Long-term salvation

Rhodes: "...There's no need to say that, right?"

"Which do you mean? A husband, or imprisonment?"

Rhodes: “…”

I haven't seen her much lately, so how did her combat power increase so much? Is it because she got the venue buff while the other girls were alone on the beach?

Taking a deep breath, Rhode ignored the humble woman who was at the peak of her fighting power and stood up and walked towards the balcony.

This is a beachfront villa somewhere in the Hawaiian Islands, one of the premium properties that Nikki Young has acquired around the world.

A narrow crescent-shaped coastline separates this small harbor from the open sea, and the villa is built on the highest point of the headland. Outside this house, which has withstood numerous hurricanes, there is no forest, mainly tall coconut trees bent by the trade winds and tenacious weeds burrowing into the soil. The other side faces the sea. Just walk down the stone steps and stand on the white sand beach, with the vast Pacific Ocean before you.

When it is calm and windless, standing on the balcony of the villa and looking into the distance, the sea water is usually dark blue, but when you step on the white sand and walk into the sea, the color becomes clear light blue, enough to see schools of large and small sea fish swimming quickly by.

Rhodes tried not to think about how much it would cost to buy this place... an M1 main battle tank?

Lying on the balcony railing, Rhodes looked at the girls playing on the beach below. Now, those who had nothing to do in Hill Villa came to Hawaii, and while out for fun, they happened to reunite with the Alicorn. Rhodes was planning to take them to Japan and then all the way down, but it seemed that there was no need for that at the moment.

The GOC Japanese branch handled the otherworldly incident very well, but it needs some further military support.

Perhaps we could give the Japanese branch early access to some of the lab's products? The M6 ​​AS has already entered mass production and upgrades, while newer AS are still in R&D and experimental manufacturing.

Thinking about all these things, Rod spent his few free moments in the Hawaiian sea breeze:

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At that moment, a long net was set up in the middle of the beach, dividing the girls playing beach volleyball into two distinct groups. One side was led by Hina, accompanied by Shirako, while the other was led by Makoto, with the black cat Pickman, bribed by six dried fish, behind him. The Nikkis split into two groups: Mori followed Satan, and Little Red Riding Hood followed Baal.

Because New Jersey's output was too high, he was thrown out as a referee:

The main thing is that when Hina and Makoto started fighting, the KanColle was able to separate the two in time, allowing them to continue hitting each other with the poor beach volleyball instead of fighting each other with weapons.

Regardless of who wins or loses, such a good private beach is not easy to find!

The beach volleyball, wrapped in a sonic boom, hit Makoto and was kicked back by the latter - the big devil didn't care about those messy rules and obviously wanted to play the way he wanted - this made Hina on the opposite side take a few deep breaths, grab the volleyball that was attacking her face with her bare hands, and crush the unfortunate thing directly.

Fortunately, there were enough volleyballs piled in the basket behind New Jersey, enough to last until the generals on both sides got bored or couldn't stand it anymore and started fighting each other.

Waving at New Jersey, Rod saw the latter give him a thumbs-up with a silly smile on his face, completely unaware of Hina and Makoto who were already fighting across the net.

Little Red Riding Hood and Sen are still fanning the flames, obviously not afraid of getting into trouble.

Did these guys actually finish a game of volleyball?!

Rhodes covered his face helplessly, feeling fortunate that Weihua didn't come with him this time... She was still following Mary to deal with evil spirits. There were a lot more of these things recently, and they were showing signs of spreading to more remote areas.

"Why don't I see Marian and Abigail?" Rod asked. He didn't see the other girls.

"Abigail was attacked by a swarm of jellyfish while swimming, and Marianne was taking care of her."

Noah said this as she emerged from the house. She sat on a lounge chair on the balcony, letting the scorching sun wash over her skin. The girl wore black sunglasses, the silver rims refracting the sunlight, drawing Rhode's gaze.

"Those jellyfish were eaten by an enraged Abigail's tentacles. But, it seems she's really not very popular with the ocean... Chiya-sister and Nyako didn't come along, so there's no control group, so maybe she was just unlucky."

They had just stuffed the Deep Sea Lord into the power generation facility a while ago, so he must have been unwelcome! Rhode muttered a few words in his heart, and sincerely hoped that he would not be on that person's list of grudges... No, no, no, the first name on the list would probably be his.

"Although I don't think anything's wrong, I'll still go check it out later." Rhode rubbed his temple with his hand and sighed helplessly. "Miya and Rapunzel left for Africa a long time ago, and there's no suitable doctor right now."

"It's at Ains' request. There's nothing we can do about it. He's planning to launch a large-scale military operation there soon."

Noah said so, she sighed, and continued with some complaints:

"You should pay more attention to the details instead of waiting to hear me or read my briefings every day."

"I trust you, Noah."

Rhode shrugged, touched his beach pants and Hawaiian shirt, and pulled out a slightly crooked cigarette from his pocket. He lit it, put it in his mouth, and then slowly added:

"Besides, D and Mori will help you too... Speaking of which, you haven't answered my question yet."

