"Please mind your steps. Be careful not to trip."
As the other girls busy themselves with arranging the mass-produced ships, several of us decide to check on the Junior High School that Tsuyo mentioned earlier. The party consists of me, Stella, Tsuyo, Sheffy, Monty, Jean Bart, Nagato, Yat Sen, and Richelieu. What a ragtag group of people.
"Are there any wild animals living nearby?" This place is abandoned anyway and nature has taken back its land so I don't wonder if there's any.
"Yes, but they generally avoid humans." As Tsuyo answers Stella's question, my eyes notice a movement on the edge of my vision. It was a pure white fox. Huh… An albino… I heard that albino have a hard time surviving in the wild so I guess it's lucky to see one.
"Can we hunt them?" Monty… What the hell?
"Uuuhh… sure, I suppose…?" Tsuyo is having a hard time answering that question, huh… Yeah, no wonder… I also wouldn't know how to answer that question myself.
"Monty, come here for a sec." I circle my arm around the troublemaker and pull her close to me. "Don't go asking stupid questions or I'm going to make you pay it with your body." I whisper to her in both an inviting and threatening tone. I need to make sure that we don't do something stupid when we're in someone else's land.
"Mhhhh… sure… sorry…" There we go. I love it when Monty becomes a good girl like this.
"Good girl~~ I'll treat you to something later~~" I ruffle Monty's hair happily. I don't know whether she likes it or not. She just shows me a cute pout. Am I offending you? Why do you act so cute like that? What's your goal here woman? "So miss Tsuyo, can I know where the closest train station is? Just in case we want to go somewhere."
"Yes. You can use the Tateyama station just north of here. You should check the schedule first on the internet. All of the trains are automatic so it will arrive and depart with the exact timing as in the schedule." Talking about being punctual…
"I see… Can you tell me the website to buy a ticket?"
"It's free." Fucking god damn, woman. No wonder people use it all the time.
"I want to go to most northern point." I grab Monty's cheeks and pull on them hard. Stop embarrassing me! "Oww… Oooww… Oowww…" Take this, you cutie pie!
"Also… Are there any places that we're forbidden to go to?" Stella… Maybe we should keep that discussion in private. I don't feel comfortable talking about that, especially when there's Nagato here.
"Hmm… Not that I know off…" I can't read past the surface of that answer. Is it a signal for further private discussion or an actual answer coming from her? I need to know Tsuyo even further if I ever want to read her intention. "You should ask the emperor." That's a shot down if I ever heard one.
"Ugh… damn it…" Well, it's your fault for asking that kind of question in public or maybe Stella asking for this exact response. Does she want to talk to the emperor or… she doesn't want to get blamed if we indeed somehow managed to enter a forbidden area. She could just say that Tsuyo didn't tell her anything about it and that would wipe the sins off of her hands. "You're no fun, Tsuyo." You're a danger, Stella.
"Sigh… Didn't I tell you not to include me in stupid things?" I wonder what's the history between both of them. They seem really close. "I have a family that I need to go home to." Is that a brag?
"Family huh… How's your husband? I assume that he is working nonstop after knowing that the Arsenal Bird is coming?" Narnia, The Lion, The Witch, and The Audacity of This Bitch. She really has a thick skull to ask such a question… I guess you can kinda do that to someone you're close with. I usually do that with those idiots.
"Sigh… everyone is. This is a national crisis." 3 national crisis thank you very much. The Arsenal Bird wouldn't just be content on destroying the Sakura Empire, it would change its target to The Dragon Empery and The Northern Parliament after it's done. "The drone is ready to launch, it's just that the Arsenal Bird's location is unknown." If I have to guess, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. "You losing it is both a curse and a blessing."
"Well, we can only hope that it got lost somewhere and circled an empty sea." That's the best possible outcome.
"We wouldn't have a tough time dealing with it if it was that stupid." A fair point. "Also, I want to personally thank you for meeting the Arsenal Bird."
"Huh?"
