Azur Lane: The Tragic Admiral’s Azur Life

Chapter 1262 The significance of the special route

“It’s really strange.”

In the villa, Yixian frowned, put down the brush in his hand, and sighed softly.

Ever since she came into contact with Shinano, the abnormality of the third Yamato-class ship has always bothered her.

The commander's description of every aspect of Shinano was very accurate, and every aspect of Shinano completely matched Yang Sikang's description.

However, once the two sides started communicating, Shinano's focus was obviously wrong, and the questions he asked and the areas of concern made Yixian very confused.

She was very sure that Shinano had never had direct contact with the commander's previous ship girls, because the third Yamato-class ship had almost never gone out, and the energy situation in her body was in an unstable state most of the time.

Falling asleep and waking up, although Yang Sikang said that she had some ability to predict the future, why was she so concerned about the past of her commander?

"This particular focus can't be for no reason. There must be something that makes her care more about the commander's past than the present. But, what could be so? And if she cares so much, why didn't she show it when the commander was here before?"

Yixian was puzzled, but her intuition told her that there must be something very important going on here.

But she had no idea how to figure it out. Shinano's personality was unpredictable, and what she did and said was likely determined by what she saw in her dream.

With wild thoughts, unpredictable experiences and a unique personality, Shinano is, in Yixian's opinion, the most difficult opponent for the Sakura Empire to deal with right now.

If Shinano had not expressed her welcome to Yang Sikang right from the start, she would have had more to worry about now.

"There's no point in continuing to think about something you can't figure out. Instead of wasting time, why not think about the things you can control first?"

Zhenhai walked into the room with the documents and raised the file bag in his hand.

"Donghuang has finally lost its patience."

Yixian breathed a sigh of relief and smiled sweetly:

"Is there finally some action?"

Dealing with yourself is a very troublesome thing. This is true for ordinary people, and even more so for Yixian and others.

When both sides know each other well, whoever strikes first will be at a disadvantage. And for a battle of wits at their level, the probability of falling behind step by step is almost 100%.

They came to Sakura Empire first instead of heading straight to Eastern Empire for this reason, and with the warping technology they demonstrated, this free time was also left for internal discussions within Eastern Empire.

There were quite a lot of anchors dropped from the Sakura Empire, but there were also quite a few from the Eastern Huang Empire. Yang Sikang's fleet did not appear directly around the Eastern Huang Empire, but since it could appear in the Sakura Empire, it meant that it had the ability to appear in the Eastern Huang Empire.

But just like the reason why Sakura Empire couldn't retrieve those anchors immediately, Eastern Empire couldn't do the same either.

But this means that their subsequent negotiations must be changed based on the previous ones, and the weight of this proposition must be changed immediately, considering what the new technology means.

Yixian and Zhenhai do not want to compete with their own clan in Donghuang, and Donghuang does not want to do so either.

In the current situation, it is risky for discussions to fail to produce results.

Under such circumstances, if Yixian does not take any action, Donghuang will become even more anxious.

After all, Yang Sikang still has many alternatives, and Donghuang does not want to fall behind others when Yang Sikang's skills have reached the level sufficient for long-distance jumps.

The difference in mutual needs leads to helpless selective concession.

"Anshan... That kid is pretty good, but no matter what, it's good enough that we don't have to confront our main family head-on. We can't push our luck too far, the commander still has high hopes for Donghuang."

Yixian sighed softly. After all, she was from Donghuang. It would be empty talk to say that she had no feelings for Donghuang, but she would choose her own fleet without hesitation between her own fleet and Donghuang.

However, if the action can be advanced while safeguarding the common interests of both parties, she would naturally be happy to do so.

"Besides, the commander asked us to go there this time."

Regarding their trip to Donghuang, Yang Sikang gave them a route that was very unexpected.

Under normal circumstances, in order to save time, they could go directly to Tianjin at the speed of their fleet, or to save trouble, they could go directly to the port in Shanghai as they did before.

One is for the convenience of contacting people, and the other is that it is relatively closer to Sakura Empire, which is more convenient.

However, Yang Sikang's arrangement for them was:

After the mass-produced fleet enters Donghuang's territorial waters, it will be handed over to Donghuang's ship girls for anchorage, and they... will go to Nanjing.

Of course, Yang Sikang and Donghuang’s affairs were not carried out in Nanjing. Neither satellite launches nor ship-related matters were carried out there. However, Yixian and the others did not know how Yang Sikang discussed with Donghuang. Anyway, the final result of the discussion was that they had to take Shenyue to Nanjing first.

Although they were confused and surprised, they had no reason to object to this arrangement.

Going up the Yangtze River, you can reach Nanjing directly. On this road, there is a place that is particularly important to Yixian and her friends: Jiangyin.

For the Donghuang ship girls, especially Yixian, Ninghai and Pinghai, Jiangyin is a place of extraordinary significance.

As for Yang Sikang, although the growing Suzuki Fuyuki, his adopted sister, has a good family tradition since her ancestors, there are some things and some places that Fuyuki, who was born in Sakura Empire, cannot feel more clearly if she does not experience them personally.

Therefore, he arranged this itinerary, asking Yixian and the other Donghuang ship girls to take Fuyue and Tosa to Jiangyin and Nanjing alone.

Yixian and the others knew what he wanted Shenyue to see, understand and remember, so although Yang Sikang did not explain much, when they saw that route, everything was self-evident.

Although Yang Sikang is essentially a Donghuang person, he is not the commander of Donghuang and will not be in the future, so he cannot legitimately take Yixian and the others to Jiangyin or to places he wants to go.

Given his size, any action he takes will be watched by countless people. Without some reasonable excuses, he cannot go to those sensitive places.

This time is an opportunity, so he asked to leave the mass-production fleet in Shanghai. Except for Fuyuki and Tosa who has always been with Fuyuki, all the others are ship girls from Donghuang.

Yixian came back to his senses and slowly exhaled.

"Zhenhai, inform Shenyue and Mingshi that we are leaving this place. Let them make preparations in advance."