away by the White Cape.
**Santos**: But it will take some time to cut the rope.
**Player**: Great!
*A moment later.*
**Santos**: Player.
**Santos**: I'm sorry.
**Player**: Oh? What's up?
**Santos**: I shouldn't have asked for your help with this operation.
**Santos**: If I hadn't asked you, you wouldn't be trapped here.
**Player**: What are you talking about?
**Player**: I'm your partner.
**Santos**: But I've put you in danger.
**Player**: If we get out, we will not be in trouble. Aren't you already cutting the rope?
**Santos**: ...
**Santos**: This rope is stronger than I expected. I'm afraid it will take a long time to cut it.
**Santos**: And that scum general can be back anytime.
**Santos**: I... I don't know... if I can make it.
**Player**: ...
*Choice 1.1 - Just cut it. This is our only chance*
**Santos**: ...
*Santos seems hesitant.*
*After thinking for a moment, he starts cutting the rope again.*
**Santos**: You're right... I shouldn't get distracted.
**Santos**: This is our only chance!
*After some time.*
**Santos**: I've cut the rope!
**Player**: Thank the lord!
*You find the key to release Graci outside the White Cape general's secret interrogation room.*
*For some reason, there are very few White Capes in the city.*
*You escape from Crossport successfully.*
*Scene ends*
*Choice 1.2 - I never regret being with you.*
**Santos**: Hmmm!!!
**Santos**: Stop talking!!
**Player**: ...
**Santos**: Don't.
**Santos**: That's what my brothers said when we were betrayed five years ago.
**Santos**: But they're all...
**Player**: Not many people can say they have no regrets at the end of their life.
**Santos**: I regret it!
**Santos**: If I hadn't worked with that tycoon for the money.
**Santos**: If I hadn't taken you to Crossport during the day.
**Santos**: I've already lost too many people in my life.
**Santos**: I can't... I can't again...
*Santos is trembling slightly.*
**Player**: Santos.
*Santos suddenly takes your hand from behind.*
**Santos**: Player, if we can get out of here.
**Santos**: Will you be my man?
**Player**: Huh?
**Santos**: I'm sorry, this is all very sudden!
**Santos**: But I don't want to have regrets anymore!
**Player**: !!
**Player**: (smiles)
**Player**: Of course.
**Santos**: (smiles)
**Santos**: Thank you.
*After some time*
*Santos cut the rope.*
*You find the key to release Graci outside the White Cape general's secret interrogation room.*
*You also find evidence of the White Cape general's crimes in his room.*
*For some reason, there are very few White Capes in the city.*
*You escape from Crossport successfully.*
*The next day.*
*Never Isle, Santos' detective agency.*
**Player**: Did you watch the news today?
**Santos**: What is it?
**Player**: 'A high ranking general of the Sword of Light in Crossport used his power to extort 'protection fees' from Crossport merchants.'
**Player**: 'Those who refused were arrested on the charge of 'Gyee' and tortured in his private dungeon.'
**Player**: 'He's suspected of more than 50 charges, including extortion, illegal detention, assault, murder, robbery, to name a few.'
**Player**: 'The general has been dismissed by the Sword of Light and is currently being held in Crossport prison for further investigation.'
**Santos**: Although I didn't get to punish the scum myself, he's done for.
**Player**: Besides, General Markus invited us to attend a celebration party at the Oathblades.
**Santos**: An Oathblades celebration party?
**Player**: Don't worry, we will be attending as detectives.
**Santos**: But why?
**Player**: Last night, the Oathblades attacked a fortress near Crossport.
**Player**: Although they couldn't capture it, the White Cape general who controlled the fortress was arrested.
**Santos**: Arrested? Do you mean...
**Player**: Yes, the White Cape general who controlled the fortress happens to be our target.
**Santos**: Therefore, we escaped so easily because the White Capes in the city had been distracted.
**Santos**: But why would the Oathblades...
**Player**: I was worried about our operation in Crossport, so I told the General about it.
**Player**: I didn't inform you... Sorry.
*Santos suddenly hugs you.*
**Santos**: Unexpectedly, you saved me again.
*Santos looks down at you in his arms.*
**Santos**: Well... Since you already knew about the Oathblades operation, in the interrogation room that night...
**Player**: Well...
**Player**: I really wanted to... be the man by your side, Santos.
**Santos**: ...
**Santos**: (smiles)
**Santos**: There is still some time before the Oathblades celebration party.
**Santos**: Shall we... go to the room.
**Player**: !!
**Player**: Sure. I've been looking forward to it.
**Santos**: (Picking you up.)
*Santos carries you to the room and closes the door.*
**Graci**: Woof?
*Scene ends*

### Dates

**This section contains spoilers for Date scenes.**

**Untouchable**

**-Intro**

*Graci is running towards you...*
**Graci**: Woof! Woof!
**Player**: Hey, Graci, what are you doing here?
**Graci**: Woof! Woof! (Barking anxiously...)
*Graci walks off not too far away, turns around, and looks at you...*
**Graci**: Woof! Woof!
**Player**: Is he telling me to follow him?
**Player**: (Follow Graci...)
*Graci takes you to a narrow alleyway...*
*On the other side of the alley, Santos is lying on the ground...*
*Bernard is standing to one side, looking panicked...*
**Bernard**: Player, buddy! Thank god you're here!
**Player**: What happened?
**Bernard**: I don't know, I bumped into this guy by accident in the alleyway...
**Bernard**: And he passed out...
**Player**: Passed out?
**Player**: How hard did you bump into him?
**Bernard**: But I was just walking normally...
**Player**: If you were walking normally, this shouldn't happen...
**Graci**: \*Whimpering\* (Stands beside Santos in distress...)
**Player**: Let's examine Santos first.
*There are no impact wounds on Santos...*
*But his skin is red and he seems to have breathing difficulty.*
**Player**: Why does Santos look like he's poisoned?
**Bernard**: I wanted to get a doctor to help, but I didn't want to leave him alone in case his condition worsens...
**Bernard**: Without knowing the cause, I didn't want to use the medicine I have.
**Bernard**: Oh, and I noticed he wanted to say something before, but as soon as I got closer, he stopped...
**Player**: Let me have a listen...
**Player**: (Faintly, you hear Santos saying...)
**Player**: ('On me... there's...')
**Bernard**: On me? What does that mean?
**Player**: Hmm...
**Player**: He fell after bumping into Bernard...
**Player**: No impact wounds, skin redness, breathing difficulty...
**Player**: He's saying, 'On me... there's...'

**-Santos... wouldn't be trying to scam you, would he? - 500 Intimacy**

**Bernard**: Scam...?
**Player**: There are no signs of injury on his body at all...
**Santos**: Ur...(In a hoarse, angry, and painful voice...)
**Bernard**: No...I don't think so...
**Bernard**: This guy seems to be in a lot of pain...
**Bernard**: Player, you watch him...
**Bernard**: I will go get a doctor!
*Moments later, the Kaist doctor arrives...*
*He is diagnosed with an allergic reaction...*
*Fortunately, Santos was treated on time. He did not suffer any serious damage.*

**-Santos is having an allergic reaction! - 900 Intimacy**

**Bernard**: Allergy?
**Player**: Yes, I wonder why...
**Player**: I think Santos may be allergic to you, Bernard!
**Bernard**: Allergic to me?
**Bernard**: Then I should...
*Bernard stands back*
**Player**: So when Santos said 'On me'...
**Player**: ...
**Player**: Of course! There's anti-allergy medication on him.
*After giving Santos the anti-allergy injection...*
*Santos starts to look much better...*
*Moments later, Santos has basically recovered...*
*To avoid triggering the allergic reaction again...*
*Bernard leaves as soon as he confirmed that Santos is fine...*
**Santos**: Phew... I can finally breathe.
**Graci**: Woof.
**Santos**: Thank you, Player...
**Player**: It's nothing...
**Player**: But... Santos, are you allergic to Bernard?
**Santos**: Not just Bernard...
**Santos**: I am allergic to almost all kinds of animal fur...
**Santos**: When it's serious, I get breathing difficulties, like just now...
**Santos**: I can even be fatal when it's serious.
**Player**: What?
**Player**: Then... Graci...
**Santos**: Graci's hair is very short, they don't fall off easily...
**Santos**: I am not allergic to Graci...
**Santos**: Graci is the only animal I can get close to.
**Graci**: Woof.
**Player**: Alright...
**Santos**: Player, that Bearman Gyee is called Bernard, right?
**Player**: Yes.
**Santos**: (blushes) His solid muscular body, and his soft fluffy chest hair...
**Santos**: (blushes) And the way he touched me when he leaned in close to listen to my breathing...
**Santos**: I have to write it down!
*Santos seems to be reminiscing the sensation just now...*
**Player**: San... Santos?
**Santos**: Player, it must be hard for you to understand...
**Santos**: The feeling of not being able to enjoy fluffiness...
**Santos**: Unable to experience the wonderful sensation of having your hands and body come into contact with thick soft fur...
**Santos**: Oh...
**Santos**: The pain!
**Player**: That's a bit much...
**Santos**: Player...
**Santos**: You don't understand...
**Santos**: You won't understand...
**Santos**: Graci, let's go!

**-We better contact a doctor at the Kaist Church... - 700 Intimacy**

**Player**: I don't know what is wrong with Santos...
**Player**: Bernard, you stay here to watch him...
**Player**: I'll go to the Kaist Church to get a doctor!
**Bernard**: Leave it to me!!
*Moments later, the Kaist doctor arrives...*
*The diagnosis is allergic reaction...*
*Fortunately, Santos was treated on time. He did not suffer any serious damage.*

**Glimpse**

**-Intro**

*Arcana Academy...*
**Santos**: Hmm...
**Player**: Huh?
**Player**: Isn't that Santos?
**Player**: What's he doing in the library?
**Player**: (Go and greet him...)
*You approach him...*
**Player**: Hey! Santos!
**Santos**: ...
*Santos is staring at the bookshelf in front of him. He doesn't respond.*
**Player**: Santos?
**Graci**: Woof, woof!
**Santos**: Hmm!
*Santos turns around and notices you...*
**Player**: Santos...
**Santos**: I remember you...
**Santos**: You're Sebastian's friend...
**Player**: Yes! My name's Player.
**Player**: But, erm... are you okay?
**Player**: Why are you staring at the bookshelf?
*Santos fixes his hat...*
**Santos**: I'm fine...
**Santos**: I am having some problems with arcana...
**Santos**: So I came to the Arcana Academy library to read books about the subject.
**Santos**: To find a way to solve the issue.
**Santos**: Don't worry, I spoke to Principal Vundo before coming here.
**Santos**: He gave me permission to come.
**Player**: Oh, I am not worried about that...
**Player**: But, this is the history section of the library...
**Player**: The book you're after is probably not here.
**Santos**: What? History section?
**Santos**: Uh...
**Player**: Santos...
**Player**: As I recall, you used to be a student of the Arcana Academy, right?
**Player**: You are even Sabastian's senpai...
**Player**: But, how come I get the feeling that you don't know much about arcana...
**Santos**: Right, I was a student of the Arcana Academy...
**Santos**: Except...
**Santos**: I was at the bottom of the class.
**Santos**: I didn't learn any arcana at all...
**Santos**: Although I did learn a lot about blowing things up.
**Player**: I heard you quit halfway through. So you left the Arcana Academy?
**Santos**: Yes.
**Player**: Why?
**Santos**: ...
**Santos**: That's all in the past...
**Santos**: Thinking about it now...
**Santos**: It may have been a wrong decision to quit school back then...
**Santos**: If I hadn't quit school, and stayed at the Arcana Academy...
**Santos**: I may be a mediocre arcanist by now.
**Santos**: At least I wouldn't be looking for arcana books in the history section.
**Player**: ...

**-There is no cure for regret... - 500 Intimacy**

**Santos**: The cure for regret...
**Santos**: Yeah...
**Santos**: Unfortunately, there's no cure for regret...
**Santos**: You can never change the things in the past.
**Santos**: Sigh...
**Player**: Santos... Are you okay?
**Santos**: ...
**Santos**: I'm fine...
**Santos**: I should go look for the books I need...
**Player**: I am familiar with the library, let me help you...
**Santos**: Thanks.
**Santos**: But, there's no need...

**-Santos the Arcanist, sounds pretty cool. - 700 Intimacy**

**Santos**: Become a fortune teller, help people find things...
**Santos**: Or go teach arcana at a school...
**Santos**: Live out my life in peace...
**Player**: If you want to learn arcana, you can still do it.
**Santos**: Now?
**Santos**: Forget it...
**Santos**: I still have work to do.
**Santos**: Before I get everything done...
**Santos**: I can't stop!
**Santos**: I should go look for those books...
**Santos**: See you later, Player.

**-But then, the world would have one less outstanding detective! - 900 Intimacy**

**Santos**: Ha! An outstanding detective?
**Player**: You tracked down Mike's whereabouts...
**Player**: and distracted the other members of his team...
**Player**: Most importantly, you were able to make Mike repay his debt...
**Player**: You are the first, Santos!
**Player**: Your client must be pretty happy that he got the money back.
**Santos**: (smiles)
**Santos**: Indeed...
**Graci**: Woof...
**Santos**: Do you think I am a good detective too?
**Graci**: Woof! Woof!
**Santos**: (smiles)
**Santos**: Maybe it wasn't such a bad idea to quit school.

**Graci**

**-Intro**

*Never Isle. Morning...*
**Santos**: Player, are you busy today?
**Santos**: There's something I need your help with...
**Player**: I am free today...
*Scene - Never Isle dock*
**Santos**: Player, can you watch Graci for me?
**Graci**: Woof! (Looking at you happily...)
**Player**: Huh? Me?
**Santos**: I have asked a few other friends, but Graci doesn't want to...
**Graci**: Woof, woof!
**Santos**: Graci seems to like you...
**Santos**: So, can you please watch him for one day...
**Santos**: I will come pick him up tonight.
**Player**: Santos, I have to make this clear...
**Player**: I have absolutely no experience looking after pets!
**Santos**: It doesn't matter...
**Santos**: The main thing is that Graci can spend time with someone he likes...
**Player**: Alright...
**Santos**: Don't worry, Graci is very clever. He wouldn't give you a hard time.
**Graci**: Woof! (Brushing against you happily...)
**Player**: Good boy, Graci!
**Santos**: (smiles)
**Santos**: Let me give you a brief summary of Graci's schedule in a day...
**Santos**: In the morning, just take him for a walk.
**Santos**: Give him something to eat around lunchtime...
**Santos**: Graci doesn't like dog food, so...
**Santos**: For lunch, can you please get him wild pig ribs, sea bird eggs, bear blood, and red pheasant thigh fillets...
**Santos**: You can get these things in a normal market...
**Player**: That luxurious?
**Santos**: In the afternoon take him somewhere fun, or take him somewhere to practice hunting...
**Santos**: After that, take him for a bath. I have made an appointment with a pet grooming shop on Never Isle...
**Santos**: Remember, Graci likes the spice bath with sky grass and Elysiann petals...
**Player**: Oh, I see...
**Santos**: Lastly, Player, this is the money for Graci's expenses today...
*Santos hands you a bag of money that is not light at all...*
**Player**: That much?
**Santos**: It includes your rewards...
**Santos**: I can't take up a whole day of your time without rewarding you.
**Santos**: So that's it...
**Santos**: Graci, I am going now!
**Santos**: Be a good boy!
**Graci**: Woof! Woof!
*A short while later, almost noon.*
**Graci**: Woof! Woof!
**Player**: Okay, the walk is over...
**Player**: It's almost noon time...
**Player**: I better make you lunch!
**Graci**: Woof, woof! (Excitedly...)
*Player takes Graci to the butcher's stall*
**Butcher**: Hello, want meat?
**Player**: Yup!
**Butcher**: What do you need?
**Player**: I want...
**Player**: Well...
**Player**: What did Santos say Graci eats for lunch?

