The person on the sofa was indeed attracted by the sight and asked unhappily, "Where did you find it?"
"Hmm? Kisaragi gave it to me~" Shokaku took a leisurely seat opposite Akagi, "If you can learn to handle interpersonal relationships like me, you won't have to go out and run around this time~"
"...You stole it from the kid?" Akagi didn't believe that and questioned.
Shokaku also found it funny, she had never thought that one day she would be suspected by Akagi, who was always "all action, no words". Considering her image, she couldn't help but say a few more words.
"Senior, please don't compare me to you. I was taking Zuikaku out with her and planning to help her get familiar with the port area. I happened to meet her in the corridor, okay?"
"The kid said he found this thing on the windowsill and wanted to give it to Sister Tiancheng to deal with. He is a good person who picks up... he is not guilty of picking up the pants."
"As for me, I just happened to have some candies on me, so it's not that difficult to make a simple exchange. Unlike you, Senior, you only rely on brute force for everything."
Akagi didn't care whether the other party stole or robbed it. Anyway, from what Shokaku said, as long as she paid a price, she could get the pants. Otherwise, why did he call her in?
Thinking about it again, even if this one is obtained, there is still one missing. Time is running out. After a little hesitation, Akagi just went for it. "...What do you want me to do?"
"Hmm? Actually, it's nothing. I just think that the senior is too serious... He is not what I imagined..."
Akagi narrowed his eyes and asked her coldly: "So?"
"So..." Shokaku suddenly sat up straight, his eyes full of anticipation, "How about we switch roles a little bit?"
"...What's the meaning?"
"What I mean is... I will be the senior, and you will naturally become my junior."
Seeing that Akagi was a little hesitant about this condition, Shokaku explained with a hint of regret: "Of course, the time limit is one hour. During this hour, you must do whatever I say and stop showing that arrogant attitude."
"As soon as the time is up, the exchange relationship will be terminated immediately, and I will hand over what you want directly to you."
"How is it?" Shokaku took out the bait, hooked his index finger around the edge of his pants and started spinning. "Only an hour... Could it be that as a commander, you can't even stand this? Senior?"
Akagi was indeed conflicted. It wasn't because he cared about face, which was useless, but it was because Shokaku didn't play by the rules.
The last time she was tricked and killed by the other party on the train was already embarrassing, who knows if he has some new tricks now, she has to be on guard...
Xianghe was not in a hurry. He deliberately took out his phone and lit up the screen to check the time. "Ah... It's almost four o'clock... The longer this is delayed, the more likely things will change."
"The originally good situation may be ruined in an instant, and the people who should have no hope may turn the tide. Don't you think so, Senior~"
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that there was a hint of coercion in these two sentences, but Akagi had no choice, because if he really resorted to force, and the other party refused to give in, then more than an hour would be wasted.
"...Tsk, okay, I hope you can keep your promise." Akagi glared at him with a gloomy face, and his words were full of threats.
As for Shokaku, who was a junior who turned senior, although the total duration was only 60 minutes, she adapted very well and immediately sat on the sofa with her legs crossed.
"Hey, Akagi, what are you still standing there for? Go get me a bottle of drink from the fridge."
Akagi hadn't reacted yet after his identity change. He froze in place when he heard these impolite words, and was hit on the head by the soft square pillow.
The fox was furious, "You?!"
"What? You want to give up?" Shokaku started spinning around in his pants again. "Of course you can. If you give up, I'll apologize to you right away. How about that? Have you made up your mind?"
"...Tsk, I get it." Akagi suppressed his temper, walked to the refrigerator as he was told, and took out a bottle of orange juice.
Xianghe saw it from a distance, but didn't say anything. When the other party handed it to him, he spoke lazily: "Wrong, what are you doing with this? Are you trying to coax a child? Change it to a bottle of wine!"
"...yes."
"A path never imagined!"
Shokaku was secretly proud of himself, and when the wine came, he asked Akagi to help him open the lid, and then found a glass, washed it and brought it to her.
Seeing his former senior humbly responding to his every request, Shokaku became even happier. Inspiration for fun kept coming to him, and he prepared to do everything he wanted to do before.
"Hey, junior." She raised her eyebrows and looked at the smooth wall opposite, "How about doing a handstand?"
Akagi: ???
Chapter 542 Akagi, will you...???
It is impossible to do a handstand, not in this lifetime. I am wearing a short skirt, so I can only squat in another way, barely maintaining the dignity of a senior.
Shokaku didn't really plan to let Akagi perform acrobatics. The time limit was only one hour. It would be meaningless to waste time on this. Besides, with the other party's petty temper, who knows if she would hit her with a club one day.
"But squats...are fine too."
Shokaku took out his phone and took a picture. He didn't even cover up the "click, click" sound of the shutter, and even turned on the flash, just to make the other person angry.
But Akagi made up his mind, thinking that he had already been humiliated, and if he didn't persevere and get the pants, wouldn't he just let others tease him for nothing?
