[TS] Koyoi mo Saruute Ch 1

Tonight, Another Salute!
Author: Morinaga Miki (https://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=9167518)

Raw: https://www.mediafire.com/?lof8sxblmzkd721
Typeset: https://mangadex.org/chapter/495453/1
Previous: https://pastebin.com/2F6qpt5A

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Commandant Teste: Bonjour, everyone!
Today I, seaplane tender Commandant Teste, will be serving as your flagship!
Let's work hard and make sure not to miss a single thing!

Pola: She sure is fired up.
Tashkent: I think it's her first time as flagship, pretty natural reaction to have.

Tash: By the way, Commandant Teste.
We're sortieing with 4 people today, right?
We're missing someone.
Coma: Ehhhhhhhhh!?

Gambier Bay: I can't I can't I can't I can'ttt
I have no idea where I am!

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Page 64-65
Gamby: Where is this!?

For the shipgirls who sail under the flags of many countries, the best opportunity to build their bonds is... sharing a good drink at the bar♪

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Iowa: Gambier Bay!?
Gamby: Ohh...

Iowa: Lost again, aren't you?
Saratoga: This is the lounge...

Aquila: There, there, don't cry.
Where are you trying to go?

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Gamby: The courtyard...
Aquila: Outside?!

Gamby: We're assembling to sortie, I have to hurry or else...
Graf Zeppelin: If you're headed for the courtyard, just take the stairs at the end of the hallway just outside this door.
It's simple, you won't get lost.

Gamby: Thank you very much! I have to go now!
[Open]
[Bump]

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Page 69
Richelieu: Thank you very much
for slowly opening the door.
Gamby: Sorry, Richelieu-san!!

Gamby: Please excuse me!!
Richelieu: Do take care.
[Throb]

Gamby: Not only am I lost and late, but I also hit my senpai!
At this rate I can't, I really cant!
At least if I get down these stairs, I'll be at the staging

Gamby: Area...

Gamby: K-K-K-K-K-K-K-
Kurita fleeeeeeet!?

[Step]
Gamby: I can't do this either!
I'll just have to run the other way!

Gamby: Hblgh!
Kyaa!
[Smush]

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Littorio: Oh my!
Gambier-chan?

Gamby: Littorio-san! S-Sorry!
Littorio: No worries, I wasn't paying attention either.

Roma: Commandant Teste was looking for you, by the way.
Littorio: Oh, I wonder what happened?

Gamby: Oh, right!
I'm late to assembly for the sortie!

Gamby: (The Kurita Fleet girl shouldn't be on the stairs anymore!)
Excuse me!
Littorio: Ah!
You shouldn't go down the stairs looking back-

Littorio: -wards-
[Slip]

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Gamby: kyaaaaaaaaa

[Thump]
Ark Royal: Are you alright?

Gamby: ...
Ark: ...

Gamby: I'm so sorry for everythiiiiiiiing!!
Ark: What an odd ship.

Gamby: Ahh, jeez, all I do is cause trouble for others.
I have to start doing things properly.
[Pitter-patter]

Gamby: At least now I'm outside. Just need to go straight down this path and-
[Kurita Fleet]

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Gamby: That... was close~!!

Gamby: When I saw Kurita Fleet's Myoukou-san and Haguro-san * Typo in the original?
I got scared and hid myself on reflex...
[Slam]

Noshiro: So Agano-nee was all...
Haguro: (Ahaha)

Gamby: I'm no good, aren't I?

Gamby: We're all comrades here in this naval district.
I really need to get used to it... but the Kurita Fleet... I can't...
All I can do is run... I know I shouldn't, but I can't help it...
I can't, I can't...
But but, everyone here is nice, I think I can get used to- I can't...

[Click]

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Page 73
Gamby: Was there
always a door there?

[Creak]

Gamby: I should close it before-
[Reach]

Gamby: Woah!
This warehouse has a basement?

