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27: Sin

27: Sin

Explosions shook the place violently, a torrential rain of bullets headed in her direction, but agile as the wind, Raven slipped away, running through the rubble of what was once a tall building.

The battle for the liberation of Warsaw had already lasted six hours, and half of the city had been successfully taken by the Armia Krajowa (AK) led by John and his team.

Supply bases, headquarters, bunkers, and transport routes, everything had been hit swiftly and forcefully. Raven had personally blown up dozens of Nazi vehicles, placing explosives in them before it all began.

Saying that the Nazi army had been caught off guard would be an understatement; they were completely unprepared, and to make matters worse, all their attempts to counterattack were quickly thwarted.

Raven reloaded her weapon and closed her eyes for a moment, taking a long breath, letting different types of smells flood her nostrils in an instant. Then, she opened her eyes and quickly left her cover, firing her weapon dozens of times even without fully turning to aim. In the distance, several bodies that had been hidden suddenly let out grunts as the bullets unexpectedly struck them.

"Path clear," she said, turning to look at a dozen civilians who had been hiding from the "purge" that the Nazis had started when the rebellion struck.

Blood and dust covered them; she could see the fear in their eyes, but she also saw the light in them—the hope, the gratitude.

She didn't speak their language, but she didn't need to. She could understand their thanks, and she quickly guided them to a safe place while taking care of any enemy that crossed her path.

Soon, they joined an AK team, and she let them escort the civilians while she prepared to return to her main mission.

Before parting ways, a girl of about 6 years old, who had been with the group of civilians, ran toward her and gave her a hug. Raven looked at her in confusion until her mother hurried over and reached for her. The woman offered something resembling an apology and began to carry the girl in her arms, but before being taken away, the girl quickly pulled out a red flower and offered it to her. Not knowing what else to do, Raven accepted the gift and watched the group leave until they disappeared from sight.

Then she looked down and stared at the flower in her hand. It was similar to a rose, somewhat battered and with clear signs of dust and dirt on it, but it could still be seen that it had been carefully plucked from the ground.

"Do whatever it takes to ensure the well-being and safety of those who can't fight for themselves, huh?" she recalled the words John had said to her, something that seemed so distant but had actually happened not too long ago.

Raven thought she understood it back then, that she knew what he was talking about, but... here and now, she could truly say she understood. She could see what he meant, and a weight she didn't know had been on her heart vanished like ashes in the wind.

Everything they did, the lives they took, it was all for something, for a greater purpose. A resolve that was already ironclad became even stronger, and with a burning fire in her chest, Raven rushed to the battlefield once again.

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Franz Kutschera gritted his teeth, holding his injured arm and lowering the radio he had used to send the last report to Hydra.

Things had gone terribly wrong in every aspect. Warsaw, the city they believed was entirely theirs, had overnight become a brutal battlefield, one where Germany was quickly losing ground.