Azur Lane Under the Stars

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"Oh, hello there! May our glory resound throughout the azure sea," the vanguard said, giving a knightly salute.

"Hmm, hello..."

Hutten was somewhat taken aback. Why did this guy seem to have the Duke of York's vibe? But not as childish. Or were all royal knights like that? But that didn't make sense either; King George V and the Duke of Wales weren't like that.

Dido glanced at Qianwei without saying a word, but simply lifted her skirt and bowed to indicate her identity as a maid.

"Avant-garde... Is it really that exaggerated?" Queen Elizabeth couldn't help but shake the German beside her.

If she remembers correctly, this Vanguard is probably the Royal Navy's most powerful battleship.

"What kind of luck is this..." Deutsche looked miserable.

Queen Elizabeth looked at the restless commanders and was glad she had been so prescient.

To prevent people from wielding spears and causing trouble everywhere, security personnel have been deployed in advance for this construction project. It has also been stipulated that no one is allowed to become a chief and engage in tribal conflicts. Otherwise, the allocation of resources in the port area will be halved for the next two months, and if it is not enough, you will have to explore the land yourself.

Without this order, the scene would probably be a group of indigenous people with spears, feathers stuck in their hair, shouting and stabbing people.

On the other side, Alice fiddled with her fingers: 'Ugh, Senior's port district—Hood, Warspite, George V, and now the Vanguard…this is terrifying!'

Although this is the first time I've seen the real Vanguard ship girl, judging from her colorful rarity and the imposing aura she exudes upon birth, she's sure to grow into something extraordinary.

“I… want to go home.” George’s face looked weary.

William also took out a cigarette, his eyes deep, as if he had seen through everything in the world: "Me too, I want to go back to my port and lick my wounds properly."

As the saying goes, if you lose money, you can laugh it off with your friends, but if you see your friends making a fortune, it's hard to accept even if you've made a profit yourself.

It's like when you take a final exam and you fail, and everyone else fails too. You're overjoyed when you pass, and your friends pass too. Everyone's happy.

If you barely pass and your friend gets a perfect score, that's a recipe for disaster, let alone if you fail even now.

"It's fake, impossible, it's all an illusion! Hahahaha, you can't fool me!" The first guy who had just woken up from the shock saw Ren Shuo shipping the goods, and then he was dumbfounded again, crying and laughing while holding his head and squatting down.

The accompanying ship girls could only squat down gently, comforting their commander as if he were a wounded child.

Although Ren Shuo has built such a large cargo, the construction still needs to continue. However, it is unknown whether it was transferred from Ren Shuo's side.

Later, most of the commanders who were extremely confident and thought they could also get the desired items did so one after another, and one commander even built the Prince of Wales.

"I never thought this kid could bring good luck to people," Deutsche said, changing his mindset and cracking a joke.

"This is a good thing." Queen Elizabeth's gaze kept drifting towards Ren Shuo, or more accurately, towards Qianwei.

If she didn't have to host the event, she would love to chat with Qianwei right now.

Because he had stolen the limelight, Ren Shuo chose to keep a low profile... otherwise, someone might have actually ignored the ban and tried to stab him with a spear.

"Let me tell you, Vanguard, our port has a lot of ship girls. As for the Royal Navy, we have all kinds of knight orders and maid orders. Just tell us what you want to do, the port has everything," Ren Shuo introduced.

The vanguard's eyes lit up: "Commander, as an excellent knight, may I join the Knights?"

It seemed that this dashing young woman was quite interested in the knight.

“Sure, just tell King George V when you get back, and she’ll arrange things for you,” Ren Shuo said.

"Is there a Knight Commander George V in the port area?" Avant-garde was pleasantly surprised and began to look forward to life in the port area in the future.

"How about we try to have a match sometime in the future?" Hu Teng was still somewhat eager to try.

Although the vanguard was facing Hu Teng, whose training level was far superior to his own, he still showed a confident smile: "Of course, no problem, Lord Hu Teng, I look forward to fighting you."

"Holy crap? Holy crap? Not again?" Ren Shuo was talking when another wail and exclamation came from the other side.

Ren Shuo and the others also looked over curiously. It seemed that Alice was the one building it now, judging from the looks of it...

Ren Shuo narrowed his eyes. A double-yolk egg?

Two ship girls with the rarity of gold?

Amidst the whispers, Ren Shuo also learned what kind of ship girl that girl had built.

Iron-Blooded Z46 and Count Zeppelin.

This wave, this wave, is the royal princess building up an iron-blooded achievement, the royal family is overjoyed, and the iron-blooded are furious.

