Revisiting Azur Lane

Suddenly, Tosa stood up and sat down opposite Zhou He, his eyes very serious: "Have the specific rules and winners of today's sparring match been determined?"

"Yeah, sure."

Zhou He collected his thoughts and held up two fingers: "The rules are free fighting, as long as you can hit the ground, it's fine. As for the judgment of victory or defeat, do you want to stop at a point or fight to the end."

"That's it."

Tosa did not hesitate too much. The duel between the two would not take too long. As soon as the fight started, he could feel the opponent's strength, so there was no point in fighting to the end.

"Then we'll decide the outcome with one shot. Whoever hits the target first wins."

Zhou He is very decisive. There is not much meaning in deciding the victory with three or five shots, because being hit by the first shot basically means you are at a disadvantage. Do you want to counterattack later?

It's not that easy.

Therefore, the best solution is to decide the outcome with one shot.

Chapter 76: The Victory Has Been Decided

After seeing Tosa off, Zhou He stopped for a moment and walked out of the restaurant. He strolled on the weeds that had begun to fall over and thought about today's plans.

After yesterday's battle, most of the third and fourth districts in the east were lit up, and the north even expanded directly to the fifth district. The fourth district in the west was opened, and a large Siren base was hidden inside. Currently, the closest threat to his port is the third district in the south, the ruins of the human port surrounded by executors.

It was not known whether it was because of the overlapping of the mirror sea areas, the executors from the West Fourth District and the South Third District were not attracted by the protracted battle yesterday and remained within a fixed range, causing Zhou He to once again feel that the system commands of these mass-produced Siren models and executors were somewhat abnormal, in addition to the testers and purifiers who were beaten up by his own ship girl yesterday.

In his mind, the danger level of the Siren has changed from extremely dangerous to moderately dangerous. He is no longer so fearful when his own ship girls go out to fight, but he will not deliberately go and get into a hornet's nest to seek death.

"There are Siren's test sites and bases everywhere here, so it's better not to go to the South Third District for the next few days."

Soon, Zhou He passed the arrangement of going out for combat. His own ship girls had just fought with the Sirens for six or seven hours yesterday. Even if they could accept such frequent combat, he couldn't get over it in his heart. He decided to think of a way to let everyone rest for 1~2 days first.

So what should be done?

Zhou He put his hands behind his back and looked up at the tall command building of his home. He then opened the system interface and switched to the Home Mall. He currently had 52 Home Coins, plus today's 21 daily coins, a total of 73. The cheapest type of residential building was around 100 coins. At the latest the day after tomorrow he would be able to buy a residential building by himself.

Combined with the self-selected box given by exploring the mirror sea, it is like two houses.

If he is allowed to choose, he will definitely choose a house suitable for multiple people living in it. However, if it is really made, the transfer of candidates will also be a small problem. Anyway, there will definitely be various types of houses in his own port area in the future. It is better to let his own ship girl choose the residential style by herself from now on.

As for which camp has the highest priority, he can do some manipulation, such as rewarding the MVP of the next attack battle with a desired house.

Well, he doesn't need to worry about where the house is located, the direction of the gate, etc. He can even plan the roads according to the choice of his own ship girl.

"I'm such a genius."

Zhou He used his hands to lift up his bangs that were about to touch his eyes, and walked quickly into the command building in a self-assured manner. He searched the warehouse for a long time, but could not find anything that could be used as a notice board. He could only pick up a bundle of tape and go up to the third floor, where he picked up a pen and wrote down his sudden idea in the office.

As he was writing, he suddenly felt that it might not be appropriate for him to do this so abruptly. Perhaps he could first spread his ideas with the help of socially anxious people like Zuikaku and observe the reactions of his own ship girls when they learned of the situation.

What if he announced it and his own ship girls had no interest at all but forced themselves to do it just because it was his order? That would be too crude.

Thinking of this, he stopped writing, sat on a chair and checked the system dock. Looking at the 21 ship girl icons with different styles, he began to think again.

……

A little after half past nine, Zhou He left his office and returned to the first floor, where he placed the several books in his arms on the table in the hall. There were biographies of famous people, official records of naval battles, ordinary story books, and relatively specialized science books, which he had specially selected.

When we were at the Siren abandoned base, we confirmed that Z23 liked reading. He didn't have time to choose yesterday, so he just used the time he had while daydreaming to buy a few stacks of books from the Home Mall and stuffed some of them on the bookshelf in his office, and then took out a few books.

"Commander~ You finally came down."

The sunlight did not shine into the house, and the temperature inside was a little cool. Yuudachi, who was sitting outside the door basking in the sun, heard the noise and his ears twitched. He ran in and found Zhou He coming over quickly.

"It's Yudachi why you're slacking off outside."

Zhou He smiled and reached out to touch Yuli's ear: "Yuli, you are my secretary ship, you should work with me."

