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

Chapter 34 Falling Flowers and Flowing Waters

At dawn, the sun gradually rose above the sea level, spreading its light in all directions. The grayish white light enveloped the Sakura Island like a thin veil.

The sudden heavy rain last night has stopped, and the leaves of the green plants are covered with two or three drops of crystal dew gathered together, dripping to the ground with the sea breeze.

‘Stab it——’

The wooden door of the pavilion was opened, and Xia Bai, who had not slept all night, came out yawning. After stretching, he sat on the ground and enjoyed the morning light shining through the eaves.

The battle last night was quite intense. The marriage ships led by Akagi and Atago took turns to go into battle, with Sheffield and Shokaku serving as the central army. In that charming atmosphere, Noshiro and Takao, who wanted to escape, were also pulled in in a daze.

In the second half, Azuma and Monarch, who had planned to sit on the wall and accumulate experience, were dragged into the battlefield by the bloodthirsty Xia Bai. The coalition of ship girls who were fighting against the Demon King failed again. Even though they shamelessly attacked together, they were still defeated and fled.

This battle completely declared Xia Bai's title of "Big Devil" unshakable. In Xia Bai's own words, these guys' combat effectiveness is still far from enough. If they want to defeat him in the true sense, he should find more people.

After staring blankly at the gradually blue sky for a while, Xia Bai felt that it was meaningless to bask in the sun alone, so he returned to the room and carried out Noshiro who was sleeping soundly.

Unlike Akagi's demands and Shokaku and Agatsuma's gentleness, Noshiro's youthful and shy appearance really brought Xia Bai a completely different pleasure. He experienced the beauty of JK girls last night.

"Hmm... Is it Master? Noshiro can't do it anymore. Let Noshiro take a rest... Huhuhuhu."

Feeling the familiar embrace, Noshiro woke up from her sleep, rubbed her beautiful eyes which still looked charming, muttered a few words softly, and then fell asleep again.

Seeing Noshiro looking so tired, Xia Bai couldn't help but feel a little regretful for his "rough" behavior yesterday. He really loved his eldest disciple, and of course, she was now his little wife.

The white silk over-the-knee socks that symbolized pure whiteness had been destroyed in last night's battle, leaving only a pair of smooth, white legs. The crystal clear snow-white feet were curled up uneasily, as if they were a little chilled by the cool breeze in the early morning.

How could Xia Bai allow this pair of rare treasures to be treated so unfairly? He held the snow-white feet with his broad and slightly rough hands, feeling the soft and smooth touch, and played with them carefully.

In this way, Xia Bai spent a pleasant and comfortable morning. If it weren't for the fact that time was almost up, he could have played with Neng Dai's beautiful feet for a whole year.

Around nine o'clock in the morning, as everyone said goodbye, Xia Bai started the RX-02 and left Sakura Island with regret and reluctance.

"I'm going to meet Elizabeth and the others again. Is Sheffield nervous?"

Sitting in Xia Bai's arms, Sheffield shook his head and said expressionlessly: "No, since I have decided to be with the master, I will not be nostalgic for the person I served before."

"Will the master think this is strange? After all, the Royal is a place that carries my past memories, while Sheffield is impersonal."

"Let's not talk about whether she's humane or not. I just think Elizabeth is inexplicably pitiful, hahaha."

It was a bit heavy to continue talking about this topic. Sheffield's feelings for her were higher than those for the royal family, which did make Xia Bai feel gratified. However, as an indispensable member of the leader of the group, Elizabeth was a bit pitiful.

So Xia Bai, whose emotional intelligence soared, quickly changed the topic and asked the red fox who was dozing behind him: "Has Akagi been to the Takors area? What do you think of it compared to Mingyang?"

With his eyes half open, Akagi forced himself to perk up and yawned lazily: "I have fought Enterprise there many times before, so I am familiar with the sea area. As for Takors, it has no advantages over Mingyang except that it is more advanced."

"Just talking about the cherry blossoms and various shrines in J Country, the beauty of the scenery of mono no aware is much better than the skyscrapers over there, not to mention the mysterious and ancient C Country."

"Different places have different cultures. From the perspective of a vast land, Takors is just like that."

Perhaps because of the company, Akagi seemed to have a prejudice against the Takors region. In her words, Takors was simply worthless, which also made Xia Bai curious.

What kind of grudge is there between the First Air Fleet and Enterprise that makes Akagi and Kaga so hostile to each other?

"When I was there, I felt that Kaga and Enterprise were not getting along well. As her sister, does Akagi know the reason?"

