Revisit Azur Lane

"They're conducting special training over there."

Zhou He said, "If you think it's noisy, you can try closing the door. Don't be fooled by its appearance, its soundproofing is quite good."

"Special training?"

Hamman glanced at the crowd swaying on the sea, pursed her lips, and said nothing more. She jogged back to the hall and actually closed the door, which amused Zhou He.

After taking two more steps, Zhou He turned his head and asked Yuudachi, "Have you seen Yukikaze? I haven't seen her go out today."

"I saw it, they were resting in their dorm room."

Yuudachi pointed to the new dormitory behind the command post: "I saw it when I came out for dinner."

"It's good to get more rest."

Zhou He nodded and stood with Xi Li at the edge of the cement road in front of the restaurant. Previously, Zhou He had limited funds and had only connected the command building and the restaurant. Now he wanted to connect this place to the Royal Manor.

At his command, Yuudachi eagerly began to help with the distance reconnaissance. Ship girls have a natural and keen sense of distance. Zhou He first spent five Home Coins to extend the cement road by fifty meters, making it level with the road on the Ironblood side.

After a brief pause, Zhou He spent another fifteen Homestead Coins to connect the road to the entrance of the Royal Mansion.

"I didn't notice, it's actually this far."

Zhou He clicked his tongue in amazement as he looked at the open iron gate of the manor, while Xi Li leaned against the gate and peered inside, saying, "This place looks so strange."

"You can't say that. These kinds of places usually look very simple on the outside, but the inside is a completely different story."

As Zhou He chimed in, he guessed that once you opened the door to this building, you would see a magnificent, opulent scene straight out of anime and novels, with a red carpet laid out to the entrance and gilded chandeliers on the ceiling.

"Sigh, I don't quite understand."

Yuudachi blinked and pointed to the building inside: "Commander, would you like to go in and take a look?"

Although Ms. Hood was very kind to her, she always felt a strange sense of oppression beneath that kindness, so she rarely took the initiative to spend time with Ms. Hood.

"No, we have more important things to do."

Zhou He glanced at the remaining 121 Homestead Coins, reached out and took Xi Li's hand, leaving the Royal Manor and returning to the spot where they had stopped earlier, parallel to the road in front of the Iron Blood Mansion. Facing the sea, they opened the Homestead Shop, searched for the shop, locked in a shop on the first floor priced at 70, and made a purchase.

After careful consideration, Zhou He gave up on the large shopping mall with a price of over 100 Jiayuan coins. The reason was simple: such a large shopping mall was not suitable for the seaside. It should be located in a deeper part of the port area as the core of the port's prosperity. If it was just selling clothes, a few hundred square meters would be enough.

Browse.

Zhou He projected the shop he had bought, and a rectangular bungalow appeared before him. The overall design was somewhat flashy, with walls that were a wood-like color. The side facing Zhou He had normal walls, floor-to-ceiling windows, and sliding transparent doors, while the side facing the sea had large floor-to-ceiling windows and a platform extending outwards—this was the reason Zhou He chose this shop. It was close to the reserved beach recreation area, where the ship girls could change into their swimsuits and go swimming when the weather was hot.

It's very convenient.

'Sure.'

Blue light spots appeared in that instant, solidifying the entire shop within tens of seconds. The shop, including the roof, was only about four meters high and occupied an area of ​​about 700 square meters, which was the size of 10 Home Coins. The interior space was just the right size.

"what?"

During the time he was in the shop, Zhou He didn't pay attention and started looking for clothes to stock up. However, Yuudachi, who was next to him, was surprised to find a familiar bio-probe inside.

"What's wrong? Huh?"

Zhou He asked casually, glanced inside the shop, and immediately his eyes widened. Through the display window and the door, he saw five timid and cowering barbarian chicks.

He'd been wondering how to increase the number of these amazing creatures, the Manju, and now he'd received five as a gift just from buying a shop? Their value far exceeded the shop's own!

Without a second thought, he stepped forward, pushed open the door, squatted down, and waved to the five unfamiliar Manjuu, smiling: "Hello, I am the manager of this port area. Are you the Manjuu responsible for operating this shop?"

These five wild chicks didn't have the same clothing as those in the restaurant; they were all fluffy yellow. Seeing Zhou He being so polite, they immediately seemed relieved and became lively. One of them ran to the back, took out paper and pen, and started writing and drawing on it: 'Yes.'

