NIKKE, Swordmaster Ark Succubus Daily

With the black and white rabbits in hand, Li Zuoyi and Little Red Riding Hood returned to the outpost.

Pushing open the door to the command center, I found that people were already waiting.

Anis was sprawled on the sofa, a magazine open in front of him, snacks beside him, and six or seven bottles of carbonated water lying haphazardly on the floor next to the sofa.

"You're finally back, Commander..."

Anis looked up to welcome the commander back, but upon seeing three unfamiliar women behind him, she jumped up with a gasp and asked:

"Could they all be Niki?"

“Yes.” Looking at her lively appearance, Li Zuoyi couldn’t imagine how beautiful and tragic she must have looked when she was poisoned to death.

"Ugh—really—" Anies covered his head and ran out with a conflicted expression.

“Ah, Anies, at least clean this up…” Nien came out of the kitchen wearing an apron and looked troubled when he saw the mess she had left behind.

"You've returned from the Pure Land of Bliss?" Li Zuoyi asked.

“Yes, he went to report on his spy work and got lectured by Ingrid for a whole day!” Nien sighed, then said, “I’m going to catch up with Anis. I’ll pack up the things here when I get back.”

"Ah."

Li Zuoyi looked at the last person in the room, pointed to D behind him and said, "This is your Niki, right, Louise?"

Louise, who had been waiting for a long time, nodded and said, "Yes."

She and Niki are both assassins. He probably couldn't accept her like that, otherwise he wouldn't have left her here for so long.

"You and your Niki belong to the Dangerous Seats."

Louise lowered her eyes, a surge of anger dissipating from her chest, her eyes losing their light. "Yes."

"And the Dangerous Seats belong to the Ark's Second Court—the Trial Chamber."

Louise pursed her lips, her throat dry. She closed her eyes, and when she opened her mouth, her voice trembled slightly, "Yes..."

It seems he already knew about the existence of the courthouse...

Although all the humans she killed were thoroughly investigated and confirmed to be heinous criminals, it was still murder after all. Who would want a killer by their side?

"How many people have you killed?"

Louise, with her eyes closed and not daring to look at him, couldn't discern the emotion in his voice. Her knuckles turned white from clenching her fist, but she still honestly answered, "Thirty-four people."

She stopped talking. Why...? Yes, she must be shocked by the number of people she killed. She's probably looking at her with fear right now, like she's a monster. Maybe she'll tell her to take Niki and get out of here in the next moment.

Just as the atmosphere was becoming increasingly tense, Little Red Riding Hood did something that shocked everyone present.

"Are you frowning so tightly because you want to use it to crack walnuts?"

It wasn't his voice... Louise opened her eyes and found that Niki, who had been standing behind him, was now holding his neck with her arm and rubbing his hair with one hand.

"La, Lapi?" Bran didn't expect Lapi to dare to talk to the commander like that. This was blatant defiance of his superior, and if taken seriously, it could lead to execution...

Noyar covered his mouth, making soft, muffled noises about this violation of military discipline.

D couldn't understand the point of doing this and stared wide-eyed at the farce unfolding before him.

"Isn't the Tribunal a good organization?" Little Red Riding Hood looked down at the commander struggling in her arms. "They're just trying to help the Ark become better. Don't be so hung up on her killing someone, okay? If I were you, I would have gone straight for her because she's so beautiful."

"I'm not dwelling on this... and what nonsense are you talking about... let me go..."

Li Zuo patted her arm and discovered that her strength was frighteningly great, even though he had been enhanced by Nihilista.

The reason he frowned wasn't because Louise had committed murder, but because her execution efficiency seemed much higher than his own, giving him the feeling of being outdone by a top student...

"Is that so?" Little Red Riding Hood looked up at the pistol that was almost pressed against her forehead and Louise's cold and gloomy face, and said with a smile, "He doesn't seem to care that you killed someone."

“Let her go, Niki,” Louise said in a low voice. “Or I will execute you for harming a human being.”

"Don't scare me like that, I'm just trying to help you." Little Red Riding Hood laughed and let go of her hand.

Louise pulled Li Zuoyi to her side, away from the Nikkis, put away her gun, and asked him, "Should I report this to the military? She might be a Nikki with potential sabotage."

