NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

After saying that, the petite and unreliable girl stood up and pounced into someone's arms, her eyes brimming with tears.

"They even said at first they were going to destroy me—!!!"

"them?"

With one hand rubbing Nien's military cap, Phoenix asked with a slightly amused expression, under the dual gazes of Sen and Kancy:

“I’m not a god. How am I supposed to know who ‘they’ are if you don’t clearly state their names and identities?”

"Wouldn't it be awkward if they mistook someone for someone else?"

……

……

"Paper... tissue."

In the command post, Burningham reached out and took a tissue from a lieutenant colonel, blew his nose, and felt uneasy about something.

So the deputy commander casually tossed the tissue into the trash can and kindly advised:

"Oh, right. That reporter, you...you handle it, make a big fuss."

It would be best to let everyone know... know that you did it.

Then follow the trail to dismantle the supply and demand chain of the transaction recordings. Catch them alive if possible, and gather all the evidence.

Withstand the pressure from the family...

One day...

If Phoenix really comes knocking on your door one day, he'll at most teach you a lesson...you won't be in any danger. He'll still be your chance to turn things around...

Go for it. "

Chapter 313 I think you still underestimate me.

Executives may lack professional expertise, but they must have a keen political sense.

Upon receiving Burningham's almost nanny-like orders, the unfortunate Lieutenant Colonel Koska immediately realized that his leadership had made a significant shift in their decision-making regarding that person.

—Try to cooperate.

"Is doing this... really alright, Commander?"

Koska couldn't help but swallow hard when asked about his leader's plans, his tone revealing a hint of hesitation.

"He's a..."

"A serial killer?"

Before his trusted subordinate could utter his thoughts, Burningham provided the answer for him. Then, the deputy commander slammed his cane in frustration, forgetting even his habitual stutter, and coldly said:

"Let's set aside whether Phoenix has any mental issues related to a homicidal addiction."

Since you think that showing him kindness is useless, what do you plan to do?

"How about I give you a team, and on the day he returns to the Ark, you personally lead the team to intercept and kill him at the elevator entrance?"

Lieutenant Colonel: "..."

After being reminded by his leader, Koska, who had been stuck in a rut, immediately straightened his back, tilted his head back slightly, took a deep breath, and looked enlightened.

"Commander, I'll go to Tetra right away and make sure I uncover all the illegal transactions that Brant is suspected of."

But what about President Mastin…”

"Do not care."

In response, Burningham waved his hand and said without hesitation, "The illegal transactions involving Niki have nothing to do with Mustin. Over the years, he has been hoping that we would take the initiative to investigate so that he could use our influence to carry out internal reforms."

That's why I told you to capture as many people as possible alive. When Phoenix returns to the Ark, he can deal with them as he sees fit.

"Yes!"

……

……

"That shorty said that once the commander officially returns to the Ark, he will have all the captured guys handed over to the commander for disposal."

In the rehabilitation center's Nikki detention ward, the ghost Nikki, responsible for monitoring Burningham, reported everything she had seen and heard to the lieutenant, and also asked curiously:

"What does the commander intend to do with those guys?"

"killed."

Phoenix's answer was as simple as ever, so simple that Nien, who was massaging his shoulders, suddenly stopped his fingertips, bit his lower lip, and after a long while, finally made up his mind and said weakly:

"Um...Grandmaster, that lieutenant colonel only yelled at us a couple of times, and he didn't really curse at us much."

Because she had not yet integrated into the core circle of the lieutenant's camp, Fire Girl was unaware that her master had a ghost intelligence network of hundreds of people and that she herself could communicate with ghosts.

Therefore, she thought that she had gone too far in stirring up trouble, causing her master to misjudge the process, and planned to take some time to send the lieutenant colonel on his way.

Although she herself didn't like that lieutenant colonel who hated her master.

But...

"How about our grandmaster punishes that lieutenant colonel so he can become our master's personal chauffeur?"

As Nien spoke, he massaged the shoulders more and more frequently, glancing at his master who was still staring blankly at Sen, and kept giving him meaningful glances.

Unfortunately, her beloved master was still immersed in the sight of Mori's face without a mask, remaining speechless in shock for a long time.

Also silent was Ward, the warden who had just been promoted not long ago.

Even on the fifth time he was greeted by the prison guard who often talked about the second lieutenant, he was still apprehensive and sweating profusely.

"Sir... it is truly an honor for our museum that you are willing to come often."

The warden's earlier reprimand of Nien vanished the moment he entered. He appeared neither humble nor arrogant, but in reality, he was utterly obsequious, standing beside Phoenix and asking with obvious self-importance:

"Do you... need anything?"

Worth was just being polite, never expecting Phoenix to actually nod and continue:

"In that case, you go and call all the prison guards under your jurisdiction and have Sen give them some basic psychological counseling."

Voss: "..."

Psychological counseling?

In a high-prison facility, would a convicted felon be allowed to provide psychological counseling to the guards?

An ominous feeling spread like hundreds or thousands of ants crawling from his ankles to the top of his head, then along his back, triggering unbearable itching goosebumps.

The prison guard could sense that today, he was about to make the most risky and dangerous all-or-nothing move of his life.

and so……

To shuttle, or not to shuttle?

This isn't really a problem.

Based on the rumors he'd gleaned from his recent rise in status, and considering that man's ability to "go home" whenever he wanted, the final answer to both options was already obvious.

—The shuttle, merely surviving for now.

—If he hadn't spun, he would have been executed on the spot.

Faced with a foreseeable death, Warden Worth's attitude was quite unexpected.

Suddenly, the man in his thirties wiped the smile from his lips, his expression turning solemn, like a brave soldier preparing to die on the front lines, and he spoke with righteous indignation:

"Lieutenant, I am indeed a coward who is afraid of death and has no ambition or prospects, but I think you still underestimate me."

I promise!

I've made arrangements for everyone who's coming to work today, leaving no one out.

……

……

Voss's breathless speech silenced everyone, including Phoenix.

After the silence subsided, a major rebellion, confined to the rehabilitation center, began to unfold.

at the same time,

Located on the ground within the Garden of Eden.

Cecil, who has been expressionless for years, stared at Snow White in disbelief as she watched as the latter used Lecher parts to surgically modify Niki's prosthetic body.

"If I had a choice... I really hope that what I saw was fake."

Cecil made this remark, but her hands moved quickly. She immediately made voice calls and sent assembly notices to all the people she trusted.

Ultimately, everyone involved is a staunch materialist scientific genius; in just a few seconds, the woman with facial paralysis accepted the reality of the situation.

—A few electronic components in Lecher's body only need to be rerouted through relatively simple circuitry to be directly inserted into Niki's body to take effect.

"Huh? Is today April Fool's Day?"

When everyone rushed to the scene after receiving the assembly notice, and learned the horrifying news from the scientists one by one, Anise, whose features were almost contorted in shock, exclaimed excitedly: