Chapter 14: The Feast, Analysis, and Clues
(Thanks to glass-colored Pikachu and Killer Rose.) Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info4's tip, today's chapter is a little late...... There are also some mistakes in yesterday's chapter, which have been revised, so I'm sorry. ļ¼
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"......" looked at the group of beauties blocking the door, Yuka, who didn't know what was going on, but still smiling on her face, kept the posture of opening the door, while Sakura and Matsumoto, who were blocked behind them, poked their heads out of behind Yuka for some reason to take a look.
After a long while, the two groups of people inside and outside the house were still staring at each other face to face, and when they saw this, they had to cough lightly and said, "Okay...... Can you let Captain Kazami into the house? U no Hana's words were like a spell to lift the immobilization, and the people who were piled up in front of the door scattered to both sides with a bang, making way for the three of them to enter the house.
Finally, after all the people were seated, Uno Hana, who served Yuka a cup of tea, said with a smile: "The charm of Captain Kazami is incredible, and even they are fascinated." Everyone who heard Mao Zhihua's ridicule on the side couldn't help but blush a little, and even the broken bee who was in it just now scratched his cheeks embarrassedly, and stammered a little: "That, that's because I'm curious...... I didn't expect Captain Kazami to be so pretty......" And Yuka just smiled and said that she didn't mind.
Unohana, who sat down, clapped her hands to signal everyone to be quiet, and after seeing everyone looking at her, she said, "Today, it's the annual dinner gathering of our 'Female Reaper Association' of the Reaper of the Soul Court, and unlike previous gatherings, we have welcomed two new members, Captain Kazami of the Juban Team and Vice Captain Sakuraku. The members who had just finished speaking applauded, and then Mao Zhihua said to Yuka: "Captain Kazami may have heard that the matters decided by our association are to a certain extent more influential than Room 46, and it is a recognized organization in the corpse soul world. Then please allow me to introduce the main members of the association to Captain Kazami. ā
Yuka, who found it interesting, smiled with interest: "Then please ask Captain U no Hana." Uno Hana also smiled and said, "First of all, this pink-haired little sister is the vice captain of the 11th team, the grass deer Yachiryu, and the president of the association. "How do you look at it, the little girl with the body and face of a child is actually the president of the association? Sakura on the side couldn't help but be a little surprised, and Yachiryu, who heard the first name of the Uno Hana, immediately stood up and said to Yuka: "Captain Kazami, please advise~ And you are really a beautiful person." And Yuxiang, who happily accepted, also replied: "Thank you, lovely Miss President." ā
After Yachiryu sat down, Uno Hana looked at a woman with short black hair and a pair of glasses on the bridge of her nose and said, "This is our vice president, the vice captain of the Yaban team, Ise Nanao." Hearing this, Qixu hurriedly got up: "Hello, Captain Kazami, the leader of the Beijing Band often mentions you to me, and now I see that you are really as you say." Youxiang smiled and nodded, but she began to think about whether she would find a place to bury Jingle in the imaginary circle when the time came......
"And this short black haired man with a ringstring braid is the Captain Broken Bee of the Second Team." Seeing Yuka looking at her Broken Bee, her face flushed a little, "That, I offended just now, Captain Kazami." Yuxiang, who shook her head slightly, said that it was okay, and then Mao Zhihua looked at the two women who looked similar, but the height was far apart, and said: "This one with short lilac hair is my vice captain, Hu Che Yongyin; And the short orange hair sitting next to her is the third seat of the Thirteen Team Hu Che Qingyin, they are sisters, although Yongyin's height is a bit outrageous...... "The two who were teased by U no Hua smiled a little embarrassed.
"And this one, it's Hinamori Momo, the vice captain of the Goban team." A girl with black hair with purple hair, a small bag of hair tied up on the back of her head, said hello to Yuka a little shyly, Yuka seemed to remember something when she heard the fifth team, and she didn't notice that the flower of U had turned to the next person. ā¦,
"Captain Kazami?" Yuka, who came back to her senses, heard a woman with long black eyebrows and long hair and a braided back in front of her whispering her name, and then realized that she was the last member to be introduced, and smiled apologetically: "Deputy Captain Yinmeng, you don't need to introduce it, we've seen it many times." Hearing this, Niyin Meng confessed: "Captain Kazami, Captain Cocoon was indeed a little too much last time, I'm very sorry......"
At this time, Unohana, who saw that everyone in the room had already finished being introduced, said, "And Matsumoto Sanxi Kazami Captain shouldn't need to be introduced, right?" Finally, it's me...... He is the chairman of the association. As the saying goes, three women in one play, and at this time the room was crowded with eleven beautiful women of various types, and the whole scene quickly became enthusiastic as a matter of course, and after a while, a female team member entered the house and told them that the feast had been set up, and everyone got up and went to another big room.
The three captains lined up at the top, and the other members seated in two rows facing each other, each with a small table in front of them, on which they had all kinds of sumptuous dishes.
