Even in the world of Kancolle, I want to drive a robot!

Of course, there were many people who tried to take advantage of the situation, but New York City was still an administrative center after all, and those who wanted to "buy for free" were soon punished.

"Alas, I originally wanted to bring some small gifts to everyone in the Sakura Empire... Now it seems that I have really brought it upon myself."

Hearing Xia Bai's sigh, Beifa shook his head and said, "Master, don't feel guilty. Actually, it didn't cause much loss. In a couple of days, all the businesses here will open one after another."

"Compared to the corruption within the military, the losses caused to the Takors by the protest march are negligible. Between two evils, the master should be more determined to eradicate the military."

I can only say that she is worthy of being the head maid. Her ability to tell lies with open eyes and change concepts is unique.

Now that he was comforted by Beifa, Xia Bai felt much better. It wasn't that he felt that he had done anything wrong, but he felt a little guilty because he thought that the loss that shouldn't have happened had happened because of him.

"It seems that allowing Edward Bradley to continue living is more serious than the damage caused by the parade."

Chatting with Befa about random things, the three of them slowly walked to a shopping mall and stopped.

"It's not closed yet. Do you want to go in and take a look?" Seeing that the door of the mall was open, Xia Bai turned around and asked for their opinions.

"If the master wants to go in and take a look, then Befa will naturally accompany you."

"What about Dafeng? Dafeng, do you want to go in and take a look?"

"Well... Tai Feng wants to go back and spend some time with the Commander, but if you really want to go shopping, Tai Feng has no objection."

Gently touching Dafeng's little head and feeling her long, silky hair, Xia Bai smiled and said, "Be patient, it won't be long before I go in and buy some small gifts for everyone."

The idea of ​​buying gifts was something Xia Bai thought of on the spur of the moment. The customs of Mingyang and Takors are completely different. In addition, there are sirens on the sea, so there are many things available here but not in Mingyang.

Anyway, since he is here, as a commander, it would be nice to bring some gifts back to Nagato and the others. Regardless of how expensive they are, it is at least a token of his thoughtfulness. And if nothing unexpected happens, he and the Sakura Empire will be together forever.

Just like that, after calming down Dafeng, Xia Bai and his group entered the mall.

On the other side of the commercial street, three girls in windbreakers met furtively.

“Were you followed?”

"No, it seems that they have given up the pursuit and even retracted the carrier-based aircraft in the sky."

"Can we contact everyone in White Eagle? At least we need to tell them the situation here."

"How do we get in touch? The communication rings between the three of us were broken by the head maid of the royal family at the very beginning."

"..."

After exchanging information, the three White Eagle ship girls fell into silence.

"Ah, I really can't stand it. What's going on between the Royal Family and the Sakura Empire? Why did they attack without explanation the moment they met? Aren't we all companions of Azur Lane?"

Baltimore lifted her hat and screamed in despair. She was really fed up with this endless pursuit. What was going on?

After receiving Enterprise's order, they rushed to New Testament City without stopping, but before they could find a place to stay, they were attacked by the Royal Navy girls led by Ajax.

At first, Ticonderoga thought the other party was joking, until Kaohsiung's sword almost cut off Essex's arm, then he realized something was wrong.

After a hard battle, they barely escaped. They thought the matter was over, but the Royal Navy Ship Girls were still relentlessly looking for them, resulting in them being either fighting or escaping for the past few days, with no time to rest at all.

"To be on the safe side, Baltimore, you'd better put on your hat first, otherwise you'll have another hard fight if you're discovered."

"Tsk...what a hassle."

Facing Ticonderoga's kind dissuasion, Baltimore smacked his lips, put on the hat on his windbreaker, and then said to the absent-minded Essex: "What should we do next? Withdraw from New York City directly?"

After hearing Baltimore's question, Essex came back to his senses and said calmly, "There is no need for that. The Royal Family probably gave up the pursuit. Otherwise, according to their aerial reconnaissance, Kaohsiung would have brought people to block us by now."

"Of course this is just my guess. We don't know what happened in the royal family."

After saying this, Essex's eyes lost focus again, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Seeing that Jiaozi had fallen into this state again, Baltimore and Ticonderoga looked at each other helplessly and sighed.

Essex has been like this since yesterday. No one knows what happened. When asked if she was injured, she didn't answer. She just stood there blankly, as if she was stimulated by something.

"Does Ticonderoga know what's on Jiaozi's mind? Why do I feel like she doesn't seem to care much about the royal family's pursuit of us?"

Lowering his voice, Baltimore quietly asked the Ticonderoga, which is also an Essex-class aircraft carrier.

