Revisiting Azur Lane

When we returned to the port area, the sky had gradually darkened and the crowd of people who came to eat melons had dispersed. Only the two maids, Jinqu and Jarvis, were left cleaning. Various melon peels were put into bags, and the kitchen and dining room were cleaned up.

very professional!

As for the collected garbage, there is no incinerator in the command building, but there is one in the restaurant. What makes Zhou He feel relieved is that there is actually very little domestic garbage in his own family, and there has been no food waste, so it can still be dealt with for the time being.

When he has more money in the future, he plans to buy a special garbage disposal and recycling station from the mall to solve the problem once and for all!

"Aggressive, Jarvis, have you noticed where Bismarck is going?"

After entering the living room, Zhou He watched Kursk go upstairs, then walked up, grabbed the garbage bag and asked the two maids.

"After taking a bath, Bismarck seemed to go to the big mansion over there."

Jarvis didn't answer. She stopped and pushed up her glasses. She accidentally saw it from the window while wiping the remnants of cake in the kitchen.

"Thanks."

Zhou He smiled and nodded at the two of them, grabbed the bag and turned to leave. Hermione bowed to the two of them, said "thank you for your hard work", then picked up her skirt and hurriedly followed Zhou He.

"Is the Commander always this busy?"

Watching the two leave, Jinqu asked Jarvis with a hint of curiosity. Jarvis frowned slightly and said, "The commander likes to walk around usually. I went to the office to look through the records. He wasn't particularly busy, but he seemed very tired recently. He must be worried about Siren."

"understood."

Jinqin had only been here for a few days, but the port area had been surrounded by Sirens these days - she didn't like war, so she didn't feel too deeply about it.

However, she did not notice Zhou He's symptoms of mental exhaustion, but Jarvis actually noticed it. It seems that her level is still far from that of a regular maid.

On the other side, Zhou He threw the garbage into the incinerator behind the restaurant. He clapped his hands and turned around to find Hermione following him. He blinked and smiled: "Hermione, you haven't visited the new dormitory yet, do you want to go with me?"

"Hmm? Doesn't the commander have something to ask Bismarck?"

Hermione tilted her head in confusion. In fact, she didn't understand why she was in such a hurry to follow, but she wanted to follow, so she followed.

"It's true that there is something, but it's not particularly important. There's no need to disturb Bismarck's interest in choosing a new house."

Zhou He spread his hands. Today's work had already been completed. Even if he wanted to plot against the Siren, he would have to consider their positions tomorrow. Compared to this matter, Hermione had just come back from the attack today and had to run around with him again. She was tired no matter how he thought about it. There was no need for her to follow him around, someone who had been staying at home for a long time.

"Really?"

Hermione stared at Zhou He, not quite believing what he said. She went home and asked where Bismarck was, and then said it was not important?

"I don't remember telling a lie."

Zhou He shrugged, turned around and walked towards his new residence. Hermione hesitated for a moment but followed him. As soon as they reached the front door, they heard voices coming from inside. Zhou He walked in curiously. The lights in the living room were on but no one was there. The sound was a little - he identified the source of the sound by listening to the sound and immediately locked onto the source of the sound, which was in his room.

"It seems to be Yudachi?"

Hermione also noticed it. She followed Zhou He closer to the room and looked inside, finding the puppy wearing new clothes and rolling on Zhou He's bed. Xuefeng was standing next to them, but she seemed a little anxious. She was observing the situation in the room while talking to Yuudachi.

"Why did these two get into my room?"

Zhou He retracted his head, and without paying too much attention, walked to the living room where the TV was placed and asked Hermione to sit on the sofa.

"?"

Hermione felt inexplicably unfamiliar with Zhou He's behavior, but she still sat down obediently and watched Zhou He bring two cups of hot water from the always-on water heater and hand her one cup.

"Thank you."

Hermione took the cup with both hands and thanked him. She looked at Zhou He who also took a seat and guessed: "Could it be that the commander did something bad and needs my help to cover it up?"

Otherwise, why would he suddenly greet her like this?

"…I'm beginning to wonder what you think of me, Hermione."

Zhou He twitched the corner of his mouth, but didn't care much. He used the remote control to turn on the TV on the wall opposite the sofa. After starting the interface, there was a pure black screen.

"This is what is called a television, right? I have some knowledge of this in my memories."

Hermione held her tea and looked at the TV screen: "I heard that you can watch programs from all over the world with it. Is it missing accessories because it looks like this?"

"Correct answer, but unfortunately there is no reward."

Zhou He smiled. When he first saw this TV, he was happy for a while, but he became unhappy immediately after turning it on, because it could not record any programs. He guessed that it needed an Internet cable or a signal receiver for recording program channels.

He could have bought it directly from the mall, but he didn't do that. In essence, he was a little panicked and worried that the program he was broadcasting no longer existed in the world.

On the other hand, there is the hypothesis that not all humans in this world have died out yet, and he has recorded them on the channel. Would this leave a tail that would allow the Siren to break through the cognitive barrier and discover this place?

