"Da da da—"

As night fell, Zheng Hao, with Mo Yurou in his arms, returned to the [Yunlong King Tower].

The two, who had been chatting and laughing, froze as soon as they entered the room when they saw countless eyes fixed on them.

"Little Hao..."

"You're finally back!"

"You two boat girls have been waiting impatiently!"

Jian Chunxue chuckled and was about to step forward to guide the two [SS-rank ship girls] and introduce them to each other.

Mo Yurou held Zheng Hao's arm tightly, looking as if she were facing a formidable enemy.

"Zheng Hao! Let me introduce myself. I am Quinn Rum from the [Quinn: Trick Ship] family, an SS-class ship girl family!"

"The Collins Spring Ship Family: Collins Rowling, an SS-class ship girl family!"

Before Jian Chunxue could introduce them, the two boat girls had already stood up from their seats, glaring at Zheng Hao.

"Holy crap?"

"Two [SS-rank ship girls]?"

"Rushing to deliver?"

On the left, Yang Fan, who had been looking surprised, now had his mouth agape.

He thought it was already excessive for Zheng Hao to have a few [S-class ship girls], but now two [SS-class ship girls] have come to his door?

hateful!

Is this the renowned "Shipcraft Master"?!

I'm so envious!

There were resentful glances, gazing eyes, and admiring eyes, all fixed on Zheng Hao.

Zheng Hao patted the small hand that was tightly gripping his arm, indicating to Mo Yurou that she didn't need to be nervous.

His gaze fell on Rowling, and he smiled faintly: "You...can stay! If I'm not mistaken, you should be a member of the [Tasius Family]'s agreement, right?"

"Kale and I discussed it..."

"From now on, you can follow me to observe the game up close."

Zheng Hao spoke casually, but Luo Lin's expression changed: "What? Just observing the match? Aren't you going to fire me?"

"I'm an SS+ rank ship girl, after all!"

"You...don't you want to go inside, into the [Captain's Cabin], and see my interior design and [skills]?"

"Well..."

"I already have plenty of boat girls here..."

"While the SS-class ships are certainly good, I'll still choose the ones I'm more comfortable piloting..."

"You! How did you know I was a member of the agreement?"

"It's very simple, isn't it?"

"I've heard that Miss Rowling is always very secretive, and on this island, only the Tassius family's experiments are kept hidden. Since you don't go out to sea, I really can't think of any other way out besides you participating in their experiments..."

"That's fine..."

"As for this one..."

His gaze shifted to Rum, who held his small head high. Despite his short stature, a head of colorful twin tails swayed in front of his chest as he looked up at Zheng Hao with neither arrogance nor servility.

"You can leave now!"

"What?!"

As if he had heard something earth-shattering, Rum's face immediately froze.

"You! You, you, you!"

"I haven't even rejected you yet! And you're already rejecting me?!"

"What happened?"

"I don't have any plans to recruit new [ship girls] for the time being..."

"you!"

Rum's cheeks puffed out. He hadn't expected that after waiting so long, the other party would just send him away with a simple "no intention of recruiting new ship girls"? And Rowling, who was also an [SS-class ship girl], had only been granted the privilege of watching the game up close?

no?

Is Zheng Hao really that arrogant?

"Well..."

"Um... Zheng Hao, why don't you reconsider?"

"As far as I know, the transfer point for the [World Championship Preliminary Round - Thundercloud Circuit] requires a speedboat... This thing, apart from large families and big organizations like the [Sailing Association], is not available to others..."

"You...would be better off partnering with a family..."

Yun Yang, who was standing to the side, quietly chimed in.

Zheng Hao raised an eyebrow.

"oh?"

"Is that so?"

He frowned and thought for a moment. In the original plot, Zhou Hang went to wipe out the Zheng family at this point in time, so it's no wonder he didn't know about the [World Championship Preliminary Round] setting.

Damn it!

This is the unpleasant feeling when the plot spirals out of control.

"Hmph—"

"Zheng Hao, I can pretend I didn't hear what you said before..."

"Come and beg me now, and I'll grant you permission to use our Quinn family's transit point..."

Quinn Rum crossed his arms, thinking he was about to turn the tables.

Zheng Hao shrugged: "What's the big deal?"

"Yunyang, this time I'll take over from your [Shipping Alliance], can't I use [Shipping Alliance]'s transit station?"

"Well..."

"The [Thundercloud] track has three zones, and you can send three navigators to cooperate. On the [Shipping Alliance] side, it's currently me, Yang Fan, and Yu Wen..."

"Um... I'm sorry, we're full..."

"Hahaha—hahaha—"

"Zheng Hao, beg me!!!"

After Yun Yang's weak reply, Rum put his hands on his hips, looking like he was waiting to see a good show.

Unexpectedly, Rowling spoke up out of the blue.

"Zheng Hao!"

"You can use our Collins family's airship, provided you pilot it at least once during all three stages of this competition..."

"you!"

"Lowling, you shameless woman!"

"Ha—for the sake of the Limit-Breaking Plan, all of this is insignificant!"

"you!!!"

Seeing that the two "boat girls" were about to start fighting, Zheng Hao looked at Zheng Yunlong in the main seat, wanting his father to give him some advice.

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