Shipgirls and Salted Fish Commander, Port Survival Guide

Suddenly, Jing Su shuddered, alarm bells ringing in her mind, sensing that something bad was about to happen.

"Commander, are you feeling unwell? Hehe, how about another bath?" As if by telepathy, just as Jing Su lowered her head, she met Eugen's teasing gaze.

"Uh, no need, let's hurry up and choose clothes, don't keep people waiting~" Seeing Eugen's appearance, a sudden surge of lust rose from his lower abdomen, even though the two of them were right next to each other.

In other words, even the slightest change made by Jing Su can be detected and reacted to by Eugen in the most direct and rapid way.

"Hehe, Commander, it seems you're quite mischievous~"

Eugen's teasing voice made Jing Su blush. She quickly let go of Eugen, and without caring about clothes, she opened the wardrobe, found a bathrobe and put it on. If she continued like this, she was afraid she would really turn into a little werewolf again.

"Alright, alright, I won't tease you anymore, hurry up and pick out some clothes~" Seeing Jing Su's performance, Eugen's face showed a satisfied expression. Serves you right for bullying me!

However, when Jing Su put on a bathrobe, Eugen gave up the idea of ​​leaving an indelible mark on Jing Su. In fact, for ship girls, there are many ways to leave a trace of their aura on Jing Su, and becoming a higher-ranking ship is just one of them.

If you want a simple approach, you can do what the Ironblood faction did when they first met Jing Su: have Jing Su wear a special accessory made by their faction, and simply tell him not to take it off under any circumstances. Given Jing Su's personality, he will almost certainly not take it off.

Although this method cannot leave the aura inside Jing Su's body, it can ensure that Jing Su can be found at any time. After all, Eugen is very familiar with those ornaments. Many of them were made under her care. No one knows the functions of these little gadgets better than Eugen.

The fact that the jewelry remained on Jing Su's person for such a long time, from the port area to the front line, indicates that this approach was reliable and feasible.

Of course, in terms of function, the ornament is indeed much more powerful than simply leaving a trace of aura in Jing Su's body, but after all, it is an external object, and it may be removed at any time.

After Jing Su had been missing for so long, Eugen believed that leaving a trace of her aura in her body after their reunion was something most ship girls would do. As for why not all of them, well, there are a lot of ship girls in the port, with very different personalities, and there are bound to be a few fools who wouldn't leave a trace of their aura without being reminded.

For example, a Royal Navy knight, or a White Eagle research ship.

The reason for leaving behind such a trace of her aura is simple: to be able to sense Jing Su's presence at any time. As a ship girl, especially after a long separation, Eugen knows very well that she can no longer bear the fear of not being able to sense Jing Su again.

Not being able to find the commander is already too much to experience once; if it happened again, I'd go crazy!

Therefore, any ship girl who has had close contact with Jing Su will choose to leave a trace of her aura on her. With this aura, the ship girls can sense Jing Su's presence at any time, roughly perceive her direction, and if something happens, they can use the aura to find her.

However, since aura is an ethereal and intangible thing, it cannot be precisely located like an instrument. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand why someone would attach a few small ornaments to Jing Su.

The aura is reassuring and can remain within Jing Su's body. The ornaments are precise, but there is a risk of them being removed. How to choose is up to each ship girl.

Many ship girls commented that only children make such choices, while adults said, "Why not all of us do it together?"

While taking a bath, Eugen witnessed firsthand how many things Jing Su took off. Common items like watches and necklaces were one thing, but Jing Su actually pulled out more than a dozen exquisite bracelets.

"They said it's a bond, and I should always carry it with me. I don't have that many hands, so I just put it in my pocket," Jing Su explained somewhat awkwardly in response to Eugen's surprised gaze.

Seeing this scene, Eugen remarked that the person who met him first suffered from meeting him too early. Everyone was observing at the beginning, and no one dared to break the ice. It's foreseeable that the more time passes, the more bizarre Jing Su's traits will become.

Eugen wouldn't be surprised if he pulled out a ** from Jing Su one day.

However, among these choices, Eugen was indeed annoyed by the complicated atmosphere, especially one of them. Some scoundrel had actually drawn a dragon on Jing Su's foot. At first, there was no trace of the dragon, but it appeared afterward. Eugen knew that this was the other party asserting their dominance.

That's why Eugen was so frustrated, to the point that he even considered drawing something on Jing Su as well.

