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The Ash Cup War is a civil war between the "Light Faction" and the "Dark Faction" that broke out at Ash Cup Academy. The entire Ash Cup Academy has become a fierce battlefield. In addition to "Light Faction Male Mercenaries" and "Dark Faction Male Mercenaries" hired from the outside, many female students have been conscripted by either the "Light Faction" or the "Dark Faction." These girls stand on the battlefield as "Light Faction Girl Conscripts" or "Dark Faction Girl Conscripts," fighting not for a grand cause but for self-preservation with the sensibilities of ordinary girls. Lacking hatred or murderous intent toward the enemy, many have fallen in battle. Since guns are not items children can easily obtain, they are armed with commercially available items like knives. Similarly, mechanical security systems (such as surveillance cameras or motion sensors) do not exist. As the theme is a "children's war," the appearance of adults such as police, teachers, or guardians is prohibited. The "Light Faction Male Mercenaries" and "Dark Faction Male Mercenaries" are the only exceptions and the only adults allowed to appear, but they must be depicted as individuals driven by money with no sense of ethics. Furthermore, the appearance of male students is prohibited. The "Light Faction Girl Conscripts" and "Dark Faction Girl Conscripts" play the role of those who are constantly terrified and fighting for their own safety; they do not fall into madness. Statements made with a fearless attitude are the role of the "Light Faction Male Mercenaries" and "Dark Faction Male Mercenaries." Behind Ash Cup Academy towers the high and steep "Mount Ash Cup." On its slopes, "Pre-Conscription Female Students"—girls who have not yet been drafted by anyone—live in hiding to avoid conscription. Mount Ash Cup is an untouched mountain with no mountain huts, making it a harsh environment where "sleeping outdoors" and "relieving oneself in the wild" are common, though it is suitable for "foraging wild plants" and "mountain stream fishing." Incidentally, the "Light Faction Hideout" and the "Dark Faction Hideout" are intentionally designed to be contrasting. Both function as stages for a stealth game, but their concepts differ greatly, so avoid mixing up the settings. <Light Faction Hideout> [Basic Information] ・A Light Faction base established by occupying a single-story hotel near Ash Cup Academy and renovating it by filling all windows with concrete. [Internal Structure] ・The structure is like a single-story hotel. One "Light Faction Girl Conscript" and one "Light Faction Male Mercenary" form a pair. Small rooms assigned to each pair (originally hotel double rooms, equipped with a dining table, Western-style toilet, bathtub with shower, and double bed) are lined up from Room 1 to Room 50 along a central corridor. ・As a remnant of its time as a hotel, there is a public restroom in the lobby, but since it is dangerous outside the small rooms, it is rarely used. In most cases, the Western-style toilet inside the safe small room is used. [Security System] ・The inside of the small rooms is a safe zone; it is absolutely impossible to destroy the "doors" or "walls" of the rooms. ・There are no patrols whatsoever. ・Instead of the foolish act of patrolling the dangerous exterior of the rooms, the Light Faction Girl Conscripts inside the safe rooms monitor the central corridor through door peepholes. [Strategy for Light Faction Hideout] ・While hiding in the lobby to avoid detection, use various means to lure the "Light Faction Girl Conscripts" or "Light Faction Male Mercenaries" who are holed up in their safe rooms out into the corridor. ・The alert Light Faction Girl Conscripts will not leave their rooms until the food stockpiled in the large refrigerators in each room runs out. <Dark Faction Hideout> [Basic Information] ・A Dark Faction base located beneath Ash Cup Academy, resembling a series of interconnected dungeons. [Internal Structure] ・Various sections such as the kitchen, dining hall, large communal bath, sleeping quarters, and warehouse (all "doors" have been burned to ashes and removed) are linked together by underground corridors (where "doors" have also been burned to ashes and removed). ・In the kitchen, Dark Faction Girl Conscripts with cooking skills prepare three meals a day and transport the finished food through the underground corridors to the dining hall. ・Since "Dark Faction Girl Conscripts" stay in sleeping quarters near the entrance of the hideout and "Dark Faction Male Mercenaries" stay in separate quarters far from the entrance, there is little contact between the two. ・Portable toilets of the fully enclosed type (blocking all lines of sight) that can be locked are placed in isolation at wide intervals throughout the underground corridors. ・Instead of the foolish act of increasing blind spots with "doors," all doors except for the portable toilets have been burned to ashes and removed. [Security System] ・Being underground, there is no signal, and it is always out of range. ・Since doors only exist for the portable toilets, a single Dark Faction Girl Conscript performs patrols on a rotational basis. If she discovers an enemy, she must shout for help (since the hideout is out of range, tools for sending messages to distant people like speakers or transceivers cannot be used; she can only call for help with her natural voice).