Poseidon in Tomorrow's Ark

"Miss Xinyi, Miss Hong, my mercenaries, have they caused you any trouble?"

"Captain Drake, don't worry, your good friends didn't cause me any trouble, but would you mind giving us a meal?"

"Of course, hey, you two." Drake nodded, agreed, turned around and shouted to the two mercenaries who just passed by, "Give Miss Xinyi and Miss Hong a meal each, hurry up."

After Drake finished speaking, he turned around and faced Xiyue, extending his hand to invite them to sit on the wooden stakes next to him.

"Captain Drake, if I remember correctly, there are almost no mercenaries near Syracuse. What are you doing?"

"Oh, we were originally in Victoria, dealing with some things that the nobles there were not easy to handle. Miss Xinyi, you know. As for now, we are planning to go to Kazdel to make some money."

"Kazdel? That's not calm for you. I'm not even going to go."

"Hahaha, yes, Miss Xinyi, that place is indeed not suitable for doctors like you, but for mercenaries, that place has buckets of gold."

"I'm curious about one thing. Logically speaking, the Battle of the Two Kings of Kazdel has ended long ago. One king is dead, and the other has fled to Victoria. Kazdel has been in chaos for a long time. Who will pay your commission?"

"I can't tell you that. Oh, it happens that your meal is here, both of you."

"Okay, okay, thanks. What are we having for dinner today?"

"According to Victoria, today's meal is mashed potatoes mixed with feather beast meat."

"Yesterday it was mashed potatoes mixed with dog meat, and the day before yesterday it was mashed potatoes mixed with Originium worm meat. The meat was different, but why is there mashed potatoes every day?"

"We have to pay attention to the budget. It's not easy to make money from our brothers. Potatoes are good. They fill our stomachs and are cheap. Just add some salt and they'll taste good."

"Cheap, yes, indeed. At least the feather beast meat is well cooked."

Drake took out a bag from behind and threw it over. The bag hit the ground, leaving a small hole and looked quite heavy.

"Captain Drake, what does this mean?"

"Extra compensation, to be honest, doctor, we accept your kindness, but the price is indeed a little cheap. It's not that cheap is bad, but it's hard to feel at ease, right?"

"With the price tag, I really don't care about that little bit of money. If I care about the price, why don't I become a doctor in a hospital or clinic?"

"Yes, if people focused on the compensation, no one would want to be a doctor. It's hard and tiring, and there's no security guarantee, right?"

Drake shrugged, stood up and left. As for the bag thrown at Xiyue's feet, he had no intention of taking it back.

"Mercenary... Red, are you full?"

"Uh-huh, do you want to pick up that bag?"

"It's a free reward, why not take it? Pick it up, and then, let's go. No one here needs medical treatment."

"Yes, Mom."

Hong picked up the bag on the ground and followed Xiyue who had already stood up and left.

Hong held the bag and followed Xiyue to the driver's seat and sat in the co-pilot seat.

"Let me see Qiyue City... Qiyue City, got it, it's in this direction now."

"Mom, where are we going next?"

"Let me see, there isn't much Originium solution. Well, it looks like we still have to go to the border city of Syracuse to get some supplies."

"Can't we ask the mercenaries just now for it?"

"Yes, but they also need it, so they will ask for a high price. It's unnecessary. We have money, but we should save unnecessary expenses, right?"

"Okay, Mom."

"By the way, what's in that bag?" Xiyue pointed to the package in Hong's arms.

Hong opened the package and looked inside.

"Mom, it's red gold. There's a lot of it."

Hearing this, Xiyue raised her eyebrows, reached out to take the bag from Hong's hand and took a glance at it.

"It's pure gold of very good quality." Xiyue weighed it again with her hand: "About 8000 Longmen coins."

Xiyue threw the bag back to Hong: "It looks like it should be part of their commission when they were hired. Such a high-quality red gold and such a large piece is rare in the mercenary group. Let's put it in the cabinet later."

"Okay, Mom."

………………

Looking at the traffic in front of her, Xiyue sighed.

"What's going on? Can a place like this get stuck in traffic? Forget it."

Xiyue sighed and closed her eyes, calming her mind. When she opened her eyes again, she saw Hong standing in front of her with a curious look on her face.

Xiyue raised her blue hand and touched Hong's head.

"It's cool and smooth."

"It's just water after all." Xiyue's voice was filled with a strange bubbling sound.

Xiyue lowered her head and looked at her current body, which was almost entirely made of a smooth column of water. The overall feeling was that it was a human figure made of transparent azure clay.

"But the face is restored very completely." Xiyue turned her head, looked at the mirror beside her and nodded.

"But it should just be a matter of proficiency. Just practice hard and you'll be fine."

"Oh, by the way, Hong, did you take the photos I asked you to take?"

"Mom, it's ready." Hong handed the phone in her hand to Xiyue. Xiyue nodded, took the phone and opened the video.

Xiyue watched the video and saw a water clone with her own face facing the operating table and seemed to be performing surgery.

He picked up the bow beside him, drew the bow and condensed the image of a water arrow on the bow.

The figure in the image paused for a moment, then put down the bow, and then condensed a sharp sword in his hand and waved it around the room.

"Looks good."

After returning the phone to Hong, Xiyue walked to the operating table and looked at the thing on the table. It was a piece of meat, but there were traces of sutures on it.

