The day after the end of the final exam, because of the accident that happened last night, Asuka and Black Cat didn't talk to each other all day.

Asuka froze when she saw another yellow cat-eared phone decorated with a cute tiger cat appear in the black cat's hand, but she immediately reacted.

- Who called that "doll" and this "Japanese doll" have a very good relationship, the two of them are usually always focused and focused, it's like dolls sold in pairs, seeing that the black cat's mobile phone is broken, for some reason Rei Ayana, who always uses two mobile phones to change them, gave one of them to her good friend.

However, even if the black cat immediately gets a new mobile phone, it can't eliminate the knot between her and Asuka - Asuka is not so thick-skinned, and pretends to be okay when she sees that the other party has "no substantial loss"; And the black cat is already quite magnanimous, and it is impossible for her to take the initiative to post it to "please" Asuka if she is not at fault at all.

Chu Xuan saw this situation in his eyes, but he didn't say anything, if he intervened, it would only backfire, and the problem between the two people still had to be solved by those two people, and others couldn't help much.

- After all, it is easy to "reconcile" on the surface, but it is not possible to shake hands with each other and then say a few polite words "warmly" in order to overcome the knot in their hearts and even become friends.

But the problem between Black Cat and Asuka doesn't have to worry too much, because they are both good-hearted children, but they are both unwilling to bow to each other because of their self-esteem and stubbornness, and even if the two of them never find a chance to reconcile, time can gradually dilute this matter - and definitely not very slowly.

"W-That...... Did something go wrong between Black Cat and Asuka? ”

Another day passed, and the captain of the "Son of Dannu" in a competitive swimsuit? Colonel Testarosa sensed at a glance the invisible wall between the black cat in the school swimsuit and the asuka in the bikini, so he leaned over to Chu Xuan's ear and asked him quietly.

"Big husband, cute big."

Chu Xuan turned his head, pushed down his reflective glasses expressionlessly, and saw Chu Xuan's resolute face, which was less than thirty centimeters away from her. Colonel Tessa's face immediately turned red, and he quickly shrank his shoulders in a panic and hung his head shyly.

"W-That's it...... Then I'm relieved, huh!

Also, thank you for inviting me to the swimming competition.

How do you know I'm only good at swimming, did I say that before? ”

Colonel Tessa's right hand subconsciously held his left elbow, tilted his head slightly, and asked very cutely.

Her long silver hair was braided and coiled back at the back of her head, revealing her almost transparent neck skin, and her bare limbs were unusually white. Because of race. Even the same skinned black cat and Rei Ayanami can't compare to her - after all, Tessa has been staying in her submarine. The total amount of time you spend seeing sunlight each year is a little less than that of the average otaku.

"You haven't said it before, but I think as a seafarer, swimming should be a fundamental skill."

Chu Xuan replied very seriously with that poker face. But for some reason, Tessa involuntarily curled the corners of her mouth just by looking at his face, could it be that Chu Xuan's appearance is actually very funny?

"That's true, but it's not necessarily...... Modern navies require mostly technical arms, so even among seafarers, there are many people who are not good at swimming or even do not know how to swim at all.

Submariners, in particular, don't really care whether they can swim or not – because very few people survive the sinking of a submarine. ”

Tessa smiled and told a very horrible truth, as if she didn't care about the fact that she also lived in a submarine all year round.

As the captain of a submarine, wouldn't that be a bit unlucky? However, of course, scientists like Tessa and Chu Xuan will not believe in those mysticisms - but this does not mean that they will deny the mysterious phenomena that are still incomprehensible to human science, but really objectively exist.

"Chu Xuan. If you continue to talk to the beautiful girl over there, you fans will go berserk. ”

Not far away, Maki Bo, who had been deliberately distanced by Asuka, waved his hand at Chu Xuan and Tessa and reminded him loudly.

Makiha is wearing an old-fashioned Japanese school swimsuit that she didn't know where to buy it, and it's no wonder that Asuka doesn't want to stand with her. Even the "well-informed" black cat couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat after seeing the swimsuit of Shin Hippo, saying "why is it an old-fashioned swimsuit".

On July 14th, in order to restore the vitality of young people to the students who had just passed the final exam, the No. 3 New Tokyo City No. 1 Middle School held a "swimming meeting", and with the help of Chu Xuan, Tessa and Makibo, who did not belong to this school, also mixed in, and also obtained the right to participate in the competition.

Although the two of them are not eligible for the rewards of the competition, for the lively Shin Hippo, who likes to be lively, it is already a good reward to be able to participate in this kind of lively event with everyone; And Tessa, who has been receiving a genius education since she was a child and has never been to school at all, is even more overjoyed, and she doesn't care about any rewards at all, as long as she is allowed to participate.

- Although Tessa also hopes to be like Asuka and experience ordinary school life outside of work, her job is to run around the world in a submarine, let alone school life, and she can't even play the virtual reality game "Super Robot Wars" a few times.

Because of this, the seemingly slender Tessa performed very hard, and showed the limelight at the swimming competition, and if it weren't for the limited physical strength, she would have won all the events - even the men's division.

In the end, this is just a swimming competition in an ordinary middle school with not many students, and even the swimming posture of many of the contestants is not very formal, and it is natural that it is not as good as the mermaid Tessa who sneaks up from the sea.

"It would be nice if everyone could walk the beach together, the pool is too narrow and you can swim to the end in the blink of an eye."

At the end of the last project before lunch, Tessa, who was draped in a bath towel, said this to everyone who sat around the same plastic sheet.

"Speaking of which, when we went to pick up Asuka, we used to say that we would go to the beach together during the summer vacation.

Let's come with Tessa...... And Kirishima too. ”

The black cat, who was handing out clean grocery bags and sandwiches for everyone to use for their hands, said with a gentle smile, and the expression on the face of Asuka, who she naturally mentioned the name, became a little unnatural, Tessa showed a surprised expression, and Kirishima Shina, who was invited by Shinji Ikari to summon up the courage, opened her eyes in surprise.

- She wasn't surprised that she was invited to the beach, but she was surprised that the black cat's current appearance was so far from what she usually looked in the classroom, that it was almost doubtful that it was the black cat's identical twin "White Cat" who was talking now.

"By the Sea, ......"

At the mention of the beach, Makibo's face took on a wistful expression, and the fashionable red-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose began to sparkle - she didn't even ask the stupid question of "Can I go too?" because she had to play with her even if she was rolling on the floor crying.

"That's right...... If you want to go, please don't choose between August 14th ~ 16th. ”

The black cat seemed to remember something again, and made an extra statement, and no one else knew what was special these days, but Makibo, who was wearing an old-fashioned school swimsuit, seemed to understand something.

"Huh? I also had something to do in those days.

So...... What about December 29~30? ”

Shin Hipo asked tentatively, and the black cat showed a "you know" smile, and then Shin Hipo also showed the same mysterious smile, as if he had finally found a like-minded partner.

"That...... Was there any activity on those days? ”

“bingo！ By the way, let's all come together ——, twice a year event for otaku all over the world! ”

On this day, everyone sitting together agreed that during the summer vacation, they would not only go to the beach together, but also participate in summer together, visit temple fairs together, watch fireworks together, and dance Bon Odori together...... To create many, many happy memories together.