Chapter 245: Akagi's Schemes

Senior, are you looking for us?

Inside the general command headquarters on the Sakura Empire mainland, Zuikaku and Xianghe again went to Akagi and Kaga's room; Zuikaku, looking puzzled, asked Akagi and Kaga, while Xianghe beside her had her eyes downcast, as if she didn't want to speak.

Actually, Zuikaku is also puzzled now, because her two seniors rarely summon them when there's nothing going on, but today, with it already late, they called them over, obviously there is something very important.

Yes." Kaga nodded, "Let Akagi tell you the details."

At this moment, Akagi looked at the two from the 5th Carrier Division and said, "I recall you two should have a fairly good relationship with Senior Mikasa, right?"

Huh? Why are you asking this, Senior Akagi? Is something up with Senior Mikasa?" Zuikaku wondered.

Didn't you tell me this morning? That Commander Qin Ge is currently living at Senior Mikasa's place, and we've also seen today, and the information we got is even more exaggerated than what you previously learned at the Commander Academy." Akagi said.

Exaggerated?" Zuikaku widened her eyes, "So the situations we investigated today are still being held back?"

Yes, even I feel his presence is truly too exaggerated." Kaga said, "That feeling is as if he is a person of heavenly mandate."

Huh? Senior Kaga, you're saying things that are getting more and more ridiculous." Zuikaku said, "Heavenly mandate and such aren't that simple."

Kaga lifted her head and glanced at Zuikaku, "Perhaps before I knew about him, I thought the idea of heavenly mandate was pure nonsense—this world only has the distinction between strong and weak—but after learning the facts about him, I suddenly felt that maybe I should broaden my perspective."

Can you believe it? He's currently summoned over twenty ship girls, and it's under his deliberate control. In other words, if there are sufficient resources, he can right now pull together a fleet composed of the Nine Major Factions—this is no joke.

Huh? Why?" Zuikaku and Xianghe were somewhat surprised; they couldn't quite grasp Qin Ge's intentions.

Because his strategy is to train elites in batches—using existing resources to raise a portion of ship girls to peak combat power before beginning to train the next batch.

This way the fleet never experiences a fatigue period, always staying in a state of power increase." Kaga said, "Moreover, the most crucial point is that his current twenty ship girls were not summoned after countless failures."

He summoned these ship girls with only one failure—what do you think the future holds for someone like him?

Terrifying." Zuikaku said.

Exactly, terrifying." Akagi said, "Moreover, don't you find it strange?"

When he joined the Commander Academy last year, the Northern Union erupted with a Siren Tide, and the Azure Lane began to become troubled.

I think this phenomenon isn't coincidental but rather a certain degree of inevitability. Although I don't like to think this way, I feel there's a certain probability he's related to the Sirens.

Ah!" This time not only Zuikaku, but Xianghe also widened her eyes.

They were both surprised by Akagi's conclusion, but upon second thought, if Qin Ge is a person of the Sirens, then his ability to summon ship girls with such high probability is indeed inevitable.

Because the Sirens possess many fallen ship girls. Although no flagship-class ship girl akin to other factions' flagship has appeared yet, absence doesn't mean none exist.

But if he were related to the Sirens, Donghuang would surely not allow such a person to exist. Moreover, a year is enough for Donghuang to uncover all his background; yet since he is here now, it likely indicates he's not problematic.

So I said before, this is merely a probabilistic guess of mine. Since he joined the Azure Lane, the Azure Lane has undergone some changes that make people involuntarily think of that aspect.

Furthermore, the Sirens have existed in this world for over a hundred years; no one knows how well they understand this world, nor what their future layout will be.

Given their fondness for experiments, if Qin Ge truly were their pawn, they would undoubtedly make sure nothing leaks.

After hearing Akagi's words, Zuikaku and Xianghe involuntarily nodded. Indeed such a possibility exists; based on their encounters with the Sirens, the Sirens are indeed the kind of force that would spare nothing to obtain certain experimental results.

So what do the two seniors want us to do now?" Zuikaku and Xianghe asked, "We can't possibly detain the Donghuang representatives here, right? That would make it very hard for us to explain to Donghuang and other factions."

No, that would be too much like startling the snake." Akagi said, "I think you can make use of your relatively good relationship with Senior Mikasa, visit her as a guest, and deliberately get close to Qin Ge.

Through interacting with him, to discover some hidden points; if we can find any loopholes, that's best, and if we can confirm he's normal, that's also best—so this is why I called you over.

Zuikaku nodded, "Understood, we'll start acting tomorrow."

Well, then you should rest early; remember not to tell anyone about this." Kaga reminded.

Yes." After the 5th Carrier Division said that, the two left together, leaving only Akagi and Kaga sitting in the room.

Do you believe what you just said?" Kaga lifted the tea on the table, took a sip, and said.

I don't believe it." Akagi said directly.

Since you don't believe it, why drag them into this?" Kaga said helplessly.

Akagi gave a cold smile, "Heh, we've made deals with those people before, so we naturally know what they're like—trying to get skin from a tiger, but that's all.

But Qin Ge's existence indeed presents some unexpected aspects; although he's not on that side, the secrets hidden in him—aren't you interested?

In the afternoon, whenever elder sister encounters this situation she refuses to continue speaking, obviously hiding something. Coincidentally, the two kids from the 5th Carrier Division are idle all day; helping them find some work would also be good.

Kaga unconsciously pinched her forehead, "Then what about us?"

No need to say—we naturally want to think of ways to keep elder sister in Sakura Empire as best we can; if we really can't keep her, we'll think of other methods. For now, let's first maintain a good relationship with elder sister." Akagi said, narrowing his eyes.

Alright.