Azur Lane: I Crossed the Graduation Port Area

Chapter 1501 Extra: Four-Divided Christmas Gift (Part )

Three Lovers

"Wow, sir, is this lady your lover? She is the most beautiful person I have ever seen."

"Hey."

In the clothing section of a large supermarket, Lin Lan was praised by several store clerks in astonished tones, and she felt that the misunderstanding was growing.

In order to avoid being surrounded by short video bloggers and reporters, he chose to take the elevator to take Lavos to choose clothes first.

But he never expected that Lavos had already done his homework on clothing matching.

This arbitrator girl is like a beautiful butterfly, constantly shuttling around in the clothing store and making selections.

Every time Lavos tries on a pair of clothes, it adds a different color and temperament to the girl.

And every time Lavos tried on clothes, he would take the initiative to find him and type on his tablet to ask for his opinion.

Even if she received his perfunctory compliments, this beautiful ANTI-X girl, who usually had no expression on her face, would smile happily and pick out a pair of couple outfits for him to try on.

There is no doubt that the intimate interaction between the two made the store clerks think they were a couple.

At first he wanted to explain that they were not in that kind of relationship.

But when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't say that Lavos was an artificial intelligence and he was Lavos' guardian, right?
This is more complicated to explain.

So in the end he had no choice but to admit that he and Lavos were lovers, and agreed to let the store employees use the photos of him and Lavos as advertising models.

This process lasted almost two hours.

Finally, when he and Lavos left the clothing store, he was holding nearly ten sets of packaged clothes of various styles.

In addition to his new clothes, there were also clothes selected by Lavos for Enpres, Des and Dibel.

The ANTI-X girl who walked out side by side with him had changed into an elegant snow-white winter dress and a cylindrical white hat on her head, like an aristocratic lady from the north.

He also changed into the same white coat, which looked like a couple's outfit compared to Lavos's.

"I'm really impressed. I have to ask Aosta to reimburse me for this. Almost 20,000 dollars will not last me long...

"Even if I have a lot of money, I can't pay for this kind of money, right?"

Thinking back to the huge amount he saw when he swiped the card just now, Lin Lan felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife.

In order to get it done in one go, he asked Lavos to choose the most suitable clothes for the other three arbitrators.

It is worth mentioning that when the store clerks saw the children's clothing they selected for Days, they all apologized to him and Lavos, thinking that they even had a child.

"Thank you, teacher. I am so rich."

When he and Lavos went to the elevator to send the clothes back to the car first, Lavos held up the tablet, tilted his head and smiled at him to express his gratitude.

Seeing the already extremely attractive girl's smile become several times cuter after being set off by the right clothes, Lin Lan's original heartache caused by the waste was somewhat alleviated.

"Forget it. As your teacher, I should buy you new clothes. You don't need to thank me for this."

He let out a long sigh. Accompanying Lavos to try on clothes just now reminded him of the little things he did in taking care of the ship girls in the past.

My heart, which had been closed off by despair towards this world, seemed to loosen a little at that moment.

There were not many people in the clothing section of the large supermarket in the morning.

In addition, it was winter, so apart from the shops, it seemed that he and Lavos were the only two customers in the huge clothing area.

Just then, he noticed that Lavos suddenly stopped.

Lin Lan looked towards the shop where Lavos stopped and found that it was a beautifully decorated gift shop.

Lavos's eyes were fixed on the exquisite purple bow hair accessories placed on the glass display stand of the store.

The white high-heeled boots on Lavos' feet now had decorations similar to the purple bow, which allowed him to quickly understand the thoughts of the simple arbitrator girl.

"Wait here."

So he simply said this to Lavos, and then walked into the jewelry store under the girl's surprised gaze.

Two minutes later, when he came out, there was an exquisite gift box in the bag in his hand.

"This hair accessory suits your outfit very well. You've already bought so many, so you won't miss one more."

He finished his words unhappily to Lavos who was staring at him blankly, and walked towards the elevator without waiting for Lavos to reply.

