Revisit Azur Lane

"This tempting aroma is awful; I haven't felt hungry for days without eating."

Yukikaze muttered a few words, patted her hands in front of her and said, "I'm starting to eat," and began to eat obediently. Her wolfing down of food was not girlish, but it was cutely simple.

Zhou He, with a slight smile on his lips, rested his chin on his hand as he looked at Xue Feng, and his unease lessened somewhat.

"Hey, why are you looking at me like that? Do you want some too?"

Yukikaze noticed and pulled the plate closer to herself, guarding her food warily: "I'm not giving it to you."

"Haha."

Zhou He's smile widened even more.

Chapter 155 A Little Secret Is Here

The peaceful night passed quickly. Zhou He, who was worried about his ship girls who were away, got up earlier than usual. With his eyes a little dry, he sat up and leaned against the headboard to observe the situation outside through the system's sortie interface.

After a full day of hard work yesterday, the area now illuminated extends east to District 8, south to District 7, west to District 7, and north to District 7, which was also illuminated during the battle. With a simple calculation, Zhou He can see the situation within a radius of 450 nautical miles centered on the port area.

The illuminated area was so large that Zhou He felt his vision suddenly clear, and even his drowsiness was largely dispelled.

After examining each one for a while, he finally focused his attention on the North Third District, where all thirty-one ship girls who had been deployed were inside and around the No. 02 aircraft carrier.

"Are they all up already?"

Looking at the destroyers scattered around the aircraft carrier, Zhou He's worries disappeared. He slid back into bed, tossing and turning with his eyes closed, but found he couldn't fall asleep. He could only lazily get up to wash and change his clothes before going to his office and opening the notebook on his desk. Inside were notes he had taken down yesterday when he talked with Hu De and the others, including information on outposts outside the map and the movements of the northern Sirens.

These things were all important, but Zhou He only glanced at them a few times before closing the notebook, throwing it into the drawer, rubbing his temples, and leaving the office and the third floor.

Everyone had gone out, and the command center was so quiet that only Zhou He's footsteps could be heard as he went downstairs. But when he got to the first floor, he found that the lights were already on, and Xuefeng, wearing a short skirt, was lying on the sofa, holding a book with both hands and reading. Her posture was very unusual, and the scene was rare enough that Zhou He stopped and pinched his brow, wondering if he was dreaming.

"?"

Xuefeng naturally heard Zhou He's footsteps coming downstairs. After suddenly stopping, she put the book to her chest, turned over and glanced at him. Seeing Zhou He trying to wake himself up, she couldn't help but prop her chin up with one hand: "What are you doing? If you're not awake, you can go back to sleep for a while."

"It's not a dream, huh? I wish I could sleep a little longer."

Muttering something to himself, Zhou He smiled and walked down the stairs. He glanced at the clock, which pointed to 5:35, and was a little surprised: he usually got up around 6 o'clock, so why was he an hour earlier today?

Then, he looked at Xuefeng again: "You went to bed around the same time as me last night, how come you have so much energy?"

"Idiot!"

Yukikaze uttered the essence of Sakura Empire, quickly sat up, and revealed a disdainful expression: "How can your frail physique compare to mine? When I was wandering outside, I only needed to rest for one hour a day under extreme circumstances."

How can this be considered a personal attack?

Zhou He raised an eyebrow: "My physical fitness is indeed not as good as yours, but I wonder who was it that looked so confused and asked me for advice yesterday..."

"That was yesterday's snow and wind, and I am not the same person as today."

Xuefeng blushed slightly, but still managed to defuse Zhou He's offensive with her words, causing the latter to grin, which was truly impeccable.

"...Being able to be so witty shows that you've moved on from the shadows of the past, which is great."

Zhou He hesitated for a moment, then gave up arguing with Xue Feng. He walked to the door and opened it forcefully. A sea breeze carrying the scent of morning dew rushed in, and the icy feeling made him wonder if he was already wet.

Bang.

Zhou He silently closed the door, patted his clothes, turned around and went to the kitchen to pour himself a glass of hot water. After checking all the cabinets, he found some leftover food in the refrigerator. He thought he would eat something soft today to soothe his stomach.