"I'm personally establishing an intelligence network in Hawaii. After all, it's a crucial anchorage for the United States and a crucial shipping route. It's home to spies and agents year-round, and I have to ensure the loyalty of every supervisor and key intelligence officer... One more thing. You should remember the Hecmedia Group fleet, right? Besides suppressing it in the capital market, the Intelligence Department also sent agents to infiltrate it. This information will be delivered to me through the intelligence network tonight when the fleet passes through the Hawaiian Islands."

As Noah spoke, he pulled out a small bag full of bottles and jars from under the beach chair, rummaged through it with his fingers, and picked out the one he liked.

Shaking the exquisitely crafted glass bottle in the sunlight, the girl smiled slightly.

"This is an opportunity to test the timeliness, efficiency and security of the entire intelligence transmission process."

"It sounds like you're asking me to do something," Rhodes said as he put out his cigarette. After a flash of flame, the remaining cigarette butt turned into scattered ashes. "Do you need my help?"

"That's not necessary. After all, our intelligence agents are no pushovers. You should watch less spy movies. Real intelligence work is very boring."

The girl said this and turned over to lie flat on the beach chair. Rhodes was about to admire her beautiful figure when a small glass bottle was thrown into his hand. The transparent liquid inside was shaking slightly.

Subconsciously looking back, Rhodes met a pair of soft purple eyes:

"If you really want to help... could you put some sunscreen on me?"

"my pleasure."

Chapter 485: Daily Life: The Beach Still Burns My Feet at Dusk

Bathing in the sea is pleasant and safe here during the day, especially around four or five in the afternoon.

Rhodes, who was not the offspring of the evil god, was lucky enough not to be noticed by the "sea" and naturally would not be beaten by jellyfish. But at night, when night fell, sharks liked to hunt near the edge of the Gulf Stream. They would swim to the beach and bite off anything that looked edible - of course, this also included the feet of ignorant and fearless swimmers.

Just now...

"Rod Rod, swim faster, and that great white shark is catching up!"

"That's enough, let me go!"

Rhode complained unhappily, carrying Abigail on his back and swimming towards the beach along the waves. But even though the girl's body pressed tightly against him, he had no romantic thoughts at all and just wanted to go back quickly.

"Shall we go back to the pool outside the villa? I've swum four kilometers and still can't shake off those endless things!"

"How should I know that deep-sea fat geek cursed me... And how come you're okay?!" The blonde girl grabbed Rhodes' hair and asked angrily, "Have you been hooking up with other descendants of the gods?"

"Don't pull my hair—you inherently evil little devil!"

Rod became angry. He grabbed Abigail's wrist, turned over amid the latter's screams, and dragged the girl into the sea with him.

The soft golden hair swayed slightly in the waves, and a string of bubbles rose up and dissipated in the waves on the sea.

A few minutes later, Rhodes walked onto the beach carrying Abigail, who had finally stopped making noise. He stepped on the still hot white sand and passed by the pyramid built by Baizi. Next to the pyramid, there were some little people piled up with sand by a girl... They looked like students of Abydos.

Not daring to respond to Bai Zi's gaze, Rhodes quickly carried the grumbling Abigail on his back and walked towards the parasol.

Marian sat up under the parasol and watched Rod put Abigail down. The latter lay on the beach chair, buried her face in the towel, leaving only her red earlobes exposed.

After taking a playful look at the Hellion, Nikki asked Rhode with ill intent:

"Have you applied sunscreen?"

"...Ahem, can I help you apply it too?"

Rhode approached with a playful smile, and Nikki, who was held by the waist, could only say shyly:

"I really hope you can use your sweet talk for real business. Also, why don't you go and take care of Hinata and Makoto? They're fighting again."

"Let Hina vent some of her daily fatigue. I'll go and comfort Makoto later," Rod shrugged. He squeezed Marian aside and occupied her beach chair. "If Yuka really couldn't leave, I would have asked her to come too."

Seeing Rhode's shameless look, Nikki could only sigh and lie down, resting her head on her lover's shoulder, and whispered:

“I always feel like I’m useless.”

"I don't think the commander-in-chief of the Nikki troops would be useless... Look," Rhode said. He raised his palm like a knife and gestured a few times in front of Marian, muttering nonsense seriously, "Tonight, light up the troops and summon the Nikkis to capture the tyrant, stab him 23 times, and then cover his face with a cloak..."

Hearing this, Nikki rolled her eyes, stretched out her hand and twisted Rhode's waist, and said unhappily:

"And then you yelled 'You too, Marianne?!' right?"

"So what? The Praetorian Guard Succession Law is part of the Roman Empire," Rhodes shrugged. He lowered his voice and said pretentiously, "Or maybe Hoshino starts a rebellion one day, and Baizi will bring a spear... Hey, hey, hey, don't say, this really matches - wait, wait, I'm kidding!"

