Because of My Stupidity, I Became a Timid Vampire

Chapter 194 : Sixth Destroyer Division

"What? Cos?"

When Xifeng heard this word, her first thought was to retreat. She quickly shook her head and stepped back, laughing dryly: "No no, I have zero interest in cosplay."

To tell the truth, Xifeng actually quite enjoyed appreciating various beautiful cosplay outfits. Everyone has a love of beauty—who doesn't love pretty little dresses? Even when she was still a man, Xifeng had browsed countless cosplay outfit and cosplay photos on various websites, though always with an appreciative attitude. If you asked her to wear them herself, she would absolutely refuse ten thousand times over.

From initially being unable to accept skirts and only wearing long pants, to later changing to shorts, then to long skirts and short skirts with knee-high socks, Xifeng's daily attire had indeed gradually progressed from extremely conservative to increasingly bold, moving toward what girls her age should wear. But short skirts with absolute territory were already Xifeng's absolute limit—cosplay was a realm she was unwilling to touch no matter what.

"Really no interest?" With a smile playing at the corners of her eyes, Bei Yaoyue looked at her affectionately. "Do you remember wearing the maid outfit last time? So cute—I remember you quite enjoyed it too."

Bei Yaoyue's words triggered memories, and Xifeng couldn't help recalling that day when she wore the maid outfit and cat ears while being thoroughly ravaged by Bei Yaoyue. Her rapidly heating cheeks immediately flushed blood-red as she complained both shyly and angrily: "Bah! You perverted freak, how dare you bring that up!"

Bei Yaoyue's words were obviously somewhat exaggerated. At most, she had just felt a little smug about how cute she looked in the maid outfit—it was far from "quite enjoying it."

"Please? I want to see."

As she spoke, Bei Yaoyue put on a pleading expression, staring directly into Xifeng's crimson eyes with that pitiful gaze like a kitten begging for food, making the rejection in Xifeng's heart, which wasn't very firm to begin with, rapidly crumble into fragments.

As the saying goes, women dress up for those who appreciate them. Xifeng naturally understood her appearance's destructive power. If she properly cosplayed at a comic convention, she'd inevitably be surrounded and photographed. She was just an ordinary person, and this feeling of being surrounded by crowds was actually quite fascinating to her.

But having just refused, pride prevented Xifeng from directly changing her mind and agreeing. So she put on an unwilling appearance and tried to negotiate with Bei Yaoyue: "Then you cosplay with me. If you do it, I'll do it—otherwise no deal."

"Sure, I'll cosplay with you."

Faced with Xifeng's condition, Bei Yaoyue gave an affirmative answer almost without thinking, obviously having anticipated Xifeng would make this request. Understanding this, Xifeng couldn't help cursing inwardly—that damn Bei Yaoyue had come prepared, and she had foolishly fallen into Bei Yaoyue's trap.

But currently, this seemed like an even trade between Xifeng and Bei Yaoyue—neither losing out nor gaining advantage. Obviously Bei Yaoyue still had some unknown backup plan, making her feel somewhat uneasy.

"What character should we cosplay? Do you have any ideas?" Bei Yaoyue asked Xifeng.

"Whatever." Looking somewhat displeased, Xifeng gave Bei Yaoyue a sour face. "You choose, just don't make the clothing too revealing."

"I do have an idea."

"Speak."

"Do you know Kantai Collection?"

This name buried in memory for many years made Xifeng pause for quite a while before slowly saying: "I know it."

Kantai Collection, nicknamed "outdated browser game," full name "Kantai Collection," commonly called KanColle from the official abbreviation. This game was nearly seven years old and was the originator of ship-like games worldwide. It had been popular for quite a long time back in the day. As for now...

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Though the game had fallen out of favor, many popular characters like Yuudachi, Shigure, Shimakaze, Kashima, Kongou, etc., remained active in various places—specifically in various doujinshi.

Xifeng had once been a hardcore five-year veteran admiral, but eventually quit due to academic pressure. It had been over two years since she quit, so she was surprised to hear this long-absent term from Bei Yaoyue's mouth again.

But Xifeng quickly remembered she had seen yuri doujinshi drawn by Bei Yaoyue before, which included many Kantai Collection themes. In terms of doujin workhorses, Kantai Collection had shown almost no decline over the years.

"It's convenient that you know." Bei Yaoyue nodded lightly. "I plan to cosplay Kantai Collection characters this time. What do you think?"

"Who?"

"Akatsuki and Hibiki from the Sixth Destroyer Division. I'll be Akatsuki, you be Hibiki."

"...?"

Xifeng was momentarily speechless. Two JKs cosplaying elementary schoolers—what was this, forced age regression?

Though if she had to say, appearance-wise, Xifeng didn't look much different from an elementary schooler anyway.

But what made Xifeng's heart skip a beat was that as an absolute white-hair-controller and loli-controller, Hibiki from Kantai Collection, also known as Верный (Reliable), was her most beloved ship that she had loved for five full years without ever changing her heart.

Bei Yaoyue had hit her sweet spot with one strike, proactively suggesting she cosplay her once-favorite character. This made Xifeng sigh—through their long intimate contact, perhaps they had truly reached a state of mutual understanding.

"I'm thinking of you." Bei Yaoyue sighed helplessly, her tone carrying a sense of being unappreciated despite good intentions. "Look at your hair—can you wear a wig?"

"..." Xifeng's expression became awkward as she realized this was indeed the case.

When wearing wigs, one's original hair had to be pinned up and wrapped in a hair net, but since Xifeng's silver long hair reached her waist at seventy to eighty centimeters long, it was impossible to pin up and stuff into a hair net, basically eliminating the possibility of wearing wigs.

"Perfect—Hibiki has shoulder-length silver hair, and Akatsuki has shoulder-length black hair. You can skip the wig entirely and just need colored contacts. How convenient! They're also sister ships of the same class, with Akatsuki being Hibiki's older sister. See how perfect? It's almost like roles tailor-made for us." Bei Yaoyue said seriously.

Thinking it over carefully, Xifeng felt Bei Yaoyue had a point and nodded: "Alright then."

Since the Sixth Destroyer Division wore standard sailor uniforms without any fancy clothing, cosplaying them wasn't difficult at all. This was one of the main reasons Xifeng agreed—if she had to cosplay characters with complex costumes like Renge, her head would explode.

"Good, then it's settled." Bei Yaoyue smiled with raised eyebrows, and though her eyes sparkled with laughter, a glint of successful scheming flashed through them.