Azur Lane: I Crossed the Graduation Port Area

Chapter 1502 Extra: Four-Divided Christmas Gift (Part )

5. Devil

"Well, don't look at me like that.

"I really didn't call them. They just took a taxi and followed me..."

The entrance to the NY City theme park was very busy today as light snow was falling.

Since today is Christmas Eve, many citizens brought their children to the amusement park.

However, due to the tense confrontation between the two camps caused by the Richard incident, the number of visitors to the amusement park this year is much less than in previous years during the Christmas peak period.

At this time, Lin Lan was waiting at the ticket office in an awkward position, looking at Dibel and Dais blankly with a wry smile.

the reason is simple.

At this moment, his hands were being tightly held by two tall white-haired beauties on his left and right.

It was Empres with a smug smile on his face, and Lavos with a blushing face.

"Humph, you guys actually wanted to blackmail the teacher behind my back. Such a childish plot is really ridiculous."

Empres, with his long white hair, looked like a proud winner, looking at Dibel provocatively:
"Although I don't know why the teacher was coerced by you, but with Yu here, your trick will not succeed."

After saying that, Empres turned his gaze to Lin Lan's face, who was tightly hugged by him:

"Teacher, although today is Christmas Eve, my classes should still continue. I can't waste time in a place like this."

Hearing what Empres said, Dibel glared at the Queen of the Arbitration Agency with gritted teeth:

"Damn it... We've already come this far, but you still want to force the teacher to go back with us? You're such a cold-blooded guy."

"I just calculated the optimal solution. Besides, the teacher wouldn't want to waste time on such a thing, right?"

When Empres heard what Dibel said, a complex emotion flashed across his pink eyes, but his tone was still unquestionable.

"Hey, that's wrong."

However, just when Empres thought Lin Lan would support him, Lin Lan sighed.

He looked at Empres who was looking at him in confusion, and pulled his hand out of his arms:
"It's a rare opportunity that everyone is here. Today's classes are cancelled. Let's spend Christmas here."

"Why? You are obviously not..."

Hearing him suddenly say this, Dibel and Dais, who were originally extremely disappointed, showed a gleam in their eyes again.

Empres stared at him with his eyes wide open, as if he couldn't believe his ears.

"Just think of it as me wanting to take a day off today, okay?
"And you can't always be so rigid. Even as the 'Queen', you should consider the feelings of your companions more.

"After all, you are not fighting alone in the Arbitration Agency. The Queen also has companions."

Lin Lan shrugged and smiled at Empres, and Dibel was afraid that Empres would want to refute, so he immediately asked Dais to buy two more tickets.

"Alright, Enpres, the tickets are already bought, so stop thinking about it and enjoy your vacation."

Seeing that Enpress was still looking at him confusedly, Lin Lan smiled and touched Enpress's head and persuaded him.

"Ru... well, it's time for me to see how attractive the human playground is."

In the end, Enpress, who was smitten by his head pat, blushed and quietly agreed to the temporary change of today's itinerary.

This also made Dais, who had just run back with the ticket, shout happily after hearing it:

"Great, great! Then let's play together today! Let's get going quickly, or we'll have to queue for all the rides!"

To be honest, Lin Lan is no stranger to the NY City Amusement Park.

In the past few Christmases, he would go to the amusement park with Ange, Osta, and the other ship girls who were on their annual leave.

After all, as the most prosperous commercial capital of White Eagle, the amusement park built by NY City with a huge investment is also a world-renowned check-in spot.

But things are different now. All the ship girls are now blocked in the White Eagle Naval Port, and Ange has even been imprisoned.

This made him feel somewhat emotional when he walked into the bustling amusement park with the four Antiks and looked at the various childlike rides and the puppet-costume staff selling desserts and peripheral toys.

"Then let's go with the original plan and ride the roller coaster first!"

After looking around at first, Dais immediately locked onto his destination.

"Is it so exciting coming up here?"

The little girl pointed at the giant amusement facility that was so tall that people had to look up to see it, which made Lin Lan's heart tremble suddenly.

"What? Teacher, you wouldn't dare~"

Catching the change in his expression, Dibel narrowed his eyes and came closer to him, fanning the flames and laughing:

"It's just a roller coaster. It won't be difficult for our teacher, right?"

"Sit down, let's go!"

How could Lin Lan tolerate being said like this by Di Beilu?

Even though he knew that Dibel was adding fuel to the fire, he still immediately brought the four arbitrator girls to the starting point of the roller coaster.

