NIKKE, Swordmaster Ark Succubus Daily

So she immediately deployed her light wings, took off vertically, and a hail of bullets shot toward the spot where she had just stood, kicking up dust several meters high.

“Divine punishment…” Isabel searched the ground and saw the heretic looking up at her with a strange smile on his face. She said, “As expected, you are a heretic and do not deserve to stay by that person’s side.”

"First and foremost, I am Marian, not divine punishment." Marian confirmed the machine gun on her back had cooled down, then pointed it at Nikki in the sky, saying, "And only a dangerous, wicked Nikki like you is unworthy to speak to the Commander. I will eliminate you..."

It is clear that Isabel's actions at the outpost were witnessed by the divine punishment.

But the divine punishment wanted to kill her.

But Isabel remained calm.

She revealed a hidden, crazed smile:

"A dead heretic is a good heretic. I'll risk my position next to that person to kill you!"

This is not a fight between heretics and Niki.

This is a woman's war!

……

After waiting for almost half an hour, Li Zuoyi still hadn't heard anything from the earphones that Isabel had brought him, so he decided to wait until dawn.

However, Anies came to the command center again wearing her sheer pajamas, only this time she was wearing cute pink lingerie underneath.

Although Anies said she came to get carbonated water, she kept showing off her impressive figure from the moment she opened the refrigerator door until she closed it.

However, because Li Zuoyi had drunk too much cream puffs during the day, he hesitated only slightly before Yinhua and Labi burst through the door and arrested the struggling Anis on the spot.

“You bastard, I just didn’t notice you for a second…” Yin Hua dragged the shouting Anis out of the command center.

"Commander, I'm sorry to have disturbed your rest." Lapi thoughtfully closed the door for Li Zuoyi.

Lhabi, Yinhua, sometimes you don't have to be so conscientious...

Li Zuoyi decided to find an opportunity to talk to the two of them next time.

……

One night passed.

Li Zuoyi received a message from Anik while he was having breakfast.

After thinking for a moment, he decided to go to the Rehabilitation Center, which was the prison of the Ark.

For some reason, the outpost had an old elevator that led to the rehabilitation center, but this made things convenient for Li Zuoyi.

On his way to the rehabilitation center, he even startled the center's supervisor when he stepped out of the elevator, since no one had used the elevator for many years.

"Excuse me, what brings you here?" the supervisor of the rehabilitation center asked.

“I want to see Niki, who is being held here,” Li Zuoyi said.

"You do not have permission to log in to this system... Hmm? Ah, sorry, the system might be slow." The inspector patted the computer and asked, "Which Niki would you like to see?"

“Her name is Klaus,” Li Zuoyi said.

Chapter 85 I think you deserve to die

In the prisoner meeting room of the rehabilitation center, on the other side of the bulletproof glass, Krau, dressed in prison clothes, sat in a chair with his hands tightly locked together by strong magnetic electronic handcuffs, his head slightly raised, looking at Li Zuoyi with a listless expression.

“You’re not dead,” Li Zuoyi said to her.

She's still alive, apparently because Rosanna accidentally pulled on the bomb collar when she punched her, which reduced the accuracy of the explosion and prevented serious brain damage.

Legally speaking, this was not considered death for Nikki, so the government still revived her and then executed her after Anick's sentencing.

However, Krau's teammates, Viper and Jackal, had made a small contribution to the outer edge zone team because they helped Li Zuoyi, but for some reason, they couldn't be contacted these past two days.

Krau's sentence was also reduced, from death penalty to life imprisonment.

So he wanted to come and see her.

“Thanks to you, Niki.” Clau didn’t seem very interested in the conversation, but her gaze never left him.

“The explosive collars around the necks of Viper and Jackal have been removed because they provided crucial intelligence,” Li Zuoyi said. “This was the key factor in the downfall of the Missilis Board of Directors, and Shuen said it was a reward for them.”

"Can this be considered a reward?" Krau said with a droopy eyelid and a slightly disdainful smile, "Just because I and they come from the outer region, does that mean we need to be monitored like this?"

"I don't know what they're like, but as for you, I think it's understandable." Li Zuoyi took out his phone, glanced at it, and said, "When you were human, you carried out a terrorist attack on the Ark, causing a train to derail, killing more than 500 people, and injuring countless others..."

This was a crime that Krau had committed, so she was executed immediately after being arrested.

“Didn’t I pay the price?” Krau lowered her head, but her gaze remained fixed on the commander opposite her. She raised her arm, displaying herself. “I died and was turned into Niki. According to the law, Niki has no connection with humans anymore, right?”

Li Zuoyi knew she was right; the laws of the Ark did indeed stipulate that there was no longer any connection between the deceased female human and Niki, who was created using her brain as the prototype.

The vast majority of people on Ark share this philosophy.

However, he doesn't think so.

“Some things can only be redeemed by death,” Li Zuoyi said slowly, looking at her. “And I don’t think you have completely redeemed yourself.”

Krau's smile froze, but a strange light flashed in his eyes as he said, "I'm now sentenced to life imprisonment. Your opinion won't matter."

"Who knows if they'll change it the next day." Li Zuoyi had already sent a message to Anick, hoping that she could reconsider Krau's verdict from the perspective that humans and Niki are no different.

“You’re human, just like Niki…you’re such an idiot,” Krau said, shaking his head.

“They should have been the same.” Li Zuoyi stood up and said, “The Ark is not functioning properly now.”

Nikki was one of those brave women who stood up and volunteered to fight for humanity; they were noble and respectable.

