I, Azure Commander!

The rest of the ship girls naturally walked on their own, but Senior Mikasa was a little worried about Lin Xiao's health and suggested that someone should carry him up.

How could that be possible? Lin Xiao certainly didn't want a girl to carry him on her back. When he first crossed over, he had no choice but to let Xiao Tiancheng carry him. Now that he had legs and feet, there was no need to do that.

Besides, his physical condition is not bad at all now. He can do it four or five times a night without blinking, and he will be a good man again the next day after a good night's sleep.

As long as the nutrition is adequate, it's no big deal.

Of course, whether you can handle the ship girls four or five times, especially when there are two of them, and whether you need to work overtime, that is another matter...

The topic was changed. Lin Xiao was determined to go up by himself, but Nagato suddenly pulled the sleeping little white fox down from above his head, threw it to the ground, and said, "Change quickly."

The poor little fox hadn't woken up yet when its little paws touched the cold ground. It cried out in grievance but didn't dare to resist. It shook its body and suddenly turned into a giant beast two meters long as if it grew by the wind.

"Commander, let Yuhu carry you up."

Nagato then said something and patted the fox's butt. It immediately squatted down obediently and looked at Lin Xiao pitifully.

"Ah this?"

Lin Xiao was stunned. Is there such a thing? Is this really a magic route?

Well, I have seen Nagato’s fox grow bigger in the game. For example, in the Nagato in the Oath skin, there is a big fox leaning on his back, so this thing is considered a dowry?

If you're talking about a handsome big fox, then you might consider it...

Lin Xiao took some action, riding on the big fox, it felt pretty cool!

While he was still wavering, Yu Hu had already begun to rub his face against his trouser legs pitifully.

Brother, if you want to come up, hurry up, the ground is very cold...

Somehow, Lin Xiao seemed to be able to understand the other party's intention from its eyes and behavior. In this case, Lin Xiao no longer hesitated and sat carefully on Yuhu's body.

When Lin Xiao sat down, Yu Hu immediately stood up impatiently, shivering as he did so. It seemed that the ground was indeed a bit cold...

Although as a ship suit, Mikoto won't get sick, but just like the ship girl, she will get cold and uncomfortable all the time...

Chapter 46: A Few Things About Finding the Ship Girl

Sitting on the big white fox, hugging its furry and warm neck, we arrived at the shrine after a while.

Looking back at the stairs below, there seemed to be quite a lot of them, probably about several hundred.

After entering the shrine with the girls, Akagi quickly pulled Jiang Feng into the inner room and came out with two coats, one for Lin Xiao and one for Akagi. They wrapped them both tightly, fearing that one of them would catch a cold.

Therefore, we always have to look at people dialectically. Everyone knows that Akagi is a yandere, but if you always look at her with tinted glasses and don't get to know her carefully, how can you know that she is such a gentle and considerate girl?

The shrine was not very big, and there was not much vacant space. In the previous tea room, a large group of people were crowded together, and the small table was definitely not enough to accommodate them, so they specially replaced it with a long table and served the lunch that had been prepared long ago.

It's almost one o'clock now, and no one has eaten yet.

But after all, the shrine is on the mountain, and although people go down the mountain to buy ingredients, the food is generally light and simple. Of course, Lin Xiao doesn't care about these, as long as he can fill his stomach a little. He is not a real feudal lord, so there is no need to be so particular.

Moreover, my wife’s cooking skills are very good. Although they are all simple home-cooked dishes, they still taste quite good. Some of the vegetables are grown by them nearby. They are very fresh, pure natural and without any additives, which makes people praise them.

After the meal, we cleared the table and put snacks and hot tea on it. The old friends who had just met always had endless topics to talk about. When the children were all out by themselves, they would talk about some slightly more serious topics, such as the development of the port area, or news about other ship girls at home.

It's a pity that Nagato has been living in seclusion here since the port area fell apart, and has not had any contact with other ship girls in the port area. They even live in seclusion in the mountains. Apart from occasionally going down the mountain to buy vegetables, only Mikasa senior occasionally goes online to communicate with the outside world.

