After preventing the world from being destroyed, the ship girls started acting strangely.

Saratoga: "Oh? So she's already given birth. If you hadn't told me, I would have thought you were still pregnant with that weight."

Kewei: "If you don't speak, no one will think you have small breasts. Are you targeting me? Can you please stop undermining me all the time?"

Saratoga: "Just a passerby, who's targeting you?? I just can't stand it anymore. And can't you guys come up with something different next time you fantasize? I'm getting tired of it.??"

San Francisco: "Depress 1 to receive a Commander's Oath Ring."

Xiang: "1111111, is it really going to be delivered?"

Blücher: "111111111, can I change it to a commander?"

Saratoga: "..."

Saratoga: "I think it would be much more interesting if you guys just laughed at the original poster instead of posting these old jokes."

Sakebori: "Don't jump to conclusions so quickly. It's not certain who the clown is yet."

San Francisco: "Goodness, I didn't look closely before, but now I realize it's you. So you really took over after New Jersey left, huh? Now both kings and queens are gathered together."

Sakagao: "New Jersey? I haven't been online much these past few days, what happened to her?"

San Francisco: "Yesterday she kept saying in the group that she had successfully raped the Commander, but when asked to produce evidence, she just couldn't. Compared to her, Sakawa, you really have to take a backseat."

Sakebori: "Rape the Commander? That's really hilarious. If New Jersey can rape the Commander, then I can be raped by the Commander too!?"

As was her usual habit of posting in various group chats and forums, Sakabo almost subconsciously typed out this message, but as soon as she clicked send, she suddenly realized that something was wrong.

New Jersey... she wouldn't have really raped the Commander, would she?!

After all, it always felt like the commander had completely become someone who wouldn't resist after putting down his work. Even though he could tell she was acting in the morning, he still went along with her and almost spoiled her rotten.

If that's the case... wouldn't that be giving that guy in New Jersey a free ride?

Damn it! I should have been bolder and more assertive!

San Francisco: "Yeah! That's why I said it's really pure."

Sakebori: "But she is her, and I am me. You still need to make that clear. Anyway, come to the Sakura Empire's festival tomorrow, and you'll understand then."

San Francisco: "I know, I know, she's ugly, and you're a clown, there's definitely a big difference, but I'll still go to the Sakura Empire festival, of course."

Sakabo: "Then I hope you'll continue saying that after you arrive, okay?"

Gorizia: "A festival? Is tomorrow some special day?"

Sakabo: "Of course, it's obvious you haven't studied the port's history properly. Tomorrow is a special day to commemorate the Commander's first visit to our world."

Gorizia: "Is that so? I didn't really pay attention before. It was indeed a memorable day. It's a pity that I wasn't built at that time. I'll go and see it when it's built."

Veneto: "+1"

Blücher: "+1"

Atago: "+1"

Sakabo: "You +1 my foot! You're obsessed with being online all the time, you've forgotten which ship girl you are."

Atago: "Oh, I almost forgot if you hadn't mentioned it."

Royal Oak: "On such an important day, I wonder if the Commander will be coming tomorrow~"

Atago: "Based on past practice, it shouldn't be the case, otherwise, how could you not know this date?"

Royal Oak: "Well, that's true. I really hope the Commander can come and join in the fun."

Sakebori: "Look at the title, look at the title! Without any concrete information, guess why I posted this? Come on, I'll give you a surprise."

Sakebori is already eager to see everyone's expressions tomorrow.

Chapter Sixty-Six: New Jersey Wants to Prove Itself Again

Since Noshiro escorted her to the door, she didn't ask Noshiro to escort her again. Walking on the streets of Sakura Empire, there weren't many ship girls to see. After all, like other factions, the island was very large, but the total number of ship girls in each faction was fixed. Moreover, about half of the ship girls preferred to live in the dormitories in the port area. Even if they lived in their own faction's home, their main activity area was still in the port area.

After all, as the core area for the ship girls to socialize, the port is always lively and diverse, and the various factions naturally seem rather indifferent on weekdays.

Perhaps due to the deep-rooted stereotypes left on the ship girls in the past, even when encountering some ship girls on the road, she was not too bold to approach and talk to them. Waving and greeting them loudly from afar was already a great courage. As for receiving You Ran's response, she seemed quite flattered.

You Ran didn't have any solutions for the time being, but fortunately, there was plenty of time ahead, enough for You Ran to be confident that time would change everything, so he wasn't in a hurry.

Moreover, for most of the ship girls who were built after he entered his sage state, it would be unrealistic to expect him to change their opinions all at once.

However, for the ship girls who had been by his side from the very beginning, like Belfast and Agano, it was surprisingly easy to correct this perception. He didn't even have to do anything; the ship girls naturally noticed the change.

Speaking of the ship girls who have been by his side from the very beginning, the one that impressed You Ran the most was naturally Laffey. After all, as his initial ship, the ship girl who has been with him from the very beginning and his only married ship so far, it's hard for You Ran not to be a little biased.

Besides, Laffey is so cute, there's nothing wrong with him spoiling him a little more, right?

However, speaking of wedding ships, aside from Laffey, he actually left a ring for Illustrious. After all, he had seen the news that Illustrious would have a wedding dress implemented later. He originally planned to get married after the wedding dress design was completed, but who knew that he would get married first before the wedding dress was released.

There was no chance to give it to him again, and now he doesn't even know where the ring is. Although it seems that he is missing more than one ring now.

It seems we'll need to ask Akashi to prepare more later...

Lost in thought the whole way, he didn't let it affect his pace, and eventually made it back to the command room before it got completely dark.

