I, Azure Commander!

Of course, Z28 is not the kind of lazy ship girl. She just feels that the very powerful port she wants to join probably doesn't need a newbie like her, or a newbie who won't be very powerful when she grows up and has no potential. By then, she won't be able to help at all in the port, and she will have to trouble the commander or the seniors in the port to look after her often, which is no different from being lazy.

If the commander is a good person and spends resources to train her, it would be even more embarrassing for her. It would be bad enough if she couldn't help by joining the port, but she would also increase the burden on the port, which would be too embarrassing.

So, after much thought, although Z28 had the urge to join the port area several times, he never took the initiative to recommend himself to those powerful commanders and told them his ideas.

This time...it's the same.

I heard that the commander is a freshman at the Naval Academy this year. He is so young, and he has so many ship girls under him before he even graduates. The director often talks to him about cooperation. What an excellent commander he is!

Such an outstanding person... She felt that she was not worthy of him.

Well, I'd better just watch the gate honestly...

Z28 shook his head, throwing aside all the messy thoughts in his little head. Instead, he suddenly felt the urge to fight and strive. He wanted to train hard, go out to fight the Sirens, improve his training level, become a powerful destroyer, and become the most powerful Z28 in the world!

Of course, this is just a thought. If I were to put it into practice, I would lose motivation and want to give up in less than a week...

Why do I have to work so hard? Why isn't there an excellent commander to support me?

Even a ship girl would have such thoughts...

But if such a thing really happened to her, her excellent qualities as a ship girl would make her reject without hesitation the idea of ​​going to some wealthy port area to live a life of idleness and waiting for death.

Young people are sometimes really hard to please...

Not only do they want to live off someone, they also want to do it without having to do it, or after eating the free food they feel like they have paid a certain price and are earning the food through their own abilities. This is simply outrageous.

In the end, isn't it just doing a barely passable job that at least keeps you from starving, dreaming about getting rich every day? In the end, you're either cheated out of everything, or you're finally worn down by life and have to live a life of compromise.

But there is no other way. If all this could be changed, who would want to be a waste?

Unfortunately, some enemies in this world are always so stubborn, popping up again and again, just to make you restless and make every aspect of the world a mess, just for their own dirty money.

Without going into too much detail, at least as a ship girl, Z28 doesn't have to be troubled by many annoying worries. It's not bad to live the life she wants forever.

That outstanding commander... seemed to be called Lin Xiao? After all, he was just a passer-by. They were from different worlds, and there would be no story.

So be it, there's nothing wrong with guarding the gate... At least it's free time. How happy the other ship girls are, how wonderful their ship lives are, how much does it have to do with her?

In the final analysis, the joys and sorrows of the ship girls were not the same. She only felt that the ship girls in the port area were noisy and boisterous...

Not knowing that his appearance at the Maritime Administration with so many ship girls would cause the cute little girl at the door to have so many wild thoughts, Lin Xiao brought the girls at home to the office building of the Maritime Administration in one go. When they were about to break in as usual, they saw Peter Strasser coming out with a few ship girls. The faces of those ship girls were a little weird, looking at the large number of ship girls in front of them, they estimated that they were all ship girls sent by the Maritime Administration for support, and they obviously heard what Peter Strasser said to them just now or yesterday.

Among these ship girls in front of me, almost half of them are level 120?

The guests from afar looked at the ship girls coming towards them, and they still felt a little bit unbelievable.

Although they knew that Director Peter would not play such a meaningless joke on them, there were ten level 120 ship girls! That was twice as many level 120 ship girls as the world had known!

Anyway, isn't this a bit too exaggerated?

Their eyes were immediately attracted to Lin Xiao who was walking in the front. This young and promising commander was not as capable and tough as they had imagined. Instead, he was very friendly. Both in appearance and temperament and behavior, he was just like a young man next door, a little handsome, but not too much, and not to the point of being dazzling.

To sum it up, he is probably an outstanding young man who gives a very good first impression, but if you associate him with the title of the strongest commander in history, it seems a bit... not quite like that?

"Hello everyone, I'm Lin Xiao, and I'm going to rely on you for this operation."

Lin Xiao naturally went up to greet them politely, just as friendly as he looked, but the group of ship girls behind him did not look so friendly... Well, maybe I shouldn't say that, they were still very friendly, but the obviously unusual temperament that was faintly revealed from them made the guests, who were also ship girls, unable to relax no matter what.

