The Naval Base of the Unnamed Ship Girls

The method of creating a Purifier Templar is quite simple. Rather than resurrecting a valiant warrior, it is more like creating a robot with the warrior's memories and personality.

Just as Adon had predicted, upon understanding what Adon meant by the first method, Charlotte retorted with a resolute tone of disagreement:

"Is this still the same 'Reputation Sister'?"

“That’s a matter of opinion.” Adun did not deny Charlotte’s doubts. After all, in the history of the Protoss, the Purifiers were a tragic product. The self-awareness disorder of “who am I?” and the dispute over whether to treat them as their own people or as tools made the Purifiers a dark chapter in the Protoss’ history.

Ardon first proposed this treatment plan, which was actually a way to reject it. Of course, if the latter two treatments were ineffective, this method would be the last resort.

The Purifier Project was first proposed by the Protoss High Council because of the regret and remembrance of the Protoss heroes who sacrificed their lives in the past. Its aim was to preserve these heroes in the world, rather than simply to record them. Unfortunately, it went astray later on.

"So, is there a second way?" Since Adun mentioned "the first way," there must be a second way. Taking advantage of Charlotte's silence, the Prince of Wales asked, his tone carrying a strange sense of pride.

Pride is an inherent tradition of British ship girls, even when the Prince of Wales compared her own combat strength with that of Adun and found that she was not superior.

However, the respect due to the ship girls of Naval Base No. 233 is still there. In the eyes of these ship girls, the young master and Admiral Adun have a relationship similar to that of a married couple. Although it is a pity that the young master did not choose his sister, the Prince of Wales still respects the young master's choice.

This misunderstanding led the Prince of Wales to subconsciously view Adun as someone more than an ally, but not quite one of his own.

Although I'm not worried that if the naval base were to merge with Adun in the future, they might make things difficult for them because of my experience, but because of this misunderstanding, Adun has sided with those German and French ship crews. My British and American comrades will definitely complain that I didn't know my place and dared to offend even the young mistress's secretary ship.

Unaware that the relationship between his admiral and Charlotte had been misunderstood in this way, Adun considered his words and said:

"The second method is quite simple. I can protect the soul of this ship girl from deterioration through special means, and then after her body has fully adapted to the deep sea, I can synchronize her soul with her body."

What Adun meant was that if this method succeeded, Renown would become a ship girl with the soul of a ship girl and the body of an Abyssal ship girl, and she would not lose her memories or ship personality because of this transformation. She would still be herself, only her body would be different.

With the Light of Kara, it's quite easy for Adun to preserve the soul and mind of a ship girl, since that's the Light of Kara's job.

"So, Reputation will become the Deep Sea?" The Prince of Wales swirled the whiskey in his hand, his gaze falling on the Nelson and Rodney sisters. Seeing that the two ship girls also shook their heads slightly, he sighed and said, "That won't do."

"Hmm, why? If you're worried about the inherent antagonism between ship girls and deep-sea ship girls, I can handle those things." All instincts stem from the reaction of the most basic thought protocol. If I could analyze Renown's soul, removing these things shouldn't be a big problem.

“We’re not worried about that. What I’m worried about is that if we resurrect him this way (Adun: It’s medical, thank you)... and heals Reputation, Reputation will be unable to face his own identity.” The Prince of Wales frowned, annoyed by Adun’s lack of manners.

"Oh, why?" Since they can ignore even innate hostility, their willpower must be very strong. They wouldn't be so desperate to die just because their skin color changed, it's not like it will reduce their bra size.

"Your Excellency just saw it too, the reaction of Renown to that kind of Fallen One who is neither a ship girl nor an Abyssman. What if Renown wakes up and finds himself to have become the Fallen One he has always hated?"

Nelson, who was speaking on behalf of the Prince of Wales, took a deep breath before continuing in a slightly more tactful way, "Prestige might not be acceptable to her."

