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　"I gave Youmu all her money. Actually, I'm spending my own money. Is there a problem?" Youyouko explained calmly.

　"What's more important is that every time I see the proprietress, my appetite is always stimulated. So I often come here to eat." Youyouzi turned her head to look at the proprietress and licked her lips.

　When the proprietress heard this, she shuddered involuntarily all over.

　Xiang: "Tsk... I always feel like there's something else behind what you said."

　"So, did you do all this by yourself?" Xiao asked, pointing to the mountain of tableware next to him.

　The pink-haired girl smiled and said, "Yeah, I ate most of it."

　"With this kind of appetite...are you really a human?" Xiang stared in amazement at Youyouko's belly, which was not bulging at all.

　"The world is so big that there are all kinds of strange things. If people like you can appear in this world, why can't there be humans with huge appetites?" The pink-haired girl held her chin with one hand and leaned her elbow on the tatami low table, looking at Xiang.

　Staring at Youyouzi, Xiao thought to himself, "This woman always gives me an unfathomable feeling."

　"Okay, then take your time eating, we won't disturb you." Xiang said, and then called the proprietress to go out and discuss something together.

　After Xiao Xiang and the boss lady arrived at the lobby, Xiang asked, "Boss lady, do you have any other restaurant recommendations?"

　The proprietress pondered and asked, "Are you in a hurry?"

　Xiang only then remembered the time, picked up his phone, opened the screen and looked at it, and said, "Hmm...it's really rushed."

　"I'm very sorry, that's not available. Our street is full of slow-food restaurants, and because it's New Year's Eve, they are basically all packed." The proprietress replied regretfully.

　"If you don't mind having a snack for dinner, there is another restaurant you can choose from."

　"Snacks? That's fine," Xiao pondered. "Thunder and Lightning aren't averse to snacks either, and we really don't have a choice anyway."

　The proprietress said, "For dim sum, there's a dango specialty shop called Seiran Linghuya at the end of this street."

　"How is this store? Are the dumplings delicious?" Xiao didn't want to make a mistake and wanted to ask clearly before buying.

　"The reviews are pretty good. Their dumplings are all homemade, but the dumplings are a bit polarized," said the proprietress.

　"Is the polarization serious?" Xiao and Xiang were confused.

　The proprietress explained, "They have two grades of dumplings. One is the low-end kind, with average workmanship and a mediocre taste, and the other is the high-end kind, with excellent workmanship and a superior taste. The price difference between these two grades is several times. This combination of high and low caters to customers with different spending levels."

　After the proprietress's explanation, Xiao and Xiang suddenly understood.

　Xiang said, "Okay, thank you, Madam. Let's go take a look. Speaking of which, which one should I bring for Raiden?"

　"We must bring the best quality ones for the sisters. How expensive can dumplings be? Could they be more expensive than ours?" Xiao joked.

　After he finished speaking, the two guys burst into laughter, said goodbye to the proprietress, walked out of the store, and went to the dumpling place that the proprietress introduced.

　"Boss, please settle the bill!" At this time, the foodie girl and her friends in the private room came out and shouted to the boss.

　"Oh, I enjoyed my meal today~" the pink-haired girl said with a satisfied look. "I suddenly want to see the Saiyogami (the name of a giant cherry tree) bloom..."

　Youmu panicked: "Master Yuyuko, this is absolutely unacceptable. Have you forgotten the beating you received in early 03?"

　"So later on I didn't want to see the Journey to the West monster in full bloom. It's also nice to see it not in full bloom." Youyouzi pouted playfully.

　"Yes, it wasn't fully opened in 08, and Japan didn't have any problems, but China suffered a snowstorm..." Youmu advised, holding his forehead.

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　At the same time, Haruzuki at the Maizuru Naval Base was also busy.

　Haruzuki is writing ema, and on the table of her desk there are piles of ema waiting to be written.

　These ema were about to be inscribed with the New Year's wishes of each ship girl. Due to distance reasons, most of the ship girls could not come to Maizuru to pray in person, so they could only verbally express their wishes to Haruzuki, who would write them on their behalf.

　Thanks to Fuso and Yamashiro in Kansai, Haruzuki only needs to write more than 30 ema. Otherwise, writing more than 100 ema by one person would really take too much time and energy...

　Haruzuki carefully completed each ema as commissioned, and then collected all the ema that carried his comrades' good wishes for the New Year.

　"Shion, come and hang these ema outside."

