Azur Lane Under the Stars

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It turns out that Nagato knew about Mikasa's plan, and having his own ulterior motives, he suggested that the second person could only enter the arena after one person's time was up.

Although Mikasa was so angry she was itching to speak, she still managed to maintain her smile: "It's alright, after all, I'm quite confident."

"Humph."

Even the best of sisters will break up in front of the commander, let alone these two who are not sisters, but just colleagues and friends.

"Is it just my imagination? The atmosphere between Nagato-sama and Mikasa-sama feels so scary."

Haruna asked her older sister, Kongo, in a low voice.

"Shut up if you don't want to die."

King Kong rebuked.

The situation is extremely tense right now. Aren't you asking for trouble by speaking now?

Haruna shrank back and remained silent.

"Then we'll go in first. See you later." Ren Shuo waved and led Nagato into the venue.

This year's anime convention was quite extravagant; the venue was huge, the decorations were beautiful, and there were a lot of people...

Well, at least Ren Shuo, who hasn't been to many comic conventions, had this idea.

There were quite a few cosplayers, but Ren Shuo didn't even glance at them... Just kidding, no matter how pretty you are, you're still wearing makeup and your hair is fake. Can you compare to our ship girls who are all naturally beautiful?

It's not that I'm belittling anyone, it's just that Ren Shuo spends every moment with the ship girls, so his taste has become too discerning.

People around him stared at Nagato in amazement, especially at his tail and ears. Some even whispered among themselves, saying things like, "Wow, the accuracy is amazing! Where did you buy that tail?"

"Commander, let's go check it out there."

Ren Shuo nodded: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Then, taking advantage of Ren Shuo's inattention, Nagato secretly took out the map that Jiang Feng had prepared in advance. After glancing at it and memorizing the route, she finally felt relieved. Hmm, she hadn't gone to the wrong place...

Ren Shuo and Nagato walked and talked. Nagato seemed to be preoccupied, and only half-heartedly responded to Ren Shuo's words. Ren Shuo assumed that Nagato was a little nervous, so he didn't pay much attention.

But as I walked along, I realized something was wrong.

There are fewer and fewer shops and fewer and fewer people, but there are more and more staff.

"Nagato, have we come to the wrong place?"

Ren Shuo was stunned when he saw the sign in front of him that read "No entry for non-staff members".

Nagato stammered, "N-no."

After saying that, he took out the work ID he had obtained from St. Louis: "This is our work certificate."

"Weren't we here to have fun? Why did we bring out a work ID?"

Despite some doubts, Ren Shuo still hung his work ID around his neck.

"Because, if you get a job, you'll get a mysterious gift package... That's what St. Louis said."

Nagato stammered as he explained.

Although Ren Shuo could tell at a glance that Nagato was lying, he thought that Nagato probably wanted to give him a surprise, so he didn't ask any more questions.

But he soon realized something was wrong, because how did the two of them end up walking out the door?

"Nagato, something's not right."

Nagato grabbed Ren Shuo's hand and asked pitifully, "Commander, don't ask anymore, you'll believe me, right?"

Having come this far, Ren Shuo could only nod: "How could I not believe you? I'll go with you."

After saying that, a happy Changmen took Ren Shuo's hand and got into the car, heading to the next stop, which was nowhere in sight.

…………

"It's past the allotted time, why aren't they out yet?"

Mikasa glanced at her watch, somewhat suspicious.

Logically, Nagato's appointment time should have arrived by now, and Mikasa should have gone in, but Nagato's delay in coming out to hand over the responsibilities made Mikasa feel that something was wrong.

"They must have been delayed by queuing when they came out; they should be out soon."

Shoukaku and Noshiro were also somewhat puzzled.

The two of them are just there to make up the numbers. They'll go in with the Commander and then immediately come out, claiming they'll give their time to Mikasa, so Mikasa will have more opportunities to win over the Commander.

At this moment, no one knew that Nagato had already packed Ren Shuo up and taken him away, fleeing without a trace.

Perhaps because of Nagato's usual upright image, none of the girls present suspected that Nagato had run away.

After waiting for another ten minutes or so, Mikasa couldn't wait any longer. With a determined look, she dialed the number.

"Brooklyn, you're in the control room, right? Can you check where Nagato and the Commander are?"

Brooklyn was called in by St. Louis to manage the order at the venue, so St. Louis had a good view of all the surveillance cameras.

"Wait a minute, let me see..."

Brooklyn skillfully switched between the surveillance footage, somewhat puzzled: "The Commander and Nagato aren't in the meeting room?"

Mikasa was stunned: "Impossible, right? Could it be in some blind spot of the surveillance cameras?"

Brooklyn countered, "That's impossible. The commander of this event is coming, so St. Louis has raised the security level to a whole new level. There can't be any blind spots in the surveillance... except for the restrooms, but neither of them has ever appeared in the surveillance footage at the restroom entrance."

Mikasa took a deep breath: "Thank you, Brooklyn."

“You’re welcome, Mikasa,” Brooklyn replied casually.

Mikasa hung up the phone with a gloomy expression, gritting her teeth as she said, "You're something else, you damn fox."

"What's wrong?" asked the ship girl inside the bus.

"Nagato took the Commander away and we don't know where he went. We're just a bunch of idiots waiting here..."

If I hadn't called and asked, I'd probably still be in the dark.

