NIKKE, Swordmaster Ark Succubus Daily

The woman, whose face looked quite pale, walked up to Hannah and asked, "Is the money still there?"

“Yes, they’re all in here.” Hannah unbuttoned her collar and reached into a tucked-in pocket at her chest to pull out a stack of black cards.

“Well done,” the woman said. “Your undercover operation in the central government was very successful.”

Li Zuo could tell that the woman and Hannah seemed to know each other very well. Compared to Peony, Hannah clearly trusted the woman beside her more.

But this woman's identity...

Peony was shocked. "Hannah! Why, why are you involved with someone who's going to heaven?! EH, why did you...?"

The woman named EH put away the card, looked at Peony, and said in a gloomy voice, "Peony, after all this time, your voice is still so loud."

35. I want to defect to the enemy.

“EH, don’t you know how dangerous what you’re doing is, letting Hannah escape to heaven?” Peony shouted at EH.

EH glanced at Hannah and said, "She did it voluntarily. I didn't force her. I also welcome anyone who wants to rebel against the Ark, so I cannot agree to your request."

Hannah turned her head away, not wanting to see Peony anymore.

"What did I do to make you hate me so much, Hannah?"

Peony couldn't understand why her friend, who was once as close as a sister, would suddenly change.

"Your very existence disgusts me." Hannah's eyes were filled with hatred. "Besides, you're not Peony! You're just a monster in her skin."

"Hannah...how did you know..."

This was the first time Li Zuoyi had seen Mudan with such a dazed expression, as if his hidden secret had been exposed.

"You vile Niki, you've ruined my..." Hannah's sharp eyes softened instantly, filled with sorrow, "Give me back my sister Peony...you monster..."

"I...I'm still me! Hannah!" Peony clutched her chest and took a step forward. "I haven't changed!"

"Don't come near me!"

Hannah screamed and left the second floor.

“You’ve had it tough too, Peony.” EH didn’t have much hostility towards Peony. “I’m leaving now. I advise you not to follow me, otherwise, it won’t be good for you or Hannah.”

Peony hung her head, looking lost and dejected, and did not answer EH.

EH put the black card into his waist bag and prepared to leave the bar.

Hannah transferred Ethel's money here before, but it attracted the attention of the central government's lackeys.

Hannah, who had nowhere to stay for the time being, went to find Peony.

But for some reason, Hannah gave up seeking refuge with Peony and returned here, only to be kidnapped by the central henchmen who were lying in wait here.

With such a huge mess here, I'm afraid the central authorities will find this place very soon.

She had to leave.

But Peony lowered her head and raised her hand, stopping her from leaving.

"Are you going to use this money to buy bombs and then attack the Ark?" Peony asked.

EH looked at the peony that had blocked his way, raised his hand to stop his companion from shooting, and said:

"Yes, this is to let those people on the Ark know that we exist. We people in the outer edge are not trash that can be ignored. We are also human beings who need to live, just like them."

If possible, EH doesn't want to make more enemies, and she is actually willing to talk to the higher-ups at Ark.

However, each request was met with cold silence.

The repeated silences ignited EH's heart, and a raging fire within him wanted to burn the ark to ashes.

So she finally went too far, gathering a group of like-minded companions and together they entered the paradise they had once longed for.

Then, with flames, he forced the people of Heaven to look down into Hell beneath their feet.

“EH, I can’t let you take this money.” Peony raised her head, clenched her fists, and said with a determined look in her eyes, “Your actions will only make the situation in the outer perimeter worse.”

"I thought you would be absorbed in Hannah's words." EH couldn't help but admire Peony's composure.

"I can still distinguish between big and small matters."

Peony rolled up her sleeves, revealing the girl's slender, fair arms. "I will defeat you, and then take Hannah back. I will let her know that whether her sister is human or Niki, it has never changed!"

Peony's Peony Society exists to suppress the darkness of the outer edge region, and that's why she willingly became Niki.

Hannah's situation did sadden her, but if she didn't stop EH here, more people would fall into despair.

“Even if you are Niki, it doesn’t mean you are invincible,” EH said in a low voice.

“I know!” Peony pointed her thumb at the swordsman next to her, “But I have a companion here, and his swordsmanship is the most amazing I’ve ever seen!”

If the two of them team up... wait? Why is the swordsman heading towards EH?

Li Zuoyi walked around Mudan, stood next to EH, turned to face Mudan, and looked like EH's bodyguard.

EH was also a little confused. How did the underlings who were with Mudan end up here?

The members of the "Entering Paradise" group surrounding them also forgot to fire their guns. Isn't something wrong?

"I've really had enough of you," Li Zuoyi said, pointing at the peony.

"You rushed out by yourself the last time, and you're doing it again this time. Do you really want to get into a group fight?"

"Let them go first, then we can find an opportunity to track them down. That way, we won't be surrounded, we can sabotage their plans secretly, and we might even find people who might be supporting them."

Peony was stunned. "Me? Am I really that brainless?"

She suddenly began to have deep doubts about herself after living like this for more than twenty years, feeling that her brain was even more viscous than when Hannah was scolding her.

"If you do this, how can we possibly work? I'm going to defect!" The swordsman's words made Peony's heart clench, and what he said next made her even more dizzy:

“Ms. EH, I’ve actually admired your organization for a long time. Could I join you? A one-time fee is fine, I just need to…”

While Mudan was still in a daze, Li Zuoyi's longsword was already at EH's neck, but at the same time EH's pistol was pressed against his chin.

