Chapter 162 The Sea, the Train, and Belated Happy New Year
It was late at night, and the roars of giant beasts could no longer be heard from the sea. The leisurely waves hit the train tracks, and the train was still moving forward slowly. Two girls were chatting in the empty carriage, and their beautiful faces were reflected in the window glass.
"Right, isn't it hilarious?" Asuka Uesugi hugged her shoulders and tapped them lightly with her fingers. "That guy said he hates people who pretend to be serious the most, so he hopes he can live a life of laughter, even if he's just pretending."
"So," Yuri mused, "that's why he's always like this."
"Uh... I guess so." Uesugi Asuka pinched her chin and raised her eyebrows and said:
"But actually, everyone in the union knows what he is like when he is serious, so they all follow him willingly. Even though they don't want to admit it, he is really a very capable person."
"Yes, it's reassuring to see him."
"Even though Crow and the others don't like this guy very much, the way he usually is." Uesugi Asuka curled her lips and said awkwardly, "But I think it's pretty good, very humane. It would be so boring if everyone was as cold as the law enforcement team."
"No, crows aren't annoying either."
"Really?"
"Based on my observation." Yuri nodded affirmatively.
Uesugi Asuka was skeptical and put one hand on her waist. "You and Anson Lu are quite similar in this respect. Although you are emotionally indifferent, you seem to have a strong insight into people."
"Really? You look at him like this."
"Otherwise, he looks careless, but he really cares about the feelings of those around him, which is what I admire about him." Asuka said: "In a sense, you two are really alike."
"No, he is different from me. We are both incomplete, but he was once complete, so he has such insight." Yuri said without emotion:
"My words... are just my intuition."
"Then you two are more alike. That guy also has an inexplicable confidence in his intuition."
“Perhaps, we are in a similar situation now.”
"Is it?"
"But it's impossible for me to truly understand him, because I have never been complete."
Asuka Uesugi was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding what Yuri meant, and didn't know how to respond for a moment.
She always felt that Yuri was very similar to Crow, and sometimes it was hard to understand what he said. However, Yuri was not the type of weirdo like Crow, but another type that was hard to describe.
Asuka observed Yuri's profile out of the corner of her eye: after two months, the Icelandic girl's hair had grown a little longer than she remembered. It had originally been neat short hair, but now it had grown to her shoulders.
Soon, she vaguely understood what the other party meant.
The person in front of me has lost most of his emotions since he was 9 years old. What could a 9-year-old child have experienced at that time? Perhaps he didn't even have a clear sense of self.
Therefore, she has never experienced the feeling of being a "complete person". She has been incomplete since childhood, so it is not surprising that she says she has never been complete.
But Anson Deer gradually became indifferent after his parents died.
But he might have been complete before. Although Anson Deer might have been a lonely little kid before, he should have also experienced happy times when his parents were still alive.
"In any case, don't think too much of him." Asuka shrugged, "Think of him more simply, and it will be easier to get along with him."
Yuri didn't say anything, just stared at the words on the page quietly.
After a while, she suddenly said, "I hope to get in touch with the real him."
"Really..." Asuka said, "Then do your best."
"Let me hear it, who is it that is saying I am handsome behind my back?" Anson Lu's annoying voice came. Turning around, I saw him yawning and walking slowly towards me from the direction of the gambling car.
"So, did you beat Crow?" Asuka rolled her eyes at him.
"Come on, you know what kind of person he is. Unless he lets me win, I will never be able to beat him in this gambling game." Anson Lu spread his hands, "I just dragged him to play for a bit, and took on the small task of the gambling car by the way."
"A small task?"
"Yes, there are different forms of gambling there. If you win five consecutive games against NPCs, you can get 1,000 evolution coins." Anson Deer hummed, "I played a chess game and gave the remaining four to Crow, and then I also got 1,000 evolution coins."
"It's quite interesting, but you didn't even bring us in." Asuka said disdainfully.
"Come on, you have to win five games in a row to get the reward, but no matter what gambling game you play, the level can only be described in one word..." Anson Lu suddenly paused, and the girl's cold eyes made him change the next sentence: "God descended to earth."
"Haha, you're smart." Asuka snorted coldly.
"I'm almost done with my rest." Yuri flipped the pages of the book.
"Then I'll go to bed too." Asuka yawned.
"Wait, Asuka-san!" Anson Lu suddenly called her.
"Huh, what's wrong?" Asuka turned her head and frowned slightly, but there was a barely visible hint of happiness in the depths of her eyes.
"I suddenly remembered that I have something I want to show you." Anson Deer shrugged.
Yuri looked up from the book and stared at him; Asuka was also confused, wondering what had happened to this guy all of a sudden.
"What is that?" Asuka asked warily.
"Chess field." Anson Lu suddenly said, and the chess field suddenly expanded, covering five or six carriages.
