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She stood by the sea, letting the sea breeze tousle her hair.

She remained still, looking towards the main island of Sakura Empire.

"Lord Shinano...you should go back; it's quite chilly here."

With the sea breeze blowing on her face at this time of year, Noshiro couldn't help but shrink back.

Shinano's shrine maiden outfit, if worn properly, might even have a decent warming effect.

However, Shinano always wore her clothes with the front open, exposing most of her chest, so it's hard to imagine how good Noshiro's warmth retention was.

"The fate of Noshiro...Sakura Empire has entered a completely new path today."

"I must witness all of this myself."

Yamato's voice crossed the ocean and, through the broadcasts of Sakura Empire, reached the other side of the ocean.

The Eagle Union fleet, which was heading towards Sakura Empire, was stunned upon hearing this news.

They looked at each other, their eyes filled with disbelief.

Chapter 194: The White Eagle Fleet Arrives Too Late

"This is Essex. What should we do now?"

Essex's mind went blank when she heard the news of the Sakura Empire's surrender.

She never imagined that the White Eagle headquarters would choose her to be the flagship for such an important operation.

Meanwhile, the senior colleagues were transferred elsewhere.

With such a drastic change occurring, neither she nor the accompanying frontline commander had the authority to handle the issue.

After some discussion, she had no choice but to immediately contact White Eagle headquarters to inquire about the next steps.

The White Eagle headquarters was in an uproar.

Our own fleet was about to reach Sakura Empire, and Sakura Empire actually surrendered?

Then my fleet went there for nothing?

"No, we absolutely cannot let the Sakura Empire completely fall behind the Eastern Empire."

At the emergency meeting, a portly official shouted loudly.

"I believe that all of you gentlemen have already received the intelligence."

"Not long ago, the commander of Donghuang made contact with the Northern Alliance."

"Furthermore, I have sufficient intelligence to show that he has close cooperation with the Northern Union."

"Gentlemen, I believe you understand what this means."

"Therefore, I believe the fleet cannot stop."

"Not only can we not stop, we must force our way onto the Sakura Empire's homeland."

"Only in this way can we ensure that Sakura Empire will not fall completely into the hands of the Eastern Empire."

The official spoke with great passion and emotion; when he got excited, he was spitting as he spoke, and even climbed onto the conference table.

"Please watch your behavior."

The official sitting at the head of the conference table tapped on the table, signaling to the official whose behavior was somewhat out of line to pay attention.

However, he agreed with the official's statement.

"Vote: should the fleet continue its landing in Sakura Empire, or return to port on the spot?"

Then, hands were raised above their heads.

...

"Okay, I understand!"

Essex put down the communicator with a somber expression.

Headquarters' order: Continue forward and land on the main island of Sakura Empire.

"I have a feeling that I'm somewhat uneasy..."

...

On the Sakura Empire side.

After receiving Yamato's orders, the remaining Sakura Empire ships offered little resistance and disarmed themselves on the spot.

Of course, those who would resist are either locked up in Rob's prison or are still inactive. Even if she wanted to resist, she would be powerless to do so.

As night fell, Rob, who had been busy all day, finally had some free time.

A secluded spot, a quiet little house.

This is Yamato's temporary residence.

Although, according to Rob, such a hardened criminal should definitely stay in prison.

However, there is a very real problem.

That means there's no room left.

In the Sakura Empire, there are no prisons at all.

For the Sakura Empire's high-ranking warships, their role in controlling the humans under their rule was akin to that of herding livestock.

When ordinary humans commit crimes, those with minor offenses are sent to hard labor, while those with serious offenses are dealt with on the spot.

Prison? Why bother with that?

Therefore, Rob had no choice but to temporarily house Dahe in what appeared to be a decent place.

Now that everything had settled down, Rob decided to go and meet the Sakura Empire's flagship.

Finally, Robb saw the mysterious mastermind behind the Sakura Empire for the first time.

Like Musashi, it is also a large fox.

However, her fur is pure gold.

She wore many ornaments, and one could immediately sense her noble air.

