The time-based admiral of KanColle

"Oh? Haha, Comrade Commander, just asking this shows that you don't trust me, huh~?"

Her blue eyes sparkled with strong confidence. She placed her slender hands on her chest and raised her neck. She declared boldly, "Even with the simplest Caesar cipher, even if transformation encryption is used, as long as there is a certain amount of comparison information, I can decipher the plain text in an instant. Commander, if you have any troubles in this regard, you can rest assured to leave it to me."

"Yes, yes, yes. Even what you want for breakfast has to be sent to our intelligence chief in a secret code."

Looking at the boastful Kronstadt next to her, Lingmin, who was slender in figure, sighed and said to Yaxu in advance: "Commander, you shouldn't talk about these things with Kronstadt. If she gets interested, she might even send you a special invitation to have a drink in the future."

"Well...but this is also a good hobby."

After saying that, Yaxu took the opportunity to hand the Siren terminal in his hand to Kronstadt and asked: "If possible, Kronstadt, can you help me decipher it?"

"Oh? This is Siren's stuff, that's really interesting!"

Looking at the extremely complex terminal in his hand, Kronstadt and Lingmin came over with interest.

At this moment, along with the oppressive aura unique to Embers, a gloomy figure of a royal knight also walked in.

The lava-shaped crown was firmly worn on the gray-gold short hair, and against the backdrop of a battle-damaged royal bare-belly knight outfit, the exquisite Black Reputation appeared in front of Yaxu, holding the lava sword in her hand and shaking the tattered black cloak.

"Thanks to you this time, Lord Yaxu!"

The fair and rigid tone inherited the original reputation of an honest girl. The equally serious Hei Mingyu said, and then she blushed and pursed her thin lips. Then, in a very low voice, she hurriedly added to Yaxu: "And what happened before, my body seems to be controlled by something, so... um."

"I can understand, Miss Black Reputation! Because I was also controlled by that existence before."

Having said that, Yaxu couldn't help but look at Bu Niu who came in with Hei Shengwang with some concern.

Under the jet-black and shiny hair, one could see the unpretentious and indomitable figure maintaining a very subtle remote distance, with his eyelashes slightly drooped, keeping his eyes closed and resting in an energy-saving state.

Seeing this, the goddess Si Zhan, who could roughly understand Bu Niu's feelings, hurriedly asked softly: "Well, don't you want to say something, Bu Niu?"

"I hate to cause unnecessary trouble, and similarly, I don't want to do meaningless things."

Faced with such an awkward atmosphere, Yaxu, who was also unable to say much, quickly looked at Hei Shengwang in front of him and explained: "Anyway, Miss Hei Fan is currently recuperating in my port area. In order to avoid any additional accidents, I suggest that Miss Hei Shengwang also go there."

"Black Helena and Black Enterprise are currently in the port area. If you have any questions, you can go ask them."

"Enterprise and Helena? I see. Thank you, Mr. Yaxu, for your assistance!"

After bowing to Yaxu with proper chivalry etiquette, Hei Shengwang, who had calmed down, turned to look at the goddess Si Zhan and the others, frowned and asked, "So, are you planning to meet up with the vanguard now?"

"Of course. After all, we already know where Little Cheshire is. Once we reunite, there's no reason for us to stay here any longer."

At this point, Goddess Si Zhan and Buyong couldn't help but glance at Yaxu, until Junhe and the others noticed something was wrong and stepped forward to stand in front of Yaxu tacitly.

And in this extremely awkward atmosphere, another light voice came over.

"Ah, you Royal Navy girls want to leave now? That's really boring."

Lützow, who let her bright grey curly hair hang down on both sides of her neck and wore a white and black iron-blooded skirt, walked in from outside with a smile, and teased the goddess of war intentionally or unintentionally: "The way you leave the stage feels like a mouse trying to escape in disgrace."

"Whatever you say, Miss Lutzow, our original purpose was to find little Cheshire and bring her back."

Ignoring Lu Zhov's provocation, the elegant Indomitable slowly looked towards Black Reputation, lowered his gray-gold pupils, and reminded slowly: "When you go over there, don't forget to bring the stupid cat that you thought was in a fairy tale, Miss Black Reputation."

