NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

……

Fifty minutes later,

The prison guard, Worth, unfortunately ended up in the rehabilitation center's infirmary.

After a certain Lieutenant Fei nailed an elderly prisoner serving a life sentence to the wall and killed him.

The Luokan prison guard wasn't in much better shape. He sat on the edge of the infirmary bed with a bandage on his forehead and a deep look in his eyes. His pensive appearance made it seem less like he was contemplating life and more like he was suffering from a nicotine craving.

no way,

What can they do? They're prison guards, after all. When they see inmates fighting, they have to step in and "stop" it. Getting injured is quite normal for them.

"Hey buddy, I have a question for you."

"Ok?"

Upon hearing Luo Kan's question, Worth, whose face was still covered in gel, turned his head as if nothing had happened and gave his colleague a look that said, "Spit it out."

"You mean... what exactly did that person do? He seems like a perfectly good person to me." The bearded middle-aged man, whose stance was wavering, sighed. "Could it be that he's like those politicians who get...?"

"cough!!!"

Sensing that his colleague was about to spout some outrageous remarks, Voss quickly coughed to interrupt him, then frantically gestured to the other person with his eyes, with the infirmary doctor nearby...

"Oh dear, Lieutenant Phoenix was arrested for resisting arrest."

Voss: "..."

"The lieutenant is Commander Nikki. I heard that not long ago, after returning from a mission on the ground, he heard soldiers from the military region insulting Nikki at the elevator entrance."

Then, the lieutenant demanded an apology, but the guy not only refused but escalated his insults, so in a fit of anger, the lieutenant shot the soldier on the spot.

Behind the curtains by the bed, a young nurse playfully peeked out, her bright, watery eyes blinking excitedly as she recounted gossip about Lieutenant Phoenix that she had heard from her best friend.

"After that, the lieutenant was placed under protective house arrest."

However, during his house arrest, the lieutenant heard that someone was bullying Niki, whom he had previously trained, during the Gold Coin Wars. So he fought his way to the Gold Coin Wars and crippled the guy on the spot. He's still in the Ark Central Hospital now.

"Stop! Little Nightingale, don't spread rumors. What do you mean by 'fighting your way all the way to the Gold Coin Battle'? Those two Nikis in the Gold Coin Battle aren't combat types."

Slightly speechless, Voss smirked and corrected her impatiently:

"That person was assassinated by the military region in retaliation during the Gold Coin War, then fought his way out, and was eventually forcibly brought here by the CEO of Paradise Pure Land."

"Huh? But nobody reported it, nobody said the lieutenant was..."

Upon hearing Worth's version, the nurse, nicknamed Little Nightingale, was momentarily confused, but then her eyes blazed with gossip.

Is it...

Could it be that the lieutenant and Ms. Ingrid have... that kind of relationship?!

Chapter 147 I've Been Waiting for You for So Long

Phoenix is ​​unlikely to know in the short term that various literary works about "Second Lieutenant x CEO" or "CEO x Second Lieutenant" have already begun to circulate in the various small circles of the Ark women.

Its spread was as rapid as Tetra's star-making program, which involved a large amount of resources.

Compared to the tired "knight protects princess" story, the "unspeakable secret between the general and the queen" is obviously more eye-catching.

Not to mention the emotional entanglement between the "mad general" and the "domineering empress".

It's not just women who can't resist; even some men find it hard to refuse.

Of course, it wouldn't be easy for the above information to reach Phoenix's ears, because the ghost girls weren't interested in it at all, nor did they consider these literary and artistic works to be intelligence.

They prefer stories with explicit content, such as "Second Lieutenant x CEO," to stories with "Second Lieutenant x Niki."

……

The formation of this underground prison escape tunnel is beyond my comprehension.

At night, in cell 001, Phoenix listened to Anik's complaints while looking at the map of the rehabilitation center that Anik had scanned, as well as the dense, ant-nest-like passageways located underground in the rehabilitation center.

Faced with such an outrageous scene, the man's feelings were not exactly mixed, but at least extremely painful.

He knew that Niki, a skilled escape artist, lived in the prison, and that there was a secret passage beneath the prison that led directly to the city of Ark.

but……

But how did the people who dug the tunnels solve the problem of transporting the soil for such a massive project?

Could it be that there's some kind of extradimensional pocket specifically for storing soil?

Just as the lieutenant was feeling depressed, Anik, who also looked melancholy, spoke up again.

