Navy Headquarters, Night Blade's office.
Yun Ye sat in his office handling documents while his adjutant, Hina, intermittently reported on the intelligence contained within them.
After dealing with everything, Yun Ye let out a long breath and slumped into his chair. He was exhausted.
Seeing Yun Ye like this, Hina could not help but curl her lip. "Could you not make that expression? If people found out the legendary Vice Admiral Night Blade was this kind of person, who knows how many would be disappointed."
"There are so many things to deal with every day. It's exhausting! I'd rather go out on missions..." Yun Ye said listlessly.
"Other people would kill to stay at Headquarters every day, but you want to head somewhere dangerous instead." Hina lit a thin cigarette and exhaled.
Yun Ye chuckled dismissively.
As if suddenly remembering something, Hina took a letter from her pocket and handed it to Yun Ye. "Oh, right. There's a letter for you. It was sent from the P-5 Branch Base on Donzuke Island in the North Blue. That's your hometown, isn't it?"
Yun Ye perked up at once, took the letter from Hina, and opened it.
After a long while, Yun Ye smiled. "I never expected that little girl Xiaoya to join the Navy too."
"Xiaoya? The little sister you always talk about?" Hina asked curiously.
"Yeah." Yun Ye nodded. "She said before that she wanted to join the Navy, but I didn't expect her to do it so soon."
After thinking for a moment, Yun Ye looked at Hina. "I might need to return to the North Blue sometime soon. I'll leave things here to you when that happens."
Hina rolled her eyes at Yun Ye. "You're already trying to dump everything on me?"
"I haven't been back in a