How come I, who has the physique of a succubus, was pushed back by the ship girl?

He pretended to stretch out his hand towards Tiancheng, as if he was really going to leave. Dafeng panicked, and she hurriedly grabbed the big hand that was suspended in the air before Tiancheng.

Then he saw Zhou Xuan's smug smile, and without saying anything, he put his big hand towards him and immediately took Dafeng into his arms.

"You....you did this on purpose? You lied to me again?!"

Because they were pressed so tightly together, Dafeng's voice was much deeper, and she sounded a little moved, and a little like she was about to cry.

"No, I didn't lie to you. It was you who said you didn't want to see me, but I missed you so much. Didn't you see that my body reacted on its own when you first came over?"

"That is the symbol of my longing for you, and also the manifestation of my reluctance to let you go. The main point is still with you, Dafeng."

"Are you unwilling to meet me, talk to me, or get close to me in this life?"

Each of Zhou Xuan's questions, taken individually, was a torture to the girl's sincerity, let alone a series of fierce attacks.

Not to mention Dafeng, even if Tiancheng came, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to withstand it.

The girl was speechless, and the atmosphere on the field became calm and still. Only beneath the surface, two burning hearts were echoing each other, in harmony and forever united.

It has to be said that Zhou Xuan seems to be becoming more and more affectionate, first with Ayanami and then with Daiho. Tiancheng sees it and is happy in his heart.

She suddenly thought of her sister. She wondered what kind of mood Chicheng was in when he mentioned Zhou Xuan in the letter to her. Would he unconsciously raise the corners of his mouth like her?

Tiancheng didn't know, and she wanted to think about it further, but Dafeng's answer was loud enough to interrupt her thoughts and attract his attention to her.

This is how she answered.

"Dafeng doesn't want this. A future without Zhou Xuan is not the future that Dafeng wants."

"Da Feng wants to see you every day, talk to you, and be close to you all the time, forever and ever, and it won't change!"

In the end, Dafeng stood on tiptoe and, according to her temper, roughly blocked Zhou Xuan's mouth.

In front of Amagi...

Chapter 4: Ibuki: Go ahead and vote, it's not shameful. Izumo: I initiated it (K)

Zhou Xuan took action, without any exaggeration. After the separation that day, he quickly organized his men and took over the neighboring Yamagata Prefecture with absolute advantage.

This quick and decisive battle turned into a heavy punch to her face, completely shattering her plan to advance from the east to the west by taking advantage of the terrain.

Even her deputy, Ibuki, hastily retreated to the base camp and lost all face during the battle.

"Lord Izumo! I deserve to die. I failed to supervise the battle and failed to hold out for long before I lost Yamagata Prefecture without authorization. Lord Izumo, please punish me!"

Ibuki was still blaming herself, kneeling on one knee on the ground, strongly demanding condemnation of her mistakes, and for a moment, her eyes were red.

Izumo sighed, and unable to bear it, she moved her increasingly uneasy body and slowly came in front of Ibuki.

He stretched out his hands and slowly helped her up.

"At this point, what's the point of talking about this and questioning what went wrong?"

"We have been together for many years, and I recognize your ability. A temporary failure should not become a shackle in your heart."

"Get up. Instead of blaming yourself, why not make some plans that can help me with the follow-up actions?"

Moved by her words, Ibuki gradually began to calm down.

She raised her eyes and looked up at the heroic figure in front of her. Looking at that familiar face, her fighting spirit was immediately restored.

Unexpectedly, immediately afterwards, the devilish figure emerged in her mind again, instantly destroying her renewed determination.

"No... Lord Izumo, I... We shouldn't confront Zhou Xuan directly. We can't win, Lord Izumo, we can't win."

As if remembering that tragic experience, Ibuki's body suddenly straightened up but then collapsed again. He shook his head and sneered, making Izumo feel uncomfortable.

"I told you, Ibuki, a temporary failure is not terrible. Don't lose your confidence and destroy your prestige."

"We still have time. The enemy is still some distance away from us. We can take this opportunity to modify our fortifications. Everything is still possible..."

"No!"

Izumo's words were interrupted.