Tiancheng naturally cared about Lin Xiao's health, and reprimanded the two sisters Akagi and Kaga mercilessly. Although they always looked weak and gentle on weekdays, they were actually very scary when they got angry. Tiancheng's words made Akagi and Kaga shrink their necks and admit their mistakes repeatedly.

Of course, it is a mistake, and the apology this time is sincere, but it is another matter if you will dare to make the same mistake again next time.

My wife sat next to Lin Xiao, and helped him get snacks from time to time. The gentle big sister was like a healing harbor, and soon Lin Xiao lay on her lap.

The life of a modern commander is so decadent... Well, of course, this may be limited to their port area, the only one of its kind. The commanders of other port areas are worrying about food and clothing every day.

The supply of the shipgirls is not cheap. The normal cost is a huge sum of money. I don’t want to think of ways to make money. Although the Maritime Administration gives a lot of subsidies, compared with the consumption of the shipgirls, it is not even enough for the attack...

Even in such a situation, they still have to find ways to extort money to buy equipment and strengthen the ship equipment for the ship girls. In fact, the lives of most commanders are not as good as most people think.

Only when you manage household expenses do you know how expensive firewood and rice are. In fact, even in their port area, Noshiro often had to worry about financial problems before returning from St. Louis.

Until later, St. Louis came back and threw so many billions over with a wave of his hand. Well, now the port area is not short of money...

Although it sounds like the commander is a gigolo, in fact their port is very rich, otherwise all the ship girls would not have a set of gold equipment and never have to worry about issues like ship equipment enhancement and breakthrough.

Apart from anything else, even the mental units needed for mental awakening are oversupplied by tens of thousands in their port area... If they could all be recovered, it's unclear who has more money, St. Louis or the commander, and most likely the commander will have more.

It’s just that no one knows who has taken away the resources of the port area. Some say it was Akashi and Shiranui. It does sound like something those two “profiteers” would do.

Of course, there is no need to worry about the resources of the port area being in their hands. Those two profiteers are very stingy and reluctant to spend money. They are good at cheating others. Now I don’t know where they can sell the painted boxes.

Chatting about these things from time to time, in the warm tea room, everyone regained the feeling they had when they were in the port area. Now with the commander joining in, it even feels more like a home than before.

Everyone had a smile on their face, but the chat couldn't go on forever.

We still have to consider the problems we have to face in reality...

"So, what are your plans now, my Lord?"

Tiancheng is the most far-sighted. After learning of Lin Xiao's return, he must have been busy these days and has been thinking about things related to the port area.

"For the time being, let's graduate from the Naval Academy first... It will take more than half a year, but I think before that, we can try to collect as much information as possible about the ship girls in the port area. If they are close, we can directly find them, and if they are far away, we can record them first. If we can contact them by writing letters, we can contact them as soon as possible. If we can't, we can wait until after graduation to go and find them in time."

For example, Lin Xiao has always been thinking about Elizabeth and the others in Area E. After he gets the official commander's certificate and moves into the new port area with his family's ship girls, he plans to set out to find them immediately.

It is not known how many royal ship girls Elizabeth brought with her. Anyway, according to Sheffield's description, there seemed to be a lot. At the beginning, almost half of the royal ship girls were there. Halfway through, many of them left the team like Sheffield, because they were discouraged or had their own ideas. They docked at a certain port and lived as an ordinary ship girl, or simply as an ordinary person.

These ship girls are the hardest to find...

But there is no other way. Since this is his own port area and those are the girls from his own port area, he has to get them all back no matter what, not a single one can be left behind.

Tiancheng listened quietly to Lin Xiao's thoughts and nodded in affirmation. However, she naturally had some opinions of her own. After pondering for a moment, she also expressed her thoughts.

"The Lord's idea is good, but Tiancheng still thinks that instead of going to all parts of the world to get information and looking for people, it would be better to find a way to let everyone know that the commander has returned. For example, if we had a channel to learn about the commander's current situation, we should have returned to the commander long ago."

“This…I have actually thought about it.”

Lin Xiao smiled and said, "But I still think that if there is any news, it would be more sincere for me to go and bring everyone back myself... Otherwise, if I leave without a word and make everyone sad for so long, and then I stand on a high place and raise my arms to call them back from thousands of miles away, even if you are willing, I will always feel a little guilty."

