Poseidon in Arknights

————Rhodes Island Medical Center————

"Kal'tsit, there's no need to check." Kroos tapped the wall in front of her. "It's perfect. I feel it's much better than the other walls."

"Is that so?" Kal'tsit nodded. "Didn't you find any problems?"

Kroos sighed: "At least with all my methods, I haven't found anything wrong with this wall. Don't be so suspicious, Kal'tsit."

Kroos tapped a detector on the ground: "If I had to say, the only problem here is that the Originium dust content is pitifully low."

“I understand.” Kal'tsit nodded. “I wonder how long this situation can last?”

Amiya glanced at the almost zero number on the detector. She knew how sensitive the detector in Kroos's hand was. Looking at the number, Amiya suddenly had an idea.

"Dr. Kal'tsit, could you perhaps transfer some critically ill patients here?"

“Hmm…” Kal’tsit thought for a moment and then nodded. “Such a low content of Originium dust can be very helpful in slowing down the condition of some critically ill patients.”

"By the way, Kroos, figure out how to get rid of this." Kal'tsit took out the ice puck that Yuuki had given her earlier from her pocket.

"What is this?" Kroos took the ice ball from Kal'tsit and curiously looked through the almost transparent ice ball at the bright yellow liquid inside.

"A high-purity, highly concentrated Originium solution."

Upon hearing Kal'tsit's explanation, Kroos's hand trembled, almost dropping the puck to the ground. She then glared at Kal'tsit and said, "You should have said so sooner!"

"I didn't take any protective measures." Kroos held the ice puck, unsure where to put it.

"Just put it in your pocket. You could throw it in front of Rhodes Island's tracks and it probably wouldn't break."

“Dr. Kal'tsit, I think you’re overestimating this ice ball.” Yuuki pushed Specter’s wheelchair with Skadi around the corner of the corridor. “When I made it, I didn’t make it hard enough to withstand the crushing force of a moving city.”

“So I only said ‘maybe.’” Kal’tsit turned her head calmly. “Good evening, Dr. Yuzuki.”

"Good evening, everyone." Xi Yue nodded slightly. "By the way, if you want to open that ice ball, just use a hammer. It's not very hard, so be careful."

Kroos, holding the ice puck, tensed up and quickly said, "It's nothing, I'll head back now. I need to get rid of this thing quickly."

After saying that, Kroos held the puck in her hands and quickly ran away.

Yuuki smiled as she watched Kroos's departing figure. Specter, in her wheelchair, thought for a moment and then looked at Kal'tsit: "Dr. Kal'tsit, could you issue me a travel permit?"

"No way." Yuuki reached out and tapped Specter on the head. "Stay put and recover. Well then, Dr. Kal'tsit, have a pleasant evening. I'll take Specter back to his ward now."

Amiya watched as Yuuki and her group walked away and suddenly asked, "Miss Skadi seems a little unhappy. Did something happen?"

————Rhode Island Dormitory Area————

After taking Ghost Shark back to her ward, Yuuki went to the accommodation area to meet up with Texas and the others.

As for the strange noises or incomprehensible words that came from the ward after Yuuki left the medical department, they probably had nothing to do with Yuuki.

"You're so slow." Exusiai looked at Yuuki, who was walking slowly towards her. "Is the medical ward that far?"

Yuuki casually pulled out her phone from her pocket and glanced at the time: "It hasn't been long, has it, Exusiai? Were you in such a hurry to rest?"

"Hmm, it's alright~" Exusiai scratched her head.

“I think you are it~” Yuuki smiled and looked at Texas beside her, “So where are we going to stay?”

Texas pulled two key cards from her waist pouch: "A standard double room at Rhodes Island is upstairs."

“But we haven’t stayed there for a while.” Exusiai looked up. “I wonder if anyone has helped us clean?”

"I don't know, I guess not." Texas shook her head. "But the dust shouldn't be too much, probably."

"I'll clean it up when the time comes, it's not a big problem, but it's a double room."

