Chapter 42: ◎Antarctic Sweet Girl Adélie (8)◎
The little penguin, who had been stared at more than once, became subconsciously alert just by looking at it, and quickly moved towards the big boss.
There was still some distance between them, and she planned to keep an eye on the Adélie father to see what the other side would do.
Some low-quality penguins showed no signs of guilt at all, and their faces were still open and honest. Shi Qiao couldn't help but wonder if she was overthinking. She was still hesitating whether to call the big boss who was resting next to her, but she saw the Adélie staggering towards her.
! ! !
Sure enough, he has bad intentions!
The other party shifted his attention casually at first, but in fact, he was very fast and the distance was closed in a blink of an eye.
Shi Qiao quickly flapped her flippers and chirped: "A goose is coming to steal the child."
The boss next to her immediately woke up and stood up from lying down, protecting the little penguin behind him.
The Adélie father was a thief and did not want to confront him head-on. The main task is to kidnap the baby, wait for it to take the little penguin into its mouth, and then burrow into the densest place of the penguin colony. The goose will crowd the goose, and the other party will not be able to catch up even if it wants to.
When Adélie father saw the male Adélie in a fighting posture, he walked directly behind him and stretched his head to reach it.
Shi Qiao had never seen such a bold penguin, daring to be so arrogant in front of the "parents". She quickly dodged the protruding beak and moved to the other side behind the boss. Unexpectedly, which way she moved, the Adélie father would start beaking in that direction.
It's like they're playing hawk and chicken now, and she's the chick.
Klein aimed at the opponent's head and gave it a sharp and precise blow. Different from usual, this time he used 100% of his strength, and directly pecked the top of Adélie father's head bald.
There was severe pain on the top of his head, and the Adélie was stunned for a moment.
Is this a power that a normal penguin should have?
Klein saw that the Adélie had no intention of stopping yet. He looked at the opponent with a look like a knife, comparable to the coldest sea breeze in the Antarctic winter, and kept attacking the opponent with his mouth.
The beaks of adult Adélie penguins are hard and sharp and can pry open clam shells. Now they have become a "murderous weapon" against their own species.
Adélie father's head was full of bruises within a short time, and he felt his head was buzzing, so he simply raised his head and started to fight back.
When two penguins fight, they hold their chests high and flap their flippers at their sides so that they can almost be seen as double figures. They use all the attacking parts of their bodies to hit their opponents hard.
The adult Adélie fighting range was very large. In order not to be accidentally injured, the little penguin had to retreat outside the battlefield.
Upon seeing this, the three goose groups rushed over to help. If the little penguins were kidnapped, where would they get their wages in the future?
With three more bodyguards around her, Shi Qiao didn't have to worry about the Antarctic skua taking the opportunity to snatch her away, so she could concentrate on watching the big boss fight.
When Victor saw the little cub looking at the center of the battle without blinking, he thought that the opponent was afraid that Klein would lose, and comforted her: "Don't worry, I haven't seen anyone who can defeat Klein."
"That's right, it's not a good idea to offend anyone but Klein. It's obvious that he hasn't been beaten badly." Koloff gloated twice.
Shi Qiao thought to herself that she was not afraid that Klein would lose, but that the boss would beat him to death.
She originally thought that the boss would be calmer after losing the memory of the leopard and turning into a penguin, but she didn't expect that he would still show no mercy during the fight. Other penguins fought with bluffs and yelled at each other. The other side didn't say a word. If they caught the penguin, they would bite the penguin harshly, or they would beat it with his flippers and punch each other until the flesh was blown.
Shi Qiao thought of the penguin fight scenes she had watched before. Compared with the big guys, the so-called close-quarters fighting between penguins was just a joke.
This is a fight.
Unexpectedly, she could see the majesty and ferocity of the beast from an Adélie. After confirming that the big man could crush the opponent, the little penguin watched with gusto and flapped her flippers to applaud the big man.
During the fight, Klein managed to glance at the little penguin's condition. When he noticed that the other party was looking at the fight scene intently, he winked at the three bodyguard penguins.
The three goose groups understood this and quickly protected the penguin chicks behind them, blocking the "bloody and violent" scene.
Shi Qiao: "..."
It's okay.
They didn't know how many fights she had on the grassland.
