I, Azure Commander!

Lin Xiao felt that he was not as nervous as he was now on the battlefield yesterday. He was sweating coldly and didn't even dare to wipe his forehead.

Lexington is great, Mrs. Yorktown is also very nice, and Skyhawk is also very beautiful and excellent...

"I actually think that I don't need a dance partner. I can't dance..."

He raised his hand weakly and spoke softly.

"no!"

As a result, this statement was immediately denied by all the ship girls, even Noshiro and others who had already withdrawn spoke out.

"The commander is representing our port district when he attends the banquet. He should show the elegance and grace of our port district. Ballroom dancing is also an important thing that a commander must learn. It will also be tested in the academy assessment."

"Ok."

Lin Xiao suddenly wilted and lowered his head. It seemed that he couldn't escape this situation, but what should he do?

correct!

Lin Xiao suddenly raised his head as if he had remembered something and said, "Well, that's it... This is a party to celebrate the defeat of the Siren, right?"

"Ah."

"So, I think my dance partner should be someone who performed very well in the previous two battles. This is more in line with the theme of the banquet. What do you think?"

Chapter 69 Commander, You Must Be Confident

"So I think my dance partner should be someone who performed very well in the previous two battles. This is more in line with the theme of the banquet. What do you think?"

Lin Xiao finished speaking with a feeling of jealousy and uneasiness, and then looked nervously at the three ship girls in front of him, wondering if they could accept such a result.

"..."

As soon as these words came out, Yorktown and Lexington looked at each other and showed helpless expressions.

There is no way. If they compare, they can't compete with Sky Eagle at all. Not to mention the difference in training level, even if they are also at level 120, they still can't compete with Sky Eagle.

There is no way. The gap in ship equipment is real, and it is not a gap that can be made up by hard work.

"Um... girls, please say something. You're making me panic..."

Lin Xiao smiled bitterly. The Shura Field sounded exciting. Only the people involved knew that this feeling... was really great.

Well, although it feels great, I am still a little panicked. Although my own ship girl will not kill him, she will definitely be unhappy.

"Ugh……"

Unexpectedly, York City sighed helplessly, forced a smile and said, "Now that you've said that, what else can we say?"

"Forehead……"

"Although I know you are concerned about our feelings, Commander, this is your port after all, and we are all your shipgirls. Whether it is actions related to the development of the port or matters such as feelings, you should be more confident and decisive."

"Yes, although the previous commander was cold, he would not hesitate on these matters. He always said 'I want them all'. When there was a need to make a decision, he would never hesitate. Whoever he said was the one, then that was it. Although he never cared about everyone's opinions and ideas, he would not let us worry about it..." Lexington also said, nodding his lips.

"is that so?"

Lin Xiao thought about it, and it seemed to be true in the past. He never cared about the thoughts of the ship girls, because he had no idea what they were thinking. His understanding of the ship girls was limited to those few lines.

"I think so too, my proud master, please be proud, you are our leader and the master of the entire port area.

"Being too gentle can sometimes turn into indecisiveness that hurts everyone..."

Noshiro was deeply touched and seemed to remember some of the things that happened at that time.

Looking at the ship girls who made such suggestions, Lin Xiao pondered for a long time and finally realized the crux of the problem - it turns out that these girls just think that he is not despicable enough?

As a commander, should he be more despicable and mean?

Okay, it sounds like there's nothing wrong with it. To put it bluntly, it's just more shameless. The ship girls all follow orders, so if you look into it, they are all a bit masochistic. Strict orders are needed when necessary, and maybe that will make them like you more.

"Okay, I understand. Then, Tianying will be my dance partner tonight."

Lin Xiao figured this out, and immediately straightened his back, became arrogant, and made a decision with a clapp of his hands.

"Well, that's right."

Although he smiled with some regret, Yorktown still nodded with satisfaction, which made Lin Xiao even more proud.

"It would be great if you could be more diligent in handing out rings. Otherwise, we, the little ship girls who are being bullied, dare not disobey the commander's decision, so we can only hide in the room alone and cry secretly. So pitiful..."

However, before he could feel proud, Lexington on the side used the killer move that he had been preparing for a long time, which immediately froze the pride on his face, and the palm of his hand that had just slapped the table felt numb and painful.

It was as if a bucket of cold water was suddenly poured on it at some critical moment, and it instantly went out.

