Revisiting Azur Lane

Zhou He was holding a rope, while Yuli was holding a relatively sophisticated saw. Z23, who was reading a book, looked at them. Curious, he followed them out from the back door and watched Zhou He and the other man pull out a tree trunk from the tied tree trunks, then set it up and used the saw to start the construction.

"What is this doing?"

Z23 watched for a while, and after seeing the two men cut down a small section of the tree trunk, he asked, "Are you planning to make a floating target?"

"..."

Zhou He glanced sideways when he heard that, then looked down at the tree trunk in his hand and then looked at Z23 again. Is this the difference in thinking? He had never thought of using wood to make a target. This is a new project. When he has time in the future, he can tinker with it himself and save a lot of expenses.

"No, the Commander and I are going to make a swing. You know, the one you can tie to a tree and sit on and swing back and forth."

Zhou He didn't say anything, and Xili gave an answer first, gesturing with his hands to show a rough outline.

"what!"

Z23 finally reacted, his cheeks getting hot when he thought of what he had just said. He said "sorry for disturbing you" and quickly went back into the room, which made Yudachi tilt his head in surprise. Finally, with Zhou He's help, he continued to saw the tree and soon got two similar logs.

Then, Zhou He used a saw to cut the log into four pieces in the middle. However, the pieces were not evenly spaced; the two large and two small pieces were even sawed off-center.

"It's barely usable. I really need to seek help from professionals."

Zhou He picked out the better halves and held them in his hands to look at them. If Tosa were to do it, he would definitely be able to separate them into two even and smooth halves without any error, instead of rubbing them into sharp edges like he did.

He could trick Tosa into coming over, but asking her to help chop wood would reduce his favorability by a few points.

"let's go."

As his thoughts jumped, Zhou He ground grooves for tying ropes on the back of two better pieces of wood. After spending some time cleaning up the crime scene, he took Yuli straight to the green area of ​​the dock - there were no tall trees near the command center, but there were small decorative trees over at the restaurant, the kind that Yuli could pull out with one hand, and they were obviously not suitable for tying a swing.

……

After finding a tree, climbing the tree, figuring out how to tie the rope, and tying it to the tree for trial use, Zhou He and Yuli got a swing for two.

It's not sophisticated enough, but it doesn't stop the two from having a lot of fun.

Zhou He hasn't swung on a swing seriously since he graduated from elementary school. Today, he got excited and played with Xili, which reminded him of his carefree childhood.

Anyway, no one will care about him here, so there will be no problem if he lives a little more wildly.

"Aha."

While the two of them were playing, the sky inadvertently became much darker. Zhou He returned to the headquarters in a happy mood. Before he approached the door, he heard people talking inside. After looking inside, he found that it was the Cleveland sisters and Zuikaku who had returned and were discussing around two small barrels on the ground.

"Welcome back, Cleveland. How was your fishing?"

As he stepped into the hall, Zhou He greeted everyone and walked inside. He soon saw the contents of the bucket - various sea fish that looked strange in appearance, big and small. However, what Zhou He was most concerned about was the contents of another bucket: mussels and oysters, the shellfish that Cleveland had collected before.

"We're back."

Zuikaku shrugged at Zhou He and said, "My sister and I have sunk quite a few Sirens, but we haven't found any new companions."

"That's what bad luck means. Look at Yudachi. We have already found several companions, including you."

Zhou He also discovered that the probability of combat drop of ship girls seemed to have become lower. Could it be that the probability of combat drop would decrease as the number of ship girls in his port area increased?

...His honest system should not make such a dark adjustment. It can only be said that Zuikaku’s luck is really bad.

"Damn it, I really want to refute you."

Zuikaku held her right hand in front of her and stared at Zhou He. Unfortunately, Zhou He was telling the truth. Moreover, the reason why Zuikaku in her memory was called the 'Lucky Crane' was ultimately due to Shokaku's efforts. Compared to good luck, she believed that it was Shokaku who protected her well.

