NIKKE, after maxing out the favorability, all the Nikkis are not right

That's how it went, after about three days of rest.

Green has returned to the base from the Ark, and brought the support sent by Missilis with him.

"Although this isn't our first meeting, I'd still like to introduce myself."

Mana, with short black hair, glasses, and a white lab coat, held a tablet in one hand and rested her other hand on her waist. She explained in a clear and clear voice, somewhat coldly, "My name is Mana. I'm a technician in the MMR unit of Missilis. Considering the importance of reconciling the Rubik's Cube, the central government specially dispatched me here to handle it."

"If there are no doubts, Commander, I think we can begin the operation."

"Well, don't worry, I have another one here."

Green nodded and greeted Flora who was standing on the other side.

"Hehe, hello everyone, I'm Flora."

Flora smiled, lifted her skirt, and bowed broadly to the Nikkis in front of her. "I'm affiliated with the Botanical Gardens of Missilis. Any questions regarding plants, flowers, and cultivation can be consulted with me. I'm happy to continue to help."

"Last time it was a miner and a courier, and this time they sent a gardener?"

Anis twitched the corner of her mouth and spoke rather bluntly.

"No, I will not participate in this battle. I will stay in the base and help Mr. Huaer look after the farmland he recently reclaimed, and by the way, see if there is anything that can be improved."

Flora did not take Anis's rudeness to heart, but instead smiled happily.

"Uh... well, I'm really sorry. I always say hurtful things."

Anis quickly apologized.

"It's okay, you are Miss Anis, and these two should be Lavi and Nian."

Flora blinked, but smiled gently at the three of them: "As Mr. Flower said, you three are all very beautiful flowers."

"Can I get closer and smell it?"

"Eh? Sure!"

Flora walked over to Nian, sniffed her scent, and smiled as she said, "Miss Nian, you smell like cornflowers. The flower language of cornflowers is happiness, delicacy, and joy. Anyone blessed by cornflowers will meet many noble people in their lifetime, such as mentors, helpful friends, or ideal partners. Miss Cornflower, you must have had a lot of good fortune recently, right?"

"Oh~ How did you know!"

Nian widened his eyes and looked at Flora in surprise.

"Because I'm a flower fairy. I can know a lot of secrets just by smelling a girl."

Flora smiled mysteriously, turned around and walked towards Anis again, sniffed close to her.

"Miss Anis, you smell like Rafflesia."

"what?"

"Rafflesia?"

Anis was completely speechless.

Although she didn't know much about plants, she had seen Rafflesia on the island when she went to Blue Water Island before...That kind of flower emits a special stench, so Flora meant that she smelled bad?

"puff."

"Anis is indeed the Rafflesia~Chou Chou Ni~"

Anis wasn't that angry at first, but when she saw Nian fanning the flames, she immediately became annoyed.

"Nee! Yeah!"

But before she could lose her temper, Flora smiled and praised, "Miss Agnes, do you know what the Rafflesia flower means? It blooms alone and proudly, silently. It symbolizes noble character and a refusal to be tainted by worldly influences."

I have to say, Flora is really good at talking.

Anis's face, which had just been gloomy, immediately broke into a smile: "Oh, so that's how it is! Hehe, that's pretty good!"

Finally, Flora walked over to Labi again.

When Lapi saw her approaching, he was unexpectedly nervous: "Miss Flora...what about me?"

"Um……"

"Miss Lavender."

"You smell like camellia."

"The flower language of camellia is modesty, prudence, ideal love, and 'I love you more than anyone else.' Miss Camellia, do you have someone you love?"

Flora's gentle smile made Lapi blush.

Her pretty face turned slightly red, and she moved her feet awkwardly, finally lowering her head to try to avoid other people's gazes.

Seeing her shy look, Nian beside her immediately started to cheer: "Wow, so that's how it is, Lapi! So you already have a crush? Who is it? It's really hard to guess!"

Anis rolled her eyes and stood aside silently.

"Haha, everyone is a beautiful flower."

"Then I'll go take care of the farmland first."

Flora opened her small parasol, turned around and walked towards the fields.

The three little ones from the counterattack force watched her leaving, and they had a pretty good impression of Flora in their hearts.

Nian smiled and said, "Miss Flora, I feel like she's someone who's easy to get along with."

Anis pouted and said, "Really? Why do I feel like she's a bit sinister?"

"Don't be so petty, Chou Chou Ni. Rafflesia is also a very beautiful flower~"

"Nian, shut up!"

"..."

Anis and Nian were playing around.

Lapi stood still, calming down his slightly shy mood before saying to Mana and Green, "Commander, Miss Mana, we are ready and can set off at any time."

Green nodded and said, "Okay, I see. Yinhua, Bestie, and Emma from the special forces have already completed their upgrades. They've already gone ahead of us to the edge of the underground crystal city to survey the nearby terrain and find places for ambushes. They're ready to cover us at any time."

"Let's go too."

"First, find a way to contact Gravey, and then we can work together to seize the crystal slippers and defeat Behemoth."

"learn!"

March towards the Crystal Region again.

Along the way, Green chatted with Mana who came to support him.

"Ms. Mana, in my impression, you have always been a key employee of Missilis, the backbone, and you have always been very busy. I never thought that Shuen would send you here to help."

Green glanced at the intellectual office lady walking side by side with her and couldn't help but say.

"Yes, Commander. As Nikki of the MMR unit, I usually have to handle a lot of work, and I'm even responsible for the operation of the rehabilitation center."

Mana pushed her glasses down and sighed barely audibly. "It's a rare trip to the surface. I can temporarily forget about my work on the Ark. It feels pretty good."

"I understand how you feel. Missilis' work is very intense and can easily make people feel exhausted."

