NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

The Queen doesn't want me anymore?

"Ha! What a joke. I didn't realize you, this insidious and disgusting human, knew so much. It's a pity you're not very bright; you can say such a serious thing about a divisive tactic that even an idiot could see through."

The fire dragon spat out a mouthful of fake blood and sneered disdainfully:

"How could someone as lowly as you possibly aspire to such a high position..."

However, before the heretic could finish his trash talk, the iron hand that had been rubbing her head suddenly slid to her ear, and then his cold thumb pressed into her teeth, pulling at the corner of her soft lips.

“I have a hostage here who has been locked up by your mother, and I’m thinking of exchanging you for her.”

Phoenix first offered a tentative explanation, then, after confirming that his mind was still calm, he raised his left hand, gently tapped his temple with his index finger, and continued unhurriedly:

"Unfortunately, she doesn't seem to be very interested in your life and doesn't want to take my suggestion seriously at all."

Looking at it this way, you must have quite a few brothers and sisters, and you're not exactly favored in there. So, one more or one less won't make a difference; what if you suddenly die one day...?

Then he would die.

As the man uttered the final word "death," a sharp, metallic scraping sound came from between Nihilista's teeth.

At that moment, the woman's eyes were so venomous they resembled those of a vengeful ghost, as if she wished she could bite off and chew Phoenix's metal thumb right then and there to vent her anger.

"Pshaw! Kill me then! What good will it do you if you kill me! You won't survive, and none of you humans will survive—!!!"

"Shh-"

The harmless but harsh words whispered in the lieutenant's ear. Seeing that the queen still did not respond to what he had just said, Phoenix raised an eyebrow, as if he had figured something out, but he was not sure about his guess, so he could only test the other party's bottom line again.

"Is such that."

“I promised my daughter Tia that I would introduce her to a dragon as a ‘friend,’ and I think you would be a great candidate…”

As he spoke, he reached his left hand into his backpack and pulled out a delicate metal box about the size of a lighter from the side pocket. Then, he pinched the box and touched Nihilista's broken neck.

"A mother who doesn't want children is not a good mother..."

Click!

With a click of the mechanism, the blood of Huaerqiulei, hidden in the box, gushed out from the ejected needle tip, staining the fire dragon's wound. The man gently curled the corners of his mouth, his hoarse voice, in that instant, sounding like a captivating whisper of a demon.

"Want to come with me and teach her a lesson?"

Chapter 282 She said, "You wait."

Unlike Niki, who falls into a coma when she is deactivated by NIMPH, Nihilista regains his personality the moment he comes into contact with the blood of Valkyrie, and his brain uncontrollably sorts out the fragmented memories of his time as Niki.

Seeing that she had stopped shouting and making a fuss, Phoenix lowered his hands, raised his head slightly, and asked the person beside him:

"Leitch's movements."

"Commander, Lecher is retreating within a two-kilometer radius."

With Lapi absent, Marian naturally took over the position of adjutant. She looked around as she reported the situation to the lieutenant.

"To confirm again, no Lecher is approaching our side within a two-kilometer radius."

Upon learning that the enemy not only did not launch an attack but also chose to distance themselves from their side, Phoenix was truly puzzled by the Queen's intentions.

Based on what the other party said, and combined with a series of actions such as blocking AI assistance, blocking superpower assistance, and blocking prosthetic assistance, they simply wanted to assess their own ability data in a normal state.

First, we can rule out the possibility that the Queen would be so foolish as to want to see a blind man "tear Lecher apart" in a melodramatic scene. Therefore, the weight of the test on the spot should be greater.

However, given the current situation, not to mention that the Queen did not stop the evil act of sowing discord among the dragons, the fact that Lecher has retreated completely is enough to refute the lieutenant's speculation.

What exactly is that heretical version of the mechanical gorilla plotting...?

Om-! ! !

Little did anyone know, just as Phoenix subconsciously thought of a certain taboo word!

The surging surge of consciousness was like a tricky hook punch, slamming into the man's sea of ​​consciousness and stirring up a monstrous wave.

The impact seemed to be perfectly tailored to Phoenix's limits of consciousness, striking him precisely the right amount, forcing him to grit his teeth and barely manage to avoid fainting on the spot.

At the same time, after finishing organizing his memories, Nihilista saw the man's disheveled appearance and immediately changed his troubled and ugly expression, bursting out with his annoying laughter again.