Tian Cheng was stunned for a moment after hearing his words, and then he showed a warm smile, "The Lord seems to be a little different from before..."

"Yeah, now the Commander is shy... I tell you, the Commander is so cute when he blushes~"

Akagi on the side interrupted with a hint of meaning, and Lin Xiao immediately looked over unwillingly, "I didn't expect that Akagi would make such a sound..."

Akagi's face suddenly turned red, and she didn't say anything. She just patted Kaga beside her imperceptibly, and looked over with a calm gaze. Lin Xiao was instantly sweating profusely and didn't dare to say another word.

Akagi was very proud of this. Although her fighting power was a little lower than Kaga's, and she even felt that she couldn't beat the commander, she and Kaga were together! It was a righteous two-on-one fight. What? Don't you want to give it a try?

"Cough-cough-"

In the end, Amagi's cough interrupted the "confrontation" between the two, bringing this somewhat strange topic to an end.

Back to the topic, although the idea is like this, we still have to do what needs to be done. For example, every time we go to a place, we will ask for help from the local Maritime Director. This time, we even rescued the Maritime Director.

For example, Lin Xiao’s idea of ​​writing a book and adapting it at the same time, and then using his identity to hype it up, is also a good way to build Hong Kong’s reputation.

Tiancheng also highly agrees with this, but...

"My Lord, Amagi means that we are all ship girls after all. Although your method is effective, many of my colleagues may not pay attention to these things."

"I do know this."

Lin Xiao nodded. He was of course very clear about this. In fact, novels and comics are more attractive to young girls or lolita, but for some older girls, especially those who are more mature and serious - such as Amagi, Akagi Kaga, and Enterprise Rei, they may not pay attention to them.

Promotion in the field of entertainment is feasible and effective, but generally speaking, it is more effective to spread the news through official channels, that is, from the level of commanders and ship girls.

However, this is a big problem. To put it bluntly, although their port is powerful, even the ship girls who have returned are already incredibly powerful, but they lack a certain reputation. Let's not talk about whether the Maritime Administration is willing to help promote a port that has no merits. Even if they are willing to promote it, there is no news that is sensational enough to serve as a carrier...

We can't just publish Lin Xiao's deeds and situation directly in the official propaganda media, right?

Even if this is done, it will not have any effect... Because without a sufficiently influential event, there will be no topic, no one will care, and the news will be difficult to spread.

In fact, the previous incident of repelling the Sirens could have been possible, but that was a pre-emptive attack after all, the Sirens themselves did not invade, and the entire operation was relatively low-key and not widely publicized, so it ended up in nothing.

"So, Amagi, what you mean is..."

"We need military merit!"

Chapter 47: Did the Commander take an EQ class?

"What do you mean by Tiancheng?"

"We need military merit."

Tiancheng put down the water cup in his hand and slammed it to the ground.

"Military merit..."

Lin Xiao frowned, "You mean, go to the front line?"

That is the easiest way to establish military merit.

"You don't have to go if there is another way. Anyway, you have to find a way to stand out in a large-scale battle against the Sirens. This is the fastest way to make a name for yourself among the ship girls and commanders, and such a reputation will continue to be passed down."

"That's true..."

Lin Xiao nodded. As a commander and a ship girl, what she was most concerned about was not only the development of her own port area, but also the current dynamics of the Sirens and the war situation between the ship girls and the Sirens.

For example, before in the Naval Academy, including the ship girls at home, everyone would often pay attention to the battle situation and progress on the front line. After all, it might also be related to themselves.

"But, going to the front line to fight is a bit dangerous, right?"

Lin Xiao was still a little hesitant. It was still the same reason. It wasn't that he didn't trust his own ship girl, but...

"For the sake of the port and the master, I think every ship girl in the port is ready to sacrifice at any time."

However, Tiancheng's answer seemed a little cold, and his expression did not fluctuate at all, which made people shudder.

This was not an impulsive statement. In fact, Tiancheng's expression was quite calm at this moment, so calm that it was a little creepy.

Lin Xiao wiped the sweat from his forehead and pressed his palm: "I know, I understand your determination, Tiancheng, but our goal is to find everyone back. If there are any sacrifices for this, wouldn't it be putting the cart before the horse?"

