NIKKE, Swordmaster Ark Succubus Daily

Such unfounded rumors will soon be debunked on their own.

However, a familiar figure walked into the venue, attracting everyone's attention.

"He is that commander."

"I thought it was photoshopped, but the real person looks even better than the photo. Do you want to try it and see what it tastes like?"

"I knew it! Shuen couldn't have missed him, could he? Five million, I'll take it."

“Hey, look, the one next to him in military uniform is someone from the military, right? She seems to be Theodore’s only daughter.”

"The former deputy commander Theodore who's dying? That commander wouldn't choose their family, would he? They've practically been ostracized from the decision-making circle."

"Wow~ It seems he'll take any woman. Why don't we send a few women over too? We just got a new batch recently."

……

As soon as Li Zuoyi entered the venue, he felt that he had become the focus of everyone's attention and the subject of everyone's discussion.

The whispering people cast his gazes at him with a variety of expressions, from curiosity to indifference to greed.

Meanwhile, Li Zuoyi was also secretly observing them.

It's highly likely that someone in this group betrayed him in the past.

Who could it be? The woman with high cheekbones? The man with a potbelly? Or...?

"You—" Shu En's voice was low and filled with anger as she stood in front of Li Zuoyi, barely suppressing her rage as she asked:

"What are you doing here?! I didn't invite you!"

Upon hearing this, the whispers among the powerful and wealthy grew even louder.

No, it should be said that the noise of gossiping has become even louder.

"What happened? Weren't they already..."

"Could the rumors be false?"

"No, no, no, it's absolutely true! Shuen was pinned to the ground and shoved into a pulp, and the carpet was soaked!"

“I paid Missilis’s cleaning service, and what he said was true.”

"Then now..."

……

On his way here, Li Zuoyi had already heard Louise talk about the rumors that were spreading among the higher-ups.

It's said that Shuen broke down, and now it seems to be true.

Listening to the sounds around him, Li Zuoyi began to understand why she was in such a hurry to cut ties with him.

But... Li Zuoyi curled the corners of his mouth.

With the mindset of "better to avoid trouble than see her explode," he looked at her tenderly and replied with a soft, sweet voice:

"Of course I came to see you, because you were angry about what happened last time, weren't you?"

The celebrities realized what was going on when they heard that.

So they had a fight! No wonder...

Shu En stood there, stunned, feeling that no matter how she explained, she could never clear her name again...

Chapter Sixty-Six: Whoever has money, makes money.

Li Zuoyi wasn't lying; Shu En was genuinely angry when he left.

He simply expressed it in a slightly different way.

The surrounding noise grew louder and louder. Shu En looked around in a panic, his pupils unfocused, his breathing becoming increasingly rapid, like a small animal caught in a pack of ferocious beasts, completely lost and helpless.

“Zuo Yi, you’re really wicked,” Louise whispered in his ear. “But does this really have to go on? She looks like she can’t take it anymore.”

"Don't worry, she's the CEO of Missilis, she's not that fragile." On this point alone, Li Zuoyi was confident in Shu En.

Otherwise, without a strong mental fortitude, she wouldn't have continued to cause trouble so persistently despite being reprimanded by him so many times.

Sure enough, after a short while, Shu En closed his eyes, his rapid breathing calmed down, and his pale face regained its color.

She looked at Li Zuoyi, pointed at his nose, and said calmly, "It's because the conditions you offered last time were too shameless that I got angry!"

Shu En noticed that the surrounding chatter had subsided, which seemed to be effective. Good, let's keep doing this and steer public opinion toward her and Li Zuoyi's negotiation terms.

.

The lives of the Ark's higher-ups were quite decadent, and things like Shuen's were just trivial matters that would be the subject of conversation after dinner. But she was just unhappy about it. How could she let him always have the upper hand?!

She wanted him to know that she would fight back, and that she wasn't a lab rat he could manipulate at will.

Otherwise, having exploited her weaknesses, he would have gone even further.

Li Zuoyi replied casually, "Oh, we agreed on only once, but do you expect me to have a second relationship?"

This statement is not a lie.

"You, don't you care about your reputation?" Shu En's right eyelid kept twitching; she hadn't expected him to drag himself into this mess.

She is the CEO of Missillis, so she can afford to be indifferent; she's just making a scene with him to vent her anger.

But he is the rising star commander of Ark. If word gets out about what happened here today, his reputation, which has been soaring recently, will definitely plummet.

How could an ordinary person accept such a disparity?

"Reputation, can you eat that?" Li Zuoyi looked around at the powerful and influential people staring at him and said:

"Anyway, my affair with Shuen is just a joke in your eyes. Whether my reputation is good or bad, you don't care at all as long as I'm still useful, because you only want me to work for you. But I can't work for all of you, and you don't want to see me work for your rivals, so..."

