NIKKE, Swordmaster Ark Succubus Daily

"You seem to have gotten used to it by now." Li Zuoyi sat on her narrow back, glancing at her as he said, "Aren't you going to scold me now?"

“What’s the use of cursing you… Will you get up?!” Shuen struggled to support his trembling arms so he wouldn’t fall.

"That's true."

'drop'

The message came on the phone.

"Are Louise and the others getting impatient waiting downstairs...?" Li Zuoyi took out his phone and glanced at it, somewhat surprised.

It was a message from Bai Xue. Although they had exchanged contact information before, every message Li Zuoyi sent her showed that she had not received it.

I've found something that can save Marian. I'll go to the Ark in a while. How is she doing?

"It's all over now," Li Zuoyi replied.

Is he dead?

Li Zuoyi wondered whether he should tell her the truth.

After all, Niki Marian had become a heretic.

At that moment, Bai Xue sent another message.

[So you've already met Dorothy. She just messaged me about Marianne.]

[Do you know her?]

Yes, we used to be members of the same team.

The cunning Dorothy and the seemingly naive Snow White are in the same team. Being the team commander must be very difficult.

Li Zuoyi replied: "So, what you're looking for is an antidote?"

【Um】

"Can you still send it to the Ark?"

There has been no news for a long time.

【Um】

Why do I feel like I've become a little cold...?

Li Zuo glanced at Shuen, who was still struggling beneath him, and asked, "How are the Metis troops doing now?"

“It’s still frozen… um—I knew that even if you didn’t say it,” Shuen said.

She had seen through this despicable man; he was probably just using the Metis army to blackmail her into doing something else.

"What if I had a way to break free from their infiltration without brainwashing?"

"What did you say?" Shu En was startled. The breath that had been holding her up just now relaxed, and her body went limp as he pressed her down onto the carpet.

However, Li Zuoyi did not get up, but remained sitting on her, and said, "I was just saying, why are you so agitated?"

"You!" Shuen tried to get up, but was unable to move because of his weight.

"Why do you want to get up? Isn't it more comfortable to lie on the ground like this than to force yourself to stay upright?" Li Zuoyi said with a meaningful smile.

“…I don’t want to be looked down upon by you. I’m the CEO of Missilis!” Shuen said, clenching his fist.

"So do you think I respect you now?" Li Zuoyi asked. "When we first met, did I care about your status as the CEO of Mississippi?"

"..."

No.

Shuen had to admit that this man had always been the same, doing whatever he wanted to her and never showing her the slightest respect because of her status.

“Since you’re going to be my chair anyway, why not make yourself more comfortable?” Li Zuo gently pressed the back of her neck with one finger, slowly stroking her back, and said softly, “If you can be good, I can be very gentle with you. The way I’m treating you now is entirely your fault, Shu En.”

Perhaps because she had just expended a lot of energy, Shu En's body was a little sensitive. The way he stroked the back of her neck gave her an indescribable feeling of comfort, a tingling sensation that traveled up her spine to the top of her head, slightly stimulating her brain. But she still stubbornly said, "My fault?! It's clearly your fault... Ouch, it hurts!"

Li Zuoyi's fingers, which had been gently stroking her, instantly changed. He grabbed her hair and pulled it back forcefully, forcing her to look up and meet his gaze. He said:

"Just because I rejected you, you wanted to destroy my Niki. After that, you insulted the Niki who fought to reclaim the ground, thinking they were playthings to be toyed with. Not to mention the mess you made recently, hiding declassified documents, almost wiping out the Metis forces, and I almost died there while cleaning up after you... Do you still think you're not wrong?"

Shuen, whose head was being pulled back by him, had tears welling up in his eyes and bit his lip, refusing to speak.

Li Zuoyi released her hair, grasped her chin, and said, "It's your fault that I'm treating you like this now, because you have a bad personality and always like to talk nonsense. So if you want me to treat you better, you have to be good."

“Be good…what do you mean?” Shuen asked, choking back tears.

“I can’t control what others do, but you need to act like a normal person when you talk to me, at least stop using that condescending tone you used to have,” Li Zuoyi said. “Don’t keep saying you’re the CEO of Missilis. You know I don’t care about your status.”

“…” Shu En murmured, her purple eyes avoiding his gaze.

After a long silence, she slowly said, "I... I feel terrible right now, I can't breathe, please, please let me go..."

This time, her tone finally softened, no longer shouting and screaming like before; she sounded more like an ordinary girl.

Then she cautiously observed his reaction, and he actually smiled gently. Coupled with the face that had ignited public opinion in the Ark, it gave people a sense of warmth.

He had always given her a cold shoulder before, and had never smiled like this before.

Oh, so he's really good-looking.

"Okay." Li Zuoyi pinched her chin, slowly lowering her body, which had been tilted back, onto the carpet, and said, "Is this alright?"

His tone and movements were very gentle, like a perfect gentleman, provided you didn't mind that he was sitting on a girl's back.

Shuen, who was breathing smoothly, was panting rapidly, "Mmm..."

“See? As long as you’re willing to speak properly, I’m happy to communicate with you,” Li Zuoyi said.

"I...I understand," Shuen said, lying on the ground and turning to look at him.

"Let's get back to the original topic. What if I had a way to erase their memories without brainwashing them?" Li Zuoyi asked.

“I…” Shu En subconsciously used his old way of speaking, but was glared at coldly by him again, so he immediately changed his words and said, “I’m willing to exchange something with you, what do you want?”

