Azur Lane: The Azure Life of the Tragic Admiral

"You think that if we let Shangri-La handle this, we won't get any benefit from this matter, right?"

Belfast nodded.

There are many advantages to letting Shangri-La handle this, but there is also a big disadvantage.

Because doing so would be tantamount to removing Yang Sikang from the matter, avoiding trouble while also giving up possible benefits.

Since most of the people on the ship are rich and powerful, it must not be difficult to get something from them.

Yang Sikang smiled and shook his head:

"Those people can spend millions of dollars every day on the ship for a few days. It's not that easy for others to get a piece of meat from them. I don't know anything about their origins. Compared with uncertain profits, safety is more important to me."

"We will be running the port area ourselves in the future, so the economy is a very important part. Those people over there may not be able to cause us trouble in terms of fighting, but in terms of economy, they have plenty of ways to retaliate against us, and it is difficult for us to fight back."

After sighing helplessly, Yang Sikang smiled and said:

"In the final analysis, we still don't have enough confidence. I'm afraid we can't afford the benefits these people have."

Looking down at the boat, Yang Sikang said:

"Besides, their incident was a little too coincidental. I'm afraid there's something wrong on that island too. If I go and deal with it myself... I'm afraid I won't be able to resist and kill them."

"So you contacted Mr. Stocker before just to check out that island, right?"

"No, I asked him to tell another person about the island."

Yang Sikang smiled:

“A philanthropist who has enough strength and background to challenge anyone.”

Professionals should do professional things. For example, exposing the darkness and shamefulness of things like this would be much better left to philanthropists than Yang Sikang himself.

As for the subsequent processing, there will naturally be professionals to handle it. What does it have to do with him who did not participate in the whole process?

However, Yang Sikang did not intend to return empty-handed, otherwise he would not have let Belfast drift on the sea here for the time being.

An hour later, the ships over there finally started to move.

The report from Shangri-La also came in, and everything was as Yang Sikang expected.

Although the process was a bit tortuous, the result was just as he hoped.

After waiting for those people to leave, Yang Sikang ordered Belfast to approach from the other side of the island and land at a safe location along the coast.

"Well, let's see what those people have hidden here."

It is not known why they chose to stop near this island and place the message in a bottle. However, judging from the current situation, there is no siren siege around.

This was a very strange phenomenon, but it also made Yang Sikang certain that these people must have hidden something on the island.

Especially those things...that could directly ruin the guest's reputation.

Isn't it more valuable to have these evidences than to negotiate with those people?

However, when Yang Sikang found the "evidence" an hour later, his excitement was gone.

Those people did hide something on the island as he expected, but what he didn't expect was that the things they hid were actually living people.

Many young women had their wrists and ankles bound, had cotton-filled strips stuffed into their mouths and had their heads tied behind their backs.

He could neither move nor make any sound other than whimpering, and eating was out of the question.

They were locked up in a hidden bunker with an interior space of less than 76 square meters, but housed as many as people.

There was no lighting, but it was still dry. But with so many people piled in here, someone might collapse in less than a day.

It is extremely easy for people to feel insecure in the dark, let alone when they are in such a state?

If no one takes care of it, these women may never be able to leave this place.

The bunker has a simple structure and basically no protective measures. Although it is hidden, its cost is obviously very low.

"Owner……"

Belfast looked over worriedly. Yang Sikang shook his head silently. He did not ask anyone to untie the women, but turned around and walked out.

Javelin was standing nearby, looking back every few steps, obviously worried about those people.

"This is going to be difficult..."

Yang Sikang frowned and kept thinking in his mind.

The current situation is completely different from what he expected, but the problem is that he obviously can't just walk away now.

His personal morals would not allow him to turn a blind eye to this, and his fellow shipgirls would not accept that approach.

But how to deal with it is a very serious problem.

"Belfast, do you still have that ordinary pistol?"

"Here I am."

"Give me."

Chapter 152: Escalating the situation

boom!

In the dim room, a flash of fire flashed.

Even with a silencer, the sound of gunfire echoing in the room can be very uncomfortable.

Yang Sikang looked solemnly at the women with fear in their eyes and said coldly:

"Next, you have to do things according to my instructions. If everything goes well, you will be saved. If not, I will abandon you immediately. If you understand, be quiet for ten seconds. If you make any more noise, I will leave."

In just three seconds, the room fell into complete silence.

This made Yang Sikang even more unhappy, because it showed that it was not the first time that these women had been threatened. They were already very clear about the consequences of violating the requirements.

But there was no time for him to feel sentimental. After a few orders were given, the women first came outside as required, and then stood obediently in several small groups.

The existence of the ship girls seemed to make some people feel at ease, but more people seemed not to know the ship girls.

According to Yang Sikang's request, these people stood separately, and as a result, Yang Sikang was able to find the result he expected.

