Ark Simulator, Don't I Have No Physical Form?

Su Rui marked out all the repair teams and fleet soldiers she had assigned to them:

"But there's no need to worry. The remaining people will be responsible for calming the people and maintaining order when the city is escorted to Miliarium after the repairs are completed."

Skadi nodded: 'How many more of these city blocks are there?'

"There are still quite a few, at least a dozen or so city clusters of varying sizes. Those are remnants of what were once complete cities. It has to be said that Aegir was indeed very large in its heyday."

Skadi nodded, a smile playing on her lips. At least Su Rui was praising her, wasn't she?

Volume 6, Gladiia: I'll apologize with a French kiss.

As Skadi strolled through the streets of the city, Su Rui opened her eyes on the flagship. The battle was over, and without the thrill of combat, Su Rui naturally wouldn't maintain precise synchronization with Skadi to experience the heart-pounding feeling of the battle.

Just as Su Rui opened his eyes, he saw Gladiia turn her head to look at him.

It seemed that Gladiia had been watching him closely. Su Rui turned to look into Gladiia's eyes. The accelerated heartbeat from synchronizing with Skadi hadn't worn off yet, making it difficult for Su Rui to speak for a moment, afraid that he might accidentally exhale.

Gladiia looked Su Rui up and down and asked quietly, "I heard your heartbeat was unusually fast and your body temperature was high, as if you were in a state of stress, like you had just gone through a fierce battle."

"Pretty much." Su Rui took a breath and slowly explained, "I just synchronized Skadi's senses. You've experienced it too, except Skadi's senses are more precise and detailed. Experiencing the feeling of battle firsthand will make my body react as well."

As Su Rui spoke, she reached out and touched her still-beating heart. "This feeling of a racing heart is quite nice; at least I'm somewhat addicted to it."

"You like fighting?" Gladiia said, leaning close to Su Rui, as if chatting casually between friends, but she was very close.

"Of course I enjoy fighting, but I'm not good at it. Although I can offer tips and assistance during combat, I'd just get flustered and find it hard to stay calm if I were to do it myself."

As Su Rui spoke, he took out a drink from his System Space —a still-steaming hot cocoa—to help him recover from the energy he had expended.

Meanwhile, Gladiia stayed close to Su Rui, watching Su Rui. After Su Rui took a bite of Su Rui hot cocoa, Greta gently took it from Su Rui's hand and, under Su Rui's questioning gaze, took a sip herself.

"It's impolite to take someone else's things without their permission."

Su Rui stood with his hands on his hips, looking at Gladiia, but his flat tone indicated that he wasn't angry at all.

A smile involuntarily crept onto Gladiia's lips. As she handed the hot cocoa to Su Rui, she suddenly moved closer to Su Rui, then reached out and pulled Su Rui close to her waist, forcing Su Rui to press against her body.

Gladiia looked at the handsome young man, Aegir, who was holding hot cocoa in her arms, afraid of spilling it. Her usually indifferent tone carried a hint of dissatisfaction and ambiguity:

"When you were duo-queuing with Skadi and Laurentina, you even communicated with me right in front of me. Do you think I wouldn't be angry?"

"You acted as arrogant and aloof as an ice cube. Your so-called politeness and solemnity couldn't hide your pride. I think... you probably won't be angry, at least that's what I think."

Su Rui tried to shrug, but he was trapped in Gladiia's arms, one hand still clutching the cup of hot cocoa, and couldn't move at all. He could only struggle for a moment in Gladiia's embrace before taking another sip of hot cocoa.

"Also, generally speaking, someone with your icy personality wouldn't care about these things."

As Su Rui spoke, she deliberately broke free when Gladiia relaxed, then held up a finger in front of her face:

"Someone like you, even if someone is duo-queuing or tri-queuing in front of you, would probably just glance at you expressionlessly, then show a look of contempt or disinterest, and turn around and walk away."

"I'm not that kind of person... It seems you have many misunderstandings about me, perhaps due to a lack of communication?"

Gladiia reached out and gently pinched Su Rui's cheek. "I'll show you what kind of person I am."

As Gladiia spoke, she lowered her head slightly and brought her face closer to Su Rui's.

Unlike Skadi or Laurentina, she didn't launch a sudden attack. Instead, she proceeded slowly, as if seeking Su Rui's opinion, giving Su Rui time to react and even struggle.

However, Su Rui had no intention of struggling. Although the hot cocoa in Su Rui hand was a bit inconvenient to hold, it didn't stop him from responding to Gladiia's feelings.

However, when their lips touched and they felt each other's softness and warmth, Su Rui noticed that Gladiia also had wicked intentions.

As she kissed her, she even lifted her head little by little, forcing Su Rui to lie in her arms and stand on tiptoe to reach Gladiia's lips.

Worried that her hot cocoa would spill because of her movements, Su Rui didn't struggle or make any other moves. She simply silently remembered the incident and planned to get revenge later.

