NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

ten minutes later……

"The exam begins!"

The lieutenant's stern, low shout echoed eerily across the school's playground.

The moment the exam window popped up on the tablet, Yuni and Lai, whose minds were blank, instantly turned into two little salted fish. Their pupils immediately lost their luster, and they sat there like uncarved pieces of rotten wood, staring at the questions on the tablet and beginning to ponder the meaning of Hime's life.

Da da da da da——

The stylus tip kept tapping against the glass screen of the tablet, the sound so dense it was like a torrential downpour.

Meanwhile, the unscrupulous instructor surnamed Fei left the examination room with a straight face in front of all the Nikkis and began today's tedious and difficult daily training.

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[Fingerprint verification in progress...]

[Iris verification in progress...]

[Welcome to the MMR Affiliated High School Combat Simulation Room, Commander Phoenix.]

Amid the emotionless prompts from the system, the lieutenant skillfully walked to the weapon rack in the simulation room's preparation area, reached out with his right hand, and picked up a model of a sniper rifle from the rack.

Then, he first adjusted the muzzle energy and recoil to Niki's specific data, and then evenly attached magnetic plates of corresponding weight to the gun body to simulate the weight of Niki's large-caliber sniper rifle.

Once everything was ready, Phoenix extended his left index finger and pressed the button for the 7th level of simulated combat on the control panel.

[Site simulation is underway...]

[Generating Lecher data...]

[Deploying Lecher's location...]

[Dear Commander Phoenix, the system has detected that your Niki unit has less than one member. Would you like to force a simulated battle?]

[Confirm/Cancel]

【Sure】

……

……

boom--! ! !

The thunderous roar of the large-caliber sniper rifle relentlessly tormented the sound diaphragm of the speakers, exposing the images of virtual Lechers being pierced through the core by the wall to everyone.

Deputy Commanders Anderson and Burningham, Deputy Director of Intelligence Amber, CEO of Elysium, one of the representatives of the nobility, former Chairman of Elysium, Roderick Austin...

A dozen or so important figures, whose mere stomp could make the Ark tremble, gathered in this small command room, staring at the live broadcast on the central projection screen, their expressions varied.

They have acknowledged someone's formidable combat capabilities.

However, even a vice commander like Anderson, who had been on the battlefield, didn't know exactly how strong someone was before seeing the broadcast footage.

After all, Commander Phoenix has always had one particular characteristic when carrying out missions:

The combat records are 100% severely damaged, or simply lost or destroyed.

Now, having witnessed firsthand the lieutenant's incredible feat of single-handedly breaking through the seventh floor of the simulation room, and his repeated deaths and attempts on the eighth floor, even Roderick Austin, who harbors a deep grudge against him for killing his grandson, has generously bestowed upon the lieutenant ample praise and respect.

"We imprisoned these people by our own vote. Only two days later, we are going to vote to release them to carry out their duties. It makes it seem like Parliament is being far too frivolous in making decisions."

A member of the Central Parliament sighed and said, rubbing his forehead in frustration:

"Does it have to be him? Didn't Huaerqiulei come back alive from the power plant? Can't we let her go?"

"No, according to Anick's analysis, the possibility of Valkyrie obtaining effective intelligence is zero. I think the reason given by the computer is correct. Valkyrie's abilities are only suitable for direct combat."

This kind of tracking mission, where not a single judgment can be wrong, can only be handled by a special ground intelligence squadron.

Upon hearing the member of parliament's words, Deputy Minister Ampa firmly rejected the proposal.

This middle-aged man, who had been frustrated in the intelligence department for most of his life, finally straightened his back and experienced what it meant to be triumphant.

"Our intelligence department remains committed to our decision to publicly exile Lieutenant Phoenix in order to bring the ground intelligence special squadron into the shadows."

Of course, if you don't mind, we don't even need an exile sentence. We can simply seal off MMR High School, then find a way to get Lieutenant Phoenix and his subordinate Nikki out, and then transfer them to the outer district.

"I agree with the intelligence community's decision."

