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

Several tens of minutes later, Da Vinci and the Commander finally returned to the airship. The two held hands, their fingers intertwined, like sweet lovers—though that might not be entirely accurate, since all the ship girls were the Commander's lovers.

"Go back and take a good shower. Be careful not to catch a cold after being exposed to seawater for so long."

"Commander, let's shower together~"

"Do you want to take a bath? I think you're just not full yet."

"Hehe, Commander, I'll be going now~"

"Ah."

Count Zeppelin noticed footsteps behind him: "Commander, you seem to be in quite an interest."

Li Wei embraced the voluptuous older woman from behind, while the main gun had already found a place to accommodate itself, swaggering around outside the core module.

"What's wrong, are you jealous?"

"No."

"You're practically oozing jealousy in your words." Li Wei lowered his head and kissed Count Zeppelin's neck, the swan-like white neck revealing its graceful curves, proving its beauty.

"I'm not jealous."

"Alright, alright, I was jealous, okay?" Li Wei sighed softly, biting Zeppelin's ear. "You Ironblood ship girls, that's it, you all have a stubborn mouth."

"Then go find one that isn't hard."

As he spoke, Zeppelin opened his core compartment and secretly placed the main gun inside little by little.

Li Wei didn't notice Zeppelin's subtle actions and thought that Zeppelin was provoked by his previous in-depth conversation with Leonardo da Vinci, so he changed his approach and said, "I don't believe your stubbornness, so let me try it."

"Well……"

Zeppelin was no match for the Commander; his overwhelming experience left her barely able to defend. She wanted to tell him she was far superior to Egil and would undoubtedly outperform him, but after actually fighting him, she realized that perhaps it wasn't Egil who was weak, but rather the Commander who was stronger.

"commander……"

Da Vinci came looking for Zeppelin: "Zeppelin, shouldn't we be heading back soon? Oh, by the way, I didn't see the Commander earlier, and he's not in his room either. Do you know where he is...Zeppelin?"

“Zeppelin certainly knows,” Levi answered for Zeppelin. “If you want to go back, you’ll probably have to wait a while.”

Da Vinci walked into the cockpit speechlessly: "Commander, didn't you say you were going to take a shower? What are you doing now?"

“I’m taking a bath now too,” Li Wei said with a matter-of-fact expression. “It’s just that you’re using water from the Zeppelin airship, and I’m using water from Count Zeppelin. It’s only a difference of two words, so how can it not be a bath?”

Da Vinci was speechless: "You're the commander, you make the decisions. Why don't you all just go to the bathroom and shower? Torricelli and I are enough here... Torricelli?"

"She was in her room, fiddling with something."

"Alright, I'll go get Torricelli... Torricelli? Torricelli! We're getting ready to head back!"

"Commander, what are you going to do?"

"...Didn't you hear what Da Vinci said earlier? We're going to the bathroom now."

"...Put me down, I can walk by myself." Zeppelin expressed her refusal to be held by the commander: "What kind of posture is this..."

"What kind of behavior is it to still be agonizing over this now?" Li Wei scoffed. "You were quite fond of this kind of knowledge when you were completely routed."

"Well……"

……

Li Wei felt refreshed as he stepped off the airship.

It wasn't just because he had a good, in-depth conversation with several ship girls, but also because of the novel experience of taking a bath in the air. Especially when the airship was landing, the water in the bathroom reduced gravity, giving Li Wei, who was taking a bath, a completely new understanding, which made him wonder how to have an in-depth conversation with ship girls under weightless conditions, and what it would be like.

I think I could go back and try it out in the simulator to see how it feels.

"Commander, this castle will be our resting place tonight."

Egil, forcing himself to stay upright, fulfilled his last duty: "I've already prepared dinner in advance; Commander, you just need to enjoy it."

"how about you?"

"Let me rest for a bit..."

Before the airship landed smoothly, Levi shared his wild idea with Egil. Egil expressed his curiosity about what it would feel like, and in the few minutes between landing and stabilization, Egil once again lost his armor and fled in a sorry state.

Egil may not be the most shameful, but he is certainly the most shameful in the history of maritime legends.

Following Egil's directions, Levi walked into the castle restaurant and saw the Ironblood ship girls who were already sitting at the table.

Hutten and Hindenburg were closest to his seat, while Frederick the Great and Bismarck were slightly further away, clearly indicating the order of precedence. Hutten and Frederick the Great's eyes were full of concern, while Hindenburg's seemed to hold a hint of schadenfreude.

As for Bismarck—her vision was the clearest, after all, he had just fed her this morning, and he could hold out for a few more days.

