The Naval Base of the Unnamed Ship Girls

After all, the previous combat strength comparison was a huge one, two against six.

“I think…” Upon hearing about the Kokang issue, Yaton narrowed his eyes and looked at the garrison headquarters that had already appeared on the horizon, saying, “The admiral seems to be quite worried.”

"Hey?"

Chapter 10: Is it wrong that the canal entry time is too long?

"Waaaaah, you're finally back! I thought I'd never see you again."

Seeing the admiral, Kogan, crying with tears streaming down his face, Adun really wanted to say, "Brother! Your initial ship urgently needs to be taken to the canal for repairs."

Unfortunately, the admiral, who was already crying with tears streaming down his face and was not at all like a commander, could not understand what Adun was thinking. He just looked like a girl who had almost lost her beloved possession.

Admiral Adon was somewhat desperate about the future of this naval base. Even if you, Admiral, were worried about your subordinates, your normal behavior would be to pace anxiously in your office, occasionally looking out at the sea with worried and expectant eyes through the window that had not yet been replaced.

Instead of coming out like the ship girls, wading through the water and staggering, as they do now.

Without undergoing systematic ship girl training and missing the optimal period for ship equipment integration, you can still sail the seas like a ship girl. Admiral, you must be a legendary academic genius showing off your achievements.

Even if you want to show off, you can't risk your life doing so. If you're unlucky enough to encounter an Abyssal destroyer without ship equipment space, even the lowest-ranking one, you'll become a dead fish and be pickled into salted fish.

Individual weapons designed for human use, such as the PG that blew up Adun's courageous face, would only result in "we failed to penetrate the enemy's armor" for both ship girls and deep-sea units.

Seeing the admiral release his hold on Kogan and turn his attention to Adon, who seemed to be unharmed, before Adon could deliver his long-prepared admonition, this silly, naturally clueless admiral pounced on Adon and hugged him, silencing him from saying anything he was about to say.

"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back, thank you, thank you." The admiral, his voice strained with suppressed sobs, said to Adun against her chest, not knowing who he was thanking (due to the height difference, he could only lift her up to this height).

"..." The admiral's fierce surprise attack left Adun stunned for a long time. In the end, he swallowed back the words of admonition that had been blocked in his mind, opened his arms and hugged the admiral who was throwing himself into his chest, saying, "We're back."

After hesitating for a moment, Adon decided not to tell the Admiral about the conversation between the Deep Sea Princesses that she had overheard. After all, it was the Admiral's family matter, and it was better for an outsider not to interfere.

Warships damaged in battle need to be taken to the canal for repairs. Similarly, ship girls, who are humanoid warships, also need to be taken to the canal if they are damaged in battle.

The difference is that the place where ship girls repair their ship equipment and bodies is less of a repair channel and more of a public bathhouse.

In a steamy indoor bathhouse, a time display is hung next to each repair bay available to the ship girls, showing how long it will take for the ship girls to be repaired.

All combat damage can be repaired simply by soaking the ship girl in heated repair and maintenance fluid for a period of time. It seems that the things scientists in this world research have an unusually strong magical quality.

Not to mention the high-speed repair fluid that can reduce maintenance time to almost nothing. Using such a precious substance, even the most severely injured ship girl can go from being critically wounded and dying to being lively and energetic in just a moment.

Given that the only injured ship in this incident was a relatively low-level, newbie destroyer, even if it was completely damaged, it would only take about ten minutes to heal. Therefore, the admiral did not plan to use the high-speed repair fluid that represents the naval base's strength.

Let Gogan, who was experiencing his first battle, enjoy a bath. By the way, Adon, who seemed to have suffered no damage, and the admiral also went into the repair channel with Gogan.

The life of a female admiral is so good! Not only does it save the cost of building a separate bathhouse for admirals, but it also allows her to go into the canal with her ship girls.

Especially since our admiral has the blood of a ship girl flowing through his veins, the repair fluid that can restore the ship girls' health can also have a soothing effect on the admiral's body.

However, it's quite remarkable that the repair channel actually treats you like a ship girl, showing the remaining time until the repair is completed on the timetable!

Yaton's gaze shifted from the countdown timer above Kokang's head, which showed less than ten minutes remaining, to the countdown timer above the Admiral's head, where there were still four hours left, and he complained loudly.

"I should be the one complaining! You don't have a single scratch on you, so why is your recovery time so long?" The admiral, hearing Adun's complaint, found the number above Adun's head hard to accept.

99:99:99

If it weren't for the colon still flashing in the middle, the admiral would have really thought that this repair canal, like that construction device, met its end on its first use.

But what's with this situation where the numbers don't decrease even after staring at them for at least ten minutes? Could it be that you, Adun, although you look fine, are actually already in a state of disrespect? Are you just a wisp of resentful ship girl's spirit appearing before us?

"I'm really sorry for the long repair time. Couldn't you have replaced it with a panel that can display for a longer period of time?" Adun, who had activated his AT field, said in a more comfortable position in the repair channel in response to the admiral's sarcastic retort.

