The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

So, when she, who was already tall, stood in front of Li Shubai in thick-soled, high-heeled flip-flops and posed in a posture that was deliberately tempting him, the dark canyon that was enough to make any man deeply immersed in it was displayed in front of him without any cover.

Li Shubai couldn't help but cast his gaze towards the place that Raiden Mei deliberately squeezed.

The blue and white fabric and straps separated slightly from the tender skin, casting a translucent, hazy shadow under the sunlight.

In the shadow, he vaguely saw...

"Wait, wait, what are you talking about?"

Before his consciousness was completely absorbed by that alluring charm, Li Shubai hurriedly shook his head.

He averted his gaze with difficulty, took a step back, and looked up and down at Raiden Mei's tall and well-proportioned figure, saying incomprehensibly:

"Haven't you been avoiding me all this time? Kiana is still watching from behind, why did you suddenly do something so outrageous?"

"Because I figured it out." Under Kiana's dull gaze, the corners of Mei's mouth suddenly raised a playful arc. She took a step forward and spoke in a tone that sounded exactly the same as her [Hersher of Thunder]. "Rather than passively accepting the status quo, I prefer to be the one who takes the initiative."

This is indeed true.

On the Hyperion, Mei Raiden has seen different "herself" being intimate with the captain several times. She doesn't know if it's because of her personality or because she is older than the captain, but compared to the woman who accepts love and affection, "herself" is the more dominant one when getting along with the captain.

Mei Raiden could see that her other self, the Herrscher of Thunder, was quite happy with this kind of relationship.

Therefore, she, who is older than the Herrscher of Thunder, naturally chose the same behavior pattern as the Herrscher of Thunder when she decided to replace Bronya as the captain.

——After all, from a certain perspective, [Herrser of Thunder] is her past self. For her who has inherited the power of origin, it is a piece of cake for her to adjust her mentality to the past tense.

At least, Kiana, who was originally somewhat suspicious of Raiden Mei's motives, was suddenly stunned in place as if struck by lightning.

Kiana thinks she knows Raiden Mei better than anyone else in this world.

In her opinion, Mei Raiden should not be someone who would fall in love with a boy so easily.

So, when she saw Mei Raiden seducing the captain, her first reaction was to subconsciously deny the authenticity of the scene in front of her.

However, when Mei Raiden said, "Rather than passively accepting the status quo, I prefer to be the one who takes the initiative," Kiana realized very clearly that the arrogance and confidence in this sentence were not false.

Mei Raiden is serious about wanting to take the absolute initiative in her relationship with the captain.

After realizing this, Kiana couldn't help but begin to doubt her life.

Could it be that their captain is really a succubus?

Chapter 4 Mei: Look at me! (k)

Not only Kiana began to doubt her life, but even Li Shubai's expression froze after hearing Raiden Mei's clear assertion.

Wait, what does this mean?

The entire brain seemed to be burning in a raging fire and was in a state of dehydration.

You prefer to be the one taking the initiative, right?

By now, Li Shubai has basically understood the fact that most of his Valkyries like him, so even though Raiden Mei expressed her possessiveness with such aggressive words, he did not feel overly shy like someone who knew nothing.

His helplessness stemmed from the shock that his perception did not match the facts.

If the Raiden Mei standing in front of him was the [Herser of Thunder] or any other [Herser of Origin], Li Shubai would not be so surprised by the other's words.

However, the person who claimed to want to take the initiative had only joined Hyperion a year ago, and during this year, he had been hiding from one of his three Herrscher ladies.

After a brief moment of surprise and confusion, he raised his eyebrows and said in a calm voice: "Oh? Want to take the initiative?"

Seeing Li Shubai's eyes suddenly filled with a hint of amusement, Raiden Mei, who was pretending to be strong, instinctively panicked.

However, like Li Shubai, the panic only lasted for a moment before she forcibly suppressed it.

Just as Li Shubai, a veteran of many battles, would not lose his rationality because of being suddenly provoked by Raiden Mei, likewise, as someone who has worked with the social terrorist Alicia for a period of time, Raiden Mei would not be so defeated by a look from Li Shubai that she would throw away her weapons.

However, although she was the one who took the initiative, Mei Raiden's real intention was not to express her love to the other party, and she couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

"..."

Even though she felt guilty, as the oldest person present, at least on the surface, Raiden Mei would not show any fear.

She took a step forward, showing her tall and graceful figure to the other party without any concealment. When her lips parted, her clear voice was both cool and gentle, and it was mixed with a bit of Rita's charm as never before: "Yes, is there any problem? The captain knows the other Raiden Meis after all, and he should have known about my personality as a Raiden Mei like them."

"Or, in the Captain's opinion, is 'Raiden Mei' not attractive enough to be your target?"

