Azur Lane Under the Stars

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The Prince of Wales also looked at the poor child with a hint of pity.

This child went from being a royal princess to being poor all of a sudden... but what could she do? It was her own doing.

While they were chatting, Yixian came out of the kitchen and placed two meat dishes in front of Kewei: a plate of sweet and sour pork and a plate of stir-fried pork.

"Eat up. The commander said that until the debt is paid off, you don't need to pay for your meals. Just take the money from the commander's salary card..."

Although punishment can't erase the lesson she learned, Ren Shuo can still receive some help.

"Waaaaah, Commander, brother-in-law, as expected, brother-in-law loves me the most."

I was incredibly moved, and felt like I was about to cry at any moment.

"Hey, hey, hey, it can't be that bad, it's just two dishes." The Prince of Wales was dumbfounded.

“How could it not be!” Ke Wei glared at the Prince of Wales. “What do you call this? This is called providing timely help in times of need!”

That way, I can pay off my debts faster. Besides, eating my brother-in-law's food, is that really eating? That's family!

"Actually, I think you could consider doing some part-time work. If you're just running errands, there aren't that many errands for you to run in the port area."

"The Prince of Wales said."

"A commission? What commission?" The silly kid was stunned.

“Look, our Royal Maid Cafe is short-staffed. You can work there, or you can go to the Ironblood Tavern.”

The Prince of Wales offered advice to the Formidable.

"We're also short-staffed in the kitchen."

Yi Xian also extended an invitation.

"Besides, our work in the kitchen isn't very hard; we mainly just help out."

For ship girls, the simplest thing is to help unload cargo and move things. With just a little bit of their own strength, they can lift several tons of things like chickens.

“It’s not that I shouldn’t consider it…” Kewei seemed thoughtful, then looked at Yixian expectantly, “Yixian, do you think I could get a lot of money if I went to warm my brother-in-law’s bed?”

"I think you'll get beaten to death by your radiant sister," the Prince of Wales said irritably before Yixian could speak.

"Yeah, that's true... I can't get past my sister's hurdle." Kewei said, sounding somewhat dejected.

"I think you should just honestly and steadily make money," Yi Xian said. "This is punishment. If your sister finds out, she'll probably tell you that this money doesn't count."

"Hmm... I'll go look for a job after lunch this afternoon!" Kewei said.

"Keep it up!" The Prince of Wales began to enjoy his meal.

Hmm, I have a feeling that with these two sisters around, the port area will be quite lively in the days to come.

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"Wow, this tokusatsu is so cool!"

Within the Sakura Empire camp, Ryujo invites Baltimore to watch the latest tokusatsu series, "Ultraman Dekae."

Honestly, the two of us who originally enjoyed watching Kamen Rider wouldn't want to watch the new Ultraman tokusatsu series if it weren't for the lack of new releases recently and the fact that we've already rewatched the old classics.

There was no way around it; I was terrified of that guy named Triga from the previous movie.

It's basically an Earth defense team made up of a bunch of nonsensical lunatics and mentally ill people.

Without further ado, Smailo Smailo.

"Indeed, surprisingly... it wasn't that bad."

Baltimore sighed: "I must say, aside from the allusions to the subject matter, the special effects are getting better and better."

“I suspect you’re alluding to Clash of Clans in the Galactic Warfare,” Long Xiang laughed.

"By the way, do you watch Gundam? It's an old anime, but Long Island strongly recommended it to me."

Long Xiang asked.

“It’s not impossible, I haven’t seen it yet, why don’t you take a look?” Baltimore said. “But how long is it? Can you finish it in one afternoon? If you can’t finish it, I’ll be going on an expedition tomorrow.”

"Wait a minute..." Long Xiang hesitated for a moment, then stood up and ran towards the other rooms with his short legs.

When they came back, they were still holding Shinano's hand, who looked completely bewildered and lost.

"Shinano, what brings you here?" Baltimore asked, hands behind her back.

"I don't know either. Ryūjō grabbed me and ran away..." Shinano shook her head slightly and said.

"It's nothing serious, I just need your help to get us into the dream world, and make the time ratio one to ten," Long Xiang said with a grin. "Baltimore and I want to finish watching the Gundam series in one afternoon."

“…Alright.” Shinano waved her hand, and two dream butterflies, shimmering with a faint blue light, quietly landed on their shoulders. “We can begin once you find a comfortable sleeping position and place.”

"Just a moment... it's done."

The two of them were ready.

Shinano's fox ears twitched, and then with a wave of his hand, Baltimore and Ryujo felt their eyelids grow heavy and eventually drifted off to sleep.

Tilting his head, Shinano yawned and prepared to go back to his room to sleep.

…………

After an unknown amount of time, Long Xiang and Baltimore's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and their eyes slowly opened.

After a brief moment of confusion, they gradually regained their excitement and enthusiasm.

“Zaku is so cool…” Baltimore exclaimed.

"Unicorn! Unicorn is number one in the world!" Long Xiang waved his hand.

“Speaking of which, we also have a unicorn in our port area…” Baltimore said thoughtfully, “Do you think she has an annihilation mode?”

Long Xiang said with great interest, "I think we should go and ask them."

Baltimore's approach to tokusatsu is just like Reno's approach to superhero dramas—it's like their IQ is infinitely close to negative.

So Baltimore was also very excited: "Elbow elbow elbow! Let's go find the unicorn!"

The two of them rushed excitedly from the Sakura Empire to the royal garden, where the unicorn was giving Yu-chan a thorough grooming and bath.

