Poseidon in Arknights

Yuzuki smiled as she watched the four people struggling futilely in the water: "Drowning will make you feel the loss of life. I think this kind of treatment should awaken your respect for life."

Then, Xiyue lightly snapped her fingers, and the water sphere slowly deformed, allowing them to catch their breath for a moment. But before they could catch their breath, they were trapped back into the water sphere.

Yuzuki calmly looked at the four people who were struggling even more fiercely in the water: "The treatment process will be a bit long, please rest assured, I will treat you all slowly."

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Xi Yue walked out of the house into the sunlight, closed the door, and the four people inside had disappeared, as if they had never existed in the first place.

Xi Yue walked down the stairs and looked at the gangsters gathered in the open space. Then she looked at the Rat King beside her and said, "It seems they did inform the city lord."

“It is their duty, my lord,” the Rat King said, bowing his head humbly.

“That’s true.” Xi Yue nodded, then looked at the crowd below. “But it seems that City Lord Wei didn’t choose to come himself?”

“He followed your instructions, did not interfere, and will not come here.”

After nodding, Xi Yue looked at the Rat King's hand, which was tightly gripping his cane under his coat, and smiled helplessly: "Don't be so nervous, my anger has subsided."

"clear."

Xi Yue nodded, understanding that the Rat King wouldn't calm down just because of his few words. So Xi Yue said, "I've already dealt with those four idiots, but I don't have the heart to deal with their henchmen. You can leave them to them, is that alright?"

"No problem, please leave it to us. We guarantee there won't be a second one."

“I believe your promise.” Yuuki walked down the stairs. “And I also believe you won’t let this happen again, right?”

"Absolutely not."

—————City Lord's Mansion—————

"Are you still worried about the situation over there?" Wen Yue walked over and looked at Wei Yanwu, who was standing by the window gazing into the distance.

“There’s no way around it, it’s worrying,” Wei Yanwu sighed. “I can’t put my mind at ease until everything settles down.”

Wei Yanwu looked at it for a while and then suddenly laughed out loud for some reason: "I don't know why, but I feel that this might be a good thing."

"Why?" Wen Yue looked at Wei Yanwu strangely. "This doesn't seem like a good thing at all, does it?"

Wei Yanwu shook his head and explained, "This matter did indeed make me very worried, but at the same time, it also made it very clear to me that Lao Lin's discipline is not always effective."

"In any case, the slums and the lower city must be brought under Lungmen's jurisdiction, otherwise what happened today will surely happen again."

—————Penguin Logistics Headquarters · Staff Rest Area—————

"Aren't you guys worried about Yuuki at all?" Exusiai looked at Texas and Red. "They're a gang. Last time they ganged up on us, they sent 80 people."

"Yeah, yeah, and not to mention there are so many bombs, and it's been going on all night," Croissant chimed in.

When they saw Yuuki disappear, they wanted to go after her to settle scores, but Hong and Texas teamed up to bring them back.

Needless to say, Exusiai was no match for Texas to begin with, but when Croissant was brought back by Red, everyone was surprised, looking at Red riding Croissant.

"Mommy will be alright, Mommy will come back." Red looked at Exusiai and Croissant with a serious expression.

"Alright, put your minds at ease. If you're going to worry, you should be worried about whether any part of the lower city will be flooded."

Texas remained calm. She didn't think anything would happen to Yuuki, or rather, if something did happen to Yuuki, their presence would only result in more food being delivered.

"I'm back~" Xi Yue pushed open the door, looked at everyone who had turned to look at her, and asked with a light smile, "Good morning, are you all hungry? Shall I make some food?"

Chapter 69: Vacation? Hot Springs?

"Hey, Yuuki, you're back!" Exusiai rushed over to Yuuki as soon as she saw her walk in, patting her all over. "Are you alright?"

"Do I look like something's wrong?" Yuuki smiled and patted Exusiai's head. "Sorry to have worried you. I don't think you've eaten yet. What would you like to eat this morning?"

