The Naval Base of the Unnamed Ship Girls

"Actually, that's not the most important thing." Seeing the bewildered expression on the deep-sea battleship in front of him, the deep-sea chief of staff patted the ship on the shoulder, intending to reveal something even more terrifying. As for secrecy, forget about it; how long this deep-sea fleet could even exist was already a question.

"Could something even more terrifying be happening? I... may I ask to cover my ears?" The deep-sea battleship, recovering from petrification, felt that its heart could not take any more terrible blows.

"Too late. If you dare plug your ears, I'll break your arm." The chief of staff, who had pulled a torpedo from his ship's storage space, removed its explosive cap, lit it, and put it in his mouth like a cigarette, said:

"Compared to that ship girl who was able to sign Wo-chan as a ship girl, you should be more worried about the relationship between Princess Suki and the admiral of that new naval base nearby."

"Ah, could the rumors be true?" The deep-sea battleship recalled the gossip circulating in the port that the admiral of the newly built naval base might have an extremely close relationship with their own admiral. The deep-sea battleship, which had always regarded such words as nonsense, had to take them seriously after being reminded by the chief of staff.

"The truth may be more terrifying than the rumors. If the admiral of that naval base is unwilling to come to the deep sea, Lady Suki might just pack us up and send us to that admiral." The chief of staff took a deep drag of his torpedo smoke, exhaled a smoke ring, and continued, "Lady Suki herself will be taken along as well."

"Ah—" The deep-sea battleship's scream caused the sperm whale and giant squid corpses lying at the door to resonate. Sure enough, as long as it's a girl, the lion's roar is an innate skill.

"If you keep making noise, I'll dismantle your ship's equipment and feed it to the sharks!" the chief of staff said angrily, covering his ears.

"I...I, can I run away? I, I don't want to go to the ship girls' side!" Unable to accept the blow, the deep-sea battleship, with circles under her eyes, blurted out incoherently.

"Sure!" the chief of staff said expressionlessly.

"Then I'll go pack my bags now!" The deep-sea battleship said, and as it was about to leave, it even forgot to take off its head maid.

"Click..." The sound of a shell being chambered, followed by the chief of staff's words: "As long as you're faster than my shell, feel free to desert or anything like that."

"I was born to be Lady Suki's soldier, and I will die to be Lady Suki's ghost!" The deep-sea battleship stood at attention and saluted.

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Chapter 126 Tiger Shark Meat is Delicious

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"Is this how you eat tiger shark?" Adun asked in a strange tone, picking up a piece of tiger shark meat that had been seared over a flame and placed on the table.

"wowowo," replied wo-chan, who was manipulating the tentacles on her ship's equipment to distribute tiger shark meat to the ship girls and admirals present.

"You mean the best way to eat it is raw?" After hearing Wo-chan's explanation, Adon used his psionic energy to tear open the surface of the piece that had only been lightly smoked and threw the remaining raw meat into his mouth.

"Wait, that's such a waste!" Charlotte, who was sitting opposite Adon and using a knife and fork to eat the small piece of tiger shark meat in the bowl in front of her, quickly stopped her.

"I think it's pretty good. The meat is quite tender, you could say it melts in your mouth." After tasting the legendary tiger shark meat, Adon gave such a sincere evaluation.

"That's it? Adun, do you have something wrong with your taste buds?" Ti asked, somewhat puzzled by Adun's simple evaluation. Just now, she had taken advantage of being Adun's admiral to snatch the piece of meat that Wo-chan was going to give to Adun and eat it, but she had fallen into a state of intoxication because it was so delicious.

Compared to Adonis's calm reaction, Tidus felt like she had acted like a fool, and she wasn't the only fool; the Prince of Wales and the Nelson-Rodney sisters, who had already started eating, also had expressions of pure bliss.

"I never imagined I'd have the chance to eat such fresh tiger shark meat. It's truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience," the Prince of Wales said, taking a small sip and holding his signature glass of whisky.

"Sister, I feel so happy!!" Rodney almost burst into tears after finishing his meal in just a couple of bites.

"It is indeed as delicious as the rumors say, but it shouldn't be this bad, right?" Nelson, not understanding why his sister was reacting so strongly, cut off another small piece and put it in his mouth, asking somewhat strangely.

"Sister, haven't you done the math? This tiny piece of fresh tiger shark meat is equivalent to three years' salary for both of us combined!" Rodney, who had eaten three years' salary in one bite, continued to say with tears streaming down her face, making those who didn't know the inside story think that this ship girl was being oppressed.