"If it wasn't for your report, we wouldn't have guessed that it was coming for us." I suppose so. If it wasn't for us messing around the Orochi, the Arsenal Bird's position would still be unknown. More unknown than it is currently because right now, at least we know that it's somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Before that, we're completely clueless. "If you didn't catch its attention, we wouldn't know its position and it would come for the Sakura Empire completely undetected." Yeah, that's going to be hell.
"I almost had a heart attack when it approached us, you know?"
"Everyone will."
As the talks continue between Tsuyo and Stella, I notice some uneasy feeling around me and try to identify the source of it. It was from both Jean Bart and Richelieu. If I have to assume, it was because of what happened on the ship earlier. Sigh… Time for me to take advantage of them again! Let's score some points for both Jean and Richelieu shall we?
"What are you grinning at, idiot?" Jean notices that I'm giving her a weird look and immediately confronts me. Is that the length you'll go to not talk to your sister?
"Eh~~? Can I not, Jean sweetie?" Jean throws me a suspicious glare, probably knowing what kind of person I am. I come closer to Jean and then wrap my arm around her waist and bring her closer to me. "I'm just detecting some… unpleasant atmosphere around you…"
"…Don't touch her… Touch me…" Damn! This woman's Kenbunshoku Haki must be so advanced that she can see the future that will happen.
"Fufufu~~ Let's not jump into conclusion, shall we?" But my greed is far stronger than my lust. It's better to have 2 beautiful bodies serving my cock than 1. "I'm just here, as a good admiral, to try to cheer one of my cute subordinates up."
"If you want to cheer me up then die." Man, what a scary woman~~ I can't wait to break her spirit and mind and seeing that face drown in carnal pleasure~~
"Aaww~~ Why don't you try smiling more, cutie?"
"We have arrived." Huh? Whilst I was busy teasing Jean, we unknowingly reach the junior high school that'll become Azur Lane's temporary HQ.
The gate is kinda underwhelming but I don't know what I expect from a junior high school. It's not like it's a university that has a lot of money to spare. After entering the gate, the first infrastructure that greets you is a large field on your left with nets on its edges. I assume this was used to play soccer because there's still 2 standing goalposts in the middle of a neglected field with tall grass sprouting all over the place. On your right is a large yellow building with blue roofs and large windows. The sign of ages could clearly be seen on the building's walls with the paint peeling off. But it is still standing tall so that's that.
"You can set up your office somewhere in that building." Tsuyo points her finger at the building in front of us. A four-story building that has ridiculous amounts of windows. I know that having sunlight is good and all but does it need to fill the entire walls from one end to another? At that point, the wall is only about… 40% of the walls and the rest is windows. "We have cleaned it up and made sure the electricity is working fine."
"Wait! There are so many rooms in this school! Can we use them to hold some of the girls? I'm afraid the children might be stressed out if they have to keep sleeping inside the ship."
"Sure, but we can't provide the beds though. We only prepared two for you and Igo." Eh… I can sleep on a table or something. I'm not exactly picky what materials I'm sleeping on as long as it's not prickly.
"Don't worry, we can get the one on the ship." Oh yeah, shipgirls' strength. For them it's probably like carrying a bag of groceries or something. "As long as the electricity is working fine and there's clean water flowing on the tap, we should be doing okay." The food? Are you expecting us to hunt? I guess that's why Monty asks whether we can hunt or not. "So should we hunt for our food?" God damn it, woman… I know I'm also curious but there's definitely a softer way of asking.
"Didn't someone ask that before?" Yeah, the bitch name is Monty and I'm in the process of turning her into a cock-slave. Sorry for causing you problems. "I don't think there's a problem with that as long as you don't overdo it but if you're concerned about food, the UN has bought you some." Money! Free! HELL YEAH! "There's a room that has been turned into a food storage and another one for the kitchen." Ain't that fucking fast?
We walk into the building with a lot of windows and the first thing we come in contact to are lockers, shoe lockers. Do we need to take off our shoes? I can walk barefooted if you want me to.
