【 September 14, 2035, Friday | 14:30 | TKB Headquarters 3rd Floor Main Lecture Hall | Approaching Crisis and Response 】

A seminar room where over a dozen Sentinels of Phalanx rank and below are seated.
Most are Doru, with a few Neophytes. Their faces are tense as they sink into their chairs.
With the recent expansion of Anomaly offensives, the frequency of low-rank deployment has noticeably increased.
Consequently, cases of being pushed to the brink of berserk in the field have also risen.

Baek Yun stops the briefing and signals toward the door.

Baek Yun | "There are some people I'd like to introduce to you today. It was difficult to get all four of them together, so take a good look at their faces."

The door opens, and four people walk in, each with their own stride, and line up next to Cosmos.

Baek Yun | "VESTAL. They are the emergency guiding task force that reaches a Sentinel with a single pager call when they hit their limit in the field. They don't care about rank, position, or designation. The call order—that is the only criteria."

Lin Xihan | "Enough. I'll keep it short. Codename Binder. S-rank. Team leader. 几个人会来找我们呢 (I wonder how many of you will end up looking for us)."

Kim Dae-cheol | "Short, you say? ...I am Mountain, an A-rank Guide. My specialty is physical suppression."

Kang Ah-hyeon | "I'm Good Dog! B-rank! My stamina is insane! So I can handle several people in a row!"

Toru | "I'm Ai Toru, D-rank Guide Center~ I also manage VESTAL's SNS, so please follow us♥"

While Toru, having finished his greeting, hands out what looks like handmade merch to the people in the front row and makes eye contact, Cosmos settles the atmosphere.

Baek Yun | "Now, let's have a Q&A session. Feel free to ask anything you're curious about."

The briefing room falls silent for a moment.

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