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“Me? How could I…” Akagi pointed to himself and stood there, stunned.

Saratoga honestly told Akagi what she had just been thinking.

After hearing Saratoga's words, Akagi was stunned for a few seconds, then couldn't help but burst out laughing.

“Me? Taking it out on you… Haha…” Akagi covered her mouth, laughing non-stop. “I was indeed angered by Lexington, but why would I punish you for something like that?”

"Yes, but..."

“I’m chopping vegetables because we’re really short-handed… To distract Elizabeth, Kaga went out to sea to fish with them, so I really need someone to help me out.” Akagi smiled and patted Saratoga’s head. “I called you here simply because I think you’re obedient and reliable, Saratoga. It’s definitely not for any other reason.”

"So that's it?!"

"Yes, and most importantly, the entire naval base knows that Saratoga couldn't have Whitebeard, and that Lexington spent the night with Whitebeard while you were away. You must be the most aggrieved, right? Why would I kick someone when they're down?"

“…Saratoga.”

Chapter 2010 Clean Hands

Listening to Akagi's words, Saratoga suddenly felt that Akagi would be more satisfying than giving him a good scolding.

What utter misery this is!

"So, cheer up. We're all in this together from now on," Akagi said to Saratoga with a smile.

"Huh? A group?"

“Yes.” Akagi snorted and said to Saratoga, “I think Lexington has been letting herself go these past few days. She’s tricked Little White into coming home several times while on campaign. She’s a real vixen. This time, I won’t forgive her so easily.”

"what……"

"Saratoga, you think so too, right?"

"Uh, I didn't..." Saratoga blurted out, but upon seeing Akagi's gentle yet scrutinizing gaze, she suddenly trembled and hurriedly nodded to Akagi, "Yes, yes..."

“Then we’re comrades now,” Akagi said, extending her hand to Saratoga. “Let’s teach Lexington a lesson together.”

"..." Saratoga looked at Akagi's outstretched hand with a complicated expression. Actually, Saratoga didn't mind her older sister's actions, but given the current situation, she couldn't do anything to upset Akagi, so she tentatively reached out and shook hands with Akagi. "Okay..."

Anyway...

My older sister is still in the garrison headquarters a thousand miles away, so it seems like it wouldn't be a problem for me to act rebelliously here...

Think of this.

Saratoga breathed a sigh of relief.

"Huh? Who are you going to teach a lesson to?" Just as Saratoga breathed a sigh of relief, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind her.

"Huh?!" Saratoga jumped at the sound of the voice, her eyes widening as she turned around to look behind her.

really.

The constellation stood behind him, hands behind its back, looking at him with interest and a smile in its eyes; "I think I just heard Saratoga say you were going to deal with Lexington? Is it true?"

“Star…Sister Constellation…” Saratoga was shocked.

"Saratoga, you've gotten quite the airhead these past few days," Constellation said with a grin. "I'm really looking forward to Lexington's reaction when she hears about this..."

"No! No! Constellation Sister! I didn't, I didn't—" Saratoga was so frightened that she immediately clung tightly to Constellation's leg, looking at her in shock, "Constellation Sister, when did you get here..."

"I came with the Admiral," Constellation replied with a smile, pointing behind her with her thumb. Then she smiled and bowed to Akagi. "Good morning, Akagi-neechan! I just arrived here with the Admiral today, and she asked me to say hello to you!"

“It’s a constellation.” Akagi looked at the constellation with a smile. “So, Shiro is back too? What about Lexington?”

“Lexington is still working at the naval base and won’t be back until this afternoon. As for the Admiral, she originally wanted to come with me, but she just said she had something to do, so she left with Super Yamato on the vortex black hole.” Constellation said to Akagi, “Anyway, the Admiral agreed to my request and let me help out in Chapter 8! Nice to meet you!”

"Okay, nice to meet you." Akagi covered her mouth and chuckled. "It's better with more people. Have you eaten breakfast, Zodiac?"

"Let's eat! Together with the Admiral."

"Oh, I see. Well... but we'll be having breakfast soon. If you don't mind, Constellation, I'll give you a pair of chopsticks too. If you're not hungry, you can eat a little less. The seafood here is quite good, and the fish we caught today are very fresh."

"Is that okay? Thank you!"

"Of course!" Akagi chatted and laughed with Constellation.

"Oh...right, speaking of which, were you just discussing with Saratoga about how to deal with my sister, Akagi-nee?"

"It's not really a matter of dealing with each other or not. It's just that Lexington has been throwing tantrums and bringing the Admiral home every day these past few days. If we don't teach her a lesson, I'd be letting down the sisters at the naval base who have been working so hard these past few days to cover up the Admiral's information. Saratoga just agreed to this too."

"Oh~" Constellation chuckled, looking down at Saratoga with an amused expression. "I knew it!"

“…” Saratoga swallowed nervously, clutching Constellation’s sleeve tightly. “No, no… Constellation, let me explain…”

"Things are already very clear..."

