Poseidon in Arknights

Thanks to this eye mask, Exusiai was able to stay up for three nights without a single mark on her face.

Tomorrow, after brushing her teeth and washing her face, she stretched, got dressed, and headed out. Today, she needed to see Kroos and get the things he needed delivered.

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"Hey, Kroos." Exusiai patted the table. "Has my order arrived yet?"

"Oh, Exusiai." Kroos flipped through today's purchase list, checked it, and nodded to Exusiai. "The goods have arrived. Do we need them today?"

“Hmm…” Exusiai nodded to Kroos, “It definitely needs to be done now, it will take some time to do it.”

"Okay, wait a minute." Kroos nodded, got up and walked into the warehouse, and after a while, she pushed out a large box.

"Here's the stuff, and I'll throw in some candles for you too." Kroos patted the box, then walked to the shelf next to her, took a bag of candles, and placed it on it.

Exusiai raised an eyebrow at Kroos: "So nice, sending candles?"

“Anyway, you bought quite a lot of things.” Kroos shrugged. “And I can probably guess who you’re planning to bake a cake for, so it’s just a small token of your affection.”

"Okay." Exusiai nodded. "Then I'll go in Yuuki's place. Thank you!"

Kroos nodded with her hands on her hips: "Hmm, by the way, I think you've already contacted the cafeteria to lend you the kitchen, right?"

“Of course~” Exusiai looked at Kroos, “I already told Gummy and the others.”

Exusiai pushed the cart away as soon as she finished speaking; she had to hurry to the kitchen to make tonight's dessert with Gummy.

As for Yuuki, she was working in the medical department today, and being a workaholic, she would never pay attention to anything outside the medical field at this time.

——————Rhodes Island Dining Room Kitchen——————

Exusiai pushed the cart to the back door of the cafeteria kitchen, then knocked on the kitchen door.

The kitchen door opened quickly, and Gummy's little head peeked out from the crack, looking at Exusiai who was knocking on the door: "Miss Exusiai is here."

“No need to be so careful.” Exusiai shrugged. “Yuzuki is in the medical department right now. She won’t be dealing with anything other than patients.”

“But it’s a surprise party after all.” Gummy opened the kitchen door and pushed the cart in. “We definitely have to be careful.”

"Well." Exusiai also walked into the kitchen. "Let's get started. Although there's still a while before Yuuki gets off work this afternoon, we need to hurry since it's just the two of us."

"That Exusiai?" Gummy looked at Exusiai with some surprise. "Won't Miss Texas come along, or Miss Red?"

Also because of Yuuki, Gumi almost always makes sure to give Yuuki as much food as possible in the cafeteria.

During this process, Gummy also became acquainted with Red, Exusiai, and Texas, who often appeared with Yuuki.

"As for Red, she's currently working with Yuuki in the medical department as our informant." Exusiai shook her hands after washing them. "As for Texas, she went to pick someone up."

——————Rhodes Island - Deck——————

Texas leaned against a car, munching on a Pocky stick and scrolling through her phone, looking rather impatient.

"You said you'd be there before midnight, and it's almost 2 o'clock." Texas bit off a piece of her Pocky, looking somewhat exasperated. "What's this croissant doing?"

Texas was quite certain that Croissant hadn't come to this area. After all, they had already agreed when they made the phone call that they would call immediately if Croissant arrived, otherwise Texas wouldn't know where to pick them up.

So far, neither Kosong nor Kong has made a single call, so Texas is pretty sure they haven't arrived in the vicinity yet.

"..." Texas touched her pocket, frowned, and took out an empty packaging bag.

"Sigh..." Texas walked to the side and threw the empty bag into the trash can. She was thinking about whether she should go and buy herself some more Pocky first, or continue to wait for them here for a while.

Texas glanced at her phone and saw that it was already two o'clock, but there were still no messages from them. She prepared to go inside and buy herself some snacks.

Just then, Texas's phone rang.

"...Sigh." Texas picked up her phone helplessly. They'd really come at the right time. "Hey, where are you guys?"

