KanColle does not allow me to work from nine to five

"Then you don't have to stay here."

"You can't control me."

Liu Cheng also saw it yesterday, not only little Zeppelin, but also little Prince Eugen. It was obviously the same ship, but it had two forms: adult and little girl. However, due to time constraints, Liu Cheng did not have a good communication with them. Otherwise, as a little loli killer, Liu Cheng might have bullied little Eugen with malicious intentions. If I can't bully Prince Eugen, why can't I bully you?

Although he still didn't know why Strasser said these words in front of him, Liu Cheng knew that she must have other intentions. Also, looking at Zeppelin's reaction, Strasser was indeed right. She was hiding from little Zeppelin here. In his impression, little Zeppelin did feel like a naughty kid, but very cute.

Zeppelin narrowed his eyes, and a dangerous light flashed in his red pupils: "Human, if you dare to have such wild thoughts, I don't mind killing you right now."

"I'm not imagining anything. I'm just curious about how you've been drinking for such a long time without losing any more wine." Liu Cheng looked at Zeppelin's small, beautiful red lips and said in a convinced tone, "You're worthy of being a witch. You're amazing."

Zeppelin: “…”

Strasser looked at Liu Cheng with praise, thinking that he had been right about him. He understood things very quickly and it was indeed worth spending some time on him.

"August, you should be quite familiar with my sister. Do you know why she doesn't stand up?"

"do not know."

Strasser held his smooth chin with one hand, ignored the pleading in August's eyes, and said with a smile: "She deliberately changed into the waterproof clothes she had customized after the drill, and came here early without an umbrella. Maybe she wanted to prove something... But clothes can be waterproof, but they can't absorb water. The sofa behind her is wet, and she doesn't want to be seen."

Liu Cheng now understood Strasser's intention. At the same time, Liu Cheng was stunned for a moment. He did not expect that the joke he said when they parted would have such an impact.

Of course, it would have had such a long-lasting impact on August. Originally, I thought that the two of them had only met a few times and were not very familiar with each other. Could it be that her riddle-like speaking style was just to cover up her true thoughts?

"August..."

"You called me by my name." August's eyes wandered for a moment, and then he said to Liu Cheng with a cold expression as if he had everything under control, "Then believe it. Believe everything you see and hear. But when you are judged by fate, don't scream miserably that this is the witch's way of seducing you."

Liu Cheng said, "I mean, your stockings are dripping and are about to flow into your shoes."

"..."

Auguste's cherry lips opened into an O shape, and her indigo eyes seemed to be circling. She was obviously a mature and dreamy beauty, but for some reason she gave off a silly feeling as if her brain had overheated. She was very cute.

"Actually, I said that because I saw you were a little wet, and I felt like I couldn't control myself. After all, you're so beautiful, August." Liu Cheng took out a pack of tissues from his pocket and handed it to Miss Witch. "But I think it would be more comfortable if you were dry."

August pursed his lips: "Self-righteous."

"How about I help you wipe it?"

"Forget it." August pouted and took the tissue from Liu Cheng. "It's only natural for a familiar to give a little offering to the master."

"Well, we'll be meeting and working together often anyway, so please give me your guidance."

"Teach me? I'll watch you get deeper and deeper into trouble."

Auguste did not move after taking the tissue until Liu Cheng turned around and then she stood up. There were wet marks on the red velvet sofa behind her, which was exactly the shape of her slender body. This unexpected situation was too embarrassing, and she didn't want Liu Cheng to see it at all.

Zeppelin sneered and whispered, "The witch who played with people's hearts was played by people's hearts."

August retorted, "How does it taste, Witch of the End Red Wine?"

"You got up so early just to see your familiar?"

"At least I'm not afraid of any children."

At this time, Liu Cheng and Strasser turned around together and saw August sitting on the armrest of the sofa, his hands folded elegantly in front of his chest, Zeppelin shaking the red wine glass, his lips as if stained with blood. In short, he was elegant, powerful, perfect, and cold. The childish bickering just now did not exist, you were just hallucinating.