"...Sigh, what am I even saying?" The longer the repair time, the stronger the ship girl's abilities, which should be a happy thing, right?

The admiral, struck by the rebound force of Adun's AT field, sank his entire body into the repair channel.

"It's not your fault, it's the world's fault." Adun stared at the 99:99:99 countdown above his head and thought helplessly. Just using the short-range warp drive resulted in this. If he used all his other trump cards, wouldn't he be stuck in the repair ditch for the rest of his life?

"Whoosh..." The naked admiral stood up from the repair channel, not caring whether anyone was peeping. Anyway, there was only one person and two ship girls in this naval base, and they were both female. So it didn't matter if he was naked.

"Admiral, what are you going to do?" Kogan, whose repair time had long since ended, also stood up and, equally naked, followed his admiral with his short legs.

"Get a high-speed repair bucket for your Otti's Certificate," the admiral said through gritted teeth. 99:99:99 is just too outrageous!

"Admiral, wait, wait, Kogan..." Seeing his admiral angrily throw down a sentence and slam the door, Kogan hurriedly chased after him.

Looking at the now empty repair canal, and then shifting his gaze to the still unchanged 99:99:99, Adun thought for a moment and said:

"I seem to have forgotten to tell the Admiral that not repairing it won't have a big impact."

Who knew that a simple engine maintenance would take so long? According to what I remember, the interval between maintenance of the Ark-class's warp engines should be the distance of six Aiur sectors.

How far is it to cross the six Aiur sectors? It's probably enough to circle this planet quite a few times.

Chapter 11: The Most Deadly Form of Show-Off is the Subtle Kindness

"What? The area where that deep-sea fleet appeared is the near-shore patrol area of ​​the naval base?"

At the first battle debriefing meeting of Naval Base No. 666, the admiral slammed his hands on the table, leaned forward, and asked the secretary ship, Kogan, who was reporting on the work, in an incredulous tone.

I thought it was just that the two ship girls, Kogan and Adun, had wandered off into the deep-sea controlled area and encountered the deep-sea fleet. I never expected that the deep-sea fleet would actually appear in my backyard.

What does this mean? It means that either the rulers of the deep sea in this area have lost their minds, or the invasion of the deep-sea fleet could happen at any time, or it may have already happened but they are unaware of it. By the time they realize the deep-sea invasion, their fate may be to add another name to the Federation's list of casualties.

"Kogan, are you sure you're in the coastal patrol area, or are you mistaken?" To confirm the accuracy of the intelligence, the admiral stared at the initial ship, who was also serving as the secretary ship, with a serious expression.

"Guo...Guogan, I...I should, I...I didn't remember wrong." Startled by the admiral, Guogan even dropped the spoon he was using to scoop borscht into the bowl, answering with a face full of sweat.

That said, why is there borscht? And it's fuel-powered. Is it just because the initial ship, secretary ship, and flagship are Soviet ships that we need to have the same daily life support as the Russians?

Yaton put down the aluminum bread in his hand, which looked unappetizing to the ship, stood up and walked to the sea map on the wall of the conference room. He picked up a red pen and drew a circle in one of the places.

"Is this the location?" Despite being a bit dim-witted, the admiral could at least understand what Adun meant. Compared to the capabilities of destroyers in this area, Adun, as a mothership-class ship girl, wouldn't be directionally challenged. The phase array system wasn't just for show.

“That’s right, this is the location.” Adun nodded in confirmation, and then the only person and two ships in the conference room focused their attention on the red circle on the map that appeared to be not far from the naval base.

"What is the composition of the enemy fleet...?" The admiral's weak voice broke the silence in the conference room, which had been quiet for a while.

“One heavy cruiser-class Abyssal shipgirl, four destroyer-class Abyssal shipgirls, and one unknown Abyssal shipgirl, probably a light cruiser or something else,” Adun replied.

"What do you mean by 'approximately a light cruiser' or something..." It seems the admiral wasn't too satisfied with Admiral Adon's answer, but then he thought of the construction machine that had been reduced to fragments and said with relief, "Oh, you have some memory problems, it's normal that you can't recognize it."

"..." Actually, I do know what a light cruiser destroyer is like, but that deep-sea vessel that neither fired its guns nor expressed any opinion was sunk by Kokang before it could even demonstrate its capabilities.

"So how did you two escape from this deep-sea fleet?" The admiral knew that the two ships in front of him could not have escaped by taking a roundabout route, otherwise the Kokang would not have been beaten to a medium level and the Adun would not have been in the canal for 99+ hours of repairs.

"Escape?" Adun narrowed his eyes slightly, giving him a look that said, "Admiral, you dare underestimate me?" He continued, "Admiral, why don't you ask why those deep-sea creatures didn't escape?"

His tone was full of domineering arrogance, giving off an air of "I am the only one who can rule the world."

It's just a pity that the admiral is a goofy and naturally clueless person.

"What? You guys wiped out that deep-sea fleet? Just the two of you... oh no, two ships?" The admiral spoke in a tone that suggested he was a genius and that they shouldn't be teasing him.