Giving Baltimore a blank look, Ticonderoga said unhappily, "How would I know? Essex has been distracted from time to time since that incident, but the situation is more serious now..."

"You guys should leave first. I have a reason to stay here."

The sound interrupted the whispered conversation between the two people, Essex waved his hand, turned around and left the spot.

She roughly guessed why the royal family launched a hunt, and she had vaguely guessed it when Kaohsiung and Ayanami appeared.

This was not directed at White Eagle, but solely at her, Essex's actions.

Chapter 193 The two men's bravery

After all, buying gifts for the ship girls was just a last-minute plan. Xia Bai was conflicted about what to bring for each ship girl of the Sakura Empire. The most he knew was to buy game cartridges for Ayanami and some relaxing massage equipment for Amagi.

Fortunately, with Belfast and Dafeng around to give him advice, Xia Bai quickly bought the gift and walked out of the mall alone.

How should I put it? KanColle also has a natural love for shopping, even though Taihou said she had no interest in it at first, but women are creatures who say one thing and mean another.

When he saw the dazzling array of merchandise, he couldn't move his legs and wanted to take a look at everything. Although Xia Bai thought this behavior was strange, he still wanted to give his ship girls more fun in life.

"This is the first time I've seen Belfa look so panicked. Did the sweeping robot have such a big impact on her..."

Recalling Belfast's serious expression, Xia Bai laughed out loud, and then decided to walk around the neighborhood to kill time.

Perhaps because it was past lunch time, more and more people were walking on the commercial street. Just as Befa said, protest marches were not uncommon for the people of Takers.

They have become accustomed to this kind of behavior. After the protest, they will continue to do what they should do. Perhaps most people are just looking for an opportunity to vent their dissatisfaction.

For the so-called fairness and justice? Come on, the more powerful a person is, the happier ordinary people will be. This is the innate jealousy in their hearts and the sin in human nature.

Xia Bai found a bench and sat down at random. He raised his sunglasses and looked up at the gray sky.

Unconsciously, he has completely integrated into this world, and his previous memories are slowly replaced by one ship girl after another.

Compared to living in confusion, Xia Bai prefers his current life. Although it is very tiring, everything he does is purposeful. Although the process is a bit painful, it is precisely because of this that it can be considered a complete life.

Whether it is his own brothers and sisters or the ship girls of the Sakura Empire, they are the most important people to him. If Xia Bai had only fought for others before and never considered himself.

Well, he now has the answer.

Live soberly and correctly, don't let anyone live sadly, live with everyone full of smiles...

"what--"

A sharp cry not far away interrupted Xia Bai's thoughts on his life goals, and he looked in the direction of the sound in confusion.

“I didn’t expect a robbery to happen in the daytime, especially in the administrative center of Takors.”

Feeling emotional about the security situation in New York City, Xia Bai stood up from his chair and clenched his fists as he faced the robbers who were gradually running towards him.

Although he admits that he doesn't care much about the life and death of human beings, he is still very interested in doing things that are righteous and just.

Seeing someone blocking his way, the robber waved a shiny knife and shouted: "If you don't want to die, don't block the road!"

When he found that the person who wanted to stop him made way for him, he was delighted and quickened his pace. When he ran past Xia Bai, he vaguely heard these words.

"Well, I can only say that you are unlucky to run towards me."

"?"

Before he could react to what this meant, he felt a heavy blow to his abdomen. He fell to the ground holding his stomach and vomited stomach acid.

Seeing the robber's embarrassing performance, Xia Bai looked at his fist and wondered, "So it's impossible to kill someone by only using half of your strength?"

Xia Bai's words made the robber even more angry. He vomited acid and the viciousness in his eyes became more intense.

"Thank you, thank you very much."

When the lady who was chasing saw Xia Bai knock down the robber, she kept bowing to express her gratitude.

Under the other party's enthusiastic gratitude, Xia Bai scratched his face and said lightly: "Call the police, remember to be more careful next time."

After saying that, Xia Bai prepared to leave this place of trouble. After all, more and more people came to watch. If Thompson Jackson's identity was discovered, something might go wrong. He hated this kind of trouble.

Just as he turned around and was about to run away, the lady who was robbed discovered that the robber had stood up with a knife in his hand and exclaimed.

"Sir, your back!"

But it seemed too late to remind him. The robber, blinded by anger, had already swung the blade in his hand fiercely. He now only wanted to kill the man in front of him who was ruining his plans.

At the critical moment, a girl in a black windbreaker suddenly appeared behind Xia Bai, raised her hand to grab the knife, and kicked the robber out hard.

Under the terrifying force, the robber flew more than ten meters like a kite with a broken string and fell heavily to the ground. Judging from the blood foam coming out of his mouth, it seemed that he was not going to survive.