Soon the banquet began, and the already hungry crowd began to focus on eliminating the food in front of them, and the members who could still maintain the etiquette at the beginning gradually joined their seats together in twos and threes under the leadership of Matsumoto and Yachiryu, and for a time the whole hall was staggered and cheered.
The three captains, who were not affected by the atmosphere of the members, were talking about next year's expedition. Youxiang, who didn't like wine, held a cup of tea and said to the flower beside him: "Captain Captain of the flower, what kind of team is the 'Void Circle Expeditionary Force', it seems that I haven't heard that the Ling Court has a department dedicated to fighting against the Void Circle. Before the flower could speak, the broken bee on the other side who was drinking and pouring himself said with a little drunkenness on his face: "Expeditionary Force, their department is in the void circle, of course there will be no one in the Ling Court." ā
After taking a sip of tea, Youxiang looked at the broken bee with a slightly red face and squinted eyes, and said, "Can Captain Broken Bee explain in more detail?" The crushed bee who drank all the wine in the small wine saucer licked the corners of his mouth, "Sending an expeditionary force to conquer the Void Circle is already a tradition of the Void Circle, and many people join the expeditionary force to go to the Void Circle every year. This time, because of the turbulence of the Lingzi, the boundary has been impassable for nearly sixty years, and it is estimated that there are not many people left in that group of expeditionary forces......" As he spoke, he shook the small pot of wine, and found that there was no wine, so he had to put the small pot back on the small table.
"The composition of the expeditionary force can be roughly divided into three types: the first is the children of the nobles, the children of the nobles with low status in the family will join the expeditionary force to 'gild' in order to have some achievements, most of them are nested in the camp to serve as idle positions, and after surviving the military period, they can return to the corpse soul realm, some can directly serve as officials, and some can return to the family to take up some positions. This kind of bastard eats and waits for death to die, and it is estimated that they have died in the past sixty years. Hearing the shrill words of the broken bee, Uzhihua frowned slightly, but did not speak.
"The second is the ordinary Grim Reaper, most of them are not strong, and it is difficult for them to get ahead in the talented Thirteen Teams, so they will choose to join the expeditionary force, as long as they can survive the continuous conquest and killing, they can choose to return to the Fan Team after returning to the Lingting Court with their resumes and military achievements, or use their military merits in exchange for a large amount of money to live a comfortable life. This type of Grim Reaper is the one with the largest proportion of the number of people in the expeditionary force, because the income of ordinary soldiers is not high, and the non-aristocratic Grim Reaper who joins the expeditionary force, the living expenses of their families will be fully borne by the corpse soul realm, and if they die in the void, their families can get a large amount of compensation. Therefore, many ordinary sergeant-level Grim Reapers, in order to improve their lives, will join the expeditionary force. āā¦,
Broken Bee, who had spoken a lot of words and felt a little dry, reached out and took the teacup of Uno Hana and drank it up, put down the cup and wiped her mouth, she continued: "The last type is those who have been punished by the Corpse Soul Realm for various reasons, and they have to be punished for their crimes or sent into exile. These people can't enjoy the welfare of their families and death guarantees, so these people have the lowest status in the expeditionary force, and they are also the cannon fodder at the forefront, and the only motivation for them to survive is to persist until the expiration of their military service, and then they can clear all the charges on their bodies and return to the Lingling Court. It seems that it was caused by drinking the cup of strong tea of Uno Hana, and the broken bee, who was still a little drunk, was obviously much more sober.
Broken Bee, who sat cross-legged instead, put his right elbow on his knee, supported his little face and said with some interest: "The Void Circle is a barren world, not suitable for the life of the Grim Reaper at all, and the harsh environment of the Void Circle is an important killer of non-combat attrition. In addition to regularly receiving supplies and personnel transfers from the Soul Court, the expeditionary force will not have any contact with the Corpse Soul Realm when marching, and their medical security is almost zero when they are constantly fighting against the void, so the mortality rate of the expeditionary force has been around 90%, and even if they return to the Soul Court alive, there are many people who are unable to continue to serve as the Grim Reaper because of their injuries. Moreover, not only was there no unity in the expeditionary force far away from the Lingling Court, but because people from all different walks of life gathered together, there were many people who held military power and engaged in personal monopoly and ordinary death, especially those nobles......"
Hearing this, Yuxiang probably understood what kind of unit the expeditionary force was, and it felt no different from the stragglers...... At this time, Mao Zhihua said with some concern: "The specific situation of the expeditionary force has not been transmitted back now...... We have no way of knowing the casualties of the expeditionary force, and the timing of the 'virtual tide' is stuck in the supply and handover between the Lingting Court and the expeditionary force next year, so it is difficult to say whether this will lead to unprecedented large-scale human losses......"
"That's right...... Therefore, the chief captain selected four captains to lead the team to support the expeditionary force, which was unique before...... Grunt. Taking the maid's refilled flask, Broken Bee took a sip.