Perhaps she was surprised by her presumptuous behavior, or perhaps she was shocked by the seriousness that suddenly appeared on her face, she actually stopped talking and let her talk.

"No, it's not that simple, Izumo-sama."

"Do you know what happened in this battle? I saw everything in this battle, including the lightning-fast defeat of the Canglong sisters, which we could not fathom."

"That is a dimensionality reduction attack from the level of strength. Believe me, Lord Izumo, what I am going to say next is not embellished at all. It is completely true."

"Their yellow chicken soldiers are very strong in combat, and each of them is brave enough to fight against a hundred or ten thousand men."

"Our soldiers were like little chicks in front of them. They didn't even have a chance to fight back. They were completely defenseless."

"I have personally fought against Zhou Xuan's yellow chicken soldiers. When I was at my best, I could only face five at a time. If I had to fight more than that, I would have to take advantage of the terrain to win."

"You can imagine how powerful they are. Zhou Xuan may have tens of thousands of such soldiers under his command. It is difficult to estimate, just like our chances of winning."

Having always stayed behind and never been to the scene in person, Izumo couldn't accept everything Ibuki said and such a huge gap.

His face was wrinkled and covered with bruises. He was in constant thought. After a long time, he finally managed to squeeze out a sentence.

"What should we do then? According to you, we have no other options?"

"Either you act as Musashi, Mikasa, or even Nagato's cannon fodder, or you negotiate with Zhou Xuan and form an alliance with him. Is there no other way?"

Forced by the dire situation, Izumo paced around the room and came to Ibuki again.

Regarding her future choices, she urgently needs to make a sober and correct decision.

Still immersed in the threat brought by Zhou Xuan, she had to think carefully about how she could calm her brain.

Without an idea, he couldn't respond to his master's request. Without a response, he was too embarrassed to look her in the face. Ibuki was about to look away.

Suddenly, another sound was heard, it was the sound of hurried footsteps running quickly.

"My Lord! Lord Ibuki! I am glad to see you at last!"

"Sakuryuu? Feilong?" Izumo was caught off guard. Not only her, but Ibuki beside her was also confused.

"You... why did you come back? Weren't you..."

He didn't finish speaking, and the words were quietly lost in Izumo's mouth in the end, replaced by a look of loss of composure similar to shock.

"What are you doing? Let go...let go!"

Like a child, Izumo was startled.

Looking down, she found that it was the Canglong sisters who had suddenly returned and were hugging her thighs, one on each side, which was extremely disgusting.

Not only did he cling tightly to her body, he even pretended to press his tearful face against hers. It was really inexplicable.

"During the time we were captured, we all heard that you, my lord, had many negotiations with Zhou Xuan in order to rescue us."

"It is precisely because of your hard work and efforts behind the scenes that we were able to avoid being tortured in the enemy camp and were even released."

"Thank you for your kindness. We two sisters will never forget this."

What...what's going on? Confused, Izumo looked at the two sisters crying even harder, and felt even more puzzled.

"I don't understand what you are talking about. Anyway, can you please get up first?"

"We can talk slowly if we have something to say. Don't hold my legs like that. It's a bit weird..."

Subordinates must obey their superiors, this is almost an instinct engraved in their bones and blood. Hearing this, Canglong and Feiji really slowly stopped crying and restrained their tears little by little.

He immediately stood up, bowed with a dignified attitude, and then prepared to talk to her.

"Wait a moment, I think I understand what you mean." Izumo rubbed her temple and said with a headache.

"You mean to say that I have had more than one private negotiation with Zhou Xuan, and I may have sold out some interests, just to buy back your freedom?"

"Yes, that's right. Zhou Xuan told us all these things himself. He was also very friendly to us."

"We were never subjected to the tortures we imagined. On the day he and Amagi got married, we even got a meal for free thanks to his blessing."

"When we were about to separate and he was about to let us go, he specifically told me about this."

"The reason why he chose to let the tiger go back to the mountains was entirely out of trust in you and the final decision with you."

"He told you to think about the situation, recognize the present, think carefully, and take a good look at who your real enemy is."

Who is her real enemy... For a moment, Izumo couldn't tell.

