NIKKE, Swordmaster Ark Succubus Daily

But after watching together for a while, they tacitly avoided mentioning him.

"But the only clues are Ethel's words 'ghost~~' and the flickering CCTV footage." Number Five shook his hand, finding it incredibly troublesome. "Could the person who killed him be a ghost?"

"The existence of the ghost cannot yet be confirmed," Number Two said.

When the second person tapped the keyboard, a surveillance video appeared above the marble tabletop.

Then the scene cut to the murderer appearing at the entrance and end of the corridor.

The timestamps of the two images were only five seconds apart.

“A fifty-meter-long corridor, seventy security personnel, all wiped out in five seconds,” Number Two analyzed. “While humans can hardly achieve such speed and strength, cyborgs equipped with prosthetics can.”

"It's a pretty advanced prosthetic body." Number Three's interest was piqued. "I'm thinking of having a match with him."

"Then I'll go check the distribution of advanced prosthetics over the past few years." Number Five chuckled. "That's all for today!"

"and many more."

"What's wrong, Number Four?" Number Three asked, displeased.

"Have you forgotten another possibility? Didn't a human once do something similar with his bare hands?" Number Four scanned his three 'companions'. "And he was facing Niki, and he was using a sword too."

The atmosphere in the meeting room immediately froze.

Indeed, there was once a person who did this.

After a long silence, Number Five said in a cold voice, "He died sixty years ago. I personally shot him in the head in front of the rehabilitation center."

Number Two continued, "I also personally examined the body. The brain was confirmed dead, and he was cremated according to standard procedures."

ghost……

Ethel's voice seemed to reappear in the conference room.

Everyone felt a chill run down their spine, more or less.

“If it were a ghost, it wouldn’t have deliberately taken Ethel’s underground bank key storage device,” Number Four said.

"Didn't the searchers hide it themselves?" Number Three asked.

"No, I asked each of them 'properly' one by one," Number Five laughed.

In that case, only the 'ghost' could take the storage device.

“No matter who it is, as long as they use that key to log into the underground bank’s website, my hackers can find them,” Number Four said.

"What if he goes down to pick it up?" Number Five asked.

"Do you think my underground bank security is some amateur like Ethel?" Number Four said. "If he dares to come, I have ways to make sure he never leaves again."

"Sorry, haha."

“Once we catch him, we’ll know for sure whether he’s a human or a ghost.” Number Three thumped his arm, making a metallic sound, and said, “I’ll make him regret playing tricks.”

……

night,

Outpost.

Anis, who wanted a drink of carbonated water, opened the door to the commander's office and found the commander still sitting in front of the computer, looking as serious as if he were working.

"Commander, are there still many things to take care of?"

"Well, it's a bit of a personal matter," Li Zuoyi rubbed the bridge of his nose, his eyes a little sore from staring at the screen. "What about you?"

"Here's some carbonated water."

"Get me a can too."

"OK."

If Anick hadn't refused to help her watch all these adult films, Li Zuoyi wouldn't have needed to go through them one by one.

"Wow~ How many times has this scene been used?" Anis's voice came from behind. "Why does the Commander need to watch this kind of stuff?"

As expected of Anies, my good brother, he's so calm... Li Zuoyi took the carbonated water that Anies handed him from behind and casually said, "I had to watch it for some reason."

He can't fast forward yet. What if there's a key hidden in one of the frames? That would be a huge loss of 300 million.

Li Zuoyi reluctantly pressed the play button again.

"For some reason..."

"Hmm, it could be a matter of several hundred million."

"Wow, several hundred million?!" Anies exclaimed softly.

"If we don't read everything, we might not be able to withdraw several hundred million," the commander said seriously.

"I can't get it out?!"

"It's very possible, but I don't really want to give up, after all, I've persisted for so long."

"This...so long...how long?"

The commander clenched his fist on the table and said with some pain, "It's been three hours."

“Three hours?!” Anies exclaimed sweetly.

"That's right, I can't go on anymore, I can't hold on much longer." The commander asked her pleadingly, "So, can you help me?"

"..."

Anis didn't answer for a long time. Li Zuo turned around and saw her speechless face.

"Commander, you're not actually talking about that kind of thing, are you?" Anis said helplessly.

"Have we been exposed?" Li Zuoyi chuckled.

“This…” Anies glanced down, “It’s obvious at a glance… So, why is the Commander looking at this?”

