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Chapter 411 Suruga's Horn

"Commander, um..."

Shimakaze opened his eyes groggily and instinctively reached for the bedside table, only to realize that he wasn't in his own room.

"Hmm? Hmm..."

"Shimakaze, are you awake?"

"Good morning, Commander..." Shimakaze yawned, "Did you sleep well last night?"

"Last night? Didn't you not sleep at all last night?" Li Wei brought out a breakfast: "Here, have some breakfast to replenish your energy."

"Huh? Didn't sleep all night?" Shimakaze was stunned for a moment, then realized, "Ahaha... Commander is amazing! I passed out in the middle of last night and slept until now..."

"I can tell." Li Wei picked up a piece of bread from the plate and gestured for Shimakaze to open her mouth: "Ah—"

"Ah—um… (chewing)"

"Is it tasty?"

"Mmm! Delicious!" Shimakaze's eyes lit up with surprise. "Did the Commander make this himself?"

Li Wei wiped the bread crumbs from the corner of Shimakaze's mouth: "If you want, I can make you another one myself."

"Hmm... then there's no need to trouble the Commander." Shimakaze stood up and looked around: "Commander, where's my... my bunny girl outfit?"

“I had the maid take it to be washed.” Li Wei took out his shirt: “I’ve already told Junhe to get you a set of your everyday clothes. You can wear my shirt for now.”

"Good~"

Shimakaze accepted the shirt without hesitation, putting it on—a shirt that was clearly much larger than her size. What fit Li Wei perfectly was loose and baggy on Shimakaze—after all, due to certain circumstances, there was nowhere on Shimakaze that could support the shirt.

"Hmm... Commander, I think I know what you're thinking."

Li Wei said seriously, "That's not true. Small has its advantages; don't blindly envy others' big ones."

"Commander!" Shimakaze lightly stamped her foot on the bed: "Hmph..."

“Really.” Li Wei forced himself to control his expression: “After all, you see, in the port area, not all of them are very large, there are also quite a few very small ones.”

Shimakaze cut to the chase: "But I see that the Commander's favorite ship girls are all super big, super big, right?"

Li Wei could only give an awkward laugh.

……

"Commander, open the door! It's Suruga."

"Wait a mininute."

"Good~"

Suruga held Shimakaze's clothes and waited quietly outside the door.

Every now and then, ship girls would pass by, curiously asking Suruga what she was doing there. Suruga could only smile awkwardly, her social anxiety kicking in, wishing the commander would open the door and let her in as soon as possible. However, because she was in front of the other ship girls, she was too embarrassed to keep knocking on the door and urging them on.

A few minutes later, Suruga, unable to bear it any longer, had to knock on the door again:

"Commander! Is it ready yet?"

"Come here!"

The commander finally arrived late—or rather, the commander and Shimakaze appeared together in front of Suruga.

At first, Shimakaze peeked out with a small head. She tried her best to maintain her composure, but in Suruga's view, Shimakaze's attempt to cover up her true feelings was futile; her flushed face had already given her away.

It wasn't until the commander appeared and the battlefield between the two first-level players came into view that Suruga saw everything clearly.

Shimakaze: "Good...good morning, Suruga..."

"Good morning...you two...you're really hardworking." Suruga couldn't think of a good adjective for a moment: "I was wondering why the Commander messaged me asking for Shimakaze's clothes, but now I understand."

"Hehe, Suruga, it must have been hard for you to make this special trip." Li Wei opened the door and gestured for Suruga to come in.

As soon as Suruga entered the room, he immediately smelled a odor that he couldn't detect from outside: "Commander, you guys... you haven't been stopping all night, have you?"

Shimakaze: "Suruga... um... how did you know?"

Suruga: "How should I know! Can't you smell it?"

Shimakaze twitched her nose a few times: "I can't smell it..."

Suruga: ...

"I think you've been here too long and can't smell it anymore, right?" Suruga handed the clothes in his arms to Shimakaze: "I have a feeling this outfit might not be enough."

"Let's put it on the sofa." Li Wei gestured for Suruga to join in: "Suruga, did you bring your own clothes?"