Li Zuo coughed twice and shook his head. He knew that the current Lapi was a different person.

Like most of the Ark inhabitants, Louise had a natural sense of alienation from Niki, feeling that they were just props.

“Let’s talk about Cheryl,” he said.

136. The pure and innocent Little Red Riding Hood is back!

Li Zuoyi inquired about the reasons why the court wanted to assassinate Cheryl.

Louise's answer was: human trafficking.

The buyers and sellers are mostly young men and women who dream of becoming stars but lack the talent.

After these young people are eliminated, special companies will approach those with relatively better qualifications and tell them that as long as they participate in the company's training, they will have the opportunity to join the Tetra audition or become an actor in a movie.

When these young people hesitated and doubted, the company would bring in Cheryl to endorse them. With such a high-ranking Tetra executive present, these young people naturally believed in her.

However, the company's training costs are not cheap, and they usually drain these young people's savings.

However, the training content was very rudimentary, and it was almost impossible to learn anything. Sometimes, they even had to sell their bodies to some middle-level dignitaries.

During this process, if any young people raise questions or doubts, the company will bring up Cheryl, and for the sake of their dreams, most young people will swallow their anger and continue.

But once the money runs out and the body has been used up, the company will reveal its true colors.

They would lure young people into their cars, claiming they were going to auditions or talent shows, but in reality, they would take them to various red-light districts on the outskirts of the city and sell them to shops or individuals in need, squeezing every last drop of value from them.

Because so many young people go to Tetra every year, the company only selects those who are better looking and seem easier to control, so the court only recently investigated and sentenced the company's boss to death.

Before the boss died, he revealed that the person they had been supporting all along was Cheryl, which matched the report given by the undercover agent they had previously infiltrated.

The normal court was unable to make a proper judgment on Cheryl, so the trial court sentenced Cheryl to death, which was carried out by Louise.

Unexpectedly, Cheryl received a threatening letter, but her past connections still helped her secure 24-hour police surveillance.

Now, however, he has escaped with the help of a mysterious police officer, but has disappeared without a trace, causing the mission to fail.

"The police haven't found the car Cheryl got into," Louise said, looking at the information on her phone.

"That officer was probably bribed by her; he probably took her somewhere else."

Li Zuoyi didn't tell her that the police officer was a wanted criminal. After all, this matter involved a person with powerful connections. In that person's eyes, what the court did was harmless, but if that person found out that it would involve him, he might not let it go. Louise was also very likely to be targeted.

Louise should try to investigate Cheryl as much as possible.

Let him handle the more complex matters.

“Then it’s very likely they went to the outer edge of the region,” Louise guessed, then said, “I’ll go investigate the situation there next.”

“I will also have my Nikki investigate the situation privately…” Before Li Zuo could finish speaking, Louise leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.

"I'm sorry, but seeing that you not only don't look down on me but also help me so much, I couldn't help myself." Louise brushed a few stray blonde hairs behind her ear, her eyes full of joy.

"Whoosh—" Little Red Riding Hood whistled, "Was that your first kiss?"

Little Red Riding Hood, who loves gossip, is most fond of prying into other people's private lives.

“No.” Louise glanced at her.

"Uh..." Li Zuo blinked, and Louise, realizing what he meant, explained, "Have you forgotten? I gave you my first kiss when we were in elementary school..."

"You...remember? That wasn't when we were playing house..." Fragments of Li Zuoyi's childhood memories surfaced.

“Of course I remember!” Louise became a little shy, her fingers twisting together, a blush creeping up her face. “And you also said you wanted to marry me…”

"Hahaha, that was when I was a kid..."

Louise immediately added, "And Auntie mentioned this to me a few years ago when she was still alive. She asked me if I still liked you, and I said of course I did. She probably told you that too."

Looking at Louise's burning and expectant gaze, Li Zuoyi really wanted to message Anick: What strange questions have you been asking me behind my back? And you never told me about these things!

"Okay, I think so, but then again..."

"That's great, she did mention it after all." Louise breathed a sigh of relief. "When she asked me, she looked so conflicted, I thought she didn't like me."

