I, Azure Commander!

After saying goodbye to Yorktown and others, Lin Xiao brought a group of ship girls back to the Naval Academy.

At this time, Shimakaze was still in class, and many of the ship girls at home were serving as instructors, but there were still quite a few ship girls in the dormitory, such as Noshiro, Amagi, and Nagashima Hatsuharu. They had just finished their meal and were resting at home, enjoying a leisurely afternoon.

"Boom boom boom——"

Lin Xiao knocked on the dormitory door. Changdao glanced at the door, collapsed on the sofa decadently, reached out to grab a piece of potato chips, and stretched his neck to shout: "Someone is knocking on the door."

So you won't move at all?

Noshiro sighed helplessly, walked out of the inner room, and opened the door.

"Commander, you're back?"

As soon as he opened the door and saw Lin Xiao, Noshiro's expression suddenly brightened up, and he quickly stepped aside to let Lin Xiao in.

"Hey, it's Noshiro, hello~"

Lin Xiao walked into the dormitory, followed by Xiao Jiajia and Lexington, and the last one to enter was Bumblebee. When he saw Noshiro, he immediately came up to her and greeted her.

"Eh? Ah... hello..."

However, Noshiro's expression stiffened at a speed visible to the naked eye. He subconsciously took a half step back and put his hands in front of him, as if he had seen some ferocious beast.

"Is it really still the case?"

Bumblebee didn't care. He laughed and shook his head.

Noshiro has always kept a considerable distance from the Hornet and Wasp. It's not that there is any conflict between them, but because of the historical prototype ships. Noshiro was besieged and sunk by a fleet from the Hornet and Wasp. Although these Hornet and Wasp are not the same Hornet and Wasp, but the Essex-class Hornet and Wasp, perhaps because of the same name, Noshiro is still somewhat afraid of these two colleagues, and hides aside and becomes autistic when she sees them.

The girl was stunned and a little scared, and her embarrassed and helpless look was really adorable. Lin Xiao couldn't help laughing out loud, and then, under Noshiro's resentful eyes, he walked up to her, patted her shoulder, and hugged her gently as a way of comforting her.

Bumblebee's eyes rolled around, moving back and forth between the two of them.

There's something going on with these two people!

The commander had never been so close to anyone before, and he had done a lot of harassing things. Some of his actions were considered excessive, but holding hands or hugging had never happened. He just liked to poke everywhere with his hands, even the most embarrassing places.

Therefore, if the ship girls in the port area saw the commander harassing the ship girls, they would not be surprised, but they had never seen such intimate actions as the one in front of them.

It seems that the Commander has changed a lot...

Although he was thinking it in his heart, Bumblebee was not as heartless as he appeared to be. He said nothing but took note of it secretly and planned to tell Yorktown sisters and the others when he returned.

Since there are such intimate actions, will something further happen?

Bumblebee, with half-closed eyes, walked into the dormitory while thinking and began to tour around. After looking around, he sat down on the sofa without hesitation and said hello to the lazy Nagashima.

Changdao is really lazy. He is obviously a comrade in the same camp and is on the same aircraft carrier, but he just raised his head and greeted him without even sitting up.

Little Tiancheng came over and called out sweetly, "Sister Bumblebee." Bumblebee immediately smiled and touched her head. Who wouldn't like such a cute and sensible child?

Bumblebee's social skills are among the best among the ship girls. Plus, they are all companions, so naturally they get to know each other quickly, hanging out and laughing. She has always been like this.

"By the way, where's the new member from Minato?"

Bumblebee looked around and didn't see any unfamiliar sisters, so he asked curiously.

"Oh, Shimakaze, she's in class now. And Tianying and the others, who are temporarily serving as honorary instructors in the academy, are also giving classes at this time."

"Shimakaze? Is Shimakaze the new companion?"

Bumblebee showed an interested look, "Commander, let's go meet her. I haven't seen the Shimakaze yet!"

Not to mention seeing it, I've never even heard of it. Of course I know about the Shimakaze ship from the old era, but I've never heard of the birth of a ship girl who inherited the Shimakaze. I didn't expect that the first Shimakaze would appear in their own port. Should they say that it's worthy of their commander?

Even though he had been missing for three years, his skills had not diminished at all.

"Okay, actually I also want to go and see Shimakaze and the others in class. Her instructor is still Lafite. I think the class will be very interesting..."

"Oh? It seems that the Commander likes this island style very much. How is it? Is it a super rare gold skin?"

"Do not."

Lin Xiao shook his head mysteriously with a smile on his face.

"That's a cute little Loli, right?"

Unexpectedly, Bumblebee followed up without hesitation, "Although you have lost your memory, Commander, you are still the same as before. You like cute little loli."

"What do you mean? Am I that kind of person, your commander?"

Lin Xiao's eyes widened immediately. "Don't I like children who are not cute enough because they don't have golden skin? Everyone in the port area is my wings, and they are all my favorite ship girls."

