NIKKE, Swordmaster Ark Succubus Daily

She longed for power, yet was ultimately abandoned by it.

Her screams were filled with pain, and nothing is more painful than having had it.

"Let's go." Li Zuoyi sheathed his long sword and was about to leave with Niki and the others when Nishirista grabbed his leg.

She looked up at him, pleading, "Please, don't go. All the strength I've accumulated is gone. If you leave, I..."

“Nishrista, you really only think about yourself…” Li Zuoyi said coldly to her.

Dorothy pushed Nihilista's hand away, stopping her scoundrelly behavior, and asked, "What should she do?"

Li Zuo glanced at the angel-shaped mecha hovering in the distance and said, "Someone will take care of her. Let's go."

On the way back, Dorothy suppressed her restless heart and kept trying to talk to the commander alone, but Isabel and Anis kept bothering her, preventing her from getting a chance.

She decided to go back and look for another opportunity.

124. Lord, forgive me, Dorothy, please don't blame me...

Back in the park, Dorothy wanted to go straight to the Commander, but Rapunzel pulled her into a capsule treatment room in the medical room instead.

Although her body had undergone emergency repairs by Rapunzel, it was still in a dangerous state.

On the pristine white medical table, Rapunzel noticed her anxiety and comforted her, saying:

“The commander is back, so there’s no need to rush. Besides, the commander probably has other things to take care of. Once the treatment is finished and the commander has some free time, we can have a more talk with him.”

“Okay.” Dorothy thought it made sense, so she closed her eyes and prepared to receive treatment.

"If I receive treatment along with the park's equipment, it will probably last about twelve hours, so I'll just treat it as a nap."

Rapunzel operated the screen next to the medical station, watching Dorothy being placed into a transparent treatment capsule.

"Please," Dorothy said with her eyes closed.

"Please be at ease."

The robotic arm inside the capsule began to operate automatically, and Rapunzel picked up her staff. Gray divine cadmium particles flew out from the staff, filling the deep wounds inside Dorothy's body.

More than four hours passed, and it was already late at night. Rapunzel breathed a sigh of relief. Dorothy's deepest and most complicated wounds had been treated, and now she could rely on the park's medical facilities.

There are less than eight hours left... Dorothy shouldn't wake up until tomorrow morning, so she doesn't need to keep an eye on things here anymore.

The commander should be back in his room by now. Should we go find him and catch up with him, trying to awaken his memories?

It's normal for them to sit together while catching up, and it's normal for them to bump into each other accidentally. It's also possible that the commander might be reminded of something because of it, so getting closer to each other is probably unavoidable...

Pointing to the commander's body, heh, heh heh heh...

The long-haired princess, who was grinning foolishly, realized that she had fallen into a daze again and immediately shook her head. She patted her face. Dorothy was not the only injured person sent to the medical room.

As a nun, she should go and treat the injured, and Dorothy is already so pitiful. If she continues to disregard Dorothy's feelings, then... then... for some reason, she seems a little excited...

Hehehe...

No, no.

Rapunzel atomized the surface of the treatment capsule so that others couldn't see Dorothy during the treatment.

She picked up her cane, went out the door, and headed to the room next to the Dorothy capsule treatment room.

The girl named Rabi was lying in the capsule, and Cecil was writing something down beside her.

Rapunzel asked, "Dorothy is out of danger for now. Is there anything I can help you with here?"

Noticing someone approaching, Cecil turned around and said to Rapunzel, "No, the others in the Inheritors' Force don't seem to be seriously injured either, so there's probably no need for you to trouble yourself."

The long-haired princess looked at Labi, who still had her eyes closed, and asked, "How is she? I thought she was seriously injured before."

“She’s out of danger, but I don’t know why she hasn’t shown any signs of waking up yet,” Cecil said, looking at the data on the capsule screen. “It’s probably related to her special ability.”

Rapunzel remembered that Rapunzel was able to land a punch on Nihilista, which was truly astonishing, considering that even Dorothy couldn't affect Nihilista when she got serious.

“You can go and rest now, Rapunzel,” Cecil said, adjusting the parameters on the capsule screen.

Rapunzel nodded, walked out of the medical room, and planned to return to her room.

But when she got to the door, she realized she had gone to the wrong place; she had actually walked into the commander's room.

Rapunzel blamed herself for being so careless and ending up here; she should have gone back to rest immediately.

But since we're already here, it shouldn't be a problem to listen to see if the commander is asleep.

So she pressed her ear against the door, listening carefully for any sounds inside.

As a result, there was complete silence; it seemed as if they had all fallen asleep.

That's right, it should be time to sleep, how could I still be awake... Rapunzel had an awkward smile on her face, and couldn't help but wonder what she was doing.

"Rapunzel, what are you doing?"

A familiar voice suddenly came from behind, startling the long-haired princess. "Whoa!"

"Commander?" Rapunzel turned her head stiffly and saw the commander standing behind her, staring straight at her.

“I just came back from the medical room. Cecil said you went back to rest… Did you need something from me?” Li Zuoyi asked.

It was quite strange to see someone pressed against their bedroom door in the middle of the night, seemingly eavesdropping on what was happening inside, with a smile on their face.

Moreover, she used to call him 'brother,' so why is she calling him 'commander' now?

"Ah, ah... I..." Rapunzel hesitated for a while, but still couldn't control her selfish desires.

Lord, forgive me, Dorothy, please don't blame me...

"Actually, I have something to discuss with the Commander," Rapunzel said, raising her voice as she held her staff. "Are you free now?"

"Okay, what is it?" Li Zuoyi asked.

