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

"Where are my legs? My big legs? You just took them off for me?"

No wonder Xia Bai always felt that his legs were uncomfortable and even out of control a few days ago. He thought it was due to the abuse of his mental power. Now he came to the hangar and solved the case.

This guy Akashi cut off the legs of RX-02 in the name of research. The originally majestic blue and white mecha now looked so shabby in the dimly lit hangar.

"Hmm... After Akashi disassembled the mecha, he found that there were major problems with the wiring connections inside, especially the interfaces between the upper and lower parts, which seemed to be made using two different production processes."

"So just leave it like this for now. I'll install it for you later when Akashi figures out a solution."

"Besides, the legs are just decorations... It's ok for the humans in the military not to understand, but as a pilot, Xia Bai, don't you understand the pros and cons of this, meow?"

After listening to the first half of Akashi's explanation, Xia Bai's mood calmed down a lot, but when he heard the latter explanation that the legs were just decorations, his blood pressure soared again.

"Superiority or inferiority is bullshit. The mecha is the other half of the Son of Prometheus. It's fine if it's not activated. Once it's activated, the pain will be clearly transmitted to our brains."

"Can you imagine a person who has no injuries at all and feels the pain of having his leg removed all day long?"

"Don't think about putting something weird on me, I just want the legs!"

Scratching her head embarrassedly, Akashi's eyes were a little vague. If Xia Bai hadn't mentioned the transmission of pain, she really wanted to replace her legs with the more powerful round jet nozzles in the propulsion.

But she couldn't say such words now, even if she was beaten to death, lest she be punished by the furious Xia Bai, so she replied softly: "Then put the legs on after Akashi is done, meow."

Seeing that Xia Bai seemed to have calmed down, Akashi patted his chest guiltily and continued, "RX-02 Akashi has almost understood everything. Problems like line blockage are the most basic. There are also problems with the control module and operating system."

"There are no technical difficulties, but there are a lot of minor problems, so it will take a long time. During this period, Xia Bai, you should not attack."

It seems that the people who designed and researched the Son of Prometheus are really unreliable and have so many problems. No wonder I often fail.

Thinking of this, Xia Bai pressed his temples with a headache. It was indeed troublesome not being able to attack, but it would not do to just leave these problems like this.

"Okay, I won't attack during this period. We're in Sakura Empire anyway, so I just need to be as fast as possible..."

"Now that the problem with the RX-02 has been solved, what about the modification of the equipment? This shouldn't be difficult for you."

Speaking of equipment, Akashi raised a finger and became much more serious.

"I just had to inform you about this. There are serious issues with the equipment of the Son of Prometheus, meow."

Chapter 11 Orders bring motivation

Seeing Mingshi speaking in a serious manner, Xia Bai suddenly became nervous. Could it be that self-destruction was not a big problem?

Forget about myself, since I have my own abilities and don’t need much equipment. But it’s different for the Sons of Prometheus, as they can’t start their mechas without engines.

Thinking of this, Xia Bai asked anxiously: "Is the equipment unable to be modified or is there another problem? Mingshi, can you fix it?"

Touching his chin, Akashi hesitated and said, "It can't be modified. The output limit of the equipment itself has too many loopholes, and the design concept is also very bad."

"Except for the slightly normal engine, the rest looks like it was slapped together from a garbage dump, so Akashi's suggestion is to remake it, meow."

"Remake?"

"Yes, just remake it." After confirming his plan, Akashi reached his little hand into his long sleeves and kept groping for something. Soon he took out a blue equipment and handed it to Xia Bai.

"This is a beam cannon that Akashi modified and imitated from the ship's equipment. It also has a 150mm caliber, but has a higher output, consumes less energy, and does not have the original defects, meow."

After receiving the equipment, Xia Bai held it in his hand and examined it carefully, and said with some doubt: "Isn't this pretty good? Akashi, you can remake the equipment for us, so what's the problem?"

"That's exactly what Akashi is talking about, meow. This thing uses the shipgirl's equipment as raw materials, so Akashi doesn't know whether it's useful or not, meow."