"No, no!"

"My family is unfortunate..."

"...Whoa!!"

Saratoga clung tightly to Constellation's body, refusing to let it leave.

—I

While things were getting lively in Akagi, Shiro and Mega Yamato weren't at the villa. After Chapter 8 of "Sending the Constellations," Shiro barely lingered; she and Mega Yamato, riding the dark vortex, returned to the ruined city once more.

Today is the deadline for the two-day agreement that Xiaobai and Shenhai Ruihe made.

It's about time to fulfill my promise to the Deep Sea Crane.

Passing through the pitch-black vortex.

Shiro and Super Yamato returned to their temporary base in the ruined city, to that incredibly cramped little changing room. Having learned from their previous experience, Shiro and Super Yamato were much more coordinated in the narrow room. They first twisted and squeezed together, then closed the black vortex. Only after Super Yamato's vortex completely disappeared did Shiro push open the changing room door, and the two of them tumbled out of the changing room.

Two figures ran out of the locker room one after the other.

Xiao Bai staggered several steps down the corridor before regaining his balance by leaning against the wall. He rubbed his lower back against the wall, then sighed helplessly.

Xiao Bai felt that... setting the vortex black hole's teleportation point in the changing room in a moment of impulsiveness was probably the worst decision he made on this deep-sea trip...

It's precisely because the teleportation markers for the super-large and the teleportation points cannot be deleted or changed, and because there are too many of them, it's inconvenient to manage them and it will affect the efficiency of the super-large and teleportation points. Otherwise, Xiaobai would have thought that he would have to find a reason to change to a more spacious teleportation point.

"Super Yamato, are you alright?" Shiro turned around and greeted Super Yamato.

"No problem..." Chao Dahe straightened his somewhat disheveled clothes and nodded to Xiao Bai.

"Phew...that's good, let's go down." Shiro said to Chao Yamato.

Xiaobai and Chaoda left the corridor and walked down to the lobby on the first floor.

When Xiaobai and Chaoda arrived at the lobby on the first floor, sure enough, a solitary figure was sitting quietly in the center of the lobby, waiting for Xiaobai.

Fortunately, I returned to the city ahead of schedule... I knew I hadn't underestimated Fukami Zuikaku's impatience.

Xiao Bai felt a surge of relief to himself.

"Miss Suzukaku?" Shiro called out to Suzukaku without surprise, "You're here so early?"

"..." Upon hearing Shiro's voice, Shinkai Zuikaku's head moved slightly. She turned her head and looked towards the stairwell. When she saw Shiro and Chao Yamato's figures, a rare look of confusion appeared on her usually indifferent face. "How...did you get out of here?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

“I came here just as the sun rose this morning. I looked for you in the rooms upstairs, including the one you were in yesterday.” Shenhai Zuikaku looked at Xiaobai with some confusion. “But I couldn’t find you anywhere after searching for a long time. I thought you had gone out… Where were you before?”

"Uh... well..." Xiaobai paused, scratched her head, and smiled apologetically at Shenhai Zuikaku, but didn't answer her directly. "It's nothing serious, just a small matter... I'll explain to you later, Miss Shenhai Zuikaku. But right now, Miss Shenhai Zuikaku, you should be more concerned about something else, right?"

"..." Reminded by Xiaobai, the doubt in Shenhai Ruihe's eyes immediately disappeared, replaced by calmness. She nodded, stood up, and walked towards Xiaobai with a cold expression. "...Two days have passed, you should give me an answer."

Super Big and Little White stepped out from behind, guarding Little White warily and preventing Deep Sea Crane from getting close to Little White.

The deep-sea crane wisely stopped where it was, its gaze sweeping over the super-sized Yamato before landing on Shiro.

"Super Yamato, it's okay, Miss Zuikaku is a good person." Shiro patted Super Yamato's arm and said with a smile.

"..." Chao Yamato nodded, then stood back behind Xiaobai, but still carefully watched every move of Shenhai Zuikaku.

“I… am not a good person.” Deep Sea Zuikaku said coldly to Shiro, “If you don’t convince me, I will still bring the news from the shore to Frederick and the others. I will not continue to cover for you just because you say I am a good person.”

"I understand, I understand." Xiaobai nodded with a smile. "Then... before we talk, let me confirm the deal between you and Miss Abyssal Zuikaku. It's that as long as I offer the possibility of taking you away from this city, you will continue to help me conceal the news about the ship girls on the shore and not tell Frederick and the others, right?"

"Yes." Zuikaku from the Deep Sea nodded.

"How can I know that you, Ms. Fukami Zuikaku, are a person who keeps your promises?"

“If you can produce proof that you can take me away from here, I won’t have to continue obeying Frederick, and of course I won’t bring this information to her,” said Fukami Zuikaku calmly. “If you can’t take me away, it means I have to continue living in this city. In order to avoid being punished by Frederick, I have to tell her this information that may be detrimental to her.”

