Shipgirls and Salted Fish Commander, Port Survival Guide

'Clang~'

The door to the room was suddenly pulled open, and Javelin rushed in in a flustered manner, wanting to say something, but before she could finish speaking, she froze on the spot after seeing the scene in the room.

"Um, should I... not have come in?" Javelin, regaining her senses, blushed and stammered, "Sorry to bother you!"

"Hey, wait a minute, Javelin, it's not what you think, it's all a misunderstanding!"

Seeing this scene, Jing Su immediately wanted to get up and chase after her. If she were to yell at him, his reputation would be ruined, and in the eyes of the ship girl, it seemed that he wouldn't be so illustrious. In any case, he had to call Javelin back as soon as possible.

"Sigh~"

As a result, as soon as Jing Su got up, he crashed straight onto the floor. He was really badly hurt. As mentioned earlier, Raffi had been sleeping on top of him. In other words, many parts of Jing Su's body had been pressed down for a long time and were already numb. He had just gotten up and his brain hadn't reacted yet, so he didn't feel anything. But with this sudden force, his whole body felt like it had been electrocuted, and he instantly turned into a puddle of mud and fell to the ground.

"Zzzz"

This caused quite a commotion, and Laffey fell down with him, though the way he did it was... well...

"Hey, Commander, are you alright?!" Javelin rushed back after hearing the commotion in the room, only to exclaim, "Oops, sorry to bother you!"

They ran off quickly again~

After all, in the room, Jing Su and Lafite's position was thankfully that they were both dressed, and thankfully their positions were slightly higher up. Otherwise, according to Ayanami's words, another one of the four little minions of the port area would have drifted further and further away from them.

"Laffey, you mean that last night, after you fell asleep, you started sleepwalking, and you just happened to sleepwalk into the Commander's room, just happened to have the room key in your hand, just happened to be able to open that complicated lock, just happened to climb on top of the Commander, and then just happened to be held by the Commander and slept all night!?"

At the dinner table, Z23 listened to Lafite's cunning—no, explanation—and his eyebrows twitched wildly.

"Zzzz"

"Stop pretending to be asleep!" Z23 was so angry, he was practically itching to get his teeth out.

'Damn it, if I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have run away last night. Damn it, I was too late at the crucial moment. Ahhh, I missed such a good opportunity.'

No, it's because your behavior is too easy to make us think there's nothing wrong. You actually tried to lull us into a false sense of security by falling asleep early?

Hehehe, so that's how you do it! I've learned something new!

"Um, everyone, let's eat. No matter what, we have to eat breakfast." Watching Z23's expression change repeatedly in just a few seconds, Jing Su quietly began to urge everyone to eat breakfast.

Breakfast was a classic White Eagle breakfast: bacon bread with a fried egg. The bacon was quite salty, while the fried egg was rather bland. To be honest, Jing Su didn't really like this kind of breakfast. She didn't know if it wasn't cooked well or if this was just how it was supposed to taste.

However, given the current situation, Jing Su absolutely dared not ask who made the breakfast, or rather, she would not ask until she knew the other person's mindset when making the breakfast, otherwise it would be too awkward!

"Guru Guru~"

If we're talking about who was the most embarrassed at the scene, it has to be Javelin. Her flustered state was seen by many people in the room. And when she saw Jing Su and Laffey in that position, she had seen and eaten ship girls before. Her heart was pounding. Are they really this vigorous so early in the morning? Is that position even possible?

Blushing with embarrassment, she hurriedly ran away, but upon hearing strange noises from the room, she turned back, which only deepened the misunderstanding!

Now, she didn't know how to face Du Jingsu and Raffi.

Honey, I'm here to see you! Did you miss me?

Chapter 234 So early?

A shout from the garden eased the awkward situation.

"Hey, Garden, good morning, you look great!" Jing Su greeted Garden.

"Yo-ho, Honey! Just thinking about seeing you soon makes me so excited! Come on, Honey, let's go! You promised to come with me on a date today, let's go! A wonderful life awaits us!"

