Elder brother's garrison

Another round of shots hit the water.

With a splash of water, Rome quickly pulled away from Hindenburg and came to a stop on a stretch of sea behind them.

Rome was breathing heavily, staring intently at the other side of the splash.

—Having said so much, in any case, even if Rome cannot see a clear path to victory, this battle is taking place on the territory of the newbie naval base. As a ship girl of the newbie naval base, no matter how absurd the reason, I cannot afford to lose to the enemy outside the naval base!

because!

If I lose!

Boss Veneto will kill herself!!!

Think of this.

Rome, who was squatting on the water, shuddered, and a strange fighting spirit suddenly ignited in his lower abdomen.

Rome took a deep breath.

"Good! Victory is certain!" Rome shouted towards the other side of the sea.

"Hey, stop." Then, before Roman could finish speaking, a gentle, sweet laugh rang out, and a hand chop landed lightly on Roman's head.

"Ouch——"

The knife strike was light and effortless, but at a crucial moment when Rome was boosting its morale, this sudden interruption caused Rome to deflate like a punctured balloon.

"Who...who is it?!" Roma covered his head, turned around in a daze, and looked behind him.

"Hello there." Behind Rome, Rodney, with a sweet smile, stood gracefully on the water, one hand making a knife-like shape. "I'm here to help."

"Huh? Uh... I, I remember... you were called Sister Rodney..."

"Hehehe, just call me Rodney."

Rodney lowered his hand and smiled at Rome.

"Uh... Rodney, what are you doing here?"

"I'm here to help."

"..." Rome stared blankly at Rodney's natural smile, then lingered on his unsuspecting stance for a while.

Although the eldest sister once said that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover.

But no matter how you look at it, the older sister in front of me, who has no imposing presence and is always smiling gently, doesn't seem like the type who can fight.

On the other hand, ever since she arrived at the newbie naval base, she has treated the training ground as her own home. It's been more than half a year, and she has seen almost all the capable ship girls in the naval base, including Roma. But she has never seen this ship girl named Rodney go to the training ground and practice with anyone.

"No... um, the enemy is very strong, and the enemy... oh right, the enemy!! I'm still fighting!" Roma suddenly remembered that she was still in the exercise with Hindenburg. She quickly pulled Rodney behind her and reached out to protect him. "You, you, you need to hide! This enemy is a madwoman! She might attack you too. It's very dangerous right now!!"

While talking.

Rome nervously looked towards Hindenburg.

However, when Rome looked toward Hindenburg's location this time, they were taken aback by what they saw.

Hindenburg stood alone on the water, its ship rigging activated and its eyes fixed on them, but it made no attacking moves, seemingly waiting for Rodney behind it to leave.

Oh wow.

—This beast is actually quite gentlemanly…

Rome's impression of Hindenburg had changed slightly at this point.

"Haha, thank you, Roma." Rodney seemed a little surprised and delighted to have been pulled behind Roma. She smiled, patted Roma's shoulder, then gently pushed Roma's arm away and stepped out from behind him. "But it's okay, you rest, I'll fight her for a while."

"Eh? That won't do, that person is very strong, Ro..." Roma turned pale with fright and quickly reached out to Rodney, trying to grab her.

But Rome's outstretched hand was stopped in mid-air by another hand.

Rome was taken aback and looked around.

Suddenly, Veneto appeared behind him and reached out to grab his arm.

Rome looked back in surprise.

Washington, Nelson, Akagi, the Prince of Wales...

Suddenly, a bunch of powerful ship girls from the naval base appeared behind her.

Rome gaped in astonishment.

"Huh?? Big Sister..."

"Crack!" Without saying a word, Veneto raised his hand and chopped down at Roma's head.

"Ouch!" Roma clutched his head, staring at Veneto in shock. "Big, Big Sister, what happened to you...?"

“While it’s nice to give you a taste of your own medicine now and then, this exercise involves the garrison’s reputation, so you should rest.” Veneto said, while slapping Roma’s head with his hand.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch—" Completely bewildered, Roma was struck several times by Veneto, and immediately felt dizzy and lightheaded. "Big sister, what... what's going on..."

"I only chopped you a few times because you had no sense of propriety. Remember that next time." Veneto's chop stopped on Roma's head, then softened into a palm and rubbed Roma's head.

"No eyesight?? Uh..."

"You're really stupid." Veneto rubbed Roma's head and pointed at Rodney's back. "The fight won't last long, so you should watch carefully and learn from it."

"???"

"If she were really a weak ship girl, how could she have silently walked up behind you when you weren't paying attention?"

"..."

-

With a faint smile, Rodney took a few steps forward, replacing Rome, and stopped about a shell length away from Hindenburg, entering Hindenburg's attack range.

Hindenburg did not attack Rodney immediately.

"Miss Hindenburg, hello, I'm Rodney from the rookie naval base." Rodney put his hands together, tilted his head slightly towards Hindenburg, and greeted her with goodwill. "Roma has been training all day and is very tired. Would you mind if I took her place for a while?"

"...Anyone can..."

Hindenburg stared at Rodney, who was panting heavily. Her previously calm gaze brightened with excitement once more. "Anyone! Anyone who can fight me!!"

Hindenburg stated that she does not discriminate against her opponents.

"Ah, that's great." Rodney smiled as he unleashed his ship's rigging in the sunlight.

Sunlight.

