I, Azure Commander!

"Oh yes."

Lin Xiao pounded his palm and then he remembered what was happening. If that was the case, then they were the newcomers?

But it doesn’t matter, as long as everyone is used to living here.

The other ship girls had naturally arrived early, and a variety of breakfasts were already placed on the table. Just take whatever you want to eat.

Lin Xiao thought about it and decided to have a Chinese breakfast.

Haitian made century egg and lean meat porridge, plus a simple breakfast of egg pancakes and fried dumplings. I guess he had prepared it last night and had already wrapped the buns and dumplings.

As for the taste, needless to say, it was first-rate. Lin Xiao ate a lot more than usual. After eating, he felt his stomach was bloated. He didn't know if he would get fatter by eating like this.

I don't think so... After all, you've never seen a ship girl get fat, right? Although he is the commander, his current condition doesn't really qualify him as a human being...

Some people might care about this, but Lin Xiao doesn't care that much. As long as he can live peacefully with his wife, it doesn't matter whether she is human or not.

Anyway, although my body has been changing, they are all good changes, and I can’t express my joy enough.

After finishing breakfast, he seemed to become confused all of a sudden. He didn't even have to think about the ultimate question of what to eat for lunch. The chef at home had already arranged everything, and both the taste and nutrition were all controlled. He only needed to bring someone with him at dinner time and wait to eat.

So, it seems that we are back to the question: what should we do today?

It seems that there is nothing that must be done. It is time to relax. However, when there is nothing you want to do, resting can sometimes seem a bit troublesome.

At least when you are working you don’t need to think so much, but if you are on vacation and you don’t have anything you want to do, it seems that you will become bored and empty. The most important thing is that you will feel that you have wasted your rare rest time, and that will make you feel very uncomfortable.

After much thought, I have a book signing event tomorrow and will probably be very busy. It is almost certain that I won't have much time to wander around afterwards. This is a rare day of free time, so I should take the girls out for a walk.

Although there aren’t that many special foods in District E, there must be some interesting attractions, right?

It's always better to go out for a walk than to stay at home and rot on the sofa.

Then when I asked Haitian, as expected, this girl had already thought about these things. She quickly ran to the desk and brought over a handwritten recommended tourist route map.

That's great... Can such a good girl really be taken home so easily? Although it wasn't something he did, Lin Xiao actually felt a little guilty now.

"Then please inform everyone. Let's go out and have fun together today and relax..."

"Okay, Commander."

Upon hearing this, Hai Tian went to talk to other ship girls about this matter. It can be seen that she seemed still a little nervous. After all, they had just met not long ago, and it was normal that she didn't know how to communicate.

It is also a good opportunity to give her the opportunity to communicate more with her companions in the port area and help her integrate into the port area quickly.

Lin Xiao would feel bad if he didn't treat such a good girl better...

Of course, the care that a commander should show is indispensable, but further emotional progress, love vows, etc., is another matter altogether.

Anyway, Mr. Lin is still the same as always. Unless the girls mention it, he basically never takes the initiative.

He just joined the port area, what on earth is he thinking about...

His mind was a little confused, so he shook his head and put those strange thoughts behind him. Then Lin Xiao followed the gathered girls out the door, planning to take advantage of the free day to visit all the worthwhile attractions in this port city.

So they played outside for the whole day. Maybe Lin Xiao was not so interested in traveling. Although he had fun, he did not feel very satisfied. But seeing the girls with heartfelt smiles on their faces made him feel that the trip was more meaningful.

I went home and had a quick meal, then paid my dues, and tomorrow I had to go to a book signing event...

Chapter 24 Activity Site

The next morning, Lin Xiao was awakened by the Tianying beside him.

Compared to the situation yesterday morning, it was as if the roles were completely reversed. Lin Xiao, who obviously did not get enough sleep, hugged Tianying's slender waist tightly, buried his face in her soft belly, and refused to get up no matter what.