But being treated like this by him, Lavos showed a faint smile on his face and quickly followed his pace.

The next second, Lin Lan felt herself being hugged from behind by a girl with a faint fragrance.

Although Lavos couldn't speak, the Anti-X girl's happy emotions were still conveyed to him through the strength of the hug.

At this moment, the beautiful memories of when he took the ship girls shopping flashed through his mind again.

Two lines of tears flowed uncontrollably from his eyes and slid down.

He, who had been holding on to his obsession alone since the tragedy struck, lowered his head in the arms of the silent girl behind him and let out choked sobs.

He is also a human being, not a steel machine.

The numerous bad news that came one after another during this period caused countless negative emotions to accumulate in his heart.

At this moment, all these negative emotions finally burst out and he could no longer contain them.

And Lavos seemed to understand the sorrow in his heart, and he gently pressed his back to comfort him.

It was like he had become the pillar that silently supported him.

The two of them maintained this posture for a long time before he finally adjusted his mood and wiped the tears from his face with his sleeve.

"Thanks, Lavos. Let's... go home."

There was a hint of tenderness in his voice now, without the almost inhuman tone from before.

Lavos let him go obediently, then used the handkerchief given by the clothing store to gently wipe away the tears on his face.

Looking at the ANTI-X girl in front of him, Lin Lan's eyes were filled with deep complexity.

Although he did lose control of his emotions just now, the research on meta technology must continue.

However, after what happened just now, he thought he should pay more attention to the four ANTI-X arbitrators.

In this way, the two returned to the underground garage together, put their clothes in the trunk, and then went to buy daily necessities and food for the next period of time.

It was noon when he and Lavos returned to the villa on the outskirts of the city.

The three arbitrators who stayed at home were stunned by his sudden purchase of so many new clothes.

Even Empres covered his mouth with his hands and stared at him for a long time without saying a word.

It's just that Lin Lan and Lavos smiled knowingly without explaining the reason.

But what Lin Lan didn't know was that after he and Lavos left the supermarket, a foreign guest stopped outside the clothing store that used the photo of him and Lavos as its billboard.

"finally found you."

The tall and sturdy man in casual clothes and carrying a suitcase, his eyes hidden under sunglasses stared at Lin Lan on the billboard, with a sinister smile on his lips:
“Hard work pays off, and our comrades’ efforts have finally paid off.

"Lin Lan, assistant to the chief expert of the Oceanic Federation's ε-cube research team and the sole commander of the Federation Fleet, was removed from his post for investigation due to the Richard incident... Those idiots in the Oceanic Federation actually removed such a talented person just like that.

"We must seize this opportunity before the White Eagle CIA reacts."

After muttering these words to himself with disdain, the man with a mysterious identity decisively turned around and left.

A female clerk who was about to go out to greet customers looked at his back and said in a confused voice:

"This guest's comment just now seems to be in Northern Union dialect. How strange that tourists from Northern Union would come to NY City during such a sensitive period."

4. Death

"Assistant! I'm hungry! Cook for us!"

Five days have passed since I went shopping in the supermarket with Lavos.

Ever since he bought new clothes for the four arbitrators, he has been interacting more and more with the four arbitrators who are learning and improving rapidly every day.

But this also means that the four ANTI-X arbitrators are becoming more and more bold in their actions towards him.

Just like now...

He had only slept for less than four hours when the little loli Dai Si, who broke into his room, jumped up high and stepped on his stomach. His sweet dream was interrupted and he woke up almost instantly. He wrapped himself in the quilt and covered his stomach, looking angrily at Dai Si, who was standing on his bed and looking smug.

Being woken up by a little girl with black hair and golden eyes wearing a black and yellow children's jacket, he instinctively wanted to find a feather duster.

Unfortunately, the equipment that Dais feared so much was left in his study, so he could only grit his teeth and ask:
"Didn't I send a message to all of your terminals last night, asking you to order takeout this morning?