Zhou He does not approve of the Sirens' behavior, but he acknowledges that the technology they possess is very brilliant, so he will pay special attention to this aspect.

"Well."

Hermione couldn't figure out Zhou He's thoughts, so she chatted with him about the topic he brought up. While he was drinking tea, she found an opportunity to ask, "Commander, you brought me here for more than just drinking tea, right?"

"Haha, Hermione, you guessed wrong this time."

Zhou He didn't say it on his own initiative, just wanting to hear Hermione ask. He licked his lips and couldn't help but smile: "I just thought that Hermione, you haven't rested since the attack, so I brought you here to sit for a while."

"..."

Looking at the cheerful Zhou He, Hermione was stunned for a moment before she smiled faintly: "So that's how it is. The commander is distracted - but, do we need to step aside for a bit? Miss Xuefeng seems to want to come out very much."

"Don't worry, I'm sure she'll find another way."

Zhou He naturally noticed this. He and Hermione were communicating here, and Xuefeng and Yuudachi in the room could easily notice it. Looking at Yuudachi's expression, she would probably sleep with him again tonight. Xuefeng probably wanted to dissuade Yuudachi from making trouble in her room but failed.

Thinking of Xuefeng, he took a deep breath: "Many ship girls will experience drastic changes in their personalities after leaving their homes and wandering around. In this regard, Xuefeng was not affected much, which makes me very fortunate."

There were many people on the meta ship with deep hatred and grudges, and he couldn't handle that level of conflicts among ship girls at all now. It was great that the first one to come was the "easy to take care of" Yukikaze.

Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something and lowered his voice: "Hermione, what do you think of my absorbing the ship girls outside the port area to join the port area?"

"Ok?"

It was a rare serious question, so Hermione sat up straight and looked at Zhou He, and answered seriously: "Because he is the commander, I am not surprised at all."

“That’s not the answer I want.”

Zhou He took off his hat and placed it on the coffee table, looking at Hermione with equal seriousness: "Absorbing ship girls from outside the port area is very likely to shake up the existing system of our port area. It may be just a word from me, but it is very difficult to implement it on you."

"Yes."

Seeing this, Hermione stopped playing dumb and said after thinking about it: "I believe in your foresight, Commander. Even if you allow shipgirls outside the port to join the port, it will definitely be more beneficial than harmful to the port."

"I see."

Zhou He understood. What Hermione meant was that since he had brought the ship girls back from outside, he would have to take good care of them until they were fully integrated into the port. If any conflicts occurred, he would resolve them himself and would have to take the blame alone.

If this is the case, he will have to observe other ship girls carefully before meeting them in the future. He must not get excited when the free-for-all reminder appears, lest he suffers together with everyone else.

“It’s really something that needs to be emphasized.”

Suddenly, a crisp sound came from the other side of the door. Zhou He turned his head and saw Xuefeng walking in with a calm expression. He thought that she was probably forced to jump out of the window.

Xuefeng naturally didn't know what Zhou He was thinking. She quickly approached him and looked down at him: "Even among the meta-ship girls, there are many who remain sober but are completely crazy. If you let any of them into the port, it will be a disaster for the original ship girls."

"Xuefeng, you know a lot about what's going on outside. Do you know the organization called Embers, the one led by Enterprise Meta?"

Zhou He naturally understood the difference between meta ship girls and ordinary ship girls, but this difference was not so obvious in his family.

"Ember? Never heard of it."

Xuefeng glanced at the empty coffee table, shook his head decisively, and turned around to leave.

"never heard of that?"

Zhou He was amazed. Could it be that although those people from Yu Jin were making a lot of noise in the main world of the game, they were not particularly eye-catching when looking at the many experimental worlds?

Chapter 124: Sudden Enlightenment (?)

Xuefeng didn't stay for long. He simply responded to a few of Zhou He's questions and left. Zhou He faced Hermione and wanted to talk about something, but was surprised to find that he couldn't find a topic.

After sitting quietly for a while, he stood up, washed the cups they had been drinking tea from, put them away, and turned around: "Let's go back too."

"Ah."

Hermione got up obediently, and the two walked to the door. Zhou He suddenly remembered that there was a guy in his room, so he asked Hermione to wait for a moment, turned into the bedroom, and arrested Yuudachi who was making the messy bed on the spot.

"Hey~"

Yuli tried to get away with it, but Zhou He tapped her head lightly and taught her an unpleasant lesson: "The bed is not a place for fighting. I forgive you this time, but I won't let you go so easily next time."

"remember!"

Upon hearing this, Yuli, who had been covering her head with her hands looking aggrieved, immediately hugged Zhou He's arm with a smile. She had heard such sentences many times, which meant that Zhou He was not angry.

Zhou He, of course, couldn't refuse the spoiled little puppy, so he reached out and touched her hair, then pinched her ears, which felt great - he really admired the person who came up with the "Beast Ear Girls" series, why was he so talented to combine two wonderful existences into one.

