The time-based admiral of KanColle

"Haha, no wonder Miss Kronstadt and the others specially invited you to the cocktail party last night. It seems that you have become quite familiar with them."

Faced with Belfast's subsequent teasing from the head maid, Yaxu, who realized that there was something else behind Belfast's words, was at a loss for words.

After all, in fact, from the commander's point of view, he is not opposed to becoming familiar with Lingmin and the others.

But... he could always vaguely feel that beneath their bold and straightforward Northern League style, the women in Kronstadt seemed to be filled with a lot of worries.

At noon that day——

Taking advantage of the movement of the magnificent iceberg, the noble Perseus and his companions quickly and slowly began to speed along the gap between the ice layers across the sea covered with floating ice.

As the royal aircraft of the Formidable and Perseus hovered in the blue sky at the same time, Kronstadt and her companions, who also came with them, brought along the magnificent submarine.

"Hehe, how about it, Comrade Yaxu? In addition to the submerged mode, our submarine also has an ice-breaking surface navigation mode."

Standing on the nearly ten-meter-high deck of the submarine, Yaxu boasted about the performance of his submarine. The tall Kronstadt took the initiative to suggest to Yaxu, who was supported by Sirius on the sea surface, "Why don't you come up too? Anyway, you have to dive with us later."

After listening to the proposal from Kronstadt, Yaxu considered the distance between their destinations and decided to go to Kiev to deal with their private affairs first.

As for the vanguards mentioned by Black Counterattack and Little Cheshire...

"Befa, can you see the current location of the Royal Fleet on Black Counterattack's communicator?"

"Well, it seems to be far away from here. I think you are going to deal with Miss Kronstadt and the others first, right?"

After keenly noticing the intention of his commander, the quick-witted Belfast smiled and quickly gave Yaxu a suggestion: "In fact, we can contact Miss Black Counterattack and her companions and let them take the initiative to join us, how about it?"

"So, we have to stay alone on the sea and wait for Miss Vanguard and the others who have never appeared?"

After hearing the plan of her head maid, Hao, with her beautiful eyes slightly frowned, immediately realized that Belfast wanted their commander to accompany Kronstadt and the others alone to dive into the deep sea.

"Befa, did you deliberately want the Commander to be alone with them (whispering)?"

"This is also the master's job, isn't it~?"

Looking at Belfast's pretended playful wink, Hao sighed sincerely.

Although Volga and other Northern Alliance ship girls are not the type that are untrustworthy, it makes no sense for a ship girl to leave her commander to a wild ship girl for protection.

Besides, you have to know that none of them are submarine girls, and there is always a certain risk in letting the commander take a submarine and dive into the deep sea.

Thinking of this, Hao quickly turned sideways and suggested to Yaxu who was about to climb the huge submarine through the metal ladder: "Commander, how about I accompany you? His Majesty and the others can handle it up there."

"It's okay, Hao."

Seeing that Kewei and the others were looking at him with some concern, Yaxu waved his hand comfortingly.

After all, he now has the assistance of the invincible Miss Black Enterprise, so no matter what situation he encounters along the way, he can instantly ask Black Enterprise to bring him back to the port area through space transfer, and there is no risk.

"But……"

Just as Howe, who belonged to the Royal King George V-class battleship and was also a noble guardian knight, was about to give his commander some more advice, Queen Elizabeth, who had noticed the commotion here, stretched out her scepter and gently tapped Howe's shoulder.

"Mmm, Mmm."

"Hehe, your majesty is saying that it is enough to leave it to the master without worry."

Belfast repeated Elizabeth's meaning and nodded towards Yaxu with a smile after she finished speaking.

In response, Queen Elizabeth, with her cheeks slightly puffed up, did not say much, but looked aside silently.

After all, after witnessing team after team of wild ship girls joining the port, she is now too lazy to care about or get angry.

After witnessing Belfast's feat of translating the words of the silly white queen, the silly Perseus couldn't help but curiously asked: "Um, Belfast, how do you know what her majesty is talking about?"

"Here is the translation manual that Miss Warspite personally compiled. Miss Perseus, would you like to take a look~?"

"Forget it, forget it."

As Perseus and the others were having a subtle conversation, Kronstadt, who saw Yaxu boarding the submarine, couldn't help but smile and sighed: "It seems that your ship girl really trusts you, Comrade Yaxu."

"Because I am their commander."

"Oh, that's a good point, Comrade Yaxu."

During the brief conversation between Kronstadt and Yaxu, no one noticed that a twisted, dark, amorphous substance was silently seeping out from the cracks in the deck of the submarine.

Chapter 1375: It's the good guy Richard~?

At this moment, around a certain sea area, a large number of royal aircraft are constantly patrolling in the sky.

Unlike aircraft carriers of other factions, the royal-style feather-wing aircraft carriers adopt a lot of luxurious paint styles, which look like dazzling stars under the blue sky.

