Daily life with the ship girl

"Wait, have you really thought about this?"

Royal Ark straightened her clothes, then looked at Li Ran expectantly, which made Li Ran feel uncomfortable. He only heard her say softly but firmly:

"Well, this is a promise. For the safety of the two children, I'm sorry, I can't agree to your kindness. If I join your port, it will inevitably lead to the dissatisfaction of the deep-sea habitat. At that time, the Far East War Zone will definitely suffer crazy revenge from the Deep Sea Fortress Princess. Now the ocean is already scarred, and darkness has covered too many seas. I am really tired and fed up."

"Wait, what do you mean?" Li Ran was getting more and more confused as he listened to what Chen Yao and Royal Ark said. He always felt like he was the only one who was kept in the dark, so he quickly asked:

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"It seems that you haven't told him the meaning of the letter." Royal Ark looked at Li Ran with a puzzled look on his face. He looked at the destined "enemy" beside the other party, and then thought that maybe this would be better, and no one would care.

Chen Yao was a little dissatisfied when he heard what Royal Ark said. He looked at Li Ran who looked confused, and then explained:

"I think Bai Kuang only told you that this letter is likely related to thirty years ago. In fact, he didn't know that this letter is not only physical evidence, but also a certificate, a certificate recognized by the Royal Ark."

"A certificate recognized by the Royal Ark?" Li Ran was dumbfounded. He was a little panicked. What was going on? A certificate of recognition meant that the Royal Ark would recognize him as the admiral.

Hey, this is not the way for a salvage boat to behave. I didn’t do anything, so why did you suddenly give me a big gift package?

Li Ran saw Royal Ark was about to speak, so he interrupted him, then pulled Bismarck and walked outside, saying as he walked:

"Well, Governor, I suddenly remembered something, so I'll go back first."

"Look, you scared him." Chen Yao looked at Li Ran fleeing and gave a bitter smile.

"If we don't do this, how can we avoid him from being involved in this dispute? It's been thirty years."

“Do you also have concerns about age?”

"Troubled? I actually hope that I could have died in battle with the Prince of Wales and the others at the first opportunity. Unfortunately, now everything is different. However, I didn't expect that after defeating the Deep Sea Bismarck, I would still meet Bismarck who became a ship girl. But she is not the flagship killer anymore. Is she awakened again?"

"Right, Li Ran has only been the admiral for a short time, and he is still a trainee admiral. Do you want me to tell him about your identity?"

"No need. I really want to give up the title of legendary ship girl. It's getting late. The decisive battle will be tomorrow. Your Excellency the Governor should rest early. I'll go back first."

"You're not going to the party?"

"No, by the way, I'll take this letter first. You can talk to him. If there is a chance, I think we will meet again soon."

Royal Ark has seen too many wars and she is tired of them. She had to become the so-called legendary ship girl, but she knows that compared with the Prince of Wales and others, she is not worthy of this title. She took out a thick coat from the ship's suit space to cover her graceful figure, and then walked out of the room.

Governor-General of the Far East Chen Yao looked at himself and found himself alone in the room again. He felt helpless. He put away the report, walked to the window, opened it, and found that the rain had finally stopped. He could hear the noise coming from upstairs and downstairs. He stood by the window for a while, watching the Royal Ark, who was wrapped tightly, leave the hotel. A trace of melancholy flashed in his eyes.

At this time, the secretary ship California knocked on the door and walked in. She was holding the coat of the governor's uniform, and then walked to her admiral and husband Chen Yao, and said softly:

"All the invited admirals have been arranged, and we are just waiting for you."

"Where's Li Ran?" Chen Yao held his wife's hand, put on his coat, closed the window, and asked.

"Admiral Li Ran and Bismarck seemed to have something urgent to do, so they ran out in a hurry. By the way, do you know the man in black who just walked out of the hotel?"

"I guess so. Li Ran has left. Well, let's go there. Tomorrow is a critical day. By the way, has your sister returned to the port?"

"They should have returned. Don't worry. Everything is fine in the Polaris Islands. Under the cover of night, we should be able to take advantage of the fact that deep-sea aircraft carriers cannot fight at night and transfer all the retreating frontline troops to safe waters."

"That's good."

Chen Yao nodded, then adjusted his governor's uniform, and then let his bride hold his arm as he left the room.

……

Li Ran ran out of the hotel and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Bismarck was a little surprised and asked:

"Admiral, the Governor just now meant that the Royal Ark wanted to recognize you as an admiral, right? Why don't you agree?"

Bismarck felt that Li Ran's first rejection of Nuremberg was understandable. After all, Nuremberg came with an entire mercenary group. But this time was different. Royal Ark was undoubtedly a very powerful ship girl, and it was very likely a free ship girl. According to common sense, as an admiral, Li Ran should be overjoyed if a free ship girl came to him on her own initiative. But how come it seemed that he was too late to do it as an admiral?

"Why should I agree? Don't you understand? This letter is a favor from the Governor. Oh, and we have to go back. We forgot about writing to Beizhai."

Li Ran slapped his head and hurriedly pulled Bismarck back, but saw a man in a black robe walking out of the hotel. He frowned in confusion and said to Bismarck:

"Could that man in black be Ark Royal?"