Ten minutes later.

"Teacher, a haunted house is surely no problem for you, right?"

"go!"

After half an hour.

"Bumper cars, we have to show the teacher that ANTI-X has already surpassed human strength~"

"…Then I must challenge you!"

So for the whole morning, Lin Lan was almost led by Dibelu to try out all kinds of exciting amusement facilities.

Dais, Lavos, and Enpress naturally saw that Dibel was the leader, but they also gradually enjoyed it.

After all, it is very rare for them to see the teacher who has always had a stern face all this time showing various exaggerated expressions.

For Lin Lan, he had to admit that Di Beilu's various provocative words had indeed aroused his desire to win.

Through those exciting rides and the intimate company of the four arbitrators, his gloomy world finally regained some color for a short time.

But I don't know if it was his illusion or he was too vigilant.

Lin Lan always felt like someone was watching them ever since they entered the amusement park.

If he were somewhere else, he could try to find the tracker as he is proficient in anti-detection methods.

But this is a large amusement park and there are too many tourists.

So much so that he could only attribute this feeling to the fact that he brought four beautiful and lovely arbitrators with him, which attracted too much attention and was photographed by some travel bloggers and posted on the Internet.

It was noon, and under his leadership, the group came to the Western restaurant in the amusement park.

He had already made an online reservation in advance for a VIP room by the window, where one could enjoy the entire amusement park's facilities through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

"Huh, I didn't expect the teacher to know about this kind of place. You must have been here many times before, right?"

Everyone sat at the dining table, and soon the Rubik's Cube robot waiter brought a variety of delicious food and hot coffee.

These naturally include the Burger King and MacDonald's family bucket that Days has always been thinking about.

Hearing Di Beilu's teasing with a smirk on his face, Lin Lan, who was a little tired after playing for a whole morning, smiled lightly and looked out the window.

The towering Ferris wheel ran slowly in the drifting white snowflakes, and a helicopter dragging a billboard flew across the sky covered with snow clouds.

“I used to come here with Anjie and Osta, and of course, the waiters back then were still humans.

"Later, more people joined us, including Enterprise, Yorktown, Bumblebee, and Helena... It was always lively every time we came."

"Like now?"

His recollection was interrupted by Dibel's smile.

Lin Lan looked sideways.

Dais was holding the whale doll gift he received during target practice in the morning and grinning foolishly.

Empres was taking the ribbon off Lavos's clothes, while Dibel was staring at him with a smile.

"Yeah, just like now."

After a long silence, Lin Lan nodded slightly, then looked at the black-haired arbitrator with heterochromatic eyes, took a deep breath and said:

"Osta is right. You are indeed a demon. You are a demon who can play with people's hearts."

"Really? Thank you for the compliment~"

Obviously, "devil" is not a compliment, but Dibel narrowed his eyes, smiled evilly and accepted his evaluation generously:
"There is a price to pay for being with the devil. Teacher, how do you feel after being bewitched by the devil today?"

Looking at the sly smile on the face of the black-haired ANTI-X girl sitting across from him, Lin Lan felt his heart skip a beat.

Should I...really do such a cruel thing to this child?

But if the meta technology doesn't break through, he won't be able to bail out the ship girls and Ange to the military, and he won't be able to exchange for more inside information about the Richard incident...

but……

For a moment, Lin Lan felt that his conscience was tormented, and even gave him a splitting headache.

"I, I'm going to the bathroom and will be back soon. Just wait here for me."

In this tormented state, he stood up under the worried gaze of the four arbitrators and walked straight out of the restaurant's private room.

"Assistant...his face looked so ugly just now, is he okay?"

Dai Si stared blankly at Lin Lan closing the door and spoke weakly.

"..."

Empres turned his head with a complicated look and looked at Dibel, whose eyes were full of confusion.

The Queen of the Arbitration Agency clenched her fists, as if she had made up her mind, and said to Dibel in a serious tone:

"Dibel, there is something I think I need to tell you before the teacher comes back. I hope you can calm down and listen to me."

……

After Lin Lan walked out of the private room, she staggered toward the bathroom in the corridor alone.

He had absolutely no idea what he should do.

It was not until now that he realized that during this period of contact, he had already regarded the four arbitrators as real "people".

A person who can love, has emotions, and has an infinite future...

Especially Dibe Road.

He had clearly already made up his mind to sacrifice the black-haired arbitrator girl.

But now he found that he couldn't do all of this at all.

Because the four arbitrators had already become the existences he recognized and could not give up.

