The slightly weird commander's ship girl tour

Hood waved to the two and was about to leave when he suddenly seemed to remember something. "Commander, the only thing you haven't checked out is the warehouse, right?"

Huang Chen looked at Sirius in confusion, and the latter nodded.

"The warehouse is a bit far from here. If the commander goes there now, it might be too late." Hood said.

"Is it that far?" Huang Chen checked the time. It was a little after four o'clock, so the dinner wouldn't start until six or seven, right? Given his speed, wouldn't two hours be enough?

"Commander, you must prepare before attending the dinner, right?" Hood said with some surprise. "Although it's a dinner held in the harbor, it's to celebrate everyone's reunion after such a long separation, and to celebrate the Commander's return, so it should be more formal, right?"

"Hmm..." Huang Chen nodded, more formally. He felt that there was something else behind Hu Dejiang's words.

"As the host of the dinner, Commander, you should dress formally, right?" Hood said.

When did I become the protagonist... Huang Chen was a little confused, but he had to admit that what Hu De said made some sense.

He once again looked the girl up and down in front of him, and sure enough, Hood's attire was more like a party dress than casual clothes.

"I understand... I will prepare well." Huang Chen nodded.

Hood pursed his lips, as if he had made some kind of decision. "So, what do you plan to wear, Commander?"

"Just..." Huang Chen didn't know what to say.

He had never attended a banquet before and didn't know what to wear. He thought formal attire would be enough. A commander attending a banquet should wear his white uniform.

But he was just a self-taught person, and he didn't have that kind of clothes. Or maybe ordinary formal clothes, suits, etc., but he didn't have them either, after all, he didn't really like that style.

"Well, doesn't the commander have a uniform now?" Hood asked, looking at Huang Chen's conflicted look.

"No." Huang Chen raised his head, a little surprised, "Where is Hood?"

"How is that possible?" Hood shook his head. "This is really a bit troublesome. How about asking Shengli to help the commander make a set?"

"How can it be done in time now?" Huang Chen shook his head. It's not like he's cooking, how could he possibly get it out in an hour or two?

He raised his head and looked at Hood's faint smile. Suddenly, he understood. "Hood, since you said that, there must be a way!"

Chapter 499 It’s Not That I Don’t Believe You

"Even if the Commander says so..." Hood shook his head. "How about using my clothes to alter them? I have a few pretty loose shirts. If Victory can alter them, there's still time."

"No need, no need." Huang Chen shook his head hurriedly. You, Hu De, are going too far. How could you persuade me to wear women's clothes?

He looked at Sirius beside him, "If it doesn't work... I'll just find some black clothes and come out."

He has a black T-shirt and black trousers. If he finds a pair of simpler shoes, it won't look too formal, but at least it won't seem abrupt.

Sirius was confused, "My proud master, do you need my help?"

Hood thought for a moment and said, "If there's really no other way, this is the only way. But it doesn't matter. After all, they are the commander and his companions in the harbor. Even if they are a little casual, it's okay."

Huang Chen nodded, but looked at Hood who was still standing in front of him, wanting to say something.

"I was thinking... maybe I could help the commander figure out what to wear." Hood explained a little embarrassedly.

Huang Chen was stunned. You just said you had to leave for a while.

Hood was also a little embarrassed and explained, "As for the dinner party, if I don't go, Belfar can handle it well, but if I let the commander go back and change clothes by himself, he might just find something at random."

"No matter what, I won't just pick something at random..." Huang Chen shook his head.

Hood continued to explain, "And it's not just the clothes, the Commander's image also needs to be taken care of. Commander, you haven't had a haircut in a long time, right?"

"Haircut?" Huang Chen subconsciously touched his hair. It was indeed a bit long. He was really annoyed when Sha Bai pulled it before. It was about time for a haircut.

but……

"Does Hood know how to cut hair?"

He looked at the blonde girl in front of him with some doubt.

It's not that he doesn't trust Hood... He just doesn't trust Hood. Can this guy really cut hair? After all, it's Hood.

"Commander, your gaze is a bit rude right now," Hood chuckled. "Although it's certainly not as good as Belfar's, some simple adjustments are fine. After all, as a lady, taking care of your appearance is a must."

"That's not what I'm talking about." Huang Chen shook his head. "Hu De hasn't tried a men's hairstyle, has he?"

"That's true..." Hood nodded, and looked at Huang Chen's head carefully again, "But there's still nothing wrong with the commander's hairstyle."