Although it may not be nice to say this, he was relieved when he found someone from Donghuang among these people.

"Great, at least now there's a point of entry."

Contact Hermann and ask him to try to contact the Donghuang embassy. At the same time, let Sheffield inform Lin Shuqin, whose name is unknown whether she is still in White Eagle. Through her, the news should be able to reach Zhenhai in Donghuang quickly.

After doing all these things, the first thing Yang Sikang did was to deal with the problem that caused him to appear here.

He clearly did not personally participate in the rescue, but appeared on the island afterwards. This is a huge problem.

There is a simple way to deal with this, which is to make these women speak with one voice.

However, this is precisely the most difficult and least feasible thing to do.

So, how to deal with this problem?

The answer is... find a suitable reason.

"Master, the Siren fleet is coming again."

Sheffield came over from a distance with a serious face, and his ship equipment was deployed.

In this situation, even people who don’t know the ship girl know what’s going on with Yang Sikang.

The appearance of the Siren was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for these women who had just escaped death.

Yang Sikang frowned and said without hesitation:

"We can't leave right away. Let's hold those sirens back first."

"Yes, Master."

Sheffield left and he looked towards Belfast again:

"Let Independence deploy the ship on the side where we landed. The situation is urgent. Send these people out first."

"But Master, the number of our ships..."

"There's no time to think about that. Let's send them away first so we can focus on fighting the enemy."

"Yes, Master."

After giving the order, he frowned and looked at the women, saying loudly:

"Listen carefully. I will try to send you out first, but you must cooperate with me. If someone doesn't cooperate, I will abandon her for the safety of others. Do you understand?"

Everyone nodded. For them, they had finally rekindled their hope of survival, so how could they bear to give up?

So, in a fierce battle, Independence and Sheffield escorted these people to "escape" from the battlefield.

"Everyone sent away?"

On the other side of the island, Yang Sikang asked leisurely.

The sound of artillery fire continued here, as if there was a fierce battle. However, in fact, it was just the counterattack and reputation and others were "processing" the surrounding waters according to Yang Sikang's requirements.

Yes, there was no such thing as the Sirens surrounding him. This was just a reason he prepared to solve the problem of his appearance here.

The troops were divided into two groups to rescue people, and then the group he led was attacked by sirens, so they had to go to the shore nearby. When they were resting, they accidentally found these women and rescued them out of humanitarianism.

Since it was a search and rescue operation, it makes sense that they happened to be nearby and were driven here by the Siren, right?

The reason is still very rough now, but he has plenty of time to polish it.

It doesn't matter whether the excuse is completely reasonable or not. What matters is whether it can be believed by people who are not in the know.

Maybe those people can guess something, but as long as Yang Sikang doesn't do anything, what can they do?

Contacting Donghuang was Yang Sikang's backup plan.

After doing something like this, how could we let those people get away with it?

We should always give them some trouble!

"Are we leaving now?"

"No, it's not over yet."

Yang Sikang's eyes sharpened and he took out his specially made pistol.

"We can't do anything to them with this little evidence. I plan to prepare something good for them."

A few hours later, Yang Sikang returned to the island where the exercise took place.

The reporting process was very long, but fortunately he could hand the matter over to Shangri-La for reporting, which saved him a lot of trouble.

Both Enterprise and Guanghui seem to take these matters very seriously, but neither side has reacted particularly excessively.

It's not that they are cold-blooded, but as those in a higher position they have to consider many things and cannot lose their rationality because of things that cannot be changed.

How they deal with the situation after the report is their business, but Yang Sikang directly said that he had informed Donghuang of the matter, which made them a little excited.

Donghuang is well-known internationally for its protection of its shortcomings. Yang Sikang's move is equivalent to giving Donghuang a reason to intervene in these matters.

And because it is first-hand information, Donghuang's response may even be faster than their preparation.

This was indeed the case. Before Yang Sikang had finished his report, contact from Donghuang had already arrived.

However, because Yang Sikang contacted both Donghuang's embassy and Lin Shuqin at the same time, Donghuang's reaction at this time was not too excited.

After the report, the company's private contact also came to Yang Sikang.

"Why are you so anxious to tell Donghuang about this?"

Enterprise asked irritably:

"Donghuang's Yixian just sent me a message asking about the situation. But there's no response from our headquarters yet. What are you doing?"

"What? Of course, to give Donghuang a reason to send someone over."

Yang Sikang smiled and said:

"Anyway, it's already been confirmed that I ruined those people's business. Under the current situation, only by escalating the situation can the problem be solved smoothly. And now the danger of the Purifier has not been resolved. Isn't it a good idea to take this opportunity to let Donghuang send someone over?"

Enterprise was stunned for a moment, and frowned even more:

"Are you planning to fight that Purifier head-on?"

"It's not about fighting hard, it's about outsmarting."