"We've already seen Rhodes Island, in about ten minutes at most," Croissant's voice came from the other end of the phone. "Sigh, I'm so sorry we're late, the boss was just too slow, so we..."

"Hey, Croissant, how dare you talk to me like that?" The Emperor's signature voice boomed over Croissant's from the other end of the phone. "What do you mean I'm dawdling? Isn't waiting for your great boss the most natural thing in the world?"

"I brought so many gifts, shouldn't you have waited for me?"

"Okay, okay, boss, I was wrong, I was wrong." Croissant laughed it off. "Hang up, hang up, we'll be there soon."

After hanging up the phone, Texas put her phone away and leaned against the car next to her, waiting for Croissant and the others to arrive. Since they were almost there, she would wait a while; after all, she wasn't really dependent on Pocky.

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"Boss, how much stuff did you bring?" Texas frowned, looking at the van Croissant and the others had driven in. This was the thing they used to transport goods.

Croissant and Sora certainly wouldn't have brought that much stuff, so these things could only have been brought by the Emperor. And the things brought by the Emperor could only be transported by truck?

"I'm one of the others, so why are you all taking so long to arrive?" Texas looked at the Emperor as he strolled over. "Boss, this is quite a move."

"It's not entirely mine." The Emperor shrugged. "I naturally used the excuse of Xi Yue's birthday to extort some money from Old Dragon, but I did bring quite a few things."

"..." Texas sighed. Hearing what Dadi said, Texas probably knew which people the Emperor had gone to extort money from. But that didn't seem right either; this situation couldn't be called extortion.

"Won't you be able to let it go?" Texas frowned, then suddenly thought of another problem. "We don't intend to make this a public spectacle."

"Just take out a few representative ones, and for the rest, we can just call Yuuki over later and stuff them into her clothes." The Emperor stroked his chin thoughtfully. "Besides, I don't think Rhodes Island's rooms are too small to not be able to fit these things."

"Actually, it shouldn't be that much. It's mainly a few bottles of good wine, and even more tea and the like. Especially those few cans of tea, which are top-quality stuff. When Lao Long took them out, his face was full of heartache."

The Emperor suddenly laughed. He hadn't specifically asked for it; Wei Yanwu had taken it out himself. However, the expression on his face showed great distress, and he had specifically instructed the Emperor to personally hand it to Xiyue.

The Emperor swiftly pulled out his phone and recorded that heartbroken expression. At that moment, Wei Yanwu raised his hand, seemingly wanting to give the Emperor a hard blow, but after thinking for a while, he chose to give up.

Of course, Wei Yanwu didn't do anything on the surface at the time, but after that, whenever Penguin Logistics delivered goods, they would always see people from the Guard Bureau around preparing to issue some tickets or something.

“Alright.” Texas shrugged. “Let’s go, let’s move the stuff inside. Yuuki is still in the medical department for a while, let’s finish moving it as soon as possible.”

——————Rhode Island Medical Center, Pediatric Ward 4——————

"Mom," Hong tugged at Xiyue's clothes, "It's already six o'clock, the shift change has already started."

"Okay, okay, I understand." Xi Yue patted the child's head. "Another older sister will help you recover."

"Thank you, sister." The child nodded. "Will I be able to see you again tomorrow?"

“I’m not going to work tomorrow, but I’ll come over.” Yuzuki smiled. “Don’t worry, your body is recovering very quickly now, and the acute phase of your Oripathy has passed.”

"Based on the report and my experience, you should be able to get out of bed and enjoy a normal life in a week at most. Of course, you will still have to go to class."

"Hmm..." the child bit his lip, "Now that I'm better, do I still have to go to school?"

"Of course," Yuuki said with a smile. "This is for your future life."

"Okay, I understand." The child nodded. "Then can I become a doctor like my sister?"

"Becoming a doctor is something you can try as long as you're willing to work hard," Yuzuki smiled. "I'll be looking forward to the emergence of another doctor."

"Have a good rest. I'm leaving now."

Yu Yue patted the child's head one last time, stood up from the bedside, put away the other water clones, and looked at the herbal medicine beside her.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, Miss Myrrh."

