Shipgirls and Salted Fish Commander, Port Survival Guide

To be honest, I have indeed let down the expectations of the ship girls.

"My proud master, don't be sad. How can you lead us forward like this? Come, smile, and let Sirius serve you well~"

Perhaps sensing that Jing Su was indeed feeling down, Sirius quickly moved closer, put his arm around Jing Su, and whispered in her ear.

"Hmm." Feeling the soft touch and the hot body behind her, Jing Su trembled, but quickly calmed down.

Yes, because of past bad deeds, they have never dared to face them, and they don't even have the courage to make amends. That is truly disappointing.

So many girls are still waiting for him, why should he be so insecure? Not facing the issue is what truly hurts the girls.

"Thank you, Sirius. I never expected that you would be the one comforting me in the end," Jing Su said after a while.

"Mmm, it's Sirius's honor to be able to help Master." Hearing Jing Su's praise, Sirius simply buried his head in Jing Su's back and rubbed against him.

This left Jing Su feeling helpless. It seemed that she had been held in Sirius's arms and taken advantage of.

Recalling the past few days on the cruise ship, Jing Su suddenly shuddered.

These past few days on the ship have been a mix of pain and pleasure for Jing Su.

Especially after the avant-garde told Warspite what had happened on the cargo ship, the story became exaggerated to the extreme.

It's true that every moment, ship girls would find opportunities to get close to Jing Su.

At first, Warspite and Perseus were a little reserved with each other, and Plymouth wouldn't take the initiative unless Jing Su spoke up. But wasn't Sirius on the ship?

This girl was truly thinking about giving herself away all the time. Later, it even escalated to the point that whenever the two of them had a chance to be alone, Sirius would do everything in his power to translate every word Jing Su said into a request for Sirius to give himself away!

Sirius not only thought this way, she actually did it.

These days, even though Jing Su was considered a seasoned connoisseur in her previous life, she still stared wide-eyed at Sirius's clothes.

You have to understand, this is Sirius! Her figure is top-notch, even by the standards of the entire port area.

This is the kind of person who's always thinking about giving things away for free, who pounces on you whenever she gets the chance, and who's dressed extremely seductively. Just how seductive?

To put it simply, the Milk Tea skin was the most conservative outfit Sirius wore these past few days. Later, Warspite couldn't stand it anymore and ordered Sirius to cover up more than 90% of his skin, and he had to wear the maid outfit all the time, which finally stopped the farce.

Why is it called a farce?

Well, Jing Su is, after all, a passionate young man. It's normal for his heart to race when he sees scenes that get his blood pumping, right? And it's also normal for his heart to race and for him to act impulsively when he's in the situation, right? Even with that impulse, the other party was still trying to give up on him.

No, it's not a free gift; it's something that's mutually agreed upon and agreed to by both sides.

Coming a few times is no problem, right?

So, for a few days, Jing Su stayed in Sirius's room and couldn't even leave the room.

Jing Su really underestimated Sirius's fighting power. This girl, despite her somewhat lazy personality and perhaps clumsy actions, is just that her heart isn't in it. When it really comes down to it...

Jing Su didn't want to go out on the first day, but in the following days, she really couldn't leave the house.

Later, Plymouth was so worried that he simply tore down Sirius's room door to rescue Jing Su.

After seeing that it actually worked, Warspite and Perseus finally put aside their shame and joined the competition.

So, during that time, Jing Su was truly dazzled and feasted her eyes, especially when she saw Perseus, with her shy and coy demeanor, and Warspite pinching the hem of her skirt that was almost up to her lower abdomen, her two cute little feet swinging back and forth, looking all coy.

He was practically transforming into a war god, his whole body burning with passion.

Ah, you're asking what the avant-garde is doing?

Oh, so the avant-garde was assigned to escort the cruise ship. It was said that she didn't do her duty as a guard on the cargo ship. Everyone else was bullying Jing Su, but she failed to stop them in time, which disgraced the honor of the Royal Knights. So she was punished by being sent to escort the ship.

The javelins were also implicated and joined in the escort.

