Up on the surface....

Rapi: We've reached the surface. Establishing connection with Shifty. 

Flukey: Alright. 

Mihara: You won't have much luck with that. Syuen is jamming the communication network.

Rapi: Mm. Seems this is no ordinary operation. 

Mihara: You could say that. We refer to them as Black Ops. 

Anis: How cliche can you get?

Flukey: Eh. 

Neon: She ordered us to capture a specific Rapture? Is that even possible? 

Mihara: Yuni and I were made for this. Let's move out. I'll take you to the destination. 

After some time spent walking and eliminating Raptures....

Neon: Where are we going? 

Mihara: Why do you keep asking questions? Don't you know men don't like women who are nosy?

Flukey: (Why do I feel like the "men" part of that sentence was directed at me)

Anis: Well we have to know where we're going, don't we?

Flukey: That aside how is everyone doing so far? 

The girls all replied that they're fine. 

Flukey: That's good to hear. Know that if you're injured in any way let me know and I'll bandage ya up. 

Before Mihara could speak on this, Flukey cut her off. 

Flukey: And yeah I know that bandages do nothing for a Nikke but at least me pretend like I'm contributing to this mission more than just barking out orders. 

Mihara made a small giggle. 

Mihara: You continue to impress me more and more Commander. A shame there aren't any other Commanders like you. If there were, I'm sure the survival rate of Commanders would be much higher since their Nikkes would be more convicted in protecting them if they showed a little kindness.

Flukey: Maybe. But I don't mind being the only good-natured Commander in the Ark. Makes me feel more unique. 

Mihara: And I hope you continue to be Commander. Cause if you do, you might see more of me and Yuni in the future~. 

Flukey: The implication being....

Mihara: I mean, I might put in a word for you for Syuen to let us join you at the Outpost~.

Yuni: *Giggles* I'd like that too~. I want to be as close to the Commander as possible~. 

Anis: You think it'll be that easy? That she'll just transfer you over to the Commander? 

Mihara: I'm sure it'll be fine. Syuen doesn't really give us all that much attention anyways since she has Matis. 

Rapi: There may be a few issues with that. Given that our dorm isn't all that big.

While Rapi and Anis had their differences Neon, being her usual optimistic self, didn't mind the idea and neither did Flukey, especially if it meant 

Neon: I'm sure it'll be fine. After all, more Nikkes means more protection for Master!

Flukey: Plus I've heard about what Syuen does to her Nikkes so if two of them want to join us at the Outpost I'm not gonna oppose to it. Plus to compliment Neon's opinion, having more Nikkes at the Outpost would increase our defenses. 

Anis: Commander don't you think you and the others are being a little too optimistic here? I mean we're on an unauthorized operation. If we're found out worst case scenario you get discharged from duty and put in a Rehabilitation Center or executed and we get scrapped. 

Flukey: I don't think we'll have to worry about that. Cause we've got ourselves an ally....and a strong one at that. 

Rapi: And who would that be Commander? 

Her and the rest of the girls were curious as to who this "ally" was.

Flukey: Andersen. 

Anis: Andersen? The same guy who banished us? I wouldn't call him an ally. 

Flukey: Looking back on it, I think there's a lot more to it than that. Like picture this: A Commander that puts Nikkes in a much brighter light than everyone else and also saved one his own Nikkes from death. There's a lot of Nikkephobes in the Ark that are always looking to put the hurt on anyone showing any affection towards Nikkes. Andersen might've sent us to the Outpost to protect us from that kind of oppression as well as the Central Government. With him being a deputy chief, maybe he can pull a few strings for us. Maybe. 

Anis: If that's the case then let's hurry and finish this mission. The sooner the better. 

Flukey: My thoughts exactly. Let's keep moving girls. 

With that, Counters and Wardress continued onwards with their mission, all the while Mihara and Yuni both agreed on giving Flukey a "special reward" if he manages to get Andersen to have them transferred to the Outpost.