NIKKE, when the stars bloom

Then the girl advised helplessly: "Second Lieutenant, please try not to turn on the do not disturb function on your phone in the future. The intelligence department has sent you a message, but we have not received your reply yet."

"Ok?"

The lieutenant raised his eyebrows in confusion, then took out his cell phone and looked at it...

"Hey, Lavi, give me your phone."

Rabbi: “?”

"My mobile is out of battery."

Rabbi: “…”

……

They were clearly sitting in the teacher's office, with charging ports everywhere. The fact that Phoenix asked to borrow Lavi's phone was outrageous in itself, and it was outrageous to the extreme.

However, what the lieutenant could never have expected was that when he plugged in his phone and restarted it, a full 26 red dot messages suddenly popped up on the group chat interface...

【Welcome to join the group chat of the Ground Intelligence Special Squadron】

[Anpa: Let me introduce myself. I am Anpa, the Deputy Minister of Intelligence.]

[Ampah: Lieutenant Phoenix, from today on, I will be your direct superior. At the same time, the ground intelligence special squadron is officially established.]

[Ampah: The former 04-F team leader should have reported to you in advance about the special ground intelligence squadron. I will not repeat it here. If you have any questions, you can ask me directly.]

[Anpa: Below is the list of members of the ground intelligence special squadron. As the captain, you are invited to invite your subordinates.]

[Anpa: Members of Team 04-F, Lapi, Christine, and Lorfu. ]

[Anpa: Guard members, Mihala and Yuni. ]

[Anpa: Member of the Silver Spear Force, Marian.]

[Anpa: Member of the Infinite Orbital Force, Diesel. ]

[Anpa: MMR affiliated high school, members of the Dazzling Pearl Force, Naga and Tia. ]

[Anpa: Members of the Aegis Force, Helen, Master, and Anker. ]

[Ampah: There are twelve Nikkis in total. Except for the three from the Aegis Force, the other nine have performed missions with you. I think this will reduce the unnecessary adjustment period between you.]

[Anpa: As for the Aegis Force, you should pay a little attention to these three people. Because Deputy Commander Burnim is responsible for the daily maintenance of the Praise, they are very close to Deputy Commander Burnim. They are the spies that the command forcefully placed in the squadron.]

【Anpa: Remember to reply when you see the message. 】

[Anpa: Please reply if you see the message. ]

[Ampah: Lieutenant Phoenix? ]

【Anpa: ……】

[Notice: All members of the Ground Intelligence Special Squadron are banned from speaking for one month]

[Notice: The Ground Intelligence Special Squadron is prohibited from inviting others to join the group chat]

【Welcome to join the group chat of the Intelligence Department and the Ground Intelligence Special Squadron】

[Deputy Minister Ampa: Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce myself. I am Ampa, Deputy Minister of Intelligence.]

[Deputy Minister Anpa: Your captain, Lieutenant Phoenix, will explain the details.]

Phoenix: “…”

For some reason, when he saw his immediate superior re-create a group chat and leave two messages in a pretended aloof tone, the lieutenant felt that the intelligence department was much more humane than he had imagined.

Not to mention that they took into consideration details such as clearing the chat history when disbanding a group chat, the hunger and thirst between the lines alone is not the style of the central command or the military.

How many cold stares did a deputy minister of a department have to endure to become like this?

Phoenix couldn't imagine it, nor did he have the mind to savor it carefully.

At this moment, he cared more about Marciana's feelings.

"Teacher." The lieutenant turned his head and looked at Marciana who was checking the students' test papers, and said frankly: "I got news from above that Naga and Tia will follow me on missions in the future... high-risk missions."

"..."

Hearing the instructor's words, Maruchana's finger, which was still sliding on the screen, trembled slightly with a visible amplitude. The woman, who was not mentally prepared at all, turned around in astonishment and asked in disbelief:

"High-risk mission? The Central Committee wants two students to carry out a high-risk mission with you?"

After saying this, she immediately realized that she had lost her composure and quickly collected her expression, pursed her lips tightly, and her pair of brown eyes met the lieutenant's gaze again.

A long time, a long time...

Maruchana, who finally chose to compromise, raised a complicated bitter smile. The usual majesty was gone from his brows, replaced by a deep helplessness.

Seeing the teacher's pitiful expression, someone suddenly smiled and said in a nonchalant manner:

"Teacher, don't worry. Tia is so lucky. They won't even if I die..."

"no!"

Unexpectedly, when Phoenix said the word "death", Maruchana, who had just looked helpless, suddenly opened her eyes slightly and subconsciously interrupted the man's words.

"You can't die either!"

Chapter 184 The Eve of Returning to the Outer Region

In Marciana's eyes, Instructor Phoenix must not die.

But I don’t know why…

When the thought "If the instructor dies, there will be no one to avenge Ark for them" flashed through her mind, Marciana suddenly felt that she was a very hypocritical and realistic woman.

When it comes to matters concerning a friend's life and death, I am still thinking about how much benefit my friend can bring.

"Sorry... I need to be alone and calm down."

Feeling extremely ashamed for her selfish thoughts, the teacher subconsciously lifted her ears again, and without waiting for the instructor to respond, she hurriedly walked towards the door.

