Azur Lane: I Traveled Through Graduation Port

Lin Lan suddenly realized why the scenery outside seemed so familiar to him.

This turned out to be the wallpaper background he once used as his phone screensaver!

He wanted to say something else, but Atago completely shut him up with a passionate kiss.

……

After two hours, Lin Lan, who was completely exhausted and had no strength left in her body, soaked herself in the hot spring-like open-air bath under the starry sky.

He looked up at the brilliant starry sky simulated by a hologram, and felt a cool mountain breeze with the scent of grass and trees blowing over, dispersing the white water vapor that was constantly heating up. For a moment, he was a little dazed.

Feeling the comfortable and cozy feeling coming from the water of just the right temperature, he turned his head and looked to the side.

Just like him, the four attractive heavy cruiser girls all soaked their bodies in the water, leaning against the edge of the water with only their heads exposed above the water.

Whether it was Kaohsiung, Maya, Atago or Toriumi, they all had satisfied and happy smiles on their faces.

Well, it seems that Kaohsiung and Maya, who always have stern faces, will also smile.

However, when the four Kaohsiung-class ship girls showed their perfect figures in front of him at the same time, Lin Lan felt even more that Maya was indeed the wrong child.

Her three sisters all have good figures, but this child has a very obvious gap in development compared to her three sisters.

She is not even close to her twin sister Toriumi.

Maya, you have to prove yourself as soon as possible and you need to work hard.

In this peaceful atmosphere with only the chirping of insects and the rustling sound of leaves blown by the mountain breeze, Lin Lan silently observed all this and smiled in his heart.

Atago quickly noticed his gaze and moved to his side, slipping under his arm and staying close to him.

The sexy heavy cruiser sister did not say a word to break the quiet and peaceful atmosphere. She just tilted her head back, smiled with a blushing face, and looked at him affectionately with her yellow eyes.

Lin Lan had to admit that after seeing him in front of the locker room door, Atago really made all the arrangements for him.

The reason why Takao and Maya changed their nature and took the initiative to attack him was because Atago told them that the commander prefers proactive ship girls.

He felt like he had no secrets at all and was completely controlled by the beauty in his arms.

Come to think of it, why did I give the ring to Atago before all the other Sakura Empire ship girls?

Looking at Atago, who was nestled in his arms as if she was holding a beloved treasure, with a happy smile on her face, Lin Lan's thoughts drifted back to many, many years ago.

He remembered the first time he opened Atago's personal story, and what Atago said to him after their date:

"I am fighting for what I want most."

"My sister thinks that people should never lose their goals in life."

“Once you decide on a goal, you must complete it to the end. Even if it is a road leading to destruction, you must keep moving forward.”

"If you look back one day, you will never be able to move forward from that moment on. Don't look at me like this, I am a persistent person."

"After today, tomorrow we will return to our daily routine. I may no longer be the secretary ship, and the commander will also have some interactions with other people."

"So before that, what I want most at this moment is—"

"Can you give it to me?"

Chapter 672 Lord of Inaba Island, Awajin Castle

Late at night on the first day of the new year, Inaba Island, in the large seaside port city of Awazu, did not seem as lively as in previous years.

For the people of Liaozhou, the New Year is a festival to celebrate family reunion, but in recent days more and more families are heartbroken because of the inexplicable disappearance of their children.

Even the celebration event held by the island owner Inaba family at the assembly square today did not attract many people.

Throughout the past year, the increasing number of monster attacks has destroyed many fields outside the city, and the crop yields are lower than ever before.

However, the taxes collected by Tianou Group and the island owner are higher than in previous years.

This has caused the city streets, which used to be extremely bustling every night, to become much quieter even during the New Year.

Many Liaozhou shop owners who were still open stood at their doorsteps with sad faces, looking at the Tianou Group soldiers patrolling the streets in standard white military uniforms and sighing.

Ever since the island owner announced his close cooperation with Tianou Group more than ten years ago, the guard team responsible for maintaining city security has become a force of Tianou Group.

Although these Oran people had been nice to them before.

The most obvious thing is that it brings them many novel and convenient tools.

Things like the street lights, the electrical wires that supply buildings in various areas, and the vehicles that can move automatically without the help of monsters were all brought by the Oran people.

