NIKKE, when the stars bloom

What good is your position as Minister other than being the scapegoat for the headquarters? Which Deputy Minister is crazy enough to want the chair under your butt?

After all, isn’t it because our intelligence department has nothing to show for its achievements?

Even those sissy guys at ACPU can bully us!"

Deputy Minister An became angrier and angrier as he spoke, until his beard was shaking with anger. After venting his emotions, he finally made a final summary of his words.

"I don't care. If you're scared, I'll do it myself. If I lose, I'll just pay for the clothes. But those bastards better not let me win the next game.

If I can win, I will start with that little bitch Missilis. Someone has to stand up and warn those capitalists not to take the central government lightly. "

……

……

Dududududu——

The fierce noise of the transport plane's propellers played continuously overhead.

After forcibly ordering Trisela and others to return to the Ark as a commander, Commander Phoenix was not in a good mood.

Arguing with a girl to the point of quarreling is indeed more troublesome than beating Letcher.

"Commander~Long time no see!"

The first person to come down from the rope ladder was Emma, ​​who exuded the enthusiasm and tenderness of an older sister. She first smiled and waved to someone, but then quickly realized that she and the commander had never actually met formally.

So, the open-minded Nikki walked up to Phoenix without any shyness, covered her chest with her left hand, held her Vulcan cannon in her right hand, and introduced herself:

"Special Forces, machine gunner, Emma reports to you, commander~"

"My name is Besty. Nice to meet you, Commander."

Like Yuni, the white-haired socially-phobic loli, who was as tall as a bazooka, poked her head out from behind Emma with a blushing face and said with courage:

"The commander is very powerful. Even Yinhua was deceived by him."

"whispering sound."

As soon as Bestie finished speaking, a voice of extreme disdain appeared at the end of the team along with Yinhua's sour face.

"Third-rate, although we are here to support you, we also have our own tasks to accomplish, so you'd better not dawdle and waste time.

Also, since the target is the suspected Tyrant-level Letcher, you fellow…"

"Niki! Watch your words!"

Unexpectedly, before Yinhua could finish her words, Marian, who was standing next to Phoenix, also put on a sullen face and scolded:

"There is only one commander here! If you have any opinions about this deployment, please report them to the central command center. There is no point in venting your dissatisfaction to my commander!"

Emma: "..."

Bestie: “!”

Compared to Emma's surprise, Bestie was more excited and admiring when she saw Marian confronting the captain head-on.

How many years has it been since the captain was confronted by other Nikkis?

Half a second later,

After coming back to her senses from her shock, Yinhua's already grim expression became even uglier, and her voice changed from what she thought was "friendly" to downright sarcastic.

"Sure enough, what kind of third-rate stuff is what kind of third-rate..."

boom! ! !

Unexpectedly, another roar of a sniper rifle was heard, and Yinhua's words were ruthlessly interrupted again.

Phoenix, who was already in a bad mood, glanced coldly at the short captain who was startled by the gunshot. Then, he suddenly raised a gentle smile and said:

"If I remember correctly, my application request was to assign a ground force for me to command."

As the man spoke, he paced forward with a gun in hand, looked down at Yinhua, whose eyes were narrowed, and the smile on his face became brighter and more dangerous.

"As a soldier, you disrespect your superiors and insult your comrades. In my opinion, you are two levels lower than Rabbi."

"What did you say?! You third-rate idiot..."

Yinhua, whose defense was broken by Phoenix's words, felt her heart boiling with anger. She opened her eyes wide and was about to say something in rebuttal, but unexpectedly, an iron thumb suddenly dug into the corner of her mouth.

Then, a pair of aggressive green eyes came into view.

"If you dare to insult my soldiers in front of me again, I will shoot your stinking mouth."

"Take it away from me!"

Seeing Yinhua slap the commander's right arm but failing to knock his hand away, Emma, ​​who had always been a peacemaker, had her brain shut down.

Bestie, who was scolded by the captain every day and had never won a round of arguments, blushed at this moment. She watched the commander scolding the captain and thought to herself:

original……

It turns out it can still be like this!

Chapter 93: A familiar scene

The strong wind blew across the ground, blowing the hair of everyone present, but it could not blow away the solemn atmosphere between people.

It was precisely this solemnity that was completely elevated to an unattainable speechless realm the moment Phoenix took his hand away.

Normally, non-mass-produced Nikkis must have bionic salivary glands.

Therefore, when Phoenix's thumb was retracted from Yinhua's mouth, the man's fingertips and the girl's thin lips naturally pulled out a crystal thread.

A crystal thread that shouldn't appear in this atmosphere...

As a result, the atmosphere that should have continued to be solemn was successfully diverted to an unknown area by this silk thread full of beautiful colors.

