Wang Yu, panting, returned to his temporary residence at the Headquarters.
The towels and other toiletries were placed there quietly, as if they had been waiting for a long time.
After his breathing calmed down a bit, he picked up a towel and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Commander, are you back from your morning exercise? Have you eaten already?"
"I already ate on the way back," Wang Yu glanced at Glorious, who was still tidying up his room. He wisely didn't ask why Glorious was in his room.
After all, a Secretary Ship's power is limitless...
"Didn't I tell you not to clean like this? I'm just staying here temporarily, it's not my own home, just a quick tidy-up is fine." Wang Yu didn't quite understand why Glorious was so insistent on keeping the room spotless; he thought cleaning it was already enough.
But Glorious obviously didn't think so. She believed that as Wang Yu's Secretary Ship, she should take care of every aspect of his life. Since the maid corps wasn't around, she should be responsible for his daily care.
Wang Yu's inner self refused to become a useless person. At the very least, he had no problem taking care of his own daily life.
It's just that doing so didn't have much effect. Hmm, he always felt that men and women had different definitions of tidiness. Hmm, he clearly felt he had cleaned it very well, but in Glorious's eyes, the room was probably as if it hadn't been cleaned at all.
After a few times, Wang Yu got used to Glorious's behavior, but every time he saw it, he couldn't help but say a few words. As for the key to his room, Glorious had already obtained it during his coma, using her status as a Secretary Ship, and showed no intention of returning it.
However, since their last heart-to-heart talk, he clearly felt that his relationship with his Secretary Ship had become more intimate. Although their relationship was already close before, Wang Yu always felt there was something indescribable, an unclear barrier between them.
It can only be said that secrets easily bring people closer, and asking for help can also quickly close the distance with others, especially when the other person already has a good impression of you and doesn't mind helping.
He asked Glorious to help him become a qualified Commander, and based on Glorious's performance in the game, one of her favorite things was for others to ask her for help. This could be considered a roundabout way of conquering Glorious; even if he reached a point where there was nothing left to conquer, he couldn't stop moving forward.
"Let me see if today's Commander has been lazy." Glorious hummed a tune cheerfully, stopping her tidying.
Wang Yu knew from her actions that Glorious was communicating with her carrier-based aircraft.
"There's no need to check, is there...?" Shouldn't there be some trust in the Commander? Yes, Glorious had been fulfilling her promise these past few days to make Wang Yu a qualified Commander.
This naturally included Wang Yu's physical training, but to even arrange for carrier-based aircraft to supervise the training was simply too little trust in him as a Commander.
"Hmph, that's not necessarily true. The Commander isn't as honest as he seems."
Glorious snorted lightly, indicating that a Commander was not to be trusted. Without her supervision, the Commander would probably run wild, and as his Secretary Ship, taking care of everything for the Commander was her rightful duty.
Although the Commander had been doing very well since joining the port, it wasn't absolute. The Commander had also made many mistakes, but no one is perfect, and the Commander is no exception. It's permissible for the Commander to make mistakes, but not to keep making them.
When it's necessary to be strict with the Commander, she should be strict; otherwise, she wouldn't be worthy of her title as Secretary Ship.
Wang Yu had nothing to say about this phenomenon, and Glorious's reaction was within his expectations. It can only be said that persistence itself is a very difficult thing to achieve, but persistence is also a very easy thing to achieve.
As long as you truly have the determination and method to do something, plus a clear goal, accomplishing it all is effortless.
For Wang Yu, becoming a truly qualified Commander was his current must-achieve goal, and achieving that goal certainly wasn't just talk.
"Hmm, Commander, you've done well." Glorious praised Wang Yu cheerfully and continued tidying his room.
After a while, Glorious looked at the neatly tidied room with satisfaction, walked over to Wang Yu, and helped him straighten the corner of his clothes. Only then, looking as if a great task had been accomplished, did she speak: "So, are we still inviting York over for afternoon tea this afternoon?"
"Of course, let that little fellow York experience the beauty of our port." Wang Yu had also thought it through.
After all, what was there for him to hesitate about? When he first met Shangri-La, he wasn't even a Commander and hadn't successfully built anything. Shangri-La hadn't shown any intention of forbidding him from contacting York or anything like that, clearly not opposing him acquiring Ship Girls, or rather, tacitly approving of it. Whether he could acquire them depended on his own ability.
Ship Girls themselves have very keen intuition, but intuition is clearly not omnipotent. However, they can clearly judge others' likes and dislikes or detect certain malicious intentions.
As for his identity as a Commander, he had indeed been a bit too petty before. He just needed to do his best to do what he should. Although York was a child, she could also understand what she truly wanted.
As a Royal heavy cruiser, York had been at the White Eagle Headquarters for so many years, coupled with her chuunibyou personality. She should have been quite lonely all this time, which was the basis for her easily forming good relationships with Wang Yu and Glorious.
She regarded Wang Yu as a companion with similar hobbies, and Glorious was a comrade from the same faction. With Glorious's gentle and caring older sister-like personality, deliberately befriending someone else would hardly cause resentment. Both sides hit it off, and their relationship naturally progressed rapidly.
Wang Yu estimated that it wouldn't be long before he could win York over to his port. Of course, the most important thing now was to first apply for the port. Without a port, even if he wanted to acquire Ship Girls, he felt embarrassed.
He couldn't just make people follow him when he didn't even have a place like a home. However, the matter of the port still couldn't be rushed too much. Shangri-La had already leaked a little information.
Usually, the Headquarters would not reject such an application from a branch. Similar applications are generally just a formality. After all, the funds required to apply for such a port are all provided by the Headquarters branch itself, and the management of such ports has always been independently handled by the branch itself.
They are considered independent armed forces under the branch.
However, the military rank of a Commander in charge of a port still needs to be personally appointed by the Headquarters.
After all, he was different from other Commanders. Other Commanders who applied for a port had already accumulated sufficient strength and merits, with a very complete promotion mechanism. Everything was clearly defined, with no disputes.