NIKKE, Swordmaster Ark Succubus Daily

Rosanna drew the gun from her waist at just the right moment and handed it to the man, saying, "This is the execution pistol that humans can also use to execute Niki."

Li Zuo took the pistol and pressed it against Krau's head. Just as he was about to pull the trigger, Krau suddenly said, "The collar around my neck is a bomb."

"Brother!" Peony immediately ran in front of Li Zuoyi and protected him as he retreated.

Rosanna threw Krau in the opposite direction and then kicked her in the stomach, sending her rolling further backward and further away from her husband.

Sakura also arrived next to Rosanna, and together with Peony in front of Li Zuoyi, the three of them formed a human wall to block the possible explosion.

"Who, who would put a bomb around their own neck for no reason..." Krau struggled to his feet, weakly patting the blood-stained dust off his body.

"It's alright, she would have detonated it long ago if she wanted to." Li Zuoyi patted Mudan's stiff shoulder to reassure her, then said to Kelawu, "You mean you were coerced?"

“Yes, if I don’t do this, the necklace around my neck will explode,” Krau said, wiping the blood from his nose.

"Who put the necklace on you?" Li Zuoyi asked.

“Someone you can’t afford to mess with…” Krau grinned, revealing his bloodied teeth, and said, “Consider this my advice: don’t investigate him or them. I suggest you just kill me and pretend you know nothing to live on, or you’ll become unfortunate.”

"If you care about me so much, why did you have to say it out loud?" Li Zuoyi asked.

"We're too close. If I die, the explosion of the collar will affect you, Commander." Although Krau couldn't see clearly, she still tried her best to look in his direction.

Let me see what kind of person you really are.

Kill me, and I'll become a commander who pretends to know nothing, and fall into depravity.

They'd rather not kill me. I'd rather be a hot-blooded youth, recklessly charging forward and getting killed like a dog by those powerful people, or I'd try to deal with them and end up in a miserable state.

'Bang!' A gunshot rang out.

Krau felt his left leg lose its support and he knelt down on one knee.

'boom! '

Then came her right leg; this time she couldn't maintain her balance and fell face-first to the ground.

Fortunately, she had already turned off the pain sensor, otherwise, she would have been in so much pain...

“Do you know what? Actually, you’re now my Niki.” Li Zuoyi walked up to Krau. “I specifically asked the military for you.”

“You…” Krau didn’t know why he was saying this.

"When Niki was assigned to a commander, all her actions were subject to the commander's orders, which also seemed to include the sensors."

Krau tried to raise his head but was stomped down by him.

"Klaus, activate the pain sensors," he said coldly.

"Ahhhh-"

Immediately, Krau screamed in agony, his broken nose throbbing with intense pain, and his knees felt as if they had been gouged out.

"Which hand did you press the detonation button with?" Li Zuoyi shook his head. "Never mind..."

Krau felt the foot on his head move away, but then his hands were stomped on and twisted repeatedly, as if he were stubbing out a cigarette with his foot.

The pain came from all parts of the body and was unbearable.

“Since you hate me so much…” Krau gasped, “Kill, kill me…”

“No, I won’t kill you with my own hands.” Li Zuoyi moved his foot away and said, “I will let the Ark AI judge you. Although you were coerced into killing someone, killing two people will still result in a death sentence.”

"Why do you do this?" Krau asked.

"Consider this my last bit of sympathy for you." Li Zuoyi turned around and tossed the gun to Rosanna, saying, "Although there's little chance, you should still pray that you can be permanently reformed in the rehabilitation center."

Kraulio was momentarily stunned, then, as if he had heard a joke, he lay on the ground and laughed for a long time.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

She was to be punished for killing someone, but because she was coerced, she wasn't killed immediately, which was a final act of sympathy...

He was even more impartial than the most ethical judge in the Ark.

When she was still human, the Outer District told her that only by any means necessary could she survive; no one told her that robbing or stealing was wrong. After she became Niki, the large corporations told her that only by obeying could she survive; no one told her that killing indiscriminately was wrong.

