I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

"Okay, the test is over. Next, we'll prepare for the patrol mission and the live-fire test mission to search for the Siren fleet and the Fog fleet. Let's start the operation after lunch. Everyone, go back and prepare for battle. If you have any personal matters to attend to, do them now. We'll meet at the cafeteria entrance after lunch."

Upon hearing Z23's words, Yuhaka and his group nodded in understanding, and then went off to attend to their own personal matters, temporarily separating.

The same applies to javelins.

As Javelin walked alone on the road, she couldn't help but recall the accident that had happened that morning. Just thinking about it made her face turn red, as it was far too shocking for a naive little girl like Javelin.

"Waaah... I wanted my first kiss to be under a cherry blossom tree when I was being confessed to—no, no, what was I thinking?!"

Javelin shook her head, quickly clearing her mind of these thoughts and telling herself not to think about them anymore. Since she couldn't see Yuhaka, Javelin didn't immediately recall what happened that morning. Javelin returned to her dormitory and placed the shoujo manga on her bookshelf into a small box. She had borrowed these manga from others.

Javelin originally intended to borrow these shoujo manga for a week, but due to being suddenly sent to another world, she didn't have time to finish reading them. When she returned to her original world, she noticed that almost a month had passed.

Although she hadn't finished reading them, she had already agreed to borrow them for a week, and an agreement is an agreement. She planned to return these comic books and javelins to their owner.

After packing the books, Javelin picked up the box containing the comic books and headed towards the light aviation dormitory. Reaching a door with the name "Long Island" printed on it, Javelin knocked. A voice inside asked, "Who is it?" Javelin then spoke to the person inside:

"Long Island, it's me, Javelin. I'm here to return the book."

After hearing Javelin's words, there was some movement inside. Then, a girl with long black hair and blue eyes opened the door. Looking at Long Island, who was only wearing a short T-shirt, Javelin hadn't said anything yet. The girl looked at Javelin's modified ship equipment and asked with a curious expression:

"Javelin? Looks like what they said on the port forum, you guys have finally come back from being missing. Hmm... Anyway, come in first and we'll talk."

Upon hearing what Long Island said, Javelin went inside. In Long Island's room, the curtains were drawn, making the room somewhat dim. The only light source was the multiple computer screens placed beside the bed.

The room was as messy as ever, giving the impression that the owner hadn't cleaned it in a long time, which was indeed the case; Long Island rarely cleans his rooms.

Long Island removed the clothes from the chair next to him and handed the chair to Javelin, saying:

"Sit down, you can put the book aside. By the way, did you really go to another world when you disappeared?"

Hearing Long Island's question, Javelin nodded. At the same time, she couldn't help but wonder, had their news already spread through the forums in just one day since she returned?!

Thinking about it that way, it's not a big deal. After all, the ship girl forums mostly feature posts about the ship girls' personal lives, with virtually no exciting news. Of course, the appearance of the Fog Fleet did generate a lot of buzz, but after a few weeks, the news about the Fog Fleet gradually cooled down.

The news that Javelin and her companions, who had been missing for almost a month, had returned from another world with support immediately boosted the hype, and almost all the ship girls in the Azur Lane Combined Fleet knew about it.

P.S.: Damn. I forgot to set an alarm on my phone during my lunch break, and I slept until 8 pm.

Volume 1 [The Lazy Chapters]: Chapter 1417 [Long Island's New Comic Strip Sales pitch to Javelin]

After listening to Javelin's account of their experiences in the other world, Long Island, sipping her cola, couldn't help but feel a touch of emotion and said:

"Hmm...that sounds like the protagonist from a time-travel novel or comic..."

Hearing Long Island's words, Javelin also showed a slightly embarrassed expression and said:

"Um... personally, I feel that he's more like a supporting character who gets rescued than a main character..."

After hearing Javelin's rebuttal, Long Island laughed and patted his fair and delicate thighs, saying:

"Hahaha—well, after all, there aren't many enemies like the Sirens and the Sea Fog in that world for you to face. Besides, that kid named Youyou is much stronger than you, which means you don't have many opportunities to use your power, right?"

Upon hearing Long Island's question, Javelin shook her head in denial, saying:

"No, that's not how it is. Although Youyou is very strong, the enemies were scattered all over the world during that dimensional invasion. Sometimes we didn't have enough manpower, and Youyou often had to run back and forth between several places. We were mainly responsible for the ocean area to help Youyou with some of the work."

After hearing Javelin's explanation, Long Island nodded with an "I see" expression and said:

"I see. So, the situation over there is just as bad as ours. Is it really okay for them to come and help us?"

Javelin shook his head in reassurance at Long Island's concerns, saying:

"Regarding this, Long Island-chan doesn't need to worry that Yu-Yu's help will cause trouble in their world. The flow of time in our world is different. What takes us a few months might only take a few days there. Moreover, if there are problems in Yu-Yu's world, Yu-Yu can travel back to solve them and then travel back again. This is very easy for Yu-Yu."