Seeing Xia Bai looking like a curious baby at this moment, Akagi changed to a comfortable position and leaned against the wall of the plane and said lightly: "It's nothing serious, but before the establishment of Azur Lane, we suffered a lot of losses in the enterprise."

"Kaga and I are both people who refuse to admit defeat. If we get beaten, we will naturally want to fight back. That's all... And from today's perspective, it's a bit too naive to just fight for a temporary victory."

"When the Sakura Empire has you as its commander, no matter how this world ends, I am confident that I can live better than the Enterprise. So from a long-term strategic point of view, it is not far from complete defeat."

In the past, Akagi might have cared about Enterprise and would fight her to the death as soon as they met, but now it is completely different. Enterprise is a piece of scum, and is she worthy of being an opponent of me and Kaga?

Their First Carrier is destined to stay with Xia Bai forever, and their goals are no longer as short-sighted as before. As their horizons broaden, the Sakura Empire's goal is the sea of ​​stars.

And Enterprise can only stay in Takors with its White Eagle, indulge in false peace and drown in the fantasy of happiness.

You can tell which one is higher or lower at a glance.

To put it bluntly, after Enterprise joined the V Plan, ships to the New World were no longer open to her, and she didn't even have the chance to buy a new ticket.

If the enterprise could turn the tables under such circumstances, and get on board first and buy the ticket later under the targeting of Xia Bai and herself, then she, Chicheng, would be subservient to the other party and serve tea and water, but is this possible?

You are already being targeted by Xia Bai. No matter how powerful your company is, can you turn the tables? Not to mention anything else, as long as your company has beautiful legs and feet like Nengdai, Akagi will think that there is a high probability that Xia Bai will forgive the other party.

But Enterprise has nothing except her beautiful appearance, and beauty is not a characteristic at all among ship girls. Any ship girl picked out at random is a top beauty.

Not to mention that she has no femininity, no interest at all, and her style and life are quite boring. The probability that her beloved will fall in love with her is no less than the probability that she will tear Qian Gong apart with her bare hands.

No matter from which angle the analysis is made, the company has no chance of winning, so Akagi is so sure of the fact that the other party has failed and has set the flag of keeping a low profile.

Chapter 35: Unsuccessful in everything, number one in internal fighting

"I see... Actually, Akagi, you don't have to be afraid of the Enterprise."

"Once we get to White Eagle, you can apply for an exercise with her. Then I'll secretly deploy my mecha and beat her up. What do you think?"

Before Akagi could give a thumbs up to Xia Bai's idea, Sheffield couldn't help but complain: "Master, you are too sinister. You even interfere in the exercises between the ship girls. Miss Enterprise is so pitiful."

"As the saying goes, a man without ruthlessness is not a hero. As long as I can vent my anger for Akagi and Kaga, who cares whether it's sinister or not? What Sheffield said is wrong."

This shameless act was pointed out by Sheffield, but Xia Bai not only did not feel ashamed, but instead looked righteous.

The rules of the ship girls exercise are that other ship girls cannot interfere, but there is no rule that the commander cannot interfere. What he did was in compliance with the exercise regulations, so even if White Eagle had any dissatisfaction, he could not blame him.

Shaking his head, Sheffield sighed helplessly: "Alas, Master, can't you be more honest? Miss Akagi doesn't care anymore, so don't cause any unnecessary trouble."

Sheffield now finally understood the difficulties of RX-03. With such a lawless guy around, let alone being a sister, she felt ashamed to be a maid and a marriage ship.

Look at what he is saying. He lets Akagi and Enterprise conduct a drill, and then he deploys his mecha to launch a surprise attack on the other side. Is this something a human can do?

After thinking about it carefully, Xia Bai felt that he had gone too far. He scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Hehehe, Akagi didn't agree either. I was just joking..."

"By the way, I can understand that Kaohsiung didn't come with us because of his own problems, but do you know why War-weary didn't come back to Sheffield?"

Thinking of what the war-weary and sly-looking man said to him this morning, Xia Bai was filled with confusion. What did it mean to stay in Sakura Empire to scout the area? It sounded like they were going to steal something.

"Master, don't you know yet?"

"Huh? What do I know?"

Seeing that Xia Bai's expression didn't seem to be fake, Sheffield said calmly, "Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth has decided to hand over the Royal Family to the Master. If all goes well, the Royal Family will move from Sith to Mingyang and live with Chongying."