Why does he always feel like he's been tricked? Your wife is still your wife.jpg

Anyway, the matter was finally resolved and there was a result. Tianying was naturally very happy. The exquisitely dressed girl smiled sweetly and walked forward to take Lin Xiao's arm, her eyes full of affection, not hiding her love at all.

This is a perfect opportunity. I should take advantage of tonight and make a concerted effort to max out the commander's favorability. Then I can take out a ring and propose to her on the spot, and become the winner of my life on the ship... Although I think so, it still seems a little unlikely.

No matter what, she is ahead of the two lady ships, Yorktown and Lexington, and has a huge advantage. As long as she doesn't act recklessly, she will basically not lose.

After finishing packing, it was already late and they would be late if they didn't set out now, so everyone hurried out. Outside the door, a special extended car came to pick them up. Peter Strasser had considered these matters very carefully.

After driving on the dedicated lane, we arrived at the venue in a short while, but even so, we were already almost ten minutes late.

Lin Xiao and the ship girls got out of the car and walked into the venue.

Although it was a large gathering of upper-class people, Peter Strasser certainly did not invite those annoying human officials. Everyone present was a commander or a ship girl, so the atmosphere in the venue seemed pretty good.

Of course, underneath this good atmosphere, there is also a hidden danger.

When the commander and the ship girls get together, the absolute thing that is indispensable is "showing off".

Commanders show off their shipgirls, showing off who they have gotten or what they have built and shipped, while the shipgirls show off their commanders, especially in front of those single free shipgirls, showing off how good their commanders are to them. Some of them even go so far as to take out their rings on the spot and "kill" them without mercy.

Lin Xiao naturally disdains to do so, but as he arrived late, he would obviously easily become the focus of everyone.

Because the ship girls were still accommodating the little lolita in the back, he came here first with Skyhawk, so as to hurry to the venue. What Lin Xiao didn't expect was that when he walked into the venue with Skyhawk holding his arm, he immediately attracted a lot of attention.

Some were curious, some were surprised, some were teasing, and some even frowned and looked at him with a little dissatisfaction.

How could anyone be late for such an important party? And who is this person? I don't think I've seen him before...

The commander's circle is very small, especially those commanders who have achieved some success. They basically know each other. Lin Xiao has just come to Lombard City recently, so they naturally look unfamiliar to him.

"I'm sorry, everyone. I was delayed for a while due to some things. I'm late..."

Chapter 1 The Protagonist at the Banquet ()

"I'm sorry, everyone. I was delayed for a while due to some things. I'm late..."

Lin Xiao walked into the hall without paying attention to the looks around him. He just spoke with a hint of apology.

Such an attitude immediately made many people look away. Who doesn't have urgent matters? Maybe it was just because of something that delayed him. Being late for a while was not a big problem.

In comparison, they were more curious about who the person in front of them was. It seemed that they had never seen him before.

The ship girl next to him is quite pretty, a big sister with a good figure and a gentle personality. She looks like she should be a powerful battleship.

Those who can attend this banquet are not small figures, so naturally there won’t be any bloody scenes of looking down on others.

"Brother, judging from your appearance, you probably just came to Rumba City recently?" A brother who seemed to be a social stunter came forward to say hello. He wanted to put his arm around Lin Xiao's shoulder subconsciously, but when he saw Tianying holding Lin Xiao's arm, he withdrew his action.

"how do you know?"

Lin Xiao looked at him in surprise.

"Because I haven't seen you before... The commander's circle is very small. Everyone knows the commanders with names in the sea area near Lombard City."

"So this is ah……"

Lin Xiao nodded suddenly, then glanced at the commanders in the venue. Well, he didn't recognize any of them.

Looking back, he saw that the girls in his family had already entered the venue one after another. They were not in a hurry to come over to greet him, but were already around him. Yuudachi wanted to take the food on the table directly, but because the banquet had not started yet, he was stopped by Noshiro.

Horrible looked at everything in front of her with curious eyes, just like a little girl who had never seen the world... Oh, she was only one day old, and it seemed that she really had no chance to see the world.

As if he was in a daze, Lin Xiao confirmed the situation of his own ship girl, and then looked at the brother who came up to talk to him.

"Yes, that's true. I have just arrived in Lombard City... maybe less than two weeks?"

"Hey, that's what I said."

The brother was really not shy, and immediately patted Lin Xiao on the shoulder, then said, "But brother, you suddenly came to Lombard City, are you doing something for a commission? Where is your port area?"

"No, I'm just here for school. As for Minato... not yet."

"go to school?"

