NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

An armor-piercing shell shot out at the girl's response, easily tearing through the thick smoke and heading straight for the core of Secret Material H.

boom--!

The next instant, a lattice-like spherical force field suddenly appeared around the core of Lecher, blocking the projectiles and detonating them in mid-air.

Beneath the cylindrical base, sensing the attack, the Secret Material H twisted its "head" joints, but as soon as it turned its head, several gun lines immediately appeared from its blind spot, making its spherical field waver.

hiss--

It sounds like the vibrations from the tail of a rattlesnake.

Realizing it was in danger, the Tyrant-class Rachel flew into a rage and swung its four broken tentacles, no longer caring whether they would affect other buildings or objects, and swept them directly at Marian and the others.

In an instant, there were shattered iron sheets and steel bars, bullets, ammunition belts...

Countless metal objects, large and small, flew everywhere, filling the sky and the ground.

"spread!"

"Get down!"

Almost instantly, Nadja, who held considerable authority among the students, issued a warning to her classmates.

And Ms. Maruchana immediately shouted at her students;

And Phoenix?

The weakest man present ordered the teachers and students of MMR High School to disperse.

As for Marian, Yin Hua, and Diesel, they each rushed towards a commander who was covering his head and dodging while still having the mind to warn the students.

The scene descended into chaos due to the indiscriminate and reckless attacks by the secret ingredient H.

Even with an unobstructed field of vision, all Phoenix could do in the face of the overwhelming storm of metal was to try his best to avoid large objects.

Say it's too late, then it's fast,

Whether it was because the secret ingredient H suddenly had an epiphany or because it was lucky enough to win the lottery, one of its tentacles inexplicably lashed out in the direction that someone was trying to dodge.

boom--! ! !

Nanomechanics collide intimately with steel flooring.

The road surface, made of spliced ​​metal plates, was instantly smashed, causing the four corners to curl up and dent inward.

The seemingly solid ground immediately collapsed, exposing the underground structure that provided space for the rise and fall.

"I got him!"

Located on the edge of the collapse.

With one hand gripping Marian's palm and the other holding Phoenix's ankle, Yin Hua, suspended in the air like a shackle, didn't forget to add a few sarcastic remarks to someone's mouth even in this life-or-death moment.

"After a month, your skills are still as mediocre as ever!"

"...Tsk, let me swing over there first!"

Since he was the one hanging at the bottom, Phoenix didn't dare to be stubborn this time. Instead, he reached out and tried to grab the nearest steel bar.

Unfortunately, the gap of about half a meter was not a length that he could make up for by stretching his arms.

“Marianne”.

Seeing this, Yin Hua tacitly called out on behalf of someone.

Meanwhile, Marian, who was carrying more than 200 kilograms of weight in one hand, gritted her teeth and, despite the sparks and crackling from her shoulder joint, forcefully shook her arm.

With the combined efforts of the two Nikis, in just a breath, Phoenix's figure swung dramatically toward the vertical rails used for lifting and lowering.

Snapped!

The man's palm successfully gripped the horizontal steel bars used to secure the rails.

"I caught him..."

But before he could finish speaking, he heard another teeth-grinding crackling sound from above.

The metal sheet beneath Marian, no longer restrained by the other metal sheets and effectively secured, finally succumbed to the 400-plus kilograms of one-way drag and slid forward, pulling the girl down with it...

Yin Hua: "!"

Marian: "!"

The moment they felt weightlessness, just before they were about to plummet, Yin Hua and Marian exchanged a shocked glance, then tacitly and helplessly released their hands.

Clang, clang, clang—!!

A loud crash, like countless steel hammers, struck Phoenix's heart, startling him so much that he looked down at his feet without thinking.

Don't worry, neither of them... is dead...

Compared to Phoenix's panicked and distraught state, Anick, who was racing against death, displayed the rationality expected of artificial intelligence.

[Marianne is unconscious... Yinhua is still awake... however... judging from her condition, her central nervous system seems to be broken.]

"commander!"

Just as someone finished listening to Anick's analysis and hadn't even had time to relax, Diesel's shouts suddenly sank down from above.

Looking up in the direction of the sound, the scene that came into view caused Phoenix's hard-won composure to waver once again.

Diesel...

The gentle girl who looked rather timid suddenly leaped down from above onto the railway tracks where he was.

Chapter Ninety-Eight: Not Like a Normal Person

Vin Diesel has only hugged three men in his life.

First, it should be the father, whose identity is very vague in the fragments of memory.

Second, there was her deceased younger brother.

Third, there is her current commander, who is also her only commander.

Unlike the previous two embraces with her blood relatives, when Diesel asked the commander to put his arm around her neck, a strange sense of accomplishment, mixed with shyness and nervousness, rushed into the girl's heart.

did not expect……

Even a powerful commander like Phoenix sometimes needs to rely on her.

...This feels great.

She hadn't experienced the happiness of being able to be relied upon in a long time.

"Please hold me tight, Commander."

Even with a touch of girlish shyness, Diesel still revealed a warm and innocent smile.

……

……

As his feet touched the ground, the man, completely oblivious to what the girl was thinking, jogged towards Marian and Yinhua, whispering instructions as he spoke:

"Diesel, move the wounded to a concealed location. Yin Hua, you're in charge of Nadja and the others."

"What do you mean?"

Upon hearing that Phoenix was willing to relinquish command, Yin Hua, who was lying on the ground and sensed something was wrong, immediately frowned and questioned him with an unfriendly expression:

"Don't tell me you're planning to put on a disgusting show of individual heroism."

The person did not respond immediately to the girl's awkward concern.

He first picked up Marian's submachine gun, made sure the magazine was full, and then made a joke.

"What do you call individual heroism? I call this solo combat."

"Diesel, you protect them both."

Time was precious, and Phoenix didn't want to explain his plans to Yin Hua any further. He strode off and followed Anick's directions into the depths of the underground tunnel.

"You bastard, come back here right now."

Behind him, Yin Hua, suppressing her anger and not letting out a roar, glared with eyes that could devour a person, tilting her head to watch someone disappear into the depths of the lightless tunnel.

……

……

Generally speaking, the larger the size, the higher the power consumption.

Since Secret Material H has transformed itself into a military factory, theoretically, there should be a dedicated power station hidden inside.

Based on Anick's speculation, Phoenix's follow-up plan was quite simple and straightforward.

First, head to the energy station.

Then, a huge, surprising power outage was delivered to Secret Material H.

Although the opponent's main body must have an independent power supply system, simply destroying the external power supply cannot stop this Tyrant-class Rachel from operating.