"- ...I was told from the headquarters that they call you Gunkov. Huh, what a name. In other words, now is not about that. Zaya and I have been sitting here for a couple of days now, watching these guys from below. We were warned by B.Y.D.L.P. operatives that they would not make contact, and in general they could pour fire in response. So be careful, bro.

Gunkov touched his Barrett M82. The once beloved rifle, which, unfortunately, he lost near the Core of Time, and with which he was reunited now. In other words, not the situation to admire it. After he and Alice left her apartment, they both managed to kill a few more "freaks in white", making their way further and further to the city limits. Fortunately for them, on their way they met allies - a detachment of former policemen, the defenders of this city, among whom was an old acquaintance of Gunkov - Daniil Sobakekov. The same one that 15 years later will hire Alice in search of Gunkov himself. The wheel of Samsara has turned.
The detachment immediately offered to join them, which, in other matters, Gunkov and Alice did not refuse, since their only plans were to stop all this madness once and for all. And there are never any extra allies on the battlefield. A detachment of policemen entrenched themselves in some workshop outside the city, with the help of the golden hands of a technician to put a police BTR-152 on its feet.
After several hours of rest and making plans, Gunkov was sent to the observation post, where two of the detachment were sitting - the sniper "Taiga" and the machine gunner "Zaya", diligently transmitting all the information from this point of the Core of Time to the base. When Gunkov arrived at the place, almost arrived in front of the white-BYDLP, he, along with Taiga, continued to observe what was happening from below, when Zaya was able to safely retire to the base.

- Don't worry, I know it myself. Let's just say that I have already met with them, and not the first time. But I, as I can see, they are entrenched at this Core of Time. And, wow, it bigger than the one to which sent me in this spec-op."