The time-based admiral of KanColle

"Shut up."

Akagi was in a bad mood and frowned, but there was nothing he could do.

The implication of Amagi's words was obvious, so Akagi, who had been confident and arrogant from beginning to end and never took others seriously, also found himself in a rare difficult situation.

The naive and idealistic ship girls like White Eagle and Royal Navy have no competitiveness at all, but she at least knows Taihou and Atago of Sakura Empire well.

But only with sister Amagi, Akagi has no confidence of winning, no matter in what aspect.

"Atago, aren't you worried about accidents?"

"Ah, but I'm not as cruel as you, Akagi. I can't stand Xiao Yaxu and everyone's pleas. Besides, if even you can't do anything, then I probably have no hope either."

After waving her hand frivolously, Atago looked at Akagi with a playful look: "But, I'm curious about what convinced you?"

However, facing Atago who was like a curious baby, Akagi turned around silently and ignored Atago's questioning.

"Oh, what a stingy fox."

Seeing Akagi not giving her any face at all, Atago drooped her dog ears in disappointment, then turned to Kaga with hopeful eyes, but only got a shake of the head from Kaga in response.

At the same time, inside the shrine, Yaxu finally stood in front of the ball of light, while Akashi was doing the final safety check.

"Um, can I really, really help Nagato-sama this time!?"

Inside the shrine, in front of the large prayer box, Fuso and Yamashiro, dressed in shrine maiden costumes, looked nervously at Akashi, who was holding a mess of instruments and wires and plugging them into the floating ball of light, fearing that something unexpected would happen again.

"Meow, that's right, meow. The program is just stuck at a certain point, meow. As long as we continue with the unfinished exercise, it will be fine, meow!"

Looking at the small dot that kept cycling on the blue light screen, Akashi raised his head confidently, waved his long sleeves and said.

"Then, what do you need me to do?"

Wearing the sunglasses given to him by Cleveland, Yaxu looked at the glowing ball of light and really didn't know what to do.

"It's very simple meow, you just need to touch it and it will start automatically meow."

Following Mingshi's final instructions, Yaxu nodded silently, then solemnly touched the ball of light with his hand. A warm touch came from his palm, and then the ball of light suddenly expanded.

Yaxu, who was standing in front of the ball of light, was instantly enveloped by it. However, in the bright light, Yaxu only felt an inexplicable sense of weightlessness gradually coming from his body, and then he suddenly lost consciousness.

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"Stupid commander, why don't you call Saratoga for help with this matter?"

Saratoga, who was waiting at the foot of the mountain in the dormitory area of ​​the Sakura Empire, accompanied the Royal and White Eagle ship girls, looking up at the sky, muttering to herself and kicking the cherry tree next to her to vent her anger.

"Okay, Xiao Jiajia, let's leave it to the Enterprises this time."

Gently comforting Saratoga in front of him, Lexington looked up with a little concern. However, at the foot of the mountain, he could not see anything except the top of the Sakura Empire building on the top of the mountain and the faint light in the sky.

As for why they didn't approach, the reason was simple. They had experienced many illusion exercises before. If more than the predetermined number of ship girls entered, they would be...

In an instant, Lexington felt a dazzling white light suddenly appear in front of his eyes, and then a huge light film appeared in front of his eyes, covering the area from the mountainside to the top of the mountain. If you look down from the sky, it looks like a huge white soap bubble covering the dormitory area of ​​Sakura Empire.

puff!puff!

Then, accompanied by two muffled sounds, Minneapolis and South Dakota, dressed in red robes and brown skin, were directly spit out by the light film.

"Damn it! It still doesn't work!"

Minneapolis, who had deliberately gotten closer to see if he could find a loophole, spoke weakly while flying upside down in the air.

brush--

Just as Minneapolis and South Dakota were about to hit the cherry tree after being thrown out, several bright yellow clocks suddenly appeared on them, causing Minneapolis and South Dakota to float in the air for a while.

A few seconds later, Minneapolis and South Dakota fell vertically from mid-air.

Pulling down her red hood, Minneapolis landed smoothly like a wild cat and immediately turned to look at Kewei who was lifting her skirt slightly, and thanked her, "Thank you, Kewei."