Looking at the crystal clear saliva spreading out from the corners of his mouth in the sunlight, Yinhua, who had never experienced such humiliation, was stunned.

As the perpetrator, Lieutenant Phoenix, who intended to use his power to overwhelm others... was also stupid.

Bestie didn't understand anything and her mind was full of "I must try it next time", so she didn't notice anything wrong.

Everyone was stuck in a rigid mindset of "not knowing how this would end".

Fortunately, in such an embarrassing situation, Anik, who had been responsible for scanning the consciousness map, appeared again as a "savior" and successfully pulled Phoenix out of the quagmire with a piece of bad news.

[22° south by west, meters horizontally, meters underground, two tentacles are coming towards you.]

[Very fast! It should be over 16 meters per second! ]

[Two hundred and thirty meters...]

[Two hundred meters...]

[One hundred and seven...]

"Everyone get on the transport plane!"

After receiving Anik's warning, someone subconsciously wiped his hand on his waistband, and then, ignoring Yinhua's expression that was about to explode, he raised his left hand and pretended to look at the data instrument tied to his forearm, and said nonsense with a serious expression:

"The data detected by the vibrator is abnormal. The tentacle of Letcher should be coming towards us."

After that, as the AI ​​was "counting down", Phoenix shamelessly grabbed Yinhua's arm as he walked towards the transport plane, then turned around and glared at the girl and scolded her.

"I am the commander now, you soldiers must obey my orders!"

"...You...guy, wait for me!"

After all, she is the captain. No matter how furious Yinhua is at this moment, her inhuman rationality still forcibly suppresses the anger in her heart and forcibly restrains her urge to do anything extreme.

Swah——

Waving away Phoenix's dirty hand, the black-haired girl gritted her teeth and took a step forward, leaving someone behind and jumping onto the transport plane first.

Then, she turned around habitually and took the sniper rifle that someone handed to her.

Hatred is hatred, grievance is grievance, and everything should be treated separately. Stabbing a teammate in the back on the battlefield is not her style.

Only that third-rate Labi could do such a thing as disgusting his teammates.

"Prepare for low-altitude flight, 50 meters high!"

Handing the sniper rifle to Yinhua, Phoenix gave instructions to the driver while raising his left foot and stepping on the deck. With the help of Marian, he prepared to bend down and get into the transport plane.

But at this moment!

Anik, who was counting down, suddenly exclaimed.

【Be careful! It can also speed up! 】

In fact, there was no need for any extra reminders from the artificial intelligence. When the two tentacles suddenly accelerated, the man who had also captured this information in the consciousness map had already raised his right hand, letting his instinct control his arm, and blocked it to his side by feeling.

Boom!

Boom! ! !

There were only two muffled sounds and then something suddenly exploded.

Amid the violent shaking of the transport plane and the painful groans, Yinhua and Marian, who were caught off guard, witnessed their commander being hit in the prosthetic limb by a long black shadow.

Immediately, the whole person and the tentacle flew backwards to the right.

"commander!!!"

Witnessing this chilling scene, Marian, whose mind was filled with fear, raised her hand and was about to shoot at the tentacle, but was unexpectedly pushed aside by Emma behind her.

The next second, the roar of the six-barreled Vulcan cannon resounded through the sky.

The collision of metal produced countless brilliant and hot sparks. Under the violent bombardment of large-caliber tungsten steel armor-piercing bullets, the steel tentacle was ultimately unable to withstand the pressure and was cut in half by the Vulcan cannon in just a few seconds.

"commander!!!"

Because she failed to get away from the muzzle of the Vulcan cannon in time, Marianne's cheeks were now covered with hot gray smoke.

But she had no time to care about such a trivial matter. She ignored Yinhua's attempt to stop her and turned over and jumped from the transport plane several meters high to the ground.

Then, under the cover of Emma's telepathic firepower, the girl ran desperately towards the place where Phoenix fell.

……

……

"refer to……"

【Hello--! 】

"official……"

【Awake--】

"Official..."

[Again...come...]

“Swing…”

"commander--!!!"

[Another one is coming!!!]

At the double shouts of Marianne and Alnwick.

The man was knocked unconscious and felt as if his bones were about to fall apart. He suppressed his confused consciousness and tried hard to open his eyes.

What comes into view,

It was Marianne's anxious, red eyes and extremely nervous expression.

This picture,

Have you seen it somewhere before...

The man, whose mind had not yet fully recovered, stared at the girl with his bloodshot eyes, suddenly grabbed the girl's shoulders, gritted his teeth, twisted his waist and rolled to the side.

Boom!

The third tentacle broke through the ground where the two were originally standing, and continued to rush straight upwards like a fountain.

Chapter 94: Can I Act According to the Script?