NIKKE, when the stars bloom

On the shelves.

I originally planned to finish the book NIKKE with 500,000 words, and I wanted to use it as a practice work.

As a result, when I started writing, I discovered a serious problem. It's already 130,000 words, but I've only written the beginning...

Ah——is this a harem novel?

It’s really hard to write…

I always feel that starting to get excited after two or three chapters of meeting someone doesn't fit my reading habits...

Very persistent in laying the groundwork for some emotional progression.

I also hope that this will allow book fans who have not played the game to have a clearer understanding of the various female characters.

As for the harem positions, there shouldn't be too many...

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I just checked the illustrated guide. I take back what I said. The number of harems I want to write is as high as 21 (that's what men say).

God knows how the story will develop later as I'm writing and the official is releasing characters.

sky……

Assuming that one character is 50,000 words, then I would have to write at least 1 million words (I should definitely reduce the number of harem characters...)

Ah yes,

Later, I may add some unofficial experiences and identity backgrounds to Nikki without authorization (if the official ones don’t write them, I will reluctantly add some)

I hope you all can forgive me.

……

Ah! And more!

Although I can also write dark, deep and cruel things, the original intention of opening this book is to write a warm story, so I will not add any extra darkness, depth and cruelty. If it is a dark, deep and cruel thing set by the official, then let the protagonist chop it to pieces, I will not go into details here.

Chapter 58 Life should be a verb

When it comes to perceiving the affection of the opposite sex, someone's emotional intelligence is actually not bad. At least he can be sure of one thing: the reason why Mihala had an ambiguous attitude towards him before was largely based on the word "gratitude".

It's only natural for them to feel grateful after saving them from that brat Shuen.

However, maybe it’s because I don’t know how to repay you.

Mihala, who had no money and was desperate for her life, had to work hard to find opportunities and find ways to stuff her tofu into her mouth.

This kind of behavior of "I saved your life, but you think I just want your body" is not a good experience in Phoenix's eyes, and it is not even very tempting.

The situation should at least be like, "I save your life, and you want my body."

The latter is as powerful as a howitzer is compared to a 9mm pistol bullet. The lethality of both is not on the same level.

For example, now.

After a serious conversation about "life", Phoenix clearly felt that Mihala's eyes and expression when looking at him had changed.

It was no longer that kind of deliberately flattering look, but was replaced by some subtle...

Burning sensation???

bulibuli! m-boer~

Just when a commander who was suspected of being too hypocritical was feeling uncomfortable being stared at by his own Nikki, the sound of the Balabala message alert perfectly eased the tense atmosphere.

He took out his cell phone and looked down, and Phoenix's originally confused thoughts immediately became clear.

Anyone who sees Anderson's bitter and resentful profile picture must feel the same way.

【Anderson: Come to my office after dinner.】

How does he know he is eating?

Unlocking the screen with his fingerprint, Phoenix typed a reply while asking in confusion:

"Michalla, did you just report to Deputy Commander Anderson that I was having dinner?"

"Ok?"

When Mihala heard the commander's question, she changed her extremely enthusiastic gaze and turned her head to look at Yuni.

The two of them only needed to exchange glances before shaking their heads, indicating that they had not received any news from the deputy commander.

"I see..." Phoenix responded.

In the sea of ​​consciousness, Anik was still using computing power to taste ice cream. Although she was reluctant, as an artificial intelligence she also understood the current situation clearly. She immediately put all her computing power into scanning, trying to find the surveillance officer in the consciousness map.

[The other party should not be too far away from me before I entered the hotel. Otherwise, with the flow of people on Royal Avenue, he would be lost if I just turned two corners.

How about this, I'll go to Anderson's office now, and you can see if you can identify the surveillance person. 】

【What if the other party leaves after confirming that you are going to the office? 】

Perhaps because he had already committed all the mentally retarded crimes that he should have committed, Anik now made a very rare and very useful suggestion.

[It’s not impossible, but there’s no rush to catch him today. At worst, I can take a day off tonight and go out to play a few ghost catching games with him tomorrow.]

Phoenix swallowed the last half scoop of ice cream in the paper cup, stood up, and said to Mihala and the others without any hesitation:

"Deputy Commander Anderson wants to see me. Let's go there now."

"Yes, Commander."

"Ok!"

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"report!"

At the Central Command Center, Phoenix walked into Anderson's office and saluted him promptly.

