Transmigrated into Azur Lane

Just then, Rodney and Belfast served the last dishes, and Lin Dong took the opportunity to speak.

"Come on, let's eat!"

Wow~~~

The hungry little girls cheered in unison and began to fight over their favorite food without any manners.

"Come on, Brooklyn, have some meat."

After changing the subject, Lin Dong felt a bit pressured when he realized that Prinz Eugen was still watching him. He quickly stood up and served food to the new ship girls.

"Thank you, Commander."

Brooklyn smiled modestly and thanked him.

"Phoenix, here, a big chicken leg!"

"The commander is biased!"

Yuudachi, who was greedy, complained, saying that he always kept all the chicken legs in the cafeteria for himself.

"Go! Go! Go"

Lin Dong waved his hand as if to shoo her away, then poured all the food that Akagi had piled high in his bowl into Yuudachi's bowl, finally silencing her. However, this action immediately drew Akagi's ire, and Lin Dong sighed inwardly before starting to coax her again...

"Thank you, Commander!"

Felix readily accepted the chicken leg and began to savor it.

"Come, Honolulu."

Lin Dong, who always believed in sharing benefits equally, picked up another piece of fish and put it into Honolulu's bowl.

"....Thanks"

With a blush on her face, Honolulu looked down at the bowl and said softly. This action greatly displeased Phoenix, who was sitting next to her. How could someone with such a pathetic appearance win over the Commander? Phoenix quickly stretched out her toe from under the table and kicked her sister's leg, but Honolulu did not react at all, leaving her older sister anxiously standing by.

Lin Dong, who knew nothing about this, simply thought that Honolulu was just naturally shy, after all, the character's portrait in the game was blushing and shouting that she didn't want to be big.

"The commander seems to have changed a lot."

Sitting next to the company, Hood watched the commander constantly serving food to the ship girls and suddenly spoke softly.

"Yes, it has indeed changed a lot."

The company, which adheres to the principle of not speaking while eating or sleeping, simply replied with a few words while eating in silence.

"He has become much less promising."

Ford, who was not far away, interrupted, but was immediately silenced by a brutal smack from Cleveland.

Since Little Ford didn't lower her voice, Lin Dong heard what she said. Lin Dong first put some food into Hood's bowl, then snatched Little Ford's bowl and stuffed all of her favorite beef into her mouth.

"Uh...."

Under the intimidation of Cleveland's military might, Little Ford could only cover his head with his hands, daring not to speak out in anger.

Hahahaha

Spence, sitting to the side, burst into gloating laughter, only to be kicked hard under the table by Ford, after which he ate his meal in tears.

Sitting back down, Lin Dong glanced at the three Kaohsiung sisters and secretly rejoiced at his earlier arrangements. Had he not healed Edinburgh in the warehouse and carried out emergency construction, the three sisters would likely have been in grave danger. The perilous situations faced by Edinburgh and then the Kaohsiung sisters served as a wake-up call for Lin Dong, who had become somewhat complacent. Despite his powerful abilities, he was utterly inadequate against the Sirens; a mere fleet had forced him into such a sorry state, filling him with apprehension about the future.

...

Inside Hood's room in the dormitory building.

"Phew... Hood, this room is alright, isn't it?"

Lin Dong, sweating profusely, said as he helped Hu De clean the empty room.

"Yes, thank you for your hard work, Commander."

Hood gently wiped the commander's face with a towel.

"Um..."

After Hu De wiped his cheek, Lin Dong suddenly spoke somewhat awkwardly, and then reached into his pocket to rummage around.

"Well... when we built this place after arriving in this other world, there weren't any rings, so I prepared some for everyone..."

Lin Dong pulled a diamond ring out of his pocket and began explaining the story to himself. He felt a little embarrassed about giving her a ring on their first meeting, but as Hood was his sworn ship girl in the game, it would be more troublesome if he didn't give her the ring immediately. Lin Dong didn't want the newcomer Hood to have any wild thoughts.

Hood extended his left hand and said with a faint smile.

"Help me put it on..."

Chapter 172 Anti-humanity

Inside Lin Dong's room at the Security Bureau.

"Commander, did you give the ring to Hood?"

As she lay on the bed, Glorious placed her hand on the Commander's belly and rubbed it. Only she, who shared the room with him, knew that her husband had secretly bought extra rings.

"Yes, I gave it to her in her room just now."

Lin Dong looked into the bright blue pupils and spoke frankly.

"It's good that you gave it to him, otherwise Hud might start to have all sorts of wild thoughts."

Lin Dong was deeply moved by Guanghui's tolerant and considerate nature, and he immediately turned over and buried his head in Guanghui's arms.

"Mmm...you're so good to me, my wife."

Glorious showed no embarrassment whatsoever; instead, she tightly embraced the Commander's head, which was buried in her arms.

"Commander, shall we... have a baby?"

...

The following day, in the Security Bureau office.

"Z23, come quickly and help the commander."

Lin Dong leaned against the office door frame and waved his trembling hand toward Z23.

Z23 obediently ran to the commander and helped him to his office chair. Z23 was already used to the commander's pattern of getting particularly tired every now and then.

"Humph!"

Looking at her husband's half-dead state, Nelson knew perfectly well that he had been out having a good time with his lovers again last night. She coldly threw the documents she had received that morning onto the commander's desk.

Lin Dong, who had been teasing Z23, glanced at the document and immediately took it in his hand with a grim expression.

"this....."