Shimakaze could no longer speak in complete sentences; each word that wasn't a battle cry required immense willpower: "Yes...yes, Suruga...um, I can't handle this alone. I need your help...um..."

"Huh? Me? I... I didn't expect this..." Suruga was stunned by the sudden surprise: "I... I thought..."

"You thought I was just making you run errands, didn't you?" Levi laughed. "Do you think I'm that kind of commander?"

"Hmph..." Suruga snorted lightly. Although his expression still carried a hint of arrogance, his movements were not slow at all. He had already finished preparing everything before Shimakaze was defeated.

Suruga, sitting on the sofa preparing for battle, said, "Speaking of which... Commander, are you alright with your duties today? Everyone knows that commanding a fleet is no easy task. If you're really overwhelmed, please let me help you out, okay?"

“No problem.” Li Wei aimed at Suruga’s core compartment and fired the first shot of the second war: “Yesterday, thanks to Shimakaze, I was reminded that some tasks do not necessarily need to be completed immediately.”

"There's actually work that doesn't need to be done?! I... this is the first time I've ever heard of such a thing..." Suruga opened his mouth slightly: "Hmm... why would Commander think that?"

Li Wei launched his first attack: "Since they are all trivial tasks, others can do them. In fact, it might be better to let the ship girls do them."

"Huh? Is it some kind of work at sea? Please... please leave it to me! I want to share the burden with the Commander!"

Li Wei gently stroked Suruga's head, his fingers intentionally or unintentionally approaching Suruga's horn: "That's not entirely true... It might be a little troublesome for me to explain it myself."

"Shimakaze, could you explain this to Suruga a little?"

"Okay~" Shimakaze lay down to recover his strength and explained the events of yesterday to Suruga.

Suruga: "Hmm... I see... Since this is the kind of work, there's no need to stay up so late every day. The Commander's health... is far more important than that work."

Feeling the gentleness emanating from Suruga, Li Wei reached out and touched the horn on Suruga's head. Suruga hesitated for a moment but did not object, allowing the commander to stroke him.

Li Wei: "Thank you for thinking that way. But then again, the physical torment you ship girls inflict on me is far greater than that little bit of work."

Suruga looked surprised: "Hmm...Eh? So...I see."

Li Wei: "Yes. Since I came to this port area, there hasn't been a single day that I haven't been deeply engaged with by you all. At the most intense times, I didn't even have time to eat."

Suruga: "...But I had absolutely no idea!"

"So...am I just putting more pressure on the commander now?"

Li Wei: "Heh... It's alright, you guys are relatively easy to defeat."

Suruga: "Hmm... I can't feel happy at all hearing the commander say that..."

Li Wei didn't continue the conversation. He gestured for Suruga to move forward a bit to make room below. Suruga thought Li Wei was going to change their tactics, but unexpectedly, Shimakaze emerged from below and joined their battle.

Suruga: "Hey! Shimakaze, what's wrong with you...?"

Shimakaze: "I see Suruga is getting a little anxious... You guys keep fighting, I'll just support!"

Suruga: "What do you mean 'in a hurry'! You... wait, don't go to the core module!"

Shimakaze: "Commander, did you hear that? Suruga told you to attack the core module more often~"

It has to be the quirky and clever Shimakaze who can decipher every word Suruga says, and he's not even as angry as Suruga—of course, Suruga never gets angry with the Commander anyway.

Li Wei patted Suruga's horn: "Speaking of which, Suruga, your horn..."

Suruga immediately tensed up, even his voice trembling with nervousness: "My ears... what's wrong with them!"

“Something seems off.” Li Wei knew perfectly well what Suruga’s true identity was, but seeing that Suruga was still wearing bull horns, he wanted to tease him: “Look, it doesn’t seem quite asymmetrical.”

"Symmetrical? Could it be that I wore it crookedly when I went out? That's impossible, I checked it carefully before, there couldn't be any flaws... No, wait, I... I didn't wear it! It's naturally formed!"

Li Wei remained silent, simply attacking while watching Suruga and smiling.

Suruga said weakly, "Commander..."

Shimakaze chimed in from below, "Suruga, your little secret has been discovered by the Commander!"