"what--"

Yudachi opened his eyes wide and suddenly realized: "I forgot!"

"guessed."

Zhou He was not surprised at all. Yuli was not such a shrewd person, but Yuli's personality was just right for him. So he smiled and comforted Yuli, and left the command building with her.

The sun had risen completely, and the people strolling in the bay had changed to a new group. More people were standing on the dock, including Tosa and Kaga. Their competition was the highlight of the day, and everyone was paying attention to it.

There are also some that I didn't pay attention to, such as Cleveland who was carrying a bucket and digging crabs on the beach with Montpellier. The ship girls who like to go to the sea are also a very unique landscape.

"How is your relationship with your sisters?"

As they approached the dock along the road, Zhou He tilted his head to look at the Z23 and Javelin who seemed to be doing rapid turn training in the bay, and casually brought up a topic.

"Well, I don't really remember."

Yudachi tilted his head and thought for a moment: "I should know when they join the Minato District."

"Unexpectedly rigorous."

Zhou He remembered that Yudachi, Shigure and Yukikaze were collectively called the three-headed dog of hell, but Yukikaze looked more like a cat no matter how you looked at him, and his tsundere little personality was also very cat-like, similar to Hamanman.

The two of them arrived at the dock, and the others greeted Zhou He one after another. Kaga took the initiative to come over and hooked his palm: "Commander, is it about time?"

"Ah."

Zhou He came here for this. Although he was an outsider who didn't understand the battles of ship girls, he had the most authority in the port area. He had to preside over this kind of competition to ensure the quality and execution of the agreement after the victory or defeat. He nodded and looked at Tosa who was further behind: "Tosa, are you all ready?"

"You can start anytime."

Tosa's calm voice revealed his confidence in himself, and Kaga also grinned: "We have already warmed up in advance, Commander, just watch."

"Don't underestimate the enemy, go all out."

Zhou He glanced at Shokaku who was waiting to watch the show. He personally guessed that Kaga would be stronger than Tosa, but he was not sure. He just hoped that Kaga would fight for it and not let him down, otherwise she would be the one to be ridiculed.

Mental activities do not count time. Zhou He gathered his thoughts and looked directly at Kaga, then at Tosa. "This time the competition venue is inside the bay. There is no limit to the fighting method. The winner is determined by who hits the opponent first. The winner will be determined by one strike."

"No matter who wins or loses, don't feel any psychological burden. Your enemy is the Siren, not your own people."

After making the announcement in advance and seeing both of them nod in response, Zhou He raised his hand and said, "Both parties enter the venue. You will have ten minutes to prepare. You will adjust your positions. Hermione's cannon fire will be the start signal."

After explaining the rules, Kaga restrained his smile a little, turned around and looked at Tosa, then went to the sea and jumped lightly into the water. The ship's equipment condensed in mid-air, and a lot of water splashed when it fell into the water. He entered the field first - Tosa calmly walked up the stairs to enter the water, and the two of them consciously moved towards the two sides of the bay.

Seeing this situation, Z23 and Javelin consciously moved closer to the shore, while Hermione, who was appointed by Zhou He to be the referee, went into the water and left the shore.

"Ah, Commander, everything he does is done in a proper manner."

People came in and started watching and talking on the shore. Ruihe came to Zhou He and marveled at him. She still remembered that Zhou He had confessed that he was just an ordinary person.

"It's just a matter of analogy."

Zhou He shrugged. He could even serve as the commander of the ship girl flexibly, so wouldn't it be easy for him to be a temporary referee?

While chatting with Zuikaku, Zhou He took a quick look at the crowd at the dock. Hood and the people around Bismarck were present, U556 followed Bismarck, and Count Spee was sitting on the edge of the dock. Except for Akashi, everyone from the Sakura Empire was present. No one from the White Eagles was there. Jean Bart was far away from the crowd, but he still discovered him.

"Where is Harman?"

Zhou He was a little curious. He remembered that Harman was not an independent person.

"do not know."

Zuikaku shook his head, but Javelin, who had just landed, heard Zhou He's words and came over to answer: "Commander, I just heard Harman say that he didn't see Nagashima this morning. He must be worried about Nagashima, so he went to check on her condition."

"Hmm? I see."

When Zhou He heard the word Changdao, he instantly understood most of it. This person, who was in the form of a dry object at home, was probably too lazy to go out.

However, there were no entertainment equipment in the room prepared here, and he did not provide snacks or the like. He underestimated Nagashima's homebody nature, as he was able to stay at home under such circumstances.

Before he traveled through time, he was also a semi-homebody, but that was only because his job was to type on the keyboard. He personally preferred to go out and see new things, which would make him feel good and give him more material to write.