How could he save one at the expense of another?
Can he really gain the understanding of the ship girls by doing this?

Can Osta and Angel, even the good man Richard, forgive him?

Just when Lin Lan was confused and walked to the bathroom door in a trance...

"boom!"

With a sudden muffled sound from behind, his vision went dark, all his strength was drained away, and he lost balance and fell to the ground.

Just before he lost consciousness, he heard the cold words of the Northern Alliance:

"The target has been captured successfully, Comrade Sergei, start the relocation operation immediately."

6. Queen

When Lin Lan opened his eyes again, he found that his hands and feet were trapped tightly.

"woke up?"

A hoarse, lame voice in White Eagle language sounded in front of him, instantly clearing up his muddy consciousness that had just been awakened from a coma.

He found himself tied up and sitting in some kind of small, enclosed facility.

The sky outside the glass window proved that it was already dusk.

Sitting less than a meter in front of him, looking at him coldly, was an amusement park "staff" wearing a red Christmas costume.

He has a strong and sturdy figure. When he takes off his hood, his bearded face reveals a sinister and fierce look, with the iron-blooded aura of a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time.

"I can speak the Northern Alliance language, but it seems that you are not good enough in the White Eagle language... Comrade, an agent from the State Security Committee (KGB) of the Forward Front."

After only a few seconds of confrontation, Lin Lan completely guessed his current situation and the other party's true identity.

When the Northern Alliance agent heard that he could calmly and accurately state his identity, the blue pupils of the Northern Alliance agent suddenly contracted.

But after all, the other party was able to infiltrate White Eagle, and the Northern Union agent, who was selected after thousands of trials and tribulations, quickly adjusted his mentality.

"I didn't expect that Dr. Lin Lan is also proficient in the Northern Union language. It turns out that a cube scholar as knowledgeable as you shouldn't continue to stay in the Oceanic Federation."

Although Lin Lan heard the KGB man's generous praise for her, her mood hit rock bottom.

As we all know, as the national intelligence agency of the Forward Front, the KGB is famous for its iron-blooded methods and meticulous work.

And the other party actually attacked him in NY City... I'm afraid they had already set up a tight net against him to ensure that they could 100% secretly abduct him to the front line.

"I can guess your plan, but I advise you, Comrade Agent, that this sensitive period is not the best time for me to go to the front."

While Lin Lan was trying to communicate with the other party, he also kept observing the surrounding environment out of the corner of his eye.

The height of the distant buildings outside the window and the slowly moving perspective indicated that he should be on some kind of aircraft.

But what kind of aircraft can fly so slowly?
"Dr. Lin Lan, we will wholeheartedly welcome talents like you whenever you come to the Forward Front, and we will never treat you like the Oceanic Federation.

"So as long as you cooperate and don't make trouble, I will swear on my country that your future journey will not be tormented."

The other party didn't seem to care about his little tricks, but was still trying to persuade him very frankly.

"The four girls who were with me, your people didn't touch them, right?"

"That's natural. Our target from the beginning to the end has only been you, so we will naturally not harm innocent people."

After feeling slightly relieved, Lin Lan continued to ask calmly:

"How long have I been in a coma?"

"Four and a half hours. You will be taken to the airport soon. I'm sorry, I will give you anesthesia again later..."

"I don't think that's necessary, Comrade Agent."

Lin Lan thought about what the other party said, and sighed lightly with an indifferent look:

"It seems that you haven't done enough to infiltrate NY City. You have missed the best opportunity."

"Haha, it seems that Dr. Lin Lan is still too conceited."

Hearing him say this, the KGB agent smiled confidently:
“It is true that White Eagle’s New York City is not the Royal Fog City, and the CIA’s capabilities are not comparable to those of MI6.

“But we have made sufficient preparations to invite you. We have already thrown out eight baits, and the transfer routes have been carefully selected and randomly drawn.

"Besides, why do you think that a down-and-out Rubik's Cube researcher is worthy of the CIA's rescue in the first place?"

As the other party spoke, Lin Lan finally figured out where he was.

He no longer wanted to keep the other party in suspense and sighed again:

"Calculating the time, it should be about time."

"What's the difference..."

"boom!!!"

Before the KGB agent could finish his words, the glass windows of the "facility" where the two were located were instantly shattered by the impact of the air wave.

The owner of this impact, a tall, white-haired figure in a white dress, also landed steadily between the two of them from the window.