**-Wild boar ribs, sea bird eggs, wild bear blood, and red pheasant thigh fillets...**

**Butcher**: Oh! You have excellent taste!
**Butcher**: Wait a moment, please...
*Moments later, Graci finishes his lunch...*
**Graci**: Woof! Woof woof! (Looks at you happily...)
**Player**: Looks like you enjoyed that, Graci.
**Graci**: Woof! Woof! (Eager for the next activity)
**Player**: From memory, the first activity in the afternoon is quite flexible...
**Player**: Take Graci somewhere fun, or go practice hunting!
**Player**: Hmm...

**-(Take Graci for a walk around Never Isle...) - 700 Intimacy**

*Maybe because Graci has already been for a walk in the morning.*
*He doesn't seem very excited...*
*That night, in front of a pet grooming shop...*
**Graci**: Woof! Woof!
**Player**: Wow! You're so clean Graci!
**Graci**: Woof! Woof! (Barks excitedly)
**Player**: You even smell nice...
**Santos**: That's Graci's favorite smell...
**Santos**: I like it too.
**Player**: Graci! Look who's back?
**Graci**: Woof! Woof, woof, woof!
**Santos**: Let me see...
**Santos**: Do you miss me?
**Graci**: Woof! Woof!
**Santos**: Player, thank you so much for today...
**Santos**: If you run into any trouble, remember to come to me at Graci's Detective Office.
**Santos**: Come on, Graci! Let's go home!
**Graci**: Woof! (Looks at Santos excitedly)
**Santos**: Come on, let's go home.
**Graci**: Woof!

**-(Let Graci play in Hottie Bar...) - 900 Intimacy**

*Graci gets very excited seeing the swimming pool at Hottie Bar...*
*He dives straight into the pool for a swim...*
*Graci looks very happy...*
*That night, in front of a pet grooming shop...*
**Graci**: Woof! Woof!
**Player**: Wow! You're so clean Graci!
**Graci**: Woof! Woof! (Barks excitedly)
**Player**: You even smell nice...
**Santos**: That's Graci's favorite smell...
**Santos**: I like it too.
**Player**: Graci! Look who's back?
**Graci**: Woof! Woof, woof, woof!
**Santos**: Let me see...
**Santos**: Do you miss me?
**Graci**: Woof! Woof!
**Santos**: Player, thank you so much for today...
**Santos**: If you run into any trouble, remember to come to me at Graci's Detective Office.
**Santos**: Come on, Graci! Let's go home!
**Graci**: Woof! Woof Woof!
*Graci doesn't seem to want to leave...*
**Santos**: Graci!
**Player**: Looks like Graci doesn't want to leave.
**Santos**: This is the first time I see Graci not wanting to go home.
**Santos**: Player, Graci really likes you.
**Graci**: Woof... (Looks at you happily)
**Player**: Graci, we can play again next time.
**Graci**: Woo...(Looks at you longingly...)
**Santos**: We'll come find Player next time, it's time to go home!
*Graci gives player one last look before following Santos*
**Player**: (smiles)

**-(Take Graci to play with Mile's wolf Grey...) - 900 Intimacy**

*At the Oathblades, you unexpectedly find an obstacle course for training dogs...*
*They say General Markus had it built especially for Grey...*
*Graci gets very excited seeing the new training course...*
*He even seems to have become friends with Grey...*
*That night, in front of a pet grooming shop...*
**Graci**: Woof! Woof!
**Player**: Wow! You're so clean Graci!
**Graci**: Woof! Woof! (Barks excitedly)
**Player**: You even smell nice...
**Santos**: That's Graci's favorite smell...
**Santos**: I like it too.
**Player**: Graci! Look who's back?
**Graci**: Woof! Woof, woof, woof!
**Santos**: Let me see...
**Santos**: Do you miss me?
**Graci**: Woof! Woof!
**Santos**: Player, thank you so much for today...
**Santos**: If you run into any trouble, remember to come to me at Graci's Detective Office.
**Santos**: Come on, Graci! Let's go home!
**Graci**: Woof! Woof Woof!
*Graci doesn't seem to want to leave...*
**Santos**: Graci!
**Player**: Looks like Graci doesn't want to leave.
**Santos**: This is the first time I see Graci not wanting to go home.
**Santos**: Player, Graci really likes you.
**Graci**: Woof... (Looks at you happily)
**Player**: Graci, we can play again next time.
**Graci**: Woo...(Looks at you longingly...)
**Santos**: We'll come find Player next time, it's time to go home!
*Graci gives player one last look before following Santos*
**Player**: (smiles)

**-"Wild bear ribs, red pheasant eggs, wolf blood, and sea bird thigh fillets..." OR "Wolf ribs, ostrich eggs, wild boar blood, and duck thigh fillets..."**

**Butcher**: Urgh... what a strange request...
**Butcher**: But lucky for you, we've got everything you requested!
*Moments later, Graci finishes his lunch...*
**Graci**: Mmm...(Looks at you, confused)
**Player**: What is that look for?
**Player**: Did I get the wrong meat...
**Player**: Ahh... forget it, whatever...
**Player**: From memory, the first activity in the afternoon is quite flexible...
**Player**: Take Graci somewhere fun, or go practice hunting!
**Player**: Hmm...

**-(Take Graci for a walk around Never Isle...) - 500 Intimacy**

*Maybe because Graci has already been for a walk in the morning.*
*He doesn't seem very excited...*
*That night, in front of a pet grooming shop...*
**Graci**: Woof! Woof!
**Player**: Wow! You're so clean Graci!
**Graci**: Woof! Woof! (Barks excitedly)
**Player**: You even smell nice...
**Santos**: That's Graci's favorite smell...
**Santos**: I like it too.
**Player**: Graci! Look who's back?
**Graci**: Woof! Woof, woof, woof!
**Santos**: Let me see...
**Santos**: Do you miss me?
**Graci**: Woof! Woof!
**Santos**: Player, thank you so much for today...
**Santos**: If you run into any trouble, remember to come to me at Graci's Detective Office.
**Santos**: Come on, Graci! Let's go home!
**Graci**: Woof! (Looks at Santos excitedly)
**Santos**: Come on, let's go home.
**Graci**: Woof!

**-(Let Graci play in Hottie Bar...) - 700 Intimacy**

*Graci gets very excited seeing the swimming pool at Hottie Bar...*
*He dives straight into the pool for a swim...*
*Graci looks very happy...*
*That night, in front of a pet grooming shop...*
**Graci**: Woof! Woof!
**Player**: Wow! You're so clean Graci!
**Graci**: Woof! Woof! (Barks excitedly)
**Player**: You even smell nice...
**Santos**: That's Graci's favorite smell...
**Santos**: I like it too.
**Player**: Graci! Look who's back?
**Graci**: Woof! Woof, woof, woof!
**Santos**: Let me see...
**Santos**: Do you miss me?
**Graci**: Woof! Woof!
**Santos**: Player, thank you so much for today...
**Santos**: If you run into any trouble, remember to come to me at Graci's Detective Office.
**Santos**: Come on, Graci! Let's go home!
**Graci**: Woof! (Looks at Santos excitedly)
**Santos**: Come on, let's go home.
**Graci**: Woof!

**-(Take Graci to play with Mile's wolf Grey...) - 700 Intimacy**

*At the Oathblades, you unexpectedly find an obstacle course for training dogs...*
*They say General Markus had it built especially for Grey...*
*Graci gets very excited seeing the new training course...*
*He even seems to have become friends with Grey...*
*That night, in front of a pet grooming shop...*
**Graci**: Woof! Woof!
**Player**: Wow! You're so clean Graci!
**Graci**: Woof! Woof! (Barks excitedly)
**Player**: You even smell nice...
**Santos**: That's Graci's favorite smell...
**Santos**: I like it too.
**Player**: Graci! Look who's back?
**Graci**: Woof! Woof, woof, woof!
**Santos**: Let me see...
**Santos**: Do you miss me?
**Graci**: Woof! Woof!
**Santos**: Player, thank you so much for today...
**Santos**: If you run into any trouble, remember to come to me at Graci's Detective Office.
**Santos**: Come on, Graci! Let's go home!
**Graci**: Woof! (Looks at Santos excitedly)
**Santos**: Come on, let's go home.
**Graci**: Woof!