"What about the Sith Sea? Even though the Sirens there have been wiped out, there must be a garrison there. I remember that most of the garrisons there have also been moved to the front line."

Although commanders are usually unreliable and like fat otakus, after the Sith entered the safe waters, many of them spontaneously moved their garrisons to the front lines. Everyone likes comfort, but the current situation in the world does not allow them to be comfortable.

They can distinguish right from wrong and fulfill their duties, which is why Xia Bai has a good impression of them.

"Sith still has Splan Island. With the current Son of Prometheus, it is more than enough to garrison one side..."

After explaining the reason for the Royal Family's relocation to Xia Bai, Sheffield asked hesitantly, "Master, why do you ask so many questions? Don't you want to accept the Royal Family?"

There is only one thing that can cause Elizabeth's plan to fail, and that is Xia Bai's own refusal. If he doesn't want to take over the royal family, no matter how perfect the plan is, it will ultimately be just a castle in the air.

After secretly glancing at Chi Cheng who was squinting behind him and finding that she had no special opinions, Xia Bai replied: "How could I not want to accept the Royal Family? It's just that this news is too explosive and I can't recover for a while."

"Now that I think about it, Amagi and Nagato should have known about it, so they were planning to move to a bigger place... Why did they keep it from me?"

"Maybe he's thinking about how to target the royal family. The little fox isn't as innocent as he looks. Someone who's too innocent can't fight me for that long."

After hearing Nagato's name, Akagi was no longer sleepy. He half-opened one eye and said, "Foxes cannot protect their food, even little foxes are no exception. And we, the Sakura Empire, are also good at internal fighting due to historical reasons."

"It's true that the Sakura Empire and the Royal Family belong to the same Azur Lane, but after they join our circle, many things will change."

"Before, Darling was the one who had the final say in the Sakura Empire, and below him were Little Fox, Sister Amagi, and me. After the Royal Family came in, Darling is still the one who makes the decisions, but the people below him will change."

"This will indirectly lead to competition between the Royal Family and the Sakura Empire. After all, everyone is valued by the commander. Whichever side you favor will have more power."

After listening to Akagi's analysis, Xia Bai roughly understood why Amagi and Nagato kept it a secret from him, and complained: "Why is it almost like a palace drama? Is power really that important?"

"Cuckoo~"

Chuckling, Akagi leaned lazily on his big tail, with his small and delicate jade feet resting on Xia Bai's shoulders, nodding along with his master's laughter.

"Rights are indeed not important, but night battle rights are very important. When the royal family arrives, your evening time will be like a piece of cake that will be evenly distributed. But who doesn't want to eat more cake?"

"For the camp with more cake, they have to speak with confidence and have more power in their hands. This is inevitable."

Although this theory of night battle cake sounds a bit far-fetched, it is actually true. Pillow talk is a crude technique, but it works very well for a vulgar person like Xia Bai.

No one wants to lose face for their camp, everyone wants more recognition from Xia Bai, and everyone hopes to get more love from their commander.

In addition to individuals, the camp is also something that the ship girls have to consider. How can they tell which camp is more favored by Xia Bai? Just look at the number of marriage ships.

The Sakura Empire has four major aircraft carriers: Taiho, Akagi, Kaga and Shokaku. The Royal Army is not to be outdone. The Glory and the Formidable are each worth two. Especially the Formidable, who is a heavyweight fat dinosaur.

On this side, there are the chocolate swordsmanship girls represented by Noshiro and Takao, and on the other side, there are the ice cream maid groups represented by Sheffield and Belfast.

So even though the Sakura Empire has the upper hand, the final outcome is still a long way to go. Once the Royal Navy is officially incorporated into Xia Bai's command, it is conceivable that the number of wedding ships there will experience an explosive growth.

"Well, it's still too early for the royal family to join. Elizabeth hasn't officially informed me yet. Let's talk about it later. It's useless for you to think about this now, Akagi."

"That's what Little Fox and Sister Tiancheng thought. I don't care about that. Anyway, dear, you have to accompany me every day."

How could Akagi be such a pedantic person? Who would follow the rules with the royal family? She doesn't care how many wedding ships Xia Bai has, but the royal family wants to use wedding ships to hold Xia Bai back. It can only be said that they underestimate Akagi.

Chapter 36: The Rainbow Tower of the World

Just like that, Xia Bai and his friends chatted and passed the time on the God of Glory. Before they knew it, they had already arrived at the White Eagle Port area. The Siren, who was not very smart, wanted to shoot down the God of Glory.