"Also, what did you call me? I think you deserve to be punished again."

Seeing that his expression was getting worse, Dai Si quickly put on a cute and coquettish expression:

"Hey, everyone wants to eat the loving breakfast made by Assistant!
"For ANTI-X, eating itself has no meaning. What's more important is the love conveyed by Assistant-chan~"

Faced with the ANTI-X little loli's disgusting and coquettish appearance, Lin Lan couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

"Dice."

"uh-huh?"

"Did you secretly watch Sakura anime under the guise of taking online classes?"

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"No! I was reading a comic... Buhao!"

After being successfully tricked by him, Dai Si immediately realized that something bad had happened. He was about to turn around and escape from his bed, but he was grabbed by the hood of his neck.

"You've been the slowest learner these days! I guess you must have come across the second dimension!"

"Wow! I was wrong assistant! I will never be assistant again!"

"And I shouldn't have asked you to help send private messages to Anjie! You better change this name right now!"

"I don't! I don't! Assistant obviously sounds better, it's special!"

Seeing the black-haired little girl who was wrapped in a quilt and held in his arms still being stubborn, Lin Lan was about to continue forcing Dai Si to change his words, but the playful voice of a sinister girl came from outside the door:

"Ah, so the teacher prefers Dai Si's body type~ It seems that the teacher can't help it~"

He raised his head blankly, and happened to meet the eyes of a girl with golden and red heterochromatic eyes, who was leaning against his bedroom door and wearing a black Gothic miniskirt.

The sly smile on Dibel's face made him immediately realize that the other party seemed to have misunderstood something.

"No, Dibel, listen to me..."

"Teacher, you don't need to explain. I understand, I understand~"

The black-haired ANTI-X girl was like a little devil who had finally waited for the right moment and succeeded in her plot. She laughed and said:

"A lolita con wouldn't admit that he's a lolita con~ Also, I recorded everything that happened just now~
"Teacher, you don't want me to post this video online, right?"

Threatened by the little devil, Lin Lan quickly calmed down, swallowed his saliva, and looked at the arbitrator loli who was still in his arms:
"Dace, I think you need to explain yourself at this time."

"Sure, teacher, take me to McDonald's and Burger King. I also want to go to the NY City Amusement Park to ride the Ferris wheel, and..."

"I think you want to eat a feather duster..."

Seeing that Dai Si was actually taking advantage of him, Lin Lan widened his eyes in disbelief and refuted him on the spot.

But before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the sound of Dibel knocking on the door with his index finger knuckle:
"Hey, hey, hey, at this moment, teacher, do you think you still have a choice? Or are you really not afraid of social death?
"Destie's request is my request... Let's go to the amusement park together! Without telling Lavos and Empres!"

Seeing that even the light in Dibel's eyes brightened a little when he mentioned the amusement park, Lin Lan always understood everything completely.

It turns out that Dais and Dibel are working together to plot against him!
No wonder Dais dared to rush directly into his bedroom. It turned out that he was being used as a gun by Dibelu.

"Okay, you're so cruel. I admit defeat. Christmas is coming soon."

After figuring out everything, he sat on the bed, looked at Dibel, and asked seriously:

"But you have to tell me, why didn't you want to ask Empres and Lavos to go with you?

"If you go to an amusement park, the more people there are, the more lively it is."

Anyway, his meta research progress has basically come to a standstill due to a bottleneck, so it’s no problem to free up a day to go out.

Now that the trip was confirmed, he also had to figure out why Dibel and Dais were unwilling to bring Lavos and Empres along.

Yes, he had vaguely felt during this period that the four arbitrators all had feelings for him called "love" and "trust".

Especially Lavos, the beautiful girl seemed to have been conquered by him and asked him for more than once in the past few days.

But he always forced himself not to get carried away and decisively kept a distance from the four arbitrators.

He didn't care whether it was reasonable for humans and ANTI-X to have love. What he was more afraid of was that if he became more and more addicted to it, he would gradually forget the hatred and give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a breakthrough in the meta experiment.

