Azur Lane Mobile Front.

After seeing it with their own eyes today, these two Sakura Empire ships realized that Daisenbei was still being conservative.

As the fleet ventured deeper into the enemy territory, the sirens surrounding them gradually became too much for the Sakura Empire to handle.

After fully experiencing the performance of the two refitted ships, the special Sirens gradually concentrated most of their firepower on the Sakura Empire crew.

In fact, whenever the corporations and New Jersey came knocking, the sirens simply chose to stay put and not even bother to fight back.

"Damn it, why are they all heading towards us?!"

After taking down the Sirens in two strikes, Zuikaku decided it couldn't hold back on ammunition any longer and quickly launched its carrier-based aircraft.

On the other side, the Kaohsiung Atago also began to use its main guns and torpedoes in combat, because if it rushed in to engage in close combat now, it would probably be surrounded and attacked by the enemy.

However, the sheer number of enemies ultimately led them to make a mistake.

Atago's torpedoes were supposed to be heading towards the enemy Sirens, but Takao, who was in front of her, was thrown into disarray by a combined attack from several Sirens.

In the rush, it somehow ended up in the path of Atago's torpedoes.

"Kaohsiung, behind us!"

Atago quickly reminded Kaohsiung that there were torpedoes behind her.

However, the sirens had no intention of letting Kaohsiung go so easily, and fired several more shells, completely blocking her movement.

With artillery shells in front and torpedoes behind, Kaohsiung is in danger.

"What the hell, is that Commander Lei? New Jersey, help!"

Rob, who was behind them, also saw this scene and immediately ordered the nearby New Jersey officers to rescue the people.

"Leave it to me!"

A confident voice from New Jersey came through the communicator.

She swooped down in front of Kaohsiung and used her shield to block the shells in front of her.

Then, they pulled Kaohsiung up and jumped backward, and Atago's torpedo passed right under their feet, successfully hitting its target.

"I am extremely grateful!"

Kaohsiung, who was rescued, didn't care that he was still on the battlefield and immediately bowed to New Jersey.

"Haha, it's okay!"

New Jersey, however, clearly didn't take the matter to heart and threw itself back into the task of killing the Sirens.

"Oh my, what a reliable companion!"

Mikasa Daisenbei, who was loading the main gun, was still shaken by what had just happened. Fortunately, her comrades were strong.

"Ms. Mikasa, how far are we from our destination?"

Rob looked at the sirens surging towards him from all directions and felt that even if he was just trying to gain experience, something was wrong.

Our group fought our way in, and the system recorded nearly two hundred slain enemies, yet the number of Sirens on the sea didn't seem to have decreased at all.

"There's still some distance to go!"

Rob thought to himself, "Good heavens, they're not even going to say 'almost there'?"

"Commander, my carrier-based aircraft have spotted swarms of Sirens from the surrounding waters heading this way!"

Just then, Zuikaku sent Robo some bad news.

Now, Rob and his team are advancing at a very slow pace.

On the outskirts of this sea area, the observer was playing with the tentacles on his ship's equipment while watching Rob and the others gradually get surrounded by the mass-produced Sirens.

"Hehe, although defeating them is still a bit of a stretch, it's easy to keep these experimental subjects from leaving the sea area for the time being."

"Next, we should go and check out the port area of ​​that strange human."

"After all, there is a special ship equipment called 'Gundam' stored there."

"It would be such a waste to put them in the hands of these experimental individuals."

"Why don't we just go and snatch it away? Hehe."

With a soft laugh, the observer gradually sank to the bottom of the water.

Oblivious to the observer's schemes, Robb continues his battle against countless sirens.

Although the experience points displayed on the system were increasing rapidly, Rob felt that something was amiss.

According to Mikasa's previous statement, although there are many Sirens in this sea area, there are definitely not so many that they can cover the entire sea surface.

"Ms. Mikasa, besides me, who else did you tell about your plan to come looking for Nagato?"

"no!"

Mikasa finally realized that she had clearly been tricked.

"Wait, I had contact with that kid Mutsu before!"

Suddenly, Mikasa remembered something, and her amber eyes widened as if she had discovered something incredible.

Chapter 71: Luo has shipped out another batch of goods!

"Mutsu, the second ship of the Nagato class?"

"Yes, that's the child."

While fighting the Sirens, Mikasa pondered the reasons behind it all.

Logically speaking, Mutsu should never have caused any problems; she neither had the temperament nor the inclination.

Could it be...

Thinking of this, Mikasa broke out in a cold sweat.

However, the current situation did not allow Mikasa to think too much, as another wave of Sirens attacked.