Bismarck was the first to greet him: "Commander, how was your day?"

"Feels good." Li Wei walked to his seat and sat down, his attention drawn to the food on the table. He hadn't eaten all day and desperately needed to replenish his energy.

"Just feels good?" Hutten, who was closest to the commander, had already reached out and pointed at the main gun: "Tsk... It's been thoroughly cleaned here."

Li Wei's words had a double meaning: "Otherwise what?"

Hindenburg didn't mind putting down his rival a little: "I thought that Egil's defenses wouldn't be enough to satisfy my contractors."

"Hmm... after all, there were other ship girls with us." Li Wei didn't give a clear answer, and put a large piece of meat into his mouth to chew: "Overall, today was still perfect."

"Heh..." Hindenburg scoffed at the commander's words: "Tomorrow, I'll show the contractors what true perfection really is~"

Chapter 380 Hindenburg: Contractors, let's play cards!

"Contractor, it's just you and me here. Let's have a fun match and enjoy ourselves to the fullest... Of course, the loser will have to accept tonight's punishment~?"

Led by Hindenburg to the foot of the castle, Livy was astonished by the sudden appearance of a small tavern.

Hindenburg seized the opportunity, shoved the commander onto the sofa, and, holding a deck of cards, declared his battle cry: "Surely a contractor can play the simplest game of comparing sizes, right?"

Whether it was the aftereffect of the red wine at dinner or not, Li Wei felt that Hindenburg looked particularly handsome right now. He leaned back on the sofa, took the playing cards from Hindenburg's hand, and smelled a wonderful aroma wafting towards him.

"...How do we compare sizes?"

“Each person gets five cards, and we compare the size of our hands.” Hindenburg’s succubus tail swayed gently in the air, her mature voice filled with inflection: “If the contractor doesn’t know how, that’s okay. Just lose a few rounds, and you’ll learn everything~”

"...What should I lose?"

"Losing a few rounds..." Hindenburg moved closer, one hand holding cards, the other already aiming for the main cannon, his intentions blatantly obvious: "However, every loss will come with its own cost and consequences."

"I think you're drunk." Li Wei grabbed Hindenburg's jelly. "But no ship girl has ever bet with me that I can win."

"...I'm already drunk?...Heh, not at all. I don't care how much I drink with you...Show me your true self, Contractor~" Hindenburg smiled: "Of course I know about the Contractor's good fortune, but...only games with challenges are interesting, aren't they?"

"Hehe, it's hard not to think you're manipulating the outcome if you do that." Li Wei stroked Hindenburg's horn, and the girl squinted her beautiful eyes, successfully "bribed" by him:

"How about this, we'll start as a newbie protection period for the contractors. If I lose, I'll have to fulfill a small condition for the contractor within the game's scope. And if the contractor loses, all they have to do is drink this glass of champagne. How about that?"

Li Wei finally glanced at the cards in his hand: "Not bad."

“Well then, I’ll start the first round~” Hindenburg flipped over his first three cards, a pair of Kings gleaming brightly in the light. The girl gave a charming look: “Commander, my pair of Kings isn’t small, you know?”

"Really? Then take a look at mine." Li Wei didn't care about anything else and directly flipped over his five cards in one go: "Three Aces, two Kings, haha, even my lowest card is higher than your highest... How about it, isn't it big?"

Hindenburg showed no surprise, still smiling charmingly: "The contractor's power is known to all the ship girls in the port, isn't it? Of course I know it too~"

"What conditions does the contractor want? How about this?"

As Hindenburg spoke, he lifted his pair of high-heeled prison guards and gently placed them on top of the main cannon. The flawless black-stockinged guards rubbed back and forth against the muzzle of the main cannon, amplifying the effects of the alcohol.

“Sure.” Li Wei reached out and grasped it, playing with it. “Come on, let’s continue.”

"Hmm~" Hindenburg dealt the cards for the second time: "How about the contractor sees the cards first this time?"

Li Wei's hands were both a bit busy: "You come here, turn it over for me."

Hindenburg turned over his cards and revealed a straight.

The mature woman immediately covered up her cards: "That's a lot, so I guess I'll have to concede~. Contractor, you've got amazing luck with cards tonight, I wonder what you want this time?"

Li Wei lowered his head and kissed me: "This time, I'm asking you to keep wrestling for me in all the games from now on."

"Contractors are so greedy! They've already been playing with it so carefully, yet they still demand that I take the initiative... But it's alright, I like greedy contractors like this~" Hindenburg chuckled, granting Levi's request: "However, I also have a small request~"

Li Wei, enjoying the service from the great succubus, said: "Speak."

