Shipgirls and Salted Fish Commander, Port Survival Guide

Although theoretically this is the company's job, the company is in such a state that it is impossible to handle affairs. Belfast is in charge of everything. So, as the grudge said, she may not actually be able to leave.

Although the time to pick up Jing Su is short, only about a day at most, the ship girls who are eager to see her will definitely cause a lot of trouble when they see their other companions going to pick her up while they can only wait in place.

It's important to know that there are several factions, each with extremist ship girls present.

As far as Belfast knows, the Sakura Empire has urgently ordered Amagi to the front lines. After learning that Jing Su was going to the front lines, Akagi rushed there without saying a word, and no one knows where she is now.

Meanwhile, the Eagle Union also urgently canceled Mackerel's leave, urging her to come to the front lines immediately. This was because, somehow, Taihou from Sakura Empire had been given a spot to support the front lines and was currently causing trouble at the front-line reception area.

Similar situations are common in other factions, with the most serious being between the Sakura Empire and Iron Blood factions. The Sakura Empire is relatively better off, as they can still have dedicated ship girls to target them. Iron Blood is in a more troublesome situation. It's a simple matter: their leaders themselves want to take over, but for some reason, they haven't reached the front lines yet.

In other words, the two iron-blooded Ron and Eugen are completely unchecked, and if Belfast leaves, things could really get out of hand.

At this point, Belfast realized that her words earlier were problematic. She had been too hasty and shouldn't have started by talking about her personal responsibility. If she had first mentioned how long she had taken care of them, perhaps she wouldn't have faced so much opposition.

Based on her own words, Belfast knew that she could no longer pick up Jing Su after hearing the words about grudges. However, if she couldn't go, she had to make sure that the ship girl who prevented her from going couldn't go either.

'Hmph, do you really think I have no temper? Commander, please forgive me, Belfast can't serve you immediately~'

'Sigh, I guess I was too impatient after all?'

“Miss Yuan Chou is right. It seems I really can’t go to pick up my master.” Belfast looked disappointed, making the others hesitant to look up at her.

“But…” Belfast ignored what the others were thinking. Now that she had been kicked out of the game, Belfast, having calmed down, had a remarkably clear mind. “If I don’t go, then who should our Royal Family send to pick up our Master?”

“That is naturally…” Seeing Belfast announce her surrender, Yuancho naturally took over the conversation.

"I'll go, I'll go, let me go pick up my darling~" But before he could finish explaining his grievances, Cheshire preemptively declared.

In some ways, Cheshire, with his simple mind, is actually more decisive in many things.

“Well then, Miss Cheshire will go pick up the Commander.” Belfast agreed without waiting for anyone else to speak, and then said, “Miss Vengeance, during this period, the number of ship girls supporting the front lines will surge, and there will be many ship girls who are worried about the Commander’s situation, so your confessional will become very important. Please take this opportunity to comfort the other ship girls during this time.”

"This..." Upon hearing this explanation, the wronged man showed a helpless expression. He had been used against him in the same way. Just as he had dragged Belfast into the water, Belfast was now pulling him down in the same way. "Okay, I will try my best."

But what can be done about grudges? Belfast's argument was something Belfast couldn't refute at all.

Or perhaps, I'm being a little too hasty?

Since he couldn't go himself, and there was no reason for the grudge to stay, he made up an excuse and left.

Amid Cheshire's cheers and Belfast's instructions, the grudge lingered in his heart.

Actually, not only her, but Belfast from earlier was also a little anxious, otherwise she wouldn't have said such a flawed statement.

'Belfast, Belfast, as expected. When it comes to the Commander, even you, who are always known for your composure and calmness, can lose your composure like this.'

Reaching the door, Yuanchou suddenly stopped, and scoffed, "Who can truly be better than whom?"

Chapter 202 Thank you for your hard work, Belfast

The same situation that occurred on the Royalist side was frequently playing out at the rest areas of other factions.

But to Belfast's surprise, the other camps actually submitted their lists just before the deadline.

"The other factions didn't fight?" Belfast asked in surprise, looking at the list of reports from the other factions on the tablet.

"Actually," London, who was giving a report from below the stage, looked hesitant.

"Okay, I understand." Seeing London's expression, Belfast understood and asked, rubbing her forehead, "What's the situation? Is there any hope?"

"Maybe, maybe?" London turned his head away, his tone uncertain.

"Alright, lead the way, I'll go handle it now." Belfast sighed and got up to go to the scene.

