Crossing the azure as a black dragon

"real…"

Black Flying Dragon suddenly frowned halfway through his sentence.

"Sister Long?"

Yuudachi looked up at the black dragon.

“There’s a fishing boat on the left being chased by sirens. You two go and inform them, then go and cover their retreat.”

Black Dragon said quickly.

"Oh!"

"understand!"

Yuudachi and the other two reacted quickly, responding and running towards the four surrounding teams. Upon receiving the news, the students immediately became excited.

"Maintain the operational rhythm of the exercise."

Count Spee frowned and gave instructions to the two teams beside him.

"understood!"

The two teams sped off, and the two teams behind them, though they hadn't heard Count Spee's words, also rushed off.

"I never thought I'd actually encounter the Sirens."

Count Spee slowed down and joined the black dragon.

"These sirens were brought here by that fishing boat; you could say we were lucky."

Black Flying Dragon smiled and sped up to meet the fishing boat.

Do you have any ship girls accompanying you?

Black Flying Dragon ran to the fishing boat and asked loudly, "This boat is quite big, but unfortunately it can only linger in the nearshore waters."

"No."

There was a voice reply from above.

"I understand. My personal suggestion is that you take a few ship girls with you next time you go to sea."

Black Dragon sighed.

Thank you.

There was no direct answer; after thanking them, they sped away.

Black Flying Dragon narrowed his eyes, but didn't say anything.

Chapter Fourteen White Eagle

Watching the fishing boats depart, Black Flying Dragon focused his attention on the battlefield in the distance.

Surprisingly, there were a lot of sirens chasing the fishing boat, a total of fourteen mass-produced ships. Fortunately, none of them were battleships or aircraft carriers.

The shipgirls, including Yuudachi and San Diego, total 17 destroyers and 7 light cruisers, almost double the number of the Sirens.

The battle proceeded in a straightforward manner. After determining the Sirens' location and course, the light cruisers in the fleet released a large amount of smoke to conceal their positions before launching an attack on the Sirens from within the smoke.

This method doesn't pose much of a problem for experienced commanders or ship girls, but it's very suitable for these mass-produced ships. After half an hour of fighting, the Sirens were completely wiped out.

The mass-produced Sirens have a very simple structure. They are simply warships with pipes under their hulls that transmit the power of the magic cube to various parts so that they can fight autonomously. Although they lack sophisticated facilities such as radar and sonar, their overall strength is still greater than that of ships from the old era.

"what happened?"

Seeing the black dragon in a daze, Spee asked it a question.

"I'm wondering how this fishing boat could be chased by so many sirens."

Black Dragon withdrew her attention, and her reconnaissance plane followed the Sirens' movement trajectory in reverse, but found nothing suspicious.

"Perhaps it's just bad luck?"

Spee thought for a moment.

"Maybe. Should we go back or continue patrolling?"

Black Dragon nodded.

"This is the first time these little ones have officially set sail today, let them run around a bit longer."

Spee glanced at the destroyers running back, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"Ah."

Black Flying Dragon had no objections.

The students' target was Spee, and the Black Dragon wisely stepped back and stood with the Royal Ark.

"We're back."

Yuudachi and Santiago ran to the Black Dragon's side.

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"how do you feel?"

Black Flying Dragon looked down and asked the two.

"I feel there's no problem."

Yuudachi looked up at the black dragon, its tail swaying.

"So-so, still a long way from me."

Santiago stood with his hands on his hips, looking quite arrogant.

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

Upon hearing this, Black Flying Dragon chuckled and patted the two of them on the head.

Yuudachi rubbed his hand against the black dragon's palm with a smile. Santiago's expression froze for a moment, but he quickly regained his arrogance.

"For a ship girl who is experiencing combat for the first time, this is already very good."

The Royal Ark next to him took out a tissue, wiped his nose, and made the same comment.

"I feel the same way. After a few more practice sessions, I should be able to graduate."

Black Dragon nodded.

Schools in the port don't have a fixed duration of study. As long as you can live normally in the port and know how to fight the Sirens, you can graduate.

Everyone starts from the same point. After training and learning, students in the same team basically graduate at the same time.

Of course, there are also examples of exceptionally talented individuals and those who are simply incompetent.

This battle was a case of outnumbered forces, but most of the time when ship girls go out, they face situations where they are outnumbered. After listening to the students' stories, Spee first praised them, then gave them a lecture and a reprimand, which helped the student ship girls who had just won their first victory regain their composure.

Are there many teachers in the school?

Black Dragon looked at Spee, who was in class, and asked Royal Ark.

"When the school was first established, there were many people, but later fewer went to teach at naval schools in various places."

Royal Ark replied.

"I see."

Black Dragon understood.

Spee finished his instruction shortly afterward, and the team regrouped and continued their patrol.

Unfortunately, their luck wasn't good this time. After arriving at the port area, Spee led his team south for a while, but they still didn't encounter the Sirens. In the end, he returned to the Free Port with his disappointed students.

"Thank you for your help today."

Upon reaching the dock, Spee thanked Black Dragon and the others.

"It's just mutual help. You can come to me if you need anything in the future."

Black Flying Dragon said with a smile.

"Ah."

Spee did not refuse, nodded to the black dragon, and led his team away from the dock.

The Royal Ark followed the destroyer fleet away, but not openly. Instead, it moved through the shadows of various buildings, leaving Black Dragon bewildered.

"Okay, let's go back too."

Black Dragon stretched and looked at Yuudachi and Santiago, who were preparing to sneak away.

"Black Flying Dragon!"

Before Black Dragon could even take a step, someone called out to her. Turning around, she saw Fletcher and Benson walking towards her from the beach.

Good afternoon.

Benson smiled and waved to the black dragon.

Good afternoon, are you taking a walk?

Black Flying Dragon waited for the two to approach, then spread his hands and asked.

"No, we heard that someone was taking students out to sea, and Fletcher was a little worried, so we came to check it out."

Benson gestured with his hand, making a circle in the air, as he spoke.

"Ugh?"

Black Dragon looked at Fletcher with some surprise. There were five Fletcher-class destroyers in the previous group, but they shouldn't have any direct connection with Fletcher.

"To Fletcher, anyone who is Fletcher-class is her sister."

Santiago poked his head out from behind the black dragon and said.

"Hmm? That's amazing."

Black Dragon blinked. There were dozens, if not hundreds, of Fletcher-class destroyers in this port area. That was too powerful.

"Hehe, that's just my opinion."

Fletcher touched his hair somewhat embarrassedly.