"Great, you'll be the store manager here from now on."

Zhou He appreciated the efficient Manjuu, pointed at the one who had spoken, and then looked at the other four: "You guys are the shop assistants."

'Chirp chirp chirp.'

The five wild chicks nodded repeatedly. Their mission in life was to run this shop. The shop manager and the shop assistants were just different positions, and there was no difference to them.

"Okay, now you can divide this area into sections. I plan to use 7% of the area for clothing storage, and the remaining 3% for selling daily necessities, snacks and drinks."

Zhou He was very good at directing the Manju. With a wave of his hand, the five Manju immediately entered work mode, holding different record forms and cleaning the various shelves in the store. During this time, Zhou He started to stock up on goods, while Xi Li, who was watching from the side, found it very interesting and volunteered to help the Manju push and arrange the shelves. It took quite a while to clean the place up: after entering, there was a cashier, and near the cashier were shelves for snacks and drinks. All the places further inside were used for storing clothes.

'Luckily, the clothes were cheap.'

Seeing that the scene had been dealt with, Zhou He spread his hands and waved them to the side, revealing a pile of forty clothing bags.

One Home Coin in the system can buy eight sets of clothes, two sets per season for spring, summer, autumn and winter (one set includes an inner lining and an outer coat). Considering that his own ship girls are all slender ladies and do not need the extra-large size, twenty of these forty sets are for the older sisters of aircraft carriers and battleships, fifteen sets are for girls like Yuudachi, and five sets are smaller, which he referenced from the elementary school students of Sakura Empire. They are not needed now, but they may be needed in the future.

Although the sizes were bought in a general way, Zhou He put a lot of thought into the style of the clothes. For the first batch of goods, he didn't get any special uniforms that increased attack speed. Most of them were casual home wear, with a few camouflage uniforms and tight-fitting workout clothes mixed in.

"Major bleeding."

Zhou He glanced at the 11 Home Coins he had left, took a breath with a pang of regret, and quickly asked Xi Li and Man Qiu to help him disassemble and sort the clothes.

"What are you doing?"

Inside, things were bustling. Yukikaze, who had just taken a nap, came out for a walk, yawning. She saw the two new buildings and, as she got closer, noticed Zhou He and Xi Li busy at work. The variety of clothes she saw made her eyes widen: "Where did these clothes come from?"

"Ah, Yukikaze, you've been in the port for so long, and you've been borrowing Yuudachi's clothes the whole time, haven't you? I didn't even notice. Sorry."

Zhou He responded, then suddenly remembered something and picked out a white dress from his clothes, handing it to Xue Feng as an apology: "As an apology, please accept this dress. I will keep restocking here, so you can take back any clothes you want to wear."

"Goo."

Xuefeng glanced at Zhou He, then looked down at the clothes he handed her. It was a beautiful dress. She hesitated for a moment before taking it with both hands and whispering, "Thank you."

"It's too foreign."

Zhou He smiled. He felt that he couldn't be entirely blamed for this, because Yukikaze in the game was obviously a size smaller than Yuudachi, but the Yukikaze meta in front of him didn't look loose at all while wearing Yuudachi's clothes, so he hadn't noticed.

It seems that meta has brought Yukikaze a lot of positive evolution.

"..."

Xuefeng instinctively sensed that Zhou He seemed to be thinking something impolite, but considering that he had given her beautiful clothes, she decided to pretend not to know. After a brief silence, she placed the clothes on the shelf next to her and said, "I'll help too."

My neck started hurting in Chapter 166.

"The angle here is even better than I expected."

After tidying up and hanging up the clothes in the shop, Zhou He took off his hat to let his hair breathe, and stood on the platform extending from the shop facing the sea, gazing at the bay that had returned to calm.

The wind was a bit noisy today, and the sky was covered by clouds even at noon. There was no sun, so even enjoying the sea breeze and beautiful scenery wasn't very pleasant.

"Yes, you must have built this shop specifically for this location, right?"

Yukikaze came out from the back of the store. Following his gaze, I glanced around. Standing here, the beach, bay, and pier in the distance were all clearly visible. The view was very open, making it a great place to rest after playing.

"That's one way to put it, but not entirely."

