Crossing the azure as a black dragon

"There are so many spectators."

Yuudachi looked at the people sitting in twos and threes in the audience and was very happy, as if they were watching her performance.

"It's much better than I expected. Wales was overthinking it."

Black Flying Dragon placed his hands on Yuudachi's shoulders, watching the crowd slowly gathering. Most of them were young people, with fewer middle-aged men and a few elderly men. They sat in a corner of the audience chatting, seemingly taking this opportunity to get together and chat.

Saratoga had planned to have 500 seats, which was quite ambitious. There were about 200 people in the audience, and everyone was very sensible in queuing up to take their seats. They probably knew what would happen if they caused trouble on the ship girls' turf.

Besides Black Dragon and the other two, there were several other ship girls present, but none of them took their seats.

"The show is about to start, let's find a seat."

Black Flying Dragon checked the time and led Yuudachi to a corner to sit down.

"Good afternoon, everyone. Today is Saratoga-chan's first time holding a concert outside. Thank you all for taking time out of your busy schedules to come. Now, please enjoy the first song."

Saratoga appeared as the host as ever, charming the audience while being incredibly respectful.

This time, the stage wasn't as high-end as the one in the port area; the contestants walked in directly from backstage to perform.

As Black Dragon expected, Santiago was the first to go on stage.

As a regular performer at the festival, Santiago's appearance was met with a warm welcome.

"Thank you!"

Santiago went up and bowed to express his gratitude, but soon the music started and Santiago began his performance.

"Although Santiago is quite mischievous, his basic singing skills are still very solid."

Black Dragon nodded slightly.

"Santiago trains very hard every day."

Yuudachi continued, echoing the words.

Black Flying Dragon smiled and was about to speak when his expression suddenly changed, his ears perked up, and his hair even stood on end.

Suddenly, a black-haired girl in a white dress appeared to the right of the Black Dragon. She was resting her cheek on one hand and looked somewhat tired.

Chapter Thirty-Four: San Shui Ling

"Hello, we hope we haven't bothered you."

Startled, Black Dragon quickly calmed himself down, touched his ear, and suddenly lunged to his side.

The girl greeted him.

This girl is very beautiful, almost as beautiful as a ship girl. Her fair skin and white dress give her an ethereal feel. If she appeared in front of him normally, Black Dragon would definitely welcome her.

'It's broad daylight; it's unlikely I'd encounter a ghost.'

Black Flying Dragon muttered to himself.

"ghost?"

The girl raised her head slightly, seemingly captivated by the black dragon's words.

"Please don't mind it."

Black Dragon waved her hand; she was already used to letting slip things.

"Sister Long? And who is this?"

Yuudachi watched as the black dragon started chatting with the girl next to him and couldn't help but come over.

"Uh…"

Black Flying Dragon looked at the girl, and for some reason, she felt that he looked somewhat familiar.

"Mio, you can call me that."

The girl, Mio, sat up straight and introduced herself to the two of them in a soft tone, sounding somewhat like Yixian.

"Oh! I'm Yuudachi, nice to meet you."

Xi Li replied with a smile.

"Thank you."

Mio smiled with her lips pursed, giving off the feeling of a classical beauty.

"I apologize for what I said earlier. I don't know why I have a weak presence and am often ignored by others. Please forgive me if I startled you."

After speaking with Yuudachi, Mio looked at the black dragon and gave a brief explanation.

"Ah, I see. You can call me Black Flying Dragon, or Dragon, whatever you like."

Black Flying Dragon breathed a sigh of relief; she had thought she was being entangled with some strange thing in Haicheng.

"Ah."

Mio responded and turned to look at the stage.

Santiago's opening song is coming to an end. Although Santiago can be quite talkative and annoying, he is excellent at singing, as long as he's not on repeat.

Shortly after, sparse applause erupted from below the stage as Santiago left the stage.

"Huh? Yuudachi, do you know Saratoga's program schedule? It's not like he's just singing one song by himself, is it?"

Black Flying Dragon suddenly remembered something and asked Yuudachi.

"Huh? It seems there's a final performance where everyone appears together."

Yuudachi was taken aback by the question, and after thinking for a moment, she replied.

"That's good."

Black Dragon nodded.

To be honest, she wasn't very optimistic about Saratoga's idol project. After all, the Eastern Empire was already very mature in the song and dance market, and even with the gimmick of ship girls, it wasn't necessarily better than others.

However, these are all things they enjoy, and as long as they are happy, success or failure is secondary.

Soon, Saratoga took the stage again, announcing the second performance. The performer was Ironblood's Z35, who also sang an original song. While he was slightly inferior to Santiago in singing, he made up for it with his dancing, which ignited the audience's enthusiasm.

"Everyone in the performance worked very hard."

After watching several performances, Mio spoke during intermission.

"Yes."

Black Dragon nodded.

As a ship girl, fighting is instinctive, but singing and dancing are not innate. Santiago usually hangs out with Yuudachi with a smile, but she must be secretly practicing behind the scenes.

"It's a pity that if there were no war, everyone could live such a peaceful and stable life."

Mio sighed softly.

"It should be possible in general, but war is something that will never be lacking in any era."

Black Dragon shook his head; struggle was inevitable.

"Miss Black Dragon seems to know a lot."

Mio looked at the black dragon with some surprise.

"Haha, it's just borrowing some phrases from other works, don't worry about it."

Black Flying Dragon smiled.

Mio smiled slightly, asked no further questions, and looked at Saratoga, who had returned to the stage.

A typical concert lasts about two to three hours, and this is just the beginning.

During the performance, the number of people in the audience came and went, but remained between 2 and 300, which Hei Feilong considered quite good.

After all, not everyone is willing to use their precious days off to come and support this place.

Halfway through the performance, Manjiu popped out and started selling snacks and drinks. If this world weren't so magical, half of all those chicks would definitely have been caught.

……

As evening approached, more and more people came out for a walk, and more and more people moved closer to the stage. The 500 seats were no longer enough, and many people even stood on the sidelines and recorded videos of the people on stage with their mobile phones.

"I apologize for bothering you today. If there is a chance, I hope to chat with Miss Black Dragon again."

Looking at the ship girls working hard on the stage, Mio stood up and spoke to the two, including Kuro and Hiryu.

"There's one last show left, aren't you going to watch it before you leave?"

Black Flying Dragon tilted its head, trying to persuade the other side to stay.

"That's enough. Curfew is about to start. Bye, Yuudachi."

Mio smiled and said goodbye to the two of them.

Bye-bye, see you next time.

Yuudachi responded obediently.

Mio nodded to the black dragon, turned and walked into the crowd, disappearing from sight.

"Her presence is so weak."

Yuudachi looked in the direction Mio had left. Despite being such a strikingly beautiful girl, no one around her seemed to react at all.

"Ah."

Black Flying Dragon responded, reaching out to pick up the book placed on the right-hand seat; it was icy cold to the touch.

This is what she rented from the bookstore before.

The book that came was about the history of weapons development around the world.

"Good evening! Did you save this seat especially for me?"

Amidst the surging crowd, Wales emerged from the port area to patrol and approached Black Dragon.

There were people here just now, but they went back.

Yuudachi helped answer.