To everyone's surprise, the first person to stand up and support Deputy Minister Ampa was Ms. Ingrid.

Logically speaking, she, who benefited the most from Phoenix, should have been the one most opposed to the lieutenant being transferred away from the Ark.

Because as long as that madwoman is still in the city of Ark, no one will dare to use violence to threaten her life.

however……

"I agree with the intelligence community's decision."

Before anyone could figure out Ingrid's purpose, Vice Commander Anderson suddenly spoke up:

"The Limitless Forces stationed in the far north have sent back news that Commander Phoenix first encountered the Raucous Lecher intelligent entity, which appeared in the northern region three days ago."

Meanwhile, a pilgrim codenamed Snow White also appeared in the area.

Regardless of whether the mission to track the Lecher Group is successful, Lieutenant Phoenix's ground intelligence special squadron must make a trip to the far north; we need to obtain intelligence on the Lecher intelligent individuals.

We need to try to reach out to pilgrims.

Chapter 183 Ground Intelligence Special Squadron

“Fail.”

"This one also fails."

"This structure has been misunderstood."

"Whose is this? How dare they hand in a blank paper... Oh, Ray... It's alright now."

"Huh? Why is Yuni also handing in a blank paper like Ray? Who taught her that!"

In Maricana's office, Phoenix, in front of the teachers, muttered to himself as he rapidly graded the students' papers at an average rate of fifteen seconds per paper.

The reason it takes more than ten seconds is mainly because he needs to circle the mistakes and correct them.

Otherwise, given Anick's computing speed, no matter how fast someone swipes the screen, the artificial intelligence can still grade all the papers that appear on the screen instantly.

Meanwhile, Maruchana, who was standing beside him silently watching the instructor grading papers, had already gotten used to the scene before her.

At first, she was worried that the instructors might make mistakes or omissions in their grading because of the speed at which they were grading.

However, after Maruchana worked through the night on a second review, she realized that her worries were unnecessary.

—Nearly a hundred test papers, and the corrections on each one can be summed up in the words "concise and perfect".

Could it be... that he really is a genius?

Since it's unimaginable that an artificial intelligence could reside in a person's brain, the teacher naturally attributed all the credit for grading the papers to the instructor.

"As always, Lhabi gets full marks, and you get full marks too, teacher."

In less than half an hour, Phoenix had finished grading dozens of engineering exam papers and drawings, and also summarized the students' grades for the day based on the detailed table compiled by Anick.

"With a perfect score, the highest scores were given to Nadja and Helen, who each mixed up one part of the structure."

Then it was Tia and Marian who misremembered two details.

Mihara, Christine, and Ningya got three things wrong..."

Da da da da da——

Listening to Phoenix's summary, Maruchana quickly picked up her tablet and wrote down the students' scores one by one using abbreviations.

Teachers who understand the benefits of having students memorize Lechner's structural diagrams would naturally give their full support.

She even secretly resolved to extract the teaching content of "Learning Lecher Structure" and further organize and summarize it into an independent theoretical course.

Whether the students will wail and suffer greatly, or even resent her, is not something she, as a teacher, needs to consider.

In Maruchana's eyes, keeping her students alive was the highest priority.

"Instructor."

"Ok?"

With gratitude in her heart, Maruchana raised her hand to tuck a slightly messy strand of hair behind her ear, held the tablet in one hand, and bowed slightly with sincere sincerity, "I thank you on behalf of the students."

"what?"

Faced with the teacher's unexpected thanks, the man, whose mind hadn't quite caught up, responded blankly. After a moment, the lieutenant, whose initial intentions for teaching weren't entirely pure, finally understood what the other person meant.

"It's fine, as long as it can be used on the ground."

Fortunately, Phoenix's skin is as tough and resilient as a fortress; anyone with a thinner skin would probably be blushing by now.

dong dong——

"Referring to...the second lieutenant."

Just as the instructors and teachers were treating each other with utmost respect and unsure how to continue their conversation,

Outside the door, Lhapi gently tapped the door panel with the back of his hand, successfully dispelling the awkwardness of the impending arrival.