So I started cooking porridge, but halfway through I heard voices outside. I peeked out and saw that it was Lingmin with her hair down coming down from the second floor to greet Xuefeng.

"Ha, Commander, you're up really early today."

Guided by Yukikaze's gaze, Lingmin spotted Zhou He, who had only peeked out. She casually greeted him, then sat on the sofa and began to comb her cascading pale yellow hair. She was one of the few ship girls in the Northern Alliance who wasn't white-haired.

"correct!"

Clutching her hair, Lingmin suddenly remembered something and beckoned to Zhou He: "Commander, isn't there some kind of fishing competition tomorrow? Could you make me some seafood today to try?"

"Lingmin, has your sense of time been corrupted by Akashi? The match isn't until tomorrow, where are we going to find ingredients for you today?"

Zhou He had no doubt that Ling Min was a genius, after all, normal people couldn't say such abstract things.

No sooner had he finished speaking than Lingmin snapped her fingers with a smile, pulled a headlamp that could be tied to the head from her pocket, and waved it around: "We can go look for it now!"

"That's an excellent proposal."

Zhou He chuckled and didn't refuse. He turned around and stopped cooking the porridge. If he could catch a couple of crabs and other creatures that come out to play in the water at night, seafood porridge would be quite good.

He carried the bucket out of the kitchen and found that Lingmin had already tied her ponytail and put on a headlamp, and Xuefeng next to her was also wearing the same headlamp.

"Commander, this is yours."

Lingmin pulled out another headlamp and tossed it to Zhou He, then waved her right hand excitedly: "Let's go!"

He then took the lead in opening the door, ignoring the cold wind blowing in and stepping into the still pitch-black outside. Yukikaze glanced back at Zhou He before following him in. Meanwhile, Zhou He was still wondering how Lingmin could fit three headlamps in his pocket. Could it be that he had a unique four-dimensional pocket, like Akashi who could slip a wrench into his cuff?

He would definitely try to reach into Akashi's large sleeve if he had the chance.

……

"Tosa, you're going to help Kursk?"

On the massive aircraft carrier platform, Kaga stared wide-eyed, asking her beloved younger sister incredulously.

After yesterday's gathering, the various factions entered a state of confrontation a day ahead of schedule. Let Bar choose to help Yuudachi, while Kaga's idea was to win over Kursk. Unexpectedly, Kursk refused to join anyone and represented the Northern Union in the competition. Then Tosa was poached by them.

"wrong."

Tosa calmly ignored Kaga's somewhat exaggerated expression and said in a calm tone, "I just don't want this match to continue in a way that has no suspense."

"Furthermore, the commander did not stipulate that the opponent cannot be interfered with during this match."

She continued speaking, and her words made Kaga's gaze become more restrained, and his emotions calmed down. He frowned and thought for a moment, and the dark clouds that had been hanging over his head instantly dissipated. He lightly pounded his left palm with his right hand, and his eyes gleamed: "I see. As long as we leave the Sakura Empire's team, we can interfere with all other teams as members of the Northern Alliance. It is an opportunity to fight against others openly and honestly."

"Ah."

Tosa nodded. Although Kaga usually appeared dull and dazed, she was actually quite clever and intelligent. The reason she seemed so childish was probably related to Amagi, whom she had mentioned. She had been defeated too many times because there were stronger and smarter people above her. She had become accustomed to being subordinate to others and to this easy, indulgent, and mindless lifestyle.

What she wants to do most right now, besides having real combat experience with her own battleships and battlecruisers, is to have a decisive battle with that being named Amagi, to truly observe and experience whether he is really that charming.

"Then I'll join too!"

Kaga grinned and raised his hands in surrender.

"But, I refuse!"

Tosa narrowed his eyes, took two steps back, and scrutinized Kaga with his sharp gaze: "This time, let's settle this once again."

"...Hehe, this is really interesting. It seems that if I want to secure my position as the older sister, I have to make you fully understand who is stronger!"

