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

"You mean someone opened our betting?" Xia Bai asked in surprise, and then immediately covered his mouth, fearing that the loud noise would wake Kewei up and come to settle the score with them. After all, match-fixing is a very shameful thing.

Then he quietly asked War-weary: "How much did they lose?" Xia Bai was a little curious about how wealthy the Royal Ship Girls were.

"I didn't know the details while I was lying on the ground, but I heard them talking about someone losing more than 100,000 Hongjians."

"...Ahem, what is it that War-weary wants to talk to me about?"

Upon hearing this, Xia Bai immediately stopped asking about the gambling situation. The amount was too large to be scary, and the interests involved were complicated, so it would be better for him not to know too much.

War-weary also tacitly did not continue to talk about this matter. He twisted his hands uneasily and said shyly: "Hey, I came to ask you when the mecha can be repaired."

Yan Zhan also knew that it was not good for her to rush like this, but when she thought of Xia Bai telling her that she could drive a mecha called RX-02, Yan Zhan's heart felt like there were a thousand ants crawling around. It was impossible for her to go back to rest and wait for news. She needed an exact time.

Although he had supplies like the Red Pointed Swords, Xia Bai was still undecided because his mecha was damaged so badly for the first time. After some mental estimation, he decided to talk about the larger scope.

"About three days later."

"It really only takes three days?" Yan Zhan said excitedly with sparkling eyes.

Seeing War-weary's expression, Xia Bai regretted that he had reported a shorter time. If he hadn't repaired the mecha in three days, how would he face War-weary? However, since he had already said it, it was not easy to take it back. Xia Bai gritted his teeth and replied, "In three days, I will definitely be able to repair the mecha."

After confirming the time, Yanzhan waved happily to Xia Bai and said, "Come see me in three days. I live in the leftmost room on the third floor." After saying that, he did not stay for long and pulled the demented Kewei out of the room.

After watching the terrifying Huanque's back until he left, Xia Bai closed the door, turned around, sat on the chair, took out the red tip and absorbed the energy contained in it.

As the red spikes lost their energy and turned into powder and dissipated, Xia Bai's eyes lost their luster. He could sense that he was connected to RX-02 again.

After carefully feeling the current condition of the RX-02, everything above the abdomen disappeared, leaving only one leg and half of a 150mm powerful beam launcher hanging behind the waist.

It seems that he was lucky to be alive at that time. His cockpit was located in the abdomen. If his mental state was better and he could keep the RX-02 from disappearing, the whole machine would probably have been sucked into and destroyed by the twisted beam of light from Tempalance.

Thinking back now, Xia Bai couldn't help but feel scared. He was able to survive only because of luck.

No matter what, let's start repairing the lower body first. Having made up his mind, Xia Bai transferred the energy of the red tip to the lost left leg and started rebuilding it again.

I don’t know how long it took, but after his left leg was repaired, Xia Bai suddenly felt a familiar mental wave coming. Subconsciously, Xia Bai wanted to establish a connection, but unfortunately the other party’s mental power seemed to be frightened and disappeared quickly.

Instead, there were waves of calls.

"Master... Master?"

At the same time, Xia Bai felt his body being shaken, so he withdrew from the link with RX-02. His eyes were full of expression again, and he found that Sheffield was looking at him with a worried look on his face.

'The mental fluctuation just now was from Sheffield. How could her mental power be transmitted to the connection between me and RX-02? ' The doubt in his mind flashed away, and Xia Bai smiled at the maid and said, "I'm sorry, I made you worry while I was repairing the mecha just now."

Hearing this, Sheffield turned back into a poker face, pointed at the plate on the table and said, "I understand your anxiety, Master, but the food is getting cold, Master, you should finish eating before repairing it."

Xia Bai followed Sheffield's finger and found a fish head staring at him. Xia Bai broke out in a cold sweat, wondering if this was the famous dark dish.

Holding on to a lucky mentality, Xia Bai asked, "Sheffield, what is this?" He prayed that the answer he got was not that, but the maid ruthlessly shattered Xia Bai's luck.

"This is my specialty, Stargazing Pie."

Chapter 35 Useless Combat Devices

Finally, under the pressure of Sheffield's eyes, Xia Bai finished eating the star-gazing pie. How did he taste? It was unexpectedly good, at least much better than the canned food on Spratland Island.