In fact, the laboratory was very spacious and the sound of the instruments was not that loud. Unless Liu Cheng and Strasser were deaf, there was no way they could not hear the conversation between the two.

"Do you understand now?" Strasser leaned close to Liu Cheng and whispered in his ear.

Liu Cheng nodded empathetically: "I see, it's really not easy to have a sister who is not frank enough like this."

"Then the contract is concluded. You just need to behave like this every day, and I won't mind adding some extra work for you."

"it is good."

Chapter 13: Scientific Research and the Construction of Shipgirls

Liu Cheng's contact with August during the Gibraltar Strait exercise was actually very limited. He just danced with this aircraft carrier lady a few times, had dinner together a few times, and occasionally nodded to each other when they met on the deck of the ship. Sometimes he could also see her when he told stories to Z20 and the others. They were the kind of people who could chat for a few words after meeting, but that was the extent of their relationship. They were not as familiar as Prince Eugen with Ron, Hutten and the others, and even not as familiar as Lutzow.

It's just that Liu Cheng was attracted by her calmness, elegance and mystery. He was also impressed by the fact that the Riddler didn't speak human language. It was mainly an admiration for beautiful people of the opposite sex. He originally thought that August might be the same, but now it seems that is not entirely true.

Because he remembered her last words for a long time, he got up early to go to work, just because he would be working with a new human. Liu Cheng felt that these two points alone were enough to prove that his position in her mind was somewhat special. He just didn't know what the so-called familiar in her words meant.

Zeppelin was not quite sure. The feeling Liu Cheng had when he interacted with her was cold and negative. It seemed that he had a kind of hatred and impulse to destroy everything, similar to Ron's before. The Witch of the End did not seem to be a wrong nickname.

In comparison, Strasser was so normal that she didn't seem like a real sister. I guess she was worried about her sisters.

"Let me briefly introduce it to you. The research building has four floors and a basement. You don't have permission to go into the basement for the time being. If you want to know, you can apply to Frederick the Great or Bismarck. They can make the decision."

"As you can see, the first floor is an office and instrument room, which is mainly used for research related to the Mind Cube. It should be the place you are most concerned about. The second and third floors are ship assembly workshops, which are mainly used for the development and adaptation of the ship equipment of the Iron Bloods. At the same time, they also analyze and provide corresponding training plans. The fourth floor is mainly a small particle collider driven by the Mind Cube. It has no other use. It is only used to verify some inspirations when a whim comes up, and deepen the understanding of the Mind Cube."

"Just like your understanding of yourself is still limited, our research on the Mind Cube can be said to have only scratched the surface, so we hope that your main job will be to assist us in our research on the Mind Cube."

Liu Cheng nodded and said, "I also hope to understand my ability to influence the Mind Cube from a scientific perspective. If I just use it passively like before, it always feels unreliable."

"Okay, for the sake of efficiency in the future, before we get into the main topic, I will first help you understand the Mind Cube.

. "

Strasser stood straight and stretched out his hand to show the neatly arranged instruments behind him. The most eye-catching one was a huge glass jar in which a mind cube was immersed in the liquid, flashing a faint blue light.

"If you want to know anything first, just tell me."

"Then I won't be polite." Liu Cheng took a breath and asked the question he had been wondering for a long time, "I want to know how the ship girl was constructed with the Mind Cube as the center, is that possible?"

"Of course not. You are too self-righteous."

"You don't have to listen to Zeppelin. It's okay. Frederick said everything is open to you."

Strasser looked at Zeppelin who had just spoken with some helplessness, but then he thought that it was a good thing to let Zeppelin, who had a cold heart, speak on his own initiative.

"First of all, Liu Cheng, what do you think the Mind Cube is?"

Liu Cheng thought for a moment and said, "It is a huge energy source, which also contains extremely complex information. It may be an existence of a higher dimension."

"Yes."

Strasser took Liu Cheng to a machine. Various information kept flashing on the projection screen in the air. Liu Cheng could recognize that they were drawings, pictures, historical materials and design concepts, all of which were relevant information about a combat ship.

