Crossing the azure as a black dragon

"I see."

Black Dragon felt a little guilty. She had always treated carrier-based aircraft as expendable resources, either using them to ram Sirens when the ammunition ran out, or releasing them to block shells, without paying any attention to the issue of battle damage.

"That's all the techniques. The rest can be left to actual combat."

Flying Eagle didn't say much either.

"Been taught a lesson."

Black Dragon nodded again.

The group continued their journey and finally arrived at the edge of the sea area of ​​Donghuang at dusk. Further ahead was the sea area under the jurisdiction of the United Nations, led by Australia.

"Let's rest here for today and head into the South China Sea tomorrow."

Amagi and the others were very familiar with this place and quickly found an island.

There aren't many trees on this island; instead, there are mostly rocks, making it extremely well-hidden.

"This place is quite beautiful too."

Black Dragon wandered around the edge of the island and returned to the camp area.

"The ocean is beautiful, but unfortunately, sirens have appeared."

Toriumi was tidying up the place to rest when he said something.

"Too."

Black Dragon shrugged.

"Ahem, once we cross this border, we'll be in UN waters. If we encounter any ship girl fleets, we'll deliberately avoid them."

Tiancheng coughed at the two of them and gave Hei Feilong a word of advice.

"kindness?"

Black Dragon felt something was off.

"Each country has different rules for ship girls. The ports here at the United Nations operate independently because it is to prevent conflicts between multiple ports over energy."

Amagi provided an explanation.

"Strange rules."

Black Dragon muttered something, but didn't say anything more.

They did not encounter any Sirens along the way, but they collected a lot of energy along the way. Energy is something that every country needs. With their defenses suppressed by the Sirens and their limited resources leading to unlimited demands, conflicts naturally arose.

"Don't worry too much, there aren't many ports around here, so it's hard to come by one."

Flying Eagle added a sentence.

Black Flying Dragon responded, then found a place to lean against and closed his eyes.

The large rocks on the island served as natural cover, preventing the Sirens from harming them immediately if they attacked.

"..."

Kaohsiung was wiping his samurai sword, his expression calm.

……

The next day, the group continued their journey and left the territory of Donghuang.

Black Dragon was leaving Donghuang for the first time and was a little excited. He launched a large number of reconnaissance planes, wanting to take in the scenery. Unfortunately, most of the islands here were rocky, which disappointed Black Dragon.

Before long, Black Dragon narrowed his eyes. The reconnaissance plane spotted ship girls fighting the Sirens in the distance. What was absurd was that the number of ship girls on the entire battlefield was twice that of the Sirens, and the Sirens were being chased and beaten all the way.

"Ignore them, let's go around them."

Flying Eagle looked at Black Flying Dragon, whose face was full of question marks, and spoke.

"kindness."

Despite the oddity, Black Dragon recalled its reconnaissance aircraft and began moving in a different direction.

"The total number of Siren in the South China Sea is very small, so most of the time the number of ship girls exceeds the number of Siren."

Ashigara added a comment from the side upon hearing this.

"Of course, that doesn't mean it's safe here. We encountered a huge number of Sirens here and were forced to retreat. It's strange that we haven't heard any news of losses from such a large group of Sirens."

Toriumi also ran over.

"..."

Black Flying Dragon frowned slightly. Even though she was terrible with directions, she had looked at the map before setting off. The South China Sea was surrounded by land and islands, so the appearance of a large number of Sirens was too far-fetched.

The group continued on their way and soon arrived near an island.

"It was here that the Sirens launched a direct attack on the island, forcing us to flee in haste."

Eagle looked at the island in the distance, which had been bombed beyond recognition, and his tone was somewhat solemn. Reconnaissance planes were also on alert nearby.

"Attack the island?"

The more Black Flying Dragon listened, the more he felt something was amiss; it was like listening to a ghost story.

"Let's go."

Amagi observed the surrounding sea conditions for a while before leading the way closer to the island.

Black Flying Dragon followed behind Amagi, but its attention was focused on the carrier-based aircraft, searching not only on the surface of the water but also underwater.

Upon entering this so-called United Nations waters, she sensed a desolation, completely different from the area around Donghuang.

After landing on the island, the group avoided the craters created by the bombs and came to the very center of the island, which was the area most severely bombed, making it difficult to see any intact ground.

"kindness?"

The black dragon suddenly sensed something, looked down and saw that the Rubik's Cube was emitting stardust, indicating that there was Rubik's Cube energy hidden nearby.

"It seems to still be there."

Amagi also had a Rubik's Cube in his hand, which emitted stardust.

"Lord Amagi, let me do it."

Kaohsiung volunteered, jumped down into the pit and searched for a while, then pulled out a metal cube.

"This is it."

Toriumi sounded somewhat surprised.

"This is?"

Black Dragon was somewhat curious.

"This is a resonant storage device that contains the belongings of everyone in the port area."

Chokai answered.

"I see. It wasn't a wasted trip. That's good."

Black Dragon nodded.

"Thank you for coming with us. Although we could have come by ourselves, we were still a little worried about having me on guard duty by myself."

Flying Eagle smiled.

"It's only right to help each other. Besides, I've seen many sights that Donghuang doesn't have, so I'm very satisfied."

Black Flying Dragon smiled.

"We've retrieved the items. Let's head back soon; this place is rather creepy."

Toriumi stuck out his tongue and started walking back.

"Has this area been overdeveloped? It's so barren."

Black Flying Dragon caught up with Bird Sea.

"I don't know, we were just passing through when we were attacked."

The foot and the eagle followed.

"Lord Amagi, this..."

After the black dragon turned its back, Kaohsiung took out another rhombus-shaped blue crystal.

"Alright, let's go back, cough cough."

Amagi took the crystal and coughed twice.

"Is this...?"

Kaohsiung rolled over and asked in a low voice.

"Have you forgotten what the commander said?"

Amagi tightened his grip on the crystal slightly.

"Don't dare."

Kaohsiung immediately lowered his head.

“This is our own business, we shouldn’t involve her.”

Amagi said softly.

"Yes."

Kaohsiung said no more, and the group arrived at the seaside and embarked on their journey back to Cheng.

Chapter Twenty-One: Adjustment

The return journey was free from Siren attacks, which should have been a good thing, but Black Dragon felt it was a loss.

She had been out running for two days without any Sirens coming to kill her, and she was planning to collect some energy to report back to Akashi.

"Kaohsiung, you should go back first."

The more Black Dragon thought about it, the more frustrated he became, and he couldn't help but stop.