"Normally you would need to take off your shoes but I don't think you need to. It's just a custom here but we can ignore it." Well, if you insist then sure. "Follow me, I'll guide you to your offices." We turn left and walk for a couple of minutes before we stop in front of a room. "This is Stella's office." We enter the room and it is grandiose.
Fully ceramic floors with exquisite repeating pattern, fluffy red carpet as if it was made out of clouds, empty bookshelves to store important documents, a sturdy and expensive looking desk that exclude the boss energy, a fucking gaming chair for some fucking reason, 4 sofas around a square glass table and chandelier for the extra fuck your admiral causes he'll got fucking nothing.
AIN'T THIS TOO FUCKING MUCH!? DID THEY SPEND ALL THEIR MONEY ON STELLA!? I'm afraid to see my office now that I know how amazing Stella's office is. I'm afraid that my office would just be a dilapidated desk and a plastic chair with nothing else. Azur Lane is a sexist organization that poorly treats its male employees.
"This is… are you expecting us to stay here forever?" NO! Cause I'll know that I get nothing! I want to go back! "This is amazing." Yeah, that's why I'm afraid to see my office!
"Well, truth be told. The sakuran government has always wanted to have a place where Azur Lane's forces can stay in The Sakura Empire." I guess that would be beneficial to have, huh. Not only for this special circumstance but for the future too just in case there's an operation that we need to conduct near The Sakura Empire. "I guess this place will be like that then. Sadly, they're not done with the living quarters for the girls yet." How about my office? Are they done with that? Probably not because they spent their entire fucking money on Stella's!
"…this is too good for her." I agree with Sheffy. I also want to have this kind of treatment too, you know? "…Igo's office must be horrendous." Sheffy~~ Please help me.
"I don't think so." Eh? "We're not that stupid to spend all of our money on just Stella's office." How much is left is the question to that answer. You don't spend all of your money but that sentence could also be true if you spent 90% of the budget on Stella. "How about we take a look at it?"
My office was right next to Stella and… I'm sorry for slandering your good name, Azur Lane's higher ups. My office is smaller than Stella but the inside is almost as good as Stella's. Gorgeous marble floor, bookshelves, hard disk racks, 2 sofas and a coffee table, a futuristic looking table, a 3-D printer, cube projector, a table computer, 2 bean bags, a rack full of wisdom cubes, and a gaming chair. I don't have a chandelier but I don't think I'll need it.
"Thank you and sorry."
"Sorry for what exactly?" I couldn't believe I would even think of disrespecting the higher ups of Azur Lane. They're the kindest people that have ever been born in this world. I would follow death even if they told me to march toward my death.
"…he must be thinking something lewd about you."
"Huh… Should I take that as a compliment?"
"If you're talking about a normal man, then yes." Are you saying that I'm not normal, Stella? "He is always stripping the girls in his mind so don't feel special." WHAT?! Since when can you read minds too?! I thought only shipgirls do that! Damn it! Give some privacy, will ya?!
"Hm… I have kids, you know? Or is that actually a plus for you?" Aren't you supposed to be worried? Why are you asking that kind of question? You still have a great body if that's what you're asking but I don't want to create trouble. I think the most important thing here is your marriage, Tsuyo.
"For fuck's sake! Stop trying to steal my boyfriend!" She is not! She is trying to shoo me away, woman! "He is mine!" I'm Mia's!
"I'm sorry miss Tsuyo but I can't exactly steal another man's wife. That would cause quite the stir up and I'm not exactly here to make enemies." And I'm sorry to say this but in terms of size, Stella is the clear winner. "By the way, Miss Tsuyo, can you tell me about that table? It doesn't look like a normal table to me."
"Because it isn't." Tsuyo walks up to the table and stands behind it. "Come here and I'll show you." I eagerly come up to her and watch her closely. "Okay, first and foremost, this is a computer." So a new type of table computer? "First, pull the drawer to your right and you'll see the buttons." I did as she said and pulled the wide rectangular drawer and like she said, the inside was a panel full of buttons. There's the usual power button, volume increase and decrease, and brightness increase and decrease but there's also several new things like a button with a rectangular icon on it. Is that like the display button or something? Where is the keyboard? Wouldn't it be better for all of this to be on the keyboard?