"Anyway, Akashi can't do it himself, so Xia Bai, try it yourself."

Hearing this, Xia Bai nodded, closed his eyes, immersed in the mental connection with the RX-02, and placed the equipment on the slot.

I saw that the RX-02 in the hangar had two more metal gun barrels on its waist. The whole thing was silver in color with green cat paw patterns printed on it.

After coming back to his senses and seeing the changes in RX-02, Xia Bai excitedly picked up Akashi and spun him around a few times.

Sure enough, although Akashi had some character flaws, he was extremely strong in his professionalism and solved this difficult problem easily.

"Don't be too happy too soon. Even though this thing can be installed, I don't know if it actually works, meow."

"And Akashi needs more Son of Prometheus mechas as samples to collect different data..."

After the excitement, Xia Bai put Mingshi down, patted his chest and replied: "No problem, I can contact Splan Island right away and ask RX-03 to send someone over."

"I can try out the equipment right away. If Akashi has any other requests, you can also let me know."

Hearing Xia Bai's confident words, Mingshi didn't hesitate to count on his fingers and stated his request.

"Specialized equipment can be mass-produced, but it requires supplies and equipment boxes. Mingshi won't charge you for the labor, but Xiabai, you have to prepare these things yourself, meow."

“Equipment boxes in particular are in great demand, because the transformation is not 100% successful and requires many test pieces.”

"Originally, Akashi wanted to make more different equipment for reference, but when Lord Nagato visited Donghuang, he took away all the equipment boxes in the warehouse."

"This equipment was made by Akashi himself..."

To be honest, even though Akashi always felt that Xia Bai was troublesome and was blackmailed by Xia Bai, he was still very sincere to him, if it weren't for the fact that he often used the backend system to see what he did.

The reason was naturally because of Nagato's order and the situation in the world. She was indeed a little greedy, but she saw many things more clearly than anyone else and was very sensible.

Moreover, when Xia Bai was blackmailing Mingshi, his mental fluctuations did not show greed. Perhaps it didn't matter to him whether he blackmailed or not, he just wanted to amuse himself.

From what she had observed for so long, Akashi's evaluation of Xia Bai was that he was a good person and someone she could get along with.

What's more, this guy saved the Sakura Empire fleet several times, so Akashi repaid him in his own way, but the method was a little awkward.

Waving his long sleeves, Akashi raised his head and continued, "You can go to the Maritime Bureau to exchange equipment boxes and red spikes for military merits... Akashi sees that you have quite a lot of kills on your communication ring, so you should be able to collect some."

Just when Xia Bai was having trouble with these raw materials, Mingshi gave him his advice thoughtfully, which made him suddenly realize.

I might have forgotten that the Maritime Administration has specially established a military merit system to motivate the ship girls to fight, and military merit is naturally accumulated through communication rings.

Except for the front line, some ship girls in the garrison patrol a few times a month and may not encounter Sirens, so rewards for military merits are optional.

But Xia Bai is really different. From the time he got the communication ring until now, he has not experienced many battles, but the number of his kills is very large.

Especially the two battles where I encountered Observer Zero and defeated the Purifier, which really resulted in a lot of kills.

"Well, I'll find some time to go to the Maritime Administration. I should be able to make a few with some help from others. If it's proven to be effective, I'll have RX-03 pay for mass production."

"Don't worry, the labor costs and other remuneration for large-scale production will still be paid, and you won't be working for nothing, Akashi."

These words moved Mingshi greatly. If Xia Bai really wanted her to work for free, it would be difficult for her to refuse. It could only be said that she had made the right choice of person.

After a quick calculation in her mind, she realized that if the order was successful, her reward would definitely be considerable. Xia Bai had killed many elite sirens, and RX-03 had led people to the Solomon Line of Defense several times.

With the spoils of war and the exchange of merits, the Son of Prometheus cannot be said to be very rich, but he is definitely not short of supplies, especially for his own equipment.