"never mind."

After holding it in for a while, Zuikaku decisively gave up the topic that she had brought up but ended up getting frustrated with. She pointed at the bucket on the ground and Cleveland next to it and said, "These are the ingredients that Cleveland and the others collected. It's too boring to leave them to Manchu. How about you cook a meal yourself today, Commander?"

"That's no problem, but I can't guarantee that the taste will be as good as Manju's."

Zhou He naturally wanted to be lazy if he could, but since his own ship girl said so, it wouldn't be a big deal for him to work a little harder and cook a meal for himself.

"It's okay, I'm a big help."

Cleveland felt like all his lines had been taken away from him, so he could only wait for Zuikaku to finish before speaking with a smile: "I've observed Manju's cooking work, and from a scientific point of view it's amazing, but the process is really boring. I always feel that it's boring to just throw the ingredients I worked so hard to find into a machine and turn them into dishes. I can only trouble you, Commander."

"If you say so, that's true."

Zhou He stared at Cleveland for a while, and felt that his father Cleveland was very humane. After a moment, he retracted his gaze, rolled up his sleeves, and carried two buckets of seafood into the kitchen. He turned around and called out, "Someone help me call Hermione over."

"I go!"

Yuli raised his hand in response and trotted out of the hall. Zhou He took a look and began to replace the water for the mussels and oysters with clean water and let them sit. Then he squinted his eyes and took out these strange-looking fish from the fish bucket one by one, stunned them, and skillfully removed the scales and cut open their bellies - it was too bloody to say more.

About ten minutes later, when everyone sat down in the hall to rest and Zuikaku and Shokaku were chatting in low voices, Hermione was invited back from next door by Yudachi, and for some reason, Harman also came back behind her.

"commander."

Hearing the familiar voices from the kitchen, Hermione approached quickly with a restrained look in her eyes, called Zhou He at the door and asked, "Are there enough ingredients here? If you need any, I'll go to the restaurant to get some."

"It's OK. There are still a lot of ingredients left here. It can still be enough for ten people."

Zhou He had already opened the refrigerator and looked around, and he kept answering while killing fish in his hands.

With his skill in killing fish, he should be able to be the second in command in RT-Mart.

"I see. My apologies."

Hermione bowed slightly when she heard that, then stepped into the kitchen. Harman followed behind her and peeked at the kitchen door to watch the two people cooperating skillfully. She pouted and turned around to sit in the hall. Why did she follow Hermione? The reason was that she found that Hermione's mood swings were very stable, completely different from someone like her who would say the opposite of what she meant when she was nervous. So she wanted to observe and learn from Hermione, so she stayed by her side the whole time.

"The commander can also cook."

Harman asked Cleveland, who was in a good mood, and the latter smiled brightly: "Yes, the commander's cooking skills are very high. The commander cooked before the restaurant was built. Although most of the dishes are Donghuang dishes, they are very tasty."

"Well, awesome."

Harman pursed her lips. After hearing what Ruihe said before, she mistakenly thought that Zhou He was very lazy. But the more she got to know him, the more she felt that Zhou He was not a lazy person. He did many things by himself and was a very handsome guy.

"Speaking of which, Harman, your outfit is somewhat similar to Hermione's maid outfit, and you've been following her around. Now why don't you go to the kitchen and ask Hermione and the Commander for advice?"

Cleveland leaned against the table with his chin on one hand, with Montpelier standing next to him.

"No, no, no."

Harman waved her hands quickly. She hadn't been able to help but scold Zhou He several times recently. It would be weird for him to suddenly get close to her now!

While they were chatting here, Zuikaku and Shokaku were also whispering to each other. The content was very similar to what Harman and Cleveland were saying. Zuikaku was quietly asking Shokaku if he could cook and whether he wanted to teach Zhou Helu a lesson.

"A little bit."

Shokaku smiled modestly, "The commander already has help. I'll help you next time."