Kaga was slightly taken aback by the change in the person's aura. Then, he covered his face with one hand and chuckled softly. When he looked at Tosa again, his eyes were no longer those of a junior, but rather a coldness burning with flames. As he spoke, a wild smile that could frighten ordinary people appeared between his fingers.

"I do hope you can change your way of speaking; it's a bit embarrassing."

Tosa suddenly spoke.

"Idiot! What do you know? This is called momentum. Do you even understand what it means to subdue the enemy without fighting? As long as you make the opponent afraid, you've already won half the battle! This is an excellent tactic!"

Kaga BB immediately broke down, staring wide-eyed and leaning slightly forward, spreading his hands to explain earnestly, his words becoming more literary, which made Tosa's lips curl up slightly, and he turned around: "Just you wait, don't lose to the others first."

"Who do you think I am!?"

Kaga BB's voice carried far across the platform, attracting the attention of others strolling there.

"It seems this competition will be more interesting than I imagined."

Holding a teacup, Hu De stood on the edge of the aircraft carrier platform, whispering to himself in the sea breeze, the hem of his clothes flapping in the wind.

“Ms. Hood, Bismarck is here.”

The man behind her, seemingly oblivious to the cryptic remark, glanced at Bismarck and the others who had toured the entire aircraft carrier platform before arriving, and stepped forward to whisper a reminder.

"Hmm, Hermione has some knowledge of net fishing, and everyone else is asking her for advice. You should go too, Jinqu."

Hu De turned around and handed the teacup to Jin Qu: "This time, we'll take the victory."

"clear."

Jinqi left with his cup in his hand, brushing past Bismarck and the others.

"Did you get the answer?"

Hood did not move, but waited for Bismarck to stand beside her and gaze at the rising sun in the distance, her tone as usual.

“556 said that fish are different from us. They are extremely sensitive to changes in seasons and temperature, and it is not easy to catch their traces.”

Bismarck relayed U556's answer verbatim to Hood, and then said, "She saw sharks swimming around in the vicinity of the East Fourth District on her way there and back. Perhaps we can start from there."

"Thank you so much."

Hood possessed a lot of common sense about life, but she lacked knowledge about fishing and fish. She didn't know the hunting habits of sharks, but Bismarck's uncertain wording revealed that she also didn't know the habits of sharks.

It wasn't any particularly important intelligence, but she was satisfied; at least in terms of fish data, Bismarck and she were still evenly matched.

"This competition will not be that simple."

Bismarck nodded, but was not prepared to reveal any more information. He left with a single sentence, then departed with Count Spee and Elbe.

Unlike the others who were chattering incessantly on the ship, the entire White Eagle team had gone into the water and, under the joint command of Yorktown and Cleveland, were conducting a thorough search with two people spaced one nautical mile apart. When they found any obvious movement underwater, they would record it with coordinates.

Of course, that's not important. What's important is that Cleveland really knows how to get things going. Under her guidance, fishing becomes a magical job that's incredibly fun and the rewarding experience is far more valuable than the actual work. Even the shut-in Cassin and Long Island were persuaded to join the search team. The group was in high spirits and couldn't wait to experience fishing.

The five participating factions are all preparing for tomorrow's main competition in their own unique ways. Therefore, even though they are close to the port area, they have no intention of getting closer and are instead driving around the area, leaving Zhou He, who is at home waiting to welcome them, quite a while.

A few hours later, Zhou He chose to return to the command post, casually tossed his hat on the table, and lay down on the sofa to catch up on sleep!

……

When Zhou He woke up again, he heard a noisy noise. He opened his eyes groggily and met Xi Li's expectant red eyes. The two white leaf-shaped eyebrows above her eyes were also exceptionally cute, which made his tense nerves relax again. He habitually rubbed Xi Li's soft hair and ears with his hands, and sat up with a yawn.

"Welcome home."

After getting up, Zhou He cupped Xili's chubby little face in his hands and rubbed it for a while, his eyes filled with undisguised affection.

"I'm back!"

Yuudachi wanted to respond, but because of Zhou He's antics, she couldn't speak a complete sentence. She had to press down on Zhou He's hand with her paw and smile at him: "Commander, I'm back."

"My Xili is so good."