NIKKE, when the stars bloom

"Ark captured women from the Outer Rim, made them into Nikki, and then sold them back to the Outer Rim.

Do you think they should be killed?"

Chapter 154 I'll Teach You

Fear, panic, numbness, sadness...

When Phoenix looked at the thirteen girls with different expressions behind the glass window, the lieutenant's heart sank.

He did not see the anger he expected in their eyes.

He also did not see the bloodiness he hoped for in their expressions.

If it were in his previous life, the government would have tried to take care of these girls he rescued from human traffickers and provide them with a place to stay no matter how mentally ill or panicked they were.

But this is a disgusting underground ark, and the girls abducted by human traffickers were all born in the outer area.

The vast majority of people living inside the wall don’t consider people outside the wall as human beings, just like they don’t consider Nikki as a human being.

In other words,

These girls who were accidentally rescued by Phoenix are destined not to receive protection from the central government. If they still do not know how to resist with their own hands, then when they return to the Outer Zone again, the ending will still be tragedy.

Looking at the helpless girls in the detention room, thinking of the foreseeable miserable fate of these young girls, Lieutenant Xi pondered for a moment, and finally made up his mind:

"Anis, go find thirteen guns and teach them the most basic knowledge of firearms. At least they have to learn how to shoot."

The man said this, and then, at Anis's response, he turned and walked out of the prison room, adding:

"I'll go to the other end of the underground secret passage to clean up the garbage first. You can bring them here after you teach them. We'll leave in ten minutes at the latest."

"Yes, Commander!"

At this point, how could someone as smart as Anis not understand her man's thoughts?

If these girls in the outer regions want to survive in this chaotic world, guns are their best choice at the moment.

Not only that,

Just being able to shoot isn't enough. If you really want to live an independent and dignified life in the Outer Rim...

They must learn to kill.

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"Look carefully. Generally, the safety of a rifle is set above the trigger, where the index finger can directly touch it. It is usually shaped like a paddle, and is uniformly opened downwards and closed upwards.

This design allows your index finger to continue to slide down to the trigger as quickly as possible when the safety is turned on, allowing you to fire quickly.

In the underground secret passage, Anis patiently taught the thirteen girls about firearms.

Taking into account the limited time and the fact that most of these girls had no knowledge of firearms, she, who had been on the battlefield before, did not use too many professional terms. Instead, she used the simplest and plain way to teach the girls how to shoot, how to reload, and how to use cover to shoot.

These things were not difficult, and with real objects to try, the girls quickly mastered the most basic shooting logic and gained a preliminary understanding of the operating principles of firearms.

Since the fourteen girls were of similar age, and Anis was not only beautiful, but also very outgoing and funny, in just ten minutes, the girls willingly gave their trust to each other.

"Sister Anis, who...who was the man who came with you at the beginning?"

Walking in the secret passage leading to the outer area, Natalia, who was only thirteen years old, asked the most curious and uneasy questions in the hearts of her sisters.

No one will help others for no reason. This is the ideology that residents of the outer edge areas have been instilled with since childhood.

And Anis, who had lived in the Outer Edge for some time, naturally knew this.

To them, helping others without asking for anything in return is like a fairy tale, something that simply does not exist.

But Anis knew her man's temper better. The commander never thought of getting anything in return from these girls.

The reason why he is willing to pay so much is simply because he saw it, he was disgusted by it, so he chose to change.

"That man is my boyfriend." Anis teased with a smile while thinking of a way to appease him, "Don't even think about having a piece of the pie~"

"Boyfriend, what does boyfriend mean?" After hearing the answer from her sister Anis, Natalia asked a question that made everyone feel embarrassed.

There are no schools in the outer areas, and there is no real Internet in the outer areas.

Therefore, the word "boyfriend", which should be seen everywhere, is indeed a little beyond the scope for Natalia, who has been living with her parents for many years and has few friends.

Friends are just friends, why do you specifically call him boyfriend???

"Natalia, boyfriend means husband. Your father is your mother's boyfriend."

On the other hand, Ilovna, who had some knowledge of the term "boyfriend" but whose understanding was very limited, kindly explained to her little sister her misunderstanding of "boyfriend".

She is fourteen years old and she feels that she has to teach the knowledge she has learned to this stupid sister who has never seen the world.

Is this the outer zone?

After being promoted to the wife of a second lieutenant, Anis found that her understanding of the Outer Zone was still not deep enough. Of course, it might also be because she lived in Peony Club at that time. The public security and cultural level there were so good that Anis once suspected that she was living in the slums of the Ark.

But then again, for the title of lieutenant's wife, a girl who hadn't even got the ring decisively chose to shamelessly accept it.

"Oh, yes, I mean... ahem, let me be frank with you. My boyfriend definitely didn't save you for nothing."

In order to calm the girls' worries, Anis did not explain that her husband did these things simply because he was unhappy with the human traffickers, but instead followed public opinion and made demands to the other party.

"We are going to the Outer Edge this time to look for someone. You should all know how difficult it is to find someone in the Outer Edge, so my boyfriend's purpose in saving you is very simple. As long as you help us find that person, we will be even after the task is completed."

"Okay...Okay! Sister Anis!!!"

The girls, including Natalia, only breathed a sigh of relief when they learned that the couple had gone to great lengths to rescue them in order to get their help in finding out information.

Unfortunately, when they were about to walk towards the exit of the outer area along the secret passage.

The breath that was originally sent down was once again successfully held back into their throats.

In the middle of the passage ahead, there was a man standing upright, looking at them from afar, his expression calm enough to be called indifferent.

