Chapter 571: Threatening
Halloween is here as promised.
Then it happened to be Saturday, so Su Xia could do anything she wanted without going to work. Although there was not much work to do at work, there was no need to stay at work even on a holiday like this. It seemed that the expedition had stopped several days ago. After all, we couldn't let some people enjoy the lively Halloween while others were running around outside.
There were several hundred people in the garrison, which was too many. There was no need to assign tasks. There were enough people who volunteered to decorate the garrison, and there were even too many people to do the tasks. One person could put up a pumpkin lantern, two people could check whether it was placed straight, two people could stand by and cheer for the lantern to be put up, and three people could watch silently.
Su Xia wanted to do something, but the conditions did not allow it, and he was needed more elsewhere.
For example, when he climbed up the ladder to hang Halloween decorations on the wall of the building, everyone was afraid that he would fall off the ladder. For example, those little girls like to join in the fun, but they only cause trouble, so they need someone to lead them. For example, if Ella wants to hide candy jars in various places in the garrison, she needs to avoid the sight of those little girls. Finally, the Halloween event must be promoted in advance.
In this case, his task is to stand out and attract the attention of those lolis so that others can work better.
It not only helps everyone, but also allows Su Xia to get close to the lolis. Anyway, Su Xia likes this task very much.
In short, while I was responsible for shipping from the warehouse, you were responsible for delivering the needed items to various parts of the garrison, and she was responsible for placing the decorations on roadside benches, hanging them on street lamps, and inserting them into bushes, Su Xia sat on the stone bench under the tall banyan tree at the edge of the square.
The cute little girl lay in Su Xia's arms. She had long been impatient and urged: "Come on, everyone is here, Admiral, you can start telling the story."
"M1, don't be anxious. Wait... five more minutes, at most five more minutes." Su Xia gently stroked the little girl's soft wavy hair, one side was dark blue and the other side was white, and said comfortingly.
M1, the first M-class heavy gun submarine. A diesel-electric submarine built by the Royal Navy during World War I. Its prominent feature is the 12-inch cannon on the conning tower. It was designed as a "submarine leader", but when the design was completed, the purpose of the design was changed to a submarine that attacks enemy merchant ships.
Historically, the M1 was completed when World War I was nearing its end, so it never participated in actual combat throughout its life.
There were two accidents: one was when seawater flooded into the gun barrel, causing extensive damage to the muzzle, and the other was when it collided with a Swedish merchant ship, causing it to sink. At the time, no one knew the real reason for its sinking.
The M1 in the game is a gun submarine but cannot perform the opening torpedo attack, so it can basically be said to be a worthless person. In fact, even if we put aside its embarrassing status as a gun submarine, its game data is generally unremarkable. We can only hope that it will be transformed and turned around like the Surcouf in the future.
"I also want the admiral to hug me. Admiral, hug me." The childish voice was full of jealousy.
Su Xia looked in the direction where the voice came from, only to see a little girl with twin ponytails in a cute little skirt staring at her.
That was M2, the second M-class heavy artillery submarine. At one point, due to naval treaties limiting the caliber of submarine main guns, the main guns were removed, and then a hangar was installed in its original location, turning it into an aircraft carrier submarine.
There was no record of any victory in history. During a diving voyage, a valve was not closed in time, causing water to enter and sink.
In the game, M2 and M1 have the same status, both are tragic ships, artillery submarines, and have not been transformed. However, compared to M1, she joined the garrison early, and the number of submarines in the garrison was relatively small at that time. Even if M1 can occasionally appear, she did not have that opportunity when she joined the garrison.
No matter what, having such a cute portrait is enough to make players remember it.
"No. The Admiral wants to hug me." M1 glared at M2.
So what if they are sisters? Sisters are precious, but an admiral is even more precious.
"You've occupied the position of admiral for so long, it's my turn now." M2 stared with big eyes.
"I also want the admiral to hug me." Another loli interrupted.
Someone took the lead in making a fuss. Even if they had originally cared about the admiral's embrace, children love to join in the fun. Anyway, they were jealous. More and more lolis asked for the admiral's embrace, and some even climbed directly onto Su Xia.
