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Storyline Snippets

The Patriarch (族长 ▪︎ zu zhang)

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Scene Parallels

Crossover: The Kingdom (더킹덤) × Dreamcatcher (드림캐쳐) × Rebirth (冰湖重生)

Storyline Context:

승천 Ascension (The Kingdom, 더킹덤)

A king that intends to rise from his kingdom's fall.

단심가 Promise (The Kingdom, 더킹덤)

A continuation to "Ascension", tells a tragic love story of the king.

BEcause (Dreamcatcher, 드림캐쳐)

A portrayal of one's obsession on "love".

Rebirth (冰湖重生)

Revolves around a fallen prince's (Yan Xun, played by Zhang Kang Le) redemption attempt and a princess (Zhao Chun Er, played by Xia Meng) who loses her love.

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Storyline Parallels

KARMA (The KINGDOM, 더킹덤) × Adventure Behind the Bronze Door (Tibetan Sea Flower, 藏海花)

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Philosophical Wisdom

Zhang Hai Xing (Adventure Behind the Bronze Door)

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Storyline Snippets

Ma'an Village (马庵村 ▪︎ ma an cun)

Zhang Family Castle (张家堡 ▪︎ zhang jia bao)

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Portrayed Pettiness

Zhang Qi Ling (Adventure Behind the Bronze Door)

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Philosophical Wisdom

Jila Temple (Adventure Behind the Bronze Door)

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Portrayed Pettiness

Wu Xie (Adventure Behind the Bronze Door)

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Resemblance between Nightfall and Hemlock's features and actions as based on Mission 117.

Continued from Mission 115's take.

Weapon Metaphor

"Lost thorns" and "chipped blade".

Enraged Mode

Going all-out.

Planning Proposal

A suggestion to the superior.

Pinpointed Side

"There it is" and "there she is".

Defeated Aim

Fallen from temporary grace.

Replicated Angle

Focused ground.

Note: A continuation to the shared traits that may suggest a sibling or relatives' relation between Hemlock and Nightfall.

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Photography Parallels

Modern day AU on Rebirth's (冰湖重生) Yan Xun (portrayed by Zhang Kang Le) and Zhao Chun Er (portrayed by Xia Meng).

Reference point

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Portrayed Pettiness

Pang Zi (Adventure Behind the Bronze Door)

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Noted Significance

Crossover: Adventure Behind the Bronze Door (藏海花) × Riverside Code at Qingming Festival (清明上河图密码)

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Philosophical Wisdom

Jila Temple (Adventure Behind the Bronze Door)

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Similar context caught across Hemlock and Nightfall's remarks.

Mission 116: Hemlock

• "ずいぶんと腑抜けたツラをするようになったな<いばら姫>..."

(Zuibun to funuketa tsura wo suru youni natta na <ibara hime>...)

ずいぶん (随分, zuibun) - quite

腑抜け (ふぬけ, funuke) - weak-willed

ツラ (面, tsura) - face, surface

Your face (expression) started to become very weak (weak-willed), Thorn Princess...

• "家族ごっこがすっかり板についたようだ"

(Kazoku gokko ga sutsukari ita nitsuita youda)

家族 (かぞく, kazoku) - family

家族ごっこ (kazoku gokko) - playing family / playing house

It seems like (you're) completely accustomed to playing family (house).

Mission 30: Nightfall

• "今の先輩はおままごとでふぬけています"

(Ima no senpai ha omamagoto de funuketeimasu)

先輩 (せんぱい, senpai) - senior

おままごと (omamagoto) - playing house

ふぬけ (funuke) - weak-willed

Senpai is now weak (weak-willed) due to playing house.

Note: From the recurring usage of "腑抜け" (ふぬけ, funuke) had the context reflected in Nightfall's sentence came to a clearer view as compared to the previous assumption. While some words were used in different variations, the conversational theme involved in these remarks were similar.

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"Evil destroys even itself" (Aristotle)

The sequence of events involving the burning of Zhang Nian's laboratory.

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Resemblance between Nightfall and Hemlock's features and actions as based on Mission 115.

Aesthetic details

Straight and white hair, sharp eye shape, and stoic expression.

Offensive reaction

Natural reflex in knife-throwing.

Directed scepticism

Scrutinisation towards Yor.

Calculated considerations:

May mirror Yuri having a sibling associated to Garden.

Recent chapters' central focus on the Briar siblings, and Nightfall.

Note: Alongside the stated considerations is the possibility where Hemlock and Nightfall's case being siblings or relatives separated by the Westalis-Ostania conflict somewhere in the timeline.

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Drama Stills

Rebirth (冰湖重生): Wrap-Up Special