The Naval Base of the Unnamed Ship Girls

Human laws can't protect deep-sea ship girls, right? I mean, never mind, let's get down to business.

Feeling utterly exhausted and disillusioned, Ayton pushed the admiral out of the frame, straightened up, and earnestly said to wo-chan:

"Praise be to Kara, you from the deep sea, are you willing to follow us, become our blade, and our artillery fire, bringing destruction and rebirth to the dark forbidden zone where the sun never shines?"

"If you are willing, I hereby swear that I will be by your side, to pave the way for you, and to greet the glory of victory with you at dawn."

After reciting the lines, which he had modified to be less cringeworthy, Yaton looked expectantly at wo-chan in front of him.

Once she agrees, the contract will be established in whatever way, and Adun will become the first true ship girl and admiral in history.

“Wo?” After thinking for at least a minute, Wo-chan used a question.

"Shouldn't you revise the contract terms? After all, she's from the Deep Sea. Aren't you implying that she should prepare to become enemies with her former friends?"

The admiral, who couldn't understand what Wo-chan was saying, began to use his extraordinary imagination to interpret Wo-chan's questioning tone.

“What Wo-chan means is…” Glancing at the admiral who was in a tense state, Ayton translated Wo-chan’s words bluntly: “Is the aluminum tubing enough?”

"Huh??" The admiral, momentarily stunned, froze for a moment. After regaining his breath under Adon's subtle nudges, he recalled wo-chan's appetite during the previous meeting, took a deep breath, and said:

"Tell her that as a full admiral, she can certainly afford to maintain an aircraft carrier!"

At worst, all the aluminum materials can be processed into aluminum bread by Kokang. Anyway, we were prepared for Ayton to be a super big eater. I didn't expect that Ayton's material intake was so low that it was completely unworthy of her self-proclaimed heroic fighting power.

So giving the supplies originally intended for Aden to Wo-chan isn't a bad deal.

Seeing the admiral who seemed to have made a decision, and the happiness that almost overflowed from Wo-chan after hearing those words.

After thinking for a moment, Yaton decided not to reveal the fact that when he found Wo-chan, Wo-chan had already consumed at least a third of his aluminum reserves.

It's good to let the admiral be happy for a while longer.

"Is it all signed? Is it all signed?" It seems that Admiral Byaton is still concerned about the initial ship signing status of the rookie Admiral Byaton.

"Okay, it's signed." It was indeed very simple. It was just a formality to open the mental network and, with the other party's permission, imprint their spirit onto your own mental network or the Light of Kara.

It's not much different from a Protoss linking to the Light of Khala via a neural bundle.

"Hmm..." More than noticing that Wo-chan seemed to have had a previous admiral, Ayton discovered something even stranger.

"what happened?"

"Admiral, in Abyssal Ship Girls, what does 'Senior Colonel' mean?" Adun asked her admiral after seeing Wo-chan's rank and grade in her mental network.

"They're the guardians of the deep sea, no, the more formal way to say it is the commander-in-chief of the deep-sea fleet under the command of the Deep Sea Princess. As long as we defeat them, we can face the Deep Sea Princess and her personal guard directly, so we all call them guardians of the deep sea."

The admiral, puzzled as to why Adun asked such a question, replied, "Adun, why are you asking this?"

"If... my mental contract didn't lie to me, then Wo-chan's rank in the deep sea is Senior Colonel, yes, that's right, Senior Colonel."

What?!?!?!?

"Wo!" (Wo-chan is amazing, right!)

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Chapter 34: The Story of the Colonel's Disappearance

Xiao Bei carefully passed through the border checkpoints, using the name of the special operations brigade temporarily formed by Lady Qi Ji.

These special forces established by the supreme leader, even if only temporarily, possess all sorts of privileges.

The reason Xiao Bei was so cautious was that this temporarily formed special operations brigade was disbanded before the founding declaration was even finished.

Although it was cancelled, for some reason, the First King and the Second King did not remove the identification marks of the special operations brigade in the deep-sea network, which is why Xiao Bei's smuggling was safe and sound.

As for why it wasn't banned, Xiao Bei could probably guess.

The fact that the home port of the Deep Sea Princess has entered a state of full combat readiness also confirms Xiao Bei's guess.