In addition, the large ocean-going ships of Tianou Trading Company also make it more convenient for them to travel or buy specialties from other main islands, making the city more prosperous.

Weapons called guns and artillery shells, as well as metal monsters called mechas, have also allowed adventurers from various islands to make significant progress in conquering the island's nuclear ruins.

Many people in Liaozhou have to admit that their lives are inseparable from Tianou Group.

Especially the people of Liaozhou living on Inaba Island, Yuze Island, Zhuren Island and Yanrong Island, which have publicly announced in-depth cooperation with Tianou Group.

At one point, they were even proud of their island owner's cooperation with the Tianou Group, because under the construction of the Tianou Group, their lives were indeed more convenient and comfortable than those of residents on other main islands.

But all this beauty changed dramatically ten years ago when the Siren appeared and cut off the sea route from Liaozhou to Oran.

……

In the center of Awazu City, there is an ancient and luxurious mansion surrounded by white walls and guarded by hundreds of guards with spears.

This is the controller of Awazu Castle, or in other words, the controller of the entire Inaba Island, and the thousand-year-old residence of the island owner Inaba family.

Apart from the newly built walls and buildings on the outside, the internal buildings in the residential area are old houses with scars carved by time.

These old houses do not use electric lighting like other buildings on Inaba Island, but instead use the traditional lighting method of Liaozhou - light element lamps and monster oil lamps.

However, at the door of the most imposing old wooden house, there stood dozens of Tianou soldiers wearing white uniforms and carrying submachine guns on their chests.

These soldiers all had unfriendly expressions on their faces, and they were standing guard at the door of the old house, but their eyes were focused on the people with white rabbit ears on their heads who were surrounding them.

The owners of the mansion.

These people, both old and young, mostly wore Liaozhou fine cloth shirts and had angry faces. They were the demi-humans of the rabbit-ear tribe. They were the clansmen of the owner of Inabajima Island.

The current owner of Inabajima is currently being tried by the Tianou Group in this old house.

The island owner, Daoye Rong, with red eyes, white hair and rabbit ears, who is over 40 but still has charm as if she is only in her early 30s, is kneeling on the ground, biting her lower lip, her face pale.

Standing in front of her was an old human who was wearing a black suit that was completely different from Liaozhou's style of clothing. He had a wrinkled face, a long white beard, and his hair had already turned pale.

The old man was holding a cane, and although his back was hunched, his eyes were almost obscured by his drooping eyelids due to old age.

But the invisible pressure that comes with being in a high position for a long time still makes Daoye Rong tremble.

The golden Skygull badge on the right chest of the old man's suit explained his identity.

Tianou Group’s Liaozhou branch, Inabajima’s general agent, Jiang Jianmu.

At this time, Jiang Jianmu just looked at the Rabbit Ear Island Master who was kneeling on the ground in front of him in silence without saying a word.

But Dao Yerong didn't even dare to breathe, for fear of angering the general agent.

Although she was the lord of the island and the actual controller of Inaba Island, Inaba Rong did not dare to have the slightest resistance or disobedience in her heart.

This is not only because of the military force of Tianou Group stationed outside Awazu City, but also because of the soul contract in her body.

If that were the case, even if she sacrificed herself, she could get other members of the tribe to fight against the Tianou Group together.

But the main reason why she was so humble to Jiang Jianmu in front of her was because the Tianou Group had already controlled the energy, transportation, logistics, and even the economic lifeline of every village and town on Inaba Island.

As long as Jiang Jianmu gives the order, the entire Inaba Island will be cut off from power and oil supplies and return to its former primitive life.

Today, the residents of Inaba Island have long been accustomed to trading their crop harvests with Tianou Trading Company and purchasing supplies from other islands.

If all of this were to disappear suddenly, there would definitely be great chaos and collapse.

After all, the technologies from Oran have been firmly controlled by Tianou Group for all these years and have never been leaked to outsiders.

But what Dao Yerong couldn't understand was why the general agent Jiang Jianmu came to her house without any prior notice on the first day of the new year.

She knew very well that the people of Oran also had New Year traditions.

What's more, Jiang Jianmu's sudden attack this time was completely unreasonable, and he looked like he wanted to hold her accountable.

