Revisiting Azur Lane

Tosa saw the interaction between the two when he came out of the bathhouse after taking a bath, and casually walked over to Zuikaku and said, "Even if you are very angry, don't really hit the commander. He can't stand it."

Zuikaku smiled and waved her hand. She was just looking for Zhou He to play with. "I won't beat him up. You should be the one paying attention, Tosa. You often threaten the commander, so don't really do it."

"Hard to say."

Tosa tilted his head slightly to look at Zhou He who was meeting Hermione, his long silver-gray hair floating to one side: "If the commander changes his mind and gives very weird orders for his own amusement, I don't mind teaching him a lesson."

"What is your original intention?"

Zuikaku's eyes sparkled, and he poked Tosa with his elbow and said teasingly, "You two have a close enough relationship to talk about this kind of topic."

"It's just an unrealistic fantasy."

Tosa glanced at her. Although this guy was quite strong, his brain didn't seem to be very good. He really hoped that there would be some powerful and smart Sakura Empire ships.

"what?"

Zuikaku doesn't like the Riddler.

On the other side, Zhou He and Hermione exchanged information and conspired in whispers.

While Zhou He was interacting with Bismarck, Hermione also hinted at Hood's current situation while taking a bath. Just as Bismarck expected, Hood's mood at this moment was very complicated - she had her own pride, and she did not feel unwilling or regretful when being bombarded by Bismarck on the battlefield. Defeat was not unacceptable to her.

But emotions are not so easy to control. She knew everything Hood had experienced and what her existence meant to the royal family. Yet, such an important person as her was defeated by the iron-blooded Bismarck. She had failed the expectations of everyone in the royal family.

The emergence of this thought made her very shaken, and an uncontrollable sadness surged in her heart. However, her pride prevented her from accepting that she would be swayed by such low-level emotions, so she fell into a self-struggle.

"..."

After learning about this situation, Zhou He recalled the plan given by Bismarck and quickly realized that Hood was bound by the memories of the past. He had to help Hood find something to do so that she could distinguish the difference between the past and reality.

But what is it that Hood excels at?

There are no diplomatic missions here, and no special guidance is needed in combat. There are no juniors to educate her - but there is one!

"Hermione, you're just telling the Hood..."

Zhou He originally wanted Hood to worry about the person in charge of the port's development and design, but Hood was already in this state, and it would be too much to ask her to face other people in her family with strange personalities. Just now, Bismarck seemed to have a few words that were particularly suitable for Hood to know.

As for whether it is effective, he believes it is.

"Well."

Hermione couldn't imagine that Bismarck, as an enemy, would say these words. She looked at Zhou He's mysterious yet confident smile, and suddenly understood something. She smiled cooperatively, "I see. I will tell Ms. Hood about these things at the right time."

"That's good. Besides that, I will arrange some work for Hood. I hope she can recover soon."

Zhou He hummed. If he suddenly paid more attention to Hood, she would definitely notice something unusual with her smart mind. Even if she could get rid of the memory troubles in the end, it would definitely not be easy for her.

But if Hood can cheer himself up, and if he makes proper arrangements, the results should be better.

The position of commander is not as simple as imagined. Not only do you have to find a solution when something goes wrong, but you also have to pay special attention to the mental state of the ship girl herself.

Fortunately, this time he had the help of Bismarck, a flagship-level think tank, otherwise it would be a bit difficult for him to deal with it.

After seeing Hermione off, Zhou He stretched.

It's time to cook again.

Chapter 40: Anyway, it’s pretty good

After one battle, the port area gained three new members. The high efficiency made Zhou He vaguely foresee the day when he would complete his hegemony over Chuanqi.

After all, the more ship girls there are, the larger the battle range. The more Sirens you defeat, the more drops your own ship girls will get. It's an infinite snowball effect. It's exciting just thinking about it.