As for Plymouth, she was rather slow-witted. She didn't quite understand what Perseus and the others were doing, or rather, she didn't react at all. By the time she realized what was happening, the battle was already over.

The reason is simple: Jing Su said that if things continued like this, her small frame would probably have to say goodbye to the world prematurely, and she really couldn't take it anymore.

Who would be such a good person, doing it once a day for the whole day?

Perseus indicates that she can.

Whenever he wins, he locks Jing Su in a room, then looks at Jing Su with disdain while doing things he likes to do.

However, since it was a competition among the three women, it wasn't like at the beginning when they could stay in the room without coming out. Basically, Jing Su would be called out for breakfast early the next morning, and then a new round of competition would begin.

Later, the avant-garde couldn't take it anymore and said, "I want to join too," since there really wasn't much time left.

The rage of a rainbow-skinned battleship is terrifying. In order to quell the dissatisfaction and frustration of the Vanguard, the victor that day was the Vanguard dressed in knight's uniform.

At this moment, Plymouth finally realized what the others were doing and expressed their desire to join the battle, perhaps even to win the commander's heart. Just thinking about it made her mind cube burn.

However, as the avant-garde said, there's not much time left.

The time here refers to the fact that the cruise ship is almost at the front line and can already receive signals from the front-line signal station.

After contacting the front lines, the supply depot indicated that it would send someone to meet them immediately. The selection process is still underway, and the cruise ship needs to travel to the designated location.

Calculating the time, we'll be at our designated spot in about a day.

So, under the leadership of Warwear, the women ended this competition that had no winners or losers. Yes, everyone was a winner in this battle, and even Javelin got the happiness she wanted.

Since everyone is a winner, then who lost?

In short, the reason why Warwear advised everyone to stop was simple and sufficient—we've been busy for so long, it's time to let the commander rest properly. If Jing Su were to go to the front line like this, others would think that our Royal Navy is abusing the commander.

Of course, the real intention was to prevent other factions from feeling that the Royal Faction had taken too many commanders. In this way, the Royal Faction could continue to compete on the front lines without being suppressed by other factions. It would be too much of a loss to be blocked from the game altogether.

Putting aside the jealousy they must feel seeing other factions getting along with their commanders, the dissatisfaction of their own faction members alone is enough to make them suffer.

Therefore, even Sirius, who most wanted to continue, agreed with Warwear's argument and decided that on this last day, no one would disturb Jing Su, allowing her to relax and rest. The others, on the other hand, took this opportunity to contact Belfast at the front lines and obtain intelligence about the situation there.

The main purpose is to be prepared and know who is coming to pick us up, so that we can better determine the response plan.

However, to Warspite's surprise, even now, when they are about to depart, the front line still hasn't compiled the support list.

The reason is simple: everyone wants to see Jing Su as soon as possible. After such a long separation, to be honest, not sending other ship girls directly to find Jing Su is already the best effort the frontline can make.

If there were no selection process, the front lines would indeed be in chaos, with all the ship girls running to find Jing Su.

But honestly, you don't really need too many people to pick up just one person.

Therefore, Belfast is now facing a real headache when dealing with the various requests from different ship girls. No matter how skilled she is at handling these requests, it's not an easy problem to solve.

In the end, they simply announced that each faction would select one person from within to take over, successfully shifting the conflict elsewhere.

Then, to Belfast's surprise, before she could finish compiling the lists of other factions, she suddenly discovered that the list of her own faction was still unresolved.

There's a traitor inside!

Belfast originally planned to go pick them up herself. After all, as the head of the Royal Maid Corps, she was the most caring person on the front lines and even in the entire port area. From her status to her abilities, it was appropriate for her to go and pick them up herself.

But others don't see it that way.

When Belfast said she was going to pick up Jing Su, she was met with opposition from a group of bigwigs, including Cheshire and Vengeance.

Under normal circumstances, Cheshire and his grudges would not object to Belfast's proposal, since Belfast was the most suitable person, in terms of ability and status, to be the head of the royal camp on the front lines.

But taking on the command is different; it's something I'm absolutely unwilling to give up.

Caring for others? Ability? The grudge suggests that he is also very good at taking care of others.

