Minato meets his ex-girlfriend

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Under the formidable protection, An An finally crossed the front line and arrived at the commander's room.

"Commander went to bed very late yesterday and hasn't gotten up yet today. You can go in directly. Oh, by the way, take out the camera."

"Go in and shoot directly?"

"Yes, the Nanhai Port area is a military restricted area. You are not allowed to take photos of other places, but you are allowed to take photos of the commander's room."

Kewei nodded: "I have heard what you said. If you want to be more approachable, then it would be a good idea to take a picture of the commander sleeping. Remember to send me the video file later."

"But I always feel that you want to see..."

"What did you say!?"

Seeing the terrifying and sharp eyes, An An could only take out the machine obediently.

Set up the live broadcast room and start the live broadcast.

"Hello everyone, I'm An An, a reporter from Nanhai TV. I'm currently outside the room of Commander Nanhai. Do you want to see the Commander sleeping? Next, you will see another side of Commander Nanhai that is unknown to the public."

"now it's right."

Kewei nodded in satisfaction and turned the door handle hard.

The handle fell off and Aang pushed the door open.

What came into her eyes was a picture that was enough to shatter her worldview.

During the day, the self-disciplined man was lying on the chest of a high school girl in pajamas, sleeping sweetly.

The barrage of comments in the live broadcast room exploded.

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Chapter 58: The Ship Girl of Donghuang

Nanhai Port Area Office.

The current Donghuang Navy Marshal sat in his office chair, and the commander looked like a child waiting to be lectured by his class teacher.

It was a week after An An visited Nanhai Port Area.

"Should I say you are lucky? Or unlucky?"

The marshal tapped his fingers on the armrest of the chair, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "You actually got through this meeting like this."

"What does the Marshal mean?"

"Don't play dumb with me, about the meeting."

"Oh, the Marshal was talking about that..."

The commander smiled awkwardly: "It's just a coincidence."

"I'm not complimenting you!"

The marshal emphasized his tone. He was also helpless. He had been a marshal for so many years, but this was the first time he had seen a guy as stubborn as Bai Ri.

But there is no way, because they are the guardians of the Donghuang coastline.

It's just like the head teacher treats the kids in the class who like to play but have great grades. He is helpless, but he still has to spoil them.

"You have to thank the military police this time."

The Marshal said earnestly.

This time, Bai Ri avoided the attack from the KanColle weapons faction in a nearly miraculous manner.

Speaking of the reason, the marshal couldn't help laughing. An An had an accident during her live broadcast, and captured the scene of Little Swan and the commander sleeping together. The gendarmerie took the commander away directly and detained him for five days in a row.

I just missed the meeting, and the KanColle Weapon Faction originally wanted to cause trouble at the meeting.

But the commander missed the meeting, how can we make trouble?

This directly led to the weapons faction trying every means to get the commander out of detention two days before the meeting.

But the damage done by the large-scale live broadcast could not be undone, and the whole country knew about it. Even if the Weapon Faction had connections everywhere, they could not openly abuse their power for personal gain and break the law, and they could not get the suspects out no matter what.

In a sense, it was indeed the people who protected the commander.

“I doubt you sometimes.”

The marshal smiled bitterly: "Is he the son of destiny? He managed to get through this difficult time by accident."

"Isn't this luck? I'll thank my good brothers in the military police when I get back."

The commander smiled apologetically and said, "Buy some more fruit and send them over."

"Thank you for what?"

The marshal also laughed: "Thank them for locking you up for so long?"

"This……"

"Forget it."

The marshal waved his hand and put away his smile: "Have you found out about the little swan?"

He was referring, of course, to the incident in which Little Swan lost consciousness and came to the commander's room in the middle of the night.

"not yet."

The commander's expression returned to seriousness, and he replied, "Akashi and I have discussed this, and we still haven't come to a conclusion. The most reasonable guess is..."

The commander thought for a moment, then said, "Siren transformation."

"I've heard your hypothesis, but is there any evidence to support your statement regarding the little swan?"

"Not yet, but Akashi has analyzed it."

The commander chose his words carefully, "Akashi's conclusion is instinct."

The marshal nodded slightly: "Instinct?"