The man was obviously stunned for a moment, and pondered the meaning of this sentence for a long time.

Going to school, there's no harbor area...wait, can he be a freshman at the Naval Academy?

His expression suddenly became more and more weird. How could a mere freshman in the Naval Academy, a freshman among freshmen, be able to participate in a banquet of this magnitude?

Is this a bit...

But then he thought that this banquet was hosted by Peter Strasser himself, and those who could attend the banquet were naturally people invited by Director Peter Strasser. So he put aside his slightly frown, and developed a strong interest in the newcomer next to him.

"Hey, brother, can I ask which ship girl this girl next to you is from?"

Since they are both social experts, Xinlin would naturally ask directly out of curiosity and would never keep any questions in his heart.

Such a question was naturally somewhat impolite, but relying on his status as a senior, he was so shameless as to ask it directly.

There are problems, but they are not big...

"what?"

Lin Xiao did not expect the other party to suddenly ask this question. For a moment he was a little hesitant, not knowing whether he should answer it.

Actually, this is not an unanswerable question, but...

Lin Xiao had a conflicted look on his face, he didn't really like being the center of attention at such a banquet, he just wanted to come here to eat and have some free food and drinks with the girls, but he didn't want to be the center of attention and be the center of everyone's attention, that would make him feel uncomfortable while eating.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have specifically asked his girls not to come over to say hello, as that would obviously be a very conspicuous behavior.

"Is it inconvenient to say? If it's inconvenient..."

"Not really, but on the other hand, shouldn't you introduce your own ship girl?"

This is also a relatively special way of greeting when commanders meet each other. First report the name of the ship girl next to you. Although it is not a good tradition or a polite way, it allows both parties to quickly confirm each other's identity - are you a European emperor or an unlucky person?

"Of course you can, wait a moment..."

The man looked around for a moment, then waved to a girl who was drooling over the food on her plate, "Santiago, come here."

Wow, the first move is golden skin?

Lin Xiao was shocked. It turned out that high-end banquets were different. This was indeed a high-end game. Those who could come here were not ordinary commanders.

In this case, were his previous considerations too cautious?

However, he didn't know that the commanders were a group of guys who cared too much about their reputation. Since they came to attend the banquet, they naturally brought the rarest and most powerful ship girls in their families. Some of them had a small number of ship girls, so they simply brought all of them to show off. Only some guys who came here to build relationships with the free ship girls and see if there was a chance to salvage the ship would choose to bring their destroyers with them to avoid their own ship girls getting jealous and causing trouble.

Although the ship girls all know that the commander's job is to salvage the ship, they are still jealous. Especially those ship girls who were originally favored by the commander because there are not many ship girls in the port area are still quite dissatisfied with the addition of new companions.

Not to mention that it was such a formal occasion. If she appeared as a female companion and saw her commander flirting with other women, she would be jealous.

Therefore, the safe approach is to simply find an excuse to leave them at home and take the children out to hang out. After all, the children only care about food and will not care what their commander is doing.

"This is my shipgirl, the USS San Diego. Although she has a bit of a quirky personality, she is still very reliable and very lively and cute."

"Yeah, I know..." Lin Xiao took a look at the girl. She had red hair and an oval face that didn't look very smart. She was very similar to his own Santiago. Sure enough, all the Santiagos in the world were "very smart".

The other party had already made a move, so Lin Xiao naturally couldn't hide it anymore. He immediately pointed at the Skyhawk beside him and said, "This is my ship girl, the Skyhawk aircraft carrier."

"sky……"

The man opposite him immediately changed his expression, "The Sky Eagle... the Sky Eagle of the Sardinian Empire?!"

Chapter 2 The Protagonist at the Banquet ()

"Aquila? Are you talking about the Aquila of the Sardinian Empire?"

The brother opposite him suddenly changed his expression after hearing Lin Xiao's words, and looked at Tianying, who was smiling sweetly in front of him, with an almost horrified look.

"Yes, it does look alike..."

After all, he is an experienced commander and is familiar with the general characteristics of many outstanding ship girls. Although he cannot recognize which ship girl is in front of him at a glance, if he knows her name, he can probably tell the real one from the fake one.

"There's no need to be so surprised." Lin Xiao spread his hands helplessly, "Isn't your Santiago also a gold skin?"

"Can that be the same?"

This brother was quite sensible. He lowered his voice, leaned closer and whispered, making sure his own Santiago didn't hear him. Then he found a reason to send Santiago away.