Chapter 239: Report

Why did Akagi and Kaga appear at Mikasa's door? This matter still needs to be explained starting from what Qin Ge and them, and Xianghe and Zuikaku, respectively, just said.

Although Xianghe has always been sarcastic toward her two 1st Carrier Division seniors, although Sakura Empire nominally has its own flagship Zhang Men, Zhang Men usually devotes only one day to Shrine affairs and pays little attention to overall fleet affairs.

And since some others couldn't take charge, the responsibility for the fleet's affairs fell to the most senior Akagi and Kaga.

Despite a thousand unwillingness, she still had to go to Akagi to report. Thus, the two of the 5th Carrier Division quickly went to the Executive Hall to report the relevant matters.

When they arrived at the Executive Hall, Akagi and Kaga were sitting on a tatami mat, holding teacups, watching the falling cherry blossoms outside, chatting idly.

Seeing the two approach, Akagi lifted her eyes and casually said, "Oh, it's the two juniors. You don't usually come to the Executive Hall, do you? What brings you here today?"

Xianghe, seeing Akagi's indifferent tone and aloof attitude, couldn't help but flare up and immediately wanted to turn and leave. But Zuikaku, who certainly understood her sister, quickly grabbed the departing Xianghe and said to Akagi.

"Senior Akagi, we came to report matters to you and Senior Kaga."

"Oh, what is it? Speak." Akagi set down her teacup and lifted her gaze toward Zuikaku.

Zuikaku said, "Just now, while patrolling our home island, we saw a command ship flying the Azure Lane and Donghuang flags entering the port of our Sakura Empire home island."

Upon approaching, we found it was Mikasa bringing this time's Donghuang participating commander to Sakura Empire.

Akagi nodded, "Hmm, Donghuang is closest to Sakura Empire, so coming now is indeed normal. Moreover, Senior Mikasa, you're an instructor at the Donghuang Commander Academy, right?"

Having him lead can avoid conflict with our Sakura Empire as much as possible, and it also gives our Sakura Empire full face.

Then you just need to arrange it; for such matters, sending one person to notify us is enough, no need to come in person.

As the actual power holder of Sakura Empire now, Akagi naturally sees this matter clearly and also knows why Yixian would send Mikasa over.

"No, the real reason we came isn't these, but what I'm about to say." Zuikaku hurriedly said, after all, if Akagi misunderstood, that would be bad.

"Oh, what is it?" Kaga beside her also lifted her eyes, interested.

"Because this time's Donghuang commander is truly beyond expectation." Zuikaku said with feeling.

"He's just a trainee commander, and moreover a first-year at the academy; yet he makes you feel this way—I'm curious what he actually has." Akagi smiled.

Zuikaku replied, "If he were a first-year trainee commander, just a private or private first class, that would be fine; but the key is, he is a lieutenant commander."

"Huh?" Akagi and Kaga simultaneously raised their eyebrows, "Lieutenant commander? Given Yixian's character in Donghuang, she wouldn't bother with fraud, right? Specifically, what's the reason? Have you checked?"

"We have checked, and precisely because we checked, we feel this matter must be reported to you." Zuikaku said solemnly.

"Go on." Akagi sat up and said.

"According to the headquarters data of the Azure Lane Commander Academy, the Qin Ge commander who came to participate in the competition around here entered the Commander Academy to study last year, and at that time he himself had no shipgirls."

"But he was hired by the Dean of the Donghuang Commander Academy, Prince of Wales, as an instructor in the Tactics Department of the Donghuang Commander Academy."

"After one year, he now possesses 20 shipgirls, among which four are Full Breakthrough shipgirls, one is a full proficiency level shipgirl. Moreover, among these shipgirls, there are two notable ones."

"One is the Iron Blood flagship Bismarck, and the other is the Sardinian Empire flagship Vittorio Veneto."

As Zuikaku spoke, Akagi and Kaga exchanged glances, their eyes slowly narrowing. "Interesting, is this the first time in this world that a commander has summoned a fleet's flagship?"

"Yes, previously each fleet's flagship awakened alone from the deep sea, but this Qin Ge commander summoned it himself. I believe Donghuang wouldn't falsify this, because it simply wouldn't survive scrutiny."

"You just said this Qin Ge commander is also a Tactics Department instructor?" Kaga said to Zuikaku.

"That's right, and the reason he can obtain the lieutenant commander rank is because of his Tactics Department." Zuikaku said, "You two seniors should still remember, when Azure Lane announced the Siren Tide attrition rate last year, Donghuang's shocking performance, right?"

"Hmm, could this overall tactic be his handiwork?" Akagi asked.

"No, it's just that the grand fleet commanders there basically all attend his lectures, so during Siren Tide they used his tactics."

"Furthermore, supposedly at Prince of Wales's request, he also wrote a Tactics Department textbook for the Donghuang Commander Academy, which has just been completed." Zuikaku said to Akagi.

"Tsk, why do I always feel a fairy-tale vibe when hearing this kind of story?" Akagi said.

"Yes, when I first saw these data, I also felt that such a person being unreal, could they really exist in this world?" Zuikaku said.

"It seems this time there's a high probability Donghuang will rise." Akagi narrowed her eyes, "Moreover, we can't intervene, and we must protect him; he is now in our Sakura Empire's territory."

"If other factions find out and move against him, the blame would first fall on us—really a hassle."

"Perhaps this is why Yixian didn't send any Donghuang personnel over—truly clever." Kaga said.

"By the way, seniors, have you been looking for a shipgirl named Tiancheng?" Zuikaku seemed to recall something and said to Akagi and Kaga.

In an instant, Akagi and Kaga, no longer maintaining their previous calm, slammed the table and swiftly stood up, approaching Zuikaku: "Do you know something?"

"Ah..." Zuikaku was startled by Akagi and Kaga, then hurriedly said, "Actually, earlier we saw in Qin Ge commander's shipgirls a Sakura Empire shipgirl wearing a kimono, with nine tails, holding a red umbrella."

"We originally thought she was one of the Tosa-class, but after checking the data just now, we realized she is the Tiancheng you seniors mentioned, apparently a battlecruiser, and we found no duplicate in the shipgirl files."

"Where are they now?" Akagi asked urgently, Kaga likewise urgent.

"Could it be that this Tiancheng is very important to you two seniors?" Zuikaku wondered, even Xianghe beside her gave a doubtful look.