NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

To be honest, Haig didn't understand.

But this doesn't prevent him from understanding the underlying meaning in Phoenix's words.

—Death is not the highest form of punishment; a living hell is.

unfortunately,

The bald man didn't care much about the verbal threats. In his view, the other party did have the confidence to kill him, but he had no right to subject him to long-term vigilante torture.

Don't forget that he was also a commander, a commander who served humanity for four years.

Although Ark is terrible, it doesn't stop its top management from caring about face.

No one, whether it's the military headquarters, the command headquarters, or any other department, would allow a commander to be subjected to lynching or torture.

"You can't do it. So many people are watching you... You can't even protect yourself... and you still want to..."

Snapped!

Before Hague could finish speaking, a shoe heel stepped on his chin before he could finish his nonsense, choking his throat.

"It seems you still don't understand."

The light, airy words reached the captain's ears, and then, a force of several tens of kilograms surged towards his jawbone like a waterfall.

Thump—!

With a sharp crack of bone breaking, Lamo Hague's chin, specifically the mental tubercle below his front teeth, snapped, causing his gums and jaw to rot completely.

"I have no interest in your little bit of information."

Phoenix crushed the bald man's jaw as if stomping out a cigarette butt, ensuring the man lost his ability to speak, before finally expressing his dissatisfaction:

"The point is that your attitude of leaving things unfinished really annoyed me, and you have to compensate me for the emotional value I lost."

After saying that, the lieutenant stepped over Hager's back and came to the side of the stair railing.

One could see rows of expensive wooden railings, their surfaces glistening with a smooth, oily sheen under the soft light.

Unfortunately, one of these beautiful and glamorous creatures, which have been shining brightly for decades, is destined to suffer a terrible misfortune this afternoon.

Snapped!

Someone's metal palm gripped the narrow waist of a wooden railing.

Then, a soft cutting sound quickly rang out, and in the blink of an eye, the railing was easily "sawed" off the handrail by Anick's operation.

"Climb up, or you'll become a living stamp."

Phoenix picked up a wooden stick and twirled it twice. As he spoke, he raised his weapon with the motion of an old farmer raising a hoe to till the land. He bent over and slammed the stick down at Haggard's toes.

boom--!

In an instant, screams, crashes, and the man's incredibly relieved breathing filled the entire corridor once again.

……

……

"Everyone, pack your valuables and prepare to evacuate through the back door."

On the first floor of the casino, Noal, dressed in a black tuxedo, frantically directed the security personnel for the Gold Coin Wars and the mass-produced Niki on guard duty.

Although the dark-skinned girl's expression appeared extremely flustered and her body language was often incoherent, she was still able to command the twenty or thirty staff members present in an orderly manner.

"Brand, where are you?! The boss told us to pack our things and get out of the Gold Coin Wars right now!"

"Sister, I...I'm on the third floor."

"Then quickly evacuate the customers on the third floor, and remember to be careful! The boss said the coin battle might break out in a fierce fight soon!!!"

Perhaps due to excessive tension, Noal's voice involuntarily rose, causing the news that "a fight might break out in a moment" to be overheard by many gamblers and a few staff members.

then,

The news that "the gold coin war is about to escalate" spread rapidly among the crowd, and then, in just over twenty seconds, a rumor that "the gold coin war is about to break out" immediately became the top headline on the internet.

……

……

Glug glug glug glug—!

Ramo Hague, who had rolled from the second floor to the landing on the first floor, writhed in agony, frantically moving his only movable left elbow toward the last dozen or so steps toward the ground.

His leg bones were smashed piece by piece by the madman, and the broken bone fragments pierced into the torn and bruised muscles, causing every change in his posture to trigger excruciating pain.

but,

Haig's will to survive made him ignore the inhuman pain.

Just like Niki in the combat video, this 1.9-meter-tall bald commander was screaming incoherently, thick blood mixed with a lot of saliva dripping from his broken lips.

His helpless appearance, as if he had crawled out of hell, seemed to be issuing a warning to everyone—at this very moment, a Lecher was slowly moving behind him.

boom--!

With a muffled thud, Phoenix slammed the unlucky railing post into the mangled flesh on the ground's right shoulder, forcing the upper body back onto the wool blanket.

The other person's already festering chin finally shattered into two pieces upon impact with the ground.

Immediately, a lower front tooth burst out of Black's mouth and fell onto the bright red cashmere carpet, looking from a distance like trash thrown on the ground by those uncivilized gambling addicts.

However, it was precisely at this moment that they were located below the stairs.

With an expression as if he had seen a ghost, Noal was holding a valuable ceramic vase that was half his height, staring blankly at the scene as he witnessed the whole thing.

"You...you...I..."

"Ok?"

At the top of the stairs, Phoenix noticed a young girl staring intently at him from below, muttering something to herself. Raising an eyebrow in confusion, he kindly asked:

"Would you like me to help you move the vase, miss?"

Chapter 136 The Hunt Begins

Mastín did not specifically inform Noal about the Phoenix matter.

After all, in the mind of the boss of Tetra, he only needed to notify one of his black and white rabbits, and the other would get the news quickly.

And the result was pretty much what Mastin had predicted.

If there was any oversight, it was probably that he didn't expect the Boy, who was supposed to be on the third floor and led by Blair, to come down to the first floor and meet Noah...

Moreover, they met in an extremely terrifying entrance scene.

……

staircase,

Upon hearing Phoenix's friendly inquiry, the dark-skinned girl shyly and frightenedly raised the vase in her arms, completely obscuring her face behind it, thus giving him a vivid performance of the idiom "being blinded by a leaf."

"No...no, no, Mr. Phoenix!"

Noal said tremblingly, but then he thought about it again and felt that his appearance and behavior were not quite what a Gold Coin Wars Hall manager should be like.

After much internal struggle, the girl finally mustered her courage, pointed to the entrance of the lobby on the first floor, and said:

"Um... um... the closest ACPU to the Gold War... guests, just go out... turn right... and walk straight..."

After finally managing to stammer out her words, Sister Noal, her heart pounding, stood there holding the vase for a long time, but Phoenix didn't reply.

Where is the gentleman?

The puzzled black rabbit twitched its ears, mustered its courage, and cautiously peeked out from behind the vase, peering timidly towards the top of the stairs.

Apart from Hague, who was lying on the carpet, seemingly dead, there was no other sign of the psychopathic killer there.

"Eh……?"

Noal, pondering where his guest had gone, picked up the vase he had been holding over his head and put it back in his arms.

suddenly!

A bolt of lightning flashed behind her head, followed by a deafening roar.

she……

She! Did she accidentally let the murderer escape?!

……

……

All exits of the casino are surrounded. People who want to kill you and people who want to protect you are mixed together. Judging from body language, there should also be a small group of unsuspecting neutrals.

In his mind, Anik's expression, unusually, returned to the way it was when he first met someone, and he said:

[If you don't want to accidentally kill friendly units, I estimate it will take 4 minutes, 37.66 seconds to determine and mark friend or foe.]

No rush, it's only the length of a song.