Shi Qiao continued to look curiously through the gap that could not be blocked by the three penguins. Some ill-intentioned Adélie fathers had lost several tufts of hair on their heads and looked very messy and miserable. After being beaten back and forth, they flapped their flippers and hid in their nests.
Klein beat the penguin all the way back to his hometown, so unstoppable that the penguins next to him shrank away.
Seeing that Adélie father, who just wanted to steal his child, stuck out his butt and used his flippers to protect his head, Klein gave him a final kick, almost knocking out all the food in his stomach, and then returned home.
Other Adélie along the way cast admiring glances at him. He was worthy of being the fighting goose among penguins.
When the other party returned in triumph, Shi Qiao chirped twice: "Klein, you're so awesome!"
The rainbow farts of the cubs are also very useful to the Antarctic bully. The male Adélie rubbed the little penguin that was almost abducted by the kidnappers and gave a warning call to the other parents who were still watching.
Let's see who dares to steal his child again.
The Adélie people looked at their cubs with eyes and noses, and even after the kidnapping attempt was in vain, they were beaten so hard that they didn't look good at all. No one looked at it without saying that they were unlucky.
What was even more unlucky was that the "kidnapper"'s partner came back and saw that her husband had turned into a bald penguin. She doesn't know why he lost the baby and even suffered injuries all over his body. She immediately decided to divorce him.
(Note: Yaaasssss~~~)
Shi Qiao felt proud when she saw the female Adélie, who had returned from the sea, angrily walk out of the nest. The father of Adélie, who had coveted other penguin chicks, was disgraced.
Stealing the chicken is losing the rice. It can be seen that even as an Adélie, he cannot be too immoral.
After this battle, everyone watching Adélie knew that a certain little penguin should not be touched, and was protected by a single male, which was more precious than his eyeballs.
Shi Qiao felt that the penguins looked at her differently.
It used to be normal, but now they are careful even to look at her, for fear of offending the "parent" behind her.
Adélie is such a smart penguin, and his ability to eat soft things and avoid hard things is first-rate. A fight between Klein and other Adélie parents can also deter other Adélie with evil intentions. After he goes to sea, those penguins will not dare to get involved again.
Before she had been alone with the boss for a few days, it was time for him to leave again.
Compared with those Adélie parents who have partners who alternately go to the sea to forage for food, the "male mother" who has a penguin child alone is bound to have a harder time.
However, the goose in question was very happy with it and did not feel that raising a child was a tiring task at all. It was the little penguin's eager eyes before leaving each time that made the goose feel a little soft-hearted.
Even if three other penguins come to act as temporary bodyguards after the other party leaves, it will be a completely different feeling.
She is not a native cub, and she still retains many memories. She knows that Adélie will encounter various dangers in the ocean after going to sea, such as leopard seals, sea lions, killer whales, etc. who are eyeing penguins.
Many penguin families lose a family member every time they go to sea, and now single-parent families can be seen everywhere in the colony.
The little penguin who can't go to sea with the big boss has to be in fear every day, and she can't breathe a sigh of relief until the big boss comes back with all his fur and tail.
The little penguin also wanted to eat less food so that he could stay on land longer, so she was slapped on the head several times after being discovered by the boss that she was secretly dieting.
It's just that the force is much lighter than when pecking other adult penguins. It's almost negligible. It can be pecked several times without losing a single hair.
If she doesn't eat well, she won't grow up, and if she doesn't grow up, she won't be able to go to sea. This is what Klein told her.
The penguin chick had no choice but to put away her preoccupations and honestly eat as much as she should.
Feeling a pat on her back, Shi Qiao raised her head and looked at the other party. The boss who was about to leave was comforting her in his own way. Survival in the wild was so difficult. Even if it weren't for her, the Adélie penguins without their cubs would have to go to the sea.
Shi Qiao waved her flippers, signaling the other party to leave early and come back early.
There is a little cub at home who can really touch the heart of a certain penguin. He has never picked up a baby one before.
When he was alone, he could leave when he wanted and come back when he wanted, and he could take risks as he pleased. Now that he has a small towing tank, even Klein does not dare to stay in dangerous sea areas for too long, and he is much more cautious than before.
When the temperature in the sea is higher than the temperature on the ground, it means that autumn in Antarctica has arrived.
The day after Klein left, Shi Qiao felt a cold wave.
The cold air from the sea countercurrents and blows from the other side of the hillside, which happens to be the colony of Adélie penguins.