But in the beginning, nobody told her she couldn't do these things...

But then you jump out and want to punish me... Hahahaha...

"Are you out of your mind?" Li Zuo asked, looking down at her.

“You really are… disgusting. But if, if I could have met you sooner, no, even sooner, I…” Krau gasped for breath, as if after a bout of sobbing, before changing the subject and saying, “Lemon, this is the name of the person you’re looking for.”

'Beep, beep...'

As if she had uttered some taboo word, the collar around her neck began to emit a rapid warning sound.

Before Rosanna, who had noticed something was wrong, took him away, Li Zuoyi heard her last words: "I did nothing wrong."

He understood what she meant; she was unrepentant.

'Boom—'

There was an explosion.

……

When the smoke cleared, Li Zuoyi, who had already moved far away, saw a pitch-black body.

Chapter Seventy-Three: Abandoned by the Whole World

Outpost, Niki's dormitory.

'boom! '

Li Zuo slammed his hand on the table and said sternly to Shu En sitting opposite him, "Shu En, how do you explain that the technology used to modify those thugs who attacked the Ark is related to Missilis? And Krau, she's Missilis's Niki, right!"

He is currently interrogating Shuen, and is temporarily using Niki's uninhabited room as the interrogation room.

Although he got the name from Krau, he wouldn't just believe it immediately; there were some things he needed to confirm first.

So he planned to scare Shuen first, following the established procedure, to get her to tell the truth.

Li Zuoyi took another document from Labi and placed it on the table, staring into Shuen's eyes as he said, "Moreover, it's technology you developed."

Lapi turned a bright spotlight from the table towards Shuen, so bright that Shuen couldn't open her eyes. She covered her eyes with her hands and shouted, "Don't point that at me! Scrap metal!"

Li Zuo moved the bright light closer to her, then placed his hands on the table and said, "I hope you can watch your attitude. You are now a major suspect, no different from a criminal."

“Um… I never let Krau do such a thing! And this technology is…” Shuen wanted to explain that the technology was from several years ago, but she was in a bad mood and her tone was a bit sharp.

Seeing his cold face now, she felt quite complicated. Earlier in the car, under pressure from the military and two other companies, he said he was on her side, which moved her deeply. She even had tears in her eyes.

In this situation, although she knew he wanted her to explain herself, was it really necessary to be so harsh?

If he were gentler, hmm… Shuen remembered what he had said before.

So she quickly glanced at the contents of the document, then looked away and whispered again:

"That is indeed my technology, but it's an extra external control system for injured people with prosthetics when the prosthesis malfunctions and can't be controlled by nerves. It's not a system for controlling human behavior, and someone has drastically changed its operating logic. It's not what I originally designed."

Seeing that she had stabilized, Li Zuoyi temporarily softened his tone and said:

"But that doesn't mean you haven't made any changes. You are the creator of this system. You know better than anyone how to modify it. Besides, it hasn't been put on the market. It's always been in the hands of Misilis. The only person who can make changes is you."

Seeing the situation was getting out of hand, Shuen quickly said, "No! It's always been in Missilis's patent database. Anyone with the right access can...take it out..."

As if she had just realized something, she paused for a moment, then leaned forward, grabbed Li Zuoyi's collar, and said excitedly, "I know who wanted me arrested! It was Lemon! It was him, the one who gave you the Outstanding Citizen Award last time! It was definitely him!"

"Lemon, that name again..." Li Zuoyi asked, "Why would he do this?"

“Lemon is my mother’s younger brother. My parents passed away from illness. If it weren’t for me, he would have inherited Missillis.” Shuen said through gritted teeth, “He must be holding a grudge against me for not becoming CEO!”

Is it just a simple family dispute, unrelated to underground banks...? Li Zuoyi still had doubts and said, "I understand what you're saying for now. You can stay here for the next two days and you're not allowed to go anywhere."