"The core of the Ship is the Mind Cube. The most important thing is to use it to construct the mind and use its energy. The most mature method at present is to use the data of historical ships to stimulate the reaction of the Mind Cube. The process is of course very complicated. To put it simply, it is to input the ship information into the Mind Cube and adjust its adaptability bit by bit. As you can see, these are the data of the O-class super-heavy cruiser Aegir."

"Right now, the progress of Egil's scientific research and construction has been stuck at the adaptability level, so the Mind Cube has not responded. If it succeeds, it will move on to the next step."

Strasser pointed to the glass jar next to him that contained the Mind Cube and said, "It contains a nutrient solution with conductive properties. It contains water, protein, fat, fiber and other nutrients needed to form a body. When the Mind Cube reacts, it will release powerful energy, change the physical properties of these nutrients, and reconstruct them into the body of our ship girl. This is the process of building a ship girl."

"So that's it."

Liu Cheng digested and absorbed this information in his mind and couldn't help but say, "It's not quite what I imagined."

Strasser asked, "So what do you imagine it to be like?"

Liu Cheng said: "I originally thought it would be an industrialized construction process similar to that of a ship. Now that you put it like that, it feels a bit like taking a chance. I can't accurately determine whether the Mind Cube will respond. Rather than building a ship, it's more like... summoning?"

"Hehehe."

August laughed a deep, sweet laugh and said, "A familiar who speaks without knowing the facts is embarrassing to me."

Zeppelin also shook his red wine glass and said coldly: "If only destroying the world could be as easy as you say."

Strasser shook her head helplessly. She did not mock like her sisters, but patiently explained: "That was just my brief explanation. In fact, it is of course not that simple. In the process of scientific research, we need to constantly adjust the data. Only when it is perfect enough can the Mind Cube react. Scientific research is a process of continuous trial and error."

Liu Cheng did not take Zeppelin and August's ridicule to heart. He walked to the front of the glass jar and could feel the Mind Cube flickering in front of him, which seemed to contain something.

He looked up and asked, "So the research process is stuck now because the Mind Cube is not responding?"

"Yes." Strasser said, "Egil is a powerful super cruiser. It is not so easy to build."

August said, "My familiar, don't think things are too simple."

Zeppelin glanced at him with red eyes: "This is the cruel reality. There is no shortcut."

Liu Cheng still ignored it. He suddenly reached out and touched the outside of the glass jar, and said to himself, there is something here that you are interested in. You don't want to just watch from the sidelines, do you?

In an instant, the Mind Cube floating in the nutrient solution glowed brightly and began to vibrate up and down continuously.

August: “…”

Zeppelin: “…”

Liu Cheng pointed at the Mind Cube innocently and asked, "Is this considered a reaction?"

"Of course..."

There was a gleam of surprise in Strasser's eyes. "You really are an unexpected human being."

Chapter 14: The Sea God Aegir Makes His Grand Appearance

Strasser began to operate the machines one by one, checking the status of the mind cube.

Zeppelin and August also began to spontaneously run between the machines to check if there were any omissions. In fact, they seemed quite reliable when they really put their heart into their work.

Liu Cheng didn't know the purpose of these machines, but he could still use his previous professional knowledge to help, such as checking the voltage status, checking whether various pipelines were normal, and helping the three witch ladies to get some things.

"Familiar, help me get the galvanometer so I know what it looks like..."

"Is this correct?"

"Well, you can still be of use."

August calmly stroked the place on the ammeter where Liu Cheng had touched, and pursed his lips into a beautiful curve.

"Humanity……"

"Paper and pen, right? Here you go."

Zeppelin took it and paused.

How could this human know what she wanted? He also helped Egil's research progress, which had been stuck for a long time, to advance a lot. Was he really so special?

In fact, the three witch ladies did not have time to do anything. They just wanted to try their best to make sure that there would be no accidents when the new sisters appeared.

