I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

"Youyou wants this, this, and this too! OwO/~"

After hearing Yuhaka's choice, Ning Hai and Ping Hai looked at the signs. The other ones were fine, but the last one, called "rib buns," couldn't be made.

Upon learning that the pork rib buns couldn't be made, Yuhaka looked at Ninghai with a puzzled expression and asked:

"Why can't we do it anymore, OO?"

Regarding Youhaka's question, Ning Hai looked at Youhaka with a helpless expression and explained:

"We're out of suitable pork ribs to make pork rib buns, so we can't make them even if we wanted to..."

Upon hearing Ning Hai's words, Javelin and the others looked at Ning Hai and his group with puzzled expressions and said:

"Huh? What's going on? If it's just pork ribs, there shouldn't be a shortage in Azur Lane, right?"

Ning Hai explained his reasoning regarding Javelin and the others' questions: the pork ribs he used for his pork rib buns weren't ordinary pork ribs, but rather the kind with only cartilage. As for why he didn't use ordinary pork ribs...

The reason is quite simple: if you were eating a pork rib bun and suddenly found a hard bone in it, what would you think?

Of course, this is not a problem for Yuhaka, whose bite force can easily crush bones, but most of the time Yuhaka does not like to chew hard bones.

But it's different for others. Just imagining biting into a hard bone while eating a steamed bun and almost knocking out your teeth makes your blood pressure rise.

Fortunately, the issue of ingredients was not a problem for Youhaka. After all, Youhaka always carried various ingredients with him, so he didn't have to worry about lacking them. Moreover, Youhaka happened to have the same ingredients that Ninghai had mentioned.

"Youyou has the ingredients, Ninghai will help Youyou make OwO?"

Hearing Yuhaka's words, Ning Hai looked at Yuhaka with a curious expression and asked:

"Eh? Miss Youyou, do you have any ingredients?"

Yuhaka nodded to indicate that he had the ingredients, and then took out a cartilage rib packaged in a plastic bag from his dimensional portal. Of course, you could also call it a swallow's wing bone. This part of the meat is only cartilage, and Yuhaka quite likes this part of the meat because it is crunchy.

Although Eohaka does make bones crunchy when he's gnawing on them...

Ning Hai took the swallow's wing bone from Yuhaka, examined it, and then looked at Yuhaka with a satisfied expression, saying:

"Hmm, this bird's nest bone is excellent! I think I can make some really delicious pork rib buns, and of course, I won't charge you for it!"

Hearing that he could get free food, Yuhaka was naturally very happy and nodded, asking Ninghai to make some delicious pork rib buns.

Then the scene at the beginning happened.

Looking at the mountain of steamed buns, Javelin and the others couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. To be honest, seeing so many steamed buns made them feel full just looking at them.

Pinghai and Ninghai were quite pleased to see this, since Yuhaka's purchase of a large quantity of steamed buns had made their performance today very good, at least they didn't incur a deficit.

After Pinghai and Ninghai brought out the steamed buns, Youhaka gestured to them and said:

"Come on, let's eat together, it's Yoyo's treat~"

Upon hearing Yuhaka's words, Pinghai's eyes lit up. He was clearly pleased to hear that someone was treating him to a delicious meal. Ninghai, who was standing to the side, was also surprised to hear Yuhaka say that.

Yuhaka offered his explanation, saying:

"Ninghai helped Youyou make something delicious, so let's eat together OwO~"

After hearing Yuhaka's words, Ning Hai respectfully complied. While they were eating steamed buns together, Javelin, remembering something, asked Ning Hai:

"By the way, Miss Ninghai, why are you short of that ingredient called swallow's wing bone today? Shouldn't you usually have it prepared?"

Hearing Javelin's question, Ning Hai, who was eating a steamed bun, was taken aback for a moment before explaining:

"I'm also very puzzled about this. I prepared today's portion of bird's nest and wing bones last night, but when I woke up this morning, I found that the bird's nest and wing bones that I put in the box were gone, which made me a little confused."