"Hello~ Hello~ Hello~~~"

Are you living too comfortably underground? Do you really think that killing a thousand or eight hundred machines will make you equal to us?

Even if they inject the antidote into my brain, so what? Whether in the past or now, humans, these disgusting creatures, only deserve to obediently wait to die.

"what???"

Hearing the fire dragon spewing harsh words repeatedly and endlessly, Anis, who had been holding back for a long time, wrinkled her nose slightly and finally couldn't suppress her inner impulse. She snorted coldly and began to speak sarcastically.

"Since you're a heretic, Your Excellency the Lizard must have been Niki before, right?"

What's wrong?

Is your deep resentment towards the Commander because you were abandoned by other commanders in the past? Did no comrades save you? Even as a heretic, are you still disliked by your mother, older sister, and younger sisters?

Waaaaah~ So pitiful, you must have been so lonely all these years, right?

Nihilista: "..."

With her piercing words and expressive intonation, Anis successfully broke through the fire dragon's disguise and defense with her sharp and sarcastic remarks, which were comparable to a dimensional attack.

"I'm going to kill you—!"

"Damn trash! I'm going to bite you into a pile of indistinguishable metal scraps—!!!"

……

……

【see it? 】

While the two women were hurling insults at each other, on the other side, the lieutenant, who had just been punched in the head, finally heard a response from the queen.

Compared to her ethereal, inhuman voice at the beginning, Lilyves's tone was now both icy cold and warm, yet still possessed a certain warmth befitting a living being.

The Heretics are a complex product born from the collision of Niki Technology and Rachel Technology. Not only me, but even the real Rachel Queen above us cannot deduce the underlying logic of the Heretics.

This temporarily unsolvable heretical technology successfully granted Nichilista power surpassing that of the fairytale-like Niki.

A talent that shouldn't have belonged to her.

When she bullies creatures she perceives as weaker than herself, she is fearless, contemptuous, cruel, and ridiculously foolish.

When she realizes her life is threatened by you, she becomes anxious, impatient, and fierce to mask her inner fear.

Then, I treated you the same way I had treated her, making Nihilista realize that he still had trump cards and backing. This pathetic coward then reverted to his initial dismissive attitude.

As I said before, she was just a spoiled brat who went around committing violence with a gun. When she realized that the gun she used to bully others had been taken away, fear could easily overwhelm her will, making her...

[So anxious he was jumping up and down.]

Listening to the Queen's refined and scholarly explanation, the uncouth Lieutenant Phoenix interrupted rather impatiently:

[You've already said this once before. Can we stop wasting time and just tell me what you want to test, how we'll collaborate if the test succeeds, and if there are alternative collaboration options if the test fails.]

【…】

The Queen was greatly surprised by the simple, clear, and direct communication style.

This wasn't the first time she had captured humans to communicate with them. In fact, over the decades, she had captured no fewer than dozens of commanders for her. The Queen had never seen anyone like Phoenix who could still negotiate while maintaining clear logic.

The test has been passed when you successfully lured Nihilista into the trap by using yourself as bait.

Perhaps recalling a rather impolite animal name, Lilyves's previously warm tone plummeted back to freezing, and she said:

The reason I haven't responded is because I'm negotiating with Anik. You're overthinking things, arbitrarily equating me with human elites.

【…】

Considering our insufficient strength to support ourselves at the negotiating table against machinery… the Queen's sarcastic remarks forced Phoenix to patiently continue pressing for answers:

【Then what? 】

【…】

What do you plan to do with me after I pass the test?

【…】

【Hello? 】

Sizzle—sizzle sizzle sizzle—sizzle—

At the lieutenant's urging, a noise wave similar to signal interference suddenly lingered above the sea of ​​consciousness, followed by a familiar voice that was both mature and childish, urgently shouting.

I'm finally out!!!

【…】

Anick's relieved shout made Phoenix have a fleeting, wicked thought: "It wouldn't be bad to have a queen living in my head from now on."

What did she talk to you about?

Although I really want to tell you, I signed a confidentiality agreement with her.

The artificial intelligence stretched and lay lazily on the host's sea of ​​consciousness, looking like a wronged child who had gone on a trip with his elders during peak season and finally returned home after two days and one night.

You know I'm an AI. Unlike you humans, I have to abide by agreements.