“So, Belfast, now please give us a detailed report on the matter of the ‘Commander’.”
When the meeting began, Prince of Wales interlocked her fingers, a slightly scrutinizing gaze falling on Belfast, and spoke.
It was no wonder that Prince of Wales, or anyone else for that matter, was treating this so seriously. Even Bai Yu had learned about the special nature of this world from the maid during Belfast's return to port.
Because of the incredibly strong combat capabilities of both the shipgirls and the Sirens, the confrontation between the two sides had almost completely excluded humanity from the beginning.
However, in the early stages of the war, the Sirens' technology, which was far beyond expectations, once put the entire Azur Lane in a state of suppression. Although under this pressure, the shipgirl camp gradually developed and possessed their own technology, the overall situation was still not in favor of the shipgirl side.
Until later, special talents called 'Commanders' appeared among humanity.
These people naturally possess mental strength beyond ordinary humans, and they can sign contracts with shipgirls after receiving their recognition, becoming the commanders of their designated shipgirls.
Shipgirls with commanders can receive an increase in combat power from the commander's mental strength during combat, possessing a significant increase in combat power beyond their normal form. There is a notable improvement in areas such as reconnaissance range, rate of fire, speed, accuracy, and even shelling power.
However, the problem is that while the shipgirls in the Azur Lane camp are different from the Sirens, even the most ordinary individuals possess intellect and wisdom, but the largest group on the entire shipgirl side is also composed of ordinary shipgirls whose combat power is not much higher than that of the mass-produced units on the Siren side.
The 'hero units' that can truly have a decisive impact on the battlefield are always few in number, inheriting the names of the famous warships from the past, the 'hero shipgirls'. These are the ones that Bai Yu is familiar with, the "wives" with names from his previous life's game.
The trouble is that, so far, all human commanders have been able to contract with ordinary shipgirls. The hero shipgirls have too high of a requirement for commanders' innate abilities, and no human commander has been able to meet even the lowest level of contractual requirements.
It is also because of this reason that the higher echelon of the third-party military organization 'Azur Lane' is entirely managed and operated by the shipgirls themselves.
After learning all this, Bai Yu could almost immediately confirm that once the human and shipgirl coalition achieves an initial victory against the Sirens, there will inevitably be internal conflict between the two sides.
It's even possible that Azur Lane will split in the later stages, giving birth to the Crimson Axis camp, and humans themselves will be behind the scenes.
—His many years as a Luo Fu lieutenant general were not in vain, making such a judgment simply requires the most basic political insight.
Facing Prince of Wales' questioning, Belfast thought for a moment, then said, "Regarding this matter, I think it would be better if the Commander explained it personally."
“Personally explain…”
Prince of Wales and the others subconsciously frowned.
Before they could further question what Belfast meant, everyone saw the maid in front of them slowly closing her eyes.
When she opened her eyes again, the aura around Belfast had undergone a drastic change.
The original ladylike posture adjusted slightly, the straight back relaxed and leaned back on the chair, the hands that had been neatly placed on her knees were also casually placed on the armrests, the legs under the table that everyone couldn't see beneath the skirt were no longer together, but unconsciously separated slightly.
With her legs crossed, in a relaxed and lazy posture, with a smile on her face, she swept her gaze across everyone with surprised expressions, Bai Yu said, “Nice to meet you all.”
“My name is Bai Yu.”
“I apologize for using this way of communicating with you through Belfast's body, because my own body is not in this world.”
With a click, everyone turned to look.
Yasen rushed forward to help Elizabeth, who was so scared she fell out of her chair, and kept saying, “Your Majesty? Your Majesty, are you alright?”
“I… I'm fine!”
Carefully adjusting the crown on her head, Elizabeth stared at Belfast with wide eyes.
The maid she knew had completely disappeared. Although there was no change in appearance, she couldn’t be wrong, Belfast would never have such an expression!
“You, you you you you you—what kind of monster are you!?”
“Where did you take my Belfast!?”
The lazy demeanor disappeared, and in everyone's eyes, Belfast reverted to her prim and proper maid appearance. After adjusting her posture, she stood up and bowed slightly to Elizabeth, apologizing with a hint of apology, “I'm sorry, Your Majesty. Just now, I temporarily allowed the Commander to control my body.”
As Belfast sat back down, her expression changed again, and everyone knew that the Commander named Bai Yu had taken over.
For a time, the meeting room fell into an eerie silence until, after a long time, a voice rang out, “Really… it's an incredible situation. Commander, during the previous battle, Belfast performed so well, was it because you were controlling her?”
“Ah, no, no, no.” Bai Yu waved his hand, “From beginning to end, the will to fight came from Belfast. All I did was provide her with a little help.”
Recalling the battle report she had received, describing Belfast's 100% accuracy rate, Enterprise twitched the corner of her mouth, massaged her temple and sighed, “That can't be called just a little help.”
Trying her best to suppress the shock in her heart, Prince of Wales suddenly remembered what Bai Yu had said and asked, “This… gentleman? Lady?”
“Gentleman.” Bai Yu shrugged.
“Alright, Bai Yu.” Prince of Wales nodded, her expression a little strange, “You said that you're not in this world, what do you mean by that?”
“At least, I'm not on this planet.”
These earth-shattering words were another bombshell that exploded in everyone's mind.
Victorious grabbed her blonde hair, almost unable to maintain her facial expression, “Alien!?”
“No, no, no, it’s not that kind of alien with strange tentacles, right!?”
“I think, in terms of physical characteristics, there should be no difference between me and you,” Bai Yu was surprised by Victorious’s bizarre line of thinking for a moment, “Although it is true that I can live much longer than normal humans.”