As a well-trained group of professional agents, the KGB agents, with faces full of horror, instantly drew their weapons from their waists and planned to attack the intruder.

But unfortunately, he was hit hard on the jaw by a knee strike that left an afterimage in an instant, and he rolled his eyes and fainted on the spot.

"Tsk, I really don't want to use Dai Si's ability. These kidnappers are so blind that they put out so many baits but plan to send the teacher away by helicopter."

It was not until this time that the proud Arbitrator Queen with long white hair, who had made a grand appearance and easily dealt with the enemy, slowly turned around.

On that beautiful face, eyes overflowing with pink Rubik's Cube energy flames were filled with a playful expression, looking down at the trapped him and evoking a smile:
"Teacher, I didn't expect you to be so popular that the Advance Front would go to such great lengths for you?"

"It seems that Osta has approved your machine to use the cube device, and the AI ​​protocol has been connected and synchronized to the military network."

Lin Lan looked at Enpress in this state and said in a firm tone.

"Thanks to the teacher's good teaching."

Empres leaned over, held his face with his white hands, put his lips close to his ears and smiled softly:
"Don't worry, the CIA and the military will be here soon, and none of these forward-moving agents will be able to escape."

"Well, so, can you help me untie it first?"

"That won't do. Teacher, what will happen if you run around again?"

Before Lin Lan could recover from Enpress's dangerous and yandere remarks, he was lifted up from behind by Enpress in this restrained position.

And the next second, he and Enpress jumped out of the facility that was knocked open.

When he looked down, his heart and lungs suddenly stopped.

That's right, he had already guessed the place where he was temporarily detained, which was actually the Ferris wheel in the amusement park.

But looking down from such a height, he instinctively thought that he was about to fall to the ground and be smashed to pieces!

However, he soon discovered that he was not being pulled down by gravity.

Even the height is still rising?
"Hehe, I am the first model in the Arbitration Agency to install a prototype anti-gravity Rubik's Cube device. Teacher, you don't think I'm going to fall and die, right?"

As the proud voice of Empress rang in his ears again, he saw that Empress with long flowing hair was floating in the night sky like an angel.

"Hurry up, hurry up! Empres! Why are you so slow?"

"I say, it's really cold on the Ferris wheel. He's just a KGB team leader, how could he take so long?"

As the voices of Dais and Dibelu complained gradually became louder, Lin Lan looked up and saw the three arbitrators standing on top of the Ferris wheel cabin higher up, waving at him in the snow.

Coincidentally, the moment his eyes looked over, the lights on the Ferris wheel lit up instantly, and the brilliant light shone on the three arbitrators.

Such a romantic scene left him so stunned that he couldn't utter a word.

It was not until he was carried by Empres back to the three arbitrators who were all smiling because he was rescued, and stood firmly on the top of the cockpit, that he said angrily:
"You are violating the safety protocol! It is so dangerous to stand on the cockpit. What if you fall off?"

"Hehehe~ We have already obtained the magic cube anti-gravity device from Empres."

The cold wind blew up Dibel's black hair. The girl seemed very satisfied with him being tied up and giggled at him:

"So now you are the only one in danger, Teacher~
"If you don't want to fall, just follow our instructions and don't move."

Lin Lan opened his mouth blankly, unable to utter a word for a long while.

Including Empres, Dibel, Lavos and Dais all had the energy flames of the Rubik's Cube shining in their eyes.

It is obvious that the four ANTI-X girls have truly activated their true power as arbitration agencies.

This meant that it wouldn't be long before he had to part with the four arbitrators.

Although I had expected this day to come.

But after today's experience, Lin Lan now only felt reluctant.

The final Christmas gift in four parts

"So why did you bring me here? You can't be planning to start an Omnic Crisis, right?"

After a long silence, Lin Lan slowly started to joke.

The cold wind slapped his face. It was his first time riding a Ferris wheel from this perspective.

It was Lavos who answered his question.

The elegant white-haired girl held up her tablet and showed him the answer:

"The teacher brought us to the amusement park today. We were very happy. We want to give the teacher a Christmas present."

"Christmas present? Here?"

After Lin Lan finished browsing the contents on Lavos' tablet, she looked at the empty hands of the four ANTI-X girls in confusion.

Even though the four arbitrators have activated the Rubik's Cube technology of their machines, the ship girls' "holding" Osta has not yet been conquered.

Where is the gift?

Just when he was confused, Lavos suddenly handed the tablet to Dais and moved his body in front of him.

The next moment, he felt a wet touch on his lips.

