Chapter 661: Paying Homage
Su Xia stood alone in the corridor outside the house, watching everyone leave, but he could do nothing. He was already getting impatient and was ready to go back to the house to urge Mutsu and Nagato. Just as he walked into the living room, he heard the door being pushed open, and saw Mutsu and Nagato coming out after changing their clothes and putting on makeup.
Su Xia looked at Mutsu. Her long burgundy hair was tied up, and she wore a black hat decorated with a pink bow. Her lips were painted with bright lipstick, which matched her dress perfectly. He couldn't tell whether her dress was a kimono or not. It seemed that she wore a red wide-sleeved jacket over a white kimono, black gloves holding a white umbrella, and a pair of thick-soled shoes.
Look at Nagato again. She was wearing a white haori with a blue hakama, which made her look like a men's kimono. She also had a blue coat with white edges on the outside and a pair of wooden clogs on her feet.
"What do you think, Admiral?" Mutsu noticed that Su Xia's eyes were moving between her and her sister. She was very confident in her choice, "All the waiting is worth it."
Su Xia looked at Mutsu holding Nagato's arm, ignoring Nagato's beautiful feminine appearance and towering breasts. The golden boy and jade girl made him feel ashamed. In comparison, he was only worthy of walking behind them. He smiled and said, "Give me a knife. I will be the bodyguard of the master and the lady tonight."
"Go get it yourself." Mutsu waved his hand.
As members of the Japanese family, Nagato and Mutsu naturally collected many samurai swords at home. Su Xia really ran over to grab a samurai sword and hugged it. The samurai sword was originally placed on the TV cabinet as a decoration. It was a real sword, at most it was not sharpened, and said, "Okay, let's go."
"Why are you walking?" Mutsu glared at Su Xia, "Put down the knife. Are you really out of breath just because I told you you're fat?"
"Take the knife with you to the shrine, and be careful that Ise and Hinata may drive you out." Mutsu continued.
Su Xia put down the samurai sword. He was just joking.
"Hmm..." Mutsu narrowed his eyes and suddenly said, "Is the Admiral jealous?"
"What are you jealous of?" Su Xia asked puzzledly.
"Jealous sister." Mutsu looked at her sister. Nagato was a girl, but she was also really heroic.
Su Xia looked at Mutsu holding Nagato's arm. Nagato definitely looked more suitable for Mutsu than he and him. He faced his own heart. As the two of them became more intimate, he had already regarded Mutsu as hers. He inexplicably felt that Mutsu was taken away by Nagato. He said with a smile: "It seems true. I am a little jealous of Nagato."
"What man would be jealous of his wife?" Mutsu was his wedding ship, and Nagato was of course also his wedding ship.
"That's right." Su Xia knew this, and he said innocently, "I'm just jealous."
"I have a way to make the admiral stop being jealous of his sister." Mutsu said suddenly.
"What method?" Su Xia asked.
"Just push my sister down, Admiral." Mutsu was originally a slut, and now he is even more experienced, so he speaks without restraint, "Push my sister down, and then no matter how handsome my sister is, when I think of her enjoying herself under me, when I think of her sitting on the bed with her head down and looking pitiful, I will definitely not be jealous."
"No." Mutsu subconsciously raised his hand and bit his knuckles gently. "Think about it, if it was the admiral and my sister, I think the one begging for mercy should be the admiral."
"What a joke, how could I be the one begging for mercy." Su Xia said unconvinced. As a man, you must not be looked down upon in certain aspects. In any case, doing that ten times a night is not something a human can do.
Mutsu rolled his eyes and said excitedly, "Want to try?"
"Do you think I don't know what you're thinking?" Su Xia glanced at Mutsu. Mutsu was a bitch, but also a good sister who took care of her. It was rare to find a sister who would take care of her in the garrison. "But I really want to see the handsome Nagato begging for mercy."
He had already ended his status and accepted the fact that he had nearly two hundred wedding ships.
"No, it's not Nagato, it's Nagamo." Su Xia thought of Nagato's portrait in the game. Whether it was before or after the modification, the portrait of Nagato was too cute. It was mainly because of the contrast.
Nagato had been standing by and didn't say anything. Seeing the two people talking more and more, she said, "I just want to ask, how long are you going to talk? It's less than ten minutes until midnight."
Mutsu tilted his head, looking a little naive.
"Then hurry up and leave." Mutsu reacted.