"It's for the intelligence that might be hidden inside." Li Zuoyi said cutely, "Anis~~ can you take a look for me too?"

"I...no...want!"

Anis certainly didn't want their first time alone together as the commander to involve watching something like this.

“But it’s too long, too much~~” Li Zuoyi slumped in his chair.

“Didn’t you consider that the intelligence might not be what it seems on the surface?” Anies said. “Because, with enough patience, one can eventually read through it all. Hiding intelligence like this is pointless except for stalling for time.”

“I know that, but there’s nothing else in this storage device,” Li Zuoyi said. “That’s why I wanted to see if there was any intelligence hidden in some of the scenes inside.”

“But this is formulaic filming, the scenes have been used to death, it’s unlikely,” Anies said.

"is it?"

Li Zuoyi found it quite novel; at least it wasn't some ancient swimming pool.

He looked at Anies with a knowing smile, "I didn't expect you to be so knowledgeable."

“I only recently…” Anis was furious when he saw Anis’s indifferent expression: “Commander, go see for yourself!”

He wondered who she was studying it for...

Watching Anies slam the door and leave, Li Zuoyi turned his attention back to the screen.

The fact that the scenario is formulaic suggests that there is unlikely to be any hint of the Ethel key in the scenario.

Is it really just his personal collection?

Wait, formulaic?

This means it has been officially released.

For ease of searching, each film usually has a unique code.

Code?

Key?

Could it be...

The key is the secret code of these films, right?

Chapter Twenty-Seven: My Money!

"Now, begin the search." At Li Zuoyi's request, Anik helped him search for the code of those films.

One second later.

“The code has been collected in its entirety,” Anick told Li Zuoyi.

"Thank you," Li Zuoyi said. "The code order will follow the release order of the films. If that doesn't work, we can reverse it."

“Done, sent to your phone,” Anick said indifferently.

Li Zuoyi looked at the nearly 1,000-digit key on his phone and his lips twitched.

If we really want to watch it, I don't know how long it would take.

Ethel is quite shrewd; she used seemingly low-class things to obscure her thought process.

Just like seeing a young couple kissing in a corner of the playground, most people's first thought is to quickly move away to avoid embarrassment.

After all, even Anick refused to help him check frame by frame...

Seriously, is this still the same Anik who prides himself on being calm, rational, and devoid of emotion?

Li Zuoyi chuckled inwardly.

"Shall we log onto the underground bank's website now?" Anick asked.

"I have a feeling that logging in randomly will expose my location," Li Zuoyi said quietly, twirling the memory card in his hand.

Underground banks should have tracking for each account.

Moreover, online transfers can easily leave traces.

"So, do we have to give up 300 million credits?"

"That's absolutely impossible."

The outpost has been abandoned for so long, and there are many places where money is needed.

Li Zuoyi once talked to Rita about how much it would cost to build the outpost into a proper fortress.

Rita observed the outpost for a long time, did some calculations, and then said a number—an astronomical number.

Ethiopia's mere 300 million is really just a drop in the ocean compared to this figure.

Therefore, Li Zuoyi would never give up any opportunity to make big money.

Furthermore, the fact that an underground bank could be established in Anick's presence suggests that the owner of the underground bank is also a very important person.

Unfortunately, due to restrictions imposed by higher-ups, Anik was unable to reveal these people's names.

Only Li Zuoyi could find the name, and then she could confirm it.

Perhaps the owner of this underground bank is one of the guys who betrayed the Goddess Force back then.

This also needs to be investigated.

"Can you temporarily hide my login location?" Li Zuoyi asked.

Anick hesitated for a moment, then said, "Address hiding is complete."

"Thank you." Li Zuo opened the website of the underground bank and entered Ethel's account and key.

Login successful, page redirected.

"Let me see my money..." Although he might not be able to withdraw it immediately, seeing that long string of numbers would at least ease his anxiety.

However, when Li Zuo opened his balance, he saw only a zero.

Yes, one zero, and all the other zeros disappeared.

"The money, the money is gone..." Li Zuoyi confirmed that he was not mistaken.

“An hour ago, someone transferred all 300 million credits from the account,” Anick said on the phone.

"Who is it? Where did they go?" Li Zuoyi asked immediately.

"Identity unknown, the account to which the transfer was made is located in the outer perimeter area."