With a wave of her small hand, she magnified an underground passage that had been specially marked on the 3D map several times, and said:

The nearest passage to you is approximately 12.7 meters away.

Based on your extreme requirements of a chest thickness of 29cm and a shoulder width of 45cm, you would need to fill the room with at least 1.66m³ of soil.

[Considering that the excavated soil would be much looser than the original soil, the actual space it would occupy would be far greater than the theoretical value of 1.66m³, therefore the cell could not hold that much soil.]

What if the excavated soil is then transported back into the tunnel?

Phoenix has always been shameless when it comes to being unethical. After hearing Anick's conclusion, he immediately asked without batting an eye:

[Since there are so many underpasses, how long would it take if I just transported the excavated soil back into the underpasses and blocked one side off without considering traffic flow?]

【…】

Faced with the lieutenant's question, the artificial intelligence chose to remain silent.

She had considered this plan, but she wanted to wait until Phoenix asked, "Are there any other ways?" before bringing it up, so that she would appear to have a strong sense of human morality.

However, someone turned out to be even more despicable than she had anticipated.

If we also consider the efficiency of transporting soil, the fastest solution is to first dig a passage that you can crawl through, and then dig another passage on the other side that is large enough to allow you to walk while bending over.

As for the timeframe, it depends on the hardness of the soil, and the cell walls are reinforced with steel plates, so I cannot make an accurate estimate without specific information.

【Um. 】

After listening to Anick's analysis, the unscrupulous lieutenant stroked his chin sadly and did not choose to immediately launch his own prison break plan.

Worth, who brought dinner, had already hinted to him that the surveillance could not be turned off. At most, the person on night duty could switch the surveillance footage of cell 001 to the background, trying to keep the surveillance efficiency at the bottom line of checking once every two hours.

Once every two hours.

That little bit of time isn't even enough for me to drive one way from the outskirts of Fangzhou City to the outer edge of the district.

[You could have sent someone else to kill Niki, why did you have to do it yourself?]

Because I must see her die with my own eyes before I can be at peace.

Phoenix responded to Anik's questions and then listened to the latest reports from the ghost sisters.

[Second Lieutenant, because the news that "Paradise Paradise is assisting the military in carrying out illegal human modification" was leaked to Tetra, Paradise Paradise's stock price hit the daily limit down today.]

The board of directors, finance department, and administration department of Pure Land Buddhism got into a fight during an internal meeting over this matter, resulting in one person sustaining minor injuries.

[Lieutenant, within Central Command, Vice Commander Anderson is adamant in protecting you, Vice Commander Burningham believes you must be controlled by implanting a subcutaneous micro-bomb, Vice Commander Dovan believes targeting the military is the top priority, and the other vice commanders are more interested in finding a way to transfer you back to command.]

[Second Lieutenant, the head of the intelligence department met with the deputy head of the military today. The intelligence department offered to assist the military in exchange for changing your sentence to "exile to the outer border regions"...]

[Lieutenant, the Central Council has issued its preliminary verdict on you...]

[Second Lieutenant, in an internal meeting at military headquarters...]

A constant stream of highly classified information reached Phoenix's ears. At that moment, the entire ark seemed transparent to the lieutenant, revealing absolutely nothing.

Unfortunately, the mysterious commander-in-chief didn't participate in these meetings, otherwise the entire Ark would have been stripped bare, down to the very color of its underwear by the ghost sisters...

suddenly!

Before Phoenix could finish processing the information provided by the ghost girls, the artificial intelligence in his mind spoke up again to remind him:

【somebody is coming. 】

【who? 】

Phoenix instinctively looked up to see the alloy gate of the first-level detention area, but instead, Anik shoved the real-time scanned image into his mind...

……

……

The rehabilitation center was Kansi's home.

At least in Kansi's opinion, everyone in the rehabilitation center was talented and spoke very nicely; she loved it there.

Moreover, everyone in the prison treats her as a very important person. They need her to escape to buy daily necessities, they need her as a guarantor for internal transactions, and they need her, Niki, who is free to come and go, to serve as a manager.

Rather than returning to the Ark to endure the scorn of humans, losing the dignity of being human, and even having to fight Lecher.

Isn't staying at home more enjoyable?

She'd love to be sentenced to life imprisonment!

Kansi was happily digging a tunnel leading to cell number 001 in the first-level prison section.