"Oh, you're so surprised you can say that..."

Bumblebee was also stunned for a moment, this answer was something she didn't expect.

No commander before was so shameless!

"So, the Shimakaze has a purple skin? That shouldn't be the case..."

Of course, Bumblebee doesn't know the rarity of the Shimakaze after it transforms into a ship girl, but according to the memory of the ship's outfit, the Shimakaze of the old era seemed to be quite famous?

Although she has no combat record and her performance that was praised to the sky was actually just so-so in the later stages of the war, it seems that the Sakura Empire Navy is quite confident in her. Logically speaking, she should not be just a purple-skinned hero.

"Of course not. That girl is a legendary ship girl at sea."

Atlanta at the side answered her doubts, "When the commander built it, we were all stunned."

"It's actually Caipi?!"

Bumblebee's voice suddenly rose eight octaves. Even in their monster-like port area, there were not many colorful ship girls, and several of them were promoted through transformation, or were project ships. There were very few ship girls who were originally colorful.

For example, the Shinano of the Sakura Empire is extremely powerful. As an aircraft carrier, even though Bumblebee is highly trained, she still feels completely powerless facing the opponent.

The gap is really too big. Even a top-notch aircraft carrier like Enterprise-class X-Type still has a clear gap compared to Shinano.

Now that a new original colored skin has been released in the Hong Kong area, it is definitely worth looking forward to.

"Nagashima, why don't you go take a look? You'll get moldy if you stay at home all the time."

Before leaving, Lin Xiao specifically called out to Changdao.

"I won't go... No, since the commander has said so, then Changdao will of course obey his orders."

Changdao originally looked lazy and wanted to refuse, but he suddenly paused in the middle of his words and quickly changed his words.

Lin Xiao looked at Changdao with some surprise as she put on her shoes and followed him. He just called her casually and didn't think that this girl would really follow him. After all, this is Changdao!

If you don’t stay at home in Long Island, is it still Long Island?

But he didn't know what Changdao was thinking at the moment. Not being able to play games had tortured her to death and her patience was almost reaching its limit. Now she was staying at home, and her mind was often filled with how to get back the right to play games.

After thinking it over for a long time, I decided that making another bet with the commander would be the best opportunity, but it would be unsafe.

Changdao recalled the scene when she played against the Commander last time. Although she was careless, she had to admit that the Commander was really good at playing games. Now she had no chance to practice and she might not be able to beat the Commander.

Thinking about it this way, if I lose again, the outcome might be even worse!

For example... she is not allowed to drink happy water or eat potato chips in the future. She is not stupid. She has suffered a loss once, so she can naturally think of these things.

So she thought about it and decided to come up with a safer solution.

——That's right! The method is to capture the commander, become a marriage ship, and then reach a deal with the commander, support yourself, and use the benefits in exchange for the right to play games.

Its name is: Long Island's Strategy Commander's Plan to Seize Power: Taking Back the Game Consoles - Long Legs and Short Socks Temptation Tactics.

The first step of this tactic is to improve the commander's favorability so that he will not resist the embrace of the beautiful girl from Nagashima.

That’s right, only in their port area, the so-called ring, the so-called oath ceremony, is actually used to protect the commander!

Although Nagashima was brought out unexpectedly, it did not affect the original plan. Lin Xiao walked towards the academy's training ground with Bumblebee, Nagashima, and Sheffield who never left his side.

The ship girls usually take classes there, and only go indoors occasionally for theoretical classes.

When I walked into the training ground, I saw many ship girls practicing sailing and shooting at sea. Shimakaze was also among them, practicing launching torpedoes.

As expected of a colorful destroyer, this girl is very hardworking. Although she has only been born for a few days, she can already launch torpedoes in a very professional manner, which is quite different from other destroyers that can't even hold their guns steadily.

In just these few days, under Lafite's guidance, the child's level of training has probably reached level five or six. This speed of progress is quite fast.

"Is that it?"

Without any need to point it out, Bumblebee quickly spotted the girl who stood out on the training ground. Her long bunny hair was particularly eye-catching, and she had white hair and golden eyes. She was definitely targeting the commander!

No wonder the commander cares so much about this new ship girl. She is rare, a cute white-haired loli, and a bunny girl. Who wouldn’t like her?

Shimakaze didn't seem to notice the arrival of the crowd. He was firing torpedoes very seriously, hitting the target very accurately and leaving colorful dyes on it.

The naval guns and torpedoes used by the ship girls for practice are of course practice shells, which can avoid accidental injuries and save resources.

“Aaaaah! Commander?! Why are you here?”

The returning Shimakaze finally noticed Lin Xiao and the others. He cried out in surprise and jumped three feet high on the sea, which naturally resulted in him being splashed with sea water.

"Shimakaze, great!"

Instructor Lafite gave a thumbs up to the returning friend and was sincerely happy for her.

If she continues to improve at this rate, Shimakaze will undoubtedly soon become the "Rookie King" among this generation of ship girls, and even the main battleships will not be able to defeat her.