After hearing Ning Hai's explanation, Javelin and the others also looked puzzled, while Yuhaka looked at Ning Hai with a puzzled expression and said:

"Wasn't it because a thief stole it? O~O?"

The ship girls present also denied Yuhaka's statement. After all, ship girls in Azur Lane see each other all the time, so it's practically impossible for one of them to steal something. Besides, Ninghai put her things in her own shop's kitchen, so it's impossible for someone else to mistake her box for something else.

Furthermore, since it's in a box, there's no possibility that it could be taken away by rats or other wild animals.

Upon hearing Ning Hai's explanation, Javelin and the others couldn't help but wonder what exactly had stolen Ning Hai's belongings.

While eating her steamed bun, Yuhaka, after hearing Ninghai's explanation, also said to Ninghai and the others:

"Can Youyou take a look at the scene? Youyou might be able to find some clues O~O."

Ning Hai looked at Youhaka with a curious expression after hearing his words and asked:

"Hmm? Youyou, do you search for items like a detective?"

In response to Ning Hai's question, Javelin, standing to the side, also looked embarrassed and said:

"Well, I think...you probably has a very strong nose, right?"

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Volume 1 [Lazy Chapters]: Chapter 1426 [The Limited Edition Pudding Theft Incident]

At the steamed bun shop in Donghuang, Youhaka and her group arrived at the kitchen. Ninghai opened the kitchen door and said to Youhaka and the others:

"Besides Ping Hai and I, basically no one else comes to this room."

After all, this place doesn't look like it has anything valuable. No matter how you look at it, why would a thief come to such a place to steal ingredients? Could it be that the thief stole the ingredients to eat them himself?

If that's really the case, then Ning Hai and the others don't know who would come to Azur Lane just to steal a little bit of ingredients. Isn't that incredibly audacious?

When Yuhaka entered the room, he started sniffing his nose. Apart from the lingering scents of Ning Hai and Ping Hai, Yuhaka could only smell the food.

"How is it, Yoyo-chan? Can you smell anything?"

Hearing Javelin's question from the side, Yuhaka shook his head with a "OO?" expression. Yuhaka was clearly puzzled by the fact that he couldn't smell anything. Logically speaking, the other party shouldn't have left no scent behind, right?

Otherwise, how would the other party have come over and stolen the items?

When they saw Yuhaka shake his head, Javelin and the others were a little surprised. After all, in their impression, Yuhaka's sense of smell should be able to easily detect the scent left by the thief, but the fact that Yuhaka could not smell anything surprised them.

Ning Hai, who was standing nearby, was also very puzzled as to why Yuhaka couldn't smell the thief's scent and said:

"If that's the case, then it's strange. Logically speaking, the only ways to get into the kitchen are through the kitchen door and the window. If there's no smell from those places, then either the other person flew in, or they came in prepared to steal something."

However, Ning Hai couldn't think of anyone who would go through such trouble for some ingredients; she felt the former was more likely.

Javelin, who was standing to the side, seemed to have an idea and asked Ninghai:

"By the way, Miss Ninghai, besides the bird's nest and wing bones, what other ingredients were stolen this time?"

After thinking about the javelin issue for a moment, Ning Hai told the javelin and the others about the things he had lost.

"Besides the missing bird's nest bones, there was also spare flour, vegetables, and a dozen or so puddings that were lost."

Hearing this, Javelin pondered why the other party would steal these ingredients, since they were not valuable. He couldn't believe it was because the other party was hungry.

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After Yuhaka and the others left the steamed bun shop, Yuhaka looked thoughtful, as if she was pondering something. Javelin, seeing Yuhaka deep in thought, patted her on the shoulder and said:

"Alright, Youyou-chan, don't think too much about these things. Miss Ninghai also said that Youyou-chan shouldn't worry too much about these things."

"OO?"

Hearing Javelin's words, Yuhaka looked at Javelin with a puzzled expression. She had just been thinking about what to eat for lunch, so why was Javelin telling her these things?