A long, colorful main gun gleamed on Rodney's ship rigging.

"...460?" Hindenburg's pupils contracted slightly when he noticed the main gun on Rodney's body.

"Oh my... you know him? No wonder he's the boss of the 10th Garrison, he's amazing!" Rodney laughed at Hindenburg. "Yes, this is the Yamato Cannon."

"...You...are the strongest ship girl in this naval base?"

"No, no."

"Hahahaha, I don't care whether it's true or not!" Hindenburg's eyes blazed with an even more intense light than when he fought the Romans. "Since you have such a powerful weapon, you must be stronger than that guy before!"

"Miss Hindenburg really enjoys fighting," Rodney said to Hindenburg, gently stroking the colorful main cannon beside him.

Hindenburg's face broke into an excited smile. She raised her ship's rigging and stared at Rodney with fervent eyes, as if she had found her destined one.

"I don't like fighting!" Unexpectedly, Hindenburg retorted Rodney's words before even making a move. "I just like winning!"

“I see…that’s a pity.” Rodney gave an embarrassed smile. “Unlike Miss Hindenburg, I don’t really care whether I win or lose…”

"Boom boom boom"

The conversation just now had exhausted Hindenburg's last bit of polite patience.

This time, before Rodney could even finish speaking, Hindenburg raised its main gun, stomped its feet hard on the water, raised its rigging, and aimed its thick, long gun barrels at Rodney, unleashing a barrage of fire at him.

A barrage of shells rained down, instantly creating a spectacular display of spray and splashes on the sea surface where Rodney was located.

In this burst of fire, Hindenburg poured all his strength into it, instantly maximizing both the range and frequency of his attacks.

Hindenburg's fighting style was both reckless and refined, but that doesn't mean he was completely inept at berserker-like attack methods.

Hindenburg fired wildly at the water's surface while staring intently at the splashing sea with his golden eyes.

A series of light footsteps sounded rather inconspicuously beside Hindenburg amidst the rapid shelling.

Hindenburg, who was firing wildly, suddenly paused. Without even glancing around, she decisively stopped firing, then kicked the water beneath her feet, gathered her ship's rigging, and assumed a defensive stance, preparing to retreat rapidly to the other side.

However, Hindenburg's actions came too late.

Rodney appeared beside Hindenburg the instant before Hindenburg made his move, and a sweet smile was reflected in Hindenburg's eyes.

Rodney's ship equipment gradually extended.

Rodney lifted a huge, colorful main cannon from the ship's rigging with both hands.

"Home run!"

Rodney, wielding the colorful 460mm cannon, slammed it into Hindenburg's face like a baseball bat, then, with a powerful force, sent Hindenburg's entire body hurtling into the sky.

Hindenburg felt as if she had been hit hard in the face by a truck, and under the immense force on her head, she was involuntarily thrown into the sky.

Hindenburg made a difficult turn in the sky.

Despite the excruciating pain in his face, he gazed towards the surface of the water.

above the water.

Rodney maintained his home run stance, his body in a position as if he were carrying a cannon and spinning around.

Rodney's face was covered with a sweet, innocent smile.

Then, in the instant Hindenburg hovered in the sky, Rodney turned around and skillfully pushed the colorful cannon in her hand into the ship's rigging. With a gentle tap on the rigging, the majestic and enormous colorful cannon extended its long barrel and aimed it at Hindenburg in the sky.

"Damn it!"

"Boom boom"

The sea let out its mournful cry.

Diarrhea...

But since I said before that I couldn't take the day off... I have no choice but to bite the bullet and write.

In short, let's make steamed egg custard first today...

Chapter 1269 Drawing Circles in the Corner

The sea roared.

The sound waves rose one after another.

The crimson shell of the Yamato cannon struck Hindenburg hard in the sky, and with a huge sound, it exploded in all directions, creating a dazzling burst of light.

The thunderous sound waves raged and spread across the sea, turning into echoes that made Rome's ears ache.

"……Wow……"

Rome stood rooted to the spot, staring blankly at the enormous sparks in the sky.

Amidst the sparks, a dark figure fell helplessly into the sea, finally crashing onto the water with a splash, unconscious.

Hindenburg lost its fighting capacity.

The fight between Rodney and Hindenburg lasted less than a minute.

She was instantly defeated by Rodney.

Roma stared wide-eyed at Rodney's retreating figure in shock. "Big...Big Sister...she...she's that strong?! That woman couldn't even withstand a single move???"

"After all, Rodney is a veteran ship girl who entered the naval base much earlier than me."

Veneto crossed his arms and spoke calmly to Roma beside him.

"Huh?? Huh??"

Rome's gaze swung wildly between Rodney and Veneto.

“But don’t misunderstand. Although Rodney defeated Hindenburg in one move, it doesn’t mean that her strength far surpasses Hindenburg’s. To be precise, it’s more like fighting fire with fire…” Veneto thought for a while, “Battleship battles are often a matter of who hits first. Rodney’s fighting style is uniquely fierce, even in our naval base. You can’t use your experience from training with ordinary ship girls to predict her behavior. So when fighting her, it’s quite normal to be hit first by her in all sorts of unexpected and ferocious ways when you’re not mentally prepared.”

"Uh... but someone this skilled... why doesn't he ever go to the training grounds?"

"Good question. So, you'll play with her?"

Veneto tilted his head and asked Rome in return.