It seems that since Xia Bai became the commander of the Sakura Empire, he has never encountered any Siren anti-aircraft attacks during his travels. Perhaps this has something to do with Observer Zero's orders.

Because only Belfast was notified, when we arrived at the port, only the head maid and Dido came to greet us. However, judging from her expression, she didn't seem to be in a very good mood.

"Ms. Bismarck has been waiting for a long time. Please follow me, Master."

Bending his knees slightly, Befa took Xia Bai away in an unyielding tone, while Sheffield and Akagi went to the dormitory area under the guidance of Dido.

"Can you let me rest for a while since I just came back? Bismarck is too anxious."

"Beffa thinks so too. Miss Bismarck is so rude that she actually sat in the conference room waiting for an entire night. This is really inappropriate, hahaha~"

Beifa seemed to be agreeing with him, but Xia Bai always felt that she was being sarcastic. However, he felt guilty at the moment and could not say anything wrong about her, so he could only remain silent and continue to follow Beifa.

Xia Bai is not stupid. Of course he knows that this is his fault. They had clearly agreed to meet with Bismarck last night, but he suddenly ran to Sakura Empire. One can imagine how Belfa humbly apologized to the iron-blooded leader.

However, Bismarck was also a ruthless man. He actually sat in the conference room all night, making Xia Bai feel even more guilty.

Having made up his mind to apologize to the other party as soon as he entered the door, Xia Bai looked at Beifa's back and asked tentatively: "When will the royal family move to the Mingyang area? Will it be too late before these things are settled?"

"Did Sheffield tell the master these things, or did Miss Warspite tell the master these things?"

Without stopping, Belfast continued to walk slowly and asked without turning her head. From her behavior, it was clear that she was in a bad mood and she rarely gave Xia Bai a good look.

"No one told me this. This was all Tiancheng's suggestion, plus I figured it out on my own."

Belfast immediately confirmed that it was Sheffield who leaked the information, because only he could make Xia Bai cover up for him and even say such stupid words that he himself had come up with.

Others may not know how stupid Xia Bai is, but Belfast knows it. The first ship girl who confirmed that Xia Bai was a fool was this head maid.

Feeling envious of Sheffield, Befa said calmly, "I'm sorry, I don't know how Ajax and Her Majesty the Queen decided."

"But judging from the time, they hope to arrive as soon as possible, so please don't be anxious..."

"We're here. As a maid, Befa is not qualified to participate in this kind of meeting, so please go in yourself." After knocking on the wooden door, Befa turned around and bowed deeply to Xia Bai.

Shrugging helplessly, Xia Bai said nothing more and strode into the conference room, wanting to hear what important matter Bismarck wanted to talk to him about.

"Now that you are here, please sit down."

As soon as he entered the room, Bismarck, who was wrapped tightly, stretched out his hand and led Xia Bai to his seat. He did not look like he had been up all night, and there was no anger on his delicate face. He even tried hard to force out a few smiles.

"Sorry, I was delayed by something yesterday, so I broke the appointment..." Bismarck could not show his dissatisfaction, but Xia Bai still had to apologize. This was a matter of basic etiquette.

He glanced at the people in the conference room. Wow, not only Elizabeth and Enterprise, but also New Jersey and Hutten were there. This made Xia Bai feel a little solemn. What Bismarck wanted to say might not be simply summarized by the word "important matter".

With his hands on the conference table, Xia Bai asked in a deep voice, "I wonder what the iron-blooded Miss Bismarck wants to discuss with me?"

"No hurry, let me introduce Mr. Xia Bai to you. This is Frederick the Great."

Frederick, who had met Xia Bai once, held his face with one hand and smiled mysteriously.

"This is my...sister, Tirpitz, and this is Prince Eugen. They are both core members of the Iron Bloods."

Tirpitz and Prince Eugen, who looked extremely similar to Enterprise, nodded at Xia Bai.

It was not until now that Xia Bai realized that there was no White Eagle Ship Girl in the conference room at all. It turned out that he had mistaken Tirpitz for Enterprise.

"Let's stop the polite talk. The reason I want to communicate with Mr. Xia Bai in the first place is because of this."

After introducing the important ship girls of Iron Blood to Xia Bai, Bismarck pointed a few times in the air, and a light screen popped up from the projector on the ceiling.

There are huge steel fortresses standing in rows, with countless mass-produced warships passing through them. Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner. The most eye-catching thing is the huge circular area in the picture, with a red energy vortex brewing inside and the flashing lightning around it, which makes people feel a little ominous.

"...This is?"