Poseidon in Arknights

【...What are you trying to say?】

Didn't you say you didn't care?

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[Last time, when Skadi and Red kissed Yuuki, I noticed something was off about you. After all, your tail has been swishing at me countless times, and there's that poor bag of Pocky.]

Texas looked up at Exusiai, who had a mischievous grin on her face, paused for a moment, and then continued typing.

【so what? 】

Exusiai didn't reply; she just smiled and handed the phone back.

"Huh?" Texas took the phone and looked at Exusiai with a puzzled expression, wondering what she was up to.

"That's good then~" Exusiai looked at Texas and patted her on the shoulder. "Keep up the good work~ I have high hopes for you~"

"So you stole my phone just to confirm that?" Texas was silent for a moment, then reached out and grabbed Exusiai's shoulder.

Exusiai, seeing Texas's expression, broke out in a cold sweat: "Hmm, hehe?"

“Exusiai…” Texas looked at Exusiai, who was trying to act cute, with a kind smile. “I’m not Yuuki.”

Chapter 63: Unfazed by a Thousand Cups

"Croissant, what are we having today? It's not another batch of unsold stock, is it?" Sora pushed open the door, bent down to change her shoes, then closed the door behind her and called out into the room.

But after not hearing a response for a while, Sora assumed that Croissant had not returned yet and decided to strike first, as she did not want to eat the unsold inventory of Croissant.

Just as Kong took his phone out of his pocket and was about to open the food delivery app, he smelled a delicious aroma.

Sora looked up in confusion and saw Exusiai sitting pitifully on the sofa, with a large bump on her head that was particularly noticeable, while Texas was calmly watching TV next to her.

After seeing the two of them, Sora turned her head and glanced towards the kitchen, and sure enough, she saw Yuzuki cooking.

'Sure enough, why did I think for a moment that Croissant had learned to cook?' Sora shook her head, shaking off that fleeting thought.

"Hmm?" Xi Yue came out carrying the prepared dishes and saw Kong standing by the door. "Kong's back. What are you doing standing at the door? Go wash your hands and then eat."

"Okay." Kong nodded, then turned and slipped into the bathroom next door.

Yuuzuki nodded, then took the dishes that Red had brought over from behind her, placed them on the table, and called out to Exusiai and Texas, "Alright, you two stop watching TV and go wash your hands and eat."

"Huh?" As soon as she finished speaking, Yuuki noticed the large bump on Exusiai's head. "Exusiai, what happened? Was it an accident or did you do something stupid? But it looks like you did something stupid?"

"Why did you lock it in so quickly? Am I asking for trouble?" Upon hearing Yuuki's words, Exusiai slapped the sofa in protest.

"It's probably become a rule by now, right?" Yuuki smiled at Exusiai, then casually tossed out a small ice cube. "Alright, let's apply this."

"Yo, Kong! I'm back..." Croissant pushed open the door and held up the bag in her hand into the room, but suddenly saw Yuzuki putting the food on the table.

"Hey, Yuzuki, you're back?" Upon seeing Yuzuki, Croissant immediately hid the bag in her hand behind her back. "Why didn't you say you were coming back?"

"What are you hiding?" Yuzuki asked curiously, looking at the bag behind the croissant. "Is it necessary to hide it?"

“Based on my experience,” Sora said, emerging from the bathroom and squinting at the croissant, “it’s probably unsold inventory that they’re coming to me to help them sell.”

"The day before yesterday it was instant noodles, and yesterday it was long noodles. Speaking of long noodles, Croissant and I watched it increase so much that one bowl of noodles almost turned into a pot of noodles."

"Ah, thank you for your hard work. But?" Yuzuki looked at Sora with some confusion: "That doesn't make sense. Noodles are generally easy to cook, right?"

"But it's impossible to eat noodles for three meals a day, even for several days in a row." She spread her hands helplessly. "Besides, I don't have your skills in making croissants. If you hadn't come back today, I would have ordered takeout."

