Crossing the azure as a black dragon

"The fog has dissipated, and the submarines that returned safely all reported seeing Shinano in the fog, but after emerging..."

Tiancheng's tone was somewhat low.

"Akagi and the others have already..."

They've headed to the scene; results will be available soon.

Halfway through his sentence, Tiancheng turned and went inside.

"If I can get out safely, Shinano won't be left inside, so don't worry."

Black Flying Dragon followed Tiancheng into the living room and began to speak.

“I know, but Shinano is special. She is too sensitive to time. I’m worried that the Sirens are using this trait to leave her in an unknown time.”

Tiancheng poured Hei Feilong a cup of tea and said calmly.

"It shouldn't be that bad..."

The Black Flying Dragon, who had been quite assertive, suddenly became weak; such a thing is not impossible.

"Regardless of whether Shinano has returned or not, we must consider that she has already returned."

Tiancheng looked at the Black Flying Dragon and said.

"clear."

Black Dragon nodded.

In this world, Shinano is almost impossible to defeat by the Sirens, and even if he is trapped in an unknown time, there is a high probability that he can return on his own.

The two didn't have to wait long before Akagi replied.

No information or energy residue from Shinano was found at the site; in other words...

Shinano disappeared.

Chapter Sixty: The Gap Between Akashi

Upon arriving at the scene, Akagi launched a search, but found no trace of Shinano. Even the ship girls who were with Shinano did not notice when Shinano disappeared, and did not even know whether the fog was closed by the Sirens or dispersed by Shinano.

Upon hearing the report, Tiancheng calmed down and sat on the sofa to think quietly. Hei Feilong's gaze wandered between the screens on the wall. Apart from the large screen in the center, the other screens were filled with chaotic battles. The frequent small-scale battles made Hei Feilong feel somewhat unreal.

"Shinano may not be able to attend in the short term, but someone needs to handle things on the mainland."

After a brief silence, Tiancheng took a sip of tea and spoke.

When do we depart?

Black Dragon's appearance was not unexpected. The situation in Sakura Empire was complicated, and currently only Amagi was capable of succeeding Shinano.

It's not that Nagato and Mikasa are incompetent, but Amagi is superior in terms of strategy and won't suffer losses in negotiations with those old foxes.

"Wait for Akagi and the others to come back."

Amagi answered.

"So fast?"

Black Flying Dragon's heart skipped a beat. Shinano had disappeared and Amagi was about to leave. Who should she ask for the data on the planned ship's construction?

"What's wrong? You can ask me now if you have a problem, and I can help you think of a solution."

Tiancheng's gaze swept over the black dragon, a hint of a smile in his voice.

"Actually, it seems the port area is quite interested in Azuma and the others' construction methods..."

Black Dragon hesitated for a moment, but then told the truth.

"I see. The way the planned ship comes to life is not difficult. The main issues are completing the design, various parameters, and the energy equivalent of construction. However, these things are hard to describe in words. I have kept the specific data in my study. You can take a look if you are interested."

Amagi did not refuse and gave a smiling answer.

"Uh."

The design drawings he had once seen in the study of Tiancheng flashed through Hei Feilong's mind, and he felt terrible.

"I'll leave this to you."

Amagi chuckled softly, then got up and walked towards the entrance.

Is there anything I can do to help you?

Black Flying Dragon followed Sky City's movements with his gaze and couldn't help but ask a question.

Amagi didn't turn around, waved, and walked out of the entrance hall.

"what."

Black Dragon reached out and tapped his head. "Same structure, how come I'm so stupid?"

After a brief moment of contemplation, Black Dragon glanced at the large screen. The scene had automatically switched to a battle between another port and the Sirens. Unfortunately, Black Dragon had no interest in such things at the moment. He looked at it for a couple of seconds, then got up and left the house.

The sun was still high in the sky, but the temperature didn't rise. A gentle breeze blew, and the black dragon's long hair swayed slightly.

"The problems here are quite troublesome."

Strolling along the cobblestone path, Black Dragon was somewhat troubled.

