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"Then let's go!" Xiao, as the flagship of this expeditionary fleet, said in the lead.

"Take care on your journey. If you encounter any trouble, just call us through the Soul Network," Yamato added.

"Yes, Secretary Ship Yamato."

After Akatsuki and the others left the admiral's office, Yamato smiled and shook her head, then continued cleaning. As for Mikami Hiroyu, she decided to let him sleep a little longer; now that Yamato was the secretary ship, Mikami Hiroyu wouldn't be as busy.

At the port, Xiao's flagship expeditionary fleet is ready for its expedition.

Akatsuki: "Akatsuki, flagship of the Maizuru Naval Base Expeditionary Fleet, it's Akatsuki's turn to make his appearance! Watch closely!" After saying that, Akatsuki led the way towards the main naval base.

Hibiki: "Received, Berny, prepare to attack." Rai finished speaking and followed behind Akira.

Ray: "Ray, we're launching an attack for the Admiral!"

Electricity: "Let me show you what electricity really is!"

Yuudachi: "Destroyer Yuudachi, sortie! poi!"

Eugen: "Heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, sortie!"

Soon, Maizuru's expeditionary fleet officially set sail. Just after Akatsuki and Yuudachi left Maizuru, Mikami Hiroyu leisurely arrived at the Tidu Room.

"Yamato, have Akatsuki and the others set off?" Mikami Hiroyu asked, sitting in his chair.

"Admiral, they've been gone for a while now!" Yamato said, placing a cup of black tea in front of Mikami Hiroyu.

"Is that so? That's good. By the way, you and Taihou should take the fleet to level up today. You can also practice how to use magic while you're at it," said Mikami Hiroyu, holding a cup of red tea in front of him before taking a sip.

"Yes, Admiral. Admiral, you appointed Akatsuki as the flagship and assembled the expeditionary fleet. Are you really just sending them to the naval base for expeditions?" Yamato asked Mikami Hiroyu with a mysterious smile.

"You noticed?" Yu Shenhaoyu said, taking a sip of black tea and holding the teacup in his hand.

"I believe Iowa and the others have already figured it out; the only one unaware is the person involved."

Is there such a detailed breakdown?

Yamato nodded and said with a smile, "Admiral, you are really kind."

Yu Shen Haoyu put down his teacup, walked to the window, and gazed at the rising sun emerging from the sea, saying absentmindedly, "Is it gentle?"

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"Um, Yuudachi. I also have a question I'd like to ask you." After leaving Maizuru, Rai really wanted to know why the Admiral had specifically said that.

Yuudachi: "What's the problem, Poi?"

"That's why the admiral said that if we met the governor, we should say that line. Besides, would the governor even listen to us? We're just destroyers on an expedition!"

Electricity: "Electricity also wants to know the answer to this question."

Although Hibiki didn't say anything, she still looked at Yuudachi and Eugen with curiosity.

Xiao, who was in front, also pricked up her ears, listening carefully to how Yuudachi answered.

Yuudachi and Eugen exchanged a glance, then said with a smile, "Didn't you hear anything about the Admiral before you joined Maizuru?"

"About the Admiral?" Lei and Dian exchanged a blank look.

"Never mind if you don't know, but now I can only tell you why the Admiral had the Yamato secretary ship tell us to say that to the Governor-General, even though our naval base still has many resources."

Although it was a bit of a shame that they could only find the answer to one of the questions, Xiao and the others listened attentively.

"I hadn't joined Maizuru yet. I only heard about this from Senior Iowa later. At that time, the Admiral had only taken over the Maizuru Naval Base for a short time, and the base didn't have many resources. In addition, the fleet only had Senior Yamato, Senior Iowa, and Senior Taihou. There were no destroyers in the fleet to go on expeditions, so the Seniors' consumption was really too high. Can you guess how many resources Senior Yamato and the others consumed for one meal a few days ago?"

"Three thousand?" Lei saw that the seniors had only used two thousand resources last night, so he increased it by one thousand.