"Why is Lord Nagato acting like this?" Kongo's face turned red with anger.

Noshiro and Shoukaku exchanged bewildered glances, never expecting that Lord Nagato could be so unruly.

"What do we do now?" Haruna was at a loss.

Mikasa said, "Go back! Then find someone!"

Mikasa sat back in the driver's seat, but Kongo patted her on the shoulder and said, "Let me drive. With your cautious driving style, it'll be dark by the time we get back to the port."

“No way, this time, I know what’s important and what’s urgent…” Mikasa started the car with a gloomy expression.

What was supposed to be a 30-minute drive was shortened to five minutes by Mikasa. It is said that when the girls got out of the car, their legs were trembling and they swore they would never ride in a car driven by Mikasa again.

So, the next step was to find the missing Ren Shuo and Changmen.

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"Commander, do you like this place?" Nagato led Ren Shuo to a mountain area in the city.

This place was originally a mountain resort in St. Louis, but Nagato had already booked it. For the past two days, he had Jiang Feng set up the venue and turn it into a scene belonging to Sakura Empire.

"It can't compare to the port area, but I can see that it's full of your good intentions."

Ren Shuo praised him.

Nagato was very pleased with it because it was his own design.

Jiang Feng, who was hiding to the side, was also very pleased, because it was arranged by her own hands.

“I’m glad the Commander likes it.” Nagato’s fox ears twitched, showing her joy.

"So, why did you bring me here?"

Ren Shuo asked deliberately, wanting to see the little fox's shy expression.

As expected, Nagato's face turned bright red, and she fiddled with the hem of her clothes with her little hands. She stammered for a long time before finally managing to utter a sentence.

"Commander, please wait a moment..."

"I...I'll change my clothes first."

After saying that, Nagato ran into another room as if he were fleeing.

Whew, the white kimono I ordered a long time ago can finally be put to good use.

Zhenhai's actions gave Nagato a lot of inspiration: he needed to be proactive and wage a blitzkrieg to take down the commander!

As Nagato went into a room to change, Jiang Feng, who was supposed to come out with the Oath Ring when Nagato proposed, silently walked out instead.

"commander."

"Jiang Feng, you're here too." Ren Shuo was somewhat surprised.

"I'm here to help..." Jiang Feng still maintained his usual nonchalant demeanor.

"Oh, okay, then you're busy."

"To be precise, I'm here to deliver a message... Lord Nagato has already returned, because it seems something happened to Lord Mutsu..."

Ren Shuo immediately asked with concern, "Mutsu? What happened to Mutsu?"

"Lord Mutsu seems to refuse to eat, and since Fusō can't handle it, they can only ask Lord Nagato to go back."

Jiang Feng remained calm and composed, without even blushing or panting.

"Really?" Ren Shuo was somewhat suspicious, but he didn't directly say he didn't believe it.

After all, Mutsu did have such a precedent.

Ren Shuo thought for a moment and asked, "So what should I say now?"

"Lord Nagato has asked me to receive you temporarily."

Jiang Feng added earnestly, "So please come with me, Commander."

Ren Shuo thought for a moment. Since Nagato hadn't come out after waiting for so long, he must have gone back. Besides, Jiang Feng was extremely loyal to Nagato. So he couldn't possibly be lying, and thus he chose to believe him.

Jiang Feng was overjoyed, but his expression remained blank as he led Ren Shuo outside.

Ren Shuo was also somewhat helpless; they had just started climbing the mountain, and now they had to come down...

However, what Ren Shuo didn't know was that the white kimono needed someone else's help to put it on, and he probably couldn't put it on by himself.

So, at this moment, Nagato sat alone in the next room, looking blankly at the neatly stacked clothes and various accessories in front of him.

Wasn't it said that after serving tea and snacks to the commander, Jiang Feng would help him get dressed?

All I can do by myself is put on the inner lining.

Nagato assumed that the Commander had kept Jiang Feng there for a chat, because she trusted Jiang Feng completely, otherwise she wouldn't have only brought him along this time.

Even with Fusang, it's not that I don't trust him, but Fusang has almost no secrets from Mikasa. If Mikasa just puts on a stern face, Fusang will honestly tell me everything.

Hmm, let's wait a bit longer. Nagato thought blankly.

But after waiting and waiting, nothing came. Nagato was very puzzled. What was going on? Should he go out and take a look?

I had just carefully pushed open the door when it was kicked open.

"Open the door! Sakura Empire Police Inspection Team is conducting room checks!"

Mikasa and a group of Sakura Empire ship girls stormed in, only to find Nagato standing there dumbfounded, wearing a white undershirt.

After returning, Mikasa and her group quickly found out where they were from St. Louis, and immediately rushed over here.

"Hand over the commander!"

Mikasa squinted at Nagato's clothes and immediately knew what she was up to. First, there was the forced marriage during the wedding photoshoot in Zhenhai, and now Nagato's white kimono was acting first and asking for permission later.

That's real torture, Nagato.

"Commander, where's the commander?!"

Nagato was also terrified. Where was the commander who had been sitting in the room? Gone?!

What's going on?!

Mikasa looked at him suspiciously: "Where did you hide the Commander? We're all here now, there's no point in you pretending anymore."

"Lord Nagato, I thought you were someone who followed the rules of the game."

Mikasa continued sarcastically, "I didn't expect even a fox to run away. Do you lack confidence in yourself? Tell me, where is the Commander?"