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The red dot is no longer visible on the system's small map - this means that the cleanup work on the underground fire has been done well, but he also can't find a place to "put down the money", which is a bit troublesome.

"On-site training? Thanks to you guys, the areas around Rock Rock and Rivet Town are relatively safe. Why would Sora suddenly want to go to the Rift Zone to train new recruits?"

"Some of the new recruits already have combat qualities. It's a good way to teach them how to clean up the rift more efficiently while keeping a distance from the monsters. Besides that, my task is to run in the newly acquired system support - I can't test those powerful gadgets on my own people."

Sora spread his hands.

"Haha, the Rift has not yet spread to our area and the mechanical settlement. But if you want to teach those young people how to fight against the Rift creatures, there should be some unprocessed areas on the surface where you can take them to see the world."

Nata pointed to the cableway in the distance.

Because there are enough people, the aisles on both sides of the landfill have been widened, and the waste that may cause pollution is handled by Topa's team. At least now they will not be bothered by the odor when they go there, and they don't have to worry about the goods being contaminated.

In addition to the improvement in the condition of the rock... Ying's sword basically cut through all the rifts along the way - as a visitor from outside the world, she also had a destructive effect on the rifts that was almost as strong as air, and after completely removing them, there would be no traces of erosion left.

The only places where rifts could be found underground now were probably Molten Hammer Town and some corridors leading to abandoned mines. However, Natasha did not recommend going to Molten Hammer Town. Even if it was recaptured, it would have no economic value.

On the contrary, on the ground, the Iron Guards' camps were often harassed by the Rift. After learning about the situation from Banya, she hoped that the underground warriors could also go up to share some of the burden with the Iron Guards.

As the saying goes, give and take. It is absolutely not okay to just accept charity. Nata sees it clearly. Even though it is just training and they still have to rely on Kong to lead the team, if these young people have to fight in the severe cold sooner or later, they should start to adapt now.

In addition to the issue of soldiers, she also thought a lot about how to repay Kong for his efforts. It would not work just relying on Xier's efforts, and it would also lead to some bad rumors. What the underground can provide is talent and earth marrow. If she had to say that it could benefit Kong...

"It just so happens that I think I should take this opportunity to go to the ground to study anti-cold drugs without having to bend over for everything related to the Earth and Fire... This is my personal research."

The most valuable talent among them... is herself, a regular doctor who graduated from a medical school, and the clinical trials she is conducting may also be noticed by "Intelligence".

She wanted to demonstrate her "role" and create value for Sora as a medical expert.

"Anti-cold medicine?"

"Well, it's a further in-depth classification of drugs based on my brother's research. Although he has no medical ethics, the direction of his research is correct."

Nata reached out her hand and invited Sora: "The clues we found earlier indicate that my brother left some reagents in the snowfield... Now that area should be full of rifts, which can meet your needs. It's really a coincidence. Are you willing to accept my commission and take me to the nearby area to have a look?"

"Kill three birds with one stone? That's it."

"It's Brother Kong and Sister Ying!" When Kong agreed and was about to learn more about the medicine Natasha mentioned, Hook suddenly pounced from behind and hugged Kong on the lower back.

"Have you come to see Hook? Hook has studied hard and can now operate a remote robot to go down into the mine! Hey, Brother Kong, have you become taller?"

When his head was brushed by the empty braid, Hook felt something was wrong and almost thought he had hugged the wrong person.

"That's amazing! Once you can operate the robots skillfully, the work in the settlement will surely be much easier."

Sora was somewhat confident in the study plan he had made for the children. The key was to let them use their intelligence in the right place, thus reducing the workload of the adults in the town.

He bent down and picked up Hook, then looked at the "fat boy" brought by Topa who was teaching on the other side, and gave him a thumbs up: "Thank you for your hard work, Treto, let the children play freely in the afternoon."

Although he was a new teacher, he received "praise" from the envoy for the second time and his name was remembered. This guy, who had been regarded as a "villain" by various debtors before, was actually a little embarrassed.

"Doctor, they got the hang of it quickly. These kids have experience helping out in mines, but I don't recommend letting them start mining right away..."

Maybe it was because he felt guilty, or maybe it was because his boring childhood resonated with the children, this guy didn't want to use "child labor".

"I didn't intend to have them work in a harsh environment like regular workers, even if they were operating these robots remotely."

Sora rubbed Hook's head and solemnly responded to Treto's concerns:

"But during this special period, they are still needed to operate robots to deliver supplies to their parents and relatives... After dealing with the star core, I want to invest in building a school here, and then discuss with Bronya to make it compulsory for children to attend school and write it into the Beloberg law. You don't have to worry about me advocating for children to participate in labor."

"Oh, that's very generous... Sorry Doctor, I was thinking too narrow-mindedly."

"I completely understand that people have this concern, but after all, I am not here to make money in Belloberg."

Sora gently pushed Hook back to the debt collector, who had become amiable:

"I'm sorry I can't play with you, Hook. I need to go to the surface with your sister Natasha."