"Lei, you underestimate Yamato-senpai and the others. If Yamato-senpai and the others only consumed 3,000 resources, would the Admiral still say that? Let me tell you, back then, Yamato-senpai and the others could consume 10,000 resources in one meal. Yuudachi saw it with her own eyes, Poi."

"Ten thousand? You said ten thousand?" Lei was a little incredulous. That was ten thousand resources, not a thousand. Ten thousand resources would be enough for Akatsuki and the other three to eat for a year, but Yuudachi said it was just the consumption of Yamato-senpai and the others for one meal!

"Of course, Yuudachi will also lie to you guys about Poi," Yuudachi said, a little angrily.

"No, we were just a little surprised! And then what happened?"

"Later, the admiral had no choice but to turn his attention to the deep sea..."

Chapter 152 Dawn, Sound, Thunder, and Lightning

After Yuudachi finished recounting Mikami Hiroyu's past, explaining how he had to clear Sea Areas 1-2 and 1-3 consecutively in a single day to solve Yamato and the others' resource problems, and how he negotiated with the governor, Akatsuki and the others learned the circumstances under which Mikami Hiroyu had managed to hold up Maizuru Naval Base.

Just after Yuudachi finished speaking, the main naval base appeared before Akatsuki and the others, marking the arrival of their expedition's destination.

Logically, Akatsuki and her companions, being destroyers, shouldn't have received much attention. However, wherever they went, admirals and ship girls pointed and whispered about them. Moreover, these admirals and ship girls looked at them with great respect, which made Akatsuki, Hibiki, Ikari, and Inazuma very uncomfortable.

"Yuudachi, why are those people staring at us like they know us? And the way they look at us..." Rai asked quietly.

Yuudachi and Eugen, however, were used to this kind of scene and said quite naturally, "It's simple, our Maizuru Naval Base is very famous! You could say that there isn't a single ship girl or admiral in the world who doesn't know the name of our naval base. I'm just curious, why don't you know about our Maizuru Naval Base, or about the admiral?"

"Well, we've been at sea for a while now, so we don't really understand what's going on," Xiao said with an awkward smile.

"No wonder. Our Maizuru Naval Base, with the sudden rise of the Admiral, spread Maizuru's fame to every corner of the world in just a few days. Some of these people witnessed our Maizuru Naval Base winning first place in the Admiral's Drama Contest, so many people know us. In addition, Eugen and I are the only ship girls in the world representing our type, so when these people see Eugen and me, they know we are Maizuru's ship girls, poi."

"Yudachi, are you saying that our Maizuru Naval Base won first place in the Admiral's Drama Competition a few days ago?" Den seized on a very crucial point.

“Yes,” Eugen said with certainty.

Although Akatsuki and the others could clearly sense Maizuru's strength from everything they saw and heard after joining the naval base, they never considered that Maizuru was the strongest naval base in the world. Neither the admiral nor their seniors had mentioned it. But today, the ship girls and admirals on the roadside were looking at Akatsuki and the others with respect and envy, coupled with Yuudachi's introduction.

Akatsuki and her companions realized they had joined the world's strongest naval base, becoming members of it. They felt the admirals and ship girls who had previously looked down on them now gaze at them with extreme respect and envy. This was something Akatsuki and her companions could never have imagined. The reason for this change was simply that they were ship girls of Maizuru, destroyers of the Maizuru Naval Base. A reason so simple, yet it changed everything.

Xiao and the others now felt incredibly lucky, even grateful to the Abyss that had driven them to the brink. If it weren't for them, they wouldn't have met Mikami Hiroyu, and thus wouldn't have become his ship girls. At the same time, they all thought to themselves: from now on, no matter who speaks ill of Maizuru or does anything detrimental to her, they will teach that person a lesson. They will use everything they have as ship girls to uphold Maizuru's honor and give their admiral the utmost loyalty.

