Azur Lane: The Tragic Admiral’s Azur Life

"Hello, Commander Yang Sikang. I am Z23. Starting today, I will serve as your temporary secretary ship and will be responsible for arranging your schedule and affairs during your stay in Iron Blood. Please let me know before you need to go to some important and controlled places so that I can contact the relevant units."

In Yang Sikang's temporary small room, Z23 spoke his prepared words with a cold look, and handed over a sealed document bag:

"This is the information Prince Eugen gave you. I haven't checked what's inside. If there are any items you need missing, please let me know and I will tell Prince Eugen, but the decision is up to her."

Yang Sikang nodded, took the file bag and put it aside, then looked at his temporary secretary.

"As far as I know, all of you from Z1 to Z22 inherited the names of your predecessors, but starting with you, the eldest sister of the 1936A-type destroyer, you have not been able to inherit the name. That's why we use the Z+serial number as the name."

"Yes." Z23 replied calmly: "Although it is a bit unkind, it is indeed more convenient. So don't worry about this little problem, just call me Z23."

"Then I'll call you Nimi."

Yang Sikang said with a smile, and then he saw Z23 frowning slightly.

"If you think that would be more convenient, please feel free to do so."

Z23 answered simply, and Yang Sikang smiled softly:

"No, this is not a random question from me, right? Well, to put it simply, this is the transliteration of the number 23 in Japanese. Because it sounds cuter, I chose the Japanese transliteration. How about it?"

"…As long as you are satisfied, I am not cute. If you don't need anything or have any instructions, I will wait outside."

"No, there is still something to do. Sit down first."

Yang Sikang pointed to the chair next to him and said to himself:

"I want to know about Iron Blood's satellite launch and the construction of a covert research facility."

Z23 was stunned as soon as he sat down, and sighed helplessly:

"I'm very sorry, I don't know about these things, and I don't have the relevant authority. If you want to know about the relevant matters, I can help you contact Prince Eugen."

"No need." Yang Sikang shook his head. "I said this because I hope you will write it down and then go and retrieve the relevant information later. Although it is borrowed, since you are my secretary ship now, Nimi, you should have the same authority as me. As for the two research matters, I am the technical provider and have an absolute right to know."

Z23 did not write, but said:

"But I don't have actual authority. Based on the rules, you can directly ask Prince Eugen or retrieve relevant information from her."

"Then she lent you to me simply to monitor me?"

Yang Sikang raised his eyebrows, Z23 opened his mouth, closed it silently, and pursed his lips.

Although Prince Eugen more or less had this intention, anyone with a sound mind knew that this could not be acknowledged.

"Don't think too much, Nimi-chan~ You should think like this. If you go to retrieve the relevant information on my behalf, and Prince Eugen and the others think you don't have the authority to know it, then they will either come to me directly or reject you tactfully. If they think it's okay for you to know it, then there is no need to worry about anything."

Z23 wanted to refute, but Yang Sikang raised his chin:

"Write it down and follow it later."

"...Okay, Commander Yang."

Z23 had no choice but to do as he was told. Then Yang Sikang said:

"Then I want to ask you about a few people..."

"Commander Yang, before you ask, I must remind you just in case. I don't know everyone here, and I can't tell you other people's privacy and secrets at will."

"Okay, no problem." Yang Sikang smiled and said, "I want to ask you what impression do you have of the number Z52?"

"Z...52?" Z23 repeated, saying, "This number does not exist in the ranks of ships that have actually been built. According to the sequence and records, it should belong to the 1944 type, but this type has not actually been built. If you want to see her, then perhaps you can only rely on your own ability to build a ship that only exists in the imagination as a design ship."

Yang Sikang nodded and asked:

"So, what is your impression and opinion of Bismarck?"

Z23 frowned slightly and said:

"Bismarck is our Iron Blood's flagship and has been leading the Iron Blood's direction and path for a long time. As a soldier and a member of the Iron Blood, I don't think it's my place to judge her. In any case, she is an excellent and capable leader, not someone I can casually question."

Yang Sikang nodded slightly and said with a smile:

"That's a very high evaluation. So, Tirpitz?"

"..."

Z23 looked at Yang Sikang helplessly:

"Commander Yang, although I can understand to a certain extent that you want to know more about them, can you please not use this to embarrass me? In my opinion, you should know them better than I do, so there is no need to ask me."

"But communication is necessary. And one person's view is one-sided and insufficient. My understanding as a subordinate is not necessarily the same as your understanding. This is not the difference between understanding and not understanding, but the different views of the same existence from different perspectives."

Z23 was unable to refute for the moment and had to answer Yang Sikang's questions as requested.

This lasted for a full hour. Z23 had never felt that an hour could be so long, so when Yang Sikang announced the end, she let out a long sigh.

"Well, Nimi, go deal with the data issues I mentioned earlier. I plan to visit a few people after you come back."

"Okay...can I know in advance who you plan to visit?"

"Okay, the first one is... Li Yinling, the Donghuang commander who stayed in Iron Blood and built Zeppelin."

"Ok."

Z23 didn't ask any more questions this time. After a simple confirmation, he left in a hurry.

Yang Sikang looked at her leaving and smiled knowingly. Being an excellent and capable top student does not mean that one can handle all situations.

dong dong dong.

There was a knock on the door, and Yang Sikang looked over:

"Please come in."

The door opened and Ron walked in.

"Hello, Commander. I'm very sorry that I couldn't greet you properly earlier in order to carry out your orders."

"It's okay. I came here suddenly anyway, and this is to avoid causing too much trouble for your inherent tasks. From now on, unless I take the initiative to mention it, don't take care of me too much. Don't worry, I won't be in any trouble."

Yang Sikang raised the corner of his mouth and looked out the window:

"I can feel that this side is very enthusiastic towards me. Hehe."