The two of them walked out the door, and Hermione, who was waiting, smiled and said, "The Commander and Yudachi have a really good relationship."

"Hehe, right?"

Zhou He didn't say anything, but Xili was so happy that he half leaned on Zhou He and rubbed his head against his arm: "Commander, it smells good, I like it!"

"well enough."

Zhou He naturally liked Yuudachi, but he had to put on a show. However, he couldn't suppress the smile on his face, and it was obvious that he was just pretending to be stubborn.

However, this was already a common scene in Hermione's eyes. She turned sideways and waited for Zhou He to pass by and then followed him.

At this time, the sun outside had been blocked by the high mountains surrounding the port area. Only the light of the setting sun was still in front of the command building. The light around other places, including the new dormitory, was already dim.

"It's getting dark so fast, what time is it now?"

Zhou He looked at the blue sky and guessed that it was a little after five o'clock.

"There are still ten minutes until five o'clock in the afternoon."

Hermione answered with a frown on her face, "It's getting dark faster than usual, and the sun is rising late lately. If this continues, we'll have less and less time to go out during the day."

"Yeah, we need to get rid of these sirens outside as soon as possible."

If he didn't think about attacking, Zhou He himself wouldn't feel any pressure, but as long as these things were mentioned, he felt very troubled.

All in all, let's act according to the plan tomorrow and see the results.

After walking a few steps outside, the three of them naturally came to the restaurant. It was very lively here today, and several tables at the entrance were full. Cleveland, who was sitting with several people from York City, greeted Zhou He actively after seeing him: "Commander, would you like to join us?"

"I'll definitely have a chance next time."

Zhou He tilted his head to look at Yuli, and Cleveland understood and continued to talk to Yorktown. The latter was talking to Cleveland on the surface, but actually her attention was on Zhou He. Except for the fact that she had little contact with Zhou He after he just joined, he seemed a little mysterious in her eyes.

When walking in the port area, Zhou He was always attracting attention from all directions, so he did not notice Yorktown. He took Yuli to his seat directly, and spread his hands to signal Hermione to sit opposite before calling the waiter to take the order. But at the moment when Yuli ordered meat, he suddenly realized that the ingredients here might be running out.

"..."

Man is iron and food is steel. No matter how much Zhou He wanted to be "thrifty", he couldn't be frugal in this regard. So after saying "I'll go to the kitchen to have a look", he got up and found the head chef Manju who was directing the work to ask about the food supply. Then he saw him take out a piece of paper from the four-dimensional pocket in front of him, which recorded the demand for meat, vegetables and even seasoning packets. A careful counting showed that it was close to 20 Home Coins.

The last time Zhou He replenished supplies, he cut the budget very hard. This time he had a lot more money on hand, so he didn't think much and directly replenished the ingredients in different refrigerators according to the list given by the chef. The original remaining 50 Home Coins dropped to 30 in an instant.

In fact, it is not a small amount. You can at least buy two large hot spring pools.

Feeling a little painful, Xi Zhouhe washed his hands and comforted himself by returning to the dining area with red carpet, comfortable lighting and body feel. Because each table was spaced a certain distance apart, there would be no obvious aroma spreading across the tables - but Yudachi was born in the year of the dog, and when he was away for a short while, Yudachi had already come to the table where the Shokaku sisters, Ayanami and others were sitting.

And Hermione opposite him, for some reason, turned into Ms. Hood, wearing a napkin and cutting a steak to an unknown degree of doneness. Her movements and demeanor were impeccable, and she was truly the most distinguished of the rich. Even his Hermione sat for a while and then stood up again.

"What's matter?"

After being seated with the help of Hermione, Zhou He's eyes gradually moved up from the steak, passing by the large but tightly covered chest, and fell on Hood's naturally elegant face. He waited for her to finish chewing, swallowing and wiping her mouth before asking.

"Jinqi just told me that the commander seems to be looking for Bismarck. Is it because of the latest intelligence from Siren?"

Hood put down his knife and fork and stared at Zhou He, but to be honest, Hood's sense of oppression was not as direct as Bismarck's. Zhou He didn't feel anything at all. He hummed and said, "On the way back from dismantling the hull, I found the fifth Siren cadre, so I wanted to remind you to avoid being ambushed when you attack."

"This is quite a problem."

Hood thought about it for a while and understood why Zhou He said he was going to find Bismarck but actually didn't, because it would make no difference if he said this before the next attack. It would just be one more enemy cadre, and the work they needed to do would become more cumbersome.

"Our goal is to destroy the Siren Base, seize the data stored inside, and destroy the nodes of the Mirror Sea interaction. Before that, we have to deal with these cadres first."

Having said that, Zhou He directly asked Hood if he had any way to win.

"The enemy's number is many times ours. If we want to win, we can only divide them and defeat them. If they join together, our chances of winning will be close to zero."

Hood didn't think about it too much, but he knew how to deal with it.