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"You should know. I guess he's not blind."

At this moment, by coincidence, Liu Cheng looked up in the direction of Shu Nio and Hiei, waved to them, and said loudly: "Friends in the tree, how are you? Please let me see your raised hands."

Hiei quickly said, "Sake, ignore him."

"Yeah, I understand... Then why are you raising your hand, Hiei-san?"

"I do not have it……"

Hiei paused, and only after Shuuni's reminder did she realize that she had raised her right hand unconsciously, as if she was greeting Liu Cheng.

Suddenly, a feeling of wanting to cry but not being able to cry filled Hiei's heart. It was all over, it seemed as if he had really been influenced by the devil!

Chapter 30: Reality and Falsehood

In fact, under such close surveillance, Liu Cheng did not intend to take any action. Instead, he lived his life happily.

In the past, I always had various tasks to do, and the little free time I had would be taken up by some proactive ship girls. Now I have some free time and can relax with everyone.

Drink tea and chat during the day, or organize some fun games.

In the evening, everyone gathered together to play cards, tell ghost stories, and have pillow fights. It didn’t matter if the pillows were broken, the Sakura Empire would send new ones the next day. It felt so good to get something for free.

"Is it really okay for you to always accompany us and not prepare for the trial?"

After the morning run, Kuibyshev gently wiped the sweat off Liu Cheng's face. She had removed the bandages on her face, but her long bangs still covered her forehead and right eye, even her thin eyebrows were blocked.

Liu Cheng subconsciously reached out and lifted up Kuibyshev's bangs. Seeing her smooth forehead and the faint smile in her beautiful eyes, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's wrong?" Kuibyshev tilted his head in confusion, his beautiful face still wearing that extremely heartwarming smile.

"It's okay. I was always a little worried about whether you were injured again... I'm glad you're okay."

Liu Cheng retracted his hand. He also realized that his behavior was a bit excessive. He touched his nose awkwardly and changed the subject, "I am confident that I will win, so there is no need to make any blind preparations. Maybe something will be exposed. Let the Sakura Empire's ship girls guess blindly. The more they guess, the more confused they will be."

"Well, Commander, it's good that you have confidence. Of course, if you have any troubles, please tell me and I will help you share them, okay?"

"it is good."

Liu Cheng took the towel and thought that he had not seen any sweat on Kuibyshev's forehead just now, so he gave up helping her.

Wiping the sweat off his face, he thought, "You and I are equal outside of battle, so if you have any problems, you have to come to me, otherwise I would be embarrassed to let you share my troubles, understand?"

Kuibyshev nodded, his scarlet eyes rippled with tears: "The commander is so gentle."

"A little bit, but not as much as you. Let's go have breakfast."

Kuibyshev looked at Liu Cheng's back and couldn't help but say, "Commander."

Liu Cheng turned his head: "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Kuibyshev shook his head, quickly followed Liu Cheng, and pressed his strong back. "Stand straight! Lift your head! ... Haha, this is the way we should be."

Seeing Liu Cheng straightening his back, Kuibyshev smiled. She thought to herself that she should be careful not to get hurt easily in the future. If she made the commander worry, she would also be heartbroken.

I have to say that this little loli Akashi is really resourceful. Under the strict surveillance of the Sakura Empire, she still managed to bring the diamond ring in.

After Liu Cheng swiped the card, Mingshi smiled like a rose, with his lips almost pursed into three petals. Although she was a cute little girl, she looked like a profiteer, which was completely different from the generous St. Louis.

Then Liu Cheng learned about Akashi's dishonest behavior.

According to August's identification, the pigeon eggs on these rings are not diamonds at all, but a substance whose composition cannot be identified for the time being. Liu Cheng tried it and confirmed that these rings can be used as possessions.

So the next day, Akashi was called over again, and under the threat of returning the goods and refunding the money, Akashi told the truth in tears - the Mind Cube came from the discovered underwater ruins, and the diamonds on these rings were actually fragments of the Mind Cube. Since these fragments had lost the characteristics of the Mind Cube, no other functions were found except their high hardness, so Akashi used them to "pass off inferior goods as good ones."

It can only be said that they came across it by accident. Liu Cheng naturally said that he wanted all the remaining materials and rings.

"Well, I spent a lot of effort to fish these pieces out of the sea bit by bit." Akashi covered half of his face with his sleeves, looking like he was about to cry. "Every bit was fished out by hand, and the clothes of Yi19 and Yi58 who helped were soaked."

Liu Cheng certainly understood what Akashi meant, and he stood up and said condescendingly: "If you sell it, we'll give you the money and the goods. If you don't sell it... Hehe, you don't want Musashi and the others to know that you're colluding with us, right?"