"What next?"
"Press the power button." I did and the table hummed in an electronic tone and the table's edges glowed in a faint blue light. "Good, it's working properly. Now press the rectangular button." I did and several screens popped up from the table.
"Woah!" Three 20 inch screens suddenly pop out from all around the table. One from the right side of the table and 2 comes from the table top and every one of them is attached to a mechanical arm. To incorporate these screens as a material to build the table… they must have a lot of trust in their buyer to not scratch them. "This is cool! Where's the keyboard and mouse though."
"Pull the other drawer right above where you'll put your legs." This table has several drawers and all of them have their own shapes and sizes. This one is also a rectangular shaped drawer but it's much wider than the last one. I did as she said and the inside was a keyboard and a mouse. "It can also be pulled out, you know?" I grab the keyboard and the mousepad and pull them out and just like the screens, the keyboard and mouse pad were connected to mechanical arms. "It's a prototype. The designer would like for your feedback to improve it."
"Well… I'll try." Does that mean if I broke it, it wouldn't be my fault? I can just say that they need to improve the part that broke.
"Shall we continue our tour?" Everyone nods, except for Jean. She is very busy trying to stay away from her sister. I guess it's time for me to fuck around and find out.
I close the distance between me and Jean and grab her hand. "Wanna play around, darling~?"
"What are you doing?" Jean was suspicious. She has the right to be.
"Either we go together alone or I'll molest your sister~"
"Y—YOU!" Someone has to do it. We're just going to waste more time if I actually told her my main reason. "GUH!" Jean grabs my hand and then violently pulls me. "I'm taking this asshole! Don't follow me!" She can act angry as much as she wants but everyone knows that she really cares for her sister. Jean didn't wait for anyone to respond to her and pulled me out of the room and ran toward the locker room.
"IGO! NO SEX!"
"GOT IT!"
"Guuuhh!" Jean's face turns red and then she increases the speed of her legs and the next thing I knew, we both were outside of the school. "…touch me…"
"Hmm?" That's one hell of a mood shift.
"You were threatening me because I didn't let you touch me even after our bet, right?" Not exactly. I threaten people on a daily basis, Jean. "Then let's find somewhere empty and then just get this over with."
"Nope~~ That is no fun~~" Jean was shocked to hear my refusal. Hey! I'm not some sort of idiot who only know how to fuck, alright?! "But I like your idea of walking around though! Let's go!" I grab Jean's hand and then lead her to… nowhere in particular if I have to be honest with you. I'm new here and I think it's best for me to gain knowledge of my surroundings. "Let's go… That way!" I pull her toward the river that flows beside the school.
We walked side by side toward the river, hoping that there would be a bridge for us to cross but like everything in this place, that bridge had been destroyed. Welp, shit… Now what? We can turn right though and maybe find another bridge where we can cross.
"Sigh… just say it, you dumbass." Without giving me any warning, Jean lifts me up in her arms, jumps down the river and then uses her rigging to sail across before disembarking on the other side. "You being silent is much more annoying than you talking."
"Mind giving that own sentence to yourself, cutie~"
"…" She stares dead silent at me before she drops me off on my butt.
"Agh!" Damn it! My ass! My prestigious ass will become flat after this. "Uncalled for!" I stand up and brush the dust and dirt off of me.
"I changed my mind. Keep quiet."
"Make me~~" I put my index finger in front of my lips as a taunt for the pirate. I turn around and continue our walk. She might look like she doesn't like it but I can clearly hear her footsteps following behind me. Why can't she just be honest with herself? She would enjoy this walk more if she didn't bottle up her emotions. "Say Jean, do you want to loot some of these houses?"
"That's called stealing, moron."
"Eh? Since when did pirates care?"
"I'm a privateer." Tomato Potato, similar word.
