Crossing the azure as a black dragon

Black Flying Dragon stopped and replied.

"That's natural, but the Sirens have been unusually quiet lately, so you should be careful, senior."

Ibuki nodded, then gave Black Flying Dragon a reminder.

"Yes, you must always be vigilant whenever you are at sea."

Black Dragon vaguely remembered that someone had said this to her before.

"That's true, I was overthinking it."

Ibuki took a small step back to make room for him.

Black Dragon nodded to Ibuki and stepped through the crowd to the dock. Mikasa was standing on the stone steps gazing at the distant sea, while Azure Dragon stood not far away, flipping through his daily schedule.

"I'm off."

As Black Dragon walked past Mikasa, he muttered something to himself before deploying his ship equipment and speeding off into the distance.

How many times has this happened?

Watching Black Dragon leave, Mikasa turned her head and asked Azure Dragon a question.

"Four times now."

The Azure Dragon answered without hesitation.

"Ah."

Mikasa's eyes narrowed slightly. From Shinano, who stabilized the situation, to Black Dragon, who broke the downward trend, and others who were following in the footsteps of the two, even she was somewhat moved by the rapid increase in the power of Sakura Empire in a short period of time.

If we continue at this pace, catching up with the Sirens will no longer be just empty talk.

……

After leaving the port area, Black Dragon activated its detection function and simultaneously deployed eight reconnaissance aircraft to loiter at high altitudes.

She knew that the Sirens were the kind of creatures that would retaliate twice if you punched them once. This time, she had exposed the Sirens' plans within Sakura Empire, and she would definitely face retaliation. Therefore, she made sure to be on high alert as soon as she left port.

"Speaking of which, I haven't been to the front lines yet."

Her gaze swept past the patrol of ship girls that appeared in the reconnaissance view, and Black Dragon took out a map with many hand-drawn marks and looked at it for a moment. This was a front-line map that she had drawn based on the information that Amagi had left in the database.

The defense line on the Asian side consists of the Northern Alliance, the Eastern Empire, and the Sakura Empire. The Sakura Empire, being at the forefront, is only responsible for guarding the sea area around its homeland. The Northern Alliance, being closer to the Eagle Union, has also formed a defense line around the Bering Sea due to their rivalry, separating the Sirens from the Arctic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

Donghuang is responsible for a large area of ​​sea south of Sakura Empire, bordering Australia. In other words, she is now going to clear potential dangers for Donghuang's commander.

"With the Cherry Blossoms to the north and Australia to the south, it's no wonder that large swathes of Sirens infiltrate so frequently."

After taking a few quick glances, Black Flying Dragon had a good idea of ​​what was going on.

There are definitely big problems in Australia, and the Sakura Empire itself isn't exactly a good force either. You can imagine how much pressure the Eastern Empire is under, caught in the middle.

He put away the map, drew his sword, and slashed open the space in front of him. In the blink of an eye, he was a hundred miles away, where a reconnaissance plane was circling high in the sky.

After the accident, Black Dragon became much more cautious when using tunnels, first using a reconnaissance aircraft to confirm that there were no obstacles before coming over.

However, Black Dragon soon frowned. She saw that the sky to the southwest was covered by large patches of dark clouds, which meant that it was likely raining heavily there, making it difficult for reconnaissance aircraft to get there.

"Let's head south from the Sakura Empire."

After a moment's thought, Black Dragon made a rather conservative choice.

Shinano has been completely outmaneuvered by the Sirens, and she can't afford to get trapped because of carelessness.

After adjusting its course, Black Dragon, with the assistance of reconnaissance aircraft, made several shuttles and arrived at an area 100 nautical miles away from the Sakura Empire's mainland. The number of ports in this area is very dense, with one port every few dozen nautical miles. Ship girl patrol teams can be seen everywhere, showing that the Sakura Empire is also very afraid of the Sirens attacking the land.

With the safety of the sea area guaranteed, Black Flying Dragon's speed also increased significantly. The increased speed created two more spray lines on the sea surface, and the splashing water droplets wet Black Flying Dragon's shoes and trouser legs, making her feel the love of the season.

　An hour later, the Black Dragon arrived at the sea area separating the Sakura Empire mainland from Okinawa Island.

Since joining the company, Avira has opened up a safe route to the mainland. Through the reconnaissance aircraft Black Dragon, she saw that a certain island was under construction. If it is completed, there should be an additional commander to guard it, greatly improving security.

“Go through here, observe from the edge of the front line, and secretly deal with the Sirens.”

Black Dragon took out the map again, compared it with the map, and determined the route of action.

This mission is much more troublesome than yesterday's. Just getting from Sakura Empire to Australia will take several hours. If I don't hurry up and get back tonight, I'll probably have to sleep on the kotatsu table with Yuudachi again.

After reaching a conclusion, Black Dragon began to move forward, but after only twenty minutes she stopped again, squinting as she gazed at a stretch of sea east of the Okinawa Islands.

Something was blocking her view; if nothing was amiss, it should be Akashi's experimental area at Ivyra's house.

"Shall we go over and chat when you get back later?"

Black Flying Dragon's eyes flickered slightly. This Akashi had mastered the core technology of another world, and she was also very envious of these technologies. However, she had accepted gifts from her in the past two days and was too embarrassed to say anything.

As the commander of the Sakura Empire, Avira knew these technologies couldn't be transmitted to the Eastern Empire, so she had to bring some back to Akashi in the Free Port.

"Let's come back another time."

Having made up his mind, Black Dragon set off towards the defensive line.