A high-speed assault deep-sea fleet led by a heavy cruiser, and judging from the damage to Kokang, they must have already penetrated into your vicinity.

As a top student at the Admiral Academy, I really find it hard to imagine how an aircraft carrier plus a destroyer could successfully turn the tide under such an encirclement.

Such achievements would be remarkable even for a general-class ship girl.

"Kogan is really amazing! Kogan is the MVP! Except for the deep-sea flagship, Kogan took care of everything else!" Upon hearing Adun mention the battle results, Kogan, who had just been frightened by his own admiral, immediately spoke in a tone that seemed to say, "Come on, praise me! Come on, compliment me!"

"Huh?" The credibility of the battle record has dropped by several percentage points again. The admiral remembers that even the most unreliable Japanese ship girls would not lie through their teeth and falsely report military achievements like they did in history. Could it be that this precedent is about to start in his own naval base?

"Although I am not a British ship girl (just from another star system), I still want to say, Admiral, your expression right now is really too rude."

No soldier would be happy if their superior questioned the authenticity of their achievements, and the same goes for ship girls. Adun's cold voice brought the admiral, who hadn't quite grasped the situation, back to reality.

"I need a complete battle report." Although he is a bit of a goofball, a simpleton, and an airhead, the admiral still graduated from a prestigious university with excellent grades, and he does have some skill when he gets serious.

Unfortunately, despite her high level of seriousness, after listening to the complete battle report from Kogan and the detailed supplementary information from Adon, the admiral only felt that the world was not taking her seriously.

"The maneuverability to perfectly evade at least ten rounds of artillery fire from afar to close range? The ability to sink the enemy flagship in one shot using boarding maneuvers? Torpedoes that explode in the center... Well, the last one is somewhat understandable." The admiral rubbed his forehead with his index finger, trying to digest the information as he summarized.

Could it be that I summoned a hero-level ship girl directly with 3333? This is illogical. This can't be explained by European bloodline. Could it be that I have the legendary alien bloodline?

Digging into the depths of her still-unorganized memories, Yaton smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I'm not exactly a hero-class ship girl, but I believe I can hold my own against hero-class ship girls."

"I should be happy to hear that my own ship girl is very powerful, so why can't I feel happy?" Could it be because this ship girl in front of me, who claims to have hero-level combat power, often criticizes me?

"Being criticized appropriately is good for your health." Yaton delivered a direct hit to the bewildered admiral.

"...I think it's probably because we encountered an abyssal assault fleet near the naval base." The admiral firmly rejected Adun's explanation.

“By the way…” Remembering something from what the admiral said, Adon continued, “If my radar system isn’t lying, a Princess-class deep-sea vessel appeared in the combat zone on our return journey.”

And he also has a close relationship with you, Admiral. It took a lot of effort for Adon to suppress the urge to reveal the information.

"What??????" The admiral, who had been in a dreamlike state since the meeting started, could no longer suppress his impulse after hearing this news and jumped onto the conference table, which also served as a dining table.

"How could a Princess-class Abyssal Fleet appear next to the garrison of my small town? You're lying to me, aren't you? You're definitely lying to me! If you encounter a Princess-class Abyssal Fleet alone, unless you're a Hero-class ship girl, there's absolutely no chance of survival! So you must be lying to me... you must be lying to me..."

Under Admiral Aden's cold gaze, the enraged admiral's voice grew softer and softer. Finally, he took a deep breath and asked stiffly, "Really?"

"Really, but..." But that Deep Sea Princess has no hostility towards you. Before Adon could finish speaking, all he saw was the conference room door that had been smashed open, swaying in the wind.

"Admiral, what are you doing? Why are you packing your clothes?!"

"It's too dangerous here, I want to go home, don't stop me!"

"Does the Admiral not want Kogan anymore? Waaah, Kogan worked so hard!"

"clang……"

"Tsk, as expected of someone with ship girl blood, the sound of this hammer hitting the head is just like hitting a metal plate."

Chapter Twelve: Admiral, if you're afraid, you can throw yourself into the deep sea.

"An unfamiliar ceiling..." The admiral, lying on the bed, opened his eyes and remained silent for a while before speaking.

"I'm really sorry, it took me a long time to find the medical room at this naval base," came Admiral Adon's voice from beside his bedside.

The admiral stiffly turned his head (because of the cast on his arm) and saw the first ship girl he had summoned with the builder sitting next to him, peeling an ammunition apple.

It's like taking care of a patient.

Wait, why is it about taking care of a patient? The admiral, suddenly realizing what was happening, tried to sit up straight from the hospital bed, only to find himself completely wrapped in bandages and splints like a mummy in a novice's way.

Could it be that the naval base was attacked by the Abyssal Fleet without his knowledge? The admiral, trying to recall what had happened, only felt a sharp pain in his head.

"Ah, sorry, I wasn't paying attention to the force at the time." Seeing the admiral's splitting headache, Adun put the peeled ammunition apple into his mouth without any pressure and said.