Poseidon in Arknights

"It's quite a commotion, but in the end, I'm still the better one." In the steamy bathroom, Yuzuki's voice came from the mist.

Although Yuuki originally planned to go straight to sleep after tidying up the room, she decided to sneak into the bathroom and take a good bath to reward herself for her hard work.

Although the tragedy was caused by Yuuki, it's their own fault for drinking with her.

Not to brag, but even if you called over the most capable drinkers of the Oni clan to fight her in a drinking contest, she wouldn't get drunk, let alone those few.

As we all know, people get drunk because ethanol enters the capillaries through the gastric mucosa and circulates in the blood. However, excessive ethanol cannot be excreted from the body, and the remaining ethanol affects the central nervous system in the brain.

The problem is that, from a certain perspective, Yuuki has no brain. Yuuki's body is entirely composed of water, making him a completely elemental being. Therefore, it is completely impossible to get him drunk simply by drinking alcohol.

When Texas saw the blush on Yuuki's face, it was both a physiological reaction that Yuuki had deliberately simulated and a trap. And clearly, Texas became the first person to fall for it.

And were there any other reactions? Actually, if someone observes carefully, they will find that Yuuki's height has been increasing at a slow but certain rate during the drinking contest.

Those were the volumes of alcohol consumed during the drinking session, which wouldn't normally be that outrageous. The problem is that they ate hot pot before engaging in the drinking contest, and the amount they drank was indeed quite substantial.

In that corner of the hall, there were still four cardboard boxes piled up, and at least half of those drinks had ended up in Xiyue's stomach.

In public, she couldn't possibly use the method that Jane used in Bloodline: Blockade Battlefront, that would be too inelegant. As for the toilet, Exusiai had stipulated from the beginning that going to the toilet was not allowed during the drinking contest, otherwise it would be considered a loss.

Driven by a desire to avenge Kurenai, Yuuki naturally had no intention of admitting defeat. As for Texas and Sora, who were not involved, well… Yuuki admitted she had too much fun.

Therefore, the extra volume could only be transferred by Yuuki into things like height.

As for her figure, she does have one, but Yu Yue was too embarrassed to let it grow too obviously, so most of the extra volume is in her height, which is not easy to notice.

So now, if someone gets close and smells carefully, they will find that there is a strong smell of wheat juice on Xiyue's body. In a sense, she has been marinated.

"Phew, a shower feels much better."

As Yuuki stood up from the water, the water didn't stay on her body; it all fell into the bathtub. Even when she got out of the bathtub, she wasn't wet at all.

After changing into her pajamas, Yuuki walked back to the bathtub and dipped her palm into the water. Almost visibly, the water in the bathtub turned a little yellow, and a faint scent of wheat juice wafted through the steam into Yuuki's nostrils.

"You drank quite a lot." Xi Yue manipulated the water to make them open the bathtub drain valve on their own, emptying themselves into the sewer. They went down very cleanly, without even needing to be cleaned up.

After stretching in her pajamas, Yu Yue stepped out of the bathroom: "As expected. A shower makes me feel more comfortable and relaxed. Okay, it's time to sleep."

Xi Yue rolled onto the bed and closed her eyes. But if someone happened to look over at that moment, they would notice that Xi Yue's originally azure eyes gradually deepened into a dark blue as she closed them.

"Hoo... Hmm!" Elena woke up with a start. Using the hand cannon continuously throughout the day had taken a toll on her stamina.

"Asleep? That shouldn't be the case, but it doesn't seem like Hai Si is attacking." Alini, who had just woken up from her sleep, looked around nervously.

With the help of the shimmering blue light around her, Elena could tell that everyone around her was resting with their eyes closed and sleeping. They had all fought all day and were now finally able to recover, so they were cherishing this hard-won rest time.

However, they did not completely let their guard down, as that would be tantamount to suicide. Although the situation on the battlefield had become unusually strange because of Hai Si's decision not to kill.