Come and try to please me.

He paused, drawing their attention to himself, and continued:

"The rules are simple: give me the price you're willing to pay, and I'll do one thing for the highest bidder, once a week, and that's it!"

Li Zuoyi desperately needs money and supplies.

But accumulating wealth little by little is too slow, so where should he go to earn money?

He thought of it when he sat on Shuen to punish her.

He makes money off whoever has money.

Who is the richest person in Ark?

The three major corporations are: Missilis, which is responsible for scientific research; Elysium, which is responsible for military affairs; and Tetra, which is responsible for entertainment.

And then there are those bloated, powerful, and wealthy people who have been on top of Fang Zhou for a hundred years, sucking his blood; they must be as fat as they can possibly be now.

It's time to slaughter them.

Moreover, standing openly and honestly under the spotlight makes it easier to conceal one's identity.

A ghost from a hundred years ago has returned and is standing right in front of you. Can you recognize him?

The banquet hall was completely silent; even the whispers ceased.

Louise was somewhat nervous, observing her surroundings. She hadn't expected Zuo Yi to make such a statement.

This doesn't mean she thinks he's a bad person; it's just that this is very different from any verbal exchanges she's had before.

You shouldn't cautiously probe someone's bottom line step by step and then try to exploit that connection...

No, no, she'd never seen anything like this before, it's like a supermarket with clearly marked prices.

No one has ever been as arrogant as Zuo Yi.

This is completely different from the education she received from childhood.

Zuo Yili is too powerful... Louise fell into self-doubt.

Meanwhile, Lhapi remained vigilant, thinking that the surrounding area was safe for the time being.

“Then,” an old man asked, leaning on his golden serpent-headed cane, “why should we abide by your rules?”

Li Zuoyi laughed as if he had heard a joke and said, "Then you can find another commander who can kill heretics to help you."

In the past hundred years, the Ark has never produced a commander capable of slaying heretics.

This shows that he is the only one.

The banquet hall was silent for a while, then slowly clapping began, and then became as enthusiastic as thunder.

The powerful and wealthy believe that people who follow their desires so readily are rare indeed.

If something can be solved with money, then it's not a problem at all.

Is money really a problem?

There's no better tool than this.

"I'll pay five million!"

Five million? You're trying to fob off a beggar? Ten million!

"Twenty million, all of you shut the fuck up."

……

Seeing the bidding frenzy, Li Zuoyi genuinely felt that Ark was doomed if things continued like this.

Let me perform bloodletting on them.

"Not just money, anything else is fine, as long as it suits my taste."

Li Zuoyi interrupted their bidding and continued:

"Furthermore, the bidding process is not public. You will send me your bids every week, and I will contact you if you win the bid. Lapi, go and collect the contact information of those gentlemen and ladies."

"Do you think anyone will accept this?" Shuen stood up and objected directly: "Something that suits your taste? Who knows?! What if you've secretly teamed up with others to harm people?!"

Li Zuoyi did not answer, because it was indeed a question.

If they don't believe he will treat every bidder equally, then this declaration is a complete farce.

Seeing that he remained silent, Shuen laughed triumphantly. How could she allow such a thing to happen?

The banquet hall fell silent.

"Since none of you are going to speak, we'll put the bid for the Pure Land of Bliss first."

"Ingrid?!" Shuen was surprised to see Ingrid, who had previously made excuses for not coming, actually appear at the banquet.

The sudden appearance of the CEO of Gokuraku Jodo (Paradise Pure Land) really startled many people, after all, this is not a person who can be invited to attend casually.

Judging from what she said, it seemed that she came specifically for that commander.

"OH~ NO! I'm late! Looks like Tetra will have to become number two~"

"Mastdin?!"

This guy clearly said he was going to direct a newcomer's concert... Shu En's face kept twitching.

Even at the banquet, Mastin was still wearing that flamboyant outfit, except that he had a black bow hanging from the lace apron around his neck.

Even Mastin, who almost never participates in such activities...

“Shuen, what about you?” Ingrid asked, arms crossed, looking at Shuen.

Knowing full well the answer, and with two of the three major companies on his side, if he were to fall behind... Shuen had no choice but to grit his teeth and say:

“Misilis too.”

Even the three major companies have joined, so the rest of the group has no choice but to follow suit.

This is a matter of setting an example.

Li Zuoyi walked up to Shu En, leaned down, and whispered in her ear like a devil, "You're quite the troublemaker tonight. Wait for me in the same meeting room as last time."

Chapter Sixty-Seven: Training

In Shuen's private meeting room, Shuen, who should have been the host, was kneeling on the floor, serving as a chair for the man.

Beads of sweat slid down her cheeks and dripped onto the carpet. Her delicate breathing mingled with her heavy snoring, as if she were enduring unspeakable pain.