"So, until those Northern Alliance shipgirls come up with the commander again, or until they meet those so-called vanguard ladies, are we just going to stay here doing nothing?"

Looking at Sirius and the others who were setting up buoy parasols and water chairs, the heroic and elegant Hao couldn't help but look at Queen Elizabeth who was preparing to rest on the spot.

"In this situation, what we should do is to wait for orders, Miss Hao."

Looking at the sea full of floating ice, Belfast smiled and then politely reminded Queen Elizabeth who was lying on the buoy water chair: "The climate in this world is generally low, Your Majesty, please keep warm."

"Indeed, even though it's already afternoon, the sea breeze still feels chilly."

Speaking of this, Kewei, who was not far away, couldn't help but look with some envy at Perseus on the other side who could use the Scottish Owl as a hand warmer. Although the ship-mounted elves on their aircraft carrier are usually troublesome to raise, they do have various uses at critical moments.

And at the same time——

Through the deep and dark sea, with the help of deep-sea diving lights, a large submarine full of Beilian characteristics is slowly sinking, and with the help of submarine sonar, it is silently dispersing the surrounding marine life.

However, unlike the submarine's military-like exterior, its interior space is unusually spacious and comfortable.

The bright interior lighting and the comfortable living room layout. Yaxu, leaning back on the single sofa, was looking at the scene in the deep sea through the window of the submarine with a little curiosity.

"It will take about five more hours to continue diving from here to the bottom of the sea. Let's take turns to be on duty in the control cabin."

Listening to the command of Kronstadt's free and easy elder sister, the curious Yaxu also asked about Kronstadt's real purpose: "So, what is the reason for your deep dive here?"

"Hehe, we are here to get back the past, right? You will know when we get there~?"

After winking at Yaxu in a bold and unrestrained manner with her tall and majestic figure, Kronstadt, who was pretending to be mysterious, lay on her back and read the newspaper in her hand that was published many years ago.

In this regard, Yaxu had no intention of asking further questions, but out of the mood for inspection, he stood up and stepped into the control cabin of the submarine in front.

In an instant, after stepping from the bright rest area into the dimly lit control room, Yaxu was greeted by a large number of instruments, huge screens and countless buttons.

On those high-tech seats, Kiev and others who were on shift soon appeared in front of Yaxu.

"Hehe~ How about it, comrade human."

After changing her usual Beilian uniform into a looser research shirt, Lingmin, who was well-proportioned, put her hands on her chest and boasted to Yaxu confidently, "The interior of our Suliko is very comfortable, right? It doesn't feel as closed and oppressive as ordinary submarines. It's like an underwater living room."

"Indeed, although I have never actually ridden in a submarine, it is very different from what I remember."

"Huh? Human comrade, you should be a world leader in your world, right? Have you never actually been on a submarine?"

Hearing Yaxu's sigh, Volga on the side couldn't help but cover his mouth lightly in surprise, looking very surprised.

"Ahem, because my port area doesn't need to be equipped with submarines."

Speaking of this, Yaxu couldn't help but think of the lively little submarine girls in his own port area.

You know, Torricelli and her friends can even take a nap while lying on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Therefore, even if there is a mission that requires diving to the bottom of the sea, it can be done by just handing it over to the bluefin tuna. There is no need to prepare a special submarine.

"Really? But your research work in the port area must be very advanced, right? Can you talk to this genius about it~?"

She let her soft light yellow ponytails fall on the floor behind her, tilted her head slightly, and said this while lightly stepping on her slender feet wrapped in stepping socks, looking towards Yaxu with interest.

After all, after yesterday's cocktail party, Lingmin and the others, who treated Yaxu as a drinking buddy, have become much closer.

However, in response to Lingmin's expectation, Yaxu explained awkwardly: "I don't really know much about this aspect. Usually, as a commander, I am only responsible for stamping."

"Oh, then you really are a laid-back leader."

In response to Yaxu's reaction, he blinked his wine-red eyes quickly and then continued to fiddle with the screens in front of him with a look of disappointment.

Seeing this, the greedy and somewhat natural Volga hurried to ease the delicate atmosphere: "Well, I think it's good to relax."

"Hehe, Miss Volga, would you like some cookies?"

"Can I?"

Looking at Volga, whose face instantly showed joy, Yaxu handed over the royal cookies made by Hao, and then looked at Lingmin again.

This time, instead of just chatting, Yaxu asked Lingmin an intriguing question.

"I've discovered that you only laugh from the bottom of your heart when you call yourself a genius mechanic, Miss Dexterous."

Seeing Lingmin's cute face carefully checking the values ​​on the control panel, Yaxu smiled and added meaningfully, "There are many ship girls in my port area who have the same hobbies as you, Miss Lingmin."

