"Wah~"
"Oh my gosh~"
"Commander says We are the most precious treasure, is this a confession?"
"But if it's a confession, confessing to three Nikkes at once, Commander, you're not trying to open a harem at The Outpost, are you?"
Anis and Neon tease Grim with a smile.
"..."
"Let's eat first."
Grim coughed, neither admitting nor denying.
Seeing him deliberately change the subject, Anis immediately let out a strange cry, "Geez~ Commander, did you feel guilty just now?"
Neon also chuckled, "Commander, have you forgotten the advice that only by maintaining sincerity can one have tremendous power?"
Grim put on a stern face, "there eat your food."
She said, "Oh, he's guilty!"
Neon: "Commander, since the time is right, why don't you talk about the criteria for your ideal partner?"
"Would you prefer a gun that is specialized for firepower, or a very large caliber, or a very fast rate of fire? Oh~ no matter which one, it seems like I quite fit the standard?"
"Hey, hey, hey, does your rifle belong to a large caliber? Mine, the grenade launcher, is definitely bigger, right?"
"In that case, neat has the smallest caliber among the three of us, right~?"
"....."
As the smallest caliber attacker Nikke in the team.
Rapi involuntarily touched his chest, then said, " Actually, the weapon I'm more familiar with is a sniper rifle, but our team needs a Nikke assault rifle. For the sake of maintaining the formation, I didn't choose such a large-caliber weapon."
"Eh, so neat can use a big sniper rifle?"Anis grinned. He really hasn't seen neat with a big sniper rifle.
"It's not just a sniper rifle, basically, I can use all kinds of weapons skillfully."
"After all, Elysion's training for Nikke is very strict, even cruel."Rapi closed his eyes slightly, as if recalling his training days at the Military Academy.
Anis frowned, "after all, I don't want to go back to the military academy just for a test. The place feels really crowded. I'd rather go to the Surface and fight Rapture than go back there. Neon must feel that way too, right?"
Neon pointed to himself with his finger: "Eh? You ask me?"
"I am a Spy, How can I take the same course as an ordinary soldier?"
"Ah, yes, yes, Spy-sama. Which spy now writes 'I'm a spy' on his face?"
"Anis, you know what? True spies often appear before everyone without fear... And when everyone begins to believe him, on a dark and stormy night, he will reveal the FANGs hidden under his mask."Neon raised his glasses and said Seriously.
"Since you said so, I suggest the Commander fire you, miss Spy."Anis grinned.
"Anis--?"
Just like the last hundred days, the morning of Commander Center passed noisily.
The air gradually warmed up, and it was already early morning.
Grim's phone, in his uniform pocket, vibrates.
Once opened, Ingrid's message finally arrived.
[Ingrid: it's me.]
[Ingrid: I brought it.]
Immaculate saw Grim's expression slightly change and immediately rose from the sofa: "Commander, what happened?"
Grim nodded: "let's go get Marian."
Anis closed her eyes: "it seems like it's time."
Neon also chimed in: "Let's go."
Neat: "..."
"All right."
The three Nikkes of the Counterattack Squad had no objections.
But when they think that Marian is no longer the Marian she used to be, their mood becomes a little gloomy.
For Nikke, memories are something precious yet fleeting.
Especially the beautiful memories that people want to remember constantly, even if they don't want to forget them at all, as long as NIMPH is still in their minds, and as long as they still work for the Ark Government, those memories will eventually fade away one day.
None of the three members of the Counterattack Squad knew if, one day, they too would suffer the same fate as Marian.
Walking along the path, Anis was the first to sigh.
"Ugh, this feeling is terrible."
"As the saying goes, What is it? When a cunning rabbit dies, his hunting dogs will be roasted?"
"It's' the Fox mourns the death of the rabbit, ' you stupid Anis."Neon corrected: "we are not hunting dogs, and we certainly will not roast Marian on the grill, right?"
"That's what I mean. Anis pursed her lips: "I just hope that someday, if my memory is also erased, the Commander will still come to pick me up like this."
"Oh-Anis, so you want the teacher to get to know you again?"
Neon pushed his glasses and said: "but to be honest, dealing with someone as sensitive and suspicious as you is really troublesome."
"Maybe when your memory is erased, you will instead treat Master as a strange pervert: 'Ah, why is this man suddenly trying to hug me? He's definitely not a stalker, is he?'Such thoughts."
Anis, for the first time, did not quarrel with Neon. Instead, after being silent for a while, he said: "if such a thing really happened, just thinking about it was very painful."
"Even though we're already so miserable, Ark is still exploiting us every day, altering our memories at Will, and sending us to the Surface to die. Even if they treat us like tools, they should at least give us basic human rights, right?"
"..."
"Well, complaining here is also useless."
"Come and get Mary."
Grim comforted him: "Don't worry, Anis, once we go to the Surface and find Liberation, you won't have to worry about erosion anymore."
Anis turned around and saluted Grim with a smile: "understood! Commander!"
The four of them arrived at the meeting point together.
President Ingrid stood alone beside the unfinished building, her demeanor still as impressive as ever.
"Good afternoon, President Ingrid."Grim enjoyed it.
"You're here? Ingrid turned and said to Grim: "let's get to the point, Grim."
"The brainwashing of Nikke Marian, a former member of the Silver Gun Squad, has been completed."
In addition, given your outstanding achievements in several Surface missions, from now on, Nikke Marian will be awarded to the Counterattack Squad. Do you have any questions about this?
"No. Grim replied firmly: "We are ready."
Ingrid nodded.
"Very good then..."
"Come On Out, Marian."