In her view, the other factions were already fighting over the spots, and the lists they submitted were just to finish before the deadline, even though the lists submitted by the other factions didn't seem to have any problems.

The problem is, it doesn't matter who goes to pick people up in the entire port area.

"Ahem, actually, there's no need to go to such lengths. The ship girls from other factions haven't started fighting." Seeing this, London quickly reassured them.

"Huh!?" Belfast was stunned. She had considered many possibilities. In order to compete for a spot, it was not impossible for other factions to not only fight each other, but also destroy the entire front-line supply depot.

Belfast was genuinely surprised by the calm and tranquility. After all, even the Royal Navy, which she personally oversaw, almost came to blows over the quotas. It was quite remarkable that the other factions didn't cause any major upheaval, especially since they didn't even have a single ship girl to stabilize the situation.

"Yes, has the commander made a move?" Suddenly, Belfast had a flash of inspiration. If anyone could calm down this group of powder kegs on the verge of exploding, it seemed that only Jing Su could do it.

"Hmm." London nodded, a little shyly, and said, "The commander sent a message in the group chat. You'll know the details when you see it. Anyway, I'm going to go prepare my things now."

After saying that, London left the room without waiting for Belfast's reply. It wasn't that she was being impolite; Belfast didn't care about such things anyway. Rather, the content Jing Su sent was so perplexing that London had to take this opportunity to prepare.

"Hmm!?" Belfast's curiosity was piqued by the sight. The royal faction was quite polite to their own people. London may have a free-spirited personality, but she was a true royal lady. Under normal circumstances, London would not do something like leaving without saying goodbye, unless something had really made her lose her composure.

"I see. As expected of the master, you solved something I couldn't handle with ease." Belfast took out her phone, glanced at it briefly, and then showed a joyful expression, her face showing a sense of relief.

It turns out that while Belfast was dealing with the quotas within her own camp, Jing Su sent a message to the group chat.

@Everyone:

We've arrived at the front lines today. Tonight, at the reception area, we'll be having a banquet. Anyone who wants to come is welcome. I'm really looking forward to dancing with everyone.

A very simple sentence, yet it immediately ignited the entire group.

In an instant, the number of comments exceeded 99+. Belfast tried to scroll down herself, but it took her several minutes to reach the bottom, which shows the power of Jing Su's comment.

The messages were roughly: Commander, I miss you so much, when are you arriving, and looking forward to tonight's performance.

At first, there were a few influential ship girls communicating, but later on, it was basically just smaller ships leaving messages. As for the larger ships?

Haha, with this message out, who's even thinking about talking in the group chat anymore? Preparing for tonight's dinner is the most important thing.

Actually, just looking at this message, it doesn't have much power. It's just a banquet. At the front line, all the ship girls are invited to banquets quite often, whether by people within the port, the Maritime Bureau, or various clans. Especially other clans, they basically try to invite ship girls to banquets whenever they have free time.

Sometimes, ship girls will indeed want to try different flavors of food and attend the Maritime Bureau's banquets, but they will usually leave after eating a little something. Other factions will be more likely to have ship girls attend banquets when they find something delicious, which has made them quite skilled in cooking.

According to the Eastern Empire faction, it couldn't even be called a banquet; it was a complete hodgepodge. Some of the ship girls even said they saw spaghetti next to the hot pot!

In general, there is no shortage of banquets at the front.

But this time it's different, because the initiator is Jing Su, the person the ship girls deeply love.

In particular, the Royal Navy faction proved through their own experience that the ship girl who won first place at the banquet was almost equivalent to receiving a ring.

When the news was confirmed by the vanguard from the Royal Navy, all the ship girls on the front lines were in an uproar!

Everyone was eager to make a good impression at the banquet.

Even looking at the comments, several ship girls in the rear expressed their desire to rush to the front lines and join in the fun. However, the distance was simply too great for them to make the trip, so those in the rear could only grumble a few words.

The reason Jing Su's explanation made the other ship girls stop focusing on the pick-up quota was because it gave them another direction to strive for.

The reason everyone is scrambling for this spot is because they miss Jing Su so much and want to see her as soon as possible, which is why the competition is so fierce.

Once this logic is clear, all that's needed is for the other ship girls to know that there are more important things to do than seeing Jing Su as soon as possible.

Knowing that there would be an opportunity to get close to the Commander at the banquet, the other ship girls would start to analyze that if they went to pick up Jing Su, they would probably not have time to dress up properly when they returned, which would put them at a disadvantage at the banquet. Instead of picking up the Commander, they would take advantage of this time to dress up beautifully and shine at the banquet, making Jing Su fall head over heels for them.

