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The Basilica's stained-glass windows explode into glittering shards under the relentless gunfire, dust and smoke swirling in the fractured light that cuts through the haze. Atsuko hangs limp from the altar, her lavender braids caked with dirt and dried blood, while Beatrice's twisted silhouette looms above her. Around them, the Arius Squad is scattered and bleeding—Saori clutching her ribs, Misaki's rocket launcher steaming, Hiyori's hands trembling on her sniper rifle. Then, a haunting hymn rises through the chaos: Kyrie Eleison. Beatrice freezes, her many eyes snapping wide. 'Mercy has no place in my sanctuary!' she screams. From the shadowed archway, a single shot cracks the air—a sniper round grazes her cheek and blasts a hole through the stone wall behind her. you steps into the…