Poseidon in Arknights

As for Sora, because of her idol status, she can't eat too much meat and mainly eats vegetables. She also can't eat spicy food to protect her throat.

As for croissants... that kid can eat anything, he'll eat anything, so it's not a big problem.

Xi Yue took her phone out of her pocket and opened the Penguin Logistics work group.

[Yuzuki: @Texas, @ApplePie, Texas, Exusiai, are you two still on Rhodes Island?]

[Exusiai: We're gone now. We've both gone back to Lungmen. It's just as lively here as before.]

[Xi Yue: Don't cause trouble. Officer Chen's blood pressure has finally gotten a little lower; don't let it spike again.]

[AAA needs anything, please add this friend: Hmm, regarding this point, it seems you mentioned it too late, Yuuzuki.]

[Xiyue: Yeah! ! ! 】

[Yuzuki: What did you guys do? What trouble have you gotten yourself into this time?]

[Sketch: Don't listen to Croissant's nonsense. Croissant just took on a smuggling job, but got caught.]

[AAA needs something, please add this friend: Um, there are also 68 traffic violations, including approximately 54 speeding violations and several other tickets that I can't recall.]

[Yuzuki: What should I say? Never mind, it sounds much less than before.]

[Texas: Pretty much. It used to take a whole department to flip through, but it's much less now. After all, some unforeseen circumstances are unavoidable.]

[Yuzuki: Okay, I got it. Exusiai Texas, um, you two... never mind, just try your best to restrain yourselves.]

Apple Pie: Got it~

Texas: Hmm.

[Yuzuki: Oh, right, Sora, Croissant, if you don't have anything to do, you can come back and prepare dinner. On your way back, please stop by the shopping district and bring back some vegetables. You can make whatever you want to eat.]

[Empty: Okay, got it.]

"Seriously..." Xi Yue helplessly put her phone away. "He's really a handful. I suddenly feel sorry for Officer Chen."

——————Rhode Island Business District——————

"What should I buy?" Sora looked at the vegetables on the counter, thought for a moment, and then looked at the croissant next to her. "Croissant, is there anything you want to eat?"

"I... I don't care." Croissant glanced at it. "You decide. If you really want to hear someone's opinion..."

Croissant pointed outside: "It just so happens that Hong opened a massage parlor here. We're about to eat, so why not invite Hong over and get her opinion?"

“Oh, that makes sense.” Kong nodded. “Then let’s go find Red.”

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In Hong's beauty salon, Hong sat leisurely on a high stool, swinging her legs. Hong had specially chosen this stool because she really liked the feeling of swinging her legs.

"Hmm, nobody's come in today~" Red said, slumping on the table. "It's a bit boring~"

Although Red is very skilled, Lupo's operators don't always ask for help with tails, since tails are still considered rather conservative in the Lupo tribe's culture.

Operators will only seek help from a maintenance shop if they are truly unable to manage the maintenance themselves.

"Oh, right, it's this time now~" Hong suddenly seemed to remember something, bent down and searched in the drawer, took out the remote control from the very back, and then turned on the TV.

"I wonder when Mom will be back?" Hong turned the TV to the animation channel and started watching it with great interest, but then she looked at the door and heard footsteps.

"Hong, are you busy?" Croissant pushed open the door and looked at Hong, who was watching TV. "Oh, it seems she's not here."

"Good afternoon!" Hong raised her hand and waved to Sora and Croissant as they entered. "What's wrong?"

"What would you like to eat?" Croissant walked into the room. "We're going to buy some groceries."

Hearing Croissant's question, Red looked up, her eyes darting between Croissant and Sora: "Let me ask you, is Sora cooking or are you cooking?"

"Why do I see so much distrust in your eyes?" Croissant rolled her eyes at Red's unhappy look. "Nothing. Didn't you see in the group chat? Yuu-tsuki is back."

"Okay!" Hong immediately took out her phone from under the book and opened the Penguin Logistics work group.

Although Red joined Penguin Logistics, both the Emperor and others knew that Red was not well-suited for logistics work, so they never assigned Red any tasks.

For tasks that might require Red's involvement, such as intelligence gathering or cleanup missions, it's Is who directly addresses them, rather than in the group chat.

This resulted in Hong only logging in once when she first downloaded and registered an account, and never entering the game again.

"Ah, really!"

"You've really never been here before?" Kong shook his head speechlessly. "Alright, let's go buy some groceries. What do you want to eat?"

"As long as there's meat, that's fine." Hong said after thinking for a moment. Hong's taste was similar to Texas's; basically, she was happy as long as there was meat.

“What Xiyue is lacking is vegetables.” Croissant shrugged. “I don’t think we’re lacking meat. Let’s go pick some vegetables first, since there’s no one here right now.”

"Uh-huh."

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

"Aren't we buying a bit too much?" Croissant and Red were each carrying two large bags. Croissant glanced at the four large bags they were carrying. "Xiyue only asked us to buy a little, right?"

"Isn't this just Yuuki's shopping habit?" Sora shrugged. "Never mind anything else, just buy a bunch first, then do it slowly, anyway, you can finish it all."

"Anyway, it's just cooking for several people at once, and they can all finish it."

Chapter 199: The Making of a Useless Person

“That’s true.” Croissant nodded. “Oh, right, speaking of which, someone named Yu is staying in Yuu’s room, but unfortunately I’ve never met him.”

"Texas said she's Nian's sister." Kong thought for a moment, "and she even told us we'd better not be too surprised when we see some things?"

"I hope she's not as lively as Director Nian." Croissant shrugged. "Hey, Hong, I haven't heard you mention that Miss Xi yet."