Wo-chan didn't simply disappear; rather, her personal identifier on Lady Kirihime's deep-sea network was deleted.

This means that either Wo-chan was sunk in battle, or she was forcibly captured by another Abyssal Princess and had her own king's legion mark erased.

The former is almost impossible. If a colonel-level Wo-chan were to unleash her full power, there would be no reason why the home port wouldn't sense it. A Wo-chan who can become a colonel-level fighter is definitely on par with a legion-level fighter.

Only a powerful being, also a Deep Sea Princess, could possibly capture Wo-chan without the home port being able to detect it.

Of course. There is another possibility: that Wo-chan chooses to join the human camp and voluntarily becomes a ship girl under a human admiral.

If Xiao Bei were to voice his opinion, there's a 90% chance he'd be ridiculed, and the remaining 10% chance he'd be dismantled and fed to sharks under the pretext of undermining morale.

However, as Wo-chan's only friend, Xiao Bei, who used to manage the logistics warehouse, knows that this situation is not impossible for Wo-chan!

Because Wo-chan herself admitted to Xiao Bei that her biggest dream is to find a boss who can provide her with enough aluminum, rather than wanting to evolve into a Deep Sea Princess like other Deep Sea Ship Girls who are about as powerful as her.

When Xiao Bei first learned about Wo-chan's idea, she laughed at her friend, only to be immediately mocked by Wo-chan for her ideal of capturing a handsome human man to be her admiral.

Who would have thought that a private conversation between best friends could become a reality?

Although I don't know who the admiral of that newly built human garrison is, I will definitely snatch Wo-chan back from you!

Without any reason, just based on her intuition, Xiao Bei was already certain in her heart that Wo-chan had been deceived by the human admiral on the other side.

After passing through the border checkpoint, relying on her knowledge of the daily patrol routes of her comrades, Xiao Bei, who avoided all the deep-sea ship girls, sped towards the naval base.

To be precise, Xiao Bei simply thought he had avoided all his comrades.

"Isn't that Captain Xiao Bei? Wasn't she on sick leave? How come a ship has come out?"

The two captains of the changing deep-sea patrol fleets, both deep-sea ship girls with full self-awareness, greeted each other.

"Who knows? Maybe she has some special mission. Let's ignore her."

Xiao Bei, who was so focused on finding Wo-chan, completely forgot that Lady Qi-hime had installed a wide-area radar system on all the frontline patrol teams to ensure the safety of the garrison.

"Aren't you really going to ask?" A deep-sea ship girl expressed her concern for her comrade.

"Go ask them if you want; I don't want to get into trouble right now." The other person wasn't so friendly.

"Why do you say that?" The deep-sea ship girl, who wanted to express her concern, was somewhat puzzled.

"You'll know when you get off work and go check on the repair canal. Captain Xiao Bei had some kind of epileptic fit before and dismantled the destroyer of her patrol team to pieces. Otherwise, why do you think she would have taken sick leave?"

The less-than-friendly deep-sea ship girl explained in a tone that was hard to decipher—it was unclear whether it was jealousy or envy.

"So this is how you skip work??" The deep-sea ship girl looked at her subordinates who were following her, as if she had opened a new door.

Although every patrol team, except for the captain, consists of ordinary deep-sea ship girls whose consciousness is not fully developed, who only have a self-concept, and whose daily thinking is similar to that of animals.

However, the aggressive gaze of their captain, as if he had seen some treasure, still made these deep-sea ship girls realize something. They huddled together in fear, even though their ship rigging collided with each other.

"If you're not afraid of losing all your allowance," another deep-sea ship girl quickly reminded her of the consequences of doing so.

"Never mind then. Louis Hayden recently launched a new bag, and I was even planning to get an advance on my wages." The deep-sea ship girl, who had completely forgotten her concern for Xiao Bei, took pity on her henchman and let him go.

"Hey, the latest Ocean Disaster you mentioned? Too bad I already paid off my wages last month. If I get my hands on it, I'll definitely bring it over so I can drool with envy."

"I've already reminded you not to use your credit card. Don't ask me for money if you can't pay it back by the end of the month. I don't have any money either."

"If you won't lend it, someone else will. Look at how stingy you are!"