"Everyone, stop making noise." Su Xia tried to shake off U47 who had climbed onto his head, but failed. Another person named Shimakaze climbed up and hugged his head. Seeing everyone arguing for a spot next to him, he had no choice but to speak, "Quiet, everyone, be quiet... Now... everyone get off me, or I won't tell you any more stories."
In the end, even though Su Xia tried her best, it still took ten minutes to suppress the turmoil and finally made the lolis calm down.
"Okay, that's it. We've waited long enough." Su Xia looked around and saw a bunch of little girls around him. Some of them sat on stone benches, one for two people, some sat on stone tables, a large table could hold six people, some sat on the circular cement guardrails surrounding the banyan trees, and some even brought small stools. "Those who want to listen to the story are definitely here, and we can't force those who don't want to listen."
Clarkston was a loyal fan of Su Xia's stories. When he heard that the admiral was going to tell a story, he immediately put down what he was doing - even if he was halfway through painting - and ran over, expectantly asking, "What story is the admiral going to tell?"
Su Xia shook her head, crossed her arms and said pretentiously: "What story are you telling... What story do you want to hear?"
"We haven't talked about the Cinderella story from last time." Converse and Dyson sat together.
"I want to hear the story of the frog prince," said Hillman.
"The admiral's girls are always good-looking but never bad-looking," O'Bannon complained.
"There's nothing down there," Willy said. "Eunuch."
You can say anything about him, except being a eunuch. Su Xia knocked the pink-haired girl Willy on the head.
"Okay, that's it." Su Xia said, "Today is Halloween, of course we have to tell ghost stories."
Having said all that, I actually planned to tell a ghost story from the beginning to set the tone for Halloween today.
"What ghost story?" Claxton asked. She didn't like ghost stories, except for the admiral's story.
"You'll know in a moment." Su Xia said.
"Ah! Ghost stories, I'm most afraid of ghost stories, so scary." The masquerade was at night, so we still had to dress normally during the day. Sigsby, who was wearing a cute blue princess dress today, screamed and crawled into Su Xia's arms, her face pressed against his chest, her hands tightly around his waist.
"I haven't said anything yet... Sigsby, don't take advantage of the opportunity." Su Xia pushed Sigsby away. It was not that he hated Sigsby, but he was afraid that everyone would follow his example and the story would not be told again. In fact, he could see the eager look in Loli's eyes.
"Okay." Sigsby let go of Su Xia reluctantly, thinking that there would be plenty of opportunities later.
Su Xia paused.
"I started talking."
"Have you heard the story about the Slit-Mouthed Woman?"
"The Slit-Mouth Woman is a woman with long hair and a mask, wearing a big coat, a scarf, a pair of big scissors in her hands. She will ask a lonely child: 'Am I pretty?' If the answer is 'pretty', she will take off the mask and ask again... If the answer is 'not pretty', she will kill the child with scissors; if the answer is pretty, she will cut the child's mouth open and make her as beautiful as her..."
After Su Xia finished the story, she found that no loli showed any fear.
He thought about it. It was broad daylight, bright everywhere, and there were many people around, especially U96 who was constantly eating. Those were all candies she had taken from the Halloween candy jar that morning. She ate one piece of toffee after another and one piece of chocolate. She kept eating. Her pockets were definitely four-dimensional pockets...
The reason why ghost stories and horror movies are scary is mostly due to the environment. Try changing the background music of horror movies to "The Most Powerful Red Army", "Congratulations on Your Fortune", "Good Luck Comes" and so on and see if it can scare people.
In this case, it is normal for this situation to occur.
Su Xia didn't care, she smiled and asked, "Before I tell you the next story, let me ask you a question."
"Ask." The girl's voice rang out.
Why is there a girl here? Su Xia was stunned looking at the girl with blonde hair and twin ponytails who had an explosive figure.
Huntington, the second ship of the Fargo-class light cruiser.
Historically, it was launched after the end of World War II, so naturally it has no combat record. After entering service, it mainly operated in the Mediterranean. From launching to retirement, its service time was only three short years. It can be said to be one of the warships with the shortest service time.