"???"

If he hadn't been held by Lavos, he would have fallen backwards under this sudden attack.

This process lasted for several seconds, and Lavos, with a blushing cheek, reluctantly let him go.

"Well, it seems that the teacher has received the first gift~"

It was only at this time that Dibel teased him with a sly smile as his brain crashed.

"Wait, wait a minute, you guys are not going to... wuwu!"

No matter how stupid Lin Lan was, he realized what Christmas gift the four arbitrators intended to give him.

This time it was Empres who came forward and kissed him.

Compared to the cautious and shy Lavos, Queen Empres was more decisive and bold, and even their tongues were entangled with his.

"Second gift~ Dai Si, it's your turn."

As soon as Empres let go of him with a satisfied smile on his face, Dibelu picked up the petite Dais and held him in front of him.

But when he and Dai Si separated, he angrily said to Dai Si, whose cheeks were red and she was very happy:

"Dace! The smell of the King Onion burger you had for lunch is still there!"

"Eh?! Impossible, I clearly ate the gum that Dibel bought for me... Dibel! This is the onion gum used for tricks in the amusement park!!!"

"Pfft hahaha!"

The little girl who wanted to refute him took out a treasure of chewing gum from her pocket. After seeing the words on it with the help of the bright light, she was stunned for a moment.

Dibel, who was standing by, held his stomach and laughed out loud. This mischievous little devil even laughed until tears came out:
"Sorry, sorry, I really regret not being able to use this Rubik's Cube technology today, so I hacked your taste system."

"You are so despicable! You are a bad guy, a big bad guy!"

The two arbitrators joked around for a while before Dibel finally got Dais's forgiveness by offering to buy him an ice cream later as compensation.

"Now it seems that there is only one gift left to give away, teacher."

Being gazed at affectionately by the black-haired girl's golden-red heterochromatic eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything, Lin Lan instinctively wanted to avoid it.

But before he could turn his head, Dibel covered his cheeks with both hands.

Despite the almost forceful actions of the ANTI-X girl, he still kissed Dibel.

At this time, the Ferris wheel cabin where they were standing also reached its highest point.

"Bang! Bang bang! Bang bang bang!"

In an instant, the gorgeous lights around the NY City amusement park lit up.

Various fireworks that were clearly only available to Donghuang also exploded into the sky, dyeing the snowy night sky into a colorful painting, creating a dreamlike and romantic atmosphere for his kiss with Dibel.

"Wow, so beautiful!"

"Humph, controlling the lighting system in the surrounding urban areas and manipulating the Rubik's Cube Robot to move all the fireworks from the Donghuang Street warehouse in NY City here, it turns out that it was for this moment."

Dais's excited exclamation and Enpress's sigh of relief made Lin Lan realize that all this was carefully arranged by Dibel.

When the blushing black-haired girl separated her face from his and untied the restraints on him, he sighed and said to the ANTI-X girl who was still looking at him affectionately:

"Dibel, if you do this, you will probably be held accountable by the military later."

"It doesn't matter. I'm a short-sighted devil. I care more about the present."

Dibel chuckled, then leaned into his arms, buried his head in his chest, and muttered in a low voice:

“The same goes for teachers.

"If you can't let go of the past, why not let me, a cunning devil, bewitch your mind and use my body to help you move towards the future."

"!"

Dibel's faint voice was drowned out by the sound of fireworks, and it seemed that only he could hear it clearly.

But this faint sound was like thunder, causing his brain to vibrate violently.

He raised his hand tremblingly and gently embraced the back of the artificial intelligence girl in his arms.

Big tears welled up from his eyes and dripped onto the head of the black-haired girl in his arms.

At this moment, he didn't want to think about whether Dibelu really knew everything.

Because he had completely understood everything, he completely gave up the experiment he had originally planned to conduct using Dibel.

Yes, the past is the past after all. What is the difference between those who are caught up in the dead and the dead?

This does not mean that he has completely given up on the research and development of meta technology.

In order for the people he wants to protect to have a future and not let them rot along with this ugly world, he must have a more comprehensive and detailed plan.

And he should be more like Dibel, making use of everything he can to achieve the ultimate outcome he wants.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you..."

"I will always remember your gift, thank you..."

With an open mind, he hugged Dibel tightly, and with a tearful smile, he and the girls looked at the beautiful fireworks around the Ferris wheel.

This beautiful and warm memory will be forever fixed in his heart.

Until the dawn completely disappeared.

(End of this chapter)