Is it really just that he can't accept it? It's obvious that Adun, who witnessed the rampage and corruption of Reputation just now and was the person involved, silently complained to himself.

"So this is what the so-called Fallen Ones mean." At least Adun now understood what the Fallen Ones that Reputation had been talking about meant, and he wasn't completely confused anymore.

"Is there any other way?" Charlotte asked, feeling her emotions fluctuating.

"Well, there is one, but this third method is also the last one. If you can't accept this last method, then I can't help you."

It's a pity I couldn't deeply analyze the soul of a native ship girl, nor could I observe in detail how a ship girl transforms into an Abyssal. Adun then offered what should have been the only solution:

"I can transform her into a new type of ship girl, so that she can get out of her current near-death state (actually, she should be considered dead), and she can also have a new set of ship equipment. If she can get familiar with the new ship equipment, perhaps her combat power can be improved a little."

Originally, Adun wanted to say that his combat power would increase significantly, but recalling how he looked after his reputation exploded, Adun decided not to be so arrogant.

"Modernization?" Charlotte asked curiously, having learned to understand what Adun was saying. In her mind, whether it was modernization, futuristic transformation, or sci-fi-level transformation, it was a heavy burden for ship girls. A slight mistake could damage the ship girl's very foundation due to a failed transformation. There was no use in transforming medical ship girls.

"What modernization?" Not understanding what Charlotte was talking about, Adun hurriedly flipped through his chaotic memories and finally found a piece of explanation about ship girl modernization provided by the power of the world in a memory fragment.

After figuring out what ship girl modification was in less than a second, Yaton thought for a moment and said, "You can think of it as a kind of sci-fi-level modification, but it's not just modification, it's a kind of improved construction."

"Nonsense! All those sci-fi-level modifications are just the ravings of a madman, young master. This ship girl is definitely lying to you." Rodney finally couldn't hold back any longer and uttered her first line.

"Wait, Rodney, let her finish speaking." Unfortunately, the Prince of Wales's declaration as the flagship's commander was of no use whatsoever.

"So the records really show that British ship girls all have rusted steel plate heads? Do you think the improvements and construction of this Ark are the kind of modifications you imagine, just randomly adding peripherals?" Adun said with an expression that said he wouldn't discuss it with a newbie.

"You!" As the younger sister ship of the Nelson-class battleships, Rodney was clearly not as composed as her older sister.

"Could it be that the 'modification' you're referring to is the construction of a new hull?" It was Charlotte who was the first to realize that Adun's words meant to build rather than modify.

"Yes, although what you said is somewhat off, it's not far from the correct answer." Adon nodded in agreement with Charlotte's guess.

"Young Master, do you mean to say that this ship girl is an engineering ship? Didn't she just claim to be a support supply mothership?" The Prince of Wales raised an eyebrow and asked the question that Charlotte had guessed.

"If I'm not mistaken," Charlotte wasn't entirely sure, though Ardon admitted that her guess was somewhat off.

"I think you seem to have misunderstood the meaning of supporting the supply mothership," Adun said with a confident smile.

"Isn't it just a supply ship used to replenish ammunition and fuel?" Rodney, held down by her sister, had the word "cricket" written all over her face in a coquettish tone.

To this, all I can say is, "The wisdom of any ship is no different from that of a goldfish."

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You Europeans, take this! (44mm gun)

You forced me into this!! I'm reminded of my predecessor, the admiral of the American shipyard, who was ambushed by the IJN!!

Just you wait and see! Once the banks open, I'm going to make dumplings!!!

Chapter 54: Handing Over War Reparations

One of Adun's special skills is indeed to resupply teammates with fuel and ammunition on the battlefield, and can even achieve the level of combat damage control, similar to the blessing of an ultra-rare admiral.

However, it would be a big mistake to think that Adun could only do that.

Who is Adun? One of the three Protoss Doom Arks, built with the intention of preserving the flame of a great civilization in the face of a possible apocalyptic destruction.

