NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

Hearing Kurt's reply, even without seeing the video content, Warren's hands unconsciously clenched into fists, the rubber gloves making a creaking sound under her fierce strength.

Logically speaking, she should have already withstood NIMPH's control and gone up to punch him by now.

However, tonight, for some unknown reason, she suppressed her inner impulse for the first time without her agent's permission.

"What about videos number 57, 58, and 59?"

After listening to Kurt's explanation of the video format, Phoenix used his thumb to scroll down through the table of contents, bringing back the three strange videos that had just flashed by—"057.U", "058.U", and "059.U".

What does "U" mean?

As he asked the question, the man opened the video, pressed the progress bar with his fingertip, and quickly dragged the screen to find out what was going on.

However, it was this casual action that caused his pupils to suddenly contract.

In the video, a woman with burgundy hair appears briefly in the fast-forwarded footage.

Christine?!

As the former commander of the opposing side, Phoenix had a deep impression of Niki, who did not appear in the game's storyline and was nicknamed "deserter".

She was also recorded on video?

The man's thumb instantly pulled the progress back to the beginning. Then, he stood there, forcibly suppressing the violent thoughts swirling in his mind, and watched the unedited original video at five times the speed.

deserter……

It turns out that the so-called deserters were those who didn't die under Leitch's guns and thus weren't recorded in the video of their deaths, and refused to carry out meaningless death missions after the war...

"This video is from..."

Phoenix paused, deciding not to continue. Rather than asking Kurt, he chose to ask Christine herself.

So the man quietly took out his phone and made a call to Eunice.

"Let the snake answer the phone."

"..."

"Oh dear, Commander, Yuni just hit someone again, she should..."

"Have you ever killed anyone?"

"Could it be an order from the commander... Wait, murder???"

"I'm planning to kill someone. Do you know what details to pay attention to when killing someone?"

"...Commander, are you trying to trick me?"

"Tsk, what use are you?"

Phoenix irritably hung up the phone, squatted down, stared intently into Kurt's tense pupils, and asked again:

"And you? Do you know what details you should pay attention to when killing someone on the Ark?"

Kurt: "...I, I'm just a black market dealer who sells videos."

Chapter 51 Assuming You Intend to Kill Me

Anger and rage are two words that look very similar but are actually slightly different.

In Warren's eyes, her agent had been enveloped in a gloomy rage ever since he saw the combat logs on his phone.

This man,

He was sitting on that sofa.

They sat quietly, without saying a word.

His eyes, so calm they were almost unfocused, stared silently at the empty soundproof wall in front of him.

The cell phone, which concealed the crime, was now spinning and fluttering in his right hand.

Agent, is he really planning to kill someone?

...Kill a commander?

Not only was Warren, who lived in the spotlight, incredulous, but even Kurt, who had been in the business for over a decade, stared wide-eyed, forgetting that his gums were still aching and bleeding.

What details should one pay attention to when committing murder?

If you really want to hear from the black market dealers, Kurt could actually explain his methods.

The problem is, he's just a black market operator. Whether he killed them himself or hired someone to kill them, they weren't many decent citizens. He's social scum that the police tend to ignore.

The only detail to consider is finding a way to prevent the organization the deceased belonged to from being certain that he was the one who did it, nothing more.

Kurt was able to start from scratch in this industry and work for over a decade before being betrayed by that old fox Dolan, so he must be quite intelligent.

Upon hearing Phoenix's question, he immediately understood what the other person meant.

—Kill the commander.

This madman plans to kill a commander inside the Ark!

“Impossible. The Ark Commander can only die in two places: either on the ground or in the hospital.” Kurt swallowed a mouthful of blood and said:

"If someone dies unexpectedly elsewhere, the Ark Central will send its best criminal investigation team to confirm the cause of death, and may even call upon the Ark's artificial intelligence to conduct a full Ark search."

No matter how perfect your assassination plan is, no matter how meticulously you handle the details, it will eventually be discovered. At most, it will take a few days or a few months.

The black market dealer was right. In fact, after suppressing his inner impulse, Phoenix also thought about this fatal problem.

The deliberate murder of the commander within the Ark is an unforgivable sin for the ruling class.

Because that would mean that the person has broken the bottom line of the rules.

They dared to assassinate even the commander they had personally promoted and who was regarded as a hero by the citizens of the Ark. So who else would this assassin not dare to kill?

Drop drop drop-

Just as the atmosphere in the room was about to freeze, Phoenix's cell phone rang at the perfect moment, easing the growing sense of unease among the others.

Drop drop drop-

The man took out his phone and glanced at the caller ID. Seeing that the contact was Youni, he knew it was probably Viper calling. He pressed the call button, held the phone to his ear, and waited quietly for the other party to speak.

"Commander, it's very ungentlemanly to hang up the phone so abruptly! I haven't finished speaking yet!"

From the microphone came Viper's soft, sweet voice.

"Given Commander's personality and abilities, killing ordinary people shouldn't be difficult for him, right?"

"Stop talking nonsense." Phoenix coldly interrupted Viper's conversation. "Since you called back, you must want to talk to me about the previous issues."

Now I ask you, suppose you were planning to kill me, what would you do?

"Eh?"

On the other end of the phone, the snake, its head resting against Yuni's hand, blinked blankly.

Immediately afterward, the wicked woman quickly grasped the meaning behind the man's words, and her cherry-like lips gradually curved into a charming smile as her thoughts raced.

"Oh dear~ Commander, Niki's always by your side, you're not easy to kill. But if it were another commander, I might have a way~"

"explain."

Phoenix's crisp and straightforward reply really annoyed Viper; no man had ever spoken to her in such a word-by-word chat style before.

However, being under someone else's roof, she dared not show any anger, even if she was angry.

After all, that person was a killer even the commander wanted to kill.

"Well, if it were me, the first thing I would definitely do is find a way to remove the target's military cap. Then I would stir up public opinion and make him appear as a villain on the Ark."

After the public outcry, we need to provide some evidence. We should expose his private life online, such as infidelity, arrogance, fighting, or verbal abuse. Ideally, we should also dig up records of his past inappropriate remarks.

This made all netizens feel that he was never a good man from the beginning.

If possible, it would be even better to have a few commanders kick someone when they're down.

In any case, we need to make Ark Central realize that the public's opinion of the target has damaged the credibility of the Commander System.

After all that preparation, it's finally our turn to rid the people of this scourge!

"..."

After listening to Viper's highly constructive advice, Phoenix's originally gloomy eyes gradually showed signs of warming up.

"I have evidence that the other side sold Niki's combat records. Exposing it will definitely remove them from their positions temporarily."

Someone equally gifted in cunning matters immediately drew upon this example and said, "What do you think about making a copy of this evidence and giving it to the parade group today?"

"Selling Niki's combat data?"

For a moment, the snake thought its sound receiver had malfunctioned.

This man found Kurt in just one night?

"You... Oh my~ Commander, how did you do that? Can you tell me~"