Azur Lane Under the Stars

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There were also some commanders who "overestimated their abilities" and tried to salvage ships, only to end up hanging on trees for an entire afternoon. If their ship girls hadn't found out later, they probably would have stayed there all night.

"What's going on with these two?" Ren Shuo asked.

The information you find there is often more accessible and easier to understand than what others have explained.

"Well, Commander, all you need to know is that Plymouth and Brest don't get along. If you had to put it another way, Plymouth is a bit like Belfast, you get it?"

Binjiang explained.

Ren Shuo nodded, understanding. So that's the elegant and dignified maid who sometimes enjoys playing little pranks and watching people's troubled expressions, right?

"And then there's... Princess Rephitler? What kind of ship girl is that?" Ren Shuo's expression was a little strange. This name... really makes people think of the wrong thing.

Binjiang covered her face: "His name is Prince Rupprecht... well, if he's a prince, he has a very good relationship with Brest, and he basically treats Brest like his own sister."

"And as for the prince, well, he's just a brat, and you even took his sister away, so you probably won't see her again... so you'd better pray for yourself."

Binjiang patted Ren Shuo on the shoulder with some sympathy, knowing that Ren Shuo wouldn't be able to have any peace for the foreseeable future.

Ren Shuo was somewhat disdainful. "Ha, a brat? At worst, we can pack them up and take them with us. You don't want to miss your own sister, do you?"

Besides, aren't there enough unruly kids in the port area? And this is a tough place, what will happen then...?

The Emperor and the Persian cat saved me!

Prince Precht could suppress the cricket with a single move.

"Well, let's not stand on the street. Looks like you're on vacation today, Chkalov? Shall we find a coffee shop to sit in?"

Brest extended an invitation.

Chkalov shrugged: "Yeah, we've been working overtime for so long, we should take a day off. I was thinking of checking if you guys were at the Maritime Bureau and inviting you to go shopping, but you've actually joined the port area."

I'll slightly modify my plans. Originally, I was going shopping, but now I'll learn a little more about this commander. I'm actually quite curious about him.

The group of people here were just about to find a coffee shop to sit down in.

The temporary port area over there welcomed two ship girls from the port area.

"Welcome, Yatsen, and Bellarose."

Frederick the Great, sitting calmly, welcomed the two sisters.

"Didn't Zhenhai come along?"

Frederick the Great glanced at the gradually closing portal with his beautiful eyes and asked.

"No, she was supposed to come with me, but since it's the secretary ship of Donghuang, one of us has to stay behind," Yi Xian replied softly.

"I see... Commander has now made contact with Chkalov. Just like the intelligence reports, she's a Northern Union ship girl who's a typical office worker."

Frederick the Great had just received a message secretly sent by Binjiang.

The corporate slave... well, that's what it means to get paid a certain amount of work done, be able to work overtime but get overtime pay, and also like to drink alcohol.

Bellarose began to silently make plans in his mind.

Chapter 601 A Commander Who Knows How to Use People (Lazy)

"Phew, tell me, what's so special about this commander? Didn't you two say you wouldn't just randomly approach commanders?"

In a coffee shop in a bustling downtown area, several people sat around a table, ordered their food, and Chkalov crossed his arms and asked...

"What's so special about it? We just happened to be attracted to each other."

Binjiang said.

She didn't intend to tell Chkalov about the port area; these things were too strange, and the fewer people who knew, the better, even if it was a close friend. She had seen too many bad things in this world.

Even if a ship girl is a friend, she won't betray you. But if she's taken away by another commander, then she won't have any secrets from that commander.

For details, please see how Binjiang and Brest helped their commander plot against their sisters in the port area.

“If you don’t want to talk about it, that’s fine, I understand.” Chkalov shrugged.

“By the way, this young commander looks unfamiliar. Are you not from our region?” Chkalov turned to Ren Shuo and asked.

Ren Shuo nodded: "No, it's not."

Chkalov had previously worked overtime and was in charge of personnel files, so he knew some of the more famous commanders in the region very well.

She knew her two best friends' ship girls very well. If she didn't have some assets, she wouldn't join their port for such a superficial reason as "taking a liking to them".

"Which region? Maybe I even know the person in charge over there?" Chkalov leaned forward and asked.

Ren Shuo was about to speak when Brest stopped him, somewhat warily.

"What do you want? Are you checking my household registration?"

"Isn't this because I care about you all..." Chekalov said somewhat sullenly.

"Hmph, I guess it's just some single old woman who's envious."

Binjiang seemed quite pleased with itself.

Chkalov was speechless: "You really are something else. If I could beat you, I would have crushed you in the dirt."

"But it's a pity, you'll never have a chance to beat me in your life~" Binjiang said smugly.

Although I hate to admit it, it's true. After all, ship girls like Binjiang and Brest are top-tier in any port, right? They definitely deserve to have most of the resources invested in their development.

What can a working-class person like me compare myself to?

I don't want to be a bureau chief or anything... it's too much trouble, so I only have so many resources. Sigh, it's a pity that my two pieces of gold equipment were only given to me by the Maritime Bureau in order to keep me here. The only purple equipment I've ever earned is these two pieces of purple equipment.

If I leave this maritime bureau, I'll have to hand over the golden equipment.

The thought of this made Chekalov's heart ache even more.

The coffee and desserts were served, and Binjiang looked at Chekalov with a somewhat subtle expression.

"Speaking of which, your taste is as strange as ever. Black coffee with vodka, what kind of divine way of drinking is that?"

Unlike others who sip their coffee slowly, Chkalov started gulping it down in large mouthfuls, making it look like he was drinking alcohol.

"Awesome~ You guys don't understand, this is the way to drink it! For us ship girls of the Northern Union, vodka helps us think, and coffee can also refresh us. Drinking it like this is even more effective than Brain Gold!"