However, there were important things to do today, and he had to get up even if he didn't want to. Tianying helped Lin Xiao change his clothes helplessly, like helping a child, and then half pushed and half supported him to the sink and started washing.

After wiping his face with a hot towel, Lin Xiao finally came to his senses. He went to the restaurant with Tianying and quickly finished his breakfast. It was already eight o'clock in the morning, and the autograph session was scheduled to start at nine o'clock this morning.

But if I think about it carefully, it seems that there is nothing that needs to be specially prepared. An hour is enough time to rush from here to the venue...

That’s right, although the building was purchased, it is obviously not suitable as a venue for holding events. The venue for the autograph session was arranged in a large stadium in the center of the city.

That kind of large stadium can accommodate a lot of people and has relatively complete supporting facilities. It is obviously more suitable as a venue for holding events.

Although he was going to participate in the event, there was no need to bring all the ship girls to the public. That would be too ostentatious and put the cart before the horse. Lin Xiao only chose the two maids Sheffield and Sirius who had already appeared in the book, including Tianying, who was also one of the important characters, and the big sister Azuma who was about to appear.

Hai Tian went there as the host of the event. As for the other ship girls, it was not that they had nothing to do. In fact, their tasks were more important - that was to try to find the ship girls in their own port area among the crowded crowd, or at least find ways to ask the ship girls or commanders for news about the ship girls nearby.

After all, this is the real purpose of holding this book signing event, and we can't put the cart before the horse.

Of course, as the core of the event, Lin Xiao, who is responsible for signing for the books, also has plenty of time and opportunities to communicate with people who come to buy books. If he sees someone who looks like a commander or a ship girl, he can ask indirectly, and maybe he can get some key information.

They soon arrived at the stadium by car. As soon as he got off the car, Lin Xiao was shocked by the huge crowds of people in front of him.

I have to say, there were unexpectedly a lot of people. At a glance, the place was full of people. It felt like a holiday tourist attraction, or even more exaggerated than that.

Despite such a large crowd, the staff had already arranged the order. Although there were many people, it was not chaotic.

It’s a pity that although it’s called a book signing event, most people who come here are probably just there to participate in some other activities that are prepared along the way.

After all, the number of books that can be sold in a day is limited, and the same goes for the number of books he can sign. Even if he keeps signing until his hands cramp, the number of books he can sign is still very limited - to put it bluntly, there is a limit to the number of books he can sign. The current plan is to limit the number of books to one thousand in this session, and randomly select the luckiest readers to have the opportunity to sign.

Such a limited quantity will not lead to no one coming. On the contrary, it will become an interesting gimmick, making everyone more enthusiastic about coming here. And because it is purely a matter of luck, it can also prevent some groups who want to take advantage of this to resell and act as scalpers to make a profit.

As the protagonist of today's event, Lin Xiao's appearance naturally attracted everyone's attention. He got out of the car under everyone's gaze, and in front of him was a long red carpet. The scene was extremely grand and formal.

Even though he now has a very remarkable status compared to ordinary people, this is the first time Lin Xiao has seen such a scene. To be honest, he is a little nervous.

However, although he was nervous inside, he couldn't show it on the surface. Taking a deep breath, Lin Xiao slowly calmed himself down, and took a step forward with a calm mind and expression. Under the gaze of countless people, he walked onto the red carpet with the four ship girls beside him.

"Thank you all for coming to this book signing event today. As you can see, I am..."

After the protagonist entered, there was naturally a speech. Lin Xiao had already written the manuscript with the help of the ship girls yesterday, so he just had to read it. Sheffield was naturally there as a translator to help him translate the entire speech.

What he said was nothing more than some clichés, but out of curiosity about this young and promising commander and writer, the guests present seemed to be in high spirits. So after Lin Xiao finished his speech, he quickly stepped down from the stage and left the rest of the matter to Hai Tian and other people in charge of hosting the event.