"Hey~ I want to eat the food made by Sister Xianghe~"

Zuikaku found that theory didn't work, so he directly started to use the family approach and began to act coquettishly towards Shokaku.

"Yeah, maybe next time."

Shokaku hesitated for a moment, but still did not agree.

She wanted to try Zhou He's cooking first. If Zhou He's rice tasted excellent, then she would have to prepare it in advance. If it tasted just average, then she could do it freely.

Chapter 81 Revenge?

The feeling of cooking is still there. After all, the restaurant has not been open for a week. After a busy period, Zhou He looked at his own ship girls gathered together under the light to eat and chat. He put one hand on his waist and the corners of his mouth rose unconsciously.

If he hadn't come here, he would probably still be eating simple life-sustaining meals in a small rented house.

It's a dream-like change of contrast.

"commander."

Yudachi called out to Zhou He, who naturally walked closer to the dining table and sat down. Kaga, who had joined in because he had noticed how lively the place was, also looked at Zhou He differently, praising him for being a qualified leader of the port area, and then revealed some of her own prospects: to let the Siren return Amagi through fighting, and then she would bring Amagi back like a hero.

Tosa told me that companions could be dropped when fighting Siren, which made Kaga, who was originally only interested in Tosa, suddenly have a new target.

As for her ambitions, Zhou He had heard Zuikaku say similar things countless times, and could only interact with her with "yes, yes, let's work hard together". Zuikaku also took the opportunity to join in and cheer Kaga up, and the scene was very lively.

More than half an hour later, everyone left one after another. Zhou He sat down to rest for a while after cleaning up the kitchen utensils. He wanted to wait for Kursk to come back later to help heat up the food. He sat there for half an hour before he realized that there was always hot food in the restaurant. He touched his head and felt that he was being stupid, so he got up and went upstairs. When he passed the second floor, he saw a door open with lights coming out, and there were conversations and laughter coming from inside.

Soon after, the door was closed tightly and silence returned to the command center.

A figure walked into the kitchen from the back door.

……

Perhaps because of his busy schedule, Zhou He had a very good sleep quality. When he woke up from the bed, there was already a ray of sunlight outside the window. He tilted his head to look for a few times before he reacted. He jumped up and went into the bathroom. After coming out, he put on his white navy jacket and walked down to the second floor with clattering steps. When he found that there was no one there, he slowed down and went to the first floor.

He took a sneak peek at the corner and saw Harman sitting properly in the chair in the hall. Today, Harman had taken off her maid-like dress, but she was still wearing a light pleated skirt and a long-sleeved top embroidered with a simplified dog icon logo.

The cat ears and tail were still there. Zhou He thought about it again and again and felt that this should be a manifestation of Harman's inner desire to be more cute. Because it was very cute, he didn't need to care why Harman was wearing cat ears and a tail.

"Good morning, Harman."

Zhou He put his hands on the handrail and slowly walked down the stairs, greeting Harman. He glanced at the clock on the wall. It was a little late, but it was barely before seven o'clock, so it was not too late all in all.

"morning."

Harman pricked up his ears, tilted his head and responded to Zhou He, staring at him suspiciously: "The commander came down a little late today."

"Really? I just spent a little time thinking about our next move against the Sirens. This may have delayed me a little."

Zhou He answered casually - this cannot be considered lying or deceiving, because while speaking he had already opened the system's attack map to see if there were any changes in the surrounding area overnight.

It would have been better if he hadn't looked. After looking, he found that there were quite a few mass-produced fleets in the North Districts 4 and 5. Not only that, two Siren teams had mixed in the North District 3. He quickly switched to other directions and found similar situations in the east and west. However, the south facing the entrance to the bay had remained stable.

The number of mass-produced fleets skyrocketed overnight, with quite a few aircraft carrier and battleship icons among them, which made Zhou He frown. Yesterday, when Zuikaku and the others said that the Sirens were approaching the port area, he didn't believe it. Today, it seems that this is indeed the case. It is likely that the hosts of the purifiers and testers have digested the data of the eliminated clones, so they began to come over to test.

