Azur Lane: The Azure Life of the Tragic Admiral

Reputation sighed and shook his head:

"But I can feel that the fire control system modified by the commander for us has not yet been fully utilized."

Before they could reply, they both stopped and looked in the direction of the port.

A response appeared on the radar, but their communication channel was completely silent. The person who came should not be from their fleet.

Soon, a ship girl came to the training ground from afar.

"I was wondering who was still training on this training ground so late at night. Turns out it's you guys."

The ship girl came in front of the two of them, and her reputation and counterattack were slightly relieved.

"It's Miss King Kong. Are you here so late because you heard us training?"

Kongo, the first ship of the Kongo-class battlecruiser.

As a genuine ship girl of the Sakura Empire, who even served as the flagship of the seventh-generation Combined Fleet, Kongo is actually a ship girl from the royal family.

The last battleship ordered by the Sakura Empire from overseas was the Kongo battlecruiser. Because of this, Kongo behaves more like a royal ship girl in many ways.

Her hair is also blonde, and her uniform and sword when she unfolds her ship gear are also of royal style. Her behavior is quite royal and elegant, and her body does not show any animal features that are typical of the Sakura Empire.

Even the horns on her head are just decorations on her hat.

Her own response to the decoration was:

"This makes me look more like a member of the Sakura Empire."

"I guess so, because this training ground has always been used as a training ground during the day. If the ship girls from the Sakura Empire want to do night training, they basically won't use this training ground."

"I see. So we are sorry to have disturbed you."

Reputation apologized solemnly, and King Kong replied with a smile:

"No need to apologize. You two are really working hard to train even at night. I'm not here to stop you from training. If you don't mind, would you like to come with me to the training ground for night combat training?"

At King Kong's invitation, Reputation Counterattack naturally agreed readily.

Because of Kongo's special identity, she is one of the ship girls on the Sakura Empire side who has the best relationship with Yang Sikang's fleet members.

Especially today, when everyone is together, if no one mentions it deliberately, outsiders will definitely mistake Kongo for the Royal Family's ship girl.

And the royal ship girl on Yang Sikang's side naturally also has a good impression of King Kong.

"This is the site used for night combat exercises. We can fire without any scruples here, and the location of the targets is also more flexible."

Reputation and Counterattack looked around and confirmed the surrounding situation through the radar.

Obstacles simulating small islands and wreckage, targets far away that cannot be shot directly at, and targets in various locations.

As a training ground, the area of ​​this training ground is nearly twice as large as the one they used before, and it can effectively simulate situations that may be encountered in actual combat through different targets.

“It’s an excellent training ground.”

Reputation exclaimed sincerely, and King Kong laughed when he heard her words:

"Haha, thank you for the compliment. I was the one who arranged and arranged this training ground into its current state. It's great to receive your recognition."

"Eh? You set up the training ground yourself?!"

The counterattack looked over in surprise, King Kong flicked his long golden hair with his hand and replied with a smile:

"Yes, so this training ground is very suitable for our training."

Both King Kong and Renown Repulse are battlecruisers, so they naturally have more similarities.

Especially in terms of fighting methods, because they believe in the creed that "speed is the best defense", although battlecruisers have the firepower of battleships, they cannot compare with battleships in terms of armor.

Therefore, the main fighting method of the battlecruiser in combat cannot be exactly the same as that of the battleship. Instead, it must try to make the best use of the advantages of a higher speed than the battleship and a stronger firepower than the cruiser.

Especially for them, the ship girls, speed is indeed a very reliable advantage.

The three of them trained here for nearly two hours. During the break, King Kong asked casually:

"Speaking of which, why did you two suddenly start night combat training? There are so many aircraft carriers in your fleet. During night combat, you should be responsible for escorting them, right?"

Reputation hesitated, but Counterattack answered King Kong's question very straightforwardly:

"It is precisely because we are the only two battlecruisers in the fleet now that we need training even more."

Having said this, he sighed.

"In the previous battles, although we were able to perform the escort mission well, other aspects were lacking. Especially in the last battle, we were almost completely exhausted from dealing with those mass-produced ones."

King Kong thought about it and nodded:

"I see. But didn't you successfully intercept the Purifier's bombardment?"

"That's the commander's credit. The commander told us which angle to fire at, and we just did it."

The counterattack became a little depressed when he said this:

"And I got the angle slightly wrong and almost failed to intercept."

"That's why you need more training, and so do I." Reputation said immediately.

"That's why you're still training so late..."

King Kong looked at Reputation and Counterattack, and when both of them felt a little strange, King Kong suddenly smiled.

"Okay, it's decided!"

King Kong turned around, put one hand on his waist and the other on his chest and said:

"In that case, let me be your opponent! It would be easier to gain experience by actually fighting than just shooting, right?"

Chapter 342: The operation of a snack shop

While others were busy with their own affairs, Suzuki Futsuki had returned to her daily life.

She returned to school and started studying again. Thanks to extra lessons and notes provided by her friends, she did not fall behind in her studies.

But the difference is that now Shenyue no longer has to worry about her snack shop after school.

"Good afternoon, Ms. Akashi!"

