Zongman: Hong Kong's black ceiling but autistic, what should I do?

Half an hour ago, at the camp celebration party.

Tachihara Masaaki took the already drunk Yamaguchi Yota to an open space far away from the celebration banquet to drink some wine.

"Um... Boss, don't pull me, I'm not drunk yet... I can still drink..."

"You're not drunk yet? The boss and I are so different in height and build that you mistook me for the boss. Are you not drunk yet?"

"Hmm...what? It's Zhengqiu~ Zhengqiu, you come too... Uh, it's so cold, Zhengqiu, why did you drag me to such a cold place? Go back and warm yourself by the fire!"

"Finally sober? If I don't let you cool down, do you still think you're not drunk and want to continue drinking?"

"Hey, Masaaki, there's nothing we can do about it~" Yamaguchi Yota pulled Tachihara Masaaki to sit down, his voice a little low and hoarse due to excessive alcohol.

"After all...about Dashan...everyone seems to be drowning their sorrows in alcohol."

When talking about Oyama, Masaaki Tachihara was a little silent. Oyama's death had a great impact on the team. Although no one said it explicitly, Masaaki Tachihara could still see everyone's regret and nostalgia for Oyama from their unusual behavior tonight. After all, even the most reliable captain was drunk and fell to the ground talking nonsense.

Yamaguchi Yota and Tachihara Masaaki felt the biting cold wind blowing in their faces, sat on the ground shivering, but remained silent.

"Ahh~" A sneeze broke the silence between the two.

"Masaaki, do you have a cold?" Yamaguchi Yota turned his head and looked at Tachihara Masaaki.

"Idiot, this voice is obviously not mine! It sounds a bit like a child's voice..." Tachihara Masaaki knocked on Yamaguchi Yota's head and stood up to look around.

"Ah~ kid? But there's no one else here except the two of us!"

Yamaguchi Yota screamed in pain after being hit. He touched his head and quickly looked around, looking for the source of the sound.

"Ah~ It can't be a ghost~ A child who was abandoned by his parents to starve to death on the battlefield~ Woo, so scary——"

Yamaguchi Yota searched for a long time but still couldn't find any figure, and was frightened by his own random guess.

"Idiot, there are no children on Chang'an Island, and ghosts don't sneeze. Besides, here, people are much scarier than ghosts..."

Suddenly, a cold wind blew, and Yamaguchi Yota and Tachihara Masaaki both shivered.

"Zhengqiu, why don't we go back? I'm sober now..."

Yamaguchi Yota was a little scared and wanted to pull Tachihara Masaaki back to the celebration party as soon as possible.

"Ahh~" The same sneeze sound as before came again.

"Again?!" Yamaguchi Yota was even more frightened, and his body began to tremble. "Zhengqiu, let's go..."

"Wait, the sound seems to come from over there."

Tachihara Masaaki slowly approached the source of the sound.

"Masaaki, be careful~" Yamaguchi Yota whispered to cheer for Masaaki Tachihara from behind.

Yamaguchi Yota only saw Tachihara Masaaki walk to the source of the sound, look at the place covered by the tent, say "Ah.", and then stand still.

"Masaaki, are you okay?" Yamaguchi Yota hurried to Masaaki Tachihara.

"what."

Yamaguchi Yota was speechless at the scene in front of him and could only say "Ah." to express his complicated emotions.

S1999 was seen sitting in the corner wearing a long skirt. Tonight, S1999's skirt was different from the previous ones. Not only did the color change from bright yellow to pink, but the style of the skirt was also obviously much more complicated. The main body of the skirt was decorated with lace and bows, which highlighted S1999's cuteness more than the previous bright yellow skirt!

But compared to the previous long skirt, this skirt is lighter and thinner, and the hollow design on the shoulders and back makes Yamaguchi Yota and Tachihara Masaaki feel cold just looking at it in this cold winter.

Seeing S1999 hugging his knees, trying to provide some warmth for himself, tears unconsciously accumulated in his eyes due to sneezing, Yamaguchi Yota and Tachihara Masaaki touched their hearts: "Oh huh - so cute!"

"Ahh~" S1999 sneezed again because of the cold wind, and his body trembled uncontrollably due to the cold.

The sound of sneezing pulled Yamaguchi Yota and Tachihara Masaaki back from S1999's cute attack. Yamaguchi Yota and Tachihara Masaaki immediately took off their coats and put the two coats on S1999.

S1999 looked up at Yamaguchi Yota and Tachihara Masaaki. Although there was still no emotion in her eyes, Yamaguchi Yota and Tachihara Masaaki looked at S1999's cute little face which looked a little pitiful due to the cold, and always felt that S1999 was hinting that they should stay with her.

(S1999: Actually, I don’t have this idea)

[She's so cute, what's wrong with just spending time with her!!!] Yamaguchi Yota and Tachihara Masaaki thought to themselves at the same time.

So Yamaguchi Yota and Tachihara Masaaki sat on both sides of S1999, trying to use their bodies to shield S1999 from the cold wind.

