Revisiting Azur Lane

Chapter 3 Good logistics is the first step to success

"Hmm? Isn't there a more detailed mini-map?"

Since he had just arrived and had no idea what to do, Zhou He could only study the functions of his own system, that is, staring at the 3D figure of Yuli on the map. As a result, no matter whether he used his consciousness to 'point' at Yuli or wanted to zoom in on the view, he could not do it, and could only look at the map interface that looked like a picture.

After a while, Yuli still couldn't run out of the coverage of the headquarters. Zhou He got a little tired of watching it. He wondered how big a grid on the map was, and at the same time he pushed away the chair, stood up and walked out of the office.

"Can I zoom in on other areas? Are there any other functions that can assist in combat?"

Walking in the empty stairwell, Zhou He did not stop thinking - perhaps his future has been determined. He feels that he is in a very good state now. In the past, when he had a meal or played a game, he had to think about whether he could read a novel or watch a video at the same time. Now he does not need to consider the efficiency of time and can calm down and think about what he should face next.

By the way, the reason why he attached so much importance to the map function was not only because it could provide combat assistance from a bird's eye view, but more because this function was directly linked to his future "role".

Before he traveled through time, whether he was playing games or reading the plot, or reading the fan fiction of Kancolle, the presence of the protagonist "Commander" was quite weak, as if it didn't matter whether this person existed or not - of course, he unilaterally believed that even if the commander did not have the ability to command a battle, it was okay for him to exist as a cheerleader, a power bank, and a group pet.

It’s just that in the early stage of development, the big ships in the card pool have not been drawn out yet, so he, a half-baked one, has to use it as a whole person.

The stairs lead directly to the lobby on the second floor. On the wall of the lobby hangs a circular clock with a very delicate appearance. You can't hear any ticking sound even when you stand below. The time hand now stands at 12:37, which is dinner time.

"Yuudachi seems to like eating meat?"

Zhou He checked the time. In his memory, Yuudachi in the game was a very easy-to-raise dog. It was normal for him to have 2 to 3 dogs at home - this shouldn't be generalized.

Feeling amused, he turned and walked into the kitchen. The rectangular kitchen was fully equipped with modern equipment. There was a long table in the middle, surrounded by a cutting area, stove area and refrigerator. It was large enough for two or three people to work together.

Zhou He counted carefully and found that the food in the refrigerator was enough for him and Yuudachi to enjoy for a week. Not to mention the stove that could light a fire in the void. He skillfully cooked a small bowl of rice and cut a piece of meat to thaw... It took him half an hour to prepare the ingredients. Zhou He rinsed his palms with water and shook them gently, his eyes falling on the map interface of the system attack.

It has been almost an hour, and Yudachi still has not run beyond the coverage area of ​​the map command center. It seems that he is strictly following the orbiting detection instructions he gave.

"Can the order be changed during an attack?"

He tried to remind the system to help him improve the function, and the system actually responded, just like wandering around in the small game in the big world to attract TB's attention. A blue arrow appeared above the head of 3D Xiao Xili, with a prompt like "Long press to wake up the function" floating on it.

Zhou He squinted his eyes and stared at the 3D Xiao Xili. His eyebrows were furrowed because he was staring too hard. He looked a little silly, but he successfully woke up the function page: 'Fleet Retreat', 'Update Instructions', 'Video Call'.

"Video call!?"

Zhou He was completely confused. Is there such a thing?

He chose the third option without saying a word, and the interface suddenly switched from 3D Xiao Yudachi to real-time projection. In the video, he was not face to face with Yudachi, but on the right side of Yudachi. What was seen at this time was the serious Yudachi with white hair flying in the sea breeze, sharp eyes, lowering his body and speeding on the sea, with his back, hands and sides of the body covered by ship equipment.

A handsome girl can conquer everything. Zhou He listened to the weakened sounds of wind and water, and for a moment he didn't know how to start.

"?"