But before the refreshing feeling, Zhou He was already numb. Including him, who was eating for free, there were already ten mouths to feed in the family. When he first started to feed Yudachi and a few others, stewing one pot of fish and one pot of meat was enough. Now he had to stew at least two or three pots of fish and meat of different flavors. He was thinking about the dishes so much that he almost cut his palm when killing the fish. He had to be careful and concentrate.

He was busy here, but the atmosphere outside was leisurely. Cleveland went downstairs and heard the sound and looked towards the kitchen. After seeing Zhou He's busy back, he walked with Zuikaku, who he had just gotten to know, and pointed to the kitchen: "Does the commander usually cook for himself?"

"Not really. Hermione will help the Commander. Didn't Hood run into that person today? Hermione must be busy taking care of her."

Zuikaku waved his hand, then tilted his head and thought for a moment before smiling: "As for me, I would really like to meet your White Eagle class aircraft carriers, the Enterprise, the Lexington, and the Essex class aircraft carriers."

"compete?"

Cleveland looked at Zuikaku. Judging from what they had just met, he seemed to be quite cheerful. He wouldn't have any thoughts of revenge, right?

"Well, that's about right. I want to discuss with them about having another match after Sister Shokaku joins Minato!"

Zuikaku clenched his fist with one hand, and his eyes became serious: "I also want to have a duel with Enterprise in this perfect state to see who is the real lucky ship!"

"..."

Cleveland didn't know what to say, but Tosa next to him complained, 'Just like an idiot.' Then Zuikaku perked up, smiled mysteriously and shook his finger in front of her: "I may be stupid now, but when Sister Shokaku joins Minato, I won't be so stupid anymore."

“Is this something to be proud of?”

Tosa frowned frivolously. She didn't quite understand Zuikaku's sisterhood. She inexplicably thought of the battleship Kaga, who Zhou He had mentioned yesterday and whose personality was completely different from hers. Would that person complement her behavior style?

As for the Kaga in Zhenghang, she already has a brand new sister ship, so there is no expectation.

"Of course! Sister Shoukaku is the best sister in the world. Even though I haven't met her yet, I have a feeling that."

An expression of pride unconsciously appeared on Zuikaku's face as he spoke - but in Tosa's eyes, this enthusiasm made her feel that it was stupid on another level. She even walked a little further away, worried that she would be infected.

"Zuihe, you really like your sister."

Cleveland was quite touched, crossing his arms and nodding: "If only I could be that good and make my sisters proud."

"Oh? Come on, I admire you."

Zuikaku reached out and patted Cleveland's shoulder, smiling brightly: "How many sisters do you have?"

"26."

Speaking of sister ships, Cleveland's smile was equally bright, sparkling, but this huge number brought back some unpleasant memories for Zuikaku, and his smile became awkward: "What a big family! I really hope the commander can take your sisters over soon."

"Yes, if everyone is here, the commander's work will be smoother."

Zuikaku and Cleveland were chatting excitedly. The lonely Tosa next to them felt that she couldn't get a word in at all, so she simply left them alone and walked out of the command center. The Bismarck she met today gave her a very good impression. As a strong man, he should have that kind of aura!

……

"Commander, I'm back!"

Yudachi, who was running back to the port at full speed, saw Zhou He thinking about something on the beach in the bay from afar. His emotions were more excited than usual. After entering the shallow water, he took off his ship equipment, stepped on the sea water, ran over and threw himself into the arms of Zhou He who had taken off his coat.

"Welcome back, Yuuri, you've worked hard today."

Zhou He put the military uniform coat he had taken off on Yuli, gently rubbed Yuli's hair with his palm, and the smile on his face was different from before.

The moment he saw Yuudachi's health bar was almost reduced to zero, he knew that Yuudachi was seriously injured this time. However, after actually meeting her, he realized how poor his imagination was. Although the system function was used to repair Yuudachi's scars, it could be seen from the clothes that could hardly cover her body that the damage Yuudachi suffered was covering.

In addition to the heartache, he also felt another unspeakable emotion in his heart. For a moment, he even didn't want Yuudachi to go out to fight again, but he couldn't say it. He could only put on a smile and greet Yuudachi as always.

