Chapter 48: Seems like returning to daily life again

This is the naval training ground of the San San Qi Garrison.
"Yukikaze! Lower your center of gravity! Bend your knees slightly!" I shout at the top of my lungs, with my hands in front of my mouth, as the waves continue to crash against the breakwaters beneath my feet, occasionally splashing cool droplets of water that provide a refreshing sensation to my dry throat.
"What-?!" It took a moment for Yukikaze (sister) in the distance to react, then she turned her head towards me and shouted loudly. Shocked by her reaction, I quickly and urgently called out, "Yukikaze, stop!"
As we all know, in novels, movies, comics, and so on, whenever someone warns another person of danger or tells them to stop, the degree of their panic is directly proportional to the likelihood of failure, and I am no exception.
Only saw the distant Yukikaze (meimei) keeping her body forward, half of her face turned towards me as she drove straight towards an obstacle not far away. After hearing my shout, she instinctively turned her head forward and then dodged past it at a very beautiful angle. Just as I let out a sigh of relief, she suddenly tripped her left foot with her right foot and fell onto the water surface.
Because the distance was too far, I couldn't see clearly the panties and stuff. I don't feel any regret at all, yeah, that's right.
"Ha..." Looking at the slightly disheveled Yukikaze (sister) returning to the shore all wet, I breathed a sigh of relief, "How are you? You didn't get hurt just now, did you?"
Yukikaze (Younger Sister) smiled weakly and said, "I'm fine." Just as she finished speaking, a cute sneeze escaped from Yukikaze's nose.
I waved my hand helplessly and said, "Alright, let's call it a day for today's training. Go wash up so you won't catch a cold."
Watching the figure of Yukikaze (sister) fade into the distance, I hesitantly touched my hair. Yukikaze (sister) being completely drenched just now almost made me lose control, but luckily I managed to keep my composure.
To be elegant, not vulgar, that's the kind of person I am.
It has been four days since I arrived at this naval base. During these four days, besides taking over the work of the previous admiral, all we have been doing is regular daily practice. We haven't even had any exercises, let alone actual combat. It feels like I'm on vacation, and it's strange to suddenly relax after fighting so much. Habits can be a scary thing.
The Shimakaze sisters also demonstrate completely different levels of ability in their daily training. The lively and energetic older sister is considered to be above average in all aspects among the destroyer girls in the same naval base, and she has a particular interest in torpedoes that are big and long. On the other hand, the shy and timid younger sister may not excel in navigation or shooting training compared to her sister, but she possesses an astonishing instinct for danger. With just this instinct alone, she can enhance her personal combat ability by more than one level, especially when dealing with ambushes.
However, because our naval base is not located on the front line battlefield, we cannot determine who is stronger or weaker between the sisters without practical combat verification.
In the new naval base, I also got to know many new ship girls...
"Isn't that Da Feng?" Well, actually, the greeting at the beginning was just a casual "Yo~". I followed the sound and saw a funny-looking person with a smile on his face approaching rapidly: "Is the training over? Come and have afternoon tea with me~"
A big sister with a tea-colored hair, wearing a specially designed miko uniform, battleship Kongou, as the big sister of Kongou-class battleships, never acts seriously all day long. She is fine with outsiders, but when she is with us who are familiar with her... "Calling this person a clown is already a compliment." - by Yuudachi
"No, no, no, I still have things to do..." Before I had a chance to refuse, King Kong grabbed my hand and said without hesitation, "Seriously, there are no sisters here to keep me company, and I am quite lonely, you know~"
This fool just doesn't know how to listen!
"Wait, wait! I haven't agreed to go for tea with you!" I struggled and tried to pull my hand back, but I also didn't dare to struggle too hard, which resulted in me being dragged along by the other person.
Just as I was struggling, Jin Gang suddenly stopped, which scared me and I froze there. I thought this silly guy got annoyed by me and wanted to do something inappropriate for children.
I saw King Kong raise a finger to me seriously: "Humph humph humph~ I'm sure you think that there's nothing good about only having black tea. But hey, I have prepared some desserts this time too~"
"Haha... That's not what I meant..." I don't know what to say anymore...
Kong looks at me as I stop struggling, and then he laughs, "Hehehe, that's more like it~ Let's go together and enjoy a happy afternoon tea time~"
"No..." Even if I had a thousand words at this moment, they were all being stuffed into my mouth by this guy, and it felt as if I had accidentally gotten on the wrong car while the experienced driver was driving.
"Ah, Da Feng, so you're here." At this moment, the savior of the evening, Xia Zhang, appeared in the world. I saw that voice, which was like heavenly music, and both King Kong and I instinctively stopped moving.
"I'm telling you, that thing has already been debugged!" Xia Zhang's expression was full of excitement, like a child eager to share their beloved toy. Her words also caught my attention, as I had originally planned to go to Xia Zhang to inquire about the progress of equipment debugging."
"Um...Kong, I'm really sorry, but I have to go test the new equipment with Xizhang, so can we have afternoon tea together next time?" I smiled apologetically at Kong and after confirming with him several times that we would definitely have tea together next time, Kong finally let go of me, looking reluctant.
"Kong really seems to like you a lot," Xia said with a smirk as I walked over, visibly relieved.
"Don't tease... Every time Kong is mentioned, I can't help but cover my face and look up at the sky. It's not like I've told her a few strange and interesting stories... I don't want to have a jolly good laugh with her at all now. But leaving that aside, where are the things?"
Yu Zhang smiled and handed me a box from the bag she was carrying on her back: "Don't be so hasty, it's right here. Let's go together to get the ship's equipment."
Standing on the gently undulating water surface, I kept taking deep breaths. Xia Zhang, standing on the shore, explained to me the precautions for cherry blossoms: "Because cherry blossoms are different from ordinary projectiles, the timing of ignition of the propulsion system is fixed. Therefore, the direct firing accuracy and power are higher than the launching. Launching can greatly increase the range, but the impact point of the projectile will be difficult to control."
I nodded, fitting the clip labeled with cherry blossoms onto the crossbow and raised my hand to aim at a distant target.
"Straight shot...?" I mumbled to myself, raising my hand slightly higher. In the instant that I lightly pulled the trigger, the arrow whizzed through the air and magnified, transforming into the shape of cherry blossoms.
Sakura ignited immediately after appearing, and the tail began to flicker with flames, accelerating suddenly along a very straight diagonal line, soaring into the sky. After surpassing the target, it is unknown where it flew to.
"......" I narrowed my eyes and asked Xiaozhang, who was standing behind me craning her neck to look, "There are no fairies riding on this thing, right?"
Xiaozhang came back to her senses and nodded, "That's right, because this is a weapon similar to a cannonball, so I developed it from the beginning without the assistance of fairies. Although the various data of the sakura will increase significantly with the assistance of fairies, using this kind of divine wind-like weapon will definitely make Miss Lilia angry, right?"
When the Sakura appeared just now, I didn't get the pilot's view like when I usually launch a shipborne aircraft. Subconsciously, I wondered if this thing was unmanned. Confirming this with Xi Zhang was just me seeking reassurance, after all, in the original world, the weapon represented by Sakura is not something good, huh.
Maybe it's because she stayed at the Anchorage for too long, in her subconsciousness she still treats the original Admiral of Saneki as her own Admiral, and refers to Riea as "Miss Riea" instead of "Admiral Riea".
"Of course, but this is enough. I don't want to jeopardize the lives of the fairies every time I raise my hand," I smiled and pulled the trigger effortlessly. The cherry blossom bullet tore through the air, emitting a piercing screech, and after creating ripples in its wake, it shattered the target into pieces.
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