"That's why I said let's loot around~~" Without waiting for her answer, I walked into a house. Being the good girl that she is, Jean follows suit. "Let's see~ Let's see~~" Whoever owns this place must have evacuated in a hurry. "Hmm~~ What's this~? What's this~?" Broken glasses and ceramics everywhere. The foods are untouched and rotten in the fridge. All the electronics are still plugged in their sockets. I can make a fortune if I sell all of this.
"Hey stupid, be careful." I taunt her by stepping on some broken glasses. "You…! Annoying piece of shit!"
"Fufufu~~ You're a criminal and I'm an officer. I don't have any reason to follow your order, pirate~~" I keep on running around this house and checking all nooks and cranny. "Huh… They actually left some money here… Lucky~~!" I found the money inside a wardrobe in the main bedroom and put it in my pocket. I Don't know how much it was but it was quite a stack.
"Stop stealing stuff. Didn't you say that you're an officer? Act like one."
"Alright, alright. Calm down, Luffy~~ I'll help you become the king of pirates~~" For a pirate, she sucks at being one. Just like Luffy, I guess. If that's the case then… FUCK! Richelieu is going to get donut-ed by the siren! "Let me grab some more stuff and then we'll go to the grand line, okay?" Maybe after we defeat the Arsenal Bird.
"You…! Fucking…!" Jean grabs my body menacingly and lifts me up over her head.
"Hey! What's the big idea?!" She then slams me onto the bed which thankfully, was pretty soft and bouncy. The bed took my momentum like a champ and saved me from any damage. "What are you—!"
"REMEMBER YOUR PLACE, ASSHOLE!" Jean places her body on top of mine and holds me down. "ACTING TOUGH LIKE YOU'RE SOME SORT OF HOT SHIT!" She holds both of my hands above me and one hand covering my mouth. "YOU'RE JUST—…" Jean suddenly stops her sentence midway and just looks at me. I can see the rage in her eyes dimming down as we look at each other's eyes deeply. "I'm… I'm… I'm so—!"
"Ssshhh~~" In her hesitation, Jean let go of my hands and I immediately put them to use by putting an index finger in front of Jean's lips. "Don't be. Let it all out~~ Use me as much as you like~~" I unbutton my shirt and show Jean my neck. "Make me your reliever~~ Let your heart out~~ Darling~~" I circle my arms around her neck and pull her head down. "Stop thinking~~ Let your feelings control you~~"
I can feel her breath on my skin. Hot and wet. Rapid and shallow. "…" The pirate opens her mouth and, "…Hmph…" nibbles down on my neck.
"Mmhh~~!" No wonder I get dominated so easily. I let everyone in on my weakness. "Good~~ Mmhh~~! Do you like it when I moan, darling~~? Ahn~~!" The pirate doesn't answer my question by words but by action. She is getting more active and I respond in kind. I circle my legs around her waist and lock her in with me. "Aaahh~~ Ahh~~ That's right~~ Let it all out… Ah~~ Ahn~~ I'm the source of your problem… Ahn~~ Mmh~~ Mmmhh~~ Aahhnn~~" Jean became more aggressive and invaded more of my collarbone and neck. I can only hope that I can hide these bite marks… somehow.
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"Uuuhh… Huh… Huh… Huh…" Damn… I don't remember swimming in sweat. Why is my body so sticky, smelly, and hot? I know it's summer but it shouldn't be that hot in the night. "Huh… Huh… Huh… Say Jean, want to continue our walk? Huh… Huh… Huh… I may need some fresh air."
"…" Jean's face was pure red from embarrassment. I know that both of us are sweaty but there's nothing to be embarrassed about. I'm as smelly as you're, you know? "…sure." She brings her hand forward and just stands there, silently.
I think that's a signal for me to grab her hand. "Come on~~!" Of course, I gladly took her hand and led the way. I'm her admiral after all. "Hmm~~ Hmm~~ Hmm~~" I cheerfully hum a cheerful tone as we follow the road and turn left. Huh… Maybe I should loot these houses too.