### Trifle

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**Targeted goods**

On an ordinary day, another case comes to Graci's Detective Agency

**-Part 1**

*Scene - Graci Detective Agency*
**Player**: Santos, I'm jealous of you! You've got Graci by your side.
**Santos**: He knows how to use the arcana crystal to contact you...
**Santos**: That's my Graci.
**Graci**: Woof!
**Player**: Haha, right. Santos, come and eat something!
**Santos**: Yeah... Let me get dressed first.
*After some time...*
**Santos**: Your cooking is unexpectedly good...
**Graci**: Woof!
**Player**: (smiles)
**Santos**: And you helped me clean up the office...
**Player**: It's not nice to show your clients a messy office.
**Santos**: You are...
**Santos**: too nice to me...
**Player**: Well, I'm after all the man with Graci's approval!
**Graci**: Woof!
**Santos**: (smiles)
**Player**: I'm glad that I can help the Evil Punisher.
**Player**: Which evil lord did you punish yesterday?
**Santos**: Yesterday... was a misunderstanding...
**Player**: Misunderstandings?
**Santos**: A sailor from Eversun contacted me and said his boss took his wife...
**Santos**: In order to obtain evidence, I followed the sailor's wife until late last night...
**Santos**: Then I found out that his wife was actually cheating with a city hall official because she was sick of the sailor...
**Santos**: Afraid that the sailor would seek retribution, the wife lied and blamed it on his boss.
**Player**: Oh... How did you deal with it in the end?
**Santos**: I didn't. The sailor's wife and the city hall officer swore to me that they wouldn't see each other again.
**Santos**: After all... No one wants to mess with a sailor...
**Player**: ...
**Player**: In the end, it was only a relationship dispute...
**Player**: I thought some powerful officials were involved...
**Santos**: This is part of my job.
**Santos**: I'm used to it. Misunderstandings happen all the time in my job.
**Graci**: Woof, woof! Woof!
**Player**: So, do you have any appointments today?
**Santos**: No, I've finished my work for today.
**Player**: Then today you can get a...
*Someone knocks on door*
**???**: Excuse me, is this the Graci Detective Agency?
**Player**: ...Good rest...
**Santos**: (smiles)
**Santos**: Graci, we've got a new client.
**Graci**: Grrrr...
**Santos**: What? Are you not happy that someone disrupted your holiday?
**Graci**: Woof!
*A well-dressed man walks into the agency*
**Santos**: I remember you. You are the boss of Renom shipping company in the port of Eversun.
**Renom**: Do you know me, Mr. Detective?
**Santos**: You can call me Santos...
**Santos**: I've heard the sailors in the port area mention your name...
**Santos**: I heard you used to be a sailor.
**Renom**: Yes, before becoming an entrepreneur, I had worked as a sailor on a merchant ship in the Silent Sea for five years...
**Santos**: Lohaladis, Miyol.
**Graci**: Woof!
**Player**: ?
**Renom**: Excuse me, what did you say?
**Santos**: ...
**Santos**: Nothing. It's my dialect. It means 'welcome to my office'...
**Renom**: Oh right...
**Santos**: Tell me about your problem, Mr. Renom.
**Renom**: So...
**Renom**: In the past two months, my company's cargos have been robbed repeatedly...
**Renom**: Whether it's merchant shipping or trucks transportation... at some point, they all get robbed.
**Graci**: (Yawning...)
**Santos**: Mr. Renom, please continue...
**Renom**: I've informed the Eversun's Defense Force and the Commercial Federation.
**Renom**: But it's been a month and I haven't heard anything from the Defense Force...
**Renom**: The Commercial Federation provided us with assistance and protection...
**Renom**: We've also tried to change our transportation routes and such...
**Renom**: But we still couldn't stop the robbers.
**Graci**: (Looking around, bored...)
**Renom**: Well, Mr. Santos...
**Renom**: Many customers have stopped working with us due to concerns about the safety of their goods.
**Renom**: We are only a small company in Eversun. If this continues, we are going to go bankrupt sooner or later!
*The client's hands started trembling...*
**Renom**: I'm sorry...
*He takes a deep breath to calm down...*
**Santos**: ...
**Renom**: So... Mr. Santos, you are my last hope!
*The client takes out a bag of money...*
**Renom**: This is the deposit. As long as you can get rid of the robbers, money is not an issue...
**Santos**: Calm down, Mr. Renom.
**Santos**: I need you to answer my questions first...
**Renom**: Sure! Ask away.
**Santos**: What were the goods that got robbed?
**Renom**: Well... Two months ago, three truckloads of Eversun pears...
**Renom**: Then a shipload of fabric and a shipload of ordinary canned food...
**Renom**: Five truckloads of gears and three truckloads of screw nuts...
**Renom**: Most recently, it was a shipload of wine.
**Player**: There is no pattern. It doesn't sound like a targeted robbery...
**Santos**: Did you ship anything expensive in the past two months?
**Renom**: Yes, we transported precious metal, arcana materials, weapons, equipment, and so on.
**Renom**: Fortunately, none of those got robbed.
**Santos**: So, have the other merchants from the Eversun Chamber of Commerce been getting robbed too?
**Renom**: Other merchants get robbed occasionally...
**Renom**: The caravan guards are usually able to deal with it. There should not be too many actual losses.
**Santos**: Well...
**Santos**: I see, Mr. Renom. I understand now.
**Santos**: Graci's Detective Agency will accept this case!
**Santos**: I'll let you know if I have any updates.
**Renom**: Thank you, Mr. Santos!
**Renom**: Well, the deposit...
**Santos**: Keep it. Pay me later when the case is solved.
**Santos**: You need the money more than I do!
**Renom**: Thank you so much. It's rare to see people so kind like you in this city...
**Santos**: Thank me later, when the case is over.
**Renom**: Then I'll leave you to it.
*Renom leaves*
**Graci**: Grrr...
**Santos**: Quiet, Graci. We'll take a rest when we have solved this case...
**Graci**: ...
**Player**: ...
**Santos**: Player, do you have something to say?
*Choice 1.1 - This case sounds boring...*
**Santos**: Boring?
**Player**: Clearly, Renom is just unlucky...
**Player**: The crime was obviously random. They stole fruits, fabrics, and mechanical parts...
**Player**: Even after he changed his route, he still couldn't avoid the robberies. So they were obviously committed by different people...
**Player**: They're just robberies, nothing special about it.
**Santos**: Oh?
**Santos**: Well, if you were a detective, what would you do?
**Player**: If I was the detective, I would disguise myself as a caravan worker and join the caravan in their transportation...
**Player**: Then I'll catch them when the robbers show up!
**Santos**: Not bad! It is indeed an effective and efficient way!
**Player**: That's why it's boring. Even I can solve it...
**Player**: I was hoping to hear about some corrupted officials.
**Santos**: But you ignored one detail...
**Santos**: Among all the merchants in the organization, only Renom's goods were repeatedly robbed...
**Player**: But Renom already said, other people occasionally got robbed too...
**Santos**: But they didn't succeed, did they?
**Player**: True...
**Santos**: For this case, catching the robbers is only the first step...
**Santos**: The key is to catch the person who bribed the robbers.
**Player**: I see...
**Santos**: Mr. Renom was a sailor and he started his business in Eversun...
**Santos**: His staff speaks highly of him, saying he is a man of integrity.
**Santos**: This is not a complicated case. But for Mr. Renom...
**Santos**: The destiny of Mr. Renom and all of his staff depends on this case.
**Player**: ...
**Santos**: It's very likely that Renom Shipping's competitor is the culprit behind the scenes...
*Choice 1.2 - Do you trust the client?*
**Player**: I have a feeling that Renom is hiding something...
**Santos**: Oh?
**Player**: It sounds like a random robbery...
**Player**: But why is it always him that got robbed?
**Player**: Plus, the targets were not valuable goods.
**Santos**: ...
**Player**: And Graci...
**Player**: He also sensed something wrong with the client!
**Santos**: Indeed...
**Player**: Santos, I think the robbery was actually planned by Renom himself!
**Player**: Say, maybe he bought expensive insurance for the stolen goods, so he could scam money from the insurance company...
**Player**: At the same time, he'll deliver the goods to his clients to double his income!
**Santos**: Interesting idea.
**Santos**: However, Renom is only a transportation contractor. Even if the goods are insured, the beneficiary is the client, not him.
**Santos**: If the robbers were hired by the client, the insurance compensation wouldn't even cover the hiring of the robbers!
**Santos**: Therefore, the 'insurance fraud' can be ruled out.
**Santos**: Plus, I've heard about Mr. Renom before...
**Santos**: He used to be a sailor and he started his business in Eversun. He's been through a lot before he could achieve what he has today...
**Santos**: Moreover, his employees speak highly of him that he is a man of integrity.
**Player**: Oh? Really?
**Player**: Okay...
**Santos**: The thief who cries, thief. That's quite a creative speculation...
**Santos**: Player, you can make a good detective!
**Player**: Hahaha, don't make fun of me.
**Santos**: (smiles)
**Santos**: It's highly likely that this case is related to business rivalry...
**Santos**: Renom's business rivals tried to bankrupt him by hiring someone to rob his goods!
**Player**: I see!
*Scene continues after choices*
*Santos checks the time...*
**Santos**: If we're lucky, we can solve this before tomorrow morning!
**Player**: It's going to be a long night tonight!
**Santos**: As usual...
**Santos**: Graci! Let's go!
**Graci**: Woof!
*Sometime later, in a street in Eversun...*
**Eversun Chamber of Commerce guard**: We've tried our best. But those people are really not ordinary robbers!
**Santos**: Oh, I see. Thank you for your help!
**Eversun Chamber of Commerce guard**: ...
**Eversun Chamber of Commerce guard**: If you see those robbers...
**Eversun Chamber of Commerce guard**: Please teach them a lesson for us!
**Santos**: ...
*The guard leaves*
*Player meets up with Santos*
**Player**: Santos, this is a copy of the member's list of the Eversun Chamber of Commerce you asked for.
**Santos**: Okay.
*Santos takes the list and scans through it quickly...*
**Santos**: Well...
**Santos**: As we expected.
**Santos**: Renom has a competitor in the Chamber of Commerce...
**Santos**: It was a targeted, planned, and prepared robbery.
**Player**: That's great! We'll be able to catch the culprit!
**Santos**: That's not so simple...
**Player**: Oh?
**Santos**: I just asked the caravan guards who experienced the robbery...
**Santos**: They were robbed when they were transporting fruits on the main street.
**Santos**: The robbers hid responsive flash arcana weapons on the road in advance...
**Santos**: Then when the caravan was blinded by the bright flash, they took action swiftly...
**Santos**: After disarming the guard captain and half the guards, they forced the rest of the guards to surrender...
**Santos**: After they took the goods, they left immediately.
**Santos**: It all happened within ten minutes. The city Defense Force in the vicinity was unable to react in time.
**Santos**: They didn't hurt anyone during the robbery.
**Santos**: There was no direct confrontation, no signs of conflict, I couldn't track them down.
**Santos**: There were no casualties, which means the culprit didn't want to cause a stir.
**Player**: !!
**Player**: Rather than robbers, they sound more like regular military personnel!
**Santos**: Correct!
**Santos**: The Eversun Chamber of Commerce is guarded by the Defense Force of Eversun and hired mercenaries...
**Santos**: They are not some defenseless punks.
**Santos**: Disciplined teamwork, perfect strategic planning, and overwhelming strength.
**Santos**: Only the elite forces of the Shadowhunters, the special forces of the White Capes, and selective soldiers in Never Isle are capable of doing that. And...
**Santos**: Also elite mercenaries in BlackFlame City.
**Player**: I don't think the Shadowhunters, the White Capes, or the soldiers from Never Isle would do such things...
**Santos**: Right, then it can only be the mercenaries of BlackFlame City.
**Santos**: One needs to have a reputation and lots of Dragonshards to hire them.
**Santos**: In the Eversun Chamber of Commerce, Renom's competitors are all small businesses like themselves...
**Santos**: I know those business owners...
**Santos**: They can't afford mercenaries of that level!
**Santos**: Even if all the small businesses combined their resources, they are no match to the Chamber of Commerce!
**Santos**: The only possible culprits here are the leaders of the Chamber of Commerce.
**Player**: Leaders...
**Player**: But why would the chamber leaders spend so much effort in taking down Renom's shipping company?
**Santos**: This is the biggest question for this case...
**Santos**: But I'm sure about one thing!
**Santos**: The chamber members are the ones behind the scenes. And their goal is to bring down Renom Shipping!
**Player**: If they are trying to bring down Renom...
**Player**: Then I don't understand one thing...
**Player**: By logic, if it was Renom's valuable goods that got robbed, his downfall would be quickly assured...
**Player**: But the goods that got robbed were only ordinary commodities.
**Santos**: Yes... It's strange...
**Santos**: This cargo robbery case is more complicated than we thought.
**Player**: What if the culprits are not Renom's business rivals...
**Player**: What should we do now?
**Santos**: Although the original theory is broken, the clues are not!
**Santos**: Renom tried to change their cargo transportation route but he still got robbed...
**Santos**: It means that there are rats inside their company!
**Santos**: And since the culprit hired the top mercenary in BlackFlame City...
**Santos**: I'm sure we can find some clues about the culprits in the BlackFlame City Council!!
**Player**: You're right! Santos, you're awesome!
**Santos**: The BlackFlame City Council is not open yet now...
**Santos**: Let's find the rat in Renom's company first!
**Graci**: Woof!
*Sometime later, Renom Shipping Company...*
*Player talks to Santos*
**Player**: The worker said he would inform Renom. What took him so long...
**Strong worker**: (Extremely loud) Mr. Big Guy!
**Graci**: Woof woo! (Startled)
**Player**: Big... guy?
**Santos**: (smiles)
*A worker approaches Player and Santos*
**Strong worker**: I'm sorry, Mr. Big Guy! One moment, please!
**Strong worker**: My boss is busy at the port! I've already sent someone to get him!
**Strong worker**: However, when he's focused on his work, no one could interrupt him.
**Santos**: It's okay. We'll wait for him. Thank you.
**Strong worker**: Well, why don't you take a seat? There's no need to stand.
**Player**: Oh, thank you...
**Santos**: Lohaladis, Miyol.
*The worker in front of you suddenly stares at Santos.*
**Strong worker**: Ducino, haranoris!
**Santos**: I didn't expect to see a boatswain here.
**Strong worker**: How did you... Are you also...
**Santos**: I used to study...
**Santos**: in Elysiann.
**Santos**: I learned storm pirate lingo.
**Player**: Storm pirate lingo?
**Strong worker**: (Loudly) Hahaha, I see!
**Strong worker**: Ever since I arrived in Eversun and stopped sailing, I don't hear sea lingo that much.
**Strong worker**: I didn't expect to hear a land monkey like you speak our lingo!
**Strong worker**: Since we speak the same language, we are brothers. Feel free to ask me any questions!
**Santos**: Miyol, why did you leave your ship to come to Eversun?
**Strong worker**: Well, although the days on the ship were fun...
**Strong worker**: It was unstable and ladies don't like sailors much...
**Strong worker**: I was nearly 40 years old. I also wanted a stable family, with a wife and kids.
**Santos**: ...
**Santos**: True...
**Strong worker**: When I arrived in Eversun, I couldn't get used to life on the land.
**Strong worker**: I don't understand what people are saying a lot of times...
**Strong worker**: I don't have any skills except for my strength. I couldn't find a job...
**Strong worker**: I was lucky that my boss lets me work here!
**Strong worker**: Otherwise, I'd have to go home!
**Player**: Is Renom treating you guys well?
**Strong worker**: Our boss is very good to us!
**Strong worker**: Although the job is tiring and we are busy, we get paid a lot better than in other places.
**Santos**: I heard that your boss was also a sailor...
**Strong worker**: Yes, not only our boss, more than half of the workers in our factory were sailors!
**Santos**: More than half?
**Strong worker**: Yeah! Around six or seven out of ten!
**Strong worker**: In the whole of Eversun, our boss is the only one who is willing to take us in...
**Strong worker**: He's willing to pay us more so we can afford to feed ourselves.
**Strong worker**: Mr. Big Guy, you are here to help our boss, aren't you?
**Santos**: Well, Mr. Renom has assigned me to investigate the recent robberies.
**Strong worker**: Mr. Big Guy, we sailors don't have many skills and we may be a little slow...
**Strong worker**: But we have the strength!
**Strong worker**: If there is anything we can help with, please let us know!
**Santos**: Sure! I will!
**Strong worker**: I think the boss will be here soon. I better get back to work!
**Strong worker**: Tonight I'm drinking in a bar with a few ex-sailors. You should come!
**Santos**: We will be there if we have time.
*The worker leaves*