However, this means that the ship girls who stayed behind can no longer help the commander.

"Well, stupid commander."

Walking up to the huge film of light, Saratoga silently kicked the film with her little feet, but nothing happened except a few ripples on the film.

"Then everyone, take turns to be on duty here. At least someone should be there to welcome the commander and his men back home."

Seeing the strange film of light, Guanghui turned around and smiled softly at everyone, "Your Majesty the Queen and the others will surely be back soon."

That’s right, when it was the turn of Sakura Empire, the Royal Family and Iron Blood were actually responsible for the attack.

And Guanghui naturally still remembers what happened inside.

In the straits that are easy to defend but difficult to attack, or in the complex islands, you just need to follow these fixed exercise locations and defeat different Sakura Empire fleets. In the end, you just need to reach the giant cherry tree that stands between the sky and the earth, on the sea.

But at that time, before we could get there, the whole illusion came to an abrupt end, even the sea water and the clouds in the sky stopped moving.

However, this time, with the commander here, it will probably be over soon.

After all, according to the exercise location stipulated at that time, each time, it would only take 7 to 8 large-scale melees, and the commander would not fail and start over, and would not start from the beginning because of failure. It should be resolved quickly.

With a gentle smile on her face, Guanghui believed it wholeheartedly.

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Where...is this place?

In a daze, Yaxu finally regained consciousness and looked around quickly, but froze in place for an instant, and complicated noises continued to be heard.

“Fresh tofu!”

"Your hairpin is so beautiful, where did you buy it?"

"Hehe, I bought it on Beijing Street."

……

Under the bright sunshine, what caught Yaxu's eyes was the bustling streets. One- or two-story buildings were lined up on both sides of the stone streets. All around, people wearing kimonos, crowns, and other Japanese-style clothing were walking around, and vendors on both sides were shouting their wares hard.

Thinking back to what Guanghui and the others had told him about the exercise, Yaxu fell into confusion.

Chapter 240: The thoughtful little shadow helper

No matter how you look at it, this looks like a Japanese-style street! Am I in Kyoto? Wait, even in Kyoto today, there are no such quaint streets!

Standing under a remote building with a rag awning, Yaxu finally came to his senses.

Of course, Qieji and others who came in with Yaxu finally realized the situation.

"Hmm!? Why is it different from the previous situation? And why are there humans in it!? Where is the original island? Belfast? Explain it to me!"

Faced with this scene that was beyond her expectations, Elizabeth instantly showed her little fangs, quickly grabbed Belfast's hand, and looked vigilantly at the pedestrians in short shirts hurrying back and forth on the street ahead.

"This is really..."

Even Cleveland, who has always been sunny and confident, couldn't help showing a worried expression. This sudden situation undoubtedly means risk.

With deep purple eyes, Enterprise remained calm and patted Yaxu, who didn't know what to do, and said softly, "Commander."

After turning around and looking at Qiye, Yaxu quickly understood what Qiye meant by relying on their tacit understanding.

Time Stop——

Without hesitation, Yaxu decided to try out his ability first. Then, the sudden silence in the space and the passers-by who stopped moving made Yaxu finally breathe a sigh of relief.

As long as the ability is usable, it means there is basically nothing to worry about.

Just as Yaxu was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a familiar voice rang out: "Not bad, Yaxu, you have grown a lot."

!!!

In an instant, Yaxu's relaxed expression suddenly became tense, and his originally gentle eyes turned cold.

"Should I say, long time no see?"

Looking at the black shadows rising from the stone floor in the bright sunlight with the help of the shadows of passers-by, Yaxu slowly asked: "So, what are you here for this time?"

[Sometimes it feels slow, sometimes it slows down, sometimes it stagnates, but the progress is unexpectedly fast. 】

The twisted black shadow made a low sound while circling around Yaxu and muttering, but then it smiled and spit out something that looked like a travel brochure to Yaxu.

"This is?"

[Strategy, a guide to help you bring out that little Sakura guy as soon as possible. ]

"..."

Although he really wanted to ask this phantom why it wanted to help him, Yaxu knew that it would never be able to answer his question.

