Even in the world of Kancolle, I want to drive a robot!

Disturbing their thoughts was a small matter, but he was afraid of bringing embarrassment to Zhenhai as well.

The ship girls that Xia Bai least wants to see now are Zhenhai and Frederick the Great. The former has a conflict with him, and he is not sure about the latter.

After all, what kind of ship girl wants to be someone else's mother? Forget about the past. It's not like Xia Bai is without a mother now. Didn't Frederick the Great ask Chris about this idea?

Every time they met each other, Frederick would stare at him with a look full of deep meaning and maternal love, which made Xia Bai dare not go to Tiexue to play with Tizi.

The same goes for the beaten Zeppelin. Every time I see him, I want to swallow him up in one bite.

Miss Ron's tip turned out to be correct, there are quite a few psychopaths in Tiexue.

Chapter 202 I, Xia Bai, also want to be a man of outstanding literary talent

In fact, as far as Xia Bai knows, there are only a few people who can be considered normal. Normal here refers to the personality of ordinary people.

Relatively speaking, the gentle personality of Glory is actually a bit abnormal. There are not many ship girls in Iron-Blooded and Sakura Empire that are even remotely normal.

On the contrary, the ship girls of Baiying and Donghuang are better. Enterprise must be mentioned here. She is the most normal ship girl Xia Bai has ever seen, so normal that he can't feel any outstanding shining points.

This may be another form of "A good warrior may not have great achievements."

Noticing that the atmosphere had cooled down, Hai Tian sat across from Xia Bai at the small square table, took out a book and said with a smile, "Since Lord Xia Bai is not in a hurry, I will not be so sentimental."

"I have some miscellaneous poems and books here. If you are interested, Lord Xia Bai, please feel free to borrow them from me."

Nodding, Xia Bai accepted Hai Tian's kindness, took the book handed to him, and prepared to cultivate his sentiments and strive to become a cultured and well-educated commander.

But when I turned the page, I found that it was just as Haitian said, all miscellaneous talks and ancient poems. My interest was instantly gone. But there was nothing I could do. I had already taken the book, and if I went back now I didn't know what Haitian would think.

He could only bite the bullet and read the contents of the book, letting his mind wander. It wasn't that Xia Bai didn't like reading these, he was the kind of person who could read anything, but it was really a bit of torture for him to read these when he had something on his mind.

Lord Xia Bai doesn't like poetry and books...

Sighing in his heart, Hai Tian shook his head slightly and said, "Master Xia Bai, you hold the book upside down."

Hearing this, Xia Bai came back to his senses, looked at the book in his hand, and found that he was holding it upside down. He looked at Hai Tian with confusion.

Hai Tian placed the book in his hand on the table with an expressionless face and said calmly: "If Lord Xia Bai can't read it, just put the book down... Forcing yourself will not allow you to enter the world of the book."

Scratching his head in embarrassment, Xia Bai stopped pretending and said rather shamelessly: "Sorry, I..."

"Lord Xia Bai, there is no need to explain. It is normal to be confused and unable to calm down. It is better to say that Hai Tian was reckless."

With his eyelashes slightly flickering, Hai Tian placed his hands on his knees and asked softly, "Excuse me, but could you tell me what Master Xia Bai came to ask Yi Xian for?"

She was very curious about the reason why Xia Bai came here. If it was really for the three books and six gifts, he should have a letter of appointment in his hand. And in order to show sincerity, the letter of appointment would not be placed in the ship's equipment space.

But Xia Bai was wrapped up like a big dumpling, with empty hands, which made Hai Tian guess that the other party had other intentions.

After a slight hesitation, Xia Bai said, "Well, I can tell you. You can ask any Donghuang ship girl for this matter. It's just that I'm more familiar with Yixian, so I asked her."

Seeing that he really wasn't here for the three books and six ceremonies, Hai Tian pricked up his ears and said confidently: "Then Lord Xia Bai, just speak frankly. Although I am not good at strategy, I have read a few books and may be able to help."

I feel like you are not a KanColle who has only read a few books. I'm afraid you have read tens of thousands of books.

Facing Haitian's modesty, Xia Bai did not get too entangled and said bluntly: "What I say next may be a bit strange, Haitian, don't think too much."

Nodding, Hai Tian said: "It's just to clear my doubts. I won't have any ideas."

"Then listen carefully, I will only sing it once..." Clearing his throat, Xia Bai sang in the tone of Honglian.

"Loving you is like a heartbeat that is hard to touch~"

"Please tell me what this means, Haitian?"

Haitian: “…”

With a blush on his face, Hai Tian gave Xia Bai a look and thought to himself, what deeper meaning could this have? Isn't it just the literal meaning? No wonder the first choice was Sister Yixian. It turned out that he was expressing his feelings under the pretext of solving doubts.

But I have to say that although the words are a bit straightforward, Haitian still appreciates this subtle way of expressing love.

Being free and unrestrained and expressing emotions through poetry is the spirit of a scholar.

Xia Bai had no idea what Hai Tian was thinking. He just felt his face getting hot and embarrassed. The lyrics were different, but he was mainly shy to show off his tone-deaf voice.