"Ah this..."

Upon hearing Javelin's explanation, Long Island was also surprised that the opponent was so strong. Being able to travel between two worlds at will—it's simply enviable!

After all, for a homebody like Long Island, being able to travel into the world of her favorite work is a pretty good thing.

"Uh... okay, it seems the kid you brought back is really overpowered. But that should ease the pressure on our Azur Lane side a bit, right?"

Upon hearing Long Island's question, Javelin nodded and said:

"Well, I think Yu-Yu has the ability to handle those things without any problem, but... I always feel that things might not be that simple."

Long Island understood the concerns about Javelin. After all, the Fog Fleet and the Sirens Fleet were two separate groups, and Yuhaka alone could not defeat them. If the enemy only needed to destroy humanity, the world would essentially be "fallen."

After all, the mission of ship girls is to defeat the Sirens and protect humanity.

Then, as if remembering something, Long Island looked at the box on Javelin's lap with a curious expression and asked:

"By the way, Javelin, have you read all those comics?"

Upon hearing Long Island's question, Javelin looked slightly embarrassed and said:

"Well, um... I didn't finish watching it. I was transported to Youyou's world before, so I didn't have time to watch it either..."

After hearing Javelin's answer, Long Island looked at Javelin with a relieved expression and said:

"Phew, that's really great."

"Eh OvO???"

Javelin looked completely bewildered by Long Island's reaction, clearly puzzled by his words. What did he mean by "that's great"?

Seeing Javelin's bewildered expression, Long Island offered his explanation:

"It's the shoujo manga you saw that had a bad ending."

"Huh? Huh?!"

After hearing Long Island's explanation, Javelin looked at Long Island with a shocked expression. She obviously did not expect to receive such an answer. As a reader of a novel or comic, the thing she worries about most is that the work she follows will be abandoned or have a bad ending. When Javelin heard this, she was a little incredulous, but looking at the complaints and insults on the Azur Lane website, she knew how bad the work was.

Javelin's lips twitched as she looked at the forum content displayed on the tablet screen. Clearly, seeing this content, Javelin knew how the shoujo manga she was reading ended.

First of all, the shoujo manga that Javelin saw was a romance-oriented shoujo manga. Originally, the female protagonist and the male protagonist were supposed to be together, but in the end, the male protagonist ended up with an unknown female passerby, and the female protagonist also ended up with some unknown male passerby character. After reading this, Javelin felt like using her spear-like ship equipment to smash the dog author to pieces.

Upon learning this, Javelin leaned back in her chair with an expression that said, "I don't believe in love." Clearly, the fact that the shoujo manga she was following had ended in such a way that made her want to stab the author was a huge blow to Javelin.

Long Island, seeing Javelin's state, could understand it. After all, Javelin had always regarded that comic book as a bible for love, but now that her bible had betrayed her, she couldn't be more heartbroken.

Long Island reached out and patted Javelin on the shoulder, saying to the other person:

"Well... life is just so messed up, Javelin, don't take it too seriously. Here, pick up these comics and read them to cleanse yourself."

Hearing Long Island's words, a somewhat dejected Javelin looked up at the comic book Long Island handed her. However, upon seeing the cover depicting ship girls and a loli dressed as a commander, Javelin looked at the comic book with a puzzled expression and asked Long Island:

"Long Island, what's this manga about?"

Regarding the javelin's question, Long Island handed the comic book to the javelin and said:

"This comic was released shortly before you disappeared. It tells the story of the ship girls and the rookie loli commander."

Looking at the cover of the comic, Javelin couldn't help but feel a little surprised. To be honest, it was the first time she had ever seen this type of comic. After all, very few people in this world would draw such comics. The reason is that people in this world rarely come into contact with ship girls in real life. At most, they only see ship girls on the Internet.

For this reason, very few people dare to draw ship girls as characters in comics and novels. Of course, some writers do use original character designs to draw ship girls.

Long Island pointed to the cartoon in the javelin thrower's hand and began to explain:

"This manga tells the story of a young girl who has just become a rookie commander and her ship girls' daily lives. Although there's not much combat involved, the everyday scenes depicting her interactions with the ship girls still give a very warm and sweet feeling. And most importantly..."

"What is it?"

After a brief pause, Long Island continued, under Javelin's questioning gaze:

"The ship girls in this comic have personalities and appearances that perfectly match what our ship girls look like. To be honest, I even wondered if this comic was drawn by a ship girl from a certain faction."

Upon hearing what Long Island said, Javelin looked at the comic book in her hand with a slightly surprised expression. This was the first time she had ever heard of such a thing, especially since it was a comic book drawn by other ship girls. However, Javelin became slightly interested in the comic book, and out of curiosity, she took the comic books that Long Island had given her and left Long Island's room.