Chkalov spoke with conviction.

Binjiang took a small sip of her vanilla latte and said softly, "I still can't understand."

“That’s just Chkalov’s personality,” Brest said seriously.

"No, what does this have to do with someone's personality?" Binjiang complained.

“Don’t worry about the details,” Brest said with a smile.

Chkalov looked at the little coffee left in the cup, gently stirred the drink, and then took out a bottle of vodka from his ship's equipment space and added it in.

This successfully transforms a beverage from coffee with alcohol into alcohol with coffee, offering two distinct experiences in one.

"Are you planning to leave this area?"

After the banter, Chekalov asked with a hint of melancholy.

“Yes, follow our commander.” Brest replied with a gentle smile.

"I see..." Chekalov muttered, then fell silent.

Binjiang nudged Chkalov with his elbow and teased, "What's wrong? You're going to miss us?"

"A little," Chekalov said without hiding anything, "after all, we've been good friends for so many years."

"So, does my best friend want to come with me?"

Brest rested her chin on her hand and asked.

"Don't joke around." Chkalov chuckled. "They say a married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl, and you're already starting to help your commander?"

"Hehe, it's just the nature of a ship girl." Brest winked playfully.

“We’re serious, do you want to come along?” Binjiang asked.

"Let's forget about it. The maritime bureau was quite sincere when they hired me," Chkalov said after thinking for a moment.

"So, what if I wanted you to work for me? The kind where you don't join the port area for the time being?" Ren Shuo asked.

Chkalov was somewhat surprised and asked, "Is it similar to a liaison officer dispatched by the Maritime Safety Administration? Joining the port area is to better convey messages from the Maritime Safety Administration?"

Ren Shuo nodded: "That's exactly what I mean."

Generally speaking, there will be a ship girl sent by the Maritime Safety Administration in the port area to be responsible for the communication between the port area and the Maritime Safety Administration. As long as your port area commander has the ability, you can retrieve it, and the Maritime Safety Administration will not object, since it is still responsible for this kind of work.

However, it's impossible to send another one, since the Maritime Safety Administration isn't some matchmaking agency.

On Ren Shuo's port side is King George V. Originally, based on the principle of not losing out, King George V wanted to help Ren Shuo get one. However, after looking around, the ship girls responsible for contacting them were all ship girls that were available in the port, so he had no choice but to give up.

Right now, there's a perfect opportunity to lure people over.

“But it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a liaison officer or someone who’s not responsible for liaison with the Maritime Bureau. It’s more like you’re my port’s exclusive mercenary ship girl,” Ren Shuo said. “I’ll pay you a salary, and you’ll do some commissions or other miscellaneous tasks. You don’t need to call me Commander. If you feel things aren’t going well or if you find a better place, you can leave anytime.”

"It's interesting, tell me? What can you give me?"

Chekalov looked interested and asked.

"Well, you wouldn't believe me even if I told you directly, right? Let Brest and Binjiang tell you."

Chkalov did not contradict himself; these two colleagues would not lie, at least not intentionally.

"Well, the conditions we can offer you are basically lower than those for official ship girls in the port area, but definitely more than what you would get in the Maritime Bureau. You'll also have fewer basic working hours and more overtime pay. Of course, if you don't want to work overtime, no one can force you."

Brest explained.

Chkalov chuckled: "The Maritime Bureau gave me two gold-tier pieces of equipment to use. Can your port area provide that?"

Those who can usually produce gold-tier equipment are usually commanders at the governor level, right? She couldn't believe that such a young commander was a governor.

So, it's about the information gap between different worlds.

Brest and Binjiang exchanged a smile, then looked around to make sure no one was watching them. Since their seats were among the most secluded, they felt reassured and began their next move.

"Chekalov, look what this is!"

The golden equipment on Binjiang and Brest flashed by so quickly that it could easily be missed if one wasn't paying close attention to what was happening.

"What is this?!" Chkalov stood close and saw it very clearly.

This is a set of gold-colored equipment, and the quality looks extremely high!

Where did these two get these? Did they rob the Maritime Bureau's treasury? No, no, even the Maritime Bureau's treasury doesn't have this much gold equipment.

Could it be that...?

Chkalov suddenly looked at the man beside them who always had a gentle smile on his face.

"Is this your port area?" Chkalov asked in a low voice.

“Of course, this is standard equipment for all ship girls in our port area,” Ren Shuo said.

Chkalov gave Ren Shuo a deep look, as if he were thinking or weighing the pros and cons.

"You're not the commander of this world, are you?" Chkalov asked, narrowing his eyes and lowering his voice.

“Yes, that’s not true. How did you know?” Ren Shuo asked.

“There’s no port in this world that’s this powerful. If there were, judging from your appearance, the world probably wouldn’t be in such chaos,” Chekalov said.

"Maybe, but I'm not sure." Ren Shuo nodded. If he had been in this world earlier, he might not have chosen to end this chaotic world. He would probably have found a large, deserted island with his girls and lived a secluded life.

In any case, Akashi is now able to make the port area self-sufficient.

My interactions with the outside world are simply to experience life.

"So, you're capable of leaving this world at any time, otherwise Binjiang and Brest wouldn't have chosen you."

Chkalov breathed a sigh of relief. She was very intelligent and could analyze a lot of things from just a little bit of intelligence... It would be a waste not to recruit such a good tool and make her a secretary ship.

Ren Shuo squinted as he thought.

After all, Chapaev seems to have caught Hud's bad habit recently, and slacking off at work is the norm for him. He really wants to replace her.

But Bellaros has worked so hard for so long. Rossia is fine when it comes to fighting, but she's completely clueless when it comes to handling documents. As for the others…