Crossing the azure as a black dragon

"...Do all new ship girls have a senior to guide them?"

Black Flying Dragon retrieved its ship equipment and began practicing its sword techniques.

"Theoretically yes, but sometimes there are situations where we can't spare the manpower, and then there's nothing we can do."

The Prince of Wales looked around, found a place to sit down, and stuck his sword to the side.

"Speaking of which, Black Dragon, you're so reliable, maybe you'll be a team leader someday."

The Prince of Wales looked at the black dragon with a hint of a smile in his voice.

"Oh, that can't be possible."

Black Flying Dragon knows her own character very well; if she were to mentor newcomers, she might be corrupting them.

The Prince of Wales smiled and said nothing more.

Everything returned to calm, with only the sound of the Black Dragon swinging its sword remaining.

After using ordinary knives, Black Flying Dragon found that his own knife was more comfortable to use, mainly because it didn't have that feeling of being able to create sword energy with just a casual swing.

After drawing and swinging his sword five hundred times each, Black Flying Dragon put the longsword back on the sword rack, turned around, and walked into the island.

The Prince of Wales glanced at him slightly.

Black Dragon did not return directly to the camp, but instead found a tree nearby and sat down.

A faint blue light shone inside the tent; it was from two Rubik's Cubes leaning against each other, emitting light and serving as illumination.

Scattered voices could be heard coming from inside the tent. Black Flying Dragon didn't listen intently, but he still caught some of them.

The most frequently occurring word was "commander," followed by "Siren," and finally, their worries about their future.

"That must have been really tough."

Black Flying Dragon closed her eyes; as an outsider, she found it difficult to connect with them.

……

The next morning, the six continued their patrol journey. Xiaoyue and the other three were in much better condition than the day before, so it seems that going to sea really does have a stress-relieving effect.

"Team leader, I'd like to ask if our commander can return once he regains consciousness?"

After running for a while, Nagara caught up with the Prince of Wales, who was in the lead.

"Of course, but we probably won't be going out to sea as often anymore."

The Prince of Wales answered.

"?"

Nagara looked on with a puzzled expression, and Black Flying Dragon also looked over.

"Your commander has suffered such a devastating blow that he may develop a fear of the ocean, which would likely lead you to leave the ocean and move inland."

The Prince of Wales offered an explanation.

Black Dragon blinked. Did this mean that commanders in this world could retire and take their ship girls back to their hometowns?

"Thank you."

Nagara thanked him, a relieved smile appearing on his face.

The same applies to the other three.

Hei Feilong narrowed her eyes. She also hoped that someone would care about her like this, but when she thought that she had lost all her tools for committing crimes, she suddenly felt a little disheartened.

"kindness?"

Casually ignoring the scenery fed back by carrier-based aircraft, my gaze fell upon a certain island.

When Black Flying Dragon reached the island, he felt a sense of unease.

Have the Sirens been spotted?

The Prince of Wales noticed the change in the black dragon and slowed down to inquire.

"No, but there's a strange place over there. Let's go take a look."

Black Flying Dragon pointed in a direction.

"Strange? Let's go take a look."

Trusting Black Dragon's judgment, the Prince of Wales immediately deviated from the planned patrol route.

The six of them traveled westward and soon arrived at a deserted island.

"Is this the place? Is there anything underwater?"

The Prince of Wales looked at the distant, isolated island and asked Nagara, who was standing beside him, a question.

"Nothing was found."

Nagayoshi answered.

"Can't you feel it?"

Black Flying Dragon squinted at the island in front of her; the island gave her a sense of unreality.

After thinking for a moment, she launched a carrier-based aircraft towards the island. The aircraft circled twice over the island and was about to dive down to land when it suddenly disappeared.

"!!!"

The Prince of Wales' expression changed upon seeing this.

"The space here is connected to other places, where there are many Sirens. My carrier-based aircraft were shot down as soon as they went in."

Black Flying Dragon's gaze turned cold.

Before she could see much, her view was cut off.

“We have to withdraw one after another. This is not something we can handle. I will request support immediately.”

The Prince of Wales quickly regained his composure and addressed the somewhat bewildered Suzuya and the others.

"clear."

The crew, having received orders, retreated twenty nautical miles, while Black Dragon launched more carrier-based aircraft to patrol the surrounding area.

The Prince of Wales took the mission card out of his pocket, did some work on it, and then put it away.

What happened here?

Black Dragon looked at Prince of Wales and compared the four girls from the Night Moon area. She felt that the ship girls in the Free Port area knew much more than the ship girls in the Commander Port area.

"This is very likely an entrance to one of the Sirens' combat bases. They used the Magic Cube's energy to perform spatial displacement and regional simulation."

The Prince of Wales explained to the crowd.

"Of course, we can also use this technology, but we don't have enough manpower to attack the Sirens, so we will only use it for a few very special missions."

After saying that, the Prince of Wales added another sentence.

"I see. So, is there a way for us to identify these areas?"

Hearing this, Black Dragon was relieved; it wasn't some kind of Siren-specific black technology.

"Unfortunately, we're on par with the Sirens in this technology; neither of us can defeat the other. But how did you discover the problem here?"

The Prince of Wales shook his head, then looked at the black dragon with a puzzled expression.

"I don't know, I just feel like something's off about it."

Black Flying Dragon knew that this was because he had a special sensitivity to space.

"A sixth sense? That's quite amazing."

The Prince of Wales stroked his chin, not suspecting anything.

"But since spatial displacement is possible, will the Sirens make adjustments? I just sent a carrier-based aircraft in."

"Black Flying Dragon said."

"Expand your reconnaissance area a bit. This technique is very complex, and even if you adjust it, you won't be able to go too far at once! Qifeng, Xiaoyue, keep an eye on the sea."

The Prince of Wales issued a series of orders.

"kindness."

Black Dragon launched another ten or so carrier-based aircraft to keep watch.

After receiving their orders, Xiaoyue and the others nearby also began their operations.

Chapter Twelve Encirclement and Suppression

Perhaps the Black Dragon overestimated the Sirens' reaction capabilities, or perhaps the Sirens simply didn't care about the entrance being exposed. In the two hours after they discovered the place, the island remained completely unchanged.

Black Dragon and the Prince of Wales stood on the sea, while Suzuya, Nagara, Yozuki, and Hata were on guard not far away.

"The Sirens haven't made any adjustments, have they?"

The Prince of Wales looked at the black dragon.

"No."

Black Dragon peered through its carrier-based aircraft at the illusory island, still feeling a strong sense of incongruity.

"That's good.";;

The Prince of Wales breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look into the distance. She could already see a fleet of ship girls approaching.

"Speaking of which, how did we handle this situation?"

Black Dragon was somewhat curious.

"In this situation, a specific signal jamming device will be used to eliminate the Sirens' influence on this area."

The Prince of Wales thought for a moment before answering.

"That simple?"

The Black Dragon seems rather unreliable.

"This is the simplest solution after testing. More complex solutions would require Rubik's Cube energy, which is in short supply, so we should use as little as possible."

The Prince of Wales shrugged.