After twisting the weapon into a twist and throwing it down, the girl patted her fair and delicate hands and said coldly, "Even if you are brave enough to do something righteous, you must also see the situation clearly. Remember to be more careful next time."

The girl in front of him, wrapped tightly in a hood and a mask, gave Xia Bai a familiar feeling. He raised his sunglasses and asked in confusion: "KanColle? Have we met somewhere before?"

"Is there something between you and the ship girl? Forget this outdated way of chatting her up."

Seems like I've seen him before? Such words made Essex frown. She hated such frivolous men the most, especially the big sunglasses on his face. She felt uncomfortable no matter how she looked at him.

Essex was well aware of the appeal of ship girls to ordinary people, so she didn't plan to talk too much with the man in front of her, so as to avoid being entangled.

After returning the bag on the ground to its original owner, she left without looking back.

Xia Bai was stroking his chin, thinking about the inexplicable feeling of familiarity. He was sure that he had seen this ship girl before, but the exact identity of her did not match the mental fluctuations in his mind.

Seeing that the onlookers were about to surround the crime scene, Xia Bai did not continue to dwell on it. He quickly squeezed out of the crowd and caught up with the girl who was as brave as himself.

Xia Bai thought that as long as he could see the other person's face clearly, he would know where this sense of familiarity came from.

......

"Are you annoying or not? How long are you going to follow me?"

Finding that the man behind him had been following him, Essex finally couldn't stand it anymore, so he stopped and said in a bad tone: "I've already told you that I hate frivolous men, so can you please leave obediently?"

Without responding to Essex's words, Xia Bai said to himself: "Well, the tone of voice is a little familiar."

"Where did we meet this ship girl? Hey, did we meet on the battlefield facing tolerance?"

Chapter 194 Enterprise, you have done all kinds of bad things!

"It seems that I was too nice to you before, which led to you getting too aggressive... I'm telling you one last time, don't follow me anymore."

As Essex stomped his feet, cracks began to appear on the flat ground, and the threat was self-evident.

"Um, actually you don't have to be so excited. I really feel like we've met before..." Seeing that the other party was angry, Xia Bai quickly waved his hands to explain.

Essex glared at him fiercely, snorted coldly, and walked forward without looking back.

Xia Bai originally wanted to continue to follow shamelessly, but he received another message from Dafeng, which was a selfie of her in the locker room.

In the photo, Dafeng's cherry lips are slightly open, and one eye is playfully closed. Her sexy underwear fully reveals her plump and voluptuous figure. Her fingers gently hook up the cuffs of her black suspender stockings, which is full of temptation.

The post reads: "Commander, are you satisfied with Taiho's new clothes? This is a 'beautiful view' that only you can see?"

In order to see the photo sent by Dafeng more clearly, Xia Bai took off his sunglasses, then turned and left after thinking for a moment.

So what if she was a familiar ship girl? This kind of thing was of no importance in front of Taiho. He just wanted to hurry to the entrance of the mall and go back to the hotel with her to do what he should do.

'have they gone? ’

The footsteps behind her gradually faded away, causing Essex to let out a long sigh. If the man really wanted to continue following her, she would not know what to do.

Given my personality, I would not attack ordinary people unless it is absolutely necessary, especially kind-hearted people like the one who helped intercept the robbers.

Meeting a ship girl is not necessarily a good thing, especially a ship girl like yourself, who will only bring pain to the people you love.

As if thinking of the memories on Spland Island, Essex shook his head with a very sad expression, which then turned into determination. He continued to walk at a leisurely pace, approaching the direction of the wealthy area.

Just like a scene in a comedy, the two people who were going in completely opposite directions suddenly felt their hearts being squeezed. They stopped and couldn't help but look in the direction where the other person was going away.

"Is it an illusion? She seems to be looking at me?"

Muttering softly, Xia Bai didn't take the matter to heart. He put on his sunglasses and trotted towards the mall.

"..."

At this time, Essex was stunned. She couldn't even believe her eyes. The person she had been thinking about day and night, the person she didn't want to see, the person she felt guilty about, she actually saw him here.

In a state of contradictory psychology, Essex pursed his lips and quickly turned around to chase after him.

If it was really him, what could she do now? Could they go back to the past? What kind of expression should she use to face him when they meet again?

This should have been what Essex had to consider now, but before her brain could come up with the pros and cons of the two meeting now, her body had already moved on its own accord.

As Essex got closer to Xia Bai's back, his heart beat faster and faster, and then he reached out and touched the other's shoulder.

"you......"

Hearing the girl's voice from before, Xia Bai turned around and asked in confusion: "What's wrong? I'm not following you now?"