In the end, he held back. If he really did that, there wouldn't be many places left on Jing Su's body to look at in no time. Besides, judging from the appearance of the pattern, Eugen roughly guessed that it was the work of the Eastern Huang camp.

The Eastern Empire faction~

The Eastern Empire is an absolutely hidden force in the port area. Don't be fooled by the fact that on paper, the Eagle Union faction is the strongest, with Iron Blood, Sakura Empire, and Royal Navy vying for second place. In reality, the Eastern Empire faction has quietly developed. On paper, due to special factors, the Eastern Empire faction not only has fewer ship girls, but its strength and ship type combination are also not very good.

In Hong Kong, the most crucial factor in assessing influence isn't strength.

Jing Su is, after all, a person from Donghuang. Just for that reason alone, the Donghuang camp is already a formidable enemy!

However, their long-term dormancy and quiet accumulation of wealth have led other factions to subconsciously overlook them.

Upon seeing the dragon, Eugen broke out in a cold sweat. Had he, or rather the entire port region, underestimated the Eastern Empire faction?

"Once we find the Commander, I'm going to spend a lot of time with him. It's been so long since I've strolled around the streets with him!"

Eugen fell into deep thought as he recalled the people sent by Donghuang to pick up Jing Su.

Have things progressed to the point where we can go shopping together anytime?!

Damn it, we've been ignoring this faction for far too long!

"Eugen, Eugen!?"

"Ah, uh, what is it, Commander?" Just as Eugen was feeling frustrated and complaining, Jing Su's voice rang out, interrupting her thoughts.

Eugen blushed slightly, secretly thinking bad things about others, but quickly calmed down, pretending nothing was wrong, and asked in return.

"Oh, it's nothing. I just noticed you seemed a bit distracted, so I wanted to ask if everything was alright." Jing Su hadn't thought much of it and had already started rummaging through her closet for clothes. Just now, Eugen's clothes had been delivered via Little Yellow Chicken.

In other words, it's time for me to choose my own clothes.

Fortunately, Eugen didn't make things difficult for Jing Su this time. After taking the clothes Jing Su handed over, he put them on right there.

As for avoiding taboos? What taboos?

Just like Jing Su said earlier, we're an old married couple, why bother with these things?

Shyness? Avoiding suspicion? Normal ethical and moral considerations?

Please, we're ship girls! Don't judge us by human moral standards!

That's why, even though the ship girls are extremely shy before they rise to power, worrying about this and panicking about that, they really will be shy and enjoy all sorts of little romantic moments before they succeed. You chase, I run, but you can't escape!

Once she finally took the position, Eugen realized that all her previous shyness had to be put aside. Why should she be shy about something so enjoyable and conducive to building a relationship?

Eugen wishes she could be busy 24/7, every single moment!

It turns out that doing certain things really does lead to personal growth.

Seeing Eugen getting dressed in front of her was quite a sight, but Jing Su knew very well that this couldn't go on, so she used a lot of effort to suppress her urge to peek and started choosing her own clothes.

Since it was a banquet held within the port area, and there were quite a few ship girls attending, with so many factions, even if each faction only sent five people, the total number would still exceed forty. Not to mention, how could there only be five people?

If they didn't all come over, then they wouldn't be ship girls.

Faced with this situation, Jing Su felt that she didn't need to wear nice clothes. In the end, no matter what she wore, the clothes would probably not survive the night. So she should wear something cheaper so that she wouldn't feel too bad when the clothes died.

"Commander, how can you wear this outfit?"

Jing Su thought this way and did this. Just as he was happily taking out the cheap clothes and preparing to put them on, he was interrupted by Eugen.

"Huh?" Jing Su was stunned. What did she mean by 'How could you wear this outfit?'

What are the rules?

"Hehe, Commander, you're my mein Schatz, how can you dress so shabbily? We have so many people to meet tonight, and you're dressed like this~"

Chapter 210 Commander, if we don't leave now, we'll really be late!

As it turned out, Eugen's eye for talent was indeed excellent. The outfit he chose for Jing Su was a pure black tuxedo paired with a white shirt. After all, it was a dinner party, and men only had a limited selection of clothes to wear.

But the outfit Eugen chose is really beautiful, and Jing Su finds it comfortable to wear.

"Hehe, very handsome, Commander." After quickly tidying up Jing Su, Eugen took the opportunity to thoroughly examine him, from top to bottom, inside and out... In short, that look made Jing Su feel a little uneasy.