"Akatsuki, we've arrived at the Naval Base. Take out the certificate that the secretary ship Yamato gave us and hand it to that guard, Poi." Yuudachi looked at the Naval Base she had left a few days ago. She never expected that she would return here as a ship girl from an expeditionary fleet at the Maizuru Naval Base.

"Ok"

The guard in charge of inspections at the naval headquarters had been busy all morning, and it was now his off-duty time. If Akatsuki and the others hadn't noticed, he would have already gone home. This guard had originally intended to make things difficult for Akatsuki and the others, a small act of revenge for making him work there.

"From which garrison?" the guard asked arrogantly.

"Maihe, Maihe Garrison!" Xiao, Xiang, Lei, and Dian said simultaneously in powerful tones.

"Maizuru, let me see...Maizuru!! You mean Maizuru?" The guard quickly realized something was wrong. Maizuru Naval Base was currently at its zenith, touted as the strongest naval base in the world. What was even more terrifying was that yesterday news came that Maizuru Naval Base's fleet had already conquered the 2-4 sea area. The words "Maizuru Naval Base" had been constantly on the guard's lips since yesterday.

Now these destroyers claim to be from the Maizuru Naval Base. If that's true, and if they're unhappy with my behavior just now, a single word from them could ruin my life. God help me, these destroyers are lying. These destroyers are lying.

But when Xiao produced the identification documents that Yu Shenhaoyu had given them, the guard's heart sank. His hands trembled as he took the documents from Xiao, then, clinging to a last shred of hope, opened them. But after seeing the information on the documents, the guard was immediately stunned.

"Can we go in now? It's very impolite of you to make us ladies wait here, you know?" Xiao stared blankly at the guard holding the badge the admiral had given her.

After the guards confirmed that the destroyers were indeed Maizuru's ship girls, they pondered for a while and came up with an idea that could change the current crisis.

"Excuse me, you may enter now." The guard gave a very respectful military salute, his attitude was very sincere, and then he bent down and handed over Yu Shenhaoyu's identification.

"Isn't registration required?" Yuudachi had spent some time at the Naval Headquarters and knew about these things.

"No need, you can just go in."

"Is that so? Then Xili, you lead the way. We've been here before!" Xiao said to the guard after taking the identification from him.

Although this guard was a bit strange—he had looked unhappy before, but his attitude completely changed after receiving the admiral's credentials—he was still focused on completing the expedition mission assigned to him by the admiral.

Yuudachi didn't pursue the matter too much. She simply said "poi" and walked ahead to lead the way for Akatsuki and the others.

"I guess I've escaped a disaster. Yuudachi, really, why didn't you just walk ahead?" The guard looked at the lifeless Akatsuki and the others after they left. The heart, which had been placed on the fire, immediately returned.

Little did the guard know that Xiao and her friends didn't take him seriously at all. To them, this opportunist was best ignored.

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Chapter 153 Deep Sea Conference

"The garrison headquarters is huge!" This was Lei's first reaction upon arriving at the garrison headquarters.

“However, I still think that our Maizuru Naval Base is better,” Lei added after he finished speaking.

"Electricity thinks so too," Electricity wholeheartedly agreed with Thunder's words.

Sound: "Хорошо"

"Hey, stop talking nonsense. We're representing Wuhe right now. What if we embarrass Wuhe?" Xiao immediately stopped them after hearing what Xiang said.

"Does Xiao think our Maizuru is better, or the General Garrison Headquarters here?" Lei asked in return.

“Of course, it’s our Wuhe that’s best,” Xiao said naturally.

"Look at you saying that too!" Dian said with a laugh.

"How come my main naval base isn't as good as your Maizuru naval base?" Nagata Nobunaga's voice came out at this moment.

"Governor, what are you doing here?" Yuudachi asked after seeing Nagata Nobunaga.

"What, surprised? I knew your admiral was going to send someone to my naval base today, so I timed it perfectly and waited for you here. Are these the new ship girls who joined your naval base? I remember you were Akatsuki-class destroyers, right?" Nagata Nobunaga said with a smile.