"Oh~" Yuzuki nodded, then turned to look at the bag behind the croissant and smiled. "So, what kind of noodles are we having today? Croissant?"

"It's pasta. I said I wanted to try something different these days." Croissant scratched her head. "Should I put it in the kitchen?"

"Let it go, then go wash your hands and come eat."

"OK OK."

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"Speaking of which, why are you guys back so early? I was thinking you'd be delayed for a few more days." Croissant lay half-reclined on the sofa, looking at Yuuki who was watching TV beside her. "And Skadi, didn't she come back with you? Did she go back to Rhodes Island?"

“Yes, Skadi went to take care of her friend.” Yuzuki nodded. “We just managed to avoid the storm and came back after spending a day on Rhodes Island.”

"Oh~" Croissant nodded, praising the four's good luck. "Hey, by the way, did you know that something big happened in the lower city these past two days?"

"Are you referring to the Lungmen Guard Bureau's construction of a guard post in the eastern lower city?"

Croissant looked at Yuzuki in surprise: "Hey, didn't you just get back? How did you know?"

"Is it possible that I was involved in this all along, and that Officer Swire called me to tell me about it?" Yuzuki smiled as she looked at Croissant.

"Oh, right, I'd completely forgotten about that." Croissant shook her head.

"There's a celebration party tonight, but Miss Swire hasn't sent me the location yet." Yu Yue smiled. "Are you free tonight? If not, would you like to come along?"

Upon hearing that there would be a celebration feast, Croissant's eyes lit up instantly, but then a question came to mind.

"It's okay, that was your victory celebration, right?" Croissant looked at Yuzuki. "We didn't do anything."

“Swire said she’s treating, and I can bring as many people as I want,” Xiyue said, shrugging. “So whether you go or not is up to you.”

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"Yuzuki, is this it?" Exusiai looked up at the sign, then turned back to look at Yuzuki, who was looking at her phone.

"This is the place shown on the map. I don't think I've located the wrong place." Xi Yue put away her phone and led the five people to push open the store door.

"Welcome, miss. How many people are in your party?" A well-dressed waiter immediately came forward when Xiyue entered with a group of people.

"I've already booked a room."

"Ah, okay, this way please. The rooms are all on the second floor." The waiter bowed slightly and then pointed the group toward the stairs.

Xi Yue led everyone upstairs. Based on the information sent by Shi Huaiya, they found the room, opened the door, and glanced around. They found that in addition to the Dragon Tiger Ghost trio, there were also the three police officers who had been with her at the free clinic, and An Suo had also arrived.

"Good evening, everyone. Thank you all for your hard work these past few days." Xi Yue smiled as she looked at the people in the room.

“Miss Yuzuki, we’ve been waiting for you~” Hoshiguma raised the cup in his hand to Yuzuki, “Come, come, our great hero, come and sit down quickly.”

Yuuki smiled and nodded, then found a seat and sat down. Kurenai immediately followed and sat down next to Yuuki.

As for the four members of Penguin Logistics who followed them, they couldn't help but feel a little uneasy when they saw Chen staring at them ever since they came in.

"Hi, Officer Chen." Exusiai timidly raised her hand in greeting, "We haven't gotten into any trouble lately, have we?"

"...No." Chen looked helplessly at the group of guys in front of him whose blood pressure was always off the charts. "They've been behaving well lately."

"Oh, that's good."

"Hey, you pink-faced dragon, I set this up, why are you giving me that cold look?"

"Hey, hey, don't do that. Old Chen is just like that. He's happy today, he's happy today." Hoshiguma saw that Swire's expression was off and quickly stepped forward to stop her, preventing a fight from breaking out.

"Tch, that dead rat said he had something to do tonight and didn't come." Swire pouted, but since it was a happy occasion, she couldn't say anything. She looked around to make sure everyone was there. "Everyone's here. I'll call the food."

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"Officer Hoshiguma, go for it!"

"Go, Yuzuki! Go!"

After exchanging a helpless glance, Yuuki and Hoshiguma both drank their bottles of baijiu and then piled the bottles on the table.