There is no doubt about it. That heavy feeling comes from a ship girl who has fought hundreds or even thousands of times and has gone through countless life-and-death battles with the Sirens. That is why she has that calm and composed feeling of oppression.

It was still unclear whether they were level 120 ship girls, but there was no doubt that they were a group of incredible monsters...

Just as Peter Strasser said, it seems that there is nothing to worry about this operation. It may be a bit exaggerated to push forward smoothly, but it is completely unnecessary to be cautious and look ahead and behind at every step.

With such combat power, it would be better to attack directly in one go, so that the Siren Ship Girl would not have time to rush to the mass-produced battleships that are a little further away. This way, you can also deal with less harassment from miscellaneous soldiers.

Several people looked at each other for a moment, and then a representative came up and shook hands with Lin Xiao as a greeting.

"I am the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Dreadnought, and I am very pleased to meet such an excellent commander like you."

"The Dreadnought?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao couldn't help but take a closer look at the girl in front of him. She indeed had long light gray and purple hair, the same as the Dreadnought in his impression, but her hairstyle was not twin tails. This was normal. After all, it was just a card face in the game. In reality, no one would always have the same hairstyle, and different Dreadnoughts were also different. For example, his Dreadnought was not the same as the Miss Dreadnought in front of him. Although they looked very similar, the difference between the two could be told at a glance.

Chapter 62: As Stupid as a Kanmusu

"Then this time, I will have to rely more on Miss Fearless and you all."

Lin Xiao took a look at Wuwei in front of him, then looked away and spoke politely.

"No, it's you we have to rely on."

Wuwei immediately waved her hands repeatedly. Although she was considered a highly-trained ship girl, a level 107 aircraft carrier was a core combat force no matter where it was placed. If she intended to join the port area, no matter how powerful the commander was, he would definitely scramble for her. But in front of this group of monster-like ruthless people, she was just a younger sister.

"Okay, okay, don't be polite. I'm the loser, okay?"

Peter Strasser held his forehead helplessly. Although there was nothing wrong with the conversation between the two parties, there was not much time to waste now.

The Director of the Maritime Administration has a lot of work to do. Although the Deputy Director can help share some of the work in the next two days, who knows how much work that unreliable guy can do...

Really, he should be a very capable guy. If he could be more normal and help her share some of the work, she, the director of the Maritime Bureau, would not be so tired.

It's a pity, that guy... isn't very reliable after all, but his combat power is still quite good. It's a pity that she went on a business trip recently, otherwise she could have been brought along. Although I don't know her specific level of training, based on her performance in the interview, she must be at least level 100.

I was deceived by her strength and seemingly reliable performance. Otherwise, if she had a capable helper now, it wouldn't be like this...

It's just helpless. There are not many ship girls who are qualified to be the deputy director. Ever since the previous deputy director was transferred to another place as director, this position has been vacant for several years. Although that guy is not very reliable, his business ability is sometimes acceptable. At least it is better than having nothing.

Peter Strasser had said so, and the polite greetings naturally ended. People on both sides looked at the director in the middle. She was the planner of this operation, and she was responsible for the specific action plan, including combat command.

"Let's go to the beach first. I have asked people to prepare the warships."

If the Maritime Administration attacks, although it is reasonable to allow the ship girls to sail directly there, this would consume too many resources, which is a waste. Secondly, it would also consume the physical and mental state of the ship girls. In order to concentrate on the battle and show their full strength, they still have to save energy. Therefore, except in extremely urgent situations, everyone still chooses to attack on a warship.

Soon they arrived at the seaside. Lin Xiao looked over and felt that the warship in front of him looked familiar. It was very similar to the one he had seen during the Siren invasion. Perhaps it was the same ship. It was worth mentioning that the ship girls who had gone to fight the Siren were basically still there this time, including Nachi, Sussex, etc.

Although the training level is not very high, highly trained shipgirls are rare. It is impossible to take out a hundred or eighty shipgirls above level 100 at any time, right? If it were really possible, the Maritime Administration would have organized the shipgirls to blow the horn of counterattack and crush the Siren.

The ship girls of level 70 or 80 may not be the main force on such a battlefield, but they are also very important combat units. They can play a significant role in providing cover and clearing out miscellaneous soldiers. It's like a certain commander named Lin, who is reluctant to send out the fully damaged ship girls of level 70 or 80, for fear that they might get bumped into something. It is really an unprecedented luxury that the ship girls of level 100 are not allowed to go to the battlefield.