It was the first time he saw such strange mental emotions in ANTI-X.

It is normal for Dibel to make demands on him, which is completely in line with the requirements of deductive logic.

But from the perspective of the underlying mental logic of artificial intelligence, DiBello's reluctance to call on Enpress and Lavos is a big problem.

As an expert in the field of artificial intelligence, he vaguely saw the difference between the Arbiter series and the previous ANTI-X.

"Lavos's rank is too high, we can't compete with her. She pesters you with your gifts every day, and I can't stand it anymore!

"As for Empres...I simply don't like her."

Sure enough, as DiBello explained his questions, he basically confirmed that the Arbitrator series' mental system was significantly different from the previous ANTI-X.

You know, the previous ANTI-X underlying mental logic would not say something like "companion" that hates the system's judgment.

"Assistant! I don't like Empres either! She's so strict and ruthless in everything she does!"

Dai Si, who was still clinging to his arms, complained angrily at this time, which reminded Lin Lan, who was lost in thought, that Dai Si was still clinging to him.

"We'll talk about Enpress later. Get off the bed right now!"

"Whoa!"

Poor Dais was thrown towards Dibelu by him, but fortunately Dibelu was quick to catch Dais.

"Hehe, teacher, do you want to continue sleeping?"

Dibel hugged Dais and asked him with a sly smile.

"Why are you still sleeping? Get out now. I'll get dressed and make breakfast for you."

Lin Lan looked at the two black-haired arbitrators at the door speechlessly, sighed and asked:
"What would you like to eat for breakfast today?"

“Poached eggs/roasted glutinous rice cake!”

Dibel and Dais answered excitedly in unison, causing the corners of his mouth to twitch:
"Do you guys like the sweet Donghuang breakfast so much? I even learned how to bake egg tarts and cookies."

When they heard him talk about Western desserts, the expressions on the faces of the two arbitrators instantly became subtle.

"I think you should stop cooking Western food, it's horrible. My taste buds almost went into overdrive that time!"

"Yeah, I totally agree. Teacher, please don't cook Western food in the future."

Facing the complaints from Dais and Dibelu, Lin Lan angrily ordered them to leave:
"Just be happy if you have something to eat! Hurry up and go to the kitchen and wash the dishes from last night!"

So after the two arbitrators left with a smile, he finally pulled back the quilt, got out of bed and changed his clothes.

But when he went downstairs, he found Dais sitting at the dining table, happily watching Sakura anime on his laptop.

"Hey, Digimon Adventure tri, I don't recommend you to watch this one. The ending is too realistic. I suggest you just watch the reboot."

"Eh?! Assistant, you actually know all this?!"

Seeing that he could name the anime after just glancing at it, and even recommend it to himself, Dai Si looked at him in surprise:
"Assistant, Assistant! I want to evolve too! I'm still in the mature stage... no, still in the growth stage! I want to become the Ultimate Form!"

"Wow, you have quite an appetite."

Lin Lan's speechless object was Dai Si, who was looking for his father to get popcorn. He rolled his eyes, then seemed to remember something, touched Dai Si's little head, and said with a smile:
"But don't worry, I have a fear of insufficient firepower. When I designed the Death God weapon system for you, I referred to the Infinite Cannon of Infinite Dragonmon (Machine Evil Dragonmon).

"When you evolve into your Ultimate form, don't learn from the Four Dark Lords. You must always keep your original heart."

Hearing him say this, Dai Si nodded excitedly like a chick pecking at rice:
"Great! Great! Then assistant, you must always keep your original heart like the chosen child. When the time comes, I will be your Digimon!"

Looking at the innocent smile on Dai Si's young face, Lin Lan couldn't help but be stunned.

At the same time, the sound of Dibel boiling water to wash dishes and the devil girl humming a little tune could be heard in the kitchen.

He turned his gaze away from Dai Si, and smiled like a child with a guilty conscience:
"I... will try my best."

(End of this chapter)