As for Cheshire, if Drake hadn't stopped her, she would have rushed out to find Jing Su the moment she heard the news.

Seeing the chorus of opposition from the audience, Belfast shook her head helplessly.

Chapter 201 Let's Go from Cheshire

"Hmm, Belfast, why won't you let me pick up my darling? Cheshire, it's been so long since I've seen him. He must miss me terribly, and I miss him too. Anyway, I absolutely have to go pick up my darling!"

In the office, Belfast looked at Cheshire, who was throwing a tantrum in front of her, and had a helpless expression on her face.

'You want to go pick up Master? I want to go too! I miss Master so much! As the head of the Royal Maid Corps, not serving Master the moment he returned was already a huge dereliction of duty. Now that I finally have a chance, how can I let it slip by!'

In any other situation, Cheshire would have thrown a tantrum—no, not even that. Given Belfast's personality, she would never refuse any request from any member, whether they were a member of the Royal Family or someone from another faction. Whatever the request might be, Belfast would do her best to resolve it.

Solving problems for others is her pride as a royal maid.

Indeed, Belfast's capabilities are sufficient to resolve most problems on the front lines. Despite the Royal Navy's reluctance to send their secretary ships to the front lines, their influence there remains strong.

Because the company was always in a state of isolation, Belfast was assigned to the front line to take care of the company. At the same time, Belfast naturally took over the duties of the company's secretary ship. In addition, the White Eagle faction had never been able to produce an absolute leader.

Therefore, Belfast was actually handling a significant portion of the matters on the front lines.

This is also the key reason why Belfast was ultimately able to decide who would pick up Jing Su.

However, Belfast did not expect that at this time, so many people would be competing with her for this spot.

As previously agreed, each faction would send only one ship girl to pick up Jing Su, while the others would set up the scene at the supply depot. If they wanted to do anything else, they would wait until Jing Su arrived at the front line and settled down to rest.

Belfast originally thought that since she could decide the spots, the Royal Navy's spots should be the easiest to decide. But now it seems that this is not the case. A number of influential Royal Navy ship girls, including Cheshire, Vengeance, and Drake, are competing for the spots.

This is a real headache for Belfast.

"Everyone, please listen to me. I, Belfast, am a member of the Royal Maid Corps and the master's personal maid. I was supposed to serve the master as soon as he returned, but due to the urgency of the frontline affairs, I was unable to stay by his side."

But in any case, this was my dereliction of duty as a royal maid.

So, even if it's just to make up for what I've done, please let me go fetch my master. It's simply what I should do.

Seeing the crowd arguing, Belfast helplessly slammed her small hammer on the table, which was a way of shouting "order!"

Belfast thought that by using her pitiful pain of separation and her sense of duty, she could persuade the others to agree to let her pick up the person, but it seemed that the effect was not very good.

"Hehe, Miss Belfast, you are mistaken~" The first to launch a counterattack was Vengeance. Don't be fooled by Vengeance's identity as a nun. She is not as loyal to the doctrine as Free Iris.

While the enmity may indeed be religious, it cannot be considered that of a devout believer. In other words, for the enmity, piety is merely a matter of need.

Yuanchou opened a confessional at the front line. When she wasn't on the move, she would listen to the confessions of her port comrades and soothe their inner turmoil in the confessional.

Don't underestimate the role of the confessional. In fact, since Jing Su's disappearance, the mental health of the ship girls has become a top priority that all the leaders are closely monitoring.

It's important to understand that once a ship girl's psychological defenses collapse, she can become a meta-ship. Currently, Enterprise is the one at the highest risk on the front lines. So why is the port specifically sending someone to take care of Belfast? It's because if Enterprise goes berserk, she can truly turn the entire world upside down.

As for taking care of people, only the Royal Camp truly has the capability to say that it can take good care of the company. Of course, there is also the factor that the Royal Camp wants to expand its influence on the front lines.

In short, ever since the grudge opened the confession room, she often encounters several ship girls who come to her confession room to repent, and what they say is simply eye-opening.

For example: Oh God, I dreamt about the Commander again last night. In the dream, we did *that*. I'm such a bad kid for doing that. Please forgive me...