After a long while, Gladiia finally released Su Rui's cheek and lips, breathing softly as she teased Su Rui with a smile:

"I have feelings too. If I see someone duo-queuing in public, I will directly and coldly stop such a rude and immoral thing."

Gladiia spoke, Su Rui nodded and leaned back slightly, resting on Gladiia gulp and stored it in her System Space.

Then, Su Rui took a moment to slap Gladiia's round, full breasts with a gruff pat, producing a crisp sound.

Gladiia was taken aback, clearly not expecting Su Rui to do this. Su Rui, however, wasn't one to tolerate such behavior, and put her hands on her hips, saying smugly:

"Why that look? Do you think I wouldn't dare retaliate? Don't you have any idea what bad things you just did?"

"... What did I do?"

Although she already guessed which incident Su Rui was retaliating against her for, Gladiia knowingly, slightly raising her chin with a smile on her lips.

"You deliberately made me stand on tiptoe to kiss you, didn't you? Did you think I'd be too embarrassed to tell you?"

Su Rui glared at Gladiia, annoyed. "This is revenge. I'm not someone to be trifled with, you hear me? Dare to mess with me and I'll show you what I'm capable of."

"Okay, I understand. You're very capable. I'll remember that."

Gladiia smiled, her eyes and expression revealing her genuine amusement, but to Su Rui, this earnest expression was just a ploy to fool him.

In fact, Gladiia thought similarly. Su Rui herself had revealed the shameful things, and her goal, the kind of taste she appreciated, had already been achieved.

For apologizing, just learn from Skadi and apologize with a French kiss.

Volume 6, Gladiia: I know what you've done.

"I said, Skadi and the others are coming back, aren't you going to let me go?"

"Why should we loosen restrictions? I don't think there's anything to worry about."

Gladiia spoke, she tightened her arms, leaving Su Ruzai with nowhere to escape into her embrace.

"Hmm... You're really something. How do you plan to explain this to Skadi and Laurentina?"

Gladiia didn't say anything, but simply lowered her head and nuzzled Su Rui's cheek. "Abyssal Hunters are connected by blood; they'll understand what I'm thinking."

"I think some things can't be explained simply by the phrase 'blood ties'."

Su Rui didn't say anything more. She simply turned over in Gladiia's arms, leaning against Gladiia, took the terminal from Gladys's hand, and opened the game.

Is this how you entertain yourself?

Gladiia watched as Su Rui opened the game on her personal terminal... She had seen it before, but had never tried to open it to see what it contained.

Now that I see Su Rui using this method to pass the time, I'm a little curious.

"Yeah, when I have nothing else to do, I spend my time playing video games."

"Don't you feel like you're wasting your time doing this kind of thing?"

"...Don't force me to hit you." Su Rui turned her head and glared at Gladiia in annoyance, which made Gretia feel a little confused, and her cold expression also showed a bit of grievance.

Su Rui rolled her eyes, clearly annoyed. "Do you think everyone can become a so-called successful person? The vast majority of people are just existing. It's just that some brain-dead guys think they're so great, or force their kids with this unrealistic expectation."

"But you're different. You're so capable, why waste your time..."

Before Gladiia could finish speaking, Su Rui interrupted her, "Of course it's because I need entertainment and ways to pass the time. Playing games is no different from reading or watching TV."

"I see... I didn't know about these things; I just asked the question instinctively. I'm sorry."

Gladiia nuzzled Su Rui's head with her chin, watching him resume the game after the pause ended.

"These are... the weapons of the Sankta on land? Is the game based on these weapons? It seems like we could use this game to study some combat tactics."

Gladiia looked thoughtful, while Su Rui listened to her without any reaction, then continued playing her game.

As expected of Gladiia, she can even think of uses for games. Although such uses do exist, Su Rui doesn't want to think about them right now. She just leans against Gladiia and focuses on playing her game.

Time flew by. Skadi and her team completed their mission, and the repair team finished repairing the city block. Only a small number of soldiers responsible for maintaining order within the city block remained inside.

Su Rui's attention was still on the game, so Su Rui didn't notice Skadi and the others walking in.

It wasn't until Skadi's voice rang out that Su Rui's attention was drawn back. "Second Captain?"

Upon hearing the sound, Su Rui instinctively looked up and saw Skadi carrying her greatsword and walking onto the bridge with Laurentina.

"..." Su Rui tried to get up from Gladiia's embrace, but Gladiia's arm only exerted a little force, making his efforts seem pale.

Skadi and Laurentina, who were already familiar with Su Rui's physical condition, could see that although Su Rui appeared to be swaying casually, she was actually unable to break free from Gladiia's embrace.

Skadi was still hesitating, but Laurentina was already smiling and about to walk towards Gladiia. Noticing Skadi standing there motionless, Laurentina came up behind Skadi and gently pushed her back.