At the door of the shop, Fuyue politely greeted Akashi who was serving customers behind the counter, and then greeted the enthusiastic guests.

Although most of the customers who come here are still familiar customers from the area as before, since Akashi took over the management of business affairs, the number of new and unfamiliar customers has gradually increased.

The original living quarters have been preserved, but nothing remains of the personal belongings.

Due to Shen Yue's request, no major changes were made to the entire store, and the original flavor is still maintained.

However, the placement of shelves, lighting arrangements, and the locations of various products underwent considerable changes at Akashi's request.

"Welcome back, meow. Did you complete today's lessons smoothly, meow?"

"Yeah, it's going well. Thanks to Ms. Akashi for helping me look after the store, everyone seems to be happier."

Because Shen Yue had to take care of her studies, her shop could only be opened after she got home from school. This resulted in her shop already selling some snacks that were becoming less popular, and the opening hours were restricted. Naturally, business was not good.

With Akashi's series of changes and her helping Shenyue to look after the store, the business in the past few days alone has almost caught up with Shenyue's business in the previous half month.

"Of course, meow. Akashi's business acumen is unmatched, meow!"

Akashi put his hands on his hips proudly, obviously very satisfied with his achievements.

"Akashi has already made arrangements, meow. In a few days, the news on the Internet will gradually spread, and more people will know about this small shop, meow. By then, business will be even better, meow!"

"Eh?!"

Hearing what Akashi said, Fuyue was a little surprised.

"But my family is just a snack shop that sells out-of-date snacks. And it's not a famous old shop."

"Hehe, you're still too green to do business, Fuyuki-chan."

"Well, Fuyuki-chan is a little bit..."

"That's not important meow! What's important is that you don't realize the selling point at all meow!"

Akashi shook his head, checked that there were no other customers outside, and suddenly jumped out from behind the counter, pointing at the snacks with both hands.

"This is a snack shop owned by an authentic pretty JK girl, meow! As long as you advertise that these snacks are made by the owner herself, young boys will obediently hand over all their money, meow! Hehehe, photos of Fuyuki-chan are very popular, meow!"

"Eh? Honey, you mean handmade or something, but my snacks are all imported... No, that's not right! What's with the photo, Ms. Akashi?!!!"

Fuyue looked at Akashi with wide eyes in horror, but Akashi didn't care at all.

"Don't worry, there's nothing revealing about it. Fuyuki-chan's JK uniform and sunny smile are enough to make those boys pay for it!"

"Isn't that right?! This is simply a fraud?!"

Akashi laughed deviously.

"That's exactly what business is! Attract customers with the charm of Fuyuki-chan, and keep them with the quality of the dim sum!"

"I don't want this kind of charm!"

Akashi Mizuki was very resistant to this kind of publicity method, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

"Well, well, calm down, Futsuki-chan. Think about it carefully. Since those adolescent boys are very interested in you, it just proves that your talent is beyond doubt. So Futsuki-chan, as long as you dress up a little, even that commander will definitely notice you."

"Eh? Miss Akashi, what are you talking about?!"

"Fufufu, I know, Fuyuki-chan. Akashi's eyes can see clearly, so you only need to buy this set of cosmetics... ah, it hurts!"

"Don't randomly sell weird products to other people, Akashi."

A hand ruthlessly hit Mingshi's head. As a cold voice sounded, Shenyue turned her head and looked at the person who seemed to be very familiar with Mingshi.

"Hello, my name is Suzuki Futsuki."

Shen Yue immediately noticed the rabbit ears on the head of this girl with a somewhat gloomy temperament and the faint will-o'-the-wisp around her.

Although she was a little nervous, she still plucked up the courage to say hello.

"Suzuki Futsuki?"

Shiranui tilted his head in confusion, frowning as he thought.

"I seem to have heard of it somewhere..."

"She is the girl that was saved by that man, Shiranui."

"what……"

When Akashi said this, Shiranui reacted immediately.

Her calm eyes suddenly became tense, and she retreated a full three meters and directly retreated to the door. Not only that, she also turned around decisively and planned to escape.

"Wait, wait a minute meow! Don't run meow!"

Akashi quickly ran up and grabbed Shiranui, then said:

"That man isn't here meow!"

Shiranui looked around, breathed a sigh of relief, and stopped struggling.

"So, what are you doing calling me here at this hour, Akashi?"

Shiranui looked at the girl hesitantly, then at the small shop without a name.

"Difficult, could it be that this small shop is her family's shop?"

"That's right, meow! After Akashi's hard work over the past few days, the snack shop is getting on the right track, meow!"

"Well."

Shiranui frowned. Knowing Akashi well, it was hard for her to believe that he would do such a thing.

"What do you want to do? If you lie to her, that man will come to my house, and I don't want to see him."

Akashi looked around. Although there were not many pedestrians here, it was definitely not safe.

So, Akashi pulled Shiranui into the store and into what was originally the living area.

"In fact, I'm going to follow that commander to White Eagle later, meow!"

"Eh?"

Shiranui was stunned for a moment, looked at Akashi, and sighed with a complicated expression.

"Akashi, are you finally going to betray the Sakura Empire and join someone else's fleet?"