Azur Lane: I Traveled Through Graduation Port

But Lin Lan, who was surrounded by the little lolita from Sakura Empire, was still very puzzled as to why even Ayanami and Jiang Feng would join them.

But when he saw Akagi, Taiho and the others standing beside Amagi outside the encirclement, casting extremely burning gazes at him, he immediately understood the reason.

There is strength in numbers.

That's right, the destroyers of the Sakura Empire seemed to understand that they could not compete with those battleships, so they coincidentally adopted the strategy of banding together and acting coquettishly.

He even saw Yu Yu from Sakura Empire and Yi 168 and the others joining in.

It was not until this moment that Lin Lan suddenly remembered his initial goal when he first traveled to the United States of Oran, which was to see a real animal-eared loli.

At least, he has now completely and completely achieved this dream.

Chapter 647: New Year's Day Ceremony Begins

Compared to the iron-blooded wolves and the fish of the White Eagle, the "I" submarine ship girls of the Sakura Empire do not have a high presence in the game due to their strength, but they are still Lin Lan's favorites.

Of course, what he felt most healed were the Mutsuki-class kids. The clear and innocent eyes of these little cuties were simply their greatest weapon.

However, since there are too many little lolis in Sakura Empire, Lin Lan is unable to take care of everyone.

While he was playing with the little lolis, other Sakura Empire ship girls also came to the shrine square one after another.

The originally deserted shrine is now bustling with activity. Today, almost all the Sakura Empire ship girls have changed into beautiful kimonos, even the senior Mikasa is no exception.

Just as Lin Lan put the little emoticon bag of the Sakura Empire, Mutsuki, back to the ground from his shoulder, Nagato and Mutsu walked out of the main hall of the shrine accompanied by Shimanto, Fuso and other ship girls wearing shrine maiden costumes.

When they appeared, the originally bustling shrine gradually became quiet.

Only then did Lin Lan notice that the sky had completely brightened, which also meant that the New Year's Festival of the Sakura Trees had officially begun.

He originally thought that he would be able to enjoy the New Year's Festival with the Sakura Empire's shipgirls at the steps of the shrine.

However, his thought was ended when Nagato raised his hand slightly.

As everyone's commander, how could I just watch the New Year's Day ceremony from the audience?

The cute little lolita girls from the Sakura Empire sensibly made way for Lin Lan, and Jiang Feng, Shan Feng and Hai Feng, who were Nagato's guards, also took the initiative to stand behind Lin Lan.

So Lin Lan walked to Nagato's side under countless gazes.

Nagato had long been accustomed to presiding over ceremonies in such grand occasions. At this moment, the little fox girl on the battleship had a dignified and majestic face, and she no longer had the laziness she had when she had just woken up in the morning.

After Lin Lan stood up, Mutsu took two tall Sakura Empire ship girls and walked towards the stone well beside the shrine square.

"They are... Yura and Mikuma, right?"

Lin Lan looked at the two Sakura Empire ship girls who were following Mutsu and were wearing red and white shrine maiden costumes, and recognized the identities of the two light cruiser ship girls.

The green-eyed girl with long dark brown hair and a pair of red horns on her head is the Nagara-class fourth-flight ship Yura. Behind Yura there is a vague shadow of a human figure that looks exactly like her.

However, Lin Lan was not surprised, because he remembered that Yura was a shikigami who could control a shikigami that had some connection with his name, which could be seen from the game character portrait.

Lin Lan also learned about the true identity of this shikigami when he was on Blue Star. It was based on the legend of the Sakura Empire, the demon girl Suzuka Gozen on Mount Suzuka.

Yura's original planned name was Suzuka, which is why Yura said that her shikigami has a connection with her name.

But Lin Lan still remembered that Yura mentioned in the game's lines that as a commander, he could not see this shikigami.

Now that he can see Yura's Shikigami, it is probably because of the passive skills that can see souls in the brave skill column he obtained after the time travel.

Next to Yura, there was a girl with white hair and red eyes, wearing a high-cut red shrine maiden skirt and a white horn on her head.

It was the Mikuma, the second ship of the Mogami-class cruiser.

Whether it's Motobuki standing on the stage or Mikuma who has changed into a shrine maiden's costume, the sisters all have this white pointed horn in the middle of their foreheads.

This also led Lin Lan to once jokingly complain that in Hong Kong, it is necessary to reasonably distinguish between fake unicorns and real unicorns.

Soon, Mutsu brought two shrine maidens, Yura and Mikuma, to draw a bucket of clear well water from the well and poured it into a porcelain bowl.