"Yes, I don't want to use weapons to describe ship girls, but I have to say that they are completely different from humans."

The commander said, "As the training level increases and the transformation improves, whether it's receiving memories or behaving more like a human, the stronger it becomes, the more it habitually follows its own emotional instincts to act. This instinctive state is very similar to that of a siren."

"..."

The marshal was silent for a long time: "What are the training levels of Little Swan and Zuikaku respectively?"

"Little Swan's training level is 118, and Zuikaku's training level is 162."

"But Zuikaku, who is much stronger than Little Swan, is fine. How do you explain that?"

"My guess with Akashi is that the little swans have stronger emotions, and when their emotional motivations are stimulated and intensified, they will show 'instinctive behavior'."

"I understand."

The marshal stood up, stood in front of the French window with his hands behind his back, and looked at the coastline outside the window.

It was only then that the commander noticed that the marshal looked much older than before.

"I am a mortal, not qualified to be a commander, but I have been fighting the Sirens for ten years before you appeared. I can't see the yellow chicken, and I can't build a ship girl, but under such circumstances, I fought the Sirens for fifteen years."

"Yes."

"So when the artificial particles collided and produced the first ship girl, I looked at that kind of life and thought that it was this kind of existence that protected Donghuang."

The marshal whispered, "They are like daughters to me."

The commander was stunned.

"You may not know that the weapons faction was in power at the beginning. When did the KanColle faction start to take power?"

The Marshal said, "Fifteen years ago, the world's strongest ship girl was created by the collision of artificial particles. The aircraft carrier Donghuang No. 16 sank in order to save the coastal areas of Donghuang. She used herself to exchange for the current Donghuang."

"Marshal means..."

The usually calm commander began to stutter, "Liao... Liao..."

"Without her, Donghuang would have been engulfed in flames. You and I are both survivors. It was her last gentle smile that established the KanColle faction and made public opinion lean towards the view that KanColles are real people."

"But Liao...didn't he say he was always guarding the North Sea?"

"It was to build confidence and say that to the outside world. There was nothing I could do about it."

The marshal shook his head: "The remaining part of her ship equipment was later inherited by Zuikaku."

"Is this why Zuikaku is so strong?"

"should be."

The Marshal said calmly: "16 is my daughter, so I have always regarded Zuikaku as my daughter. Bai Ri, do you know why I am telling you this?"

"do not know……"

"Don't attack Zuikaku, don't let Zuikaku like you. You should know how powerful CV16 is. Even a part of her remaining ship equipment can turn the entire South China Sea into a scorched earth."

The Marshal said: "Zuihe is the most important key to the Donghuang Navy. Perhaps it can revive CV16. Do you understand what I mean?"

The commander looked stern and nodded, "I understand."

But the doubts in my heart are still not resolved.

What exactly happened in the war fifteen years ago?

Even Donghuang’s strongest aircraft carrier fell.

The commander could sense through his intuition that there was more to the matter, but the marshal did not intend to continue talking to him.

The souls of the ship girls in CV16 and Shokaku both sank fifteen years ago...

Will it be...

"Don't think about it, it's probably just a coincidence."

The commander felt that his imagination was too big.

"What did you say?"

The marshal looked at him and asked, "What coincidence?"

"No, I'm just imagining things."

"Tell me if you have any problems and I'll help you solve them. Even though I'm an old man, I can still help you a little."

The marshal looked deep in his eyes, "I've always wanted you to take over my job."

"what?"

"I don't want the ship girl to become a weapon."

"I understand."

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After the exchange between the marshal and the commander ended, Marshal Meng put on his hat, naval uniform, and prepared to leave.

As he was leaving, the marshal thought of something again.

"By the way, I have two things I want to tell you."

"what?"

"Your childhood sweetheart has joined the headquarters as a civil servant."

"Well……"

The commander was silent for a moment, "Thank you, she does need a job."

"What's there to thank for?"

"I don't know when I will die on the front line. I won't be able to take care of her if I die. She needs a good job."

"Hey, do you think she would still be alive on her own if you died on the front line?"

The Marshal smiled and said, "One more thing, at 2 pm, Feng Xiang and her favorite child Qing Bo will arrive at the Nanhai Port Area."

"what?"