He originally thought it would be tasteless and dry, but he didn't expect the fried fish to be crispy and the mashed potatoes to be juicy. He didn't know how Sheffield made it, no wonder she dared to say it was her specialty.

Picking up the napkin to wipe his mouth, Xia Bai smacked his lips and said with satisfaction: "The stargazing pie is delicious. Thank you Sheffield."

"It's nothing special, just an ordinary lunch." Sheffield said as he took out a pile of clothes and daily necessities from the ship's space.

"Master, here are the clothes and shoes I prepared, as well as the personal belongings that were originally inside your clothes. I have brought them all to you."

Xia Bai picked and chose among the clothes and found that they were all of his size, so he asked curiously: "Where did these come from? Didn't they say that the royal family didn't have men's clothing?"

"When I was preparing lunch for my master, I took out some clothes that I used to wear to the banquet and modified them. I hope my master doesn't mind."

"May I ask how long Sheffield took?"

"Time..." Sheffield lifted up Baizhe's little face, thought for a moment and replied: "Almost two and a half hours starting from the time the master takes a bath. I'm sorry to have made the master wait so long." After that, Sheffield bowed deeply without any pride.

This is too awesome! Are all of you royal maids monsters? You improved so many clothes in two and a half hours and even prepared lunch at the same time.

Admiring Sheffield's ability, Xia Bai's eyes suddenly lit up while he was picking out clothes, and he grabbed the cigarettes and lighter.

Looking at the unopened cigarette box, Xia Bai was filled with thoughts. The encounter with the fearsome and the glorious, the battle at Port William, the encounter with the enemy again, the arrival at the Royal Palace... It was just a few days, but it seemed like a long time had passed.

Who could have thought that the beginning of all this was that he was sick and drove his RX-02 to Port William to buy a pack of cigarettes? Destiny is really unpredictable.

Lamenting the fickleness of fate, Xia Bai silently put the cigarette and lighter in his pocket. Although he felt a little itchy when he saw the cigarette again, it was better not to smoke in front of Sheffield.

Seeing all of Xia Bai's actions, Sheffield seemed to have thought of something and said, "Master, this was found in your shirt pocket. Is it yours?" Then he spread out his little hand to reveal a tiny conical metal.

"This is mine... I think it's called a mental transduction device or something, but I think it's more of a whistle." As he said this, Xia Bai picked up the mental transduction device, put it to his lips and blew it gently.

A soft voice came out from it, containing spiritual power that spread in all directions. As Xia Bai's hand stroked the front end, the sound changed like music, subtle and graceful, full of sadness yet revealing a glimmer of hope.

The sound amplified Xia Bai's mental power and wrapped Sheffield tightly, allowing her to enter the world of music and indulge in it.

After the song was over, Sheffield woke up and said with regret: "It's very interesting to be able to use your mental power to spread it, but the song you played was a little off."

Facing Sheffield's merciless evaluation, Xia Bai put away his whistle and said awkwardly: "After all, I have never learned any music, and this thing is not a musical instrument. It is a failed product made by my brother for use in battle."

"A failed product?" Hearing that it was a device used for combat, Sheffield became curious.

"Yes, although its official name is a spiritual conduction device, it only has the function of amplifying and transmitting spiritual power, and its range is very limited. It has almost no effect, so I just use it as a whistle."

Xia Bai got angry when talking about this thing. Although the military abandoned them, there were still a lot of supplies left on Spland Island. Even if the sons of Plummetheus could not spend lavishly, they would not be so stingy when buying things.

But one day his younger brother RX-07 came asking for funds to develop combat equipment, saying that if successful, he could link the spirits of all the sons of Prometheus together in battle to enhance combat capabilities, and so on. He spoke in a very exaggerated and awesome manner.

Xia Baiyi wondered if this was the Protoss from SC2. The sacred Kara connected our minds together, uniting us in despair.

At that time, Xia Bai was also blinded by lard, and was immediately moved by RX-07's proposal. He approved a large amount of supplies for him and helped RX-07 to persuade others. As a result, he made such a shabby thing, which almost made him angry to death.

Since then, RX-07 has never received funding, and Xia Bai has been impeached by RX-03 from the top leader of the island to an idle warehouse manager. As for the things, they have been left here as a whistle.

