Pennsylvania could only turn her head to Commander Wang Yu; “We meet again, Commander Wang Yu. I didn’t expect to see you again so soon after we last met. I previously said you could ask us for help if anything came up, but now it seems I was boasting.”
With that, the usual carefree expression was gone from her face, and she said to Wang Yu with a serious look: “On behalf of all the Ship Girls of the Xianhua City Garrison Fleet, I thank the Tianqing Port Fleet for extending a helping hand. If you hadn’t helped us this time, my garrison fleet would probably have been completely wiped out under the Siren’s bombardment.”
She bowed deeply to Wang Yu, who quickly replied: “There’s no need to be so polite. You’ve always helped our port inspect the sea area, so we should be the ones thanking you. As for the support, it’s what we should do. All Commanders would do the same. Everything is for Azure Lane.”
“But other Commanders might not have been able to save all my sisters,” Pennsylvania said, “I promised to protect all of them.”
Looking at the determined eyes of the mature Ship girl in front of him, Wang Yu still accepted the thanks.
After a period of polite exchanges, the atmosphere quickly became lively. Since both sides intended to build a good relationship, they naturally chatted happily.
Soon, Pennsylvania brought up the main topic: “Besides thanking Commander Wang Yu for his actions this time, there’s also… before,” she paused, looking at the silent girl beside her, “Miss Gascogne’s spoils of war were not collected, so we helped clear the battlefield. Because we’ve been busy these past few days with various reasons, such as reporting to Headquarters and tallying battle losses, we only managed to find time to visit today. I came this time to deliver these spoils of war to Miss Gascogne.”
Wang Yu looked at Amagi beside him, who nodded slightly, indicating that Pennsylvania and her group had indeed brought supplies.
Wang Yu hadn’t expected that Pennsylvania and her group would send over all the spoils of war from the previous battle.
Although it was reasonable that the spoils of war should belong to him, after all, this time it was considered a defensive mission for the garrison fleet, and he was only providing support. Although the support was quite significant, usually in such situations, he would only get a portion of the spoils, not everything.
“What exactly are the spoils of war?” he asked curiously. He knew that in this world, after fighting the Siren, spoils of war would be obtained, but since he hadn’t fought before, he only knew what was obtained through hearsay. This time, he finally saw real spoils of war.
“This time, many Siren Fleets were annihilated. We sank 3 elite Executors, plus over 300 mass-produced models, yielding approximately 10,000 resource coins and crude oil, over 50 elementary and intermediate enhancement parts, and most importantly, 8 Wisdom Cubes.”
Pennsylvania briefly introduced the spoils of war.
It sounded like a rich harvest, but his construction consumption was astonishing. These resources would barely cover one major construction, and those enhancement parts were even more useless, probably just white and blue parts that would just clutter his warehouse…
“Then the Wisdom Cubes are mine, I’ll take two-thirds of the resource coins and crude oil, and all the enhancement parts are yours,” Wang Yu thought for a moment and directly proposed the distribution plan for the spoils of war.
“How can that be? They were all enemies defeated by your port…”
Wang Yu shook his head and said firmly, “Our port has no use for these enhancement parts. Use them to strengthen yourselves. That way, you’ll be safer if you encounter the Siren at sea. The other construction resources are useful to both of us. Our port will take the larger share, and the remaining portion of resource coins and crude oil will go to you. If you need to gamble on tech boxes, our port has a construction device that can help.”
These resources were expendable to him but not to the Headquarters garrison fleet. As second-line combat personnel, their resource allocation was definitely not abundant. He wasn't one to hoard everything; he couldn't bring himself to monopolize all the spoils of war.
Pennsylvania wanted to refuse, but then she thought that some of her fleet still didn't have equipment, and not all of those who did were enhanced. Her fleet almost got wiped out this time, and luck wouldn't always be on their side.
She gritted her teeth: “Then thank you, Commander Wang Yu.”
After distributing the spoils of war, the conversation between Wang Yu and Pennsylvania became much more relaxed. This fiery, mature woman was very talkative, and after chatting for a while, she quickly became like a sworn sister to Wang Yu. It seemed like they were just one person short of becoming sworn siblings.
Wang Yu also gained a lot from listening to the various gossip and strange maritime tales Pennsylvania shared.
“So the mayor of Xianhua City used to be a Commander?” Wang Yu was a bit curious. He had been wondering how to deal with them when he received news from Xianhua City, but now he found out they were like colleagues. This feeling…
It wasn’t too bad, at least they wouldn’t talk past each other and have nothing to discuss.
“That’s not uncommon. Most coastal cities have close ties with port areas. Mayor Charlie of Xianhua City is actually a decent person, just a bit timid, and he didn’t have enough strength to apply for a port, so he voluntarily applied to be transferred to the second line for logistics work. He’s counting on your port to charge into battle, so as long as you don’t have any excessive demands, he’s absolutely easy to talk to.” Pennsylvania directly spilled the beans to Wang Yu.
This was the benefit of increased favorability; the Headquarters Ship Girls would proactively provide information, and these things weren’t news everyone knew.
It seemed there wouldn't be many twists and turns when he went to Xianhua City to meet the city's power holders later. Wang Yu had a rough idea in his mind and couldn't help but relax a little.
“Oh, by the way,” he suddenly remembered something: “How much do you know about that TB System?”
“The TB System,” Pennsylvania pondered for a moment: “I only know that it seems to be a system specifically developed for exploring the Great World. It has very strong auxiliary capabilities and is said to be quite popular among Commanders.”
Of course, it’s very popular. Wang Yu recalled the comments he saw in the forum from those fawning over TB Miss, and he couldn’t help but feel a headache.
Everyone else is drunk, but I am sober. What can I do to save you, Azure Lane?
Seeing that he couldn't get any more information about the TB System from Pennsylvania, Wang Yu gave up on pressing the matter and started chatting with Pennsylvania about other news.
Laughter occasionally echoed from the Commander’s office…
In the evening, Pennsylvania left the port with a pile of tech boxes. Pennsylvania still decided to directly convert the materials into resources and asked Wang Yu to perform a batch of small constructions.
Small constructions in locked mode would not build Ship Girls, but they also didn't require the use of Wisdom Cubes, and the burden on the Commander was much smaller. For Wang Yu, who had already strengthened his body, this was an incredibly easy construction.
My construction can’t be this easy!
It just felt so unreal…