I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

Although they didn't regain their memories, Yuudachi and the others couldn't help but start to suspect that someone had tampered with their memories.

Z23 then inquired about the secret techniques that Yuudachi and the others had used before. If they weren't mistaken, the secret techniques that Yuudachi and the others used were no different from those used by the ship girls. However, unfortunately, Yuudachi and the others were completely unaware that they could use ship girl skills. They instinctively felt that if they could use them, they could use them, and there was basically no secret technique involved.

This also gave Z23 and the others a bit of a headache, since the ship girls who could use skills were much stronger than them, which would make it very difficult for Z23 and the others to complete their mission in this mirror space.

Then, as if remembering something, Yukikaze suddenly clapped her hands and said to Z23 and the others:

"Speaking of which, we are able to use our secret techniques thanks to the priestess, Nano-da!"

"Miko-sama?"

Upon hearing Yukikaze's words, the ship girls present also looked puzzled, as they didn't know who the "shrine maiden" Yukikaze was referring to was. Z23 also looked at Yukikaze and the others with a puzzled expression and asked:

"Yukikaze, what's this about the priestess you mentioned?"

Upon hearing Z23's question, Yukikaze looked at Yuhaka and the others with a puzzled expression and said:

"Huh? You didn't know? The shrine maiden is quite famous here! It's because of her that we have the ability to use secret techniques, you know~"

Ayanami fell into thought upon hearing Yukikaze's words, and soon she thought of the person who best fit the identity of a shrine maiden.

"Yukikaze, is the priestess you're talking about Nagato-sama?"

Upon hearing Ayanami's question, Yukikaze looked at Ayanami and nodded, saying:

"That's right~ But speaking of which, don't you already know? Why are you asking Lord Yukikaze?"

After learning that Nagato was the priestess Yukikaze had mentioned, everyone except Yuhaka was a little surprised. After all, they hadn't expected that Nagato, the flagship of the Sakura Empire, would be a priestess in this mirror space. Well... but on second thought, it didn't make no mistake.

Z23 also asked Yukikaze and the others about Nagato's location.

"Where is Lord Nagato located right now?"

After thinking about Z23's question for a while, Yuudachi and the others said to Z23 and the others:

"Hmm... it's probably located near the Tenjin Shrine, but that area is already the territory of those two wretched foxes!"

"A big fox?"

Hearing what Yuudachi and the others said, Yuhaka and the others also showed puzzled expressions. As for Ayanami and the others who were in the Sakura Empire camp, after all, Ayanami and the others were very familiar with the members of the Sakura Empire camp. However, when it came to the word "big fox", Ayanami and the others immediately thought of Akagi and Kaga.

After all, Akagi and Kaga easily give off a fox spirit vibe, while Shinano and Amagi don't. Their temperament leans towards that of fox fairies, while Akagi and Kaga give off a bewitching fox spirit vibe.

"Um... Yuudachi, the two fox spirits you guys were talking about, aren't you referring to Akagi-senpai and Kaga-senpai?"

Upon hearing Ayanami's question, Yuudachi and the others nodded in agreement. However, after hearing Ayanami address Akagi and Kaga as "senpai," Yuudachi and the others looked at Ayanami and the others with wary expressions and said:

"Wait! You call those two vixens 'seniors'?! Are you perhaps their subordinates?!"

Seeing Yuudachi and the others' nervous expressions, Z23, looking quite troubled, explained to them:

"Although I don't know why you are so wary of Akagi and Kaga, don't worry, we are not their subordinates."

Upon hearing Z23's words, Yuudachi and the others turned to look at Yuhaka as if asking if it was true. Yuhaka nodded naturally in response to their gazes, indicating that it was the same as what Z23 said; they were not Akagi and Kaga's subordinates.

Seeing Yuhaka nod, Yuudachi and the others seemed relieved. Seeing their actions, Z23's lips twitched involuntarily, clearly dissatisfied with their level of trust in him. Z23 was considering giving Yuudachi and the others a good tutoring session after this mirror space ended.

Yuudachi and the others immediately felt a chill, as if they were being watched by something terrifying. Just then, the curious Ayanami interrupted their thoughts and asked:

"Yuudachi, why do you all seem a little afraid of Akagi-san and the others?"

Upon hearing Ayanami's question, Yuudachi immediately put her hands on her hips, stuck out her belly, and pretended to be calm as she said:

"How...how could this be? How could Yuudachi be afraid of those two vixens...?"

Looking at Yuudachi's two trembling, pale legs, everyone immediately felt that Yuudachi was lying.

Seeing Yuudachi's frightened expression, Ayanami's lips twitched a few times, and she coughed slightly before turning to ask Yuudachi and the others from a different angle.

"Ahem, so, Yuudachi, what are your thoughts on Akagi and Kaga-san?"

Upon hearing Ayanami's question, Yuudachi and the others seemed to have thought of something unpleasant, and their expressions immediately turned rather unpleasant.

