NIKKE, when the stars bloom

Click!

The moment I heard the door close.

The girl who was originally crying loudly suddenly lowered her voice, pouted her lips in grievance, but a barely perceptible cunning flashed in her tearful eyes.

"Dear, you don't think that the code name 'Viper' is also used in the Outer Regions~"

Phoenix: “…”

Hearing Viper's hint, the man took off his mask and raised his hand to rub his nose bridge with a headache.

The relationship was exposed just by calling out a name unintentionally?

I wore this mask twice in total.

The last time she met Sakura, she was discovered by him and her thigh bone was broken;

This time, when he encountered a poisonous snake, he was discovered by the other party and his thigh bone was not broken, but the fact that he was in the wrong gave people the moral high ground.

To be honest, no matter what Viper was planning, it was a foregone conclusion that she was taking care of Changye and the other five for herself.

"Tell me, what compensation do you want?"

The lieutenant sighed in acknowledgment of defeat.

Then, the girl pretended to be pitiful again and said, "I want you to go on a date with me~"

Phoenix: “…”

Phoenix: “Huh???”

Chapter 197 Bloody Date

"So you're not going to tell me where Krau is?"

"No~! I really really really don't know~! Why do you always not believe me dear?!"

Still on the top floor of the hotel, Phoenix silently handed Viper various emergency medical supplies. Although his brows were not tightly furrowed, the faint haze still stubbornly clung to every pore.

Nano-treatment is impossible. The best we can do is to use gel to plug the wound on the venomous snake to prevent further bleeding.

This woman definitely didn't come to him just to see him as she said.

If that’s the case, how could Phoenix reveal the secret of his right arm to the other party?

I only heard him say logically:

"When we first met, the location was in a factory on the outskirts of the Ark. It involved the Nikki deal. When we met, you gave me a stunner."

Viper: “…”

"The second time we met, it was at a crossroads where Fang was organizing a parade. I spotted you and you were about to shoot people in the parade to ignite conflict."

Viper: “…………”

"By the way, during this time you directly or indirectly told me information about Nikki's sale and illegal combat records. I have reason to suspect that you intend to use me to muddy the waters here."

Viper: “………………”

"Now you're asking me why I always don't believe you, and this is a difficult thing for me to deal with.

Besides the fact that you did take care of the five people of Changye, and you also helped me bring Anis back to the Ark, you spent more time thinking about how to use me, or cooperating with me in a way that might not be reliable."

Viper: "...Um, uh... I just want to be a little mysterious~! Isn't it said that men like mysterious women?"

The girl explained awkwardly and forcedly. Even for someone as quick-witted as her, it would be difficult to come up with some credible lies at this moment.

There's no way. You can't say that she really didn't like someone at the beginning, right?

blah-

There was a sound of plastic, and Phoenix opened a new pack of hemostatic gel, handed it to Viper, and asked:

"What do you mean by date?"

……

……

A date is, of course, a date.

Wear a suit and tie. The aggressive aura is matched with meticulous formal wear, and there is a venomous snake to help take care of it.

A certain second lieutenant, who had even had his hair simply trimmed, now looked like an upper-class elite.

"Ah~ah~Suits are really only attractive when worn by men with broad shoulders, narrow waists, and strong chest muscles."

Satisfiedly combing Phoenix's collar, Viper blushed, not knowing whether it was due to excitement or shyness, and smiled sweetly, exclaiming:

"My dear, even your dressing style is my favorite~~"

Faced with compliments from the opposite sex, the lieutenant, who had already emptied the rice jar last night, looked into the eyes of the venomous snake calmly.

"And then? Where are we going to go when I'm dressed like this?"

"Oh~ It's a secret~"

The girl in casual clothes held a lemon lollipop in her mouth, winked playfully, and directly put her arm around the second lieutenant's arm, not caring at all that her chest was wrapped around the man's arm. Her tone was so coquettish that it was enough to soften the heart of any straight man.

"Come on, come on~ Just think of it as accompanying me, okay~"

"not good."

Viper: “…”

Listening to the commander's indifferent answer and looking at his desireless eyes like an old monk in meditation, the girl felt that her blood pressure, which had remained unchanged for many years, began to rise.

Is it so difficult to increase this damn man's favorability?

……

……

finally,

Phoenix did not go out on a date alone with Viper.

In order to prove his innocence, the lieutenant forced Helen to take a reluctant one with him. Then, led by Viper, who also looked reluctant, the three of them got in the car and headed north together.

As for the final destination, it did not exceed Phoenix's expectations.

——Nikki Hobby Club.

The moment he learned that Viper wanted him to wear a suit, this dirty place that had appeared in Viper's personal story successfully entered the lieutenant's record.

It was also the reason why he was willing to take time out of his busy schedule to play with the venomous snake.

Nikki Hobby Club,

In short, it is a shabby place that specializes in providing illegal Nikki services.

Compared with the women in the red-light district who are forced to make a living or to protect their lives, the biggest difference between the red-light district of Nikki and them is that

——It is very likely that the modified mass-produced Nikkis do not understand what they are doing.