As soon as she opened the door, You Ran saw New Jersey sitting in her office chair, holding a large stack of papers, seemingly asleep.

Slowing down slightly, You Ran closed the door and went to the desk.

Seeing New Jersey fast asleep in front of him, he didn't rush to disturb him. Instead, he picked up the top few pages of the paper, which were filled with dense writing and still had some of New Jersey's drool on them, and began to read them.

A few minutes later......

He was already a light sleeper, and although You Ran didn't make much noise, the sound of turning over the papers still triggered New Jersey's nerves, so he slowly opened his eyes in a daze.

"Hmm... honey!" After opening her eyes and pausing for a moment, New Jersey, who had just come to her senses, exclaimed with delight, "Honey~! You're finally back. I thought I was going to be alone in my room tonight."

"Didn't I tell you to go back and wait for my news? You still insisted on waiting here." Putting down the self-criticism in her hand, You Ran smiled and said.

“It’s the same whether I’m at home or in the command center. Besides, if I’m at home, I won’t be able to see you the first thing in the morning.” As she spoke, New Jersey quickly took out a small stack of papers from the large pile of papers on the table. “By the way, honey, honey~ quickly check the apology letter I wrote. This is the result of my hard work all night!”

"No need, I've already read it. Actually, I thought you were going to just write a two-thousand-word self-criticism on paper and type it in six words and hand it to me. I didn't expect you to actually have something to say. It looks alright to me, at least it wasn't just a perfunctory job." After taking it from New Jersey, You Ran put it back and nodded with satisfaction.

"Huh? You can do it like that? If I had known, I would have..." As she spoke, she noticed the commander's gaze seemed a little strange. Startled, she quickly recovered and tried to salvage the situation:

"If only I had written a few thousand more words to completely change your opinion of me, honey. That way, you would have understood that I am not the kind of ship girl who would suffer a great loss for a small gain."

You Ran: "..."

After a moment of silence, You Ran waved her hand and said, "Fine, I'll just let you pass this time."

"Ah?! It's just barely enough, then...honey, does that chance you mentioned, the chance to prove yourself again, still count?" New Jersey suddenly became uneasy.

"Ahem, of course I wouldn't lie to you about that, but I'm not sure if you can prove it yourself."

Hearing this, New Jersey was overjoyed: "That's good, that's good. Honey, you can rest assured about this! I've already checked the information and figured it out. Last time, it was just because of the position and the lack of warm-up that caused that."

"This time, I'll be on the bottom, honey, you can be on top. Just warm it up a bit more and it'll be fine."

At this point, even the usually carefree and confident New Jersey couldn't help but feel a little shy.

"Preheating? How do we preheat?" You Ran suddenly became interested.

“That’s right, it’s just a warm-up…” New Jersey’s face became even redder, but he opened his mouth but couldn’t quite get the words out.

"I don't know how, New Jersey, can you teach me?" You Ran couldn't help but tease.

"Um...but...but I'm not really good at it either..." The shame of not knowing the answer and her own shyness were mixed together, and for a moment, even though New Jersey's face was completely red, she didn't know how to answer.

After all, she had only looked up some information online when she was bored this afternoon, so how could she have understood it completely so quickly?

"Don't blame me if New Jersey faints again later," You Ran persisted.

"Well......"

Hearing the commander say that, and thinking that if she still couldn't avenge herself this time, she might never be able to stand up straight in front of Honey again.

Recalling what he'd read online that afternoon about doing whatever excited him, New Jersey lowered his head shyly and hesitated for a moment before finally taking You Ran's right hand and guiding it slowly toward his lower body...

"Hmm~!"

A moment later, holding the commander's large hand, New Jersey couldn't help but let out a happy sigh.

Chapter Sixty-Seven: Warm-up for the Festival

The next morning, looking at New Jersey in his arms, You Ran didn't know what to say for a moment. After all, although he knew that New Jersey was bold, he did not expect it to be this bold, from the office chair to the desk, and then from the desk to the door of the command room.

You Ran didn't know what he was thinking when he went along with New Jersey's antics. After all, if the other ship girls found out, his upright and noble image as a commander would be ruined.

Thinking of this, You Ran was also a little annoyed with her own irrationality at the time, so she couldn't help but pat the fat butt of the New Jersey in her arms, then dragged it to a more comfortable position in her arms and hugged it again, and then closed her eyes and took a nap.

After all, it's Sunday, and no secretary ship is on duty. If he didn't sleep until late morning, it would really be a shame to waste this special day...

After some time, when You Ran opened his eyes again, he found that New Jersey had already woken up and was now nestled in his arms, making all sorts of gestures and taking pictures with his phone. Seeing this, You Ran pinched New Jersey again, feeling annoyed, "You can take pictures, but don't post them randomly."

"Oh my gosh! Honey, I'm not stupid. Why would I create so many competitors for myself? I just thought this moment was very memorable, so I couldn't resist taking a couple of photos."

Seeing that You Ran had woken up, New Jersey first explained the situation, and then immediately asked impatiently, "Honey~ How was it? Was my performance last night okay?"

"Barely passing," You Ran said helplessly.

Actually, last night he was afraid that he might accidentally make New Jersey lose confidence by using too much force, so he was relatively restrained, which is why You Ran could only say that.

"Huh? But last night, Honey, you fired more projectiles at me than I usually do in a single battle, and you only barely passed? I don't believe it..."

New Jersey was a little hard to accept that her answer sheet, which she thought was perfect, was suddenly given a barely passing grade.

"What kind of ridiculous analogy is that? Besides, am I the examiner or are you? 60 points is already a high score." You Ran slapped New Jersey's butt again in dissatisfaction.

"No! Then I'll choose to do the bonus question!"