Dao Yerong believed that she had always obeyed any instructions from Tianou Group unconditionally over the years.

Even when the Tianou Group formed an expeditionary force to fight against the Sirens, she did her best to provide a large amount of food supplies.

Why did Jiang Jianmu come here so angry this time?

Just as Dao Yerong was constantly thinking about what mistakes she had made in the past year, Jiang Jianmu finally spoke slowly in an old voice:

"Master Inaba, I am...very disappointed in you."

Jiang Jianmu stared calmly at the attractive young woman kneeling on the ground in front of him, but there was a hint of anger in his voice.

This also made Dao Yerong look up, look at Jiang Jianmu, and said in a lost voice:

"

Mr. General Agent, I don't understand why you say that. The Inaba family has always been loyal to the Tianou Group, and you have seen it all."

"What did I do that made you unhappy?"

Jiang Jianmu didn't seem surprised that Dao Yerong said that, and in fact it was true.

Compared to the island owners managed by his other two general agent colleagues, Inaba Rong can even be said to be his half-daughter.

Since Inaba Island has no other special products except high-yield crops, and the Inaba family is a rabbit-eared tribe with weak talents and skills, the owner of Inaba Island has always had a low status in the Nine Islands Alliance.

This also means that after their Tianou Group took over Inaba Island, Inaba Rong, who was controlled by the Lord of the Undercover using mysterious means and was still a girl, was the most obedient island owner among the four islands.

Although Jiang Jianmu was furious at the moment, he still called Dao Yerong into the house and did not interrogate her in front of her clansmen, which was already giving enough face to the island owner.

But he still didn't expect that even at this time, the island owner still didn't repent and refused to reform.

He just felt extremely disappointed.

"Boom!"

Jiang Jianmu used the crutch in his hand to hit the wooden floor hard, causing Dao Yerong to tremble all over.

"I believe I have treated you and Inabajima well. Now that things have come to this, do you still think I am so easy to fool?"

Even though he is over 70 years old, Jiang Jianmu's voice is still strong and loud.

After saying this, Jiang Jianmu slowly took out a black metal box from his suit pocket and threw it in front of Dao Yerong.

"I have thoroughly investigated the mecha troop that went missing in Xueying Town last month. It was attacked by the Nine Islands Alliance!"

"You didn't expect that there would be a black box on the mecha to store video data, right?"

"Tell me the truth, when did your Inaba family secretly establish a relationship with the Jiudao Alliance?"

Chapter 673 There is a problem in Xueying Town

Hearing Jiang Jianmu's angry words, Dao Yerong suddenly seemed to have heard something absurd. She widened her red eyes, straightened up and retorted:

"This is impossible! Our Inaba family has never had any contact with the Jiudao Alliance!"

After saying this, Dao Yerong immediately realized something, and stood up and said to Jiang Jianmu angrily:

"Besides, the one that is closest to the Nine Islands Alliance should be your Tianou Group!"

"Don't think I don't know what you have been doing during this period. You sent those children in batches to the headquarters of Cast Blade Island and then handed them over to the Nine Islands Alliance. Do you want me to take the blame for you now?"

After Daoye Rong said all this, she felt that the doubts in her heart were instantly resolved.

Yes, no wonder Jiang Jianmu attacked her so suddenly.

In recent days, more and more children on Inabajima have been abducted by the Tianou Group, which is almost causing panic on the entire island.

As far as she knew, this panic had occurred not only on Inabajima and the other three islands controlled by the Tianou Group, but also on the other six islands of the Nine Islands Alliance.

Years of cooperation with Tianou Group made Dao Yerong very clear that capturing those Liaozhou children was of no significance to Tianou Group at all.

The only answer is that Tianou Group and Jiudao Alliance have reached some kind of deal!

That immortal old Master Hui'an might have obtained some dangerous ancient Liaozhou technology from the ancient ruins of the island core on Shouzhou Island, and he needs to use these children!

Originally, Dao Yerong thought that Jiang Jianmu would be furious after her rebuttal.

She had even prepared for a life-and-death battle with the Tianou Group, and secretly began to mobilize elemental forces, preparing to strike first.

Even though the soul contract in her body would cause her death after she attacked the general agent, she didn't care.