"But when they are tinkering with mechanical inventions, they always focus on their own hobbies first, so every time they make something, they look like they are enjoying it."

Looking at the stunned person in front of him, Yaxu took off the communication watch on his wrist, pressed a few times on its fluorescent panel, and finally put it on the platform beside him.

Then, within a split second, the watch-shaped machine suddenly began to undergo inexplicably complex mechanical deformation, until it finally turned into a fox-like robot with a propeller on its head, flying around with a puff.

"This is the transformation that Yubari made while I was taking a nap in the Sakura Empire one day. Although it is a transformation that has no practical significance, it is... really interesting, isn't it?"

Recalling the scene that day when Yubari, with his forked hair, used the remote control to control the fox robot to wake him up, Yaxu chuckled and reached out to take the communication watch back.

After all, the ship girls in his port who are keen on scientific research and inventions generally have their own interests. There is Reno who is keen on restoring technological props in superhero movies, Yubari who likes to make unstable and strange inventions, Akashi who is more interested in being a profiteer than scientific research, and Ingraham who loves to transform various spare parts and waste into small robots.

However, even if it was an invention based on interest, Reno and her colleagues would always happily share it with their colleagues in the port area.

"So, how long has it been since you made a machine that you really wanted to make? Miss Sensitive~?"

Looking at the various sci-fi precision instruments around him, Yaxu then formally asked Lingmin this question.

You have to know that the ship girls are all young and beautiful girls physically, so their inventions and creations are full of romantic style and strong personal style.

However, there is no mechanical object with sensitive colors in this control cabin.

"I think it would be more meaningful to create a mechanical invention that you can share the fun of with your friends rather than just tinkering with it."

"The romance of a genius mechanic..."

Facing Yaxu's meaningful reminder, Lingmin, who had pursed her pink lips, slowly lowered her head.

After all, she is now required to operate and maintain all kinds of equipment in the steel city, and coupled with the shortage of supplies, she really does not have the energy to tinker with her own mechanical toys.

"Ahem, well, you don't have to be sad here, Miss Lingmin."

Seeing Lingmin suddenly feeling down, Yaxu deliberately used a joking tone and added to Lingmin with a smile: "Sometimes, my port area also holds themed mechanical handicraft competitions. It sounds like a lot of creative fun, doesn't it?"

"Will you hold mechanical competitions there?"

"Of course, there are actually quite a lot of entertainment competitions in our port area."

Admiring Lingmin's starry eyes due to surprise, Yaxu stopped talking and turned his gaze to Kiev who was sitting obediently on the other side.

The silver-white graceful twin ponytails were mixed with a little ink at the ends. Kiev, with wolf-ear double spiral buns and calm red eyes under the hair covering her eyes, was still silent and taciturn.

Seeing this, Yaxu stroked his forehead and asked Volga, who was trying to eat a biscuit, "By the way, it seems that you don't like to talk to Kiev when you chat normally."

"Well, is it because Kiev seems to be the type that is rather cold and difficult to approach? To be honest, sometimes we don't know what to talk to Kiev about."

At this point, Lingmin and Volga couldn't help but look at each other with blushes.

In response, Kiev, who noticed that everyone was talking about him, slowly raised his cute loose sleeves and explained to Yaxu in a soft and cute way: "Kiev knows it, but he doesn't quite know what to do to change this impression..."

"Why don't we try starting with a hobby?"

"Hobbies? Kiev... I like cacti. Although Kiev can never grow flowers and plants well, cacti can continue to grow even if left alone."

Listening to Kiev's calm and soft tone, Yaxu couldn't help but imagine Kiev's pitiful appearance of lying on the table and staring at the cactus in a daze.

I crave recognition from my peers but don't know how to communicate. This kind of personality problem cannot be solved in a short time.

Just as Yaxu was hesitating about what topic to use to arouse Kiev's interest, a violent shaking sensation suddenly came from the surroundings, and then the submarine that had been diving continuously suddenly hovered in the deep sea without any warning.

"well!?"

“Sensitive!”

"Strange, the submarine's various values ​​are normal."

Listening to the decisive and sharp questioning voice from Kronstadt outside, Lingmin frowned slightly and looked at the surrounding screens in a daze.

At the same time, Kronstadt and Arkhangelsk, who came in from the rest area, also showed confused expressions. In this regard, Yaxu, who touched the control console, did not find anything unusual.

"Tsk! There's nothing we can do. Submergence is terminated. Let's surface as soon as possible."

After realizing that their submarine could not continue to dive for some unknown reason, Kronstadt, with one hand on her waist, made a quick and sharp decision and prepared to retreat temporarily.

"Okay! 4:32, emergency ascent now."

After hearing Kronstadt's decision, they reacted quickly and took action immediately.

So with the decision to surface at high speed, the sunlight on the sea surface quickly penetrated through the ripples in the sea water and shone around the submarine.