Or maybe Yudachi noticed the "distant sight" and glanced to the right inadvertently, which frightened her so much that she let out a "whoosh" and the steering wheel failed. With her hands spread out, she turned a big corner diagonally on the surging sea, hitting a large area of ​​sea water before she barely stopped. She wiped her eyes with her arm and looked at the projection of Zhou He emerging in the air, with an incredible look on her face: "Commander!?"

"Ahem, it's me. How's the progress of the exploration?"

Zhou He in the kitchen realized that he had done something wrong. He coughed lightly to cover it up and asked in a serious manner. Then, before Yuli could answer, he spoke first: "I have something I want to confirm this afternoon. Yuli, please come back after you are sure there is no danger around the island. I need your help."

"Oh, yes! Let's return immediately~"

Yuli looked around and gave an answer immediately after making sure there was no problem. She roughly identified the direction of "home" and started running again. However, during the return flight, Zhou He's video was always on, which made Yuli very curious. She couldn't help asking how Zhou He contacted her, wondering if Zhou He used any new equipment.

“New equipment…”

Zhou He stared at the system panel, and smiled as he thought about it. "It's a pity that you guessed wrong, Yudachi. I just used my privilege as a commander, just like I could invite you, Yudachi, to take up your post in such a remote port area."

"Eh~ Commander is so powerful?"

Yuli accepted Zhou He's words without even a hint of doubt, and just blinked in surprise.

"Ahahaha, it's okay."

Her question made Zhou He awkward. He stopped pretending to be cool and walked around in the kitchen corridor, laughing. Finally, he stopped by the window and looked at the lawn outside and calmed down: "Yuudachi, how long will it take you to come back?"

"Well, about 13 to 16 minutes. I looked around the port area according to the commander's instructions, but I didn't see any signs of the Siren, nor did I find any terrain that could be used as a landmark. It's really strange. There should be some reefs or associated islands around an island as big as the port area."

Yudachi tilted his head and thought for a moment before answering, "It was calm all around, too quiet to be right."

"Is that so? I'll tell you the details when we get back. Do you need to refuel before sailing?"

Zhou He hummed, remembering some of the settings in the game, and then saw Yudachi shaking his head: "No need, deploying the ship's equipment and sailing consumes my physical strength..."

After a brief pause, Yudachi looked at Zhou He in the video and narrowed his eyes to reveal a cute smile: "So Commander, can you help prepare snacks before we set sail?"

"Snacks, I'll think about it."

Zhou He pondered for a moment, and thought of the "Stargazing Pie" in the home system. It turned out that this thing was given to the ship girls to replenish their energy.

"Great!"

Yudachi was very happy that his first proposal was recognized. He could eat snacks openly when he went out to fight in the future!

Looking at the happy girl, Zhou He also curled up the corners of his mouth, and then he said "ah" and thought that Yuli would be home in ten minutes or so, and it was time for him to start cooking, so he smiled and turned off the video call and started doing logistical work.

Chapter 4 From Wild to Domestic

"I'm back!"

Trotting back to the headquarters hall, Yuli raised her voice and called out while looking around - the background was on the first floor when Zhou He was talking to her just now, but her sense of smell was better at finding people than her sight. The smell of food wafting from the direction of the kitchen attracted her, and she walked towards that direction with brisk steps and shining eyes.

Zhou He also heard the call from outside the door. He turned down the fire, wiped his hands with a towel and walked to the door. He happened to meet Yudachi who was coming over. He restrained his mind that was attracted by the other's elf-like face and nodded slightly: "Welcome back."

"Hehe~ What is the Commander cooking? Is it delicious?"

Yuli responded to Zhou He with a smile, then turned her head to look inside the kitchen, closed her eyes and sniffed. She liked food made by humans, even though she had never tasted it herself, but it didn't stop her from liking it.

"A little home-cooked meal. The rice isn't cooked yet. Go sit over there for a while."

Zhou He glanced at her and turned to point to the dining area next to the kitchen cooking area. There were two long white tables there, like a small cafeteria.

