Chapter 662: A Feint

If possible, Su Xia would go to bed early most of the time, basically going to bed before twelve o'clock, playing with her mobile phone for a while and then getting ready for bed, but most of the time this is not possible.

Looking at the time, it was almost one in the morning, which was not early for Su Xia. He looked around and saw that some people had already walked down the steps and left the shrine. He said, "Is the worship done now? Is there anything else to do? Or are we just going back like this?"

"Admiral, you can't wait any longer?" Mutsu said, and her words sounded meaningful.

Su Xia pretended to be stupid and said, "I'm a little sleepy."

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Mutsu said, "I still have the fortune sticks and ema, but I haven't bought the amulets and the magic-breaking arrows yet."

"Are there still so many things to do?" Su Xia said. He was not sure whether he could go to bed before two o'clock.

"Admiral, please pay attention." Mutsu said, "Didn't you notice that Shirayuki is working as a shrine maiden? That's the shrine maiden Shirayuki. And there's Shikiba, and there's Taiho."

"Even if you say that, I'm sleepy." Su Xia had no expression on her face. "What I mean is, since you promised Mutsu, you have to keep your word."

"hehe."

Everyone came to the stall selling fortune sticks. The one in charge of the fortune sticks was Daiho. Her long pink hair was not tied into two ponytails as usual, but simply tied up with a white cloth strip. She was wearing a shrine maiden costume, which seemed to show off her figure.

Mutsu first draws the fortune stick and puts coins into the money box next to the fortune stick tube. Then he picks up the fortune stick tube and shakes it while making a wish. He picks up the shaken fortune stick and gives it to Daiho, who is responsible for taking out the fortune stick corresponding to the number.

"How is it?" Su Xia asked.

Mutsu replied: "Stable as always."

Su Xia knew what Mutsu had drawn, and he couldn't help laughing. He just laughed and thought that it was impolite to laugh at someone who was unlucky. He held it in for a long time and uttered a few words as a consolation: "My condolences."

"It's okay, I'm used to it." Mutsu shrugged.

Next it was Nagato's turn to draw the oracle, and she drew Kokichi. Unlike Mutsu who blew himself up, the historical Nagato lived well until after the war. Although she inevitably participated in Operation Crossroads, as a ship girl, Nagato had quite good luck.

Su Xia followed Mutsu's example and drew a fortune stick and gave it to Daiho. Soon after, he got his own fortune stick.

"How is it?" Taiho didn't care about other people's fortunes, but the admiral's fortune was different.

"Good luck." Su Xia was very proud.

"Let me take a look." Dafeng was standing behind the stall and it was inconvenient for her to go around to Su Xia in front of the stall, so she could only worry.

Su Xia handed the fortune stick to Da Feng and asked casually, "Has Da Feng ever drawn a fortune stick?"

Su Xia noticed that he was glared at, and thought that Da Feng must have hit him, and the result was not very good.

"Admiral, can you understand those words?" Dafeng asked, "Do you need me to help you interpret the fortune?"

The fortune slips are written in Japanese. Although there are many Chinese characters, the difference between Japanese and Chinese characters is sometimes quite large. For example, the meaning of "大丈夫" is actually "it doesn't matter". There are also many hiragana characters. Su Xia was not confident and said honestly: "If I guess, I can guess most of it... No, I can still guess about three or four."

"After studying Japanese for so long, is this all you can guess?" Dafeng complained.

"I was a little lazy before, I will work hard in the future." Su Xia said, "Please ask Dafeng to teach me."

Dafeng looked innocent, but everyone knew that she once worked with Beizhai to create pornographic books. Even if she was not an old driver, she was not far away, not to mention that she was already a talented young lady writer. She knew what Su Xia meant, and her pretty face suddenly flushed, but it was not too noticeable under the warm yellow light.

"The miko Taiho is so cute." Su Xia said, "I like the miko Taiho."

"This is a shrine." Dafeng was embarrassed and could only avoid the question.

Su Xia laughed, saying that superstition could not eat the witch.

"The admiral actually drew a very lucky number? I don't usually see how lucky the admiral is." Mutsu came over and said, "If you draw a bad number, you have to tie it to the shrine to ward off disasters and misfortunes. I will tie the divine number to the shrine. If it's a good number, you can take it home to increase your good luck."