The Huntington in the game has not been modified, and it is a light cruiser, so there is definitely no chance for it to appear. The illustration is so cute, no matter what she wears or how she stands, but the cutest thing is that she has such a big chest despite her short stature. Anyway, Su Xia likes it very much.
"Huntington, why are you here?" Su Xia asked.
"Can't I come? I want to hear the admiral tell stories, too." Huntington pulled a little girl into his arms and rubbed her face against hers. Since she served in the warship after World War II, she did not experience the cruelty of war. As a ship girl, she was a carefree optimist.
"Sure." Su Xia couldn't help but glance at Huntington's chest. "Where were we just talking? Can I ask you a question... Do you often play with a lot of people?"
"Well." Sora thought as he hugged his sister, "And then?"
"So," Su Xia said, "Have you ever encountered that kind of situation... Among the friends you play with, you see familiar faces, but you always feel that there is one more person than at the beginning..."
After Su Xia finished speaking, the group of lolis looked at each other, as if they all knew each other... probably.
"This is not a ghost story. I don't know how to tell it. This is what my parents told me." Su Xia said, "When you are playing outside alone, don't answer someone's name casually, because once you answer..."
Su Xia told several ghost stories in one breath and asked, "I told you so many, are you afraid?"
"Don't be afraid." Rafi said with his hands on his hips, "Ghost stories are all fake."
"Yes." Sullivan nodded affirmatively, "Ghost stories are all fake. Otherwise, with technology so advanced now, even children have mobile phones, why has no one ever taken pictures of those ghosts? Even if there are pictures, they are fake and can be seen at a glance."
"Sullivan." Su Xia said with a smile, "Do you know why people can see things?"
"There are eyes." Sullivan replied after a pause, blinking his eyes.
"Of course we need eyes," Su Xia said, "but the main reason people can see things is because of light. The light reflects off the surface of an object and enters the human eye, where it is focused on our retina and then transmitted to our brain along the optic nerve."
"Without light, we can't see, right?" Su Xia asked.
"Yes." Sullivan nodded stupidly.
"What if ghosts are not physical entities and cannot reflect light?" Su Xia said, "It's like we can't see heat with our naked eyes, and cameras can't capture it, but we can see heat with a thermal imager. Is it possible that ghosts exist like heat, invisible to normal people and can't be captured by cameras, so they can only be seen using special methods."
Su Xia smiled: "It is said that if you put cow's tears on your eyes, you can see ghosts."
The air became a little quiet.
"Are there really ghosts in this world?" Huntington asked.
"I don't know." Su Xia said, "I don't know even if you ask me."
"That's what I've heard." Su Xia said, "Don't go out on Ghost Festival. At Halloween costume parties, there are people dressed as ghosts and monsters, and there are also real ghosts and monsters mixed in to fish in troubled waters."
"Admiral, stop talking." Before the little girl said she was afraid, Huntington was afraid.
It seemed like it was finally working. Su Xia nodded with relief and said, "It's okay. It doesn't matter what kind of monsters they are, whether they are real or fake. The more afraid you are, the more ferocious they will be. Fight back bravely and drive them away. Maybe there will be good things dropped."
Unable to say more , Su Xia clapped her hands and said, "It's noon, let's go have lunch together."
At lunch, Su Xia did not tell anyone any more ghost stories, but just chatted with everyone, asking how everyone was doing with their studies, asking if everyone was ready to dress up for Halloween, and telling everyone that the garrison had prepared many Halloween activities.
In the afternoon, Su Xia did not continue to accompany those lolis, but wandered around the garrison to see how it was arranged, and then went to the mechanical workshop to see how his headless knight's equipment was, as he was counting on it to scare people.
Ella found those little girls and lolita in the afternoon.
"U1206, U1405, what did your admiral tell you this morning?"
"A ghost story." U1206 answered honestly.
"Ghost stories are all fake, don't be afraid." Ella laughed, "Your admiral is just scaring you, there are no ghosts or monsters in this world, Halloween is just an ordinary holiday, no unclean things will appear."
"Of course I know there's no ghost." U1405 said, "Sister Ella won't believe it... No way, no way."
U1405 never disappoints.
Ella looked at U1405 with such hatred that her teeth were itching.
"I look forward to U1405's brave performance."