Gamby: What's with that door there?
It seems pretty fancy for a warehouse room.

[Inch]

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[Trip]

Gamby: Huh?

[Crash]

Coma: Gambier Bay-san!
Where are yoooooooooou?
Banenr: Gambier Bay

Tash: Hey, Commandant Teste...
I'm sure Gambier's just a little lost is all.
No need to make a big deal out of it.
Coma: (Bay-saaaaan!)

Tash: I don't really know her well,
but I think she's actually takes things pretty seriously.
Coma: But... let's keeping asking around, just to be sure.

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Richelieu: She hit me with a door.

Littorio: We ran into each other in the hallway.

Ark Royal: She fell down a flight of stairs.

Tash: Okay, now I'm worried too.
(Is she alive?)
Coma: Where are yoouuuuuuuu?

Tash: If she's neither inside nor outside the base, let's try here.
Coma: The warehouses? Mmmm....

Coma: Even if Gambier-san gets lost easily,

Coma: The warehouses seem like

Coma: an odd place to get lost, aren't they?
Are you listening?
Tash: Hey, does this door seem off to you?

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Tash: There she is!
Coma: Eh?

Coma: Kyaaaa!
G-
Gambier-san?

Tash: She took another hard fall...
(Hohh...)
Coma: This is bad!!
We have to go save her now-
[Slip]

Coma: ...
Tash: Are you two alright?

Gamby: Sorry, I'm fine.
The door got me curious and I...
Tash: Door?
Ah, this one?

Tash: This does seem odd.
But that doesn't mean there's anything behind it.
I'm sure it's just a storeroom or something,

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Tash: Right...?
[Creak]

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Gamby: This... is this...

Gamby: A BAR...? * keep original font?
Tash: Seems so.
I had no idea we had a bar here.
(Good enunciation...)

Coma: Looks like it hasn't been used in a while.
It's a total mess, and there's dust everywhere.

Tash: The selection is pretty good though. There's a whole section of vodka here.
Coma: I only know wines, but...
Is this whiskey?
Tash: No, that's wat-
Gamby: Uhm!

Gamby: I'm really sorry!
For not only being late to the sortie but making you come look for me.

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Gamby: I knew it'd be your first time as flagship, Commandant Teste-san, so I thought I'd work hard too,
but I got, really lost on the way,

Gamby: and after running away from the Kurita Fleet I ended up here.
Tash: Still hasn't settled down, has she...?

Gamby: I
I just
I can't
[Sniff]

Gamby: do thishmbgh.
[Pinch]

Coma: Don't worry, we already postponed the sortie to tomorrow.
We were worried when you didn't show up...
but thanks to you we found this secret bar, Gambier-san.

Coma: So things turned out fine!

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Tash: Hey, Commandant Teste, aren't you going a little easy on her?
I'll go to your room tomorrow and pick you up myself.
Gamby: Fweh, scary...
Tash: Am not!

Tash: Would you rather I sleep in your room!?
Gamby: We can't!

Pola: An underground bar?

Pola: I'd go everyday if I knew a place like that~
Tash: You don't know about it either, Pola?
What on earth is that bar?
Coma: It must've been a store that closed down quite a long time ago.

Pola: Ah, but,
I have heard rumors~

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Pola: Long ago, this naval base had a legendary bar.
Only a select few shipgirls were allowed in,
and night after night the best bartenders plied their trade...

Pola: But, well, those're just rumors.
Coma: Bartenders...? that sounds wonderful!

Gamby: You're incredible, Commandant Teste-san.
I don't think I could ever be a bartender...
Coma: Doesn't it seem fun though?
Gamby: It's scary!

Tash: ...
Gambier Bay!

Gamby: Yes!?

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Tash: Let's do it, shall we?
Be bartenders!

Gamby: T-Tashkent-san! I could never do something like-
Tash: You yourself don't like how you are, right?

Gamby: That's...
Tash: At a bar you'll have no choice but to rub shoulders with other shipgirls.
You might learn to get along with the Kurita Fleet pretty quickly too.