**Santos**: We are quite lucky...
**Santos**: We managed to get a lot of information from the boatswain.
**Graci**: Woof, woof!
**Player**: That's great, Santos.
**Player**: How did you know that the worker used to be a sailor and he was a boatswain?
**Player**: I thought all sailors are tanned.
**Santos**: Tanned?
**Santos**: Hahaha...
**Santos**: The seas are not like the Northern Desert.
**Santos**: The seas in Luxium are always cloudy...
**Santos**: Even on a sunny day, the sun does not scorch...
**Santos**: Combined with factors like the humidity and the eating habits, the sailors' skin is actually not very different from average folks.
**Santos**: And to answer your question...
**Santos**: The boatswain's hands are broad and thick. And there are thick calluses on his palms.
**Player**: Most manual workers have those traits, don't they?
**Santos**: But there are obvious blood marks on the first two joints of his hands and fingers.
**Santos**: This is the result of frequent rope pulling.
**Santos**: When he walks, his left leg bends differently from his right leg, which obviously bends outward a little more.
**Santos**: It proves that he climbs mast rope all the time.
**Player**: !!
**Santos**: Considering his physique, which is stronger than ordinary sailors, and his uniquely loud voice...
**Santos**: It means he's the boatswain.
**Player**: Why?
**Santos**: On a ship, a sailor needs to win in fights to become a boatswain. And a boatswain yells to manage his sailors.
**Player**: I see...
**Player**: It seems that Renom treats his workers nicely. He even works in the port himself.
**Player**: It's hard to imagine anyone betraying a person like that.
**Santos**: Well...
**Santos**: Under the temptation of money and power, someone always wavers.
**Player**: That's true...
**Player**: So... How do we find the rat?
**Santos**: Alert him.
**Player**: Oh?
**Santos**: When Mr. Renom comes back, you and Graci follow my instructions...
*Santos whispers...*
**Player**: ...
**Player**: Oh! I see...
**Player**: Got it!
**Graci**: Woof!
*Renom walks up to Santos*
**Renom**: Mr. Santos and Mr. Player, I'm sorry...
**Renom**: I was helping the workers load the goods at the port. Sorry for keeping you waiting.
**Renom**: So what brought you here today?
**Santos**: We want to understand more about the cargo robberies...
**Santos**: We also want to ask your employees a few questions.
**Renom**: Mr. Santos, are you suspecting someone from my company?
**Santos**: The more information I have, the more likely I can find the culprit.
**Santos**: I hope you can understand.
**Renom**: Yeah...
**Player**: (Why does Renom seem hesitant? It's just a few questions for the employees.)
**Renom**: Fine...
**Santos**: Thank you for your understanding. I hope you can be there for the interview too...
**Santos**: Please inform your employees to be ready.
**Renom**: Oh... Okay.
**Renom**: I'll use the company radio to inform my employees!
*Renom leaves*
**Santos**: Player, Graci, it's your turn!
**Player**: Yes!
*Moments later...*
*Renom gathers all of the workers in front of Santos for the interview*
**Santos**: Oh, I see...
**Santos**: So, on the 8th of last month, a truckload of fabric was supposed to deliver to Red Harbor...
**Santos**: Were you in charge of the loading?
**Worker**: Yes... We were.
**Santos**: Did you know the transport route at that time?
**Worker**: We didn't know the transport route...
**Worker**: Whoever's responsible for planning and scheduling decides on the route...
**Worker**: We're just laborers.
**Santos**: Oh, I see.
**Santos**: Well, have you...
*From a distance, Player and Graci observe*
**Player**: Um...
*Player looks around at the rest of the factory*
**Player**: Everyone is working. No one seems suspicious...
**Graci**: (Looking around cautiously...)
**Player**: It's clear. Let's go, Graci!
*Player and Graci sneak away*
*Santos continues to interview the workers*
**Santos**: I see. It's the person who's responsible for planning and scheduling...
**Santos**: Mr. Renom, when can we interview the staff responsible?
**Renom**: This is the last batch of employees from the transit department. The planning department and the customer liaison department are next...
*Secretly, an unsuspecting man spies on Santos*
**Suspicious staff**: Oh no... this is bad...
**Player**: You are not from this department, are you?
**Player**: What are you doing here?
**Suspicious staff**: !!
*Player and Graci sneak up on the man from behind*
**Graci**: (Growling threateningly)
**Suspicious staff**: Huh, nothing...
*The man runs*
**Player**: Why are you running if it's nothing?
**Player**: Graci! Get him!
**Graci**: Woof!
*Graci chases after the man*
**Graci**: Woof!!
**Suspicious staff**: Arghh!!
*Santos's messenger arcana crystal suddenly rings...*
**Santos**: Excuse me...
*Santos turns away from the workers he is interviewing and talks into the crystal*
**Santos**: Okay...
**Santos**: Wait for me outside. I'll be there in a minute.
**Santos**: Mr. Renom, that's all for the interviews now. Thank you for your staff's cooperation.
**Renom**: What? But we have only interviewed half of my staff...
**Santos**: I've got what I need for now.
**Santos**: I'll take care of the rest.
**Renom**: Oh, thank you, Mr. Santos.
*Moments later, at Graci's Detective Agency...*
**Suspicious staff**: Why did you bring me here?
**Suspicious staff**: I need to work!
**Player**: We have a few questions for you. I hope you can cooperate.
**Suspicious staff**: What... I don't know anything! Don't ask me!
**Graci**: Woof, woof!
**Suspicious staff**: Woah!
**Player**: (This guy is definitely hiding something. Let's see how Santos is going to deal with him.)
*Santos enters the agency*
**Santos**: It seems you are the guy we are looking for.
**Suspicious staff**: Why are you looking for me?
**Santos**: Do you know anything about the frequent robberies in the past two months?
**Suspicious staff**: Those... Were done by mercenaries! I don't know anything!
**Player**: How do you know they were mercenaries?
**Player**: You just said you are from planning and scheduling and you know nothing about transportation.
**Suspicious staff**: Urgh...
**Suspicious staff**: I heard from my colleagues in the transportation team!
**Player**: But the staff from the transport team all said they were done by robbers.
**Suspicious staff**: Mercenaries, robbers, aren't they all the same...
*Santos threatens the man with his gun*
**Suspicious staff**: What...What are you doing?
**Santos**: Tell me!! Who are you working for?
**Santos**: Did you give the shipping time and route to someone?
**Graci**: Grrrr...
**Suspicious staff**: No... I, I can't say anything!
**Santos**: Are you sure?
**Santos**: Then it's time for...
**Santos**: Punishment...
**Graci**: Woof!!
**Suspicious staff**: Go... go away!!
**Player**: You chose that for yourself...
**Suspicious staff**: Ahhhh!!!
**Suspicious staff**: Ahhhhh!!!
*The man collapses on the floor*
**Santos**: I'll give you one last chance, say it!
**Santos**: Who the hell are you working for?!
**Suspicious staff**: I don't know, I don't know!
**Player**: You don't know?
**Suspicious staff**: Two months ago, on my way home I was surrounded by a group of big guys, who took me to a warehouse...
**Suspicious staff**: There was a guy in the warehouse, dressed in black and wearing a mask.
**Santos**: Dressed in black, wearing a mask, and with a group of big guys?
**Suspicious staff**: The man with the mask told me to submit a copy of Renom's freight map regularly...
**Suspicious staff**: How could I say refuse?
**Santos**: How much did you get for a copy of Renom's freight map?
**Suspicious staff**: 100,000... 100,000 gold coins...
**Player**: 100,000 gold coins?!
**Santos**: ...
**Santos**: Go on! How did you give them the freight map?
**Suspicious staff**: They send me a letter...
**Suspicious staff**: And tell me to throw it into a designated garbage bin...
**Santos**: What about the payment?
**Suspicious staff**: They told me to fetch it at a designated location.
**Santos**: Have you seen the masked man's people in Eversun?
**Suspicious staff**: Never. If I had met people that big and terrifying, I would have noticed them!
**Santos**: Well...
**Santos**: Then why did you only sell the freight information of the low-value goods?
**Suspicious staff**: The masked man asked me for information about precious metals, arcana materials, weapons, and equipment...
**Suspicious staff**: But the one in charge of those is my senior, who's a retired vice president...
**Suspicious staff**: I couldn't even touch it...
**Player**: So that's why only the low-value goods got robbed.
**Player**: Mr. Renom is really lucky!
**Santos**: All right, you can go now!
**Suspicious staff**: What? Go?
**Santos**: Player, get ready...
**Suspicious staff**: Go... Where should I go?
**Suspicious staff**: I told you about those people... I'm going to die.
**Santos**: Witness protection is part of the ethics of being a detective.
**Santos**: No one will know that you are the informant...
**Santos**: Go back to Renom Shipping and do your work!
**Suspicious staff**: Go back?
**Suspicious staff**: Then I'd rather get killed by the masked man!
**Player**: What? Why?
**Player**: Isn't Renom a good company?
**Suspicious staff**: They are only good to sailors, and ex-sailors!
**Suspicious staff**: Renom pays them generously but they pay very little to land people like us!
**Suspicious staff**: Not only is our salary is low, but we are also treated terribly... Those ruffians always force us to do their job for them since they're buddies with the boss!
**Player**: Then why don't you fight back?
**Suspicious staff**: Fight back? Those ruffians have arms thicker than my legs. How am I going to fight back?
**Santos**: Why don't you leave Renom then?
**Suspicious staff**: This is Eversun. It's not easy to find a job.
**Suspicious staff**: Besides, my wife and I both work in Renom shipping...
**Suspicious staff**: At least we can put food on the table. If we leave...
**Santos**: So the masked man actually gave you an opportunity.
**Suspicious staff**: Right...
**Suspicious staff**: With another 300,000 gold coins, we can leave this place and start a small business ourselves...
**Suspicious staff**: In a few years, we may be able to hire someone to work for us!
**Suspicious staff**: Now, if I die, at least she can live a good life.
**Player**: Hey! Don't be so negative!
**Santos**: Rubbish...
**Suspicious staff**: What?
**Santos**: Death is not going to solve anything!
**Santos**: You're just leaving more problems for those who are alive!
**Santos**: To witness your death? Is that why your wife married you?
**Santos**: I feel sorry for her!
**Suspicious staff**: Well...
**Suspicious staff**: Then you tell me! What should I do?
**Santos**: Don't you already have a goal?
**Santos**: Stay alive, and achieve your goal!
**Santos**: There's always a way!
**Suspicious staff**: !!
**Suspicious staff**: ...
**Santos**: Go back to Renom Shipping and when you have time, ask if the other companies are hiring!
**Santos**: I'll take care of the masked man.
**Suspicious staff**: How? How are you going to take care of him?
**Santos**: Mind your own business.
**Suspicious staff**: Oh... okay.
*The man leaves*
**Santos**: ...
**Player**: ...
*Choice 2.1 - I didn't know Renom is like that...*
**Player**: He treats his staff differently according to their past...
**Player**: He even condones bullies within his company!
**Santos**: Don't change your mind just because you heard something from someone.
**Santos**: However, we can't judge a book by its cover...
**Santos**: In the future, when dealing with the client...
**Santos**: We'll have to be more careful.
**Player**: Yes...
*Choice 2.1.1 - I didn't know Renom is like that...*
*Go to Choice 2.1*
*Choice 2.1.2 - Will the masked man let him get away?*
*Go to Choice 2.2*
*Choice 2.1.3 - Santos, you are quite persuasive.*
*Go to Choice 2.3*
*Choice 2.1.4 - I feel like we have hit another dead end...*
*Continue with the conversation*
*Choice 2.2 - Will the masked man let him off?*
**Player**: Isn't it dangerous to let him go back?
**Santos**: No, the masked man is not worried about being exposed...
**Santos**: The people who work for him are not from here. And he only corresponds with the staff one-way.
**Santos**: Even if the staff really tells someone, people would only regard it as drunken nonsense.
**Santos**: Up until now, our opponent has been extremely cautious...
**Santos**: Getting rid of that staff is not going to help. Instead, it will only alert Renom...
**Santos**: The staff is safe, at least for now.
*Choice 2.2.1 - I didn't know Renom is like that...*
*Go to Choice 2.1*
*Choice 2.2.2 - Will the masked man let him get away?*
*Go to Choice 2.2*
*Choice 2.2.3 - Santos, you are quite persuasive.*
*Go to Choice 2.3*
*Choice 2.2.4 - I feel like we have hit another dead end...*
*Continue with the conversation*
*Choice 2.3 - Santos, you are quite persuasive.*
**Santos**: Me? Persuasive?
**Player**: 'Death is not going to solve anything!'
**Player**: 'You're just leaving more problems for those who are alive!'
**Player**: Don't you remember?
**Santos**: ...
**Santos**: I was just expressing my opinions...
**Santos**: Suicide... Selfish and childish...
**Santos**: It can't solve any problems!
*Choice 2.3.1 - I didn't know Renom is like that...*
*Go to Choice 2.1*
*Choice 2.3.2 - Will the masked man let him get away?*
*Go to Choice 2.2*
*Choice 2.3.3 - Santos, you are quite persuasive.*
*Go to Choice 2.3*
*Choice 2.3.4 - I feel like we have hit another dead end...*
*Continue with the conversation*
*Conversation continues after choices*
**Player**: According to what the staff said...
**Player**: All we know is that someone bought him off.
**Player**: We don't even who bought him off, not to mention the mastermind.
**Santos**: Yes...
**Santos**: Our opponent this time is not that simple.
**Player**: I thought once we find the rat in Renom Shipping, we'd be able to find the person behind the scenes accordingly...
**Santos**: I don't know who's behind the scenes, but I have some ideas...
**Santos**: About who bought him off.
**Player**: Oh?
**Santos**: Remember who robbed the goods?
**Player**: Top mercenary in BlackFlame City!
**Santos**: They and the masked man who bought off Renom's staff...
**Santos**: Could be the same people!
**Player**: The same people?
**Santos**: Let's hope my speculation is wrong...
**Player**: Wrong? Why?
**Santos**: You'll see.
**Santos**: Player, get ready. We are going to BlackFlame City.
*Late night, BlackFlame City*
*Santos and Player walk up to a entry with a guard*
**Player**: Oh? I remember the BlackFlame City Council's main gate is on the other side...
**Council guard**: You're right! The main gate is on the other side!
**Santos**: This side door leads to the second floor of the Council, where the top mercenaries are hired.
**Player**: This is the first time I hear about this...
**Player**: Santos, how did you know that?
**Santos**: I know the boss of the Council...
**Council guard**: Oh, Mr. Santos. Come in, please!
**Santos**: Thank you...
*Moments later, the second floor of the BlackFlame City Council...*
**Council manager**: Sorry for keeping you waiting, Mr. Santos.
**Player**: (The BlackFlame City Council manager is treating Santos so politely!!)
**Santos**: It's okay. I haven't been waiting long...
**Santos**: How's Deese doing?
**Council manager**: Our boss has been very busy lately, although he talks about you all the time.
**Council manager**: I wonder when you will have time. Our boss wants to have a drink with you.
**Santos**: Oh, does he?
**Santos**: When I am finished with the cases on my hands now, I must pay Deese a visit.
**Council manager**: That'll be great.
**Council manager**: Mr. Santos, are you here to hire mercenaries today?
**Council manager**: A few of our best mercenaries have just finished their last commission...
**Santos**: No, I'm here to investigate...
**Council manager**: I see. How can I help you?
*Santos takes out a piece of paper, where the dates of the robberies in the recent two months are written...*
**Santos**: Which mercenary gangs took up robbery assignments on these dates?
*The manager looks at the dates of the robberies...*
*The smile on her face fades...*
**Council manager**: Robbery assignments? Well...
**Council manager**: Just a moment. Let me check.
**Santos**: Thank you...
*The council manager leaves*
**Santos**: Hmm...
*Santos sighs...*
**Player**: What happened?
**Santos**: Things have gotten complicated!
**Player**: Huh?
*The council manager returns*
**Council manager**: I'm sorry, Mr. Santos...
**Council manager**: Your question is related to our client's privacy. I don't have the right to reveal anything to you.
**Player**: Oh?
**Santos**: I see. I understand.
**Council manager**: I'm really sorry, Mr. Santos!
**Council manager**: If you need our mercenaries for your case, we will try our best to help you!
**Santos**: ...
**Santos**: Player, let's go!
**Player**: Okay...
*Moments later, near the southeast exit of BlackFlame City...*
**Player**: The manager who was treating you politely until you mentioned the case...
**Santos**: This is what I was worried about, the worse scenario.
**Player**: The worst scenario?
**Santos**: Renom's case is involved with the BlackFlame City Council's core businesses...
**Santos**: The BlackFlame agent.
**Player**: What do you mean?
**Santos**: The most important, most profitable, and most valuable business of the BlackFlame City Council...
**Santos**: If you hire a BlackFlame agent, you just need to tell the agent your objective...
**Santos**: And the agent will take care of the rest.
**Santos**: There are only three BlackFlame agents in the entire BlackFlame City...
**Santos**: They are all very strong and have top mercenary regiments working for them, not to mention their connection...
**Santos**: They are organized, discreet, and very loyal. It's impossible to get any information out of them.
**Player**: !!
**Santos**: If they are involved... in this case...
**Santos**: Renom... What kind of people have you been messing with?
**Player**: So... what should we do?
**Santos**: Let's go back to the agency and sort out the existing information first.
**Santos**: Maybe we'll find some new clues.
**Player**: Okay!
**Santos**: !!
**Graci**: (Growling cautiously)
**Santos**: Player, stand next to me!
**Player**: Oh?
*Suddenly, Santos and Player are surrounded by thugs*
**Player**: Are these the BlackFlame agent's mercenaries?
**Santos**: They can't be.
**Graci**: Growling (ferociously and threatening...)
**Santos**: Calm down, Graci.
*Santos stares at one of them without saying anything.*
**Santos**: ............
**Ferocious thug**: Hmm...
**Ferocious thug**: Are you Santos?
**Santos**: If you have an assignment for me, go to my office. I don't accept assignments here!
**Ferocious thug**: What assignment?
**Ferocious thug**: You have been so arrogant recently, my boss has something to say about that!
**Ferocious thug**: I came to tell you that our boss is inviting you for a chat at the bar tomorrow night!
**Ferocious thug**: If you don't come, you will burn down your office!
**Player**: Trap!
**Santos**: Invite me?
**Santos**: Hahaha hahaha!!
**Ferocious thug**: What are you laughing about?
**Santos**: (smiles)
**Santos**: Tell your boss.
**Santos**: I'll be there!
*Continue to Intimacy Level 9*

