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

After personally experiencing the scene of the appearance of the Mecha God, the Vanguard muttered to himself: "Is this the Mecha God..."

Then his eyes widened, and he asked Xia Bai uncertainly, "Is that the ring of oath in Hu Teng's hand?"

"Ah."

When Qianwei heard Xia Bai reply to him with a short word, his blood pressure rose and he resisted the urge to punch the other's handsome face.

She was extremely eager to understand the essence of these things, and also wanted to know how to fly a mecha god, but Xia Bai either nodded or shook his head, and didn't say a word more, which was too infuriating.

Chapter 229: Vanguard Bows

Fortunately, the clever Kewei discovered this. In order to prevent Qianwei and others' blood pressure from continuing to soar, after seeking Xia Bai's affirmation, Kewei took the initiative to explain to them the changes in the world today.

"...That's about it. Now we are working hard to attack the Solomon Line."

"How noble, how glorious... Mr. Xia Bai, no, Master Xia Bai!"

After learning from Kewei what changes had taken place in the world during his atonement, the Vanguard knelt on one knee, took off the knight's sword from his waist, held it in both hands, and bowed his head heavily.

"I am very sorry for what happened to Lord Xia Bai in the past... You are still willing to give to this world under such circumstances. You are truly a man of high moral character."

"I, the Battleship Vanguard, am willing to accompany Lord Xia Bai as a guard knight and face all enemies together with you."

"From now on, the sword of the vanguard will be the sharpest blade of Lord Xia Bai, and it will cut off the dark clouds that permeate the world for you. I hope Lord Xia Bai will not refuse."

Just from the few words uttered by Kewei, Qianwei could feel the hardships that the man in front of him had gone through.

With a weak body, he fought against the Sirens in Port William, used Vanis Island as reinforcements, saved the Sakura Empire ship girls from danger, and fought fiercely with Tester α.

He faced off against the Supreme series of weapons three times, dispersed the dark clouds covering this world several times, and even defeated the ambitious Supreme·Humble with his broken body in a full-dress battle.

It seems that no matter how bad the situation is, this man can always use his will to fight until he wins.

The vanguard now regretted that he had not ended the Atonement Crusade early and had not been able to participate in the grand and magnificent battle of the Grand Arms.

Hundreds of thousands of human troops and more than four-digit ship girls fought together to fight against the evil beasts and the Supreme Humility. Just thinking about that scene made Qianwei's heart surge with excitement.

All of this was an irresistible situation for the warlike and aggressive vanguard, but she missed all of this because of the Atonement Expedition. Fortunately, the Battle of Solomon was about to begin, and she still had the opportunity to join a battlefield of this scale.

Her own sense of honor and protective sentiment drove Vanguard to become Xia Bai's personal knight and fight alongside the savior. All she needed to achieve her wish was Xia Bai's nod of agreement.

"Is Vanguard a bit of a middle school kid, or do I really have the aura of a king now? As long as I appear in front of the ship girl, I can make the other party bow down... Why don't I see the White Eagle ship girl like this?"

Secretly complaining about Qianwei's change in attitude, Xia Bai nodded and said calmly: "Someone once told me that the Royal Family will have a certain shift in their stance after you come back."

"Now it seems that I was just worrying too much. You are still the vanguard that the royal ships call you. You haven't changed at all over the years."

Reaching out to take the knight's sword, Xia Bai drew out the blade and gently placed it on the vanguard's shoulder, saying indifferently: "I'm glad you've joined, Guards Knight..."

He raised his head, and a confident smile appeared on the heroic face of the Vanguard. He said, "We will definitely live up to our mission. From now on, the power of the Vanguard will still be driven by the commander!"

Seeing that the two of them were recreating the scene of the king conferring the title of knight during their question and answer session, Kewei couldn't help but cover his forehead.

Because she hadn't seen Qianwei for a long time, she only now remembered that he was actually a bit of a middle school student, and Xia Bai was also a middle school student.

Now that the two people's second-year brain waves are meeting each other, it's like a turtle looking at a mung bean, and they're falling in love.