Li Shubai lowered his eyelids and smiled silently. Then, he raised his head again, squinted his eyes, and looked at the other party's slender figure that was deliberately displayed in front of him without any concealment: "To deny your words here is equivalent to denying my inherent aesthetics."

"Okay, now that you've laid your cards on the table, there's no need for me to play along with you any more."

In a tone full of joking and frivolousness, Li Shubai nodded and said confidently:

"I really like Raiden Mei - of course, not just Raiden Mei. If possible, I really, really want all of you to be my wives."

"You——" Kiana hugged her chest subconsciously, her pupils trembling, "Could it be that from the moment we put on this dress, you have been imagining some weird things about us?!!"

"I didn't expect you to put on the reward given by the Hyperion on the spot without any doubt." Li Shubai spread his hands, his face full of innocence, as if the people who made the mistake were Kiana and the others. "You are all dressed so beautifully and seductively, how can you prevent the opposite sex from having bad fantasies about you? To be honest, if this beach hadn't been booked by Wei Wei, I wouldn't even want you to change into these clothes."

"It is enough for me to enjoy this beautiful scenery by myself."

That's right, that's it - Li Shubai nodded and declared seriously

His self-righteous attitude made Kiana, who was originally a little angry, suddenly stunned.

"It's okay." Before Kiana's language module recovered, Mei Raiden spoke, "Since we've put on this dress, we've of course acknowledged the possibility that others will peek and imagine it. Or rather, if I can't attract the captain's attention after wearing such a beautiful dress, I'll really doubt whether I still have the charm of a woman."

The calm voice was filled with absolute confidence and majesty.

Witnessing Raiden Mei's majestic posture, Kiana's expression couldn't help but change from shame and anger a second ago to contemplation.

After hesitating for about ten seconds, Kiana glared in Li Shubai's direction and released her arms that were protecting her chest.

Indeed, as Mei Raiden said, when they put on this swimsuit and appear in front of the opposite sex, they should acknowledge the possibility that the opposite sex's eyes will be attracted to them.

They are all very proud people. Whether it's Kiana, Bronya or Raiden Mei, they all have strong confidence in their outstanding looks and figures (? ).

Therefore, after putting on such a beautiful swimsuit, it would not be a strange thing even if she attracted the captain who already had a good impression of "her" counterpart.

But in the final analysis - isn't it because they knew and worried that the captain might have ill intentions towards "them" that they tried to avoid the captain as much as possible during the past year?

Judging from the character shown by the captain, even if he really had ill intentions towards the three Herrschers, he would not have revealed his desires so blatantly before Raiden Mei broke the window paper.

Mei, what on earth is she thinking about——

As if she had heard Kiana's inner confusion, Mei Raiden maintained a confident and calm expression and spoke in a calm tone:

"Whether I'm willing to admit it or not, it seems that I won't be able to leave the Hyperion in the coming period of time."

"So?" Li Shubai shrugged noncommittally, "Does this have anything to do with what you just said?"

"Of course it does matter." Raiden Mei smiled, "With your attentiveness and sharpness, you must have noticed a long time ago that the three of us latecomers have been quietly avoiding you, right?"

"Is this important?" Li Shubai said, "The Hyperion doesn't seem to be a place with such strict regulations. No matter what you think of me, the power of you three Herrschers is genuine. As long as you follow instructions, no one should force you three to have a social relationship with me."

Li Shubai paused and said, "Or is it that this trip to the new world was not voluntary?"

"You misunderstood." Raiden Mei shook her head with a dumb smile, "Although there may be other people who arranged the three of us to be by the captain's side, it is indeed our own choice to follow the captain this time."

After finishing speaking, Mei Raiden turned her gaze towards Kiana and Bronya:

"I'm right, Kiana, Bronya."

"..." Kiana was silent for a moment. Her almost transparent white face suddenly flashed an unnatural red color under the sunlight. "Yes, that's right! We came to this world with the captain. It was a mission we agreed to. It has nothing to do with the other members of Hyperion."

Li Shubai stared at Kiana's face for a few seconds, then touched his chin with his index finger and thumb: "It doesn't seem like you're lying... Have you changed your mind?"

"If you mean 'not planning to become the captain's couple', at least Kiana and Bronya haven't changed their minds." Raiden Mei smiled meaningfully, "However, after accepting this mission, we really don't want to hide from the captain anymore."

"I can see that." Li Shubai laughed at himself, "Otherwise, you three wouldn't appear in front of me wearing this kind of clothes."

After hearing and seeing Li Shubai's expression, Kiana and Bronya's expressions suddenly became a little embarrassed.

"You...are you angry?" Kiana asked cautiously, changing her previous strong style.

"Do you think I'm mad at you three?" Li Shubai glanced at Kiana. "I just feel a little uncomfortable, but I'm not mad at you. If I were really mad, I would have chased you away long ago."

