Poseidon in Arknights

Texas nodded, glanced at the number of items to be transported displayed on the tablet, and guessed which truck the Emperor had assigned them. Then she turned to Yuuzuki and said, "There are only four seats."

"I see." Xi Yue nodded, then looked at Hong who was leaning against her. "Hong, there are limited seats, so you can stay and help watch the house."

"Hong, I understand." Although it was a little regrettable that she couldn't go out with her mother, Hong still nodded sensibly.

"Good boy." Xi Yue patted his red head. "Mommy will bring you a present."

"Okay~" Hong nuzzled Xiyue's hand with her head.

"Hmm." Texas got up and went back to her room to change into her work clothes after seeing that Yuuki seemed ready.

"Texas, get me my work clothes too~" Exusiai got up and walked towards the door. "I'm going to take care of the supply issues for the next few days."

"it is good."

"What do you need to prepare, Yuuki?" Exusiai turned to look at Yuuki, who was still not up.

"Hmm? Oh, no need, just prepare some food or something." Xi Yue took out an armband with the Penguin Logistics logo from inside her clothes and put it on.

"Everything I need is in my clothes."

"Okay, I understand." Exusiai nodded. They knew that Yuuki's clothes had the ability to store things, so since Yuuki said so, Exusiai went out.

"Oh, right, Exusiai, buy less apple pie." Yuuki said quietly, watching Exusiai's retreating figure.

Based on her experience, if Exusiai goes to prepare supplies, in addition to the normal supplies, she will definitely buy a lot of apple pies from the dessert shop.

"Don't worry, don't worry, I know~" Exusiai waved her hand, pretending to be calm.

Looking at Exusiai's slightly stiff movements, Yuuki guessed that this was definitely her original plan: "I knew it. Never mind, remember to buy less."

"Yes, yes." Exusiai said and quickly left, afraid of being nagged by Yuuki again.

"Really..." Yuuki picked up the tablet Texas had placed on the sofa and called out in the room, "Texas, I'm going to check the goods. I'll wait for you downstairs."

"Okay! The car should be parked at the entrance or inside of Warehouse Number One. We'll check it out when the time comes."

"OK, OK." Yuuki stood up and walked towards the door. Skadi also put the last sandwich into her mouth and stood up to follow her.

"Oh, right, Xiyue!" The Emperor called out to Xiyue from behind.

"Hmm? Your Majesty, what is it?" Xi Yue turned to look at the Emperor.

"It will take a little more time regarding that matter over there. Please wait a bit longer, but it should be fine by the time you return."

When the Emperor mentioned that place, Yuuki understood what he meant. It was something Yuuki had asked him to investigate about what had happened in Iberia, but she had been busy these past few days and forgot to tell them. She already knew.

"Oh, over there~" Yuzuki smiled. "I already know."

"Oh? Who told you that?" The Emperor pushed up his sunglasses, looking somewhat puzzled.

“I’ve already been there, so there’s no need to bother. I was busy the other day and forgot to tell you. Please tell Is for me.”

"Huh?!?!?!" Upon hearing Xi Yue's words, the Emperor's hand, which was adjusting his sunglasses, slipped, causing the sunglasses to slide down as well. "You've been there?!"

"Yes, I just didn't realize it before. It's alright, nothing serious." Xi Yue smiled at the Emperor. "Things here are a bit complicated, but I'm handling them slowly. In short, everything is fine now."

The Emperor adjusted his sunglasses and sighed, "Since you put it that way, then so be it."

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"I'm back~" Exusiai dragged the cart to the entrance of Warehouse No. 1. At this time, Yuzuki had finished taking inventory of the items and was standing by the cart door.

"Yo, Yuuki, I'm back." Exusiai waved to Yuuki. "I bought a lot of things, is there any room left in the carriage?"

“There’s still a seat available, let’s move it.” Yuzuki pointed to the back, “Texas is doing a second check there.”

"OK~" Exusiai nodded upon hearing this and quickly towed the car over.

As Exusiai towed the cart past, Yuuki glanced at it and, despite the cover, clearly saw the apple pie box.

'I did buy them after all. Judging from the size, I didn't buy many. Oh well.' Xi Yue sighed and shook her head helplessly.

Yuuki had already guessed that Exusiai would definitely buy it, since there was no way to stop Exusiai's love for apple pie.

After all, in order to ensure that she could eat hot apple pie even during long intercity transport, Exusiai even paid out of her own pocket to have microwave ovens installed in every long-distance transport vehicle used by Penguin Logistics.

So Yuuki guessed that even though she had specifically reminded her, Exusiai would definitely not give up buying apple pie. But at least she bought a little less, so it was fine.

----wilderness----

"Ah, how boring~" Exusiai fanned herself with the playing cards in her hand a couple of times, then casually tossed them onto the small table that Yuuki had conjured with water.

"Exusiai, you were the one who said it," Yuuki sighed, clutching her cards. "You said you were bored and wanted to play cards, but why did you quit first?"

Exusiai watched as Yuuki's eyes twitched twice, then slammed her hand on the table: "Then win a couple of rounds for us, Yuuki! What the hell is wrong with your luck?!"

"I didn't see a single card higher than a ten the entire time!!!"

Exusiai flipped over the cards she had just thrown on the table. Almost all of them were low cards, the only high card was a nine, and the few pairs she had were pitifully small.

Exusiai then casually took the cards from Skadi's hand and slammed them on the table. Skadi did have some big cards, but she refused to play them!