Although little Mutsu looks like a curious baby on weekdays, when Lin Lan saw Mutsu holding a bowl in both hands and walking towards him with a smile on his face, he also understood why yesterday's New Year's Eve bell ceremony was given to this little loli.

As long as she didn't launch a barrage of questions, Mutsu's dignified temperament and elegance in her gestures were already comparable to those of her sister, the Goddess of God, Nagato.

"Commander, please accept the water of worship that represents the good wishes of everyone in the Sakura Empire."

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Mutsu brought Yura and Mikuma to Lin Lan, and Nagato spoke at the right time.

Looking at Mutsu holding the bowl in both hands and handing it to him, although Lin Lan didn't know much about the traditions of the Sakura Empire, he just had to do as he was told at this time.

After taking the bowl of well water handed to him by Mutsu with both hands, Mutsu and the two light patrol shrine maidens returned to the queue behind him and Nagato.

Next, Nagato turned his gaze to all the Sakura Empire shipgirls in the square below the steps, and spoke loudly in a serious and dignified tone:

"Everyone, please join me in praying for the Commander. I wish the Commander, the Sakura Empire, and all the friends in the Port District a safe, healthy, and well new year."

Under Nagato's guidance, all the Sakura Empire's ship girls, including Akagi and Taiho, closed their eyes.

For a moment, the entire shrine fell into silence, and all the Sakura Empire ship girls offered their best wishes on the first day of the new year.

However, when Lin Lan was holding the bowl, he discovered something strange at this moment.

That is, he did not see Musashi and Unsen who were responsible for imprisoning the Demon King in the sacred tree barrier, and Akashi who was sending the Demon King into the barrier.

Yesterday they all agreed to attend the New Year's Day ceremony. Could it be that they encountered some trouble?

Lin Lan originally wanted to speak, but now that the New Year's Festival had started normally and Nagato was not in a hurry to explain the reason to him, he roughly guessed that something unexpected might have happened to the Demon King, but it was not very urgent.

So he could only wait until the prayer was over and then ask Nagato the reason.

"The prayer is over. Next, please enjoy the Kagura dance."

The silent prayer session lasted about three minutes.

After Nagato spoke again, Lin Lan was surprised to see a band composed of Manju walking out from behind them.

These cute little birds are chubby, but they can actually hold various traditional musical instruments of Sakura, looking like professional musicians.

He remembered that many of the Sakura Empire's ship girls were good at playing musical instruments, and girls like Haku and Kashino even had special costumes.

Just by looking at the dozen or so barbarians holding different instruments, he understood why Nagato arranged for the barbarians to accompany the Kagura dance performance.

There are too many types of musical instruments needed to accompany the Kagura dance.

If it was a live performance in the port area, the KanColles would probably perform enthusiastically, but for a festival like this that requires the participation of all members of the camp, the task of accompaniment would definitely be more conveniently left to the Barbarians.

"Commander, follow me downstairs to enjoy the performance."

At this time, Nagato whispered to Lin Lan to help her clear the space in front of the main hall door, go to the bottom of the stairs, and hand over the stage to the shrine maidens and ship girls who were all holding Kagura bells.

But Lin Lan still stood there. He looked at Nagato in confusion and asked the most critical and realistic question he was facing:

"Um...Nagato, should I keep the bowl of water in my hand or drink it?"

Chapter 648: The "Big Surprise" after the New Year's Day

That’s right, compared to the worries about Yunxian and Musashi, this is the most critical problem Lin Lan is facing right now.

As a Donghuang native, he had never participated in such a ceremony. How would he know what to do with this bowl of well water?

Especially since Nagato had just said that this bowl of well water represented the good wishes of the Sakura Empire's ship girls, he held it very carefully, not daring to spill a drop.

Hearing his question, even though Nagato was trying to maintain a dignified expression, the corners of his mouth slightly raised and he almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

On the way here, she actually forgot to explain to Lin Lan how to deal with the bowl of well water.

However, this well water, which represents blessing, was originally offered to their gods. After the gods accepted the blessing, it was naturally up to them to decide how to deal with it.

The commander is the god in their minds, no, he is even a being that surpasses gods.

However, in order to help Lin Lan get rid of the embarrassing situation as soon as possible, Nagato smiled and shook his fox ears, and whispered to Lin Lan:

"Just drink it directly."

After hearing Nagato's words, Lin Lan felt relieved and drank the bowl of well water in one gulp under the gaze of the Sakura Empire ship girls.

