Chapter 618: A Short Sit
At six o'clock in the afternoon, I went to the cafeteria of the KanColle headquarters for lunch. It was after seven o'clock when I finished eating. It was already half past seven when I returned to my residence. After taking a rest, taking a shower and changing clothes, it was already after eight o'clock.
Su Xia originally wanted to go out for a walk, but suddenly he didn't want to go out anymore. The reason was simple. He wasn't interested in drinking or sunbathing the boat. Of course, doing it for fun was another matter. The most important thing was -
"Admiral, aren't you going out to dry the boats?" Missouri was eager to try. She had never been a content person. It's not that she didn't mind, but she was very happy to accompany Su Xia to perform a good show again and again.
"No need." Su Xia was watching a scary horror movie while holding a big bluefin tuna. It was the same, so it didn't matter what the boat was exposed to.
Su Xia never watches horror movies or plays horror games. To be honest, she is a little afraid of those things. But after watching it today, she felt that it was just so-so. Maybe it’s because she has grown up now, and that horror movie was made in China. Not only was the makeup ugly, but the plot was really weird.
He was not afraid, but the little bluefin tuna was afraid and hugged his waist tightly. She was obviously very scared, but she had to watch a horror movie. What kind of spirit was this?
Su Xia found that Archerfish was always looking at his phone. He was sure that Archerfish was afraid of horror movies. It seems that no matter how outstanding the figure is, a submarine is a submarine and a loli is a loli.
"Don't archerfish like watching horror movies?" Su Xia felt that the opportunity had come.
Archerfish had been trying to concentrate on his phone, trying to avoid the scary sound coming from the TV, but when he heard Su Xia's voice, he was stunned for a moment before reacting and quickly said, "Ah, that, I like it."
If she said she didn't like it, the admiral would definitely change the program, and then the bluefin tuna would be disappointed. Archerfish has always been good at thinking for others, especially when that person is her sister. Although they have a small shark-class submarine and a whitefish-class submarine, they are not sisters strictly speaking, and she is more like a sister.
"Then why are you always looking at your phone?" Su Xia asked.
"See what everyone is saying in the group." Archerfish put away his phone.
Su Xia didn't say much, but just waved at Archerfish, motioning her to sit next to him.
Archerfish hesitated for a moment this time and sat down next to Su Xia. As long as there is an admiral, there is nothing to fear from demons and monsters.
Su Xia held the big bluefin tuna in one hand, which was now sleeping on his lap, and held the archerfish in the other hand, completely forgetting his afternoon plan to go out for a walk in the evening.
Su Xia just wanted to watch TV with the two lolis, but things did not go as she wished.
There was a sudden knock on the door.
Su Xia didn't want to move, but the problem was that someone was knocking on the door looking for someone, and the only person who could be looking for him was the admiral. He had no choice but to let go of the two lolis. As he got up from the sofa, the bluefin tuna immediately hugged the archerfish, walked slowly through the hallway in slippers, opened the door and saw a person he had never expected - Qu Qi.
"Qu Qi?" Su Xia shouted, "How did you know I was here?"
Qu Qi replied: "I heard from Ella that you were here, so I came to visit."
"You are here to participate in the operation to suppress the Deep Sea Taiho." Su Xia said. He didn't know much about Qu Qi's garrison, but he thought that the other party appeared at the Ship Girl Headquarters at this time, and his purpose was probably only this.
"Just joining in the fun." Qu Qi said.
"Are you alone?" Su Xia asked, "Didn't Shang Chu come?"
He was quite concerned about the first admiral he got to know in this world, their garrison, exercises, exchanges, and trade.
In his impression, Shang Chu's tutelary fort was only average in strength. As her friend, Qu Qi's tutelary fort should be on par with hers, otherwise they can't be friends. With Qu Qi here, Shang Chu should be fine. Thinking about it again, he and she are still friends, and there is indeed a little difference between their tutelary forts.
Qu Qi replied: "She has other things to do. She doesn't want to come."
"Oh." Su Xia responded. Now he just wanted to hug the bluefin tuna and the archerfish and watch a horror movie. Of course, out of politeness, he could not show any sign of impatience.
"It's a rare opportunity for you to come to the KanColle headquarters, Admiral Su, aren't you planning to go out for a walk?" Qu Qi asked.