“…Three hundred million.” And Li Zuoyi’s hand, which was reaching for the EH waist bag, was also grabbed by her.

The two remained deadlocked.

Peony and the members of the group who entered paradise were also at a loss for what to do, and could only watch the two of them remain in this stalemate.

"EH, give up. Your approach won't save the outer edge."

“The outer regions need stability, but EH, you are only stirring up conflict between the central government and the outer regions.”

Coming to her senses, Mudan looked in the direction of the sound and saw two familiar figures coming up the stairs.

"Rosanna! Sakura! What are you doing here?" Peony asked in surprise.

But Rosanna didn't answer her first. Instead, she said to the members who had entered Paradise, "I've memorized your faces. Now get out of here right now, or you'll all be ready to be cleansed by Hedonia."

The members who had entered Paradise looked at each other in dismay. They knew the power of the Hedonia gang, and if they became the targets of their bounty...

In an instant, some people made a judgment, dropped their guns, and ran downstairs.

But some people still hesitated because the leader had promised too much money.

Sakura, dressed in a kimono, elegantly held a long-handled pipe and said, "The same goes for the Seimei-kai. If you don't leave now, my retainers will surely be happy to hunt you all."

Even the Qingming Festival was the same; those who remained after entering heaven no longer persisted, dropping their guns and running away. If you're dead, no amount of money will help.

“See that, EH? Your companions are just a rabble; they can even abandon you,” Rosanna advised.

“People who only care about money have no sense of morality,” Sakura said in the same way.

But to everyone's surprise, EH remained silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "They were just henchmen I bought with money to save Hannah. The members who have truly gone to heaven are not here except for me."

“EH, you…” Peony hadn’t expected this.

"Goodbye." EH pulled the trigger of the pistol that was pressed against Li's left chin.

But no bullets were fired; instead, they heard an explosion at their feet.

However, EH, who was prepared in advance, took advantage of the moment when everyone was stunned and jumped out of the window to escape.

The floor collapsed, and the others couldn't even stand, let alone chase after him. They could only watch helplessly as EH ran away.

The explosion caused the already crumbling old bar to collapse, but fortunately, Peony had already damaged it beforehand, so the collapse did not cause a particularly large tremor.

As the smoke cleared, Peony, being Niki, was naturally unharmed. She looked at the swordsman beneath her and asked, "How are you?"

While the collapse of such a small, dilapidated building might not be a big deal for Niki, it would be a different story for ordinary people.

So at the last moment, she ran to the swordsman's side and used her body to shield him from the falling rocks.

Li Zuoyi gave a thumbs up.

Peony was somewhat confused about what this meant.

Rosanna smashed the stones on her body with her fist, stood up, dusted herself off, and saw Peony's strips of cloth clothing. She teased, "Oh~ Peony, I didn't expect you to be so unrestrained."

Sakura, who was standing nearby, also stood up. When she saw Peony, she covered her mouth and said, "Peony, as a woman, it would be better if you had some sense of shame."

When Peony saw that both of them pointed to their chests, she couldn't help but lower her head.

It's just that the clothes are torn...

"Ah, ahhh, ahhh..." Peony blushed, covering her chest with one arm. Seeing the swordsman's eyes staring straight at her from behind his mask, she pressed one hand on his mask and stammered, "No, don't stare!"

Through the gaps between Mudan's fingers, Li Zuoyi caught a glimpse of her flushed face and graceful figure, and couldn't help but think that even this seemingly simple-minded girl could be adorable.

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Rosanna dusted herself off and texted her subordinates, “EH has escaped. Send some people to look for her near D area…”

Sakura sent similar messages to her subordinates.

We need to find EH as soon as possible and stop her terrorist attack. The outer perimeter cannot afford to further deteriorate its relationship with the central government.

On the other hand, in order to prevent Mudan from running around "openly" in broad daylight, Li Zuoyi took off his jacket and gave it to her to wear.

Peony took it with her back turned, then put it on and zipped it up.

Her cheeks were still slightly pink as she turned to the swordsman and said, "Thank you..."

She never expected that her first time being seen naked by a man would be like this.

Even though she was already Nicky, this kind of thing was still too, too shameful.

"So, Peony, are you actually Niki?" Li Zuoyi asked.

"Huh?" Peony came to her senses and said, "For some reasons, I voluntarily became Niki."

"What about them?" Li Zuoyi asked, noticing that Rosanna and Sakura appeared to be unharmed in the collapse.

Now that they'd been discovered, Rosanna and Sakura stopped trying to hide it and openly admitted it.

"For the same reason as Peony, we all became Niki voluntarily," Sakura said, letting out a soft breath.

“I know that humans look down on Niki, right?” Rosanna looked into his eyes.

Li Zuo pointed to himself, "Are you saying I'm not human?"

Rosanna was taken aback for a moment, then laughed: "You're quite interesting."

"Who are you, sir?" Sakura asked.

"normal person."

Sakura knew that the man did not want to reveal his identity, so she stopped asking questions.

Li Zuoyi saw a cyborg with only one arm sticking out from the ruins. They had been defeated by Mudan alone, but the question was, who were they?

Are they from the central government or underground banks?

But neither side should be staying here now.

"Ask any questions after you leave here."

“It’s too late,” Rosanna said, looking around. “They’re already here.”

Central government troops, wearing official armbands, appeared silently from all directions, and more than fifty soldiers surrounded the four of them.

The soldier captain gripped the walkie-talkie on his collar and said: