I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

After the Manju scouts left, Z23 turned to look at everyone and said:

"Hmm, it seems Yuudachi and the others have launched their attack this way just as I predicted. It seems they don't want this castle to be taken away..."

Hearing Z23's words, Ayanami, who was standing nearby, also reached out and said to Z23:

"Hmm...Ayanami thinks that Yuudachi and the others aren't primarily here to reclaim the city, but rather to avenge the loss of it..."

In response to Ayanami's words, Z23 waved his hand and said:

"It doesn't matter, it's all the same. Now we are facing Yuudachi's Manju army. Although we don't know how the enemy's Manju army is arranged, it should be similar."

Z23 then explained the plan to Yuhaka and the others. Although the mission was to defend against Yuudachi and the others' attack and prevent them from breaching the city, it would be even better if they could capture Yuudachi and the others.

Z23 was very concerned about what the other party's current situation was, but she would probably know once Yuudachi and the others arrived.

After setting up the plan, everyone went to their respective battle positions to wait for the enemy to appear. After a while, they saw the Manjuu force on the horizon, along with the three leaders, Yuudachi, Shigure, and Yukikaze. The three of them had changed their usual sailor uniforms and ship outfits into Sakura Empire-style clothing. Looking at the three of them with bandages and voluptuous figures, the flat-chested destroyers present felt a surge of killing intent rising within them.

Meanwhile, in the distance, Yuudachi and the other two couldn't help but shiver. For some reason, they felt as if they were being watched by some kind of enemy.

After traveling some distance from the city where Yuuka and her group were, Yuudachi and the others stopped. Just as Z23 was about to say something, they heard Yuudachi shout:

"All hands, prepare! Attack!"

Upon hearing Yuudachi's words, the Manjuu troops raised their weapons and charged towards the castle where Z23 and her group were located. Yuudachi and her group also rushed over. Seeing this, Z23 covered her forehead in exasperation and said:

"Ugh... Just as I thought, those three idiots really did choose the 'pig-charge' tactic without hesitation..."

Seeing Z23's troubled expression, Javelin, standing nearby, gave an awkward smile and chuckled, saying:

"Haha... Compared to all this, what should we do, Z23-chan?"

Regarding the javelin issue, Z23 also addressed the group:

"Fire arrows. Since our barbarian foes are all ship-mounted weapons, then it will only damage the ship-mounted equipment on Yuudachi and the others, so there's no need to hold back."

Hearing Z23's words, Javelin nodded in understanding. Z23 then gave the order, and the Manju archers on the city wall began firing arrows towards Yuudachi and the others. Seeing the arrows flying towards them, Yukikaze, positioned between Yuudachi and Shigure, shouted as if performing some kind of technique:

"【The Snow Wind of Wu Port】!"

As Yukikaze moved, the barbarian foes in Yuudachi's unit were also enveloped in a layer of golden light. Z23 and the others stared wide-eyed at this sight, clearly not expecting that the enemy could use ship girl skills.

As Yukikaze activated her skill, none of the Manju were shot down by the arrows. Some of the Manju fell to the ground with their eyes spinning after being hit by the arrows. This shows that it is a random defensive skill. As expected of Yukikaze, isn't it?

Seeing this, Z23 realized that the ship girls in this mirror space seemed to possess extraordinary abilities. This reminded Z23 of what she had asked Akashi about before. Could this be the ability that occupied so much system space? A ship equipment with brand-new skills?!

P.S.: I typed really fast today... I hope I can keep it up.

Volume 1 [Lazy Chapters]: Chapter 1521 [The Skill of Change]

The ship girls present were surprised that Yukikaze used her skill, as they hadn't expected that the opponent could use a skill they couldn't use before.

Before they could even defend themselves, Yuudachi's eyes flashed red, and she stretched out her small, claw-like hand, which emitted a blood-red glow.

"【Flame Dance Claw】!"

As Yuudachi waved her little hand, a blood-red claw strike flew towards the city gate, knocking down the drawbridge. Seeing this, Z23 finally reacted. Z23 tried to use her skills, but unfortunately, she didn't have the ability to use them, which made her feel that something was wrong.

Regardless, Yuudachi and the others managed to reach the city gate. For such a heavy wooden door, Yuudachi only needed one Flame Claw to break it open.

Z23 had naturally anticipated that Yuudachi and the others would break through the city gates. After all, if they could easily storm the city, there was no reason why Yuudachi and the others couldn't.