She wanted to say Zhou Xuan, but after experiencing the battle not long ago and having some understanding of each other's strength, could she really be called Zhou Xuan's opponent?

So... will it be Musashi? Or Mikasa?

Izumo had no idea. She probably knew that as a foreign lord, she was looked down upon by those who controlled the power of the court.

The situation is confusing, just like her heart, it is hard to tell what is right and what is wrong.

"What's wrong, Lady Izumo?" Seeing that she remained silent and didn't speak again, Canglong asked with concern.

"You seem very surprised. Could it be that... everything Zhou Xuan said is false?"

"Lord Izumo, you...have never been running around for our safety?"

Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they are unstoppable, and naturally, the same is true for lies.

Once a lie is told, it must be covered up with the next lie to complete it, which is exactly what the person wants.

This was the ruthlessness of Zhou Xuanyang's plan. There was no room for hesitation in rejection. Izumo gave an immediate answer almost the moment Canglong Feilong asked the question and showed disappointment on his face.

"of course not!"

"What Zhou Xuan said is true. I did have negotiations with him before. The most recent one can even be traced back to three days ago. I negotiated with him in person outside of Miyagi County, in our territory."

"He also promised me that he would consider it and make a decision on your disposal as soon as possible. However, the news came that Kyoto Prefecture had sent troops, so he and I parted on bad terms."

"That's why I acted so surprised. I thought he wouldn't trust me anymore and would be angry at you, causing all my hard work to go to waste."

"I didn't expect that he would personally send you back. I admire his broad mind."

Having said that, in order to express his sincere heart, Izumo drew out his sword, held it upright in front of him, and bowed in the direction of Iwate Prefecture to show his respect.

"Yes, my lord, although we are from different camps, this young man named Zhou Xuan is truly extraordinary and beyond the reach of ordinary people."

Following their boss's lead, the Canglong sisters, who had had a good impression of Zhou Xuan for many days, no longer had any concerns and began to praise Zhou Xuan's strengths one after another.

When they were excited, they would even exaggerate the image of Zhou Xuan in their eyes, and their bright eyes would soon look like stars.

It’s a pity that one can only judge a person by his appearance but not his heart. Although Chu Yun agreed on the surface, he had no idea how many times he had greeted Zhou Xuan in private.

Despicable outsider, are you playing dirty tricks on me? I'm going to make her suffer this loss. It's not right to admit it, and it's not right to deny it?

It's really shameless.

However, the most urgent task was not to investigate Zhou Xuan's intentions. Through the mouths of the two who had returned, they once again discussed the subsequent strategies.

"My Lord, although Canglong and I are not very good generals, we also know that 8,000 is less than 10,000. This amount of troops is simply a drop in the bucket for a direct battle between the two forces."

"There is no reason why the central government should not know this, but they still did it. What do you think they were thinking?"

"They definitely don't want us to delay the process due to various accidents. If necessary, they can interfere and sit back and watch the fight."

"After we have fought Tiancheng for a while, they will have enough time and confidence to arrange the follow-up plan."

"Either the birds are gone and the good bows are put away, or the cunning rabbit is dead and the running dog is cooked. There are only these two possibilities."

Izumo couldn't help but glance at Canglong and said.

"These...are all what Zhou Xuan told you, right?"

"It's either an idiom or a proverb. I know it without even thinking about it."

After his true colors were exposed, Canglong blushed slightly. He gently lifted the hair from the corners of his eyes with his slender jade fingers and spoke shyly.

"That's true, my Lord. Zhou Xuan... is a knowledgeable man. I learned these theories from him."

“I think it’s very meaningful.”

"But don't you think that your behavior and your thoughts have completely sided with Zhou Xuan?"

"Even your current posture is completely different from your past."

"You don't look like a warrior, but like a young girl in love. All you think about is your ideal husband, Canglong!"

Even though he was still frightened by Zhou Xuan's attack just now, Ibuki began to cheer up again in order to ensure the purity of the team.

A pair of wise eyes stared at Canglong without moving away, as if he was determined not to give up until he gave an explanation.

However, the sisters had a common goal. Feilong counterattacked Ibuki with just one sentence and helped her sister.