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“Actually, it’s not impossible to have three ship girls accompany us…” Xu Huan continued, “If you need to call someone or notify anyone, you can do it now… I’ll also call Hu Teng over.”
"Sister Hu Teng? Okay..." Hearing this strong and powerful name, Z23 suddenly felt much more at ease.
In the Ironblood community, Hu Teng's personality is considered rather aloof. She doesn't have much interaction with Z23, so if the girl were to ask her alone, she might not be able to get anyone to come.
But in any case, with this legendary, iron-willed seaman traveling with us, the risks of going to sea will be greatly reduced.
As for her side...
Friedrich, who she had a good relationship with in the port, should have come over as soon as she said so, but after much consideration, the girl decided to inform her superior, Tirpitz, first.
After the relevant message was sent, a reply was received very quickly.
[Going out to sea? I'll be waiting for you at the dock in a bit...乹]
"well....?!"
The girl was slightly surprised to see Tirpitz's reply.
"what happened?"
Xu Huan looked over curiously at the sound.
"Commander, I managed to call out to Tirpitz..."
"Tirpitz...?"
After hearing the name, Xu Huan understood why the girl had made that unexpected sound.
Known as the 'Lonely Queen of the North,' Tirpitz was, in a sense, a very traditional homebody.
Xu Huan learned the detailed reasons for this from Belfast on his very first day at Ironblood.
Not only because the historical prototype ships rarely left port, but Tirpitz, as a ship girl, also retains this habit.
Unless absolutely necessary, it will generally not leave port.
The ship girl, who has taken the "homebody" attribute to the extreme, is actually planning to go to sea with Xu Huan today.
Although it was due to the mission requirements of the port area, it was indeed easy to be surprised.
"Hu Teng said she'll be there soon, let's head straight for the dock..."
Xu Huan turned off the communication device and said.
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Tirpitz and Hutten were much faster than the two had anticipated.
When the young man and Z23's vehicle arrived at the dock, they could see two familiar figures standing on the dock from a distance, chatting about something.
The vehicle slowly drove in and arrived at the designated parking spot, the sound of which attracted the attention of the two women.
"This must be the Commander and Z23, right?"
Tirpitz watched the familiar car stop, and stopped his casual conversation with Hutten, saying...
"It's him... I can smell his scent..."
Hu Teng nodded.
"Aura... what aura? Does the Commander have an aura?"
Tirpitz listened to Hutten's words and tried sniffing lightly. Apart from the faint fishy smell that came with the sea breeze, he couldn't smell anything like the so-called 'commander's scent'.
“You haven’t been exposed to this before, you don’t understand…” Hu Teng said very seriously.
“…”
Tirpitz pondered the meaning behind Hutten's words and increasingly felt that there was some inexplicable boasting in them.
But when she looked at Hu Teng's cold and aloof face, which remained expressionless, she felt that she might have been overthinking things.
She knew Hu Teng's personality quite well; he probably wouldn't mean that...
At this moment, a handsome young man got out of the passenger seat of a car in the distance and waved casually in the direction of the two women.
As Tirpitz smiled and prepared to return the gesture, he saw Hutten quickly step forward to greet him.
There's no need to be in such a rush...
As Tirpitz was thinking this, the next second she saw Hu Teng throw himself into Xu Huan's arms right in front of her.
"....?"
Chapter 235 The Relationship Between the Northern Alliance and the Iron Blood
Not only was Tirpitz stunned, but even Z23, who had just parked and was about to get out of the car, was dumbfounded by what he saw.
At this moment, they had only one question on their minds.
Hutten... has he really gotten this close to the Commander?
Because Hu Teng had returned from the royal family, they had made some speculations, but they didn't expect it to have reached this stage.
It's worth noting that Hu Teng is considered to have a cold and aloof personality in the port area. Even though most people know that she is cold on the outside but warm on the inside, no one expected that Hu Teng would actually take the initiative to throw herself into someone's arms.
Especially since the commander had only been in the port area for a few days, he dealt the two of them a critical blow.
They watched as Hu Teng, seemingly oblivious to their gazes, threw himself into the young man's arms.
Xu Huan readily picked up the ship girl's tall and slender body.
Without saying a word, Hu Teng wrapped his arms around Xu Huan's neck and kissed the young man's lips.
Perhaps considering that there were other people watching, Hu Teng did not choose to have a deep conversation, but only gave a light peck before letting go of her hands.
"Someone's watching... You just kissed them right in front of them, aren't you worried they'll gossip about you?"
"I'm not worried..."
Hu Teng shook her head, a gentle smile softening her usually cold and beautiful face: "I'm not worried about these things... I'm not worried about what others think, I only know that I miss you..."
After expressing her longing, the ship girl gently pinched Xu Huan's cheek again:
"You've been with Ironblood for so long, haven't you ever taken the initiative to come and find me?"
"Don't you dare slander me..." Xu Huan retorted with a smile, "I've only been at Iron Blood for two days... I have a ton of things to do, I basically have no free time..."
"And this time, if there's a chance, I'll ask you to come out to sea with me, okay? Although it won't be a very relaxing trip..."
Xu Huan perfectly embodied the term "scumbag" at this moment.
But how can the commander's actions be considered trivial?
"Then, remember to call me next time..."
"it is good...."
Xu Huan had just agreed when he felt something like a card being slipped into his hand.
Having previously experienced Hindenburg giving room keys, Xu Huan naturally understood what Hu Teng was putting in his hand, and thus also stored it in the storage device.
Now I have another place to stay in my Ironblood residence...
But do all the ship girls in Ironblood like to give out room cards?
And following this trend, will I also get the key card for Frederick's house next?
Shaking his head lightly to clear the useless yellow waste from his mind, Xu Huan looked past the ship girls and at Tirpitz, who was standing awkwardly in the distance.
Meanwhile, Z23 pretended not to see anything and casually began inspecting the car. It wasn't until Xu Huan finished his intimate actions with Hu Teng that it cautiously followed.
At times like this, you have no choice but to be thick-skinned.
Seeing that neither of them seemed to have noticed what he and Hu Teng had done, Xu Huan simply pretended nothing had happened, coughed twice, and walked up to Tirby Jets:
"I've only been here a short time... and I'm already troubling you again, Tirpitz."
“No trouble at all... It’s my duty, no need for further explanation, Commander.” After a short period of adjustment, Tirpitz forced himself to calm down as well, his calm face revealing nothing.
After saying that, Tirpitz turned to the side and gently reached out his hand.
On the distant sea, Hutten's massive prototype ship had already been summoned and was moored beside the dock.
"Everything is ready, and we can set sail at any time..."
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The boundless sea, merging seamlessly with the azure sky, gradually disappears into the horizon.
Xu Huan stood in front of the nautical chart, listening to Tirpitz's continuous explanation.
"The sea we are currently in is, strictly speaking, nearshore, and one of the safest sea areas... Generally speaking, it's very difficult to encounter sirens..."
Normally, Tirpitz would have spoken with great confidence, without using modifiers like "usually" or "should".
But not long ago, they had just wiped out a small, mass-produced swarm of sirens in this area.
Although Hu Teng, who was idle, dealt with them all in just one encounter, it also confirmed Xu Huan's suspicions about the Sirens' activity once again.
The sea area where sirens are rarely encountered on ordinary days has appeared in front of everyone today, and there is only one main reason for this: the young man himself.
Regarding this voyage, Xu Huan initially intended to conduct an on-site investigation to see if his existence matched the data, causing the Sirens to continuously move closer to the Ironblood.
After all, data is data, but on-site investigation and experimentation are also necessary.
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