However, the most basic precautions must not be abandoned, so soldiers placed a large number of landmines along the coastline that they could approach.

These landmines may not be extremely powerful, but they are certainly loud enough to alert the soldiers should anyone attempt an attack, not to mention there are more...

What else was there? Elena's thoughts paused slightly. There must be something else?

Elena looked around. It was quiet, there was nothing strange about it, and everyone was resting quietly.

“Nothing… is strange…” Elena confirmed this.

Sleepiness kept creeping into her mind, and Elena needed to go back to sleep. Today was really tiring, and tomorrow might be even more tiring.

Elena sat down again and closed her eyes, but after a while her eyes snapped open and she jumped up.

"Wait, why is everyone asleep? Where are the soldiers on night watch? What is this blue light?" Elena realized something was wrong.

It was too quiet; everyone was sleeping. This was impossible for the soldiers, no matter how exhausted they were.

"Is this blue light the culprit?" Elena picked up her hand cannon and the lantern that was placed to the side, and looked in the direction from which the blue light came from—the direction of the sea.

What Elena didn't know was that the brain has the function of forgetting and blocking. In order to prevent certain things from harming itself, the brain will automatically block and forget certain things that could harm itself.

Now, Eleanor rejected the brain's protection and looked out into the deep ocean.

"The sea is glowing?" The first thing that caught Alene's eye was the sea, which was now emitting a faint blue light.

A calm breathing sound reached Aline's ears. Had it just started? No, it seemed not; it was as if he had always been there.

Elena's hand holding the hand cannon trembled uncontrollably. She saw it: in the vast ocean before her, a girl lay on the surface of the sea, as if she were sleeping.

That was the source of all this anomaly. The moment Elena saw the girl, she was absolutely certain of it. As a judge, she should have fired without hesitation, but her hand holding the gun trembled uncontrollably.

The breathing continued, and within that calm breathing came bursts of whale calls.

This was a lullaby that mortals should not hear or see. The sound of waves crashing against the shore and the waves crashing against each other mingled together, and the long, melodious whale song was interspersed among the sounds of the sea, calm and lingering.

“…The ocean?” Elena murmured to herself as she looked at the scene before her. She remembered the words of the deep-sea cultist she had overheard that afternoon.

As Elena finished speaking, the lullaby playing around them suddenly stopped, the seawater became still, and the waves that had been churning also froze in mid-air.

The girl in the sea sat up at some point, whether it was when Elene finished speaking or even earlier.

The girl seemed to be moving. As Elena looked at the girl in front of her, she realized that the girl was not lying on the seawater out of thin air as she got closer.

There was a jellyfish beneath the girl, which gently lifted her up, making it appear from a distance as if she were floating on the water.

The girl stood up from the jellyfish and walked forward. The jellyfish in the sea gradually rose to the surface, and in an instant, it seemed to split into countless small jellyfish, like twinkling stars, floating around the girl.

The branches peek out from the seawater, their azure blue hues seemingly speckled with tiny dark blue lights, creating a breathtaking scene alongside the surrounding jellyfish.

A whale carrying an iceberg appeared silently behind her; the whale song she had just heard was sung by her.

This was a scene that mortals could never witness in their lifetime, like a miracle. But compared to the miraculous scene around her, Elena's gaze remained fixed on the girl's face.

Eleanor originally just wanted to see what kind of people could be called the ocean, but she couldn't see anything. The only thing she could see was those deep blue eyes.

But just looking at it, perhaps because of the surrounding deep blue glow of the sea, Elena's gray eyes seemed to take on a hint of blue, turning into an elegant gray-blue.

Elena tossed aside the hand cannon that symbolized her status as a judge and removed the lantern that was essential for her.

Elena scaled the trench and ran toward the girl. The landmines on the coastline, which would have been triggered with just a light touch, did not make a sound even though Elena ran over them.

Elena ran on the glowing sea. She didn't sink; she just kept running on the surface until a hand grabbed her and pulled her into an embrace.

