Chapter 167 I'm Not Going
Isuzu feels a bit silly.
Akagi had walked back to the corner of the izakaya and sat back in his original seat.
Kaga was drinking, and Su Xia had to accompany him for a while. When he found Akagi had returned, he put down his glass and asked curiously, "What does Isuzu want to ask you?"
"She, she said," Akagi smiled, "she told me that in the group, everyone knows that the admiral has come to our pub, and someone will come to cause trouble soon. Then I won't be able to launch a surprise attack on the admiral, so she asked me to make plans early..."
"Uh..." Su Xia couldn't help complaining, "What..."
"Historically, the Akagi was the flagship that launched the attack on Pearl Harbor. Now everyone thinks I will do the same thing, a surprise attack on an admiral. It's not just me who can do a surprise attack on an admiral. We Japanese are the best at doing so." Akagi lowered his head, with his slender fingers resting on his temples. "Does everyone have any prejudice against us Japanese?"
Su Xia hesitated to speak.
Akagi glanced at Su Xia and said, "How can Mutsu's personal behavior be blamed on us Japanese people?"
"But it's understandable." Akagi said, "It's a national characteristic. The Yamato people love decisive battles the most. It's true that we are shipgirls, but we have inherited that spirit."
Su Xia could only say: "Island countries are poor in resources. No matter what they do, they can't afford to delay or lose. It's natural that they will eventually become fond of decisive battles."
"Yes, that's why." Akagi said, "I like decisive battles, there's nothing I can do about it, but it's different now... The American system is really too strong, with more people and more wedding ships. The British system is also a behemoth, and we Japanese can't resist it."
Akagi narrowed his eyes and suddenly realized: "If we Japanese want to win the final victory, it seems that we can only choose to surprise attack the admiral?"
"Uh..." Su Xia responded, but thought that since Chicheng said it openly, he must be joking. Who knows, everything is possible, Chicheng is not an ordinary person. Don't be afraid, he laughed, "I really don't understand, what victory or not, you are fighting here?"
"It's not a war, but it's not bad either." Akagi tilted his head, "Because love is war!"
“Hmm…”
"An admiral is just one, isn't he?" Akagi said.
Su Xia was silent for a moment. He thought of that sentence and opened his mouth, but he couldn't say it. It felt too shameless.
"What did the admiral want to say just now?" Akagi asked.
"nothing."
"Are you embarrassed to say it?" Akagi said, "If the admiral doesn't say it, then we can only guess what the admiral wanted to say just now."
Akagi blinked mischievously and said to himself, "Admiral, did you want to say..."
"Nothing..." Su Xia could only speak, otherwise Akagi might guess something, "I just want to say that there is no need to fight. What is there to fight for? I... I love everyone fairly, my ship girl."
Kaga finished his drink, leaned against the window, put his arm on the windowsill, and interrupted: "Admiral, you really have the nerve to say that, you occupy so many ship girls by yourself, and you have the audacity to love everyone fairly."
Su Xia lowered his head, he was embarrassed.
"Absolute fairness is unfair." Akagi said.
Su Xia didn't say anything and just ate.
"I want to eat fried shrimp." Akagi said suddenly.
Su Xia glanced at Akagi. The Akagi in the game had become younger, from a big sister to a little sister, but this was Akagi the Red Princess. He looked again and found the plate in front of him. There were only two fried shrimp tempura in the plate. Of course he knew that Akagi didn't want to eat the fried shrimp, but wanted him to feed her.
Su Xia hesitated for a moment. To be honest, he had always wanted to feed Akagi. He hesitated for a moment and then took a fried shrimp and put it in front of Akagi. He watched Akagi gently lift her hair and put it behind her ears, open her mouth, and gently bite the fried shrimp with her white teeth...
Su Xia withdrew her hand, her face calm, the only thought in her heart was that it felt so good to feed Akagi.
Akagi finished eating the fried shrimp and said, "Admiral, have you ever eaten this fried shrimp?"
"have eaten."
“How does it taste?”
"Very good." Su Xia said , another meaningless compliment.
He made up his mind that when he could go online, he would look for some food comics and memorize the comments of gourmets on food, something like - the surface of this piece of tiger skin braised pork is golden brown, the lean meat is crispy and tender but not dry, and the fat is tender but not greasy. It is truly an excellent dish.
"This should be... done by Mutsu." Akagi said, "Don't be fooled by Mutsu's appearance. She knows everything and is definitely a qualified wife."
"What do you mean? Don't look at Mutsu's look... I don't think there is anything wrong with Mutsu. I believe her." Su Xia said.
Akagi smiled and said without explaining anything, "Because elder sister Nagato is more... carefree? The younger sister must take on the responsibility of taking care of the family. Over time, she will know everything."
Akagi continued, "But if we really talk about cooking skills, Mutsu is... not as good as me."
