Azur Lane: Bisoku Zenshin! -

Ayanami put her console away, watching the seagulls circle the harbor. "The flavor is... 10 out of 10. Desu."

"We didn't go on a sortie," Z23 corrected, though she couldn't hide a small smile as the cold drink finally chased away the afternoon slump. Azur Lane: Bisoku Zenshin!

The sun over the Azur Lane base was particularly stubborn today, baking the docks in a heat that made even the rigging feel heavy. For Javelin, however, the temperature was just an excuse to mobilize her best friends for a "Strategic Cooling Operation." Ayanami put her console away, watching the seagulls

Ayanami nodded silently, her gaze fixed on a handheld gaming console. "The boss fight requires high frame rates. Heat causes thermal throttling. We must seek the juice stand for the sake of the high score." "The boss fight requires high frame rates

"To a successful sortie!" Javelin cheered, clinking her glass against the others.

"Every day at this base is a battle against boredom," Laffey murmured, leaning her head on Z23’s shoulder. "We won today."

As the four of them sat there—the energetic Javelin, the studious Z23, the drifting Laffey, and the quiet Ayanami—the grand war of the oceans felt like a distant memory. Here, in the quiet "Bisoku Zenshin" pace of life, the only thing that mattered was the ice in their cups and the friends by their side.