But this guy is so lucky, even a little bit out of common sense. Almost all of his subordinates are above level 100. Including them, there are more than 20 level 100 ship girls. Even if we don’t consider how many of them are level 120, this lineup is already much more luxurious than the previous operations against high-level sirens they participated in...

Although their plan of conquest ended in a miserable failure.

High-level Siren ship girls possess much stronger strength than they imagined. Fully broken ship girls above level 100 can hardly be their match. Even a level 120 ship girl can only maintain a certain degree of stalemate with the opponent in a short period of time. It is impossible to defeat her.

According to the battle situation at that time, only two or even three or more level 120 ship girls had the capital to fight the enemy seriously.

Therefore, when Lin Xiao told about the training level of his family's ship girl, Peter Strasser said to go directly to the Purifier, because according to the current understanding, she is indeed capable and the probability of success is quite high.

If a purifier really appeared before him, Peter Strasser would really just go up and kill her. Unfortunately, there wasn't one, so he could only vent his anger on his five younger brothers.

"So, Director, how exactly are we going to plan this operation? It's about time you tell us about it, right?"

When they got on the warship, Lin Xiao, who had been curious about this for a long time, finally couldn't help but ask a question, but was met with a slightly confused look from the other party.

"What are you talking about? Didn't I tell you? The plan is to have no plan. Just rush all the way, rush into the Siren's nest and smash them to pieces. This is the fastest, least damaging, and most effective way."

"what?"

Lin Xiao was confused. The other party did say this... But he thought it was just a joke. Such an important matter, such a large-scale operation, was it so unprepared and they just rushed into it?

It seems a bit inappropriate...

"There's nothing inappropriate about this, and don't think I'm being lazy or anything. After listening to your situation, I actually thought about it carefully, and this is the most appropriate way I came up with based on the current situation."

"?"

Seeing Lin Xiao's "are you kidding me?" expression, Peter Strasser shrugged helplessly, "I'm telling the truth. I think our time is very precious and there's no need to waste it on so-called unnecessary strategies... By the way, do you have any misunderstandings about the 120-level ship girl?"

"Level 120 means reaching the pinnacle, which means that there is truly no limit to how much you can practice. That kind of terrifying level of practice is simply not comparable to that of ordinary ship girls. I think you may not really know how powerful and outrageous the ship girls under your command are."

"No, I think I know this..."

After confirming that the other party really had no strategy prepared, Lin Xiao could only wave his hands helplessly and said, "But my understanding of the Siren Ship Girl is quite limited, and I don't want the ship girl at home to get hurt...even at all."

"...Are you serious?" Peter Strasser looked at him speechlessly. "Shipgirls are born to fight, to fight against the Sirens. Since they are going to fight, it is impossible not to get hurt. Even sinking is a common occurrence. Every one of us shipgirls is very clear about this. From the moment we decided to fight the Sirens, it means that we have made all the mental preparations."

"Are you underestimating the determination of the ship girls?"

"I think you underestimate my stupidity." Lin Xiao couldn't agree with her and said this with a slightly frowned brow.

"?"

This answer was something Peter Strasser had never expected.

"Of course I know that my thoughts are very paranoid, even a little stupid, and I know that I am doing something stupid, but... I am happy with it. Even though I know I am being stupid, I have insisted on doing it. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Okay, okay...you're such a hopeless idiot."

Peter Strasser finally shook his head helplessly. How could there be such fools in this world?

KanColle and the like, it sounds nice to say that they are heroes who protect humanity, and they are admired and even worshipped by many people, but what is the reality? Just like guns and artillery shells, the so-called KanColle, even if they have consciousness and emotions, are ultimately just slightly more advanced tools.

As the director of the Maritime Bureau, she is well aware of this and has a very deep awareness of this. She has never regarded herself or any of the ship girls as "human beings".

Beneath the appearance of people worshipping the ship girls, their eyes are actually entirely on the commanders. In their eyes, those commanders are the real heroes because they are human beings, and they, no matter how powerful their combat power is or how much contribution they have made, are ultimately just "weapons."

"Weapons" should not be given any status. They should just wait to be used. Even if the Sirens are forced to give the ship girls their current high status and various privileges because of their strength, it is nothing more than a stopgap measure and a means to seduce them.

Having been a free ship girl for so many years and having climbed to such a position, Peter Strasser knew this all too well.

Ordinary people have curiosity, fear, all kinds of despicable desires, or even jealousy towards the ship girls, but for the human high-level officials, they are just very useful and easy to deceive tools.