"Even lucky lots can be tied to the shrine." As a shrine maiden, Taiho undoubtedly knows more than Mutsu, "Tying it to the shrine can remind the gods to help make your wishes come true."

"Then let's tie it inside the shrine," Su Xia said, "I'm afraid I'll lose it if I take it home."

"The fortune sticks are the gods' advice to the petitioners. As long as you pray sincerely, you can take them home or leave them at the shrine. It's all up to your preference," Taiho said. "The fortune sticks are not considered amulets, so don't worry if you accidentally lose them when you take them home."

"Let's just forget it." Su Xia insisted.

After drawing lots, under the leadership of Mutsu, everyone came to the stall selling amulets. The shrine maiden in charge of selling amulets was Shirayuki, who looked more like a shrine maiden than anyone else in her shrine maiden costume. As for Fubuki, she was just there to join in the fun.

"Sister Nagato, Sister Mutsu, and Admiral, what do ?" Bai Xue smiled gently.

"Admiral, come here." Fubuki waved at Su Xia, and when Su Xia walked to her stall, she suddenly spread her hands and said, "Clang, clang, clang, this is the amulet I prepared specially for the admiral."

"Can we prepare a special amulet?" Su Xia asked.

"Why not?" Fubuki said as a matter of course.

"Okay." Su Xia picked up the amulets from the box on the counter, which were said to be specially prepared for him by Fubuki. One of them had "Dajian will win" written on it, and the other had "100% salvage". It looked like it was really amulet specially prepared for him as the admiral, and no one in the garrison could use it except him.

Fubuki leaned her elbows on the counter, held her face in her hands and looked at Su Xia, tilted her head and asked, "Admiral, do you like the amulet that Fubuki prepared for you?"

"Of course." Su Xia said, "I didn't want to buy any amulets, but I had to buy the one that Fubuki prepared for me."

"How much?" Su Xia asked.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do. He didn't mind taking two amulets home.

"A smile." said Fubuki.

Su Xia couldn't help but smile.

"Thank you for your smile, Admiral." Fubuki handed the two amulets to Su Xia, "Fubuki told the Admiral that the amulet that Fubuki prepared for herself represents love."

Su Xia really wanted to say, "Forbid Fubuki to turn into a fairy."

No matter how you look at it, even if Fubuki is transformed, she is still a child, and as an adult, it is forbidden to attack a child. Su Xia kept reminding himself in his heart. He stared at the amulet in his hand and asked, "I have always been curious about what is inside this amulet."

"The amulet cannot be opened. Once it is opened, the power will be released." Fubuki reminded, "Admiral, if you want to know what is inside the amulet, I can tell you that it is a talisman blessed by the gods. Those talismans were drawn by Sister Taiho."

Su Xia nodded.

"The effect of the amulet is one year. After one year, its effectiveness will gradually disappear, and you must purchase a new amulet to replace it. Those remaining invalid amulets must be brought back to the shrine and asked the clergy to help deal with them..." Mutsu began to talk again, chattering about the precautions of amulets.

After buying the amulets and the magic arrows, I finally came to the corner of the shrine, which was full of small wooden boards.

Su Xia knew a lot about Japanese culture, but that was about it. Even so, he knew what those small wooden boards were. They were obviously painted horses used for prayers. It was said that a long time ago, horses were the means of transportation for the gods, so there was a custom of offering horses to the gods. Later, they were replaced by wooden carvings and paper horses. As time went by, it gradually evolved into offering wooden boards with painted horses.

The finished ema were hung publicly, and anyone could see what others had written. Su Xia looked at the ema curiously, wondering what everyone had written on them.

"Admiral, reading and commenting on everyone's ema is extremely rude." It was not Nagato or Mutsu who reminded Su Xia, but Shokaku.

"Don't worry, sis." Unless Shokaku has a job, like she is currently working in the cafeteria, Zuikaku is almost always by her sister's side. "Do you think the admiral looks like can read Japanese?"

Most of the ema were from the Japanese school, and they used Japanese on the ema. Occasionally, there were a few people from other schools who used English, French, or German. Anyway, it couldn't be Chinese, because everyone in the garrison could read Chinese, and no one wanted their wishes to be read by others.

