NIKKE, when the stars bloom

"Do you want to fight me first, or do you want to discuss among yourselves who will ultimately own the commander?"

……

……

[If you ask me, if you continue like this, be careful of being objectified by those Nikkis. ]

After witnessing someone being kidnapped by Isabel like a human being and taken home to be her husband, the artificial mental retardation parasitic on Phoenix's neck began to work tirelessly on the man's mind.

[Hey, Lieutenant, you don't want to become Nikki's plaything, do you?]

Listening to the abstract Internet terms that Anik had learned from some website, the househusband who was busy cooking replied to the other party in a concise one-word sentence.

【roll. 】

Unfortunately, the artificial idiot, who had long been accustomed to someone's personality, was not afraid and continued to chatter about her proposal, "Do you want to try the 98% transformation rate? I can customize a flight system and optical camouflage for you, which will make it convenient for you to run away from home in the future and you won't be easily caught."

[Has your skin become itchy after not eating bamboo-crusted pork for a long time? 】

Facing the lieutenant's threat, Anik subconsciously touched his electronic butt, then pretended to be indifferent and honestly changed the subject:

[I'm just learning the way you humans joke.

But you should have realized that your team would have a hard time dealing with even tyrants, let alone heretics. It's like a van. No matter how skilled the driver is, he can't compete with a racing car on a straight road.

The upper limit issue is unavoidable, dear Lieutenant Phoenix. 】

[Could this problem be solved by transforming me alone?] Taking out the well-cooked beef from the pressure cooker, the man pointed out the little tricks of the artificial intelligence with clear logic.

[What? If I raise the transformation rate to 98%, will it benefit you? ]

In response, Anik rejected it bluntly: [The reason why Nikki's transformation rate is 98% is because the weight of the human brain accounts for 2% of the normal human body weight.

The biggest difference between you and Nikki is that I can help you manipulate nanometals.

As long as you use enough nanometal and NIMPH nanorobots to replace all your mechanical prostheses, and let me serve as your adjutant, you will become another unique life form. 】

[I know this plot. If you encounter a strong magnet, you will be doomed immediately.]

After listening to Alnick's passionate explanation, Phoenix, who had watched the "Terminator" series in his previous life, stir-fried potatoes until they turned into sand, while joking about the other party's vision, completely ignoring the artificial intelligence's physics science literacy such as "ferromagnetism", "diamagnetism" and "magnetic susceptibility".

Ding-dong-

Suddenly, just as Anik was angrily cursing someone for being uneducated, the pleasant doorbell interrupted her words and also interrupted the work of the househusband.

Three hours and twenty-seven minutes, Isabel's efficiency far exceeded Phoenix's expectations.

Then the lieutenant wiped his hands on his apron, turned the stove to the lowest power, and walked quickly towards the door.

After all, it’s a fantasy world disguised as science fiction, but how come the house Isabel chose doesn’t even have facial recognition…

【etc! 】

Just as Phoenix was about to pull the doorknob, Anik's warning suddenly buzzed in the lieutenant's mind, and then a light blue floating dot image quickly took shape in his sea of ​​consciousness...

Click!

Unexpectedly, Phoenix just took a look and pressed the door handle without hesitation.

The door was opened.

Outside the door, a noble girl in a pure white dress looked at the man's appearance with interest and asked bluntly:

"Should I call you Lieutenant Phoenix, or Commander Phoenix?"

"..."

"As you like, Miss Dorothy."

Chapter 248: A Tao? A Tao is the easiest to handle

The man and the woman were only one meter apart, but their eyes seemed to be separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, making it difficult for them to meet.

Somehow, they could feel that they were the same kind of people, but their intuition did not want them to admit that they were each other's confidants.

Dorothy, former acting captain of the Goddess Corps, is currently one of the partners of the Garden of Eden and captain of the Heir Corps.

