NIKKE, Swordmaster Ark Succubus Daily

Chapter Twenty-Two: The Transaction

“I knocked on the door but no one answered. When I kicked the door open, I found Ms. Hannah lying on the floor foaming at the mouth and unconscious. I was worried that she would bite her tongue, so I slapped her twice.”

Medical staff carried Ms. Hannah out of the hospital, her eyes rolled back, foaming at the mouth, and her face bearing red handprints.

The doctor then gave a thorough explanation of how to treat Li Zuoyi's epilepsy in this way, and how it should be done.

After a while, the room was finally quiet.

"Hey, you two go out and guard the door, don't let anyone in." Shuen told Mihara and Yuni to leave, she wanted to talk to Li Zuoyi alone.

Only two people remained in the room.

Shuen walked to the filing cabinet next to Hannah's desk and looked up at the documents on it:

"You should know that if I hadn't come, your beating up of central government personnel wouldn't have ended so simply. You should thank me properly."

"I just wanted to scare her a little," Li Zuoyi naturally denied.

With Mihara's help, Hannah endured all the pain, yet she remained unscathed.

The last two slaps were delivered by Tilabi and Sandi.

"A cunning man." Shuen snorted, opened the filing cabinet, reached for a document, and began to look through it. "But at least I helped you, didn't I?"

"Aren't you afraid I'll hit you again if you talk to me like that?" Li Zuoyi looked down at her petite body.

However, after what happened last time, she still dared to stay in the same room with him.

Admittedly, although she was a grumpy, noisy brat, she still had a certain amount of magnanimity and courage as a leader.

"Tch—" Shu En clicked his tongue dismissively, then sneered, "Indeed, you're not the kind of person who kneels down when faced with power. I admit I used the wrong approach last time, but in this situation, would you still hit me?"

Shu En's expression was tough and irritating, but Li Zuo glanced at her slightly trembling fingers holding the document, revealing her true feelings.

"I'm on edge..." Li Zuoyi leaned against the table, arms crossed, and said, "If you spoke normally, I wouldn't have hit you like that."

“Yes, is that so…” Shuen covered his face with the documents and breathed a sigh of relief. “In that case, let’s make a proper deal.”

Hearing that she had stopped putting on airs, Li Zuoyi was willing to talk to her calmly: "First of all, I will not tell you about my abilities."

"So what do you want?" Shuen held the file above his head, shoved it back into the filing cabinet, and reached for another file, but unfortunately it was too high to reach.

"I'm sorry, I won't tell you anything you give me." Li Zuo saw her swaying on her tiptoes.

"Are you kidding me?!" Shuen turned around and glared at him angrily.

“Because even if I told you, you wouldn’t believe me.” Li Zuoyi walked to the filing cabinet, took down the document she wanted, and handed it to her, saying:

"The only person who believes me is my mother. Are you my mother? Besides, didn't you examine my body? Didn't you find what you were looking for?"

One of the punishments Li Zuoyi imposed on her last time was to make her go to Missilis's company for a medical examination, the purpose of which was to find out his abilities.

“He’s perfectly healthy, that’s all.” Shu En snatched the file and flipped through it, growing increasingly frustrated. “Even I, a genius, have put in the effort, why haven’t I found anything…”

“Very healthy, yes, you can skip this year’s physical exam.” Li Zuo nodded.

"Damn it, is there really no way?" Shuen put the folder under his arm and stood on tiptoe to reach another, taller file.

Seeing that she was very busy, Li Zuo simply grabbed her waist with both hands and lifted her up: "It's not like there's no way."

She's so light.

"Eh~" Shuen made a rare sound like a little girl. She turned to him and grinned, but then turned back to look at the documents she wanted to see. "What's the solution?"

“Why not just send someone to follow me and collect data for a long time?” Li Zuoyi held up Shuen. “Mihara and Yuni are fine, I’m quite familiar with them.”

Shuen flipped through several documents at the same time, pondered for a moment, and said, "Okay, but I need the data to be accurate."

If a short-term examination cannot detect it, then try to obtain long-term data.

Shu En selected a few documents and said to Li Zuoyi, "Put me down."

After putting her down, Li Zuoyi said, "However, I still need to deliver the intercepted materials to the outpost today."

Without a second thought, Shu En agreed: "Okay, then I also have a mission..."

"I refuse!" Li Zuoyi refused without even thinking.

"You!" Shuen gritted his teeth and glared at him angrily, but then immediately gave him a look that said he knew exactly what was going on.

"You're a Niki fanatic, aren't you? Misilis can build you a few Nikis for your own personal use, definitely better than those ugly scrap metal ones at your outpost. Artist-grade ones aren't out of the question either, although they'll probably be a bit worse than those from Tetra Corporation, but still top-tier for Ark... Hey! What are you doing?!"

She spoke simply and casually, completely unaware that Li Zuoyi had lowered his eyes, his gaze fixed intently on her.

Li Zuoyi leaned down with a cold face, pinched her jawbone with one hand, and made her cry out in pain with the slightest force.

"It hurts! It hurts! Let me go! I didn't say anything to you this time, and I didn't make you kneel down, so why..." Shuen felt her jaw was about to split open. She suddenly came to her senses: "Could it be because of those scrap metal?"

"Is that not okay?" Li Zuoyi increased the pressure on his hands.

Niki's existence is to help humanity reclaim the land, not to be humiliated by her and turned into an object for people to play with.

In that case, what is Lilith? And what is the Goddess Force that he had to forget?

This is perhaps what true anger is all about.