"Childhood sweetheart! Childhood bride!" Little Red Riding Hood cheered from the sidelines.

Bran, Noal, and D were completely unable to keep up with Lapi's pace, and they didn't know why she was so bold as to joke about the commanders.

"Do you think she... doesn't like you?" Li Zuo's eye twitched twice.

"She used to let me play with you, but she never let me get too close to you. It was the same when we went to your house; she wouldn't let me sleep with you, even though we were just kids..."

"I was also very confused at that time..."

The two commanders reminisced about their childhood there, and Little Red Riding Hood and her friends were allowed to leave.

"I'll take you to the dorms. There are still plenty of rooms available, so you can choose whichever you like," Little Red Riding Hood said to Bran, Noah, and D after they left the command center.

“We can go and see them off.” It turned out that Anis and Nien had been waiting outside all along.

“Anis…”

“Someone’s looking for you.” Anies gestured to Yin Hua behind him.

So it really is about Lapi... Little Red Riding Hood was a little nervous. She learned from the commander that Lapi and Yin Hua used to be in the same unit, and that they were said to have a good relationship.

He's not going to get angry at me, is he...?

After Anis and Nien left with the three new Niki units, Yin Hua walked up to Little Red Riding Hood and said, "The Commander seems to trust you a lot, even though you're just an imposter."

Damn, what a sharp tongue… Little Red Riding Hood chuckled awkwardly, “…Ah, it’s alright.”

"Can Lhabi come back?" Yinhua asked, hands in his pockets.

“If I have the chance, I will give my body back to her,” Little Red Riding Hood said.

She didn't know if she could come back, so she could only use this promise to show that she had no intention of harming anyone.

Yin Hua understood, and snorted, "Is that so? I'll believe you for now for the sake of the Commander."

"Phew—thank you, your expression just now really made my sphincter tighten..."

"Tsk!" Yin Hua was very unhappy that such words came from Lapi's mouth. She said, "Now that you control her body, you should at least take some responsibility for her."

"I'm terrible at paperwork," Little Red Riding Hood said, scratching her head.

“It’s not that.” Yin Hua turned to look at Anies, who was walking away, and said, “It’s about protecting the commander.”

"I will risk my life to protect him," Little Red Riding Hood said solemnly.

“That’s important too!” Yin Hua sighed, “I mean protecting the Commander from being harassed by other Nikis, like Anies, who used to sneak up to the Commander’s bedroom in the middle of the night.”

"Huh? Is there something wrong with it? She likes the Commander, and the Commander probably feels the same way about her..."

Little Red Riding Hood initially wanted to ignore the matter, but then she remembered the relationship between the Commander and Louise. They were childhood sweethearts and both Commanders, so they were bound to be together in the future. The two seemed so well-matched.

Just like... Lilith and that commander back then.

These two were an open couple in the Goddess Unit, but... she developed feelings for the Commander during their time together.

Originally, she only wanted to keep this feeling buried in her heart, after all, she was a pure lover and only read pure love stories.

But one night, after she finished applying the glue, she still couldn't resist the urge, and just then, the commander needed to see her. She couldn't help herself and pulled him onto her bed...

The next day, she realized she had made a mistake. She had let down the commander and Lilith.

The innocent Little Red Riding Hood has disappeared, replaced by a blond Little Red Riding Hood.

However, once it happened, it happened again, and she took the initiative once more...

And so, she maintained her secret relationship with the commander until she was corrupted and voluntarily left the team.

Now she has another commander, but her heart has already found its home and she will never fall in love again. When she sees that the new commander has his own romance, she can't help but think of the mistakes she made in the past.

She wouldn't allow such a thing to happen again; she wanted to protect the relationship between the new commander and Louise!

After all, she has now become a pure lover again!

So she changed her tune and said, "Leave it to me, I'll stop any Niki who tries anything with him!"

137. Okay, time for bed!

Louise uses her own methods to find out Cheryl's whereabouts, and Li Zuoyi also wants to help with the investigation.

After all, this is no longer just a matter of Mastermind's request; it also concerns whether Cheryl knows who killed Anies.

Or perhaps she herself was the murderer.