Because he experienced the sacrifice of Lilyvis, the captain of the Goddess Corps, during the ground war, and then witnessed the death of his good friend Pina, and then was betrayed by the Ark government, he underwent many changes in his thinking, and finally his sanity collapsed and reorganized... trying to take revenge on the Ark.

Phoenix, former rookie commander of the Ark Command, is now the ace of the Ark Intelligence Department and leader of the Phoenix in the Outer Rim.

During the first ground mission, he was betrayed by the Ark's central control computer, and because of the execution of military personnel, he was completely involved in the Ark's political struggle, so he was forced to extinguish the strategic idea of ​​"letting the protagonist advance the plot". In the end...

Well, since most of the Nikkis on the Second Lieutenant's side have been released from NIMPH, it is hard to say what the Second Lieutenant's future will be like.

In short, the two stubborn men and women met hastily at the door of Isabel's wedding room.

"What's that? An implantable bone conduction hearing aid?"

Looking at the burn on the man's cheek and the button-like metal plate protruding near his ear, Dorothy's attitude when asking questions did not seem like the first meeting between strangers.

"Has the Ark's technological capabilities degraded to the point where we have to use this antique to repair your hearing system?"

The man had no intention of refuting or agreeing with the woman's mockery of Fang Zhou as soon as they met. He stepped aside and politely invited her into the house, saying:

"It's a temporary installation. It's better to hear it than not to hear it at all."

Phoenix didn't say explicitly that the hearing aid he was wearing was actually a more advanced mechanical wave signal converter that connects directly to the auditory nerve.

Because his auditory system was severely damaged by the continuous compression of high temperature and air pressure, ordinary hearing aids were no longer effective for him, so Anik could only take this relatively radical measure to temporarily restore his hearing.

As for the price...

Given the direct connection to the auditory nerve, the AI ​​does not recommend that someone engage in strenuous exercise while wearing the mechanical wave signal converter.

Well, strenuous exercise is not recommended, which is perfect for the lieutenant.

"Miss Dorothy is here to enlighten Isabel?"

After closing the door, the househusband hurried back to the kitchen and continued to cook Chinese dishes while loudly asking questions to the noble girl sitting at the dining table in the living room.

On the other side, Dorothy, who hadn't eaten a proper meal for decades, blinked in surprise as she smelled the tempting salty, sweet smell in the air.

No wonder Isabel is absent-minded every day. I didn't expect that this Ark killer has such attainments in cooking.

"Enlighten Isabel?"

Retracting her thoughts, Dorothy's expression changed immediately as if she had heard some kind of cold joke. She raised her self-proclaimed cold smile and replied:

“Although I am the captain of the Successor Force, based on the rules of Eden Garden, I have no right to interfere with Isabel’s personal decisions or her private life.

unless……"

"Unless I join Eden?"

Unlike politicians who like to talk in a roundabout way, Lieutenant Phoenix's negotiation style is simple and plain.

"No problem. Do I need to go through the procedures for relocation?"

Dorothy: “…”

A mature politician should never say words that can be used by the other side. This is what her father, a politician, once taught her, because no one knows whether the other side will secretly record the words and back them up, and then use the recording to bite them back at some point in the future.

I have to admit that Phoenix's straightforward yet humorous answer successfully aroused the curiosity of the pink-haired old girl.

Since Isabel often sneaked into the Ark as a spy, Dorothy naturally had a certain understanding of someone's deeds. Even if the other person behaved more like a bloodthirsty man most of the time, she would not be stupid enough to think that the other person was really a brainless young man.

Then, Dorothy pretended to be threatening and said, "If word of this gets to the Ark, aren't you afraid that the Ark Central will secretly take action against you, Lieutenant?"

"How? Are you going to do it?"

Carrying a plate of boiled beef out of the kitchen, the man gently placed the plate on the table and answered indifferently:

"Anyway, the sound and images can be synthesized. If they really want to find an excuse to take action, do you think it's your turn to pass on the message for them?"

As he spoke, the lieutenant glanced at Dorothy's side intentionally or unintentionally, and added with a chuckle.