Akashi quickly said, "Sell it! I'm selling it, meow, at this price, I'll give you a 99% discount, meow!"

As expected, the black-hearted capitalists have to be punished with an iron fist to behave themselves.

The little Lolita who couldn't be teased was still a little less cute, but Liu Cheng had a new target of bullying these days——

She has black hair draped over her shoulders, a slim figure, and a cute little flower pinned on her gentle hairstyle. Her white navy uniform can't hide her plump figure, and her long legs are tied with black stockings. She is a lively and gentle girl.

After hearing that Liu Cheng wanted to see her, Toriumi came with the mentality of feeding the tiger with her own body. Even if she was bullied by this devil who had teased her, she would find out some information for Sister Kaohsiung.

"From your voice, I feel like you're not very smart." Liu Cheng looked up and down at Toriumi. She was such a lovely girl. It would be fun to bully her. "Now that we've met, I realize that's not the case."

"I, of course I'm smart." Toriumi said stubbornly, "I was just pretending to be stupid before, just to get information out of you. Don't be too proud. We, the Sakura Empire's shipgirls, are not easy to bully."

"No, you misunderstood me." Liu Cheng held back his laughter.

"what?"

"What I mean is that you can't judge a person by his appearance. You look okay, but it turns out you are not very smart."

After hearing Liu Cheng's words, Charybdis next to him covered his mouth and laughed.

Kaga cleared his throat and said something fair: "Don't bully Toriumi, she is a good girl."

"Woo..."

Toriumi finally reacted, biting her lower lip with her pearly teeth, her eyes watery, staring at Liu Cheng pitifully: "You are indeed a bad guy, I will not yield to you."

Liu Cheng blinked and thought, girl, you are really not very smart. The more you act cute, the more I want to bully you.

So in the following time, Toriumi always seemed to stand aside obediently, carefully observing Liu Cheng's every move.

At first, she could have chosen not to talk to Liu Cheng, but Liu Cheng always found a way to make her speak, and then she could see her pitiful yet forced expression again, which was really evil.

But after spending these few days together, Toriumi discovered that although Liu Cheng was hateful, the other ship girls were all good people, whether it was the gentle Guanghui, the lively Cheshire or the generous Egil. Even Liu Cheng would sometimes invite her to dinner out of concern.

Humph, it’s just a small favor. My firm heart will never be corroded by such things.

"Torikai, come play with us!"

"coming!"

Toriumi grabbed Cheshire's clothes and looked at the eagle played by Liu Cheng. While dodging, he thought to himself that this was called infiltrating the enemy and he was not enjoying this atmosphere at all.

“Wow, hehe——”

Toriumi thought so, but couldn't help but laugh along with everyone else.

Chapter

Shentong: The advantage is mine

In a blink of an eye, tomorrow is the day of the first trial.

In the evening, in the meeting hall of Sakura Empire, the two ship girls participating in the trial, Takao and Zuikaku, as well as the high-ranking officials of Sakura Empire, including Musashi, Nagato, Mikasa, Amagi, Akagi, etc., all gathered here, of course, for tomorrow's trial.

Since it is a best-of-three match, the first match is particularly important because a good start can greatly influence morale. It is crucial for the Sakura Empire right now as it can liven up the somewhat heavy atmosphere.

Moreover, since a round-robin competition is adopted, if the first match can test out more of Liu Cheng's strength and style, it will be more confident for the subsequent ship girls competing.

What's more, after such a long period of preparation and mobilizing a large army to clear the countryside, it would be too embarrassing to lose, so the Sakura Empire is determined to win tomorrow's competition.

"Where's Yunxian?" Musashi looked around and said, "Is she wandering on some high mountain again?"

"Yes."

The dark kimono fits her slender body, with smooth black hair hanging down. As a senior of Sakura Empire, Mikasa has a dignified appearance, but her hearty and confident smile makes people more approachable.

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Mikasa waved her hand and said, "Unxian said she would definitely make it to tomorrow's trial. She won't miss such a strong duel, so we don't have to worry."

"Since Yunxian said so, then there is really no need to worry about it."

Musashi nodded and said to Avatar, "Then start, Avatar, and tell me what you have discovered in the past few days."

"Yes."

Shentong bowed respectfully to the seated shipgirls, and then said, "In fact, most of what we know about Liu Cheng is focused on his abilities and ambitions, and we don't know how good his fighting skills are. All we know is that he was once a well-trained soldier, and that he once defeated Tosa in a fight and tied with Lord Kaga. His level is definitely not weak."