"Ugh... I told you, don't go into the core! Eeya..." Suruga tilted his head back so that Levi could see the bull horns on his head more clearly, then tightly gripped Shimakaze to prevent him from continuing, and finally said breathlessly, "Shimakaze! Was... was it you who betrayed me!"

Shimakaze's mouth was covered by Suruga's long, white hand, and his words came out haltingly: "I...didn't...it was all...the officials...themselves..."

"Phew..." Shimakaze finally seized the opportunity and broke free from between the two: "The Commander's observation is very sharp. Your disguise was too flawed. I bet the Commander saw through it at a glance!"

Suruga: "...Commander, really?"

"Although it's not immediately obvious, aren't the tanuki ears quite cute?" Li Wei took off Suruga's cow horns and touched Suruga's tanuki ears: "They're fluffy and much prettier than cow horns."

Suruga let out a mournful cry.

Name: Suruga

Identity: Tanuki (true form), Buffalo (disguise), Shimakaze's good friend

Personality: Calm in small matters, panics in big matters; socially anxious.

Number of times: 41

Weaknesses: Tanuki ears, core module

Status: My secret has been discovered, and I feel extremely ashamed.

Last time: In the room with the Commander, with Shimakaze.

Chapter 412 Even as a child

A week after the last simulation, Richelieu knocked on the office door right on time: "Commander, it's time for the simulation!"

"Okay, I'll be right there."

Richelieu placed a document on the commander's desk: "Commander, this is about our ideas for today's simulation scenario. Would you like to take a look at it beforehand?"

Li Wei took it and quickly flipped through it: "Let me see... the script?"

“Yes.” Richelieu thoughtfully turned to the important page for Li Wei: “This is the important part. The Commander can also make his own choices and propose changes to the script. I think everyone will be happy to cooperate with the Commander.”

Li Wei looked down at the screen and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

“…I think we should make some minor modifications.” Li Wei gestured for Richelieu to come over and look: “Look here, it would be difficult for so many ship girls to coordinate well, right? I still think it would be more convenient to have fewer people. One or two ship girls would be ideal, and no more than three. If there are more than three, it will look a bit chaotic.”

"Okay, I'll go make the changes now. Commander, please wait a moment~"

"Go."

……

"Commander, it's all fixed." Richelieu led Livy to the simulation device. "As for the extent of the changes, please allow me to keep it a secret, to give you some surprises... Please~"

Li Wei re-entered the simulation device.

Returning to his childhood, Li Wei is more familiar with himself and the environment inside the simulation device than before.

This time, without the bunny girls' guidance, Li Wei walked into the magnificent building with ease. He saw several bunny girls standing on both sides of the road, bowing to him with either excitement or charm.

It's unclear whether the news that the Commander prefers reverse bunny girl outfits has reached all the ship girls, but last time Li Wei could still see ordinary bunny girl outfits, but now all the ship girls in front of him are wearing reverse bunny girl outfits. Cotton candies of different shapes and sizes are drawing the same color in the air, making Li Wei's eyes dazzled.

I want to choose the largest marshmallow.

That marshmallow has a more perfect shape, I'd like to choose that one too.

This marshmallow looks delicious; I'd like to choose it too.

Li Wei was overwhelmed by the sheer number of cotton candies she could find. The ship girls, unable to make a choice, surrounded her from all sides, each offering their own cotton candies in a competition, vying to be chosen by Li Wei.

Since we can't choose, let's just choose blindly.

Li Wei casually picked one out, grabbed it, and kneaded it in the cotton candy: "You, come inside with me."

Veneto, who was pointed at, bowed and replied, "Yes."

The surrounding ship girls immediately cast envious glances.

As if by magic, Li Wei pulled a collar from his pocket and put it on Veneto in front of the ship girls. Veneto stood tall and proud, her beautiful eyes sparkling. She didn't find it unacceptable at all to have a collar put on her in public by the commander. On the contrary, she felt that the commander was asserting his ownership of her.

Ship girls are like this: you just need to find ways to give them away for free, while commanders have to consider many things.

Li Wei led Veneto casually into the room and saw the entertainment device inside—a very ordinary slot machine, except that the games inside were designed to be related to in-depth communication.