"The enemy of my enemy is my ally. If Miss Dorothy doesn't want to be my ally, does that mean she is planning to reconcile with Ark? What, you are not going to avenge Pina?"

Click!

When Phoenix finished speaking these heart-wrenching words, Dorothy stood up without any warning as if stimulated by something, raised her laser rifle and pointed it directly at the man's head. There was a hint of madness between her dark brows that was difficult for outsiders to detect.

The face-changing expert half-lowered her eyes, lowered her delicate voice, and said grimly: "Has no one taught you to be careful when speaking?

Lieutenant, don't think I can't kill you just because I'm Nikki."

"But my mother said that my biggest characteristic since I was a child is that I know how to speak in moderation and know how to read other people's faces."

Facing the pale pink crystal muzzle of the energy rifle, Phoenix slowly picked up a piece of boiled beef and put it into his mouth, looking at the ghost Pina who was already dancing anxiously beside the girl.

——The mass-produced Nikki who held back Letcher alone for the Goddess Army, but was eventually corrupted and killed by Dorothy herself.

——The warrior admired by all members of the Goddess Army.

——The best friend who caused the acting captain to develop inner demons.

"Miss Dorothy, you haven't actually killed anyone or done anything out of line in these years, right? Otherwise, Pina's soul wouldn't have voluntarily followed you for so many years."

As soon as these words were spoken, not only did Dorothy's expression gradually change from vicious to confused, even the mass-produced Nikki Pina who had been silently accompanying Dorothy for decades stopped her actions, blinked, turned her head in confusion, and met the eyes of the man who was chewing beef.

After a while...

Then the screams of two girls echoed in Isabel's bridal chamber at the same time. The decibels were so loud that it made Phoenix's head buzz.

"Can you see Pina?!!"

"Sir! Can you see me???"

Chapter 249 Useless Snow White

Let's go back in time to the days just after Pina's sacrifice.

At that time, Dorothy could actually sense Pina's soul to some extent.

It is also because of this that she can talk to the air, causing Snow White, Rapunzel, and Guren to believe that the acting captain had hallucinations because she could not accept Pina's death.

As for why Dorothy couldn't sense Pina in the following decades...

"Maybe you realized that Pina was dead, and Pina herself realized that she had become a ghost, so the two of you couldn't communicate with each other."

Phoenix lied without blushing or beating his heart. Anyway, he was the only one in the world who could see the ghost sister. No matter how he fooled people, they had to believe him whether they believed him or not.

Take Captain Dorothy now for example. The master of changing faces while sitting at the dining table is no longer as rebellious as when she was holding the gun just now.

At this moment, she was like a dog that had made a mistake. Her watery eyes were wide open, and she looked at Lieutenant Phoenix across the dining table with grievance.

"Then...then Lieutenant, do you have any other way for me to see Pina?"

"No, I can't see it." The man shook his head and walked into the kitchen.

"I still have to cook."

Dorothy: “…”

Pina: “…”

Regardless of whether Phoenix was telling the truth or not, his cold attitude alone was enough to frighten the two ladies.

"Lieutenant, Lady Dorothy was just too excited just now. She just...she just wanted to scare you. Lady Dorothy really has never hurt anyone."

Pina hurriedly floated into the kitchen and hung to the left of Phoenix, trying to regain the lieutenant's favor for her best friend.

And what about the pink-haired old girl?

At this moment, she was pinching her white skirt with both hands, her mind filled with intense ideological struggles and mental exhaustion.

Want to apologize?

He suddenly pointed a gun at someone's head and threatened to kill him. He should have apologized...

But, but it was obviously that man who deliberately provoked me!

How can you put all the blame on her!!!

Dorothy was very angry. She felt that since the cunning man could see Pina's soul at any time, it meant that he had planned everything when he was at the door.

No! She absolutely cannot apologize to this cunning man!!

She absolutely cannot be controlled so easily by the other party!!!