Volume 1 [Lazy Chapters]: Chapter 1418 [The Fat Dinosaur Whose Food Was Snatched by Youyou]

In the cafeteria, Yuhaka was eating heartily, with several large bowls and plates placed around her. Z23 and the others nearby seemed unfazed by her behavior. Unlike the other ship girls, Yuhaka ate like a ruthless eating machine, displaying an astounding speed and appetite.

Many of the ship girls were stunned by Yuhaka's terrifying appetite, with one of them even dropping her chopsticks in fright.

...before Yuhaka arrived at the ship girls' cafeteria...

Formidable was enjoying a sumptuous lunch all to herself at a table, while watching the content projected on the screen of her wristband. The content displayed included the daily lives of the ship girls and news about the return of Yuhaka and Javelin.

Upon seeing Javelin return, Formidable seemed relieved. After all, when Javelin went missing, Elizabeth had sent many ship girls to search for them. Unfortunately, not long after Javelin and the others disappeared, the Fog Fleet appeared in this world.

As if appearing out of thin air, they instantly and forcefully pushed back the sea areas that Azur Lane had painstakingly conquered. If it weren't for the fact that the other side had a grudge against the Sirens Fleet, I suspect that the Fog Fleet could have directly taken down Azur Lane's headquarters.

Thinking about these things, Ke Wei couldn't help but sigh. The reason why Ke Wei sighed was because the aircraft carrier that was being repaired at the Akashi Shipyard was her.

Not long ago, Formidable was once again on the front lines with her sisters, fighting back against the Fog Fleet's offensive. Formidable was using her abilities to attack the Fog Fleet. Although the Fog Fleet's Klein Shield was very difficult to break, it was not permanently active.

When Weiwei activates his ability [Mechanism Prohibition], he can stop the time of those fog fleets. At that time, the ships of those fog fleets will not be able to activate the Klein Shield, and they will be able to launch an attack and sink them. Although the Klein Shield is very strong, the decks of those fog fleet ships are not much different from ordinary ships, at most slightly stronger.

However, for this reason, Ke Wei felt that he was being targeted. After all, during the previous battle, torpedoes suddenly appeared in the sea and launched a surprise attack on him. If he hadn't transformed his ship equipment into his ship form as a shield, he would have been severely damaged.

Although the situation isn't much better now, due to the damage to the ship, it has lost most of its combat capability and has had to withdraw from the battlefield to come to headquarters for repairs. Of course, this situation is still considered good.

If I had been severely damaged back then, I would have had to go to Vestal for repairs.

However, the repair and healing process will take a very long time.

Thinking about all this, Kewei couldn't help but sigh. He was clearly troubled by the current situation. If he were to appear on the battlefield again, the enemy would probably launch a sneak attack on him without hesitation.

Kewei couldn't help but wonder who had launched the sneak attack on him. If he wasn't mistaken, it was probably the so-called submarine that had attacked him.

However, at that time, Firefly and her team's anti-submarine sonar did not detect any signs of a submarine approaching, which made Fearsome very puzzled. Could it be that the other side came to ambush them?

After thinking about all this, Wei couldn't help but show a look of lingering fear. It seems that the Fog Fleet is not a bunch of reckless brutes. But if that's the case, then the situation in Azur Lane might become even worse.

Thinking about how terrifying these things are makes me worry about my sisters. I hope they don't encounter any dangerous incidents...

Then Kewei shook his head, telling himself not to overthink it. The more he thought, the more distressed he became, leaving only a feeling of powerlessness at being unable to do anything.

Thinking this, Kewei also focused his attention on the pudding placed in front of him. This kind of pudding was a limited-edition dessert that the cafeteria had a limited quantity of. If the various factions hadn't been scattered, Kewei wouldn't have been able to get this limited-edition pudding.

"Phew~ I finally managed to snag this limited-edition pudding. To be honest, it's been so long since I've had this kind of pudding. I'm going to savor it properly today..."

Just as Kewei scooped a small piece of pudding with a spoon to put it in his mouth, he suddenly felt a strong gaze staring at him, which made him freeze instantly, and his hand, which was trying to put the pudding in his mouth, stopped involuntarily.

The fearsome creature slowly turned its gaze and saw a cute little creature with an OwO face, dragon horns, and beast ears staring at it.

Yuhaka: "Stare—OwO~"

Fearful: "Uh..."

Looking at the little cutie in front of her, Formidable immediately recognized who it was. It was obvious that the other person was the one from another world mentioned on the ship girl forum. Although Yuhaka's appearance did have that otherworldly feel to humans, it didn't bother the ship girls. After all, in Azur Lane, the Sakura Empire faction was mostly made up of animal-eared girls, and the ship girls had seen plenty of animal-eared girls before.

Kewei felt the same way, but looking into Yuhaka's adorable big red eyes, Kewei couldn't help but sigh that the little guy in front of him looked much cuter than in the photos, but...

Kewei couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth when he saw the other person staring at the pudding in his hand. Clearly, the other person had their eyes on the pudding, which gave Kewei a headache. He hadn't expected that this little cutie would come to steal his food.