"The stitching is also excellent. It seems that the water that makes up this body has inherited some of my memories. It can also act according to pre-set methods, and can also temporarily add methods of action through mind control."

Xiyue pulled at the stitched flesh a few times and was quite satisfied with the stitching marks on it. She was also very satisfied with this new skill.

"It's a very practical skill. Let's call it Water Illusion."

Chapter 11: Lapland's sudden appearance

"Mom, how long do I have to stay here?"

"It will be soon. Hong, have you forgotten the Luper mercenary you met in the previous mercenary group?"

"Hong still remembers, he was so scared."

It was in the mercenary camp before. When the injured Luper mercenary was about to go to Xiyue for medical treatment, his body was stuck at the door and unable to move.

Just when Xiyue was still wondering, she suddenly remembered Hong who was sitting at the cashier next to her. Her aura seemed to make the Lupo people afraid of this setting.

He immediately asked Hong to go to the driver's seat, and only after Hong disappeared from his sight did the Lupo mercenary slowly regain his normal mobility. However, he was still very scared, and almost tremblingly let Xiyue complete the operation.

"So, Hong, it's better not to show up casually in Syracuse, at least until you learn or remember how to restrain your strange aura."

"Got it, Mom."

"You're so good. Um, oh, you can continue to play here for a while. Mommy is going back."

Under Xiyue's manipulation, the water phantom touched Hong's head and then returned the water to its original place, exploding into a ball of water mist, while consciousness returned to the original body.

.........

"Well, the environment looks good, let's take this." Xiyue drove around the city and looked up at the hotels on the roadside.

Xiyue parked the car in the basement of their hotel, got out, patted the trunk, and asked Hong to wait a little longer.

"Welcome to the Xiala Hotel. What can I do for you?" asked the polite receptionist, Ms. Rupert.

"A double room for seven days."

"Please wait a moment...Miss, is 306 ok?"

"can."

"The room rate is 500 per day, and 3500 for seven days. Do you need room service?"

“We don’t need to be able to solve it ourselves.”

"Okay, no problem. Here are your keys. Please register here." The receptionist took out a registration form and key from under the table and handed them to Xiyue.

.........

"Woo." Hong, who had been sitting in the carriage for nearly a whole day, threw herself directly onto the bed and rolled around on it.

Xiyue sat next to her, and Hong rolled directly onto Xiyue's legs. Xiyue looked at Hong rubbing against her legs and touched her head: "Thank you for your hard work."

"Hong, it's not hard. Mom is with you."

Hong's personality is much more cheerful than in the original book, but this is normal. After all, Xiyue is not a taciturn person like Kal'tsit who speaks in riddles.

The children raised are naturally more normal, not as taciturn as in the original book. Xiyue doesn't dislike the Hong in the original book. The original Hong gives people a very cool feeling.

However, when Xiyue really met Hong in the world of Arknights.

Xiyue looked down at Hong who was still rubbing against her, and a smile appeared on her lips.

'Isn't this better?'

"Mom~"

"What's wrong, Red?"

"Hong, I want to touch my mother's tail." Hong raised her head with her watery eyes full of cuteness.

Xiyue looked at Hong's watery eyes with a smile. The little Hong could actually act cute, but cold words came out of Xiyue's smiling mouth.

"No~"

"Well, mommy can touch Hong's tail too." Hong sat up from Xiyue and put the tail in front of her body, then raised it with her hand and stretched it in front of Xiyue.

Xiyue was slightly stunned. This little guy has learned to bargain now. It's a pity that the bargaining chips for this transaction are wrong.

"Hey, can't Red's mother touch her tail anytime, anywhere?"

"Eh?" Hong looked at Xiyue, but Xiyue had a smile on her face and reached out to touch Hong's ear.

"Hmm~" Hong had no choice but to succumb to Xiyue's majesty and placed his tail next to Xiyue's hand with his own hands.

"So cute~"

There is no reason not to touch the tail that comes to your door, and Xiyue was not polite at all and touched it several times.

"Okay, we're still outside now. I'll let you touch it when I have the chance." Xiyue looked at Hong's aggrieved expression as if she had been bullied, touched Hong's head, and said softly.

"Yeah." Hong nodded quickly.

Hong likes to touch her mother's tail, but she knows that her mother has said that if her tail is exposed, there might be trouble.

Hong doesn’t like the trouble that her mother doesn’t like, so she actually knows that Xiyue will definitely not let her touch her now.

Hong didn't want to cause trouble for her mother, so she pretended to be aggrieved. Hong was just waiting for Xiyue to say "touch her later".

"I always feel like you're just waiting for me to say this. Forget it. Mom's going to go shopping. What do you want for dinner? I'll buy it for you when I come back."

"Meat~"

"Okay, okay, I knew that's all you could say. Be good in your room."

"Mom, Hong, I understand."

………………

"Lappland, the master will not let you go."

“Hahahaha…cough cough.”

After laughing twice, Lappland coughed up blood. After all, he was an elite under the family. Lappland's body was covered with wounds and blood.

One of them even desperately punched Lappland in the chest at the last moment.

Perhaps Lappland would be thankful that the opponent had brass knuckles in his hand instead of a dagger or other weapon, otherwise the outcome would be unpredictable.

But if that man really had a dagger in his hand, he might not have had a chance to get close to Lappland.

"Alas, what a pity you almost came to kill me."

Lappland struggled to stand up, and used the strange weapon in his hand to chop down the last one who was still breathing.