He passed by Rabi and then disappeared at the end of the corridor in a panic under the girl's puzzled gaze.

Rabbi: “…”

I don't know why, but Rabi always feels that Nikkis' personalities will change after spending a long time with the lieutenant.

As she watched Maruchana's departing back, the fragments of knowledge remaining in her memory suddenly jumped out of the sea and merged into the girl's mind.

I don't know which youth bestseller has written this sentence.

——Everyone has at least three faces. One for the public, one for loved ones, and one for lovers.

Rabbi: “!”

The literary girl's soul hidden in her heart quietly emerged, and Rabbi, who was enlightened, silently applied this sentence to Mihaela, Marianne, Anis and even the lieutenant, and suddenly found that everything made sense.

In other words, isn't it true that Maruchana, who repeatedly loses his composure in front of the instructor...

"Lavi, get ready. You and I will go to the outer edge area tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

While the girl was seriously studying the lieutenant's luck with women, Phoenix unplugged the charging cable of his mobile phone, stood up, and said seriously:

“The higher-ups are planning to completely blockade the MMR High School and then smuggle squadron members to the outer regions in batches.

I have sent you the list, go and talk to them."

Upon hearing the task assigned by the lieutenant, Lapi immediately put away her girlish thoughts that were already hidden very deeply, and responded rationally without any leaks:

"Commander, it would be better if you personally make this kind of official announcement.

Although everyone is very close to the Commander in private...

Very intimate...

However, public and private affairs must be clearly distinguished, and maintaining dignity in official matters is a necessary condition for being a leader.

Besides, Helen, Master, and Anke are not familiar with the other members of the squadron, and their relationship is rather strained. If I were to step in, it would probably cause them to feel unnecessarily isolated."

Rabbi's words undoubtedly convinced her commander.

Not only that, even the person involved herself didn't know that her words not only had a persuasive effect, but also successfully changed the commander's assessment of her.

A talent for management!

After listening to Rabi's words, Phoenix was surprised to find that the management talent and management experience of the girl in front of him far exceeded his expectations.

Coupled with Rabi's meticulous character, with a little training, he will be able to lead an army on his own in the future.

They are simply the left and right arms of the Qing emperor!

"Okay, I'll go and inform everyone about this tomorrow." Someone nodded and sighed with a slight headache.

"I'll go check on Maruchana first."

……

……

False night light shone into the classroom. Under the deep blue, Maruchana sat alone by the window, looking at the students standing outside the playground reciting lessons or camping out to study. His expression was filled with both relief and guilt.

The portable drone quietly floats on her shoulder, loyally accompanying her like a pet...

laugh--

Suddenly, the automatic door of the classroom made a sound of rollers moving.

As the door panel slowly and leisurely hid in the gap in the mezzanine, Phoenix, who had come all the way to find it, and Marciana, who looked back at the classroom, looked at each other again.

　Self-blame, sadness, weakness, sadness...

Compared with her previous helplessness in the office, the pitiful look displayed by Maruchana at this moment inadvertently made someone's heart shrink and tighten.

"Instructor..."

Perhaps he realized that his demeanor was not as strong as before, so he quickly calmed down like a deer in the forest that had spotted a hunter. In a panic, he supported the window sill with one hand, landed on the ground with both feet, and jumped from the window sill back to the classroom floor.

On the other side, Phoenix walked into the room and randomly picked a desk to sit on. He adjusted his mentality and said softly:

"Are you still worried about Naga and Tia?

It's actually not as dangerous as you think. My team has twelve people, so even if we really fight Letcher, it's safer than a normal team of three or four people."

"Do not……"

The man's words of comfort were obviously not in tune with the woman's lost mood, but it was precisely this slightly clumsy and slow concern that successfully magnified Marciana's guilt.

The teacher's crescent-like eyelashes trembled faintly, and she seemed like a student who had done something wrong in front of the instructor, whispering about her mistakes.

"I…I'm just sorry for what I thought before."

"Ok?"

Under Phoenix's blank gaze, Marciana quietly clenched his fists, closed his eyes, and made up his mind to confess:

"…When you said 'death', your safety was not my first concern. I…I'm sorry for having such selfish thoughts, instructor."

Not caring about your own safety? Selfish thoughts?

Combining these two sentences with the current context, Phoenix instantly understood the other party's meaning. His expression could not be described as awkward, but only as strange and abnormal.

We are all rebels, but why do I feel like I am the least positive one among them?

Look at them, they are so focused on how to overturn the ark.

"Do you wish to be free?"

Thinking that he would have to stay in the Outer Zone for a while, someone felt that he needed to finish all the things he needed to do before leaving.

Then, the lieutenant stood up and walked towards the teacher, saying as he walked:

"The process of bypassing NIMPH restrictions is too painful, and there are individual limits. If you are willing, I can help you remove NIMPH directly."

"Eh?"

It was the first time that Ji Sheng heard that NIMPH could be lifted. Even Maruchana, who had a strong psychological quality, could not escape the stage of brain blankness.

"Y-you can lift...NIMPH???"

"Ah."