NIKKE, Swordmaster Ark Succubus Daily

But Li Zuoyi didn't expect that Tetra was also involved in the underworld.

“NO! NO! NO! They are not my subordinates, but merely my collaborators,” Mastin corrected.

“I don’t want the underworld to continue running rampant, as this is not good for the outer perimeter or the Ark. So I wanted someone to suppress the underworld and keep it under control. And coincidentally, they also wanted to regulate the outer perimeter at that time.”

Mastin raised his arms high and said emotionally, "The spirit of Niki, who volunteered to protect their homeland, is still shining today!"

It's clear that Mustin and Shum are completely different.

“Yes, I understand why you want to help me,” Li Zuoyi said. “But you must also have something you want me to do.”

He knew that such help was not free; the other party must have some kind of request.

Is it to assassinate someone?

Should we listen to him from now on?

“Bingo!” Mastin snapped his fingers and said, “I want you to help manage the Queen of the Underworld.”

"I'll manage it?"

Li Zuoyi hadn't expected that Mastdin's request would be this, and that he would so casually hand over a unit to him.

"I have to keep a close eye on the company's operations and the soon-to-debut rookie Data, so I haven't been sleeping well lately, and my skin is all dry~"

Mustin was quite troubled and asked, "So I wanted you to help me share some of the burden, but you're not willing? I think you're the only one in the entire Ark who can handle it."

"..."

This reason is a bit far-fetched, but it's not a bad thing to strengthen one's own power.

Li Zuo nodded slightly and said, "I accept."

“Great!” Mastin said happily. “And I hope you will take good care of Anies.”

Now that he understood, Li Zuoyi stood up and said, "I understand. If there's nothing else, I'd like to take my leave."

"Ah, wait, there's something for You." Mastin opened a drawer and handed him several black cards: "Is this what you wanted?"

Li Zuo examined them closely, his eyes widening slightly. "Could these cards be from those three mass-produced Niki machines...?"

"Yes, it's just a pity that their brains were automatically burned out when they were captured, so nothing can be found out."

This is too fast... Li Zuoyi arrived at this building in less than an hour, but the other party had already almost completed the investigation.

Li Zuoyi took the black cards, knowing that the money inside was still there, and put them away.

"correct."

Just as he was about to leave, Mastin said calmly, "I parked your car in parking space number 12 on the third floor of the underground garage, and I also got it a new license plate. Drive it back."

Li Zuo turned around and stared at Ma Shiding, who was leaning against the desk, but couldn't see the look in his eyes behind his sunglasses.

“You need to be careful,” Mastin said calmly. “This time I found the car and drove away first, but I might not be so lucky next time.”

"……grateful."

Li Zuoyi nodded slightly, pushed open the door, and left.

In his office, Mastin picked up the phone on his desk and dialed a number.

"Send three mass-produced Niki units to Anick."

After hanging up, he dialed another number, his voice filled with sadness:

"Peony, I'm sorry, the execution is over, I couldn't stop it."

……

……

On the way back to the outpost, Li Zuoyi drove with his phone on the glove compartment, talking to Anik.

"The peony is showing signs of erosion. Do you have any clues?"

The way Mudan looked before really worried him.

“It might be related to your abnormal brainwave frequency,” Anick’s voice remained indifferent. “That’s why it affected Niki.”

In other words, it's related to his abilities... Li Zuoyi still found it strange: "Then why don't other Nikis seem to have this situation... no, it seems like Marian has had it too."

He also remembered that Marian seemed to have stunned the commotion with a single punch, buying them some time.

At the time, he thought it was Marianne's inner power surging, but now it seems that she was influenced by him.

"If there's anything they have in common... could it be that they both confessed their feelings to me?!" Li Zuoyi felt he had discovered an astonishing truth.

Unexpectedly, Anick interrupted, "This theory has not been experimentally verified."

"But it doesn't seem right to do it this way..."

"This theory has not been experimentally verified."

"But Peony and Marian..."

"This theory has not been experimentally verified! It cannot be used as a basis for conclusions!"

The sudden rise in tone startled Li Zuoyi.

The car was quiet for a moment, then he seriously said the scumbag's words: "...I understand, practice makes perfect, I'll go back and try to seduce one this time."

“…Whatever you want,” Anick said softly.

Sensing something was amiss, Li Zuoyi quickly changed the subject: "How do you know my brainwave frequency? Even Shu En couldn't find out."

"Because I tampered with the data."

That's a really simple and blunt reason...

“I don’t think it’s appropriate to expose this to outsiders,” Anik added.

“Oh~ an outsider, um.” Li Zuo nodded slightly: “Then you…”

"Do you consider me an outsider?" Anik sensed something was amiss and quickly added, "We are partners, and I have an obligation to ensure your safety."

