NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

I can still recall those lackeys of the court running rampant on campus.

Is the other party friend or foe?

Regarding this question, Maruchana knew she couldn't make a precise judgment. But for the safety of the instructors and the students' possible future happiness…

Kill her.

We need to find an accomplice who isn't restricted by NIMPH to work together to kill her.

Chapter 124 It Seems Everyone Is Revolving Around One Man (Part 3)

"Unit number".

"04-F".

"Damage rate".

"Lavi, overall damage rate 21.36%. Wolf, left shoulder failure, overall damage rate 37.82%. Christine, overall damage rate 13.68%."

"Okay, we'll give you priority access to the fully automated repair pod. You can go to the rest area and wait for news."

In the GQWRA-01112 elevator, in the Niki management area, the three Lapis, who had been granted permission to pass, boarded the Niki transport vehicle bound for the Ark as usual.

Inside the vehicle, Wolf, covered head to toe in gray-white wall paint, huddled up in her tall frame and muttered furtively to her two comrades:

"Hey, Lapi, don't you guys feel something's off? Weren't those guys being a little too polite to us today?"

They used to act like big shots, looking down on everyone, so why have they suddenly become so easy to talk to?

hiss……

Are we going to be executed?

"Can you please shut your mouth that doesn't understand the art of communication?"

Wolfe's guess made Christine roll her eyes in annoyance. "In their eyes, we're not even human. Why would they have any extra pity for us? And a last meal after death? You're dreaming."

"It should be a change in ownership..."

After listening to his friends' opinions, Labi, who had also pondered the issue of attitude for a long time, finally came up with an answer that was very much in line with the characteristics of Ark.

“Nikki’s status depends on her fame and the status of her followers. When their attitude toward us improves, it means that our status has improved.”

Considering that the missions we've carried out these past few days have been unremarkable and our accumulated achievements have been unremarkable, our reputation should remain unchanged.

Therefore, we can conclude that we will soon have a new boss, whose identity... is probably quite extraordinary.

As a result, most people unintentionally changed their attitude towards us.

"what???"

Upon hearing the news that a new boss might be arriving, Wolf's smile immediately crumbled.

"Weren't we already assigned to the commander? Why are we getting a new superior? Could it be... could it be that the commander's decision has gone wrong again!"

The suspension was commuted to dismissal?!

"..."

Lapi did not respond to Wolf's assessment.

Christine, who didn't want the commander to continue as commander, was quite pleased with this guess.

"It would be better to be dismissed than sent to the ground to die."

"Right, Labi?"

Unexpectedly, the captain did not respond to her words, but instead gently placed two fingers on her earpiece to indicate that she was listening to instructions from her superiors.

Ten seconds later,

After learning the exact situation, Lhapi, with a complicated expression, glanced at her teammates, her tone as calm as ever.

"Latest directive: Unit 04-F is disbanded. Former members of Unit 04-F will be incorporated into the newly established Ground Intelligence Special Squadron of the intelligence department. The squadron's commander..."

Lieutenant Phoenix will serve in this role.

……

……

"The application has been approved, the handover procedures have been completed, and the preparations are almost finished. Now they're telling us they can't release the people?!"

In the intelligence department's conference room, Ampa's slanted eyes tilted upwards even more sharply as he spoke.

"Ye, tell me honestly, is that stuttering Bernim secretly trying to sabotage us again?"

"No."

The middle-aged man with white hair, sitting at the head of the conference table, glanced helplessly at his friend, then said in his weathered voice:

"It's the entire command headquarters. Apart from Doman, whose mind isn't on the ground, the entire command headquarters' top brass is targeting us."

The application form was submitted during the MMR affiliated high school exhibition game, and the handover procedures were signed when Lieutenant Phoenix went missing. Because everyone thought the young commander was dead, the process was approved so quickly.

If that kid just came back alive, that would be fine.

But as you've seen...

He, along with four veterans, a team of student soldiers, and an Ark train conductor, managed to dismantle an unknown Tyrant Core and transport it back to the Ark.

Even if those sons of bitches in command are completely blind, even if they don't need their talent, they wouldn't easily send such people to our intelligence department.

"..."

After a brief silence, Deputy Minister Ampa, who was well aware of the situation, irritably dragged out a chair, muttered curses, and plopped down in it.

"...Then tell me, what do we do now!"

We can't let the most capable young generation be confined in an MMR lab just to play those bullshit political games with us old folks.

Is this even acceptable?!

"That's outrageous."

The intelligence chief nodded without hesitation, then, as if he had a sure thing, fiddled with the old-fashioned lighter in his hand and said, "So I'm going to try a different approach to this problem."

"How about we try a different approach?"

"exile."

"?"

"We'll start speaking up for the military now, but on the condition that Lieutenant Phoenix's death sentence be commuted to exile, and the place of exile must be the outer edge of the region."

As punishment, Lieutenant Phoenix is ​​forbidden from returning to the Ark City without a joint order from the Central Committee.

what do you think? "

"Exiled to the outer perimeter..."

Ampa's brows furrowed tightly at Ye's suggestion. After a moment, they slowly unfurled, like tea leaves steeped in hot water.

"That's one way. We can just smuggle the squadron to the outer edge of the area later... but that would definitely increase the number of people trying to assassinate him exponentially."

"Don't worry about that, I've already discussed it with the court." Receiving his old friend's assurance, Nikolai Ye smiled with satisfaction.

"The tribunal determined that Lieutenant Phoenix's value to the Ark far exceeded his death, so they were willing to provide anti-assassination protection free of charge."

……

……

"Sister D~"

MMR Affiliated High School, near the crime scene.

"Sister D! Do you like desserts?"

Tia, carrying an exquisite square paper bag, flashed a sweet, overly familiar smile at the icy girl.

"It's a daily limited-edition dessert from Lushu!"

"No, thank you."

Seeing the students inexplicably fawning over him, D, as an assassin, couldn't help but feel somewhat confused and wary.

Throughout the entire high school, in terms of relationships, the people she was closest to were Phoenix and Mihara.

The former was her former assassination target, now the person she protects. The latter…

Not to mention.

As for Maricana and Marianne, they were just unfamiliar colleagues to her, with whom she could only exchange a few words occasionally.

Not to mention the students at the MMR affiliated high school, she was not familiar with them at all, and had never spoken a word to the vast majority of them.

Why would a kind-hearted student offer her food out of the blue?

"But, the instructor asked me to give this to you~" Tia pouted sadly after being rejected, and muttered aggrievedly, "I queued for a long time to buy it."

"?"

The instructor asked her to deliver it?