Transmigrated into Azur Lane

Z46 took the Mind Cube from the commander and threw it toward the pile of building materials.

"It's great! It's great!"

Lin Dong watched as the Rubik's Cube once again churned up supplies, and excitedly patted Z46's legs, which were straddling his neck, and shouted.

"Oh."

Z46 replied casually, showing that she wasn't very interested in anything outside of the Commander, even more so than Eldridge, who was also somewhat indifferent to her surroundings.

As the white light faded...

"Ta-da! HELLO! Commander!"

A red-haired girl, hands on her hips, playfully closed one eye and greeted the commander.

"Commander, it's been a long time!"

Santiago, who was full of energy as soon as he was built, ran up to the commander and shouted.

"Santiago, welcome back..."

Before the commander could finish speaking, Santiago had already rushed off towards his White Eagle colleagues...

"Jin Ke La! Long time no see!"

Cleveland chuckled and pinched Santiago's cheek.

"Wow~~ Jin Ke La! Jin Ke La! Jin Ke La!"

Fletchers also surrounded Santiago, cheering her nickname. It was clear that this silly girl, Jin Ke La, was very popular. Even the company couldn't resist going up and pinching Santiago's cheek.

Looking at Santiago, who was standing in the middle of the crowd grinning foolishly, Lin Dong chuckled and patted Z46's calf.

"Look, sister, God is pressing down on the dog."

Chapter 118: Construction Completed, Filled with a Spirit of Freedom

With Z46 perched on his neck, Lin Dong pulled out a Mind Cube and began building again.

"oh!?"

The suspended Mind Cube began to suck in air once again.

After a long while, the white light dissipated.

A white-haired girl wearing both long and short socks appeared before everyone as the white light faded. After a moment of disorientation during the construction, the white-haired girl looked at the man in front of her and said expressionlessly.

"commander."

Lin Dong recognized the girl immediately upon seeing the steel beast ears on her head and her unfocused red pupils.

"Lingbo, welcome back."

"Ah."

Lingbo gave a slight nod to the commander and then walked to the side.

Seeing that Ayanami had a good impression of him and treated him coldly, Lin Dong didn't think much of it, because he knew that Ayanami's character design was originally based on the classic emotionless goddess 'Rei Ayanami' from EVA.

On the contrary, Yuudachi, who had already left the warehouse, ran back at some point. When she saw Ayanami appear, she cheered and then climbed onto Ayanami's body, finally riding on Ayanami's neck and shouting.

"Lingbo! Lingbo! Ghost! Ghost!"

Ayanami, who was being tormented by Yuudachi, stood there watching the Commander as if she were completely oblivious to Yuudachi's presence. Her expressionless face made it difficult to discern her thoughts...

Seeing Yuudachi, a girl who was already half a child, riding on Lingbo's neck, which didn't look very big either, like a little kid, Lin Dong couldn't help but laugh out loud at the comical scene.

Seeing the commander's laughter, Lingbo's expression finally changed slightly. She tilted her head slightly, looking at the commander who was laughing for some reason, seemingly puzzled. However, seeing the commander's happy expression, a faint smile also appeared on Lingbo's lips.

"Lingbo, you are so beautiful when you smile."

After noticing Lingbo's unusual behavior, Lin Dong couldn't help but make a flirtatious remark.

"Commander...do you like it?"

Lingbo showed no shyness whatsoever, like a little girl being teased. Instead, she looked at the commander with unfocused eyes.

"cough cough..."

Lin Dong, who had been teased in return, quickly covered up his embarrassment with a cough, while Yuudachi on Lingbo's head was unhappy. She frowned and said unhappily.

"Commander, I smile every day too!"

"Yes, yes, you are beautiful too."

Lin Dong fiddled with the safe containing the Mind Cube and gave a perfunctory reply.

"Hmph, that's more like it."

Yuudachi quieted down after hearing the commander's praise, and then started fiddling with the steel beast ears on Ayanami's head again.

Let's continue.

Lin Dong addressed everyone, then took out two Rubik's Cubes and walked back towards the pile of building materials that was almost empty.

This time, the cube didn't absorb too many resources, but it wasn't as scarce as when the Fletcher-class was built either. Just as Lin Dong was guessing which two ship girls it would be...

"Commander, it's been a long time."

Lin Dong stared at the blonde girl in front of him, momentarily stunned.

"My king Saber...."

"Ok?"