"Yes~"

Yuli obediently ran over in small steps and sat down honestly, but within two minutes she began to get restless, looking at Zhou He walking around in the kitchen. After thinking for a moment, she picked up the stool and sat outside the dividing line between the kitchen and the dining area - half squatting on the chair, she could observe Zhou He's actions at eye level by wagging her tail.

"..."

Zhou He heard the noise and glanced at her, then continued working without any reaction.

Logically speaking, in this scene he should have imagined Yuudachi as a cute dog waiting to be fed and rubbed his head, but no matter how similar it looked, Yuudachi's eagerly looking forward with eyes full of expectation were just too enthusiastic. He was not socially anxious and could communicate with people normally, but he was suddenly very nervous when he got close to the beautiful girl who came out of his phone. Rather than making a mistake in action, he chose to do nothing.

Since the ingredients had been cut in advance, the cooking was very fast. Including the rice, it took less than 20 minutes. After finishing, Zhou He looked at Yudachi who was really motionless, raised his hand to call her over, then picked up the green vegetables and stir-fried meat and handed them to her hands, saying, "Put them on the table."

"understand!"

Yuudachi walked out quickly with the plate in his hand, full of energy. Zhou He turned around, wrapped his hands with a towel, and took out the steaming rice from the rice cooker. When he turned around, he saw Yuudachi coming in again to get the plate of food. He was surprised by her well-behaved appearance.

The Yuudachi in the game is supposed to be a very reckless, wild-looking character, but the Yuudachi in front of us is a lively, confident, and obedient house dog.

"The setting is just a setting after all. How much of a ship girl's preferences can be experienced with just a few lines?"

He pondered in his mind that in the game Azur Lane, the characterization of the ship girls was very weak in his opinion. It was just the appearance and personality settings added on the basis of the "follow history" lines. Even the secretary ship mission was just a brief mention and a supplement to the settings.

"Thinking too far ahead."

Zhou He shook his head. He had only met Xili for a short time. What did he know about Xili?

There were three dishes and one soup, with a large bowl of seaweed and egg soup in the middle of the three plates of stir-fried dishes.

Zhou He filled a bowl of rice and pushed it in front of Xili: "I made Chinese... Donghuang cuisine, Xili, try it and see if it suits your taste."

"Okay, I'm starting!"

With her hands clapping in a very Japanese way, Yudachi picked up the chopsticks and directly picked up the meat slices and put them in the bowl. She also very carefully put a ball of rice into her mouth. The whole process was very elegant, just like a well-educated lady in the boudoir.

"..."

Zhou He sat opposite and watched Yulichi eating leisurely. His eyes twitched inexplicably. Was something wrong?

"Oh? Commander, you don't want to eat it? It's delicious."

Yuli noticed Zhou He's gaze, licked the tip of his chopsticks and asked curiously.

"Ah."

Zhou He retracted his gaze, picked up the bowl and started eating normally, while also observing Yudachi's reaction with his peripheral vision - this person was very skilled in using tableware, he only took a bite of the green pepper, but could accept the taste of stir-fried meat with green pepper, and was visibly happy when eating the meat.

He ate vegetables, but his trembling eyebrows showed that he was not happy with them.

After the meal, it was not until Yuudachi put down her bowl and chopsticks that Zhou He understood something from her satisfied and serious face: Yuudachi was enjoying the food, enjoying the fruits of his labor.

"He's a good kid."

Zhou He's tangled emotions disappeared, leaving only an inexplicable sense of relief. He poured himself some soup and asked, "How is it? Is there anything that needs to be adjusted?"

"Well."

Xili leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to think. After opening his eyes, he leaned forward and looked at Zhou He and answered seriously: "The rice is delicious, the meat is also delicious, but there is too little meat!"

"Is that really the case?"

Zhou He hummed, put down the bowl in his hand, stood up and walked into the kitchen, stopped by the oven that had finished working, leaned over to open it - the fragrant aroma of barbecue instantly overflowed from it, and a "click" sound came from outside the kitchen. Zhou He turned around and saw Yudachi peeking at the wall, so he smiled and put on gloves to take out the barbecue that was enough to be measured by kilograms:

"I think these side dishes won't fill you up, so I prepared a full meal. Can you eat it?"