"What, what's wrong?"

Seeing Zhou He suddenly frowned in the middle of his words, Harman became a little nervous. Could it be that the Siren was taking another large-scale action?

"Nothing, I might have to trouble you guys to go out and fight the Siren today, Haman."

Zhou He's brows relaxed, and he smiled and hooked his finger.

He just took a quick look and found that these mass-produced models did not seem to have found the exact location of their port area. They were moving towards this side, but their movement tracks were quite scattered, giving a feeling of a carpet search.

This made him feel very strange. There were only a few islands near his home that could serve as a foothold. The Sirens were all honeycomb mechanical units, and their technology was quite advanced. They should have clear goals when taking action, rather than taking a chance.

Thinking about this made him recall that when he first came to the port area, many Sirens came to a place not far from the port island, but no Sirens really approached this place to explore. Could it be that -

"Good morning, Commander."

At the gate, Hermione walked into the hall carrying a tray. She put the tray on the table while greeting them. Turning back, she noticed that Zhou He and Harman both had subtle expressions. She tilted her head and thought for a moment, "Is there any misunderstanding between the two of you?"

"It happened before, but it has been solved."

Zhou He waved his hand, walked over and sat on the table where Hermione was, opened the lid of the meal and looked at the steaming noodles and side dishes, and smiled at Hermione, "Hermione, you can always accurately predict the time when I go downstairs."

"Well~ Didn't the commander make an appointment with Miss Harman to come down early for dinner? I just happened to be here."

Hermione responded with a faint smile. Zhou He didn't feel anything, but Harman's eyes widened slightly. Unlike Zhou He who had just come downstairs, she had been sitting here waiting for Zhou He to come down after dinner. During this time, Hermione came three times in total. The first time she followed her, the second time was ten minutes later, and now it was the third time. Every time Hermione brought a hot breakfast, and when she found that Zhou He didn't come down, she took it back.

'Why don't you tell the truth?'

Harman looked at the smiling Hermione and was very puzzled. Is this what they call a professional?

too strong!

Under the gaze of the two beautiful girls, Zhou He quickly finished his breakfast, took the handkerchief handed to him by Hermione and wiped his mouth: "Hermione, have you seen Hood and Bismarck? The Siren has taken some action, and I want to discuss the issue with them."

"Yes, Ms. Hood is having dinner over there in the restaurant, and Bismarck has gone to the dock."

Hermione answered very lightly. Zhou He nodded and stood up: "Go and inform Hood. I'll call Bismarck back."

"I…"

Listening to Zhou He's simple arrangement, Harman opened her mouth and wanted to do something, but before she could say anything, Zhou He looked over and winked at her with a smile: "Harman, go help me find Shentong or Xianghe and the others, and Cleveland too, please."

"The guys from Sakura."

Harman still holds a grudge. She pouted but did not refuse Zhou He's request. She ran out of the command center - she hated the Sakura Empire fleets in her memory, but she also understood that the ship girls gathered in Zhou He's port area only obtained the names of those warships and combat experience, and did not need to pay for the events that happened in history.

However, it would be fine for others, but she would never forgive Yi 168 easily. At least she had to apologize to her sister York City!

"…Miss Harman is not a bad person. Commander, please don't tease her."

Hermione could see that Harman was a little reluctant. Although she didn't know the reason, she still advised Zhou He. Zhou He smiled and said, "I know."

Hermione couldn't see through the truth in Zhou He's words, but Zhou He's arrangements so far were quite reasonable, so she chose to believe Zhou He. She turned around with the dinner plate and accompanied Zhou He out of the command center, and then separated to the left and right.

It was past seven o'clock and the sun was rising slowly, but the temperature outside was still very low. Zhou He did not walk on the lawn, but walked seriously along the 23-meter avenue he had paved. After reaching the dock, he saw Bismarck who was communicating with Z556.U. He looked around and waited for a few minutes, and then approached after the other party finished talking.

"commander."