Elena could feel a hand stroking her head; it was very warm…

Elinie fell asleep in the girl's arms. It felt like a long time had passed, or perhaps just a moment, before Elinie was woken up.

"Huh? Teacher!" Elena opened her gray-blue eyes and looked up. She saw that it was her teacher who had woken her up, and she quickly stood up.

"are you tired?"

Elena stretched her body slightly, and a feeling of energy welled up inside her: "No, teacher, I'm not tired."

Dario nodded: "I already know about your performance yesterday, which was excellent, but remember to rest."

"clear."

"Yes, be careful. Although I don't know why Hai Si didn't kill anyone, we must be vigilant. There must be a deeper reason why the other party did this."

"Teacher, what about those soldiers, um, who were treated by Haisi?"

"Yesterday, they were sent to the hospital, and some soldiers volunteered to go to the research institute to find out what happened."

Dario sighed. Even an experienced judge like him couldn't understand what the Sealings were trying to do.

“Stay vigilant, Eleanor, and don’t trust the enemy’s mercy,” Dario warned, staring into Eleanor’s grey-blue eyes.

"...Yes, teacher."

Penguin Logistics.

An indescribable scream of penguins instantly echoed throughout the entire building.

"Where are my employees! It's ten o'clock, where are they?!" The Emperor stared at Xi Yue, who was drinking tea in front of him.

When he returned, it was already ten o'clock. He had only wanted to see how Xiyue was getting along with her employees, but he found that only Xiyue was in the lobby.

The Emperor initially thought the four had gone to work, but upon checking their phones, he discovered that none of them had clocked in for the day.

"He's probably still lying in bed," Xiyue said, pointing to the staff dormitory deep in the lobby.

"It's ten o'clock, and they're still not up. Did they steal chickens last night?"

Xi Yue smiled and pointed to the five cases of wine placed against the wall.

"...A drinking contest?"

"A drinking contest."

The Emperor nodded knowingly; it was obvious that his daughter had offended someone she shouldn't have while drinking.

"Was it Exusiai's idea?" The Emperor's words were a question, but his tone was very certain.

"How much did you drink?"

"Exusiai drank three bottles, and collapsed when I drank the fourth bottle and she wanted to drink the fourth bottle. Croissant drank six bottles and collapsed. Texas drank three bottles and two were empty."

After thinking for a moment, Yuzuki added, "They drank a little while eating hot pot. I originally wanted to let them off the hook, but Croissant and Exusiai got Red drunk."

The Emperor adjusted his sunglasses and asked, "Where are the two behind him?"

"...had a blast."

The Emperor sighed. His daughter was courting death! Drinking with the Sea God—even Hoshiguma from the Royal Guard wouldn't dare say whether she could get him slightly tipsy before she passed out.

Those girls, even if they drink themselves into the hospital, it won't help.

"Alright, tell them to remember to clock in this afternoon."

They seemed to be getting along well, and upon learning this, the emperor left.

After the Emperor left, Xi Yue looked around the room. The four of them were practically leaning against the wall as they came out. Last night's drinking contest had left them with a severe hangover.

As for why I only woke up now, it's because of the Emperor's penguin scream just now. As for why I just came out, well, it's better to act like a grandson in front of the boss.

"Awake? I prepared some sweet soup for you; hangovers are really uncomfortable." Xi Yue looked at the four of them who had collapsed onto the sofa, turned around, went into the kitchen, and brought out four bowls of water.

The four thanked him and drank it. Then, a peculiar taste rushed straight to the top of their heads.

"Cough cough cough! What kind of sweet soup is this?" As a loyal sweet tooth, Exusiai immediately objected and jumped up. Then she found that her dizziness seemed to have lessened a lot.

"A special hangover cure." Xi Yue took a small bottle out of her pocket and waved it in front of everyone.

This is something Xiyue found in the system this morning to help with hangovers, since she knew she would be fine but the others might feel unwell.

[Item: Hangover Relief]

[Type: consumables]