Exusiai glared at Skadi and said, "So you've always been able to suppress Yuuki! Why didn't you release her?!"

"no, do not want."

Exusiai's lips twitched slightly: "We're teammates!"

Yuuki reached out and touched Skadi, then took out a punishment note that Exusiai had prepared: "Discard and admit defeat."

"It's over! There's no more punishment!" Exusiai quickly pointed to her face. "Skadi and I are practically plastered to the walls of a slum by you!"

"Okay, okay~" Yuuki patted Exusiai's head.

"Play games! Change games!" Exusiai picked up the playing cards on the table as Yuuki patted her head. "Let me see what other games I left here."

"Really~" Yuuki smiled as she watched Exusiai secretly remove the note from her face while searching the shelves for games that didn't require much luck.

"Hmm, it's really noisy." Texas's eyes kept drifting to the side.

To be honest, Texas is just as boring, after all, the almost unchanging scenery in the wilderness is really a drain on the spirit.

Yuuki noticed Texas's gaze, which was starting to wander, and said, "Texas, are you tired? Let me do it."

"Okay, thank you." Texas nodded and stopped the car. "It's almost lunchtime, let's take a break for a bit."

"Alright."

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"I feel like a layer of my skin has been peeled off," Exusiai said, touching her face. "And it still feels sticky."

“Last time, back at the Guard Bureau, didn’t we already experience Yuuki’s somewhat strange luck?” Texas glanced at the scattered notes on the ground.

“If we play normally, it’s fine, but once there’s any penalty involved, Yuuki’s luck becomes incredibly good.” Texas began to recall the times when she and Yuuki played cards or other games when they were bored.

Because Exusiai craves excitement, she usually adds punishments when they play games together, turning the game into a dark game. But once punishments are added, an ordinary game turns into a brutal killing session by Yuuki.

Even Yuuki herself couldn't explain why her luck would be so good under these circumstances.

"Alright, alright, wipe your face?" Yuuki smiled, raised her hand to summon a ball of water, and then took out two towels from her clothes and flicked them onto Exusiai and Skadi's faces.

"Oh, thanks~" Exusiai pulled off the towel from her face, soaked it in water, and vigorously rubbed her face.

"Yuzuki, when will lunch be ready?" Texas lay on the water-made recliner Yuzuki had made, watching Yuzuki cook rice in a pot.

In the past, the two of them might have just grabbed a quick bite of bread while driving, but now they were leisurely reclining in their chairs, anticipating the delicious food that was about to arrive.

That's really great.

“It’ll be a little while, Texas.” Yuuki glanced at the pot. “Let’s wait a little longer.”

“Okay.” Texas nodded and looked at the sunshade tent above her head, which was also brought out by Yuuki.

As Texas watched, she quipped, "I really don't know if we're doing intercity transport or a wilderness outing?"

"Instead of this!" Exusiai, after washing her face, pulled a box from the car and slammed it on the table. "Let's play a game while we wait!"

"Especially, Yuuki!" Exusiai stared intently at Yuuki, who was cooking, her eyes burning with anger as if she wanted to avenge her previous humiliation.

Yuuki turned her head to look at Exusiai, tapped the pot with the iron spoon in her hand, and said, "I'm cooking."

"Anyway, Yuuki's water clone can also help you cook, come on, come on~" Exusiai grabbed Yuuki's hand and pulled her towards the table.

"Seriously, I can't do anything with you." Yuzuki shook her head helplessly, letting Exusiai pull her over, while leaving a water clone behind to continue cooking.

"So what should we play?"

Exusiai chuckled and held up the box on the table: "This is it, the Columbia Pictures Pioneer board game!"

"A board game that allows mobile cities to freely exploit resources on a map is a game that emphasizes strategy. There is absolutely no element of luck that Yuuki can rely on. This time, I will avenge my previous defeat!"

"You've really gone to great lengths to avenge yourself," Yuuki said with a smile, patting Exusiai's head.

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"I still won in the end." Yuzuki made her judgment after looking at the situation on the table.

"How could this be? This is a game that doesn't allow any luck to play a role, so how could I still lose?" Exusiai, who was ranked last, looked at the table and wailed.

"Is there any possibility?" Texas looked at Exusiai, "Exusiai, are you just bad at this?"

Then, Texas pointed to Skadi next to her: "Skadi only half understood the rules when I watched her play, and she still came in third place."

"I refuse to accept this! It must be bad luck, let's play another round!" Exusiai slammed her hand on the table.

"You just said it was a game where luck wouldn't be involved." Yu Yue smiled, then pointed to the car. "It's time to go. Let's play more in the car."

"Oh, right, we still have deliveries to make, so it'll just be the three of us playing." Exusiai suddenly realized that they weren't really there for a picnic, but to deliver goods.

"Actually, if you want to play, I can still play with you," Yuuki said after thinking for a moment.

"It's best not to look back and play games while driving," Texas said, standing up from her chair.

"My water clones can drive too. I can easily create a water clone and sit in the driver's seat to play with you guys."

Texas and Exusia simultaneously envisioned the same scene: Yuuki sitting in the driver's seat, with another Yuuki appearing on her body, as if a game model had been superimposed on her.

If it were a game, they would only say one thing: "This game has a bug." But if it were in real life...

Texas and Exusiai shuddered; the scene was somewhat terrifying. So they both spoke at the same time.

"No! Yuuki, just drive properly!!!"

Chapter 57: Sharks

"Hmm, 37 points." Yu Yue glanced at the table from the driver's seat.