Today's tutelary fort remains peaceful.

"Ah, Mutsu, don't get excited. Sister Yamato didn't mean that." Shinano hurriedly tried to stop the fight.

Yamato ignored the furious Mutsu and looked out the window. Seeing a group of little girls playing, his eyes suddenly widened in surprise. "Huh? That's... Yukikaze?"

Xue Cheng finally managed to calm the furious Mutsu, followed her gaze, and said casually, "It's her, but now her name is Danyang. So you know her too?"

Yamato tossed a piece of preserved fruit into his mouth, savoring the slightly sour yet sweet taste. He narrowed his eyes in enjoyment. "Of course I know her. She used to be my escort, but she suddenly disappeared one day. I wonder if you guys abducted her here."

"Hmm?" Xue Cheng frowned and asked curiously, "Did you recognize the wrong person? There are so many ships of the same rank in the world, such as Nagato and Mutsu. There are dozens, if not hundreds. How can you be sure that my Danyang is your frigate?"

"My frigate, how could I have been wrong?" Yamato stared at Danyang's figure. "Although another deep-sea destroyer named Xuefeng later filled her vacancy, but this feeling... can't be wrong, it's her!"

Xue Cheng remembered that in the original world, there was a setting that ship girls and the deep sea could transform into each other. Could it be that his own Danyang came about in this way?

Thinking of this, Xue Cheng suddenly became alert: "Hey, you are not trying to take Danyang back, are you? I warn you, Danyang is my ship girl now, not your frigate, don't do anything rash!"

"Don't worry." Yamato curled his lips: "She is no longer Shen Hai now, and she has no memory of that time. Even if I snatch her back, her heart will still be with you. I'm not stupid."

Seventy-nine, Flying Eagle

"I'm glad you know." Xue Cheng said proudly, because she was his own ship girl.

"I'll go out and take a look." Yamato rolled his eyes at him, stood up and straightened his clothes. Before he took a few steps, a figure appeared behind him.

"You..." Yamato looked at Montana, who still had some snack residue on the corner of his mouth, and hesitated to speak. Finally, he sighed helplessly: "Forget it, whatever you want."

Montana tilted his head, confused.

After leaving the room, Yamato came to Danyang under the vigilant gazes of the destroyers. She looked at the girl who seemed a little timid, smiled and touched her head, "Do you still recognize me?"

"Ms. Yamato?" Danyang called out tentatively. She didn't know why the other party suddenly asked her such a question. The name of the deep-sea flagship was well-known to the ship girls. Even the ship girls in the naval base who had never fought a battle could easily recognize any deep-sea flagship.

"Sister, will the dock worker's head be damaged?" Lei asked in a low voice beside Xiao's ear, but her so-called "low voice" could be heard even by Xue Cheng who just walked out of the room.

Veins throbbing on Yamato's forehead, she glared and raised her hand to make a gesture of hitting someone, scaring the four sisters so much that they screamed and ran away, hiding behind Xue Cheng and Nagato. With the support of adults, they immediately straightened their backs and kept making faces at Yamato.

As if feeling that it was a bit disloyal to leave Danyang alone in front of Yamato, Nobuo looked at the girl who was still standing in front of the model worker and shouted anxiously: "Xuefeng, come here quickly!"

Danyang shook her head, looking at the woman before her. For some reason, she felt a tinge of nostalgia. Was it an illusion born of past battle experiences? Danyang was a little confused. Her intuition told her that she seemed to be someone very close to her, but why hadn't she felt this way when she saw her before, when the deep-sea flagship attacked?

"It seems you really don't remember." Yamato shrugged, a hint of regret flashing in her eyes. She sighed slightly and said with a smile, "It's okay if you don't remember. Anyway, I'll be living in your tutelary fort from now on. We'll have many opportunities to meet in the future. Please take good care of me."

"Ah, please take care of me." Although he didn't know what he could do to help her, Danyang still responded politely.

After chatting with Mutsu and the others for a while, Xue Cheng looked at the time. It was already one o'clock in the afternoon. Thinking that Teacher Wisconsin might have come to the office waiting to teach him, he said goodbye to the Japanese ship girls and prepared to return.

It was a beautiful day today. Just after noon, the sun was at its peak, and the air was thick with heat. It was the hottest time of the day. Xue Cheng walked for a while before finally ducking under the shade of a tree by the roadside. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and was wondering whether he should send a message to Wisconsin, asking her to wait a moment, when a voice came from afar: "Admiral?"