"Look at the body shape."

"Forget it, let's go back one after another. I was a little confused just now and forgot that I came here for dinner today. Let's go. We can't waste the Governor's treat."

Bismarck saw that Li Ran had recovered a little, but she stared deeply at the black-clad man disguised as the Royal Ark disappearing into the night. Only then did she retract her gaze and follow Li Ran back to the hotel.

The first thing Li Ran did when he came back was to find Chen Yao, and then he told him his request. Chen Yao frowned, but he thought it was easy to just send a letter, so he agreed. Then he said to Li Ran:

"I thought you had gone back home. Now that you are here, why not have a good chat with the admirals? Everyone, this is Li Ran, the new admiral of the Pacific Theater. He is visiting our theater. Please treat him well."

"No problem, but newbie, you haven't introduced yourself yet, who is this person next to you?"

"Yes, introduce yourself. Let me see whether you are Oti or Feiti?"

"Should it be one of our own?"

"Does our own people mean people who are like you?"

"Hahaha……

The atmosphere of the banquet was still quite cheerful, but each admiral had a ship girl who served as a female companion. Most of them were light cruiser ship girls, but Li Ran was an exception, which aroused the curiosity of these old admirals.

"Good evening, everyone. My name is Li Ran, and I am the current admiral trainee of Xiguang Island in the Pacific Theater. This is my ship girl, Bismarck. It's a pleasure to meet you all!"

As soon as the voice fell, all the admirals looked at each other, and then one of them said indignantly:

"It turned out to be a damn European seal!"

This remark resonated with the old salted fish at the table, and someone immediately filled Li Ran's glass and said:

"To appease the light cruiser of the African admiral, drink!"

"Yes, you must give us spiritual compensation!"

"Drink up."

Li Ran frowned, but he knew it was just a joke between the admirals, so he didn't get angry, but said:

"The Governor happens to be here too, how about I play a pass?"

When Bismarck heard Li Ran say this, she wanted to advise him:

"Admiral, you can't drink that much."

"It's okay, everyone is happy anyway."

Li Ran patted Bismarck's hand, indicating that he was sensible, then raised his glass and said heroically to the thin admiral on his left:

"Come on, Chess!"

"Chess!"

Chapter 180: Deep Sea Attack

After the dinner, all the admirals were sent back to the hotel by their respective secretary ships. Li Ran was a little drunk. Bismarck looked at the admiral who fell on her and felt helpless. She called a car and sent the beauty back to the Qiyun branch of Sihai Trading Company.

As soon as I arrived at the door of the branch, I saw Hipper talking to Nuremberg. Then he seemed to look at me and ran away.

Bismarck was a little confused, but now it was more important to take care of the admiral, so she quickly shouted:

"Nuremberg, come and help."

Nuremberg watched Hipper run away, a complex look flashing in her eyes. Does the Governor know about the development of this matter?

Hearing Bismarck's shout, Nuremberg smiled bitterly and said to himself:

Now that she has decided to stop, why should she be reluctant to give up? From now on, Nuremberg's identity as an investigator in Sihai Trading Company will no longer exist. She raised her head and threw away a black card in her hand. That was the human identity she had forged over the years. Now she can finally return to her identity as a ship girl.

Bismarck looked at Nuremberg throwing out a black object, a little confused, but when she saw Nuremberg trotting over, she sighed and said:

"The admiral is drunk again. Please help me get him upstairs while I fetch him some water to wash his face. The admiral is such a worry."

"Well, leave it to me." Nuremberg took Li Ran from Bismarck, and then Li Ran's hands were very dishonest.

He smelled a different scent and thought that the person supporting him was his own ship girl, so he became a little unscrupulous. When he was halfway through Nuremberg, he realized that Li Ran's hands were becoming more and more unscrupulous.

Nuremberg's cheeks blushed, and she could only pray to get to Li Ran's room as soon as possible. However, just when she arrived at the room and put Li Ran on the bed, Nuremberg was pulled into Li Ran's arms without noticing.

Nuremberg struggled for a while, then heard Li Ran's murmur. She sighed and thought, since she would be his ship girl from now on, let him do whatever he wants.

However, Li Ran, contrary to his usual behavior, just hugged Nuremberg but kept his hands still. This made Nuremberg feel both relieved and an indescribable emotion, as if he was lost.

"Nuremberg, you have no shame."

Nuremberg was shocked by her own thoughts, and then suddenly broke free from Li Ran's arms. She looked at Li Ran, who was frowning and seemed to be having a nightmare. Smelling the pungent smell of alcohol, she did not feel bored, but gently took off Li Ran's clothes.

After Bismarck entered the room, she and Nuremberg took care of Li Ran. After half an hour of hard work, the two ship girls looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.

Bismarck looked at Li Ran who was already fast asleep, a soft look flashed in her eyes, but then she remembered that when she was with Li Ran, several admirals next door were talking about tomorrow's combat operations. She sighed in her heart. In fact, she knew that her admiral knew about it, but what could he do? This was not the Pacific theater. Li Ran was just an outsider to the Governor of the Far East, and he might even just want to use Li Ran's hand to get the ship girl of the Royal Ark to take action.