Zhou He rubbed his hair in circles with his fingers, the stinging sensation making him wince. Since coming to this port area, he had realized how much pressure wearing a hat put on his hair and scalp. Whether from an image perspective or from the perspective of scalp pain, he should get his hair trimmed.

So he tilted his head and asked, "Yukikaze, do you know how to cut hair?"

"Huh? No way."

Yukikaze paused for a moment, then quickly gave an answer. Afterwards, she rolled up a strand of white hair with her fingers and complained rather discontentedly, "Since it was developed, I haven't trimmed my hair, and I haven't seen it grow much, just like my body."

Zhou He remained silent. Ship girls were like cutting-edge technology; apart from major modifications starting from the basics, they would never grow naturally.

Some ship girls don't even change much after being modified, such as Kaga BB and Kaga. Apart from their ship equipment and personality, their appearance doesn't change much. Their ship girls can't be used as a reference, but you can see from Yukikaze and the ship girls from the First Carrier Division and Eagle Union that you encountered before that even after several years or more than ten years, they won't show any signs of aging.

This is a race that is almost immortal.

But he quickly realized, "Something's not right."

Zhou He glanced down at Yukikaze's impressively well-made foredeck: "During the meta-transformation process, Yukikaze, you've already grown, haven't you?"

"..."

Xuefeng's forehead bulged out in a 1/2 shape, his eyes narrowed, and he smiled warmly at Zhou He with one hand clenched into a fist: "I don't quite understand Your Highness Zhou He's point of view. Could you explain it in more detail?"

Her intuition when she entered the room was indeed correct; this guy had a rather strong prejudice against her body.

"Uh, sorry, it's probably just my imagination."

Zhou He was completely powerless against his ship girl's smile, so he quickly raised his hands in surrender, coughed lightly, and turned to walk into the store as if nothing had happened. He looked at Yuudachi, who was picking out pajamas, and said, "Have you picked them out yet? It's time to go eat."

"Ah, I've chosen!"

Upon hearing about food, Yuudachi, who had been having some difficulty making a choice, immediately chose the short-sleeved pajamas over the long-sleeved pajamas. Zhou He gasped and tried to stop him, but someone was faster. Yukikaze took a step forward and approached from behind, grabbed Yuudachi's arm, and put it on the ordinary pajamas next to him. Her expression was unusually serious: "This set is more comfortable to wear."

"Really?"

Yuudachi wasn't entirely convinced. She had previously visited Jean Bart and the others' rooms and seen their slip dresses in their closets, but she didn't have any in her own room, which piqued her curiosity.

"..."

Yukikaze herself had never worn such flashy pajamas, and she didn't know why she came over to stop Yuudachi. Anyway, she turned her gaze to Zhou He, who hesitated for a moment, walked over and looked at her, and said, "Putting aside how the clothes feel, it's almost winter, and I still hope that Yuudachi can dress warmly."

"Then we'll take this set."

Yuudachi immediately changed her mind, picked up the long-sleeved pajamas and hugged them happily to her chest: "Commander, you should also dress warmly."

"Ah."

Zhou He smiled. He wasn't lying. He liked the 'must-buy' skins when playing games, but he preferred clothes that looked warm, like Prince Heinrich's kimono or Belfast's kimono.

He didn't know what was wrong with his own preferences; he was completely powerless against the Sakura Empire's kimonos. He guessed it was because he watched too much anime, or maybe it was because kimonos could soften a woman's temperament, giving her a kind of ethereal, soft beauty.

During their casual conversation, Zhou He left the shop with Yukikaze and Yuudachi, each carrying a set of clothes. The five Manjuu in charge of operations were currently stacked on top of each other at the entrance, hammering nails and hanging signs. The five fluffy creatures were almost as tall as Yuudachi and the others combined, which looked quite amusing.

……

After lunch, Zhou He coaxed Xi Li to take a nap, said goodbye to Xue Feng, and found Hermione, hoping she could help him trim his hair.

"Get a haircut?"

Because of yesterday's competition and the morning's visit to the royal manor, Hermione's daily cleaning time was very tight. When Zhou He found her, she was cleaning the dust off her desk and bookshelves in her office. She hesitated for a moment when she heard Zhou He's sudden speech.

"Cut it shorter."

Zhou He took off his hat and placed it on the desk. He grabbed his hair and stretched it out with his hand, then drew a line above his eyebrows: "It's about time to cut it to this point."