![Blood-Soaked Chainsaw.jpg](/images/8/88/Blood-Soaked_Chainsaw.jpg) |
A woman stood amidst a hellscape. |
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"-It's been a long time, Lady Fran." |
The woman has a beautiful smile on her face, as if she were the Holy Mother. But in her hand was a bloody chainsaw, and around her are crucified members of the Special Steel Squad, unknown if they're dead or alive. |
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"Do you remember me?" |
Frankfurt |
"Guernica..." |
Frankfurt, a member of the Special Steel Squad, responded in a trembling voice. This is her hometown and the woman called Guernica seems to be her acquaintance. |
Guernica |
"Well, Lady Fran surely wouldn't♪ I doubt you would♪" |
Guernica |
"You're a sorry little brat♪ A stupid little brat with no memories♪ A half-witted small fry♪ A cheeky brat♪" |
Frankfurt |
"Why did you――" |
Ignoring her sweet-laced insults, Frankfurt looked up at Guernica as she slumped to the ground. Wincing helplessly like a baby that has just been taken out of a cradle. |
Frankfurt |
"Why did you do this, Guernica? Why, are you...?" |
Guernica |
"――How nostalgic." |
Guernica interrupted Frankfurt's question, and continued to talk, looking around her gently. |
Guernica |
"Nothing has changed here, it seems. The landscape. I mean, the nature, the buildings, the people." |
Guernica |
"Everything is stiff, dry, and cold." |
Frankfurt |
"............" |
Guernica |
"On the frontiers of Eisengrad, there is a city that is like a ”nación rebelde„ that even the central government is too afraid to touch. This is it. Lady Fran's home." |
Frankfurt |
"Even you too――" |
Guernica |
"My home is destroyed." |
Guernica |
"You, have destroyed it." |
Frankfurt |
"............" |
Guernica |
"He made his fortune in the building and gambling business and even set up a private army because he was tired of his money――" |
Guernica |
"The ruler of this city, who has acquired his vast wealth and power through violence and intimidation, is known as the 'Dictator' and is enjoying the springtime of his life." |
Guernica |
"You are his daughter. The daughter of the abominable Dictator." |
Guernica |
"The only daughter whom the Dictator, who only destroys everything, loves." |
Guernica |
"You, you have been given everything you wanted. Luxurious food, clothes, toys, and works of art that fetch astronomical prices." |
Guernica |
"And of course, people. That is, family and friends. At least anything that resembles them has been given to you." |
Frankfurt |
"You, too." |
Guernica |
"Yes. One day you sought out friends and family out of childish loneliness. You wanted someone to have a friendly chat with, you wanted to sleep in each other's arms at night――" |
Guernica |
"My homeland was destroyed by oh, such sweet desires of yours." |
Frankfurt |
"............" |
Guernica |
"Because the Dictator invaded the surrounding villages and hunted humans in order to ”cosechar„ those who were worthy of being friends with his pretty daughter." |
Guernica |
"I am the cream of the crop so harvested." |
Frankfurt |
"Do you have a grudge against Fran?" |
Frankfurt |
"Of course. Fran did indeed took everything from you..." |
Guernica |
"......Ah, the good old days♪" |
Guernica walked around Frankfurt with a dancing gait. Like a hunter inspecting her pray snared in a trap. |
Guernica |
"This place is a jewel box." |
Guernica |
"Countless, opulent skyscrapers line the streets. Each of them inside are the finest furnishings and a number of wonderful works of art that are too good to be mere decorations." |
Guernica |
"In the middle of all those glorious things, there you were." |
Guernica |
"In the middle of a jewel box, a brilliant, peachy, gem." |
Guernica |
"Hey Lady Fran, could we have been friends?" |
Guernica |
"Have we become a family?" |
Guernica |
"Did I perform my functions properly?" |
Frankfurt |
"Of course, you are Fran's――" |
Guernica |
"I would be very happy if I had. I am very, very honoured." |
Guernica |
"However. I must have been a disappointment." |
Guernica |
"I listened to everything you said. I thought about you all day long and gave you what you wanted." |
Guernica |
"I made you three meals and snacks, dressed you in your daily clothes, bathed you and washed you from top to bottom." |
Guernica |
"On lonely nights, I held you as you wished. When you were sad and you shed a tear, I gently wiped it away." |
Guernica |
"I got rid of the things you threw away 'because you didn't need them' so that they would never come into your sight again." |
Zreeeeeeeen, Guernica's chainsaw in her hand roared angrily. |
Guernica |
"I was the last one to be disposed of, me." |
Guernica |
"Because I have become something you don't need anymore." |
Frankfurt |
"No, that's wrong Guernica." |
Frankfurt |
"You are Fran's, the only one in the world, the precious, most precious――" |
Guernica |
"Let me answer your first question." |
Guernica smiled, her weapon in her hand snarling. Her kindly, twisted lips approached close to Frankfurt's tear-streaked, crying face―― |
Guernica |
"Why, why did I do this, you asked?" |
Guernica |
"――But of course, it's because I reaaaaaaally hate you♪" |