**Forgiveness (I)**

Hidden behind the dark sunglasses is anger at himself.

**-Part 1**

*In a bar in BlackFlame City...*
*A gang leader and his thugs wait for someone to arrive at the bar*
**Gang leader**: It's almost time, right?
**Thug**: Yes, boss. There are still 5 minutes left!
**Gang leader**: Have you arranged the people as I said?
**Thug**: Don't worry, everyone's on standby! We're just waiting for your order!
**Gang leader**: Good!
**Thug**: But, aren't there only two of them, and a dog, boss?
**Thug**: Do we need so many people?
**Gang leader**: Don't underestimate Santos...
**Gang leader**: He's the notorious Evil Punisher!
**Thug**: What? Is he the Evil Punisher?
**Thug**: Boss, if we get rid of the Evil Punisher, will HE know about it?
**Gang leader**: There's no need to trouble him with this minor detail...
**Gang leader**: If we can deal with the Evil Punisher today, we can all get promoted!
**Gang leader**: Then... we'll never run out of money!
*Santos and Graci arrive at the entrance to the bar, two thugs standing guard*
**Santos**: Get away...
*The thugs make way for Santos*
**Guarding thug**: Hm...
*Santos approaches the gang leader*
**Santos**: Are you the one looking for me?
**Santos**: Where's your boss?
**Thug**: Mind your tone!
*The gang leader signals his man and the thug shuts up...*
**Gang leader**: Mr. Santos, I invited you here to make a deal today.
**Santos**: A deal?
**Graci**: Woof! Woof!
*Graci barks at the wall to the west...*
**Santos**: ...
**Santos**: Hahaha, even my dog finds it ridiculous!
**Thug**: Hmmm... you scum!
**Gang leader**: Shut up! The boss said we must treat Mr. Santos nicely!
**Thug**: ... Yes...
**Gang leader**: Mr. Santos, this deal...
**Gang leader**: Is related to your life!
**Santos**: Oh?
**Gang leader**: You've been investigating the Reno Shipping robbery case, right?
**Santos**: ...
**Gang leader**: I need you to stop right now!
**Graci**: Woof! Woof! Woof!
*Graci barks at the ceiling...*
**Santos**: Stop?
**Santos**: Haha, I don't think you know who I am.
**Gang leader**: Santos, the Evil Punisher of Luxium...
**Gang leader**: Who is suspected of committing multiple vigilante murders...
**Gang leader**: The victims include local officials, aristocrats, important businessmen, and so on...
**Gang leader**: Mr. Santos, we know more than you think!
**Santos**: However, you seem to have missed my most important identity...
**Santos**: I'm the detective of Graci's Detective Agency.
**Santos**: A case can only be canceled in person by the client himself.
**Santos**: Neither you nor your boss... have the right to do that!
**Gang leader**: We don't have the right? Haha! You have no idea who you are dealing with!!
**Santos**: So... can you please remind me?
**Gang leader**: Hmph!!
**Gang leader**: You're not getting anything out of me!
**Santos**: (smiles)
**Santos**: If this is why you invited me here, then I guess I am done now.
*Santos turns to leave*
**Gang leader**: Stop!
*After raising his shotgun...*
*The gang leader fires a shot into the sky...*
*More thugs come to block Santos from leaving the bar*
**Santos**: I'm a busy man!
**Gang leader**: Our boss sent me here because he respects you, the Evil Punisher!
**Gang leader**: If you insist on investigating the robbery case and getting into our boss's business...
**Gang leader**: You won't be able to leave alive today!!
**Santos**: Since you already know that I am the Evil Punisher...
**Santos**: Then you've really underestimated me with these few people here.
**Gang leader**: Do it!
*Just as the thugs raise their swords, Santos pulls out his gun, Forgiveness, and rapidly shoots them down*
**Thug**: He's... so fast!
*Santos turns to the gang leader*
**Santos**: You need more people!
**Graci**: Woof! Woof!
*Graci barks at the main door...*
**Gang leader**: Hmm... get your stupid dog to shut up!
**Santos**: Graci is my boss. I can't control him.
**Santos**: Tell me, who do you work for?
**Gang leader**: Hmm...
*The gang leader fires twice into the sky...*
**Gang leader**: Everyone! Come out!!
*...*
**Santos**: If you're waiting for the guys on the roof, in the western room, and outside the door...
**Santos**: I'm sorry, they've already been taken care of.
**Gang leader**: What?!
*Player enters the bar from the back entrance*
**Player**: Santos!
**Player**: Are you okay?
**Santos**: Player, well done!
*Scene - On the streets of BlackFlame City, flashback*
*One hour ago...*
**Santos**: !!
**Santos**: Player, are you sure?
**Player**: This is the best solution!
**Santos**: Indeed sneaking into the bar and eliminating the potential ambush is a good idea...
**Santos**: But it's too dangerous!
**Player**: It's better than you and Graci dealing with the culprit's trap on your own!
**Player**: Don't worry about me. I can take care of myself.
**Santos**: Okay...
**Santos**: Take this...
*Santos hands you a whistle...*
**Player**: What is this?
**Santos**: Low-frequency whistle. Humans can't hear it, but Graci can.
**Player**: Wow, fancy!
**Player**: So, once I get rid of the ambush in that area, I'll blow the whistle!
**Player**: Then Graci can tell you which direction is safe!
**Graci**: Woof!
**Santos**: ...
**Santos**: I was going to tell you to call me with this if you are in danger...
**Santos**: But let's do it your way.
**Santos**: However, promise me...
**Santos**: You will run if they find you!
**Player**: Sure! I won't look back!
*Ten minutes later...*
*Player sneaks into the back of the bar*
**Player**: I didn't expect the area behind the ventilation pipe behind the west wall to be so big...
**Player**: This is the perfect location for an ambush...
**???**: I've never thought we would have to deal with the Evil Punisher one day.
**Player**: !!
*Player spies on two thugs*
**Ambush swordman A**: Are you talking about the Evil Punisher who killed those government officials and merchants?
**Ambush swordman B**: Yeah. Our boss said he's in the way of 'his' business...
**Ambush swordman B**: We must get rid of him!
**Ambush swordman A**: So it's for 'him'...
**Ambush swordman A**: I heard 'he' is a high-ranking official in Eversun. He's an important figure!
**Ambush swordman B**: Hey! Stop talking about 'him'! Are you trying to get yourself killed?
**Ambush swordman A**: Well...
**Player**: A high-ranking official in Eversun...
**Player**: 'He' may be the culprit!
**Ambush swordman A**: Oh right, what is our boss's signal?
**Ambush swordman B**: Shooting twice into the sky!
**Ambush swordman A**: Oh...
*Player ambushes the thugs*
**Ambush swordman B**: Who are you?
**Player**: There's a change of plan! You should have a lie-down!
**Ambush swordman A**: !!
*Player defeats the thugs*
**Player**: One down!
**Ambush swordman A**: Ouch... (groaning in pain)
**Player**: Where are the other ambushes?
**Player**: You won't talk huh...
*All Choices: Choice 1.1 - "You'll be punished!" OR Choice 1.2 - "Then I'll kill you!" OR Choice 1.3 - "Then you'll suffer!"*
*No additional dialog*
*Conversation continues after choices*
**Ambush swordman A**: No!! I'll tell you everything!
**Ambush swordman A**: We've got an ambush in front of the bar and on the second floor.
**Player**: Thank you! Now take a rest!
**Ambush swordman A**: Urgh!! (Knocked unconscious...)
**Player**: The ambush here has been dealt with...
*You take out the whistle and blow it...*
**Player**: There's really no sound. One blow should be fine I guess.
**Player**: Next... The ambush on the second floor...
*Moments later...*
*Player stands in the middle of a group of thugs, knocked out on the floor*
**Player**: The ambush on the second floor has been dealt with. I've blown the whistle to inform Graci...
**Player**: The last one is the ambush at the door!
*Player heads towards the main bar but hears a sound*
**Player**: !!
**Player**: The gun fired once...
**Player**: The ambush signal is two gunshots...
**Player**: Santos...
**Player**: Hmm... Anyway, let me get rid of the last ambush first!
*Suddenly, you sense a tension coming from behind you...*
*Player turns around but only sees the thugs he just defeated*
**Player**: !!
**Player**: Calm down, calm down...
**Player**: I need to get rid of the last ambush before I can join Santos!
*Player rushes to the last ambush location*
*Moments later...*
*The ambushing henchmen hiding outside the bar are defeated and are begging for mercy...*
**Player**: These are the last enemies.
**Player**: I should hurry up and join Santos!
*Player begins to leave*
*The same tense feeling emerges from behind you again...*
**Player**: !!
*Player looks around but sees nothing*
**Player**: ...
*Player leaves to help Santos*
*Scene - Inside the bar, present*
*Now...*
*Player and Santos face off against the gang leader*
**Player**: I've dealt with your ambush!
**Player**: Surrender now!
**Gang leader**: Blasted...
**Player**: (Whispering) Santos, someone may be hiding here...
**Santos**: ?
**Player**: (Whispering) I couldn't find them but I can sense something's not right...
**Santos**: Let's quickly wrap it up...
**Santos**: Who is your boss?
**Santos**: Tell me!!!
**Thug**: Yikes!!!
*Santos shoots the last thug protecting the gang leader*
**Santos**: You're next!
**Graci**: Grrr...
**Gang leader**: Hmmm...
**Gang leader**: Santos! You're dead, you know that? You're dead!
**Gang leader**: If you dare to kill me, my boss will never let you off!
*Santos punches the gang leader heavily...*
**Santos**: You talked too much!
**Santos**: I'll punch you until you tell me, or...
*Santos gives him another punch...*
**Gang leader**: Urgh!!
**Santos**: Until I bash you to death!
**Gang leader**: You, your little sidekick, and your dog!
**Gang leader**: You'll all die a horrible death!
**Santos**: ...
**Gang leader**: Urghhhh!!
**Player**: This guy is so stubborn.
**Santos**: No one is stubborn in front of me.
**Gang leader**: Ahhhhh!!!
**Gang leader**: You... You'll all die!
**Gang leader**: You're all gonna die...
**Gang leader**: You're all... gonna die...
**Santos**: (angry)
*Santos knocks the gang leader out...*
**Player**: What's up?
**Santos**: Nothing...
**Santos**: This scum... Kept repeating the same thing over and over again...
**Santos**: He's had torture resistance training. We won't get anything out of him.
**Santos**: Let's take him back to the office and interrogate him later.
**Player**: Oh...
*Suddenly, you feel the sense of tension again...*
**Santos**: Someone's here. Take cover!
**Player**: Santos, watch out!!
*A gunshot rings out*
**???**: Primary target eliminated. Performing secondary mission...
*Player, Santos and Graci manage to take cover*
**Player**: That was close. Who could've known there's a sniper hiding in the bar...
**Player**: Fortunately, he's not very good...
**Santos**: No, we were not his target...
*The gang leader is shot dead*
**Player**: !!
**Player**: He's our only clue.
**Santos**: We have to find someone else...
**Santos**: I still have a few arcana flashbangs on me. We can use them to escape.
**Santos**: However, I need to confirm the enemy's location and their numbers first.
**Player**: How do we find out...
**Santos**: Try talking to them, make them move around...
**Player**: Talking...
**Player**: (Loudly) Nice hiding! Too bad your aim isn't so good!
**???**: Mr. Santos, this is a warning...
**???**: Stop working with Renom!
*Two arcanists, a swordsman and a sniper surround Santos and Player's hiding spot*
**Santos**: Well done...
**Santos**: There are four people surrounding us now...
**???**: Otherwise...
**???**: Your fate...
**???**: Will be even worse than the former deputy governor of Eversun!
**Player**: Huh? Former deputy governor?
**Santos**: Hmm...
*Hearing mention of the former governor, Santos's body trembles.*
*He can barely hold the gun in his hand...*
**Santos**: Hoo... Hoo
**Player**: Santos, are you okay?
**Santos**: Stay here...
**Santos**: This case... is now...
**Santos**: Personal!
*Santos gets out of cover wielding his gun*
**Santos**: Go to hell!
*That strong sense of tension hits again...*
*This time, together with the tension, there is a feeling of murderous intent...*
**Player**: Santos, be careful!
*Another gunshot rings out behind Santos and Player*
**Santos**: Hmm...
**???**: The target has been hit but not on his vitals...
**Player**: I knew it! There is more ambush!
*Santos is hit and bleeding badly*
**Graci**: (Growling towards the direction of the gunshot...)
**Santos**: Calm down... Graci!
**Santos**: I'm fine...
**Player**: You're bleeding! You need to stop the bleeding immediately!
**Santos**: No! Get out of here... Now!
**Santos**: I'll stall them!
**Player**: Are you kidding...
**Santos**: Take Graci and run! You promised me!
**Player**: ...
*Choice 2.1 - Run? Don't even think about it!*
**Graci**: Woo... (Whimpering sadly)
**Player**: Graci doesn't want to leave you either.
**Santos**: You guys...
*Choice 2.2 - I'm not going to leave you alone!*
**Santos**: Player......
**Player**: Just a few more ambushes.
**Player**: I'll take care of them!
*Choice 2.3 - I am taking back my words!*
**Santos**: You...
**Player**: Sorry, I couldn't keep my promise.
**Player**: If you want to hit me, wait till we get out of here.
*Scene continues after choices*
*Player shouts to the enemies*
**Player**: Who are you?
**Enemy swordman**: ...
*Without saying a word, the swordsman gets ready to attack*
**Player**: You don't want to talk, you just want to fight, right?
**Santos**: Be careful... These people are not ordinary thugs!
**Player**: Yes, I can feel it.
**Santos**: Hmm...
*Santos raises his gun again*
**Player**: What are you doing?
**Santos**: This is my personal affair!
*Santos and Player fight the enemies in the bar*
**Player**: Santos, you shouldn't move!
**Santos**: It's all right. I've given it some emergency first aid...
**Enemy gunman**: (Winks towards the side...)
*The enemies scatter, enter their battle formation...*
*The battle continues...*
**Graci**: Woof!!
**Player**: This is going to be tough...
**Santos**: Yeah, not bad!
**Santos**: But far from enough!
*The pair manage to hold back the enemies but aren't able to win*
**Player**: Dammit... It's only a draw?
**Santos**: Hmm...
**Player**: This is not good... Santos has lost too much blood. We need to stop his bleeding immediately...
**Enemy soldiers**: ...
**Player**: Is this the end?
**Enemy mage**: Mission complete. Let's get out of here.
**Enemy gunman**: Yes!
*The enemies leave the bar*
**Player**: Huh?
**Santos**: Are they... Leaving?
**Player**: Yeah, we got lucky!
**Santos**: Lucky...
**Santos**: Are we?
*Santos collapses from his wounds*
**Player**: Santos!!
*The next day*
*An Oathblade Bloodoath stronghold in BlackFlame City...*
**Player**: Santos...
**Graci**: Woo (Whimpering sadly...)
**Player**: Graci, you are worried about him too, right?
**Graci**: Woo (Whimpering sadly...)
**Player**: Don't worry, he'll be fine!
*Markus walks up to where Player and Graci are waiting*
**Markus**: Player, you're still here...
**Player**: I'm fine. General, those people...
*Markus shakes his head...*
**Markus**: They didn't leave any traces...
**Markus**: It's like they just vanished.
**Markus**: Someone who managed to injure Santos is not good news.
**Player**: Sure enough...
**Graci**: Woof, woof! Woof!
*The doctor comes to talk to Markus and Player*
**Player**: Doctor, how is Santos?
**Bloodoath doctor**: The bullet hit his right lung...
**Bloodoath doctor**: However, the caliber is small, there is no penetrating injury, and there is no irreversible damage to the lung.
**Bloodoath doctor**: We removed the bullet and he's out of danger now.
**Player**: Great!!
**Bloodoath doctor**: Then I'll go back to work.
**Markus**: You've had a long day.
*The doctor leaves*
**Player**: Graci, Santos will be fine!
**Graci**: Woof!
**Player**: Commander, thank you so much!
**Markus**: You're welcome, but...
**Markus**: Player, what trouble did you get into this time...
**Player**: ............
**Player**: General... I
**Markus**: This case belongs to the Evil Punisher, doesn't it?
**Player**: Huh? How did you know?
**Markus**: In BlackFlame City, the Evil Punisher is much more famous than me. I've always wanted to meet him.
**Markus**: I didn't think it would happen in such circumstances...
**Markus**: Player, I'm afraid you two are in over your heads.
**Markus**: You may need help.
**Player**: ............
**Player**: Um... Commander, you're right.
**Player**: We thought it was a simple case at first.
*You told Markus everything.*
**Markus**: Oh, I see.
*Markus's expression becomes serious.*
**Markus**: Even the BlackFlame Agents are involved...
**Markus**: Perfect execution, no loose ends, absolute obedience...
**Markus**: It really is their style.
**Player**: Commander, what should we do?
**Markus**: Player, I don't think you are their target. You are still free to make a move.
**Markus**: As for the Evil Punisher, I think he should stay with the Bloodoath for now...
**Markus**: Even a BlackFlame City agent wouldn't dare do anything rashly to us Bloodoath.
**Markus**: If it gets violent, the Bloodoath can protect him!
**Player**: Commander, thank you so much!
**Markus**: You're welcome. Just tell Santos to buy me a drink!
*A week later...*
*Player comes to visit Santos and Graci at the stronghold*
**Player**: Graci, I've brought you your favorite wild boar ribs...
*...*
**Player**: Graci usually comes over once he hears me...
**Player**: He must be playing somewhere outside.
*Markus comes over*
