Thank you for the invitation. I am in Terra, just under the stars.

Doesn't this have a feeling of imperial decree?

But after all, she was not a child who received an aristocratic education like Big White Bear. With such a big responsibility falling on her, although she didn't say she wanted to escape, she still lacked confidence and said hesitantly:

"Can I really do this well? And why the leader, and why me?"

Zhou Cheng raised his hand.

But instead of taking it away, it was placed on top of Elini's head.

Her hair does not feel silky, is gray and not shiny, and is obviously lacking in maintenance.

He rubbed it gently and said in a matter-of-fact tone:

"Because you are cute. If you were not the leader of the Tribunal, I would not bother to say anything else."

Just because of this?

Aelini's face looked astonished.

This is a bit too willful to say, but if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.

The boss didn't care about the Tribunal or anything like that, and he wasn't interested in the 'little fights' there. He was even prepared to deal with Hai Hei directly.

For him, appointing a pleasing leader of the Tribunal is as common as buying a pastry from a street stall when going out.

"call……"

Elini took a deep breath, and the salty smell brought by the sea breeze into her lungs calmed her down a lot.

Put aside the unnecessary things for the time being, just think about whether it is necessary for you to obey him, and then you quickly got the answer.

Of course it's necessary, even if it's just to maintain a friendly relationship with your boss, and you shouldn't say no.

Even just a little more understanding of a behemoth like Iron-Blooded Heavy Industries would be extremely beneficial to Iberia, not to mention the boss's words seemed to imply that she could borrow some of Iron-Blooded Heavy Industries' resources.

So she hesitated no longer.

"I understand, thank you for your trust and love, boss."

The Grand Inquisitor had a determined look on his face.

Then Zhou Cheng rubbed her head again.

The overly skilled technique brought a very comfortable experience, and the warm feeling even made her want to lean into her boss's arms to seek more peace of mind.

Such thoughts appeared for a moment, and were suppressed after a moment.

His perseverance remained the same, but his sharp eyes began to wander a little, and there was a trace of blush on the sides of his cheeks.

I couldn't help but mutter in my heart,

The boss is so proficient in his techniques, and he has touched so many girls.

…………

Xiaoniao had taken the first step of trust. Zhou Cheng left and immediately went to Didi's side.

He had been coveting Didi for a while because of Gladia, so he had to comfort her, otherwise the baby killer whale would eat lemon, and eat double portions of it.

Zhou Cheng was originally prepared for Skadi to vent his dissatisfaction, especially after Laurentina ran to find her first.

He had no doubt that Shark had the courage to tell Skadi that he had been with Gladia before.

But the situation was a bit unexpected.

When he followed his feeling and came to the kitchen of the restaurant, he saw Skadi holding a plate and whispering something to Laurentina.Laurentina smiled and nodded from time to time.

Behind them, Lan Du, who was wearing an apron, was flexing his wrists.

Zhou Cheng did not hide his whereabouts. When he saw them, they also saw him.

Skadi, who was wearing a cool summer dress, immediately brightened her eyes and walked up quickly, with a trace of joy and expectation on her cute and beautiful face.

"Zhou Cheng, I made these myself, please try them quickly."

Skadi came with a gust of fragrance and held out the plate.

There is a fluffy cake on top.

There's nothing special about the appearance, it's quite normal, and the color seems to have inherited the characteristics of her pastry teacher. It's completely blue, and it looks strangely like it's poisonous.

Zhou Cheng was fine. He even dared to eat what Lan Du had cooked. Seeing this, he picked it up and tasted a piece.

smell……

It's pretty good, sweet and sour, not too sour, and evenly distributed, completely integrated into the cake, which just accentuates the sweetness.

It's definitely the proportion of blue poison, but the formula doesn't matter. What matters is who is involved in the production process.

Nodding slightly, Zhou Cheng raised his hand to rub the killer whale's head and praised:

"Hmm...it's delicious. I can taste the taste of it."

"As long as you like it."

Skadi replied calmly.

The corners of her tender lips couldn't help but rise.

PS: Take a nap and take a nap.

PS2: I’ll write more when I wake up. I’ll finish Agor in the past two days, and then move on to Colombia.

76. Eugen’s invitation

Didi didn't get restless, which was a good thing.

However, Zhou Cheng stayed with her until night, when the sun dropped below the horizon, leaving only a little afterglow.

We separated before dinner and went to find Eugen. This silver-haired ship girl wearing a sweater was sitting on the shore fishing. By the afternoon, the expansion of the island had been completed.

She seemed to have been sitting for a long time, with her waist hunched and her face propped up. There was a fishing rod in front of her, and there were several strange... fishes in a box that looked like a bathtub next to her?

Zhou Cheng took a closer look and saw that most of these fish had dark blue skin and strange shapes. In many places, the spines directly broke through the skin and grew on the surface like bone spurs.

They floated half-dead in the water, occasionally making a little movement.

Zhou Cheng took another look, walked up and asked:

"Are there any fishes here?"

"I took some sea heir flesh and blood from the warehouse to use as bait."

The heirs will eat their dead compatriots into their stomachs, because there are a lot of nutrients in each individual, and the efficiency-oriented heirs will not give up these nutrients.

Eugen looked back at him, but did not stand up to greet him. He raised his finger and pointed at the box and said:

“It’s really hard to wait for these little guys. It took me a lot of effort to catch five of them~?”

means something.

Zhou Cheng felt more and more that he was running out of time. He even wanted to smash Varudo and use 24 hours out of 240 hours a day.

He took out a small bench, walked to Eugen and sat down, and said:

"I won't wait next time, Eugen, I have a question for you."

"uh-huh?"

"How many ship girls do we have?"

"Huh? I asked this suddenly..."

With a slight frown on her cold and pretty face, Eugen was in a slightly unhappy mood.

Why did you suddenly bring up this topic?

She stared at the rolling sea and sighed slightly. Although she was reluctant, she still told the truth:

"No. 41, scattered among the [-] main fleets. The larger ones are three together, the smaller ones are in a team. I am in a group with Hipper."

"Only 41?"

Zhou Cheng was slightly surprised.

This aspect of the ship girl was hidden by Gray Wind and he didn't know much about it, but he knew the army very well.

The empire's most powerful warships are the dreadnoughts equipped with super firepower, and the masters, who are as huge as stars and are themselves a giant shipyard.

Led by these two types of warships, eighteen full fleets were formed, ranging from the Guards to the Expeditionary Force, among which the number of dreadnoughts and masters was exactly 41.

It’s not that I didn’t want to build more. I hadn’t completed my ascension at that time, so I didn’t know what the future prospects would be and whether there were new enemies to defeat.Moreover, the empire also had the financial ability to maintain a large fleet in the later period, but it was vetoed by Gray Wind. Gray Wind's reason was that the materials required for this kind of specially modified warships were very scarce. She always used them as soon as she got them, so there was no extra. Then come and build a battleship.

I didn't pay attention to it at the time, but now I understand. Perhaps it involves the special characteristics of the ship girls themselves, as well as the transformation materials related to them?

Eugen obviously knew what Zhou Cheng was thinking. He raised his hand to brush the hair beside his ear and talked about the past in a calm and serious tone:

"Grey Wind brought 41 ship girls from my home planet. She used an object similar to the Mind Cube, but with a much higher energy level than the Mind Cube to help us transform, giving us the power to gallop across the star sea. force.

"Among them, the royal ones are the most numerous, followed by the iron-blooded ones."

Zhou Cheng scratched his cheek.

Gray Wind had asked him about the composition of the fleet, which included the names of the flagships of each fleet. He filled in all the royal maids he remembered.

Feeling guilty for about a tenth of a second, he responded and said:

"Well, in this case, I roughly understand that there are actually not many ship girls in our fleet, right?

"In that case, I have another question. Are there many ship girls on your home planet?"

Eugen shook his head.

At this time, the fishing rod moved. She lifted it up and something broke out of the water. As the water splashed, a five-meter-long red terror fish swung its body on the hook. Its muscular body was full of nutrients at first glance.

She pulled the fishing rod over, raised her white palm and patted it lightly.

"Bam—"

A white air wave exploded on the head of the fish, accompanied by a sound that sounded like flesh pain.

The Terrorfish, which had been struggling just now, immediately languished, twitched twice and lost all movement. Its originally deep black round eyes seemed to have completely lost their luster.

Zhou Cheng now knew why the fish in the box was so quiet.

When these [-]-ton giants come down, how can we not be quiet?The reason why he didn't fall into a baby-like sleep is because of his powerful neural structure.

Then I saw Eugen opening the lid of the water tank, putting the big fish inside, hanging a piece of meatball-like bait on the hook, flicking it down, and continuing to wait for the next fish.

After finishing these things in a few seconds, she replied:

"The birth of a ship girl is a matter of luck. Death for us means sleeping in a warm space, which is the center of the mother star.

"The Mental Cube plus some wonderful materials can build a skeleton for us to connect and descend, but it cannot specify who to fish out of that space. Sometimes it will even return without success."

Different from the way Eugen came to Terra, she took the initiative to respond in a rational state.And those who are sleeping can only passively wait for the bait.

Zhou Cheng understood, he nodded slightly and said:

"I understand, do you think it's okay if I get a builder now?"

"This……"

Eugen finally turned his head to face Zhou Cheng.

Facing the commander's gaze, the silver-haired ship girl said slowly with a strange expression:

"Theoretically it's impossible, but the word theory is too pale in front of you, Commander.

"If you come to me about this, I can give you the blueprints for the builder."

Eugen's tone of voice became calmer and calmer.

Zhou Cheng laughed, moved the stool to Eugen, raised his left hand and hugged her left arm, next to her plump and soft body, he denied:

"How could it be? This happened just by the way."

"Haha... Then you are here to accompany me?"

"That's for sure!"

Zhou Cheng looked sincere and just patted his chest to assure himself.

But Eugen remained silent for the time being, just staring at him with a smile, and there was no smile at all in his amber eyes.

Zhou Cheng looked at each other calmly.

What a joke, he didn't do anything to apologize to Eugen, how could he be frightened.