So Akagi started to learn from Su Xin. No matter whether you take pictures or not, I will just have a straight face and not look at the camera. As long as I don’t look at the phone, I win.
Xianghe took more than ten or twenty photos, but in the end he found that none of them were good, and he was unhappy on the spot.
"Stand still, junior!"
Akagi was stunned, and in his mind he used all the bad words against the other person, but on his face he still looked like "I'm cool, I don't know how to talk, and I have no expression."
Shokaku was so angry that he opened his mouth and began to remotely control the posture.
"Stand up straight, stick your butt out a little, it won't make you that tall, do you want me to beat you up?"
"Can you please relax? As a shipgirl of the Sakura Empire, and a woman who inherited the characteristics of the fox, how come you can't even strike a more seductive pose? And you still want to seduce Susu?!"
"Don't hold your arms so straight, do you think they are wooden sticks? You are not standing at attention, are you trying to hit someone with your fists? You don't look feminine at all."
"Turn your face a little bit, I mean a little bit! Doesn't your neck feel sore when you turn your whole face 90 degrees? Do you understand aesthetics? I didn't ask you to show the other half of your face!"
"I asked you to change your pose, but what else can you do besides making the [V] sign? You are so pedantic. How come you don't have any photography skills as a girl?"
"Can you smile more nicely? This isn't a photo for your ID card. Who are you going to show your zombie face to? Learn from your senior, smile, smile... Don't open your eyes so wide, it will look like a horror movie in the photo."
Akagi felt so miserable, she always felt like she was about to be twisted into a dough. This damn bastard was still not satisfied. Her invincible fleet and battleship would actually end up in such a situation one day.
"Laugh? Wait until I kill you, then you will definitely laugh happily and joyfully!"
Akagi thought about it and subconsciously gave a big, signature sickly grin, which frightened Shokaku so much that he shivered and his phone slammed on the table, killing him.
"...Forget it." Shokaku sighed, "Come over and give me a back rub."
Akagi, who felt wronged, brightened up his eyes, and immediately took three or two steps to the back of the "senior", rolled up his sleeves, pinched his knuckles, and prepared to show his skills.
But it was as if Shokaku had eyes on his back, and he added lazily: "If you hurt me, you'll lose your pants~"
The corners of Akagi's mouth, which he had finally raised, were forced to be suppressed again. He could only stare at the back of Shokaku's head with a cold gaze while giving him a gentle back massage.
Although his technique is not professional, the back massage is more symbolic than practical, so even though it is not that comfortable, Shokaku is still satisfied with it.
"Alas... I am only treated like this now."
Shokaku thought about it and simply picked up his phone to send a message. Not long after, Akagi heard a knock on the door. Without anyone shouting, she turned around and opened the door.
I thought it would be Zuikaku who came, but when I opened the door and went out, I didn't see a woman of similar height to me. Instead, I looked down and saw three little kids.
Akagi opened his eyes wide in surprise, and the leader Ruyue seemed to be startled as well, screaming like a small animal.
"Hey! Chichi... Sister Akagi... you... you are here too...?"
The younger sister Mao Yue was also startled and turned around and shrank behind Ru Yue. But the older sister Mu Yue was braver. She tilted her head back and greeted her and handed over a lollipop.
This thing was sweet and hard, and tasted very greasy. Akagi was not interested in it at all. In addition, he was in a bad mood, so he did not reach out to take it, but stepped aside.
Mutsuki was left out and felt a little embarrassed and flustered. Fortunately, Shokaku, who had regained his composure and elegance in the room, came to the rescue: "Ah...you're here? Come in and sit down. Don't be so polite."
As the elder sister, Mutsuki naturally took the lead, and walked in with Kisaragi, who avoided gazes, and Uzuki, who closed her eyes, and sat down obediently opposite Shokaku.
"I want to drink, good afternoon, sister~"
Xianghe laughed when he heard it, "It's Xianghe~I don't want to drink, are you thirsty? Do you want to drink something?"
"Then... do you have any juice?" Mutsuki blinked her big eyes and asked greedily, "Sisters, do you want some too? Is that okay?"
"Why not?"
After saying that, Shokaku snapped his fingers and pointed towards the refrigerator. Akagi felt embarrassed, but after all, they had made an agreement, so he had to go and get it.
After she came back with three small bottles of orange juice and personally unscrewed the caps and distributed them one by one, she stood aside with a sullen face.
The three little ones took the drinks tremblingly, and when they found out that they were indeed for them, they were all surprised. They huddled their heads together and started to plot loudly.
"Sister Ru... Sister Ruyue... is this bottle of juice really given to us by Sister Akagi?"
"No...Isn't that right..." Ruyue looked up and glanced at Senior Fox secretly, "Today, Sister Akagi looks...a little different..."
Mutsuki nodded in agreement, "I think so too... She looks a bit like the royal concubine..."