After saying that, he tried to pull Jing Su outside.

"Hey, wait, wait a minute! I haven't finished my breakfast yet!"

As Garden was dragging her away, Jing Su was picking at bacon with a knife and fork. She had just lifted it up and hadn't even had a chance to put it in her mouth when Garden pulled her away.

"It's alright, it's alright, we're on our way, I'll treat you, I happen to know where there's good food~" Seeing that her plan had succeeded, Garden didn't care about breakfast anymore, she had to hurry and kidnap Jing Su before the other ship girls could react!

"......"

Soon, Jing Su was pulled away and disappeared from the four children's sight. Javelin opened her mouth, just about to say that she had prepared so many delicious foods and hadn't had time to serve them all to Jing Su when the commander was taken away!

However, I haven't had a chance to complain about the javelin yet.

"Honey~ I'm here to see you, have you missed me~"

Hey, honey? Still not awake? Hehe, I'm coming to find you right now, let's give each other a loving wake-up kiss!

Yes, no sooner had the garden left than Cheshire rushed in, looked around, and when he didn't see Jing Su, he went into the room on his own.

"Um, Miss Cheshire, Commander, he was taken away by the Garden." Cheshire was one of their own, so Javelin reluctantly revealed Jing Su's whereabouts to her.

"Eek! Miss Garden actually did that! Damn it, was I still a step too late?"

"No, no, I have to hurry and find my darling. I can't let that philandering cat beat me to it!" With that, Cheshire stomped her feet twice in anger and then quickly left the room.

'A cat says another person is a cat, that's a bit of a convoluted relationship, let me sort it out first~' Cheshire turned and left, Javelin staring at her dancing cat earrings, lost in thought.

"So, what should we do now?" The scene fell into a deathly silence. After a moment of silence, Ayanami spoke first. She was one of the slower-progressing ones. She originally wanted to take advantage of today to develop a relationship with Jing Su. She had many games she wanted to try with Jing Su, whether they were online or in real life. But then Garden pulled this stunt.

"What can I do? Eat breakfast, what else can I do?" Javelin said dejectedly, smacking the spoon in his cup a few times.

"Laffey, wake up! The Commander is gone!" Z23 shook the drowsy Laffey a few times and sighed.

Among the ship girls present, Javelin has made the most progress. After all, she has far more opportunities to be alone with Jing Su than the others. Don't be fooled by Javelin's current depressed expression. In fact, she is just pretending to be innocent after getting the better deal. Even Z23 doesn't want to talk when she sees her.

The second most advanced was Raffi. Although he had developed a relationship with Jing Su to the point where they could be completely honest with each other, that was a special method under special circumstances. It was hard to say what it would be like under normal circumstances. Raffi, on the other hand, actually slept in the same bed with Jing Su.

Although both Lafite and Jing Su said they hadn't done anything, and Z23 believed Jing Su hadn't done anything either, they had at least slept in the same bed. The most difficult step had been taken, so how far away was the rest?

Therefore, Z23 naturally intended to win over Lafite, or rather, to learn from her experience. She was genuinely curious, or rather, genuinely wanted to know how to proceed.

"Hmm, has the Commander left? Then Laffey, I'll leave too~" Drowsy Laffey gradually opened her confused eyes as Z23 swayed. After confirming that she couldn't find Jing Su, Laffey yawned, picked up a piece of bread, and staggered out of the room.

"Hey, Laffey-chan, where are you going?" Javelin called out when he saw Laffey's movements.

"Yes, let's go find Sister Belfast. The summer offensive is about to begin, and we need to confirm the battle plan first," Laffey replied instinctively.

"Hey, Laffey, what time is it? You... no, Laffey-chan, you're a genius! Nimi, Ayanami, let's hurry up and go find Belfast!"

Z23 was about to complain a bit, but before she could finish speaking, she suddenly froze, and then immediately urged the other two to finish breakfast as soon as possible so they could go find Belfast.