Rhode was violently pounced on by the enraged Nikki. He resisted a few times, but finally let her bite his face a few times. When the furious Nikki stood up, he looked at her beautiful face and suddenly realized that she looked like just a young girl.

Thinking of this, Rhodes reached out his hand and stroked Marian's cheek, with a smile on his face.

“It feels like we’ve been through a long time.”

"I... I am, after all, someone you have met." Marian knelt on Rhodes' abdomen, her hands resting on his chest. Her long black hair fell down, swaying slightly in the Hawaiian sea breeze. "Then, I want to be a little willful and ask you a question, even if it may anger you..."

"What kind of ring do you want?"

"Eh?"

Rhode's words made Nikki panic. She subconsciously fell backwards, but Rhode grabbed her wrist midway. After raising her body, Rhode did not intend to let Nikki go, but continued to ask:

"What kind of ring do you want?"

"I……"

"I want the one with diamonds," a voice came faintly.

Rhode and Marian turned their heads and saw New Jersey, with a face full of resentment, hugging her legs and sitting next to a beach chair. The beach chair was suddenly filled with other girls.

The beautiful girls were looking at him with shining eyes, obviously interested in what Rhode had just said.

"Are they going to start making out?"

Little Red Riding Hood asked with an innocent expression, and Abigail beside her did the same. However, the white piece next to her shook her head and said calmly:

"No, they're going to start Se- huh?!"

Before the wolf girl could utter a single outburst, her mouth was covered and she was dragged away. The rest of the people were also dismissed by Rhode. If they had stayed any longer, Marian would have exploded from embarrassment.

After driving the girls away, Rhodes stood up, pulled Marian up as well, and walked slowly along the beach holding her hand.

Dusk was approaching. The last rays of setting sun pierced through the clouds, slowly flowing along the horizon, and were washed ashore by the waves, coating the originally white beach with a layer of flowing liquid gold.

Rhodes and Marian walked one after the other, letting the afterglow ignite the bottom of the clouds into a lava-like red, while dragging their shadows very long - shadows walked past the pyramids and thrones made of sand, jumped over the beach traps that had been dug and covered with a layer of camouflage, and walked along the messy footprints towards the stone steps. The lights in the villa above were already on.

"The sand is still hot," Rhodes said, and Nikki behind him responded softly.

"...So, what are you worried about?" Rhodes stopped and stood barefoot on the beach, turning around and looking, "My death? I said, I won't..."

"If, when everything is irreversible," Nikki asked calmly, with an unprecedented seriousness in her eyes, "will you leave with Abigail and the others?"

Whether or not [that thing] offers further help—resurrection—will you stay and fight to the very end?

Keep fighting until you die.

"Stupid question," Rhode responded. He reached out and lifted Marian's chin. Looking into her eyes that were about to waver, he continued, "I'm not such a noble fool. Before all that happened, I had already led humanity to escape using the starships we had assembled... Maybe we could even push the Earth away and wander the universe!"

Nikki forced a smile. She wanted to say something else, but Rod kissed her and she couldn't say anything.

When Marianne felt a little suffocated, Rod let her go and whispered in her blushing ear:

"If that day ever comes, will you fight and die with me?"

"You... also asked a stupid question."

Hearing this answer, Rhode smiled. He held Nikki's face and wanted to kiss her again. Suddenly, the [Shiting Box] made a beeping sound, and Alona's little face appeared on the screen. She held a phone and shouted loudly:

"Sensei! It's Mr. Irons calling! He wants to talk to you tonight... Wait, what are you doing? I want to talk too!!!"

Rhodes: “…”

The inherently evil old ghost Irons!

This old man must have calculated the time and was ready to give him a blow at this moment... Taking a deep breath, Rhode kissed the [Shiting Box], letting Alona inside leave contentedly. Then he turned to look at Nikki, who was covering her mouth and laughing softly, and said unhappily:

"Let's go, go back! I want to have a midnight snack tonight, you make it for me!"

"Yes, as you wish, my beloved commander."

"...Don't use that sentence structure. I have some PTSD."

Chapter 486: Video Conference with Ains

Dusk has passed, and the night is dissolving in the tide, like gradually melting blue ink.

A sea breeze stronger than during the day blew over the eaves of the villa, knocking on the thick glass windows with a hint of chill. After searching for a way to get in without success, it left reluctantly, venting its anger on the coconut trees outside the villa.

Pickman, the black cat, squatted among the swaying leaves, tapping the coconuts with his tail and cutting a few suitable ones. With a few meows, the magic cat disappeared with the coconuts and ran to the kitchen to ask Marian, who was busy working, for a straw - coconut water should be drunk by sipping it, that's the authentic way!

In the living room, the girls took some time to set up the satellite antenna, camera and projection screen, while Rhodes, who arrived late, took out the [Shiting Box] to prevent being monitored.

In Noah's absence, Hinata served as a temporary clerk, and Makoto also temporarily calmed down after having her cheek ravaged by Rod... In just a few minutes, everything was ready.