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Ocarina of the Crescent

The day before the night of the new moon was an extremely chaotic day.

Unexpected turns ensue, from a failed coronation ceremony to an inheritance deception, followed by the revelation of a centuries-old political conspiracy.

Its complexity, Polusalino felt, if one wanted to connect all the events in such a short period of time based on the pitiful and sporadic clues, only a thousand years old could probably do it.

After all, it has only been about half a month since the incident happened, and their understanding of Dumuzi is superficial.

Chitose Baisui used the process of reverse deduction from the ending, and even derived to the beginning. Even though there may be some deviations in details, most of her speculations are definitely correct.

To be honest, Polusalino has never met someone like her, she is so smart that she is so weird.

He praised her for being invincible in detail observation, but details alone are not enough. It is really curious where she learned the reverse deduction method of thousands of years.

……

But no matter how curious he was, Polusalino could only hold back for the time being, because it was not a good time to delve deeper. Compared with the thousand-year-old teacher, or the origin of the emblem on her back, the most urgent thing was the New Moon Ceremony tomorrow night.

According to the inference of a thousand years old, find that ring and take control, so that no matter what action the center may take next, the navy can ignore it.

The key ring is still being searched for, and it can be said that the 'package' has not been completely dismantled.

Because the corpse was 'not a steak', it needed to be thawed before it could be stabbed, so they still couldn't get the result until the evening.

Of course, for Polusalino, he is more concerned about the situation of thousands of years old than about the efficiency of the military doctor on board the Ceylon.

An emblem was born on her back, and she slept all afternoon afterwards.

She is not allowed to be disturbed by others when she is asleep.

Polusalino and Sakalski used many methods, such as pinching the nose, pinching the cheeks, and pulling the ponytail. She opened her eyes several times in the middle, hummed in a daze, and fell asleep again in a blink of an eye.

Polusalino had calculated the time for her, and he went to find her after the failure of the coronation ceremony in the morning. At that time, she had already slept in the dark on the rear deck, and in the afternoon, she had slept two-thirds of the day.

She fell asleep for no reason and couldn't wake up, which was really worrying.

But because the emblem on her back was not easy for too many people to find out, they didn't dare to notify the ship's doctor to come and examine her.

At four or five o'clock in the afternoon, when Polusalino and Sakalski were hesitating whether to take the risk of calling a doctor if the situation continued to go wrong, the sleepy guy finally woke up.

Although... sitting up straight suddenly is a bit scary.

……

When they heard the noise, Polusalino and Sakalski were smoking by the window. The two of them had sucked out all the stocks in the luggage all afternoon. Even with the windows open for ventilation, the cabin was still full of smoke.

But there is no way, the two of them can only use the spicy taste of tobacco to resist the fragrance emitted by the sleeping guy.

Although the smell faded a lot after the tattoo was formed on her back, she still gave off that kind of breath that made people feel hot when she fell asleep unconsciously.

Otherwise, Polusalino and Sakaski wouldn't have been trying to wake her up all afternoon, it was too bad, it was like a tempting food was placed close at hand, but they were still 'hungry'.

First of all, it was Qiuqiu who realized that Chitose Baisui woke up. The hair ball might have been smothered by cigarettes, and fled to Sakaski's bed early to squat, which is the upper bunk of Chitose Baisui.

A moment before Chitose Baisui woke up, the hairball that had been quietly huddled on the inside of the bed suddenly rubbed against the edge of the steel frame bed, poked his head out, and looked at the bottom in a posture that was likely to fall headfirst.

Polusalino was watching this scene with a cigarette in his mouth. Seeing that Qiuqiu seemed to want to jump down, he nudged Sakaski next to him with his elbow and signaled him to stop Qiuqiu's move.

But before he could do anything, Qiuqiu retracted his head and squatted obediently.

In the next second, the person who was dead asleep under the blanket half sat up suddenly, with loose and messy hair on his head, and unconsciously looked around, his eyelids were glued and he couldn't open them.

After a while, the drowsy-faced guy tightened the quilt in his hands, turned to the window dully, and stared at the two standing by the window with a dazed look.

Polusalino took off the cigarette at the corner of his mouth, snuffed out the cigarette between his fingers into the ashtray beside him, and laughed hoarsely, "Yeah~ Sleeping Beauty is awake~"

She blinked blankly, and whispered, "I dreamed of the silver sea." The voice was light and dreamy, "They are carnival in the light of the moon..."

"...it tasted of her...she took its blood and heart..."

The light smoke lingering in the cabin enveloped her face, her eyes were misty and beautiful, and with her cherry lips slightly parted, the content of the whispered words was grotesque, and the soft tone carried dark emotions of despair.

"A beautiful chant...their wail..."

"...a life song of love and death..."