"Huh!?" Javelin was puzzled. How did Laffey become a genius? Although, judging from what Laffey did, she was indeed a genius to some extent.

"There's no time to explain, let's get going!"

Actually, according to Laffey's explanation, Javelin, Ayanami, and even Z23 all subconsciously thought that Laffey was half asleep and was just doing things out of habit.

Based on past experience, every time the Sirens launch a large-scale attack, defense zones are divided, with each faction responsible for a specific area. Of course, there are also mixed formations. When the Sirens host appears, the main forces of each faction are required to go and eliminate them.

Aside from the main force being mixed together, if you want to team up with ship girls from other factions, you can also apply to Belfast. This is what the four little ones have always done. That's why Z23 initially thought that Laffey was looking for Belfast for this reason. After all, if they don't apply, then according to convention, they would have to guard different defense zones separately.

But things are different now. Jing Su has come to the front lines. So whether or not Jing Su will personally go to the battlefield, he will definitely be surrounded by defensive forces. Given the complex situation at the front lines, it will definitely be a matter of factions. If you don't secure a position in advance, it will be too late to compete with the ship girls of other factions once they realize what's happening.

Now that the garden has Jing Su by its side, it's bound to cause a stir on the front lines. If we don't hurry up and secure a position now, when will we ever get another chance?

Javelin and Jing Su were on the same boat, and in just three or four days, they had developed to this point, even with many powerful figures from different factions around them. You have to understand that the entire summer offensive is very long, so this position is extremely valuable.

That's why Z23 was so anxious to call on the girls to quickly reserve spots. Judging from the performance of Garden and Cheshire, there probably aren't many people who have already realized this.

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Looking at the anxious Z23, Laffey was even more confused. Had he said something?

......

"Honey, come on, try this. Didn't you skip breakfast? Let me tell you, this place is amazing. I always have breakfast here. Oh, it's closed?"

After being dragged out of the room by the garden, Jing Su turned into a ruthless answering machine, no matter what the garden said, she would just say "okay, okay, okay".

It wasn't that Jing Su didn't want to say anything, but Garden didn't give him a chance. Just as he was about to reply, Garden moved on to the next topic. Jing Su didn't even have time to think about what Garden had just said.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for the garden to lead Jing Su to a house decorated like a coffee shop.

It really does resemble a coffee shop, with its brown glass, coffee-shaped signboard, and the fact that it doesn't seem to be open yet at eight in the morning. Everything about it definitely looks like a coffee shop.

"Dong Dong Dong~"

Just as Jing Su was about to say, 'Since the door isn't open, let's just leave it at that,' the garden started banging on the door.

"Open for business! Is the boss here? Is he here? Is he here?"

"Um, in a room like this, will knocking really get people to come out?" Although she didn't want to disturb the garden's enjoyment, Jing Su still asked quietly.

The main problem was that with the garden being set up like this, all the other ship girls on the road were looking over. Jing Su found their gazes very strange. But, even though it was the garden that was knocking on the door, why were all these ship girls looking at her?

To prevent the garden from continuing to embarrass itself, Jing Su decisively took action and stopped the garden.

"Hey, can't you call the boss?" Garden stared wide-eyed at Jing Su in disbelief.

"This is just a fully furnished shop. Even if someone wanted to sleep in it, there wouldn't be any room for a bed," Jing Su said quietly after carefully examining the shop.

As Jing Su said, this is a standalone, single-story shop with transparent glass panels on the outside, so you can see everything inside. There is indeed no place for the owner to sleep, which means that just knocking on the door won't get the owner out.

"There's a note here that says the boss is out on business and the business is temporarily closed..."

Wow, is this all so sudden?

"Damn it, is the first stop of our date going to be ruined already?"

Garden checked the room again and found a notice on the notice board by the door. After reading it, she was immediately dejected.