“It’s alright.” Moyao shook her head. “Miss Yuzuki should go and rest. Actually, Miss Yuzuki didn’t need to push herself so hard.”

"Don't worry, it's alright." Xi Yue smiled, took off her white coat, put it back on her trench coat, and tucked the white coat inside. "Besides, I still have some red here, don't I?"

"Alright, I'm leaving now, Miss Myrrh. Have a good night shift tonight."

Moyao nodded: "Take care, Miss Xiyue."

——————Rhodes Island · Accommodation Area · Corridor——————

As Xi Yue walked down the corridor with Hong in her hand, she suddenly stopped. She seemed to sense that quite a few people were in her room.

And it seems like there are three people who shouldn't be here right now. Why is she here too?

After standing there for a while, Xi Yue suddenly remembered what day it was.

After remembering what day it was, Yuuki looked down at Hong, who had turned her face away and was clearly feeling guilty: "Hong~"

"Ugh~" Hong let out a soft moan, then suddenly jumped up and into Yuuki's arms, rubbing her head against Yuuki's chest. She even adjusted the angle so that her ear could just rub against Yuuki's chin. "I'm here, Mom."

"Don't you have anything to say?" Yuzuki touched her reddened head. "Like today~"

"Hmm, it's Texas, and Exusiai told me not to say anything." Red decisively betrayed Exusiai and Texas, "And happy birthday, Mom."

"Okay." Xi Yue put Hong down with a smile, took Hong's hand, walked to her room, and then, without saying anything, gently pushed open the door with a smile on her face.

boom! boom! boom!

The sound of firecrackers rang out, followed by a series of birthday wishes: "Happy birthday, Xiyue."

Chapter 160: Yuuki's Birthday Party

"Happy birthday, Miss Yuzuki." Jessica said, holding a firecracker and looking at Yuzuki.

"Good evening, Jessica~" Yuzuki's voice carried a hint of cheerfulness, then her gaze swept across the room, "It seems like quite a few people have come."

Basically, everyone she knew came. The Doctor, holding a cannon, stood with Jessica and Exusiai, while Sora and Texas sat together.

Specter and Skadi were sitting on the sofa eating snacks, but from Yuuki's perception, Skadi seemed to be switching bodies with Isamara from time to time.

Especially when they're snacking, Skadi takes a bite and Isamara takes a bite, but Yuuki has no idea when Skadi and Isamara's relationship became so good.

When they came back from the sea that day, the two of them were basically ignoring each other.

Has it really been that long? Have these two already reached the point where they can switch bodies at any time? Or did Isamara just snatch her away? It doesn't seem like it; they seem to get along quite amicably.

Yuzuki then looked at the bear cubs standing to the side. He had guessed that Gummy might come, but he didn't expect that almost all of the bear cubs would come.

Inter Milan noticed the look Xiyue was giving them and explained, "

"Gummy, Truth, Winter, and Dewdrop, or would you prefer me to call you by your original names?"

"Hmm, is that alright?" Early Dew shook her head. "On Rhodes Island, it might be better to use code names, right?"

“Is that so?” Yuzuki nodded. “It seems you’re recovering quite well.”

"Yes, thanks to Miss Yuuki's timely rescue." Mari bowed slightly to Yuuki. "If it had been a day or two later, things would have been very different. By then, everyone would have..."

"It's alright, it's alright." Yuzuki patted Zhenli's head. "It's over now. There will be a new beginning in the end."

“…Hmm.” Truth silently wiped away the tears that were about to spill from the corners of her eyes. Some things are not so easy to forget. In the riot in Chernobog, the four little bears lost more than just a peaceful life.

The others silently turned the page, even though Exusiai and the others knew that Chernobog was gradually getting better and that the Reunion Movement was undergoing a transformation.

But this shouldn't be said now, and it certainly shouldn't be said by them. Even if they lose, the little bears are unlikely to accept this fact, and more likely they will never accept it.

"Alright, alright, why are we talking about this?" The Emperor walked in from outside, puffing on a cigar. "Today is my birthday, a happy day. Why are we just chatting about trivial things?"