The weather in Antarctica changes at every turn. Some time ago it was still above freezing, but soon it dropped to more than ten degrees. The little penguins who were not cold-tolerant were curled up in their nests and shivering.
She misses the temperature on the grassland very much now. Even in the rainy season, it is only a little colder at night. Although the temperature difference between day and night is relatively large, it is not as cloudy as the Antarctic.
Especially when the wind and sleet started blowing on this frozen planet, it made her wonder if she had suddenly pressed the accelerator button from autumn to winter.
But strictly speaking, Antarctica does not have distinct four seasons on other continents. It is only divided into a warm season and a cold season. The reason why it is called four seasons is just because humans think it is easier to distinguish them.
It was now the beginning of the cold season, but it was not as cold as tens of degrees below zero. Shi Qiao simply couldn't imagine how she would survive temperatures of minus 30 degrees or even colder.
At this time, many Adélie parents in the settlement could no longer suppress their hunger, so they both went to sea, and more and more cubs were left alone.
Some smart chicks have already begun to huddle together for warmth, and some have come to the uphill side to seek temporary care from single Adélie penguins.
Shi Qiao glanced at her side. She didn't know when several little penguins had gathered around her. They timidly moved closer step by step, wanting to get under the care of the three penguin bodyguards around her.
Anyway, it's just a matter of looking at a baby penguin, and Shi Qiao didn't refuse the approach of these little penguins.
The living environment of Adélie's cub was not very good to begin with, but now that she has become a member of this group, she also hopes that more little penguins can survive and have more friends when they go to the sea in winter.
With so many fluffy cubs surrounding her, Shi Qiao, who was originally afraid of the cold, was protected from the biting cold wind.
The little penguin who has been in the grassland all her life cannot afford to be injured. She is obviously more afraid of the cold than the native penguins.
With the protection of the guardian geese, these little penguins have become more courageous. They stick together like dark fur balls on a string, with one wrapped in the middle.
Noticing that a certain little penguin seemed to have a good temper and seemed sweeter than the other penguins, the male little penguins surrounding the outside couldn't help but stretch out their heads to pat her on the head.
Pecking with your beak can be regarded as a primary social method for babies, but in Shi Qiao's view, this is a provocation!
She was used to seeing her boss fighting with his pointed mouth. She felt that except for the other person who said something to her because it was itchy from time to time, the rest of the penguins who dared to say something like this to her for no reason were all writing a challenge.
No longer the skinny and pitiful rookie cub she was when she was a child, Shi Qiao felt the touch on her head, became more energetic, and finally got a chance to fight.
The little penguin raised her head, stood firm on her feet, and rushed back to the other party.
Her fighting skills were all learned from a certain fighting goose. Her way of greeting was very different from that of the little penguin, and her posture carried a murderous aura that belonged exclusively to a bully.
The little male penguin who was slapped on the forehead by her was dumbfounded.
It looks like a little gummy, how can she be so, so, so fierce!
Shi Qiao was used to Adélie bully behavior and felt that the goose must be dignified in the first battle. Seeing that the opponent was a strong male little penguin, she didn't bother to complain about it.
Seeing that the big ones among the chicks were being nudged away from the little penguin group, the three temporary guardian geese saw who had the upper hand and gave up the idea of provoking a fight.
Peck, peck, pecking, how hard can such a little penguin peck her head?
Some male cubs should also receive some gentlemanly education in advance at this age. In short, as long as the one being beaten is not Thea, they will pretend not to see it.
The little penguin experienced the charm of penguin fighting for the first time. In addition to strength, the main thing is momentum.
She has been a ferocious beast in the grassland for many years. Although she has a sweet penguin face, in reality, if she is serious, she is much more ferocious than the local little penguins.
It's rare to be able to fight with evenly matched little penguins of the same age. Shi Qiao, who had been chased by natural enemies and adult Adélie before, finally found a suitable opponent.
Rao was a male penguin who didn't want to fight at first, but now he was forced to fight by his opponent.
It is a little taller than the little penguins. If it is chased by the other side and runs behind the adult penguins, it will be embarrassing. Even if it leaves the penguin group, it will be laughed at by other little penguins.
The male little penguin turned around and flapped his flippers towards the other person, trying to make himself look stronger, but was slapped away by the little sweet girl opposite him.
It doesn't matter if he's bigger than her, she doesn't accept this.
