"So the headquarters has no choice but to send me to the West China Sea to make a last-ditch effort."
Peach Rabbit boredly picked up a tuft of hair with his fingers, twisting it back and forth.
"As for the reason, it's probably because Major General Zhizi is a close friend of my sister and has watched me grow up. Maybe if I were to do it, the success rate of persuasion would be higher."
Hearing this, Nuo Xia finally understood what Taotu said before, that this mission did not rely on strength, but only on "her face".
"But I've never been in contact with Major General Zhizi, won't the secret be revealed..." Nuo Xia looked confused, "And I'm not good at persuading people with words."
"Don't worry, Major General Zhizi and I haven't seen each other for many years, and I will naturally explain everything that needs to be explained to you before you leave."
Taotu said disapprovingly, "Besides, the probability of success in this task is not high. If you can complete it, it will be considered a great achievement for you. If you fail, there will be no punishment. So what are you afraid of?"
"...Okay, that's all you have to say."
After thinking for a moment, Nuo Xia nodded and agreed.
In fact, he felt that the current situation did not allow him to refuse to agree, "When should I leave?"
"In about three days."
Aokiji spoke at the side, "If the voyage goes well, in the early morning three days later, the warship will dock at Gur Island for supplies. The 329 branch base in the West Sea is there. After you get to the island, you can find Major General Zhizi's information through the branch's information channel.
Specific address."
"After that, regardless of whether the mission is completed or not, you only need to stay at the branch base and wait for about three or four days before our warship will return, pick you up, and return to the headquarters together."
"Got it."
The process is very simple and everyone can understand it.
After Nuo Xia figured it out and saw that Qing Pheasant and Tao Rabbit had nothing else to explain, he saluted them with a military salute and prepared to say goodbye and leave.
"return!"
Before he could push the door and go out, he was stopped by a fierce voice. When he subconsciously turned around, he saw Taotu staring at him angrily:
"Run there, are you ready to go back to your room?"
"No...what if?"
Nuo Xia looked at her blankly and pointed to the sky outside the window, "It's already late at night, Brigadier Gion. If I don't rest, I won't be able to get up early tomorrow."
"Get up!"
There was a rare expression of shame on Taotu's face, "Don't forget that you are in my body now, and you want to live with a group of male soldiers. What are you talking about!"
"..." Nuo Xia woke up from a dream and felt a little dizzy for a moment, "What should we do?"
"Sleep here!"
Taotu said with a decisive attitude that would never allow him to refuse:
"Not only tonight, but for the next three days, until you go on your mission, you must live in my room!"
"Okay..." Nuo Xia was startled by her sudden strong attitude. It took him a while to remember a key thing, "Commodore Gion, how do you explain to my friend that he saw us on the deck before?
There are quite a few people who have fainted, do they know now that we have swapped bodies?"
"I don't know yet."
Taotu shook his head, hesitated for a moment, and sighed, "But I will tell them about this next. There is no need to hide this kind of thing, and you can't participate in the actual combat assessment this time, so you have to let them know the reason.
"
This was a reasonable way to respond, and Nuo Xia immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
He was afraid that Taotu would be embarrassed to make this kind of thing public, so for the next three days, he had to carefully play the role of Taotu in front of a group of acquaintances.
——That kind of thing makes people feel tired just thinking about it.
"Okay, now that you've made all the arrangements in Gion, it's almost time for me to say goodbye."
Aoki pheasant stood up at this time, still holding the little civet cat, raised its little paw, and waved to the two of them with a smile, "Come on, little guy, tell these two unlucky guys who have been tricked by you,
Say goodbye and good night."
"Go to hell!"
The next moment, he was hit by the angry Peach Rabbit with several books on his head, and ran around in a hurry, opening the door and escaping.
After Qingzhi's back disappeared outside the door, the room became quiet again.
"..."
Looking at Momotu who slowly sat back at the desk, Nuo Xia finally came to his senses. He had no intention of leaving the room at all. After struggling for a long time, he still tentatively asked: "Brigadier General Gion, are you going to leave this room tonight?"
