Azur Lane: Silent Service
Chapter 23 - Business Scam

One long night has passed. After a night of passion with Sofia, I realized one thing. Straightening out the wrong habits is very difficult to do!

Yeah, it's my fault too. Spoiling artificial intelligence that has a physical body has taken it down the wrong path. Not that I refused that lucrative request.

It's just...

Do vigorous activities until the morning.

That's overkill, isn't it?

Without eating and sleeping, my physical body would be extremely exhausted. For now, I need extra food in addition to emergency food. The only way to get such food is to buy it. So, I need a personal allowance. The owner of this body has a deposit of money in the bank. But, it was money for the luxury of old days.

Well, the owner of this body is very calculated with a small detail of his salary.

For that, I made one small thing that could be sold at a high price.

Prototype Smoke-Ship Grenade Launchers META version.

In naval battles that use smoke screen tactics. The culprit of the fumigation is a vessel that is able to move quickly spreading a smokescreen. In general, the use of a smokescreen is necessary to hide or create a hoax. A tactic used to confuse enemy perceptions in determining attack patterns and masking ship movements in both attack and defense formations.

Smoke sprinkles in sea battles are very effective. However, the game changed when radar technology was invented. In addition to displaying the position of the ship at sea level, radar works optimally to locate surface ships and monitor the movement of the ship directly.

I remember the Battle of Samar (Battle off Samar). Unbalanced naval battles between the United States and Japan. The United States has only 6 escort carriers, 3 destroyers, and 4 destroyer escorts. The Japanese had 4 battleships, 6 heavy criusers, 2 light cruisers, and 11 destroyers.

Statistically, the presence of Japanese carrying heavily armed ships was a guarantee of success in the unbalanced battle.

For a small note, Japan has advanced radar technology and a division of ships capable of hitting the United States in the battle. With the fighting conditions unfavourable to one side, the United States moved back slowly and undertook aggressive tactics to spread the smokescreen on their escape route. Japan may have an advanced radar but it is not powered by the FCS or Fire-Control System so any shots fired are glued to their visibility. The smokescreen that occurred that day saved the ships of the United States from total destruction. Japanese military doctrine that upheld old traditions backfired shamefully.

Although there were some casualties and ships, it was not a defeat if it used a retreating tactic with force and inflicted great damage to the enemy.

In the world of Azur Lane, radar has been invented and is commonly used by Eagle Union ships. One of the ships that used radar as a skill was the USS Helena.

Uh! I can smell the ill-gotten money from the sale of this business!

This prototype I'm building is a scam business in the field of disposable weapons. Knowledge from the old world and META technology led me to the creation of new weapons that this world might need.

The Smoke-Ship Grenade Launchers prototype uses a catapult consisting of 12 cylindrical tubes. The design was used to spread within a radius of one kilometer and activate jamming that messed with enemy radars. In addition, the effect of this smokescreen is to increase the detection range of radar from ships covered with smokescreens. Of course, this great effect was worth the purchase price. For disposable smokescreens, this business is very profitable!

The problem is how do I sell it?

“Master, what are you doing?” behind me, Sofia hugged my body tightly as a crutch.

“Sofia, are you awake?” my many.

I could hear Sofia's drowsiness coming out from her weight pressing down on me. It was like pressuring me to continue with her small, unsatisfied needs.

“Hmmng..” Sofia nodded and gave a small kiss on my right cheek.

“Looks like Master made an interesting tool. Isn't that a smokescreen for ships?” ask Sofia.

Sofia's gaze was now turned to the small details written on the blueprint.

“You can understand it from this rough draft blueprint?”

“In theory written in the blueprint, I can understand it. But to disrupt enemy radar and improve radar-” detection

“How to?” I cut off Sofia's words and placed my index finger on the lips as a symbol not to ask further.

“Company secrets? If Master made it, I won't ask further.”

This understanding Sofia nature helped me a lot.

With the Weapons From Another World skill and the knowledge of META technology I've acquired. Creating a weapon like this is very easy to do.

I took out the Prototype Smoke-Ship Grenade Launchers that was inside my head to its material form. A long box containing 12 cylindrical tubes of smokescreen is ready for sale. As the seller and creator of this weapon, I put a small watermark as the company logo.

“Thank you for creating me, Master.”

Sofia took off her tight hug and knelt down in front of me.

“Sofia.”

“Ya, Master?”

“At least, try to get dressed before doing so.”

“Eh? Doesn't Master prefer this shape?” reply Sofia.

“That's right, I do love it. But it feels weird.”

“Un! I-i understand. Then-“

Before Sofia continued her words, I gave her new clothes that were more covered than before. I don't want Sofia to be the center of this place's strange gaze from Admiral.

“M-Master ... I-This ..” Sofia receives her new clothes and sniffs them.

“New clothes made by Master. Un! I'll clean my body before wearing it!” sofia said with passion.

Sofia left me with a little hum and a happy smile on her face. While waiting for Sofia to finish her business, I made another variation of the Prototype Smoke-Ship Grenade Launchers. Small ships such as destroyers and large battleship ships have different size dimensions. For the type of destroyer, twelve cylinder tubes are enough for one use while for light cruisers twenty cylinder tubes are needed.

So where is the scam part?

Fufu... Smoke screen radius is the same but of different duration.

By increasing the size for the type of ship that wears it. I sold the same item at a different price, Fuhahaha!!

Such a simple calculation has made my wallet thick.

Scenarios such as the sale of weapons and refillable ammunition turned out to be very tempting.

Hm... Why didn't I think of this before?

Now it's...

Does Azur Lane need something like this? The main principle in selling goods is the need to buy them. Without an urgent need to possess it, this item was just a useless display.

*Switch-guuuunnnngggg...

*Ngggiiiiii...

*Woooooooom...

On this sunny morning. My ears clearly heard the sound of an air strike warning echoing in the main headquarters of Azur Lane.

*Braaaaac!!

“Master! Air attack warning siren has sounded!” Sofia returned to the room in a hurry. I could see her panic through the uneven soap rinses on her body.

“Quiet, Sofia. I'll take care of it.”

I said that sentence to calm Sofia down.

“Eh? M-Master?”

“I have a good feeling about this, especially..” My view is diverted to Prototype Smoke-Ship Grenade Launchers.

Yep! Free promotion and create market needs!

I'm so excited for this one!

All right, time for the Prototype Smoke-Ship Grenade Launchers!