Azur Lane Mobile Front.

Following Akagi and Kaga all the way, Shoukaku and Zuikaku accelerated and blocked each other's way when the two were already some distance from the main island of Kitateiwa Island.

"Oh dear, my dear senior, could it be that this is also considered an honor for the First Carrier Division?"

"嘁~"

Akagi, whose path was blocked from both the front and rear, came to a halt.

She wasn't unfamiliar with this new type of ship equipment; after all, the Rob family's company had once targeted her Akagi when they went out to fight.

Knowing that with his current speed, Akagi had no chance of escaping Shoukaku and Zuikaku's pursuit, he had to prepare for the worst.

A hand quietly slipped inside his clothes, and feeling the presence of those things, Akagi regained his confidence.

Since she dared to participate in the Tianyu Qihu Festival, she naturally had some preparations.

"Hehe, didn't you just want those chess pieces? Here you go!"

Before anyone could see what Akagi had done, a large number of chess pieces modeled after Sakura Empire ships suddenly appeared on the sea.

Then, Akagi Kaga immediately disappeared into the pile of chess pieces without a trace.

In Akagi's mind, these pieces would at least be able to hold off Shoukaku and Zuikaku for a while.

Once I reach the surrounding mirror-like sea area, I can start preparing for what to do next.

The Sakura Empire ultimately remained in her hands.

However, she overlooked one problem.

Even disregarding the weak anti-air capabilities of the Sakura Empire ships, the firepower of these ship pieces is simply insufficient to inflict any damage on Shoukaku and Zuikaku.

Moreover, these two were the ones whose radars were constantly focused on Akagi and his companion.

Therefore, Akagi and Kaga didn't get very far before being caught up by Shoukaku and Zuikaku.

A crimson beam of light swept across the sea not far in front of Akagi and Kaga. The scorching beam evaporated the seawater, forming a layer of smoke on the surface. Combined with the waves it stirred up, Akagi had to stop in his tracks.

"Senior, what do you think will happen if our teammates who arrived later see those chess pieces?"

"So, don't run away anymore. Otherwise, it'll look too embarrassing."

Shokaku's dragoons attacked from the other side, blocking Akagi and Kaga's other path.

In the distance, cannon fire roared as Mikasa and Nagato, leading a fleet of Sakura Empire ships, clashed with the pawns that Akagi had previously abandoned.

"Sister, you go first. I'll hold them off here."

Kaga glanced at the current situation and knew that he was definitely not going to escape unscathed this time.

She stepped forward and summoned her carrier-based aircraft.

Then, clusters of blue flames bloomed on the sea surface, like blue ice crystal flowers.

"you..."

“Our work must be carried on by someone. You promised Amagi-nee that you would lead Sakura Empire into the future.”

Akagi's hands, hidden in her sleeves, clenched tightly without her noticing, her nails seemingly digging into her palms.

She gritted her teeth, glanced at the Fifth Carrier Division that was charging towards her, then turned and fled at full speed in another direction.

"Fifth Carrier Division, you'll have to get past me first."

Even with a formidable enemy in front of him, Kaga remained as cold and aloof as ever.

She acted as if she were an outsider, showing no concern whatsoever about her own fate.

Shoukaku and Zuikaku exchanged a glance; the sisters' unspoken understanding required no further words.

Zuikaku pulled out his beam rifle and fired several beams at Kaga.

Kaga, having seen powerful ships before, immediately drew arcs across the sea to evade Zuikaku's attacks.

Taking advantage of the opening, Shoukaku suddenly accelerated and immediately escaped Kaga's attack range.

Shoukaku sped off in the direction Akagi had just fled.

Kaga's eyes widened immediately. If Shoukaku caught up with him, Akagi would likely be in grave danger.

Ignoring Zuikaku's imminent attack, Kaga unleashed a large spray of blue flames towards Shoukaku.

Flames transformed into aircraft in the air, which began attacking Shoukaku with their machine guns.

However, a beam of crimson light swept across the sky, and the carrier-based aircraft that had just taken off were immediately obstructed by the beam's rays, turning back into clusters of flames and dissipating.

"Your opponent is me!"

Putting away its beam cannon, Zuikaku gripped its ship-slaying sword, and its wings suddenly unfurled, displaying their dazzling brilliance.

Zuikaku transformed into a phantom and charged towards Kaga.

As a seasoned veteran, Kaga, though she didn't see Zuikaku's movements clearly, relied on her excellent intuition to dodge the fatal attack just as Zuikaku's sword tip was about to pierce her.

Kaga glanced at his torn clothes and pursed his lips.

She knew very well that with her abilities, it was almost impossible for her to hurt Zuikaku.

However, she still chose to deploy her carrier-based aircraft.

Holding the incantation for Yin-Yang magic in his hand, Kaga still remembered every detail of his battles against Rob's company in AF.

If its own Foxfire were to increase its output, it would be more useful than carrier-based aircraft.

Under the cover of ship-mounted aircraft, a massive blue flame behemoth gradually took shape on the sea surface.

Not to mention Kaga's side, Akagi's side hadn't run far when they discovered Shoukaku hanging behind them.

Even though she tried to launch carrier-based aircraft to interfere with the enemy, it was still to no avail.

Just when she was at her wit's end, the long-lost observer suddenly emerged from beneath the sea.

While playing with the tentacles on his ship's equipment, the observer also greeted Akagi.