After reviewing the document, Lin Dong picked up the remote control with an incredulous look and turned on the TV in the office. When he saw the news channel still broadcasting the same old story about the Iron Blood Army being in dire straits, Lin Dong finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

After everyone flew back to the Security Bureau yesterday, they engaged in an extremely fierce battle. Exhausted after the fight and dinner, everyone washed up and went to bed early, having no time to pay attention to what had happened on Xiamen Island.

Seeing the data in the document—"1236 civilians dead, countless wounded, and 421 missing"—made Lin Dong somewhat incredulous. Although this world had the unscientific racial setting of the Sirens, it was actually not much different from Earth in his previous life. Although the shadow of war occasionally appeared, the common people of Donghuang were practically living in peacetime. The battles at sea were actually far removed from their lives; they ate and drank as usual, and the Sirens never came out to disturb them.

If this incident in Xiamen were made public, it would definitely cause a huge uproar. Lin Dong immediately checked whether Donghuang had forcibly suppressed the matter. He was relieved to find that the television did not mention any word "Siren".

If blame is to be assigned for this extremely egregious incident, the Security Bureau cannot escape responsibility. After all, Donghuang was still loudly and aggressively promoting Lin Dong. If such a thing were to happen in the lair of the so-called naval hero Lin Dong, who was supposedly on the front lines of the fight against the sea, what would the public think if this were exposed?

Lin Dong's first fear was retaliation from his enemies, which could wipe out everything he had worked so hard to gain in Donghuang. However, after calming down and thinking for a moment, Lin Dong dismissed this idea. As long as Donghuang needed him, they would not allow him to fall at this time. After all, Donghuang's current situation was not good either. The people in the interior were in a state of panic, and the Iron Blood in Europe and the neighboring Northern Alliance were making moves. His downfall would also be a slap in the face to Donghuang. He was now in the same boat as Donghuang. Perhaps if his enemies made a move, Donghuang would take care of it for him without Lin Dong even having to react.

As for the civilian casualties, Lin Dong wasn't particularly affected. His anti-human attributes were less a result of his warped values ​​and more a product of the Eastern Empire. His extreme fear of death and tendency to overthink caused him immense pressure after transmigrating to another world. If the Eastern Empire had initially chosen a policy of appeasement and assimilation instead of adopting a dog-raising policy, Lin Dong might have become a loyal Eastern Empire soldier by now. However, the Eastern Empire couldn't completely relax and use any appeasement or assimilation policies when faced with a suddenly appearing transmigrator. In his previous life, Lin Dong was just an ordinary office worker, not a pressure cooker. Under the pressure of the Eastern Empire's various forms of rejection and vigilance, Lin Dong never truly integrated into this world. Instead, he regarded the ship girls as his everything and became a selfish and self-serving individual. In his subconscious, the humans of this other world were not his kind, and he was just a transmigrator with ship girls who was out of place in this other world.

Their initial choices destined them to never be together...

Chapter 173 Phoenix's Plan: I'm Guilty (One Update Today)

Inside the Boss's Office in the Eastern Capital.

"It's not time yet... Calm down... Huang Kang, you need to calm down."

Huang Kang held the same report as Lin Dong and muttered to himself. Several veins bulged on his temples. After he finished speaking, he opened a drawer, took out a small bottle labeled "psychotropic drugs," and poured out a few pills.

Huang Kang looked at the pills in his palm for a moment and then picked up the medicine bottle and poured out a few more.

"It's no use! It's no use!"

After swallowing an increased dose of pills, Huang Kang roared wildly again. He had developed a great resistance to drugs due to his abuse, and the psychotropic drugs could no longer control his gradually collapsing mental state. After roaring, he began to frantically slap his own cheeks.

*Slap! Slap! Slap!*

Inside the office, which was making constant noises, there was another person. This businessman from Guangdong Province, who had traveled all the way from the south to the capital of Donghuang, was standing trembling to one side. He was Jiang Dao, the father of Jiang Ruicheng. His son had recently been executed on charges of "murdering a political figure."

Driven by a desire for revenge for his son, he also obtained evidence of the deal between Lin Dong and Chen Yi from Chen Yi's elder brother by chance. Fueled by vengeance, he didn't think twice and embarked on a petitioning journey. What seemed like a fruitless endeavor ultimately led him to Huang Kang's office...

"Donghuang won't give up on him. We don't have enough resources yet. We need an opportunity. Let's wait a little longer..."

After Huang Kang, who could almost be considered mentally ill, suddenly calmed down, he spoke gently to the ant before him. Their shared experiences gave him immense understanding for this man who was also suffering the pain of losing his son...

...

Security Bureau, in Phoenix Forest.

"Ouch, ouch, I can't take it anymore, I can't take it!"

Lin Dong, who had finally gotten used to morning exercise, reverted to his useless state after returning from his trip to Donghuang. Since it was already summer, Lin Dong was lying on a stone bench, sweating profusely, wearing a sports short-sleeved shirt, and said pathetically.

"The commander is so useless."

Z19 wiped the sweat from her forehead onto the commander's clothes and then led her sisters deeper into the woods.

"The commander should train more."

Compared to the little girl's straightforward manner, the head maid spoke in a more subtle way, and then took a towel to wipe the commander's body.

Belfast, I want to sleep for a while.

Lying on the stone bench like a dead man, Lin Dong shamelessly acted coquettishly. After becoming familiar with the head maid, Lin Dong also learned the short way of addressing his sister in Edinburgh.

"The commander is really lazy."

The head maid shook her head helplessly, but her body language betrayed her as she placed the commander's dead head on her lap.

"Mmm, it's so soft and comfortable. I wish I could sleep on Belfast's lap every night..."

Lin Dong rubbed his face against the head maid's long, white legs, then shamelessly sighed before closing his eyes and falling asleep...