"It's not hard at all! I know, the commander has been keeping an eye on us!"

Yuli squinted his eyes and rubbed his cheek against Zhou He's clothes on his chest. His well-behaved appearance made Zhou He want to take him home and raise him. Oh, he was already raising him.

Shaking off the inexplicable thoughts, Zhou He half-closed his eyes and lowered his head and said in a gentle voice: "Your attack is so dangerous, I naturally have to pay attention to it at all times. Because of this, I also hope that you will pay more attention to yourselves in future battles. If you have an accident, I will be very sad and painful."

Zhou He usually thought these words were pretentious, but when he really encountered such a thing, he truly realized the precision of Donghuang characters in controlling emotions.

"Well, I see."

Yuli's answer was as quick and submissive as always, so Zhou He couldn't tell whether she had thought about it or understood the meaning of the words. However, considering that Yuli was not good at thinking, he could only smile helplessly: "Yuli, go back and rest first. I will cook after I pick you up from Kursk. There are some snacks on the table. You can take them to satisfy your cravings first."

"Good~"

Yuli obediently let go of Zhou He, grabbed the clothes Zhou He was wearing with his hands, and trotted back to the command center.

"Aha."

Watching Xili leave, Zhou He looked up at the sky. At this time, the sky had begun to darken. The area covered by the sun emitted a warm glow, and the rest of the area had turned into a cloudless dark blue, which could calm people down just by looking at it.

"When you go out to fight, you're bound to get hurt. That's for sure. That's the reality."

Zhou He sighed. He had always won great victories in the past few attacks, and had never even suffered a scratch. This time, Xili came up and gave him a big blow, which was beyond his psychological preparation and it was quite uncomfortable.

He expanded the system again to check Kursk's location, and after confirming that she would be home within twenty minutes, he exited the map and switched to the seldom-seen "Scientific Research" project, where he could start scientific research ship projects, modify ship equipment, build ship girls, and attract meta ships.

The four functions can indeed be called scientific research, the most useful of which are ship equipment and ship girl transformation. The former is to use materials to upgrade the existing ship equipment, and the latter is to consume materials to strengthen the ship girl itself and its basic ship equipment (the position of the main gun and other ship equipment). On the whole, it is the integration of the strengthening and transformation system and scientific research in the game. What is needed for strengthening is not a useless ship (? ) but replacement of ship equipment parts and other materials. Because he doesn't have any materials on hand, he has no way to determine the specific effect and whether there is an upper limit to the transformation.

"Next time, aim at a small fleet and at least tow a boat back for me so I can try this function."

Zhou He didn't have any special opinions or conspiracy theories about the system he owned, because the worldview of Azur Lane itself was a cluster of black technology. When his system was compared with the Siren's black technology, it felt like it was pale in comparison.

When the ship girls from Akashi who are engaged in research and development join the port, his system will probably only have the functions of logistics and reinforcement.

"I seem to have seen somewhere the idea of ​​growing vegetables by taking energy from the air. I wonder if the technology in this world can make it happen."

Zhou He closed his eyes and shut down the unusable scientific research interface. In the game, Akashi was equivalent to Doraemon, who could take out anything. When Akashi came, he must take good care of her and train her, and not let her become the paint-spraying profiteer in the game.

Soon after, Kursk appeared slowly in the sunset. The huge ship equipment blocked the sunlight and the shadow covered part of Kursk's body, giving it a three-dimensional beauty.

"commander."

Kursk landed on the shore. Her coat was slightly damaged, but it was not a big problem. She came to Zhou He and said, "I observed the ruins of the buildings on the island from high altitude. They look like abandoned combat bases. Moreover, they have not been there for long. The building preservation rate is very high. After a little repair, it may be put into use directly."

"what?"

Zhou He's eyes focused, he could probably guess that that was the combat base, but the phrase "not giving up for long" made him very concerned. This meant that there were normal humans in this world, and they had already expanded and explored this area, but the plan was ruined by the Siren?