Admiral, he must be very upset, that's why he drank so much, what a fool.

Nuremberg quietly watched Bismarck staring at the man on the bed in a daze. She teased:

"Bismarck, your eyes will pop out if you keep looking at me."

Bismarck's face was slightly embarrassed. She didn't deny it. She just liked him. She was not one to beat around the bush. But she still wanted to thank Nuremberg today. To be honest, it was the first time for Bismarck to take care of someone. Even her sister was nursed by Nuremberg in her memory. She said to Nuremberg seriously:

"Thank you for this time."

"It's okay, but I'm very curious, why does the Admiral drink so much?" Nuremberg's impression of Li Ran was that he was a person who didn't like alcohol. This was evident from the fact that he issued a prohibition on alcohol in the port area. But today he was acting out of character. He knew that men generally didn't drink unless they were in a bad mood.

"You must be worried. By the way, I saw Hipper just now. Why did she leave in such a hurry?"

Bismarck sighed, then remembered that Hipper seemed to be avoiding her just now, but she felt that it was wrong, so she asked:

"Why does it seem to me that she is avoiding me?"

Nuremberg hesitated for a moment, then finally made up her mind. She looked at Bismarck seriously and said:

"Then I said, you are not allowed to tell the admiral."

"Ah."

"Bai Nuoyan is leaving tonight. Bai Kuang seems to have learned about the failure of the Far East Theater Fleet's joint attack on the Far East Deep Sea Habitat, so he sent Bai Nuoyan away tonight. Hipper came to tell me that the deep-sea aircraft carrier formation might attack Qiyun Port tomorrow. She came to tell me to be careful and, of course, to tell me to give a message to the Admiral."

"What?" Bismarck sighed. It seemed that the admiral already knew? Or perhaps the admiral had already noticed it. She felt distressed and guilty. She looked out the window. The moonlight once again filled the windowsill.

Nuremberg hesitated for a moment, then said:

"Hipper said that the cooperation agreement signed at that time could be declared invalid. They were the ones who unilaterally breached the contract, so those resources were regarded as compensation. Admiral Bai Nuoyan announced that the cooperation with Admiral Li Ran had officially ended."

Bismarck looked at the contract handed over by Nuremberg. She glanced at Li Ran on the bed, then said with a sense of loss:

"Nuremberg, you know, when the Admiral said he had no friends here, I really didn't like this place."

"Here?" Nuremberg was silent. She didn't know whether Li Ran was talking about the Qiyun branch of Sihai Trading Company or Qiyun City. But no matter what, she would firmly recognize it. She stood up, walked to the window, and then turned her back to Bismarck and said:

"The rain has stopped and the sky is clear. No matter if Qiyun Port will be attacked by the deep sea tomorrow, I will be with the admiral. If the admiral is the banner you follow, then I think Bismarck is the banner that our Black Cross Mercenary Group follows."

Bismarck was silent. She did not act pretentiously, but said softly:

"After that, please give me more advice!"

……

The next morning, air defense sirens rang throughout Qiyun Harbor. The roar of countless carrier-based aircraft came from far away. Li Ran was awakened. He rubbed his head, which was suffering from a splitting headache, and then he heard an explosion.

When Li Ran was still a little confused, the door was pushed open, and Bismarck, dressed in military uniform, walked in. Seeing that Li Ran had woken up, a hint of joy flashed across her face, and then she remembered the emergency and said quickly:

"Admiral, a large-scale deep-sea aircraft carrier formation is attacking Qiyun Port. Should we help other people who have not yet evacuated to a safe area, or join the battle on the front line?"

Li Ran looked at the battle plan that Bismarck handed to him. He flipped through it and saw two tasks on it, both of which were for admirals in non-Far East war zones. They had to choose one of the two: either help the Governor of the Far East evacuate the people, or go to the front line to provide support for the battle.

You can get a bounty for evacuating civilians, but there is no merit point reward. If you participate in front-line support operations, not only will the bounty be higher, but there will also be merit point rewards.

However, when Li Ran heard that it was an air raid, he became a little worried and said:

"Bismarck, I know you want to join the war, but if you don't have a light cruiser escort, your air defense..."

"We have Nuremberg and Leipzig, and of course Emden. With them, we don't have to worry about air defense."

"Then let's go to the front line to support the battle. Wait for me to change clothes. By the way, have all the people from Sihai Trading Company evacuated?"

"Everyone has evacuated. By the way, Butler Li said that the Admiral's belongings have been placed in the basement. Don't worry. We will come back to get them after the operation is over."

"That's good. You go down first." Li Ran nodded. Although he didn't know where Emden came from, he should be Nuremberg's ubiquitous connections. He sighed:

I seem to be outdone by the Ship Girl. No, it seems that Nuremberg is not my Ship Girl yet. Oh, what a headache.

Li Ran rubbed his head which was still aching from the hangover last night, and then put on his clothes. This time he found that he was naked except for a pair of shorts. He couldn't help but look embarrassed, it seemed that he had drunk too much again last night.