When she first came here, she thought that TTK would be the end of it, but she never expected that Shinano would disappear after only a few days.

Judging from the current situation of Sakura Empire, the problems that need to be addressed are not only the internal turmoil of the country. If the activities of the Sirens in the sea cannot be contained, even if Amagi defeats the traitorous forces, the mess at sea will be difficult to clean up.

"Tsk."

The thought of those Siren strongholds hidden in the seabed gave Black Dragon a toothache.

Their built-in sonar can't detect them, and even if it could, a large number of people would be needed to carry out large-scale destruction, which is simply not enough for the people in the Sakura Empire port area!

After pondering for a moment, Black Dragon returned to the stepped platform in the middle of the port area, from where the layout of the buildings below could be seen very clearly.

"Ok?"

After glancing around briefly, Black Dragon spotted a commercial street right next to a plaza on the right, where a number of ship girls had gathered outside a supermarket.

"Is that a shop opened by Akashi from Beilian?"

Black Flying Dragon narrowed his eyes slightly. The cat from Donghuang once said that most of the design drawings and inventions of the armory were left by Ming Shi, who came from outside. He wondered if this cat, who had studied in the Northern Union, had any useful tools.

"Yes, meow~"

A reply came from behind the black dragon.

"Uh-huh?"

Black Dragon stroked his chin, suddenly realized something, turned around and looked...

A green cat wearing only a light gray coat and a white scarf stood not far from her.

"Nice to meet you, meow. I'm Akashi. From today onwards, I'm Akashi of Sakura Empire. Don't get me wrong, meow."

Akashi smiled sweetly and bowed slightly to the black dragon, being very polite.

"Hello, I am Black Dragon... Ah, now I am Sakura Empire's dragon, nice to meet you."

Black Dragon responded politely.

"Yes~ Lord Tiancheng just told me that if Lord Feilong needs anything, he can discuss it with me directly, meow."

Akashi reached out his hand and said.

"Really? Actually, there's a question that's been bothering me: how can we observe those sirens or bases hidden on the seabed?"

Black Flying Dragon was originally going to exchange a few polite words, but after hearing that Tiancheng had already given his greeting, he stopped pretending.

"Well, because the sirens' counter-surveillance devices are quite complex, our sonar technology has difficulty detecting their disguises. However, the Northern Alliance used a very clumsy method, which was to modify the sonar's detection mode so that the areas detected by the sonar could be converted into clear images, thus making it possible to identify the cat."

Akashi thought for a moment and then gave an answer.

"You can do that?"

The black dragon was startled.

"It's just that this kind of sonar system requires complicated manual operation, so it's really clumsy, but this technology is very popular in the Northern Alliance, meow."

Akashi added something.

"That's better than being completely blind, isn't it? Can it be mass-produced?"

As Black Dragon spoke, she thought of the radar the Wanderer had given her: one for manual identification, the other for intelligent filtering; the difference became apparent upon comparison.

"Sure, but it requires everyone's cooperation to make it widespread, which is something I can't do, meow."

Akashi wagged its tail, producing a clear, ringing bell sound.

"Hmm, I'll figure that out. But there's another problem: how can I destroy the Sirens' base on the seabed while I'm standing on the surface?"

Black Dragon feels that this Akashi is much better than his own.

"The best solution is to directly destroy the building structure; using vibration or other methods should work, meow."

Akashi shrugged. Standing on the surface of the sea and destroying the underwater steel base? She certainly couldn't do that.

"Damage the building structure? Thanks."

Black Flying Dragon pondered for a moment and had a general idea of ​​what was going on.

"You're welcome, meow. Feel free to ask me any other questions. Bye-bye, meow."

Akashi bowed slightly to the black dragon and walked around her towards the first floor.

"..."

Looking at the elegant Akashi in front of me, and then thinking of that greedy cat from Donghuang, why is there such a big difference?

Chapter Sixty-One Negotiations

After seeing Akashi off, Black Flying Dragon stood on the platform for a while to enjoy the breeze.

If she were to rate the best place in this port area, she would definitely say without hesitation that it is this staircase connecting the three floors.

after all…

"Oh."