Well, I guess the future 'General of the Army' will be replaced, and I don't know whether New Jersey will accept it... or maybe the 'Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Guards' will be removed.

With all sorts of random thoughts in his mind, Kewei ignored the "king-subject relationship" between Xia Bai and Qianwei, and focused his gaze on Bu Nie, blinking his bright eyes.

"Buduo, you're back. Have you met Sister Guanghui and Sister Shengli?"

"Not yet. We first went to see Her Majesty Elizabeth and White Eagle, and then came here." When saying this, Indomitable's tone was full of resentment.

Hearing the resentment in Bu Niu's words, Ke Wei said with a vague look in his eyes: "Then you should go and see Sister Guang Hui and Sister Sheng Li as soon as possible. They miss you very much and were still talking about you a few days ago."

"What about Sister Kewei? Don't you miss me?"

"Well...hahaha, of course I want to be unyielding."

Touching her slightly hot face sheepishly, Kewei gave Bu Gao a big hug and explained in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I didn't see you just now."

"It doesn't matter. After all, my sister has a commander."

The indomitable words made Kewei's body tremble slightly, and the guilt in his heart became even stronger, and he patted the other person's back hard.

Well, it's all because the Commander dressed so handsomely today that Kewei didn't notice Indomitable...

Putting the blame on Xia Bai, Kewei puffed up his cheeks and apologized sincerely to Bu Nie once again.

"Please forgive me, sister. Actually, I did see Bu Bu, but I didn't dare to recognize him because we haven't seen each other for so long."

"But I recognized Sister Kewei at first sight."

Awesome: “…”

How should she answer this? It made her look like a fat dinosaur who had forgotten her sister after getting a man.

Glancing at Goddess Si Zhan and the others guiltily, Ke Wei decided to use Xia Bai's 'ultimate move' and abruptly changed the subject, "Goddess Si Zhan, you guys are back too. You must have had a hard time out there for so many years, right?"

"We will go to Sister Guanghui's tea party in a while, and Kewei will give you a good welcome."

Seeing that the irresponsible sister Kewei had shifted the topic to herself and winked at her, the goddess Si Zhan shrugged and said, "No need for the tea party. I am more concerned about the problem of the machine god now."

"According to what you said just now, the prerequisite for driving the Mecha God is to establish a spiritual connection with Master Xia Bai, and to deploy the Mecha God alone you need the Ring of Oath... Is that correct?"

Releasing her arms that were holding Indomitable, Kawei nodded vigorously and said, "That's right, because the only person who is fit for the Machine God Space is the Commander. If we, the Ship Girl, want to gain the recognition of the Machine God, we must establish a connection with the Commander."

"The spiritual link is the first step. Only when the spiritual link is established can those machine gods sense the existence of the ship girls."

Having said that, Kewei lowered his head somewhat disappointedly, with a very unwilling expression.

"Damn it... I just established a spiritual link with the commander too early, so I didn't get the chance to choose freely."

It seems that Kawei is still bothered by the fact that her mecha God is a "Quabini". Like War-weary, she has always had a "Gundam" dream in her heart.

Chapter 330 Let Me Learn Your Skills

Regardless of Xia Bai and Kewei, while Atago was being dragged away by Kaohsiung and Noshiro and struggling, her dog ears suddenly shook.

As if she heard something important, she stopped struggling and said seriously, "Someone is ruining my job, Sister Kaohsiung, Xiao Noshiro, please let me go."

Sighing, Kaohsiung said, "Stop pretending. I've warned you, Atago, not to make dirty jokes in important and serious situations... Now you've brought this upon yourself."

"I'm serious. Just now I seemed to hear Qianwei say that she wanted to be Xiao Xiabai's sharpest sword. Sister Kaohsiung, don't you have any ideas?"

"What ideas can I have?"

Seeing Kaohsiung's indifferent look, Atago said angrily: "Don't you call yourself the commander's guard and sword? Now the vanguard wants to be his personal guard knight. This is declaring war on you, sister Kaohsiung."

Without any expression on his face, Kaohsiung said calmly, "The Vanguard is very strong. If she wants to take my place... for the sake of the commander's safety, I will gladly accept it."