"Before the other party agrees, the contractor should carefully conserve their ammunition—is that alright?"

"Oh, of course, no problem~"

"In the third round, it's my turn to reveal my cards first~ Ah, this time my hand is also very strong, it's a straight!"

"Unfortunately, it seems my straight is higher." Li Wei lightly tossed his cards aside. "Looks like my succubus lady isn't having a very good time tonight~"

"Hmph, who knows~" Hindenburg was not angry at all, and even quickened his pace a little: "But, everyone says that when you're unlucky in love, you're lucky in gambling~ Since I've lost my memory in gambling now, does that mean I'm going to be lucky in love?"

Hindenburg fully demonstrated his flexibility, not only in the fact that his jailer never stopped moving, but also in the fact that he was able to kiss his commander at the same time.

"I think there are other places you can kiss besides here..."

"Hmph~" Hindenburg rolled his eyes at Li Wei, knowing exactly what he meant: "Contractor, if you keep pushing your luck like this..."

"What will happen?"

"We'll pay a higher price later~"

"Don't worry, I can afford it."

"Hum..."

Hindenburg, following Livy's instructions, lowered his head and kissed what he had dreamed of countless times, while also remembering his initial action. This three-pronged approach left Livy, unusually, feeling uncontrollably embarrassed.

“Hmm…” Hindenburg got what he wanted: “Contractor, do you still have the strength to play another round with me? I don’t believe I can’t win one round.”

"Isn't that good too?" Li Wei wiped Hindenburg's cotton candy a few times. "Didn't you say that yourself? Maybe the less you win, the more likely you are to get what you really want."

"What I truly desire?" Hindenburg's face glowed like the sunset. "I'm afraid the Contractor can't give me that."

Li Wei made his promise as always: "A ring? Yes, you'll have one."

"Come on, one last round." Hindenburg's tail swayed less and less in the air. "If the contractor can win this final round, I'll give the contractor a big surprise~"

"Let's make this last round a little more exciting." Li Wei stuffed both of their cards into the succubus's marshmallow: "I'm not going to look at them. You each draw one card, and whoever has the higher card wins, how about it?"

"Hmm..." Hindenburg twisted his marshmallow, seemingly a little unaccustomed to the feel of the playing cards inside. However, Li Wei clearly remembered that she had taken the playing cards out from there when she took them out.

"Since the contractor wants to make a small change to the rules, then I'll gladly oblige." Hindenburg puffed out his chest: "In that case, let the contractor draw the prize himself?"

Li Wei casually pulled out a card, his fingers accurately finding Hindenburg's symbol inside, and gently pinched it, eliciting a coquettish reproach from Hindenburg.

"Looking at it this way, it seems I've won this last hand too~" Li Wei placed the two cards in front of Hindenburg: "Well, is there anything else to say?"

"Contractor, you've got it backwards, haven't you?" Hindenburg showed Levi the larger card: "Contractor, look, this card has my lipstick mark on it, so this card is mine~, and in the end, I won~"

Li Wei chuckled: "There's such a thing?"

Hindenburg had already pressed on: "Contractor, you have to accept the consequences of your bet, right?"

“Alright, alright, a bet is a bet.” Li Wei didn’t mind Hindenburg’s little cheating, because he had plenty of ways to punish this great succubus: “In that case, I’ll give you a reward.”

"Huh? Wait... a contractor?"

"Isn't this the reward you wanted?" As he spoke, Li Wei had already aimed his main gun at Hindenburg's biggest weakness, just short of blowing it up with an armor-piercing shell: "What, or do you prefer to use other places to intercept the shells?"

Even without looking down, Hindenburg knew that, aside from his own core compartment, the commander was definitely referring to his cargo hold: "No... contractor, let's go with the core compartment..."

"Tsk, look how pale you are." Li Wei kissed Hindenburg's ear. "I remember you were quite brave before, weren't you? And you even mocked Egil for being so weak... How come your defense doesn't seem so strong either?"

"Contractor..."

"Just enjoy the reward I'm giving you."

Li Wei went even further: "If you don't cooperate properly, then I'll have to consider whether I should train the defenses of your cargo hold."

Hindenburg promptly shut his mouth.

……

"Is it alright if we don't go and keep an eye on the commander?"

"What problem could there be?" Frederick the Great had complete trust in his commander. "Or are you just itching to get back to work?"

Hu Teng paused for a moment, then did not refute.

“I know it might be a little hard for you to stand at the back of the line. But believe me, my child isn’t that superficial. He can’t possibly follow the order of his preferences.”

Hu Teng sighed softly, "I hope what you're saying is true."