NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

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Outside the window, another missile explosion struck, but this time it was different from the previous one.

This explosion, in both its intensity and duration, far exceeded Phoenix and Pepper's expectations. It was as if a dozen or twenty mortars were taking turns bombarding the area, and it even faintly illuminated half of the commercial district in the darkness.

It's neither a noisy fighting style nor the type of firepower that Shirayuki possesses.

Who else has joined in the fun?

His consciousness raced through the 3D map, and a few seconds later, Phoenix found the answer he was looking for above the commercial street—a black transport plane painted with bright red stripes.

On the transport plane, a silver-haired little girl was carrying a rocket launcher on her shoulder, excitedly launching bombardments at the ground.

Moreover, two missile containers fully loaded with firepower slowly floated below the transport plane, and one mini missile after another accurately hit every Lecher in sight, easily clearing out a large portion of the commercial street.

The orange-red flames of the explosion pierced through the window, revealing a person's astonished expression in the darkness.

Bestie?

Did Lapi's old teammates come to the rescue?

Chapter Fifteen Third-Rate

Buzz buzz buzz——

"Are we really not going to establish a communication signal with the commander, Yin Hua?"

Buzz buzz buzz buzz——

"Ha, what good would it do us to establish communication with a third-rate commander who can be chased by eighty-seven Selfless-class and Servant-class Rachels while leading seven non-mass-produced Nikis?"

Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz—

"But... I feel that most commanders would probably be dead if they encountered this kind of situation."

boom--! ! !

The storm of bullets spewed out by the six-barreled Vulcan cannon successfully detonated the noisy missiles in mid-air. The intense, scorching air blast slammed against the transport plane's door, causing Emma, Yin Hua, and Bestie's hair to flutter wildly.

"Besides, we don't know the commander's location yet. If we accidentally hurt him, Ingrid will definitely make Yin Hua write reports for days."

"..."

Upon hearing that he might have to write a report for several days in a row, Yin Hua, who was pulling the trigger on the noisy machine gun, briefly fell silent.

The thought of wasting nearly a hundred hours on such a boring thing made her finally listen to Emma's advice and take the initiative to try to establish voice communication with that useless third-rate commander.

drip.

[Communication setup successful]

"I am Yin Hua, the captain of the special forces. Report your approximate location. I don't want you to die at our hands, you third-rate guy," the cold-faced girl with a high forehead urged impatiently.

Unfortunately, she was met with rude silence.

As a person, Niki should respect the commander, but Silverflower, who has privileges, never gives any face to any incompetent humans. She has seen far too many of these useless people who like to express their dissatisfaction with silence, and most of them have not escaped the fate of becoming corpses.

"Hey! Third-rate guy, answer my question right now..."

"Da da da!"

Suddenly, three taps, seemingly on the earpiece, interrupted Yin Hua's words. Immediately afterward, a series of rhythmic taps began to resonate in the communication channel.

“Da, da... da, da, da... da, da! Da da da da, da…”

"This sound..."

Emma, always on high alert for missiles, asked worriedly, "Is the commander's headset broken?"

"...No, this is Morse code, an ancient code used by people hundreds of years ago." Yin Hua's already slightly furrowed brows furrowed even more deeply at this moment.

"The first one is S, then RED, and finally 4."

Emma, Bestie, keep an eye on the south when you fire. That guy... he's on the fourth floor of a building with red markings.

Upon hearing the captain's explanation and analysis, Emma first looked surprised, then smiled and said, "Are you worried that your voice will be picked up by that special Lecher?"

It seems the commander Lapi encountered this time is quite clever, isn't he, Ginka?

"Don't mention that name that disgusts me!"

boom! ! !

As if to prove her disgust, Yin Hua, who was crouching and aiming, sniped Xiao Cao's mouth with a single, precise shot.

Unfortunately, the quality of this guy's teeth far exceeded her comprehension; a special armor-piercing round that was powerful enough to penetrate a regular Lecher failed to knock out his front teeth.

　"You damned humanoids!!!"

Since it has no flight capability, the missile will be instantly destroyed by the enemy's Gatling gun after launch. Xiao Cao, who has never suffered such humiliation, finally started to use his brain that he hadn't used in a long time.

After a few seconds,

Then this guy hopped and skipped into a small alley, grabbed a wandering firepower type Lecher, gave it a firing order, and immediately rushed out from the other end of the alley, swinging his arm to sweep the firing Lecher into the air.

Yin Hua: "!"

Emma: "!"

Bestie: "!"

In the blink of an eye, before Yin Hua and the others could react in time, a sniper's roar rang out from the south.

Boom! ! !

The machine gun on Lecher's machine gun made a muffled sound, followed by a series of clanging sounds as broken machine gun parts fell to the ground.

"Cover me!!!"

The man's hoarse shouts instantly echoed in the ears of the special forces trio on the communication channel.

……

As we all know, humans are destined to be outrun by machines in most cases.

Since Phoenix chose to fire to relieve the special forces, he didn't intend for Yin Hua and the others to cover his retreat.

There's no way around it; this rascal is different from ordinary Lechers. Its actions are highly purposeful. Judging from its surrender rhetoric, its target is clearly itself.

In other words, tonight, he and Xiaocao will at least have to determine who is better.

If they get really angry, they might have to fight to the death again.

"Cover me!!!"

The next second after blasting Lecher's machine gun to smithereens, Phoenix decisively abandoned his sniper rifle and rushed downstairs with Pepper at top speed.

"Emma! Throw smoke grenades and flares to the east! I'll go to the west!"

"Copy that, Commander."

Upon receiving the order, Emma promptly put down her machine gun and went inside the transport plane to search for smoke grenade launchers.

While searching, she couldn't help but tease her good captain, "Yinhua~ what do you think of the plan to use smoke bombs to trick Letcher?"

"……Ah."

"Don't say that. Our commander risked his life to help us solve the plane crash problem."

After saying that, Emma took a launcher from the arms rack with her right hand and carried a box of smoke grenades with her left hand, quickly returning to the door of the transport plane.

"So you think I should follow the commander's plan, Captain?"

"..."

Reluctant to admit her misjudgment, Yin Hua grinned awkwardly and said irritably:

"You just said 'received,' so hurry up and do it!"

"Copy that, Captain."

"……whispering sound."

Chapter Sixteen: The Man's Mouth

Emma is in a great mood today.

She hadn't seen Yinhua silently suffer in a very long time.

On the other side, Bestie, who was in a state of extreme excitement, was in an extremely happy mood.

Because, like Emma, she also really enjoyed seeing Yinhua get his comeuppance.

Do not,