Chapter 367: Who Is Definitely Cursing Me Behind My Back?

Ahchoo!

Just returned to the public rest area, Qin Ge sneezed. Hai Lun Na beside him said worriedly, "Commander, could you have caught a cold?"

Qin Ge shook his head, rubbed his nose, and said, "I'm not sick; I just feel like someone is cursing me behind my back."

"Hehe." After hearing Qin Ge's words, all the shipgirls of the First Fleet laughed.

"That must be Mingshi who can't get away. Didn't you see, Commander, when Mingshi just left the doorway, muttering under her breath, looking like she wanted to eat you?" Guanghui said with a smile beside him.

"Hehe, the Lord's bargaining skill is truly amazing—actually managing to take a bite of meat from Mingshi's mouth, which treats money like life. That's something I've never seen anyone I know do." Tiancheng said with a smile beside him, after all, he himself counts as a Sakura Empire shipgirl, so he understands the personality of fellow Sakura Empire Mingshi very well.

"That merchant will definitely lose big this time, so he'll surely be muttering afterward." U96 beside him also laughed.

Amid the laughter of the shipgirls, Qin Ge sat down and smiled, saying, "If we reckon it up, this time I haven't lost, Mingshi hasn't lost either—in fact, for her, she's made a big profit."

Who is Xinong? She is the only Sea Legend Rank shipgirl in the world, capable of close-range observation and data probing—an opportunity that only we have.

Furthermore, I have this Wisdom Cube in my hand—the only one in the world—so Mingshi cannot avoid paying a certain price.

However, as long as she achieves a breakthrough in either of these two items, what she gains will far exceed what she loses.

That's true. We hold the resources, but our technical conditions are insufficient, while Mingshi lacks resources but possesses sufficient technical conditions.

Such a trade is mutually beneficial. Besides, who knows how much that cat paid for supplies from other factions? Maybe the price she can get is very low.

After all, those factions cannot directly sell their weapons to each other; they must find a trusted arms dealer as an intermediary, and Mingshi happens to be that intermediary. Weineituo said.

Indeed. Lexington also nodded.

Qin Ge smiled at Lexington and Bumblebee, saying, "After we finish this Siren Tide operation, the purple carrier aircraft on your two can be replaced, and then we'll see if we can get you a few better carrier aircraft."

Anyway, our stored supplies are sufficient; taking advantage of this 50% discount, we'll give Mingshi a clearance sale.

Hehe, so that's your plan, Commander. Bumblebee laughed.

However, Commander, do you really intend to summon another batch of shipgirls after this Siren Tide? Luodenni asked.

At that moment, all the shipgirls' gazes turned to Qin Ge, awaiting his confirmation.

Qin Ge nodded, saying, "Yes, I plan to summon another batch of shipgirls after this Siren Tide."

What type does the Commander plan to summon? Continue expanding our carrier fleet, or expand our main force battleship gun fleet? Bisimai asked.

Qin Ge shook his head, saying, "This time I don't plan to summon carriers; the main targets are destroyers, light cruisers, and heavy cruisers."

Vanguard fleet? Actually I feel we can continue developing our carrier fleet.

Because our carrier fleet's development advantages are now very obvious; if we expand it to ten or even more people, we can form a carrier aircraft group, and a single wave of attack could wipe out more than half of the Siren fleet. Bisimai said somewhat puzzled.

At that moment, Tiancheng's eyes lit up slightly, and he smiled, saying, "It seems there must be some agreement between the Commander and Akagi and Kaga."

Qin Ge smiled at the two, nodding at Tiancheng, saying, "That's right; I have already changed the agreement with Akagi and Kaga in our previous meeting."

The content of the agreement is that Guanghui enters the Awakened state and summons Project Ship C15, after which they will join our fleet.

Huh? Wasn't it previously said that we needed ten Awakened shipgirls? Ou ruo la asked doubtfully beside him.

We can wait, but Akagi and Kaga can't. Qin Ge smiled, saying, "You also know our fleet's main force currently leans toward carrier shipgirls, so if we follow conventional development, I would definitely develop primarily with carrier shipgirls."

Then we would need to constantly summon new carriers to replenish our fleet's strength composition. But here arises a problem that not even Akagi and Kaga dare to gamble on.

Oh, I understand. Banrenma said suddenly, "The Commander means that if we summon carriers, then there will definitely be a probability of summoning Akagi and Kaga."

Although there is no second Akagi and Kaga in this world besides them, but given the Commander's luck, who knows.

If we really end up summoning Akagi and Kaga, then according to the rule that a fleet can only have one shipgirl of the same name, they would no longer be able to join our fleet.

That's right, that's the reasoning. Qin Ge nodded.

Hehe, the Lord is truly exceptionally clever; originally when they raised this demand, I told them it was impossible to achieve.

Because no one can guarantee the Lord won't summon a second Akagi and Kaga; then they wouldn't be my sisters anymore. Tiancheng smiled.

So, the Commander promised Akagi and Kaga that, before fulfilling the above conditions, he would temporarily refrain from summoning carrier shipgirls to avoid summoning their namesakes? Bisimai said helplessly.

Qin Ge shrugged, saying, "Yeah, so we need to endure for a while. Prioritize cultivating our vanguard fleet, shaping our vanguard fleet into a sharp shield and blade."

That way, in future large-scale wars, we can better protect our main force fleet and conduct cutting of the enemy fleet.

That's also good; the last time we encountered a large Siren fleet, it was because our vanguard shipgirls were too few, making the cutting process slow and causing severe damage. Ou Gen Qin Wang nodded.

Yes, given that we can no longer develop the carrier fleet, we can only make this improvement. Qin Ge said, "Furthermore, future Siren Tides will become increasingly difficult, posing a test for our fleet as well."

Hmm, the Commander is right; usually only the last few days of the Siren Tide constitute a true test for a large fleet. Guanghui said solemnly.