"Ah, you're going to take the old witch away - ahem, take Sister Natasha to the surface...how many days will it take for you to be back?"

Hook, who originally looked quite well-behaved, had his eyes light up the moment he heard this amazing news, as if he couldn't wait to kidnap Natasha away immediately.

But then she realized that she was too complacent - seeing that Natasha's gentle smile had darkened a little, she had to run back to Treto trembling and continue to pretend to be well-behaved.

"Hook, you can't take your friends from the Mole Party out to do evil again just because I'm gone, okay?"

The sudden change in Natasha's aura frightened the fat man who had resisted part of Natasha's murderous aura.

"Otherwise I will really let you see the methods of the 'old witch'. It is not as simple as an injection or taking medicine."

"I, I know!"

……

In contrast to the dilapidated but prosperous scene of Beloberg——

At the headquarters of Azur Lane, the Hawaii port area on the Pacific Ocean, which was once the residence of "that man", a real war is now being staged outside the gorgeous and neat buildings.

The flying artillery fire had long exceeded the tolerance of the concept of "exercise" and reached the intensity of conventional warfare.

Various ballistic missiles and abstract skills flew everywhere, causing an entire area of ​​water nearly 20 nautical miles offshore to evaporate. The water temperature at the center of the battle once reached over 70 degrees, with mist and steam everywhere.

After the once hostile Siren camp was also brought under the jurisdiction of the port area, the ship girls, who had lived in near seclusion for decades and only occasionally dealt with the government, issued a rare joint announcement, saying that the waters near Hawaii would be blocked for 24 hours for military exercises.

The smell of gunpowder in this military exercise notification did not seem fake. Governments of various countries were all worried, thinking that the "behemoth" that swept the world many years ago, or a competitor of Siren, had appeared, which was why the ship girls made such a big fuss.

Some more perceptive politicians also sent tentative inquiries, asking if the "Commander" had returned.

But the answer given by KanColle was very ambiguous, Tathagata.

They ignored the concerns of all parties and organized a large gathering after confirming the commander's conscription order. They decided to divide the 200 ship girls who had made a vow many years ago, whose favorability had reached 125 and whose levels had reached the peak of level 120, into 20 teams for exercises and competitions to determine the lucky one who could reach the depths of the stars.

It was called an exercise, but when the sisters were actually on the battlefield, no one held back.

When the teams were formed, the lineups, skill coordination, and even close relationships were carefully considered. The fighting power erupted by these 20 teams frightened the Siren Arbitration Agency, which had long been semi-retired.

The sky was burning, which was not enough to describe the intensity of the battle between the ship girls. They even saw those destroyers with insufficient firepower taking torpedoes out of the torpedo tubes and throwing them like javelins to bomb their colleagues. Even in the wildest battles, they had never seen such abstract tactics before.

With a rumble like thunder, the energy blade fired by the Musashi cut down a large number of planes released by the Vengeance from the sky - the restraint relationship between battleships and aircraft carriers was reversed by the ridiculous attack method, giving the Sakura Empire fleet a huge advantage.

Because it was an disorderly fleet fight, even fleets could cooperate with each other, but they had no way of knowing whether the "allies" who were tacitly attacking the same team of enemy ships in the last second would become enemies in the next moment. They kept a distance from each other, and the tracks formed by the cruising ship girls on the battlefield were transformed into turbulence and even large whirlpools, making the entire sea area extremely dangerous not only on the water but also underwater.

The U-boat wolf pack's chicken-stealing team was directly disturbed by the large ship on the water and could no longer maintain its normal submerged state. They had to surface, and then they were bombarded from at least seven directions the moment they surfaced. They all floated up with their snow-white bellies turned up and their belly buttons squeezed by their swimsuits.

The Enterprise, the favorite to win, was targeted madly before she had even taken off a few planes at the beginning of the game. The rapid barrage of attacks from the Sardinia and Iris units overwhelmed her and the escorting Harman Seattle.

New Jersey, the heavyweight of the White Eagles, was bombarded by the Iron Blood and the Sakura Empire together - basically all the siege ship girls who were entrusted with important tasks before Sora left were instantly melted by their companions' targeting... or naked jealousy.

Musashi's slashing sword also exposed her position. Before the injured ship girl could help her attract some artillery fire, the overwhelming volley of fire fell on her, affecting the back row.

After almost all the favorites to win the championship were eliminated, a super brawl broke out between the camps. There was an internal fight between the Sakura Empire and the Iron Bloods. Only Iris and the Royal Family were fighting - they seemed to have no intention of clearing up their own house and were fighting each other.

"Don't stand in my way, Elizabeth!! What's the point of you going to the commander? You flat-chested old thing! You should have abdicated long ago!!"

"How dare you say that to me, Qianwei! You don't even have much flesh yourself!"

"Why, sister!"