I always feel inexplicably excluded from the men... Huang Chen thought, but since Hood had said this, it was difficult for him to refuse. In the end, he nodded and said, "Then I'll trouble Hood."

"It's okay. I've been thinking about taking care of the Commander's image for a long time." Hood said with a smile, "But I've never had this opportunity before."

"Ha." Huang Chen smiled awkwardly, "There will be more opportunities like this in the future."

Hood chuckled and said nothing more, and the few of them walked towards the dock.

Instead of following the path we came from, they followed Hood to a side road. "This way we can go directly to the dock. There are actually quite a few small paths on the island. The commander just arrived and it's easy to get lost if you're not careful."

Huang Chen nodded and looked at the surrounding buildings. He suddenly became curious. "How did everyone on the island get together?"

He has actually always been very curious about this matter.

The news that Shabai had gathered many royal ship girls was first heard from Veneto.

But at that time I only knew that there were many people, but I didn’t know who they were.

Later, I met Guanghui and everything became clear. Guanghui and her sisters, the maid team, expelled the children.

I was very amazed at that time. I didn't expect that Shabai could gather so many companions, almost half of the royal girls.

In addition, Shabai also knows many other camps

"Well..." Hood thought for a moment, a trace of melancholy on his face, "Actually, it mainly depends on His Majesty."

"Damn it, Silly Bai?" Huang Chen blinked and laughed, "Could it be that everyone spontaneously gathered around Silly Bai?"

"Spontaneous? Not really." Hood's expression was calm, but his tone was tinged with melancholy. "If His Majesty hadn't insisted on taking the Expellees with him when he left, perhaps we wouldn't have been able to gather together, right?"

Huang Chen blinked and found that the situation did not seem to be what he thought.

Hood looked back at Huang Chen, brushed the hair away from his ear, and chuckled, "The commander disappeared at the time, and everyone was very anxious, so they started looking for you everywhere."

Huang Chen nodded, feeling deeply melancholy. When Jiaozi first told him about this, he'd considered it a mere background story. But as time passed and his relationship with the girls deepened, he came to empathize with their despair.

If you wake up one day and find that Jiaozi is gone, Enterprise is gone, and all the ship girls who have been with you have disappeared, can you still cheer up like them, not be crushed by sadness, and search the world for their traces?

"It's okay, Commander. I'm glad you're back." Hood held Huang Chen's hand with a slight smile on his face.

"Huh?" Huang Chen was a little surprised. Is Hood so proactive?

Hood continued as if nothing had happened. "At first, they were in nearby areas, then they got farther and farther away. Because of the long voyages, it was usually the adults who went to the distant areas, and the destroyers basically stayed in the area near the port."

"I understand." Huang Chen interrupted Hood.

Having said that, he could probably guess what happened next. Because he had run too far, he decided to stay in that city.

Fewer and fewer people returned to the port area until it collapsed.

"Your Majesty initially didn't intend to leave, wanting to remain in the port. However, the port's supplies were all used up, and the area surrounding the former port area had gradually become a safe zone, making it impossible to recover the oil losses from the daily sorties."

"But when Her Majesty leaves, she must take the Expulsion Children with her," Hood said with a smile. "It must have been difficult at first, right? Supplies, oil. It's said that even the maid team wasn't with her at the time."

"Was it only Shabai at the beginning?" Huang Chen was shocked.

"Your Majesty, there was also Warspite and Valor," Hood explained, "and meeting Befa and the others were all things that happened later."

Huang Chen was surprised. He didn't expect that Elizabeth could do such a thing. He really underestimated her.

"But it got much better later." Hood smiled. "When His Majesty and I reunited, he had already gathered many companions. Like Sirius, he came back just before me, right?"

Sirius nodded aside.

"But there's still no news about a lot of people." Hood sighed, "Like Qiao Wu and the others, there's no news at all."

"But... now that the Commander is back, things will change, right?"

Chapter 500: If you don’t attack, you’ll just be in trouble?

The three of them walked on the road. As they got closer to the pier, they met more girls along the way, which made the surroundings more lively.

Everyone was quite excited. On the one hand, they were approaching land, and people who were traveling long distances would especially cherish the stops along the way.

Even if it is just a small station, it is a place worth resting and relaxing your body and mind.

In addition, it is not the dock of the ship girl’s headquarters, but the small island of Shabai and the others. Rounding it off, it is equivalent to the dock of their own port area.

The relaxation you get when you dock is far beyond what you can get from docking anywhere else.

