Chapter 514 "Declaration of War"
That night, Liu Bai and Nashida had hotpot together.
Snowy days and hotpot are a perfect match, the only downside is that Nashida doesn't let Liu Bai do it. She feeds Liu Bai while she cooks the food herself.
"It seems that Psyduck is out of money again. Girl, let's have some fish fillets."
Halfway through the meal, Liu Bai thought of something and made a suggestion to Nashida.
"Okay."
Nashida nodded. Influenced by Liu Bai, she could now accept any freshwater fish and would not classify it with seafood.
Just as Liu Bai and Nashida were eating hot pot and singing, far above an ice lake outside the City of Winter.
"..."
The wind and snow covered Tartaglia, who was wrapped in a coat, but he was focused on the fishing rod in his hand and was not affected at all.
As for the fishing spot in front of him, since the small device floating on the water surface continues to release heat, this small gap will not freeze in the natural wind and snow.
After an unknown amount of time, the fishing rod suddenly moved.
"I've taken the bait..."
Only then did Tartaglia react. He carefully held the fishing rod and felt the huge pulling force underwater. He realized that he might have caught something big.
Wrestling with a big creature in the sea is not an easy task, and it is difficult for Tartaglia to exert force when stepping on the ice.
'Oops……'
The next moment, Tartaglia was dragged directly under the ice.
"Moo-"
The familiar cry made Tartaglia, who had fallen into the water, subconsciously turn his head back, and sure enough, he saw a familiar big whale hiding under the water.
Before Tartaglia could react, he suddenly felt someone pulling his collar.
The next moment, Tartaglia was dragged to the surface and thrown onto the ice.
"Ahem... Master, it turns out to be you!"
After coughing up the ice water he had swallowed, Tartaglia raised his head and saw a girl with white hair and red eyes at a glance.
Although the other party seems to be younger than Tartaglia, in fact, Tartaglia met her when he was still a little boy of 14 years old, and she looked the same as now.
"Well, this guy in Shuili behaved himself for a while after being beaten up last time, but he has become naughty again recently."
The girl named Silk responded, but she looked under the ice and ignored Tartaglia on the ground.
"Is that the whale? Master, if you don't mind, I can help you teach it a lesson!"
Tartaglia hadn't seen Silkok for many years, so she was inevitably a little excited and wanted to show her progress over the years.
"Forget it. You won't be able to feed it even halfway if you go over there and feed it now."
Silkcock refused mercilessly.
"All right……"
Tartaglia nodded somewhat depressed, but he knew that he had no right to negotiate in front of his master, as his master only valued the strong.
"By the way, Liu Bai, do you know him?"
Silkock moved his eyes away from the water and looked at Tartaglia and asked suddenly.
"He knows me. Are you looking for him, Master?"
Tartaglia nodded immediately.
"That's good. Tell him that after I recover from my injury in three years, I will invite him to a formal competition in the Abyss."
"If he's not interested, forget it."
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The next day, Liu Bai continued to take Nashida shopping in Zhidong.
Since he had to maintain his image as an executive in Zhidong, Liu Bai did not plan to go to Zhidong's Adventurer's Association to accept missions.
"It snowed last night. The snow on the roadside is soft now. Do you want to have a snowball fight?"
Arriving at the square, Nashida grabbed a handful of snow that had fallen on the statue of the Ice Queen in the center of the square and turned back to make a suggestion to Liu Bai.
"Okay, if I win that girl..."
Liu Bai nodded, then looked at Nashida with some anticipation.
"Hehe, if you win I'll give you a massage, just like the first time."
Seeing Liu Bai's expectant look, Nashida put her hands on her hips and agreed with a smile.
"Okay, let's get started!"
Liu Bai couldn't wait to distance himself from Nashida.
Although the square is covered with ice and snow all year round and some games have long been boring, there are still many foreigners in the square due to its prosperity. So there are some children playing snowball fights in the square at this time. Liu Bai and his friends do not attract much attention.
Normally it goes like this...
"Sorry girl, I still have a reason to win this time."
Liu Bai distanced himself from Nashida and spoke seriously while Nashida squatted down and rolled a snowball.
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"Okay, come again, huh?"
Hearing Liu Bai's words, Nashida stood up after rolling a snowball and threw it at Liu Bai in an unpleasant manner, hitting Liu Bai right in the chest.
Liu Bai raised his hand and brushed away the snow on his chest.
Just some hardships, which couldn't stop his determination to win.
"Ten thousand swords return to the clan!"
The next moment, Liu Bai made a sword gesture and pointed it towards the sky.
The pure white sword energy quickly spread to the surroundings, merged with the snow, and turned into snowballs that soared into the air.
Suddenly, dense snowballs gathered in the sky and covered the entire square.
The sudden darkening of the sky attracted the attention of everyone in the square. When they looked up and saw snowballs all over the sky, they were so scared that they ran out in a hurry.
"fall!"
Then Liu Bai swung his hand, and dense snowballs fell towards Nashida like raindrops.
Looking at the falling snowballs, Nashida crossed her arms and puffed up her cheeks slightly.
"Bounce!"
As Nashida finished her words, all the snowballs changed direction and flew towards Liu Bai.
"Hey?"
“So shouting for a rebound really works?!”
Liu Bai exclaimed, and was then submerged by dense snowballs.
Just like that, all the snow piled up in the square fell where Liu Bai was.
"Thank you, Her Majesty, for sending kind people to help clear the snow..."
The worker in charge of clearing the snow saw this scene and couldn't help but put his hands together and spoke piously.
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"You lose, you lose, it's your turn to give me a massage~"
After returning home and helping Liu Bai take a hot bath and change his clothes, Nashida turned around happily and raised her hand to point at her shoulder.
"All right……"
"Go get off the bed, girl."
Liu Bai had no choice but to nod his head.
Although he hasn't tried it much, it shouldn't be difficult, right?
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"You don't want to step on my back, do you?"
When Nashida heard Liu Bai asking her to lie down, she couldn't help but tilt her head.
"Yeah yeah."
Liu Bai nodded honestly. He remembered that it was the same when he won the first snowball fight.
"Ah~ I don't want to, you're too heavy~"
"Just give me a massage on my shoulders~"
Nashida shrank her neck and then continued to point to her shoulder.
"Ok."
Liu Bai had to give up the idea of stepping on her back and went over to help Nashida massage her shoulders.
Although the technique was clumsy, Nashida didn't really need a massage. Feeling Liu Bai's careful pressure on her shoulders, she couldn't help but shake her head happily.
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