KanColle does not allow me to work from nine to five

"But even so, the Iron Blood people won't let him go so easily, right?" Ban Erwei's hands were still in a praying position. She said with some concern, "If they let us go so easily, it would be equivalent to showing weakness from the beginning. The Iron Blood ship girls are so proud, will they really allow such a thing to happen?"

"Who knows? He must have his own plans. It would be better if we can avoid fighting. But I'm not afraid of the Iron Blood gang."

Bora shrugged. She now had complete trust in Liu Cheng. After all, he could always do things that others could not imagine.

"No matter what the commander thinks, we must be prepared first." Richelieu said, "If it goes well, that's great. If it doesn't, we must be prepared to fight, at least to rescue the commander."

"Makes sense."

Pola actually didn't want to listen to Richelieu's words. As for why, it was probably a woman's intuition. She didn't want to be overshadowed by the leader of Iris, so she added another sentence.

"I think so too."

Thus, the order was passed among the ship girls of Iris and Sardinia.

"Be prepared to fight. You may have to fight the Iron Blood to rescue the commander."

"Prepare to fight the Iron Blood to rescue the commander."

"Prepare to rescue the commander."

When the order reached the little girl, it had become a simplified version. Xi Nan Feng asked in confusion, "Didn't the commander take the initiative to go there? Why did you rescue him?"

Bolzano didn't know how to explain it. She was always self-deprecating and always thought of the worst, so she said, "Maybe it's because the commander is taking a risk, because he is always gentle and will reassure everyone even if he is doing something dangerous."

"I don't think so..."

Kaixuan interrupted her before she could finish her horrible words. Ever since she failed to question Liu Cheng before, her sister no longer believed her for the time being. And now the little knight princess Kaixuan has a different kind of romantic sentiment.

"That must be the case. From an iron-blooded perspective, the commander betrayed them. How could he be gentle to a traitor?"

Kaixuan held her barren chest with one hand and stretched the other forward, as if she were the heroine of a drama.

"Judgement, Commander, now

He will certainly face judgment, perhaps surrounded by many people, perhaps tied to a cross, with chains binding his body but not his heart.

"Insults, insults, and heart-wrenching reproachful looks. Even the commander cannot ignore them. For their own ideals and ambitions, even the closest relatives may go their separate ways or even fight against each other."

"But the commander remained firm. If you want to do anything to me, just do it. Maybe doing this will make you feel better, but I must take them away today."

"You can't kill all the justice, because justice will always exist!"

Ke Horror looked at Kaixuan, whose tone was getting more and more excited, and said in a speechless voice: "Kaixuan, your imagination is too rich. You should watch less dramas in the future. In fact, they are all fake."

Then he discovered that, except for himself, all the other girls agreed with Kaixuan's opinion.

"Wow, the Commander is so great!"

"They won't burn the commander, will they? I heard that trials are all conducted by burning at the stake."

"No, absolutely not. We cannot let the commander become a martyr."

Kan Hor looked at her companions, pursed her lips, and finally stopped talking. For the first time, she felt a little shaken in her heart as to whether she had chosen the wrong path and teammates. But then the girl changed her mind and thought that this was probably also a kind of freedom.

Well, freedom.

As for Liu Cheng, of course he would not be tied to the cross to stand trial, just like Huteng's intention from the beginning was not to stop Richelieu and his men, but to take Liu Cheng away to meet Frederick the Great and his men. Smart people can understand each other without too much communication. No matter what decision the Iron Blood Society makes, they are unwilling to show it in front of Richelieu.

But in fact, Liu Cheng and Frederick the Great both knew what choice Iron Blood would make. Of course, even if they compromised, it was for Liu Cheng, and had nothing to do with others.

When Liu Cheng walked down from Hutten's ship to the dock, he did not see the group of iron-blooded ship girls as he had expected. As far as he could see, he only saw the two iron-blooded leaders, Frederick the Great and Bismarck, standing solemnly side by side not far away.

Hu Teng grabbed Liu Cheng's arm and told him not to rush over.

"I will now tell you the next arrangements."

"what?"

"First, talk to Frederick and Bismarck and tell them your plan truthfully. After that, we will consider how to deal with you. Then we will have lunch together. Our people are waiting there. Next, take a bath..."

"..."

Liu Cheng blinked his eyes: "You have arranged everything for me very clearly. Now the eyes of the whole world should be focused here, waiting for the outcome of the matter. It would be a pity to have so many other arrangements."

"You, a traitor, have no right to question now."

