NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

Whenever Anise thinks of Phoenix's appearance, she can't help but recall the conversation between the Commander and Snow White that day.

That corner of the mouth,

Naturally, it couldn't help but start to fly upwards.

"How could Commander dislike me?" The girl smiled happily, her eyes narrowed, and her thumb, which was scrolling through the Balabala public page, moved even faster.

Breaking News! Casey Stores Publicly Announce They Will No Longer Serve Niki

Breaking News! Warren's new agent allegedly accompanied Niki's girlfriend shopping at Casey, but was refused entry!

Under a title that was barely somewhat appealing, a photo of Phoenix accompanying Mihara shopping was blatantly displayed in the fifth frame of a nine-grid image.

"Hey~ this manager looks just like the Commander~"

Unaware of the seriousness of the problem, Anis curiously tapped the small image with her thumb...

Click! ! !

Immediately, the phone screen shattered with a groan, and the girl who had just been laughing and joking disappeared.

Those left behind

Only the peony, whose face gradually turns pale, becomes the new leader—Rocogres.

Chapter 56 Life is Not a Noun (Part 3)

As more and more curious people gathered at Casey's door, one after another holding their phones and pointing their cameras at the commander.

Mihara, who had initially intended not to comment, finally couldn't help but walk over to Phoenix and whisper:

“Commander… if it really doesn’t work out, we can go to another store. Yuni and I don’t mind.”

On the side, Yuni, whose face seemed to be covered with "unhappy" signs, immediately looked up after hearing Mihara's words.

The little girl wanted to honestly say that she minded, but when she saw the pleading look in Mihara's eyes, her stubborn heart softened...

"I mind."

Before Yuni could utter her insincere words, Phoenix, who had been silently gazing at the crowd at the door, suddenly turned around, his emerald green eyes looking intently at the two of them.

"The issue now isn't whether you care or not, but whether I care or not."

A reasonable yet unexpected answer.

Mihara had considered that the commander might reject her suggestion, but to her surprise, the commander also took full responsibility for the whole incident.

It's one thing to argue with someone for Niki's sake, and quite another to argue with someone for your own sake.

In the former case, Niki will bear the main penalties. In the latter, it will be handled as a civil dispute.

Of course, given someone's current outstanding record, the possibility of a civil dispute is probably not very high.

Hearing Phoenix's unequivocal words, the short boy who had just been looking miserable immediately changed his expression and stuck out his tongue, "Then! Then Yuni doesn't need to change her clothes!"

“Yes.” Phoenix nodded in agreement as a matter of course.

He already had a plan in mind for improvisation.

Patwin, the manager of the Glory Hotel involved in smuggling Niki. Phoenix initially thought it would be difficult to approach him during the day, given that he lacked a legitimate reason.

Even if he were to spend a lot of money at the Rongguang Hotel, there was no reason for the other party, as the executive manager, to condescend to come to him.

But the current situation is different from usual.

If I were to bring this bunch of busybodies along, and head to the Glory Hotel like a noisy herding of ducks...

Perhaps Patwin will take the initiative to talk to him.

"When does your manager plan to arrive? We're going to the Rongguang Hotel for dinner later, so we can't wait too long." Having made up his mind, Phoenix's expression gradually turned dissatisfied.

Of that, three-tenths was an act, and the other seven-tenths came from the heart.

As for the remaining 90 points that are still being worked out, that depends on whether the person in charge of this main store has any sense of propriety.

……

……

Decker Lawrence.

He is an average member of the younger generation of the Lawrence family and also the head of Casey's flagship store.

Although he was called the person in charge, it was actually just a sinecure where he could just coast along and do nothing.

All staff at Casey stores must undergo rigorous training before starting work, and the target customers who can shop at the Royal Avenue luxury street are all respectable people from the underground Ark.

As long as the waiters don't go crazy, Decker Lawrence doesn't need to stay in the store all year round. What he worries about all day is simply "where to have fun today".

The lives of the rich are so dull and boring.

Today, a phone call from a shop assistant thoughtfully added a thrilling element to his otherwise monotonous life.

"Wait, what did you just say was the commander's name?"

Just as Decker was watching Nikki's mock battle performance at the MMR affiliated school, the name spoken by the shop assistant on the phone instantly made him jump up from his seat in a panic.

Phoenix?!

That violent madman who supposedly destroyed over two hundred Lechers in a single command mission, then crippled two Central Army officers on the spot upon returning to the Ark, and incidentally broke the record for Level One Confinement at the Rehabilitation Center?!

This guy...is there something wrong with his head?!

There are so many clothing stores on Royal Road, why does Casey have to go all the way there to buy clothes for his Nikkis?!

Decker's soft exclamation clearly attracted the attention of fellow enthusiasts who were also watching the simulation battle. They were all in the same circle, so how could anyone not know about the recently hot topic Commander Phoenix?

"Decker, do you have any breaking news from Phoenix?" a flamboyant young man in a leopard-print suit asked casually, legs crossed.

"Tell me about it. This year's trainees, Niki, played so poorly that I didn't even finish my drink."

"Explosive my ass!"

"?"

Faced with Decker's sudden outburst of profanity, the group of playboys, including the one in the leopard-print suit, were not angry at all. Instead, they turned their heads with even more curiosity and stared at him.

Although everyone was a spoiled brat from the same family, there were differences between spoiled brats.

Even the most elite playboys, no matter how mediocre their talent, how morally corrupt, or how psychologically abnormal they are, still need to have basic intelligence; otherwise, they simply cannot live a healthy adulthood.

What could possibly make Decker Lawrence curse like that? Could it be that the Phoenix commander had audaciously provoked the Lawrence family?

Otherwise, why would he be so excited?

"Forget about the money, just let him leave."

Forget about chatting with his cronies, the unlucky playboy urged with a pained expression, "Yes, don't charge him. Just say he's the ten-thousandth customer of the main store and give it to him for free."

"..."

"Remember, this isn't for those two Nikis, it's for him personally. Understand?"

"..."

"Oh right, you just mentioned that he was going to the Glory Hotel, right? Get him a Royal Avenue general black card and transfer 10,000 credits into it."

"..."

"call--"

After hanging up the phone and giving all his instructions, Dekker let out a deep breath, then sat back down on the sofa. He glanced at his brothers beside him and said irritably:

“My old man got a little too close to those conservatives a few days ago, and as a result, that madman came to my store today to buy clothes for his Nikki.”

"..."

"laugh--"

As if they had heard the best joke of the year, the group of spoiled brats exchanged glances and finally couldn't suppress their schadenfreude, bursting into laughter.

"Hahahahahaha—"

The VIP box was instantly filled with a joyful atmosphere.

And what about Dekker?

He no longer cared about his friends' mockery; he just hoped that the plague would leave his shop as soon as possible.

……

……

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, Mr. Phoenix."

Returning to Royal Road, after receiving the manager's solution, Casey, the waitress, immediately approached Phoenix with a beaming smile and gave a slight bow, saying:

"Our main store system just reminded us that you are our 10,000th lucky customer. Therefore, the two outfits you selected will be given to you as a free gift from our Casey main store."

Furthermore, to compensate for your waiting time, the store manager specifically instructed us to prepare a Royal Avenue General Black Card worth 10,000 credits for you.

"...?"

With the huge compensation offered by the waiter,