Under the night sky, the stars reflected by the waves are faintly visible.
"Long..."
Next to the scientific research ship, the safety cable for the recovery operation successfully hooked the hook, and the wheel began to rotate immediately.
With the sparkling water, the deep submersible was slowly pulled up, like picking up a bright moon from the sea.
"Huh... I'm really exhausted after this day."
After coming out of the deep submersible, Nohara Rintaro took a puff of cigarette, leaned against the railing of the ship and blew out a smoke ring leisurely.
"I really don't know what you did. You were paddling from beginning to end, right?"
On the side, Kosagawa Maho took off his ninja sword from his waist and rolled his eyes at him angrily.
"If it weren't for Yagami, we might not be able to leave Yugong City!"
"I don't deny this, but I have done a lot of things." Nohara Rintaro scratched his head.
"Oh? Tell me more specifically." Kosagawa Maho said with a look of disbelief.
"I tried to communicate with the idiot and understand the idiot's thoughts, but I failed."
"To be honest, I'm really shocked right now."
"Xiao Sagawa, are we really unable to communicate and understand?"
Looking up at the star-studded night sky, Nohara Rintaro took out the cigarette from his mouth and sighed melancholy.
"Nohara, you guy..."
Hearing this, Kosagawa Maho's teeth chattered with anger. Regardless of the strength gap between the two, he picked up the scabbard in his hand and struck hard at the opponent.
boom!
Rintaro Nohara stumbled backwards with a powerful blow, accidentally crossed the guardrail of the ship, rolled and fell into the sea.
As if he didn't expect that he would really succeed, Kosagawa Maho was stunned, then hurriedly rushed to the side of the ship's rail and shouted downwards.
"Hey, Nohara, are you okay——"
Suddenly, her eyes froze.
Outside the scientific research ship, Nohara Rintaro sat in a lifeboat that had been prepared, raised his head and laughed.
"Sorry, Xiao Sagawa, I have to go first!"
"The destination of a ronin should be the big white legs of a geisha, not a cabin that comes with a fool!"
The roar of the engine was mixed with laughter, and the lifeboat wildly left a spreading white line on the sea, quickly jumping into the darkness and disappearing.
"This guy definitely did it on purpose..."
Seeing the other party's handsome figure leaving, Kosagawa Maho grasped the guardrail of the boat and dented it, gritting his teeth.
Looking at the direction in which the lifeboat was sailing away, Ye Shenkong on the side looked thoughtful.
He turned his head and spoke comfortingly.
"Osagawa is on inspection. Don't blame Mr. Nohara too harshly. After all, we finally returned safely from a level 4 singularity. Anyone would feel excited and want to relax."
His tone paused for a moment, and then he switched to another topic.
"But having said that, what should we do with the treasures we obtained in Fish Palace City?"
"Should we hand it over to the inspection now or hand it over to the inspection after we return?"
"Huh? This is the treasure that the mermaid princess specially selected for you. Yagami, you handed it over so generously?"
Kosagawa Maho was stunned.
"Otherwise? It took a lot of effort for Sagawa's inspection to help me prove my innocence. I don't want to be targeted by Captain Otonashi again."
Ye Shenkong said slightly helplessly.
"Okay, I'll contact the captain."
Kosagawa Maho nodded, and then tapped the earphone twice.
But soon, a look of confusion appeared on her pretty face.
"Huh? What's going on..."
After trying a few more times, Kosagawa Maho raised his head to Yagami Sora and said confused.
"It's strange, I can't contact the captain, she seems to have no signal..."
really!
At this point, Ye Shenkong can finally be sure.
Nohara Rintaro and Kosagawa Maho were just feinting. The real main force in this trip to Unomiya Castle was probably Otonashi Cheyuki.
At this moment, the opponent is still staying in Yugong City, and his purpose is nothing more than to obtain the curse seal that may be born in the singularity.
Thinking of this, Ye Shenkong couldn't help but clenched his fists slightly, and tightly grasped the magnificent light blue gem he had just obtained in his palm.
I don’t know if the other party has seen the message I left...
"In this case, these treasures can only be left with you, Yagami, for the time being. After all, some of the unique points have the function of identifying the owner. If others take them at will, it will cause unnecessary trouble."
Kosagawa Maho thought.
"Can I feel at ease when patrolling like this?"
"Of course, don't worry. Anyway, Yagami, you don't have a curse seal on your hand, so you can't use this treasure at all, right?"
Kosagawa Maho waved his hand nonchalantly.
Yes, indeed none, because I have two...
Ye Shenkong silently complained in his heart.
"And I don't think Chiba can use that strange flute, right?"
"Huh? Ah, of course..."
Under the gaze of Maho Sagawa, Chiba Yui's pretty face turned red again, and she hid the horn flute behind her back.