After receiving a counterattack, the little penguin was more energetic than before, and he went up to fight with all his heart.
The three guardian geese now had to stare even if they didn't want to. Everything else was fine. If the little penguin shed a few tufts of lanugo hair where Klein couldn't see it, they would be the ones who would be beaten when the other party came back.
Shi Qiao didn't give the opponent a chance to attack her again. She seized the opportunity to attack with all her strength, and he was hit in the head every time.
After a few encounters, the little male penguin named Rao retreated in defeat. He shook off the gray and black down on his head and pursed his lips. A good man will not fight with a woman.
If he can't beat her, just say he can't beat her, don't make excuses for himself.
She forced the first penguin among the chicks who dared to provoke her to leave the group automatically, leaving the words "just wait for me", and Rao went to find other little penguins to cuddle with.
After the victory, the little penguin went back and got into the circle of young penguins, receiving admiring looks from other little penguins.
In just two days, Shi Qiao became the leader of a group of little penguins.
The gangster gene of Adélie group can be seen at a young age. In addition to the male penguin that she beat away last time, other chicks want to destroy the unity from time to time.
At this time, it's the little penguin's turn to punish evil and encourage good to come out to clean up the atmosphere.
As long as the cubs join their penguin group, they are not allowed to bully others and maintain harmony within the group. Violators will be kicked out by Thea.
Shi Qiao: Transforming low-quality penguins starts with me.
When Klein returned with a bag full of food, he saw a group of obedient penguin chicks and his little baby who seemed to have become the leader of the group.
Even the adult Adélie has never seen such obedient little penguins.
After seeing him coming, these little penguins automatically formed a square formation, stood at attention, raised their heads at him, and shouted: "Hello, big brother."
The little penguin chick was very satisfied and tweeted: "Very good."
Those little penguins retracted their heads and went to do whatever they were supposed to do.
Klein: "..."
He doesn't know what happened while he was away, to make a group of little penguins who had been exposed to a lot of bad intentions since childhood could become what they are now. It's like they have changed into a different species.
At this time, the usefulness of the three-goose group became apparent. Victor, Koloff, and Hoover all shared with him the "glorious deeds" of Thea in the past few days.
"She fought off a little male penguin that was saying hello to her."
"She made him cry."
"Not only did she beat this one, but she also beat three, four, five, six, seven, or eight, not even the penguins in this group!"
"Look at these little penguins being scared by her"
Shi Qiao was not happy and tweeted vigorously at the three adult Adélie who were making generalizations: "It's not because they are scared, they respect me from the bottom of their hearts, and the ones I hit are all intentional provocations!"
There might have been something wrong with that one at the beginning. She was a little cruel to establish her authority. Those behind her were just little brats who came to cause mischief.
She, the little goose of justice, must take action to maintain order and eliminate evil from the young!
"You also force people to participate in some kind of 'military training', just like you did just now, and you trained them several times."
There is no way to refute this.
It was true that she took advantage of some of the privileges of becoming the leader of the group and trained these little penguins to give Klein a surprise.
Entertainment activities in Antarctica were originally very scarce. Helping these little penguins with military training can also consume their energy that has nowhere to vent, and reduce the frequency of fights. It is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.
Shi Qiao turned to the remaining penguin chicks and asked, "Didn't you voluntarily participate?"
The little penguins nodded quickly, yes, yes, voluntarily.
The three geese group couldn't help but look at each other.
It feels so familiar as if they can see the shadow of them being bullied by Klein in these little penguins.
In the end, they are both poor geese, and they will still have a long time to be squeezed in the future.
Victor, Koloff, and Hoover gave the little penguins a look of sympathy and then shut their mouths in shock at the look of a certain calf-protecting Adélie.
Some penguins only accept praise from their own chicks and do not listen to the opinions of other guardian geese.
Klein turned his head and rubbed his little baby, who had grown up a lot, saying hello or something, and just running away. Some males have no good intentions since they were young, and they want to provoke a pretty little female even before her fur is fully grown.
Besides, they are Adélie from the Fighting Goose clan, so it's not a bad thing to fight a lot since they were young.
The three Adélie: "..."
This guy went to the North Pole!
Klein lowered his head and fed the freshly caught krill and squid to the little penguin. Then when it was time to distribute wages as usual, the three bodyguard penguins came over to collect their wages.