Hu Teng glanced at Liu Cheng with his yellow eyes, and his cold words could not suppress the emotions in his heart. "All your actions now must follow our arrangements, understand?"

"Understood." Liu Cheng took a deep breath, looked at the two straight figures not far away and said, "Then I'll go meet them."

"Wait, there is another arrangement I didn't tell you about."

As Hu Teng spoke, he grabbed Liu Cheng's collar and pulled his face in front of him. His cool and delicate face pressed against Liu Cheng without any hesitation.

"Hu Teng..."

Liu Cheng called his lover's name vaguely, feeling the warm and sweet touch, and followed Hu Teng's guidance to hug her slender waist. Action is the best language. Liu Cheng knew the distress and complexity in Hu Teng's heart, so at this time, only by using actions to prove his feelings could he alleviate some of it.

In this way, the two of them talked to each other while moving towards Bismarck and the others, expressing their feelings as if no one was around. It didn't seem like a negotiation at all, but rather an indulgence before parting.

It was not until they reached Bismarck that Hu Teng bit Liu Cheng hard, and pushed Liu Cheng away with an unsatisfied look, while tidying up his messy clothes, he said:

"I'll leave Liu Cheng to you for now. I'll come back later."

Chapter 8: Meeting of the Three Kings

Bismarck stood meticulously in front of Liu Cheng, with his gorgeous golden hair stained with a little mist and scattered behind his head. Even though he had just seen the scene between Liu Cheng and Hu Teng, he was still proud and high-spirited, and his whole body was filled with noble leadership qualities.

However, only Liu Cheng knew that in addition to being an outstanding leader, Bismarck was also a clumsy sister. After her lover gently touched her beautiful and plump body like the truth, Bismarck would become a soft cat. She would not refuse but would only bite her lips and endure. She would acquiesce no matter what request her lover made.

Especially when he is with Tirpitz, sometimes he is too shy to say a word, and sometimes he takes the initiative to make some quite bold moves just to help Tirpitz share the burden. He is truly a cold-hearted soft cat with a warm heart.

Frederick the Great is extremely tall and plump, exuding the charm of a mature queen. In front of the enemy, she is a leader who is rational to the point of being cruel. In front of the iron-blooded ship girls, she is a gentle and tolerant elder.

In front of Liu Cheng, she not only tolerated all his thoughts and desires almost without any bottom line, but sometimes also showed an extreme love and possessiveness.

Your own children are like the cabbages you grow yourself. Only you can eat them and not let others eat them.

If the person is your own child, it is not impossible to be a little patient.

Liu Cheng often had this feeling when interacting with Frederick the Great, which could be described as a happy trouble.

The two iron-blooded leaders are both Liu Cheng’s closest lovers.

Enjoying such happiness, although Liu Cheng knew intellectually that what he was doing was the more correct and necessary thing, he still felt guilty psychologically - I cheated, I lied, I concealed, I eloped with another woman, but I did it for the future of this family!

"Bismarck."

"Frederick."

Liu Cheng walked forward and took the hands of the two ship girls, one on the left and one on the right. Frederick also gently held Liu Cheng's hand. Bismarck subconsciously trembled at first, as if he wanted to pull his hand away, and then he held it even tighter than Frederick.

"There's actually nothing much to say. I think you all already know the current situation. I've already confessed this to you since I followed Frederick to Iron Blood. Bismarck, you must have heard Tirpitz mention it, too. From the beginning, my purpose in coming to Iron Blood was not to implement its will."

Holding the slender hands of these two iron-blooded leaders, Liu Cheng walked side by side with them on the path by the sea. Small puddles of water had accumulated on the ground after the recent rain, and ripples appeared when the three of them stepped on them.

"Before coming to Iron Blood, I already knew about the situation in Azur Lane. At that time, my idea was to act as a middleman to bridge the conflicts in Azur Lane. However, because of Tirpitz's words and the development of things, I became more and more determined to unite all the ship girls around me. I want to be the commander of all of you."

"I have seen what you have proved to me. Akagi, Jean Bart, Marco Polo, and many other ship girls agree with your ideas and participated in this breakup with Azur Lane."

"Then what I have proved to you is already in front of you. There are ship girls from Iris and Sardinia on the ships outside. In addition, members of the Royal Family, Eastern Glory, and Sakura Empire have also sworn allegiance to me. Even within the Iron Bloods, there are ship girls who support me. The fleet led by me has begun to take shape."

"So you also know my request and wish. I will see if you can build a more efficient alliance. Please also look at me and see if what I am doing is the direction of the future."