"Oh dear, isn't this my cute little animal? How did it get so disheveled?"

Akagi was furious the moment he saw the observer.

If it weren't for the other party's previous actions, which gave Mikasa and the others the opportunity to cause trouble, I wouldn't have ended up in this situation.

"Don't look at me like that~ Look, I've brought you reinforcements~"

As soon as he finished speaking, one after another, Siren ships, their bodies shrouded in purple mist, rose from the sea.

"Run, little animal! Your value hasn't been fully realized yet! Hehe."

Gritting his teeth, Akagi glanced at the Observer who had sunk back to the surface. Looking back, he saw that Shoukaku had been held back by the Sirens.

Without looking back, Akagi ran wildly toward the nearest mirror-like sea.

...

After an unknown amount of time, Akagi was finally nearing her destination.

However, a beam of light from the sky completely blocked her path.

"Akagi, the time has come. It's time to pay the price for what you've done!"

In front of her, a huge airship was slowly rising.

On the sea, Rob's company, holding a beam rifle, gazed at her in the cold moonlight of the night.

Chapter 165: Rob: It's the New Year, let's just take down the entire Sakura Empire!

It was obvious that any one of these people could easily beat Akagi to a pulp.

Although Akagi is extreme, she's not stupid. In this situation, of course she would choose to run away!

A few symbolic bursts of red foxfire were scattered, and Akagi turned around and ran away.

Putting everything else aside, at least Rob's family business is really weak; she's been beaten up twice already, each time with a harsher beating than the last.

Unexpectedly, Robo's fleet watched as Akagi disappeared from their sight.

"The target has disappeared; we can proceed to the next step of the plan."

Enterprise only put away his beam rifle when Akagi appeared as a tiny dot on the radar.

"Very good, everyone, advance towards Sakura Empire's homeland!"

Inside the white wooden horse, Luo Bo and Zhen Haiqi had already played two games, and they had finally waited for this moment.

He, Rob, went through countless hardships to find ships from several factions. How could he possibly do it just to fight Akagi and Kaga?

To put it bluntly, the profits from just shooting these two wouldn't even cover the fuel costs.

Look, we've already taken down Akagi and Kaga, so why not take this opportunity to take on the entire Sakura Empire faction?

Anyway, it's Chinese New Year, and since we're already here, we might as well fight.

If Robb can't make it through the New Year, neither can you, Sakura Empire!

Moreover, within the Sakura Empire, it's impossible for Akagi and Kaga to be the only ones who need to be punished. A war can't be fought with just two ships!

However, he only received the message from Azur Lane headquarters before Rob set off.

No one knows what methods Mikasa, a veteran of the ship, used, but in any case, her newly formed Sakura Empire alliance has returned to the Azur Lane family.

Then, the headquarters' explanation was that Ms. Mikasa had been actively trying to persuade ships currently in the Sakura Empire camp to join the newly formed Sakura Empire alliance.

So when you, Rob, make your move, remember not to hit your allies.

Rob was both angry and amused after hearing this.

The headquarters truly lives up to its name; it's useless at everything except causing trouble.

However, Rob was no pushover either.

After discussing with Zhenhai and other ships for a while, Rob revised the operation plan.

As for Akagi and Kaga, let them run around outside for a while. Even if they get lost, it won't be a big problem.

Robb's plan is to use the pretext of searching for Akagi and Kaga to infiltrate the Sakura Empire's homeland.

Then, anyone who dares to stop them is an accomplice of Chicheng.

...

"Miss Jeanne, how was your first time using the mecha?"

While leading his fleet toward the Sakura Empire's homeland, Robo chatted with Jeanne d'Arc, who had just changed her outfit, over the communicator.

Before setting off, Rob thought it would be good to give the Free Iris's ships a mechanical body.

After all, among all the ships of all factions in the port area, only the two members of the Free Iris had not changed their equipment.

Then, upholding the century-old friendly tradition between Iris and Royal, since Royal has a super powerful map-clearing cannon, it would be better for Iris to get one too.

So Rob prepared a Wing Gundam for Richelieu.

But! Just as Robo pulled out the machine and Richelieu stretched out his hand, Joan of Arc, who was accompanying him, glanced at the Wing Gundam and the two completed the process simultaneously.

As a result, Richelieu's hand, which was outstretched in mid-air, was momentarily at a loss, creating an extremely awkward situation.

Since the situation was beyond repair, both Robb and Richelieu had no choice but to accept that Joan of Arc would change her clothes first.

"Commander, I feel good."

"You really don't feel anything special?"

Rob was still uneasy after receiving the reply. He felt that since Jeanne had such a high synchronization rate with Wing Gundam and its successors, there must be something wrong.

You should know that the last thing that was this ridiculous was Unicorn and Unicorn Gundam.

Rob couldn't rest easy about the "glorious deeds" of the Wing Gundam and its successors.

Therefore, Rob chose to confirm again and again that the current Joan of Arc was really not thinking about pressing the big red button or anything like that.

"No, Commander, is there a problem?"

Upon hearing Robb's question, Joan of Arc checked herself over and over again, but still found nothing amiss.

"No, no, I was just worried that it might be your first time using the machine and you wouldn't be used to it."

Rob couldn't very well say, "I'm afraid you're planning to self-destruct," so he could only laugh it off and cover it up.

The scene shifts to Akagi.

Originally, Akagi was prepared to fight to the death.