After all, he had attended a military academy for a year, so the way he saluted was indeed dignified and solemn.

"You're looking for me?"

"Well, you've worked hard for me to call you here so late at night." Anderson, who was sitting behind his desk, nodded calmly, "I asked you to come here because I wanted to talk to you about the K District."

"K District?"

Hearing that damn region code, Phoenix immediately resisted the urge to raise his eyebrows and said frankly:

"My surveillance period is only a few days over. Is that okay?"

"No, not now."

Anderson was relieved to find that this person's ideological awareness was unexpectedly good, and touched his cufflinks.

If you have a bad temper, then you have a bad temper.

This kind of courage to not even frown when hearing about a high-risk mission is rare in the Ark.

"There are many people watching you now. Even if I mobilize all the resources, I can only shorten your surveillance period to about one month at most.

I called you here this time mainly because I have two things to explain to you."

As he spoke, Anderson gently waved his left hand, and the three-dimensional projection immediately transformed into a data file and a list of Nikki's names.

"First of all, I need you to train a new recruit. The training location is at the MMR affiliated academy founded by Missilis. As for her information, I will send it to your commander system later.

The second thing is that this Nikki List is a call list given to you by the three major companies after consultation.

Don't get me wrong, not all the Nikkis on the list will obey your orders.

Suppose you are now required to go to Region K to investigate the truth that Letcher is trying to hide, and you are asked to choose a team from the list, what would you choose? "

"Let me arrange the team members in advance?"

After hearing what his leader said, Phoenix, who had no idea how things would turn out, truly showed a surprised expression.

This was about training new people and preparing the team list a month in advance. If he didn't know the general direction of the plot, he would probably have thought that Ark was preparing to compete with Letcher.

"How many Nikkis do you plan to form?"

“Lavi, Christine, and Lorfu, the cooperation between me and these three is pretty good, and Lavi’s ability is enough to temporarily serve as deputy commander.

Mihala and Yuni, the two Nikkis who were monitoring me, have the ability to shut down Letcher's senses, which makes them very suitable for infiltration.

Finally, I need two machine gunners to back me up. Hmm... If Emma can't split the team for me, then Marian and Diesel will do. Didn't the deputy commander say that I'm going to bring in a new soldier? Take Diesel with me, and I'll train her together."

"Oh?"

Phoenix's answer without even thinking caught Anderson off guard.

"Are you sure you want to finalize all the personnel so soon?"

"Yes." Someone explained half-seriously, "Except for the replacement of Emma and Diesel, and the temporary selection of Marianne, I have already considered all other personnel configurations these days."

"...Is that so? Thank you for your hard work."

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When Phoenix finished discussing the details with Anderson and then returned to the hotel suite accompanied by Yuni and Mihala, it was already 11:30 in the evening.

"You guys take a shower first, I'll wait until you're done before I take another one."

The man took the tablet computer specially designed for commanders and checked the recruit file sent to him by Deputy Commander Anderson again.

[Name: Hua Er Qiu Lei]

[Age: twenty-one]

【Height: 166CM】

[Physical data: 10-meter sprint in 77 seconds. ]

[Physical data: 72 kilometers with weight in 31 minutes 66 seconds ]

[Physical data: Maximum reach...]

【Physical data...】

【Physical fitness...】

Just when Phoenix was still wondering whether the new recruit named Walqiulei might be the gender-swapped protagonist in the original plot, Mihala's gentle reminder sounded in his ears.

"Commander, Yuni and I have finished washing up."

"Oh, I'll go right away."

Someone pinched his nose bridge tiredly. He had to admit that having a three-hour conversation with the deputy commander who was always in high-intensity meetings was really a very tiring task.

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Hua la la la la——

A large amount of hot water kept washing over his body, trying to relieve Phoenix's fatigue, but it also washed away his drowsiness.

The man already had a lot on his mind, and after taking a hot shower, he helplessly found himself completely awake.

Based on past experience, this familiar feeling...

I'm probably going to have sleepless nights tonight.

Thinking so, he picked up a bath towel and opened the built-in hair dryer to quickly wipe the moisture off his skin.

When everything is done, someone lies back on his bed, turns off the lights, and prepares to wage an endless war with insomnia all night long.

However, just at the moment when Phoenix closed his eyes!

The crisp and pleasant sound of chains colliding suddenly sounded at his feet.