After Yuudachi and her group stormed into the city, Yuhaka and her group also began their operation.

As the city gate collapsed, Yuudachi and her group led the Manjuu troops into the city. However, once they entered the city, they saw a number of ballistae placed in front of them, with their bows already strung.

"shooting!"

Following Yubari's command, the Manju troops operating the ballistae launched their attack. As thick, cone-shaped siege bolts were fired, Yuudachi and the others were startled. However, they quickly reacted and rushed forward to knock the bolts away. Despite this, several bolts still hit the Manju troops, sending a series of them flying.

After firing, Yubari led the Manjuu troops to retreat, abandoning the ballistae they had left there. Seeing Yubari and the others escape, Yuudachi and the others wanted to give chase, but at that moment, Yuhaka and the others appeared.

Upon seeing Yuhaka, Mutsu, Ayanami, and Yuudachi, they also looked angrily at Yuhaka and the others and said:

"It's you guys, isn't it! The villains who stole our city!"

Seeing their expressions, Yuhaka and the others exchanged puzzled glances. Then, Ayanami looked at Yuudachi and the others and asked:

"Yuudachi, Yukikaze, Shigure, don't you recognize us?"

Upon hearing Ayanami's question, Yuudachi and the others tilted their heads and glanced at Yuhaka and the others, then looked at each other and asked:

"Hey, Shigure, do you know them?"

"I don't know her. Do you know Yukikaze?"

"How could Lord Yukikaze possibly know them? By the way, don't you know them?"

The three of them turned to look at Yuhaka and the others and said:

"As expected! You guys were just here to scam us!"

"That's right, that's right! Lady Yukikaze is a very clever girl! It's impossible to fool Lady Yukikaze!"

"Awooo! How dare you deceive us! You're all bad guys after all!"

Seeing the three's actions, Ayanami broke out in a cold sweat and said:

"Ugh... Just as Z23 said, Yuudachi and the others were also being controlled? But they don't seem to be controlled; it's more like they've lost their memories..."

In response to Ayanami's words, Yuhaka, who was standing to the side, looked at Ayanami and couldn't help but ask:

"Should Youyou beat them up and wake them up?"

"Huh? Can Youyou restore the memories of someone who has lost their memory?"

Upon hearing that Yuhaka could restore Yuudachi and the others' memories, Mutsu looked at Yuhaka with a curious expression and asked, "What's wrong?" Yuhaka, hands on her hips, replied smugly:

"Youyou doesn't know! Youyou saw it on TV OwO~"

"Oh my gosh! As expected of Youyou!"

Seeing the interaction between Yuhaka and Mutsu, Ayanami broke out in a cold sweat. She was clearly speechless at their conversation. Was this really the time to be talking about such things?

Just as Ayanami had predicted, Yuudachi and the others weren't interested in the conversation between Yuhaka and the others, and launched an attack directly, with Yuudachi being the first to attack.

"What are you babbling on about that I can't understand?! Take this punch!"

As she spoke, Yuudachi leaped up and threw a punch at the location where Yuhaka and the others were. Seeing the aggressive Yuudachi, Yuhaka and the others quickly jumped back. With a dull thud, the ground where Yuudachi hit the ground cracked.

This also shows how powerful Yuudachi's attack was. After realizing what had happened, Yuhaka and the others began to fight back. Yuhaka went to deal with Yuudachi, while Ayanami went to deal with Shigure, and Mutsu went to deal with Yukikaze.

"Ola Ola Ola!"

"Mu Da Mu Da Mu Da!"

Yuhaka and Yuudachi, waving their little fists, also started fighting. Compared to the back-and-forth battle between Yuhaka and Yuudachi, Ayanami and Mutsu seemed to be at a disadvantage.

When Ayanami faced Shigure, Shigure was still able to unleash his skills. However, when Mutsu faced Yukikaze, Yukikaze's strange luck skills were used to their fullest extent, and Mutsu could hardly cause Yukikaze any trouble. This made Mutsu realize just how annoying the luck of the "lucky seal" really is.

"【Flame Dance Claw】!"

As Yuudachi moved, a bright red claw attack flew towards Yuhaka. Yuhaka ducked to avoid the attack, but Yuudachi took the opportunity to grab at Yuhaka with her claws. However, Yuhaka, with her excellent perception, dodged Yuudachi's attack, though Yuudachi tore a large hole in Yuhaka's clothes.