"Mmmmm! Yudachi can still eat!"

Yuudachi's red eyes were fixed on the barbecue. She felt like her saliva was about to flow out, so she quickly covered her mouth with her hands and nodded.

"That's good. If it's for dinner, the meat would be a bit tough."

Zhou He smiled as he carried the barbecue over Yudachi and placed it on the dining table. He turned around and said to Yudachi seriously, "This is my first time as a commander, and I don't know much about shipgirls. In order to provide better logistical services, I need you to assist me and provide me with reference data, such as the actual meal size. Yudachi doesn't want everyone to go hungry during the attack, right?"

"Have you been discovered~?"

Hearing this, Yudachi scratched his head and chuckled, sticking out his tongue at Zhou He in a cute way: "Yudachi is actually a big eater, I'm a little worried that I might scare the commander!"

Zhou He hummed and tapped the tabletop with his fingers: "This won't happen again."

"Yes!"

Yuli quickly took her seat and watched Zhou He use a knife and fork to cut the meat into pieces for her and put them on the plate - now she really became the dog being fed.

"Ah."

Zhou He couldn't help but chuckle. Before, he checked the food and found that there was enough for two people for a week, so he thought the system was conscientious. Later, when he heard from Yuudachi that they relied on physical strength instead of fuel to sail, he suddenly realized that something was wrong. Even if the ship girl is a black technology, it has to abide by the law of conservation of energy.

Looking at the elegant way Yudachi was eating just now, it was basically the posture of tasting the appetizer to whet the appetite.

"I want you, Yudachi, to run as far away from the port area as possible this afternoon. You should run quite far. Eat enough. If you are not satisfied, I will prepare more."

Looking at Yudachi eating meat with big mouthfuls, Zhou He squinted his eyes and obtained a home coin brought by a ship girl from the system task panel, then switched to the home store to exchange it for a telescope. He wanted to see how far he had to leave the headquarters to reach other map blocks.

"Mmmm."

Yudachi's mouth was so full that he couldn't even speak clearly.

Chapter 5: Just the Right Petite

The appetite of the ship girls, or the amount of energy they needed to consume, was beyond Zhou He's expectations. Even the destroyer Yuuri ate a large plate of several kilograms of barbecue and was only half full. In the future, more powerful ship girls would probably have to use buckets to eat.

"What's this feeling of nostalgia about?"

While Zhou He was washing the pots and pans, he imagined in his mind the scene of "Akagi and a group of people eating with wooden barrels in their arms". It couldn't be said to be abstract, but it was also very shocking. It reminded him of the earliest "KanColle" game and anime scenes, and evoked his nostalgia for the past.

However, Yudachi is now eating ordinary food. He personally believes that if the ingredients and ready-made meals are from the Home Mall, they will definitely provide more energy for the ship girls, so that everyone will not become... gluttons.

After cleaning the kitchen, Zhou He rubbed his hands and came to the living room. It was estimated that the area here was nearly 100 square meters. It was empty now. In the future, he could exchange or put some furniture in it.

"commander!"

The sound coming from the stairwell caught Zhou He's attention. Yuli approached from above with small jumps, looking in a good mood.

"Have you chosen a room?"

Zhou He asked with a smile. Xili always had a smile on his face, and he was a little infected by it. Now he would always smile unconsciously when he spoke.

Yudachi nodded repeatedly, then raised his head and pointed his finger at the ceiling on the left: "It's the innermost room. You can see the sea! There should be sunrise!"

"Oh? That's pretty good."

Zhou He rubbed his chin. His dormitory was on the third floor. He wondered if he could see the sea and the sunrise. He probably couldn't even dream of such a scene before he traveled through time. He chuckled and walked to the room at the back of the first floor: "Here are the prepared beddings. Yuli, you can take one set over as well."

Based on the perceived temperature and sunlight, Zhou He judged that it was approaching autumn here. He felt that there was nothing wrong with wearing short sleeves at this time, but that might not be the case at night.

"Hmm~"