……

After being slightly dazed, Polusalino quickly exchanged glances with Sakalski, and then looked away in an instant. Polusalino propped up his body leaning against the bulkhead, and walked slowly.

Standing by the bed, he leaned forward, quietly looked into her eyes, and asked slowly, "They and them?"

"Hmm..." She stared blankly at him, her clear eyes had his reflection in her daze, "They died, they took away the nest that gave birth to their offspring..."

take away…?Polusalino frowned, chewing on what she had just said intermittently in his heart, and suddenly came to his senses, "Hundred years old, you..." Did you dream of the new moon call?

What Chitose was talking about was the scene of the night of the new moon... Perhaps it was because she studied too much Dumuzi dossier in recent days, which caused the illusion to be woven in her sleep?

"Don't worry, nothing will happen." He stretched out his hand, brushed her temples tentatively, then withdrew his hand, Polusalino pretended to be unintentional with a relaxed smile, "We won't let anything happen to you."

The sides of her cheeks were cold and wet, she thought it was the erosion of nightmares that caused her to break into a cold sweat... The new moon summoned, no bait survived for hundreds of years, no wonder she showed helpless eyes after such a terrible encounter~"No—— It turned out to be a dream." She replied with something inexplicable to him, paused for a few seconds, and the light in her eyes gradually narrowed, "Someone is here."

"Yeah, how about taking a bath at the age of [-]?" Polusalino ignored her incomprehensible words, stretched out his hand to poke her face again, and suggested with a smile, "You're sweating all over. .”

"It's time to eat dinner ~ Bai Sui, you can't go out like this, can you?"

……

After waiting for a while, she got up obediently, hugged the shirt he found for her again, and went into the bathroom without saying a word.

After the bathroom door was closed, Polusalino, who tricked someone to wash up before she was fully awake, turned back to the window, and the smile on the corner of her mouth deepened a little.

Sakaski, who was watching the whole process, first gave a 100% contemptuous look, and then whistled softly, calling for Qiuqiu, who was squatting on the upper bunk, to come over.

The hairball jumped to the ground, ran up to them silently, squatted down, and raised its head.

Polusalino lowered his eyes, glanced at the ball on the ground, and the smile on the corner of his mouth froze suddenly.

"It seems that you didn't notice." Sakaski said coolly, "Qiuqiu admitted that she is the master, when the emblem was formed on her back."

"Yeah~ This is really..." Polusalino raised his eyebrows, looked at the hairball carefully, and then said the second half of the sentence that was just choked up, "Unexpected~"

The fluff lines on the hair ball of the ball are much deeper, and its eyes have also become pure silver, which is a sign of evolution.

As Sakaski said before, the ball's people are extremely cunning creatures.

They only rely on the strong to survive, and they follow the king of the forest in the jungle. If they are caught by humans and domesticated forcibly, the girls who raise them will gradually produce fragrance.

However, the girls who own them must not be their masters. They are tamed because the women are usually kept by themselves.

It's just that there is another very interesting and little-known situation. If they are caught and kept around them and they don't force them to do anything, they will eventually choose a strong person from the nearby people.

The person they naturally choose is a powerful existence that can make them evolve. Even if they are mediocre at present, they will definitely be able to stand at the top in the future.

Qiuqiu is the beast of kings.

Its ethnic group was used to select successors in ancient times, and even now, there are occasional organizational forces that use them to select talents with outstanding aptitude.

This is why the black market flocks to them.

It is precisely because of this that their numbers are decreasing year by year, and they are almost extinct.

……

"Oh~ that girl, I really can't see it~" After being surprised, Polusalino rubbed his chin with his fingers and smiled with interest, "If she knew that she was selected by Qiuqiu, she must have a cute expression."

Chitose Baisui, who suffers from severe cat phobia, and Qiuqiu, who looks similar to a cat in appearance... the daily relationship in the future is really... just a little imagination, people can't help but look forward to it~ Take back your gaze from staring at Qiuqiu, and your eyes shift Several times, Polusalino begged for approval with a face (≧w≦), "Hey~ Are you right? Sakaski."

Sakaski (▼▼) o, "..."

The two looked at each other for a while, Sakaski raised his hand to support his forehead, and looked like he was suffering from a headache. Seeing this, Polusalino smiled more innocently, "Don't be like this, it's good that Qiuqiu chooses her, anyway, it's the first time I've chosen her." Decided to give it to her~"

When the box of beasts caught the ball, Polusalino immediately decided to give the hairball to Chitose, which was also Sakaski's default, but no one thought that she was terrified of cats .

Later, Qiuqiu, who was rejected and could not be given away, was kept by the two of them. This also meant that the two were competing with each other. Of course, they also thought that Qiuqiu would choose someone else.