The naval base is located on a small island in the sea. The entire naval base covers a very small area, which is of course enough for everyone's daily life, including work. From the Japanese residential area, pass the work area to the mountainside, and then climb halfway up the mountain. The shrine is located halfway up the mountain. It is enough to walk in ten minutes at a fast pace.
Arrived at the entrance of the shrine.
Although it was late at night, the shrine was lit up everywhere, including the steps leading to the mountain, so it did not affect everyone's activities at all.
The shrine is located halfway up the mountain, and it is quite troublesome to climb up. It is not used for anything other than worship, and even the children playing hide-and-seek did not come here. It is rare to see tourists on ordinary days, but it became particularly lively tonight. In addition to all the Japanese department members, there are also many people from other departments who came here to join in the fun.
“You can’t walk in the middle of the torii gate.”
As a former Japanese fan, Xin Lai certainly would not miss Hatsumode. She was educating her good friend about fireflies.
"Why?" The firefly was wrapped tightly, wearing fluffy earmuffs and big gloves. Not to mention that the temperature was actually not that bad now, even if there was heavy snow, it would not matter.
Xinlai explained: "The middle of the torii gate is not for people to walk in."
"But I'm not a human." Firefly said, "I'm a ship girl, the spirit and hero of the battleship."
"That's for God to take away." Xinlai explained patiently.
"I heard from the admiral that there are eight million gods in Japan. As long as there is a spirit, it is a god." Firefly said, "So our ship girl is also a god, so we can go too."
Shinrai thought about it and realized that as a ship girl with power beyond that of humans, she could be considered a god in the eyes of the Japanese.
"I don't know how to tell you." Xinlai felt a little pain in his head.
"Go ahead. You can go any way you want." Xinlai gave up. She believed in red now anyway.
"Forget it." Firefly said. She was just arguing. If possible, she would rather believe it.
Boom boom boom——
The New Year's Eve bells kept ringing.
Su Xia, Mutsu and Nagato stood under a lush tree with ropes wrapped around it. He took out his cell phone to check the time. There were still dozens of seconds until midnight, and nothing could be done since it was not yet New Year.
"The admiral is here." Akagi was wearing an orange wide-sleeved kimono today.
Akagi noticed that Mutsu was hugging Su Xia's arm tightly, and she smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mutsu, I'm not competing with you for the admiral position, I just came over to say hello."
King Kong, who loves to make a lot of noise, is always the focus of everyone wherever he goes.
Su Xia saw a girl with short black hair standing among the four King Kong sisters.
"That's B65," said Su Xia.
B65, the first super-A battlecruiser.
B65 is actually a type of super cruiser designed by the Japanese Navy before World War II, also known as the super cruiser. According to the concept, the super cruiser will play a key role in the night combat force of the "fleet decisive battle" concept. It was originally planned to complete the construction work in the "Maru 5" plan of the Japanese Navy, but the plan was eventually aborted and remained only on paper, that is, a drawing ship.
The B65 in the game has not been modified, and its data can only be regarded as below average among battlecruisers. Although it has skills, the skills restore its historical design concept, and the flagship machine can only add bonuses to small and medium-sized ships and cannot be used by itself. Even as the flagship of small and medium-sized ships, its poor survivability is the most likely to become the shortcoming of the entire team.
"Is there any problem?" Mutsu followed Su Xia's line of sight to B65, "Kurohime is so cute in her yukata. I told her a long time ago that she doesn't look good in that kind of samurai uniform."
"B65 is a blueprint ship. It was never built in history, let alone named. She should not have had a name." Su Xia thought for a while and said, "I know that the names of Japanese heavy cruisers and battlecruisers are taken from the names of Japanese mountains. If B65 has a name, it must be a mountain name. I'm just curious why it is Kurohimeyama."
"I don't know even if you ask me." Mutsu replied, "You can go ask her."
"I'll ask you again when I have time." Mutsu said, "It's midnight, New Year's Day, I'm going to pay my respects... I guess the admiral hasn't forgotten the procedures for paying respects."
"I didn't forget." Su Xia recalled, "I remember washing my hands first."
"It's not as simple as washing your hands," said Mutsu. "You need to use a ladle to wash your hands and mouth at the hand-washing house. Use your right hand to hold a long-handled ladle to wash your left hand. Then use your left hand to hold a long-handled ladle to wash your right hand. Then return the long-handled ladle to your right hand and pour some clean water into the palm of your left hand to rinse your mouth..."