At this moment, even if Mr. Chu was asleep, he would probably be awakened by the sudden noise. Yuri and Asuka looked at him, one hugged his shoulders, and the other hid his face behind a book.
"Set up the chess pieces, cat in the cage, come to me."
Anson Deer held out his hands, palms facing up.
The next second, a small animal cage appeared above his clasped palms. In the cage was a dark cat, but it had a pair of blue eyes as bright as gemstones.
"cat?"
Asuka raised her eyebrows and became interested.
"Meow--"
The cat in the cage crouched in its cage, wagging its tail and making endearing noises.
Anson Lu nodded and said seriously, "Didn't you say before that you wanted to have a cat? I just happened to draw a cat chess piece, so I'll give it to you as a New Year's gift."
Asuka Uesugi was stunned for a moment.
Her clear eyes stared at the little kitten in the cage, scratching its head and acting coquettishly, and a barely visible curve appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"You talk as if it were really given to me. I'm not a chess player and can't use the chess pieces," she said calmly.
Yuri put his hand on his chin and stared at the cat motionlessly, as if he had noticed something.
"Anyway, you can touch it." Anson Deer's words were heartwarming. "It seems to like you very much."
Asuka Uesugi was silent for a long time, turning a blind eye and choosing to accept this gift from Anson Lu.
She pouted awkwardly, leaned closer to his face, and whispered, "Well, it seems to be quite cute."
"Yeah, right?"
Anson Deer asked proudly, his hands on his hips.
"Well, you're still kind-hearted." Asuka Uesugi stretched out her slender fingers, passed through the cage, and gently stroked the cat's head. "So what is this? Is this my response to your birthday wishes?"
"Uh...right." Anson Lu was stunned for a moment.
At this point, Yuri roughly understood what would happen next. She put her hand on her chin, hesitated for a moment, and did not interrupt Anson Deer's prank. She lowered her head and continued reading.
Asuka Uesugi leaned her face close to the cage and rubbed the cat's furry head with enjoyment. Even her usually domineering voice softened a bit: "Can you open the cage?"
"Yes, of course."
Anson Deer nodded and took two steps back.
"You're not allergic to cats, are you? Why would you stay so far away?"
"Yes, I am allergic to cat hair."
"Wow, that really makes it difficult for you to give me such a gift."
As Asuka Uesugi said this, she happily opened the cage and took the cute kitten out of it.
Anson Deer looked at this scene, took two steps back, and moved closer to Yuri.
"Bad taste." Yuri lowered his head and said expressionlessly.
"No way, this is clearly called a tooth for a tooth." Anson Lu said deeply.
[Chess Skill: Evil Beast Out of Cage (After the old chess player throws out the cage or issues an order, the cat will escape from the cage and turn into a ferocious beast, causing a "fear shock" effect of up to one second to the surrounding enemies)]
Two seconds later.
"ah--!!!"
Asuka Uesugi's slender shoulders trembled, and she was so scared that she threw the animal cage in her hand away. Her eyes, like spring bluebirds, were filled with tears and resentment.
In front of me was an extremely terrifying alien monster with purple saliva dripping from its sharp teeth.
However, in just a moment, the monster was put into the chess database and the chess field disappeared.
"You, remember this." Asuka's face flushed, like an angry penguin.
"Hahaha, of course I will remember it, and I will remember it for a long time." Anson Lu collapsed on the ground laughing as if he had been shot in the heart, almost out of breath. "Come on, is this the Crybaby Dragon? He can even be scared to tears by a cat."
"You call that a cat?"
"There are many kinds of cats in the world. You can't say it's not a cat just because it looks a little strange." Anson Deer spread his hands.
Asuka Uesugi lowered her head, holding her right elbow with her left hand, and her long brown hair covered her eyes.
After a while, she raised her head and said nonchalantly, "Well, I thought too much. As expected, it is really stupid to have expectations of a guy like you."
After saying that, Asuka left the car without looking back.
Anson Lu looked at her profile and was stunned for a moment, "Uh, did I take my joke too far?"
"What do you think?" Yuri flipped the pages of the book expressionlessly.
"Maybe, maybe, maybe a little bit?"
"It is a very bad behavior to raise others' expectations without authorization and then disappoint them without authorization."
"Okay, it's my fault." Anson Lu sighed and quickly chased after Asuka, "I'll go apologize to her."
Soon, the two met in the next carriage No. 10, and Asuka didn't go far.
This is the arcade car compartment. She is hugging her elbows, staring quietly at the kitten doll in the claw machine, with a slight redness in the corners of her eyes.
Anson Deer exchanged the evolution coins for a basket of game coins and walked over to her.
"Want to play?" he asked.
Asuka Uesugi didn't say anything, but just lowered her head, and Anson Lu couldn't see her expression.
Anson Deer shrugged his shoulders and put a game coin into the coin slot of the claw machine. He used his intuition beyond human understanding to move the position of the mechanical claw and press the button.