"Ahem, it's alright, Garden. There will be other opportunities in the future." Jing Su could roughly guess what the shop owner was busy with, so she quickly tried to divert Garden's attention. "By the way, is it possible to make a profit by opening a shop around here?"

As Jing Su said, according to his understanding, even considering the ship girls from other factions, there aren't many ship girls in the entire Eagle Union rest area on weekdays. In other words, opening a shop in this place often means facing a situation where no customers come for ten days or half a month. Under such conditions where every inch of land is precious on the front lines, this cup of coffee would probably have to be sold at an exorbitant price just to break even.

Before coming, Jing Su had discussed the situation at the front with Javelin. He specifically asked about the expenses there, whether they were expensive or not. After all, before setting off, Jing Su had searched for the expenses at the front on the website. When he saw that even a bag of screws at the front cost tens of thousands of information points, Jing Su was stunned.

Is this screw made of gold? It's so expensive! I bet a bunch of people are taking kickbacks from it.

The answer Jing Su received surprised him.

"Spending money on the front lines? Hmm, I don't recall. Those shops on the front lines are run by the women in the port area who are bored. They don't care about making money at all. You can buy things without paying." Javelin pondered for a moment and then answered.

"Break-even or not, Honey, what do you take us for? Are we the kind of ship girls who would hurt our sisterly bond for money? Do we need to spend money when we're trading within our port?" Garden answered matter-of-factly.

Instead of answering as a matter of course, she simply tore down the shop door.

"We definitely can't miss this first stop! The boss isn't here, so we'll make our own! Honey, wait for me, look forward to my cooking!"

Garden rushed into the shop excitedly and started fiddling with things as soon as she got to the front desk.

"Is this really okay?" When Jing Su saw this scene, cold sweat poured out of her head like it was free.

However, since the garden has already done this, whether I like it or not, I'm now an accomplice. Well, I might as well go in and help out.

'I'll ask in the group later who owns this store, and we need to discuss compensation properly,' Jing Su thought to herself.

And that's exactly what he did; he took a picture at the entrance and posted it in the group chat.

"Who owns this store? I accidentally dismantled the door, sorry. Let's discuss compensation privately."

After finishing editing, just as she was about to send the message to the group, Jing Susheng abruptly stopped her fingers.

'No, I can't post this. If I do, there won't be any peace today. Besides, I feel like posting this kind of thing will upset the garden.'

"Commander, are you having any difficulties?"

Just as Jing Su was struggling with his decision, his wristwatch suddenly flashed, and a deep blue figure appeared in front of him—it was TB, the navigator TB.

"Oh, right, and you too." Seeing TB's expression, Jing Su slapped her forehead and said excitedly, "TB, do me a favor, can you find out who owns this shop? Garden just broke the door."

Jing Su sent the photos to TB.

"..."

About ten seconds passed, and TB did not respond.

"As expected, it still doesn't work?" Seeing TB's silence, Jing Su felt a little regretful. He was about to comfort TB when he suddenly saw several data lines flashing on the screen, which startled him.

"A worldwide search has been conducted. After comparison, Commander, we have identified the owner of this store as a chain store under the Sisters Flower Company. Should I report the store's chairman to you?"

What startled Jing Su was not only the incredibly long message bar, but also the company's boss.

'Sisters' Company? That company sounds familiar!'

Jing Su murmured, vaguely remembering hearing about this company somewhere before.

'Hey, isn't this the shop that gave me a supermarket at the Royal Navy base? They even opened a company here? Wait, is this shop in Dawn Port? Is it a ship girl shop?'

Once Jing Su understood this, her eyes widened immediately.

It's important to know that Dawn Port, or rather, the ship girls, are extremely exclusive. Non-port factions shouldn't even think about opening a single shop in their faction's territory. In other words, the shops that can be opened in the faction's territory are all owned by people from the port itself.

'So, who exactly is this sister company?! Does this mean I already had contact with the Eagle Union ship girls before even coming to the front lines?'