"You are the first human to see me."

"Want a drink?"

Rob sat down on the ground, picked up the wine cup in front of him, and drank it all in one gulp.

Finally, he took a big step forward in reorganizing the work of Azur Lane.

"What, you have nothing to say to me now that you've seen me?"

"No."

Having finished his drink, Rob stood up and walked out of the room.

...

"commander?"

"elder brother?"

Seeing that Rob had only been inside for less than two minutes before coming out, Yi Xian and Unicorn, who had been worried, immediately surrounded him.

"Nothing, just curious, just wanted to take a look."

"Let's go, we have a ton of things to do tomorrow."

But before Luo Bo could take two steps, Zhen Hai's voice came through the communicator.

"Commander, in the eastern sea, about 400 nautical miles from the Sakura Empire mainland, I have spotted the Eagle Union fleet."

"I see."

After putting down the communicator, Rob looked helplessly at Yixian and the unicorn.

"Okay, we can't wait until tomorrow. We need to get busy now."

"Tell everyone to go and meet our 'ally'!"

...

As the Eagle Union fleet drew closer to Sakura Empire, all the lights on the fleet went out.

The fleet commander believed that the Sakura Empire currently had absolutely no troops capable of stopping their landing.

The only variable is the Eastern Empire, which has just conquered the Sakura Empire.

However, according to normal logic, Donghuang must be extremely busy right now.

After all, manpower shortage has always been a pain point for Donghuang.

However, Robb already knew that the White Eagles were assembling their fleet.

Therefore, in his contingency plan, he had always been prepared for White Eagle's move.

This is why, during the daytime operation, even though the mission objective had been destroyed, Rob didn't have everyone move towards him.

The Eternal was left by him in the skies above the sea area near Sakura Empire.

The White Eagle Fleet's whereabouts were discovered by Zuikaku, who had been patrolling in the air, according to Rob's plan.

The White Eagle Fleet was completely unaware that its presence had been discovered.

They were currently on radio silence, traveling at breakneck speed towards Sakura Empire in complete darkness.

A beam of light illuminated the night sky.

Then, a beam of crimson light swept across the front of the White Eagle fleet, immediately creating a splash.

"Hi~ Since communication is unavailable, this is the only way I can do it."

The auspicious crane slowly descended from the sky.

"The Sakura Empire Sea area is under martial law starting today, so please return!"

Although she spoke very politely, Zuikaku didn't put the beam cannon back in her hand at all.

"Sorry everyone, you've made a wasted trip!"

Shoukaku appeared next to Zuikaku at this moment, but compared to Zuikaku's sour face, Shoukaku's expression was much better.

At least, her smile was still very bright.

They'd already been thoroughly outmaneuvered, and the commander of the White Eagle fleet and its flagship Essex knew that radio silence was pointless.

Then, all the searchlights in the entire fleet were turned on at once.

In an instant, the night sky over this sea area was illuminated as if it were daytime.

"This is the flagship of the White Eagle Special Combined Fleet—Essex."

"I have received orders from Azur Lane headquarters to conduct operations against Sakura Empire."

Essex, having prepared his own explanation, proceeded with the plan despite knowing his fleet had no chance of winning.

"Huh? You guys didn't know?"

"The Sakura Empire has already announced their surrender~"

With a bright smile, Shoukaku told the White Eagle Fleet the already well-known fact.

Chapter 195: For those who are not welcome, fists are often more effective.

To be honest, Dumpling—no, Essex—was really struggling to keep her expression up at this point.

She looked at Shoukaku with a complicated expression, her mind filled with one question—how could you, a Sakura Empire ship, say "Sakura Empire has surrendered" with such a happy face?

Essex, it's been a long time.

At this moment, the company also descended from the sky.

After greeting Essex, she glanced coldly at the White Eagle fleet behind her.

"A senior figure in the company?"

Essex gasped softly; if the occasion hadn't been so inappropriate, she might have actually ruined her composure.

"If you haven't received any news before, then I'm telling you now."