Exusiai glanced at Texas and Yuuki with a mischievous grin, then reached out and took a room key from Texas's hand: "I figured my aura would disturb your sleep, so I'll sleep alone."

“Okay…” Texas’s tail tip twitched slightly as she looked at the room key in Exusiai’s hand. “Then let’s go.”

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"Wow, I thought there would be a lot of dust or something." Exusiai reached out and touched the top of the cabinet next to the door. "Looks like it won't need any cleaning."

Exusiai didn't rush to the next room, but instead followed Texas and Yuuki to their room.

"However, we've only been away from here for a month. This is a relatively enclosed space, so it's unlikely to be very dusty."

"Hmm." Xiyue looked around and walked to the center of the room. "It would be better to clean it up."

As Xiyue stood in the center of the room, a halo of light burst forth from beneath her feet, sweeping across the entire room. After the light dissipated, even the air smelled slightly better.

"Hmm~" Yuuzuki nodded, quite satisfied with her masterpiece. Then she turned around and reached out to Exusiai, "Exusiai, give me the room key first, I'll go clean your room too."

"Hey, no rush, no rush." ​​Exusiai waved her hand, walked into the room, and went straight to the cabinet next to her. "Let me look for it~"

"If you want to continue playing the game, isn't it a little too late now?" Yuzuki smiled as she looked at Exusiai, who was rummaging through things.

"Anyway, I'm bored~" Exusiai pulled a wooden board out of the cabinet.

"What's this?" Yuuki looked at the crisscrossing grid on the wooden board that Exusiai had brought over. "Go?"

“That’s right, that’s right.” Exusiai placed the chessboard on the table and took out two boxes of chess pieces from the cabinet at night. “To be honest, my friend is the second best chess player in our Penguin Logistics.”

"Because nobody wants to play chess with a terrible chess player like you." Texas didn't hesitate to expose Exusiai's weakness. "I was the one who played against you last time, and I lost all eight games."

"Texas!" Exusiai glared at Texas, her plan foiled in an instant. "Can't you give me any face?!"

Texas pulled a Pocky stick from her pocket and popped it into her mouth. Then she glanced at Exusiai and muttered, "She's bad at the game but has a huge addiction."

Upon hearing Texas's words, Exusiai clutched her chest, feigning heartache, and looked at Texas, regretting that she had taken the room key so readily, showing her no respect whatsoever.

"Alright, alright." Yuzuki smiled and patted Exusiai's head. "Come on, I'll play with you."

"However, let's make it clear first, no matter how it turns out, you're not allowed to get angry!"

"Of course~" Exusiai looked at Yuuki with full confidence, "This is a purely competitive event, Yuuki, bring it on, don't hold back, I won't go to sleep until I win tonight!"

—————A very, very long time has passed—————

"One more time!" Exusiai shouted weakly, slumped on the table, before collapsing back onto it.

"A complete and utter defeat, losing all ten games." Texas sat to the side reading a novel on her phone, glancing at the already exhausted Exusiai.

"You really don't hold back at all, Yuzuki."

Xi Yue smiled broadly as she addressed the situation on the table: "She herself told me to bring it on."

“But your method is tantamount to ruthless extermination.” Texas shook her head, looking at the table that was only half-cleaned.

Texas is not unfamiliar with Go, and she has encountered many aggressive opponents, but Yuuki's playing style can no longer be described as merely aggressive.

To put it simply, it could be described as extremely aggressive and ruthless, with a level of fighting spirit far exceeding that of any chess player Texas had ever encountered before.

But this is only in terms of playing style. When you look at the moves, it's even more like a gazelle hanging its horns on a tree, leaving no trace, yet with a very strong purpose.

Cold and strange, his moves are unfamiliar but they are clearly very sophisticated. He places his pieces without any thought, and what appears to be a random placement could turn into a deadly move later.

"Well~" Yuzuki smiled, reached out and put away the chess pieces, then picked up the chessboard and its box and put them back in the cabinet.

