NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

Although Jackal is a bit dim-witted and a fool who would open her heart to anyone if given food, she would never do those things.

Especially killing children—even if Krau himself held a gun to her head, that idiot wouldn't do it.

Honey, don't worry at all. Just recruit her as your bodyguard!

laugh----!!!

The sudden screech of brakes interrupted Viper's words. Before Viper could ask any questions, Phoenix suddenly grabbed a rifle from beside his seat, opened the car window, and climbed onto the roof in front of the girl.

Then, a series of bullets roared from the roof of the car.

Looking into the distance, a mini electric car, billowing black smoke and flames, spun around and crashed into an uninhabited tin-roofed apartment building on the side of the road.

boom--! ! ! ! !

"Tsk..."

Looking at the scene in the floating screen of his consciousness, where the unbelted jackal was unconscious in the driver's seat, the lieutenant kneeling on the roof of the car clicked his tongue in boredom.

There were no intense chase scenes, shootouts, or fight scenes as I had imagined...

One-on-one gunfights with wallhacks and aimbots are just that boring and tedious.

“She’s not dead, Viper, go and pull her out of the carriage.”

Viper: "..."

Chapter 203 A Crimson Date: The Phoenix

The viper never imagined that the jackal would make such a pathetic entrance.

Then, when she pulled her teammate out of the truck bed, she found that the little girl, covered in dirt and blood, wasn't even wearing a seatbelt. Only then did she disgustedly throw her into the truck bed.

Not wearing a seatbelt on the Ark is one thing, but not wearing one in the outer edge area is just embarrassing.

“Darling, we need to hurry. Jackal’s phone was crushed. If Krau can’t reach Jackal next time, she might go into hiding.”

Turning back to the passenger seat, Viper instinctively reached for her phone to send a fake message to the captain, but then quickly dismissed the idea.

Given the current situation, even a casual remark from her could potentially lead to Krau contacting the Jackals ahead of time.

Therefore, the girl changed her approach and used her phone to request information from her intelligence network.

"I can try to contact some informants in the underground passages. If we're lucky, we might get some news about Krau."

Glancing at the profile of the viper focused on typing, a few inconspicuous cracks finally appeared in the wall of vigilance that someone had built up long ago.

Considering how dutiful this woman is, I'll reluctantly consider her half one of our own.

As for the jackals' next move...

Phoenix had already planned this out. Once Yuni arrived in the outer area, he would simply hand the jackal over to Yuni to teach her a lesson, so that the pink-haired loli who opened the door to a new world wouldn't always stare at him with greedy eyes.

"Ara~ Ara~"

Just as the lieutenant was contemplating his future plans, he heard the sweet voice of a young girl again.

"Honey, I have some not-so-accurate good news. Krau and the Jackal are using the same secret passage, located in District 18000. If she's planning to come and kill me, we can meet her on this main road right away!"

The news from Viper was indeed quite good, but unfortunately, it still failed to dispel Phoenix's concerns.

There are concerns that Krau might change course and flee because he couldn't contact the jackals.

Then the man asked, "District 18000, do you know anything about that place?"

……

……

bugu~bugu~

The dial tone, which remained unanswered for a long time, kept nagging at Krau's heart.

Without much thought, something must have gone wrong on the jackals' side.

"Dead?"

His tone was as if he were repeating a news report from the internet. Without waiting for a response from his teammates, Krau hung up the phone without a care, broke the phone in half, threw it in a secluded corner, and turned back the way he came.

The venomous snake was captured, and the jackal went missing. No matter how many unknown conspiracies and tricks were involved, it didn't matter to her.

All they need to know is that someone is targeting their outsider forces; that alone is enough.

"Who will it be?"

The unease of being spied on, controlled, and schemed against is like a persistent, vengeful spirit, relentlessly circling around the woman, causing her to feel restless.

Were they the three underworld queens that Mastine had dispatched to maintain the status quo in the outer perimeter?