Seeing that Xia Bai was getting more and more excited and indignant, Sheffield quickly spoke to comfort him, "Actually, this thing is still useful. For example... the master's brother also had good intentions."

Sheffield approved of the mental conduction device as an interesting gadget, but if it was used as a combat prop, she had nothing to say.

At the same time, the maid secretly wondered if the sons of Proseus were not very reliable.

"Oh, forget it, it's all in the past, nothing can be undone no matter what you say." Xia Bai stopped talking about this crap for fear that he would have a cerebral hemorrhage.

Looking down at his watch, Xia Bai sat on the chair, took out a red tip, placed it on the round table and said solemnly: "Sheffield, I have to hurry to repair the mecha now, so I won't have dinner."

"If anyone comes looking for me, tell her I'm working on something, please."

Sheffield felt a little disappointed when she heard that. Being a perfectionist, she had originally wanted to trim Xia Bai's hair so that it would better match the tuxedo she had carefully tailored for her.

Since Xia Bai had already said so, she still knew what was important and what was not, so Sheffield nodded, turned around and hung a do not disturb sign outside the door.

Seeing all this, Xia Bai felt deeply moved. Sheffield was such a considerate maid. Although she looked cold on the surface, she was gentle and considerate, and could do everything well. He also had to work harder and not let Sheffield down.

Then he began to gradually empty his mind, absorbing the energy of the red tip and connecting with RX-02.

The huge room was silent except for Sheffield's barely audible cleaning sounds and Xia Bai's faint breathing.

Chapter 36 Our Brain is Online

After slowly building the last head successfully, Xia Bai let out a long sigh and released the link. Finally, the RX-02 was repaired, and he stretched his waist and stared at his watch. It was already twelve o'clock in the morning.

Looking out the window, a crescent moon was hanging in the air. It seemed that the royal family's ship girls didn't have any nightlife. In the silent night, only the sound of insects could be heard in the room.

Hong Jianjian was indeed very capable and completed the repair by herself in just a few hours. She was a little worried before that the time she gave to Yan Zhan was a little short, but now it seems to be completely sufficient.

Thinking of this, Xia Bai noticed a plate of pastries on the round table with a note underneath. He picked it up and took a closer look. It turned out to be something Sheffield left for him.

[Master, if you can see this note, it means it is already after 11pm. The snacks are on the table for you. I am sorry that I cannot accompany you. Sheffield has other things to do.]

[If you are thirsty, there is some juice on the second shelf of the bedside table. ]

[I know that you will be anxious to contact your family after the repair, so I will explain the royal route to you. Let you go to an open place to deploy the mecha. First, walk out of the door and go right until the end and go down the stairs... Finally, go out of the door and follow the road to the coast. ] Maybe Xia Bai didn't understand after reading the note, so he drew a route map next to it.

Looking at the very detailed route map left by Sheffield, with various annotations on the side, Xia Bai's heart was warmed, and he felt a kind of indescribable sadness and touching.

In this cold and conspiracy-filled world, only Sheffield brought him a glimmer of warmth. Resisting the urge to cry, Xia Bai continued to read on.

[By the way, I think the master's hair is too messy, but I can't trim it without your permission, so I just tidied it up briefly. I hope you can understand. ]

【Sheffield】

After reading the note left by Sheffield, Xia Bai looked at herself in the mirror and found that her hair was carefully combed into a front bang, and the extra hair at the back of her head was tied into a ponytail.

He seems to be much more handsome than his previous messy look. Paired with the tuxedo tailored by Sheffield, he has a bit of the elegant royal image. It doesn't seem like he just tidied it up casually as Sheffield said.

Satisfied with his new hairstyle, Xia Bai stuffed a few pieces of cake into his mouth to satisfy his hunger, and then walked out of the room following the royal route map drawn by Sheffield.

"Here go this way, then left."

After following the route map for a while, Xia Bai left the royal palace and came to the coast. Yes, he was in a huge palace, and he didn't know how it was built. There were various gardens outside. If it weren't for the route map, he would probably get lost inside.

Feeling the sea breeze blowing across his face, Xia Bai unfolded the RX-02. As the blue particles gathered, the blue and white mecha appeared on the royal coast.

