Azur Lane: I Crossed the Graduation Port Area

Chapter 646 The New Year Festival Begins

Compared to the iron-blooded wolves and White Eagle's Fish and Fish, Chong Ying's "I" submarine girls, although their presence in the game is not high due to their strength, are still Lin Lan's heart and soul.

Of course, what healed him the most were the children of Mutsuki level. The clear and innocent eyes of these little cuties were simply their greatest weapon.

But because there were so many little lolita in Chongying, Lin Lan really couldn't take care of everyone.

While he was playing with the little lolita, other Sakura Kan girls also came to the square of the shrine one after another.

The originally deserted shrine was already bustling with activity. Today, almost all the girls from the Sakura ship had put on beautiful and eye-catching kimonos, even senior Mikasa was no exception.

Just as Lin Lan lowered Mutsuki, the little expression bag of Sakura, from his shoulders to the ground, Nagato and Mutsu walked out of the main hall of the shrine, accompanied by Shimanto, Fuso and other shipgirls in shrine maiden uniforms.

When they appeared, the originally bustling shrine gradually became quiet.

Only then did Lin Lan notice that the sky was completely bright, which also meant that the Cherry Blossom New Year Festival had officially begun.

He originally thought he would be able to enjoy the New Year Festival with the girls from the Shigesakura Ship under the steps of the shrine.

But his thought ended when Nagato raised his hand slightly towards him.

As the commander of everyone, how could he only enjoy the New Year Festival from the audience?

The cute Chongqing little lolita wisely made way for Lin Lan, and Jiang Feng, Shan Feng and Hai Feng, who were Nagato's bodyguards, also took the initiative to stand behind Lin Lan.

So Lin Lan walked to Nagato's side under countless gazes.

Nagato has long been accustomed to hosting festivals in such grand occasions. At this time, the face of this little battleship fox girl was dignified and majestic, and she was no longer as lazy as she was when she first woke up in the morning.

After Lin Lan stood up, Mutsu took the two tall Sakura Kan girls and walked towards the stone well next to the shrine square.

"They are... Yura and Mikuma."

Lin Lan looked at the two Shigesakura girls wearing red and white miko uniforms following Mutsu, and recognized the identities of the two light cruiser girls.

The green-eyed girl with long dark brown hair and a pair of red horns on her head is the fourth-class Nagara-class ship Yura. Behind Yura, there is a vaguely humanoid afterimage that looks the same as her.

However, Lin Lan was not surprised, because he remembered that Yura was a shikigami who was able to control a shikigami that was related to his name, which could be seen from the game's illustrations.

Lin Lan also learned about the true identity of this shikigami when he was at Blue Star. It was based on Suzuka Gozen, the ghost girl on Suzuka Mountain in the legend of Chongsakura.

Yura's original intended name was Suzuka, which is why Yura said that her shikigami was related to her name.

But Lin Lan still remembered Yura's line in the game saying that as a commander, he couldn't see this shikigami.

Now that he can see Yura's shikigami, it is probably because of the passive skills that he obtained in the brave skill bar that can see the soul after traveling through time.

Next to Yura, the white-haired, red-eyed girl with a bun and a white horn on her head, wearing a high-cut red miko skirt, is Mikuma, the second ship of the Supreme Cruiser.

Whether it was Mogami standing in the audience or Mikuma who had changed into her miko uniform, the two sisters all had such a white sharp point in the middle of their foreheads.

This also made Lin Lan once jokingly complain that fake unicorns and real unicorns must be reasonably distinguished in the port area.

Soon, Mutsu and two shrine maidens, Yura and Mikuma, fetched a bucket of clear well water from the well and poured it into a porcelain bowl.Although little Mutsu usually seemed like a curious baby, when he saw Mutsu holding a bowl in both hands and walking towards him with a smile, Lin Lan also understood why yesterday's Great Night Bell Ceremony was handed over to him. This little lolita.

As long as she didn't launch a series of questioning attacks, Mutsu's dignified temperament and elegance in her movements were already on par with her Miko sister Nagato.

"Commander, please take the water of worship that represents everyone's best wishes to Chong Ying."

Under the spotlight of everyone, Mutsu brought Yura and Mikuma to Lin Lan, and Nagato spoke at the right time.

Seeing Lu Ao holding the bowl in both hands and handing it to him, even though Lin Lan didn't know much about the traditions of the Chongying camp, at this time he just had to do as he was told.

After taking the bowl of well water from Mutsu with both hands, Mutsu returned to the queue behind him and Nagato together with the two light patrol mikos.

Next, Nagato turned his attention to all the Shigesakura girls in the square below the steps, and said loudly in a serious and dignified tone:
"Everyone, please join me in praying for the commander. I wish the commander, Shigesakura and all the partners in the Minato camp will be safe, healthy and well in the new year."

Under Nagato's guidance, all the girls of the Sakura ship, including Akagi and Taiho, closed their eyes.

For a time, the entire shrine fell into silence, and all the girls from the Chongsakura Ship offered their beautiful wishes on this first day of the new year.

But while Lin Lan was holding the bowl, he discovered something strange at this moment.

That is, he did not see Musashi and Unzen who were responsible for imprisoning the Demon King in the Goshenmu Barrier, as well as Akashi who was sending the Demon King into the barrier.

Yesterday, they all promised to attend the New Year Festival. Could it be that they encountered some trouble?

Lin Lan originally wanted to speak, but now that the New Year Festival has started normally, Nagato is not in a hurry to explain the reason to him. He probably guessed that something unexpected happened to the Demon King, but it is not very urgent.

So he could only wait until the prayer was over before asking Nagato the reason.

"The prayer is over. Next, please enjoy the Kagura dance."

The quiet prayer session lasted about 3 minutes.

After Nagato spoke again, Lin Lan was surprised to see a band composed of Manju walking out from behind them.

And these cute Manjiu are obviously chubby in figure, but they can actually hold various traditional musical instruments, giving them the appearance of professional musicians.

He remembered that many of the girls from the Shige Sakura ship were good at using musical instruments. For example, Hakuryuu and Kashino had special costumes.

Just looking at the dozen or so barbarians holding different instruments, he also understood why Nagato arranged for the barbarian band to accompany the kagura dance performance——

There are so many types of musical instruments required to accompany Kagura dance.

If it were a live event in the port area, the ship girls would probably perform enthusiastically, but for a festival like this that requires the participation of all members of the camp, it would be more convenient for the Barbarians to perform the accompaniment.

"Commander, follow me below to enjoy the performance."

At this time, Nagato whispered to Lin Lan to clear the space in front of the main hall with her, came to the bottom of the steps, and handed over the stage to the miko and kshipun girls, all holding Kagura bells.

But Lin Lan still stood there. He looked at Nagato in confusion and asked the most critical and practical problem he was facing now:
"Um...Nagato, should I continue to hold the bowl of water in my hand, or should I drink it?"

(End of this chapter)