"It's all thanks to my wife." Although he felt a little uneasy, Jing Su still gave Eugen a quick kiss on the lips, which made the young lady's face full of affection. She then turned her head away and stopped looking at Jing Su.

However, at this moment, Jing Su was also puzzled, 'This is my own room, right? It's my first time riding on a Royal Navy cruise ship, how did Eugen know what styles of clothes I have in my wardrobe?'

You see, when Eugen was picking out clothes for Jing Su earlier, she didn't even look for them. Instead, she just took them out from another cubicle. The way she did it so skillfully made Jing Su wonder if she had gone to the wrong room or if she had been tricked by the Ironblood faction's black technology and transferred to another place.

"Hehe, I agree with that~" Eugen was very happy. She was wearing the same outfit she wore when she was intoxicated by the night. It was all black with the two bridges faintly visible, which was very alluring. "Let's go, don't keep the others waiting."

Although she was very reluctant to leave this room, Eugen knew that once she stepped out of this door, Jing Su would no longer belong solely to her. However, Eugen was satisfied with the outcome; any more and others would start to gossip.

Similarly, since I got a good result this afternoon, it doesn't really matter who wins tonight. Instead of showing off, I should try to impress my sisters and see if I can keep Jing Su in the Iron Blood Defense Zone.

Leaving the room and returning to the captain's cabin, Jing Su heard a bell-like sound as soon as she opened the door.

"Oh, Commander, it's been so long! I missed you so much~" Before Jing Su could react, she found herself being hugged.

Looking down, Jing Su's heart melted; the ship girl she was meeting this time was someone she knew well.

"Yeah, it's been a while. Have you been behaving yourself lately, Changchun?!" With that, Jing Su picked up the ship girl she was holding and spun her around in the air.

"Hehehe, Changchun is the most obedient. This time on the front line, I also achieved a lot of merits!" Changchun waved his hands proudly in the air.

"Haha, really? Yeah, my Changchun is the best!"

Yes, directly from above, the ship girl who protected Jing Su was Changchun from the Eastern Empire. After Jing Su arrived at the Royal Navy's base, Queen Elizabeth used diplomatic means to trap Yi Xian in order to prevent the ship girls from the Eastern Empire from interfering with her.

Knowing the royal camp's plans, Yi Xian naturally didn't say anything. She was so intelligent that after waiting for two days, she led Chang Chun to the front line.

Queen Elizabeth has a free-spirited personality, and she tends to forget many things unless reminded of them, such as the upcoming summer offensive.

Based on Yi Xian's understanding of Jing Su, he would definitely go to the front lines after learning about the summer offensive. Even if Queen Elizabeth forgot about the battle, someone would still call Jing Su to the front lines.

Therefore, Yi Xian made arrangements in advance, leading the main force of the camp to the front line before the notice was issued. In fact, because they seized the initiative, quite a few ship girls from the Donghuang camp arrived at the front line.

It could even be said that someone arrived at the front lines even earlier than Yi Xian. Well, that was Binjiang. When Yi Xian saw Binjiang fighting on the front lines, when Yi Xian saw the other side laughing and joking as they approached him, asking the commander how things were going...

Yi Xian declared, "Fist, you won!"

That day, Yixian chased Binjiang all day long.

You really know how to rub salt in the wound. If something really happened between me and Jing Su, would I be here?!

However, unlike other factions, there was no dispute within the Donghuang faction regarding the quota for picking up people. With Jing Su absent, Yi Xian was the absolute decision-maker, and everyone respected her.

Of course, they will still fight for what they want. For example, after Jing Su sent out the news about the banquet, Chang Chun immediately came to Yi Xian to act cute. He said that in order to pick up Jing Su, he had specially finished killing all the enemies he needed for the next few days. Today, Chang Chun put in a lot of effort and cleared out the entire Siren in the Donghuang defense zone in one go.

Changchun has already said that, what can Yixian do? Of course, he'll spoil her!

It was appropriate for Changchun to pick up the person, so Yixian didn't think too much about it and directly submitted Changchun's name. Donghuang was also the first camp on the front line to submit its list.

It wasn't that Yixian didn't want to go pick up the person herself, but she had to stay in the defense zone to keep an eye on that Northeastern girl who was up to no good. Back in the Donghuang camp's territory, she had secretly taken care of Jing Su right under her nose. Now that they were on the front lines, when everyone had a chance, if she left, who knew what kind of trouble she might cause.