While strolling around the Azur Lane headquarters with Javelin and the others, Javelin kept trying to introduce Ehaka to the ship girls from different factions. Ehaka didn't pay much attention, but quickly jotted down the names and hobbies of the ship girls, thinking they might come in handy later... for reasons unknown.

Time flies, and before long it was lunchtime.

Yuhaka and her group arrived at the cafeteria, but for some reason, they sensed that the atmosphere inside was a bit off, as if someone was feeling down. Seeing this, Yuhaka and her group were quite puzzled.

"Everyone, what's wrong? OO seems a little sad?"

Hearing Yuhaka's words, Laffey and the others nodded in agreement. No matter what, the atmosphere here felt a bit strange. At that moment, Yuhaka and the others saw Z23 discussing something with Kashino, the ship girl in charge of the cafeteria.

"Ah, z23's OwO~"

Upon seeing Z23 over there, Yuhaka wagged its big tail and ran towards Z23, while Laffey and the others followed. They were also a little curious about what Z23 and Kashino were discussing, since Kashino's expression seemed somewhat troubled.

“Yoyo OwO——!”

Upon reaching Z23 from behind, Yuhaka pounced on Z23, grabbing her destroyer armor plate and startling her. However, upon hearing Yuhaka's voice, Z23 seemed relieved, removing her hand from her chest and saying:

"Seriously... Youyou, you startled me all of a sudden! Don't scare people like that!"

Upon hearing Z23's words, Yuhaka merely stuck out her tongue, clearly not taking it seriously. Seeing this, Z23 couldn't help but feel a bit of a headache.

The javelin throwers, who were standing nearby, also greeted Z23 and asked him a question:

"Z23-chan, good afternoon. Has something happened here? Everyone seems a bit off today..."

Hearing Javelin and the others' question, Z23, looking exasperated, covered her forehead and said:

"Have you also noticed that something is wrong?"

After calming herself down a bit, z23 spoke to Yuhaka and the others:

"Ahem, Yuyu, this is Kashino, a transport ship from the Sakura Empire faction. She is the manager of the canteen at the Azur Lane headquarters port."

Upon hearing Z23's words, Yuhaka turned his gaze to the massive structure before him, even larger than the formidable Illustrious-class carrier deck he had seen before. He gaped in astonishment, thinking, "This thing could probably clamp my entire head in one place!"

However, Yuhaka wasn't surprised to see Kashino's cow-like features, as they were so fitting.

While Yuhaka was stunned by Kashino's transport ship armor plating, after hearing Z23 introduce himself to the visitors from another world, Kashino also introduced himself to Yuhaka, saying:

"Nice to meet you, Miss Yuyu. I am Kashino, a transport ship belonging to the Sakura Empire. Well... I'm a rather special ship, but if there's anything I can do to help, please feel free to ask me!"

"Mmm~ Youyou is Youyou~"

Hearing Kashino's words, Yuhaka nodded and echoed him. Just as they finished speaking, Ayanami, standing nearby, asked Z23:

"Z23, can you explain what's going on here?"

Regarding Ayanami's question, Z23 sighed helplessly and spread his hands, saying:

"Ha... It's a bit frustrating to say, but let Ms. Kashino explain the situation here to you."

After Kashino explained, everyone understood why many of the ship girls in the cafeteria looked so disappointed.

"All the limited-edition puddings in the cafeteria have been stolen?!"

Upon hearing Kashino's explanation, Javelin and the others looked at Kashino with disbelief, clearly shocked. Yuhaka, standing to the side, scratched his head with his big tail, looking at everyone with a puzzled expression, as if he didn't understand why Javelin and the others were so surprised that the limited edition pudding had been stolen.

When Javelin and the others learned that the reason everyone was disappointed was because the limited-edition pudding had been stolen, they didn't seem surprised at all.

P.S.: Okay, I'm going to bed early. I really couldn't stay awake any longer after not sleeping at noon. I'll see if I can improve my terrible insomnia situation.

Volume 1 [Lazy Chapters]: Chapter 1427 [Youyou Makes Fruit Pudding OwO~]