"Ahem, anyway, this time it's all thanks to you for your help, Mr. Yaxu."

Seeing this, goddess Si Zhan also hurriedly came up to Yaxu with elegant courtesy, her heroic face gave an apologetic smile that made people feel friendly, and she nodded indicateively.

"It's okay, let's go now."

With the habit of clearing up all the situations, Yaxu was ready to travel all night after he finished speaking.

Because they had not reached an agreement with the committee in Kronstadt before, although the situation did not reach the level of a conflict, they were too embarrassed to stay any longer. After all, if the residents of this city were given some time to organize themselves, there might be a group of residents blocking outside tomorrow morning.

Thinking of this, looking at Lingmin and the others' suitcases of various sizes piled up on one side of the room, Yaxu took the initiative to suggest to Kronstadt and the others, "Kronstadt, why don't you go back to the port with Hei Shengwang first?"

"Just in time. I need your help to go back to the port area and help the organization decipher this Siren terminal, because I may need it soon."

"Shall we go back to the harbor first...Haha, of course!"

Looking at Yaxu who seemed to be worried about something, although he wanted to stay and continue to help Yaxu, due to the character of the Northern Union, Kronstadt paused for a moment and finally revealed his generous and open character, and patted Yaxu on the shoulder readily.

"Well, you better do your best next time, Comrade Commander!"

After saying this, Kronstadt, with her nearly two-meter-tall queen figure, smiled silently and put her arm around Yaxu's shoulders, then leaned over and kissed Yaxu's face intimately.

In response, Volga and the others looked at each other and gathered around Yaxu, saying goodbye with a smile.

"Um, Commander, when you're not at the port, can I really go to other camps to get food? Isn't that a bit shameless (blushing)?"

"We agreed to grow cacti together. Kyiv... will be waiting."

"Hey, Comrade Commander, don't forget that you still owe me a mechanical invention competition!"

"Huh~ After spending so long in this city full of frost and rust, I can finally see a royal garden again."

Facing Lingmin and the others' jokes, Yaxu, whose heart gradually warmed, did not say much, but hugged Arkhangelsk and the others back and silently assured them, "Well, I will finish my work as soon as possible and come back."

So, after asking Black Enterprise to transfer Kronstadt and Black Reputation back to the port area via space teleportation, Yaxu officially took Goddess Si Zhan and the others with him, and sailed silently along the gap in the ice with the help of the deep night in the early hours of the morning.

The depressing night was accompanied by the cold sea breeze. The island wind and the others left the glacier city overnight and immediately sped across the sea covered with floating ice, ready to help the indomitables to reunite with their companions.

After traveling by sea for two hours overnight, considering Yaxu's feelings, the majestic Chang Meng finally decided to camp on the nearby snow.

Therefore, with the help of the ship's searchlights, two exquisite large tents in the style of the Sakura Empire were quickly set up on the snow.

"Fortunately, I brought a spare large tent this time, otherwise it would be troublesome."

After providing one of the large tents for Luzhov and the others to use temporarily, Suruga, who thought he could finally rest tonight, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Then he turned and walked into the tent while pressing the raccoon cat leaf against his forehead.

As soon as he entered the tent, the plump Suruga immediately saw Longfeng kneeling not far away, concentrating on applying skin care cream to his flesh-colored demon horns. The contrast with his sharp dark blue ponytail gave people an inexplicable sense of cuteness.

On the other side, Shinano, who was among the top three in the Minato Ward sleeping competition, naturally fell asleep early, while the petite and lively Shimakaze was carefully wiping her Sakura Empire sword.

"Suruga, do you feel like the commander seems to be worried? (whispering)."

"Well, the commander must be hiding something so that we don't worry."

Just as Suruga and Ryuho were whispering about the commander's condition, a soft, pretentious voice suddenly came over.

"Ahem, Suruga, can you keep watch outside tonight? After all, it doesn't seem very safe here."

With his fluffy fox tail and ink-dyed long hair hanging down, Chang Meng with his fox ears erected looked like a serious fox flagship and earnestly instructed Suruga about the night watch.