Akagi's face darkened as she listened. The child didn't even know how to control the volume when talking, and she could hear every word even from a distance away. She couldn't help but pay attention.
Shokaku didn't think anything of it, and in a good mood corrected him, "It's 'maid'. I guess I'll have to teach you how to pronounce it someday, or... let your sister Akagi teach you?"
Mu Yue was shocked and waved her hands, "No...no...no need, Mom said that we will go to school in the future, so I won't bother Sister Pichen..."
"Mom?" Shokaku thought for a moment, "Who are you talking about? The Commander or Amagi-sister?"
"It's Zifeiguan... because it's easier to call her mommy." Mu Yue was holding a lollipop, and her words became even more unclear. "It's okay if she's grumbling..."
Akagi, who was in an extremely bad mood, was stunned after hearing this, thinking, "If the commander is the mother... then I am the father? But I am also a woman..."
"How about we all call mom together? Then how will we know who is who in the future?"
"Hmm...what are the kids going to call us in the future...it's such a happy worry~"
As she thought about it, Akagi was suddenly overwhelmed with maternal love. The image of "Little Akagi" played by the little commander seemed to appear before her eyes. Her cute and charming appearance was simply a replica of the two of them.
When he thought of the children, Akagi immediately smiled, his scarlet eyes half closed, the curve of his mouth was terrifying, and he happened to be facing the three little ones.
Therefore, when the whimpering sound was heard, Akagi, who was immersed in the fantasy of parent-child interaction, didn't even come to his senses before he saw Shokaku get up and go to coax the child.
"Ah... don't cry, don't cry, what's wrong? Is it because Akagi-nee is too scary?"
The three of them shook their heads in fear with tears in their eyes to deny it, fearing that they would be caught and eaten by Akagi with a stiff expression. This made Shokaku want to laugh, but he managed to hold it back for the sake of the children's face.
On the other hand, Akagi hadn't had time to retract her overflowing maternal love before the other children spurned her. She wanted to step forward to comfort them, but ended up getting even more panicked cries in return.
The grievances he had suffered in the past forty minutes, coupled with the helplessness of being frightened by the child and the worries about raising the child himself in the future, all kinds of emotions came flooding back, causing this senior to start shedding tears.
Compared to the destroyers who couldn't hold back their crying, Akagi was silent instead. She looked even more distraught, as if she had been abandoned by the whole world and felt extremely aggrieved.
Xianghe didn't notice it at first, until the three little ones in her arms stopped crying and looked behind her blankly, she suddenly turned around.
"...Why are you crying?"
"...my child..."
Xianghe was completely confused. He hadn't even started yet, and this guy was already thinking about having a child?
But teasing aside, Shokaku didn't really want to see this scene. The reason he brought the child here was simply because he hoped that this unreachable senior could become a little more approachable.
There is always resentment, but the children of Sakura Empire are very much looking forward to this veteran of the First Air Battle of the "Invincible Fleet", and Shokaku is also happy to help connect the two sides.
Of course, it would be better if I could bully my seniors, but I didn't expect that by accident I would make them cry.
Shokaku was also flustered when he saw this, so he simply stood up and stuffed his pants into Akagi's hands, while pushing people out, he muttered a little impatiently.
"Hey, go, go, go. I give it to you. I don't want the remaining ten minutes. You are such a grown-up and still crying... Is this what a senior is like? You are so shameless..."
Akagi sniffed, glared at Shokaku, and was too embarrassed to say anything, so he just let him push him out.
"Amagi-sister has another one, I don't know where it came from, just go ask her directly." Shokaku muttered to himself with a wandering gaze, "I still have to help you coax the child, it's really... I'm so angry."
"bump"
Akagi looked at the closed door in front of him, his ears drooping as he tried to calm himself down, then he clutched his hard-earned pants and walked towards Amagi's room.
After closing the door, Xianghe turned back, only to find that the three little ones on the sofa were blinking their tearful eyes and stretching their necks to look towards the door.
"What's the matter? Aren't you afraid that the person has left?" Shokaku said angrily.
Mutsuki was very brave. He sniffed and commented in a crying voice: "When Akagi Setsuki laughs, she is so scary... like a big bad wolf, but when she cries, she looks so beautiful... It's amazing."
Xianghe shook her head helplessly, took out some candies to share, and turned on the cartoons on the children's channel for the three little guests to watch. While they were watching TV intently, she was absent-minded.
"Have I been...overdoing it lately?"
"knocking"
Tian Cheng, who was buried in a book, breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, and said without even raising his head, "Come in."
Akagi opened the door and walked into the room with his head down. He stood obediently opposite the desk and asked in a low voice, "Sister... Shokaku said there is another thing with you..."
"Yes, it's with me. Ayanami gave it to me after she got it." Tiancheng ticked a few words on the book. "It's not difficult to collect them all, but Susu must have made some preparations."
"In order to ensure that you can win, I have to ask you one thing first, Akagi, will you cry--"