Tiancheng would still listen to the commander's words. After hesitating for a moment, he nodded and said with a lowered eyebrow: "Tiancheng was not thoughtful enough, but Tiancheng still thinks this is the best way. However, if the master is not in a hurry, we can choose a safer way."

"It would be better if it were safer..."

Lin Xiao patted Tian Cheng's shoulder and said, "We can discuss the specific plan later. There is no suitable opportunity right now, right?"

This girl might be considering too many issues, or it might be a problem with her own way of thinking. Sometimes her thoughts tend to go to extremes.

However, Lin Xiao could sense that this might have a lot to do with his departure...

The Tiancheng in my impression doesn’t seem to be like this. Is it because the pressure is too great... Maybe, but it feels like there’s more to it than that.

Lin Xiao suddenly remembered some special existences among the ship girls - META.

How did META come about?

Lin Xiao didn't dare to think about it further. Fortunately, Tiancheng's case should be just an exception because of her special position, her personal character, and the tremendous pressure.

Moreover, judging from Amagi's current performance, it is still a long way from becoming truly META.

There is no need to worry too much, but it once again alerted Lin Xiao and made him realize the heavy responsibility he bears.

The existence of the commander may still have more meaning...

"Well, today is the day of reunion, so don't keep discussing these serious topics. There are still many days to come."

Lin Xiao hugged Amagi comfortingly. Amagi's face turned slightly red and he leaned lightly on Lin Xiao's shoulder. The heavy atmosphere gradually dissipated and everything returned to normal, except that there were some subtle changes in the way everyone looked at Amagi and Lin Xiao. The ship girls were all very sensitive and they obviously realized that something was wrong with Amagi.

But what surprised them was that their commander could actually detect something strange about Tiancheng?

This was something they had not expected. After all, even though they knew that the commander had changed a lot compared to before, in their usual impression, it was still hard to imagine that the commander could have such a high emotional intelligence.

Didn't he take three years of high emotional intelligence courses during these three years?

Of course, they can only think about this in their hearts, no one is stupid enough to say it to their faces, they are all hoping to win the commander's favor...

Those who didn’t get the ring want it, those who got the ring want to be promoted even more, and as for those who have already been promoted... won’t they still have to work in shifts in the future?

The process of searching for the ship girl seemed to be much smoother than expected. From the time Lin Xiao set out, less than half a month had passed, which was much faster than originally estimated. So there was no need to rush back immediately and he could stay in the shrine for a few more days.

Although there were many people coming, the shrine was relatively empty, so there were still many empty seats.

Although the decoration of the rooms is rather monotonous and simple, the most basic facilities are still complete. At least there are tatami and heaters, so you have a place to live and you won't starve or freeze.

Although the living conditions are a bit harder than on the cruise ship, Nagato and the others seem to have some matters to deal with here. She seemed to have been the daughter of the shrine here before, and now she is leaving, she has to talk to the people in the town and say goodbye. After all, Nagato and the others seem to be quite popular here, and people often come to the shrine to worship and offer incense money. The reason... is because Nagato happened to pass by and defeated the attacking Sirens, saving a lot of losses.

In such remote places, there would occasionally be some Sirens that slipped through the net and attacked, which would always cause considerable losses. Although there were ship girls stationed there, the area they were responsible for was too large, and they had to wait until people notified them before they could rush over, and it would take a lot of time to get over, so there was no time to rescue. Although the Sirens could only bombard the town from the shore, generally speaking, people would have time to evacuate as long as they discovered it in time, but some material losses were inevitable.

Such a small place is a microcosm of the entire world. Not to mention important places or big cities, the defense of many scattered small places is relatively weak. Once a ship girl in a dangerous sea takes advantage of the loophole and breaks through the defense line, losses are bound to occur.

In fact, it is impossible for the ship girls' armed forces in these places to completely avoid losses. The reason for setting up these local armed forces is only to prevent the Sirens from continuing to destroy wantonly.

It sounds scary, but in fact, the people in these small fishing villages or towns are used to it. Although there are often losses, and even deaths if the sirens are not discovered in time, this is how the world is. What else can they do? Do they have to move to big cities? Then how can they survive as they make a living by fishing?