**Markus**: Player, you are early today...
**Player**: I came over as soon as I woke up.
**Player**: How is Santos doing?
**Markus**: His condition is very stable...
**Markus**: Since last night, his dog has been staying right next to him. No one could pull him away...
**Player**: Maybe Graci could feel that Santos is waking up soon.
**Markus**: Really? Santos's Graci...
**Markus**: Is a lot like Miles's Grey.
*Suddenly, a door flings open and bangs against the wall*
**Santos**: Where am I?
**Santos**: Where's Player?
**Player**: Santos?
**Markus**: Oh no. He thought we are the bad guys!
*Markus and Player run over to Santos and Graci*
*Moments later...*
**Santos**: Did Player bring me to Bloodoath?
**Player**: Yes!
**Santos**: ...
**Santos**: How long have I been in a coma?
**Markus**: More than a week. I didn't expect you to wake up so suddenly.
**Santos**: One week?!
**Santos**: (angry)
*Santos moves to leave but Markus stops him*
**Santos**: Well...
**Markus**: Don't push yourself. You are not fully recovered yet. You need to rest more.
**Santos**: No...
**Santos**: I... I have to go back!
**Player**: Santos, you...
**Santos**: Don't stop me!!
*Santos breaks free and leaves with Graci*
**Player**: General...
**Markus**: Go after him!
**Markus**: The Bloodoath will keep tracking the BlackFlame Agent. We'll let you know once we have news.
**Player**: Okay! Thank you, General!
**Markus**: Player!
**Markus**: Be careful!
**Markus**: Whatever the person behind the scene wants, he has either given up or...
**Markus**: He's already achieved it.
**Player**: Yes!
*Player goes after Santos*
*Scene - Graci Detective Agency*
*Sometime later...*
**Santos**: I must have missed something...
**Santos**: There must be a clue!!
**Player**: Santos, you are still injured. You shouldn't work!!
**Santos**: No! Now it's not the time to rest!
**Santos**: Whatever the person behind the scene is planning, I can never let him succeed!!
**Santos**: (angry)
**Santos**: Ugghhh! Dammit!!
**Santos**: Santos, you piece of trash!
**Santos**: The enemy was right in front of you!!!
**Graci**: Woo... (Whimpering with fear)
*Graci retreats next to Player*
**Graci**: Woo... (Leaning against you)
**Player**: Santos! Calm down!!
**Player**: You have been acting crazy since the fight in the bar in BlackFlame City!!
**Santos**: Crazy?
**Santos**: Hah...
**Santos**: Your life is a blank piece of paper. You've never suffered in the hands of the rich and powerful...
**Santos**: What do you know?
**Player**: No, I don't know anything!
**Player**: But look at yourself!!
**Player**: Irritable, reckless, emotional...
**Player**: This is not the Santos I know!!
**Santos**: You don't understand my pain, my anger!
**Santos**: If you don't understand me, don't try to stop me!!
**Santos**: My life has been ruined by the rich and powerful...
**Santos**: Now, another tycoon is trying to stop me with his power and influence...
**Santos**: Trying to stop me and my investigation.
**Santos**: And this tycoon...
**Santos**: He killed my parents and destroyed my family...
**Santos**: He turned me into a homeless bum. He took everything away from me!
**Player**: Whoever is behind the scenes is our common enemy!
**Player**: Once you recover, we'll confront him together, okay?
**Santos**: I don't have time!
**Santos**: If I waste one more second, the culprit will be one step closer to his objective!
**Santos**: Before he is dead...
**Santos**: I...
**Santos**: will never stop!!
**Santos**: Then...
**Santos**: I will kill all the dignitaries who toy with the people and all the tycoons who oppress the masses in this land!!
**Santos**: This is my mission, this is the meaning of my life!!
**Graci**: Woowooo... (frightened whimpering)
**Player**: Facing him now in your current state is just suicide!
**Santos**: Then I have chosen my own ending!
**Santos**: Then I have defended my mission with my life!!
**Santos**: It's a worthy death!
**Player**: Worthy death?
**Player**: Death doesn't solve anything!
**Player**: You just leave more problems to those who are still alive!
**Santos**: ............
**Player**: You keep saying that you don't want to be manipulated by powerful people...
**Player**: But under their influence, you chose a dead end!
**Santos**: ............
**Santos**: I have nothing and nothing to lose.
**Santos**: This is my only way.
**Player**: Jerk!!
**Player**: What is the only way?
**Player**: The world is full of choices.
**Santos**: Choices? What choice do I have?!
**Player**: You can go to Never Isle and be an interpreter!
**Santos**: !!
**Player**: You can be a detective as always!
**Player**: If that doesn't work, go join the Bloodoath!
**Player**: Commander Markus admires you very much!
**Santos**: ............
**Santos**: Thank you for General Markus's kindness.
**Santos**: But I still have... my mission.
**Player**: ............
**Player**: There is a saying in my hometown.
**Player**: Never wake a person who's faking sleep.
**Player**: Santos, I won't stop you.
**Player**: Because I can never stop a man who is determined to die.
**Player**: If I knew you were going to seek death, I wouldn't have taken you to the Bloodoath.
**Player**: At least that way, you can die peacefully in a coma
**Player**: Instead of falling into the enemy's hands and dying in pain from being tortured.
**Santos**: ............
**Graci**: Whmm (looking at Santos longingly.)
**Player**: ............
**Santos**: ............
**Santos**: Hmm...
**Santos**: Hm... (Holding his wound painfully)
**Player**: The wound is opened!
*Player catches Santos before he falls*
**Graci**: Woo... (leaning on Santos with concern)
**Santos**: ......
**Player**: I'll help you back to bed...
*The next week...*
*Santos has become as calm as ever...*
*Maybe... Even more calm than usual...*
*For a whole week, Santos lay quietly in bed...*
*Staring at the ceiling, he doesn't say a word...*
*Later...*
*Player talks to Graci*
**Player**: How about we make some broth for Santos today?
**Graci**: Woof!
**Player**: Since Graci agrees, then that's it!
**Graci**: Woof! Woof! (shaking his bottom excitedly)
*Santos enters and Graci runs to him*
**Player**: Santos, why are you up?
**Santos**: I'm fine. The wound doesn't hurt anymore.
**Player**: You shouldn't stand for too long. You don't want any complications.
**Santos**: ............
**Player**: I'll make lunch, Santos, you...
**Santos**: Player, wait a minute!
**Player**: Huh?
**Santos**: Sorry...
**Player**: Huh? Why suddenly...
**Santos**: Before...
**Santos**: I said a lot of...
**Santos**: Bad things...
**Player**: Suddenly apologizing to me like that... I am just a little...
**Santos**: I haven't thanked you since the battle at the BlackFlame city bar.
**Santos**: Thank you, Player.
**Santos**: You saved Graci's life, and saved...
**Santos**: My life.
**Santos**: Also!
**Santos**: Thank you...
**Santos**: For stopping me.
*Player walks up to Santos*
**Player**: (smiles)
*All Choices: Choice 3.1 - "Never mind, you're welcome." OR Choice 3.2 - "Well, don't let me and Graci worry about you in the future." OR Choice 3.3 - "Welcome back, Santos."*
*No additional dialog*
*Conversation continues after choices*
**Graci**: Woof! Woof, woof! (barking happily)
**Player**: (smiles)
**Player**: I'll go cook first. Santos, sit down and have a rest...
*Someone knocks on the detective agency's door*
**???**: Hey! Is Santos here?
**Player**: Is it the man behind the scenes...
**Santos**: They wouldn't knock.
**Santos**: Graci, we have a guest!
**Graci**: Woof!
**Santos**: Player, come listen to our new commission?
**Player**: Okay!
*A worker enters*
**Anxious worker**: Phew... Phew...
**Player**: Welcome to Graci's Detective Office.
**Player**: Huh? You are...
**Santos**: The worker from Renom shipping, the former boatswain.
**Anxious worker**: I heard you helped the boss solve a big problem... Hoo...
**Anxious worker**: ... Hoo...
**Anxious worker**: Help... Please... Hoo...
**Santos**: Calm down, slow down. What happened?
**Anxious worker**: Hoo...
**Anxious worker**: My brothers... My brothers were murdered!
**Santos**: !
**Player**: What's going on?
**Anxious worker**: During the lunch break, we wanted to go to the pub for a few drinks.
**Anxious worker**: We ran into some men looking for trouble along the way, so we got into a fight.
**Anxious worker**: Then my two brothers got bashed to death.
**Anxious worker**: (crying in pain...)
**Player**: A tragedy triggered by a fight?
**Santos**: ............
**Santos**: Lunch break... This only just happened?
**Anxious worker**: Yes...\*weeping\*
**Anxious worker**: I told the defense force and then nothing happened... All I can do...
**Santos**: You did a good job...
**Santos**: Now, I want you to take us to the scene.
**Anxious worker**: Ok...
*Scene - On the streets of Eversun*
*Many Eversun Defense Force guards protect the scene where two workers were beaten to death*
*The public gathers, trying to get a glimpse of the crime scene*
**Eversun Defense Force**: Stay back! Nothing to see here!
*Santos, Player and the anxious worker talk to two Defense Force guards*
**Eversun Defense Force**: There is a homicide scene up ahead. Unrelated persons are not allowed to enter.
**Santos**: This is the key witness of the case. We're escorting him in!
**Eversun Defense Force**: Witness?
**Eversun Defense Force**: OK, please get in!
*As the three enter the crime scene, Player sees a well-dressed man talking to a Defense Force guard*
**Player**: Is that... Mr. Renom?
**Anxious worker**: Yes... the boss was being questioned just now.
**Santos**: Let's take a look at the scene, leave Mr. Renom alone.
**Anxious worker**: Oh.
*Santos examines the crime scene*
**Santos**: Um.
*Player overhears Renom's conversation and looks over*
**Renom**: Sir, this is a terrible violent incident.
**Renom**: At the time I was nearby, I heard the fighting and came over.
**Renom**: I didn't think... I didn't know...
**Renom**: It's just terrible!
**Eversun Defense Force official**: Calm down, calm down!
**Eversun Defense Force official**: The two victims are your employees, aren't they?
**Renom**: Yes, sir.
**Renom**: They are excellent employees of the company. I am very sad to lose them.
**Renom**: Why do good law-abiding people have to die from such violence?
**Renom**: What did they do wrong?
**Angry crowd**: Someone must pay for it!!
**Eversun Defense Force official**: Enough, shut it!
**Eversun Defense Force official**: Guards! Maintain order!
**Player**: Mr. Renom is...
**Player**: Inciting the crowd?
**Eversun Defense Force**: Quiet! Don't make trouble! Or I'll arrest all of you!
**Emotional crowd**: Arrest us? And let the murderers run free?
**Eversun Defense Force**: Don't make trouble!
**Player**: These people's arms and stance...
**Player**: They have sailor's experience!
**Player**: Are they Renom's employees?
**Player**: What the hell is going on?
**Santos**: Player!
*Player brings his attention back to Santos*
**Player**: What... What's the matter?
**Santos**: We've seen what we need to see. Let's go back to the office.
**Player**: Santos, what happened?
**Santos**: Well... a lot of suspicious circumstances.
*Player sees Renom addressing the crowd*
**Renom**: Everyone should exercise restraint at a time like this!
**Renom**: As civilians of Port Eversun, we should trust the defense force and the people who are protecting us!
*While Renom talks, the anxious worker asks Santos a question*
**Anxious worker**: Mr. Santos, did you find anything?
**Santos**: Leave it to me. You go back to work first.
**Anxious worker**: No, please tell me... Who did this?
**Santos**: I'll let you know if I find out.
**Anxious worker**: Please, Mr. Santos, they are my friends!
**Santos**: ............
**Santos**: It's not convenient to talk here. Come with me!
*Santos takes Player and the anxious worker to a more private location to talk*
**Anxious worker**: Mr. Santos, what the hell is going on?
**Santos**: The fight was not accidental, it was premeditated!
**Anxious worker**: What?
**Santos**: The deceased had multiple fractures, but the fatal injuries were cervical fractures.
**Santos**: It's accurate and malicious. It's the technique of professional mercenaries!
**Santos**: Someone wants to disguise the murder as a fight.
**Player**: Professional mercenary? Unless...
**Anxious worker**: Professional mercenaries, what grudges do they hold against us?
**Santos**: Right now, the motives are not clear.
**Santos**: But it's not difficult to find out.
**Anxious worker**: Argh... Dammit.
**Santos**: Go back, and take care of yourself. That's the most helpful thing you can do for this case!
**Santos**: Your dead brothers must think so too.
**Anxious worker**: !!
**Anxious worker**: I... I understand.
**Anxious worker**: Thank you!
*The anxious worker leaves*
**Player**: Santos, could this be the work of the BlackFlame Agent?
**Santos**: It is likely.
**Santos**: But... Why?
**Santos**: Why kill two of Renom's ex-sailor employees.
**Santos**: Why disguise it as a brawl? Such messy execution.
**Santos**: They have been silent for two weeks already... Why now?
**Player**: Well, is it possible that it has nothing to do with the previous events?
**Santos**: If it's unrelated, why is it Renom again?
**Santos**: As a popular merchant with no dirty background, he really is quite unlucky.
**Santos**: Why are the recent events always related to him?
**Santos**: What is he... hiding?
**Player**: It is so suspicious.
**Santos**: Let's go back to the office first.
**Santos**: We're going to rearrange the information from the past two weeks, combine them with my previous investigation about my parents.
**Santos**: We should be able to find clues.
**Player**: Okay!
*Player notices a flyer on a nearby wall*
**Santos**: What's wrong?
**Player**: ............
**Player**: 'The election for the next governor of Port Eversun is about to begin...'
**Player**: 'For the future of Port Eversun, please give your sacred and solemn vote.'
**Player**: Governor candidates ranked according to the results of the pre-election rounds...
**Player**: Wow, there are several dozens of people.
*Mr. Renom's name appears on the last line of the candidate's list.*
**Player**: So Mr. Renom is running for the election.
**Player**: However, according to his ranking, he probably has no chance.
**Santos**: ............
**Player**: So? Did you think of something? Santos?
**Santos**: No.
**Santos**: It has nothing to do with the case.
**Santos**: Let's go!
*Moments later, Graci's Detective Agency.*
**Graci**: Woof, woof! Woof!
*As they enter, Graci runs to Santos's desk*
**Santos**: Huh? Did someone send us something?
*There is an extra document on the desk.*
**Santos**: This is... the Bloodoath's investigation!
**Player**: That is great! It seems that the General found something!
**Santos**: Um.
**Santos**: Let me see
**Santos**: ......
**Santos**: ............
**Santos**: Oh! This is!!
**Player**: Did you find anything?
**Santos**: The Bloodoath has found a middleman who has frequent contact with the BlackFlame Agents!
**Santos**: There is also the man's name, photo, and age attached.
**Player**: In other words, if we find this person, we can find the one behind everything!
**Santos**: There's no need.
**Santos**: This middleman... I know him.
**Player**: Great!
*Santos goes over to his file archive*
**Santos**: Let me have a look.
**Santos**: Here it is!
**Santos**: This is the man in charge of the black market of Port Eversun.
**Santos**: Many people in Port Eversun have contact with him.
**Santos**: Out of the ones who have frequent contact with him and are able to hire a BlackFlame agent.
**Santos**: ............
**Santos**: Ha! There is only one!
**Player**: Who is it?
**Santos**: The commander in chief of the Port Eversun Defense Force
**Santos**: General Pablo!
**Player**: The commander in chief of the Port Eversun Defense Force?!
**Santos**: He has been in charge of the Port Eversun Defense Force since ten years ago.
**Santos**: He indeed has the ability to drive away and destroy the family of the previous governor, my parents.
**Santos**: Humph, support a puppet to govern Port Eversun in the open.
**Santos**: Meanwhile, by holding another position, he avoids the spotlight and still maintains control of Port Eversun behind the scenes.
**Santos**: No wonder I couldn't get to him earlier.
**Santos**: It is an impressive move.
**Player**: Indeed, with his status and reputation, it is not difficult to hire a BlackFlame agent.
**Player**: He also has the power to get the Defense Force to ignore the case of the lost Renom goods.
**Player**: In the murder case just now, he can also make his men classify the case as a street brawl.
**Player**: But... Why?
**Player**: Why did he target Renom over and over again?
**Santos**: As for the reason...
**Santos**: We'd have to ask him!
**Player**: !!
**Player**: Santos, calm down!
**Player**: This general Pablo is no ordinary person.
**Player**: He may have the mercenaries of BlackFlame agent by his side!
**Santos**: (smiles)
*Santos touches your forehead.*
**Santos**: I am no longer the Evil Punisher who has nothing.
**Santos**: I'm Santos.
**Santos**: I am Player's friend and Graci's partner.
**Player**: ......
**Player**: (smiles)
**Player**: Santos, what do you need me to do?
**Santos**: We need...
*Suddenly, there is a discordant sound from nearby.*
*An angry sound from the stomach.*
**Graci**: Grr...
*Graci runs up to Player*
**Graci**: Woof, woof! Woof!
*Graci barks twice in the direction of the kitchen.*
**Player**: Oh, it's already this time of the day!
**Player**: We haven't had lunch yet.
**Santos**: Well, Player, please fill our stomachs first!
**Player**: Okay.
*Continue to Trifle - Forgiveness (II)*