Hearing this, although a little confused, Suruga immediately nodded and agreed: "Okay, Lord Nagato."

"No, it seems a bit too tiring for you to keep watch alone, so I will let my wife and Longfeng come and accompany you."

"???"

Hearing Chang Meng's blushing cheeks making this meaningful order, Long Feng and the others looked at each other and immediately fell into a long and subtle silence.

But ten minutes later, facing the cold wind mixed with frost and snow outside, Suruga and the other big sisters from the Imperial Sakura Empire still stood outside in an orderly manner with complicated feelings, fulfilling their duty of keeping watch.

"Sure enough, it's really cold on a night full of frost and snow."

After looking at the Sakura Empire tent with flickering candlelight and a little shadow behind him, Suruga couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart with an expressionless face.

Seeing this, the gentle and considerate Azuma hurriedly poured sweet hot cocoa from the thermos and handed it to Ryuho and Suruga, who remained silent for some reason.

"Well, seniors, why don't we have a chat? This will liven up the atmosphere."

In response to Agatsuma's cautious question, Suruga and Ryuho looked at each other in confusion and did not respond. Instead, they looked at each other vaguely into the distance.

Because compared to the coldness of their bodies, their hearts are actually colder now. How should I put it? There is a subtle feeling of being abandoned by their own flagship (fog).

At this time, Lützow noticed that Suruga and the others were standing outside in a daze so he followed them out for fun. He put his hand on his chin and teased Azuma and the others in a confused manner, "Come to think of it, can't you go back to the original port area at any time? Is there any need to stand here in a daze?"

"Return to the harbor?"

Following Lutzow's suggestion, Suruga and the others glanced to the right nervously.

After all, if they suddenly returned to the port to sleep tonight, it might be the last night of their life on the ship.

"Speaking of which, Lady Mikasa suddenly claimed to be ill for some reason and went back to her room to recuperate."

Feeling emotional about Mikasa's sudden sick leave, the innocent elder sister Azuma then added with some regret: "Otherwise, according to the voting decision proposed by Mikasa-sama, Mikasa-sama will definitely be successfully selected."

After saying this, the gentle and kind-hearted Azuma nodded her head particularly firmly. After all, this vote to some extent reflected the relationship between the Sakura Empire and everyone's trust in it.

For example, Ryuho and Shinano were selected because of their abilities, while she and Shimakaze were successfully selected because of their respective connections in the Sakura Empire. After all, Shimakaze often helps her colleagues in the port area with great enthusiasm.

"In that case, why don't you prepare a few more tents?"

"..."

Chapter 1394: The real doomsday of Purification has arrived!

"In that case, why don't you prepare a few more tents?"

In the deepest darkness before dawn, facing Luzhov's leisurely and playful question, Suruga and the others were naturally stunned for a moment, and then looked at each other guiltily.

They set up camp in a deserted wilderness, and then, in the dead of night, they would listen to the chirping of insects outside the tent while lying around the warm camping light, chatting and laughing with their commander, and finally say good night to each other and fall asleep peacefully together.

If you can also use the moonlight through the window of the tent to observe the commander's sleeping face and posture, then this is undoubtedly the greatest romance of the ship girls in the port area!

However, they didn't expect that their fox flagship would want to eat alone outside!

Thinking of this, Azuma and the others, with different thoughts in their minds, turned around quietly to look at the tent behind them. Through the translucent material of the Sakura Empire tent, they could clearly see the projections of the fox and the four rabbits.

"Hmm... I'm surprised Shinano can sleep even in this situation."

"Ahem, Suruga, we should keep watch seriously!"

Resisting the Sakura Empire's instinct to touch, Long Feng, who had tied her hair in a proper single ponytail, coughed lightly to remind Suruga.

After hearing this, Suruga had no choice but to silently savor the hot cocoa in his hand.

"Haha...you guys are really boring."

After realizing that Azuma and the others were the type of shipgirls who were loyal and obedient, Lützow, who was sitting casually on a tree stump, couldn't help but hold up her cheek with one hand, and pouted at Longfeng and the others with a little disappointment: "What I hate most is being obedient. Being free is the nature of us shipgirls."