"Those two vixens are absolutely wicked..."

"That's right, not only do they not give us enough to eat, but they also make us do odd jobs every day..."

"So we escaped from the area with Manju and the others and hid here..."

Upon hearing what Yuudachi and the others said, Z23 and the others looked at each other with expressions of utter disbelief, as if to say, "So, you three were deserters after all..."

Z23 couldn't help but ponder these thoughts. After all, Yuudachi and the others had escaped, and whether Akagi and the others would be pursued was also a problem, which made Z23 a little worried.

"By the way, what's the situation regarding Miss Akagi's troop strength and influence?"

Upon hearing this question, Yuudachi thought for a moment and then explained to Z23 and the others:

"Hmm... maybe ten times more than us?"

Seeing Yuudachi's reaction, Z23 couldn't help but twitch his lips. He obviously didn't expect Akagi and the others to have such a large force.

However, Yuudachi's next words made z23 feel relieved.

"However, those two fox spirits still have to face attacks from other forces, so we basically don't need to worry about them interfering in our affairs."

Upon hearing this news, Z23 and the others breathed a sigh of relief, at least they didn't have to worry about Akagi and Kaga leading a large army to attack them tomorrow.

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After gathering enough information from Yuudachi and the others, Z23 and the others had a general understanding of the power dynamics on this island. There were three most powerful forces on this island nation: one was the force led by Akagi and Kaga, another was the force led by Hakuryu and Taihou, and the last was the force led by Shoukaku and Zuikaku.

There are other ship girls in these three factions, but Yuudachi and the others don't know the specifics. Z23 didn't care too much, since Z23 didn't think Yuudachi and the others could know too much information.

However, the current situation in the world is not very friendly to Yhaka and the others. What Z23 and the others need to do now is to rescue Nagato. After all, as long as Nagato is there, they will have a way to get out of this state where they cannot use their skills.

P.S.: I feel a bit unmotivated today. When I was watching Odin Sphere, I saw that the Fairy Queen's ending was that she turned into a tree, which was ridiculous. So all the other main characters had happy endings, but my favorite Fairy Queen turned into a tree?

Volume 1 [Lazy Chapters]: Chapter 1525 [The Plan to Steal Nagato]

Although Yuhaka and the others wanted to take Nagato back from Akagi and the others, according to the information provided by Yuudachi and the others, Akagi and the others seemed to be guarding Nagato very closely, making it difficult to sneak Nagato out, which was quite a problem for Z23 and the others.

After all, this also means that Akagi and the others value Nagato very much. It would be difficult to steal Nagato without making a sound. Even if they did steal him, Akagi and the others probably wouldn't let Nagato go easily.

The reason is also because of Nagato's ability to allow ship girls to use skills. Although I don't know how it works, Z23 can understand that the other side would definitely not let Nagato, who has this ability, go to other ship girl factions. Of course, if ship girls from other factions knew about this, they might launch an attack on them.

However, Z23 doesn't think Akagi and the others would expose this information. After all, if Nagato falls into the hands of others, it would have a negative impact. This is Z23's analysis, but it's hard to say what the actual situation will be.

Before that, Z23 and the others also need to reclaim the main city where Yuudachi and the others are located. After all, that place can form a very good direction with Yuhaka and the others. Moreover, occupying the location of Yuudachi and the others' main city can also provide sufficient protection for their location, although the number of Manjuu troops is not comparable to the ship girls of those major forces.

Located at the site of Yuudachi and her group's original main city, Yuhaka and her group came to this city to persuade them to surrender. Since the original owners of the city were Yuudachi and her group, the Manjuu troops in the city obediently submitted to the Azur Lane camp.

At the same time, a fast passage, or relay station, was opened between the two cities. However, compared to the relay station, Z23 and the others felt that it was more like spatial teleportation.

Although it's called spatial teleportation, it's limited to teleportation between ship girls and Yuhaka, while the Manjuu cannot use the teleportation ability of this station.

This was a pity for Z23, but it also meant that the enemy's Manju forces would not be able to use this ability, which relieved Z23. However, it also brought some problems, namely that if one of their cities was attacked, the Manju responsible for reporting the news would have to rely on other means of communication to contact them.

Of course, this teleportation ability has certain drawbacks. If the city where the post station is located is invaded, it will be unusable for a long time. This gave Z23 a lot of ideas for solutions.

For example, use a catapult to throw Yhaka in...

Suddenly feeling a chill, Yuhaka shivered. He shook his little head, looking around to see what was going on. But seeing no one, Yuhaka had an "OwO?" expression on his face and scratched his head with his big tail.

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After bringing Yuudachi's main city under the Azur Lane banner, Yuhaka and her group did some research on what facilities were available in the city. Unlike the cities they had previously occupied, there were many mining sites nearby where they could collect metal resources, which provided Yuhaka's Manjuu forces with a significant source of weapons and armor.