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Coma: That does sound fun, starting a bar with everyone...!
We'll make friends too!
Tash: Yeah! It'll be fun, we'll make friends, and we can drink good drinks too.
To borrow a saying here, we'll "kill three birds with one stone".

Gamby: Ah...
Tash: Hey, Gambier Bay.

Tash: Why don't we just give it a shot?
The way to change things
might be to start something new.

Gamby: Can I...

Gamby: Change?
Pola: I'm really good at drinking, so I'll serve as the customer!
Is tonight good?
Tash: Tonight? Way too soon!

Coma: Bien!

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Page 84
Coma: If we're decided, then the first thing to do is clean up!
Work together, everyone! Let's give this bar a clean new start!
Gamby: (Ooh!)

Gamby: Commandant Teste-san, that apron is so cute...!
[Bow]
Tash: So you're actually the type to fuss over your appearance, huh.

Gamby: Uhm... Tashkent-san?
Tash: What is it?
Gamby: Do you really think that as a bartender
I'll be able to speak freely with all the shipgirls...?

Tash: Of course you will!

Tash: The reason you still find the Kurita Fleet scary
is partly because you still don't know the shipgirls of this base very well.
And if you don't, you just have to learn.
That's why I think the role is perfect for you.

Gamby: Tashken-
[Ker-Blammo!]

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Coma: Ooph...
I of all people
saw a bug, got scared, slipped, fell, and flipped over...
Gamby: Wahhhh! Are you okay?!

Tash: [Hup]

Tash: Commandant Teste, you give off a pretty serious vibe,
but you're a little clumsy yourself, huh?
Coma: Quoi?!

Coma: Well you know what, Tashkent-san!?
[Leader]
The kanji for "leader" in "destroyer leader" are too tough!!
Tash: We're not talking about that!!

Tash: And even you-
Gamby: Pft.
[Gasp]

Gamby: Ufufu.
Sorry, I was just happy
seeing two shipgirls I thought were incredible
fighting like old friends...

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Gamby: I'm still a little scared...
But it'd be nice if I get to meet all kinds of shipgirls, see them in all kinds of ways, and get along with them, like you have...

Gamby: So I'll do my best as a bartender...!

Coma: Okay! Let's all do our best too!
Good drinks, good food...
I'm sure it'll be lots of fun!

Tash: Well now I'm getting excited!
If we're doing this, let's make this the best bar.

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Page 87
[Попытка не Пытка!]

Gangut: Haguro?
Still doing secretary work this late at night? Must be tough.

Haguro: Oh, thanks.
But I'll be done as soon as I get this application to Commander-san.

Gangut: Applications?

Haguro: Yes! Uhm,
an application to start a bar.
Gangut: !

Coma: Hi everyone! Tonight's just a soft opening while we train...
but I have a present for you all!

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Tashkent: A present?
Gamby: I-I'm so nervous I can feel my soul leaving me.

Coma: Oui! A bar means bartenders.
And bartenders means a well-chosen set of western clothing!
Coma: I, Commandant Teste, along with help from Mizuho, have made us all that western clothing!

Ships: Wow!

Tash: This looks like the real deal!
Coma: Mizuho and I spent the whole night working on these, so...
[Sewing]

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Page 90
Coma: Let's make this bar a place where all the shipgirls can come, relax, and refresh.
Gamby: I-I-I'll do my best!
Tash: To the bar's success and to the prosperity of our base!

Tash: Now, my bartender comrades,
let's open shop!

Pola: Buona sera~
I came, just as promised~!

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Pola: Hey, you've got a pretty good bar here, don't you♪
Gamby: Uh, Uhm, uhhh-

Coma: Keep calm.
[Slide]
[Breathe]

Gamby: G-Good evening, Pola-san.
What would you like to drink?
Pola: Hmmmm, I wonder~

Pola: ...