With money symbols flashing in his eyes, Mingshi took out a wrench and said, "Now Mingshi will make a ring for you. It will be done soon. Xia Bai, just take a look at it first."

After saying that, he left in a hurry. It seems that orders of this scale really gave Akashi a lot of motivation. People think she is rich, but who knows her difficulties.

Although the communication ring is a best-seller, its price is not high because of its wide versatility. It costs 5000 supply coins each. Of course, this is not high for ordinary people. But how many ship girls and commanders are there in this world?

Moreover, she often made some small inventions, so a lot of materials were wasted. All in all, Akashi was quite poor as her income was not enough to cover her expenses.

A few minutes later, Akashi ran back with the black box. His speed really surprised Xia Bai.

"Here, Akashi used some of the emblems of the Sakura Empire as a reference for the design of the oath ring. It should be fine to give it to Akagi and the others, meow."

"Akashi still has work to do and I won't keep you here. Just send the materials over when you have them, meow."

Xia Bai took the box and put it in his pocket without saying much. He said goodbye and left. After returning to his mansion, he still had a lot of things to do.

Chapter 12: The Freeloader - Purification

The sky was dark, and the moon and stars were sparse.

When Xia Bai came out of Akashi's residence, there were only faint lights of fire on the road. The west residential area, which had never had much fireworks, was now completely silent.

Checking the time, it was not yet eight o'clock. Xia Bai couldn't help but feel a little sad for Nagato's staunch supporters. They went to bed so early and couldn't enjoy the beauty of the nightlife at all.

You have to know that those ship girls in the east are typical night owls, and night is when they are most active.

I walked slowly to the wooden bridge dividing the east and west sides. The fisherman Jiang Feng was no longer there, and the eastern residential area was in sharp contrast to this side, with bright lights and a bustling atmosphere.

For some reason, Xia Bai suddenly recalled a sentence Akagi told him. That was Akagi's evaluation of Nagato when he was curious about what kind of person Nagato was.

"She is weak and indecisive, and she tries to make herself look majestic. But as you can see, apart from the people on her side, few people buy into her."

"A powerful battleship that doesn't understand human nature... that's all."

Perhaps Akagi just hated her for not fighting for it. If it were in the past, she would have waited patiently for this Son of God to grow up and become a qualified flagship of the Sakura Empire.

But with Shinano's disappearance, Mikasa's retirement, and the Sirens' growing desire to attack, Akagi believed that Nagato's growth rate could not keep up with the changes in the situation, so he wanted to become the chief flagship.

However, this idea has changed with Xia Bai's arrival. Apart from the Sakura Empire, which is the embodiment of all her good memories, she no longer pays attention to anything else.

"A powerful battleship that doesn't understand human nature... What kind of shipgirl is Nagato?"

Thinking of this, Xia Bai sat on the bridge railing, looking at the dark and cold lake, and became interested in Nagato.

It's not that he was interested in that aspect. He just wanted to see what kind of person Nagato was, who was barely holding up Sakura Empire amid internal and external troubles.

One cannot completely believe what Akagi said, and Xia Bai has his own judgment. Anyway, he feels that no matter what, as the leader of a camp, Nagato is much better than himself and Elizabeth.

At least Nagato is serious about learning and leading the Sakura Empire. Not to mention myself, now I guess few people know that RX-02 is the leader of the Sons of Prometheus. Those guys on the Internet think it is RX-03.

Elizabeth is even more outrageous. She is a willful person. Recently, when she was talking on the phone with the fearsome, she learned from her that Her Majesty the Queen no longer wants to work hard.

Ask Belfa about internal affairs and Ajax about external affairs. She did nothing but eat and play, so Xia Bai had talked so much to her in vain. At that time, he really thought that Elizabeth would become a real queen if she continued like this.

Now it seems that he is just like me, just a mascot.

Oh, by the way, no matter how bad Elizabeth is, she still has leadership ability. Leading the Royal Navy to attack will be blessed, and the one who has this blessing ability is RX-03.