"...Aren't you still angry?" Kiana murmured in a low voice.

In fact, she could understand Li Shubai's resentment towards her.

Although Kiana now has no personal feelings for Li Shubai beyond the relationship between superiors and subordinates, if you put yourself in his shoes, if the person she likes - for example, the few Raiden Meis on the Hyperion - always avoids her all day long as if she is some kind of monster, she would probably feel aggrieved and uncomfortable.

Even though she knew that those parallel world counterparts were not the same person as herself in a strict sense, there was no difference in appearance, personality, ability, or even soul and essence, and only a slight difference in experience. Even knowing this, Kiana could not completely regard the other self as someone who had nothing to do with herself.

Just imagining Raiden Mei looking at her with a stranger's eyes, Kiana couldn't help but shudder slightly.

She scratched her silver hair. While she felt sorry for what happened to Li Shubai, she also felt a little aggrieved deep down in her heart.

No matter how sorry she was, it was an indisputable fact that Kiana didn't know Li Shubai at all a year ago.

"I'm sorry." Kiana whispered, "So...so we are all ready to make it up to the captain."

"Make up for it?" Speaking of this, Li Shubai was no longer sleepy. "What do you want to make up for it with? Yourselves?"

“No, no, no—I, I, I… I didn’t say that!!” Kiana shook her head hurriedly.

"I just don't plan to hide from the captain anymore." Raiden Mei looked at Kiana meaningfully, "Since you plan to stay on the Hyperion for a long time, then continuing to hide from the captain like this is undoubtedly a very unqualified behavior for a subordinate."

"Tsk... that's boring." Li Shubai said disappointedly, "I thought you were going to pack up and send yourself up here, but it turns out you just don't plan to hide from me anymore."

"How much do you want us!" Kiana said.

"Do you even need to ask?" Li Shubai's face was serious. "If I could, I would execute the three of you right now."

“What—” Kiana jumped back instantly, like a cat seeing a cucumber, with a rosy blush extending from her fair face all the way to her ears. “You, you, you—you are finally ready to show your fangs, right? In broad daylight? Pervert! Impure! Brutal man!”

"If you don't want to, forget it." Li Shubai spread his hands indifferently, "At worst, I can go back and find another Kiana to comfort me. Ah~ Qibao, my super invincible and cute Qibao, where are you~"

"No! You are not allowed to look for them!" Kiana said subconsciously, "And don't call me by those two words!"

"You're meddling too much." Li Shubai glared at Kiana. "What does my love affair with my own Valkyrie have to do with you?"

"I--"

"Are you feeling lonely now, Captain?"

Suddenly, Mei Raiden's voice interrupted Kiana's words before they were spoken.

She narrowed her eyes slightly, and her tone of voice was obviously filled with dissatisfaction: "There is clearly a Valkyrie here who is willing to be affectionate with the captain, but the captain still keeps his eyes on Kiana."

Oh hehehe, a creepy laugh came out of Raiden Mei's mouth.

"It seems that compared to Kiana, in the eyes of the captain, the appeal of 'Raiden Mei' is indeed a little lacking."

Kiana was stunned.

Li Shubai was also stunned.

Even Bronya, who had relatively little expression, was visibly stunned for a moment.

The scene suddenly became silent.

"Why aren't you talking?" Raiden Mei smiled, "I've explained it so clearly... Captain, don't tell me that in less than a few minutes, you've completely forgotten what Mei just said."

The sun in the sky was clearly so hot, but when he saw Raiden Mei's smiling face, Li Shubai shuddered unconsciously on his back.

——How terrible.

It's indescribably horrible.

Although he had no basis for it, he always felt that if his answer did not meet the other party's wishes, this scenic beach might turn into a hell where no life could survive in the next moment.

Chapter 4: Continuous Provocations and Defeats (k)

A chill back, a sweaty forehead, a slightly trembling scalp... This series of actions engraved in the DNA has transformed into a strong will to survive, constantly sending danger alerts to the brain.

But before he could instinctively react, Li Shubai forcibly suppressed the fear deep in his heart. He straightened his chest slightly, pretending that he didn't feel these actions at all. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the smiling Raiden Mei without giving in:

"I'm sorry, because my attention was attracted by other things, I didn't respond to your invitation immediately. It was my mistake."

Those frank words of apology froze the smile on Raiden Mei's face.

Then, in Kiana's extremely complicated and tangled eyes, Li Shubai took a step forward in the direction of Raiden Mei.

"To be honest, since I came to this world right after completing the maintenance work of the Stigmata Project, I haven't been dependent on my loved ones for quite some time. If you are willing to help me resolve this, I would be very grateful."

——Although Mei Raiden’s smile is very oppressive, given the current situation, Li Shubai doesn’t think he has any reason to be overwhelmed.

joke.