Azur Lane Mobile Front.

This word gave Rob a very bad feeling.

After all, when the elements of green and scientific research are put together, they always evoke some strange and unusual associations.

"Akashi, come here!"

Rob, who felt something was off, immediately waved to the green cat in the distance.

Akashi, having received Robo's summons, immediately ran over eagerly.

"What's up, meow? Do you need any of Akashi's products, meow?"

"Akashi, I remember the land I approved for you was only a little bit big. Where are you planning to put all these things?"

"It was put in storage back then, meow!"

"And what about this research equipment?"

"..."

Akashi fell silent, his eyes darting around, unable to look directly at Rob.

Seeing the other person's guilty look, Rob knew something was definitely wrong.

"Let's go take a look."

After glancing at Akashi, Rob led his fleet toward Akashi's shop.

"Hey, Commander, Akashi's shop isn't open yet, there's nothing interesting to see!"

Judging from the renovation, Akashi put in a lot of effort.

The moment you step inside, you get a refreshing feeling.

A group of little yellow chicks were carrying some goods inside, making a "poof poof" sound.

Rob followed the flock of yellow chickens, and then he discovered... that Akashi's little shop was a hidden gem.

After walking down a staircase, the group arrived at the basement of the convenience store.

A huge space was revealed before everyone's eyes.

Compared to this, the convenience store above is nothing.

"That damned unscrupulous businesswoman, has she hollowed out this entire underground area?"

"No wonder she deliberately chose an address far away from the port area; it turns out that was her plan."

When Akashi ran up to Robo with her short legs, she was met with indifferent stares from the other ships.

"Akashi, I think you should probably hold off on opening this shop for now?"

Rob raised his hand and pressed it on Akashi's head. He squeezed Akashi's head a little harder, making Akashi meow.

"As the person in charge of the port area, I am informing you that the illegal structures need to be demolished."

...

After leaving Akashi's convenience store, Rob specifically instructed Belfast to keep a close eye on the cunning cat.

This cunning cat usually has no bottom line when it comes to making money.

...

On his second day back in the port, after a day of rest, Rob felt he had returned to his usual self.

So, as usual, he arrived at his office early.

However, an unexpected person appeared in the office today.

"Noshiro? Is something wrong in Shinano?"

If you ask Rob, when it comes to slacking off, it has to be Shinano, that big white fox.

Despite being the flagship of Sakura Empire, she did not choose to return to her post, even after going on vacation with Rob.

Instead, she took Noshiro back to Robo's port and slept fitfully every day.

Looking at the delicate yet somewhat serious JK girl in front of him, Luo Bo unconsciously regarded her as the girl next door.

"Hmm... Lord Shinano, I hope I can participate in the work in the port area."

Although Noshiro's serious face didn't reveal much, judging from her tone just now, she was probably quite helpless when it came to Shinano.

"Lady Shinano said that the Commander will be very busy lately, so she asked me to come and help out."

"Then... I'll have to trouble you."

After thinking about it carefully, Rob realized there was nothing wrong with it.

Anyway, I don't have any confidential matters to handle right now, so it's not bad to have someone to help out.

"So, Ms. Noshiro, would you like black tea or coffee?"

Belfast, seeing that there would be another person in Rob's office, immediately greeted Noshiro in her own way.

"Hmm! Black tea is fine, thank you!"

Noshiro seemed rather flustered by Belfast's way of serving her, and bowed to Belfast.

"Hehe~ No need to be so reserved, Miss Noshiro."

A cup of freshly brewed black tea was served to Noshiro, and Belfast glanced at the light cruiser who had come to the port with Shinano.

Judging from its appearance, it's a very serious and meticulous ship.

...

"Are there so many merchant ship escort requests lately? This is getting complicated..."

Looking at the thick stack of service requests in front of him, Luo Bo felt a headache coming on.

The merchant ship escort contract is simple, if you will.

However, for the Rob family's ships, this kind of commission was somewhat of a waste of time.

Compared to tasks like clearing out the sea or exterminating Sirens, which can be done in the morning and returned for dinner in the evening, escorting merchant ships takes at least several days.

"How about we ask the Sakura Empire to help us farm it?"

"Hiss~ That won't work either. There were quite a lot of people on the Sakura Empire's side, but at least half of them are still in jail!"

Just as Rob was thinking about Sakura Empire, a communication call came in.