We both keep on walking and walking it's almost as if our feet were controlled by someone else. The cold wind blowing past your face makes me forget that I was out of breath a couple of seconds ago. The street lights not working is kind of an annoyance since you're more likely to bump your feet on something but without it, the stars and moon were free to shine. I would love to just sit down and look up but I had a feeling that this might not be the best place. I should search for the highest place around these parts and go stargazing there.
"Hmm?" As we both were deep in our own thoughts, a particular man-made infrastructure picks my interest. It was a railroad. If we follow this, we'll reach a station. The main question is, which way? "Hmm?" As I turned my head toward the other way, something else caught my attention. It was a ruined convenience store. "Hey Jean, there's a convenience store. Let's check it out."
"…sure."
"Excuse me~~" I loudly pronounced as I opened the door and walked in the store. You know no one has been here before because all the stuff is still in their place. Moldy bread, expired snacks, non-expired snacks, candy, masks, stationery items, comics, and all sorts of stuff are still on their counter. "Score!" I said to myself when I saw some porn mags.
"Are you fucking kidding me?" What? I'm a man, you know!? These are my daily supplements! "Stella is going to be mad at you if you bring those back."
"Sigh… I guess you're right." And it's bad for the children too. "Hmm?" As my eyes wandered around again, some particular boxes caught my attention. It was a red rectangular box with a big number on it's cover. "Okamoto Condoms… Zero one…" It's called zero one but the number on it is 0.01 so which one is correct? Either way, you know this place is untouched by time or anyone because there's still somecondoms here. Because of the current situation with the human population, condoms have almost been banned in almost all countries. Every leader wants their people to breed like bunnies and increase the population.
"Are you for real right now?" Hmm? "You really want to get your pickle polish that much, huh…"
"Ahaha~~ Not exactly. I'm just looking at a relic from the past. You rarely ever see these kinds of things other than in forward bases where pregnancy will get in the way." I remember when Mia bought it for us that one time when we got discharged from the Army. Huh… If only that me knew what kind of adventure I would go through. "Ah! There are some bags here!" I go over the counter and grab several bags from under the counter. "Help me bag some snacks and drink, will ya? We'll give it to the others too!"
"Tsuyo is not going to be happy with this." I know and the worst part, she is married. My usual bullshit won't be as effective with her. "As long as you take responsibility, sure." Jean grabs several of the bags and disappears behind the aisles. I need to start grabbing some stuff or I might be left in the dust by the pirate.
"Hmm…" I look at the snacks and look at the stuff that hasn't gone past their expiration date. "This one… This one… And… What the fuck…" I couldn't help but to express my surprise when I grabbed a horse flavored chocolate bar. You heard me right. A horse flavored chocolate bar. You don't need to know the words when there's a literal picture of a horse on the bag. "Jean… Be careful with what you're picking. There's some weird flavor around here."
"Yeah… I found some too." It might be normal for the sakuran girls though… so maybe I'll bring some just in case. As we kept searching the aisles for more snacks and drinks, we found more and more unusual products. I think I've had enough of these things and we should go back. I'm afraid that I will find some cursed flavor that will haunt me for the rest of my life.
"Jean, are you done or is there some more stuff that you want to get?" I got 4 bags full of snacks and drinks in my hands.
"No. Give me that. I'll carry them on my riggings." It hurts my pride that Jean is carrying 8 bags on her own but I shouldn't be surprised since she is a KANSEN. "Go take a look around one last time. I don't want to go back."
"Alright~~" I do as she asks me to and look around. "Hmm?" I don't remember the condom section having a lot of space on the back but then again, I was seeing it from the front so of course I wouldn't see the space on the back. I guess the people around here used to be sex freaks.
"Are you done?"
"Yeah~~~"
We legally steal it, Stella.
"Ahaha…. That was anticlimactic."
Does that test the durability or strength of the child?
"Quite the exquisite snack you have there. It will go well with the Sardegnian wine."
"Why don't you smile and show me your beautiful face~?"