"Alright, stop daydreaming. Time spent with Su Rui is precious."

As she spoke, Laurentina pushed Skadi toward Gladiia, Gladiia nodded to her two teammates without flinching.

Although they originally belonged to different teams, after going through so many battles and adventures together, Gladiia and Skadi had long since become partners who would entrust their lives to each other.

So even without speaking, they could roughly guess each other's thoughts at this moment.

"Skadi, you seem hesitant. I know this might be difficult for you, and I don't want to force you to make a choice... I'm sorry, but I also find it hard to suppress certain thoughts of my own."

Gladiia nodded to Skadi, gently raised her arm around Su Rui and placed it on Su Rui's shoulder, glanced down at Su Rui was pretending to be engrossed in her game, and then looked back at Skadi:

"Yesterday, no, closer to the night before last, when you, Laurentina, and Su Rui were playing in a three-person team... Su Rui was actually on the phone with me, and I heard your voices."

"I didn't know you had this kind of quirk, Captain! But if we have the chance, why don't we just play squad mode together next time?"

Laurentina simply smiled, showing no particular opinion on Gladiia's behavior, while Skadi blushed involuntarily.

Compared to Laurentina, who has a more outgoing and carefree personality, Skadi's somewhat goofy nature is indeed harder to accept in this respect.

Her ruby-like eyes lifted, staring intently at Gladiia:

"Second Captain, why were you communicating with Su Rui back then? Was it because...?" Were you trying to secretly get close to Su Rui?

Although Skadi wanted to say it that way, she felt that there was no need to use such a description between Su Rui and Gladiia. After all, they were comrades-in-arms, and Skadi didn't really want to treat her comrades with a blade.

Skadi, however, still harbored some resentment and wanted to get to the bottom of the matter.

"I was discussing the battle plan with Su Rui at the time."

Gladiia had nothing to hide about this, and slightly raised her chin to look at the large screen beside her:

"From that time on, the fleet I led had already set sail. Su Rui had been providing intelligence support for our operation, so when you were with Su Rui, I was communicating with Su Rui and overheard some of the activity on your side."

"I see." Skadi nodded, not saying anything more. The silly orca was still a little unhappy. It ran to Su Rui's side, hugged Su Rui's arm, and buried Su Rui's left arm in her soft embrace without affecting the game.

She deliberately rubbed her cheek against Su Rui's, and Su Rui smiled as she looked at the affectionate little orca, rubbing her cheek against Skadi's as well, and then she became happy again.

Volume 6, Chapter 394: Time to eat? Then it's my turn to eat.

Laurentina noticed something amiss, moved to Su Rui's other side, leaned against Su Rui, and while offering Su Rui warmth in her embrace, asked with a puzzled look:

"By then, we should have been asleep after our third round. Was Su Rui providing you with intelligence the whole time?"

"Yes, Su Rui said his mind and body can operate separately, and when the body is dormant, the mind can think independently of the body."

Gladiia briefly described Su Rui's condition. "From that time until now, Su Rui has been accompanying me on missions."

"I see." Laurentina nodded knowingly, then looked at Gladiia with a somewhat enigmatic smile:

"However, if that's the case, Gladiia, you haven't had a rest in a long time, have you? Even we need rest to regroup, and even if you don't, the warriors do, right?"

"... Shark, what are you trying to say?" Gladiia guessed Laurentina's thoughts, but she was still unsure.

After Gladiia's probing question, Laurentina, without any hesitation, leaned close to Su Rui's ear and whispered:

"Of course, we should let the fleet and you get some rest, shouldn't we? You need to rest too."

Why did you lean so close to my cheek when you were talking to Gladiia?

Su Rui turned his head to look at Laurentina with some confusion, then saw Laurentina smile at him, and suddenly lean in like a chick pecking at rice, and kiss him on the lips.

So that's what she was thinking. Su Rui had just touched her slightly sore lips and hadn't even had a chance to look at Laurentina when Laurentina covered her mouth again. This time, Su Rui wasn't going to back down and started competing with Laurentina.

But Su Rui can't exactly bite Laurentina, after all, even Abyssal Hunters have their vulnerable spots.

Just you wait, Laurentina. I'll find a chance to get my revenge later.

Taking a deep breath in exasperation, Su Rui didn't look at her tablet, but simply used her hands and her Scanning Vision vision to operate the game on it.

It 'Tai He to play games seriously now, since it seems like Gladiia and the others want to take Su Rui to rest.

However, games should be taken seriously, so Su Rui planned to finish the game she was injured in before the four-player match started, at least that would make her feel better.

The moment Su Rui had this idea, he was shot in the head by the android special operations operator he had designed, as easily as kicking a roadside animal to death.

... Damn it, don't think you can act tough just because I don't cheat in games!

Su Rui was somewhat dissatisfied and abandoned the idea of increasing the difficulty for herself. Instead, she readjusted the AI's damage and hit rate in the game and started another round.