Yamaguchi Yota looked at S1999 who was looking into the void again, not knowing what he was thinking, and decided to speak up to break the awkward atmosphere.

"Big sister... ah no, sister... no, this name is weird..."

"Yota, you were absent from duty again this morning. The captain said her name was S1999 in the morning meeting."

"Ah? Oh! I was too sleepy this morning~S1999, if you hadn't sneezed just now, I wouldn't have known you could talk...Ahahaha..."

"..."

"Ah, come to think of it, your special ability is quite powerful, is it immortality..."

"..."

"..."

"What should I do, Masaaki? She still ignores me. Does she not like me?" Yamaguchi Yota asked Tachihara Masaaki for help in an awkward voice.

Tachihara Masaaki looked at S1999 carefully, thought for a moment, and said, "I don't think she doesn't want to talk to you."

Recalling his past encounters with S1999, Tachihara Masaaki speculated: "I think she simply can't speak."

"Huh? Can't speak? Does that mean she can only make sounds but can't say specific words or sentences? Then can she understand what we are saying?"

"I think she should be able to understand. Otherwise, how could she understand the boss's orders on the battlefield?"

"S1999——" Tachihara Masaaki looked at S1999, "If you think what I said is right, you can nod your head. If I am wrong, you can shake your head."

Yamaguchi Yota looked at S1999 who nodded in shock, and patted Tachihara Masaaki beside him.

"Wow~ You're really smart!"

"Let me do it, let me try! Um - S1999, if you think I'm handsome, you can nod your head. If you think Zhengqiu is more handsome, you can shake your head -"

"——Hey, Zhengqiu, why isn't S1999 moving?!"

"Stupid, if I were asked this question, I wouldn't want to talk to you either!"

"Okay, okay, let me change it. S1999, are you born unable to speak and cannot change it, or are you able to learn to speak but no one has ever taught you? If it's the former, you can nod your head, and if it's the latter, shake your head!"

S1999 shook his head twice.

"Zhengqiu, look! She can learn to speak! She was brought here by Chief Mori, so why didn't Chief Mori teach her to speak?"

Tachihara Masaaki looked at the intuitive Yamaguchi Yota, pondered for a moment, and whispered:

"Perhaps you were half right, Yangtai. S1999 is indeed designed for combat, but he is obviously not a robot. He is just a human with a powerful immortal ability. So as a humanoid war weapon - let's call it that - he only needs to understand orders and does not need to express his own thoughts. That's why no one taught him to speak."

"Ah? That's so tragic - but, Zhengqiu, you just said 'he', shouldn't it be 'she'?"

"Because I just remembered that when the boss first introduced S1999 to us this morning, he was talking about 'him'."

"What?! 'Wife' becomes 'husband'?!"

"???"

"...I'm just kidding...Zhengqiu, don't look at me like that, I'm normal! What I meant is that the 'big sister' becomes the 'big brother'...hehe..."

Tachihara Masaaki squinted his eyes and looked down on Yamaguchi Yota, then said softly to S1999: "S1999, if what I said is right, you can nod your head, if not, shake your head."

Tachihara Masaaki looked at S1999, nodded, and sighed.

"They are really...sigh..."

"Come to think of it, Zhengqiu, don't you think the name S1999 is hard to pronounce? E-S-Nai-Ting-Nai-Tin-Nai, don't you have any other names? Nod if you do, shake your head if you don't."

"Ah, there isn't any—" Yamaguchi Yota looked at S1999 disappointedly as he shook his head.

"After all, Dr. Mori and the captain also call him that. Since there is no other name--" I can only continue to call him S1999.

"——Since there are no other names, let us come up with one!"

Before Tachihara Masaaki could finish his words, he was interrupted by Yamaguchi Yota's sudden idea.

"No, we can't. His guardian, Chief Mori, didn't even give him a name, so how can we two give him a name——"

"Eh - but it's his business if he doesn't want to name it, so we can just call it in secret. Big brother, do you want a name too? Ah, look, he nodded!"

"Where did you nod? You must be hallucinating!"

"Let me think--um... Asami? Yukiko? Noriko?"

"I told you not to use that name! And those are all girls' names!"

"Then-Shino? Tony Sk? Booth Wayne?"

"What kind of names are these? There will be copyright disputes!"

"Ah - this won't work, that won't work either, it's so hard to pick a name, why not call yourself Yangtai like me, as warm as the little sun, how nice, or it would be nice to be like you, Zhengqiu..."

"..."

As Masaaki Tachihara looked at the increasingly outrageous Yamaguchi Yota, he suddenly remembered the scene when he first saw S1999.

Snow...

"...Yuki...how about just calling him Yuki? The first day he came here happened to be the first time it snowed on Toya Island. He is as pure and white as snow..."

"That's right! I agree! What about the last name? Should I have the same last name as you or as you?"

"Why not just call——"

Tachihara Masaaki looked up at Mori Ogai who was walking towards S1999 not far away.

"Moriyuki."