Well, it seems to be showing initial results... Li Zuoyi thought for a moment and said, "It's just a hypothesis, don't take it seriously."

Shuen was silent for a moment, then said, "...Actually, you have a way, right? A way to save the Metis troops..."

"Um... do I have it or not?" Li Zuoyi stood up and said ambiguously.

Shuen remained lying on the ground, instinctively understanding his unspoken meaning. She looked up at him and asked, "What do you want me to do for you?"

Li Zuo stared at her for a moment and then asked, "Do you know about the underground bank of Ark?"

Chapter Sixty-Eight: I Admit It, I Did It

In the luxury car on the way back to the outpost, Li Zuoyi was still lost in thought.

He just inquired about the situation at Shuen's underground bank.

According to Li Zuoyi's previous investigation, this bank should be related to those who betrayed the Goddess Force.

But the result was that even Shu En only knew that such a bank existed, and she didn't know the specifics.

Because she only became CEO of Missillis a couple of years ago, before that it was co-managed by her parents, they might know more details.

However, her parents had passed away from illness a few years ago.

Shuen said she would also try to gather some intelligence.

But both my parents have passed away...

It's no wonder that Shuen developed this personality. Her childlike demeanor inevitably led to her being looked down upon by other managers in the company, so she resorted to unreasonable methods to deal with those who might covet her position.

While he understood her situation, Li Zuoyi did not regret the methods he used against her.

He should at least try to get her to treat him better. It's really annoying that every time he tries to talk to her, it ends with violent physical contact.

Why do I feel like people are looking at me...? Li Zuo looked up and looked around, only to find that Lapi and Louise, who were sitting on either side of him, were staring at him with strange expressions.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

After hesitating for a moment, Lhapi said, "...I have recorded the names and contact information of the guests at the banquet, and I have also left them the contact information of the outpost."

"Thank you. I'll need you to do the statistics once their bids come in."

“Yes.” Lhapi nodded.

'Whoosh whoosh'

Louise grabbed his collar and sniffed him carefully, like a little female cat seeing her long-lost mate and using her scent to confirm whether he had gone out to frolic with other female cats.

"Lavi, can you smell it?"

"No, it only smells of sweat."

"Did you wash it clean afterward?" Louise asked, somewhat puzzled.

“Shu En and I didn’t do anything,” Li Zuoyi said. “You two shouldn’t make wild guesses.”

"The two of you spent an hour in a private room and did nothing?" Louise blinked, nudged his waist with her elbow, and said with a smile, "What kind of relationship do we have? There's no need to hide it from me. We've already seen each other naked and completely honest with each other."

"Don't misunderstand the idea of ​​six- or seven-year-old children bathing together."

"a ha ha ha……"

'Didi didi didi'

Li Zuo glanced at the name, answered the phone, and said, "Vice Commander Anderson, is there something you need?"

“Yes, it’s about the aftermath of the outer perimeter attack a while ago,” Anderson said. “Thanks to the efforts of the Queen of the Underworld, the government’s original plan to retaliate against the outer perimeter has been temporarily shelved.”

"That's wonderful."

Previously, Mudan was also very worried that the government would intervene and clean up the outer perimeter area.

I'll send her a message later to let her know.

“But the government has conditions,” Anderson said. “They demand that the mastermind behind this attack be identified.”

"..." Li Zuoyi wisely shut his mouth and didn't ask anything.

“Even if you don’t say anything, this task is still yours,” Anderson said.

"...Why are you doing this to me?" Li Zuoyi said in a somewhat pitiful tone, "It was the same before, you forced me to deal with the heretics, and this time you're being so unreasonable... Did I do something to anger Vice Commander Anderson?"

A deep sigh came from the other end of the phone: "You did nothing wrong. I was mistaken, thinking you would be content to remain unknown until the time was right. Your remarks at the banquet today were quite dangerous; not everyone approves of you. Many of them are unreasonable."

“Vice Commander Anderson seems to know me quite well,” Li Zuoyi said tentatively.

Did he know who I was?

“I told you when we first met that I’m not your enemy,” Anderson said. “But since you’ve already said it, I can’t criticize you any further. I’ll deal with those dangerous individuals. You just need to do your job.”

Now that things had come to this, Li Zuoyi could no longer refuse and asked, "How long is the stipulated time limit to find out who's behind this?"

"Three days."

“…Just kill me and say I did it.”

“The government is under tremendous pressure right now, and this is something they have no choice but to do,” Anderson said. “Let me tell you what I know. The identities of those thugs have been found. They were all legal residents of the Ark, but they all fled to the outer perimeter because of huge gambling debts.”

"gamble?"

“Yes, we checked their gambling account records, but found that all the money transferred out had vanished without a trace, and we don’t know where it went,” Anderson said. “This is impossible in the Ark, which was almost under Anick’s surveillance.”

So it's clear that there's only one place for this money.

The Ark's underground bank.

Since Anik couldn't say anything about his connection to those people, he naturally couldn't find out where the money went.

"I understand," Li Zuoyi said.

"Then I'll leave the rest to you."

……

……

Missilis headquarters, CEO's office.

Shuen narrowed his eyes as he looked at the man with a small mustache in front of him and said, "Is there something you need, Lemon?"

The man with slicked-back hair and a suit is Missilis's chief financial officer, who previously presented Li Zuoyi with an Outstanding Citizen Award.

"Can't I even come to see my niece? And shouldn't you call me uncle, Shuen? You weren't like this when you were little." Lemon said condescendingly, "You didn't even invite me to this banquet."