Then, you two can be all lovey-dovey in the room, pouring out your hearts to each other and expressing your longing for one another. Isn't that better than just meeting once?

So, is it a matter of whether to play it safe and see each other for the first time after a long separation, or to gamble on the odds and be confident that she can be the most beautiful girl in the room that night and charm Jing Su into her room? It all depends on the choices she makes.

Getting close to the Commander is naturally more important than seeing the Commander immediately. Didn't you see that Taihou and Akagi, who were making the most noise before, have all stopped making a move?

To be precise, the fact that these two ship girls, who are the most emotionally driven, are not on the list, and that the Sakura Empire side hasn't reacted much, speaks volumes.

"Hmph, as expected of the master, such a thorny problem can be solved so easily." Staring at Jing Su's bright profile picture on her phone, Belfast sat in her chair, feeling a sense of unprecedented relaxation.

To be honest, these past few years, working on the front lines has been exhausting, with all sorts of things to handle. It's easy for conflicts to arise between different camps. Some of these conflicts are staged to mislead the outside world, while others are genuine arguments over certain issues.

Simply put, ship girls are proud beings. Some ship girls may have a weaker personality, but the vast majority of ship girls are not subservient to anyone except the leader of their own faction.

Some are even so extreme that they can't even control the ship girls within their own faction. For example, there's Akagi, who used to be noisy but is now silent, Roon, who only wants to fight, and Marco Polo, who seems to thrive on chaos.

These people are all troublemakers in the port area. Getting them to act according to plan is a very troublesome thing, especially Ron. She can be said to be the most extreme battle maniac in the entire port area. She is either fighting or on her way to a battle all year round. Belfast has never seen her stop.

Belfast, as the chief commander of the front lines, often receives complaints from other factions that Roon has gone to their defense zone to fight Sirens. Upon inquiry, it turns out that Roon killed them too quickly, clearing out all the Sirens in their own defense zone, and then went to other ship girls' defense zones to look for enemies.

Normally, Belfast's solution to this situation would be either to find the faction leader or to put her in solitary confinement. But Ron would dare to demolish the room if she dared to put her in solitary confinement, and the leader of the Ironblood faction... well.

On the surface, Bismarck is the leader of Ironblood, but for a long time, Frederick the Great was in charge. Recently, Frederick the Great has disappeared, but the Ironblood's high seas ship girls have made it clear that they only listen to Frederick the Great. Hutten, as Ironblood's secretary ship, has also made it clear that she is Frederick the Great's soldier and only wants to follow him. She listens to Bismarck now only because of Frederick the Great's orders.

In short, it's a mess.

Because of one thing or another, it is quite difficult to unify every camp on the front lines.

It was only at this moment that Belfast realized how difficult it was for Jing Su. This terrifying port area, full of conflict, was actually well-organized under Jing Su's management, without a single conflict. Apart from the occasional bickering when the ship girls met, there was really no conflict at all.

Even Belfast didn't realize what her commander had done or how he managed things. In her memory, back in the old port, everyone did what they liked every day—those who liked to sleep slept, and those who wanted to plant flowers planted flowers.

Even if you want to raid Jing Su's room, it doesn't matter. No one will stop you, and there's no way to stop you. At most, if they find out, they'll throw you in a dark room and lock you up.

There is a rumor that there are more than a dozen secret passages in Jing Su's room in the port area, and no one knows where they lead. Belfast said that the rumor is of course false. How could there only be more than a dozen? There are already more than twenty secret passages that have been found.

Sometimes, Belfast was also curious about how so many passageways could be squeezed into such a small room.

When Jing Su was alive, Belfast had no experience of it; after Jing Su disappeared, she was nowhere to be found.

Of course, Belfast also knew that the reason everyone started arguing was not because they really wanted to argue, but because they were all anxious. Jing Su was missing, and everyone was burning with worry.

Every faction and every ship girl wanted to find Jing Su as soon as possible, but different ship girls came up with different methods. Some wanted to take down the Maritime Bureau and make them search all over the world, while others felt that taking down the Maritime Bureau would be useless and that they should first manage the port well so that when Jing Su returned, she wouldn't be saddened to see the port in ruins.

Everyone has different ideas, and each person goes to Jing Su according to their own ideas. Friction is inevitable. It can be said that this is the real root cause of the division in the port area.