"It's really great. You tried hard, Shimakaze."

Lin Xiao also walked forward, touched the little girl's head, then took the towel handed over by Sheffield and helped her wipe the sea water off her body.

"Don't forget to go back to the dormitory and take a shower after the class is over, otherwise you will feel very uncomfortable with the stickiness all over your body."

Lin Xiao gave instructions while wiping it.

"Well, Shimakaze knows..."

Shimakaze's face was already red beyond recognition, and his head was steaming. He lowered his head dizzily, and it seemed as if countless words like this appeared above his head - "Favorability +1, Favorability +1..."

Chapter 52 Peter Strasser

"The Commander still likes children as always..."

Bumblebee watched all of this and said meaningfully.

"No, no, isn't it the commander's duty to care for his own children? Or... Bumblebee, are you envious and want to act like a spoiled child to the commander? It's okay, you can. Even if you are a disobedient big kid like you, the commander will not despise you."

Lin Xiao naturally understood what she meant, but he had a clear conscience and believed that he was definitely not a perverted lolita control, so he naturally did not feel embarrassed. Moreover, things were different now. He was no longer the innocent boy who could not help blushing and his heartbeating when teased by a ship girl. Now he could even fight back decisively.

"Tsk."

As expected, most of these ship girls have high attack and low defense, and they are good at teasing and provoking the commander with their love. However, since they have never received a response in the past, they have no preparation and experience, so once they are counterattacked, they will be at a loss and don't know what to do.

To break their defense is as easy as the ship girls breaking through the defense of Lin Xiao who just came through. If you are a little more proactive, they will immediately "poof" and blush.

Sure enough, even the carefree Bumblebee was no exception. After hearing what Lin Xiao said, he was immediately shocked, calmed down, and stopped talking nonsense.

It was so rare to see Bumblebee blushing like this that Lin Xiao couldn't help but take a few more glances at him, unable to hide the smile in his eyes.

It is far from the end of get out of class and Shimakaze's training has not yet ended. After a brief contact, she received affirmation and encouragement from the commander. She immediately became more motivated and continued to practice hard on the training ground.

Many new ship girls around cast envious glances at them. If the commander could give them some words of encouragement and touch their heads while they are training, they would feel motivated all of a sudden.

Unfortunately, their commanders are all taking classes now, and they can only come and have a look when they don't have classes occasionally. However, with the busy first year of courses, there are bound to be few such opportunities.

Lin Xiao was not idle either. There was no need to go back to the dormitory now. They could go out to eat together after class. He greeted the ship girls such as Tianying who were also here, and then sat in the spectator seats around the training ground to read a book.

"General Knowledge of Maritime Navigation and Introduction to the Basics of Naval Warfare", and another one is "War Command - From Beginner to Expertise". These two books are the few subjects in all the courses in the Naval Academy that he needs to study deliberately.

There is also another book at home, titled "Advanced Naval Warfare and Battlefield Layout", which is an advanced course on the introduction to naval warfare. He can only start studying it after he has completed the prerequisite courses.

Among the twenty or thirty subjects in the three-year curriculum of the Naval Academy, these were the only three subjects that he did not understand and needed to study in detail.

Even though there was only one year, the three subjects were not difficult for Lin Xiao, so he always took his time and learned a little when he had time.

With someone to help organize notes and refine content, these seemingly complex and frightening subjects are actually not difficult to learn. After all, the content that the Naval Academy can teach is relatively basic.

If you really want to improve your corresponding abilities, you still have to rely on actual combat. You have to practice again and again on the battlefield based on actual conditions to grow into a sufficiently good commander.

Of course, some commanders are luckier and don’t need to work so hard, because there are also talents in corresponding fields among the ship girls, such as the well-known Sakura Empire’s military strategist - Amagi.

Even little Gaga, who looks innocent, playful and naughty, like a little kid who knows nothing, is actually very knowledgeable about these things as a senior of White Eagle.

Of course, there is no need to mention the flagships of their respective camps, such as Shinano, Mikasa, Richelieu, and Persian Cat. As the core ship girls of the camp, they are well versed in this and have rich experience.

Therefore, Lin Xiao really only needs to learn the basics. With Nengdai's help, it is actually very simple.

After watching for a while, Bumblebee realized that it was getting late and it would take a long time to go back. If he went back late, he would inevitably be nagged by his sister again. So he did not stay for the whole meal. He said hello to everyone and went back first.

When it was time to get off get out of class, he called the ship girl at home and made an appointment to meet in the cafeteria. Lin Xiao's life was as comfortable as ever. He even found Yorktown and the others that night to celebrate his success. Lin Xiao rarely refused the request of his loyal and humble maid Sirius to serve him, and once again experienced the feeling of holding the headlights.

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The next day, after instructing Bumblebee to look after the children at home, Yorktown took the subway alone and came to the Maritime Bureau in Lombardy.