The three of them walked along and soon passed through the residential area. Hood pointed to a small path ahead and said, "Follow this road and you will find some of the island's infrastructure. The more important warehouses, power stations, water purification equipment, etc. are all over there."

"Oh." Huang Chen nodded and looked along the path. It was ordinary, nothing special. But in the distance he could see a few white-painted buildings hidden in the woods.

"Then follow this road to the dock. There are some warehouses along the way that store some consumables for the island, some common daily necessities, etc." Hood continued to introduce.

After the three of them walked for about ten minutes, she pointed to a small building that appeared in front of them and said, "This one looks like this. It's mainly used to store supplies recovered during the raid."

"Supplies?" Huang Chen raised his eyebrows and looked at the small building in front of him, which felt a little small.

Hood chuckled. "This is just one of the warehouses where we store supplies. It's a temporary storage facility. We'll store them here after we return from the mission. After sorting and processing, we'll move them to other warehouses."

"So troublesome?" Huang Chen was a little surprised, and also a little confused. "Besides, do you still need to attack?"

"Of course we do." Hood turned around and smiled. "How else can we make a living? And if we're not responsible for the waters surrounding the island, do we have to rely on other ports?"

"This..." Huang Chen grinned, not knowing what to say, as if this was indeed the truth.

But he had always thought that Shabai lived a secluded life, just like Nagato or Akagi.

But it is true as Hood said, if you don't attack, how can you make money? Shipgirls also need to live, they can't live by drinking air.

Akagi and the others opened a hot springs parlor and made a living without any problems. Nagato and the others had no way to make money and lived a miserable life, relying on Jiang Feng to go fishing for meat every day.

Silly Bai and the others were able to buy an island, live on it, and build a castle. It's impossible that they relied entirely on the gold nuggets under Edinburgh's skirt, right?

"In fact, we are also responsible for the security of an area. There are no shipping routes in the area, and it is not a dangerous sea area," said Hood.

"Is this really possible?" Huang Chen was a little surprised, and suddenly he was stunned. "So, this is actually a port area?"

Isn't this what building your own port is like? A person gets followed by a ship girl, then finds a place to build a port, reaches an agreement with the ship girl headquarters, and is responsible for the safety of a sea area.

"The port area... doesn't really count." Hood shook his head, "Because the commander wasn't there. If he were, it would be considered a self-built port area."

"Yeah." Huang Chen nodded.

"But this situation is quite common." Hood thought for a moment and said, "Some free ship girls don't want to join the port area, and don't want to drift around, so they will find a place like this to buy and manage it themselves."

"Is that so?" Huang Chen nodded, quite surprised, and suddenly laughed again, "Then in that case, wouldn't it be much more convenient for me to rebuild the port here? I just need to say hello to the KanColle headquarters, and that's it?"

"That's the theory," Hood nodded. "But our port area is a little special. But don't worry, Commander. These things are easy to handle."

The three of them continued walking, passing the warehouse and approaching the dock. They finally heard the sound of waves in the distance, and after walking for a few more minutes, their view suddenly opened up.

He had seen the dock from a distance on the Windward before, but for various reasons he did not take a close look when he landed later, so this was the first time Huang Chen had seen this place so closely.

The dock was spacious, and one could see the Windward at a glance, followed by two yachts, presumably used by the girl for daily travel. There was also a cargo ship, two times larger than the yacht, likely used for transporting goods.

Then there are the gantry cranes and two warehouses. The rest of the place is quiet and there are no piles of materials or the like.

"That's a cargo ship. The island is usually replenished with supplies every two weeks, mainly oil and food. The salvaged supplies are also transported to Area C1 via this ship and sold," Hood said.

"But usually they sell it directly at the KanColle headquarters. The price they charge is lower than the market price, but it's very convenient."

"Then the small cruise ship is used when we need to go to other places. But on weekdays, there is basically nothing to do. I heard that the commander needs to report to the ship girl headquarters in the port area, but we don't need anything."

Huang Chen immediately laughed and said, "Then won't I have to do this often in the future?"

"Probably not?" Hood shook his head. "I heard that commanders of self-built ports don't need to report. But someone will come to inspect them every once in a while."

The three of them walked onto the Windward and were about to go onto the boarding bridge when they saw a girl with short silver-blue hair and a maid outfit running down in front of them.

"Caution! Get out of the way! Player Kent is coming!"

The girl was running hurriedly on the boarding bridge with a large plate in her hand.

Huang Chen saw this and quickly made way. The little girl ran over with the plate in her hand, not noticing that it was the commander who was here. She just left a word, "thanks!" and disappeared.