Calm yet violent.

"Ouch—it hurts...let me go!"

When Shuen opened her tear-blurred eyes, she saw a pair of emotionless eyes.

At that moment, she knew he really would do it.

Although this person looks normal, he is a real madman at heart.

Originally, Shuen wanted to stand up to him, but under intense pain, he had no choice but to plead for mercy, his voice so humble it was almost trembling: "I...I was wrong, I was wrong, please, please let me go..."

Li Zuoyi slowly released his hand, and Shu En's legs went weak and he sat on the ground, tears still in his eyes.

When his eyes met hers, Shun quickly crawled back a few steps, her face filled with fear—a fear that shouldn't belong to her social class.

“Nikki shouldn’t be humiliated like this. They are fighting for humanity.” Li Zuoyi reached out his hand to help her up.

Shuen's expression kept changing, finally settling on anger. He slapped Shuen's hand away and stood up.

"This is the second time!" Shuen ignored him and walked straight to the door, saying, "This is the Ark. Even if you can change me, can you change everyone?!"

Li Zuoyi replied, "It should be okay. At the very least, their sacrifices shouldn't be taken for granted."

"Arrogant bastard! Hopeless!" Shuen slammed the door and left with the selected documents.

As soon as Li Zuo stepped out the door, Mihara and Yuni, who were standing guard at the entrance, looked at him with gratitude in their eyes.

"Sorry, you might have to change jobs in the future," he chuckled.

“No, we’re also looking forward to life at the outpost,” Mihara said with a smile.

Chapter Twenty-Three: Li Zuoyi's Predecessors

evening.

Outpost.

"That's it, Mihara and Yuni will be staying with us for a while."

In the office, Li Zuoyi introduced the new outpost members to the Nikis.

"Anis, do you have any questions?" Li Zuoyi asked when he saw Anis raise his hand.

"How's the materials situation going?" Anies asked, putting his hands down.

"We'll be there soon, don't worry."

The bathroom problem can finally be solved.

"Hmm? Rita, is there anything else?"

“Sandy and I want to live here too!” Rita sat on the ground, with her crouching mechanical dog, Volt, beside her.

“That’s right! That’s right!” Sandy shouted in his loud voice.

"I have no objection, it's just that Shuen's side..."

Li Zuoyi was worried that if he suddenly took away all four of her Nikis, she would go berserk.

“It’s okay. Shuen only cares about whether we can make money. She doesn’t care where we are.” Rita patted Volt’s head next to her.

"Great! I feel like I can really shine here!" Sandy was very excited.

After a century, the Ark's land resources have long been depleted. It is extremely difficult to obtain land on the Ark to build new buildings. She and Rita usually do maintenance work.

The undeveloped outpost was practically her dream paradise.

More importantly, Sandy felt very relaxed here, and the commander of the outpost seemed to be a good person. Living here must be very nice.

She believed Rita stayed for the same reason.

Li Zuoyi clapped his hands: "Welcome to the two new members. Anyway, there are plenty of empty rooms in Niki's dormitory, so you can just pick one. Lapi, remember to register later."

“Understood.” Lhapi turned to get the registration form.

"Why does it suddenly feel so lively?" Anies said, tilting his head.

“Isn’t it great?” Marian said with a smile.

That way, the commander won't be lonely after she leaves.

“Marianne…” Anies sensed the loneliness behind Marianne’s smile, but he couldn’t offer her any comfort.

Before long, engineering vehicles loaded with materials arrived at the outpost.

The elevator from the outpost to the Ark could have been used, but Li Zuoyi used it once and experienced what it meant to be extremely unsettled, so he decided not to use it again until the repairs were completed.

With all the materials ready, it was time for Rita and Sandy to show off their skills.

Li Zuoyi witnessed the strength of the extraordinary tool troops. In just two hours, the waterway problem that had troubled Li Zuoyi and his group for a long time was solved.

In the remaining time, they also carried out a complete renovation of the old Niki dormitory, inside and out.

Now Li Zuoyi understands the surprise that Lhapi felt when he mentioned them.

An extraordinary tool unit, two giants in civil engineering, truly living up to their reputation.

With the two of them, we won't need to look for anyone else to build anything in the future.

The desolate outpost will gradually become prosperous.

As night fell, everyone returned to their rooms.

Although Li Zuoyi had said that Marian should not leave his sight, the proposal to have Marian sleep with him was opposed by Lapi, Anis, Mihara, and Yuni, all those in the know.

The reason is that if Marian were to be completely corrupted while asleep, the commander would be in great danger.

Lapi forced Marian to move her belongings to the room next to hers to live in.

Although it was heartbreaking to see Marian clutching her pillow with tears in her eyes, he couldn't refute the other suggestions from Niki that were meant to be helpful.

I'm sorry, Marian, you should go to sleep for now.

Moreover, Li Zuoyi also has things he wants to do.

A gentle night breeze blew in, lifting the hem of his black trench coat.

'Om—'

The phone vibrated.

Li Zuo took it out and glanced at it; it turned out to be a message from Shu En.

【Hello】

Can't she call people by their names?

Li Zuoyi typed: 【How did you know my phone number?】

[Through some means]

What kind of shady deal went through my phone number?

A message popped up; it was from Anik: "[You left your phone number during your medical checkup at the hospital in Missilis]."

Li Zuo was stunned. Damn it, he knew something was wrong with the pretty nurse suddenly asking for his phone number...

However, he secretly handed over the handwritten phone number to the other party. How did Anick know it?