"Old friend, thank you for your hard work. You almost lost your life this time, haha." Sitting in the cockpit, Xia Bai greeted RX-02 with a smile. To him, RX-02 is the other half of his body. It can be seen from the code name that the mecha is not just a weapon, but more like another him.

"Okay, next I should try to contact everyone on the island." After stretching his muscles, Xia Bai turned on the communicator.

To be honest, Xia Bai is still a little uneasy and his heart is beating very fast. He has been missing for a few days and has no idea what the situation is on the island. He also doesn't know how to face his family. This situation should be the so-called homesickness.

With a ding sound, the communicator was connected.

But no one responded, and the whole place fell into a strange silence.

Xia Bai thought about it and decided to speak first: "I'm RX-02, is there anyone who can answer?"

"This is RX-03." A voice like clear spring water came from the communicator.

Finally, it's the RX-03 that he least wants to run into. His third sister is very powerful. As the think tank of the Son of Prometheus, she is usually gentle, but if you really make her angry, she can use all kinds of means to make you live a life worse than death.

And from the tone he sounded unhappy, Xia Bai broke out in a cold sweat and laughed as he thought of his third sister's smiling face.

"It's so late, 03, and you're still training on the mecha. You're really working hard. I'm proud of you, second brother."

"Shouldn't you know very well why I am still in the mecha so late at night, my dear second brother?" He put emphasis on the word "second brother".

"03, I think I can explain. Aren't you worried about where I am now?" Hearing RX-03's tone sound like he was really angry, Xia Bai trembled like a quail and began to give in.

"I don't want to hear your explanation, and I guess you are most likely with a ship girl right now. The mechas in the battle at Port William were seen by the military and even appeared on TV news. The fact that you can still talk to me now proves that you are not dead, and you are not under house arrest by the military."

"Since you just contacted me now, I know you were seriously injured. I guess you just repaired your mecha and are anxious to contact everyone."

"..."

You've said everything I wanted to say, what else can I say?

Seeing that Xia Bai on the other side of the communicator didn't say anything, RX-03 said with certainty.

"It seems that my guesses are correct. You are really with the ship girl."

"The one who understands me best is my third sister."

"Alright, alright, stop being funny and just tell me when you'll be back. RX-16 thinks it's her fault that you're missing and she's been crying and looking for you every day."

After saying this, RX-03 held her white forehead helplessly. Her second brother was good in every way except that he was not very serious. Sometimes he said that he was a Kamen Rider who wanted to protect other people's dreams, and sometimes he was a brave man who wanted to defeat the devil, which made her laugh and cry.

"I was in the Royal Palace for three days and then..."

"Wait, what did you say?"

"I'm in the Royal Family of Azur Lane, what's wrong?"

Hearing Xia Bai's affirmative answer, RX-03 pressed his temples, and sat up straight from leaning on the chair. He said seriously, "Okay, I want to hear your explanation now. Tell me everything that happened in the past few days."

Seeing that RX-03 suddenly wanted to listen to his explanation again, Xia Bai immediately told him everything about the Awesome Glory, Tempalans, etc.

Finally, he asked cautiously, "Are there any problems in the Royal Family?"

"This is a big problem, haha~ Second brother, although your intuition is sometimes wrong, it always leads things in a good direction."

Chapter 37 RX-03's Proposal

After listening to RX-03's words, Xia Bai thought to himself that it seemed to be true. If he hadn't mistaken Kuawei for the son of Prometheus, he wouldn't have known Guanghui. He would have returned to Spland Island long ago, and the subsequent series of events would not have happened.

So he asked, "Are you saying that my presence in the Royal Family is a good thing?"

"Azur Lane is different from the naval base. They are not under the jurisdiction of the Maritime Administration. They are a neutral organization against the Sirens that no force can interfere with."

"Although it is divided into several major camps and the relationships between them are complicated, in recent years more and more wandering ship girls have joined the Azur Lane, and they have a certain say in the world."

After hearing so much, Xia Bai's head was a little swollen. Wasn't it about his problems in the Royal Family? Why did it bring up Azur Lane again? Dealing with such a clever riddler is troublesome.

Thinking of this, Xia Bai said awkwardly: "You also know that I am not good at thinking about these complicated things. You can let me fight, but it is too difficult for me to give advice."

"Ah, I know you don't understand, second brother. You know the historical trajectory of the development of Azur Lane, don't you have any idea?"