"Come to think of it, I thought Miss Mana was a human."

Green raised his eyebrows in slight surprise.

Mana's image of a standard short-haired, uniformed office lady makes it hard to believe that she is a Nikki.

After all, Ark's Nikki either wears a full set of tactical equipment, armed to the teeth from head to toe, or wears all kinds of strange clothes, such as latex suits, swimsuits, vests and so on. Anyway, their defense does not rely on bulletproof vests, but on the material of their bodies.

"Well, it's normal for the commander to misunderstand me. I'm a technician of Missilis, so I don't usually engage in ground combat. So from the way I dress, it's really hard to tell my true identity."

Mana smiled slightly and explained, "But this also has its advantages. If I reveal my Nikki identity while living on the Ark, I might be discriminated against by Nikkiphobes in my daily life and work."

"Are there so many people who fear Nikki?"

“Probably more than you think.”

Mana tapped her tablet twice and explained again, "In the Ark, almost every day, Nikkis attack passersby due to their changing mindsets. Although these sporadic attacks are quickly quelled by the Ark's security forces, their power is far greater than that of humans, and they often result in dozens of casualties."

"Add to that the negative publicity Ark has been using against the Nikki community, so the existence of Nikki-phobes is naturally justified, and discrimination against Nikki is also normal."

"So, most Nikkis who work as civil servants or technical researchers in companies or governments generally conceal their true identities, and I am one of them."

"In order to avoid unnecessary troubles, dressing up as a normal working woman can easily avoid those fearful and suspicious looks."

"What do you think, Commander?"

"You ask me what I think? Anyway, I think there's nothing wrong with it. Although I have always firmly stood by Nikki, I also support you living this kind of life. From another perspective, I have been working hard on the front line to prevent Nikki from suffering such discrimination."

"Hmm... Commander, you are indeed just as the rumors say."

Mana gently pushed her glasses down, a thoughtful look appearing on her icy face.

She came to the ground on her own initiative this time because she wanted to have more contact with the legendary commander and see if he was really as the rumors said.

After all, in a place like Ark, technicians like her who knew too many secrets could be liquidated by the chaebol at any time, and end up working hard all their lives and even losing their lives. It really wasn't worth it.

If possible, she wouldn't mind paving a solid retreat for herself.

368

Chapter 368 I won’t fail!

"Well, it looks like we're here."

"I didn't encounter any heretics along the way. I'm pretty lucky."

Several hours later, Mana stood in front of the Harmony Cube, staring grimly at the massive object hovering above. "It's the Harmony Cube indeed. I don't know why it's here, but according to Ark's orders, we must fill this area as quickly as possible. Miss Shefty, please help me connect the Harmony Cube's signal to my tablet. We can use it to fill the entire crystal area later."

"Well, everyone in the counterattack force, now it's your turn to take action."

Mana thought her explanation would get some reaction.

However, Labi, his two companions, and Green were clearly not technicians. They looked at Mana in confusion. Anis pondered for a moment before speaking first: "Well... I'm not very tech-savvy, but it looks like these crystals on the ground are being manipulated by the Rubik's Cube. So, should we just destroy the Cube?"

Mana pushed her glasses slightly, but retorted: "Ms. Anis, none of your statements are correct."

"But at least that's the general idea, right?"

"Mana, could you please explain this to us in more detail?"

"Ok."

Mana nodded and restated the order: "After receiving intelligence about the crystal, the central government conducted a detailed investigation into it. First, it was named E2 crystal by the central government."

"E2 Crystal... uh, Secret Material H, Indivialia, Nihilista, can't you be more straightforward when naming them?"

At this point, Anis couldn't help but complain about the extremely confusing naming method of the central government.

"I can understand that."

Green folded his arms, smiled, and said, "If a country's government wants to separate bureaucrats from civilians, the best way is to create a set of official language that only government officials use. In short, it's official language. Then, use this official language as questions in the civil service exam. This will screen out those who can adapt to this set of rhetoric, are good at flattery, or are suitable for hard labor. As for those who are cynical and can't stand formalism, they naturally won't pick up a pen and put their heads down to answer these questions."

"Wow, there are so many tricks. That's why I hate people in the government. They talk in all sorts of different ways."

Anis curled her lips. A cynical person like her naturally hated any official rhetoric.

"..."

"Let's continue."

Mana ignored Anis's interruption and continued to explain, "Regarding the E2 crystal, we have determined that it poses a very deadly threat to the Ark, and its danger level has been assigned to SS. We have also discovered that it has no positive impact on the terrestrial ecosystem, so the central government has decided to destroy it completely."

"This also means that this crystal is no longer worth investigating."

"Also, by the way, the danger level of the heretic is S-level. In other words, because of the appearance of the E2 crystal, Ark has specially added an SS level to it."

"Is the E2 crystal so scary?"

Green gently pinched his chin with his fingers and murmured thoughtfully, "Logically speaking, this kind of crystal, which can store a large amount of electricity, could become a very good power source if it were properly cut and used. From what I know about the central government, the top brass' main policy when it comes to energy is to sacrifice Nikki rather than let go of any exploitable resources. But this time, they've gone against their grain and decided to destroy the crystal. Perhaps there's some unspoken meaning behind this."

"..."

Hearing his mumbling, Mana remained silent for a while.

The technicians working in Missilis always know a lot of unknown secrets. It is not an exaggeration to say that most of the dark side products of the Ark come from their hands.

And Green's guess was correct.

There is indeed a reason why the Ark's top leaders are afraid of this kind of crystal. Although Mana only knows some inside information, once these unspeakable secrets are revealed, the killers from the Dangerous Seat Force may come to their door the next morning.

"Then let me explain the upcoming battle."