Xue Cheng looked over and saw two girls coming out from a T-junction in the distance. They saw him waving his hands vigorously.

"Hello." Xue Cheng greeted cautiously, he did not recognize the other party.

The girls ran over quickly. They were carrying sports bags and wearing cool short skirts and shirts. They looked very similar and were obviously sisters. One of them had short boyish hair, while the other had her long hair tied up.

"Admiral, are you going to the beach too?" The long-haired girl looked at Xue Cheng and asked curiously.

"Stupid Falcon, if the Admiral is going to the beach, isn't he going in the wrong direction?" the short-haired girl retorted.

"Oh, right." Hayabusa suddenly realized something and made a face at the short-haired girl. "Then what is the Admiral here for? Could it be... that he's here to see us?"

"No, I'm here for something else." Xue Cheng smiled. He had guessed their identities through their conversation. They were the light aircraft carriers Flying Eagle and Falcon Eagle, both from the J series. They were not particularly famous ships in history, but in the game, they were trained by Xue Cheng because of their practical panels and skills after the transformation.

Later, Feiying implemented a set of costumes called New Year's Blessing. Wearing a blue kimono, the tomboyish girl transformed into a lovely girl. After seeing it, Xue Cheng immediately spent a lot of money, and then all the costume rings were put in place and directly taken into the back house.

As for Feiying's sister Falcon Eagle, although Xue Cheng did not give her the ring of promise, he still bought her the cheerleading uniform.

"Admiral, you're really dumber than Falcon." Falcon stood on tiptoe and tapped Xue Cheng's forehead. Although she was dressed in a neutral style and had a neutral appearance, her angry look had a bit of girlish firepower and cuteness, which made Xue Cheng's heart beat faster.

"Even if you really aren't here to see us, don't say it so directly."

"But lying is wrong, isn't it?" Xue Cheng argued. "A lie is still a lie. If they're exposed, Feiying and Falcon will be very sad, right?"

"No." Feiying leaned forward, tilted his head, and playfully pressed his index finger against his left eye. "Even if the Admiral is lying to us, we're willing to turn a blind eye."

Hmm, what should I do? This is so cute, I can’t handle it, I’m going to die! Xue Cheng took a step back. No girl had ever made such a cute gesture and expression to him before. He felt like he was about to fall.

Fortunately, Feiying quickly stopped acting cute. She stood up straight and asked, "Admiral, do you have any plans next? Do you want to go swimming with us at the beach?"

Xue Cheng, who had escaped a disaster, was somewhat tempted. The temperature today was indeed a bit too high. He had already broken into a sweat after walking for a while. If he could take a cool sea bath at this time, it would definitely be the ultimate enjoyment. However, the problem was...

"I didn't bring any swimming trunks, so forget it." Xue Cheng shrugged and refused. Although he remembered that there were swimming trunks in the villa's wardrobe, in such hot weather, if he went back to get them, he would never come out again.

"That's easy." Falcon's eyes lit up. She pulled her phone from her pocket and tapped the screen rapidly with her slender fingers. Then she made a victory gesture: "Done! Someone will bring the Admiral's swimming trunks over soon. Let's go!"

"Eh? But..." Xue Cheng wanted to say something, but Feiying and Falcon Ying didn't give him a chance to refuse. They came to Xue Cheng's left and right, grabbed his arms and dragged him hard. Xue Cheng couldn't resist with his strength, and he staggered and was dragged farther and farther by the two slender girls.

At this time, Xue Cheng had completely forgotten that there was a girl waiting for him in the office.

80. Fake Fall-class destroyer

Xue Cheng's hometown is located inland. Unlike many children who have never seen the sea and have a longing for it, he does not feel excited even when he sees the edited sunshine, sea and beach on TV. To him, the sea is just a bigger river.

This view did not change until he went to the beach for the first time in junior high school. When he occasionally recalled that experience, all he could remember were the messy tents and the crowded crowds, as well as the sticky feeling all over his body after getting ashore because he didn't have time to wash with clean water.

However, when he was half-heartedly dragged to the seaside by Feiying and Falcon, Xue Cheng began to change his view of the sea.

