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Because it is equipped with the four best turrets in the naval base, Bismarck's attack power is not small. In theory, even a regular battleship girl with high armor should be at least moderately damaged by this shell.

However, Missouri did not seem to have suffered any serious damage, nor was she in a state of moderate damage; her ship equipment still maintained high performance.

"As expected of a senior." Missouri stared at Bismarck, who was still recovering from the recoil, like an eagle. "If you had ship equipment of the same level as me, I would have lost by now."

"But I'm sorry, this world is just that unfair."

She raised the main gun and aimed it at Bismarck.

"Although I was a little slower than my senior, I can now predict his actions."

"Boom boom boom"

Missouri's shells, like meteors, bombarded Bismarck one after another.

Bismarck swiftly dodged the first bullet.

I narrowly avoided the second one.

The first two shells burst open on the water's surface like bombs, creating towering curtains of water.

Then, right on Bismarck's forehead.

The last shell pierced through the water curtain and reached her side.

boom! ! !

The sound of armor tearing, like an eggshell being crushed, echoed around Bismarck.

Bismarck took a direct hit from Missouri.

Bismarck was blasted away by the shell like a kite with a broken string, falling helplessly onto the water in the distance and rolling several times.

Bismarck's white ship rigging was torn to shreds by this attack, and the trajectory of Bismarck as she was sent flying was littered with fragments of white iron.

Missouri straightened up, looked back at the ship's rigging that was emitting a light plume of black smoke behind her, and then looked at Bismarck.

"Although you did hit me first, I'm sorry, while skill level is part of a ship girl's strength, ship equipment is also part of a ship girl's strength. This battle is my victory. It was decided before this battle even started," Missouri said.

Yes, this battle was a victory for Missouri.

The USS Missouri has never failed, and this time is no exception.

Missouri's hand tightened.

Even against their predecessors, Missouri will not lose.

Because victory is something that is decided before the battle even begins.

Missouri is the Admiral's trump card precisely because of her absolute power.

With that thought in mind, Missouri looked firmly at Bismarck in the distance.

Bismarck lay on the water's surface, silent as if unconscious.

"Your victory?" After a long while, Bismarck's voice finally came through the gurgling water. She reached out to support herself as she stood up. Beneath her white hair, which was soaked by the sea, her scarlet eyes showed no sign of losing their fighting spirit.

Missouri did not reply, but the resolute look in his eyes answered Bismarck's question.

The Bismarck is now heavily damaged, losing all offensive capabilities and entering a heavily damaged protection state, thus eliminating all threats.

Missouri, despite suffering some minor injuries, remains at peak fighting strength.

"You've never failed, have you?" Bismarck asked softly.

Ship girls have very keen hearing; even when the two are tens of meters apart, Bismarck's voice can still reach Missouri's ears.

“That’s right, senior. The only result I bring to the Admiral is victory,” Missouri replied.

Bismarck looked quietly at Missouri.

“…You’re right.” After a while, Bismarck didn’t answer Missouri’s question, but nodded. “The victory in this battle was indeed decided from the very beginning.”

Bismarck reached out and tapped on the battered ship rigging behind her, which was now spewing sparks.

In an instant, something seemed to disappear from Bismarck's body.

Missouri's eyes instantly sharpened.

Bismarck, she canceled her heavily damaged protection.

When a ship girl's equipment is on the verge of severe damage, it will wrap its main body in an absolutely unbreakable super protective membrane. Compared to the usual defensive force field, the protective ability of this membrane is absolute.

There is no way to break through this defense.

This is the last resort for protecting ship girls who have lost the protection of their ship equipment and are no different from ordinary girls.

“Senior, you don’t think that just because you’ve canceled the heavily damaged protection, I can’t attack you anymore, do you?” Missouri raised its main gun and said, “I won’t let you go. If you leave here and are out of combat, you can quickly recover your combat strength using the rapid repair device. Then my battle with you will be meaningless. I’m prepared to sink you rather than let you go.”

“I’ve never been the kind of person to beg for the enemy’s mercy.” Bismarck’s ship rigging creaked and groaned as she sped toward Missouri. “You’ve never experienced failure, have you?”

Bismarck charged faster and faster, and in the blink of an eye, he was already not far from Missouri.

"The difference between you and me is that you don't have an obsession with winning."

Missouri lowered her head.

“…Oh, really…” Missouri looked at Bismarck, who was like a moth drawn to a flame, and replied softly, “Then, senior, go die.”

What's the use of obsession?

In Missouri's view, he was merely the culprit behind Bismarck's downfall.