Triton or Zefa, or whoever else on the warship, just... circles around, and ends up being a thousand years old.

No wonder Mao Tuan always likes to come to her side, and is unyielding when rejected. Polusalino thought for a while and then suddenly realized that it was not a coincidence to see one of them sleeping cross-folded in exactly the same position on the rear deck in the morning.

At that time, Qiuqiu was already adjusting, secretly syncing up with her, right?

……

"In this way, to Qiuqiu, neither of us is as good as a hundred years old." After laughing, Polusalino was a little melancholy, "It's really worrying~"

"What are you worried about?" Sakaski asked in a low voice, paused, put down his hands, and the corners of his eyes twitched again, "Aren't you worried that you won't be able to suppress her in the future? Polusalino, your brain..."

I really want to pry it open to see what the hell is inside——Although I didn't say it clearly, Sakaski's eyes clearly showed it like this.

"It's too late to repent now, choose the two of us as companions." Polusalino glanced at the past gloomyly, and smiled maliciously, "Please give me more advice in the future~"

After a few seconds of silence, Sakaski's lips moved up about half a centimeter, "I'm sympathizing with our future boss when I meet you two."

"I'm only crazy about Teacher Zefa's thousands of years old, plus Bolusalino who only targets her long legs and big chest."

"One day you guys fight because of aesthetic differences, I will definitely not persuade the fight, let those old men in the military department who tied us together vomit blood—"

Sanwu's black-bellied poisonous tongue was as sharp as ever, and those who were complained about for a while, whether they were present or not, were shot countless times in the knee.

Polusalino almost didn't bring it up, choking for a long time before laughing dryly, "Yeah, Sakaski, you are so cold."

"A hundred years old is so cute..."

"Where is she cute? Are you M?" Sakasky asked quickly.

"She's everywhere..."

There was a sudden pause in the middle of what Polusalino was saying, and the two of them who had been bickering in the middle of the quarrel coincidentally had a serious look on their faces, and then they both turned their heads, and their gazes fell in the direction of the cabin door at the same time.

……

After a while, the inaudible steps stopped outside the cabin door, and after a few seconds, there was a light knock on the door.

After waiting for the two of them to answer the door, after hearing the news from the Ceylon orderly standing outside the door, they finally closed the door, and both of them turned back and started to prepare.

It was Sakaski's turn to clean up that day, carrying the trash can to clean up the cigarette butts, while Polusalino walked to the bathroom and greeted the people inside in a low voice, "Centenarian, we have a meeting in half an hour~ Where's the key to your dormitory? I'll get you your coat."

Just now was the orderly next to Brigadier General Triton, who came to deliver orders. After half an hour, a meeting was about to be held, and the three interns had to attend.

Chitose took his shirt before taking a bath, and it seemed inappropriate to go out later, Polusalino decided to run to help her get clean clothes in order to hurry up.

After the voice fell, the sound of water dripping in the bathroom disappeared, and the guy inside replied muffledly, "It's under the carpet in front of the door. I didn't bring it with me."

"Yeah, what a bad habit." Polusalino shook his head, and then raised the volume a bit, "I'll store it for you when you get it back, so that you won't find out that there's something extra in the room someday."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and left, ignoring the muffled sound of someone hitting the bathroom door behind him by the way.

After getting out of their cabins, they rushed to the new dormitory arranged by the Ceylon for thousands of people with the fastest speed, got the clothes in the shortest time and came back.

ps: Her key is still in the pocket.

……

Carrying the bag of clothes, Polusalino was in a good mood, and was not even surprised when he saw Sakaski and Qiuqiu standing outside the door, one left and one right.

Knocking on the door of their cabin again, handing the clothes to Qiansui Baisui inside, and finally closing the cabin door again.

When he was free, Polusalino had the heart to express, "Why did you come outside?"

Sakaski faced the looming veins on his forehead, and replied blankly, "Qiuqiu threw herself at her, I stopped her from jumping to the ceiling, and that's it."

"Oh~~~" Polusalino squinted his eyes and nodded to express his understanding, so he swept out the door one by one, plus the trash can, no wonder the cabin was full of cigarette butts, and the thousand years old really exploded, ╮(╯﹏╰) ╭.

Maybe it was because she was in an extremely bad mood, Sakaski was silent for a moment, and gritted her teeth as if she couldn't bear it anymore, "I really want to know how that bastard parent educated her, it's unreasonable to kick a man's bottom/half/body as soon as he lifts his foot!"

Polusalino, who was almost killed several times before, "..."

……

What followed was a long period of silence, until Chitose put on his clothes and went out with wet hair on his head. The three of them went to the meeting room together. Gotta be able to wring out the ink.