"Yes, we are the Akatsuki-class destroyers who just joined the Maizuru Naval Base, Governor!" Akatsuki was a little nervous before meeting Nagata Nobunaga, after all, she knew quite a bit about this admiral, humanity's only marshal. But when she met him in person, Akatsuki was no longer nervous, because now she represented Maizuru.

"So you still think your Maizuru Naval Base is better than my General Naval Base?" Nagata Nobunaga said with a smile.

“Yes, we still believe that our Maizuru Garrison is better than this place,” Akatsuki, Hibiki, Rai, and Den said in unison.

"Alright, let's go inside. Your admiral never lets me have a moment's peace; he's caused me quite a bit of trouble again these past few days."

“Governor, don’t tell me that. This is the flagship Poi that the admiral arranged for this expedition,” Yuudachi said, pointing at Akatsuki.

"Okay, Xiao, right?"

"Yes, Your Excellency."

"Let's go inside and talk!" Nagata Nobunaga invited again.

In the naval headquarters office, Akatsuki was explaining to Nagata Nobunaga the reason why Mikami Hiroyu had sent them there. Nagata Nobunaga listened attentively, but when Akatsuki mentioned the large amount of resources Mikami Hiroyu had consumed in conquering Sea Areas 1-4 to 2-4, Nagata Nobunaga immediately interrupted her. This brat, trying to swindle resources from him again; this time it wouldn't be so simple.

"Xiao, let's settle your matter regarding your admiral's rank. It's not simple. Your admiral was already a general when he was 11 years old." Nagata Nobunaga knew how to change the subject, and with a few words, he steered Xiao and the others to his topic.

"That's right, our admiral is the best!" Dian said happily.

Nagata Nobunaga was afraid that Akira and the others would bring up the topic of resources again. If they did, it would be difficult for him to refuse. However, this time, Mikami Hiroyu had conquered the 2-4 sea area, reaching an unprecedented level. If the reward was small, he would be laughed at for being stingy, which would upset the other admirals. But if the reward was generous, how would his main naval base survive? Nagata Nobunaga had already given all the temporary resources of the main naval base to Mikami Hiroyu a few days ago, and he couldn't offer anything more now.

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At Maizuru Naval Base, Yamato led her fleet out for upgrades after breakfast. Now, Mikami Hiroyu has no worries about resources. Yamato and Taihou no longer need resources to fight; they can eat rice like Mikami Hiroyu. Iowa and the others have also seen a significant decrease in resource consumption after the upgrade of their Soul Network.

Now, all we need to do is focus on firing our cannons and eliminating the remaining abyssal ships in the Maizuru to 2-4 sea area. Mikami Hiroyu is currently considering building another ship once Akatsuki and the others return. He wants to take advantage of the current abundant resources to properly train several ship girls to avoid a lack of combat power in the battle against the abyssal forces.

Originally, Mikami Hiroyu was worried that Yamato and her group's rapid advance from Sea Area 2-1 to Sea Area 2-4 in a single day would attract the attention and retaliation of the Deep Sea. However, the time had passed quickly, and there had been no movement whatsoever. This made Mikami Hiroyu somewhat uneasy. He had prepared himself for retaliation from the Deep Sea, but after waiting for a long time, there was still no sign of them.

As Yu Shen Haoyu looked at the other side of the sea, he pondered what had happened on the other side of the deep sea.

On a tiny island in the 5-1 sea area, the deep-sea resentment is so thick that it can materialize into tangible objects. Inside a small hut, the deep-sea creatures that once nearly wiped out humanity are engaged in a truly heated discussion.

The Abyssal Fleet members, originally scattered across the globe, have now gathered in this small, dark room. Their positions reveal three factions: The land-based faction, primarily composed of Harbor Princesses, includes Airfield Princesses, Island Demons, Intermediate Princesses, Harbor Water Demons, and Anchorage Water Demons, plus a Northern Princess currently in Maizuru. The airship faction, mainly composed of Anchorage Demons, includes Anchorage Princesses, Armored Carrier Demons, Armored Carrier Princesses, Southern Demons, Southern War Demons, and Southern War Princesses. The intermediate faction consists of only two warships: Battleship Princesses and Battleship Water Demons.