As for Texas's comments, all Yuuki could say was that AlphaGo's tricks were beyond the comprehension of the Terrans in a short time, and even more beyond the ability of Exusiai to handle.

She was only imitating it slightly.

"Has she become so mentally exhausted from playing?" After putting the chessboard back down, Yuuki walked over and looked at Exusiai, who was still slumped over the table.

Looking at the motionless Exusiai, Yuuki reached out and poked her head, only to find that she seemed to be asleep.

"It's understandable that he was mentally exhausted after being beaten like that." Texas shook her head. Exusiai was bad, but that didn't mean the other party didn't care about the game.

I give 100% to every game, and then today I got utterly and spectacularly crushed.

"Then I'll take her back to sleep." After picking up Nengtian in a princess carry, Xiyue walked out the door.

After stepping outside, Yuuki gently patted Exusiai's pocket: "Let me see where you put the room key. Ah, here it is."

After taking out the room key, Yuuki opened the door. A halo of light rippled beneath her feet, completely expelling the dust from the room. She then went to the bed, placed Exusiai in the bed, and carefully covered her with the blanket.

Yuuki looked at Exusiai, whose brows were furrowed even in her sleep: "Shouldn't we let some water in? Just now..."

By observing the bright halo above Exusiai's head, it can be seen that although Yuuki's words were apologetic, she actually had a happy smile on her face.

Yes, a completely unapology-free expression.

"Oh, right, and your eye mask too." Yuuki looked at the halo above Exusiai's head, took out an eye mask with an intelligent expression from her clothes, and put it on the angel.

"Goodnight, Exusiai, sweet dreams." Yuuki patted Exusiai's head, making sure that at least Exusiai wasn't kicking off the covers, then turned and left, returning to the room next door.

"Texas, do you want to take a shower first?" Yuzuki walked into the room and looked at Texas, who seemed to still be reading a novel.

Seeing Yuuki standing behind him, Texas subtly turned off his phone and placed it on the table.

“…Alright.” Texas glanced at her phone and nodded to Yuuki.

“OK, let me see where your clothes are…” Yuuki reached into her clothes, rummaged around for a while, and then pulled out a bag. “Here, Texas.”

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After a while, Texas came out of the bathroom, her tail slightly damp, took out a hairdryer from the cabinet, and calmly walked to Yuzuki's side.

"..." Texas was silent for a moment, then seemed to take a deep breath, "Yuzuki."

"What's wrong, Texas?" Yuuki turned to look at Texas beside her.

"Help me... blow-dry my tail." Texas handed the hairdryer to Yuuki.

“Okay.” Xi Yue nodded, put down her phone, and pulled a small chair out from under the table for Texas to sit down.

The noisy sound of a hairdryer filled the quiet room, but fortunately, the soundproofing in Rhodes Island's rooms was quite good, so there was no risk of disturbing the neighbors.

Yuuki skillfully used the hairdryer in her hand to blow-dry Texas's tail. After all, Kurenai had asked Yuuki to blow-dry her tail many times before, so Yuuki was quite familiar with how to do it.

What Yuuki couldn't see was that Texas, sitting on a small stool, was tense and her face was slightly flushed.

Texas wasn't used to having her tail under someone else's control, so the tip of her tail would wag restlessly back and forth.

If Exusiai saw this, she would be very surprised, as she had never seen Texas have someone blow her tail for her before.

Compared to Texas, Yuuki didn't feel anything; she was already used to blowing her red tail.

Speaking of which, when Yuzuki first bathed Kurenai, she would often just pull the water off Kurenai's tail to save time. However, at some point, Kurenai began to resist Yuzuki's approach and insisted that Yuzuki use a hairdryer to dry her.

"Okay, Texas." Yuzuki patted Texas's now-dry tail, unplugged the hairdryer, and neatly placed it on the table.

“…Thank you.” Texas stood up from the slightly stiff insect bench, her tail swishing behind her.

"It's nothing~" Xiyue smiled, picked up her pajamas from the side, and went straight into the bathroom.