Chapter 326

Qin Ge, who was on the high seas, naturally did not know what had happened between Donghuang and the Sakura Empire.

These past few days he had stayed in the cabin, organizing the outline of his new book; he rarely went out, and his meals were brought by Belfast and the others.

Moreover, Bisimai, Ou Gen Qin Wang, Biyu, Weineituo and others often came to Qin Ge's room to discuss tactics with him.

Several destroyers and submarines also behaved very well, usually playing by themselves or with other fleet members, and never caused trouble for Qin Ge and them.

As for Akagi and Kaga, they went straight into Tiancheng's room as soon as they arrived and hardly ever came out.

But the people on the ships were happy with that, because whenever they saw the two, everyone felt a strange sensation.

Compared to the trip to the Sakura Empire, the return journey to Donghuang was much calmer; apart from a few patrol shipgirls encountering a small Siren fleet, there were basically no major conflicts.

This also shows, from another angle, how familiar Jin Gang and the others are with this route.

After spending over a week at sea, Qin Ge and the others boarded the command ship and returned to the port of Shenhua City.

The reason they returned to Shenhua City's port, rather than the Commander Academy's port, is that Jin Gang and the others planned to disembark directly at Shenhua City's port and then go to the Maritime Affairs Bureau to hand in the mission.

Obviously, disembarking at a civilian port would be more convenient; if they disembarked at the Commander Academy's port they would still need to produce relevant documents, which is more troublesome.

As Jin Gang and the others disembarked, Qin Ge and Mikasa and the others came to see them off; after all, they had been together for over half a month, and after this parting they did not know when they would meet again.

"No need to see us off, Qin Ge Commander and Mikasa Lady; we'll go straight to the Maritime Affairs Bureau. The Commander Academy still needs you to sail yourselves there." Jin Gang said with a smile.

Qin Ge shook his head: "It's fine; this whole way back has been your escort, which is why we could arrive safely. Without your help, we would have to spend considerable effort to return safely."

"You flatter us; actually, the two of you on your ship could easily handle even a large Siren fleet, and on the way back we were merely serving as guides."

"Still, we are delighted to have met such an outstanding commander as Qin Ge Commander; although we originally wanted to introduce the destroyers in our fleet to you to see if they could become your shipgirls..."

"... but it seems not suitable now; let's talk about it when we meet again." Jin Gang said cheerfully to Qin Ge.

Hearing Jin Gang say this, Qin Ge couldn't help but look toward Jin Gang's side, only to see Xin Yue blushing on her face, obviously shy from Jin Gang's earlier words.

Qin Ge couldn't help but laugh: "If Xin Yue really doesn't mind me being her commander, I would be happy to accept, after all, who wouldn't want such a powerful destroyer?"

Um, Commander Qin Ge, sorry. Although you are an excellent commander and being by your side is also very helpful, but Kongou sister, after all she saved me back then; if it weren't for her, I might not be standing here now, so I still choose to follow Kongou sister.

"I'm very sorry!" Xin Yue said, blushing, as she explained to Qin Ge.

Qin Ge shook his head, smiling and said, "It's fine, I respect your choice, and I also hope you will become stronger and improve, just like them, become a formidable shipgirl."

"Thank you, Commander Qin Ge." Xin Yue said happily.

"This child." Kongou also laughed and shook her head, then said to Qin Ge, "Commander Qin Ge, you want to go to the Front Line, right?"

"Yeah, I think the Front Line has more battles, a place where I and my shipgirls can be tempered." Qin Ge said.

"Hehe, then we'll meet at the Front Line. If we can meet again then, Commander Qin Ge, if you grant us face, we can be stationed in your Grand Fleet." Kongou said to Qin Ge.

Qin Ge is no longer the novice commander he once was; after getting along with Guanghui for so long, he naturally knows some of the Front Line Grand Fleet's rules.

What Kongou previously said about being stationed in the Grand Fleet means that they, the Free Shipgirls, join a Grand Fleet as temporary shipgirls. Participating in the Grand Fleet's daily duties, they receive the same treatment as ordinary Grand Fleet commanders.

When encountering battle, they uniformly accept the Grand Fleet commander's arrangements and carry out unified operations with the Grand Fleet.

This is the unique relationship between Free Shipgirls and the Grand Fleet on the Front Line; of course, there are also some shipgirls who do not join the Grand Fleet, and they are directly subordinate to the Front Line General Zhi hui bu.

"If we happen to meet then, our Star Sea Grand Fleet will surely sweep the mat to welcome you." Qin Ge said solemnly.

A formidable shipgirl like Kongou is a rare Combat Power supplement for the Front Line Grand Fleet, and is something every fleet commander strives to obtain.

This is also why Qin Ge expresses such solemnity about their joining, because strength determines everything.

"All right, then we'll meet at the Front Line." Kongou smiled and gave Qin Ge a military salute; Qin Ge hurriedly returned one. The two exchanged smiles, simultaneously lowered their hands, and Kongou led the crowd turning away from the dock.

Watching Kongou and her group depart, Mikasa smiled and said to Qin Ge, "I suppose they must have noticed something."

Qin Ge shook his head, "No matter what they heard, it doesn't matter to me. As long as they are willing to join our Grand Fleet, that would be a great improvement for our Grand Fleet."

"That's right." Mikasa chuckled, "But now isn't the time to talk about this; we've already arrived in Shenhua City, and it's time for us to go back and register."

Qin Ge nodded, turned his head to look at the ship, and said, "Then what about them? Should they take the ship to the Academy with us, or should we notify the Dean to receive them?"

Mikasa naturally knew who Qin Ge was referring to; she shook her head, "No need to have Weiershi come to greet us; we can just take the ship back to the Academy harbor."

"After we return to the Academy later, we can just go together to Weiershi to register."

Qin Ge nodded, "That's fine; after all, the two of them indeed have somewhat different identities from the people sent by other factions."

Subsequently, Qin Ge and Mikasa together re-boarded the ship. As the Command Ship slowly started, the huge hull withdrew from the dock, left the Life Gate, and headed toward the dedicated harbor of the Commander Academy not far away.

Because the distance between the two places is not great, everyone also packed up their things and waited for the Command Ship to dock.

And when the Command Sword docked again, Qin Ge had already seen that familiar harbor. At that moment, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief: "Finally, I'm back."