Liu Cheng finished speaking his thoughts in one breath. He knew that from the moment the news of his and Richelieu's escape reached the Iron Blood, with the wisdom of Frederick and Bismarck, they would naturally have understood his purpose, otherwise they would not have rushed to the Strait of Gibraltar. This was a tacit understanding between the two parties that did not need to be expressed in words.

The rain water accumulated on the leaves dripped down along the veins of the branches. Liu Cheng looked at the two iron-blooded leaders and also observed the surroundings. There was no other ship girls among the lush trees. Hu Teng crossed his arms and looked at this side from afar without any concealment.

After walking slowly forward for a dozen steps, Bismarck took a breath and said, "I don't doubt your ability and awareness. As leaders who are expected by everyone, our mental states should be very similar. But I want to say that being loved by others and actually sitting in the position of a leader are two different things. Only when you become a leader can you understand that many things are not as simple as you think."

"I know."

Liu Cheng smiled and gently drew circles on the back of Bismarck's hand, feeling goose bumps on Bismarck's delicate skin. His favorite thing was to tease Bismarck when she was serious, letting her express her dissatisfaction with righteous words and then shyly acquiesce. It was really too cute and beautiful. Now he wanted to adjust the atmosphere, and he didn't want the topic to be too serious.

"But I don't want to explain too much. I just want to ask you, you have experienced the situation of division before. At the beginning, the ship girls of each country were independent of each other, but at that time, let alone conflicts, even fighting against the Sirens on the battlefield was very difficult. As an Donghuang person, my understanding is that it is better to be a dog in peacetime than a man in troubled times. Division cannot solve many conflicts. On the contrary, it may bring more conflicts. Only when you have truly experienced it can you understand that it is not that simple."

Bismarck pursed his lips and scraped the back of Liu Cheng's hand. He glanced at him with the corner of his blue eyes, signaling him not to move. After getting Liu Cheng's quiet response, the blonde beauty sighed softly: "I know too."

Liu Cheng’s meaning was very clear. Since both parties thought it was not that simple, let future facts prove it.

"Frederick, it's your turn."

Bismarck admitted that she could not convince Liu Cheng. In fact, she was not good at expressing herself in this way, and she was facing the lover who saved her from the abyss and completely conquered her physically and mentally.

"My child, I actually recognize that you have other ideas, and I recognize your courage to act even more." Frederick the Great lowered his head slightly and said gently, "But there is no order without rules. Have you ever thought that when you become the leader of the fleet and the commander of all the ship girls, the conflicts will not disappear but will appear in another way."

Frederick the Great looked at Liu Cheng with a look full of maternal tenderness and possession: "For example, the conflict at that time may not be about the ownership of materials or fighting opportunities, but about the desire and struggle for you. At that time, systems and rules will still be needed, just like what Iron Blood is doing now.

Do you think it will be different then?"

After hearing what Frederick said, Liu Cheng couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he is indeed worthy of being Frederick the Great, his vision is really sharp.

Chapter 9: Of course I can convince you

The reason why the ship girls are united around Liu Cheng now is not so much because of their common ideals, but rather because of Liu Cheng's personal charm.

Being able to communicate smoothly with the ship girls, making them feel peaceful and happy, being able to influence the mind cube to improve their strength, and even having a strong physique that can satisfy their desires, are all manifestations of personal charm.

History from ancient times to the present has shown that if one relies solely on personal charm, then the organization established will most likely not last long. Just like now, there are not so many ship girls around Liu Cheng, and a lot of competition and infighting have already occurred. Liu Cheng probably will not feel lonely every night.

Frederick the Great saw through this, so he proposed to send Liu Cheng's army.

This is the idea of ​​Frederick the Great and Iron and Blood. Establishing the system and rules of Iron and Blood is far more scientific and efficient than a fleet built on loose alliances and personal ties.

Originally, Liu Cheng had such thoughts and doubts, but as he came into contact with more and more ship girls, and examined their lives as a human being or even beyond human beings, Liu Cheng suddenly realized that his previous self, like Frederick the Great now, was trapped in a fixed mindset.

"I think it's different, or I think the order that Iron Blood believes in is not necessarily suitable for KanColle."

Liu Cheng looked confidently at Frederick the Great who was equally confident, and said, "Even if you are as rational as you are, your understanding of society and organization actually comes from the experience of human society. It is true that the Ship Girls are born out of human society, but in fact, the existence of the Ship Girls is different from any form of human organization throughout history."

"There aren't that many shipgirls. Even the shipgirls of all the major powers combined only number a few hundred. So like many small countries, this number can maximize the effect of human rule."