Perhaps he could get the contact information of the outside world from that base - he didn't need the original owner of the outside world, but he needed information about what the world was like, the extent of the war between the Sirens and humans, etc. These were all information he desperately needed, and would directly affect his future expansion plans.

"No, we cannot confirm that it is a base built by humans."

After collecting his thoughts, Zhou He raised his head slightly and looked at Kursk: "I can't go over there to investigate for the time being, please."

"Ah."

Kursk did not resist. She really liked this kind of solo mission. However, she frowned slightly and said, "Commander, the waters near that island give me a very strange feeling. I hope that no one else will go there to carry out the mission before I investigate it clearly."

"Did your hunter instinct detect the danger?"

Zhou He's heart moved. Did Kursk realize the existence of the Mirror Sea? Obviously, other people had passed by there, but only Kursk discovered it - or did others have similar feelings, but did not realize the danger and therefore did not care?

"You can understand it this way. It doesn't give me a good feeling there."

Kursk turned sideways and looked into the distance with a serious look in her eyes. At that time, she was clearly in the empty sea, but it gave her a strong feeling as if she was in a hunting ground. After she got away, everything returned to normal. She was sure that something was wrong over there.

"I understand, but Kursk, you have to be careful too. Don't fall into the Siren's trap."

Zhou He knew that the area over there was covered by the mirror sea, but Kursk rarely volunteered, so there was no need for him to dampen Kursk's enthusiasm. He just needed to pay more attention to her actions in the future.

"Is it a trap..."

Kursk thought about it for a while. She felt that it was not such a simple thing, but there was no point in just talking about it without any information. She planned to go and take a look tomorrow. Maybe it would be related to that base.

As the two talked, Zhou He began to approach the headquarters. This time, Kursk did not leave on his own initiative. Instead, he followed him back to the headquarters, said hello, and then left and went upstairs.

"Kursk has been showing up more often recently. Commander, keep up the good work."

Zuikaku came out from the kitchen with a pair of yellow French fries in her hand - this was the snack Zhou He prepared for Yuudachi, and it seemed that they were shared.

"I've tried my best, but Zuikaku, you guys don't seem to have talked to Kursk much, right?"

Zhou He glanced at her, rolled up his sleeves and walked towards the kitchen. As he entered, he found that there were quite a lot of people inside. Cleveland was helping Yuli eat French fries. Z23 was sitting next to Cleveland, two people away from her. There were also some French fries on the plate in front of her. She sat upright, and was very serious even when eating snacks. When she saw Zhou He, she stood up and saluted him.

"No need to be so reserved."

Serious children are very likable. Zhou He smiled and pressed his palm towards her. He approached her and looked into the kitchen. Sure enough, Hermione was already busy inside.

He didn't rush in. He looked at everyone. Z23 and Hermione were here. So, "Where are Bismarck and Hood?"

"They seem to have gone to the back."

Cleveland scratched his head, his words were not very clear, and he looked at Zuikaku at the same time as Zhou He. The latter ate the fries and licked his fingers. "Commander, when you went to pick them up, Hood who was going downstairs and Bismarck who was coming back met each other. Tosa followed Bismarck and said something to him, and then the three of them left."

"Tosa? Z23 did you hear that?"

Zhou He was now puzzled as to how these two were related to Tosa.

Z23 hadn't even sat down yet. After being called, she thought for a moment and said, "Yes, the man named Tosa wanted the two of you to prove your ideas through competition, so he took them to fencing."

"what?"

After surfing for too long, Zhou He started to think wrongly when he heard about fencing. Fortunately, he reacted immediately. Hood and Bismarck were fencing behind the command center?

What a precious scene that must be! How could he miss it? He turned around and walked out. As soon as he walked out of the door, he saw Hood and Bismarck walking in from behind. One had an elegant smile and the other had a calm face. It was obvious that the two had already decided the winner.

"pity."

Zhou He couldn't help but sigh. This was not just a loss of 100 million.