"I...I understand." Shuen sat back on the bed, then called to him again, saying somewhat hesitantly, "If you really find out I'm innocent, will you help me?"

Although she already knew his answer on the bus, she still wanted to hear it from his own ears.

“Yes, but only if you are truly framed,” Li Zuoyi said.

"……Thanks."

The first time Li Zuoyi saw Shu En, she sat obediently on the edge of the bed, head down, seemingly lost in thought.

After leaving the house, he instructed Labi to select a few Nikis to guard the place together.

He didn't want Shuen to be killed by someone again.

Just then, Anis came to tell her that Louise had arrived.

After leaving Niki's dormitory and returning to the command center, Li Zuoyi saw Louise in military uniform with a worried look on her face.

"Let me guess, your family wants me to sever ties with Shuen as soon as possible, right?" Li Zuo asked bluntly.

“It’s not just my family’s decision, it’s the entire military’s.” Louise’s shoulders relaxed, and she forced a smile as she said, “But you won’t abandon her, right?”

It's not just Anderson, now the entire military has abandoned Shuen...?

The military, Elysium, Tetra, and the upper echelons all watched, whether willingly or unwillingly, as Shuen fell into the abyss. Even most of the common people were hoping to see a good show of the upper nobility falling into the dust, and now just look at the 'rising' stock price of Misilis.

"You've been abandoned by the whole world, Shuen, and you're so unpopular..." Li Zuoyi sat back in his seat, leaning against the back of his chair and letting out a somewhat weary sigh.

"Because, whether you were a child or now, you haven't changed in this respect, although you seem to have become even more so after you went to military school..."

Louise stopped talking. She leaned against his desk, her hands on the tabletop, and looked down at him sideways, saying:

"But what are you planning to do after that? Once the government's deadline has passed, you'll have to hand her over. Although this might make you uncomfortable, I also think it's best not to get involved with Shuen."

Li Zuoyi crossed his arms and nodded.

He was well aware of this; if he handed Shuen over to the police, she would never be able to leave the country again.

Those powerful and wealthy people with their eyes practically glowing with greed are just waiting for Shuen to go to jail, and her 'good uncle' Lemon will probably do everything he can to keep her out.

That's why everyone around him wants him to give up on Shuen.

They all believed that Li Zuoyi could not stand against the entire elite class of the Ark on his own.

Giving up is the wise thing to do.

But for Li Zuoyi, this was something he could not give up.

So what can he do now?

The most direct and effective method is to interrogate Lemon, force him to confess his crimes, confirm the evidence, and then eliminate Lemon without leaving any survivors.

What a perfect plan.

It was a plan that only he could pull off.

“You seem to have a solution,” said Louise, who had been observing Li Zuoyi’s expression.

Their shared experience of growing up together has taught her the meaning behind every subtle expression of his.

"How is that possible?" Li Zuo spread his hands, feigning ignorance.

“Is that so…” Louise was puzzled for a moment. When she saw him glancing at the clock, she knew that he had something to do alone.

Although she wanted to stay by his side a little longer, she said, "I'll go back now. I'll tell Father that you've considered giving up on Shuen, so you can have some peace and quiet."

"um. Thank you."

After Louise left, Li Zuoyi told Lapi to rest, stretched, glanced at the dark night outside, and turned off the lights in the command center.

As night fell, Isabel saw Li Zuoyi leave the outpost. After hesitating for a moment, she quietly followed him, wanting to see what he was up to.

Chapter Seventy-Four: Target Audience: All Owners of the Ark

Lemon sat in his office, handling his affairs, and thinking that in a few days he would be able to sit in a more spacious office on the floor above, he couldn't help but smile.

Those bastards on the family board of directors...

Unlike Shuen, who has half-lower blood, he is clearly the heir to the family's pure bloodline.

So what if Shuen is a bit smarter at research? Why was she chosen as CEO while he can only be a CFO?

The older sister was also at fault!

Why refuse a family-arranged marriage and instead marry a man from the lower class, thus defiling the family bloodline?

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have gone to such extremes!