"Shipgirls don't commit crimes. There are no social needs or prospects. Even if they make impulsive mistakes, they won't cause harm to other shipgirls because they are so powerful. There are abundant means of production. Apart from the natural enemy, the Sirens, there are no worries about birth, aging, illness and death. It can be said that this is a utopian society."

"At the same time, there is no class for shipgirls, or rather, there is a natural class distinction. Destroyers, cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers all have their own duties, and no one can overstep their authority. Moreover, no offspring will be born, so naturally there is no problem of class solidification."

"The existence of such an organization can easily form a true utopian society after the establishment of customary rules. The biggest problem causing the current contradiction is that there are interest groups in the shipgirl society, but there is no arbitration institution that all interest groups recognize and believe in."

"Frederick, your and Iron Blood's idea is to merge interest groups and form common interests, but I don't think this will succeed, because the strong party will eventually complain about giving up interests to the weak party, and the weak party will also feel resentful about the unfairness, and everything will return to the original starting point."

"So I want to become the arbitration body that all the ship girls can recognize and believe in. I think I have such responsibility and ability, so I did it, and succeeded in the first step. Now I am proving it to you."

Liu Cheng paused, looked at the two iron-blooded leaders who were pursing their lips in thought, and couldn't help but smile. He took out a handkerchief to wipe the water droplets on the roadside bench, and pulled Bismarck and Frederick the Great to sit on it.

In order to prove that what he said was true, Liu Cheng put his arms around the soft waists of Bismarck and Frederick the Great, and held the two tall and mature ship girls in his arms. Frederick the Great was tolerant as always. Bismarck put her hands on Liu Cheng's chest and wanted to refuse, but Liu Cheng hugged her shoulders forcefully and rubbed his chin gently on her swan-like slender white neck. Bismarck then became a soft cat who acquiesced to her lover's ravages.

"Look, even you have been embraced by me, not to mention Jean Bart of Iris, Veneto of Sardinia, and Amagi and Akagi of Sakura Empire. They actually all agree with me to a certain extent. I think I have preliminarily proved that my idea is feasible. What do you think?"

Bismarck was held in the arms of her lover. His warm big hands passed through her round shoulders and rested near her delicate and sexy collarbone, making her soften and become a Persian cat that was completely different from before. The iron-and-blooded leader was clumsy and cold even in front of his sister, but he could not be tough in front of this man.

"It's still like this. No one can convince anyone else."

"I can't convince you, but I haven't completely denied it either." Liu Cheng looked at Bismarck with burning eyes, leaning close to her pretty face and said, "This actually shows that you agree with my idea to a certain extent, right?"

“…That’s right.”

Bismarck's eyes were a little wandering. Even though he had been intimate with Liu Cheng many times, even with Hood and Tirpitz, Bismarck still couldn't let go completely. However, it was precisely this kind of reserve and contrast that made this iron-blooded leader more attractive in Liu Cheng's eyes.

After admitting it, Bismarck seemed to let go of his reserve, bit his lip and said truthfully: "Rather than questioning you, I actually want you to stay in Tirpitz and by my side, as...anyway, you can understand

I understand what I mean..."

Liu Cheng's heart was moved, but he still said with a hard heart: "Of course I understand what you mean. I also want to stay with you forever, but neither of us is willing to compromise, so we can only leave this stay together for the future."

"Where's Frederick?" Liu Cheng turned his head to look at the royal sister who was a head taller than him but still nestled in his arms. "You haven't said anything because you are thinking, but I think you can't deny my logic."

"That's the case, but I'm glad to hear it."

Frederick the Great looked at Liu Cheng, stroked his cheek with his hand, and said without any hesitation: "My child has grown to this point without me noticing. He has surpassed me in many ways and thought of things that I have never thought of. He is also about to get out of my control. You have made me truly experience this feeling of relief and sadness."

"People always have to grow up. Because I am a bystander, I can jump out of the fence of KanColle and figure out some things."

Liu Cheng heaved a sigh of relief, he knew that the trial against him was over. Just as he expected, both parties had already reached a tacit understanding, and he actually took advantage of it. It was of course relatively easy to convince his lover who had already fallen asleep.

"So, you'll let me go."

Frederick the Great said, “Yes.”

"And I'll be back one day."

Bismarck said: "I will wait for you, no matter who wins or loses."

"Bismarck."

"Frederick."

Liu Cheng called out the names of his two lovers once again, his heart filled with love and guilt, because in this matter Frederick and the others were actually the stronger party, and this time they were actually compromising with him.