"Alas...it seems that being the leader of any faction is not easy. I wonder if it is the same for White Eagle and Iron Blood."

"What happened to Bismarck and Enterprise? They want to get me!?"

A stupid voice sounded, Xia Bai turned around and found that the Purifier was holding a bowl bigger than her face and looking at her with horror.

"Who wants to arrest you? I was thinking about the leader of the camp." After explaining, Xia Bai looked at the big bowl in the Purifier's hand and hesitated, "What do you use this bowl for?"

Hearing this, the Purifier patted her chest in fear. She thought Enterprise and Bismarck were coming to arrest her. Then she raised the bowl proudly.

"Let's go eat. Feng Xiang prepared a big meal for me today. King Kong and the others are also here... By the way, have you eaten yet? If not, come with me."

Does that mean you have to bring your own bowls and chopsticks for a meal? Looking at the Purifier's expression of anticipation for a feast, Xia Bai always felt

This guy is becoming less and less like a Siren. Every day he either goes around eating and drinking for free, or plays with the destroyers for who knows what.

Xia Bai knew Feng Xiang, a gentle light aircraft carrier girl. He guessed that she invited her to dinner because she saw that the Purifier was homeless and pitiful, and her maternal instinct was overflowing.

I have to say, this guy is doing pretty well in Sakura Empire. He can talk to anyone and get three meals a day for free.

"I remember Akashi said that Sirens don't need to eat. Why do you eat so much?" In order for the Purifier to be able to eat the food cooked by Fengxiang in the future, Xia Bai still implicitly reminded the other party that it was inappropriate to bring such a big bowl.

However, the Purifier was completely unaware of Xia Bai's reminder and said as a matter of course: "It's delicious. I didn't realize that the food in the human world was so delicious until you gave me juice last time, Xia Bai, and then I opened the door to a new world."

"If I go back in the future, I won't be able to eat it anymore, so I'd better eat more now. Feng Xiang always praises me for having a good appetite when he sees me eating so much."

Is this something to be proud of? You still know you will go back. I thought you didn't want to be a siren anymore.

Xia Bai really didn't know what to say to the shameless Purifier. He could only wave his hand and tell her to go eat quickly and not disturb him.

Mingming and Stelhencus are both sirens, why is there such a big difference between them?

But the Purifier came back soon after he left and looked at Xia Bai embarrassedly.

"Just tell me what you want. Forget about borrowing supplies. And don't ask me when I can help you return to Siren. You have to ask Akashi."

Seeing the other person's expression, Xia Bai knew that this guy had something to ask for help. The last time the Purifier was so embarrassed, he still had to borrow supplies from him in exchange for money to buy snacks online.

At that time, thinking that the Purifier was quite pitiful since she had no relatives or friends in Sakura Empire, Xia Bai lent her a thousand resource coins, which she has not paid back until now.

"I'm not asking you to borrow supplies. I haven't finished the ones I bought last time." After explaining, the Purifier's voice became smaller and hesitantly said, "I... I heard that you have a lot of fans on the forum."

"Then you must have heard it wrong. The one with the most fans is RX-03, not RX-02. I manage it and post photos every day, but not many people follow me."

After saying this expressionlessly, Xia Bai asked curiously, "Why are you asking this?"

Scratching his head, the Purifier felt even more embarrassed.

"I also registered an account online, but it didn't attract any attention at all...so I want you to bring traffic to me, hehehe."

As he spoke, the Purifier also showed the communication ring on his pale arm.

"How could Mingshi give you this thing? I'm afraid she must have stolen it." Looking up and down the Purifier with distrust, Xia Bai prepared to notify Mingshi to arrest him.

Anyway, he really didn't believe that Akashi would be so ignorant of the limits. Although the Purifiers had indeed been harmless to humans and animals in the past month, they were still Sirens after all, and it was possible that they would do something to them.

Considering the utilization rate of the communication ring by front-line combat personnel, the consequences are disastrous.

Chapter 13 Lucky Kaga