[Originally, this illusion was simply a training space, but that... Nagato, right? Since Nagato maintained the illusion here for too long, the illusion inevitably changed because of Nagato.]

Deliberately explaining, the shadow circled around Yaxu: [This illusion reflects Nagato’s ideal world, a perfect world for her...]

Then, the shadow pointed at the pedestrians on the road: [These are all NPCs that were extended from the illusion based on Nagato's impression. It's like when you eat a Dorayaki here, the taste you taste actually comes from Nagato's memories of tasting the Dorayaki.]

"NPC?"

Lowering his head and clasping his hands, Yaxu couldn't help squinting his eyes as he felt the real warmth. Although Akashi could also create the holographic space that he had experienced, it was completely on a different level from this illusion.

This is simply like a small world.

[You're overthinking it. This is just an illusion. It's not that exaggerated. In fact, the actions of those NPCs are simulated by Nagato's imagination. The established data has no real consciousness. They usually just repeat the same actions and the same conversations every day.]

[However, now there are more variables like you. ]

This guy...isn't he too considerate?

Looking at the phantom floating around him leisurely, Yaxu thought sincerely for a moment that the phantom came to inform him when he came in, and the action of this phantom... was obviously to help him.

"If you really want to help me, then just help me get Nagato out."

Looking down at the strategy manual in his hand, Yaxu looked at the phantom in confusion: "Otherwise, why would you go to so much trouble to do this?"

【…】

The phantom stopped, said nothing, and went straight into Yaxu's shadow and disappeared.

Seeing this, Yaxu could only sigh and then lifted the time stop.

"Can't it be used?"

Seeing the gloomy look on Yaxu's face after he came out of the time-stop space, Qiye couldn't help but lower the brim of his hat and sighed, "This is going to be difficult."

"No, my ability can be used."

Seeing everyone getting nervous because of the misunderstanding, Yaxu quickly waved his hands to explain, and at the same time threw the navy hat on his head up and stopped it in mid-air.

Instantly, the heavy atmosphere suddenly relaxed, and Cleveland even laughed and jumped, patting Yaxu on the shoulder: "Huh, there is no better news than this! Commander!"

"As expected of a commander who upholds justice, you are like a hero, trustworthy!"

Even the handsome and heroic Baltimore couldn't help but smile when he saw this, then he put his arm around Yaxu's shoulders and gently patted Yaxu's chest.

The Javelin standing at the back jumped up and down in high spirits, then turned to Lafite, who was tense and ready for battle, and said with a smile: "Lafite, did you hear that? That's great. We don't have to worry about the commander getting into trouble."

"Are you okay~~~"

Hearing this, Lafite's wine-red eyes instantly changed from sharp to lazy, and his body leaned directly on Javelin's small shoulders, causing his pink shirt and white suspenders to become loose.

"Zzz~~"

"Woooa ...

Seeing Lafite turning back into a confused bunny, Javelin hurriedly shook Lafite, but it obviously had no effect. Not only that, this kind of big action fight finally attracted the attention of passers-by.

"Isn't this Kanmusu-sama!?"

An old man wearing a shirt and carrying a shoulder pole loaded with goods looked at the Javelin and the others hiding in the shadows on the side of the road and couldn't help but shouting happily: "It's a great honor to see the Ship Girl!"

"Mom, it's Kanmusu-sama."

"I am really grateful to you, Kanmusu-sama."

"It is really thanks to Lord Nagato that I have the honor of seeing the Kanmusu today."

Following the reminder from the uncle in the shirt, passers-by stopped instantly and looked at the company with reverent eyes, their faces full of piety.

"Huh? Huh!!!"

Javelin, who found himself being worshipped by them, let out a cry of helplessness.

Is this Nagato's ideal world?

Looking at the passers-by in front of him, who were all smiling enthusiastically and using honorifics, Yaxu suddenly realized this concept.

Remembering what Akashi had mentioned to him, that Nagato was also a main faction that longed for peace and tranquility, Yaxu immediately tried to raise his hand and asked, "Well, everyone, actually, the shipgirls are now considering where to stay, can we..."