Any one of these individuals could render humanity utterly powerless, provided that Mikami Hiroyu intervenes and allows the deep sea to attack.

The topic of these deep-sea debates is simple: should they retaliate against the suddenly appearing Maizuru Naval Base? Just yesterday, these distant deep-sea flagships heard that the area under the jurisdiction of the land-based Flying Field Princess was directly conquered by a ship girl named Maizuru Naval Base, reaching area 2-4. The flagship of area 2-4, who is also the Flying Field Princess's younger sister—Northern Princess—is missing, but her situation is probably not much better.

Although the faction composed mainly of anchorage demons from the airship type doesn't usually have a good relationship with the faction composed mainly of harbor princesses from the land-based type, this incident is of great importance. Humanity has managed to conquer Sea Area 2-4 without anyone noticing, defeating Kitabatake-hime, the powerful younger sister of the airfield princess from the land-based type.

Although Kitaba-hime is the weakest in this hut, she is still a superior individual among the Abyssal Fleet, possessing the nameplates of Oni, Hime, War Oni, and War Hime.

(There's been a problem with Feilu these past few days, which is why you haven't been able to see updates. You all thought I hadn't been updating!! Actually, I wanted to say that I'm updating four times a day!!!)

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Chapter 154 Hey! There's a little Northerner behind you!

Princess Kita no Suzu was originally more powerful than her older sister, Princess Flying Field, but now she's just a child with the title of "Princess" in name only. Her actual combat strength is probably only slightly higher than that of a regular aircraft carrier—the Wo-class carrier.

In just a few weeks, humanity has conquered Sea Area 2-4 from Area 1-1, and it's even rumored that the naval base is headed by an 11-year-old child. An 11-year-old child, after becoming an admiral, only spent two weeks transforming from a novice into a formidable opponent that the deep sea must take seriously.

What if that child grows up? He's only 11 years old and has already achieved so much. We at Deep Sea can't even imagine what his future holds.

Therefore, the faction among the airships, mainly composed of anchorage demons, proposed to eliminate Mikami Hiroyu before it could grow stronger, to avoid future troubles. However, the faction of harbor princesses, mainly composed of land-based types, believed that since this matter occurred in the waters under the jurisdiction of the airfield princesses, it should be resolved by the airfield princesses themselves, and outsiders should not interfere.

It's not impossible that a faction comprised mainly of the Anchorage Demons from the airships could use the pretext of eliminating the deep-sea threat to seize the Flying Field Princess's territory. Especially since the Flying Field Princess is vehemently opposed; her sister is likely in a human naval base, and it's probable that the humans have captured her. If their army advances, the humans might fight to the death. What would she do if she dragged her sister down with her?

As for the possibility that Mikami Hiroyu, once he grows up, will become a threat to the Deep Sea, both the Flying Field Princesses and the Harbor Princesses (who are primarily land-based) of the Deep Sea believe that no matter how strong humans become, they can't be much stronger. Can a single human naval base, no matter how strong, be stronger than the entire Deep Sea? And then there are the land-based Harbor Princesses. They all have their own arrogance; the stronger humans become, the happier they are.

After a long argument, the faction led by the Anchorage Demon from the airship ultimately abandoned their plan to eliminate Mikami Hiroyu before he grew stronger, due to the resistance of the Abyssal Fleet led by the Harbor Princess. However, before leaving, the Anchorage Demon said to the Flying Field Princess, "You will regret this. You will have to deal with the consequences yourselves!"

"Don't worry about that. You should be more concerned about whether someone like that human named Mikami Hiroyu will appear in your own seas. We'll handle our own seas' affairs," Harbor Princess retorted defiantly.