Do you want to sleep here too?"
"Yeah."
Taotu glanced sideways at him and let out a soft hum, "Don't worry, you can continue to sleep peacefully on your bed, and I'll just make a bunk on the floor."
"How can that be done!" Nuo Xia quickly stood up, "This is your room, why should I sleep on the floor..."
"This is an order, little one. I'm not negotiating with you."
Taotu seemed a little sleepy. He stretched out his right hand, covered his mouth and yawned, muttering, "It's already my willfulness to ask you to stay here, and let you sleep on the ground? I haven't gone that far...
…”
"What?" Nuo Xia didn't hear clearly.
"It's nothing." Taotu was too lazy to repeat it again. She stood up from the desk and paced back and forth. After hesitating for a long time, she finally said: "Come with me."
"oh."
Nuo Xia didn't ask any questions this time and followed Peach Rabbit obediently through a door on the right wall.
After reaching the door, he discovered that Taotu's room was actually a suite, and next to the bedroom was the bathroom with separate wet and dry rooms.
Taotu took him and stopped in front of the shower.
Watching Taotu take off the shower head and start to lower his head silently to adjust the water temperature, Nuo Xia suddenly realized something.
He was at a loss for a moment, and just when he didn't know how to face it, Taotu, who had adjusted the water temperature, suddenly turned around, pulled out a piece of cloth from somewhere, and covered Nuo Xia's eyes.
"I'm a bit mysophobic. Unless it's a war emergency, I have to take a shower every day."
The vision was dark, and Nuo Xia could only hear her own voice, ringing faintly in her ears, "Even if we switch bodies, I can't bear to go to bed without taking a shower. Do you understand?"
"Ming... understand..."
There was no response, and after a long silence, Taotu said again, "I will help you wash in these three days. When you get to Gur Island, if possible, I hope you can endure it for a few days and return to Guer Island."
Before boarding the warship, please do not take a shower for the time being."
Although the line of sight was blocked by the cloth, nothing could be seen.
But I don't know if it was an illusion, but Nuo Xia could vaguely feel that Taotu was feeling a little depressed and uneasy, and his tone also had a subtle hint of prayer.
He was almost completely different from the smiling and nonchalant look he had just now when Qing Pheasant was around.
Nuo Xia was silent.
"Hahaha, what did I think? Is it just this kind of thing?"
The next second, he suddenly grinned and laughed, "I wish I could do this, Brigadier Gion, you don't know, what bothers me the most is taking a shower. When I'm busy with training, it's common not to take a shower for a week or two.
What does it mean if you don’t wash for three or four days?”
"Teacher Zefa also taught us, hey, what does that sentence mean? Oh, by the way, as long as you enter the headquarters recruit camp, a naval soldier who still has extra energy to think about taking a shower before going to bed every day, even if you don't
You are a good soldier!"
"A real man should make his bed sheets and pillows smell of sweat!"
"How disgusting."
Taotu flicked his head hard with her finger, and said angrily, "Why haven't I heard Mr. Zefa say such things? He has learned to make things up at a young age, and he is not honest at all."
"The teacher really said this, I swear to God."
"Then after we return to Malinfando, let me ask Mr. Zefa?"
"...I was wrong, Brigadier."
"Humph, you know...Okay, stop talking nonsense! Put your arms up and I'll take off your clothes."
"Oh, okay."
Seeing that his words had taken effect, someone instantly returned to his normal state.
After taking off his clothes, Taotu turned on the shower and began to rinse his body.
The feeling of gurgling water sliding over his skin was completely different from the past. When Taotu helped him put on shampoo and shower gel and started scrubbing with his hands, Nuo Xia deeply realized what real pain and happiness coexist.
No matter how hard the training in hell was in the past, the torture I endured in my heart was nothing like what I was experiencing now.
As expected, he was still at a low level before. Nuo Xia silently soaked in the shower, but after all, he could not carry the bag of rice to the top floor.