"Laffey! Come with me!"
Ayanami jumped down from the third-floor corridor, grabbed Laffey, who was standing on the street eating sweets, and ran off into the distance.
Laffey hadn't even figured out what was happening, dragged along like a kite by Ayanami, her clothes fluttering in the wind.
"Ah… My ears, they're going to fall off~"
Thump thump thump!
Confused footsteps came from behind them.
Running ahead of everyone were the Souryuu and Hiryuu sisters of the Second Carrier Division.
"Ayanami, why are you running? No one's going to eat you and Laffey!"
"Exactly! We just want to entertain our Eagle Union colleague who has come from afar!"
Their shouts carried over.
But Ayanami didn't believe a single punctuation mark of it.
Laffey was a friend, not a tool for dating the Commander!
She would never allow these ill-intentioned individuals to exploit the pure and kind Laffey.
"Laffey! I'll protect you!!"
Ayanami slammed on the brakes, then summoned her ship cannon.
The muzzle pointed at… the lamppost behind her.
"Oh no! Get out of the way!"
Shimakaze tackled Yuudachi, who was still foolishly charging forward.
With a boom, fire exploded, and wood chips flew.
"Now's our chance, let's go!"
"Ah… Okay~"
Although still dazed, Laffey trusted her companions, the four little ones, and rushed with Ayanami into the complex alleyways, immediately disappearing from everyone's sight.
"Oh dear, oh dear, this is truly… getting a bit out of hand."
Izumo, dressed in a kabuki style, opened her folding fan to cover half her face, looking at the scene with considerable distress.
Nagato couldn't have failed to anticipate everyone's reaction, yet she still said what she did.
So… what exactly was her goal?
...
Third floor, Flagship's office.
At this moment, only Nagato, who was reading manga, and Amagi, who was looking for documents, remained.
Time seemed to reverse, as if everything had returned to the days before yesterday.
"Phew~ Finally found it."
Amagi wiped the non-existent sweat from her brow and looked back at the empty room.
"Everyone's gone."
"Isn't there still one person left?"
"Oh, is it? It's rare that I've been the Secretary Ship for so long and the Commander has only just returned, and the Flagship is already preparing to kick me out?"
Nagato rolled her eyes at Amagi.
"I created an opportunity for you, and you're just wasting time like this?"
Wasting time, huh…
Amagi thought of her younger sister, who was probably already flirting with the Commander by now.
While feeling relieved, another part of her heart ached.
"It's not that I, a humble woman, don't cherish this hard-won opportunity as Secretary Ship, it's just… there are some unspeakable difficulties."
Slap!
Nagato closed her manga book again.
"Looking at your expression… there seems to be someone else upstairs?"
"…"
"Hmph! It seems there is someone, it's Akagi, isn't it?"
"…"
Amagi remained silent.
Akagi was a jealous child, and she didn't want to ruin her time with the Commander, even if it was originally her time.
Nagato stood up, rolled the manga book into a long strip, and then…
Slap!
"You idiot!! How can feelings be something you yield on?! No matter how much they are your younger sisters, if you spoil them to this extent, aren't you afraid they'll drown in gentleness?!"
"Or are you saying you think Akagi isn't enough of a problem child and want her to get worse?!"
This useless idiot, to be bullied by her own younger sister, even spoiling them shouldn't be to this degree.
If Mutsu dared to snatch the Commander in front of her, she, Nagato, would let her know the meaning of the word 'older sister'!
Amagi was silent for more than ten seconds, then spoke.
"Why…"
"Hm?"
"Why did you hit my waist?"
"??"
Nagato's old face flushed: "Of course, it's because I couldn't reach! You idiot junior!"
Slap!
Nagato was so angry she jumped up and hit Amagi again.
"No wonder the destroyers gave you the nickname 'Sakura Empire Demon'. Senior Nagato is truly 'overbearing'."
"Hmph! I'll find out who spread that title! That's when I'll truly be overbearing!"
"Pfft~"
Amagi couldn't help but laugh.
"What are you laughing at?"
"I was thinking, although Lady Nagato is small, her prestige is indeed the strongest in Sakura Empire~"
"Of course… Wait! You're indirectly making fun of my height, aren't you!"
"Oh, am I? Perhaps the dignified Senior Nagato is too sensitive?"
"You… Forget it, I won't bother with someone who can't even discipline her own younger sisters."
"Oh, about that."
Amagi showed a smile similar to Akagi's when she was "acting up": "I, a humble woman, have already decided to reclaim the dignity that belongs to an older sister~"
...
Fourth floor, Commander's office.
"Mew~ My dear Commander, it's so noisy downstairs, what are they doing?"
"Hmm~ I heard a general idea~ Mew~ They must… be looking for me."
"Oh, I see."
"Such a flat reaction, shouldn't you, Akagi, be jealous first?"
"But I'm busy 'eating' the Commander right now~"
Akagi smiled alluringly, untied the straps behind her, and then pounced with a "face-smash".
Click~
The Commander's office door opened.
"Oh~ Sister, why didn't you knock before coming in…"
Akagi's voice trailed off.
She felt a chilling gaze from behind her.
"Little~ Akagi~"
"Sister?"
"Amagi is back?"
Jack and Akagi looked towards the door at the same time.
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