Li Zuo smiled and said, "I was wondering if Anick's mother would like to come and examine her in person."

"This! This! This..." Anik didn't realize that his flustered tone had already given him away.

"Sure, I think!" Li Zuoyi decided for her. "Ah~Nik~Mom~"

"Well... it just takes some time, I need to prepare." Anick tried to appear calm.

Chapter 44 Snow White: It smells so good

The outer edge area contains underground tunnels used by ships a century ago to transport supplies to the surface.

But a century has passed, and no one knows where these intricate roads lead.

On one of the roads, EH limped along, one hand supporting himself against the mottled tunnel wall and the other clutching his bleeding right shoulder.

She was careless.

Previously, when she was on her way to plant the bomb on the Ark, Viper, a member of the organization, betrayed her and called in the ACPU Ark Guard.

While covering Hannah's escape, she encountered Krau and was hit in the right shoulder and left leg by Krau's ricochet bullets.

EH had not anticipated that Krau would bypass Niki's absolute command at the bottom level—not to harm humans—and could only hastily escape into the underground tunnels of the outer edge.

The sound of unhurried footsteps echoed through the dark tunnel.

EH knew this was a sign that Krau was catching up, and she could only drag her badly injured body forward.

However, when EH reached the end of the tunnel, and just one step ahead was a reservoir tens of meters in diameter and bottomless, she understood why Krau was so relaxed.

The footsteps behind me were getting closer, and then stopped about ten meters away from EH.

"Klau, why..."

'boom! '

A spark flashed in the air, and then appeared several more times in various places on the tunnel walls.

Finally, there was only a soft "plop" sound, as if it had been shot into a soft object.

A few seconds later, the sound of something entering the water came from deep within the reservoir.

“Sorry, I don’t waste my breath on people I’m not interested in,” Krau replied to EH’s question.

In this way, she can pin anything she wants to do on EH.

For example, killing a few humans.

Krau then asked the venomous snake who had followed him, "Was the bomb recovered?"

"Hmm, Krau, what do you want to do?" the viper asked in a soft, seductive voice.

"It's such a waste for EH to just bomb empty shopping malls. I'll use it where it's needed."

In Krau's view, the ambiguity between the Ark and the outer edge would never lead to a conclusion.

Since no one wants to shatter this false peace, let her do it.

"What did Shuen say?" Krau asked, putting away his gun.

She had Viper report to Shuen, deliberately saying that they hadn't caught EH and that she had escaped.

That way she can use EH's identity.

"Heh, same old story, throwing a tantrum." The viper was clearly unconcerned.

Krau remembered the man who had been captured by the central government forces. "What about that man?"

"Shuen just said not to change the subject, and then continued to berate us."

"...So that arrest warrant was fake after all... This is Ark. Poor Niki, who was deceived by him, he's a perfect match for you, Viper."

The viper chuckled softly, "Eh... really? In that case, I'd like to try dating him... and see if he can fool me, or if I'll end up eating him."

EH, you'll stay here forever... Krau glanced at the reservoir, then turned and left.

"Let's go back, or the jackals will chew up the sofa again."

"Hmm~"

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Outpost

command center.

"What are you doing here?" Just as Li Zuoyi was about to take a bite of his hot poppet, an uninvited guest pushed open the door to the command center.

Snow-white hair, a tattered shawl, mechanical limbs that look like they were repaired with Lecher parts, and a strange weapon system on his body...

"I need to talk to you about something."

Bai Xue walked in, removed her weapons, sat down at the desk, and stared at him.

Looking into Bai Xue's amber eyes, which seemed to flicker between light and shadow, Li Zuoyi put down his spoon and asked, "What is it?"

Bai Xue twitched her nose slightly and asked calmly, "How is Marian doing lately? Has she started having hallucinations? Has she been thinking about going somewhere?"

Some time has passed, and the erosion should be even more severe now. She came to see if it was still necessary to help him execute the man.

A heavily corroded Niki is near the ark, and she fears something might go wrong.

“She just made me this spaghetti bolognese flavored poppaet.” Li Zuoyi poked at the slightly burnt poppaet with a spoon. “It was a little burnt though.”

Marian, Labi, and Anis had just waited for him to return before going to sleep.

Marian made him a late-night snack, Lapi helped him with his documents during the day, Anis... watched TV all day, and was forced by Rita to clean his room.

"This……"

Snow White was somewhat surprised, because once Niki entered the mid-stage of the erosion process, the rate at which she was eroded would only increase.

The erosion process can sometimes take as little as an hour from the middle to the later stages.

But Marianne still has the energy to make Poppett, which is really...smelly...

Her gaze unconsciously shifted from his face to the plate of perpetual petals, and Snow White asked, "This is a bit strange."

"I feel weird too."