Mikasa had no choice but to put aside her doubts and focus on how to eliminate the enemy.

"Enterprise, New Jersey, adjust your attack direction. Break through first!"

As the New Year approaches, it gets dark particularly early.

Although it was only early afternoon, there was already very little light left, and it would be even more troublesome once it got completely dark.

Fortunately, Zuikaku had finished his quest chain by then.

Now, all Rob needs is a safe place, and he can give the other side a live demonstration of upgrading their weaponry.

"Coming!"

Zuikaku finally brought everyone some good news.

Actually, even without her saying it, everyone already knew. After all, the towering tree called the Divine Tree had already come into everyone's view.

"This tree... it looks like it's about to wither away?"

After observing it for a while, Rob noticed that the sacred tree seemed to be on the verge of withering.

“That’s right, there’s something wrong with the Sacred Tree, and that child Nagato is inside it.”

Mikasa picked up where Robo left off, staring intently at the towering tree with a serious expression.

"what?"

Rob didn't quite understand. What kind of development was it to have a person inside a tree?

"It's hard to explain in a short time. You'll understand when you see the child."

Because of the ship's speed, Mikasa never strayed too far from Robo, so Robo and she could still chat for a while.

While her main gun was being reloaded, Mikasa carefully observed the sacred tree and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the sacred tree's condition hadn't worsened, and the child was alright.

"RoboRobo~"

Suddenly, New Jersey, which had been out having fun for a long time, flew back.

"what happened?"

Rob wondered why she had come back on her own when he hadn't ordered her to return.

"Hehehe~ Rob does he have any spare equipment? I've run out of equipment."

Then Rob took a closer look and thankfully his blood pressure hadn't spiked.

"Befa, where's my blood pressure medication?"

"Master, please don't joke like that."

The head maid didn't like Rob's little joke and immediately retorted, saying that Rob shouldn't joke about his physical condition.

Rob, who had never seen this side of the head maid before, was stunned and remained silent for a long time.

"Ahem, how come you've used up all your weapons again?"

Looking at New Jersey, where only the GN Sword remained, Robo wasn't as angry as before.

After all, such intense fighting has lasted for so long, it's normal for some weapons to be worn out.

"There's no other way~ There are just too many enemies, it's really difficult to recover them!"

(So ​​you still threw it out, right?)

"Alright, alright, we'll be there soon. I'll get your equipment back in a bit!"

Rob couldn't really blame New Jersey this time, so he promised to get her all the equipment she needed later.

New Jersey hugged Rob, then turned and went back to fighting.

"Hey, the system won't settle the score since you didn't finish the match!"

Watching New Jersey's departing figure, Rob silently cursed the system for being a rip-off.

After fighting for a while longer, Rob and his group finally arrived near the Sacred Tree.

The Sirens, however, seemed to be restricted in some way, and remained in the previous sea area for the time being, without giving chase.

"Phew~ It's finally over."

Having completely lost count of how many Sirens she had sunk, Zuikaku returned to the captain's cabin where Robo was and collapsed onto the sofa.

"Miss Zuikaku, there is a bathroom on board."

Seeing Zuikaku sprawled out on the sofa on his ship, covered in sweat, Belfast's eyelids twitched. He expressionlessly reminded Zuikaku to take a shower first.

"Huh? Okay!"

Zuikaku didn't think that much about it. She simply thought that the head maid felt she had worked hard and should take a bath to relax, so she immediately turned around and went to do so.

"Oh, right, Zuikaku. I have a gift for you later."

Rob, who had just opened the box, looked at Zuikaku with a complicated expression.

There's no other reason than that the mobile suit he just piloted was a Class VIII mobile suit—the Destiny Gundam.

"I always felt this thing wasn't very friendly to my company. Can I say thankfully it's not a pre-emitter pulse?"

"A gift? That's ridiculous!"

Ruihe didn't react at all and turned around to take a shower.

"Heh, you just wait, I'll make sure you kneel down and beg me for mercy in a minute!"

Having reached his destination, Rob also stepped out of the cabin.

After stretching, Rob began to observe his surroundings.

This area is made up of several small floating islands.

The largest floating island in the middle is the legendary Sacred Tree.

Around the sacred tree, there are several buildings in the Sakura Empire style, which are presumably the residences of the ships on the island.

Several huge imperial pillars were planted on the island and in the surrounding sea.

Overall, this place is full of the shrine style of the Sakura Empire.

"Stop! Who goes there?!"

A clear, cool girl's voice interrupted Luo Bo's thoughts.

A ship with long, silver-gray hair, the ends of which were tinged with black, dressed in a black and white shrine maiden-style outfit and wielding a katana, blocked their way.