"It feels so troublesome." Su Xia said.
"It's no trouble at all," said Mutsu.
Before Mutsu could finish explaining the procedure of the shrine, midnight had already arrived. However, considering that there were quite a lot of people coming to participate in the Hatsumode today, there were quite a lot of Japanese people alone, and there were also quite a lot of people just joining in the fun, so they didn't know when it would be their turn.
Mutsu chattered on and on as he explained the entire process of the shrine.
Su Xia felt a little confused, as if he understood, but also as if he didn't understand. Suddenly he found that Nagato was looking at him.
"What does Nagato want to say?" Su Xia asked.
Nagato smiled and said, "Admiral, do you think Mutsu is a bit long-winded, like an old woman?"
"You've been a bit long-winded." Su Xia agreed with Nagato's words. Didn't he just suffer a loss?
"How am I being long-winded?" Mutsu said, "I said more because I'm afraid you won't understand."
"Sometimes it's like a child showing off." Nagato ignored Mutsu, and thought of his sister's usual behavior, feeling annoyed but excited. "I made something... tempura, yokan, or daifuku. They're always hanging around you. You have to eat them, and you have to wait to eat them."
"Indeed." Su Xia nodded, agreeing with him.
"Aren't you happy to eat delicious food I made for you?" Mutsu complained.
"Don't be fooled by her appearance. She seems very open-minded. She is actually very traditional. She can cook, do housework, take care of people... and is superstitious. You should have seen this now." Nagato said, "I tell you, she is actually quite old-fashioned. She doesn't like to use mobile phones, and she is not good at using them. No matter what electronic products she sees, she thinks they are amazing. She refuses to use them when you ask her to."
"I still like to watch short videos on my phone," Su Xia said. "I just like to believe those news like "You can't eat crabs and persimmons all the time" that only the elderly believe."
"I'm not like that." Mutsu said loudly, "I'm just listening nearby. If you guys are arguing about me, please be careful or at least hide where I'm not around. If you keep talking, I'll get angry."
"I can say that, too." Mutsu is not a girl who is easily bullied. "Admiral, don't look at my sister like that. She is actually a shy girl. It seems that today... or should I say yesterday, I told her yesterday that I invite you to join me in the first meditation and asked her if she was willing. In her heart, she was looking forward to it, but she just didn't want to admit it. It's up to you if you ask her."
"The Red and White Songs Contest had just ended ." Mutsu continued, "She kept saying to me, Mutsu, if you don't go find the admiral, someone else will grab him by the wayside, and then she'll get mad. She's obviously looking forward to it the most, but she doesn't dare to admit it, and she blames everything on me. You know I don't care. If the admiral breaks the appointment, I'll make it up next time. I'll definitely give him more, and I can even ask for more. I'm just worried that she'll be disappointed."
Nagato listened to Mutsu talking about her. She covered her ears. As long as she didn't hear anything, nothing happened. She thought that covering one's ears to steal a bell was not the same thing. She surrendered and said, "Okay, Mutsu, stop talking. I'm afraid of you... It's almost time. Go prepare to clean up and then go to the shrine."
Mutsu snorted softly. After all, Nagato was her sister, so she could only choose to forgive her.
Anyway, Su Xia follows Mutsu, and he does whatever she does.
First, cleansing is an indispensable step. The ritual of cleansing can purify the body and mind of mortals, so that they can enter and exit the so-called realm of God.
Entering the shrine is relatively simple. Just don't walk on the middle road after you arrive at the temple. That is the place reserved for the invisible gods. Just walk to the side. Don't make loud noises when you arrive at the shrine. Doing so will not only show your poor quality, but also disrespect for the gods.
The core of Hatsumode is to pay homage. When paying homage, you have to add incense money to the shrine, which is called the custom of offering money, then bow twice, clap twice, bow once, and finally make a wish. This step is quite complicated, and there are many people paying homage today, so you have to wait in line.
Su Xia cares more about the people who come to worship than the visitors.
Danyang looks so cute in her blue kimono while worshipping diligently.
Her long pink
All in all, the pilgrimage was finally over and it was almost over.
"What wish did the admiral make?" asked Mutsu.
"I can't say it. It won't work if I say it." Su Xia thought to himself. He always wished everyone peace and safety and a smooth journey.
The first part of the journey is over, what to do next?