As an admiral, he spends most of his life in the garrison. Although there are shipgirls who can provide communication, shipgirls are family members, and a person needs friends in addition to family members. Most admirals go out to the shipgirl headquarters and always go to bars or cafes to chat with others, which is just right for exchanging various intelligence.
"From taking the cruise ship early in the morning until arriving at the KanColle headquarters in the afternoon..." Su Xia twisted her neck, "I'm a little tired."
"That's it," Qu Qi said, "I won't disturb Admiral Su's rest."
I didn't think much about it before, but now I think about it, the two of us are not too familiar with each other, but Qu Qi took the initiative to visit, there must be something, Su Xia asked: "What does Qu Qi want to talk to me about?"
Su Xia set a bottom line for himself: if there is nothing to do, then he can slack off, but if there is something to do, he must not slack off at all.
"It's okay." Qu Qi paused, "It's not a big deal. Let's talk about it tomorrow."
"I am really tired." Su Xia said. She just said she was tired. She couldn't go back on her word so quickly. She had to keep her face. "It won't have a big impact. It won't hurt anything... Tell me what's the matter. If you say half a word like that, I won't be able to sleep all night."
"Okay." Qu Qi said, "Sorry to bother Admiral Su then."
Su Xia turned around and looked into the room, then said, "Come in and sit down. We can talk slowly if you have anything to say."
"Let's go out for a walk." Qu Qi tilted her head, her short hair hanging down, "Bar?"
"good."
Su Xia went back to the living room and said something to everyone, then left with Qu Qi and prepared to go to the bar.
They had a brief chat on the way to the bar, and after sitting inside and having a glass of wine, Su Xia knew why Qu Qi was looking for him.
Shang Chu had bought a lot of equipment from his garrison before, and he had invited Qu Qi to participate in the exercise right after the goods arrived, showing off a lot. This was a coincidence, wasn't it? She wanted to find out from him what else his garrison had for sale and what the price was.
The admirals take care of each other, and there is no circle more united than the admirals, but even brothers have to settle accounts clearly.
When the third glass of wine was finished, the two men finalized their intention to trade equipment. Of course, it was preliminary and the details still needed to be discussed.
Leaving aside the ship girls, Su Xia was communicating on the transaction with other admirals alone. To be honest, she was a little nervous, afraid that something might go wrong.
Now that there was nothing to do, Su Xia relaxed and leaned back in her chair. Thinking of the incoherent conversation with Qu Qi in the admiral group not long ago, she asked curiously, "Qu Qi, I suddenly wanted to ask you, why did you suddenly disappear when we were chatting in the admiral group last time?"
Qu Qi hesitated for a second before finally saying, "Something happened to me suddenly."
"Oh." Su Xia nodded, "Did you gain anything?"
"I didn't build it." Qu Qi said.
Su Xia remembered that Qu Qi had said that she had not built anything, and asked again: "What about Shang Chu?"
"It shouldn't be that great." Qu Qi held her chin with one hand and held the rim of the wine glass with the other hand, shaking it gently. The dim light shone on her body, and her facial features immediately became three-dimensional. All the flaws on her skin were covered up. She was really a handsome beauty. "Because you didn't show off to me afterwards."
Su Xia smiled. He could fully understand Shang Chu's behavior pattern. There would be no gain without showing off.
"I did gain something." Su Xia said. Although he always said that he didn't like to show off, as a common man he really couldn't refuse, especially since he gained the invincible and powerful Royal Navy G3-class battlecruiser, and her figure and appearance were exactly what he wanted. He couldn't wait to share his feelings with more people.
Su Xia waited for Qu Qi to ask a question so that he could say something, but after waiting for a long time and Qu Qi said nothing, he was ready to speak.
"Admiral Su, do you know the admiral here?" Qu Qi suddenly asked.
Su Xia immediately forgot about showing off his invincibility. He looked around. He knew quite a few admirals now, but he didn't know almost all of them in the bar. He shook his head and replied, "No."
"These are all powerful admirals, rarely seen at other times. The main reason they all appear here today is because of the Deepsea Taiho." Qu Qi said.
"Did you see the man drinking by the window?" Qu Qi finished the remaining wine in the glass.