Chapter 515 Let the Output Develop Support Battleships

As the banquet ended, some people were happy and some were sad about the collective building activity, but most people didn't show it as exaggeratedly.

Of course, Queen Elizabeth's ban was part of the reason, but the main reason was that this construction was free. If it yielded good results, everyone would be happy; if not, it wouldn't be a loss either, as it would just be a way to stock up on resources for my own construction.

Ren Shuo led Qianwei back to the small building where they were temporarily staying and introduced, "This is where we will stay temporarily. We will go back to the port area after the exchange meeting. The port area is not far from here."

"Daido, help Qianwei prepare a room," Ren Shuo instructed.

“Yes, Master. Miss Vanguard, please come with me.” Dido gestured for him to follow.

The vanguard left with the words, "Commander, see you later."

Then I followed Dido upstairs.

Hutten sat back down on the sofa and turned on the TV listlessly: "Commander, what exactly are we here for? Is it just free time during the day, and then a banquet at night?"

Ren Shuo explained, "Actually, this exchange meeting between Ironblood and Royal Navy is mainly an exchange between the academy and the Maritime Bureau. So most of the people working are from the Maritime Bureau, retired commanders and teachers from the academy, ship girls, and high-ranking commanders from both sides."

"Of course, we will also invite many accomplished commanders to the academy to talk about things on the front lines, which can be considered as a public lecture on experience."

Ren Shuo continued, "Actually, I'm a self-taught commander, and frankly, my experience isn't very useful for novice commanders... So Queen Elizabeth called me here mainly to support the Royal Family."

"That's not bad... just consider it a business trip vacation?" Hu Teng stretched, like a lazy cat.

“That’s one way to put it… By the way, wasn’t Emden and the others supposed to be attending the exchange meeting this time? Why haven’t I seen them these past two nights?” Ren Shuo asked.

"They're talking about a leadership transition, and they're about to retire from the Maritime Bureau, so these past two days they've been leading the new recruits that Ironblood has dispatched, and also handing over their work... They'll be free to do whatever they want tomorrow night." Hu Teng kept flipping through the TV channels, but found there weren't any good programs.

He turned off the TV, tossed the remote onto the sofa, and lay down.

"Commander, could you get me a glass of water?"

"Why do I find you getting lazier and lazier since you came out?" Ren Shuo shook his head helplessly, but still went to pour her some water.

Hu Teng said, "Well, the commander said that coming out is like taking a vacation. Besides, it's not like being in the port area where we can do exercises with everyone. There are no opponents here... so I can't muster any enthusiasm."

Ren Shuo placed the water in front of Hu Teng: "Your water... But even if you're in the port area, you should at least stop bothering New Jersey a little less. A while ago, New Jersey came to me to complain, saying that everyone in the port area was on a month-long leave, and you kept pestering them to go to the exercises."

“Alright… since the commander has said so, how about the commander hand over the training of the vanguard to me?” Hu Teng said.

She figured that since New Jersey wouldn't even practice with her, she might as well train her own opponent. And judging from Avant-garde's appearance, she should be the kind of ship girl who likes to spar and improve herself, right?

"Well, I agree, but it still depends on what the person in charge thinks." Ren Shuo thought for a moment and then agreed.

Hu Teng smiled and said, "No problem."

The next part of the time is for showering, resting, and sleeping.

Ren Shuo was groaning to himself in his room. Sigh, without his wife by his side, he couldn't sleep...

Silent all night.

The next day, after breakfast, Ren Shuo went out with Hu Teng.

Hutten couldn't help but ask, "Commander, are you really going to watch our training? Aren't you going to go and chat with your friends?"

“They’re here because they were invited to teach, unlike me who’s just a free spirit… Besides, it’s much more comfortable to come with you guys than to accompany a friend,” Ren Shuo said.

If you had to choose, would you rather stay with a bunch of grown men or with your sweet, soft, and obedient wife?

What? I don't have a wife? Then I have no choice.

The vanguard exclaimed excitedly, "Commander, you're inspecting the knights just two days after my birth? It's an honor for me!"

Ren Shuo gave an awkward yet polite smile, feeling that this girl was a little too... excited about the word "knight"?

And she's a little bit chuunibyou (a Japanese term for someone with delusions of grandeur), but her ambition is quite good. Speaking of which, it seems that most of the ship girls with colored rarity in the port area are those with great ambition and work very hard.

Although New Jersey has gone astray now, becoming quite laid-back, spending its time drinking soda and sunbathing with Georgia...

I don't know if it's because of classes, but the training ground is almost empty now.

Hu Teng said to Ren Shuo, "Commander, you and Dido can sit in the stands for now. Vanguard and I will go down first."