At the same time, Yuhaka and her group also acquired a decent lumberyard and a good hunting ground, providing them with good animal resources.

That's a lucky thing.

On this side of the conference room, Z23 was preparing to have Yuhaka secretly rescue Nagato. To be honest, when they heard that Z23 wanted Yuhaka to rescue Nagato, Yuudachi and the others were quite shocked. After all, they felt that sending Yuhaka alone to Akagi's territory to rescue Nagato was really going too far!

Of course, Yuudachi and the others thought this way because of their fear of Akagi and the others and their lack of understanding of Yhaka's strength. Z23 also said that there was no problem with Yuudachi and the others' concerns, since if we were to talk about who had the strongest ability to hide and infiltrate, it would only be Yhaka.

Moreover, with Yuhaka's speed and strength, she can easily bring Nagato back, that's absolutely no problem. However, Z23 is also a little worried that this mirror space will bring some different changes, especially the changes in the ship girls. Yuudachi and the others have also changed their skills and are able to perform better than their previous ship equipment. Of course, the previous skills were more suitable for the previous ship equipment, and the current ship equipment is limited to the current skills.

In other words, ship-to-ship equipment used to be ship-to-ship equipment, but now it's more like ship-to-person equipment... or something like that?

The reason for saying this is because the current limitations of Yuudachi and the others' skills don't seem to be like that at all.

Seeing that Yuudachi and the others looked worried, Yuhaka gave them a thumbs-up to indicate that everything was fine and said:

"It's okay~ Cute big breasts~ Youyou is really strong~ OwOd~"

Upon hearing Yuhaka's words, Yuudachi and the others immediately looked at Yuhaka with expressions of admiration and said:

"Wow! As expected of the boss!"

Z23, who was standing nearby, was completely bewildered when she heard Yuudachi and the others praising Yhaka. Weren't you just expressing your opposition? Why are you suddenly supporting him now?

Z23 sighed, looking a bit troubled by the thought, and then said to Yuudachi and the others:

"Yuudachi, do you have a map of Akagi's territory?"

Upon hearing Z23's words, Yuudachi nodded and said:

"Ah, I do have a map. I brought one with me when we escaped."

As Yuudachi spoke, she asked the Manju to bring over the map she had brought back from Akagi. Upon hearing Yuudachi's order, the Manju nodded to indicate that they understood and quickly ran to get the map. After the Manju brought the map over, Z23 took the map, opened it, and immediately Z23's eyes twitched.

Good heavens, this isn't just any ordinary map; it's a troop deployment map of the Akagi forces. This prompted Z23 to ask Yuudachi and the others:

"Yuudachi, who took this map?"

Hearing Z23's question, Yukikaze, who was standing nearby, raised her little hand and said to Z23:

"It was taken by Lord Yukikaze, what's wrong, noda?"

Seeing that Yukikaze had gotten the map, Z23 wasn't surprised at all... after all, Yukikaze's luck...

P.S.: I only wrote 4000 words today. I don't know why, but I felt completely unmotivated today. I was lazy and listless in everything I did. I spent several hours assembling the bookshelf at noon, but when I was halfway through, I suddenly realized that the order was wrong, so I had to take it apart and reassemble it. It was so frustrating.

Volume 1 [Lazy to Divide into Chapters]: Chapter 1526 [The Fox-Eared Girl Blocking the Way]

Looking at the troop deployment map of the Akagi forces in her hand, Z23 seemed at a loss for words. After all, she hadn't expected Yukikaze to be so lucky as to get her hands on such an important item. This made Z23 want to give Yukikaze to Yuhaka as a lucky charm, but when she thought of her teammates who had acted with Yukikaze, Z23 felt it was better not to give Yukikaze to Yuhaka. It wouldn't be good if she accidentally caused trouble for Yuhaka and Nagato.

As for why, we have to go back to the time when Yhaka defeated Yukikaze and the others. At the beginning, although Yhaka attacked Yukikaze first, for some reason, Yukikaze inexplicably dodged Yhaka's attack, and Shigure, who was next to Yukikaze, inevitably suffered the consequences. This made Yhaka look like he had an "OwO?" expression on his face.

However, when Yuuka attacked for the second time, Yuudachi on the other side of Yuuka was unfortunately caught in the crossfire of Yuhaka's attack, while Yuuka herself was completely unharmed.

This left Yuhaka puzzled, but unfortunately, Yukikaze's luck couldn't withstand Yuhaka's onslaught and he eventually fell.

Looking at the troop deployment map of the Akagi territory in his hand, Z23 showed it to Yuhaka and explained to him which places he could easily pass through and which places he needed to sneak through.

Yuhaka, standing to the side, stared wide-eyed at the map in Z23's hand, memorizing everything on it. After Z23 finished speaking, he rolled up the map, handed it to Yuhaka, and said:

"Lord Nagato, I'm entrusting this to you, Yuyu. You must take care of your safety and never reveal yourself, otherwise we'll be facing an attack from the Akagi forces."