I, Azure Commander!

"Why is it different?" Lin Xiao was already confused.

The man looked at Lin Xiao for a long time before he was sure that this guy was not pretending not to understand the routine. He sighed helplessly and said, "Now I am sure that you are indeed a freshman at the Naval Academy. I don't know why Director Peter would invite a freshman... Listen carefully, the strength of the ship girls cannot be divided simply by rarity. Although generally speaking, the higher the rarity of the ship girl, the stronger the ship equipment, but there are exceptions. Moreover, due to their innate skills, some purple-skinned ship girls actually have more strength than gold-skinned ship girls, for example..."

"Like the Royal Ark?"

This time, Lin Xiao was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the commander of this world had such a thorough understanding of the strength of the ship girls.

"Yes...how did you know?"

"I guessed it."

Lin Xiao said with a smile.

"Forget it... Anyway, those experienced generals spent a long time sorting out the information of the existing known ship girls, and came up with a simple reference T-degree table, which can reflect the actual strength of the ship girls to a certain extent... Of course, this table refers to the situation where the ship girls fully exert their strength. If those powerful purple-skinned ship girls do not have strong enough commanders to support them in releasing their skills and exerting their full strength, they are still not as strong as the super rare gold ship girls. Therefore, this T-degree table can only be used for reference."

Lin Xiao nodded. This was actually different from his previous life. Theoretical strength was one thing, but in actual combat performance, high-rarity ship girls obviously had greater advantages than low-rarity ship girls.

"But...even so, your Skyhawk is a true T0-class ship..."

"It's not T0 under limited conditions like the Ark Royal, but an existence that is invincible under any circumstances. It's like the ceiling among aircraft carriers, and it's even stronger than the legendary Gray Ghost Enterprise of the White Eagle."

His smile turned bitter. "And my San Diego is only ranked T3 on the strength list."

"We shouldn't be too utilitarian when dealing with ship girls... Besides, Santiago can actually be very powerful." Lin Xiao didn't know what to say about strength. He himself certainly didn't care at all, because no matter how powerful or not, he had his subordinates and they all knew how to train them. But for other commanders, especially in today's real world where they really have to fight on the battlefield, strength is indeed a very important indicator. A higher level of strength might be able to turn the tide of the battle and save countless lives.

But even so, there should not be any injustice towards the slightly weaker ship girls.

"Of course I know. Although her strength is not very high, she is your own ship girl after all, and she has a gold skin. I am just a little envious of you..."

It seems that Lin Xiao was worrying too much. Since someone can become a commander, generally speaking, there will be no problems with his character.

"But, when you said Santiago could be very strong, you meant..."

"Renovation."

"Renovation? If Santiago can be transformed, wouldn't he be a colorful skin? But, I've never heard of any related news..."

"I just heard it from someone. I don't know the specific transformation method, but I can be sure that there is a transformed Santiago in this world, and it is quite powerful. According to the T-level ranking you mentioned just now, it can definitely be ranked among the T0 level of strength."

"That's it..."

The brother immediately showed a look of longing, and then he clenched his fists as if he had made up his mind: "I understand, I will definitely find a way to help my Santiago transform."

"Ah this..."

Lin Xiao now regrets what he just said. Will this brother become a transformed lunatic because of this?

However, just as he was thinking about how to persuade this brother, there was a sudden commotion at the entrance again.

"What's going on?"

The brother's attention was immediately attracted. Lin Xiao wanted to say something but stopped himself. After all, what he said was not wrong. Santiago could indeed be transformed. Although he didn't know the method, and it was very likely that there was no way to transform him in this real world, it was not a bad thing to give him an idea and make him more motivated.

Just as I was thinking this, I heard the brother suddenly curse: "Fuck, it's her!"

"What happened?"

Lin Xiao asked with some curiosity, and then looked towards the door.

What I saw was a very familiar figure, small in stature, with a big chest, wearing a cute little skirt, and dressed exquisitely, as cute as a doll.

"It's actually her, Tang Xiaojiu!"

However, despite being such a lovely little sister, the brothers beside her showed an expression as if they were facing a great enemy. They looked at her very vigilantly. They raised their heads and looked around and saw the same thing. The atmosphere of the banquet suddenly became a little subtle.

Unlike Lin Xiao, Tang Xiaojiu's reputation as a super seal has long been known throughout the entire C area. He is a well-known "bad guy". Naturally, no one would look good when seeing such a super seal.

"Sure enough, this super European emperor is here too?"

"After all, it's in Lombard City. It seems like she's studying here now..."

"Damn it, why did Chief Peter invite her here? Will she suddenly bring back a free ship girl from the banquet?"

"No, no, no, even if it's Tang Xiaojiu, this is too exaggerated anyway, right? It's not that easy to salvage a boat. "

"That's hard to say..."

Chapter 72: The Past of Mystic Harbor

"It's actually Tang Xiaojiu. Will she just snatch a ship girl away at the banquet?"