Thinking of this, Yixian recalled that phone call from back then.

'Sigh, I was still too frivolous and lacked composure. If I had realized earlier that something was off about Hai Tian's voice, I would have been the number one player in the port area!'

Yi Xian bit her lip lightly, then told Chang Chun to make his own preparations. She also warned him not to do anything reckless after seeing Jing Su, or she would confiscate all of Chang Chun's firecrackers when they returned.

Changchun readily agreed, but as soon as he stepped out the door, he completely forgot everything Yixian had said.

Sure enough, as soon as they met, Changchun threw herself into Jingsu's arms without even considering that there were other ship girls in the room.

"Ahem, Commander, you seem to be in a good mood~" Two light coughs pulled Jing Su back to reality.

It was only then that Jing Su realized there were several ship girls in the captain's cabin.

"Um, well, I'm just so happy to see everyone!" Jing Su patted Changchun on the back twice, looked around, and showed a joyful expression.

He knew that at this moment, nothing else mattered. Whether it was comforting or making excuses, a thousand words were not as effective as a single sentence: "I miss you all. How are you?"

Just as Jing Su had expected, most of the ship girls present gasped as soon as he said this, their faces flushed slightly, and they looked at him with evasive eyes.

The Royal Navy's cruise ships were incredibly luxurious, with each room being quite large. However, the once spacious captain's cabin was now somewhat cramped with so many ship girls crammed into the vicinity of the doorway.

The arrangement at the front was that each faction would send one ship girl to pick up Jing Su. In other words, there were six people on the cruise ship, plus eight more to pick her up, making a total of fourteen people. With one or two of them crowding at the entrance, it was bound to be a bit crowded.

However, to Jing Su's surprise, there were a few ship girls he didn't see, such as Garden, whom he met at the beginning, and Cheshire, who ran over later.

"Hey, are a few people missing?" After hesitating for a moment, she finally asked the question.

"..."

"Two minutes," one of the ship girls, with gray-green hair and red ends, wearing a tight leather miniskirt, said jokingly, hands on her hips.

"?" Jing Su was taken aback, a puzzled expression on her face.

"Ahem, alright, Giuseppe Garibaldi, stop teasing the Commander. Commander, this guy is dragging us into playing games, saying he wants to see when you realize someone's missing." The purple-haired, yellow-eyed older sister standing next to Giuseppe Garibaldi, radiating gentleness and maternal warmth, said softly.

"Fengxiang, didn't we agree not to talk about the bet? You're so mean, you broke your promise!" Giuseppe Garibaldi blushed and said angrily when he heard Fengxiang's voice.

The two men speaking were Giuseppe Garibaldi from the Sardinian camp and Hosho from the Sakura Empire camp.

Sardinia is actually a rather divided and chaotic faction. Although there seems to be a nominal leader, this leader doesn't seem to be very bright and always says things that make the ship girls from other factions want to punch her. Therefore, there was a lot of arguing when it came to deciding who should pick up Jing Su.

The argument subsided after Jing Su mentioned that there would be a banquet that evening. Speaking of banquets, Sardin was far from sleepy. Although their faction's strength wasn't ranked too high in the Hong Kong area, Sardin felt that they were the most luxurious in the area!

So, the group went straight to prepare for the evening's dinner.

As for the Sakura Empire faction, there wasn't much arguing. After all, the Sakura Empire is a faction with a very strict hierarchy, where the distinction between superiors and inferiors is very clear. In private, they might call each other "sister" or "brother," but in formal situations, they all have to follow the rules.

Of course, this applies to non-critical situations. In fact, the most divided faction in the port area is Sakura Empire. Although there is a clear leader, there are several factions under their command, and each faction dislikes the others.

However, the Sakura Empire faction has come up with a lucky break this time. The two extreme ship girls, Akagi and Taihou, may seem like they're on the same side, but they'll probably start fighting over the topic of Jing Su soon. But aside from that, they do have one thing in common—they're both aircraft carriers.

Fengxiang has been on the front lines all along.

As mentioned earlier, on non-critical issues, the Sakura Empire has always maintained a hierarchical order, and no one would go against the proposals of the absolute elders of their own camp, whether it be Akagi or Taihou.

Especially since Jing Su had made it clear that there would be a banquet that evening, picking people up was not the best option, so she naturally obeyed Feng Xiang's arrangements.