Gamby: Pola-san would probably
want wine...

[Clench]
Pola: Normally I'd get red wine,
but now that I've come out of my way to a bar...

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Pola: A gin and tonic.

Tash: Gin and tonic is one of the world's most popular cocktails.
It originated in the 18th century.
At the time, the British East India Company's soldiers were suffering outbreaks of malaria while deployed in tropical colonies.
The drug used to fight it was quinine, derived from the bark of the Cinchona plant.

Tash: Quinine is extremely bitter.
Mixed with water, sugar, lime, and gin, however, it became palatable.
And that's how the gin and tonic was born.

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Page 93
Tash: Gin and tonic is a simple cocktail - just gin and tonic water.
I heard it's used to test the fundamental ability of an establishment.

Tash: I expected no less, Pola.
You'll test us in just one round.

Gamby: No way...!
Tash: Can't relax just cause we're training...
Which gin will bring out our bar's personality...?

Gamby: What's tonic water?

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Page 94
Tash: What kind of bartender doesn't know what tonic water is!?
Gamby: But Tashkent-san, all you did was talk!
[Squeee]
Tash: Fine then, Commandant Teste! Take her place and make it.

Coma: What's gin?
Tash: You too?

Tash: Excuse us a minute.

Tash: ...did we forget to actually talk about the basics of alcohol...?
Gamby: I only know about beer...
Coma: Wine, for me...
Tash: And I've only drunk cocktails, never made them...

Tash: Alright then, we'll just have to consult a guide and-
[Flutter]

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Note: Gin and tonic is on the second shelf in a thin blue glass.
Gamby: What's with that note?
Tash: Thin blue glass...?
Coma: ?

Tash: On the second shelf...
here it is.
Coma: Ah, there's another note.

Coma: Uhmm, "fill the glass with plenty of ice"...

Tash: And here!
"Mix the ice with a bar spoon."

[Clink]
Tash: "Use a strainer to drain any water."
Coma: (Strainer...)

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page 96
Tash: "Split a lime in eight"
Coma: You can leave anything with a knife to me!
[Whoosh]

Tash: "Gently squeeze the slices into the glass."

Tash: "Fill the glass halfway with Bombay Sapphire and stir well."

Tash: "Next, pour well-chilled tonic water along the side using a bar spoon."

Tash: It's a bar spoon.

Tash: Eh, what?
What're you doing?!
* Reference Provided By Bacardi Japan

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Page 97
Tash: I believe it's like this.
[Tap tap tap tap...]
Gamby: Ooohhh!

Gamby: Something you'd see at a bar!
Tash: Well, this is a bar.

Coma: "Finally, add a star-shaped cucumber for decoration, and you're finished."
A cucumber...?

Tash: Well, we've followed the notes this far, might as well go all the way.
Coma: We just need to cut it like an étoile, right?
Gambier-san, could you bring it to her?
Gamby: Y-Yes!

Gamby: Thanks for waiting.
Your gin and tonic!

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Page 98
[Gulp]

Pola: !

Pola: Hmmm, this is...
There's a refreshing scent that gently washes off it.
The taste is light and refreshing too~

Pola: Delicious~!
Well done~♪

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Page 99
Coma: We did it!
Tash: It worked!
[Yay]

[Yay]

Richelieu: I wondered how things would go,
but looks like they'll be fine for now.
[Hoh.]

Chitose: Couldn't leave them alone, huh?
Narration: Yelling without a sound.

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Page 100
Richelieu: And-why-are you here?
Chitose: Oh? I was just interested, like you are.
You can be surprisingly caring, huh.

Richelieu: T-That's not the case.
If they put out a bad gin and tonic,
they might muddy our bar's reputation. We can't have that.
Chitose: It was our bar, wasn't it?

Chitose: I hope those girls
don't end up like we did.

Gamby: Pola-san
please put on your clothesss!!
Narration: Many difficulties lie ahead as the three girls' ship sets sail!?
To be continued.