Chapter 229

This huge ship, rather than being called a Command Ship, is more appropriately described as a yacht. Because the relevant facilities inside are very complete, the entire ship has three decks high.

The first floor is the dormitory area, the second floor is the business and leisure area, and the third floor is the bridge and open‑air deck area.

After Qin Ge and his shipgirls boarded together with Mikasa, A Furore, and the others, most of the shipgirls began picking their own rooms to live in.

However, Mikasa, A Furore, Qin Ge, and a few shipgirls did not stay in the first‑floor dormitory area; instead they went straight up to the third floor, entered the control room, and prepared to maneuver the Command Ship toward the port.

And when setting sail, Mikasa took out two flags from her Jia Zhuang Kong Jian and handed them to Qin Ge.

"Donghuang flag and Azure Lane flag?" Qin Ge, holding the flags, looked doubtfully at Mikasa.

"That's right, after all, this time we are going to Sakura Empire representing Donghuang, so we must hoist the Donghuang faction flag and the Azure Lane flag to represent our identity." Mikasa explained.

Qin Ge suddenly understood, "No problem, I'll arrange people right away to raise the flags."

After saying that, Qin Ge turned around and handed the two flags in his hand to Belfast beside him, "Belfast, I'll leave this to you."

After Belfast received the flags with both hands, he nodded at Qin Ge, "Don't worry, master."

After saluting Qin Ge, Belfast turned and walked toward the upper deck of the third level, raising the two flags at the highest point of the Command Ship.

While waiting for Belfast to come down again, Mikasa nodded and activated the Command Ship.

With a long whistle, the Command Ship gradually pulled away from Pier 5, left the location of the Commander Academy, and proceeded toward the civilian pier.

Actually Qin Ge had some doubts: why did everyone go to the civilian port to rendezvous instead of the military port? Because the Maritime Affairs Bureau has its own port; for matters like escorting personnel and transporting supplies, internal affairs usually go to the military port.

When he told Mikasa about this, Mikasa looked at Guanghui beside her and smiled, "Actually you can ask Guanghui about this; she can explain it to you."

Then Qin Ge doubtfully looked at Guanghui, who smiled and said to him, "Because the shipgirls returning from the Front Line usually take this time to properly enjoy themselves in the human world, so they generally don't stay at the Maritime Affairs Bureau."

And because the distance between the pier and the city is relatively long, one must take a vehicle when going there. Ordinary taxis cannot reach the military pier, only the civilian pier, so our rendezvous point is at the civilian pier.

Qin Ge suddenly realized, laughing and saying to Guanghui, "It seems Guanghui was like that before too?"

"That's right, after all, things on the Front Line are too tense; occasionally returning Inland to relax is also a good choice."

"So every once in a while, someone will take on a mission to transport Supplies to land and such, take the chance to come back, stroll around, and then accept another commission to go to the Front Line and return there." Guanghui explained with a smile.

"That's true, although I've never been to the Front Line, just imagine the shipgirls stationed on those islands while we carry out emergency missions—you can picture them." Qin Ge said.

"What the commander said is correct; although the Front Line also has some leisure time, those periods are very short, basically they are in the midst of rushing to missions and carrying them out." Guanghui said.

"You've also worked hard." Qin Ge couldn't help but say.

Guanghui smiled, shook his head, and said, "This is our mission as shipgirls; there's no such thing as hardship or not, once we get used to it, we'll feel enjoyment in it."

Although Guanghui said that, Qin Ge won't be foolish enough to just believe it. The days on the Front Line must be very monotonous, but precisely because of this monotony, those who persevere there appear all the more admirable.

After everyone chatted for a while, the silhouette of the civilian port gradually appeared ahead. There, several large ships were docked, including passenger liners, as well as some workers moving cargo, and many small fishing boats.

However, among the busy crowd, a few people stood out particularly eye‑catching; they wore cool clothing and were all gorgeous, but strangely, no one nearby dared to approach them.

And the Command Ship where Qin Ge was located moved toward the direction where those people were.

And when Guanghui saw those figures, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, "I never expected it to be them."

"Guanghui, do you know them?" Qin Ge asked doubtfully.

"Yes, because I used to carry out many missions together with them, so we can basically say we're old acquaintances." Guanghui explained to Qin Ge.

"If I'm not mistaken, the shipgirls who came this time are all from the Sakura Empire, most likely the Vajra‑led unit, with Most Upper, Inner River, Xin Yue, High Hero, Fu Sang, Flying Dragon, and Phoenix Soaring."

Mikasa nodded, "That's right, the people on the list she gave me are exactly these."

While several people were talking, those shipgirls had already spotted the Command Ship where Qin Ge and the others were, so they all jumped into the sea, unfolded their Ship Equipment, and glided toward Qin Ge's direction.

"Then let's go greet them." Qin Ge said to everyone.

Immediately, several people nodded, left the boat just floating on the sea, and together walked down from the third‑floor spiral staircase toward the landing gangway at the far end of the first floor.

Because this is a Command Ship, there must be a place convenient for shipgirls to go up and down. And that place is at the end of the first‑floor dormitory, where there is a platform‑like area.

When everyone arrived at the platform, they could clearly see eight shipgirls riding the wind and waves, forging ahead; soon they slid to the aft deck of the Command Ship, then jumped from the sea onto the platform and stowed their Ship Equipment.

"You've been waiting, Kongou and others." Mikasa, seeing everyone jump up, said to the leading shipgirl with blond hair wearing a military cap.

The blond shipgirl called Kongou flicked her hair and said to Mikasa, "Long time no see, Mikasa‑sama."

After saying that, she turned her gaze to Guanghui and Qin Ge, "Long time no see, Guanghui. I heard you found a commander—is this the lieutenant?"

Guanghui smiled slightly, "It hasn't been that long, just about half a year or so. Besides, this is my commander, Qin Ge."

"Oh?" Kongou, hearing Guanghui's firm tone and the joy from the heart, couldn't help but look at Qin Ge, "Hello, I'm Kongou, the lead ship of the Kongou‑class high‑speed battleship, flagship of the 7th generation United Fleet."

Qin Ge smiled, "Hello, I'm Qin Ge, a cadet at the Commander Academy, now a lieutenant commander."