"Although it is a bit troublesome, it is only a temporary matter. I think after contacting the captain, someone will soon come to you to recover these singularities."
Kosagawa Mahonichi.
"Okay, now that the matter has been resolved, let's go back to the office. I'm really sleepy this time. I must have a good sleep tonight..."
After saying that, she stretched her waist and walked towards the cabin.
"Wait a minute, Xiao Sagawa is inspecting."
Ye Shenkong suddenly spoke.
"I think you don't need to go back to the office, right?"
"Eh?"
Kosagawa Maho, who was stretching his waist halfway, suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at Yagami Sora blankly.
The beautiful eyes were full of surprise and surprise, as well as anxiety and uneasiness.
It's like the expression on a cat that has been raised for a long time and suddenly learns that it has been abandoned by its owner.
she asked subconsciously.
"Yakami, what do you mean?"
"Don't you want me to go back to the office?"
"No, the patrol has misunderstood. What I mean is that since the patrol's latent mission has been completed, you should be able to return to your own residence and live a normal life. There is no need to continue to go back to the office to wrong yourself, right?"
"But...I don't feel that I am aggrieved at the office...the sofa is very comfortable, the food is delicious, and I have a lot of fun chatting with everyone..."
Kosagawa Maho said aggrievedly.
"If that's the case, then Inspector Sagawa can come to the office to have dinner and chat with us as usual, but the resting place has been changed."
Ye Shenkong comforted.
"Okay then, don't cheat."
After listening, Kosagawa Maho reluctantly nodded.
This time, Ye Shenkong was slightly startled.
I thought it would take some more talking to convince the other party.
But he didn't expect that he just resorted to the trick of "eating and chatting", and the other party readily agreed.
In an instant, such a scene could not help but appear in his mind.
The cat that had been abandoned for a long time would appear at the door of the house on time every meal time.
Looking at the back of Kosagawa Maho who entered the cabin to rest, Yagami Sora sighed softly.
He shook his head and looked at Chiba Yui behind him.
"Chiba-san, let's go rest too."
After hearing Yagami Sora's words, Chiba Yui on the deck did not make any move.
She lowered her head with her hands behind her back, and pursed her soft lips slightly, as if she was holding some question in her heart that she couldn't ask.
"Chiba-san?" Yashenkong said a little surprised.
As if she had made some kind of determination, Chiba Yui suddenly raised her head and asked a little stubbornly.
"Yakami-kun, I...I have something to ask you."
"Well, please ask."
Chiba Yui took a deep breath.
"Yakami-kun, you...how did you wake up Princess Xiji?"
"You and the princess kissed, kissed...kissed!"
At the end of the sentence, she couldn't help but close her eyes tightly.
In fact, she knew it very well.
Only by awakening the princess can Fish Palace City avoid the explosion and Neon will not sink.
In order to save Neon, Lord Yagami had to do the same.
But...but...
Sure enough, I’m still not happy with it!
Somehow, she subconsciously clutched the ram's horn flute in her hand.
"not at all."
Suddenly, Ya Shenkong's serious voice came to her ears.
Upon hearing this answer, Chiba Yui suddenly opened her eyes in surprise.
I almost couldn't help but want to jump up and cheer.
Great, Yagami-kun's virginity is still there!
At this moment, she restrained the joy in her heart and managed to remain reserved and changed the subject.
"Then Lord Ye Shen, how did you wake up Princess Xiji?"
Ye Shenkong pondered for a moment and replied.
"With your hands."
"That's great, I use my hands..."
Hearing this answer, Chiba Yui held her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, she was stunned.
etc.
How is it done by hand?
...
Under the full moon.
At this moment, Nohara Rintaro drove the lifeboat in a large circle on the sea.
After confirming that no one noticed, he turned off the engine and stopped at the agreed location.
The next moment.
In front of the lifeboat, the dark sea surface covered with a layer of night suddenly seemed to be cut off by a sharp blade, breaking into two parts as smooth as a mirror.
A huge abyss appeared that went straight downwards and extended all the way to the invisible part of the deep sea.
And in the vast abyss, a white figure walked upwards step by step.
Every time she took a step, a sword made of sea water would appear under her feet, as if it had stepped out of the Ten Thousand Blades of the Forest.
Stepping on these blades, Otonashi Cheyuki came to the side of the ship unimpeded and boarded the ship.
As the abyss closed again, the waves caused the ship's hull to rock violently.
On the lifeboat, Nohara Rintaro came forward and handed over a towel that had been warmed in advance and asked.
"How's it going, Captain, did you get the curse seal?"
Wiping the blade of Kodachi, Otonashi Cheyuki shook her head and said softly.
"Misstep."
"Someone took a step ahead and took away the curse seal."
Hearing this, Nohara Rintaro was obviously surprised.
"What? Who can steal the curse seal from the captain?"
