"Did you two… do it?"
"Mm~"
"How many times?"
"Countless~"
"Was it usually you who initiated, or him?"
"Him~~"
"Hmm… Last question… Phew~ What do you think he feels about me…"
"He'll like you!"
Laffey grabbed Ayanami's hand and placed it on her own chest: "Commander is a loli-con, so… he'll definitely like Ayanami~"
"Is that so? Hehe, that's good."
Ayanami smiled.
Although she didn't know why Nagato wanted to send Laffey away, she got more important information, so the depression of not being able to see Commander immediately disappeared.
"Oh? Ayanami, don't you care about the reason why Nagato did that, meow?"
"The Fleet Flagship has her considerations. It's not too late for Laffey and me to meet him later."
"Too naive, meow!!"
Akashi wagged her index finger.
"Love is war, meow! Nagato using such a vicious scheme definitely has some conspiracy, meow!"
"For example, deliberately exposing Laffey to the Sakura Empire sisters to distract her, and then she can have Commander all to herself, meow!"
[In the Fleet Flagship's office, Nagato, who was reading a manga, sneezed.]
["Strange, do Shipgirls catch colds too? Or was my act of giving Amagi special treatment discovered?"]
[Believing that Amagi has contributed so much to the port that even if her actions were exposed, she would still be recognized by everyone, Nagato didn't think much of it and continued reading the manga in her hand.]
Back at Akashi's small shop.
Ayanami looked at Akashi expressionlessly.
"Nagato… is not that kind of Shipgirl!"
"Hmph hmph, in this regard, I have more experience than you, Ayanami, meow! Nagato, she's a big, big villain who will specifically withhold Shipgirl armaments, freeload from my shop's goods, and even forbid others from buying my shop's tech gacha boxes, meow!"
"Speaking of which, last time I bought three boxes from you, and you said there would definitely be purple or gold equipment, but I only got blue ones."
"Oh, was that the case? Akashi doesn't remember, meow, ahehe ☆~"
Akashi made a paw gesture to act cute.
However, Ayanami and Laffey were also two cute creatures, completely immune to her attack.
"Cough cough! I admit, the probability of rare items from the shop's boxes is indeed a bit low, but I wasn't lying about Nagato confiscating my armaments, meow!! So, I can help you break Nagato's conspiracy, and in exchange, I want to do some business with Laffey, meow~"
Akashi finally revealed her true intentions, showing her dagger.
After Ayanami understood, she immediately shielded Laffey behind her like an old hen protecting her chick.
"As expected, you're just like the other Shipgirls, all eyeing Laffey!"
"What can I do about it! It's Commander's favoritism towards our cute Laffey, and she's also the initial wedding Shipgirl. If she steps forward, my confiscated illegal… I mean, tech equipment boxes can be retrieved!"
"Using friends… is wrong."
"Uh…"
"But as a friend, Laffey and I will help you plead for your items to be returned, provided that—"
"Really, meow?! Ayanami, you're too kind, meow!!"
Before Ayanami could finish her sentence, Akashi jumped up and hugged Ayanami.
The premise was that those items were legal within port regulations…
Ayanami kept the latter half of the sentence to herself. At most, if Akashi committed another offense later, she wouldn't help her again. Occasionally letting this unscrupulous shop owner suffer a loss would help her remember it vividly.
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