"I'm sorry, Jeanbart, this is a necessary sacrifice—"

To correct me, maybe the peripheral members of Royal Iris haven't had their internal strife yet, but the command level is completely rotten and they have been fighting each other for a long time.

"Seniors from the First Carrier Fighter Squad! Finally, we have a legitimate reason to have a good fight!"

"I'm here to teach you ignorant juniors a lesson!"

Then came the First Carrier Fighter and the Fifth Carrier Fighter. These two teams of aircraft carrier girls, who had always disliked each other since the Azur Lane era, were still extremely hostile to each other after the war - it was hard to tell whether they were fighting for personal grudges.

This forced Noshiro, who was the vanguard of the Fifth Carrier Battle, to struggle hard, constantly looking for opportunities with her weak anti-aircraft weapons, and trying to survive until the final round.

244. Noshiro: I am the approaching storm!

The ship girls who can ascend to the throne of the wedding ship in Minato are all tough guys. As the favorites to win the championship were carried out one after another, everyone's attention soon turned to Shokaku and Zuikaku, who were known for their tenacity, and their escort ship Sakanioh Noshiro.

The Shimakaze that was advancing forward collided with the cruiser Sendai and was covered by flares all over, and was severely hit by mines. Now the temporary fleet of the 5th Carrier Fighter, which has been reduced to two people, has to face the fierce attack of the 1st Carrier Fighter and the covetousness of other ship girls.

The frequent sounds of breaking air passed over Noshiro's head, leaving her no time to pay attention to the two ships of the Fifth Aviation Federation that were already furious. She barely protected herself and half of her sister's body with the anti-aircraft barrage.

"Armor-piercing rockets! When did they come?"

But even though Noshiro tried her best to prevent the dive bombers from flying over her sister's head, some groups with less restricted attack angles still succeeded.

The rockets carried by the Iron Blood aircraft came whizzing in and hit Sakunio who was being protected by Noshiro Tsutomu.

After the sound of metal clashing, several holes were poked on her deck, which was reflected on her body by the fact that her black sailor uniform was instantly torn into tatters. She slid forward in front of Noshiro, and with her chest almost without any movement, she threw a six-meter-high curtain of water on the sea surface, like a tsunami.

"Jiu Niang! Damn it——"

Being directly hit by so many rockets basically meant that the light cruiser had bid farewell to the battlefield. Noshiro stared angrily in the direction of the attack and found that it was August who did it.

The iron-blooded woman looked at her sister bubbling in the water with indifference, her eyes without blood or tears.

Unfortunately, this is not a suitable place for revenge.

Although the battle was brutal and everyone in the port was competing to be inhuman, and even if the conflict continued to escalate, it might cause a rift in the relationship between the ship girls, but no matter what, this was an exercise, otherwise Parseval would definitely use the ship bomb to continue to add insult to injury and take his sister's life.

Noshiro clenched the saber in his hand, slipped his paddle boots, and dodged the subsequent artillery shells.

Prince Eugen's 203mm cannon, it seems that the Iron Blood side intends to eliminate us first.

After figuring out the other party's focus point, Noshiro's figure suddenly became illusory, as if several shadows were superimposed in the mist, making it difficult to distinguish her exact location.

"Prepare to intercept - Hipper! Pay attention to Noshiro's position!"

"You don't need to tell me!"

The three Hipper-class ships moved forward side by side, hoping to crush Noshiro with tonnage and caliber, but Noshiro was the commander's favorite ship that still shone brightly in the later stages of the war. Sora devoted a lot of energy to her, not only caring for her, but also taking care of her equipment and resources. As a result, she had extremely rich combat experience, her skill levels were maxed out, and she was equipped with +13-level blueprint main guns and torpedoes.

The most important thing is that before Kong left, she was assigned the port's newest high-performance steering gear. In the port area where investment in war research and development is decreasing, this equipment is basically equivalent to giving her half a life more than the average ship girl.

She never flaunts the care she receives, nor does she show off her improvement in martial arts to anyone. She doesn't act overly coquettishly towards her commander, doesn't monopolize others for too long, and mainly maintains a superficial abstinence.

But in fact, the degree to which she loves the commander is almost the same as that of Befa, to the extent that they are willing to crush themselves into pieces and feed them to Sora. Being not good at expressing herself and being a little slow does not mean that she does not long to be by Sora's side. Now that her sister has "sunk in battle", she has been able to release the "Ashura" in her heart and use all her skills.

While watching calmly, he unleashed all his strength just to get that glimmer of hope!

This is... the complete New Blade, the complete Noshiro, the complete me!

With a flash of white light in his eyes, Noshiro's figure even slid out of an air explosion on the sea, leaving the Fifth Carrier far behind and rushing straight towards the three Hipper sisters.

"Is that really Noshiro? She seems to be flying!" Blücher, one of the three sisters, was frightened by Noshiro's figure flying wildly on the sea.

"...The high-performance servos that were assigned to her before the commander left - weren't they asked to confiscate them?"

"This was given to me by the Commander - no one can take it away!"