　"Oh...I see..." came a listless response.

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　Time waits for no one. It passes by like a flash, and before we know it, it is already the last few minutes before the New Year.

　Although Fukushima is not as lively as the cities in Kanto, the New Year atmosphere here is no less than that in Kanto.

　On the outskirts of the city, the annual fireworks display is in full swing, and people are already standing in the distance to watch the fireworks.

　Probably due to epidemic prevention and control requirements, the audience stood farther apart from each other, and the crowd density was completely different from that of previous years.

　Unlike other spectators, Takuma Ozawa found an empty rooftop to watch the upcoming fireworks.

　"Upper fireworks, lower fireworks? Horizontal fireworks? (rising smoke)

　"Flowers, should I look at them from below? Or from the side?" Ozawa muttered the title of an anime movie.

　"Of course I watched it with my favorite person."

　Ozawa took out his cell phone and opened Azur Lane, looking at Xiang, the secretary ship on the homepage, with gentle eyes, and couldn't help but recall every little thing since he met her.

　Although they had hardly met since the Fukushima incident, the difference in space and time had not diluted his feelings for Xiang.

　To put it more bluntly, Takuma Ozawa fell in love with Hibiki.

　However, he never dared to confess his feelings to his real self, even though he had secretly given the ring to Xiang in the game and had practiced confessing his feelings to Xiang in the game many times. But he just didn't have the courage to confess his feelings to his real self.

　"Fortunately, the ship I like is an unpopular character in the game, otherwise I would have been stabbed by the characters from China and Donghuang..." Ozawa said self-deprecatingly.

　Can a 30-year-old person and a 90-year-old ship be together? Ozawa has considered the theory of life expectancy.

　"Enough, Ozawa! The power of love is infinite!" Ozawa slapped himself lightly and muttered to himself in a slightly childish tone.

　"If you really want to get to the bottom of this, don't humans also have theories about lifespan? Aren't there examples everywhere of elderly couples where one spouse dies before the other?"

　Ozawa comforted himself in this way.

　Just as he was daydreaming, the time came to 23:59:30.

　2021, only the last 30 seconds left.

　Ozawa turned off his phone and put it in his coat pocket. He looked up at the clear night sky, as if about to speak, but stopped himself, quietly waiting for the fireworks to arrive.

　At the moment when every digit of the minute and second turned to zero, the New Year's Eve fireworks arrived as expected.

　The rising fireworks and the gorgeous blooming fireworks are sometimes like flames competing, sometimes like flowers scattered by fairies, sometimes like stars, and sometimes like the soul-reversing butterflies of Bafensaki, dancing in the dark night.

　The crowd watching the fireworks was excited and took photos to commemorate the occasion.

　Under such beautiful fireworks, Ozawa was overjoyed and excited.

　His excited heart made him overcome his timidity. He held the railing on the roof with his hands and spoke words from the bottom of his heart.

　"Hibiki-chan, Comrade Hibiki! I like you! Let's date! Will you accept me as your 'commander'?"

　At the same time, far away in Yokosuka, Hibiki was also watching the fireworks in the distance.

　Suddenly, she felt a sudden throbbing in her heart, and her face couldn't help but turn red.

　Lei, who was standing next to her, noticed that something was wrong with Xiang and asked with concern, "Sister Xiang, are you okay? Why are you blushing all of a sudden?"

　Xiang patted his left chest gently and said calmly: "I'm fine, I just suddenly felt a little... I can't explain... excited."

　"But this feels... pretty good." Xiang smiled brightly and replied to Lei.

　As Liuqi was speaking, a new round of fireworks rose into the sky in the distance, revealing a series of hiragana and numbers.

　"こんにちは, 2022. (Hello, 2022)"

　Chapter 113 The conspiracy exposed

　After the new year, Ji Haitang Yu Li is ready to fulfill his promise to help expose the vaccine.

　She is now at home talking on the phone with someone she knows.

　"Oh... I see. There's nothing wrong with this research report, right? Okay, fine... Lingxian, please thank Ms. Yayi for me. I'll be hanging up now."

　After ending the call, Ji Haitang Yu Li picked up the research report on the desk again and looked at it carefully.

　"No matter how many times I see it, it's hard to believe. Is this really something that can be made with current technology?"

　Ji Haitang Yuli has been staring at the detailed content in the column "This vaccine has the ability to transform carbon-based life into non-carbon-based life" in the report.

　This research report was completed by Akashi and given to Hime Haitang Yuli by Xiang.

