NIKKE, Swordmaster Ark Succubus Daily

Actually, it was because Anik had explained to him that the situation on Mudan's side had become more serious.

After he came out, he went to the toy store next door, grabbed something that looked like a longsword, and rushed over.

"I'm so sorry, if only I had told you sooner..." Peony felt extremely guilty, tears welling up in her eyes.

Seeing her soiled pale yellow dress and sprained arm, Li Zuoyi wiped away her tears and comforted her, saying:

"The person who planned this incident is wrong; you are not wrong."

'Dididididud'

A siren sounded.

Looking at the dozen or so police cars and ambulances that arrived late, Li Zuoyi said to Mudan, "It seems that today's date will have to be called off early."

……

"That commander, he's still alive." Viper looked at Li Zuoyi, who was wrapped in a blanket and holding a cup of hot water next to the ambulance in the distance.

"Hmm," Krau replied impatiently, silencing the jackal.

"Although we were thwarted by him, we still managed to complete the mission, right?" Viper's face regained its calm smile.

"Hmm." Krau glanced one last time at Li Zuoyi, who was preparing for a media interview, then turned and left, muttering to himself, "If it weren't for him, humanity would have realized the importance of the Nikis..."

Chapter Sixty-Two: Fame and Sweets

Some time has passed since his date with Mudan, and Li Zuoyi has remained at the outpost.

After that day, he could no longer see Anick even when he wore contact lenses, and it's unknown whether he went to deal with the gang attack on Queensway.

The previous incident had a terrible impact, resulting in seven deaths and nearly a hundred injuries.

This incident has already caused a stir on the Ark website, and it's being covered in daily television news.

The public in Ark is increasingly calling for the eradication of gangs in the outer suburbs.

But if this were to actually be done, what would ordinary people in the outer perimeter do? No one could answer that.

Therefore, the Ark government remains silent in the face of public outcry.

To prevent anyone else from committing such heinous acts at the Ark, Peony and the others have been conducting intensive investigations in the outer perimeter for the past few days, but it seems they haven't found anything.

What bothered him was that even the police station hadn't provided a decent investigation report.

Subsequent developments were classified as confidential information known only to internal staff.

As for Li Zuoyi, who shone brightly in this incident, he also received commendation from the government.

"Look, look, Commander, you're on TV!" Anies shouted, pointing at Li Zuoyi on the TV screen from the sofa.

The television broadcast announced: "Now, please welcome Mr. Lemon, CFO of Missilis, to present Mr. Li Zuoyi with the Ark Outstanding Citizen Award..."

"Isn't it Shuen who's presenting the award?" Anies asked.

"She seems to be busy researching the core of heretics in the lab," Li Zuoyi said.

Even though Shuen kept the information to herself last time, she still has the right to analyze the Heretic Fragments.

This demonstrates the strength of Missilis, one of the three major companies in the Ark.

The Ark government could only swallow its anger.

“But it’s so nice to be on TV…” Anies looked at the commander on the screen with some envy. “We helped out that day, but they didn’t mention us at all, nor did they mention Peony and the others.”

When the situation suddenly changed, she and Lhabi helped evacuate the crowd and even saved several ordinary people.

But none of these things were mentioned on TV.

“This is because of our Niki.” Lapi placed the organized documents on the commander’s desk. “Everything Niki has done is thanks to the commander… I’m sorry, commander, I didn’t mean to complain.”

"I know," Li Zuoyi said, looking at the stack of documents on the table with a troubled expression.

What's the point of the Outstanding Citizen Award? He already has the Blue Heart Medal...

"Ah! Commander! You're famous now!!" Anies exclaimed in surprise as he looked at his phone.

"I know, I was on TV."

"No, it's online!" Anis ran up to the commander with his phone and said, "Look!"

Li Zuoyi saw the title of a post on Anies's phone screen: Doesn't anyone think the person who received this Outstanding Citizen Award is handsome?

And the comments below... there are a whopping 300,000!

[Really! You're really not a model?]

I noticed it when it was teased a couple of days ago, but unfortunately no one paid attention to me then.

【So handsome...】

I'm willing to pay for his personal information.

He appears to be a soldier, or perhaps a commander.

"Isn't that what a hero is? I want to be a hero's wife!"

If he's the main character in this year's recruitment ad, I'll go!

【Ahhhhhhh】

……

There were many more comments like this, and the number was still growing. Li Zuoyi looked puzzled. "Don't you think that's a little strange?"

Shouldn't we focus on his deeds?

How did it turn into his face?

“Really? I’ve always thought the Commander is very handsome,” Anies said.

“I think so too,” Labi nodded.

"I didn't mean this..."

Li Zuoyi felt that his rise to fame was too sudden, and he always felt that someone was pushing him forward behind the scenes.

That male peacock from Tetra seems very suspicious.

"Commander! We've dug up all your photos from elementary to high school!" Anies zoomed in on a photo of the commander from elementary school and chuckled, saying, "The commander was so cute when he was little."

