"The camera has been watching." "The countless acts of human folly and brutality on countless battlefields..." "The camera has been watching." "The everyday activities of humanity." "Their little joys." "Their secret hopes." "and recorded it." "It has recorded these numerous fragments of time." "we catch a glimpse of the unvarnished truth." "it becomes the past." "But those voices from the past..." "Those moments frozen in time..." "Those individual photographs have been known to change the course of history." "They have also been known to determine the course of a single person's life." "a photograph that was taken here is about to change the world." "322)}Holy Land" "270)}Flag 290)}Flag" "314)}Flag 345)}Flag" "365)}Flag" "It has without a doubt become the most famous photograph in the world." "most people didn't give a second thought... far-off country." "that photo made its presence felt even in those jaded minds." 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"Hey!" "You look less like a slob now." "You used to wear ratty jeans all the time." "now." "Don't dress all flashy just 'cause you're kinda famous." "Sempai?" " The day before yesterday." " You've been in town that long?" "I first met Saeko Shirasu about five years ago." "It was at a little personal exhibition." "405)}Keiichi Akagi\h \h \h \h \h staring at one of the pictures." "That girl was Shirasu. ...and was doing things like working as a camera assistant." "She was having doubts about the pictures that she was taking." "she even started turning up at my office every once in a while." "Ever hear of Uddiyana?" "a civil war is still going on there..." "Right." "An opening's come up in our Uddiyana news staff." "you interested?" "Sempai?" "Sure!" "Count me in!" "This ticket would change Shirasu's life forever." "Uddiyana's capital." "322)\cHFEFEFE}Holy Land ...finally managed to liberate Subasci that day with the help of the populace." "And that's how the flag came to be." "I hear you got another invitation from the UN." " What did you tell them?" " I'll think about it." "What's that?" "I bought it over there." "Isn't it cute?" "May I take your order?" "please. as if I was being chased out of town." "When this photo of the people of Subasci and the UNF working together... ...it was believed by many that this event would spur on a call for a cease fire." "But this civil war didn't prove to be that simple." "every corner of the country was now engulfed by smoke and explosions." "The creation of a roadmap that will lead to a cease-fire is already in its final stages." "there will be a basic consensus will be reached between the local armed insurgent groups and the UN. the major insurgent groups have expressed their agreement." "They are using this flag as a symbol of peace." "Has a timetable to reach a cease-fire already been worked out?" "the plan is to hold the formal signing to coincide with... the birth of the reincarnated Buddha." "That is all for today." "you mean the reincarnation ceremony?" "Do the agreeing parties include the faction that backs Nyucient Ru Pou XXIII? ...so I will answer any questions tomorrow. ...knowing all the while that the REAL stage was somewhere else." "Shirasu!" "What're you doing here?" "You decided to come after all?" "too." "I have the honor of addressing the personal photographer to the UN herself..." "What's with the attitude?" "have they told you why they asked you here?" "Maybe I really should give this to you..." "Top-secret UN files." "Here." "It's the scoop of a lifetime." "But don't release them." "Not unless something happens to me." "Promise me." "That's all that I can tell you." "What's gotten into you?" "it was obvious that Shirasu was still uncertain." "that might have been my last chance to stop her." "no two ways about it. ...a bipedal ambulatory carrier." "I was given a briefing by the UN press officer." "please be aware that the peace negotiations are on the brink of collapse." "People had their hopes set too high from the very beginning." "They thought we could simply use the picture you took to drag the insurgent groups to the negotiation table. ...it will be a serious blow to the prestige of the UN." "one terrorist act after another is still being committed across the country by the remaining insurgent groups." "It's safe to say that peace is a long way off yet." "our roadmap to peace has entered its second phase." "A new plan of operations to deal with the armed insurgents has been officially established." "SDC." "The Special Development Command has been formed to carry it out." "we would like to assign you to this unit as an embedded journalist." "why are you asking ME?" "the one in the photograph you took." "Oh." "I'd like you to have a look at this." "It's the file on SDC." "High Agility Versatile Weapon Carrier." "HAVWC for short." "I'll make up my own mind." "I'll make up my own mind." "I'll make up my own mind." "I'll make up my own mind." "I'll make up my own mind." "Get me a damage report!" "I want this area evacuated!" "circle around our left flank!" "set up a perimeter around the building that the missile was fired from!" "all right." "either." "Shirasu made up her mind." "I'll never be able to find out who I am as a photographer." "That's probably what was going through her head." "Shirasu vanished from Uddiyana." "It wasn't until later that I found out where she had gone." "The place Shirasu had gone to was a training base that the UN had built up in the mountainous region to the north." "The flag that you shot... ...it's become a symbol of those who wish for peace." "What was once nothing more than a scrap of cloth has now become a link that binds people's hearts together." "We're coming in to land." "Please make sure your seatbelt is fastened." "The flag was being kept under tight security at the Kufura House to be used at the signing of the peace accord." "However..." "Then the flag was stolen." "The precious flag that was a symbol for peace was stolen by an insurgent group that didn't want peace right before the peace negotiations. ...this country will forever lose its chance to regain peace." "What we can do here is to continue to keep our eyes on this country." "Knowing that someone out there is watching gives people the strength to go on." "It was you who taught us that." "you were the one who gave that flag its significance." "Their mission was to recover the flag." "The reason that Shirasu was called in was to have her document the operation from start to finish." "They were going to use the photographer who had created a fantasy for peace to put the finishing touches on a new legend." "the photographer." "SDC Commander." "It's good to have you here." "Let me introduce my team." "but is mostly in charge of flying our scout choppers." "2nd Lt. Nadi Olowokandi." "It is good to meet you." "a pilot who can handle our transport or choppers equally well." "Hi!" "Nice to meet you." "our operator in charge of information systems." "Hello." "a backup pilot who is also charge of intelligence support missions." "I look forward to working with you." "technical officer of our repair facility." "Hey." "a fellow Japanese native." "who pilots a HAVWC like I do." "Nice to meet you." "These are all the SDC members stationed here at... you forgot one." "Over there." "this was the first time that she saw the robot weapon in person." "It's smaller than I thought." "just one is enough." "0)}I want to see a beautiful light. 0)}..." "I don't need anything else." "0)}"Please don't let me be swallowed up by sadness." "0)}"Please let me have some purpose in my stride. 0)}...wish for a light to erase the shadows that have come upon us." "I'm pierced by the pain... 0)}...of losing a little bit of myself. 0)}...and I'm able to wait for the stars once again." "238)\cHFEFEFE\3cH080E03}Presented by Gray_Phantom{\fs24\fnBellGothic BT\b1} #Gray_Phantom @ rizon 238)\cHFEFEFE}Presented by Gray_Phantom{\fs24\b1\fnBellGothic BT} #Gray_Phantom @ rizon" "81)\fnBellGothic Blk BT\b0\3cH254010}Next Time 0 0 2 Portrait\h 81)\fnBellGothic Blk BT\b0}Next Time 0 0 2 Portrait\h" "Shirasu was conflicted." "She was terrified when she saw the face of the enemy that they would soon have to face." "Shirasu fired off one picture." "It was a picture of Shirasu herself."