Thanks to the scorching sun, there are many people gathered on the beach today, but it doesn't feel crowded. Looking from a high place, girls are gathered on the beach in twos and threes, some are building sand castles, some are swimming, and some are sunbathing. From time to time, little heads pop up in the sea a little further away, as if submarines are diving.

"Hey, the person next to Sister Feiying and the others... seems to be the admiral?" The white-haired girl who was building a sand castle with a group of little girls suddenly noticed something. She leaned over to look at the figure walking towards the beach and shouted in surprise. She threw away the small shovel and ran towards the other person with a gust of wind.

"Plop!" Xue Cheng, who was looking around, was startled because a white-haired girl in a blue and white competitive swimsuit suddenly appeared in front of him. Perhaps because she was running too fast and the inertia of her sudden stop was too great, the girl lost her balance and fell to the ground.

"... Fantasy? Are you okay?" Xue Cheng asked tentatively. The combination of long white hair, wrestling, and fast running speed made it clear that the girl's identity was beyond doubt.

"Don't worry, Admiral. Kongxiang falls dozens of times every day. We are already used to it." Feiying said nonchalantly.

"Ouch...it hurts!" Kong Xiang slowly climbed up with her hands on the ground. She rubbed her red nose, opened her arms to Xue Cheng, and said aggrievedly: "Kong Xiang fell down, and I need the admiral to hold me up before I can get up."

"You're really ugly, onee-chan." Another girl with white hair came over, crossed her arms, and taunted Sora, who was sitting like a duck and asking for a hug. "Because you're always like this, the Sora-class' reputation has become worse in the harbor."

"W-what?! Damn it! Stop blaming me for your mistakes!" Kong Xiang glared at him unhappily. "Don't you always fall down too? And you fall even harder than me!"

"But the reputation of the Fantasy-class had already become like that before I even arrived at the tutelary fort, right?"

"It's obviously your arrival that made things worse!"

"Okay, why are you arguing with each other, sisters?" Xue Cheng stopped the two girls from arguing. He looked at the girl who was still stubbornly asking him for a hug, and picked her up helplessly.

The first Utopian-class destroyer was one of the few destroyers that could be modified in the early stages of the game and had decent attributes. After the modification, it also came with colored equipment that increased dodge, and combined with the skill of being immune to attacks after launch, it became a must-train ship in the version at that time. In addition, the game portrait was very cute, and everyone affectionately called it the Little Princess.

However, due to some metaphysical reasons, although Kongxiang has extremely high dodge and the modified skills also have a probability of being immune to damage, he is often inexplicably hit by the enemy and even severely damaged, and finally has to retreat before reaching the OSS point.

Especially after the modification, the portrait of Kongxiang looked like he had fallen, so players started to say that Kongxiang liked to fake falls.

Xue Cheng used to scoff at this kind of metaphysical statement. However, one time when he was doing his weekly tasks, he took his marriage ship with full level and full favorability to fight 2-1. In the end, he came back with a bad loss and had to change his mind.

Of course, nothing is absolute. Xue Cheng once saw a GIF on a game forum where a single player in a training ground dodged the opponent's aircraft carrier group's opening attack with infinite dodges. However, for him, who has always had bad luck, such a player was just "someone else's child".

As for the implementation of Horror, it was implemented much later than that of Fantasy. Perhaps it was influenced by Fantasy. Horror comes with two sets of severely damaged portraits, one of which looks like it has fallen hard, and even worse than Fantasy.

"Tsk." Seeing Kongxiang being picked up by Xue Cheng, she smacked her lips in dissatisfaction. She watched Xue Cheng put Kongxiang down with an expressionless face, and also stretched out her arms to Xue Cheng.

"What? You want one too?" Xue Cheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He looked at the terrifying girl who was trying to hug him and said, "I hugged her because she fell down. You're fine, why are you joining in the fun?"

"Are there any prerequisites to unlock it?" Ke Horrible tilted his head thoughtfully, then squatted down and sat on the beach. Under Xue Cheng's gaze, he grabbed a handful of sand and sprinkled it on his body, then stretched out his arms to Xue Cheng again.

"What are you doing? You're grabbing sand and acting pitiful. It's so dirty. I just changed into new clothes!" Although Xue Cheng said this, he still picked up Ke Hor and carefully helped her brush off the sand on her hair. When he turned around again, he was faced with the exceptionally bright gazes of Feiying and Falcon.