In terms of size, it could easily fit a dozen Protoss motherships used for colonization inside its body. It's just that due to the suppression of the world's power, it can only do things that ordinary supply ships can do. Wouldn't the Spear of Adun be too disgraceful to the Protoss race?

The power of the world did suppress Adun's overwhelming combat power relative to the mainstream ship girls in the world, but it did not completely erase what Adun should have had.

Because Adun possesses a complete Protoss armory and a Templar fleet dormant within her, she is considered a mothership by this world. In reality, Adun's temporarily unusable or extremely powerful firepower alone is enough to make her a top-tier battleship.

Burning a glass sphere is impossible, but burning a glass island or something should be achievable. (Hellroar: What's the price?)

Unfortunately, precisely because the world has designated it as a mothership, Adun's heavy firepower has been suppressed even more severely by the malicious power of the world. It seems that, following the reason that aircraft carriers shouldn't have high anti-ship firepower, these powerful weapons have been restricted very strictly in various strange ways. (Wu Yanzu: Ivyson)

Up until now, the only weapons Adun can offer are the two psionic blades, one blue and one green, that emerge from his asymmetrical arm armor, and even those have had their slicing ability greatly reduced.

Fortunately, with the reminder from his airheaded superior named Tidu, who held the position of admiral, Adon, who had started working part-time as admiral, unlocked his special skill, Light of Kara.

Only when the Protoss Ark can demonstrate its skillful use of psionic energy can it truly be considered worthy of the hero-level ship girls of this world.

Compared to the extreme limitations on firepower systems, the restrictions on the power of the world are not so severe in other aspects.

Unfortunately, this statement is relative. Although, with the help of the World Power and like other local carriers, Adun also consumes aluminum, an unscientific material, to summon the Templar fleet inside its belly (we Protoss have long since said goodbye to aluminum, okay).

However, the amount of aluminum required to summon a permanently invisible probe aircraft would astound even wo-chan, who considers aluminum her lifeblood.

Considering the absurd compression ratio of resources in this world and the Protoss's resource usage, it's understandable.

Compared to the carrot on the stick, Adun, as another thing on the Protoss Ark, seems more useful.

A complete production line covering all Protoss units, from basic to top-tier military and civilian units, is something that, for the Protoss who are almost information creators, can not be described as a production line, nor can it be quantified by the factories and workshops of humans in this world.

So, with her confidence in improving the reputation of the head maid, Adun responded to the questions about how she could have improved the canal without an expression that said, "Just an ordinary ship, I'm too lazy to explain to you."

My great Star Spirit Ark, do we really need to modify such a low-end thing as the Modification Canal to modify a ship girl?

"Alright, let's do it your way. I'm entrusting my reputation to you; you must cure her." In the end, Charlotte, as the temporary admiral of Special Fleet No. 233, made the final decision to use this method.

To this, Yaton responded with a cryptic smile, "I will naturally do my best. I hope you won't be too surprised after I'm cured."

"Hey, don't mess with reputation, or I'll give you a good beating with my 16-inch cannons!" Realizing his words carried little weight, Rodney could only assert his presence by uttering threats.

“Stop fooling around, Rodney, or the young master will punish you…” Nelson didn’t elaborate on what punishment he would receive, but Rodney, understanding what his sister meant, blushed and immediately lowered his head in surrender.

“Nelson! What are you saying? That look makes me look like I’m innocent, there are outsiders here!” Noticing that Adon was looking at her with such an expression, Charlotte quickly shook Nelson’s shoulders and protested her innocence.

“We all know that you like Japanese swimsuits, young master. This is not a bad thing. How can a qualified admiral not have any hobbies?” Nelson said in a very righteous tone, but it was not righteous at all.

"Huh...?" It was definitely not a misperception. After Nelson said those words very seriously, an eerie silence fell over the entire deck of the black warship.

