Summary In Subasci, Shirasu records herself talking to two girls before the video cuts off abruptly. Earlier, news agencies report on the successful signing of the peace accords during the Kufura Jayanti festival. Akagi gets video of journalists celebrating at the bar. It takes Akagi a week after the flag recovery to finally meet up with Shirasu, and he meets with her at an outdoor cafe. Five days after the flag recovery, Shirasu was told by the UN that she’d no longer be embedding with the SDC. An official gave her a bag with all her belongings from the base […]
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