NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

So Bestie naturally made up her mind: she absolutely, positively wanted to save that lovely commander's life. That way, whenever Yin Hua criticized her later, she could use what happened tonight to get back at her.

Thinking about that exciting scene, and the possibility of winning a verbal battle against the captain, the silver-haired girl's eyes blazed with even more murderous intent.

Kill that ugly, ape-like Lecher.

Kill it!

Kill it, then we can take on Yinhua!

"die!!!"

With her simple and honest mind, Bestie excitedly shouted, and each rocket hit the noisy body with perfect accuracy, no matter whether the opponent was standing, running, or retreating.

"You humanoids—! You dare to fool me with such a petty trick?!"

Under the relentless bombardment, the charred and scorched creature could no longer bear the pent-up frustration in its heart.

Its enormous, pillar-like hands, no longer defending against the bombardment from above, suddenly pushed off the ground and roared as it charged toward the west side of the commercial street, completely ignoring the smoke on the east side.

"Bestie, suppress the enemy! Emma! Throw smoke grenades in front of it to obstruct its vision!!!"

Faced with such an unexpected turn of events, Yin Hua reacted extremely quickly. While issuing the order, he raised his hand and fired several shots into Xiao Chao's legs.

Unfortunately, that guy was quite fast, and with hasty aiming, the bullets either missed the target or embedded themselves in some insignificant bionic muscles, making it impossible to effectively stop Xiao Cao's advance toward the western building complex.

"Third-rate guy, get out of here!"

Having emptied his sniper magazine, Yin Hua angrily tossed aside his beloved gun and forcefully lifted his teammate's Gatling gun from the side. Just as he was about to press the generator button, Emma, ​​who was loading smoke grenades nearby, swiftly stopped him.

"Yinhua! You can't control this gun! You fire the smoke grenades, I'll take your place!"

"That's too late!"

Seeing that the individual Lecher had stubbornly withstood Bestie's artillery fire and forced its way into the building, the black-haired girl gritted her teeth, aimed at the hole, and pressed the motor of the rotary machine gun.

Buzz buzz buzz——

The six-barreled Gatling gun instantly spewed out a blinding fire serpent, and the resulting powerful recoil was like the fiercest horse on the grassland, forcing the petite Yin Hua to take half a step back.

"Humans! Come out here—!!!"

As he crashed into the west wall, Xiao Cao roared and raised his right arm to deflect countless machine gun bullets outside the wall, fearing that the bullets that hit him would have a very low probability of hitting the other man's head.

As a result, the scene fell into a rather absurd and comical situation.

In order to protect their commander, the special forces had no choice but to keep firing at Xiao Cao in an attempt to suppress his mobility.

Xiao Cao was also worried about the commander's safety, so he had no choice but to take on the special forces' firepower head-on and slowly advance into the building with one hand.

It's hard to say for sure who wants someone's life more than anyone else.

……

"Commander, is this... not a good idea?"

“Pepper, if we survive tonight, you must understand one thing.”

"what?"

"A man's mouth is a liar."

Inside the ground floor of a building with a red sign, Phoenix, who hadn't gone west at all, was leisurely leaning against the wall, eyes closed, letting Pepper inject various unfamiliar drugs into his right shoulder, muttering under his breath:

"If you're planning to find a boyfriend in the future, you'd better find someone who's bad at talking and a bit slow, you know?"

You absolutely must avoid a man who lies so much he even deceives his own people.

"laugh--"

Hearing that the commander still had the leisure to make such witty remarks, the girl who was receiving the injection pursed her lips and chuckled softly.

"But the special forces captain seems to have a bad temper. The commander even lied to her tonight. What if we have to go on missions with them in the future?"

"I'm just a lowly commander whose resume doesn't even fill two pages. They are elite troops. How could the Central Committee possibly transfer me there?"

The unscrupulous man replied nonchalantly:

"And she doesn't even bother to think things through. The fact that I shouted so loudly at the time clearly contradicts my previous behavior of sending her Morse code. You agree, right?"

"Hey~ Commander, that's so mean! I was so worried about saving you up there!"

"It's alright, I'll thank her properly for saving me. But the fact that she's not thinking straight is a different story."

And I think Bestie would really enjoy hearing this story. If I ever get the chance to command a special forces unit, Bestie will definitely be on my side.

"The commander sounds like he knows Bestie very well."

"What you're saying? I know you quite well, Pepper."

"Don't say such scumbag things, Commander!"

"Hmm? Does that sound like something a scumbag would say? Well, to use Anise's words, I have the conditions to build a harem."

"That's even more of a scumbag statement!"

And so, the two chatted quietly, ignoring the lively atmosphere outside.

……

……

"Human, do you really think I wouldn't dare kill you?!"

On the west side, the arrogant man who believed Phoenix had escaped from this direction finally withdrew his arm that had been blocking the outside, unable to find any trace of him, and began to demolish the buildings in a state of impotent rage.

It doesn't believe that a human could still have the stamina to run that fast after several hours of intense combat.

Therefore, it firmly believes that this human must be hiding in some high-rise corner that it cannot enter, trembling with fear.

Therefore, all it needs to do is demolish the entire building until it's on the verge of collapse, and it will be able to drive this damned human commander out of the house like shooing away insects.

As for the possibility that the other party is not in this vicinity?

Do not,

impossible!

It had just overheard the man's insidious plan to use the smoke bombs on the east side as bait, and then sneak off to the west side.

Such an ingenious method could not possibly be wrong!

Absolutely not! It's impossible!

Chapter Seventeen (Part 1)

“Pepper, if there is someone in this world who would spend something precious to save Anise, and that person hates Leitch the most.”

"Do you think she'd help us if I promised her I'd kill three thousand Lechers for her?"

Listening to the helpless, furious roars of the giant gorilla outside the window, Phoenix asked wistfully.

He said these words to Pepper, but also to himself.

"My chips are still too few, not even enough to give others a chance to think. Three thousand Lechers..."

"Ha, even if I really could kill, no one would have any reason to believe it."

Upon learning that Anise's corruption could be removed, Pepper's eyes immediately lit up with excitement.

"Commander, is this person a good person?"

"Good guy?"

What simple and unadorned words.

Just as the adult was about to scoff at this, the image of Snow White suddenly appeared before his eyes in his memory.

Is he a good person...?

Niki, whose only thought was to eliminate Rachel, and whose sole purpose was to prevent anyone else from sacrificing themselves for her...

"As far as I know, she is probably one of the best people in the world."

Phoenix chuckled self-deprecatingly and said, "But if that item that saved Anise were used to fight Lecher, it might save even more people, tens of thousands of people."

Pepper, we can't assume that just because someone is a good person, they should give us something so precious for free.

You agree, right?

"Oh……"

Upon hearing that the items used to save Anise could also save thousands of people, Pepper pouted in disappointment. However, her eyes quickly lit up again, and she tentatively said:

"Can we ask her for it, Commander?"

If she's not in a hurry, we can borrow it from her first, and then pay her back with the money we earn!

"borrow……"

Someone murmured something, then suddenly opened their eyes, staring at Pepper with disbelief in their emerald pupils.