Azur Lane: I Crossed the Graduation Port Area

Chapter 1666: The Friendship between Marco Polo and Clemenceau
Lin Lan stood up and, together with Dunkirk and Bayard, carefully laid Empire's lithe body flat on the sofa beside them. Then, she returned to continue the previous topic with the three Richelieu sisters.

Such a huge project as converting a floating battleship into a cruise ship inevitably requires the help of Frederick Karl and several iron-blooded ship girls.

Frederick Karl needs no introduction.

This heavy cruiser sister with the same name as the Emperor's mother is also a natural musician and a steady, iron-blooded ship girl with a maternal aura.

As for the sister ship of the same class as the Iron-Blooded Battlecruiser Valkyrie Brunhilde, Alvette, Lin Lan remembered that she not only had a heroic demeanor that was no less than Brunhilde, but also possessed outstanding insight that was like "omniscience and omnipotence".

In addition, there is the heavily middle school loli Z43, the gothic girl Z47 whose ship-mounted weapon is a loyal chainsword but who is very attached to him, and his adorable black-skinned, white-haired wolf bodyguard U31.

These five iron-blooded ship girls are all members of the fleet sent by Bismarck to support the Iris camp.

Recalling the memories of the five Iron-Blooded Ship Girls who were unable to reunite with him and his other Iron-Blooded companions, he finalized the relevant matters with Richelieu, and then looked at the smiling Clemenceau.

"Clemenceau, there is something I want to confirm with you."

Clemenceau was not surprised that he suddenly brought the topic to himself. Instead, his smile widened:
"Oh? I thought the commander would have asked me about Marco Polo's letter earlier."

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Lin Lan swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth, and stared in amazement at the pink and golden haired battleship queen who seemed to have everything under control.

Clemenceau seemed to like his surprised expression. He did not keep him in suspense. He sighed gracefully and explained softly:

"I think the commander already knows Marco Polo very well. She is the type who does things without considering the consequences.

"Also, her starting point for every action is good, but it is very easy for her to end up doing something bad with good intentions.

"Although I have long guessed that the god she wants to summon is the Commander, no one can be sure that her ritual will not bring about other dangers."

Clemenceau's understanding of the character of his close friend Marco Polo can be said to be quite accurate.

Even he couldn't help but nodded in approval.

In fact, as Clemenceau said, Marco Polo's simple character was too easy to be exploited by people with ulterior motives.

The crisis of the kingdom of God on land in the game's plot is the most typical example.

Marco Polo's original intention was to use the ominous power of the false god Herophon to end the long war between the various camps and the Sirens.

But who would have thought that the bad omen would distort Marco Polo's mind.

If Marco Polo, with a twisted mind, had not still given Clemenceau his full trust as a close friend, the incident would have led to an inevitable tragedy.

Combined with the incident in the Kingdom of God on Land, and thinking about the reason why Marco Polo was able to successfully summon him back to the other world, it was because the invisible breath in his body was the final Type V threat.

If he had not eliminated all Category V threats in the upgraded state in advance, who knows what Marco Polo would have summoned!
Seeing that his expression had also become serious, Clemenceau smiled slightly and continued:

“It seems that the commander has fully understood why I sent the Inquisitor to pursue and stop Marco Polo together with the Sardinian allies.

"I don't like betting on miracles with unknown probabilities, but... I miscalculated one thing. "Any miracle, as long as it is linked to the commander, will have a 100% chance of happening."

Facing Clemenceau's smiling gaze looking at her, Lin Lan didn't know how to answer.

But no matter what, he also saw the personality differences between Marco Polo and Clemenceau from this incident, and understood why the two battleship girls became friends.

Clemenceau admired Marco Polo's courage and drive to move forward and to do what he had decided to do.

Marco Polo regarded Clemenceau, who was well-planned, as his most reliable partner and gave him all his trust.

It is precisely because these two battleship girls belonging to different camps have perfectly complementary personalities that they regard each other as close friends.

After that, Lin Lan chatted with several Iris ship girls about many details of his experiences in the other world, as well as the interesting things that happened in other camps after he crossed over.

Time just passes by little by little.

The sunlight gradually filtered through the window, illuminating Empire's sleeping face, causing the Sardinian aircraft carrier girl to utter lovely dreams.

Just as Lin Lan was telling Richelieu and the girls of Iris about his first arrival in Natlan and the surprise of the good man Richard when he saw the immortal cultivator, Richelieu suddenly interrupted him:
"Commander, Miss Helena Meta asked me to convey to you on the fleet public channel that her SG radar has detected the signal of the Iron Blood and Sardinia support fleet.

"Miss Observer has deduced based on the speed of the ship and estimates that they will return to the port on the west side of the temporary port area in 23 minutes."

After hearing the thoughtful report from Hei Hai's mother relayed to him by Sister Li, he stretched and stood up from the sofa.

"Okay Bayard, thank you for the massage. I feel full of strength all over my body."

He turned around and thanked the female knight who had been massaging him, but Bayard shyly took a half step back and said in a trembling voice with a red face:
"Ah... Commander, you are so polite all of a sudden. I, I am not used to it."

Well, thinking about how he used to touch his own ship girls through the screen, Lin Lan completely understood why Bayard was so shy.

Seeing him stand up, Richelieu, Jean Bart and Clemenceau also stood up.

"Commander, are you going to the port to welcome the Iron Blood and Sardinian allies? Bayard, you should go with the Commander to greet them.

"We stayed here with Dunkirk to prepare dessert... When they reunited with the commander, our presence would have made them less relaxed."

Hearing the considerate Richelieu's words with a smile, Lin Lan immediately felt admiration for the gentle golden-haired Iris flagship.

As expected, as the leader of the camp that led the reunion of Free Iris and the Vichy Church, Richelieu was truly a charismatic flagship who could take care of the feelings of every companion.

So he took the hand of the stunned blonde light cruiser knight, and said goodbye to the three Iris battleship girls and Dunkirk with a smile:
"We'll be back soon, Bayard, let's go."

"Hehe, thinking about them returning to the port and being greeted by their long-cherished commander, I'm really curious about their expressions."

It was not until he heard Clemenceau waving goodbye to the commander with a smile and was led by Lin Lan to the door that Bayard, with blushing cheeks, finally seemed to realize what had happened.

The knight girls of the Iris Project ship, who were entrusted with this glorious mission by Richelieu, even forgot to say goodbye to Richelieu and his companions.

(End of this chapter)