After the two deep-sea patrol fleets completed their handover and left the handover area for a long time, a deep-sea ship girl wearing ship equipment that looked very similar to an oxygen mask emerged from the calm sea surface accompanied by a burst of air bubbles.

“A strange fleet.” Every word uttered by the deep-sea ship girl, whose true form was a submarine, was accompanied by a suffocating gasp. In particular, each gasp caused fluctuations in the surrounding space, proving that this deep-sea submarine was extremely dangerous.

After all, this is a deep-sea submersible of the Deep Sea Princess type.

Lacking the overwhelming, nation-destroying combat power of the Princess-class aircraft carriers, and the destructive power of the Princess-class battleships capable of sinking land with a single shot, the Princess-class deep-sea submarines are characterized by their ability to infiltrate and almost completely evade detection.

Otherwise, given the sensory connection between the Deep Sea Princesses, it would be impossible for one Princess to enter the territory of another so easily.

The wandering princess, who originally just wanted to pass through and loot some loot without having her own fixed base, was puzzled to find that she seemed to have been discovered when she passed through this area.

As a deep-sea submarine princess who constantly roams between various factions and territories, she can confidently pat her flat chest to assure everyone that she has not been detected.

However, the battleship Princess's pre-battle reaction clearly indicated that she was ready to confront another Princess head-on.

The deep-sea submarine Princess, unaware of the existence of a third deep-sea princess, could only temporarily explain this situation by saying that she had given herself away without knowing it.

This situation is truly embarrassing for a deep-sea Princess-class submarine.

However, more important than being discovered and embarrassed is the survival crisis.

There is no way a submarine-class Abyssal Princess could be hit by a single shot from a battleship-class Abyssal Princess and emerge unscathed.

The deep-sea submarine Princess, who thought that arriving in this area meant she could easily freeload off a newly appointed deep-sea princess, was now filled with regret.

Could the princess here have been an anti-submarine fighter before?

Chapter 35: Let's celebrate for next week's small recommendation!

The Human Federation Navy's 666th Naval Garrison is a temporary unit, and has not yet opened expeditionary routes or trade routes.

With two admirals and three ship girls, the total number of personnel on duty has reached an unprecedented four, which is truly a cause for celebration.

"Congratulations my ass! I haven't even formed the First Fleet yet, and the naval base has already been infiltrated by the Deep Sea Bitch!" The admiral roared angrily, slamming his fist on the conference table.

"At least I didn't say anything wrong, right?" Having handed over all her own cutlery and supplies to Wo-chan beside her, Adon was seriously doing her job as a secretary ship.

This was because the admiral's predecessor as secretary ship was too shocked to continue in the important position of secretary ship, so Adun was appointed to take on the heavy responsibility of secretary ship in a time of crisis.

"You've taken on a terrible burden! If I hand this log to my superiors, they'll criticize me for not even having mastered elementary school math!"

To those unaware of the inside story, two plus three could never equal four.

Ayton stared at the admiral's berserk state for a while, then flipped open a copy of the "Naval Code" and flipped through it to the section on how the naval base should submit reports periodically. After reading for a while, he said:

"There is no law requiring admirals to be proficient in elementary school mathematics."

"..." The admiral had an urge to pull out his PG and shoot it in Adon's face, but after glancing at Kogan, who was asking Colonel Wo-chan for a plane, and silently comparing the combat strength of the two sides, the admiral decided to change the subject.

"Adon, do you have any admiral's blessing?"

"What is the Admiral's blessing?" Adun asked rhetorically, showing little interest in the secretary ship's work.

"Oh right, you're not from a professional background, and your memory is a bit off." The admiral, who had decisively exposed Ayton's secret, explained before Ayton could complain: "It's the beneficial buff that the admiral's mental network gives to the ship girls. Well, most of it is beneficial."

That means some of them even have negative effects, which is really strange.

"What does that mean?" Adon didn't seem to understand what kind of buff her mental network had. In the end, her Admiral's mental network should be called the Light of Kara. Although it was similar to the Admiral's mental network in this world, they were essentially two different things.

"For example, some admirals' mental network buffs increase the range, power, or accuracy of artillery, while others increase the ship girls' defense, evasion ability, and anti-interference ability."