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

Veneto, how much preparation have you actually done?

Li Wei picked out a pair of little leather shoes that he liked best and personally helped Veneto put them on.

"Well……"

The girl took a few steps on the ground, revealing a subtle expression.

"How does it feel?"

“I feel…” Veneto looked embarrassed, “and want to continue even more…”

……

Veneto's movements as he entered the conference room were slightly unnatural.

“Veneto? You…” Littorio raised an eyebrow, sensing something unnatural. His gaze swept over Veneto from head to toe, and he immediately saw the source of the unease.

"Shh..."

Veneto made a subtle gesture.

Littorio understood, but he held up one finger and began to bargain with Veneto.

Although Veneto was heartbroken, he nodded and agreed to exchange one time for silence.

……

Li Wei did not leave the bathhouse immediately.

He was familiarizing himself with each secret passage using the 3D map Veneto had sent him.

Although he thought building so many secret passages was a bit outrageous, Li Wei also thought that they might come in handy in the future, so he planned to walk through each one to familiarize himself with them.

here it is……

Ok?

Li Wei saw a glimmer of light in the secret passage.

"...Marco Polo?"

"……commander?"

The two people who met simultaneously exclaimed in surprise.

Marco Polo was wearing a maid outfit on his upper body, but his lower body wasn't fully changed yet. He clearly didn't expect to encounter the Commander here and was stunned on the spot.

Li Wei's first reaction was to avoid it.

His second reaction... was that Marco Polo had already dragged him into the room.

"Marco Polo, what are you doing here?"

"Commander, what are you doing here?"

Li Wei: ...

Marco Polo: ...

……

A few minutes later, Li Wei finally figured it out.

Marco Polo reserved a room for himself here to carry out some shady dealings.

For example... after taking a nice hot bath, change into an outfit you like.

Another example……

Li Wei recalled Veneto's previous performance and suddenly realized what was going on.

Clearly, Marco Polo's room and Veneto's office served the same purpose, only one was done openly and honestly, while the other was done discreetly.

"Commander, now that you're here, then..."

Marco Polo lifted his plump thighs, the thin black maid stockings stretched almost transparent, vaguely revealing the fair skin beneath.

"commander?"

Marco Polo noticed Li Wei's gaze, and boldly hooked his maid-style leather shoes on his toes, crossing his legs as if to make the commander see him more clearly.

"Uh-huh?"

Marco Polo was very pleased with Livy's reaction. She lifted one of her full, beautiful feet, raising her toes as high as possible, which stretched the black stockings on the sole of her foot to almost translucent, revealing the delicate, fair skin underneath.

"How's it going, Commander?"

Li Wei swallowed hard, then nodded, sparing no praise: "Beautiful, really beautiful."

"Commander~"

Marco Polo walked around the room and asked, "Do you think their maid outfits are pretty?"

Li Wei: ...

No, this isn't the Marco Polo I remember...

Shouldn't you be shouting about your ambitions and glory, and then discussing some seemingly grand topics with me?

Why is she acting like a real maid, acting all cute and affectionate towards me?!

However, to be fair, this version of Marco Polo is indeed quite lethal.

Li Wei simply couldn't refuse.

"nice!"

"Commander~"

"Ok?"

"Yeah!"

Marco Polo fell into Livy's arms, and Livy's hand happened to grab him.

Li Wei: ...

Marco Polo, you were so accurate, you really put in a lot of effort...

There's no reason to spit out meat that's been put in your mouth. So he moved his right hand forward and began the rhythmic kneading motion of dough.

While Marco Polo isn't as outrageous as the cows in the port area, he's undoubtedly a large-sized one.

"commander……"

"Ok?"

"I remember an old saying from Donghuang..."

Li Wei continued moving: "Hmm?"

"It's called... 'Add more water to the flour, add more flour to the water,' right?"

Li Wei nodded in acknowledgment: "There was such a line."

"Now that we have the noodles, do we need some water?"

Li Wei understood Marco Polo's meaning and couldn't help but secretly admire his wit.

Where is the water? Of course, it's the water that everyone has.

"Well……"

Marco Polo, radiating maternal love, embraced Livy and showered him with affection.

If I had to describe the feeling, it would probably be like chewing a marshmallow.

"commander……"

Li Wei looked up to see what Marco Polo had in mind.

"Look, you have such enjoyment here, but I don't. Isn't that...?"

Li Wei asked in a hoarse voice, "What reward do you want?"

“Not much…” Marco Polo finally got close to his ultimate goal: “Just like the Commander.”

"Like me?" Li Wei was taken aback. "I'm not..."

"No, you do~" Marco Polo took the initiative to do what every ship girl is born with—as a ship girl, maintaining the main gun is knowledge that is practically engraved in her mind cube.

Gun barrel, muzzle brake, sight...

Each item was cleaned, maintained, and cared for with exceptional care.

"call……"

Li Wei breathed a sigh of relief.

Whether intentionally or not, Marco Polo did not take off his gloves. The rough texture of the fabric made Li Wei open his mouth and gasp for breath every few seconds.

"The Commander seems quite pleased?" Marco Polo smiled. "Well, at least my secret training of the maids' service techniques will come in handy~"

"...What else can you do?"

“I know a lot more~” Marco Polo slid off Li Wei’s arms: “For example… um…”

Now it was Li Wei's turn to look up.

……

"...What about Marco Polo?"

The meeting had ended, but Marco Polo, who was usually most enthusiastic about such meetings, did not show up at all, which made Veneto and the other ship girls sense something was wrong.

"I hope nothing bad has happened to her."

“I remember she was in the public bathhouse before, I even saw her here... I don’t know where she is now.”

“What kind of accident could happen in the home port?” Veneto raised his handsome eyebrows slightly, and suddenly a flash of inspiration struck him.

Did Marco Polo have a special room in the Great Baths?

The ship girls looked at each other.

Finally, Littorio answered the question: "It seems so."

"She came to me specifically that day to ask for the layout of a room."

Where is that room located?

"Let me look for the planning map... Ah, found it, it's underground."

"Let's go, it's definitely there!"

Chapter 132 Zara Wants to Enter the Commander's Dry Dock

2 month 14 day.

The large baths in Sardinia passed their final inspection yesterday and are inaugurated today.

Li Wei arrived at the bathhouse early to participate in today's activities.

As for today's task...

Upon seeing the phrase "adhere to the bottom line," Li Wei immediately lost interest.

I don’t know if it’s just my imagination, but Li Wei feels like there have been a lot of tasks lately to uphold the bottom line.

Never mind, I'll just skip it.

……

As a large building in the port area, the Sardinian Baths have received far more attention than the small shops of the Royal and Ironblood before.

Veneto is to speak on stage, Littorio is to support him, Marco Polo is said to be being punished, and now Levi is accompanied by the sisters Zara and Pola.

Zara was wearing a black bikini that covered almost nothing; if she made even the slightest movement, Levi felt he could see something.

Bora's swimsuit was slightly better than her sister Zara's, but only slightly better. Bora wore almost transparent milk-white stockings over her thighs, which made her look even more playful and cute.

As for your feet... of course, you just step directly on the ground.

A public bathhouse, isn't that what it's all about!

Once you enter the bathhouse, there's no such thing as wearing shoes.