"Are you kidding me, Sister Kaohsiung? Are you acting so indifferent because you didn't get the Promise Ring? You are the wedding ship!"

These words made Kaohsiung's expression twisted. Not having the Ring of Oath was indeed her biggest weakness at the moment.

She was not like Taihou, who always talked about the Ring of Oath and had the audacity to ask Xia Bai for it. Although she felt that the Ring of Oath was unimportant, she still longed for it deep in her heart.

Just because he didn't go to Donghuang with Atago at that time, he lost this opportunity. Now seeing everyone wearing rings and being able to deploy Mechas, Kaohsiung actually feels bad.

To put it bluntly, Kaohsiung is a little jealous.

Looking at Kaohsiung's uncertain face, Atago said with a smile: "Hehe, sister Kaohsiung, I was right, right? Now let me go and go to Xiao Xiabai to claim your sovereignty."

"We will assist you and obtain the Ring of Promise today... Don't you agree, Noshiro?"

The naive Noshiro was immediately misled by Atago, and silently released the hand that was holding her shoulder, nodded and said: "Yes, we will cheer for Kaohsiung-senpai."

"Senior Kaohsiung should also want to fly a Mecha God alone like us. Your longing eyes during the exercise can't deceive anyone."

"Just think of it as for the Lost Blade, please cheer up."

Facing the verbal offensive from the two, Kaohsiung hesitated for a moment, then said with her cherry lips moving, "Well, let's go back and take a look. Let me make it clear first... Atago, you are not allowed to talk nonsense anymore."

"Don't be too picky about Qianwei. I want to compete with her fairly."

Nodding to show that she knew all this, Atago whispered, "The Vanguard doesn't even have a definite spiritual link, what are you competing with her for, Kaohsiung sister?"

"Our goal is to use the vanguard as a raft to ask Xiao Xiabai for the oath ring that belongs to you."

Taking the initiative, Atago grabbed Kaohsiung's shoulder and pulled her back to Xia Bai together with Noshiro.

"Xia Bai, don't be fickle and play favorites. Sister Kaohsiung is your bodyguard."

Although he didn't know why Atago came back to say this, Xia Bai was sure that she had other ideas in her mind, so he nodded and said, "Yes, I know."

What Xia Bai said is not important. What is important is to let the vanguard know that Kaohsiung is Xia Bai's bodyguard.

Seeing that the goal was achieved, Atago said to the Vanguard with a smile: "Did you hear that? Our Kaohsiung sister is the commander's personal guard, and it's also the wedding ship~ So Master Vanguard should calm down."

Facing Atago's hostility, the vanguard didn't care and chuckled, "I have no intention of competing with Atago for the upper hand. Besides, there is no rule that Lord Xia Bai can only have one guard."

"I am a knight, Atago is a samurai. I am responsible for external affairs, Atago is responsible for internal affairs. That's all that's needed."

Hmm, I didn't expect that this avant-garde has such a clear view of things and knows how to advance and retreat. He is worthy of being the former 'Regent' of the royal family.

With a higher opinion of the avant-garde in her mind, Atago gently tugged at the corner of Kaohsiung's clothes, indicating that it was her turn to speak.

After receiving a hint from his sister, Kaohsiung said hesitantly, "Master Qianwei is right, but..."

Kaohsiung had been forced into a position after being tricked by Atago, and she hadn't thought of what to say next, so she just stammered and couldn't say anything.

Seeing this, Atago quickly said, "Sister Kaohsiung wants to compete with you, Master Vanguard, to see who is the commander's sharpest blade."

"Oh."

Qianwei raised his eyebrows, looked Kaohsiung up and down, and said confidently: "I speak directly, I hope you won't be too angry, Kaohsiung."

"If it's a contest of strength, the heavy cruiser has no chance of winning against the battleship. Even if Kaohsiung is a famous swordsman in Sakura Empire, I am confident that I can win in terms of swordsmanship."

Although he was somewhat unwilling to accept it, Kaohsiung knew very well that what Qianwei said was correct and that he could not match the other party in any aspect of strength.