Qiantui Baisui looked calm, and she didn't feel guilty that she almost ruined her companion, and because the ball was thrown back to the cabin before leaving, she occasionally responded with provocative eyes to Sakas who was staring at her viciously. base.

Sandwiched between two menacing guys, Polusalino said he didn't know anything, let alone wondered if Sakaski had been kicked in the face.

A dominatrix and a black-bellied duel, such a peace-loving Polusalino said that he would not intervene ~ (╯﹏╰) b.

……

When they arrived, there were already many people sitting in the meeting room. Because they arrived at the meeting time, the three of them received many baptisms of unknown sights when they entered the door.

Picking up the three seats at the bottom of the conference table and taking a seat, he and Sakalski guarded Chitose in the middle, one on the left and one on the right. After that, Polusalino raised his eyes and looked around.

Except for Zefa and Triton, the rest of the personnel present were unfamiliar, and the lowest rank of the general's cloak and epaulette was also a colonel, and they all looked rough, fierce and capable.

The rank of brigadier general can command an escort ship. The combined strength of these naval generals present at this time is enough to easily defeat a medium-sized country.

Polusalino paid special attention to these generals, and then found that none of them had been seen at the coronation ceremony, and then contacted Triton and Zefa about their attitudes towards the call of the new moon, and his heart was slightly moved.

Not long after the three of them arrived, the door of the meeting room was closed by the soldiers outside.

As the door was closed, the originally vague conversation in the room suddenly disappeared, and the atmosphere became quiet and solemn.

After a brief silence, Zefa, who was sitting at the top, said in a deep voice, "Before you rushed to this sea area, you already knew about the battle tomorrow night. Now, read the information first."

A dossier was placed in front of each seat at the long conference table. Hearing the beginning, Polusalino, like everyone else, took the thing in front of him, tore open the dossier, and took it out to study.

……

The room was very quiet, save for the sound of breathing and the rustling of papers.

Slowly flipping through the documents in his hand, staring at the lead black writing on the slightly yellowed file, Polusalino became more surprised and understood at the same time.

These documents are scattered and spanning decades. In addition to written records, there are also sketch patterns and some blurred photos, all of which are clues to the sea monster.

Among them are Domzi's domestic intelligence, records of survivors who were attacked by sea monsters, and some photos of the wreckage left by the victims.

And these are superimposed together, and the habits and attack patterns of the sea monster can be found out.

Seeing this, no matter how stupid you are, you should understand that the Navy Headquarters is imperative to eliminate the Kraken. If not, why spend so much energy collecting intelligence?

The purpose is not to know ourselves and our enemies.

No wonder the generals who participated in the meeting tonight did not have an admiral of the main ship. The main ship dispatched by the Navy Headquarters to protect the central officials seems to be excluded from the battle tomorrow night.

A main ship and a right-wing frigate are enough to suppress and delay the central officials, and these people in the conference room must be the main force dispatched by the headquarters day and night to completely eliminate the Kraken.

……

"After reading the information, the other is the battle plan, your respective scheduled positions, and missions."

Hearing this, Polusalino was slightly taken aback. What he turned over was already the last page...the battle plan?Oh~ By the way, the three rookie interns don't seem to have a mission, and it's not right, they will be used as bait tomorrow night.

Slowly closing the paper under his fingertips, Polusalino glanced at the people around him calmly, and was taken aback again.

The table in front of Chitose Baisui was full of papers, and she spread them out one by one and placed them on the table. At the moment, she was concentrating on holding the two comparison sheets.

Glancing over from his side, she was holding two photos, both of which were records of the remains of the victims.

"What are you looking at?" Polusalino approached slightly, lowered his voice and asked, "What do you see from above, Bai Sui?"

"Well——" without looking up, she immediately put the photo in her hand on the table, and placed it side by side with other materials with similar content, and finally replied casually, "Maybe they have mouthparts."

"Look here...and here..."

"Perforation trauma, respectively on the plantar, underarm, or fontanelle before closure."

She tapped the wreckage in several photos with her fingertips, her tone was flat and calm, "There are other signs of gnawing on the limbs, and the wreckage has become haggard. It is likely that apart from the fangs, the sea monster has hidden mouthparts."

"Somewhere between chewing and siphoning, tearing the skin to get the juice..."

"Hi!" Polusalino was horrified by her straightforward and terrifying description, and hurriedly interrupted, "Hundred years old~ We haven't had dinner yet, don't be like this."

She squinted over inexplicably, he raised his hand to touch his nose, and smiled wryly, "You told me that I had no appetite for steak at noon, and now... I won't even be able to eat fruit, it's very pitiful~"

Trying to put on a dying look, Polusalino tried to get some sympathy from Chitose, "Hentose, be good ~ don't bully me again."

"It's a big deal next time, I'll help you beat Sakaski~"