"Ouch." Xi Yue bent down and picked up Hong, who had bumped into her arms. "Hong, be good, didn't I tell you not to headbutt me? You little one, you're getting stronger and stronger."

“That’s right.” Croissant stroked her chin, looking at Red who was being held in Xiyue’s arms. “Last night, I even had to forcibly drag her back.”

"About this~" Yuzuki touched her red head, looked at Croissant and said with a smile, "It's probably better if we don't know~"

"Even though Yuuki herself dislikes riddle-makers, could you please be a little clearer about what you're saying?"

"I wasn't telling you a riddle. I was just seriously telling you not to ask." Yuzuki put Hong down and then turned to walk towards the kitchen. "More importantly, aren't you hungry after worrying all night?"

"So you knew too!" Exusiai looked at Yuuki. "You just ran off without saying a word, making us worry all night. So, to make it up to us, we'll have some dessert!"

"No way, dream on. You can't eat it in the morning." Yuuki immediately rejected Exusiai's suggestion. "But I can make you some afternoon tea in the evening or afternoon."

"Afternoon tea is fine too!" Exusiai nodded decisively. As long as Yuuki agreed to make desserts, that would be fine.

Texas sighed as she looked at Exusiai, whose mind was filled with thoughts of desserts, then looked at Yuuki and said, "Just make something simple, it's getting late."

"Okay~"

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"By the way, Yuuki, how are those idiots doing now?" Exusiai slurped up the last bite of noodles and turned to look at Yuuki. "Although I figured that since you're back, it should be considered resolved, right?"

“It’s resolved.” Xi Yue put down her bowl and chopsticks, then looked at Kong sitting next to her. “They were probably here to mess with me. I’m sorry to have dragged you into this.”

"No, no, it's okay." Sora seemed a little nervous, but Yuuki thought it was probably just that Sora hadn't recovered from the attack last night.

So, Yuuki reached out and touched Sora's head, wanting to offer some comfort.

"Uh huh~"

Texas looked at Yuuki, who was gently stroking Sora with a tender expression, and asked, "What did they say over there?"

Yuuki looked up at Texas: "What can they say?"

Texas looked at Yuuki and couldn't help but imagine the scene where Yuuki kicked open the door of either Lord Wei or the Rat King.

Well, Texas looked at Yuuki's face and couldn't make that mental imagery no matter what she tried. It was a case of "no corresponding resources in her mind, so the rendering failed."

So the situation is that either Lord Wei or the Rat King didn't dare to go over there at all. No, the Rat King should still have to go over there, at least to see how Xi Yue was feeling at the time.

After all, the matter occurred in the Lower City, and the Rat King had a duty to supervise it; otherwise, there would have been no need to stage a show of establishing his authority during Requiem Night.

That scene was meant to tell everyone watching not to cause trouble in the Lower City or the slums, because the Rat King's gang is always watching.

This is why Yuuki's subsequent free clinic activities went relatively smoothly. No one caused trouble? Impossible. From the very beginning, it was wishful thinking to think that no one would cause trouble.

There must be a lot of people causing trouble behind the scenes, so why didn't Xiyue see those people, or why didn't they appear at the free clinic?

But it's quite obvious that it was the Rat King's people who were maintaining order and ensuring the smooth progress of the free clinic.

Whatever the cause of this incident, whatever the agreement reached between Lord Wei, the Emperor, and the Rat King.

Therefore, all the Rat King needed to do was maintain the smooth operation of the free clinic, and this was undoubtedly a failure.

Therefore, in any case, the Rat King should come and apologize to Xiyue.

Just as Texas was still pondering, the door was pushed open, and the Emperor walked in with Is. Looking at Yuuki, he called out, "I heard Yuuki, you weren't in a good mood last night. Old Wei and the others must have been quite frightened, right? Did they fall off their chairs?"

Is looked down at the Emperor. He wasn't sure if Lord Wei had fallen off the chair, but he knew very well that the Emperor had fallen off the chair.