This time, Otonashi Chexue did not answer.
Instead, he stretched out his hand and put a piece of paper into Nohara Rintaro's hand.
"Captain, what is this..."
Nohara Rintaro took it in confusion.
Suddenly, his eyes stared straight.
He put down the note and stared at Otonashi Chexue with his mouth open.
"No...it can't be right? In that case, the cursed seal of the fourth level singularity is now in the hands of that Yagami Sora?"
"How is this possible? When did he..."
Suddenly, Nohara Rintaro suddenly recalled the unexpected embrace between Sora Yagami and Shiihime when they left Unomiya Castle.
Was it at that time!?
He forced himself to calm down quickly and thought.
"But even if the curse seal is really there, why would he take the initiative to expose it?"
"Is it possible that he thinks he can challenge the captain because he has mastered a fourth-level singularity curse seal?"
"This kind of thinking is too naive!?"
"No, he is not naive. On the contrary, he is much smarter than you think."
Otonashi Cheyuki's eyes followed the direction in which the scientific research ship left, but eventually lost its target in the night.
He spoke softly.
"What he was trying to tell me was simple."
"He doesn't intend to fuse this curse seal, and he doesn't want me to attack Yugong City."
"That's why he left a message asking me to send him money, hoping to make a deal in which money would be exchanged for a curse seal."
"He knew that if he did this, there would be room for negotiation between us."
"Otherwise, I will bury him in this sea forever at all costs."
Is that so...
Nohara Rintaro suddenly understood.
But then he hesitated.
"Captain, do we still have liquidity in our team?"
"No more." Otonashi Chexue said calmly.
"Then, where can I get money?"
"Reconsideration."
"......oh."
Nohara Rintaro responded angrily.
He looked at Otonashi Chexue, whose brows still didn't relax, and asked curiously.
"Captain, do you have any more questions?"
"It's not really a problem, I just feel weird." Otonashi Chexue said thoughtfully.
"How did he hide the curse from you, Nohara?"
"Yes, that's a fourth-level singularity curse seal. With such powerful spiritual power, if it hadn't been integrated into the body, there's no way I wouldn't have discovered it."
Nohara Rintaro slapped his thigh suddenly.
"Unless that Ye Shenkong possesses more powerful spiritual power than that curse seal."
Otonashi Chexue said softly.
"But, if he has such powerful spiritual power, why not just reject this singularity and choose the most difficult way to convince the other party with words?"
"Finally, why didn't he fuse the curse seal with the fourth-level singularity?"
"That's tens of thousands of rounds of spiritual power improvement. Is anyone really willing to exchange such a precious thing for those meaningless pieces of paper?"
"Well, Captain, I think I may know the answer to the last question."
Nohara Rintaro raised his hand cautiously.
"Because Ye Shenkong got a treasure in the treasure house of Yugong City, and the source of energy is the curse seal..."
"What did you say?"
Otonashi Cheyuki's calm expression was startled, and she looked at Nohara Rintaro in surprise.
"And according to the mermaid princess, that treasure is the most powerful treasure in the entire Fish Palace City."
"It's called the Limited Glove, and it has the ability to manipulate space."
"Manipulate space..."
Hearing this word, Otonashi Chexue's already fair face lost some of its color. She subconsciously bit her fingers and said in a panic.
"No, we can't let him leave, Nohara, hurry up and catch up -"
Suddenly, the green dot on her earphones beat violently and made a beeping sound.
This was an emergency contact signal from the Fifth Squadron, indicating that the personnel on duty at the base had encountered a problem that they could not handle at all and must seek instructions from her.
Otonashi Chexue was startled for a moment, and then answered the call.
"Sakura."
"Captain, no good, something bad has happened, the worst situation has happened!"
Immediately, the non-stop alarm sound and Sakura Yui's panicked voice sounded in the earphones.
Is there any situation worse than a fourth-level singularity curse seal falling into the hands of others...
Otonashi Chexue sighed softly and asked.
"What is it?"
"Nasu! It's Nasu! The fifth-level singularity located in Nasu suddenly started to move!"
In the earphones, Sakura Yui yelled crazily.
With the lifeboat as the center, in an instant, the sea surface for several kilometers in radius became calm in an instant, and there was no storm.
All waves are forced to stay several kilometers away, as if a forbidden area has been formed here.
But if you look carefully, you can find that the sea is not calm, but is forcibly suppressed by an unimaginably powerful force.
The whole sea trembled faintly, and like the subjects, they prostrate themselves at the feet of the supreme king, begging for the king's forgiveness.
Even the dark clouds overhead were dispersed, and only the moonlight fell quietly on the mirror-calm sea.
Bathed in the moonlight, Otonashi Chexue's eyes were colder than ever before.
She spoke with a calm tone that even Nohara Rintaro was frightened by.