"Since you brought me here, I won't mind your previous plot against me."

The lieutenant got out of the car, put on the metal mask again in front of the surprised or puzzled looks of Viper and Helen, and asked in a gentle tone like spring breeze:

"Stay close to me, or I might accidentally sweep those animals you want into the garbage when I clean up later."

Chapter 198 Bloody Date: Worse than a Clown

In Helen's stereotype, the word "bright lights and feasting" should hardly be used to describe the poor outer areas.

However, when Viper led her and the lieutenant through twists and turns into an alley, and then walked up and down several stairs, the suddenly open and prosperous scene successfully refreshed Helen's worldview.

Various explicit simple advertisements outlined by neon tubes are posted on the exterior walls of various steel buildings. Several hovering surveillance drones are flying at an altitude of more than ten meters, wandering rigidly in the steel jungle.

Extra-long scroll screens, high-end holographic projections, armed security personnel, and flashy, scantily clad men and women.

This... is this the outer edge area?

Helen opened her sea-blue eyes wide and looked around in amazement at the almost dreamlike scene.

Apart from the lack of skyscrapers and various overpasses, the most luxurious nightclub in the center of Ark is just like this.

No, to be precise, in terms of absurdity and obscenity, the best nightclubs in downtown Ark cannot be compared with this place.

"Welcome to the Royal Avenue of the Outer Rim, my dear~" Viper boldly took the lieutenant's arm and glanced sideways at Captain Helen who was still in a state of shock, his peach-like eyes full of teasing.

"And our Miss Helen~Welcome to the lawless version of the Royal Mile."

Unfortunately, no matter how she behaved, the man next to her still had an indifferent expression as if she was doing nothing.

"Don't you need to verify your identity?"

Phoenix looked at the armed security guards in the distance with a little doubt and asked in a low voice:

“As long as you know the specific route, you can come in and spend money?”

"Hmm~"

Shrugging lively, the girl with a spring-like look on her face hugged the man's arm tighter and explained patiently.

"If we can build a place like this in the Outer Rim, the Ark cops definitely don't have to worry about it~

As for the underworld, anyone with a qualified identity is most likely a target customer here; those who are not qualified naturally dare not come to cause trouble.

Besides, this is a place for the rich to vent their desires. If you have to verify your identity, who would be willing to come here?"

"But...don't we all have citizen chips implanted?"

After hearing Viper's explanation, Helen couldn't help but ask a question, but her boss answered her question without even thinking.

“The citizen chips can be removed, otherwise those wealthy people wouldn’t have gone to the trouble of creating aristocratic chips just for the sake of a sense of superiority.

There is no way you don't know this; you will understand it if you just think about it a little.

Emotions are emotions. Don't let them affect your logical thinking, Captain Helen."

The word "Captain" in the lieutenant's words was like a mixture of icy water that poured over Helen's head and seeped into her soul.

Looking at the pair of aggressive eyes under the mask, the girl gradually calmed down and after a few deep breaths, her eyes, which had originally had obvious emotions, slowly restrained and finally returned to calm.

"...I understand, Chief."

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……

The fact that human men don't like Nikki is quite incredible to people in other universes.

However, Viper gave a reasonable explanation for this.

First of all, the Nikki mentioned in the above item refers specifically to the mass-produced Nikki.

Just as Phoenix discovered in Area H, mass-produced Nikki did not have the primary sexual characteristics module when she left the factory. Forcibly installing the sexual characteristics module on mass-produced Nikki is a serious crime.

Secondly, Ark explicitly stipulates that engaging in intimate behavior with Nikki is illegal, and the punishment can be a verbal warning at the least and detention at the most serious.

Finally, the mass-produced Nikkis are too incompatible with NIMPH and have very limited thinking abilities. To put it in less moral terms, their skills in bed are boring.

It's not just as simple as not being able to unlock the posture due to weight reasons.

The Nikkis were just a group of people who passively accepted orders. They were no different from wooden sticks in front of the various professional nymphets.

To sum up, the act of mass-producing Nikki is itself an extremely niche criminal hobby.

"As for those of us who are not mass-produced, think about how popular those big stars in Warren are.

As long as Nikki's identity is not exposed, the male citizens of the Ark will ridiculously respect us as normal women.

However, even if it is exposed, it is not a big problem. If they dare to use force, as long as they report it to the three major companies, the companies will step in to sanction these guys.

Because non-mass-produced Nikkis have more complete thinking and are in greater need of self-identity, if this speechless violation causes them to undergo a serious change in thinking, it will be an unacceptable loss for the company and the central government.

The same goes for those scumbags.

After all, how much does it cost to hire a prostitute? How much does it cost to buy a mass-produced Nikki?

The crime, compensation, and subsequent losses caused by damaging a non-mass-produced Nikki would be enough for them to recruit waiters who are never the same for ten or twenty years."

As Viper spoke, her beautiful and charming peach blossom eyes suddenly blinked. No one knew what she was thinking of. She immediately turned into a lemon and added sourly: