Chapter 273

Although they said they moved to the reception hotel, each faction's reception hotel is not together; that is to say, within a district there are nine hotels.

Originally, Xianghe and Zuikaku told Qin Ge there was no need to move, but Qin Ge, in order to avoid gossip and even to sabotage their later plans, still moved to the hotel.

However, on the first day after moving into the hotel, Qin Ge received several visit requests.

"Hehe, I can understand Iron Blood and the Sardinian Empire not being able to hold back, but how did the Royal also join the fun this time?" Ou Gen Qin Wang said, turning to the side, to the Dean Prince of Wales sitting there drinking tea, "So, did you tell the Royal?"

Qin Ge and his shipgirls turned their gaze toward the Prince of Wales, who smiled and nodded, saying, "I believe you also know the current situation, so I think Qin Ge needs to establish good relations with the Royal, and since I already have ready connections with the Royal, I naturally will help out here."

Qin Ge smiled and nodded, "Thank you, Dean, for your trouble."

"How can you say that? You are my student, Prince of Wales, so I naturally want to do everything for you, but I can only help up to this point; whether you can win over the Royal depends on your own performance."

Although I am like Mikasa, a high-ranking member of the Royal, because I have long been stationed in Donghuang, I cannot interfere in the Royal faction's decisions either, let alone this time when none of the Nine Major Factions have shown any willingness to relent.

"Yes." Qin Ge naturally understood what the Prince of Wales meant, but the Prince of Wales still doesn't know that Qin Ge and his group already know what the Nine Major Factions are fighting over this time.

"Then which faction do you plan to meet first?" the Prince of Wales said.

Qin Ge, Ou Gen Qin Wang, and Tiancheng exchanged a glance, then firmly told the Prince of Wales, "We plan to meet them all at once."

"Oh?" Qin Ge's answer surprised the Prince of Wales, who then looked at him with interest and said, "Meeting them all at once? How do you plan to do that?"

"When the troops come, we block them; when water comes, we earth it." Qin Ge said, "Iron Blood and the Sardinian Empire have no choice but to come, after all Bisimai and Weineituo are with me, and they also know what these two signify, so even if there is some displeasure, it will stay within certain limits."

As for the Royal, we seek cooperation. And if we let them see that we can gain the upper hand in verbal sparring with Iron Blood and the Sardinian Empire, I believe the Royal, which has long been at odds with Iron Blood and the Sardinian Empire, will surely side with us.

"Tsk, an excellent strategy of using a tiger to swallow a wolf." the Prince of Wales laughed, "I must say, this is indeed a good idea, but what if you fail to gain the upper hand in words?"

Qin Ge shook his head, "We have never considered this problem, because each faction can have only one voice, and necessarily only one voice."

The Prince of Wales nodded, "You're right, each faction will necessarily have only one voice, and that is your greatest reliance."

"Then I will contact Iron Blood, the Sardinian Empire, and the Royal, arranging the meeting for this afternoon here."

"Good!" Qin Ge said loudly.

Just as Qin Ge said, they had already considered the situation of encountering the personnel of Iron Blood and the Sardinian Empire from the start, so they had already decided on the plan of using a tiger to swallow a wolf, with the Royal being one of their targets to win over.

Sure enough, in the afternoon, the personnel of the three factions, as if they had agreed, came together to the hotel where the Donghuang faction was stationed. However, verbal sparring was still unavoidable when they met.

"Huh? I didn't expect the Royal to send you over. Isn't your Queen fond of lively events? Why didn't she come herself?" Ou Gen Qin Wang of Iron Blood said to a Royal woman in naval uniform.

"Our Queen naturally also leads the Royal's direction; for such matters, it's fine for us, as servants, to come."

"But you lot have probably mobilized most of your strength this time, right? Aren't you afraid that your Bisimai will leave the interior empty, giving the Sirens an opportunity?" the woman in naval uniform said with a smile.

The two people arguing were naturally from the Royal and Iron Blood; the Iron Blood side was Ou Gen Qin Wang, and the Royal side was Hood, and although they both belong to the Azure Lane, their relationship is not very good.

As for the Sardinian Empire's Littorio on the side, he looked speechlessly at the two of them. Although he wanted to mediate, since he couldn't afford to offend either of them, he pulled aside an enthusiastic dragoon, and the Sardinian Empire personnel stood to the side, silently watching the verbal spat between Iron Blood and the Royal.

After all, Iron Blood and the Royal are very close, so Hood and Ou Gen Qin Wang are already old rivals. They exchanged a few barbs, found it meaningless, and stopped speaking.

At that moment, a group of figures appeared at the entrance of the Grand Hall, namely Qin Ge and his shipgirls led by Anshan and the Prince of Wales.

Watching Qingge walking behind Anshan, with Bisimai and Weineituo following, the Iron Blood and Sardinian Empire personnel were stunned, then their faces turned solemn.

Although the data already indicated that a Donghuang commander had summoned their faction's flagship, knowing is knowing, but upon actually seeing them, they couldn't help feeling surprised.

Especially Tierbici of Iron Blood and Littorio of the Sardinian Empire, upon seeing those two figures, both unconsciously felt a sense of familiarity.

The Royal side was also somewhat surprised, after all this matter was still somewhat surprising.

In this world, shipgirls have appeared for about a hundred years, but during this long period, each faction's flagship has been only one. Of course, some factions lack a flagship, so the position of faction leader is taken by the person with the highest prestige within the faction.

But today they clearly saw that two faction flagships were beside a commander, which feels unbelievable.

Just as they were staring at Bisimai and Weineituo in surprise, Anshan and the Prince of Wales had already led Qin Ge and his group to stand beside the three factions.

"Welcome, everyone. Donghuang feels deeply honored." Anshan said to Ou Gen Qin Wang and the others; although she herself is a destroyer, she showed no hesitation in this setting.

"Hello." The other faction members withdrew their gaze from the two flagships behind Qin Ge, turned to the young lady before them, and spoke to her, extending ample courtesy.

"Please take your seats first, everyone. I believe you certainly have many questions; today is still early, and we have ample time to discuss." Anshan said with a smile, then pointed to the nearby conference table, indicating everyone should sit there.