At this time, enmity will transform into a nun spreading the gospel, enlightening the ship girls. At this time, she is undoubtedly a devout believer.

However, given that 99% of the psychological problems encountered by the ship girls in the port are related to the disappearance of the commander, even grudges can't always offer good advice.

After all, she missed Jing Su too; she was one of those who dreamed of him at night.

At this moment, she was just one of countless pitiful ship girls who missed their commander, longing to reunite with him, to spend time with him, and to have a happy future.

"Does Miss Yuanchou have anything to say?" Belfast sighed when she saw that it was Yuanchou who spoke. If there was anyone on the front line who could rival her in terms of influence, it would be Yuanchou.

After all, once the confessional is open, grudges will directly involve all the ship girls on the front lines. Oh. Apart from the Eastern Empire and Sakura Empire factions, almost no ship girls from these two factions have ever been to the confessional. Even if they have, it's just to join in the fun or to accompany a friend.

Belfast found it hard to understand why the Eastern Huang faction didn't believe in religion or what they believed in. For the entire port area, the Eastern Huang culture, where Jing Su was located, had a very strange phenomenon: despite having so many gods in the culture, the overall cultural atmosphere felt like that of an atheist.

What's most incomprehensible is that the ship girls of the Eastern Empire faction would join all sorts of strange cults just for fun, and then leave because they got bored. For example, the Bunny Ears Cult started by Laffey on the front lines, and many ship girls from the Eastern Empire faction were among the first believers, but after a short time, they stopped paying much attention to it.

Compared to the Eastern Empire's incomprehensible beliefs, the Sakura Empire has its own internal beliefs that conflict with those of the outside world. Therefore, even when they need to repent, the Sakura Empire's ship girls mostly choose to go to their own temples.

Regardless of the circumstances, the influence of the grudge on the front lines is significant. However, the grudge is not someone who is obsessed with power, so he has not used his influence much.

"It's been so long since we've seen the Commander. Among the ship girls present, who doesn't miss the Commander? Who doesn't want to take care of the Commander? Miss Belfast, it's true that you are a member of the Royal Maid Corps, and it's true that taking care of the Commander is your duty, but the front line needs Miss Belfast to stabilize the situation, doesn't it?"

Especially now that the commander is about to arrive at the front line, it cannot be ruled out that other forces may be detrimental to the commander. Under these circumstances, only Miss Belfast has the qualifications and ability to maintain the situation.

"Miss Belfast, you wouldn't want the Commander to arrive to find a chaotic and disorganized front line, would you?" After a moment of silence, Yuanchou narrowed his eyes and expressed his opinion in a gentle voice.

This statement was immediately accepted by the other ship girls. There was no way around it; Belfast was just too strong. Once she was involved in the reception, the other ship girls would be out of luck. From the moment they met until they arrived at the front line, they wouldn't be able to do anything else with Jing Su during such a long journey.

Belfast will absolutely stay by Jing Su's side around the clock, to the point that the commander can't live without Belfast.

If things develop to this point, then no one else can even think about getting close to Jing Su. They might even have to figure out how to get Belfast away first if they want to.

The problem is, that's Belfast, Belfast whose lifelong belief is to take care of Jing Su. She has been separated from Jing Su for three years. What way can be done to separate her from Jing Su?

Moreover, Belfast's powerful aura is undeniable; it's hard to say how other faction's ship girls fared, but the Royal Navy's ship girls were definitely no match for Belfast.

So, Belfast, although you've helped us a lot on the front lines, I'm sorry, but opportunities to spend time with the Commander are just too rare. Everyone wants to see the Commander as soon as possible, so I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you.

Faced with the whispers of the crowd, Belfast couldn't help but feel a headache coming on. It has to be said that the angle chosen by the grudge was very tricky, which first weakened her argument.

Belfast said that she hadn't seen Jing Su for a long time and that taking care of Jing Su was her responsibility. She asked everyone to allow her to fulfill this responsibility. Meanwhile, Uprising said that others also wanted to see Jing Su and that others could also take care of her and do a good job.

Then, this responsibility was used to confine Belfast, because maintaining stability on the front lines was something Belfast had always been doing.