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

“It’s really a bit unexpected.”

"That's what a red-light district is like. 90% of the Outer Rim's wealth is concentrated here, so Tetra naturally wouldn't miss out on this sweet opportunity. Look at this restaurant, it's an industry supported by our Peony Association. You can buy almost any kind of delicacies you can't find on the Ark here. Even high-ranking officials from the Ark government come here frequently to dine there."

"But don't say that my business is not legitimate. The Outer Rim is not the Ark. If we really abide by the same laws as the Ark, all of us in the Peony Club will probably starve to death. Come, follow me." Peony led Green into the front desk of the Mellat Hotel. Peony knocked on the counter casually, and the receptionist respectfully handed over a top-floor room card.

"Sister Mudan, this is your VIP card for the top floor of the Mellat Hotel. Please keep it."

"Thank you, little sister! Also, open the outdoor hot spring pool for me. I just finished a fight and want to take a bath."

"Ok!"

Ding.

Mudan led Green all the way to the open-air top floor by elevator.

There is no constant sky in the outer edge area. Looking up, there is no starry sky, only a deep darkness.

A warm yellow lamp is embedded in the wall, bringing some light to the open-air top floor.

"Little brother, you've been active in the Outer Rim for a long time. What do you think of this place?"

"It's cruel, cold, and dark, and every day is filled with violence and crime." Green leaned on the balcony railing, gazing at the neon city below and the endlessly sprawling settlements. "It's hard to imagine so many people still living here."

"Yes."

“When I first came here, I was scared too.”

"But after living here for a while, you'll find that some people are forced to live here." Mudan walked over, leaned on the railing beside him, and looked at the neon night in the distance together.

"Who doesn't want to have a good background?"

"But the ground has been taken over by Letcher. Working honestly in the Outer Rim doesn't make much money. Most people have to save up for half their lives to buy a citizen chip card from a smuggler."

"Even if they make it to the Ark, their lives won't be very good. As the saying goes, a carpenter's son is a carpenter, and an emperor's son is an emperor. Those who have worked in the Outer Rim for most of their lives will still have to work hard as worker bees even if they make it to the Ark."

"The operating model of Ark society is far more distorted than you and I imagined, little brother."

"I will change it." A short and powerful speech came out of Green's mouth.

"Hmm, still the same as always, determined to destroy Letcher and retake the land?" Peony scratched her hair, smiled sweetly, and praised, "Very good! There's an old saying that goes, 'Heaven moves with vigor, and a gentleman should constantly strive for self-improvement.'"

"Having a lofty ideal is always better than standing still!"

"Just go for it, little brother. I'll support you. From now on, if you have any problems in the Outer Rim, you can come and tell me."

"Sister Mudan, what we talked about in the car before..."

"Eh? Do you really have to say that? It was obviously just a joke, little brother!" Mudan's face turned red. Although she looked like a carefree person, she was a little too innocent when it came to feelings. "You don't really like me, do you?"

"Hmm? Why not?"

"Because, it's just weird!"

"Think about it, if you were a normal person, would you accept a Nikki as your wife?"

"Take me, for example. I'm a gang leader. Every day I have to beat up thugs, manage my subordinates, and occasionally fight with gangs in the alleys. Most importantly, I'm not a real human. I'm Nikki, and this body is made of nanomachines. Don't you think that dating me is a bit strange, like dating an inhuman being?"

"So for this reason, Sister Mudan has always chosen to keep herself out of trouble?" Green looked at Mudan's fair face.

"That's about right." Mudan sighed, "When I saw those homeless children I adopted grow up slowly, while my body and age remained unchanged, I felt that it was good to live alone, so I always kept my distance from others."

"But I really like Mudan," Green said with a smile. "She's generous, cheerful, and magnanimous. Mudan always makes me feel like I really have such a cheerful and generous sister who's willing to protect me."

"Oh, little brother, I'm not as good as you say!"

"It's really funny that you suddenly say such sweet words. Why do I feel a little hot inside?" Mudan stretched out her hand and pretended to fan herself, but her slightly blushing and shy face had already revealed the desire that was suppressed in her heart.

"Little brother, if you don't mind, let's take a hot spring bath together?"

Chapter 4000: Big Sister Mudan is really broke ()

Wow!

The water temperature in the terrace pool was just right.

When Green sat down, Peony was already soaking in the hot spring.