“I think the current commander is very good,” Lapi said, glancing at the photo.

Li Zuo was taken aback. They're already launching a box attack? Isn't that a bit too fast...?

"Ah, it got deleted," Anies said. "Phew—thankfully I saved it. I'll use this as a side dish tonight."

He seemed to have heard some strange words... Li Zuo glanced at the clock and said, "It's time for the scheduled dispatch mission. You should set off now."

Amid Anis's complaints, Labi dragged the unwilling Anis away from the command center.

A while later, as Li Zuoyi was processing documents, there was a knock on the door.

"gentlemen."

Rosanna came in.

"I don't think I called you today," Li Zuoyi said after thinking for a moment.

“Actually, I came with Peony,” Rosanna said, pointing to the door.

"What about her?"

He glanced at the doorway but didn't see Peony.

"She'll be here in a bit. She seems a little nervous and is trying to calm herself down."

Li Zuoyi found it strange; it wasn't their first meeting, so why was he nervous?

However, he still said, "I understand."

"Then I should go too..."

Rosanna gripped the doorknob, but then seemed to remember something, and immediately turned around and strode straight toward Li Zuoyi.

Just as Li Zuoyi lowered his head to work on his documents, he heard footsteps, looked up, and asked, "Anything else... um!"

He was forcibly kissed, and it was a wet kiss...

“Hahaha~”

Like a drowning person surfacing, Rosanna gasped for breath. She released her grip on her husband's collar, straightened up, her cheeks slightly flushed, and said directly:

"This is to repay the kindness of saving me before, sir."

After he rescued me, I felt very uneasy.

I kissed him now and I feel much better.

Li Zuoyi licked his lips, which had been scratched by her teeth, and looked at her seriously, saying, "Just this once?"

After all, one must be a little greedy in life.

Rosanna was taken aback, but didn't respond. She smiled and said, "Please keep what happened just now a secret from Peony. I'll be going now."

Li Zuo nodded slightly, which could be considered a tactful refusal. As expected of Rosanna...

As Rosanna left the office and went downstairs, she bumped into Peony, who was about to go upstairs.

"Rosanna, your face is so red, what's wrong?" Peony asked, with a candy in her mouth.

"It's just... it's a bit hot inside. I have something to do, so I'll be going now." Rosanna didn't dare look into Peony's eyes and hurriedly went downstairs to leave.

Peony couldn't understand what was wrong with her, so she stopped thinking about it.

She went straight upstairs and knocked on the door of the deliveryman's office. "Deliveryman! I'm here!"

"Peony, is there something you need?" Li Zuoyi noticed that Peony was dressed the same way she did on their previous date, wearing a pale yellow dress that made her look very innocent.

Peony took out a memory card from her small handbag, lowered her head slightly, looked up at him, and said softly, "I'd like to watch the horror movie from last time with you today, is that alright?"

"Of course, after I finish processing the documents here..."

But Li Zuoyi didn't expect that Mudan would raise her head slightly, her spring eyes filled with water, her face flushed, and open her mouth, sticking out her tongue, on which was a pure red heart-shaped candy.

Because she was sticking out her tongue, her voice was muffled, but he still understood her.

"This is a gummy candy, it'll melt soon, buddy, want some?"

Chapter Sixty-Three: The Ring

Today marks the day the special forces are moving into the outpost.

Bestie led Silverflower and Emma to greet the commander. The three of them saw a woman in a pale yellow dress coming out of the commander's office on the stairs of the command center.

Emma noticed that the woman who kept her head down was unconsciously tucking her legs together as she went downstairs.

As the two passed each other, Emma overheard her soft muttering to herself.

"How can I... it's about to leak out..."

Furthermore, Emma enjoys cooking and is quite sensitive to smells.

'Whoosh whoosh'

She took a gentle sniff and confirmed that a faint floral scent lingered in the air where the woman had walked.

This smell… Emma covered her mouth. Although it was the first time she had smelled this smell, the woman’s little actions and the way she came out of the office… were definitely not wrong.

"The Commander is really capable~ Hehehe." Emma smiled knowingly at the Commander, then followed Bestie and Yin Hua into the office.

In the office, the commander stood in front of the open window, gazing at the scenery outside. A gentle breeze ruffled his sweat-drenched temples, and his white shirt made him look dashing and handsome.

"Yeah, we're opening the window to ventilate..." Emma raised her hand to cover the corners of her mouth that were turning up.

"Oh~~" Bestie's eyes lit up. "No, as expected of the current Ark people, the most popular one..."

"If looking cool was all it took, those posing models would be the ones on the ground." Yin Hua placed her black briefcase on the table and looked at the commander with some impatience, asking, "What are you doing right now?"

"I'm thinking about the meaning of life," Li Zuoyi said to Yinhua as he turned around.

"Tsk, boring." Yin Hua slapped his hand on the black briefcase and said, "Here's what you wanted."

“I thought Ingrid was trying to back out.” Li Zuoyi walked to the table, opened the briefcase, and inside was Indivilia’s mechanical whip blade.