I'm in the azure sky, and I have an anti-fraud app.

"Commander... Hmm, this time it's my victory, right? Look, I've gotten a whole lot of ammo~"

"No, it's clearly my victory! Even though you cheated, you only got a little more time than me. My time efficiency was definitely higher!"

"The commander has to say it; your opinion doesn't count!"

The argument between the two drew the ire of the ship girls in the front seats: "You're whispering again! Can't you be quiet for a second?"

Helpless, Li Wei once again used physical means to plug the mouths of the bumblebee and the herring.

"Well……"

"Well!"

As they spoke, the once clear sky began to darken. The bleak wind began to howl, and a sandstorm was about to sweep in from afar.

Bumblebee: "Oh no... another sandstorm. The sandstorms here lately have been unusually frequent... Never mind, Commander, can your horse even run?"

"can."

"Then mount your horse and gallop to that town as fast as you can to find refuge!" Herring had already begun mounting: "Commander, see you in town!"

“Oh... Commander…”

"Commander, the first scene is almost finished here. We're still editing the rest... Huh? What are you guys doing?"

"Oh, so you were sneaking food in the back. No wonder you were whispering about something. Turns out you were running away again when we weren't looking."

Li Wei smiled wryly: "Don't push, there's not that much space. Line up and take your time, one at a time."

Ship girls: We can't slow down even a second!

"Alright, alright, at least remove the chairs in front to make the space a little bigger." Li Wei gestured for the ship girls to turn on the lights: "Since you're not watching movie clips anymore, there's no need to keep the lights off."

"Bumblebee, you've had your fun, now go turn on the light!"

"It's my turn next!"

The girls waved to the commander, then mounted the horses they had tied to the side and disappeared into the rising dust in an instant.

"I can't hesitate any longer. Giddy up—" The commander mounted his horse, stroked its mane, and spurred it firmly. He charged headlong into the dust-shrouded town.

Movie clips are still playing on the screen, but nobody cares about them anymore.

Chapter 358 Commander, You're Favoring Me!

Bumblebee: "Commander, this is the scene from Act Two. Given your comments on the film last time, all the actors are here this time! Let's watch it together."

"Well, so many all at once," Li Wei complained. "I don't remember any tasting last time."

Bumblebee smiled sheepishly: "I couldn't keep it a secret, so... cough cough..."

Looking at the expectant eyes of the ship girls, Li Wei couldn't bring himself to refuse, so he could only say, "Since you're here, please have a seat."

Bumblebee expertly arranged the commander's office in the same "movie-watching mode" as before, but this time Levi's seat was placed in the middle, instead of the front and back rows as before. There was no need to hide anything that everyone already knew.

Clips from the movie began to be shown. It's said that there isn't much content this time, but there are quite a few characters appearing.

The commander arrived in the town before the sandstorm truly hit.

However, all the doors and windows of every household were tightly closed at this moment, and in the dim light, it was impossible to tell which place was the town's inn.

Commander: "Let's find a house nearby to hide in first. We don't know where Bumblebee and Herring have gone."

He knocked on a random door, but no matter how hard he knocked, there was no answer; only the faint sound of a music box drifted through the crack in the door. Just then, the door of the house to his left suddenly opened a crack.

Bristol: "It's my turn to go on stage!"

"Stranger from out of town... come in." Bristol pushed open the door, gesturing for the commander to enter the room.

In the pitch-black room, the only light source was the kerosene lamp in the homeowner's hand: "Ahem... I'm from Bristol. Stranger, are you also drawn here by the bounty?"

Commander: "Bounty?"

Bristol: "Judging from your reaction, you know something's happening here... but you don't know exactly what, right? Let me tell you the story of this town, the bounty, and the curse—"

Bristol knelt before Levi: "Commander, how was it? My acting was pretty good, wasn't it?"

"...There are only three lines in total."

"There's no other way. We need to give other ship girls more screen time later on, so the beginning was cut a bit—I'm sure the Commander understands, right?"

"Alright, considering the circumstances, I'll reward you with one bullet."

"Thank you, Commander!"

Bristol was engrossed in savoring her reward, drawing envy from the surrounding ship girls. Some ship girls appeared indifferent but were still secretly watching; others wore their envy on their faces, hoping they too could receive a bullet as a reward.

The images on the screen continued to play.

[Vicious: "...Should we keep planting explosives? This is exhausting. The rocks are blocking the gold mining; can't we just let someone else handle that...?"]

Empire: "Just use enough explosives to blast the rocks open quickly. I'll put it in... Okay, I'm going to sleep now."

Duplex: "I really want to ask if this character was given the wrong identity... but anyway, I can't sleep in such a dangerous place!"

"Get up quickly, I'm about to carry out the demolition! Countdown—one!"

Vicious: "Deplex...wait, wait! The Empire seems to have set off too many bombs—"

Duplex: "Three, two, —..."

Bang, chewing sound—

With the sound of an explosion, the excessive amount of explosives caused rocks to crumble and tumble down, engulfing the miners.

Empire: "Ah... I curse... I curse gold mining, I curse labor..."

Malicious: "I also curse... anyone who touches the gold here will turn into a sleeping rabbit..."

Duplex: "Why a rabbit?"

Malicious: "...After all, rabbits are cuter."

Vicious: "Oh, it seems we've finished filming, Qin. Finally, we can rest..."