Time was running out, and soon the lottery for today's highlight, the autograph signing event, began. Those who were interested in it nervously looked at the barcodes in their hands and compared them with the scrolling results on the big screen. Those who won the prizes were naturally eager to try and were very excited, while those who were not interested in it gave them to their relatives and friends or even sold them directly.

Of course, if you make too much noise, you will be asked to leave by security, and the winning barcode will naturally be invalidated, and another one will be drawn as a replacement.

Lin Xiao sat in the assigned seat, holding a pen in his hand. The table in front of him and behind him were piled with beautifully packaged novels. Not only were they signed, but the books themselves seemed to have been specially reprinted, and were different from the versions circulating in the market. The prices had not changed at all. There was no doubt that these books were not profitable or even lost money, which was quite conscientious.

The signing started soon, and other activities followed. There seemed to be quite a few interesting mini-game activities, as well as the exhibition and sale of some novel-derived products, including some exchanges and discussions based on the content of the book, or divergent thinking rewrites and adjustments, and even various advance exhibitions of animations that were being produced and comics that were almost completed.

There even seems to be a lot of fan works being sold. Of course, these fan works have been reviewed and are healthy and positive in content...

In short, the venue seemed to be very lively, and even those who were not qualified did not seem to be bored. No matter from which perspective, it was a pretty good event.

All of this is thanks to Haitian's careful planning. This girl is really reliable...

Chapter 25 It's really the Commander!

"Um, please...Excuse me, can I shake your hand?!"

Looking at the nervous girl in front of him, Lin Xiao paused in his signing and looked a little embarrassed for a moment.

The person in front of me was a very cute girl with short golden hair. She looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, and her eyes were full of youthfulness.

However, she seems to be just an ordinary, cute girl from District E.

She's not a ship girl, nor does she look like a commander.

"sure……"

Even so, the adorable child was extremely nervous and took all his courage to finally speak out his request, so there was no need for Lin Xiao to reject it.

So he stood up from his seat and extended his hand to the girl in front of him, "This is a special service for the lovely child."

As soon as these words were uttered, the people behind her who were beginning to get excited, as well as the people in front of her who had a look of regret, immediately calmed down.

That's right. For such a big shot to come to the book signing event, the distributor must have spent a lot of effort to invite him. It's impossible for him to shake hands with everyone.

"Thank...thank you!"

There seemed to be light in the girl's eyes, and she excitedly stretched out her little hand and held Lin Xiao's hand. To be honest, perhaps because of her excitement, she used a little too much force, probably to the extent that most people would feel a little painful.

But Lin Xiao didn't care. He handed the signed book to the little girl, stroked her beautiful blonde hair, and said, "Here, keep it. This is your book."

"Well! I will treasure it well, and then... one day in the future, I will definitely become a commander!"

"Oh?"

Lin Xiao looked at the longing in the child's eyes, and a gentle smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Such a lovely child can sometimes heal your heart unexpectedly.

"Then keep working hard. I believe you will become an excellent commander..."

After saying this, the girl no longer wanted to take up his time, and trotted away with the book in her arms, as if she was going to find her parents. When she got close to her parents, she was still cheering and looked really happy.

Lin Xiao withdrew his gaze only at this moment. Somehow, he felt an indescribable touch in his heart.

This wonderful feeling even made him want to start writing the next volume immediately for a moment. Of course, it was only an impulse at that moment.

The book signing event couldn't go on forever, there had to be a break. Lin Xiao, who had already signed hundreds of books, came to the backstage a little tired. Most of the ship girls had returned at this time, but the atmosphere seemed a little quiet. It was obvious that, at least until now, they had not gained anything.

It was the same on Lin Xiao's side. After all, most of the people who came to participate in the event were ordinary people. After signing autographs for hundreds of people, he only met one ship girl, and that was a newborn baby. She expressed her admiration for Lin Xiao, but because there was already a ship girl with the same name in the port, there was no room for further development, and the communication ended there.

Although I asked the other party for some information, he was just a newbie and couldn't provide any useful information.