"Wait, wait! Don't fall! Can't I hold you?" Xue Cheng was shocked and quickly stopped the two sisters.

After hugging the two girls, the satisfied Kongxiang and Kagua returned to their group of friends. Children value fairness the most, and when they saw that Kongxiang and Kagua had both been hugged, they all ran over to ask for hugs.

After the dazed Xue Cheng had carried all the little girls he didn't even know, he left. Relieved, Xue Cheng and Feiying came under an empty parasol. He watched her take out a mat from her sports bag and spread it out, saying, "Feiying is very well prepared."

"That's more than that." Feiying put his hand on the hem of the girl's clothes and lifted it up. Xue Cheng turned around in shock, and out of the corner of his eye he noticed that the girl was wearing a dark blue sports bikini underneath her clothes. Feiying looked at the startled Xue Cheng, pointed at him and laughed: "Admiral's reaction... You didn't think I was wearing anything underneath? You're such an idiot, even more stupid than Falcon. Even if it wasn't a swimsuit, I would still wear my underwear properly."

"People who always call others stupid are stupid!" The girl, who was repeatedly accidentally injured by the eagle, pouted and said unhappily, "The Admiral is just a gentleman. And according to my sister, aren't you afraid of people seeing your underwear?"

Feiying asked curiously, "What's the difference between underwear and swimsuits? They're obviously constructed similarly. If swimsuits aren't afraid of being seen, why should underwear be?"

"That's different!" said Falcon.

"Then tell me what the difference is?" Feiying crossed his arms.

"I... humph, I don't want to bother with you!" Falcon curled his lips, ignoring Feiying's questioning. He took out a few bottles and jars from his sports bag and placed them on the mat. He looked at Xue Cheng with sparkling eyes: "Admiral, let me help you apply sunscreen."

81. Yubari Technology

"No need." Xue Chengyi sternly rejected Falcon's proposal, kicked off his shoes and sat under the parasol, looking at her warily: "I'm not going to swim in the sea, I don't need that kind of thing."

"Even so, we can't let our guard down," Falcon explained. "Ultraviolet rays are very harmful to the skin. If you don't apply sunscreen properly, you'll easily get sunburned."

"It's okay. I'll just stay under the parasol and not go out."

"That won't work either. Even a parasol can't completely block out UV rays. Getting sunburned is very troublesome."

"Then I'll go back."

Feiying looked at the unmoved Xue Cheng and asked helplessly, "Why is the Admiral so reluctant to apply sunscreen? Are you worried that Falcon Eagle will do something bad?"

Falcon glared at her sister angrily. She really didn't mean that. "I never thought of that! Sister, don't make false accusations!"

"Because I hate the sticky and greasy feeling after applying skin care products on my body." Xue Cheng explained that he is not a male chauvinist and thinks that men should not use skin care products, but he feels that the sticky and greasy feeling after using skin care products is very uncomfortable and easily contaminated by dust.

It is said that there is also a type that feels more refreshing after applying it, but Xue Cheng has never had any demand for this, so naturally he has never taken the initiative to learn about it.

"In that case, why not try my invention?" A familiar voice came from behind him. Xue Cheng turned his head and saw a girl with glasses wearing a white coat and a green split swimsuit underneath. She was holding a bottle in her hand and smiling at him.

"It's Yubari. Even if we come to the beach to play, you won't take off that white coat?" Hayabusa's eyes fell on Yubari's coat and said helplessly.

"Maybe the white coat is her true form." Feiying complained.

"Of course not." Yubari tugged at the hem of his coat, pulled a pear from his pocket, and began to chew on it. "Glasses and a white coat—these are my cute features. Without them, I'd be nothing compared to others, and no one would remember me."

"I don't think so." Xue Cheng shook his head: "Even without these, Yu Zhang is still a very cute girl."

Yu Zhang glanced at Xue Cheng, turned his head and looked at the sea in the distance: "You'd better say this to your flying eagle wife. If you say it to me, be careful not to misunderstand that you are flirting with me, okay?"

"That's not what I meant." Xue Cheng quickly explained, "I just think Yubari is really beautiful, that's not the case."

"..." Yu Zhang looked at Xue Cheng, and for some reason his expression looked a little angry.

Yubari brought not only sunscreen, but also a pair of men's swimming trunks. Xue Cheng took the things to the locker room, changed into swimming trunks in the small wooden house, applied sunscreen, and then went out.