Azur Lane: Silent Service
Chapter 21 - Genius But Lowered

Finding Sofia was easy. His body created from artificial intelligence and Wisdom Cube have made it onto my active weapons list. I just need to find it from my submarine system and follow the coordinates of its position.

Yep, Sofia is a biological weapon created from the Weapons From Another World skill.

The problem was that he was in a very attention-grabbing place. A restaurant inhabited by girls aboard the Sakura Empire and serving Japanese food is a little out of the ordinary.

Ughhhh... Whatisit? Teriyaki torpedoes?

At first glance I saw the ship girl who ate a long torpedo wrapped in chrispy flour.

Uh, that's tempura!

Tempura torpedo!

Huh uh?! They eat unique food.

I almost forgot that this world is weird. Putting aside the strange food, I prepared myself for the battleground between one ship girl and another faction's Admiral.

*Tiii.. Kaclin...

The sound of bells rang when I opened the entrance and the glare of the ship girl inside the restaurant was diverted to me.

Sofia who was talking to one of the Admiral looked at me and waved her hand.

“Maaaasssteeerr!!” exclaim Sofia.

Sofia's call was very attention-getting.

More ... The master? It made a part of my delicate hair tremble in the face of the glare of the sharp gazes from the ship girl around me. As a small note, the ship girls around me are Sakura Empire, Iron Blood, Royal Navy, and Sardegna Empire factions.

“How? Is the important business done?” ask Sofia from a distance.

“Ah, our task is increased again this time?” continued Sofia's question while looking at the thing in my hand.

I rushed over to him and put the thing in my hand on the table. Sofia and Admiral who were sitting in front of him seemed to have finished enjoying lunch.

“Oh, didn't you order lunch for me?” my many.

“Sorry, Master. Before I order our lunch. They invited me to lunch with” Sofia said as she glanced at Admiral in front of her.

“Oh? Is that?” answer briefly.

“Un, why don't we order lunch once again?” Sofia.

Sofia stood up from her seat and walked towards the booking desk but a small board signifying lunch reservations had ended making her return.

“Sorry, Master. Looks like they're limiting their lunch meal reservations.”

“Well, at least we still have spare food in the form of canned meat and ... Ughhhh! Why should I eat canned food at the military base?” my grumbling as I stared intently at Admiral in front of me.

Sofia's behavior was very different from usual. With a small blink of his eyes, I tried to follow the charade he made. My instincts say that Sofia gets important information from another faction's admirals. It was only a matter of time for Sofia to give me that information.

“Sofia..”.

“Governance of Admirality Code.”

I handed Sofia the command papers and the black plates.

Sofia slowly read the command paper and placed the black disk on top of her left hand.

“Eh? Seawolf-class Decommissioned? It's very funny. Why do they want to stop the successful Seawolf program?” ask Sofia.

“Ah! The answer is in the black disc. Should we hear it now?” continued Sofia's speech while bringing out the Wisdom Cube form in her hands.

“Good idea, Sofia” I replied to Sofia by taking out the artificial Wisdom Cube on my hand.

When we took out the Wisdom Cube at the same time, the Admiral in front of me was shocked. The same response was seen from the ship girl around me. Men who were able to use the Wisdom Cube were a rare thing in the world of Azur Lane.

Wh why?

The answer is very simple. Every ship has a Wisdom Cube and every ship is a girl. According to that simple logic, the ship girl was the only one who had the Wisdom Cube. So, if there is a man who is able to use the Wisdom Cube. That is a rare thing in this world. Merely, my Wisdom Cube had a smaller size and gave off a gripping mysterious aura.

The black disk that was in Sofia's hands began to shine, drift, and spin. A song that felt nostalgic was heard in my ears. It was music often played by one of the great nations fighting for freedom and oil.

When Johnny Comes Marching Home.

Just from the name, it should have been enough to explain the country. A country known as the Eagle Union.

The macar? Nah! This is not treason against its own faction.

Basically, my current fraction is the X fraction. In other words, I did not join any faction!

The song goes around until Sofia stops him.

“It looks like this message was addressed to Master” Sofia gave the disc to me.

Eh?

Heehs?!

Whatisthis? T-This body has such a terrible history?

I live in a terrible body!

Whatisthis? Destroying an elite convoy of sirens on his first patrol?

A thank you from the Eagle Union leader and the originator of the idea for the re-building of the Eagle Union ship with special class?

Urghs... Whatisthis?

Yorktown II's?

Hornet II's?

Northampton II's?

Hammann II's?

Langleys II?

Those were all the ideas of the owner of this body? And they're done building? Eh? They're waiting for my approval to join Azur Lane's main base.

Putting aside my genius childhood friend, it turns out that the owner of this body is no less genius than his submarine battles that always bring good news again.

The reason for the dismissal of the Seawolf program was the dwindling finances of the Eagle Union to build the ships.

Their gear is not too bad for a new ship.

After the black disk stopped turning. I got a new communication channel and a new order from the Admirality Code hidden from behind the disc.

“Kuh! This is so troublesome! Why do I have to be the Admiral of the Navy for the Azur Lane submarine operation!”

I slammed the black disk into pieces. This action of mine provoked attention that I shouldn't have done.

“Ah! Want to not want me to have to do it, right?” I said with great annoyance.

“Master, this job is getting more troublesome. It is time for us to betray!” Sofia.

“Un! What a great idea! It's time we betrayed Eagle Union!”

This was just a joke to Sofia and myself. However, the expression of the ship girl around me turned into a frenzy.

With a small nod from Sofia, I walked out of this place towards the room that my childhood friend had prepared.

On this small trip, Sofia held back her small laughter that slowly slipped apart.

“Ahahaha!! What the fuck was that! They are so funny to play!” exclaim Sofia.

From their point of view, it was a very bold remark. Betraying a large faction like Eagle Union can only be done by a certain faction and I am one of them!

Ehe...

I deserve to be the Main Villain, don't I?

“Master, I get sensitive information from other factions.”

“They have learned of the secret program of Seawolf Eagle Union and protested through the representatives of Azur Lane. One of the representatives they use is-“

“Enterprise?” I said that cut through Sofia's explanation.

“That's right! Eh? Master already knows?” ask Sofia.

“See the chaos that occurred in Eagle Union and the Admirality Code order that made me Admiral of the Navy. It would be foolish not to be aware of Enterprise's involvement. As an aircraft carrier that became the leading weapon against sirens. He was influential enough to change Eagle Union's decision. The remake of his sister ship, Yorktown II, was my idea. By fixing his sister, the Seawolf program could develop under the radar of Azur Lane. Of course, I will destroy our submarine to run the new submarine program.”

“So so...” Sofia says.

“Developing submarines using Siren and META technology. Doesn't that sound fun?” I said with a small smile.

“Fufu ... Masters ... You want to step onto the path of darkness?”

“Maybe..” replied.

This conversation stopped after we arrived at the Eagle Union dormitory.

For a while, Sofia and I will sleep in a comfortable room.

I can only hope that Sofia is not too noisy at night with adrenali-filled activities.