Leaning against the swimming pool's backboard, Mudan tied her waterfall-like black hair into a bun, then dived into the pool and took a comfortable bath.

"Yeah~ It's so nice to take a bath after a fight."

"It would be nice if every day could be like this." Mudan wiped her smooth arms. Her skin was very fair, especially against the backdrop of her black hair. Who would have thought that this silly lady who usually dressed carelessly and extravagantly would have such a fair and smooth figure.

"Didn't Sister Mudan ask me to borrow money last time?"

"What happened?" Green sat by the swimming pool and suddenly became curious.

"Ah, that?" Mudan said, a hint of embarrassment showing on her face when she mentioned borrowing money. "Little brother, listen to me. Although the Mudan Club has many businesses under its wing, we are all engaged in legitimate businesses, so we have a lot of businesses like restaurants and noodle shops."

"And you know the biggest shortage in the restaurant industry is manpower. With more people, the salary expenses also increase. Most of the money earned is basically paid out as salaries, and the rest has to be turned over to Tetra Enterprise as taxes. As a result, I, the big sister, get paid the least."

"You are the leader of the Peony Society. It's okay for you to embezzle some funds, right?" Green said.

"Little brother, you don't understand. As the eldest sister in the Peony Club, the most important thing is to abide by the rules and value loyalty. If even the leader can't set an example and embezzles funds without authorization, how can we expect our subordinates to follow suit?" Peony smiled brightly, and then a trace of bitterness appeared on her face: "That's why I'm really poor, little brother!"

"Even though eating out in the Outer Rim is free, when I'm in the Ark, the people there are really not going to be loyal to me! Last time, I went to a banquet, and the waiter at the restaurant actually asked for a 50,000 service fee. I really didn't want to pay, but I was afraid of being called stingy, so I had to bite the bullet and pay."

"That's 50,000 credits, enough for me to eat for a week! How dare he ask me for it?"

Peony talked about her previous experience in the Ark, and then talked about some random topics, such as Rosanna was an unreasonable person, Sakura was a stingy and narrow-minded person, and things like Chinese Kung Fu.

"Little brother, do you know Chinese kangfu?"

"Actually, I know a few Wing Chun moves, but they're not exactly authentic. After all, the real traditional Kung Fu might have been lost long ago. And in this age of hot weapons, showing off Wing Chun seems a bit silly."

"There's also Qigong in Chinese martial arts. Sister Mudan, why don't you try practicing it?" Green joked.

"Qi, Qigong? That thing can't be called martial arts anymore. It looks like a superpower, right?" Mudan said embarrassedly, "No matter how powerful I am, there's no way I can learn it."

"Also, little brother, I have something to ask you."

"Go ahead."

"Do you really like me?"

"I like it. What about Peony?"

"Is this so straightforward? If I have to say, I like little brother too." Mudan scratched her cheek with her fingers and said a little shyly: "But you also know that I am a Nikki, if you mind..."

"Sister Mudan, why are you so upset all of a sudden? This isn't like your usual self."

"You said it, little brother, so don't blame me for taking the initiative!" Mudan finally stopped being stubborn this time. She moved closer to Green, stared at the bottom of the water for a while, and then said in astonishment, "Uh, little brother, you're really bold to say that you like me."

"Isn't it because Sister Mudan is so charming?"

"Hmm, well, as the leader of the Peony Society, it's normal for me to be charming."

"But seriously, this is the first time I've gotten so close to someone. Little brother, you have to be more patient, okay?"

"..."

The water rippled, and soon some faint sounds of tenderness were heard from the terrace of the Mellat Hotel.

At this moment, Sakura, who was negotiating business with a female guest on the 48th floor of the hotel, suddenly frowned.

"Did you hear any noise? It seemed to come from the rooftop?"

"Sound? Could it be an assassin sent by the Ark government? Sakura, this is a confidential matter. I spent a lot of effort to get this information for the Qingming Society. You must ensure my safety, understand?" The female guest was startled and a panicked expression appeared on her face.

"Don't panic, ma'am. I'll send my men to look after you. As for the noise upstairs, I'll go and see what's going on myself."

After Sakura left the table, she pushed the door open, walked to the terrace door, and listened for a while against the door.

A familiar woman's voice came from the other side of the door, with a hint of panting.

Um...