"OO?"

Seeing the torn clothes on his chest, Yuhaka was stunned for a moment. Then, Yuhaka puffed out his cheeks and launched a counterattack against Yudaka. Yuhaka made a chop motion with his hand and delivered an upward chop to Yudaka. Yudaka panicked and tried to dodge Yuhaka's attack by straightening his body. Although he dodged the attack, the air blade from Yuhaka's chop cut through the bandages wrapped around Yudaka's chest.

The two jumped back slightly to create some distance. Yuudachi frowned slightly as she looked at the bandage cut open on her chest. Although she didn't care much about the girls around her, the jumping around made her feel a little uncomfortable, which made her feel uneasy.

As for Yuhaka, it didn't matter much, since she had no stock and couldn't jump even if she wanted to. Her streamlined body also made Yuhaka much less susceptible to air resistance than Yuudachi.

Looking at Yuhaka in front of him, Yuudachi couldn't help but say:

"You're pretty good, aren't you! But Yuudachi won't lose!"

As she spoke, crimson flames erupted from Yuudachi's body, and the rising aura caused her kimono and skirt to flutter. Seeing this, Yuhaka realized that Yuudachi's strength had increased significantly, which made Yuhaka wary, as it seemed that the opponent was about to unleash a powerful attack.

"Secret Technique! [Solomon's Nightmare]!"

As Yuudachi's power surged, the ground where she stood was shattered. Z23, watching this scene from afar, widened her eyes and exclaimed:

"Does that kind of ship equipment still have this capability?"

Yubari, watching Yuudachi's outburst, couldn't help but feel very curious and said:

"Hmm... Although the skill name is the same as the one recorded in the database, the effects it produces seem to be completely different."

It's understandable that Yubari would say that, since the previous ship equipment skills enhanced the ship girls' ship equipment capabilities, such as gunnery, torpedo attack, anti-aircraft, and reloading. However, the current ship equipment no longer has turrets and torpedoes, so the capabilities have naturally changed.

Volume 1 [The Lazy Chapter]: Chapter 1522 [The Three Who Set a Flag]

As Yuudachi activated her [Solomon's Nightmare] skill, she burst forth with incredible speed and charged towards Yuhaka. Yuhaka showed no hesitation in lunging at Yuudachi as she charged forward. As their hands collided, a shockwave rippled outwards, ripping off the stone pavement and sending roof tiles flying.

Shigure and Yukikaze, who were fighting Mutsu and Ayanami, were also surprised to see this scene and said:

"Oh! Yuudachi's getting serious, so we can't fall behind!"

"That's right! How could Lady Yukikaze possibly fall behind!"

The two then activated their skills and said:

"Secret skill! [Auspicious Royal Free]!"

"Secret Technique! [Wind and Rain Dance]!"

As the two activated their skills, light emanated from their bodies. Yukikaze emitted a blue light, while Shigure emitted a golden light. Seeing this, Ayanami and Mutsu knew what had happened.

"Did they activate their skill...?"

Ayanami looked at Shigure, who had become stronger, with a serious expression. To be honest, Ayanami was also very envious of Shigure's ability to activate skills. After all, Ayanami herself couldn't activate any skills right now, which made her feel a little annoyed... But, how envious!

"How cunning! Mutsu wants to activate his skill too!"

Mutsu said this as he looked at Yukikaze activating her skill. Hearing Mutsu's words, Yukikaze looked at him with a puzzled expression and said:

"Huh? Aren't skills something you can activate whenever you want? What's so cunning about that???"

Upon hearing Yukikaze's explanation, Mutsu looked at Yukikaze with a puzzled expression and asked:

"Huh? You can just activate it whenever you want? But I don't know how. Yukikaze, how did you do it?"

Regarding Mutsu's question, Yukikaze thought for a moment and then held up one finger to explain to Mutsu:

"Of course it is—wait, why is Lady Yukikaze telling you all this?!"

Suddenly I remembered why I told the enemy all this!

Seeing that Yukikaze didn't say anything, Mutsu puffed up her cheeks. Clearly, Mutsu was a little unhappy that Yukikaze didn't talk about the skills. But more importantly, Mutsu could sense that there was a strange change in Yukikaze. She wasn't sure what the change was, but it seemed that Yukikaze had definitely become stronger.