Chapter Ninety-Three: Caught on the Spot, His Reputation Ruined

After crossing the Okinawa Islands, Black Dragon noticed a decrease in the number of port areas, but an increase in the number of ship girls patrolling the sea.

Moreover, the reactions of these patrolling ship girls to the Sirens show that the combat skills of the ship girls here are completely different from those of the ship girls inside the defensive line.

"The elite of the Sakura Empire?"

Black Dragon used her detection ability to avoid the patrolling ship girl team in advance. The people here don't recognize her, and if they meet, they'll inevitably question her. She's not here to chat.

The closer they got to the defense line, the stronger the patrols became. Even Black Dragon could feel the tense atmosphere... After all, she was one of those people who couldn't be discovered.

The new ship is equipped with a wide detection range, but the accuracy decreases as it goes further away. The Black Dragon normally maintains a range of 100 nautical miles, while the range it can hack is only 10 nautical miles.

Ten nautical miles is neither a long nor a short distance. Black Dragon's sword energy can traverse ten nautical miles in less than a second, so this hacking function can only be used as an auxiliary function.

"Alright, let's start heading south from here."

After a tense and exciting game of hide-and-seek, Black Dragon was now only about 30 nautical miles from the nearest port.

Generally speaking, at this distance, the port's built-in radar can lock onto her location. The reason why Black Dragon was not detected is because she used the last function of the new ship equipment: concealment.

This function makes her undetectable by satellite radar and other reconnaissance equipment. It is also an essential function of Ember. I didn't expect that the first time I used it, I would still be deceiving my own people.

"The defenses here seem a bit different from those of the Northern Alliance?"

While evading the patrolling ship girls, Black Dragon dealt with the underwater Siren base, while simultaneously observing the situation outside the defensive line through reconnaissance.

The Northern Alliance uses a group of islands as a natural shield for defense, only venturing out to fight when the battle officially begins. On the other hand, the Sakura Empire sends its ship girls out to fight proactively. In just a short while, she saw several heavily wounded ship girls being carried back to the port, while the other ship girls were still looking for the Sirens to fight.

"Are they using the Sirens for training?"

After observing for a while, Black Dragon understood the motives of these ships.

"Having a strong backing gives you confidence."

While muttering to herself, Black Dragon dealt with the nearby underwater base. On the way, she flipped through the operation log and found that there were very few mass-produced types teleported over. However, it was not hard to understand, as the ship girls here were all very strong, and no matter how many mass-produced types came, they would not be enough to kill them.

And so, Black Dragon secretly spent over an hour dealing with the Siren base behind the Sakura Empire's defenses. There might have been some omissions, but it wouldn't have been a big deal.

After a short stay, she arrived at the dividing line between the Sakura Empire and the Eastern Empire.

She had already retrieved the reconnaissance aircraft, which was no longer capable of high-altitude reconnaissance, so she couldn't see the full picture of the dividing line. However, she discovered two things through the detection function.

The first thing is that the Eastern Empire has adopted a strategy of connecting various islands with mobile maritime platforms, creating a seamless defense line. Compared to the haphazard port locations of the Northern Alliance and Sakura Empire, this is clearly far superior.

Secondly, there are just too many ship girls here. Within the 100-nautical-mile defense line she can detect, there are over a thousand ship girls moving at sea. This doesn't even include the ship girls resting in the port area and on the platform. She hasn't even gotten there yet, and she's already been spotted by reconnaissance aircraft. Several patrol teams nearby have already approached.

The concealment function can block satellite radar, but it can't withstand human detection.

"What the hell? Where did all these ship girls come from?"

Black Flying Dragon was shocked. If the ship girls in this area were brought back to the Eastern Empire, those harassing Sirens would be nothing but a piece of cake, and they could be directly crushed.

Which fleet are you from?

Before Black Flying Dragon could finish babbling, her communicator was connected, even though she hadn't even seen the person yet.

"Hello, I'm a ship girl from the Free Port area, my model is Black Flying Dragon. I received a mission in this area today, I wonder if you could make an exception for me..."

Black Dragon coughed lightly.

He picked up the communicator and explained in a low voice.

It's good that she wasn't discovered, but now that she's been discovered, there's no point in running away. To put it more seriously, this is trespassing on a military stronghold. If she runs away, she'll probably be imprisoned when she returns to Donghuang.

"Free port area?... Does anyone have their contact information? Go ask them, don't arrest the wrong person."

The sound of conversation came from the other end of the communicator.

Soon, someone started making contact, and within minutes Black Dragon heard a familiar voice: "Black Dragon?"

It was Welsh voices, their tone tinged with surprise and a hint of oddness.

"it's me."

Black Flying Dragon responded in a deep voice.

"It really is you! What are you doing at the front lines?"

Wales asked, somewhat amused.

"Well, you guys are coming right away, so I was just thinking of dealing with the base here on the front lines, but I ended up getting caught on the spot."

Black Dragon looked somewhat embarrassed. This incident only shows that Sakura Empire and Eastern Empire are not in the same system. In Sakura Empire, one can act recklessly, but in Eastern Empire, one will be imprisoned.

"Hmm... I roughly understand the situation, but my words won't carry any weight over there. Why don't you go back first today?"

Wales surprisingly managed to dissuade the Black Dragon; previously, he had always said things like "no problem, leave it to me."

"As long as they don't arrest me, that's fine."

Black Dragon answered honestly.

"You didn't cross the line this time, so we won't pursue the matter. But don't come near here next time; it's dangerous."

The female voice that initially connected with Black Dragon said.

"Understood, understood, I'll go back right away."

Black Flying Dragon quickly responded, even taking several steps back.