“Commander, it’s Mikasa-senpai.”

Noshiro respectfully handed the communicator to Robo, her demeanor like that of a secretary, which made the duty secretary, Miss Haitian, glance at her repeatedly.

"Is this a case of 'speak of the devil, and he appears'?"

Rob stared at the connected communicator with a bewildered expression, finding it somewhat amusing.

"Commander, um..."

Over the communicator, Daisenbei seemed hesitant, which was quite unlike her usual self.

"Get to the point, I'm busy right now!"

"Alright, Commander, could you provide more new ship equipment to Sakura Empire? We've been feeling quite overwhelmed lately."

Chapter 359: Strange Communication

Mikasa's words surprised Robo slightly.

He immediately understood.

Now, because the defenses of the Eastern Empire and the Sakura Empire are connected, and due to their geographical location, the Sakura Empire actually needs to take on more of the work of defending against the Sirens.

Of course, this was something Rob had planned long ago.

After all, his experience from his previous life told him that island chains were really useful.

However, despite this, a considerable number of Sakura Empire ships had already been sent to Southeast Asia by Robo to farm, and now they have to take on more defense work, so naturally they are short-handed.

Unfortunately, of all the Sakura Empire units that have been equipped with new mecha, only Yukikaze and her two companions are currently using them.

Because Yukikaze and the others are so useful, Mikasa always thinks of them first when assigning tasks.

This resulted in the three of them constantly being either completing tasks or on their way to complete tasks.

I finally got a vacation, and I ruined it myself.

This made Mikasa feel a little embarrassed to ask the three little ones to go on missions.

"Okay, I understand, I'll consider it."

Upon realizing that Rob was about to hang up, Mikasa, who was far away in Sakura Empire, immediately called out to him.

"Um, Commander, could you hurry up? The Sirens' activities seem to have intensified recently."

"Well... you see, Shigure and the others replaced their old ones, those are enough."

Rob was quite surprised by Mikasa's request.

After all, in his opinion, those older models of the Fierce Bird, apart from the original Fierce Bird that Yuudachi had before, were not very good.

"A fierce bird? Let me think..."

"Alright, that's fine. I'll send the machine to you in a few days."

After a little consideration, Rob felt that a few Fierce Birds were nothing to worry about.

After all, having received considerable material support from St. Louis, he was already considering more advanced items.

Although the "pitiful goods system" perfectly replicates the white Russians' habit of not selling X-level and above mechs most of the time, IX-level mechs are still a pretty good choice!

"Thank you very much, Commander!"

You could hear Mikasa Daisenbei letting out a long sigh of relief.

"Is she under that much pressure?"

Looking at the communicator that had been turned off, Rob thought to himself, "Is the Sakura Empire really exploiting this retired veteran too much?"

"Alright, I'd better hurry up and send her a batch of models."

Having settled things with the large rice cracker, Rob immersed himself in his work again.

Rob discovered that Neng Dai was simply perfect as a secretary.

Although she doesn't offer any advice at work and can't provide Rob with any help in this regard.

However, when it comes to handling the tasks assigned to her by Rob, she always manages to complete all the work in an orderly manner.

With the help of such a perfect secretary, Rob's work efficiency has improved considerably.

...

Three days later, Robo received another communication from Mikasa.

"Commander... please send the new ship equipment to this port... Yukikaze and the others are stationed here, and... they can also mentor the new recruits."

"Huh? Mikasa, what's wrong? Is the communication being interfered with?"

Rob picked up the communicator, examined it carefully for a while, and realized that it didn't seem to be a problem on his end.

The communication was fine a few days ago, but today the conversation is in segments and full of background noise.

"This can't be a problem with communication and movement, can it?"

Neither Noshiro nor Belfast paid much attention to Rob's nonsensical remark, since they were used to it!

"Ahem~ Excuse me, Commander, the communicator seemed to have malfunctioned just now."

After a while, communication seemed to have returned to normal, and Mikasa's image became clear again.

However, Mikasa across the window seemed to have a slightly different demeanor than usual.

"Hmm? Mikasa, something seems off about you."

This sense of unease made Rob unconsciously bring it up to the other person.

"Oh! You probably haven't been resting well lately, don't worry about it."

Inside the window, Mikasa raised her hand and vigorously rubbed her cheeks.

Immediately, the sense of unease disappeared.

"Alright, take care and get some rest. This port, right? I understand."