If one day the Sirens are completely destroyed, what will happen to the Ship Girls?

Can they live a rich and happy life as heroes who save the world? Impossible, they will only be abandoned and used for research. Their power will be squeezed and used to the utmost by humans who no longer need to hide or be afraid of them. If they lose their value, their end may be even more miserable.

But, even so, the ship girls are still willing to believe in humans...

After all, they were born from the old ships built by humans, and they carry beautiful emotions instead of suspicion, worry and intrigue. If not, there would be no commander in this world.

But even if the commander is selected by them, what about the kind and noble people among humans?

For them, ship girls may be really important, they are important friends, family members, and lovers, but at the same time they are also the authority to gain status. In their hearts, ship girls are still far less important than their real friends, family members, and lovers.

After all, people are still people. They may like ship girls, they may have desires for them, and they may have a very deep relationship with them, but they will never regard them as normal human beings - because they are not. They are another race. They are not people, not the same kind. They are probably similar to pets, but a kind of existence higher than pets.

Peter Strasser has a very apt word for this - important objects.

Other commanders will of course also care about their own ship girls and are afraid that they will get hurt. Half of this idea comes from sincerity. After all, the relationship between the commander and the ship girl cannot be faked, but it is undeniable that there is another half, which is similar to the idea of ​​being afraid that precious items will be damaged and lose their value.

The simplest example is that a ship girl can die without hesitation to protect her commander, but what about her commander? Would he really be willing to die for such a "weapon" that he doesn't have enough feelings for and doesn't know where it came from?

Human nature can never stand the test, not to mention that abandoning the ship girl without hesitation in times of danger is not even against human nature, but a calm performance worthy of boasting. On the contrary, those who are hesitant are indecisive cowards in the eyes of both the ship girl and humans. After all, fragile humans, even if they are full of passion, can't do anything after all...

Although she understood all of this, she also knew that it was all understandable.

After all, there is only one person in the world who is as stupid and gullible as Kancolle.

In any case, at least they now respect the ship girls on the surface, at least all the commanders love their ship girls, and are willing to offer their true feelings to them, and give a certain response to their ship girls' unreserved and sincere love, this is enough.

Why bother to ask for more and pursue things that are impossible to exist?

It’s like even among humans, whether it’s friends, or even family members, even seemingly loving couples, most of the time the feelings are not so pure. It’s better to just muddle through. If you think too much, life will be very tiring.

but--

"This guy……"

Peter Strasser stood alone at the bow of the warship, letting the sea breeze blow and ruffle her hair, her expression still solemn and thoughtful.

"It's just... stupid, just like a ship girl."

Lin Xiao was forcibly dragged into the cabin because the girl at home was afraid that he would catch a cold. Peter Strasser was left alone, still chewing on the seemingly nonsensical and even inexplicable words he had just said.

"This is really weird. Doesn't this guy have any life of his own as a human being?"

Peter Strasser couldn't understand it. She never believed that there were really such foolish and hopelessly stupid people in this world...

"Perhaps, it's just talk..."

Chapter 63: Eye-Dazzling Equipment

Although she was indeed entangled for a while, Peter Strasser was, after all, a well-informed ship girl. With so much experience, there was nothing she couldn't let go of. Whether it was true or false, it had nothing to do with her, not to mention...

Deep down, she didn't believe that there really existed someone in this world who devoted himself to Ship Girl and regarded Ship Girl as more important than his own family and his own people.

Because to be honest, that was not normal. Just like she said herself, she was somewhat sick and as stupid as a ship girl.

The distracting thoughts stop here. As the warship gradually sails away from the safe waters, we can no longer be so relaxed for the rest of the journey. After all, there is a commander on board this operation, and he is a national treasure-level commander. We must be careful to ensure his safety and not let those small mass-produced Siren warships launch a sneak attack.

The director of the Maritime Bureau actually took up patrol duties temporarily at this time. Of course, she did it just out of boredom and to relax. She brought quite a few ship girls with her this time, so there would be no shortage of personnel for alert patrols.

These tasks should be undertaken by their Maritime Administration. After all, the other free ship girls, including the ship girl under Commander Lin Xiao, were invited by her to help. Even if they were guests, it was already a honor for them to come and help. It would not be good to let them do these rough and tiring work.

Fortunately, the journey was unexpectedly smooth. We didn't encounter any trouble or waste of time on the road. Occasionally we encountered some small fish, and the patrolling ship girls took care of them.