Upon learning the purpose of their visit, the unicorn stared at them blankly.

"Huh? Unicorn doesn't have an annihilation mode or anything like that."

There was still a showerhead with water gushing out of it in my hand.

"Really?" Baltimore said with great disappointment, "Looks like it's only in anime..."

Longxiang grabbed the unicorn's hand and began shaking it from side to side while shouting:

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! The Unicorn must be using her as a secret weapon! How could the Unicorn not have an annihilation mode!"

"This is like the West losing Jerusalem! Ultraman Zero losing his two ice axes! And Ryuki losing his final descent!"

"What kind of weird analogies are these?!" Baltimore couldn't help but complain.

Swishing his twin ponytails, Ryujo looked at the unicorn with hopeful eyes: "Unicorn, I know this is your own secret... but could you let us see it, just a glimpse! I'm really curious!"

The unicorn was almost in tears: "But, but, the unicorn really doesn't have an annihilation mode."

Ryujo had the expression of someone who had just told a child that there was no Ultraman in the world, and he was muttering to himself.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! Unicorns don't have an annihilation mode... It's fake! It's fake!"

"Then let's go ask Akashi and Yubari. Maybe I don't know, but they do..."

The unicorn couldn't bear it, so she put down the faucet and brush and prepared to take the despairing Ryujo to Akashi, hoping that Akashi could distract her a little.

Baltimore apologized softly, "I'm sorry to have troubled you."

The unicorn shook its head: "It's alright, let's go."

The three of them left as a group, leaving only Yu-chan, who was halfway through her shower, standing there in a daze with soap still on her body.

Do you think she's been forgotten by her owner?

Yu-chan fell into deep thought; perhaps this was her first lesson in growing up.

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"Unicorn Annihilation Mode, meow?" Akashi sat on a high swivel chair, her short legs swinging back and forth in mid-air, looking quite comical.

"How could such a thing exist, meow?" Akashi ruthlessly shattered the child's fantasy. "Such things only exist in anime, meow."

“Akashi,” Baltimore couldn’t help but call out, hinting at Ryujo’s performance.

Akashi was startled; Ryujo was gradually gaining more attention in the city!

"How could that be? Akashi, you're lying to me, right? Essex has a 'family annihilation' mode, how could Unicorn not have an annihilation mode?"

Seeing that Ryūjō looked like he might pull out a big machete and chop him up at any moment, Akashi panicked a little.

"I-I remembered wrong, meow! It's...it's...right! It's supposed to be modified, meow! The Unicorn's Extermination Mode is supposed to be modified, meow!"

Ryujo's eyes lit up again, and he grabbed Akashi's hand with an expectant look on his face: "I knew it! There would definitely be an annihilation mode! So... can I see the Unicorn?"

The unicorn was also confused. Wait, did I make any modifications? When did that happen? I can't just create one for you on the spot if I don't have this model, can I?

Akashi...

The unicorn also looked at Akashi with teary eyes.

Akashi felt utterly exhausted as he watched his frail younger sister's tearful eyes.

Tell me, what kind of situation is this?

How did I suddenly get a job? Does this mean I'm going to start researching unicorn modification plans? I have no clue what to do. Oh well, if all else fails, I'll just trick that idiot Reno into going to the Sirens for the blueprints.

"The unicorn hasn't been modified yet, meow. It'll be there once it's modified, meow."

"When will the modification be done?" Long Xiang seemed even more excited than the unicorn itself.

"Happiness is being arranged soon," Akashi said, his expression unchanged.

Actually, no folder has been created... wait, the computer isn't even turned on.

"Whoosh, the Unicorn's upgrade, the Annihilation Mode, it must be so cool! The Unicorn mech has all the features that the Unicorn ship armor must have, right?"

Long Xiang looked on expectantly: "Unicorn! We're friends, right? When you're finished modifying it, you have to be the first one I get to admire!"

"No, no problem..." the unicorn managed a weak smile.

Baltimore looked equally surprised. "There really is one? Judging from Akashi's expression... is she confident?"

So, can I also look forward to it?

Akashi was genuinely panicking at this point. The transformation wasn't even starting yet, and you're already asking for a makeover?

Unicorn mechs? What are those? Do I have to catch up on the anime?

Akashi decided to work overtime. If he couldn't keep his word, he wouldn't doubt that he'd be awake all night.

Otherwise, he might have been killed by the yandere-looking Ryujo.

Waaah, why is this happening? I'm just a little green kitten.

"Then I look forward to your results!" Ryujo exclaimed excitedly. "Let's go to Baltimore! We should head back and snag some of the new tokusatsu figures!"

"Wait a minute... Excuse me." Baltimore was being pulled away by the excited Longxiang, and could only turn back helplessly to leave behind a hurried sentence.

"So, is it really because of my modifications?" The unicorn believed it too.

Akashi gave a mournful look: "There is..."

At worst, we can just redesign the unicorn according to that idea and add all sorts of cutting-edge technology to it.

We'll create a "Brother-killing and Brother-annihilation Unicorn" mode then.

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Chapter 533 Unicorn - Modified

"What's Akashi been up to lately? He seems so busy."

One afternoon, Ren Shuo was enjoying afternoon tea when he asked Hu De curiously.

"Besides, the unicorn is rarely seen. Didn't it always follow Glorious around before?"

Ren Shuo thought about it and realized that the unicorn was never around when he went to find Guanghui these past few days.