NIKKE, Swordmaster Ark Succubus Daily

At that moment, Li Zuoyi heard the sound of car brakes.

"Oh, Sandy, Labi, you're back." Suddenly, Rita said in surprise, "Labi, Sandy, why are you both soaking wet?"

As Li Zuoyi walked out of the office building, he saw that Lapi's clothes were completely wet and her skirt was dripping water as she got out of the car.

Sandy was in a similar situation.

“Didn’t you go to the road management department to negotiate?” Li Zuoyi walked up to Lapi. “It didn’t rain in the Ark Central District today, did it?”

"No, Commander." Anies glanced at his phone and sighed, "So this is how it turned out."

"What happened?" Li Zuoyi asked.

“It must be because they saw that Lapi and the others were Niki, so they humiliated her.” Anies made a gesture of pouring water from his head. “Like this.”

“It’s pretty much what Anies said.” Sandy squeezed the water out of his clothes. “When the negotiations weren’t going well, that woman just kept pouring water over our heads.”

Marian, standing behind the commander, had a glint of crimson in her eyes.

She then shook her head, shaking off the sinful thoughts that had just crossed her mind.

"Commander, I'm sorry, but we'll probably have to buy the materials again," Lapi said.

“In that case, we’ll have to postpone it.” Rita lowered her head in thought. “It will take up a lot of time.”

"How long will it take?" Anies asked.

"For the new batch of materials... two months?" Rita gave a timeframe.

"Too long!"

Li Zuoyi was a little puzzled; his fingers were stroking the hilt of the knife.

Why are you able to continue discussing this so casually? Shouldn't you be complaining to him at this point?

An inexplicable anger welled up inside me.

Chapter Twenty-One: No, we still have to fight.

Although Li Zuoyi was furious about what had happened to Labi and Sangdi, he was not so impulsive as to rush up to them and chop them in half with a knife.

After spending decades in the rehabilitation center, he at least learned what it means to keep one's emotions in check.

He also promised Anderson that he wouldn't take Marian to the Ark.

A man should keep his promises.

In short, he planned to call them and try to persuade them to send the materials over.

Then, when Anderson and the others returned, he tattled on them.

It's a bit stingy, but at least it works.

Li Zuoyi sighed inwardly that although he looked young, his mind was already that of an old man.

You can't deny getting old.

So, at his request, the girls left the office first.

He then dialed the road department's number.

ten minutes later.

Li Zuoyi put down the phone, and the girls followed him inside.

"How is it, Commander? Are they scared off by you? Are they on their way here?" Anies asked expectantly.

The rest of Niki were also watching him; the commander's presence would surely be extraordinary.

Li Zuo glanced at their slightly excited faces one by one and said calmly;

"She said that you, a mere outpost commander, shouldn't be thinking about how to survive the mission, but instead you're giving Niki all this nonsense. Don't you know that once you die, we'll have to drag you back?"

And your worthless trash, Niki, how could you let them come? If you really wanted to be sincere, you should have brought gifts and come in person… or something.”

Although the commander recounted it calmly, without the slightest ripple.

But everyone remained silent, and then erupted like a volcano.

"That wretched woman! How dare she speak to the Commander like that?!" Anies was the first to erupt in fury. "Isn't that practically cursing him to die?!"

"That's roughly what they meant, and they didn't just seize the materials; they implicitly acknowledged that they were already their property," Li Zuoyi said, nodding.

Outposts are places of exile for commanders; everyone assumes that any commander who goes there is dead.

It's not surprising that Li Zuoyi would be viewed this way.

Lapi lowered his head in thought, then calmly said:

“Commander, the other party’s behavior has insulted soldiers. If we use military law, we may be able to take them to a military court.”

“If it’s just words and there’s no recording, it’s useless if the other party denies it,” Li Zuoyi said.

"commander."

"What's wrong, Marian?"

Marian smiled gently:

"Let me help you clean up some trash. Actually, I might as well finish now, since I'll probably be leaving here soon anyway. How does that sound, Commander?"

In her narrowed eyes, Li Zuoyi saw blood-red pupils and endless killing intent.

Marian's seemingly gentle smile suddenly turned sinister, filled with murderous intent.

Rita crossed her arms, pondered for a moment, and said to Sandy beside her, "Why do I feel like I don't quite understand? Let's go pour a concrete pillar."

Sandy scratched his head and laughed loudly, "Senior, we don't know anything about building houses! Do we need something about the size of a person?"

"That's right, hahahaha!"

The two men from the Extraordinary Tools unit laughed heartily and walked out.

Faced with Marian's request, Li Zuoyi shook his head and refused, saying that her running away was the real problem.

"So, are we just going to let it go like this?!" Anies said indignantly.

“Commander, this is your legitimate right.” Lapi also said quite seriously.

