As everyone saw the speaker stepping out from the backlight, they exclaimed:
"The Vice Admiral, the Vice Admiral is here."
"It's Admiral Shire."
...
The French engineers stood up to greet him, and the British advisory group followed suit. Even Stephen restrained his arrogant demeanor and saluted Shire.
Shire casually found a seat and sat down, speaking in a relaxed tone, "Let's keep it informal, gentlemen, discuss as we normally do. After all, I'm from the army, most of what you say, I probably won't understand."
Everyone laughed, though their expressions varied.
The French engineers took Shire's words as "humor," not believing for a second that Shire truly didn't understand naval matters.
The victory at the North Sea, which drew worldwide attention, was commanded by Shire. He also developed the "Echo Detector" and "Torpedo Aircraft" that took submarines and warships by the throat—how could he "not understand"?
The British advisory group, however, took the words seriously.