Su Xia followed Qu Qi's line of sight and saw an old man with gray hair and beard. Although he was an old man, he did not look old or weak at all. He felt that under his uniform he must have solid muscles and could use a spear gun to kill a giant shark.
"He has been the admiral for forty years." Qu Qi said, "Through the accumulation of experience over the years, he has a powerful garrison, a powerful fleet, and an entire main fleet that has been transformed."
"He is really old, but he is still strong and can still dunk on young admirals in basketball. If it weren't for his completely white hair and beard, it seems that time has left no trace on him and he is still in his prime." Qu Qi said, "For this reason, many people suspect that once a person becomes an admiral and receives the blessing of the sea, he will not age."
"In fact," Qu Qi said, "until now, no admiral has died of old age. They just retired or retired, as if they suddenly knew their fate and disappeared from people's sight with their ship girls. They never appeared again and no one could contact them."
"I don't know what my destiny is..." Qu Qi shook her head. "Let's not talk about this. Look at the admiral who is eating pasta... Can you see anything?"
"I can't see anything." Su Xia observed for a long time. He was just an ordinary admiral. He was quite handsome, which was not special. "Any questions?"
"Pay attention to his shadow." Qu Qi reminded.
Su Xia stared at the admiral's shadow, and there was nothing unusual. He looked at it again, and the shadow seemed to become distorted, like a ball of... human-shaped spaghetti. He suspected that he had seen it wrong, and rubbed his eyes. The human-shaped spaghetti disappeared, leaving only an ordinary human figure.
"It seemed like I saw something, but it also seemed like I saw nothing." Su Xia said.
"Believe in yourself, you are not mistaken." Qu Qi said, "Perhaps you can also pay more attention to Shang Chu, her shadow."
"Is there anything special about her shadow?" Su Xia asked.
Qu Qi shook her head and smiled without saying anything.
The door of the bar was suddenly pushed open, and a white-haired girl walked in. She was dressed quite revealingly, with her black leather jacket zipped up to her chest, revealing her underwear.
"Admiral Su, don't talk to me from now on." Qu Qi said this and lowered his head.
Su Xia wanted to ask why, but just as she opened her mouth, she remembered Qu Qi's words and closed it again.
Su Xia looked at the white-haired girl, only to see her looking around. Her eyes fell on him, perhaps because he had been looking at her, and then moved to Qu Qi who had buried her head on the table.
"Ah, Cookie, when did you come? Why didn't you tell me?" The white-haired girl ran over.
Qu Qi raised her head helplessly, her mouth twitching visibly, and said, "Nina, why are you here?"
The white-haired girl puffed out her chest with pride and said, "How can we suppress the Deep Sea Taiho without our tutelary fort?"
Su Xia looked at the white-haired girl. She had white hair and a foreign face, but she spoke Chinese fluently, which made people feel very strange.
Qu Qi noticed that Su Xia was looking at the white-haired girl with a strange gaze, so he rubbed his forehead and said, "Nina Vladimir... No, Nina Vladimirovich... It doesn't seem right either. The name is too long and I can't remember it."
The white-haired girl raised her hand high and shouted, "Cookie, you are really too much. You can't even remember the name of your best friend."
"Sorry, sorry." Qu Qi said. She was really ashamed, but the other person's name was too long.
"Chu Chu, yes, you too. Is a name so hard to remember?" said the white-haired girl unhappily.
"I'll remember it next time." Qu Qi said in a perfunctory tone. She was even unwilling to ask the girl's name and then write it down.
"Nina, just call her Nina." Qu Qi glanced at Su Xia and then at the white-haired girl, "Don't look at her appearance... Anyway, she is Russian. She came here from my grandfather's generation. Apart from the difference in appearance, her speech and living habits are no different from ours."
Qu Qi looked at Su Xia and said, "Su Xia, Admiral Su." The introduction was quite simple.
Nina sat down without hesitation, held her chin with both hands, looked at Su Xia, and said, "Hello, Admiral Su."
"Hello." Su Xia said.
Qu Qi was not as unscrupulous as Shang Chu, who loved to dig holes and wait for people to fall into them. She specifically reminded: "Nina, let me tell you, Admiral Su's garrison is very strong." She didn't know much about Su Xia's garrison.
Su Xia noticed that Nina's eyes lit up as she looked at him.