“Commander, please reconsider. I really can clean it very well.” Marian’s smile faded.

Li Zuoyi curled up the corners of his mouth, revealing his standard smile: "Actually, I could punch her over the phone."

"Really? Anies covered his mouth. "You've already hit her? No wonder you look so calm."

"This... Commander, isn't this a bit too unbelievable?" Lapi was skeptical.

"Commander, you're amazing!" Marian's trust was unconditional.

"It just takes a little time," Li Zuoyi said.

"How long?" Anis asked, his eyes wide with anticipation. "An hour, two hours, or a day?"

"Forty years."

"..." "..."

"Commander, that's amazing!"

Li Zuoyi crossed his arms defiantly, "I'm serious, if I wanted to!"

He didn't lie!

"Hmm, the commander must have been an old man back then, hmm, that's impressive." Anis glanced to the side dismissively, then sighed.

“Should we consider my proposal, Commander?” Lapi asked.

Now it seems that her method is the most feasible.

“It’s alright, I have another way. You and Sandy go take a shower,” Li Zuoyi said to Anis. “Try to stay with Marian as much as possible. If anything happens, I’ll allow you to use your weapons.”

"Commander?" Anis didn't react immediately.

Li Zuoyi untied his longsword and placed it on the sword rest.

He didn't want to expose himself because of a longsword.

“Commander, please don’t act rashly.” Lapi seemed to have guessed what he was about to do.

"It's alright," Li Zuoyi smiled. "No one will die."

After saying that, he rushed out of the office, got into his car, turned the key, and slammed on the gas: "You bitch, how dare you call my Nikki trash! I'll turn you into trash first!"

After a powerful burnout, the car vanished in a cloud of smoke and dust, leaving only the lingering echoes of the commander's curses.

“Commander! Remember, it’s non-recyclable waste!” Anies shouted to the commander who had already gone far away.

……

The car drove through many blocks and arrived at the Ark Central District, stopping in front of the road management building.

As soon as Li Zuo got out of the car and entered the building, he politely inquired about the floor where the person in charge from before was located.

A young woman at the front desk kindly offered to show him the way.

The two chatted a lot along the way and had a very pleasant conversation.

They arrived at the door of the person in charge and said goodbye.

So, Li Zuoyi dusted off the dust from his collar and kicked open the office door.

"Who is it?!" The people in the room were in a panic.

“It’s me, the outpost commander of Niki, the trash you call her.”

Upon seeing the person in charge, Li Zuoyi exclaimed, "She's quite good-looking, but why does she always spew filth from her mouth, Ms. Hannah?"

Through Anik, Li Zuoyi already knew the name of the person in charge.

Seeing that the commander was serious, the impeccably made-up Ms. Hannah suppressed her fear, quickly composed herself, and said in a deep voice:

"I don't care what you're here for, I advise you to leave immediately. A very important guest is coming soon, and I can't afford to offend anyone, not even you. Otherwise, I'll have to call security."

"Is that so?" Li Zuoyi clenched his fist. "Don't worry, I'll do it as soon as possible."

"Do you know what happens to those who attack central government officials?!" Hannah shouted.

"Didn't you say I was about to die? Do you think a commander who is about to die would be afraid?" Li Zuoyi slowly approached her.

“You…” Hannah’s legs went weak and she sat down on the ground.

"What are you doing?" A familiar voice came from the doorway.

Li Zuo turned around and saw Shu En standing at the door with Mihara and Yuni.

Shuen maintained his arrogant demeanor, while Mihara and Yuni smiled and gestured to him.

"To settle some personal scores." Li Zuoyi had already grabbed Hannah by the collar. "What are you here for?"

"It's about Missilis's corruption case, it has nothing to do with you," Shuen snorted.

"Miss Shu, please save me! This man has gone mad!" Hannah's makeup was ruined, making her look like a clown.

"Do you know the consequences of this?" Shuen glanced at Hannah, ignoring her.

"Lock them in a reformatory?"

"no!"

Shuen walked up to him, stood on tiptoe, poked his chest with his finger, and looked up at him:

"It's me. The CEO of Missilis wastes time attending all sorts of boring court hearings and signing all sorts of messy documents. Do you know how much that wasted time costs in money?!"

Li Zuoyi really didn't know this, so he shook his head.

"Ha! Forget it, I don't want things to get that complicated." Shuen walked back to the door. "Mikhail, go help him and get this over with quickly."

"Okay~" Mihara swayed her sexy body, radiating blue light, and walked to the commander's side, saying in a seductive voice, "The exchange is complete, Commander, don't hold back~"

Li Zuo looked at Shu En and asked, "What do you want?"

"Consider this my advance payment in exchange for 'your' information." Shuen walked away without looking back. "Let's finish this quickly!"

Not long after, Hannah’s heart-wrenching screams echoed through the empty corridor.