So, even though Belfast felt helpless about her companions' arguments, she couldn't get angry. After all, she was sometimes one of those arguing too, and she also wanted to find Jing Su.

"Alright, alright, this isn't the time to sigh. I still have things to do." Belfast patted her cheeks twice, intending to get up quickly and get busy with the dinner arrangements.

After all, her beloved master had personally announced that a banquet would be held that evening. It was noon now, about six or seven hours until evening. Even if the banquet was held at eight o'clock, there would still be less than ten hours left. She still had a lot of things to deal with.

At the very least, a banquet is being held. Should the venue be prepared? Should a band be recruited? And most importantly, should the food be prepared as well? You know, this banquet is for all the ship girls on the front lines in the entire port area, basically covering all factions. Just catering to the tastes of all the ship girls is no easy task.

"Oh dear, Commander, you're really something. You just arrived at the front lines and you've already caused me this mess. You really are a troublesome master. Eh, oh dear!?"

As Belfast was complaining, she noticed that her hand, which had just slapped her cheek, had somehow become glistening.

It turns out that when Belfast saw Jing Su's flashing profile picture, tears welled up in her eyes, streamed down her cheeks, and soaked her clothes.

"Really, Commander, you're so annoying, you bastard, you bad guy." At this moment, Belfast leaned over her desk and began to sob softly.

"Ding dong~"

Just as Belfast was losing control of her emotions and sobbing, her phone suddenly rang.

"Eh?"

Upon hearing the sound, Belfast quickly picked up her phone and examined it closely.

It's worth noting that Belfast, who takes every job seriously, always silences her phone and other communication devices during work hours. This is why she didn't receive Jing Su's group message when she was on the front lines.

But there was one person, or rather, one person, one voice, who would never choose to remain silent.

That is.

"My dearest Belfast, thank you for everything during this time. Wait for me, I'll be there soon. I love you!"

Upon seeing this, Belfast could no longer control herself, and tears streamed down her face. But this time, it was different from before; she felt wronged, relieved, happy, and relieved.

In short, Belfast seemed to want to vent all the grievances she had accumulated over the years!

Chapter 203 This time, it's my turn to take the initiative.

"Is this all right?" Facing the sea breeze, Jing Su held her phone and asked Warspite.

"That's fine, Commander. You've done a great job," Warspite said to Jing Su as she sipped her red tea.

"Wow, Belfast did so much. She must have worked so hard." Jing Su put down her phone and sighed.

“Yes, so Commander, you’d better make it up to Belfast. If I’m not mistaken, she probably won’t be able to come pick you up. For someone like her who takes her duties as a royal maid so seriously, that must be a very painful thing.” Warspite sighed as well.

Although she hasn't been to the front lines for a long time, it doesn't mean she's unaware of the situation there. In fact, thanks to Belfast's presence, the Royal Army has always been the second most influential faction on the front lines.

The various factions on the front lines were mixed together, and they would argue every now and then. Sometimes it was just for show, and sometimes it was a real argument. Several times, the ship girls got so angry that they even deployed their ship equipment, and it looked like they were about to fight.

At this time, Belfast was the one who stepped in to mediate. Of course, Belfast was acting on behalf of the company's influence. On the entire front line, only the company had the influence and qualifications to keep the ship girls on the verge of going berserk.

Of course, after the ship girls have calmed down from their arguments, they will apologize to each other. If they feel too embarrassed to apologize directly, they will apologize via mobile phone. In short, except for a very few ship girls, everyone's attitude in admitting their mistakes is very sincere.

Even a ship girl like Roon, whose personality is prone to extremes, will take the initiative to apologize after calming down. Or rather, Roon's understanding of things is different from that of ordinary people. In private, Roon is actually very gentle, although she always says things that are chilling in a serious manner.

"Yes, I will, Belfast. She's really working hard." After a brief conversation with Warspite, Jing Su roughly understood how hard Belfast was working on the front lines. Perhaps some details might differ from the actual situation, but it was largely accurate. After all, although things were bumpy on the front lines, the overall situation was still quite stable.

This can be seen from the fact that the Maritime Safety Administration dared to build a supply station near the ship girls' logistics department. If the ship girls really caused a huge uproar, who would dare to do this? No matter how brave you are, you can't joke around with your own life.

"Hey, Commander, I thought you were keeping everything to yourself and making everyone else guess." Hearing Jing Su's words, Warspite put down his tea and looked at Jing Su with a playful expression.