Rather than sinking into the deep sea, let our predecessors remain ship girls and sink.

"boom"

At such close range, even if multiple main guns fire simultaneously and interfere with each other's trajectories, there's no need to worry about the opponent dodging.

Moreover, Bismarck had absolutely no intention of dodging.

In an instant, the familiar sound of armor cracking, the sound of shattering to its extreme, echoed in front of Missouri.

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The ship's equipment was completely destroyed, and the smoke from the explosion instantly enveloped this small area.

Bismarck's presence has vanished.

Waiting for this smoke to dissipate, Bismarck will no longer exist in this world.

Missouri did not leave.

Her face held an indescribable expression as she looked at her hands.

This was the first time in her life that she had sunk a ship girl.

She sank the world's most powerful ship girls, possessing illustrious achievements and representing justice and loyalty.

—Many things are only regretted after they've been done.

"Senior, I'm sorry."

……

"Okay, I accept."

Bismarck's voice rang out in front of Missouri.

Suddenly, a gust of wind erupted in front of Missouri.

The thick smoke dissipated in an instant.

Missouri was taken aback and quickly lowered her hand and looked up.

Directly in front of her.

Directly in front of you at zero distance.

Unharmed, Bismarck leaped into the air, raising her massive, undamaged ship rigging with four main guns, and aimed it at herself.

Missouri had no time to be shocked, nor did it have time to back down.

Because all of Bismarck's main guns had already opened fire.

"Boom boom boom boom"

Four shells slammed into Missouri with tremendous force.

Missouri screamed as she was violently blasted away by the four shells.

Like Bismarck before her, the powerless figure was sent flying far, far away by this attack, and the marble-white ship rigging shattered like snowflakes.

Just like Bismarck's previous tragic fate, Missouri was also severely damaged by this attack and lost all threats.

Looking at the fallen Missouri, Bismarck picked up a small piece of Missouri's ship equipment from the ground and squeezed it.

—It's actually quite sturdy.

"You must have a lot of questions right now," Bismarck muttered to himself, "Why...why I was completely unharmed."

In the distance, Missouri stood up somewhat disheveled, clutching her stomach as she looked at Bismarck.

"I should have sunk my senior..."

“That’s right, you sank me,” Bismarck replied. “Then I was resurrected, it’s that simple.”

Missouri was taken aback at first, then looked behind Bismarck.

A layer of white light was swirling around the complete ship equipment behind Bismarck.

“Damage control?” Missouri asked, somewhat incredulously.

When it comes to repairing ship equipment, most people think of rapid repair devices. Their extremely fast repair speed is like a godlike tool. However, rapid repair devices also have drawbacks, namely that they cannot be used in combat.

If the ship's equipment is not in a dormant state, the rapid repair device cannot be used.

However, there is a special item that can help repair the damaged ship equipment of the ship girls even when they are in battle.

That is the Damage Control Team, the deepest, most precious, and most mysterious tool in the ship girl technology.

It is a divine artifact that an ordinary admiral might never see in his entire life.

Even governors-level figures can only possess one. They would never allow their ship girls to take it out under normal circumstances; it is a prized possession.

Missouri never expected that Bismarck would have damage control involved.

“You are strong, but as you said, the outcome of this battle was decided from the very beginning,” Bismarck said casually. “That was me.”

Missouri's face turned pale.

Bismarck quickly walked up to Missouri and aimed her main gun at the ship girl who had lost all ability to resist.

Bismarck said, "Now tell me, where is my admiral?"

Facing the dark muzzle of the cannon, Missouri seemed lost in thought.

She still hasn't fully grasped the meaning of her defeat.

As Bismarck said, Missouri's failure was due to her taking her victory for granted, which made her careless and allowed Bismarck to deceive her with damage control, thus turning the tide of the war.

Because Bismarck is not an invincible warship, Bismarck, as a ship girl, is even more eager for victory. This desire, which comes from the depths of her soul, is something that a mere Missouri cannot understand.

She had no idea that a few days earlier, when Bismarck knelt before Shiro and swore an oath, Bismarck was already an invincible ship girl.

Never fail, by any means necessary, victory, victory, victory, victory, victory.

All the ship girls can bring to the admiral are battle achievements and roses.

This is why Bismarck is not the strongest ship girl in the naval base, but she is the most core ship girl in the naval base.

Because, like Lexington, her strength lies not only in her ship equipment, but also in the "woman" within it.

After a short while, Missouri burst out laughing.

She raised her hands and smiled as she looked at Bismarck's face.

"Alright, senior. I surrender. Missouri is at your disposal."

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Colorado Island.

South Wharf.