Ren Shuo nodded, pulled Dai Duo to a place to sit down, but seeing Qian Wei looking at him expectantly, Ren Shuo realized what was going on and smiled encouragingly at Qian Wei:

"Looking forward to your performance, Avant-garde."

The vanguard gave a knightly salute: "I am the commander's sword! I will not fail the commander's expectations!"

Then he and Hu Teng came to the water.

"The first thing... to do a good job, you must first have the right tools, so... change the equipment." Hu Teng looked at the Vanguard with a look of disdain as it unfolded its ship equipment and basic gear.

"Huh? But I haven't done anything to help the port. As a knight, isn't it a bit inappropriate to receive a reward?"

Hu Teng scoffed at Qianwei's words. "Given the current situation in the port, you still think about making a name for yourself? Haven't you seen how many of the originally diligent ship girls have started to lie low?"

The big bosses are all on our side... The other side has already surrendered, and you're still thinking about fighting?

Hu Teng kept pulling out gold-plated equipment, one after another, which made everyone who was avant-garde go numb. Then he saw a colorful piece of equipment, which was even more breathtaking.

What kind of port have I joined? Is it that powerful? Although I'm not an expert on everything in this world, I still know some basic things! Could it be that my port is really strong?

Although puzzled, Hu Teng did not give Qianwei a chance to continue thinking. After asking a few questions, he selected a set of equipment and handed it to Qianwei.

"Put it on."

Qianwei nodded nervously, then quickly changed into his gear.

Suddenly, he went from basic equipment to this top-of-the-line gear, and Qianwei even felt more powerful, capable of beating ten times his former self from a few minutes ago.

"First of all, as a fellow battleship, I must teach you some things..." Hutten began his iron-fisted teaching.

"Hu Teng is very serious," Ren Shuo said, holding Dai Duo's hand tightly from the shore.

"But Hu Teng is indeed like that. Although last night I said that Hu Teng had become much more relaxed, she is still that serious and earnest girl."

Dido felt the strong and warm sensation coming from her palm, and felt as if the little deer in her heart was about to be hit by a car. She didn't even hear what Ren Shuo was saying.

"Daido?" Ren Shuo turned his head in confusion as Dido beside him did not react.

Ren Shuo noticed that Dido's face was flushed, her eyes had turned into circles, and it was even exaggerated to the point that her head seemed to be steaming. He looked at Dido with amusement.

I suddenly feel like playing a prank.

Ren Shuo, taking advantage of the situation, gently embraced Dai Duo's waist and held her in his arms, feeling the softness of Dai Duo's body and smelling her fragrance.

Dido's whole body tensed up, her mind was in turmoil, she didn't know what she was thinking or how she should react.

Master, Master is holding me?!

What should I do? Should I resist?

Does the master intend to do this in broad daylight?!

Should I agree, or should I hold back a little before agreeing?

What will the child be named?

Where do we go to school?

Ren Shuo didn't know what Dido was thinking, but since Dido wasn't resisting, it shouldn't be a problem for him to hold her a little longer, right?

Moreover, this is my little maid, and my affection for her is pounding like a red heart.

"Look over there, there's someone giving a lesson." On another bleacher, two ship girls stood by the railing, looking at Huteng and Vanguard on the training field with great curiosity.

"Could it be one of the teachers at the academy?" The ship girl with long, jet-black hair asked curiously.

"No, this seems to be... the one from last night, Vanguard?" Another short-haired ship girl hesitated.

"Avant-garde, huh? I heard about it in class today. It's a color rarity... It sounds impressive, but well, it has nothing to do with me."

The long-haired ship girl appeared quite casual, then looked at her companions with anticipation: "Goddess of War, Goddess of War~ Since someone is using this training ground, does that mean we don't have to train anymore?"

"What are you thinking? If you don't train, you'll fail your carrier-based aircraft exam at the end of the semester. Don't blame me if Teacher Langley comes looking for trouble then," the Goddess of War said irritably, glancing at her partner.

"Hmm... I know... but you're not an aircraft carrier, how are you supposed to train?"

"I don't have any anti-aircraft guns!" The Goddess of War glared at him. "Look at you, a Radiant-class ship girl, and look at your older sisters, Radiant, Victory, and Formidable. Aren't they all powerful ship girls, even famous on the front lines? Why are you so useless?"

"You don't even know what they look like..." Bu Nao muttered under his breath.

"Oh right, let's skip training today, I've called in some help! Yes, I've called in some help, I met a girl named Guanghui online! She's coming to the academy to see me in two days, I'll practice with her then!" Bu Nao said.