NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

suddenly!

A muffled thud rang out behind Patton, prompting the recent police academy graduate to turn around and point his gun at his teammate.

To everyone's surprise, Bessie, who was responsible for covering the rear, did the same thing. He suddenly turned around and moved the muzzle of his gun to Patton's chest.

And it was at this very moment...

Pfft!

Another muffled thud echoed in everyone's ears!

Before they could even ask each other a question, Barton and Bessé immediately turned their guns toward the source of the sound in near sync.

There……

Under the flickering, intermittently pausing night vision footage...

A horrifying corpse, its neck rotated 180 degrees, chest pressed against the ground, face up, lay on a wool carpet, its expression one of bewilderment and terror.

"Everyone, be aware of your surroundings!"

The next second, the captain's gruff voice pulled Barton, Bessie, and the other team members back to reality.

Swish-!

The ACPU officers, barely able to react, frantically raised their guns and looked around at their captain's shouts.

However, the malfunctioning night vision goggles provided officers with distorted images at a refresh rate of only five to seven frames per second, enough to cause dizziness.

he came……

Without any reason or evidence, a dizzy Patton was convinced by instinct that the guy who killed his colleague was coming again.

"Beware!"

Bang bang bang——!!!

The newly graduated police officer gritted his teeth and pulled the trigger. A burst of three-round bursts suddenly rang out, instantly breaking the nerves of the other officers who had already been stretched to their limit.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang——

In an instant, several tongues of fire shot from the gun muzzles, followed by the screams of the wounded, the angry curses of the team members, and the roar of the captain.

And it was precisely in this chaotic scene that a corpse, dragged by some strange thread, disappeared around a corner unnoticed...

It was as if it had been swallowed by the abyss, without a sound.

Chapter 138 Unable to mimic the reactions expected of an insect.

fear,

As the gunfire subsided, a silent murmur began to spread through Alpha Squadron.

Panic, like a creeping, rotting tree root, pierced the officers' chests, wrapping and coiling around their hearts, making it hard for Patton to breathe.

It definitely exists!

He had just clearly felt malice coming towards him, but why...?

Why did the other person disappear when the shot was fired?

"Patton! Did you fire first?!"

"I...I just..."

Faced with the captain's reprimand, Barton tried to defend himself for firing the gun, but he was too young, too young to have any say or status within the team.

"Report the situation before firing! Otherwise, how will your teammates know it was one of their own who fired?!"

The captain angrily reprimanded them a couple of times, then personally led his men to search the surrounding area. Only after confirming that the crisis had temporarily passed did he begin to inquire about any accidental injuries within the team.

Not bad luck.

The firearms and ammunition they carried were suppressive rounds designed for human targets. Apart from one unlucky colleague who was grazed on the back of the neck and knocked unconscious on the spot, the others were at most covered in bruises from the impact of the bullets, with no real injuries or fatalities.

Snapped--

At the edge of the formation, perhaps sensing Patton's low spirits, some police officers who felt sorry for him stepped forward and patted the young man on the shoulder, comforting the young officer's fragile heart in a way that men would use.

Although it was just a simple action, it still brought a rare sense of relief to the self-reproaching Patton.

Don't be fooled by the fact that his seniors always tease and prank him because he's ranked first in the police academy.

But when it comes to crucial moments, the seniors still care about the newcomer.

"Thank you...thank you."

The young man nodded earnestly and vigorously, wanting to say something more to express his gratitude...

Unexpectedly, Phoenix, dressed in a police uniform and wearing night vision goggles, waved his hand casually, and then, in a serious manner, pretended to be alert to the young man.

—There's a murderer lurking around here, you'd better watch your step.

……

……

"The target has been identified as being active on the first floor. All members on the second floor, block the passage. All members on the third floor, rappel down to the first floor to provide support!"

Note that the target possesses electronic jamming equipment; its range is unknown. Maintain a safe distance from the target if possible.

"learn."

Upon hearing the order from the combat command group, Privati, who was conducting a search on the third floor, immediately lowered her gun. Her solemn expression softened considerably as the girl relaxed.

"The target has been confirmed to be on the first floor. Everyone, rappel down to the first floor to provide support."

"Yes!"

Privati's orders made the rest of the counter-terrorism team relax as well.

The reason is simple.

Their immediate superior, the head of the Triangle Unit, Ms. Yursha, whom everyone privately called "the Ghost," was in charge of the arrest operation on the first floor of the casino at this moment.

That terrorist seemed to have run into bad luck. In the casino, with a one in four chance of going up and down, he just had to choose the most difficult, hellish option.

Tsk tsk,

He'll get what's coming to him soon enough.

……

Everyone, follow me.

In the center of the casino's lobby, a "ghost" lady, who still had a lot of unfinished business, was using sign language to lead her team quickly and orderly to the location of the Alpha Squadron.

Having dealt with government affairs for many years, Yursha was well aware of just how absurdly difficult and dangerous the capture of the target in this mission was.

Second Lieutenant Phoenix.

That person, who was supposed to be a rising star among commanders, was instead recruited and given high hopes by the intelligence department, but ultimately became a mental patient who frequented rehabilitation centers...

The man who was besieged by Lecher time and time again, yet still managed to survive each time.

Without killing the enemy, can these counter-terrorism experts really do anything to that psychopathic lecher?

Yursha was not sure about this.

If it weren't for orders, she wouldn't even have been willing to bring members of the Triangle Force with her to take this risk.

"Zi la..."

"Zi la...Zi la..."

The earpiece emitted a static sound indicating interference, forcing Ms. Shark Tooth to stop in her tracks. She then raised her hand to signal to her comrades that they should remain in ambush.

Immediately afterwards, she continued forward alone, disappearing around the corner of the corridor in front of the counter-terrorism elites.

"Sizzsssssssssss..."

The network was completely down, but the degree of interference made the woman's expression turn somewhat strange.

Her night vision system was not affected in the way the intelligence indicated—no, that's not right, it could even be said that it was completely unaffected.

This is not normal. When facing military-grade jamming equipment, some of the sophisticated chipsets of Niki's anti-jamming capabilities will be affected to some extent.

Could the other side's jamming equipment be homemade?

As Yulsha walked, she pondered. She had some understanding of Phoenix's hand-grinding ability and knew that the lecherous man knew some basic Niki prosthetic engineering.

As for the method...

According to gossip from the Triangle Force's research department, the process was quite brutal, with parts assembled in a wildly imaginative way, yet the two rescued Nikki students were somehow able to move.

Thinking about it this way, it's certainly possible that the lieutenant assembled the jamming device himself.

After passing through a side door and successfully meeting the Alpha Squadron, Yulsha looked at the Alpha police officers in the distance who seemed to be facing a formidable enemy, and calmly revealed his identity.

……

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"Triangle Force, Yursha!"