But this was business after all, so Xia Bai suppressed his embarrassment and asked calmly, "Can Zhenhai hear anything? Or do you know where this line of the song came from?"

Secretly spitting at Xia Bai's thick skin for asking such questions, Hai Tian shook his head and said, "Sir Xia Bai, I'm sorry to disappoint you. I don't know where this song came from. I only know that it's a popular love song."

"...Lord Xia Bai should ask Lord Yixian for help."

Well, Xia Bai didn’t expect Hai Tian, ​​the well-read ship girl, to know that there would still be some sense of loss.

After all, the fox who called himself Shinano would appear in front of her every night and look at her with a charming gaze. If Xia Bai had not strongly opposed her approaching, the other party might have come up directly to "prey".

But his own intuition and Honglian's reminder were like a thorn in his throat, making Xia Bai unable to face Shinano. He could only watch the other person wiping tears from afar every night.

Xia Bai wasn't really heartless, and seeing the big fox crying, how could he bear it? He couldn't sleep unless he understood Honglian's hint.

"No need to apologize, I am the one who made things difficult for Haitian... I will wait for Yixian a little longer."

"Ah."

Haitian responded softly, picked up the paper again and said no more.

As if they were connected by some mysterious connection, Yixian and Zhenhai finished their discussion not long after. Yixian went back to his room to rest, while Zhenhai went downstairs and planned to go out to enjoy the snow scenery.

As soon as I arrived at the hall on the first floor, I saw two people sitting opposite each other. Hai Tian was holding a book with a slightly red face, while Xia Bai looked up to the sky, wondering if there was anything noteworthy on the ceiling.

After thinking for a while, Zhenhai walked over quickly and asked with a fake smile: "What a coincidence, what brought our Red Axis Emperor here?"

Focusing his gaze on Zhenhai, Xia Bai said coldly: "I have something to do with Xun Yixian, it has nothing to do with you."

Zhen Hai gave the hesitant Hai Tian Shi a look, signaling her to step back first, and then sat in her original position, crossing her long and plump legs, fully showing off her rare beautiful legs.

"Yixian is the leader of our Donghuang, and I hold an important position in Donghuang. Do you think there is any connection?"

Xia Bai keenly sensed that Zhenhai seemed to have some bad ideas again, so he took a deep breath and said, "Huh, forget it, I don't want to say anything to you, lest you start fighting again."

"You are a smart man, but you look down on me... How about this, let's both take a step back. You go and call Yixian over. I will leave as soon as I am done and will not stay any longer, so as not to pollute your eyes."

Xia Bai felt that if she took a step back, the world would be broader. For the sake of peace and stability, she didn't want to talk much with Zhenhai. But how could he guess the mind of this bad woman Zhenhai?

Chapter 203 This time, I will win

"What happened before is over."

"I know."

"Then why are you still so reluctant?"

"Because there is nothing I can say to you."

"But I do have something to say to Master Xia Bai."

Hearing this, Xia Bai was silent. For the first time, he looked at Zhenhai's eyes and found that his dark red pupils were clear and bright, without any deceitful intentions. He then said, "That's fine. We've waited for so long anyway. It doesn't hurt to wait a little longer."

"Just tell me what you want to say. There's no need to be secretive or test me."

With Haitian's pearls and jade in front of him, Xia Bai felt even more annoyed with Zhenhai, but Haitian represented Donghuang in hospitality, and he couldn't just cover his ears and say he didn't want to listen and chase Zhenhai away.

Now he wanted to see what the other party could say.

Zhenhai smiled but did not say anything. Instead, he took out a chessboard from the ship's space and asked softly, "Your plan with Tiancheng a few days ago impressed Zhenhai. The world is divided into black and white. Now I want to play chess with you. How about it?"

Glancing coldly at the chessboard in Zhenhai's hand, Xia Bai said sternly, "Do you want to play Gobang with me?"

This almost made Zhenhai lose his composure. He complained in his heart that Xia Bai was uneducated. He had already talked about both the black and white worlds, yet he still thought of Gobang.

The hand holding the chessboard was shaking a little, and Zhenhai explained: "You misunderstood, I mean Go, not Go."

"How about it, Lord Xia Bai, do you have the time to talk to Zhenhai?"

Playing chess, observing others and observing oneself, Zhenhai's style is worthy of being the Donghuang ship girl, but Xia Bai is willing but unable to do it, and honestly replied: "I don't know how to play Go... What does your disgusted expression mean?"

"Is there a rule that people who attack the country or commanders must be able to play Go?"

Zhenhai's expression was extremely lethal, even more so than the way a maid looked at a pest. She was the only one Xia Bai had ever seen who could make an expression of disgust so lifelike.

Zhenhai pulled the corners of his mouth stiffly and shook his head: "No, I'm just a little curious about the way the Sakura Empire trained you... Chuhe Hanjie, right?"

"Chess is just chess. Why do you have to talk about the Chu River and Han River?"

Muttering softly, Xia Bai nodded and said, "Don't be afraid to tell me. I used to be the chess king of Splan. If you want to play this with me, you are undoubtedly asking for trouble."