He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that the cool well water tasted very sweet and delicious, completely different from the bitter taste of well water he had heard about on Blue Star.

Well, maybe this small bowl of well water really carries the blessings of all the Sakura Empire’s shipgirls.

Lin Lan was thinking in his mind, while Jiang Feng stepped forward and took the empty bowl from his hand.

After Nagato and Mutsu walked down the stairs to a suitable distance below, the Kagura dance performance officially began.

With the elegant accompaniment of the extremely Sakura-style music played by the Manju Orchestra, the shrine maidens and ship girls holding Kagura bells took light steps and graceful dance moves, and deployed their formations with great skill.

The Kagura dance performance officially began.

Although the styles and colors of their witch costumes were different, their graceful movements were all in unison, and they all looked at Lin Lan with smiles on their faces.

The Kagura dance's moves were not that difficult compared to the live performance he had seen in White Eagle.

To the sound of slow-paced music, the shrine maidens and ship girls followed the beat, gently shaking the Kagura bells in their hands, complementing the accompanying music.

But such a simple dance, yet full of classical elegance, seemed to have a magical power that gently caressed his soul.

He could see that for this dance, both the Dragon God Shrine Maiden Shimanto, the little shrine maiden Harutsuki, and the sisters Chitose and Chiyoda, who were wearing shrine maiden costumes as light as gauze and had burgundy hair, had practiced privately countless times.

As the dance of the miko and the ship girl came to an end with the music, Nagato beside him whispered to him:

"You just need to smile back at them for their efforts."

Well, if Nagato hadn't reminded her in advance, Lin Lan would have been ready to applaud.

Led by Fuso and Yamashiro, the priestesses and ship girls in front of the palace bowed to Lin Lan together after completing the final cymbal action.

Lin Lan also showed his sincere gratitude to the Sakura Empire shipgirls.

She smiled as the best response to this pleasing Kagura dance.

After the priestesses and ship girls came to the stage one by one, Lin Lan, led by Nagato, climbed the stairs and came to the entrance of the main hall.

"I declare the New Year's Day Festival over. Mikasa-senpai, Shinano, and Haku, please follow me into the hall to discuss important matters."

"Everyone please move freely first, the commander will be here to accompany you later."

After Nagato announced the end of the festival, just as Lin Lan had expected, he called on the three powerful Sakura Empire ship girls.

It seems that something unexpected really happened to the Demon King in the Sacred Tree Barrier.

"Commander, follow me."

Although many of the Sakura Empire's shipgirls looked confused, they more or less guessed that there might be some unexpected situation within the sacred tree barrier that required the commander's help to resolve.

When Akagi saw this scene, he was unhappy and smacked his lips and wanted to step forward to ask, but was held back by Amagi.

"Sister Tiancheng, the commander and the others..."

In response to Amagi's obstruction, Akagi turned his head anxiously.

But Tiancheng just smiled at her and shook his head slightly:

"Akagi, what did I teach you before? You must trust the Master. They will be back soon."

After saying that, Amagi let go of Akagi and reached out to touch Akagi's head.

"Then... let's wait here for the commander."

Akagi, who has always had a somewhat morbid personality, is like a good baby in front of Tiancheng. Although his heart is full of worries about Lin Lan and his tail keeps wagging behind him, he finally listens to Tiancheng's words obediently.

Kaga, who was standing with Tosa, saw Akagi in this state and signaled to Tosa that he could go to the stalls outside the shrine to hang out first. She would stay here with Akagi and Amagi to wait for Lin Lan.

Many Sakura Empire ship girls, including Taiho, also chose to stay.

After waving apologetically to the Sakura Empire ship girls, Lin Lan quickly followed Nagato and Mutsu into the main hall.

Compared to the spacious and clean platform outside, the inside of the shrine is filled with many cushions and various clerical utensils.

But Lin Lan didn't bother to look at these carefully. He looked at Nagato's back and asked anxiously:

"Is there some emergency situation with Yunxian and Musashi?"

After hearing his words, Nagato turned around and shook his head at him:

"Commander, I would like to convey my apologies to the Great Sage, Musashi, and Akashi for not being able to attend the New Year's Festival."

"The situation there is a bit special, and you may need to come and solve it yourself."

As Nagato answered, Mikasa also brought Shinano and Haku into the hall and came to Lin Lan's side.

Although Mikasa and Haku were both wearing kimonos, they were holding the scabbards of their swords tightly in their hands.

The white fox Shinano looked sleepy. She looked at Nagato and said lazily: