Azur Lane Mobile Front.

The real and the unreal overlap at this moment.

The vision that Veneto sees is beginning to influence the real world, starting from the bathhouse.

The shadow of the "past" begins to overlap with reality.

No, to be precise, it's a replacement.

Using its flagship as a wedge, the Sardinian Empire, with the help of the Sirens' mirror-like sea technology, constructed a world from two years prior in another part of this city.

Now, what they need to do is to overlay the world from two years ago onto the real world.

At that time, everything in this area will be reverted to what it was two years ago.

Whether it's an experience or anything else.

At the same time, based on Veneto's ideal of "restoring the glory of Romulus," everything covered will develop a feeling of worshiping Romulus.

At that time, Luo, who originally belonged to the Eastern Empire, will be transformed into a commander of the Sardinian Empire.

However, Marco Polo concealed some things.

The so-called Romulus will be replaced by Marco Polo.

And worship will be deepened into faith.

Once all the people and ships powerful enough to determine the course of the world have embraced Marco Polo, she only needs to obtain the Holy Throne Crown of the Iris Theocracy, and that faith will transform into power that will be concentrated within her.

And she will reach the summit here.

But... will everything really go as she wishes?

At this moment, no one noticed that Cardinal Richelieu of the Iris Theocracy had left the spectator stands and arrived at the arena.

"..."

Her eyes were tightly closed, and golden light spread out from beneath her feet, gradually condensing into a golden pillar of light.

The scene that was originally changing seemed to be nailed to the spot by something, unable to change any further.

Meanwhile, sudden storms began to rage around the area from the surrounding seas.

"Did you remember the song you sang for me last time?"

In the stands, Rob held Dido's hand, gazing thoughtfully into the distance.

"Yes Master."

"Very good, sing it for me again later."

Chapter 581: The Sea Monkey's Required Course

On the sea, the Sardinian Empire, as the host, is conducting exercises with the royal family.

As a long-established faction, the Royal Navy surpasses the Sardinian Empire in both the number and configuration of its ships.

"Two Illustrious-class destroyers, with that configuration alone, the Sardinian Empire has no chance of winning."

Holding his binoculars, Rob watched the exercise carefully for a while.

Although on the Sardinian side, the Veneto-class Littorio is superior in performance to the royal King George V.

However, under the constant aerial attacks from the Royal Army, she was unable to use her strength.

"Fortunately, the ships were close enough in combat that at least the battleships could fight back."

"Otherwise, the image of an aircraft carrier fighting a battleship would be too cruel."

(Pressing the dock: ...)

Seeing their commander watching the exercise with great interest, even Zhenhai, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but feel a little worried.

After all, it is now clear that the Sardinian Empire intends to take this opportunity to cause trouble.

But their own commander acted as if nothing had happened.

"Commander... are you sure..."

"Watch the exercise, don't overthink it."

Luo Bo gave Zhenhai a look, then waved his hand and handed the binoculars to Zhenhai.

Through his investigation over the past few days, Rob has determined that it was definitely Marco Polo of the Sardinian Empire who was behind this trouble.

It's still unclear why Littorio and Robo agreed to let the other mess with his sister like that.

However, one thing is certain: Veneto played a pivotal role in Marco Polo's plans.

Through their previous conversations, Rob had learned something about the Sardinian Empire's flagship.

In some ways, Veneto and Richelieu were in very similar situations.

Richelieu's own camp has fallen, and now all she has to do is restore her former glory.

Sardinia, on the other hand, still retains the right to independence and autonomy.

However, due to a series of previous decision-making errors, they were directly removed from the international stage.

With the Ironblood breaking away and the Iris Theocracy about to be restored and undoubtedly stronger than before, the Sardinian Empire will undoubtedly become the next target of exploitation by the European countries.

Even if Rob can hold back the Iris Theocracy after its restoration, what about the Royal Family?

The contempt and arrogance shown by the royal family towards the Sardinian Empire at this meeting reveals that if they were to take action, the Sardinian Empire's situation might not be much better than that of the Vichy Papacy.

It's important to know that the Sardinian Empire was also a member of the Red Axis.

Even though they have now clearly stated that they want to defect, the fact that they were former members of the Red Axis is enough for the Royal Navy to launch a purge against Sardinia.

"Speaking of which, I feel like I've found the root of all evil?"

Thinking of this, Rob turned his head and looked at Queen Elizabeth not far away.

It has to be said that the existence of the royal family really annoyed Rob.

It will disgust you from all sides, but you can't find a good reason to beat it up.

...

On the sea, just as Rob had predicted, the Sardinian Empire, having lost air superiority, quickly succumbed to wave after wave of royal offensives.

"Ah, as expected, we still need to develop our aviation capabilities!"

Littorio, whose exercise failed, quickly returned to the spectator stands, and her face showed no sign of disappointment whatsoever.

"I recall that your side should have air power, right?"

"Oh, Commander, you even know that?"

Littorio seemed somewhat surprised that Robb had struck up a conversation with him.

However, she did not hide the fact that the Sardinian Empire possessed an aircraft carrier.

"Skyhawk and Empire are not mature enough. If they come out in this kind of situation, it will probably make us even more embarrassed!"

Littorio waved his hand and responded to Rob with a smile.

"I remember, next up should be Donghuang, right?"

"Ah, that's right, we teamed up with the Sakura Empire."

"After all, we still have traditional warships, and there aren't many of them left!"

Robb subtly gave Littorio Versailles a taste of his own medicine, which made the other man's expression change drastically.

Meanwhile, on the sea, the combined fleets of the Eastern Empire and the Imperial Sakura Empire also entered the exercise area.

Littorio's face turned green the moment he saw it.

Since there were only a few people left, Robo simply threw everyone up except for Mikasa and Dido.

So, Robo's setup is: White Dragon, Shinano, Noshiro, Azuma, Harbin, and North Wind.

"Dual aircraft carriers?"

"Ah, that's right."

"..."

Ironblood, the opponent of Donghuang in the exercise, also boasts a formidable lineup.

Of all the factions, it has gone the furthest in the direction of planned ships.

Of the fleets they dispatched, Rob Ke had seen every single one of them from next door.

"Mainz, Rohn, August, Egil, Rep... no, Rupprecht, good heavens, they're all planned ships, right?"

"Wow, Frederick the Great actually came up in person?"

Littorio, standing nearby, also became interested.

In her view, this was definitely a closely contested battle.

The heavy armor unique to the Ironblood side is definitely not something that the Eastern Empire can easily deal with.

"Looks like it's going to be a tough battle, Commander."

"Ha~ Naive."

With the thought that he was probably going to beat her up anyway, Rob decided to take advantage of the opportunity to talk to her properly and invited her to see why the Ironblood ships were getting the short end of the stick next door.

"Ok?"

On the sea, the exercise began quickly. Just as Rob knew, the Ironblood fleet, under the cover of August's carrier-based aircraft, formed a formation and charged toward the Eastern Empire and Sakura Empire combined fleet.

"Tsk, to actually make me use such a cowardly tactic, this human."

On the sea, the white dragon, carrying his katana, pursed his lips and reluctantly changed course.

"Hoo~ As a general, the primary goal is naturally to win."

"Luo Jun's tactics this time do have some merit."

"Well, I'll set up the smoke screen first, North Wind, you take over later!"

"Okay, I understand!"

The anticipated scenario of a fleet clash followed by an aerial battle between aircraft carriers did not materialize.

To everyone's astonishment, the Eastern Sakura Empire fleet, with Harbin and Kitakaze as the vanguard, two aircraft carriers in the middle, and Azuma and Noshiro at the rear, retreated methodically under the cover of smoke screens.

Meanwhile, Azuma, positioned at the rear of the formation, retreated while continuously launching blank rounds used in the exercise at the Ironblood Fleet within range.

"Watch closely, Miss Littorio. One of the essential lessons for commanders—drag your sword and throw your droppings!"

Chapter 582: The Villain's Self-Cultivation

The Ironblood Fleet is feeling very frustrated.

When they charged towards the enemy at full speed, they were not met with a head-on confrontation of equal scale.

"Damn it, another torpedo!"

Although it is a warship, torpedoes are much less of a threat.

However, when the entire sea area in front is almost completely filled with torpedoes, anyone would feel a chill run down their spine.

After all, even if you jump by pressing the space bar, you still need a place to land.

Despite being a battlecruiser, the petite and adorable Prince Rupprecht skillfully maneuvered to avoid an attack that could only be described as a torpedo bomb.

She glared fiercely at the sea shrouded in smoke ahead.

"Whoever it is, don't let me find out who came up with such a disgusting tactic!"

Compared to torpedoes, artillery shells are not so easy to dodge.

Moreover, since the enemy was firing at him from within a smokescreen, he couldn't even retaliate.

This made Rupprecht feel even more frustrated.

"This is...unforgivable!"

At the very front of the Ironblood team, Ron's expression could only be described as terrifying.

As an Ironblood ship, her anti-air capabilities are not particularly outstanding.

However, she and Mainz now face the air defense pressure posed by two aircraft carriers.

Even with some support from August, the two of them were still quite overwhelmed.