Su Xia glanced at Zuikaku and said, "It's all Zuikaku's fault. I should have had more opportunities to learn Japanese."

"What do you mean?" Zuikaku was particularly sensitive about certain issues.

"It doesn't mean anything." Su Xia didn't know if Ruihe understood what he wanted to express.

Su Xia looked at Shokaku, whose long hair was tied up and who was wearing a dark red kimono. Then she looked at Zuikaku, whose kimono was noticeable.

"What are you looking at?" Ruihe noticed Su Xia's gaze.

"Do you like green so much?" Su Xia asked.

"It's not green. This is not green." Zuikaku pulled up her kimono. "This is blue."

"I can't tell." Su Xia insisted that this was a shameful retaliation.

Su Xia wrote her New Year's wish on the ema, which is to fill this port area with everyone's laughter.

"Let this port area be filled with everyone's laughter?" Mutsu saw what Suxia wrote on the ema. She knew what Suxia had been busy with. It was said that it was Xiaozhai's task. Of course, everyone knew it was not that simple. No matter what, she felt that her life was full of happiness now. "I think the admiral has accomplished it."

"I don't think so." Su Xia thought that it had been such a long time since he returned to the garrison. Although he knew everyone, there were too many people in the garrison and he still hadn't interacted with many people well.

"How much is left?" Mutsu asked.

Su Xia thought for a moment and replied, "Probably not much."

"What does the admiral plan to do to fill this port area with laughter?" asked Mutsu.

"What are we doing..." Su Xia muttered, "Will the prince and princess live happily ever after?"

Mutsu smiled.

"Admiral, are you ready to watch the sunrise?" Zuikaku asked, wrapped in a kimono.

"Is there still a saying of watching the sunrise?" Su Xia asked.

"To greet the first light of the new year," Zuikaku replied. "The sunrise represents hope. Watching the sunrise on the first day of the new year indicates that the new year will be full of vitality and hope."

Without waiting for Suxia to agree to Zuikaku or reject Zuikaku, Mutsu said, "I think we should just forget it."

"It's almost midnight when the Red and White Songs Contest ends, so it's just right to attend the Hatsumode at that time." Mutsu said, "It's unnecessary to watch the sunrise all night, it's really too tiring."

Su Xia agreed with Mutsu's opinion. You can do things that are easy to do, but you are not willing to stay up all night just for good luck. It's like when you travel and visit a temple, you can burn incense for free, but you will never touch incense that requires money.

"Let's go." Mutsu said, "Go back to bed. Go to bed early and get up early. Maybe you can see the first light of dawn in the morning."

"Dream on." Zuikaku said bluntly, "The first light of dawn will be at five or six o'clock. Can you sleep now? You might as well stay up for a few hours to watch the first light of dawn before going to sleep. That little bit of time is not a big deal."

"How many hours should we stay up to see the first light of dawn, and how many more hours should we stay up to have breakfast?" Mutsu said, "You stay up. We have to go back to bed first."

A few people went back, and seeing them go back, Zuikaku and Shokaku also prepared to go back. Anyway, most people still couldn't accept staying up late to watch the first light of dawn on the New Year's morning.

When they got home, Mutsu yelled and went to bed, leaving Suxia and Nagato staring at each other.

Su Xia held her cheek and looked at Nagato's profile, and suddenly asked, "Can Nagato use a knife?"

"A katana?" Nagato asked.

"Yes." Su Xia said, "I found that your battleships and battlecruisers don't seem to like kendo very much. On the contrary, those heavy cruisers and light cruisers like kendo."

"I don't know why even if you ask me." Nagato thought for a moment and said, "B65 really likes kendo."

"It seems to be her." Su Xia said.

"Nagato likes fighting." Su Xia said suddenly.

"It's not a fight, it's a duel," Nagato explained.

"Isn't that the same idea?" Su Xia said, "Who is better, Nagato or Bismarck?"

Nagato replied, "Equally matched."

"Who's better, Nagato or Maryland?"

"I'm good at the front, and she's good at the back."

"Because Maryland is getting crazier and crazier."

"Militant Mary."

"The arrogant ones are afraid of the stupid ones, and the stupid ones are afraid of the desperate ones."

"It's mainly because Maryland is very strong, otherwise it's useless to just risk your life."