Chapter 274

After everyone had taken their seats, Anshan nodded at the Prince of Wales, then said to everyone, "Everyone came today presumably for Commander Qin Ge, right?"

Everyone present was sharp, so naturally no one would beat around the bush. The Iron Blood's Prince Eugen spoke first: "Of course, after all, Bismarck is our Iron Blood faction's flagship, and now she has become a shipgirl of a commander; if this gets out, it would be a huge blow to us Iron Blood."

"So then?" the Prince of Wales raised an eyebrow at Prince Eugen, "Does the Iron Blood side think my student must abandon his own shipgirl and hand Bismarck over to you?"

"This……" Facing the Prince of Wales' words, the just-aggressive Prince Eugen furrowed his brow.

"Faced with this question, she couldn't easily answer. To rely on her faction's strength and make a commander abandon his own shipgirl—that's something even Akagi couldn't do."

"Because this world is ultimately humanity's world, and being able to appear here and fight the Sirens alongside humans is inherently a cooperative, mutually beneficial relationship."

"If a commander's own shipgirl could be swayed by some major faction powers and had to be abandoned, then the alliance between humanity and Azure Lane would soon fall apart."

"Without humanity's help, what shipgirls lose is not merely logistics; they would also lose their identities and become monsters like the Sirens."

"Thus the current consensus among the Nine Major Factions is that, no matter how fiercely things may rage here, any matter involving humanity or a commander must be handled with caution."

"I don't think anyone here has the right to make a commander abandon his own shipgirl, do they?" said the Prince of Wales.

"We Sardinian Empire don't mean it that way; we mainly came here to see what kind of commander can summon our Sardinian Empire's flagship."

"Furthermore, Weineituo is after all our Sardinian Empire's flagship, so if Commander Qin Ge needs assistance in any area, he can bring it up, and within our Sardinian Empire's capacity we can provide some help."

"After all, we don't want our faction's flagship to one day sink at sea like other shipgirls. If that happened, it would be the biggest blow to our Sardinian Empire." Littorio spoke up.

"Weineituo, sitting beside Qin Ge, smiled faintly: 'The hope, faith, and mercy of the Sardinian Empire will once again spread across this sea. And all of this will be accomplished by our fleet.'"

"Indeed, it's exactly the same, Weineituo." Littorio said.

"Although we aren't sister ships, the will and belief we uphold have always been the same." Weineituo said, "You surely feel the same, don't you? An empire doesn't need two voices; I'm doing very well in the commander's fleet."

"I don't have to deal with that person's daily senate affairs and faction matters. All I need to do each day is uphold my convictions, sortie without worry, and let my cannons spread the Sardinian Empire's glory across the sea."

"Littorio couldn't help but laugh, and Zara and the others nearby also couldn't help but chuckle. Indeed, if one were to say what kind of life the familiar Weineituo adult wishes to pursue, it must be the life now being experienced by this Weineituo before us."

"Looking at the harmonious gathering of Sardinian Empire personnel, the Prince Eugen beside Qin Ge spoke, gazing at the opposite Prince Eugen and Tirpitz et al., with the corners of her mouth slightly turning up."

"So, what is your stance now? Since you've sent a visit request, you clearly aren't here to assign blame, so what are your demands?"

"Faced with his own question, the Iron Blood Prince Eugen narrowed his eyes and then smiled: 'I knew this wouldn't work, but I didn't expect the rebuttal to come not from you, but from the Prince of Wales.'"

"But this is fine; at least I've completed the task given by the Iron Blood high command, so now it's personal time."

"'How so? hearing you say that, the other me in Iron Blood hasn't fully grasped Iron Blood's authority?' Bismarck said in a calm tone, the previous events having not fazed her at all."

"'No, elder sister has already fully grasped Iron Blood's authority.'" Tirpitz replied to Bismarck.

"Prince Eugen continued, 'Precisely because Bismarck holds all of Iron Blood's authority, the nominal council high command of Iron Blood hopes we will bring you back this time.'"

"'Since you two are the same, they only need to support you, and then they can seize power from the other Bismarck.'"

"'Foolish.'" Bismarck said.

"'Tsk, truly worthy of being sister ships; although the two of you still have a clear power gap, this 'who else but me' arrogance is exactly the same.' Prince Eugen smiled, and Tirpitz and the Earl of Qibolin beside her all nodded."

"At that very moment, looking at Bismarck before them, they thought they had returned to the Iron Blood Grand Hall."

"'Interesting.' George V smiled at the scene, 'Looks like you Iron Blood also share the same idea as the Sardinian Empire.'"

"'Isn't that inevitable?' Prince Eugen said, 'Don't your Royal allow two voices to appear in your faction?'"

"'Well, this is our Royal's own affair.' George V seemed to recall something, his expression stiffened, and then he said helplessly."

"'Oh?' Littorio smiled, 'Could it be that she's recently been quarreling again with Your Majesty the Queen?'"

"'Cough, this is our Royal's own matter, so please don't pry further; knowing too much isn't good for you either.' George V said solemnly."

"'Hehe.'"

"Those who knew the truth from several factions laughed, but Qin Ge indeed had some doubts, whereupon he turned his gaze to the Prince of Wales."

"The Prince of Wales helplessly whispered to him, 'Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth has a sister named Brave.'"

"Although the Prince of Wales only mentioned one person's name, Qin Ge could instantly picture the specifics—nothing more than a power struggle between sister ships."

"So we've also talked about private matters enough; now we should get to the main topic." Lituoliao said to everyone, afterward her eyes fixed on Qin Ge, "I want to know why Commander Qin Ge can summon two campaign flagships?"

This kind of thing has never happened before; moreover, now we can summon two campaign flagships—will we also summon the other campaign flagships?

At this moment, everyone from the three camps focused their gaze on Qin Ge; this was indeed their true purpose for coming here this time.