Renown looked at the commander with a puzzled expression, not knowing what was wrong with him.

Lin Dong, who almost thought he had traveled back to the Type-Moon world, then remembered the ship girl in the game who looked extremely similar to Artoria: Renown.

"Reputation, welcome home."

Lin Dong smiled faintly at Shengwang, seemingly having completely forgotten his earlier lapse in composure.

The battleship Renown is a ship girl that every new commander dreams of when they first enter the game. Due to her extremely low drop rate, many new commanders opt for Repulse instead and then head to the 3-4 graveyard for a suicide attack. However, for Lin Dong, who is known for his bad luck, the luckiest thing that ever happened was that he managed to get Renown early in the game and spent his long newbie period with her and Repulse.

The goodwill she had was filled with joy at being able to reunite with the commander, but her long military career had made her somewhat bad at expressing her feelings, and she was feeling a little troubled.

"Hi, Commander!"

In stark contrast to her somewhat stereotypical reputation, she hooked her arm around her sister's neck and greeted the commander.

As a member of the Counterattack Cult, Lin Dong was very familiar with Counterattack, who had also accompanied him through his novice days. He smiled and patted Counterattack's arm.

"A counterattack is welcome, and you're welcome to come home too."

"Alright, alright, I won't disturb you while you're building, Commander."

She waved her hand triumphantly and then pulled her sister toward the Royal Navy ship girls.

With the emergence of reputation and counterattack, the remaining resources were almost exhausted. After visually estimating that there were only about 2 or 3 units of resources left, Lin Dong took out another Rubik's Cube and began construction.

The Rubik's Cube then absorbed all the remaining materials.

A mature woman with long white hair and black stockings walked up to the commander with the clattering sound of her high heels. She then extended her index finger, lifted the commander's chin, and said with a slight upturn of her lips.

"Commander, now that we've met again... can the final symphony be played once more?"

“…”

Lin Dong stared speechlessly at the black-stockinged mature woman in front of him, who resembled a severe case of chuunibyou (middle school syndrome), Count Zeppelin.

Having previously studied the official character design, Lin Dong knew that the Zeppelin in front of him wasn't suffering from any kind of chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) or anything like that; it was just that everything he had experienced had led Zeppelin to develop a misanthropic mindset.

The life of Count Zeppelin can be described as tumultuous. She was the only aircraft carrier successfully launched by the Ironblood faction during World War II, but due to technical deficiencies and other reasons, her construction was repeatedly thwarted. Ultimately, when she was successfully launched, she was only 85% complete. When she returned to port for further construction, the Ironblood could no longer afford the naval expenses and decided to dismantle her. However, the Allied forces had already arrived in Studington, the city where Zeppelin was located. To prevent Zeppelin from being captured by the Allies, the Ironblood decided to scuttle her on the spot…

Did you think her tragic life ended there? Not at all! She was later salvaged by the Allies and used as a target for further desecration. Her body wasn't discovered again until decades later...

Anyone would be upset if they experienced this, right?

"Zeppelin, welcome home."

Lin Dong forced a smile and patted Qi Bolin on the shoulder, hoping that his goodwill would prevent Qi Bolin from having any bad thoughts.

"Home...?"

Zeppelin murmured thoughtfully after hearing the commander's words.

Chapter 119, First Commission

Security Bureau, inside the office.

What are your plans regarding the garrison deployment in Fujian Province?

Nelson, her face flushed, asked the commander at the next desk, clearly still troubled by what had happened in the office yesterday.

"And the compensation?"

Lin Dong stared intently at the computer screen, looking at current events, and asked in return.

"It arrived this morning. Please take a look at the manifest."

Nelson, who had just stood up, noticed that the commander was daydreaming, and angrily threw the list at his head.

"Your temper is so bad... only I can put up with it."

Lin Dong brazenly accepted the list without a second thought.

"You can choose not to."

"My wife was cuter yesterday."

Lin Dong was alluding to Nelson crying in his office the day before.

"you!!"

At this moment, Nelson's face turned almost purple with embarrassment.

"The list is fine. Have you prepared the list of personnel to be stationed here?"

After quickly glancing at the supplies list, Lin Dong asked Nelson with a serious expression, as if he hadn't noticed Nelson's anger.

"Uh... I'm ready."

As expected, Nelson returned to his usual self when the topic of work came up, and after speaking, he took out another list and handed it to the commander.