Noticing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, Kaga nodded coldly: "I can only say that Liu Cheng is very powerful. He is a real strong man."

"Is he so powerful?" Mikasa stroked her smooth chin and said curiously, "It's really surprising that a human can be compared with our battle-hardened Kaga."

Musashi said with some emotion: "Such a unique human being, the situation of the world almost depends on him. It would be surprising if he did not have such talent."

"Yeah, that's true. It makes me look forward to it." Mikasa nodded and said, "Avatar, please continue."

"Yes."

Shentong continued, "We have placed a large number of sentries and cameras near the garden where Liu Cheng lives. There are also people secretly observing in the garden, but we did not find any signs of his preparation. Hiei, Shokaku and Toriumi, what do you think?"

Hiei knelt down and said, "Yes, we did not observe him doing any kendo training."

Xianghe sat upright and said, "When I was in the garden, I mainly chatted with Mr. Liu Cheng. I don't know if it was true or not, but he acted very confident."

Toriumi also quickly said, "He just drinks tea, runs, and chats every day. He seems very leisurely. I haven't been able to find out any useful information."

"So based on these phenomena, we can draw inferences. Either Liu Cheng is worried that we will find out his flaws, so he deliberately hides them. Or he is confident and thinks that he does not need to do any more training."

"The former could prove that he is guilty, while the latter could indicate that he may have something to rely on and we need to be more cautious. However, based on the information I have collected over the past few days, I think it is the former."

Shentong clapped his hands and signaled Naka to bring the things up. She pointed at the broken pillows and said confidently, "The truth is revealed in the details. These so-called broken pillows in the pillow fight have actually been hit countless times. I think these are props that Liu Cheng uses to train his strength. He deliberately found a reasonable reason to hide them."

"Everyone, please look, this is the footage recorded by the camera."

Shentong turned on the projector again, and the scene inside was Liu Cheng and the ship girls playing Eagle Catches Chicken. When Toriumi saw himself in the game, his cheeks suddenly flushed. He looked around and was very glad that everyone's attention was not on him.

"Did anyone see any signs?"

Kaohsiung didn't think there was anything wrong at first, but after being asked by Shentong, she seemed to have discovered some clues. She frowned slightly and said, "Steps, is he practicing his steps?"

"Yes, that's my conclusion too."

Shentong switched between pictures and videos, saying one by one: "Every morning run is to practice endurance. You can see the rhythm of his breathing, which is very particular."

"Digging with Cheshire is to practice wrist strength and joint strength. Otherwise, why would he do such a childish thing as digging?"

"

besides……"

"To sum up, Liu Cheng is not as confident as he seems. He tries his best to hide himself, but he practices secretly, which is enough to show that he is guilty. And through this, it is proved that his skills and training methods are all traceable and have not deviated from the normal rut."

"Don't be fooled by his appearance. Stay confident and meet the enemy as planned."

Shentong took a deep breath, looked at the ship girls present, and said confidently: "Anyway, the trial is three to one, the advantage is on me!"

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"Wonderful!"

Liu Cheng clapped and praised the dance performed by Hua Jia just now.

Hua Jia's plump chest rose and fell, her pretty short hair was slightly wet with sweat and stuck to her forehead. After dancing, she was as beautiful as a crabapple after the rain.

"Huh... So, where's the excitement?"

Liu Cheng thought for a moment and said seriously: "Hua Jia is very beautiful."

"Ok?"

“So just twisting it around is exciting.”

"Pfft..." Kuibyshev burst out laughing. She quickly cleared her throat and said, "Commander, you're going too far. Hua Jia is obviously a very good dancer."

Hua Jia glared at Liu Cheng, puffed up his cheeks cutely and said, "Forget it, I'm used to it. This guy just likes to bully people. Go to sleep, go to sleep!"

Liu Cheng apologized with a smile: "It was just a joke. Hua Jia's dancing is as graceful as a startled swan and as agile as a swimming dragon. Even if Luoshen were alive, she would be no better than him. I was stunned just now."

"Humph." Hua Jia snorted disdainfully, then took the paper fan and tapped Liu Cheng on the head gently while he wasn't paying attention, then smiled, "I was just joking, there's no personal grudge involved, that's all."

"I believe it."

"Believe it or not."

“I said I believed it.”

Liu Cheng smiled and lay down on the bed on the floor. He felt relaxed. After having fun with everyone, he no longer felt any pressure.

"Go to sleep. I have to kill a lot of people tomorrow."

"Commander, are you really that confident?"

"Just kidding. Tomorrow I'll show you what an anti-Japanese hero is."

Chapter 32: Anti-Japanese Heroes