In just a few minutes, the nutrient solution in the glass jar changed shape under the light of the Mind Cube, and gradually began to gather and solidify, arranging bones, muscles, and blood vessels, as if the process of the birth of a life was condensed in a very short period of time, so that it was just a mass of condensed liquid in the previous moment, and when the glass jar was opened the next moment, a perfect body appeared in front of the four people, blinking and looking around.

She was a gorgeous woman with long silver-white hair. In front of the black dragon horns on both sides of her head, a touch of iron-blooded red highlights half-covered her golden eyes. Her skin was fair, her curves were exquisite, her mature and plump body was extremely attractive, and the faint smile on her red lips all proved that she was definitely a succubus who could arouse the deepest desires in people's hearts.

August said aloud: "Egil?"

"Yes, this is exactly my name, which comes from the legendary god of the deep sea."

Egil's voice was mature and moving. She finally found her target in the crowd and strode to Liu Cheng: "You are the one who told me that there is someone here that I am interested in? You have to take this responsibility and let me see what you can do first."

Liu Cheng turned his head to avoid Egil's gaze and said, "Of course, but before that..."

"But what?" Egil frowned in dissatisfaction, raised one hand and patted Liu Cheng's shoulder, "I say, you don't think I'm a small character, do you? Even looking at me straight in the face...ah!?"

Egil screamed somewhat exaggeratedly, she pushed Liu Cheng away, covered her trembling and plump breasts with her hands, and finally realized why Liu Cheng didn't want to look at her - yes, she was not wearing anything, her snow-white and charming body was dazzlingly white, and a touch of lush grass made it even more beautiful.

Because he did not anticipate the sudden reaction of the Mind Cube, he did not prepare any clothes. Liu Cheng took off his coat and put it on Egil, then quickly turned around and avoided him. Even Liu Cheng now could hardly resist the extreme charm of Egil's delicate and perfect white body.

"My familiar, you seem to be enjoying it."

Strasser took Egil to sit on the sofa first, Zeppelin contacted other people to send clothes over, and August sat in front of Liu Cheng with his purple eyes narrowed. His originally unpredictable and dreamy face revealed an easily discernible expression of dissatisfaction.

Liu Cheng nodded vigorously: "As soon as I come here, I can contribute to Iron Blood. I am of course very happy to see such a powerful ship girl appear in the world. I am really relieved to think that the power to fight against the Sirens will be strengthened again."

"Heh, it seems you don't know the duties of a witch's familiar." August's slender white right hand clenched tightly, but he regained his composure in an instant, "Well, if you obey so easily, it would be too boring."

Liu Cheng smiled. He seemed to already know the character of the witch Miss August.

"why are you laughing?"

Liu Cheng looked at August and said truthfully: "I'm laughing. Egil is of course very beautiful, but August, you are no worse than Egil. Your outfit today is very feminine and suits your figure very well. The black stockings are also beautiful. I like it very much."

"you you……"

August's expression suddenly became flustered. This calm witch knew clearly that she would uncontrollably produce many unique emotions when facing this man. This must be the bond between her and her familiar that was bound by fate. But every time, even if she was mentally prepared, the witch would still show a slightly unbearable side in front of her familiar.

"As expected, you have fallen into the trap I set for you. Zeppelin and I both know that you are a weak and miserable being who tried to resist fate. You can only wait for fate's judgment."

"Yeah, you're right." Liu Cheng nodded and said, "Ms. August, wear white silk tomorrow."

August: “……?”

Liu Cheng said, "I think you will look very attractive in white silk."

"You want to walk into a trap? Unfortunately, you can't command or guess the witch."

August stood up stubbornly, his expression cold and indifferent, but he couldn't help thinking in his heart, do I have white stockings? It seems that Strasser has them, so he can ask her to borrow a pair.

Liu Cheng looked at August's back as he walked towards Egil and couldn't help but smile. What a dishonest witch. But she is also very cute, isn't she?

It was really unexpected. I didn't expect such an accident to happen on the first day of work.

But in a sense, this was expected. Liu Cheng had discovered when he was in Sardinia that as he came into contact with the ship girls more and more, he, who was originally good at observing people's expressions, could better understand the information sent by the Mind Cube.