The Emperor sensed Is's gaze, so he looked up at Is, his eyes seeming to say, "If you dare to tell anyone, you're dead."

"It was just a small matter, and I've already resolved it." Xi Yue smiled at the Emperor. "I also had some friendly discussions with the Rat King."

"That's good." The Emperor nodded. Of course he knew what Xi Yue and Old Lin had talked about, otherwise why would he only come back now?

It's because he had an emergency meeting with Lao Lin and Lao Wei to discuss what to do next that he's only getting back now.

The Emperor's gaze swept over the crowd: "Also, I have an announcement to make. With the year-end approaching, our business is slow, so I have decided..."

The Emperor drew out his words, and everyone turned their attention to him.

"I've decided that we're going on vacation and having a team-building activity!"

Upon hearing this, the Texas group began to clap in unison, and Yuuki smiled and clapped along in support.

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"Soaking in a hot spring?" Yuuki looked at the tablet that Is had just handed to everyone with a strange expression.

The tablet displayed the destination for this team building activity: a hot spring resort located in a relatively stable and safe environment.

According to the information on the tablet, this hot spring resort is very popular, except that it is expensive and requires traversing through wilderness.

However, no matter how high their price was, it was not a problem for the Great Emperor, and the dangers on the wasteland were no problem for Xi Yue and the others.

What made Xiyue's expression strange was that the team building activity hadn't gone well, so sending her to a hot spring was a bit odd.

"Is there a problem?" Croissant looked at Yuzuki, her face full of excitement. "This is the hottest hot spring resort right now."

Exusiai, standing nearby, nodded repeatedly: "In such a cold winter, we should soak in a hot spring."

Yuzuki smiled helplessly: "Alright, alright, let's go to the hot springs. When do we leave?"

"Let's set off now. We should arrive there in three days. I've booked their entire resort for a whole week."

"Thank you, boss!!!"

"Long live the boss!!!"

"The old version of Qianqiu!!!"

"Very good, very good, praise me more!" The Emperor opened his arms, enjoying the praise from Exusiai and Croissant.

"Looks like I need to get my swimsuit ready." Yu Yue smiled at the two excited people. "A week off, huh? So, Your Majesty, you won't need me for the free clinic?"

"Pretty much. Someone wants to show off." The Emperor nodded. "And you should fade out of the spotlight."

"Phase two, huh? But isn't it a bit too fast? Even in the east of the city, guard posts have only just been set up yet?"

The Emperor smiled at Xi Yue: "Some people want to prove themselves and need to speed things up. It's a bit fast, but if you stay here, the Lungmen Guard Bureau may never be able to officially set foot in the slums."

"I understand. The next event is not a free clinic event that happened because of me, but a free clinic event conducted by the Konoe Bureau."

“Then I will look forward to it, to another guard post, or even the establishment of a branch office.” Xi Yue smiled and nodded, then turned and walked into the room.

"Hey, Texas." Exusiai, who had been listening to Yuuki and the Emperor's conversation, nudged Texas, who was standing next to her. "Did you understand what they were saying?"

Even though she listened to the whole thing, Exusiai was still completely confused. She could understand every single word they said, so why did she just be completely bewildered when they were put together?

"It's nothing. Go back and pack your things. The Emperor already said to get some rest." Texas took a Pocky stick out of her pocket, popped it into her mouth, and headed towards her room.

"I don't understand what you guys are talking about?" Exusiai sighed, shook her head helplessly, and then looked at Sora, who had just returned from making a phone call.

"So, did they approve your leave request?" Exusiai looked at Sora with a probing gaze. "If they didn't approve it, should we have the boss talk to him?"

After all, Sora doesn't actually belong entirely to Penguin Logistics; she has her own agency. As for why Sora came to Penguin Logistics and how the Emperor signed a contract with Sora's agency, Exusiai can't say for sure.

"No need to trouble the boss, they've already agreed." Sora said with relief. "After all, I just finished a concert and that incident happened, so the company readily gave me a long vacation."