Even though many of today's Nikis are no longer made by women like these, they should still have the same rights as humans and should not be treated differently when they make mistakes.

“If you think like that, you’ll have a very difficult time on the Ark. Not many people will understand you,” Krau said.

She knew very well that humans both wanted to use Niki and were afraid of her, which was why they were doing everything they could to suppress her.

“I know,” Li Zuoyi turned around and said, “So I will do my best.”

He then left the meeting room. He had only come here because he didn't want Krau to feel innocent before he died, and now that he had achieved his goal.

Krau watched his departing figure, unable to calm down for a long time.

She was taken away from the meeting room and returned to her solitary confinement cell, where she sat for a day and a night.

The next morning, she received a revised sentence; she would be executed a month later.

Krau couldn't help but laugh, neither sad nor angry, just happy.

He was truly a very peculiar commander.

So, Krau made a decision.

Late at night three days later.

At the sewage pipe outlet of the wastewater treatment plant, a girl named Niki emerged from the pipe. She looked around to make sure no one was watching, then snapped her fingers to signal the people behind her to come out.

Then Krau emerged from the pipe and found himself in a pool of water that reached the waist of the god.

She was able to get out thanks to Kancy, the master of escape.

"Is it...is it alright now?" Kansi moved a little further away from Krau with some fear and said, "I...I've brought you out..."

"Thank you." Krau tossed aside the sharpened spoon handle. "You may go."

Kansi immediately returned to the rehabilitation center through another passage. She didn't want to go to the Ark with Krau; she preferred to stay in the rehabilitation center.

"Klau~" the venomous snake called to her from the poolside, while the jackal beside her waved its paws high.

Krau stepped out of the pool and accepted the new clothes and towel that the venomous snake offered him.

"Welcome back!" The jackal grinned as it always had.

“I was quite startled when you contacted me a couple of days ago,” Viper chuckled. “Let’s go back to the outer perimeter first. You still need a safe place to hide and avoid being searched after you escaped from prison.”

But Krau asked first, "Are you still working for Shuen?"

"No, of course we slipped away the moment the necklace was removed," Viper said with a grin. "Wasn't that our initial goal when we became a team?"

“Indeed.” Krau dried his hair and held out his hand to Viper, saying, “Do you have any weapons?”

"Here, your usual handgun model." Viper knew she was uncomfortable without a gun, so he had prepared it in advance.

Krau took the bullet, examined it, and confirmed that it was the heavy firepower bullet used by Niki.

"Klau! What are you going to do next?!" the jackal asked excitedly. "I want to do it too!"

Jackals are always like this, they never have their own opinions... Krau glanced at the excited jackal, then looked at the venomous snake, and said, "This time is a little different."

"What's different?" The jackal tilted its head.

"Jackals!"

When the venomous snake saw Krau raise his pistol, his expression changed, and he quickly went to grab the jackal.

But the gunshot had already rang out, and the jackal, clutching his bleeding neck, collapsed into the venomous snake's arms, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"Klau! What are you doing..." Viper's eyes widened as she glared angrily at Klau, but the next bullet pierced her neck as well.

Seeing the two people lying on the ground bleeding profusely, Krau picked up the phone that the venomous snake had dropped and found Li Zuoyi's name.

Sure enough, the viper didn't forget to ask for his contact information.

Krau dialed his number.

After two beeps, the other end answered.

"Viper, you've been like this these past few days..."

“She and the jackal are at the sewage treatment plant in the suburbs, near the second pool. Come pick them up later,” Krau said.

"Klau! You..."

Before Li Zuo could finish speaking, Krau hung up the phone and tossed it back to the viper, who was clutching his neck but still bleeding profusely.

"Why..." the venomous snake asked with difficulty.

Krau glanced at her, said nothing, and left without looking back.

As she walked out of the sewage treatment plant, she gazed for a while at the Ark main area, its neon lights flashing in the distance.

He said she should die to atone for her sins.

She thought he was right, but she felt that death alone was not enough as atonement.

She should do something before she dies.

what to do?

What he wanted to do but couldn't, what he should have seen but couldn't, what he finished but accidentally overlooked...

Once all this is done, she should die... but she has a small wish—to die in his hands.

The sun rose in the distance, its orange-red light shining on her. In the light, she reached out her hand, and as if feeling warmth, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up.

It's beautiful and lovely, but it doesn't belong to her because she has long since lost the right to possess it.

She was a little sad, but it was alright; she was already used to it.

So she turned and walked into the still dark shadows behind her.

Chapter 86 Mom likes to take photos to remember the occasion.

Outpost base, command center.

“So, you can’t trust Nikki, who’s from the Outer District, just because she’s a piece of scrap metal.” Shuen looked at Viper and Jackal standing next to Li Zuoyi and said disdainfully, “It’s better to wear the explosive collar.”

They were sent to Missilis for repairs last night and then brought here.

"I've already asked Mudan and the others to keep an eye on the recent movement of people in the outer area. They'll contact me immediately if anything happens."

Li Zuoyi put down the phone and said to Viper and Jackal, "You don't need the necklace. Until we find Krau, you will all be under my command, Niki. Your only mission is to find Krau and kill her."

“…I understand,” Viper said, looking down at his phone.

"Captain...why..." Jackal was still immersed in his emotions.

They did so much for Krau, yet they were still betrayed by her in the end.

"Since you've put it that way, let's do it this way," Shu En said, crossing his legs.

“Go to the outer area now. Report back every 24 hours. If anything unexpected happens, contact me in advance,” Li Zuoyi said to them. “Otherwise, there will be two more Niki names on the underworld’s list.”