Northern Mountains Bus Station
0000895: "Master, to make this mission easier to complete, the required items will be specially provided this time. We will gift you a fully modified mini14 with a 7x scope, two twenty-round magazines, and 200 rounds of 5.56x45mm M995 ammunition. All remaining items will be yours to keep once the mission is successfully completed."
Ariel: "Pfft— What? 200 rounds of M995? Isn't that a bit too extravagant?"
0000895: "The prize amount has been increased this time."
Ariel: "Well, that explains it."
Ariel: "Muse, come here for a second."
Muse: "Sister, what's wrong?"
Ariel: "Beishan is known as a sniper's paradise, and we need to spend a long time here this trip, so I need to train your marksmanship. Listen up: you are going to take this mini14 and eliminate ten Scavs in Beishan, and they have to be wearing military uniforms."
Muse froze when she heard this.
Muse: "Sister, this..."
Ariel: "Muse, I can't stay by your side forever. If I die, you'll have to rely on yourself. Of course I want to stay and accompany you forever, but I want even more for you to grow into someone who can stand on her own two feet."
Muse: "Sister Ariel, I... I understand."
Muse took the sniper rifle and followed Jessica and the others to the Observation Deck.
Lyle: "Next time you can just say it directly instead of beating around the bush."
Ariel: "I suggest you keep your opinions to yourself."
Lyle: "Enough small talk for now. Let's head to the Communication Station and wipe away Randall's humiliation."
Ariel: "Let's go, and watch your step—if you die, your sister is going to hate me to death."
Lyle: "Oh, get lost."
Lyle cursed with a smile, then headed to the Communication Station together with Ariel.
Inside the Communication Station, the Black Gold Operatives trapped in the center currently had only one hope left: that Keira hadn't stood them up.
"Listen, is that gunfire outside?"
"Really, I heard it too."
"Get ready for combat. Those Task Force guys are probably back to strip the place clean again."
Outside the Communication Station, Ariel and Lyle quickly cleared out the external Scavs, the majority of whom belonged to Fred's crew.
Ariel: "Wait, there are still people inside. Take cover behind the barricade."
Inside the Communication Station:
"Boss, your eyesight is good, take a look out there and tell me if those people are friend or foe."
A semi-modified M4-wielding Black Gold Operative looked out the window.
At that moment, Keira's voice came through the Black Gold Operatives' earpieces.
Keira: "Peregrine Squad has arrived in Beishan to assist your extraction. I'll patch you through to the Peregrine captain. Whether you make it back alive is up to you now."
Less than a moment after Keira hung up the communication, an unfamiliar female voice came through the earpieces.
"This is Ariel, captain of Peregrine Squad. We've arrived outside the Communication Station. Can you tell us your current position?"
To the Black Gold Operatives trapped inside the Communication Station right then, Ariel's words sounded like music to their ears.
"We are operatives from Black Gold International. My name is Gonzalez, and we're right inside the Communication Station. Where should we exit from?"
Ariel: "Before coming here, Keira and I agreed to rendezvous and extract you below the Observation Deck. My team members are waiting at the Observation Deck, but you'll have to wait a little longer—I need to go inside to execute a mission."
"No problem."