“Hmm, she’s very clingy to her mother…” Hong thought for a moment while holding the bag, “and she has a lot of nightmares. She hasn’t been sleeping well since her mother left last time.”

“I spent every night watching TV in the living room for those few days, and I didn’t really like going out. Oh, right, I also liked changing the decorations in my room.”

"Hmm, something feels so strange." Kong stroked his chin. "The difference between her and Miss Nian is too great. It's almost like... well, I don't know how to put it?"

“The difference is indeed quite large.” Croissant nodded as well. “They are both socially awkward, but one is a social terrorist and the other is a social phobic.”

Kong nodded, then looked at Hong: "Hmm, what does she do? Like Nian, is she a director or a freelancer?"

"I don't know." Hong shook her head. "I haven't asked, but Sister Xi can produce paintings anytime, anywhere."

"I see. So you're a painter?" Kong nodded thoughtfully. "Well, we'll know when we meet you in person."

——————Rhodes Island, Accommodation Area, Yuuki's Room——————

"You can't drink anymore." Xi Yue held the wine gourd, squinting at the drunken Ling. "How much have you actually drunk?"

"It wasn't much~" Ling waved his hand, then stood up and tried to grab the gourd from Xiyue's hand. "You only drank it for a little while~"

"Did you drink for a while?" Xi Yue's lips twitched, and she raised her hand to tap Ling's head. "Anyway, we're about to eat, so you're not allowed to drink anymore."

"If you want to drink, you'll have to wait until I eat so I can get you some snacks to go with your drinks."

"Alright, then I'll leave it to you." Ling scratched his head, and seeing that he couldn't get his wine gourd back, he could only obediently sit back down.

"Dinner's almost ready, you've been drinking so much." Xi sat to the side, holding the remote and flipping through channels she wanted to watch. "There don't seem to be any good shows lately."

"Hmm..." Ling glanced at Xi beside him, 'She's definitely become much more cheerful. Ah, that's certainly a good thing.'

"Mom, we're back!" Hong pushed open the door and called out to Xiyue in the room, "Mom, are your groceries in the refrigerator?"

Xi Yue came out of the kitchen and glanced at the food: "You bought quite a lot. Okay, come over and let me see what dishes we can make tonight?"

"Oh, by the way, it's been a long time."

"That's so perfunctory~" Sora looked at Yuzuki, "We haven't seen each other for months, do we really need to be so perfunctory?"

"So who exactly called me from another city on which day?" Xi Yue smiled. "You must have spent a lot on phone calls, right?"

"Ugh~" Sora turned her face away. "It's just a phone call to ask, and you haven't answered the phone for a while."

"That's because I went on a long trip." Xi Yue clapped her hands, and the two water clones took the bags from Hong and Ke Song and began to rummage through them for any vegetables they might need later.

"Without a communication protocol, you definitely won't be able to receive calls."

"Where did you go, Xiyue?" Sora asked immediately. "Did you bring Hong with you? Even Hong couldn't answer the phone back then~"

"I just went to Iberia to sort out some troublesome matters," Yuzuki said calmly. "There's nothing to worry about. Besides, Iberia and Lungmen are too far apart, which is why I couldn't answer your call."

"Oh, I see." Kong nodded, not paying any more attention to it.

However, just because Sora didn't care doesn't mean no one else here does. To prevent the drunken Ling from opening his eyes, he looked at Yuzuki.

"Miss Yuzuki, the little trouble you mentioned, could it be related to those little ones?"

"It is somewhat related," Yuzuki Asahi nodded. "But I'm going to deal with another troublesome matter; those little ones are no longer a problem~"

"Is that so?" Ling nodded thoughtfully. "Well, it seems we don't need to guard the other side of the sea anymore. That's certainly good news."

"However, as a god of the ocean, well, it's not something to worry about."

"Hello, you two?" Kong turned her head and looked at the two people sitting on the sofa. "Hmm, may I ask your names?"

"Oh, hello there." Ling Chaokong waved. "My name is Ling, and her name is Xi. I'm her older sister~"

"Is it necessary to emphasize that?" Xi rolled her eyes at Ling, then looked at Kong and Croissant, raised her hand to greet them, "Hello, my name is Xi."

"Hello~" Sora raised her hand to greet the two of them. "Nice to meet you. My name is Sora, and this is Croissant."

"Hello, you two!" Croissant greeted them in return. "Nice to meet you!"

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"Hmm~." Ling stuffed a mouthful of rice into his mouth. "Miss Xiyue's cooking is quite good. No wonder Xi likes it so much."

"You flatter me." Xi Yue smiled. "Anyone who spends a long time in the wilderness will develop a decent skill."

"Cooking requires a bit of talent, you know~" Ling took a sip of wine and then ate a bite of a plate of cucumber salad that Xiyue had specially made.

"Some people just can't learn to cook, while others can cook delicious food as soon as they start. It's all about talent."

"Thank you for your kind words, Miss." Xi Yue smiled, then looked at Kong beside her, "By the way, Kong, are you alright?"

"Your company probably won't let you stay in Rhodes Island for too long, right?"

"Ah, you mean this?" Kong swallowed the food in his mouth. "It's okay, this month is my rest period. Well, although I have to go back to prepare for the concert after this month, I can still relax and have fun this month."

"Are you sure you're coming to Rhodes Island, or just to find another place to work?" Yuzuki took a bite of her food. "Exusiai is always complaining about how intense the work at the trading post is."

"But I really did come here to slack off~" Empty spreads her hands, "I don't need to go to the trading post, only Croissant has to suffer there~"

"Hey, hey." Croissant, who was just quietly eating, suddenly glared at Sora after being reminded of something. "Why is she suddenly suffering?"