Javelin raised her head. Compared with when they first met, she was not so nervous facing Zhou He now. Seeing Zhou He, who was still calm after just a slight pause, made her feel very powerful: from the speeches of other people in the port area, she heard that Zhou He knew a lot about their affairs.

And that is the fact. Just by hearing the name of Changdao, Zhou He seemed to have known the reason, which shows that he is very familiar with the situation in Changdao - this is not a level that can be achieved through a short period of study and preparation. It is the result of a lot of effort and hard work!

"what happened?"

Even Zhou He would feel shy when being stared at by a cute girl. He reached out and touched his cheek, asking in a casual manner.

"Nothing~ I just think the commander is really handsome."

Javelin put his hands behind his back, stood on tiptoe and smiled cutely.

"—"

Zhou He felt his heart was shocked, and it started beating faster. The corners of his mouth turned up: "Thank you, Javelin is also very cute."

"Hehe, Commander, do you really think so?"

Javelin blinked and asked playfully, while Zhou He had recovered from the shock and nodded affirmatively: "Yes."

"Well."

The serious look made Javelin stunned. His fair face gradually turned red. He stopped playing naughty. He clasped his hands in front of him and rubbed them for a few times. He responded with a low "thank you" and ran away quickly.

"Oh my, the commander is truly sinful."

At this moment, Ruihe, who was watching the show nearby, laughed and teased Zhou He: "Be careful that Hu De will come to talk with you late at night."

“…Is this how the idiom is used?”

Zhou He knew that Ruihe wanted to put pressure on him, but from the usage of this idiom, he really didn't feel any pressure. Instead, it felt like Hood came here specifically to entrust the javelin to him.

"Huh? Did I use it wrong?"

Zuikaku tilted her head to ask her sister, Shokaku supported her cheek with one hand, her expression slightly troubled. No matter how much she tried to protect Zuikaku, she couldn't nod and say "that's right".

My sister is more clumsy than I thought.

"Commander, what about me?"

Compared to Zuikaku, Yudachi is much cuter. She reached out to pull the corner of Zhou He's clothes, tilted her head up with an expression that said she was going to praise me. Zhou He couldn't help but rubbed her cheeks with both hands and smiled brightly: "Yudachi is the cutest."

Zhou He was so touched by the cuteness, but the two on the sea were on edge. Although they were several miles apart, they were like face to face. They were betting on the possibility that Tosa would call them sister. The battleship Kaga, who was able to suppress the aircraft carrier Kaga with wild laughter, now had a serious expression on her face. While adjusting her position, she was also adjusting the main and secondary guns on the ship.

For battleships, a bombardment several miles away is equivalent to a face-to-face artillery battle. The transformation into ship girls has made their bodies smaller, and the targets of attack have become smaller, but the speed and firepower of the ship's guns have not changed. It is still a cowboy-like duel, which depends on power and luck.

Bang!

When the ten minutes were up, Hermione fired a cannon into the sky and quickly retreated.

Boom boom boom!

Almost instantly, the battleships on both sides of the bay let out astonishing roars at the same time. Almost in the blink of an eye, the shells hit the sea surface. A large amount of sea water rushed into the sky, and even the smoke rising after the cannon was cleared instantly.

"live ammunition?"

The serious Z23 and the surprised Javelin asked their masters, but Hood and Bismarck looked normal: "Live ammunition can better show their full strength."

The armour of a battleship is usually large enough to conceal the operator's body. Unless someone is unlucky enough to be hit in a vital part like Hood, even a live bullet will not kill the opponent with one shot.

"..."

After the two men fired, Zhou He on the shore also became serious, rubbing his ears and looking at the two people fighting - that was the case on the surface, but he could not see the figures of Tosa and Kaga at all. Even if he saw them, he could not observe both sides at the same time, so his plan was to look directly at the dock, and whoever of Tosa and Kaga lost blood first would lose.

The battle between the two was extremely fierce, and there were even stray bullets that landed on the beach near the bay, causing sand to fly all over the sky. It was very scary, and the two sisters who were chasing the beach were forced to stop and leave the beach.

The winner was also quickly decided.

Zhou He saw clearly that the health bars of the two people dropped in a very short period of time.

Kaga won.

Chapter 77 Just Right

Both of the sparring partners were very martial artists and stopped attacking after one of them was hit. In the eyes of the onlookers, they were both hit at almost the same time. The powerful backward push caused both of them to deviate from their course and the sparring returned to calm.

"Who's winning?"

The incident was not sudden, but even the ship girl's dynamic vision and super computing power could not determine the order of events that happened almost at the same second. After a low discussion, everyone's eyes gradually focused on Zhou He, waiting for his judgment.

Zhou He himself also pondered for a moment, and spread his hands to everyone: "I do know who won, but in this situation, can you all accept the result I told you?"

Judging from the feedback on the system panel, Kaga did win. It might be because he reloaded faster, or it might be just luck, he was just a little bit faster than Tosa.