"Oh, this is the 12th bottle!" Exusiai exclaimed excitedly, and then drew another mark on a whiteboard with a marker, seemingly out of nowhere.

After finishing her meal, Exusiai, riding the wave of excitement, proposed a drinking contest to everyone. Having already had a little to drink, and already feeling a bit tipsy, the others agreed to the suggestion.

Of course, Yuuki and Hoshiguma made a somewhat rational decision to stop the situation, since it would be difficult to handle if they all passed out from drinking.

Then Exusiai suggested to everyone that we should choose the person we think can drink the most to have a drinking contest, while the others can just have a little bit.

Then Hoshiguma and Yuuki were pushed out by the group and became the focus of everyone's attention. Even Exusiai, that busybody, even replaced her beer with baijiu (Chinese liquor).

Hoshiguma let out a burp reeking of alcohol, then looked at Yuuki, who had a calm expression. Originally, she had planned to drink a few bottles and then pretend to be drunk and pass out to end the competition once everyone's excitement had subsided. However, as she drank, she sensed something was wrong.

Why does this guy, Li Boli, look like he can drink even more than her?

After drinking 12 bottles of baijiu, even Hoshiguma's face turned a little red, but why didn't the person opposite her change at all?

"Miss Yuzuki, are you alright?" Hoshiguma couldn't help but ask Yuzuki.

Yuzuki shook her head calmly: "I feel fine, Officer Hoshiguma."

"Oh, that's quite interesting." Hoshiguma looked at Yuuki in front of her, judging from the other's tone that she was indeed alright, and a competitive spirit welled up within her. "Another bottle?"

"If Officer Hoshiguma thinks it's alright, I'm happy to oblige."

Hoshiguma looked at Yuzuki, who was smiling, and took out the key from her pocket, handing it to Chen, who was standing next to her: "Old Chen, please take me back later."

"Is everything alright, Hoshiguma?" Chen took the key and looked at Hoshiguma with a strange expression. "This is the 12th bottle already."

"It's nothing," Hoshiguma waved her hand. "We've only just begun."

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“The 67th bottle.” Exusiai stared at Yuuki and Hoshiguma in disbelief. Hoshiguma herself was starting to lose her balance.

Then there was a loud crashing sound of bottles, and Xi Yue, who seemed to have given up first, collapsed to the ground.

阡尋

"Officer Hoshiguma is invincible! Officer Hoshiguma will win!"

"This is the first time I've seen someone who can compete with Hoshiguma like this." Swire looked at Yuzuki in front of her and stroked her chin. "67 bottles of baijiu."

As she spoke, Swire picked up the bottle from the ground to confirm that it was indeed genuine liquor, not water.

"Tsk tsk tsk, the officers really do drink it like it's water." Ye Fu and A Quan, who had been acting as the atmosphere-maker since the beginning, nodded in agreement.

At that moment, there was another crashing sound. Hoshiguma shook her head and subconsciously took a step back, but her legs suddenly gave way and she fell to the ground, knocking over the bottles on the ground with a crackling sound.

“Yuzuki… Miss is indeed… the most… drinker I’ve ever seen…” Hoshiguma shook her head on the ground, then used the stool to support herself and stood up again.

"Hoshiguma, don't force yourself." Chen helped Hoshiguma up and said to the others, "Hoshiguma is drunk, I'll take her home first."

"Yes, Yuuki was also drunk, so we went home. Thank you very much for your hospitality, Miss Swire." Texas looked at Yuuki lying on the ground with her cheeks flushed, and together with Red, they helped Yuuki up.

However, due to her height, even when she was supported, Yuuki was still being dragged along by the two of them.

"Okay, okay, be careful." Swire nodded. "Let Xiyue rest for a day tomorrow and not come over. She's drunk like this, she probably won't be able to get out of bed tomorrow."

“We’ll pass on the message to Yuuki.” Texas nodded and waved to the others. “We’ll take our leave now.”

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