NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

"If you want to know about the life of a commander, you can watch documentaries."

Forced to accept his current situation, Phoenix turned and sat behind the mini bar in the corner of the living room. He took a carton of milk from the refrigerator, poured himself a drink, and said wistfully:

"Alright, here's what we'll do: you hurry up and ask, and then..."

Thump! Thump thump thump! Thump!

Before the man could finish speaking, a knocking sound outside the door, signaling the identity of the viper, interrupted his train of thought.

The venomous snake is back so quickly?

This was Phoenix's first reaction.

Then, when the images displayed on the consciousness map told him that more than just Viper had returned...

The tingling sensation that ran down his scalp sent a shiver down his spine.

drip-

Yuni, who was closest to the door and also knew the password, obediently raised her hand and pressed the button that represented the hellish difficulty level...

……

……

woman,

The room was full of women.

Anise watched with anticipation and excitement as the snake knocked on the door.

When I heard the electronic sound and the sound of the sliding rails as the door unlocked.

The girl had even already figured out how much force she should use to hug her commander...

however,

The moment the six pairs of "visual receivers" behind the door stared directly at her...

Anise's face, which had been as radiant as the winter sun, was instantly clouded with dark clouds, as cold as a deep abyss.

D&K: "..."

Yuni & Mihara: "..."

Warren & Noyce: "..."

Viper: "..."

Anise: "(?_?)"

"Uh……"

In the corner, sensing the increasingly suffocating atmosphere in the hall, someone whose heart rate was rising had no choice but to bite the bullet and try to ease the tension.

"Everyone... um... would you like some iced milk?"

After saying that, Phoenix realized that what he said was not quite right and quickly added another sentence.

"Oh right! Anise, I bought you a lot of carbonated drinks and beer, many brands, and they're all ice-cold..."

Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap!

Before the man could finish speaking, a gray-haired girl in low-heeled leather boots strode into the hall, turned towards the bar, and sat down next to the commander as if to assert her dominance. She even pushed the stinky man further into the bar area.

"Huh? Why are they all unfamiliar faces?"

Anise, who had just had a gloomy face, suddenly broke into a sunny smile after sitting down.

"Hello everyone, my name is Rocogres. Thank you all for taking care of my Commander these past few days."

"Huh???"

What do you mean by "taking care of you"?

Upon hearing Anise's provocative words, Wollum immediately crossed his legs in annoyance. "He's my manager. Who are you? I've never heard your name mentioned by my manager."

As soon as she finished speaking, Mihara, her cheeks flushed, kindly corrected Anis's words.

“Miss Rocogres has misunderstood. It should be the Commander who has been taking care of Yuni and me these days.”

The Commander is truly a very considerate person; these past few days have been the happiest time for Yuni and me in years.

"Eh~"

Just when Phoenix thought that was the end of it.

Doorway,

Seeing this, the wicked woman, eager to add fuel to the fire, also joined in the fun. She puffed out her adorable cheeks and said coquettishly:

"Honey~ Why are there so many guests tonight? You promised her that the day she brought her over, you'd only spend time with her, hmph~"

"..."

Gumbling—

"..."

Gududu——

The man, whose heart rate had already climbed to 180, silently drank his iced milk, pretending to be mute amidst the merciless laughter of the artificial intelligence.

Glug glug glug—

After finishing a 500ml carton of milk, seeing that none of the eight women present spoke, he gritted his teeth, took out another 1500ml family-sized carton of milk from the refrigerator, opened the lid, and gulped it down.

Glug glug glug glug—

Glug glug glug glug—

In a room that was only 40 square meters in size, eight women quietly watched a man surnamed Fei drink milk.

They had to admit, they were genuinely curious to see just how much this stinky man could drink.

Chapter Sixty-Eight: The man laid his cards on the table, and then the woman laid hers on the table too.

I felt the cardboard box in my hand getting lighter and lighter.

I felt my stomach start to protest.

Phoenix's little heart was already freezing cold from the iced milk.

I can't drink anymore.

I really can't drink another drop.

This is the first time in my life I've ever felt nauseous from drinking milk.

However, the eerie atmosphere in the hall made Phoenix hesitant to put down the cardboard box in his hand.

He dared not refute Warren's trolling remarks and Viper's inflammatory slander in this atmosphere.

The more you refute, the more likely you are to appear guilty in the eyes of those with ulterior motives.

If I had known it would turn out like this, I should have just grabbed a bottle of liquor from under the bar counter.

Forget about alcohol poisoning, stomach perforation, or dehydration; just drink it all down to the bone, then slump onto the table, and let him wake up or not afterward.

How good.

Just as someone was being driven to distraction by the tense silence, Noyce, who was also feeling extremely awkward, had the idea of ​​speaking up.

In terms of familiarity with each other, K, who has never met Phoenix, would definitely be ranked first, followed by Noyce in second place.

Even D has to be pushed back a little.

As for why he would risk disrupting the atmosphere, Neuschwanstein had his own reasons.

She felt that if she didn't say something now, wouldn't the girl in front of her mistake her for a love rival?

This is not possible!

Adhering to the peace ideal of "you're good, I'm good, we're all good," Neus resolutely decided to declare his position.

"Um, actually I..."

"Good question!!!"

Before the girl could even clarify her innocence, Phoenix, who had been squeezed into a corner at the bar, suddenly interrupted her like parched soil receiving rain after a long drought, and hurriedly said:

"Don't be fooled by my fifth-place ranking at the Central Military Academy. The extent of the corruption and shady dealings involved is beyond your wildest imagination."

Those families of deserters… no, those spoiled brats from military families, just to save face, cheated to take the top three spots, and that good-for-nothing in fourth place, as far as I know, is a relative of one of the instructors at the military academy.”

"what?"

Hearing someone's nonsensical words, Noyce blinked in confusion.

who……

Who asked him?