**Forgiveness (II)**

Death is merely leaving more problems for those who are alive.

**-Part 1**

*Three days later.*
*Port Eversun, nighttime.*
*Player and Santos stand outside the Eversun Defense Force headquarters*
**Santos**: Player, what's the problem with the plan?
**Player**: Santos...
**Player**: I don't know.
**Player**: There are too many doubts about this whole case aren't there?
**Player**: Is it really wise that we go straight to Pablo to confront him?
**Player**: Maybe we should keep investigating and find his motive first. We can take action later.
**Santos**: Our opponent hasn't left us with many flaws.
**Santos**: With each day of delay, Pablo is one step closer to completing his plan.
**Santos**: Taking the initiative to face him is our only chance.
**Player**: Then maybe we should bring more people.
**Player**: Call the Bloodoath. Maybe hire some mercenaries from BlackFlame City
**Santos**: Pablo is the commander in chief of Port Eversun. We have no chance if we fight him head-on.
**Santos**: Instead, you, me, and Graci.
**Santos**: We can become his worst nightmare!
**Santos**: Also, there are sailors making trouble in the port today.
**Santos**: There are fewer guards protecting Commander Pablo than usual.
**Santos**: Luck is on our side!
**Player**: What if there are the BlackFlame agent's mercenaries with Commander Pablo?
**Santos**: Then we follow the plan.
**Santos**: Run.
**Santos**: Make another plan when we are safe.
**Player**: ............
*Choice 1.1 - No problem, let's go!*
**Santos**: Okay!
*Choice 1.2 - I don't know. I don't feel right... about this.*
**Santos**: ............
**Santos**: Get closer, Player.
*Santos gently holds you.*
**Santos**: Let's end this, not just for the client.
**Santos**: Also for myself.
**Player**: ............
**Santos**: Player, when it's all over.
**Santos**: Make me soup, will you?
**Player**: !!
**Player**: It's a deal.
*Scene continues after choices*
*Player and Santos part ways and proceed with their plan*
*A moment later, Port Eversun Defense Force Barracks.*
*Player sneaks behind some Defense Force warriors and plants something near a wall*
**Player**: ............
**Player**: Done!
**Player**: Next.
*A moment later, Port Eversun Defense Force Arsenal.*
**Player**: Okay, this is done also.
**Player**: Next.
**Patrol Defense Force**: Who are you?!
*A Defense Force guard catches Player*
**Patrol Defense Force**: This is a restricted area of the Defense Force. Report your identity!
**Player**: Ha, just in time.
*An array appears below the guard*
**Patrol Defense Force**: This is... arcana?!
*A moment later, Eversun City Hall.*
*A Defense Force captain speaks to a company of soldiers*
**City Hall Defense Force A**: Why are there so many of us guarding the city hall today?
**City Hall Defense Force B**: I heard it's Commander Pablo's order.
**City Hall Defense Force A**: Oh... They say the port area is quite a mess.
**City Hall Defense Force B**: Yes, I've arrested dozens of people already, and they're still going.
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: Hey! What are you muttering about?
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: The Commander has forbidden anyone from approaching the city hall!
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: Stay vigilant!
**City Hall Defense Force**: Yes!
*Santos and Graci spy on the gathering from farther away*
**Santos**: ............
*Santos looks at the time.*
**Santos**: Almost.
*The sound of a bomb goes off, alerting the captain and soldiers*
**City Hall Defense Force A**: Oh!!
**City Hall Defense Force B**: That direction... The Defense Force barracks!
**City Hall Defense Force A**: There's an explosion in the barracks!
**City Hall Defense Force B**: Captain... Someone attacked us!
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: Stop!
**City Hall Defense Force A**: Captain, someone attacked our barracks!
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: We must trust the brothers guarding the barracks.
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: Our order is to defend the city hall!
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: Don't fall for the enemy's diversion tactics!!
**City Hall Defense Force B**: Diversion tactics?
**City Hall Defense Force B**: Oh, is that what this is.
**Santos**: It's not working?
**Santos**: But it's not over yet.
*Another bomb goes off*
**City Hall Defense Force A**: !!!
**City Hall Defense Force A**: Captain! It is the arsenal this time!!
**City Hall Defense Force B**: Captain! Even the arsenal has been attacked.
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: Stay put! This is definitely the enemy's plot to distract us.
**City Hall Defense Force B**: But... What if it wasn't a diversion?
**City Hall Defense Force B**: A quarter of Eversun's Defense Force is right here.
**City Hall Defense Force A**: Captain, we're losing Eversun!
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: Oh.
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: Okay... I'll contact the Commander.
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: ............
**City Hall Defense Force A**: What did the commander say?
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: The commander... didn't respond.
**City Hall Defense Force B**: Dammit, is that coward asleep?
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: Everyone... Our orders remain unchanged, guard the city hall...
*A wounded soldier hobbles to the captain*
**Wounded soldier**: Argh... Help us.
**City Hall Defense Force A**: Hey! Brother! What happened?
**Wounded soldier**: The enemy... The enemy attacked the barracks... Blew up our arsenal.
**Wounded soldier**: We... We are outnumbered.
*Yet another bomb goes off as the wounded soldier falls to the ground*
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: !!
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: He passed out.
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: You two, take him to the medics!
**City Hall Defense Force A**: Captain! Give the order! Otherwise, this will be the end of Eversun!
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: ............
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: Team one, team two, and team three assemble. Go to the barracks first and support our troops.
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: Get into formation and recapture the barracks first! Then report to me.
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: Team four, team five and I stay to defend the city hall!
**City Hall Defense Force**: Yes, sir!
**Santos**: Graci, we're up!
**Graci**: Woof!
*Many soldiers leave and now only the captain and a small contingent remain in front of city hall*
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: Now, let's carry out the commander's order.
**Santos**: Excuse me.
*Santos approaches the captain*
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: The city hall is closed. Go home. Civilians, it's not safe tonight!
**Santos**: I have something to see Commander Pablo about.
**Santos**: It's about his life.
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: Leave now! Otherwise, we will treat you as hostile!
**Santos**: Can't you...accommodate, just this once?
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: Arrest him!
*Soldiers surround Santos*
**City Hall Defense Force**: According to the law of Eversun, you are arrested!
**Santos**: ............
*Suddenly, a bullet takes down one of the soldiers*
**Fallen Defense Force soldier**: Uh... Sniper!!
**Panicked Defense Force soldier**: Sniper! Take cover!!
*The other soldiers run for cover*
**Santos**: ............
*In the commotion, Santos rushes towards the entrance to city hall*
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: Hmph... In your dreams!!
*The captain manages to attack Santos's rear*
**Santos**: Ah... Dammit.
*Wounded, Santos continues farther inside city hall*
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: Team four, follow me and give chase!
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: Team five! Intercept him up ahead!
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: We can't let him get away!
**City Hall Defense Force**: Yes!
*A moment later.*
*The "soldier" that was "shot" earlier starts to stir*
**Fallen Defense Force soldier**: They all seem to have gone.
**Fallen' Defense Force soldier**: It's not easy to play dead
*The "soldier" gets up and heads further into city hall*
*On the way, the "solider" encounters one of the units trying to find Santos*
**Defense Force Unit-5**: Why are you coming from over there?
**Fallen' Defense Force soldier**: Sorry, I can't let you through.
*Arcana arrays appear under the unit*
**Defense Force Unit-5**: Urgh... I can't move.
**Defense Force Unit-5**: The enemy is disguised as us. We have to tell the captain!
**Fallen' Defense Force soldier**: There is an arcana signal blocker nearby. Don't waste your energy.
*The "soldier" continues on*
*Meanwhile.*
*The captain and Unit-4 continue to search for Santos*
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: He ran into a dead end.
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: Contact team five and let them gather here.
**Soldier of Defense Force Unit-4**: ............
**Soldier of Defense Force Unit-4**: No, I can't reach the soldiers of team five!
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: What?
*A soldier runs to the captain*
**Soldier of Defense Force 'Unit-5'**: Captain!
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: Are you... A soldier from team five?
**Soldier of Defense Force 'Unit-5'**: Yes, captain
**Soldier of Defense Force 'Unit-5'**: We fell into the enemy's arcana trap, and the communication signal has been blocked.
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: Dammit... Now we are short-handed.
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: You join us!
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: That man has run into a dead end. Let's catch him first!
**Soldier of Defense Force 'Unit-5'**: Yes!!
*The captain and his unit manage to find and corner Santos and Graci*
**Santos**: Huh...
**Graci**: (Wary growl...)
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: There is no suitable position for snipers around here.
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: You're dumb enough to run here yourself.
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: Come on! Kill him!
**Soldier of Defense Force 'Unit-5'**: Wait a minute!
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: What did you say?
**Soldier of Defense Force 'Unit-5'**: Santos! Now!
**Santos**: Player! Get down!
*A blinding flash goes off at the same time as multiple gunshots*
**City Hall Defense Force Captain**: Urgh... Dammit... My body
**Soldier of Defense Force 'Unit-5'**: This bullet is not fatal. It will last a few hours.
**Soldier of Defense Force 'Unit-5'**: Please lie down for a while.
*Player takes off his soldier disguise*
**Santos**: Don't lower your guard. The real battle has just begun.
**Player**: Yeah.
**Santos**: Let's go!
*A moment later, Eversun City Hall.*
*Top floor.*
*General Pablo waits in his office, his back turned towards the door*
**General Pablo**: ............
**General Pablo**: Finally.
*Without turning around, General Pablo senses he has guests*
*Santos, Graci and Player enter General Pablo's office*
**Santos**: ............
**General Pablo**: Here we are.
**Santos**: Turn around, Pablo!
*Santos takes out his gun, Forgiveness, and points it at General Pablo*
**Santos**: I want you to see your death with my own eyes!
**General Pablo**: ............
*General Pablo turns to face Santos*
**General Pablo**: (Smiles...)
**Graci**: Grrgrr
**Player**: ............
**Santos**: Pablo! Two months ago, Renom shipping company was robbed of their shipment.
**Santos**: Did you do it?
**General Pablo**: It's me.
**Santos**: Two weeks ago, at the BlackFlame bar, someone sent mercenaries to kill his own men.
**Santos**: Was that you?
**General Pablo**: It's me.
**Santos**: Ten years ago, the former governor of Eversun was driven away by slander and framing.
**Santos**: Was that... you?
**General Pablo**: That's me, too.
**Santos**: Since you pleaded guilty
**Santos**: I'll give you a quick death.
**General Pablo**: Give me a quick death?
**General Pablo**: Hah... That's it?
**Santos**: ......
**General Pablo**: Killing me... What does that change?
**Santos**: One less tumor in Luxium to oppress the people and corrupt society.
**General Pablo**: Really?
*Suddenly, there is a loud uproar downstairs.*
**???**: We're going to throw the killer into the sea to feed the sharks!
**Player**: Santos!
**Santos**: ............
**General Pablo**: You've finally realized?
**Santos**: (anger)
**General Pablo**: Yes, the one coming is your old friend...
**General Pablo**: Renom.
**General Pablo**: Don't you want to go and greet him?
**Player**: Renom?
**Player**: Pablo, stop talking nonsense!
**Santos**: Player......
**Santos**: Renom used us!
**Player**: What?!
**General Pablo**: Evil Punisher, Santos...
**General Pablo**: And, the possessor of the wheel of destiny, Player.
**General Pablo**: I'll give you a chance to cooperate with me!
**Player**: Don't be ridiculous!
**General Pablo**: This is your only chance to live!
**Player**: ............
**Santos**: (anger)
*Two Defense Force soldiers enter General Pablo's office*
**Eversun Defense Force**: Commander Pablo! The rioting sailors rushed into the city hall!
*The soldiers notice Santos's gun*
**Eversun Defense Force**: Hmm... Put the guns down!
**General Pablo**: These two are guests. You, stop the sailors!
**Eversun Defense Force**: That...
**Eversun Defense Force**: Yes, Sir!
*The soldiers leave*
**General Pablo**: We don't have much time to talk. My people won't last long.
**General Pablo**: After all, nearly half the population of Eversun are sailors or people with sailing experience.
**Player**: Nearly half.
**Player**: So... Renom's popularity among sailors...
**General Pablo**: Yes, half the population of Eversun supports Renom.
**General Pablo**: Renom's initial goal was to become the governor of Eversun.
**Player**: So, two and a half months ago, you were interfering with Renom's business.
**General Pablo**: It's very expensive to engage in politics.
**General Pablo**: Naturally, I will not give away Eversun to him.
**General Pablo**: First of all, I manipulated the votes in the primary stage to put him at the bottom of the ranking.
**General Pablo**: Then I hired the BlackFlame agent. After all, I am the leader of the Eversun Defense Force.
**General Pablo**: I can't do these dirty jobs myself.
**General Pablo**: Renom is not a fool. He knows I did it.
**General Pablo**: But he has no evidence, and there can be no evidence.
**General Pablo**: So...
**General Pablo**: (Smiles...)
**General Pablo**: Renom found you.
**Santos**: (anger)
**General Pablo**: Notorious in Luxium for his hatred of powerful capitalists.
**General Pablo**: The Evil Punisher.
**Player**: But Renom didn't tell us that you were the one behind it.
**Player**: It took us a long time to find you.
**Santos**: Renom needed us to buy him time.
**General Pablo**: Haha, that's right.
*General Pablo gets closer to Santos*
**Santos**: Don't move!
**General Pablo**: ............
**General Pablo**: You did a good job in this regard.
**General Pablo**: You removed the insider that I worked so hard to plant next to Renom.
**General Pablo**: Thanks to you, all his trade returned to normal.
**Player**: !!
**Player**: But his business only resumed two weeks ago.
**Player**: Is that enough to give Renom the money to incite a coup?
**General Pablo**: He already controls the strongest power in Eversun in his hands.
**General Pablo**: He only needs enough gold to propel this power once, and an opportunity.
**Player**: Opportunity.
**Player**: The murders disguised as a street brawl two days ago!
**Santos**: ............
**Player**: ............
**Player**: So... Why did you bring us here?
**Player**: Why deliberately tell us about the former governor in BlackFlame City?
**Player**: Without this clue, we couldn't have found you at all!
**General Pablo**: Not bad, you see my intention.
**General Pablo**: As I said, you are...
**General Pablo**: My guests.
**General Pablo**: Losing the insider next to Renom has made things tricky...
**General Pablo**: However, the self-righteous actions of my men in BlackFlame City gave me an opportunity.
**General Pablo**: I took advantage of the situation to give Mr. Santos a little...
**General Pablo**: Motivation.
**Santos**: Humph.
**Santos**: I can kill you right now!
**General Pablo**: Death doesn't solve anything, Mr. Santos.
**Santos**: ............
**General Pablo**: Kill me? And let Renom take charge of Eversun?
**General Pablo**: Renom started his own business from scratch. That's very good.
**General Pablo**: But you should know full well how he treats his employees from the inland.
**General Pablo**: You know what he did to incite rebellion.
**General Pablo**: Of course, you are the Evil Punisher. You can kill him again.
**General Pablo**: Then what about the next governor? Won't the next governor oppress the masses?
**Santos**: (anger)
**General Pablo**: Mr. Santos, the rich and powerful frequently manipulate and toy with ordinary people. You hate them, I understand that.
**General Pablo**: However, you should know that at the beginning of civilization, there were no 'powerful people.'
**General Pablo**: But the desire for power is still engraved in everyone's bones.
**General Pablo**: Everyone is eager for wealth and privilege, everyone wants to control and squeeze each other.
**General Pablo**: You too!
**General Pablo**: There is only one way to really eradicate the rich and powerful.
**General Pablo**: Kill everyone!!
**Santos**: ............
**General Pablo**: Or...
**General Pablo**: Work with me to kill Renom. His properties will belong to you.
**General Pablo**: In addition, I will give you a lot of money in the form of an investment firm!
**General Pablo**: You can continue your career.
*Sounds of fighting can be heard in the floors below*
**General Pablo**: Time is running out, Mr. Santos.
**Santos**: (anger)
**Player**: ............
**Player**: Aren't you afraid we're just stalling?
**General Pablo**: Hah! Yes? Join forces with Renom to kill me?
**General Pablo**: You know things that can really shake Renom's future.
**General Pablo**: Do you think he'll let you get out of here alive?
**Player**: Well, even if we cooperate with you, there are only three of us.
**Player**: What are you going to do with Renom's people?
**General Pablo**: I control more than just the Defense Force.
*Suddenly, you feel that familiar sense of tension.*
*Player looks around*
**Player**: Santos!
**Santos**: Yes, it's the mercenary of the BlackFlame agent.
**General Pablo**: Like I said...
**General Pablo**: Working with me is your only way out!
**Player**: Oh... We've gone this far already.
**Player**: Do we really have to work with Pablo?
**Santos**: (anger)
*The angry uproar is getting closer and closer.*
**Player**: !!
**Santos**: What you said... Makes sense.
**Santos**: Remove your ambush and I'll deal with Renom!
**General Pablo**: Hahahaha! (Makes a gesture behind him)
**General Pablo**: Well, let me see the fist of the Evil Punisher!
*The sense of oppression around me gradually disappears.*
*Renom enters the office followed by some enraged sailors of Eversun*
**Rised-up sailor**: Pablo, you coward, stand up!!
**Renom**: Defense Force Commander Pablo!
**Renom**: To cover up your crimes, you maliciously murdered innocent people.
**Renom**: You manipulate the Defense Force and classified the murders as a street brawl.
**Renom**: If you are a man, stand up and take the initiative to face the consequences!
**General Pablo**: Oh.
**General Pablo**: If I did it, I would naturally take responsibility.
**Renom**: Do you still want to deny it?
**General Pablo**: However, I am not the focus of today!
**General Pablo**: Let me introduce. This is Mr. Santos.
**General Pablo**: I'm sure you know each other.
**Renom**: ............
**Renom**: Mr. Santos, thank you for your help during this time.
**Renom**: General Pablo behind you is the mastermind behind everything!
**Renom**: Please get out of the way. I represent the will of the majority in Eversun.
**Renom**: He must pay for what he has done!!!
**Santos**: (anger)
**Santos**: Lohaladis, Miyol.
**Renom**: What?
**Santos**: You don't understand the meaning of this sentence at all, do you?
**Renom**: Oh yes, I remember, 'welcome to the office', right?
**Rised-up sailor**: Huh? Boss Renom, weren't you a sailor?
**Renom**: Well... Of course!
**Santos**: Miyol, mibrady!! (My friends, my brothers!)
**Player**: Storm pirate lingo!
*Santos starts to speak to the sailors that arrived with Renom*
**Santos**: (Storm pirate lingo)
**Santos**: (Storm pirate lingo)
**Rised-up sailor**: !!
**Santos**: (Storm pirate lingo)
**Santos**: (Storm pirate lingo)
**Santos**: (Storm pirate lingo)
**Rised-up sailor**: (Angry roar)
**Santos**: Ducino, haranoris!
**Rised-up sailor**: Ducino, haranoris!
*Two sailors take hold of Renom*
**Player**: !!
**General Pablo**: Hahaha! Interesting!
**Renom**: Santos, you... What did you do?
**Renom**: What witchcraft did you use?
**Santos**: The truth about you hiring murderer, and your actions...
**Santos**: I told everyone. All those who used to trust you.
**Renom**: What... nonsense? How do you understand that mumbling nonsense?
**Santos**: I was...
**Santos**: A captain.
**Rised-up sailor**: (Roar of excitement!)
**Santos**: The men of the sea are loyal and fearless.
**Santos**: We may be simple, but we are not stupid!
**Santos**: Your betrayal must be severely punished!!
**Renom**: Huh...
**Santos**: Stand still!
**Santos**: You run...
**Santos**: And they, all the people you betrayed will devour you alive!
**Renom**: (Swallowing in horror)
**General Pablo**: Haha haha! Well done, Mr. Santos! As agreed, I will...
**Santos**: Pablo
**Santos**: I don't remember any agreement with you.
**General Pablo**: !!
**General Pablo**: Killing... It's no use killing me! Cooperate with me, and I will give you immeasurable wealth!
**Santos**: Wealth...
**Santos**: Not interested.
**General Pablo**: Huh!!
**Santos**: Now we've made such a fuss...
**Santos**: There must be...
**Santos**: Punishment!
**Graci**: Woof!
**Sailors**: Punishment! Punishment! Punishment!
**General Pablo**: No... Get away from me!
**General Pablo**: Ahh, aahh, aarrgghh!!
**Santos**: Don't forget, there's one more!
**Renom**: Don't... Wait!
**Renom**: Ah ah arh arh argh argh aaarrgghhh!!!
*The next morning.*
*Scene - Graci Detective Agency*
*Santos is packing things into crates when Player finds him*
**Player**: Ahhem... (yawning...)
**Santos**: Good morning, Player.
**Player**: Good morning, Santos, Graci.
**Graci**: Woof!
**Player**: Huh? Are you packing?
**Santos**: Yup.
**Santos**: This incident signifies the beginning of the next stage of my detective career.
**Santos**: It's time to get out of here.
**Player**: Er... this incident...
**Player**: I didn't expect it to end like this.
**Santos**: (smiles)
*Santos looks at the time.*
**Santos**: By now, the people of Eversun should be able to see it.
**Player**: Yeah, the commander of the Eversun Defense Force and the boss of Renom shipping.
**Player**: Naked, hanging in front of the city hall bell tower.
**Player**: Their respective crimes written on their bodies in paint.
**Player**: But, Santos, you left the signature of the 'Evil Punisher' on them.
**Player**: Isn't it a little too high-profile?
**Santos**: Player, Pablo was not wrong about one thing.
**Santos**: Many people are eager for wealth and power. Eradicating the existing power-holders...
**Santos**: Will just allow ordinary people to become new powerholders.
**Santos**: Since powerful people can't be eradicated.
**Santos**: There needs to be a force to supervise the rich and powerful.
**Santos**: And the 'Evil Punisher' is this force!
**Santos**: It will become a symbol.
**Santos**: Just like what I wrote on Pablo and Renom.
**Player**: You... are next!
*Continue to Intimacy Level 10*