"It's hard to imagine that this is what the most disciplined Iron-Blooded Ship Girl would say."

"Wow, what you said is exactly the same as what Seydlitz said, hehe."

Facing Long Feng and the others' frowning comments, Lu Zhov couldn't help but smile and raised his legs in over-the-knee leather boots, and began to change the subject: "Speaking of which, I see that you all like the appearance of your commander. If it's convenient, can you tell me why?"

"Does the ship girl need a reason to care about her commander?!"

The brightly colored outer garment was lined with a Sakura style uniform of the Taisho style. The dragon and phoenix with a pair of devil horns naturally retorted without hesitation.

However, at this time, Suruga on the other side looked up thoughtfully at the moon obscured by clouds in the night sky.

As the third ship of the Kii-class battleship, to be honest, she is different from the hot-blooded samurai girls in Kii who like to half-take off their collar and reveal most of their shoulders and half of their bodies wrapped in bandages. Her ideal for life on the ship should be to live quietly and unobtrusively.

After all, they are both Kii-class battleships. Kii is a member of the popular fox race in the Sakura Empire, while she is a raccoon cat monster who has always had a bad reputation in the Sakura Empire's stories. In order to cover up this secret, she tries her best to avoid attracting attention.

However, since when did she become the management boss who was expelled by Shimakaze, Akatsuki and Raiden?

Turning the thermos cup in her hand with her slender hands in fingerless gloves, Suruga lowered her eyes and slowly raised her plump legs with garter stockings from under her open white checkered uniform skirt, gradually recalling the most shameful scene at that time.

I remember, it was during a full moon in the summer of the Sakura Empire...

"Very good, there shouldn't be any ships coming around here."

Taking advantage of the hazy night, they quietly moved away from the port area and came to a cliff by the water in the forest. Suruga, who seemed to be acting sneakily, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief at this moment, then stretched lazily with a relaxed look on his face, and took off the floral ornament with leaves on his head.

Then in an instant, as the mist on Peng dissipated, the curved horns on Suruga's head turned directly into round raccoon ears, and a fluffy brown raccoon tail also emerged.

And the next second, taking advantage of this relaxing time when the raccoon's true form was completely exposed, Suruga, with a smile on his face, looked up at the full moon in the sky with a happy face, raised his round raccoon tail, jumped back and forth, and patted his exposed belly happily.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, huhuhuhu~?"

Just as Suruga was singing the so-called raccoon cat song and patting his belly, a crisp sound of breaking glass suddenly and without warning came from not far away.

Hearing the unusual noise, Junhe, who was immersed in his thoughts, noticed that beside the stream below the cliff, Yaxu, with a complicated expression on his face, was holding a sweet wine net for catching insects and staring at him awkwardly.

"Um... don't worry! I didn't see anything. I was just helping Mutsuki and the others set up the net to catch rhinoceros beetles. Suruga, just continue. I'll go back to sleep now!"

"Commander, wait a moment!!!"

After recalling the scene in which she performed the raccoon belly dance in front of her commander late at night, Suruga's eyes suddenly became dull and she realized that it was from that day on that her commander began to speak well of her in front of his colleagues in Sakura Empire out of apology for having his secret exposed.

Fortunately, her commander is very good at helping them keep secrets. On the contrary, her elder sister Kii often can't control her mouth.

"Haaa... When I think about it, it turns out that it's because of the Commander that I've become so conspicuous in the port area... Really, even if it's an expression of intimacy, there are many ways to be less embarrassing...!"

Just as Suruga was feeling sad because of this totally unromantic and embarrassing memory, a male hand suddenly reached out from behind and gently knocked a thermos cup on Suruga's pretty head.

"Let's go back to the tent and rest, everyone."

Looking at the group of big sisters from the Edo period who were standing guard outside in the cold wind late at night, Yaxu, feeling a little guilty, immediately urged Azuma and the others to go back to the tent to rest. After all, he was embarrassed to let Azuma and the others keep watch for him.

"Well, what about you, Commander?"

"I'll go to bed soon, don't worry."