Long before Kaohsiung was officially known as the "No. 1 Swordsman of Sakura Empire", Vanguard had already made a great name for herself on the sea. At that time, she was already the strongest ship girl. Moreover, after disappearing for so many years, it is impossible that her strength has not increased at all.

In terms of close combat, both she and Kaga would most likely be suppressed by the opponent. In the current Sakura Empire, perhaps only the always hidden Agatsuma has a chance to defeat the vanguard.

If we look at the entire world, there are definitely no more than one ship girl who can compete with the Vanguard. Frederick the Great and Hutten are not good at close combat, and Shinano's life and death are now uncertain. Only New Jersey dares to say that it can definitely win the opponent.

If it is a cold weapon duel without considering the type of ship and ship equipment, then Donghuang's Yixian can also defeat the opponent, but Kaohsiung himself is not included.

So even though Qianwei's words were very unpleasant, Kaohsiung did not refute him. He just clenched the handle of the knife reluctantly, and then let go.

Seeing that Kaohsiung was hit hard, Atago crossed her arms and said unconvincedly: "Who said we were going to compete in strength? How dare you, Vanguard, with a battleship, bully Kaohsiung, with a heavy cruiser?"

"So what do you think Kaohsiung and I should compete in?"

"Of course it's bigger than a naizi, so the personal guard must be very gentle to Xiao Xia Bainuan...."

Hearing Atago coming up with new ideas, Xia Bai pinched her face hard, ignored her aggrieved expression, turned around and said to Qianwei: "Let's compare strength. Qianwei, there are some things you need to experience firsthand."

After saying that, Xia Bai grabbed Kaohsiung's hand without waiting for her to react, took out a ring of promise from his arms and put it on her.

"I haven't forgotten that the purpose of coming to the training ground today is to give you the Ring of Oath. Perform well."

Looking at the ring of promise on his ring finger, Kaohsiung's depressed expression disappeared and he slowly drew out the sword in his hand.

The vanguard probably understood Xia Bai's intention, drew the knight's sword from his waist, and laughed with fighting spirit: "Hahaha, come on, I just want to try how powerful the most advanced force in the world is right now!"

"Royal Battleship Vanguard, please enlighten me!"

"Chong Sakura Takao, Heretic Blade, please teach me..."

Chapter 231 Strength Standard

Exercise venue.

The battle in the air has stopped, and the rumbling sounds from a while ago have disappeared. The ship girls who have left the Mecha-god are delighted to see Xia Bai's new outfit, and they look at him with a radiant look, as if there is something meaningful behind it.

After a moment, after listening to Xia Bai's explanation, Kaga couldn't help but ask: "So Commander, you called us down just to make room for the Vanguard and Kaohsiung?"

"Well, perhaps you can get some inspiration from the battle between the Ship Girl and the Mecha God. Besides..." At this point, Xia Bai paused slightly and turned his gaze to New Jersey.

"I'm curious whether this ship girl, who is at the forefront of the world, has any chance of winning against the Mecha God."

New Jersey didn't quite understand why Xia Bai was looking at him at this time, and was regretting that his chance to fly the Mecha God had slipped away again.

But Hu Teng was different. She easily heard the hidden meaning and said immediately: "We have tried it. Facing the Destiny Wolf with a synchronization rate of 70%, New Jersey can win."

"Frederick and I are in a more difficult situation and will take a lot more time. The monarch is in a stalemate. We may have a chance of winning if we fight for our lives."

Hearing this, Xia Bai lowered his head and thought for a while, then continued to ask: "If you look at it this way, then facing the 100% synchronization rate of Destiny Wolf, only New Jersey has a chance of winning."

"That's about right. After all, Destiny Wolf is a Tier 3 Mecha God. Its emotional perception system has a greater impact on Frederick and me. Only New Jersey is immune to this fear."

There was no expression on Hu Teng's face, as if she didn't care that she was weaker than the Mecha God, and she slowly expressed her views.

"Compared to the Destiny Wolf that specializes in close combat, the second-level ones are more difficult for us to deal with. There are too many floating guns, and there are all kinds of weird 'systems'."