　When she first saw the report, especially the capabilities of the vaccine, she thought it was a joke.

　If it weren't for Xiang's strenuous explanations and arguments, and the video evidence included in the report, and if Ji Haitang hadn't used his personal connections to analyze the authenticity of the video, Ji Haitang would never have believed that Japan could come up with such an "unscientific" thing.

　"Ah, I can understand why the researcher of this report is anonymous..."

　Ji Haitang Yuli opened a Word document and began to skillfully type on the computer keyboard, writing an article criticizing and exposing the vaccine based on respect for facts.

　But she didn't know that the article she posted on the social network not only caused an uproar in Japanese public opinion, but also accelerated the pace of deep-sea invasion of humans.

　Two days later, Ji Haitang Yuli's article quickly became popular in Japan and alarmed Tokyo.

　Ji Haitang Yu Li's actions completely angered the deep sea forces responsible for Japan's infiltration and intelligence work.

　"What the hell is going on? The regulations are so strict, how did this reporter get the vaccine?!"

　The senior deep-sea pioneer (No. 690), who is in charge of Japan's overall intelligence work, questioned a group of his subordinates.

　"Not only are we being criticized by the outside world, but even Yoshihide Suga himself has asked me if this is true!"

　Deep Sea No. 690 angrily knocked on the conference table. The expensive mahogany table made a loud noise and a big crack appeared on the tabletop.

　"Intelligence is our greatest advantage, but

　After something like this happened today, how can I face Admiralty Code?!

　Or have you been in Japan for too long and instead of learning the good things, you've picked up the stupid habits of the Japanese authorities' intelligence agencies?!"

　Faced with the boss's verbal abuse, none of the other deep-sea pioneers present responded. They all remained silent and buried their heads in self-blame.

　"No one speaks? Okay... then I'll just pick someone at random." Senior Deep Sea No. 690 looked around at the attendees and pointed at the Deep Sea who was responsible for vaccine security.

　"No. 1080, you, No. 1060, and No. 1070 are responsible for vaccine security. Now, on behalf of your group, how do you explain this incident?!"

　Deep Sea 1080 immediately stood up and admitted his mistake. "I'm sorry, Master 690! It's my incompetence! I'll immediately find out who did this!"

　"Enough!" No. 690 said coldly. "The matter is done. It's been exposed and has attracted worldwide attention. Is your apology still any use now?!"

　No. 690 Deep Sea continued his lecture. "Besides, it's not your job to investigate people. Don't try to seduce people."

　"Um, Master 690," a deep-sea pioneer raised his hand to speak. "In this situation, we should first control public opinion. Otherwise, if this continues, our situation will only become increasingly difficult."

　"I agree. It would be best to take some action against the reporter who exposed the incident." Another Deep Sea also supported this.

　No. 690 Deep Sea calmed down and thought about it, and felt that it made sense and was necessary.

　"Indeed...public opinion is also a problem. But the first step is to deal with this reporter."

　Then Deep Sea No. 690 pointed to one of the Deep Sea people sitting there.

　"1650!"

　"I'm here!" Deep Sea, whose number was called, stood up and reported.

　"Next, regarding this reporter, do it cleanly and efficiently." 690 ordered indifferently.

　"understand!"

　Although the news about Ji Haitang Yuli successfully ignited the Japanese public opinion, the public opinion did not blindly criticize the vaccine. The absolute number of voices supporting the vaccine was not rare.

　"So what if it becomes non-carbon based? It can cure my disease and make my body stronger than before. Isn't this the original intention of medicine?" A COVID-19 patient who recovered from the disease said confidently.

　As a result, this group of people and those who oppose the vaccine started a keyboard war on the Internet.

　As the news became more and more popular, even the United States and the World Health Organization were alarmed.

　The WHO hopes that Japan can give them the vaccine for research, but the United States, like its attitude towards South Korea's Samsung, directly orders Japan to hand over everything related to the vaccine.

　This undoubtedly adds some global tension to the world.

　Shen Hai, who is conducting intelligence infiltration work in Japan, is using those who support the vaccine to try to stabilize public opinion.

　Some left-wing figures, such as Hibiki and Ozawa Takuma, or Haruzuki, as well as other intellectuals and people, have criticized the vaccine and those who support it to varying degrees based on their own views and methods.

　As for Ji Haitang Yuli herself, she has also been pushed to the forefront of public opinion and subjected to cyber violence in recent days.