Shi Qiao followed the example of the big brother, holding a krill in her mouth that she had not swallowed just now, and gave it as a reward to the little penguin who called "big brother" the loudest just now.
The three geese group were dumbfounded as they held the food in their mouths.
Sure enough, the kind of cubs raised by the kind of parents are the same, and even the tricks to lure them to continue working for her are exactly the same!
Beat a stick, give a sweet reward, and use food to make them willing. If they are more educated, they will definitely feel that the whole family of capitalist penguins are black-hearted capitalists.
Parents who were slower than Klein came back from the sea one after another, and the remaining penguin chicks followed their parents and begged to be fed.
Shi Qiao's ears suddenly became much quieter, and she happily rubbed against the boss.
The temperature has dropped in the past few days. When she goes to bed at night, she can only crawl into a pile of little penguins and sleep together with them. The smell of those little penguins is mixed, and there is also the smell of strange adult penguins, which is far less good than the smell of the big ones.
Shi Qiao buried her head in the other person's fur and sucked. During the distance from landing to returning to the settlement, the waterproof black and white fur had been blown dry and comfortable by the wind, and the scent of the ocean still remained.
Mixed with body temperature, it is not cold, and it is a taste that the little penguin likes very much.
After being separated for a few days, it was impossible to express their feelings of longing just by touching each other. The leader of the little penguin group was still a cute and clingy little penguin in front of the boss.
This made Klein feel even more.
Even if the little penguin punches the entire Adélie group, it's the other Adélie's fault.
He looked at the little penguin growing up, and he had a real sense of the arrival of autumn. A certain chick grew taller, and she was already completely different from the skinny geese he had just picked up.
Shi Qiao stood up straight and compared her height with the boss, and was surprised to find that her height growth seemed to be even more obvious this time than before.
The goal of going to sea is just around the corner!
However, growing taller is not enough. The loss of fur is an important point for entering the sea. Shi Qiao pecked the fur on her body with her beak and found that they were still firmly rooted in the skin, which made her a little disappointed.
It's getting colder on land and not as warm as in the ocean. If we don't get into the ocean in time in winter, many Adélie will freeze to death.
Such temperatures also encourage them to speed up their growth process.
The little penguin who is afraid of the cold is next to the male Adélie who has a suitable body temperature. She can finally sleep comfortably and have a good sleep smelling the fragrance that reassures the penguin. The cold wind blowing from the top of the mountain automatically softens.
He brought back a lot of food this time, so he could return to the sea two days later.
Having a larger crop than other parents has the advantage of being able to store more food. Since the three geese group spoke ill of the little penguin in front of him, he withheld some of his reward, so he could feed it all to Thea.
During the two days he stayed in the colony, Klein finally saw his little baby training other little penguins.
This scene can definitely make those Adélie parents amazed.
Who has ever seen little penguins that can line up in vertical or horizontal rows according to instructions when they hear specific calls? They can also uniformly shout slogans, and even call him "big brother" when they open and close their mouths. They look like little followers who haven't grown up yet.
In particular, these penguins are not like those stupid emperor penguins, but Adélie, who are full of edges and corners and are untamed.
The real Antarctic bullies have to admit that a certain little penguin has some leadership skills. The key is to know that rewards and punishments are clear. When praise is needed, praise them hard and coax the group of little penguins into joy.
The only bad thing is that the repeated training has seriously shortened the bonding time between him and the baby.
Klein unceremoniously kicked other single Adélie who did not need to go to sea to help take care of the baby.
It is not shameful to just watch the fun and not help take care of the children, but to let one little penguin take care of another group of little penguins.
Due to the threat of the fighting geese, the adult Adélie, who was originally enjoying his leisure time, did not dare to complain, so he obediently took these little penguins away so as not to disturb the "parent-child time" that a certain bully wanted.
Shi Qiao looked at the group of little penguins who were taken away in the middle of the military training without knowing why and then turned to look at Klein who was winking at the other Adélie.
When the other party saw her turning around, he looked confused, lowered his head, and asked her what was wrong with his eyes.
Shi Qiao: "..."
Thought she didn't know the two faces of some penguins.
He said she was too clingy. But a certain parent is even more clingy than his cub, and he even tries to find ways to sneak the penguin colony she established away.
There is no other way, the little penguin disciplinary committee can only return to the boss and become the other party's follower.
The kind that he has to wear at all times wherever he goes.