NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

I have to go... I have to go and destroy the core of that Lecher, to make its computing power lower than mine.

In her sea of ​​consciousness, Anik's figure flickered and trembled wildly. Occasionally, a few crimson dots would briefly appear and disappear from her body.

"call……"

[Phoenix...?]

Seeing that the host did not respond, the AI ​​became increasingly panicked and helpless, and increasingly resembled a human girl with a complete personality.

Help, please help me... I don't want to be eaten...

"call--"

The man lying on the ground was panting heavily, his teeth clenched so tightly that saliva mixed with blood spilled from between his teeth and finally splashed onto the soil with the airflow.

"call----!"

The heavy breathing continued, and the menacing veins bulged out from under the skin.

The man first struggled to prop himself up with his left hand, then used his remaining upper arm to brace himself against the ground, and finally, using both hands and feet, he shakily stood up from the ground.

"spit--!"

He spat out the blood in his mouth and sensed that Marian was running towards him.

Lieutenant Phoenix silently pulled three revolver bullets from his waist and was about to load the cylinder when he realized that half of his right arm was gone.

I recall the strange rule that my body always seems to be missing a part whenever I come to the ground to carry out a mission.

The man, who was very unhappy about this, couldn't help but curse.

"***, tsk! You've never followed the script even once."

Chapter Ninety-Five: Suddenly Remembering Something Very Important

Snap, snap, snap...

The hurried footsteps echoed eerily in the tunnel, and even the brightest beam of a tactical flashlight could not completely penetrate the darkness underground.

In the middle of the dirt road, the drag marks, stained with mottled blood, constantly stirred up the most terrifying thoughts in Marian's heart.

She was very scared.

She feared that when she found the commander, she would be greeted by a horrific corpse with only the spine remaining and her internal organs and intestines dragged across the ground.

The commander cannot die.

She promised Theresa, she promised Diesel, and she promised Nadja...

She had promised so many comrades, and she had also promised herself, that she would protect the commander with her life and escort him back to the Ark.

even if...

Even if it means death...

The commander shouldn't have shielded her from that tentacle's sneak attack. As Niki, isn't it commonplace for her to be killed by Rachel because of her lack of ability?

boom! ! !

"!"

Suddenly! A sharp gunshot rang out from the depths of the tunnel, successfully disturbing Marian's gradually solidifying thoughts.

Gun...gunshot?

boom! ! !

As if in response to Marian's question, a second gunshot rang out at the end of the tunnel, in the darkness beyond the reach of a flashlight.

"Commander... fired the shot?!"

boom! ! !

The final gunshot answered the girl's question crisply and cleanly.

……

……

"Point~point~point—"

"Wave~ wave~ wave—"

"Official! Official! Official!"

Just as Phoenix was attempting to load ammunition with one hand, Marian's urgent calls echoed from the shadowy edge of the tunnel.

Closely following behind were the girl's rapid, heavy footsteps.

Click!

Phoenix, satisfied with successfully loading a large-caliber pistol bullet into the revolver's cylinder, was about to turn around and respond when Marian suddenly charged towards him at top speed, flashlight in hand.

"I do not……"

flutter--

Before the commander could finish speaking, her warm and soft body had already thrown herself into his arms.

Only the meticulous Marianne knew how to control her strength at this moment. If it were a clumsy little girl like Yuni, this pounce might have wiped out someone's remaining half-life on the spot.

"It's alright, cough! It's alright, I'm still alive."

Feeling the girl's genuine concern, Phoenix twisted his face, offering a bittersweet consolation:

"Aside from the numerous scratches on his back, and the fact that his prosthetic leg is broken in half, he won't die."

"!"

Hearing the commander's subtle reminder that he was still injured, Marian, understanding the implication, finally suppressed her inner impulse. She quickly broke free from the man's embrace, her face flushed, and forced a serious expression as she replied:

"Please, Commander, evacuate immediately and return to the Ark for treatment."

Phoenix, who had been listening to Anick's sobbing for a minute or two, resolutely shook his head.

"Not for now. There are still people waiting for me to rescue, and Ningya and the others also need to check their situation."

Besides, the special forces are right above us; I have to try and take advantage of the Elysium's elite firepower for free.”

"But this is dangerous!"

"Where on the front lines is there no danger?"

The man could tell from Marian's tone that she was overly worried, and he shook his head with a smile. "Whenever there's a war, even if it's a rout, there will still be unlucky guys who die on the way."

Click!

Pushing the revolver cylinder back into the barrel, the man continued calmly:

"Go on, Marian."

"...Yes, Commander."

……

……

Rusty, mottled iron pipes and uneven, cracked wall bricks.

As Phoenix and Marian ventured deeper into the tunnel, increasingly bizarre scenes shattered their understanding of this Tyrant-class Rachel.

For reasons unknown, this Lecher actually built a fairly decent underground city beneath the city ruins.

Various signs that should have been used as advertisements were instead used as wall fillers, pieced together in a colorful and disorderly manner, impacting Phoenix's visual senses and aesthetic limits.

Various twisted and broken steel bars spread across the "walls" like blood vessels, serving as the ribs of this underground city and ensuring that it will not be easily crushed by external forces.

Why would it do that?

Marian picked up her submachine gun, looked around, and her expression was a mixture of surprise and confusion.

Could it be that the Tyrant-class Rachel has a hobby of building blocks?

"Just bored."

Unlike the girl from the Silver Spears unit, Phoenix, who had seen the intelligent Lecher in person, was surprised but remained calm and casually joked.

Recalling the gorilla's clamor as he was being brutally beaten by Snow White while constantly spouting threats, it's not hard to explain why Secret Material H would do something so pointless.

It was ultimately a fragment of the body of a "heretic," who was Rachel, transformed from Niki.

Therefore, it's not impossible that the secret ingredient H possesses some biological thinking.

As for her true form...

It seems to be stored at the MMR weapons research institute?

Phoenix doesn't remember some of the details of the plot very clearly anymore.

Therefore, he habitually began to work backward from the script, trying to use this method to help himself recall more details of the story.

The heretic fire dragon fed her "wings" to the arrogant and the secret ingredient H, successfully resurrecting them...