NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

In the teachers' office, Maruchana stood by the window, gazing at the mischievous students reciting their lessons on the playground.

The woman's expression was usually serious, but today it was as cold as the biting winter wind. Even Tia, who seemed cheerful and carefree, couldn't help but straighten her cute posture when faced with her teacher's demeanor.

"Your instructor... has a crazy side to him, so you must stay by his side at all times and do everything you can to ensure his safety."

Nadja, remember, unless the situation becomes absolutely necessary, you must do everything you can to persuade the instructor to stop his plans for solo action.

Also, if the instructor plans to take one or two people with him in a coordinated operation, you should strive to get that position. This assumes the other Nikkis are unable to protect the instructor, understand?

"Yes, I understand, teacher."

Upon hearing Maruchana's instructions, the dark-skinned JK drew out the words, laughed lively, and even made a youthful OK sign.

"Tia and I will definitely protect the teacher's boyfriend."

As soon as Nadja finished speaking, Tia, who had finally managed to put on a serious face, immediately pouted and her eyes began to sparkle with a pitiful look.

"???"

Upon seeing her two best students expose her relationship with someone, Maruchana's previously icy expression instantly turned crimson.

They found out?!

"How...how can you talk to a teacher like that?!"

Maruchana, still wanting to maintain her position as teacher, forced herself to be authoritative and was about to explain...

unexpectedly!

Tia, who is always outspoken, delivered a straight punch right to her nose!

"Um... I hugged the instructor first, and when I asked the teacher, she clearly said she didn't like him, but... ugh... the teacher actually secretly got intimate with the instructor on his desk, without even drying off..."

"cough--!!!"

Nadja, who had just been hoping to see a joke, blushed and coughed after hearing such a blunt and direct question, giving her child a disapproving glare.

Then, wanting to smooth things over, she turned her gaze back to the window and was shocked to find that their teacher had a blank stare and looked like a senile person with a body temperature of over 43 degrees Celsius.

"Um, teacher?"

"..."

Seeing that Maruchana had completely lost her ability to react to the outside world, the precocious Nadja could only sigh helplessly and say:

“I asked Tia beforehand, and she doesn’t care about this. If you don’t care either, then there’s not much of a problem.”

Maruchana: "..."

Meanwhile, Tia, completely unaware of her startling remark, chuckled sheepishly, "Hehe~ So many people like the instructor, Teacher~ Nadja~ Let's team up and fight over him~ Just like fighting for Baron Nashor in a game~"

"Eh?"

Hearing her best friend and daughter Tia say this, Nadja's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly waved her hand to explain.

"Wait...wait a minute, Tia! You've got a mistake..."

"Huh~ Did I make a mistake?" The busty girl in the blue knitted sweater ate her index finger, blinked, and honestly corrected herself:

"Okay, then I'll just have to share it with the teacher, hehe~"

Nadja: "..."

……

……

"According to Anis and Labi, they were not with the commander when the incident occurred; instead, they were negotiating on behalf of the commander and other outer-area forces."

Inside the temporary room of Niki, a visitor from out of town, in the student dormitory building.

Mihara gently stroked the ring on her ring finger, her face stern, her aura as the first wife already in full force.

She spoke slowly and deliberately, in a tone as calm yet dangerous as an underwater current:

Helen's account is that the commander ordered her to stay downstairs to prevent that bitch named Krau from jumping out of the window, while the commander himself chose to climb up the outer wall to the sixth floor to ambush her.

This intelligence should be accurate; it is indeed the commander's style of operation.

The reason is simple: Helen has too little practical experience, so little that he is not comfortable entrusting such an important matter to this noblewoman.

Therefore, Marian, Yuni, and the other two of us must ensure that one of us stays by the Commander's side from now on.

Given Lapi's personality, she might be able to maintain some control with a commander who is easily swayed and lacks talent, but ours...

Haha~ From a certain perspective, she is actually the least worthy of our trust.

Anise's vigilance and social skills are indeed well-suited to handling diplomatic negotiations in the outer perimeter for the commander, and this matter is really not her fault.