"Akagi, can you cook?" Su Xia was surprised. He didn't know much about Akagi's cooking ability. He only knew that she could eat too much.
"Admiral, don't underestimate me." Akagi nodded, " No matter what the Admiral wants to eat, I can probably make it."
“So powerful?”
"I can testify that Akagi's cooking skills are amazing, but..." Kaga said, "When cooking, she would taste it, and then taste it again, and when it was time to serve, there would only be a little left. While wrapping the rice balls, she would eat the rice balls, and in the end, only the last one she wrapped would be left..."
Because the admiral was there, Kaga accidentally drank a little too much and was a little tipsy. She leaned on the windowsill, her arms hanging out of the window and shaking, and said: "Then, I worked so hard on myself that I ate the last rice ball. It's very difficult to eat what she made."
Is this okay? Su Xia looked at Akagi, only to see that Akagi had no shame at all. He could even argue: "The food is made to be eaten, so it doesn't matter when you eat it, right?"
Su Xia really didn't know how much to say.
Akagi knew something after all, and was a little embarrassed, so he changed the subject: "Speaking of which, I am confident that I can participate in the Admiral's cafeteria reform plan. But rather than participating in the competition, I would rather be a referee, where I can eat whatever I want."
Akagi asked: "Admiral, can I apply to be a referee?"
"No problem." Su Xia said. In fact, he had not yet figured out how the cooking competition should be judged. Would everyone in the garrison vote, or would it be a judging system? The highest score, the lowest score, would be taken, and the average score would be calculated.
"By the way, the Admiral went to the Chinese restaurant during the day?" Akagi suddenly asked.
"Yes." Su Xia replied.
"Call Yukikaze over as well," said Akagi.
"It's not Xuefeng, it's Danyang." Su Xia corrected.
"Yes, it's Danyang now." Chicheng said, "I'm used to calling it that, and I can't change it all of a sudden."
Su Xia didn't know whether he should insist that everyone call Danyang instead of Xuefeng. Xuefeng was too famous. Apart from the Japanese, other people were used to calling him that. Sometimes he even subconsciously wanted to call him Xuefeng.
"Admiral, is he going to the Chinese restaurant to have fun or to gather opinions?" Akagi asked.
"Look at everyone and collect some opinions." Su Xia said, "Just like coming to the pub tonight, look at everyone and collect some opinions."
Su Xia looked around. This izakaya was much bigger than the Chinese restaurant.
"As for opinions, I don't know even if you ask me." Akagi said, "Shinano will only run the business step by step. I think Mutsu is mainly responsible for the management of the izakaya. You should ask her."
Akagi waved to the distance, called Isuzu who was eating rice crust and watching the tablet at the bar, and asked, "Is the food I just ordered not ready yet?"
"No."
"Mutsu is in the kitchen, right? Go and ask her to prepare the food. Come over here, I have something to ask."
"good."
Akagi hesitated, wondering whether to call Shinano and Fuso over. If they were at the pub, he would call them. There was no need to call them from home, as there would be plenty of opportunities in the future. And calling everyone over at once would only make things look messy.
"Shokaku, call Shokaku and ask her to come over." Shokaku was in the pub, so there was no problem. Akagi thought for a moment and said, "Let's leave it at that for now."
Isuzu walked away and came to the table where Shokaku and Zuikaku were sitting.
He turned his grief and anger into appetite. Even though he had a full dinner and even had eaten a lot not long ago, Zuikaku ate another charcoal-grilled saury and a portion of grilled squid, but still felt unsatisfied.
Zuikaku had been paying attention to the corner of the izakaya, watching someone happily chatting with Akagi and Kaga, and even fed Akagi at one point, feeling very unhappy. Seeing Isuzu finish her conversation with Akagi and walk towards them, she drank beer and asked, "Isuzu, why are you here? Do you have any advice?"
"Akagi asked me to come over and call you over."
"What are you calling us over for?" Zuikaku asked, thinking, are you asking them to show off their power over there?
No, Zuikaku saw it. The admiral was looking at her. It must have been the admiral who asked Akagi to call her over. The admiral always remembered her.
Zuikaku was about to stand up.
"No." Isuzu remembered, "Akagi just called Shokaku over and said he had something to say."
"Call me?" Shokaku was surprised. She didn't know what she had that required Akagi to call her. "What is it?"
"I don't know what happened." Isuzu said, "Just go over there."
Isuzu left and went to the kitchen to urge Mutsu, that slut.
Shokaku watched his sister eat with her head down.
Just as she was about to leave, she was told that it had nothing to do with her. As a sister, she knew exactly how her sister felt. Shokaku said, "Zuihe, let's go."
"Go ahead." Zuikaku said, "You didn't call me, what would I do there?"
"Let's go together." Shokaku said, "It's okay."
"No." Zuikaku said bluntly, standing up and saying, "I'm going to see Taiho and watch her write a novel."
My sister left.
There was no choice, Shokaku had to go alone.