## Audio

*Note: Skins will use the audio from the basic skin unless indicated otherwise.*

### Santos's Basic Skin

* **Butler Interactions**
	+ Before Intimacy Level 7
		- **Head**: *Don't touch! This is limited edition!*
		    ENG     CN     JP
		- **Torso**: *This is a tie and "tie" is also a verb. You don't want to know how I use it.*
		    ENG     CN     JP
		- **Waist**: *Bad boys are to be punished.*
		    ENG     CN     JP
	+ After reaching Intimacy Level 7
		- **Head**: *Remove the glasses? Let's do it in your room...*
		    ENG     CN     JP
		- **Torso**: *I need an...assistant at the agency. What do you say?*
		    ENG     CN     JP
		- **Waist**: *See you tonight in the secret room at the agency...*
		    ENG     CN     JP
* **Skills**
	+ **Basic**: *Repent!*
	    ENG     CN     JP
	+ **Advanced**: *Die!*
	    ENG     CN     JP
	+ **Ultimate**: *Calm down, Graci. It's over. Hurgh!*
	    ENG     CN     JP
	+ **Graci**: *\*barks\**
	    DOG
* **Arrival**: *What's your problem? Tell me.*
    ENG     CN     JP
* **Display Voice 1**: *Repent, sinful soul.*
    ENG     CN     JP
* **Display Voice 2**: *Sit! Stand! Bite! Good!*
    ENG     CN     JP
* **Display Voice 3**: *Hurgh! No, Graci! This is not fetch!*
    ENG     CN     JP
* **Hit**: *Ugh!*
    ENG     CN     JP
* **Dying**: *Graci, run!*
    ENG     CN     JP

### Santos's Pajama Skin

* **Butler Interactions**
	+ Before Intimacy Level 7
		- **Head**: *If you subscribe for a whole year, only 10 months' fee will be charged.*
		    ENG File:ENG 301 audio emo cp santos pro 1 head 1.ogg    CN     JP File:JP 301 audio emo cp santos pro 1 head 1.ogg
		- **Torso**: *My milk is friendly to the people who are lactose intolerant.*
		    ENG File:ENG 301 audio emo cp santos pro 1 chest 1.ogg    CN     JP File:JP 301 audio emo cp santos pro 1 chest 1.ogg
		- **Waist**: *Business is bad today. I didn't make much money.*
		    ENG File:ENG 301 audio emo cp santos pro 1 belly 1.ogg    CN     JP File:JP 301 audio emo cp santos pro 1 belly 1.ogg
	+ After reaching Intimacy Level 7
		- **Head**: *A cup of milk a day makes you as strong as a bull!*
		    ENG File:ENG 301 audio emo cp santos pro 2 head 1.ogg    CN     JP File:JP 301 audio emo cp santos pro 2 head 1.ogg
		- **Torso**: *Don't catch it. There's no milk here!*
		    ENG File:ENG 301 audio emo cp santos pro 2 chest 1.ogg    CN     JP File:JP 301 audio emo cp santos pro 2 chest 1.ogg
		- **Waist**: *The fresh milk today is ready!*
		    ENG File:ENG 301 audio emo cp santos pro 2 belly 1.ogg    CN     JP File:JP 301 audio emo cp santos pro 2 belly 1.ogg
* **Skills**
	+ **Basic**:
	    ENG File:ENG 301 cp santos pro skill 1 audio RS.ogg    CN     JP File:JP 301 cp santos pro skill 1 audio RS.ogg
	+ **Advanced**:
	    ENG File:ENG 301 cp santos pro skill 2 audio RS.ogg    CN     JP File:JP 301 cp santos pro skill 2 audio RS.ogg
	+ **Ultimate**:
	    ENG File:ENG 301 cp santos pro skill 3 audio RS.ogg    CN     JP File:JP 301 cp santos pro skill 3 audio RS.ogg
* **Arrival**:
    ENG File:ENG 301 cp santos pro appear audio RS.ogg    CN     JP File:JP 301 cp santos pro appear audio RS.ogg
* **Display Voice 1**:
    ENG File:ENG 301 cp santos pro interact 1 audio RS.ogg    CN     JP File:JP 301 cp santos pro interact 1 audio RS.ogg
* **Display Voice 2**:
    ENG File:ENG 301 cp santos pro interact 2 audio RS.ogg    CN     JP File:JP 301 cp santos pro interact 2 audio RS.ogg
* **Display Voice 3**:
    ENG File:ENG 301 cp santos pro interact 3 audio RS.ogg    CN     JP File:JP 301 cp santos pro interact 3 audio RS.ogg
* **Dying**:
    ENG File:ENG 301 cp santos pro die audio RS.ogg    CN     JP File:JP 301 cp santos pro die audio RS.ogg