Or did the newlyweds realize the lie and step into paradise?

It couldn't possibly be a force from the Ark's side. If they wanted to get involved in the investigation, they wouldn't need such a troublesome process of defeating them one by one.

Therefore,

Who on earth is being so blind as to cause her trouble?

Touching the unexploded miniature bomb on his neck, Krau, with a sullen face, wandered aimlessly into a certain neighborhood.

Viper hasn't revealed her plan to detonate the Ark Elevator yet, otherwise, given Shuen's temper, he would definitely blow her brains up before the central government could investigate.

In other words, that cowardly woman didn't choose to stab her in the back...

"Hey, do you take the dead or not?"

Kelou slipped into a small alley and saw a furtive scavenger. Clau, carrying a submachine gun, pulled out a deliberately flattened gold bean from the lining of his clothes, flicked it into the air with his thumb, and then caught it steadily in his palm.

The golden specks of light reflected in the scavenger's murky eyes, successfully arousing the ferocity unique to the stray dogs of the outer edge of the area.

"...What level of work is it?"

Seeing that the other person was already interested, the woman, with the e-cigarette in her mouth, smiled and said:

"Don't worry, it's not anything special."

After saying that, she slung the submachine gun over her shoulder.

"follow me."

……

boom--!

The moment a scavenger, reeking of foul odor, murdered a family of three with a cheap air gun...

Taking advantage of the situation, Krau distorted NIMPH's human protection regulations, raising his gun and shooting the scavenger, who was "suspected of endangering the lives of others," dead from the side.

—The reason given was "to eliminate targets that endanger human life".

Then, without even glancing at the four corpses on the floor, including the child, this antisocial scumbag turned around, closed the door, dragged all the bodies into the kitchen, turned on the range hood, and then calmly lay back down on the old sofa in the living room.

Come to think of it, she hadn't used this method to create temporary safe houses since Viper joined the outsider unit. Now that she had the chance to use it again, she suddenly felt that it wasn't so bad.

At least the feeling of being able to control your own life and the lives of others is wonderful.

"It would be perfect if this family could have a mobile phone."

With his legs crossed and his head resting on the back of the sofa, Krau stared at the clean ceiling above him, his face utterly bored.

"Cleaning the outer area is really a waste of time."

……

"She entered the residential area between 18700 and 18800. Sorry, due to insufficient surveillance cameras, the Peony Society can only monitor this area."

During the Qingming Festival, in Sakura's private bedroom, a four-person online meeting takes place.

The usually gentle, elegant, and graceful Peony now looked solemnly at the new face at the meeting—Lieutenant Phoenix, who was wearing a mask.

"Are you sure this person is the perpetrator of the train bombing back then? Do you have solid evidence?"

"And since you know her true identity, why didn't you report it to Fang Zhou? She's the murderer who killed hundreds of civilians; the reward alone is enough to cover it up..."

Poof——

Before Peony could finish expressing her views, the lieutenant in the virtual projection left the meeting on his own, leaving the three underworld queens looking at each other in bewilderment.

"He...he means he's hanging up on me?"

"No, it's a peony."

Seeing the violent gorilla in fancy clothes slowly building up his anger, the troubled Miss Sakura had no choice but to smooth things over for a certain irresponsible man.

"This matter involves a serial killer who has committed dozens of bombings. I believe you two can understand my friend's feelings. If there is any offense, I am willing to apologize to you on his behalf."

……

“Found it, the 18700 to 18800 residential area.”

On the other hand, having received accurate intelligence from the leader of the Peony Society, Phoenix, driving the transport vehicle, immediately made a turn and headed towards the nearest location, 18600.

Considering that a dedicated cold chain transport vehicle would not be in such a remote location, the lieutenant decisively decided to park the vehicle in a more distant area, such as 18600.

He would rather run a few hundred meters more or cross a few more streets than do anything that might alert the enemy.