Looking at the wall on one side of the passage, there were about a dozen desperadoes and human traffickers "piled" together in a mess. If you didn't look closely, you couldn't tell whether they were dead or alive.

"Come all over."

Seeing that the girls' steps began to slow down subconsciously, Lieutenant Phoenix tilted his chin slightly and gave an order in a deep voice without any doubt:

"I will now teach you how to kill people."

Chapter 155: Starting tonight, the difficulty of the outer area will be increased to hell

"First of all, those without holes in their heads are not dead by default."

In the underground secret passage, the second lieutenant was holding a pistol that he had seized from someone, pointing the muzzle at a human trafficker who had already woken up, and moving up and down.

"Secondly, sometimes we don't have to shoot at the torso. Although Ark's bulletproof vest can block Bletcher's machine gun, it can block a few rifle bullets. So sometimes we can just shoot at the thigh."

boom--! ! !

As soon as the lieutenant finished speaking, a loud gunshot was heard from a pistol, and then the heart-wrenching screams of the human traffickers echoed in the tunnel.

"Bullets have a cavity effect... Well, let's not talk about that for now. You just need to know that the pain caused by a bullet hitting the human body is unbearable for ordinary people. Unless the target is in an extremely excited state, a single shot can make the target lose its combat capability."

Listening to Lieutenant Phoenix's explanation, the girls all nodded obediently. Except for the two youngest ones, the others' expressions were almost unmoved by the screams of the human traffickers.

Anyone who has lived to the age of twenty in the Outer Rim has seen a few dead people.

Seeing that no one asked questions, Phoenix raised the muzzle of his gun slightly and continued, "Third, anyone whose head doesn't have a hole in it must be shot in the head again unless they are required to be captured."

boom--! ! !

The screams stopped abruptly with the second gunshot, and at the same time, the gunshot also woke up the last desperado who had fallen into a coma.

Under the terrified gazes of the villains, the man took two steps back to the other side of the wall, turned his head to look at the girls, and said calmly:

“Remember these three points for now. Those who dare to kill can come and try. If you don’t dare to kill, I won’t force you.

Also, let me be frank with you.

The first time I saved you was because you had no ability to resist and no conditions to fight.

Now each of you has a gun in your hand. If someone chooses to give up resistance and struggle, then I have no obligation to save her a second time."

The lieutenant's eyes gradually became cold, and the murderous aura on his body spread to the surroundings without him realizing it.

"Because I don't have the time, nor the interest, to waste my energy on people who have given up the fight."

Fortunately, someone's aura was oppressive enough that the girls were unable to connect these words with Sister Anis's request for a while.

Otherwise, with their normal intelligence, they would quickly discover that the lieutenant and his wife had not colluded in their "confessions".

"What if I kill them?!"

suddenly!

A black-haired girl who looked to be in her early twenties stepped out from among the thirteen people. Her features were gentle and generous, but her eyes were filled with the courage that she had finally mustered.

"If I kill them, will you spare our time?"

"???"

Nancy's words obviously exceeded the expectations of a certain lieutenant named Fei.

There is no time and no interest in wasting energy on those who give up the fight. On the other hand, as long as there are people willing to fight, they have the time and energy to take care of the other party.

This logic... seems to be fine, but why does it sound so weird when it is said? ? ?

Out of all efforts to protect his kidneys, the man answered without a second thought, "They kidnapped you. They want to sell you to the three major companies. Then half of you will die in Nikki's surgery, and most of the remaining half, or even all of you, will become mass-produced Nikkis.

So you kill them for your own sake, not for mine."

"But the Outer Rim gangs won't let us have guns!"

The girl named Nancy also took a risk. She took two steps forward, bit her lips with her teeth, and the fingertips of her fingers that were pinching the handguard of the rifle had turned completely white.

“As long as the gangs find out that we have guns and bullets, they will try every means to attack us.

In the Outer Zone, guns and bullets are more valuable than human lives. We might be able to survive for a few more years without guns, but once people knew we had guns, we might not survive even half a year if we were left alone. "

At this point, Nancy felt that her remarks were like those of a bitch who took advantage of other people's kindness, so she lowered her head again and helplessly apologized for what she had said.

"I'm...I'm sorry, sir. I don't mean to blame you, I just...I just want to live."

I just want to survive.

These seven simple words are worth a thousand words, stripping the outer edge area of ​​the underwear cleanly.

Lieutenant Phoenix, who had never been to the Outer Rim, glanced at the dozen girls behind Nancy, and finally, his eyes fell on Anis.

The moment their eyes met, the man knew that Nancy was not lying, and the real situation in the Outer Edge was far more terrible than he had imagined.

He originally thought it was a slum where guns were rampant and fights broke out every day and night.

Judging from Nancy's description, the outer area does not look like a slum at all. Instead, it looks more like a rotten land where warlords are in power and human lives are worthless.

Tsk,

It seems that the outer area is still too comfortable.

After hesitating for a moment, Phoenix raised his chin towards the desperadoes and human traffickers on the ground whose kneecaps he had broken.

"You can follow me if you want. I'll prove my worth."

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boom--! ! !

When the heavy single-barreled shotgun let out a furious roar, a bullet hole was blasted into the body of a Cosa gang member hiding behind the wall, along with the steel plate.

It's just that the bullet hole in the steel plate was the size of a bullet hole, while the bullet hole on his chest was big enough to pass through a fist.

Here it is again...

Hogan, who was hiding on the other side of the bunker, saw his brother falling to the ground with his eyes open and the blood all over the ground. The fear that seemed to seep into his bones finally tore his remaining sanity into pieces.

He didn't know what happened tonight.