“It’s a bit inconvenient here, and our conversation might take a while. Could we go into your room to talk? Hehe, hehehe, hehehe…” Rapunzel covered her face with one hand, unable to suppress a strange laugh, her eyes lewdly scanning the commander’s body up and down.

This seemed to offend the commander; his eyes twitched, he looked uncomfortable, and he took two steps back, as if he were frightened.

The long-haired princess immediately composed herself and hurriedly explained, "No, no, I usually..."

'Squeak—'

Only then did she hear a slight rattling sound from the door bolt behind her, as if someone was slowly opening the door.

But isn't the commander still in front of her?

The faint breathing that was gradually approaching seemed to echo right behind her head, and the gazes behind her felt like needles piercing her back. The undisguised malice made her feel even more frightened.

She tried to turn her head away, but the commander stopped her, "Don't turn around! She's not doing well right now."

Rapunzel gripped her staff tightly, trembling, because she felt that if she turned around, she might see something terrifying.

"After I go in, don't look back and leave, understand?" the commander said as he walked to her side.

Rapunzel held her breath and nodded.

The commander then passed by her, and judging from his footsteps, he should have entered the room, but the faint breathing sound still echoed behind her head.

The moment the cold voice rang in her ears, she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.

“My dear doesn’t care that Dorothy abandoned him, but I won’t forgive her easily. And you… I will always be watching over you.”

Once the piercing gaze disappeared, the faint breathing faded away, and the sound of the bolt turning echoed again, Rapunzel finally gasped for breath.

Dorothy, we're in big trouble...

125. Little Red Riding Hood

"gone?!"

After Dorothy emerged from the healing capsule, she learned from Rapunzel that the Commander had led the team back to the Ark early that morning.

“Hmm, hmm…” Rapunzel nodded somewhat guiltily, “He said he had exceeded the originally planned mission time by too much and had to go back quickly.”

“Isn’t Labi still unconscious?” Dorothy asked again.

“Cecil said he’s fine now, he just hasn’t woken up yet,” Rapunzel said. “So, the commander just had the other team members carry him back.”

“The Commander isn’t the kind of person who would abandon Niki for something like the Ark mission,” Dorothy said, frowning. “There must be other reasons.”

Rapunzel then told her everything that had happened the night before.

“Isabel, you…” Dorothy gritted her teeth, extremely angry.

But she quickly calmed down and sighed, "But in the end, it's still my fault."

The fact that she abandoned the commander was something she herself couldn't get over.

Does the commander really not mind at all that she abandoned him back then?

I'm afraid so.

If, by some small grudge, the Commander becomes dissatisfied with her, even if his memories return later, he will probably think that the Dorothy of the past has become a bad woman.

No, this situation must be changed.

and also……

“Rapunzel, please tell Isabel that I accept her dislike for me.” Dorothy regained her composure and said with a smile, “Let me make up with her.”

"Dorothy?"

Rapunzel knew that Dorothy wasn't actually a magnanimous person and didn't understand why she had suddenly changed her attitude.

“Alright, go quickly. Also, please inform the other members of the Goddess Squad that the Commander is back,” Dorothy said.

"I, I know."

Rapunzel left the room.

Dorothy's eyes widened slightly as she began to contact the Ark 'friend' who had helped her look up the Commander's files.

“Miss Barbie Long, it’s me… Please rest assured, you’ve helped me, and I will certainly not forget your kindness, hehe… Well, I’ve agreed to meet with the Ark’s higher-ups, I think it’s Vice Commander Burning. I will go and pay him a personal visit in a while.”

After hanging up the call, Dorothy's face revealed a sinister smile.

It's okay, as long as she gets into the Ark, she can help the Commander. She also wants to personally kill those beasts from back then.

Fighting alongside the commander, finding a way to restore the commander's memories, improving one's own image, washing away the stains of the past, and finally winning the commander's heart... how wonderful.

And those Ark's Nikis, they're just newcomers, how can they be compared to our Goddess Force?

As for Isabel, there's no benefit in antagonizing her. The Inheritors' forces still need to reclaim the ground, so let's reluctantly 'make peace' with her.

Rapunzel, during the time you informed me, my relationship with the Commander will progress rapidly, and I will eventually become Niki, the closest person to him. Please forgive me; this is your revenge for not telling me the Commander's identity back then.

Hehehe...

……

The Ark, the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.

'Crash'

Anis emptied the contents of his cloth bag, and the cores of more than twenty Tyrant-level Lechers rolled onto the ground, some still faintly glowing red.

"Is this why you haven't made any contact for two months?" Ingrid picked up one of the cores and said to Li Zuoyi, "Did you encounter a Tyrant-level Lecher group?"

"Pretty much." Li Zuoyi leaned back on the sofa, crossed his legs, and said to avoid her asking any more questions, "Although it's not quite the same amount you asked for, it should still be able to get more money."

These cores were collected during the hunt for Nihilista's subordinates. Upon his return, he obtained some intact Tyrant-class Rachel cores from Cecil.

"Without any follow-up supplies, you led two teams to destroy more than twenty Tyrant-class Lechers, and all of them survived... You accomplished such a feat, and all you're thinking about is money?" Ingrid really couldn't understand his thought process.

"Please pay," Li Zuoyi repeated, extending his hand directly.

Nothing demonstrates the value of this so-called feat better than money.

During his absence from the Ark base, there probably won't be enough funds to continue construction, so we need to quickly replenish the funds.

"You'll get your money back." Ingrid called for someone to count and take away the core items.

"Can Labi wake up?" Li Zuoyi asked directly.

Since Lapi belongs to the Pure Land of Bliss, the side effects caused by her using that strange ability should also be eliminated.

"I don't know," Ingrid replied directly.

"She is you..."