"No, no, no, it's not that exaggerated. She is a European emperor, not a god. How can it be so easy to salvage the boat?"

"That may not be the case..."

"Why not? Haven't you ever salvaged a ship? Salvaging a ship is like falling in love. The mind of a shipgirl is like a needle in the sea, unpredictable. How can it be so easy to salvage it?"

Think about it, once you get a ship girl, she becomes yours. No matter who you are, you have to consider this kind of important matter carefully. How can you treat it lightly?

By the way, where is Peter Strasser? Why hasn’t he arrived yet?

While everyone was discussing Tang Xiaojiu, the European Emperor, Lin Xiao was looking around. It had been such a long time, but there was still no sign of the Maritime Bureau Director. Where had he been?

"Oh, it's Brother Lin Xiao!"

He was just trying to fish in troubled waters, but Tang Xiaojiu had sharp eyes and noticed him at a glance. His face immediately lit up with joy and he came running over happily.

In an instant, Lin Xiao felt a cold sweat oozing out of his forehead. As expected, everyone's eyes followed Tang Xiaojiu's movements and looked over at him. He couldn't help but hold his forehead and sigh, and had a headache for a while.

I had hidden it so carefully, but in the end I was "sold" by this girl.

The brother beside him was also frightened by the scene in front of him. He subconsciously took two steps back and kept a certain distance from Lin Xiao. Then he looked at Lin Xiao in front of him with a look of doubt. His eyes seemed to be filled with the following words: "Oh no, I've been fooled!"

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Just when Lin Xiao was sold out without hesitation by his "pig teammate" Tang Xiaojiu and was about to face the troublesome situation, the initiator and organizer of the banquet, Director Peter Strasser, was still staying in his office, frowning as he looked at the document in his hand.

"The coordinates are in a very remote place in the southwest waters of Area C, which is quite far from here... We have discovered a powerful military organization similar to the port area. The strength is unknown, all the ship girls are unknown, the past action trajectory is unknown, and there is no combat information... The results of the current exploration show that the place is just a very ordinary, abandoned port area."

"call--!"

Peter Strasser let out a long breath. This was what the headquarters had found out, and it was the only description that might be similar to what Commander Lin Xiao said.

Contrary to expectations, it was obviously not a formal port area recognized and supported by the Maritime Administration, but a "non-staff member" wandering in the black area. Even the Maritime Administration's description of it was unknown.

Everything is unknown, no intelligence or information can be found. The only thing that can be confirmed is that this port area is very strong, incredibly strong. But... why is it that for such a powerful port area, when it was discovered, the headquarters did not take any action?

It's not that they were afraid or anything, but it was as if they had forgotten about it the next day. Even the director of the General Administration, Miss Hood, was puzzled by this. If Peter Strasser hadn't suddenly brought it up, she would have completely forgotten the existence of such a port area. And even if Peter Strasser reported this matter to her, she had no impression of this port area in her mind. This was obviously unreasonable and even a little weird - it was as if a mysterious force made them ignore this place that obviously should have the highest level of attention without realizing it.

When I think about it, this is really creepy...

Peter Strasser, who did not get the result he wanted, sighed in distress and put the top-secret document in his hand into the shredder.

Forget it, no matter how mysterious this place is, at least for now... Commander Lin Xiao's performance is normal, with no signs of lying, and he is indeed on the side of the ship girls and humans, and has made quite an amazing contribution in the fight against the Sirens.

In this case, no matter whether the other party is normal or not, or even whether he is a human being...it doesn't seem to be a very important matter.

As long as they are still on the same front, they can be considered trustworthy friends. The ship girls who can sense the good and evil in each other's hearts will not have so many suspicions. Moreover, even in those years when that port area was mysterious and unknown, what they were doing was always fighting against the Sirens, right?

Maybe Commander Lin Xiao still has a lot to hide, or maybe he really has lost his memory as he said, but in fact, as long as you don't think too much about it, these things are not that important...

Peter Strasser could no longer tell whether she really thought so or was just comforting herself. The past of this mysterious port area...her intuition told her that it was not something she should touch.

A faint sense of fear, without her even realizing it, had already lingered in her heart.

"Director, it's already 6:10, at the banquet..."

Nazhi's voice rang out from outside the door. Peter Strasser came to his senses and said, "Is the car ready? Let's go over there now."

As she spoke, she walked out of the office. As she closed the door, she seemed to remember something and asked her capable subordinate beside her, "By the way, did you notify that girl? I heard that she just came back at noon today."

"I have just told the deputy director what she said, but she has not given me a reply. I don't know whether she is going to attend the banquet or not."

"It's okay. Don't worry about her. As long as we notify her, it will be fine. Otherwise, she will say that we didn't tell her about the party."

Peter Strasser seemed too lazy to ask any more questions to his deputy, and hurried forward. "We are already late. As the organizer of the banquet, this is obviously a bit rude. Hurry up and get over there."