However, despite this, Lin Xiao was not as depressed as the ship girls at home, because at this moment he had a very strange feeling, this feeling had appeared many times before - yes, before finding his own ship girl every time.

Therefore, if things go as expected, there might even be ship girls from their port area who have not yet returned to the port in this venue.

In fact, this feeling is not just a simple intuition. The connection between the ship girl and the commander does exist, which is generally recognized.

It was as if from the moment the ship girl called you commander, some kind of chain of fate connected the two of you together, so Lin Xiao was basically certain that his perception should be accurate.

So, he naturally told the ship girls his thoughts.

"If that's the case... Commander, I think we should change our strategy."

"you mean……"

"If there really is a ship girl from the port area present, whether she knows that this is the book written by the Commander and came here on purpose, or she is simply here to join in the fun, our focus should be on allowing her to spot the Commander. As long as she can see the Commander, she will naturally come over to join us."

"That's true."

Lin Xiao nodded. Just as Tianying said, there were only two possibilities. However, there were too many people at the scene. Even if the ship girls saw the book and found that the author's name was exactly the same as their commander and came over, there were too many people and they couldn't see the author signing books from a distance.

"But the question is how can I get her to notice me?"

"That's easy. Just carry out everything as planned. It is still very important to gather intelligence. However... Haitian, the projection screen I asked you to prepare before should be usable, right?"

"No problem at all."

"Then the problem is solved..."

A sly smile appeared on Sheffield's lips, and Lin Xiao's mouth twitched suddenly.

How should I put it? This is the truth, and it does seem to be useful, but it’s okay to participate in such an event with so many people, but it’s too embarrassing to set up a big-screen projection, right?

Lin Xiao had reason to suspect that this scumbag maid just wanted to make him socially dead.

However, even so, we have to admit that this is indeed a solution. Since there is a high probability that one of our own ship girls is in the field, we certainly cannot miss it and we must find her.

So, after a while, when the signing session continued, a huge screen suddenly unfolded in the center of the venue, and on it was a shot of Lin Xiao signing autographs.

This move made the audience a little confused and stunned for a moment, but they didn't care about it immediately. They watched for a while and just thought that this young naval officer and author was quite handsome. They didn't have any other thoughts and just participated in the activities they were supposed to participate in.

But in a certain corner, a girl with long blond hair immediately covered her face with her hands, staring at the big screen in front of her in surprise, tears welling up in her eyes. She sniffed and exclaimed in a low voice: "Look, it's really the Commander!"

"That's what I told you! It must be the commander. I was sure of it from the voice!"

"Lian De, I don't think you said that before? The voice is a little different when speaking through a microphone. No one was sure at the time, right?"

"Well at least I said it was very similar, isn't it almost the same..."

"That's a big difference, isn't it?" Ajax snorted, with a disdainful expression on his face, "That idiot was the same, he abandoned the entire port area without a word, and disappeared inexplicably... Humph, does that still count as a commander?"

Obviously, her opinion was mainly directed at a certain commander, and she just said something to Lian De in passing.

"Ajax said that, but in fact he likes the commander very much, right?"

"Yes, yes. Although she looks strong on the surface, she can't help but say some ambiguous words when talking to the commander."

"But at the beginning, the commander would pay a little attention to her. Later, there were more and more beautiful girls in the port area, and the commander gradually became too lazy to pay attention to her..."

The complaints continued, making Ajax's face turn green and red, but he had no way to refute them, so he could only turn his head and keep silent.

"But it still feels so unreal. The Commander actually came back like this, and even wrote such an amazing book... When I first heard about this, I thought it was just someone who happened to have the same name. Are we dreaming?"

"How can so many people dream together? Besides, I just hit Cupid and she said it hurt. It shouldn't be a dream."

"Don't hit her! Why don't you hit yourself, Jersey? Is there any sister like you? Cupid is so cute... The commander must like her too. Be careful that she will complain to the commander later."

"..."