"Splan...is that some chess cup competition? I didn't expect that Xia Bai you have such a title." Talking about this, Zhenhai seemed very interested and couldn't help but ask more questions.

Xia Bai pretended to be a master and said slowly, "Splan is of course referring to our Spland Island, the son of Prometheus. I have never lost a chess game there."

"..."

For a moment, Zhenhai didn't know how to complain about Xia Bai's self-confidence. Isn't this almost the same as the chess king in the community? And he is playing against the young son of Prometheus. I don't know where he gets the nerve to call himself the chess king.

After replacing the chessboard, Zhenhai smiled awkwardly but politely and said, "Then let's play this. You are a guest from afar, so you play red first."

While placing the chess pieces, Xia Bai said, "Okay, but we have to make it clear first that you are not allowed to regret your moves."

"Don't worry, you won't regret it."

"That's good, I'll go first..."

"Please wait."

Looking at Zhenhai unhappily for a few times, Xia Bai asked unhappily, "What's wrong with you? Just play chess, why are you making so much trouble?"

"I was just thinking that playing chess alone is a bit boring, why don't we add some fun to it."

With an unfathomable smile on his face, Zhenhai slowly said, "The loser has to agree to anything the winner does that doesn't touch the bottom line. Do you dare?"

Hiss, these words sounded unusually familiar to Xia Bai. He had the illusion that the figures of Befa, Azuma, and 03 appeared behind Zhenhai at the same time.

Thinking back to the pitfalls he had encountered along the way and his tendency to lose every time he gambled, Xia Bai shook his head vigorously and said, "I dare not. The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as water. If there is a prize, the sacred meaning of this game of chess will become a little vulgar. We can no longer be gentlemen."

"Besides, I don't have anything I want you to do, so forget about the bet."

"I'm a woman, not a gentleman. Why not add some prizes to make the game more exciting? We play two out of three, and we won't decide the winner based on one game."

"No, that won't work. Women can become gentlemen too. If you add a jackpot, I won't play it."

Giving Xia Bai a resentful look, Zhenhai tried to persuade him again: "I don't need to provoke him... Are you really not going to do it? I'm actually not very good at playing chess."

For some reason, Xia Bai felt a little moved when he heard Zhenhai say that he couldn't play chess.

Of course, it wasn't that Xia Bai really believed the other party's lies, but the Prince of Wales' figure appeared in his mind for some reason, asking him to gamble on this round. He could still vaguely hear the other party's voice echoing in his mind: "Small bets are good for your heart, but big bets are harmful to your body."

The prize or something doesn't matter. What matters is that Xia Bai wants to win once.

Seeing that Xia Bai looked a little interested, Zhenhai struck while the iron was hot and said, "Change the prize to best of five. This way, both of us will have enough time to think. I've said this much, what do you think?"

"Let's bet. I'm the Splan Chess King and I'm afraid of you."

With a determined heart, Xia Bai agreed to Zhenhai's suggestion of adding a bonus, and first used the "immortal's guidance" trick.

Although his chess level was not high, it was not bad either. He had studied his killer moves for a period of time a long time ago. Even if Zhenhai lied, he might not be able to beat him.

Even if we take a step back, a real man born between heaven and earth should hold his head high and not fear hardships and dangers. How could he be afraid of a little woman?

It’s over now. Let’s see if Xia Bai doesn’t kill Zhenhai without leaving a single soldier alive.

......

Dozens of hands passed, Xia Bai took a sip of tea and said those two words calmly.

"Checkmate... this is a hindsight, there is no solution to the last-ditch move. Looks like I got the first point. Thanks for letting me win."

What does it mean to be refreshing? It means to be able to beat Zhenhai in a game of wits like chess.

To be honest, it was not easy for Xia Bai to win, but it was this feeling of meeting a worthy opponent that made him feel so comfortable. He even began to regret why the victory was not decided in one game.

Fortunately, he had already observed Zhenhai's chess moves almost completely, so this time he not only wanted to win, but also win three games in a row.

Seeing Zhenhai's grim expression, Xia Bai hurriedly said, "Keep going. We agreed on a best-of-five game with a prize. Zhenhai, you have to keep your word."

Taking a deep breath, Zhenhai smiled bitterly: "That's natural. It is my belief that I should never regret my move. Let's continue."

Just like that, the two of them concentrated on the chess game in the hall on the first floor, each using clever moves to make the game difficult to determine the winner, and it was dark and chaotic.

Chapter 204 Your Horse is Dead

When you focus on one thing, time always passes quickly. During the confrontation with Zhenhai, Xia Bai temporarily forgot what he was supposed to do and became absorbed in playing chess.

Although Xia Bai won the first game, Zhenhai was not so easy to deal with. He won two games in a row. Fortunately, in the fourth game, Xia Bai made a "miraculous move" to reverse the victory and dragged the battle into the fifth game.

When it was getting dark, the two men each held two points and were competing for the final game of chess. The Donghuang ship girls also gathered together to watch this "grand event" in the chess world.

"Um..."

"Jump the horse, Xia Bai, you must jump the horse. If you don't jump, it will become a dead horse."