This voice sounds familiar, maybe it's that guy Mudan?

After all, the Mellat Hotel is owned by the Peony Club, so it's normal for her to be here. But I didn't expect that Peony, who always looks silly, actually has such strong desires in private. It's only a few hours now, and she's already started to generate heat on the terrace.

Sakura didn't think much about it, she pushed the door open and yelled angrily.

"Mudan, what are you doing? I'm downstairs discussing business. Can you be quiet... Wait a minute, what are you two doing..."

"Uh?!"

boom!

Sakura slammed the door shut again.

For some reason, she decided to forget all the scenes she had just seen, so that she wouldn't be distracted and lose focus when talking to clients about business later.

In the swimming pool, Mudan stared with a dead look at the door that had suddenly opened and then quickly closed by Sakura. She was sweating profusely now: "It's over, it's over, my reputation is ruined now!"

"Next time I meet Sakura, she'll definitely say I'm immoral!"

"There's no way to wash yourself clean even if you jump into the Yellow River!"

"Then don't wash it, Sister Mudan."

"Okay... But little brother, aren't we going a little too far... This is not indoors. What if we are photographed by a drone or something, then, then..." Mudan said shyly, but her legs were clamped tighter.

"Then we'll continue inside later."

"Little brother..."

The Mellat Hotel is brightly lit at night.

After the lights on the terrace went out, the two of them went indoors and stayed awake all night.

At the beginning, Mudan was a little shy. She had always been a solitary person and had no experience in this area. But how could the big sister be a timid person? By the early morning, Mudan had become the one who took the initiative.

However, despite being proactive, Mudan was the first to surrender.

When it was almost dawn, she lay listlessly on the messy bed, humming, feeling so sleepy that she could fall asleep at any moment.

Green, however, was not sleepy. After a night of hard work, he felt refreshed and could even go out for a couple more laps.

Snapped!

Seeing that Mudan was deep in sleep, Green patted her butt gently, causing the elder sister to mutter: "Little brother, stop tossing and turning, I am also a woman, I want to sleep..."

"Okay, okay, go to sleep then."

"Also, Sister Mudan, I'm going to the surface to carry out a long-term mission tomorrow."

"Ah, what?"

Mudan rubbed her sleepy eyes and sat up from the bed: "Little brother, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Green smiled faintly: "If you say that, will Sister Mudan be reluctant to let you go?"

Mudan hugged him in her arms and smiled, "I'm reluctant to leave you, but I'm really worried about you, little brother. Since you're going on a long mission on the ground, when will you be back?"

"It might be long, but not too long."

"From what you said, you won't be back for a while?"

"Well, that's about it."

"Being a commander isn't something anyone can do." Mudan patted Green's shoulder gently and said soothingly, "As for me, Big Sister, I want to be with you forever, but I know better than anyone that a man needs to have his own career."

"Brother, just go for it."

"If you can't make it in the Ark, come to the Outer Rim. I can't say I'm omnipotent, but I can still hide someone."

"Sister Mudan is overly worried," Green said with a smile. "Although I've certainly been in a bit of a mess lately, I'm not a criminal all of a sudden. If those Ark leaders want to make a move on me, they'll have to consider whether they have the guts to risk their lives against me."

"Well said, little brother. As long as you have the recklessness to be barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes, few people will dare to touch you."

"But even so, I still want to remind you that humans are not easy creatures to get along with, especially those senior executives of the Ark. They are all more shrewd than each other. The same goes for CEO Ma Shiding. Don't look at him as being amiable at ordinary times, but when it comes to shrewdness and scheming, he is not inferior to those powerful people." Mudan reminded.

"President Ma Shiding is indeed a shrewd man."

"Also, I'm curious about one thing. President Mastin should be quite old now, right?" Green revealed a question in his heart.

"I'm not sure, but I heard from Sakura before that President Mastin might be older than we thought. He must have lived for at least eighty or ninety years. So how did he stay so young? Was it mechanical modification?" Mudan scratched her head. As Nikki, she was actually not very old, so she didn't know some things very clearly.

"Probably."

"Now that humans can create Nikki, it shouldn't be difficult to equip themselves with a mechanical body." Green nodded, agreeing with Mudan's opinion.

There is a high probability that President Ma Shiding is a cyborg.

His shrewd and foolproof style of doing things is much more powerful than the impulsive Shu En.