As for Helen…

The usually gentle and generous Mihara suddenly revealed a warm smile, just like her man.

"She is not qualified to stand alone by the commander's side."

"Even if our men develop feelings for her later, she's only fit to warm the bed, nothing more."

Chapter 206 Could it be that she also likes men?!

Ark Central Hospital, Level 1 sterile intensive care unit.

Dressed in sterile clothing and completely sealed up, Ingrid stood motionless beside the hospital bed, gazing down at the patient.

Lieutenant Phoenix's burns were far more severe than expected.

Metal powder residue from the thermite grenade entered his bloodstream.

In Merri’s words, even if a patient undergoes a full-body blood purification, there is no guarantee that certain substances may have already crossed the blood-brain barrier and caused irreversible damage to the brain.

In short, Lieutenant Phoenix may suffer from numerous long-term side effects after recovery.

—For example, becoming an idiot.

Logically speaking, with Ingrid's wealth, let alone someone becoming an idiot, even if they were in a vegetative state for life, she could hire the best nursing team to take care of them until the end of their life.

However, the Queen of Elysium could neither imagine nor accept Lieutenant Phoenix becoming an idiot or a vegetable.

Whenever she thought of that scene, the woman felt a surge of pent-up anger rising within her.

drip-

An identification sound effect rang out at the entrance of the intensive care unit.

Looking back, I saw Yinhua, who was also wearing a sterile, closed-off suit, walk in.

Ingrid: "..."

Yin Hua: "..."

Two women, their eyes locked.

Clearly, neither side expected that their trusted subordinate, their boss, would take time out of his busy schedule to come to the intensive care unit... to see a man.

Ingrid: "..."

Yin Hua: "..."

The atmosphere was somewhat frozen at this moment.

If Ingrid is here because Phoenix helped her conquer Elysium and even saved her life at the welcome party...

So what is Yinhua's reason for coming here?

“...Those third-rate members of the ground intelligence special squadron asked me to check on this guy’s situation.”

The grumpy girl would never admit to worrying about someone, especially not in front of her boss.

Therefore, she decisively shifted the blame for the visit onto Lhapi and the others, not caring at all that she had done the work for someone else.

But my own boss, staying up late to keep me company in the hospital room...

Could it be that she likes men too?!

Wait a minute, this successful career woman actually has feelings for men??

Yin Hua's strange, almost eloquent gaze made Ingrid's face burn. But she was a capitalist after all, and her shamelessness was unparalleled.

The CEO immediately changed the subject, saying:

"His current situation is very complicated. Apart from the possibility of heavy metals remaining in his blood, the biggest problem lies in the balance of his body's functions."

The remaining muscle groups in the left leg can only enable standing and slow walking on flat ground, while the left hand has completely lost all function.

This type of injury either results in lifelong disability or requires a prosthetic limb transplant.

Assuming he is willing to undergo surgery... and the transplant is successful, the balance issue I just mentioned will arise.

The weight of a leg prosthesis cannot be entirely supported by muscles and fascia. The only way to achieve this is to remove the entire leg from the human skeleton and replace it with a bionic skeleton, utilizing the structure of the pelvis and hip joint to ensure a reliable connection between the body and the prosthesis.

However, if he did this, including the prosthetic arms and other miscellaneous accessories, his weight would likely exceed 160 kilograms. In other words, he still wouldn't be able to run; the impact of landing on his right leg would be enough to destroy his knee, ankle, and toes in a short time.

After finishing the above, Ingrid paused to catch her train of thought and then gave another example that was easy to understand.

"It's like upgrading computer hardware. The hardware interfaces of different generations are incompatible. You only wanted to upgrade the graphics card, but you ended up upgrading the motherboard as well. Then you found that the CPU couldn't handle it, then the power supply wattage was insufficient, and the air cooling system couldn't keep up with the chip temperature. In the end, you had to replace the entire computer to get a new model of graphics card."

Yin Hua: "..."