"Ok."

Nachi didn't say anything more. His deputy director... was indeed a little difficult to communicate with. He always said things that others couldn't understand, so his popularity was actually not very good.

Of course, it’s not that everyone hates or rejects her, it’s just that most of the time people just don’t know how to communicate with her.

I really don’t know how the “old friends” that the deputy director mentioned were able to chat with her. They can’t be a bunch of weird people, right?

Shaking his head to clear his mind of distracting thoughts, Nachi started the car, stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and drove quickly towards the city center.

Chapter 3 The Protagonist at the Banquet ()

"I say, there's no need to be so exaggerated. I'm not some monster."

Lin Xiao spread his hands helplessly and looked at the brother next to him with whom he had a pleasant conversation just now.

"who are you?"

However, the brother had now come to his senses and did not believe Lin Xiao's words at all. He just looked at him with vigilance.

He finally figured it out. If he was really an ordinary freshman, Director Peter Strasser would never invite him. Since a freshman who was still studying at the Naval Academy and had not become a formal commander was invited, he must have some outstanding qualities. For example, Tang Xiaojiu, although still a freshman, had many strong ship girls under his command, and few of these old guys could beat them, so she was invited. If Tang Xiaojiu was like this, what about the one in front of him?

Why would he be willing to be invited?

Thinking about how Tang Xiaojiu looked like she was very familiar with this guy...

This boy is so terrifying!

Lin Xiao was helpless. It turned out to be because he was too handsome. He couldn't keep a low profile even if he wanted to.

Helplessly, he could only greet Tang Xiaojiu who ran in front of him, and stretched out his hand as usual. As usual, he withdrew his hand and smiled awkwardly under the "smiling dagger" look of Rodney behind him.

After all, it's not her own shipgirl, but someone else's commander, so it's not so easy to touch her...

Tang Xiaojiu didn't notice any of this, but excitedly started chatting with Lin Xiao, "I knew that you, Brother Lin Xiao, would definitely come to this banquet. By the way, where are everyone else?"

Everyone, of course, is referring to Lin Xiao’s ship girl.

Tang Xiaojiu's reaction increased the suspicion of the commanders and seniors around him towards Lin Xiao. As everyone knows, it is difficult for a non-European to become friends with a European. Even if it is, it is only the European who regards you as a friend unilaterally, while the non-European would probably want to beat to death this bastard who shows off his boat in front of him intentionally or unintentionally all day long.

Combined with the current situation... Lin Xiao's position suddenly became clear.

This guy is probably also a European emperor, but I don’t know who is stronger between him and Tang Xiaojiu?

"Oh, I suddenly remembered something!"

At this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly slapped his head and exclaimed: "Do you remember the news not long ago about the first major construction of the freshmen of this Naval Academy?"

As soon as these words came out, the next second, the commander's face changed.

They all remembered the horrific rumor that they didn't want to remember...

Colorful skin, among the new students this time, someone created a colorful skin, and it was not the well-known Tang Xiaojiu, but another super big seal, who was said to be even more European and terrifying than Tang Xiaojiu.

No way...is this the one?

"hiss--!"

The brother who had been chatting happily with Lin Xiao earlier took a breath of cold air, took two steps back again, and looked at Tianying standing next to Lin Xiao in doubt and surprise.

Now that I think about it, it’s really abnormal that a newbie actually has a super powerful aircraft carrier like the Skyhawk, right?

Masaka…

"Are you the legendary European Emperor who only appears once in a thousand years and is even more terrifying than Tang Xiaojiu?!"

"No, no, no, it's not that exaggerated, right?"

Lin Xiao's face suddenly turned black. This happened only once in a million years, and this was definitely not a legend, right?

"It is said that he can snatch a ship girl with just one glare. As long as she is the ship girl he likes, no one can escape his clutches..."

Why are you getting more and more outrageous?

"I think you may have some misunderstanding about me."

Lin Xiao spread his hands helplessly and said sincerely: "I am just an ordinary person with good luck. We are all human beings, all commanders. Who can have special abilities? I can salvage the ship just by saying so... My ship girls are also obtained by my hard work and efforts bit by bit."

What he said really made sense. The commanders present were all experienced seniors. They all nodded and agreed with it in their hearts.

No one in this world has special abilities. Even for those extremely lucky guys, their ship girls were not blown by the wind. They still have to work hard to guess the thoughts of the ship girls and pick them up one by one.

After these words were spoken, the distance between everyone suddenly became smaller, and the looks they gave Lin Xiao were no longer so horrified.

Of course, there is plenty of envy, jealousy and hatred.

"So, you are really the European emperor who built the colorful skin?"

"Well, it's me."

It wasn't something that needed to be concealed, and it couldn't be concealed either, so Lin Xiao simply admitted it openly. After all, the ship girls were not something to fight for, so there was no need to worry about being guilty of possessing a treasure like in some fantasy novels.