Both on-camera and off-camera, Li Wei uttered the same words simultaneously: "...this curse sounds a bit random."

Bristol looked up: "Hmm..."

She opened her mouth to show Li Wei the ammunition inside, indicating that she hadn't "taken advantage" of him.

Then it was Vicious, Empire, and Deplex's turn to surround Levi: "Commander, among the three of us, who performed the best?"

In a sense, Li Wei would rather see the image of the vicious, bullet-wielding girl, especially since the little white-stockinged loli always looks so languid, and her face covered in milk would probably look quite beautiful.

But... from a performance standpoint, Duplex undoubtedly wins. Not only does the Empire have almost no lines, but the Vicious also appears relaxed and even a bit out of place—

Li Wei: "I think Duplex performed quite well this time."

"Hmph, it's all thanks to your older sister for handling so much official business for you, Commander, love you~" Duplex said smugly, taking Bristol's place and kneeling in front of Levi, beginning to taste the remaining ammunition: "Hmm... I feel the taste is a bit stronger than before... Is it because of the residue?"

“Deplex, bribe him…”

"Ughh ...

"Alright, do your best, you'll all have your chance in the future." Levi gestured for Diplex to focus, then continued watching the screen: "Keep watching the movie clips."

"Ahem, anyway, the curse started spreading here the day the mine collapsed...!" Bristol said, pulling the commander to another spot in the house.

Bristol: "Look, outsider! The ** there are living examples."

The kerosene lamp emitted a dim light, illuminating the small cubicle.

Raffi lay on the bed asleep, showing no signs of acting whatsoever—for Raffi, acting asleep was simply his natural self.

"...This character...Laffey likes..."

“…ZZZ…”

Commander: "What is this?"

Bristol: "The sleeping rabbit is Raffi, the niece of the current mayor, Santiago."

For some reason, Levi wanted to laugh after hearing the name Santiago.

Several ship girls glanced at Li Wei, clearly not understanding what made him laugh.

Li Wei patted Diplex's head, indicating that she didn't need to worry and should continue.

Deprax sped up his tasting, and Levi didn't restrain him, letting Deprax enjoy it to his heart's content.

[Bristol: "She didn't believe in the existence of the curse, went to the mine, and then this happened... That's why the mayor started offering a reward in hopes that someone capable could quell the ghosts of those who perished in the mine."]

The commander suppressed a laugh: "Hmm... a gold mine cursed by ghosts, huh..."

His thoughtful expression was mistaken by Bristol as interest. After glancing out the window, Bristol pushed the commander outside.

Bristol: "Farewell, and I hope you find your value in this chaos—Commander."

Commander: "Wait!"

Bristol ignored the commander's words and slammed the door shut.

Laffey: "Commander, how did I perform this time?"

Li Wei: "...You just slept, can that be considered a performance?"

Laffey: "Of course, sleeping is tiring too... especially having to pretend to be sleeping soundly... Commander... give me a reward..."

Levi sighed, "Although your performance was exactly the same as usual, and you even broke character once, Bristol has already received an award once, and there's no reason for her to receive two awards, so..."

Lafite had already climbed onto Levi's lap, ready to begin his reward.

Li Wei: "I hereby declare that this reward belongs to the Empire!"

Lafite froze: "Huh?"

The empire never expected such a good thing to happen to them: "A promise is a promise!"

Laffey was easily pulled down by the Empire, taking over Deplex's position. Unlike the previous ship girls, the Empire seemed more interested in the commander's magazine. Instead of heading straight for the cannon, she targeted the magazine, warming Levi's with her own body heat.

"...Even if you do that, you only get one chance to receive the reward, okay?"

"Hmm...I know..."

On the unnoticed screen, the movie clips continued.

After a fierce gust of wind that blinded everyone, the sandstorm subsided.

When I opened my eyes again, the house in front of me had already changed completely.

Commander: "Hmm...? Was this how it was just now? Ordinary houses turned into taverns...?"

The horses that had accompanied him into the town were now leisurely chewing hay in the stables behind the tavern.

But the commander had no memory of bringing it into the stable.

Bristol, carrying a kerosene lamp, mysteriously slumbered—and vanished without a trace in an instant.

It was as if everything that had just happened was just an illusion.

Commander: "...Let's go into this tavern and take a look."

"Alright, that's enough for today's segment." Li Wei pressed Empire's head down, signaling him to speed things up. Perhaps it was because the final segment was a bit short, or perhaps it was because Empire had spent too much time on magazines, leaving them still a long way from the threshold for receiving the reward.

Laffey: "Commander, you're being unfair!"

Malicious: "Commander, you're being biased!"

The only two ship girls who didn't get a reward complained about Li Wei's favoritism. Li Wei had to consider the feelings of the two ship girls: "If you hadn't been so out of character, the competition wouldn't have been so low."

Laffey: "I don't care, the commander is biased!"

Malicious: "That's right, the commander is biased!"

"Alright, alright." Li Wei said, indicating his helplessness with the two little girls in white stockings: "Come on, come on, but it's settled then, you two only get one reward opportunity, got it?"

Chapter 359 Commander, My Sister is Outside

"Today's task: The company is feeling a bit troubled about its own outfit. Help the company solve its problem."

"Task reward: Level 4 X-ray vision ability".

"Task determination: If the company's problems are not resolved by 0:00 tomorrow, the task will fail and the reward will be forfeited."