"I'm just a trainee admiral! And what do you mean it's not a bad thing? Who spread this rumor?!" Charlotte, who was practically fuming with embarrassment, glared at Adon, who was completely bewildered as to why she thought she was being dragged into this.

In Charlotte's mind, the only person who could casually talk about such things was Admiral Tidu, who took pleasure in bullying him every day.

"It was Lady Helena who told us," the Prince of Wales said, helping Adun out of the predicament.

"Ugh, Mom, I hate you!" Charlotte, who had deeply experienced what it meant to be able to guard against a thief in one's own home day and night, felt utterly powerless.

Especially after understanding the situation, Adon added, "Well, an understandable hobby, especially when used for punishment."

"I never thought of it that way..." Charlotte's defense trailed off, because he had genuinely imagined that if any of his ship girls made a mistake, he would punish them by forcing them to wear Japanese-style school swimsuits. This way, he could satisfy his own preferences without upsetting the ship girls who had followed his father in conquering the world for so many years.

But young man, have you ever considered that only small breasts can truly showcase the beauty of a school swimsuit? Your dad's nickname is "Battleship Maniac," and most of his ship girls are from Planet Breasts. (Vittorio Veneto, who was giving a report to Helena at Naval Base 233, sneezed loudly.)

"Don't interrupt me now. By the way... why haven't you started modifying Adun yet?" Charlotte quickly changed the subject and asked, sensing that the surrounding ship girls were looking at her as if she were a pervert.

"Even a skilled cook can't cook without rice," Adun said, spreading his hands. (Where did you, a Protoss ship-man, learn these phrases?)

"..."

"I'm talking about resources. Without resources, how can I conjure up improved and constructed ship equipment out of thin air?" Ardon thought no one would understand the ancient language he was using, so he could only point it out bluntly.

"Didn't I just give you so many resources?" Charlotte remembered swiping her card... no, she meant paying the bill.

“One thing at a time. Those were war reparations, this is medical expenses. Since you were quite generous with the war reparations, I'll waive the registration fee for you,” Ardon said, sounding as if he were at a disadvantage.

"I clearly didn't lose the battle... Fine, consider it a defeat reparations." With such a terrifying presence as Big Sister Tidu, whether or not one has lost the battle is secondary: "But I don't have any resources right now. I just gave them all to you. How about you pay me back on credit, and I'll pay you back with interest later?"

Charlotte the Second Generation is never short of money, or rather, never short of resources.

"Our shop is small and our profits are meager, so we don't offer credit." Yaton refused the offer of payment on credit. These kinds of charges are hard to justify, and the other party could easily renege on them. Since the other party was his admiral's underling, he couldn't trust him in this regard.

Left with no other choice, Charlotte could only glance at the ship girls around her. Whether it was the Prince of Wales or the Nelson and Rodney sisters, under the young master's scrutiny, they all subconsciously clutched their chests, where most ship girls used to store their everyday items.

"Well, it's all for prestige after all." The Prince of Wales sighed and took out half of his private stash of oil, ammunition, and steel. Seeing the Prince of Wales take the lead, the Nelson and Rodney sisters also reluctantly took out a bunch of resources.

"Is this enough?" In Charlotte's eyes, Adun had transformed from a devil from hell into a demon from the abyss.

"That should be enough." Although he knew that they hadn't brought out all his private stash of resources, Yadun was already quite satisfied and decided not to press them any further.

"Then hurry up." Although Charlotte noticed that Renown's body had fallen into a strange state of stillness after Adun's finger strike, she urged him on to avoid any unforeseen complications.

"Wait a minute, let me do a magic trick first."

Before the ship girls, who had just suffered heavy losses, could even be angry at Adun for having the mind to perform magic tricks, their attention was completely drawn to a pile of resources that flew from the deck into the air under the influence of an unknown force.

"This is real magic for you."

Stepping onto the materials, Adun, who had flown into the air, snapped his fingers. With a series of "poof poof poof" sounds, a three-dimensional maze made of steel blocks once again appeared in the sky.

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