The claws slowly dropped down, clamped the kitten doll that Asuka was staring at, and then dragged it up without any mistakes.
Looking at this scene, Asuka raised her eyebrows slightly.
Two seconds later, the doll popped out of the prize exit.
Anson Lu bent down, picked up the kitten doll, and asked in a low voice: "I say, Crybaby Long, you are not really angry, are you?"
"No."
“It’s a lie.”
"No means no!"
"Then no." Anson Lu took a deep breath and stuffed the kitten doll into Asuka's hand. "This is my compensation, Miss Uesugi, please forgive me!"
Asuka Uesugi took the kitten and was stunned for a moment, then she was amused by Anson's serious tone.
"I'm really not angry." She whispered, "I just feel that I'm too timid. We're all Sequence Players, but I seem to be the only one in the guild who's so timid."
"Well, you have the courage to admit your own shortcomings. You have already distanced yourself from narcissists like Crow. You are at least ten thousand times better than him." Anson Lu said with an "I understand" look.
"boring."
"Anyway, it's getting late. Go back and say hello to everyone, then you can go to bed."
"Okay." Asuka Uesugi held the doll, curled her lips slightly, and followed Anson Lu into carriage No. 9.
"I'm still wondering why you unfolded the chess field, Lu Jun, this joke is not funny." Urushihara Ritsu came from the next carriage No. 8 with a cup of hot coffee.
"You guys are so hypocritical. It's okay for her to bully me, right?" Anson Lu pursed his lips and said aggrievedly.
"Why do you look so aggrieved?" Yuri put his hand on his chin and said softly, "It's very interesting. I will remember the way you look now."
"You might as well remember what she looked like just now!"
"Remember what?" Asuka asked viciously.
"Nothing." Anson Deer was silent like a kitten.
"Bullying a woman is not gentlemanly behavior. Of course, it's just a small matter." Urushihara Ritsu smiled, "So, why don't you go to bed? It's already very late."
"It's early. Don't we always play until three or four in the morning in Shangshi? Why are you in such a hurry?" Anson Lu asked back.
"Lu Jun, this is a copy."
"That's true." Ansen Lu yawned and asked listlessly, "Then I'll go to bed first. Did Chu Qimo tell you which section the sleeper car is in?"
"Teacher Chu said that yours is at No. 22, and Yuri and I are at No. 23." said Asuka Uesugi.
"Okay, good night everyone." Anson Lu said, put his hands in his pockets, and walked past Yuri yawning.
At this time, the Icelandic girl flipped through the pages of the book and said:
"Happy New Year."
"What?" Anson Lu stopped and didn't react for a while: How could someone suddenly say "Happy New Year" at this time? It's already February 2nd, right?
"We, don't seem to have celebrated the New Year." Yuri raised his head, staring at him with clear eyes: "I just happened to see the part about celebrating the New Year in the book."
"Oh, Happy New Year." Anson Lu glanced at the book she was reading. This Icelandic girl has recently started reading Chinese literature and stays away from Japanese literature.
After a pause, he added: "Happy New Year to you too, Crow."
Urushihara Ritsu took a sip of coffee and teased with interest: "Lu Jun, I think that in the new year, it would be a good ending if the earth is not destroyed. It is really an extreme luxury to live happily."
"Haha, no matter whether the earth collapses or not, I hope everyone can have a happy new year." Anson Lu said here, looked at Asuka beside him, and said awkwardly:
"Also, Crybaby Dragon, Happy New Year."
"I will still be happy in the new year without your blessing." Asuka tilted her beautiful face and squinted one eye and said, "But happy new year."
"Thank you. I'll return the original words." Anson Lu raised the corner of his mouth.
Uesugi Asuka suddenly raised her eyebrows. She thought of a man who went to bed early and had a very low sense of existence: "Ah, speaking of which, it seems that Teacher Chu has been isolated by us again."
Yuri, Urushihara Ritsu, and Anshin Kaku all paused for a moment.
A brief silence fell upon the three of them.
"Oops, if you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten there was this person in the union." Anson Lu took a breath.
"Lujun, if he's not asleep yet, I'll say 'Happy New Year' to him on your behalf." After Urushihara Ritsu finished speaking, he walked past the three people holding a coffee cup.
"Remember to bring me one." Asuka reminded.
"Me too." Yuri closed the book and echoed.
"Of course," Urushihara Ritsu said leisurely. He yawned and lazily walked into the next car. His figure was gradually swallowed by the darkness. "Well, good night, everyone."
Late in the night of February 1st, on the track across the Pacific Ocean, neither the whistling sea breeze nor the roar of beasts in the deep sea could stop the progress of this train. It was brightly lit, and in the night it looked like a bright comet flying horizontally, shuttling through the endless sea. However, only carriages 22 and 23 were dimly lit, yet they carried the gentle dreams of young boys and girls.
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