"Perfect logic." Xiaobai clasped his hands together and smiled at the Deep Sea Crane.

"Then what about the proof?" Deep Sea Zuikaku was silent for a while, then fixed its orange-gold eyes on Little White. "The two days have already passed."

"Although I personally wanted to go on and on... um... but seeing how anxious you seem, Miss Fukami Zuikaku, let's just get straight to the point." Shiro murmured softly, walked up to Fukami Zuikaku, pulled up her sleeve, and held out her palm. "Look, this is proof."

Little White's tiny hand was placed right under the eyes of the Deep Sea Crane.

"?" Fukami Zuikaku tilted her head. At first, she didn't understand what Shiro meant. But soon, after staring at Shiro's palm for a few seconds, Fukami Zuikaku suddenly seemed to realize something. Her eyes widened and her breathing became rapid. "...!"

The deep-sea crane noticed it.

Xiao Bai's palms... were clean, there was nothing there.

Chapter 2011 The Invincible Frederick the Great

Deep Sea Crane's pupils contracted. She took two steps forward, her expression somewhat excited, and grabbed Little White's hand, staring intently at it as she examined it.

"Why... why is there nothing in your hands?" Fukami Zuikaku's voice trembled slightly as she asked, completely lacking her previous composure.

It's not strange for a girl to have clean hands.

but.

Both Deep Sea Crane and Little White knew very well that the so-called "cleanliness" at this moment did not mean that Little White's hands were free of dust or mud, but rather meant something else entirely.

Deep Sea Zuikaku clearly remembered that when she led Xiaobai away from the Black Spire, she explained to Xiaobai the city's rule that only entry was allowed and no exit was permitted. To prove her point, she also found the golden mark left by Frederick the Great in Xiaobai's palm, indicating that Xiaobai and Super Yamato had been exposed to Frederick the Great's observation and would never be able to escape in this lifetime.

but……

At this moment, the golden mark on Xiaobai's palm had disappeared without a trace, as if it had never existed at all.

This is an incredibly awe-inspiring event for the deep-sea crane.

Deep Sea Zuikaku was well aware of the crucial significance of getting rid of the mark left by Frederick the Great on his body for Deep Sea Dean, who wanted to escape from the city.

"This is my proof." Xiaobai smiled slightly at the Deep Sea Crane and withdrew her hand. "So? Is this proof convincing enough?"

"...How did you do that?" Shenhai Zuikaku paused for a moment, suppressing her excitement, and asked Xiaobai in a low voice.

"Well... of course, I used some little tricks." Xiaobai stuck out her tongue at the Deep Sea Zuikaku.

"Can you help other people remove tags?"

"Of course."

"...Where's the evidence?"

"I knew you'd ask that." Xiaobai beckoned to Chao Yamato behind him. "Chao Yamato, prove something to Miss Fukami Zuikaku."

Upon hearing this, Chao Dahe quickly lowered his head and unbuttoned his collar, revealing his snow-white and smooth shoulders to Shen Hai Zuikaku.

“Miss Fukami Zuikaku, you must have seen the mark on Super Yamato the day you took us to find a house, right? Look, Super Yamato doesn’t have Frederick’s mark anymore.” Shiro smiled at Fukami Zuikaku, and then, to further prove her point, she walked to the wall in the lobby on the first floor, used her fingers to pry out two marks from the wall, and showed them to Fukami Zuikaku. “The two marks on Super Yamato and me are perfectly preserved here. Please take a look.”

"..." Deep Sea Zuikaku looked down at the mark on Xiaobai's hand.

The Deep Sea Crane also bears the mark left by Frederick. She has lived with this mark for countless years and can recognize its authenticity at a glance.

"Is it true?" Xiaobai asked.

“…Yes,” replied the deep-sea hermitage.

"So...it seems our deal is done." Shiro smiled at Sumirei Zuikaku. "Now, Miss Sumirei Zuikaku, can you believe I have the ability to take you away?"

"Help me remove it." Deep Sea Zuikaku stretched out his hand to Xiaobai, opening his palm with the Frederick mark.

"Sorry, not at the moment."

"?"

“I do have the means to help Miss Fukami Zuikaku remove the mark… However, do you remember our deal?” Shiro put her index finger to her lips and smiled at Fukami Zuikaku. “You still need to help us conquer Chapter 8. If I remove Frederick’s mark for you now, what if you just leave? In that case, not only will I not get your help, Miss Fukami Zuikaku, but I might even expose my ability to remove Frederick’s mark to Frederick.”

"..." Shenhai Zuikaku did not speak. She lowered her hands, and her expression gradually became calm.

"Our deal can continue, right?" Xiaobai asked Shenhai Zuikaku.

“…” Shenhai Zuikaku was silent for a while, then nodded.

"It's a pleasure to work with you," Xiaobai said with a smile.