NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

However, to her surprise, her arrogant captain took a half step back in front of everyone, adopting a neutral stance.

"Dorothy, are you planning to break our agreement?"

The moment Atao made her stance clear, John and Cecil, who were usually expressionless, finally showed surprise.

The Heirs' Force consists of four members, with Harlan still unconscious, Isabelle, that delusional woman, will most likely side with her "husband," and the fairytale-like Niki Dorothy has chosen to withdraw...

In the blink of an eye, the vast Garden of Eden could be considered a place of combat power.

—Only Noah is left.

"Dorothy, are you planning to betray us?"

At this moment, Cecil's face was several times more unsightly than when she was being chased by Lecher. She never imagined that the man brought by Isabel could take away her Eden, which she had painstakingly built, in just one afternoon and one night.

"betray?"

Upon hearing Cecil's accusations, Atao, who had initially intended to remain neutral, suddenly paused, and then a dark and twisted aura crept onto her delicate features.

"Humans dare to talk to me about betrayal? I don't remember ever gaining anything from the Garden of Eden. I only remember saving you from the fire dragon Nihilista at least three times."

What right do you have to talk to me about betrayal?

remember!

Cecil, my relationship with you is merely one of cooperation. As for the original agreement… ha, judging by human nature's vices, aren't agreements meant to be torn up?

It must be said that the two brilliant scientists in the maintenance room are evenly matched in their rhetoric. Snow White can break down the defenses of an ally with just one sentence, while Cecil's question can infuriate an ally to the point of defection.

"So you can make a decision now?"

Having assessed the current situation, Phoenix, who had interrupted midway, drew his revolver from his waist, his thumb on the safety, and said:

"One leg, or the whole Garden of Eden, the choice is yours."

"You! How can you be so unreasonable!"

Seeing that the man was determined to take revenge on Harlan, the naive Noah blushed and spoke out indignantly.

"We don't even know how Harlan and your Nikki started fighting, so what makes you so sure Harlan hit someone first?!"

Does it matter who strikes first?

As the lieutenant spoke, he raised his hand and pointed the gun at Harlan's right leg, his eyes filled with doubt.

"I didn't say I wanted to reason with you."

Chapter 262 I suggest your lieutenant see a psychologist when he has time.

Harlan woke up.

Logically, she should have experienced the most intense pain, so Mihara should have been the first to wake up.

Unfortunately, under Phoenix's tyranny, Cecil had no choice but to awaken her brain first, forcing the witch to open her eyes in a daze.

then……

boom--! ! !

A deafening blast, loud enough to shake one's eardrums, suddenly erupted in the maintenance room as a large-caliber revolver instantly ripped a hole the size of a thumb into Harlan's right calf.

The excruciating pain was like two merciless iron clamps, forcibly prying open Harlan's eyelids.

However, even such pain could not urge the woman to get up from the operating table. It wasn't that Harlan herself didn't want to get up, but rather that Eunice, who was beside her, had paralyzed her central nervous system, rendering her unable to move.

Boom boom boom boom——! ! !

Immediately afterwards, four more roars rang out. Before the poor witch could even figure out her situation, she fainted again from the pain.

Witnessing this scene, which was comparable to torture, Cecil, as a participant, turned even paler than her already fair complexion.

"Are you satisfied now?" she asked, her tone revealing no concealment of her disgust for the man and the slightest fear.

Unfortunately, she underestimated Phoenix's integrity. The lieutenant calmly changed the bullets in his revolver, saying:

"continue."

"?"

The scientist, upon receiving the order, glanced at the five holes in Harlan's right calf and protested in bewilderment, "Didn't you say that as long as..."

"I said I was going to break one of her legs."

After changing the magazine, the man turned to Cecil and reminded him again with a blank expression.

"continue."

“But Mihara’s leg brace was only broken; it didn’t detach from the prosthetic body.” Cecil, unwilling to wake Harlan again, clenched his fists tightly, trying to use logic to stop the lieutenant’s alleged abuse.

"Broken bones for broken bones, I think that's what makes us allies."

In fact, she herself did not like Harlan at all. This extremely arrogant Niki was far more detestable than Dorothy, at least the latter knew to put on a show before the confrontation.

However, disliking Harlan is one thing, but that doesn't stop Cecil from disliking a certain lieutenant.

This man has an extremely bad temper and unpredictable behavior. He seems like a irrational killer, but he also has an exceptional ability to judge situations.

He's practically an incomprehensible madman...

Click.

Just as Cecil was preparing to pay the price for his actions, Lieutenant Phoenix suddenly raised the safety of his revolver, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

Cecil: "?"

The woman was filled with questions at the man's sudden thoughtful gesture.

What does it mean?

Does he think that what he just said is worth taking seriously?

Before, when John and I tried to negotiate with him properly, he... he clearly seemed completely unwilling to communicate...

"Makes sense."

"???"

When Phoenix nodded thoughtfully and put the revolver back in its holster in front of everyone, not only Cecil but even John couldn't keep his cool expression and revealed a shocked look that everyone would remember.

however,

Just when everyone thought the matter was about to come to an end!

Suddenly, a lieutenant raised his right arm, elbow down, and slammed it down on Harlan's gunshot wound in the leg.

Boom-! ! !

With a dull thud like a giant hammer striking the ground, the witch's simulated tibia and fibula snapped instantly...

……

……

"woke up?"

Stroking Mihara's soft and delicate hands, the man sitting by the bedside changed his violent demeanor from half an hour ago, and the gentle warmth flowing between his brows was like warm jade under the sun.

"My dear Mrs. Phoenix, isn't this coma a bit too much of a charade?"

"What's wrong?"

The woman lying on the hospital bed responded languidly to Phoenix's teasing, shifting her body slightly and pressing her cheek against her man's crotch like a cat, whispering sweetly:

"How was I supposed to know Yuni's new ability was so powerful? Commander, should we give it a try next time?"

"We'll talk about next time later."

Gently kneading his fingertips, the lieutenant ignored his wife's attempt to change the subject and pressed on, "What exactly happened with Harlan? How did you two start fighting?"

"She..."

Feeling the slow increase in the pressure of someone's kneading, Mihara pondered for a moment, then succinctly and accurately summarized the whole story.

“She looks down on us deep down, and even said that my man is no good.”

……

……

Across from the maintenance room, outside Niki's hospital room.

Cecil kept swiping the screen while holding a tablet, his tone full of helplessness.

"Two consecutive episodes of pain exceeding the threshold have made Harlan's condition unstable, and even the NMPH is finding it difficult to control her negative emotions. So I just gave her a sedative injection, and her recovery will depend on her own efforts."

After all, I'm not good at clinical psychology, and I didn't know how to ease her emotions.

When the topic of psychology came up, the woman couldn't help but glance at Lapi and his entourage, who were standing quietly on either side of the corridor, and continued with a strange look in her eyes:

"Everyone, what I'm about to say is absolutely not intended to be malicious or hostile."

Once you all return to the Ark, I personally strongly suggest that your lieutenants see a psychologist when they have time.

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