Chapter 354: Conditions for Joining

After finishing the handover with Ninghai, Qin Ge handed the Grand Fleet supplies card in his hand to Li Chenming beside him; the meaning went without saying.

"Vice Commander, distribute these emergency repair tools to the other fleet members, one set per three people following our command ship's formation order, in case of sudden situations." Qin Ge pointed at the emergency repair tools and said to Li Chenming.

Li Chenming nodded after receiving the Grand Fleet supplies card, said nothing more, and at the same time began distributing the emergency repair toolboxes.

Last night Qin Ge had already made it very clear that his work was this; therefore, thanks need not be spoken at length—doing his job well is the best thanks for Qin Ge's trust in him.

As Li Chenming began distributing the emergency repair toolboxes, Qin Ge again took today's Grand Fleet mission list from Ninghai's hands and examined it closely.

Because yesterday they had already gone through an encounter battle with the Siren Fleet, today Qin Ge directly excluded simple tasks similar to previous supply recoveries.

He selected a merchant ship escort mission from among them; this mission is relatively dangerous, but his fleet includes several carrier shipgirls with very high training levels, so the danger is also an opportunity.

"Merchant ship escort? Are you sure you want to take this mission?" Ninghai looked at Qin Ge and said.

"I think, given our current Grand Fleet configuration, the merchant ship escort mission in this erosion level two sea area can still be completed; although it has some challenges, for us, isn't having some challenges better?" Qin Ge smiled.

"Hmm." Ninghai nodded, "Indeed, although your fleet is a first‑class Grand Fleet, the strength of some of your main fleet shipgirls is already not inferior to that of ordinary fourth‑ or fifth‑class Grand Fleets."

Then I'll apply for this mission for you; the merchant ship escort takes one day, you also need to make some preparations, arrive at the designated sea area before noon 12:00, and then you can proceed with the mission handover.

"Understood!" Qin Ge nodded; then, while Ninghai was applying for the mission for him, he turned around and said to everyone, "You all heard that—the merchant ship escort takes one day, so everyone go replenish supplies first; we'll gather at the port later."

"Yes!" Everyone nodded, didn't delay, immediately turned and left the warehouse, heading to the restaurant or store to replenish supplies.

After Ninghai finished the mission order and handed it to Qin Ge, Qin Ge then left the warehouse together with the shipgirls.

"Belfast, do our supplies need replenishing?" After leaving the warehouse, Qin Ge walked down the road and said to Belfast.

Because Qin Ge had been operating with Royal shipgirls during that period, the task of preparing supplies fell to Belfast.

"My lord, rest assured; our command ship stores at least three days' worth of supplies, so there's no need to worry." Belfast said.

"Hmm." Qin Ge nodded, "Then let's go straight to the port to wait for them; by the way, which faction is scheduled to follow us today?"

"It should be Akagi and Kaga and their group." Tiancheng smiled from behind Qin Ge.

"Sakura Empire?" Qin Ge nodded, "Tiancheng, have Akagi and Kaga been coming to your place lately?"

"Yeah, my two sisters still come over often; it seems they've already treated my house as their home." Tiancheng smiled.

"Hehe, I think if the commander puts in a little effort, he might be able to add two awakened shipgirls to our fleet." Ou Gen Qin Wang smiled.

Qin Ge shook his head helplessly, "Do you think that's possible? With our current strength, there's basically no chance to invite a shipgirl of that power to join us."

"Akagi and Kaga are who? They are the leaders of the Sakura Empire. Yet they are willing to give up their leadership in the Sakura Empire to come to Donghuang—that's already the biggest gamble. If we expect them to join our fleet, our fleet's strength must first gain their approval."

"Hehe, my lord, I actually have some news about this." Tiancheng smiled.

"Oh? What news?" Not only Qin Ge, but everyone else turned their gaze to Tiancheng. If they could meet the conditions for Akagi and Kaga to join, that would be a qualitative leap for the fleet.

Each faction's leader is an exceptionally outstanding shipgirl; as Mikasa had predicted, these faction leaders have at least undergone a full first awakening, and have even embarked on the opportunity for a second awakening!

Compared to ordinary shipgirls or those with only an initial awakening, their strength can practically be called overwhelming.

Tiancheng's words really whetted everyone's appetite; seeing him smile, he said, "Akagi previously said that if my lord's fleet has more than ten fully self‑awakened shipgirls, then she will join my lord's fleet together with Kaga."

"Ten self‑awakened shipgirls?" Ou Gen Qin Wang's eyes narrowed slightly, "Heh, truly worthy of being the Sakura Empire's leader—this condition is certainly not easy."

"What do you mean, Miss Ou Gen Qin Wang?" Biaoqiang asked Ou Gen Qin Wang with a curious expression.

"If our fleet truly had ten self‑awakened shipgirls, that would mean our fleet is already strong enough to become the tenth power." Ou Gen Qin Wang said.

"On the surface, the factions with the fewest awakened shipgirls are Donghuang and the Vichy Tribunal. If we don't count shipgirls from other factions, the awakened shipgirl numbers of these two factions do not exceed ten, and they also require self‑awakening."

"What do you think our faction's strength would be like if our fleet had ten self‑awakened shipgirls?"

"That would definitely be very impressive, after all we could match the awakened shipgirl count of an entire faction!" U96 nodded and said.

"So, they want to see our fleet's potential; if our potential is truly strong, then Akagi and Kaga wouldn't mind being the icing on the cake. After all, such powerful awakened shipgirls—even if our fleet already had ten awakened shipgirls, it would be impossible to refuse them." Ou Gen Qin Wang said.

"Although being the icing on the cake is nice, why don't they just join now and give us help in the snow instead?" Hai Lun Na asked.

Tiancheng answered this question; seeing her smile, she said, "Because if those two powerful awakened shipgirls joined our fleet, it might cause you to lose the drive to strive and fight."

A group of doubtful shipgirls suddenly realized, and Qin Ge also nodded involuntarily.

Indeed, once a person has a reliable shield to rely on, they will unconsciously want to depend on it, thus losing some drive, becoming lax; this would indeed greatly reduce his fleet's combat effectiveness.

"Everyone, no need to dwell on this now; first deal with the Siren Tide before us, and we can talk about the rest later." Qin Ge smiled.

"Yes!"