Hearing her sister's words, Nelson realized the immense value of the tiger shark meat, and her nose tingled with emotion. She felt an urge to cry. Finally, suppressing her own feelings, Nelson patted her sister's back and said:

"It's okay, once I become a hero-class ship girl, I'll definitely take you out to eat more often." After calculating the difference between the salary of a hero-class ship girl like Prince of Wales and her current salary, Nelson said with a twitch at the corner of her mouth.

"Really?" Rodney immediately perked up.

"Of course it's true. Hero-class ship girls get the same salary as secretary ships, so eating a tiger shark meal shouldn't be a problem, right?" Nelson wasn't very confident when he finished speaking.

"But isn't this kind of fresh tiger shark only available from the Deep Sea Ship Girls?" Rodney, who was so excited that he was clinging to his sister Nelson, thought of something very important.

"Thud..." Nelson let go, letting Rodney, who had been lying on him, lose his balance and fall to the ground. He continued to eat his piece of food in small bites without expression.

Is it really that exaggerated? Ardon found it hard to understand. It's just a fish. The meat might be a little tender, and maybe a little fresh, but Ardon couldn't tell exactly how fresh it was.

It wasn't that there was something wrong with his taste buds, as Tidu said. Rather, as a Protoss, Adun didn't really know what constituted freshness. The soul he had merged with simply let Adun know that this type of fish was among the more delicious ones.

Either the soul's tastes were very different from those of the Protoss, or the taste of tiger shark meat was nothing special to it.

"Can't you even taste the deliciousness of the tiger shark? I really feel sorry for you, Adun!" After once again taking advantage of her privileged status to get an extra-large portion of tiger shark meat from Wo-chan, who was cooking fish, Tidu looked at Adun with pity.

"I don't think this is anything to be pitied." Unable to understand why Tidu would feel sorry for her, Adun pointed to two other ship girls sitting at the Western-style long table and said, "I'm not the only ship that can't taste the flavor."

Ardon first pointed to the brave woman who was eating fish and vodka. Judging from the actions of this Mao-class destroyer, it is very likely that she equated tiger shark meat with the resources she usually used to fill her stomach.

Because they ate quickly enough, Kokang obtained a larger quantity of tiger shark meat from Wo-chan than Ti-du, who profited from his privileges.

"Kogan, eat slowly!" Tidu felt that Kogan needed some etiquette education. This precious tiger shark meat was meant to be savored, not used to fill his stomach!

The proper way to eat is like the British ship girls here, where you have to use... well, Rodney doesn't count.

In reality, Tidu wasn't much better off.

"Huh? Kogan finally felt the taste of home again, why did you do this, Admiral?" Kogan said unhappily, only able to eat small bites under Tidu's forced orders.

"What tastes like home?" Ti was a little confused.

"What Kokang is talking about is probably caviar from the Black Sea," the head maid said, and Kokang immediately nodded in agreement.

"Black Sea caviar? It does taste quite similar. Wait, Kokang, I remember you're from the Soviet Pacific Fleet! When did you go to the Black Sea!" Realizing what had happened, Tidu immediately exposed the lie about her initial ship.

"Waaah!" Guogan's eyes welled up with tears, looking like he was saying, "If you don't let me eat my fill, I'll cry right here."

"Alright, alright, eat as much as you want." Tidu waved her hand, then ordered Wo-chan, "To ensure everyone gets some, we'll implement a rationing system from now on!"

"Wo?" Wo-chan looked like she didn't understand!

"It means to distribute equally, to distribute equally. I eat as much as others can eat, understand?" So that's what Tidu meant by "equal distribution".

"Admiral is bad! Admiral is an idiot! A big idiot!" Kogan said, raising the bottle of fuel vodka in his hand as if to protest.

“Isn’t this your usual tradition? Communism, equal distribution!” Tidu said, completely unfazed by Kokang’s threat.

"It's not like that at all..." Guo Gan sat back down in disappointment, took out a few potatoes from his ship's equipment space, mashed them into mashed potatoes, mixed them with the remaining tiger shark meat, and ate them bite by bite with tears in his eyes.

Seeing this, Yaton sighed and quietly gestured to Wo-chan to secretly keep some for herself.

"wowo?" Unfortunately, wo-chan didn't quite understand what Admiral meant. Instead, she thought her admiral wanted to eat more, so she specially cut a little more for Admiral.

"Adon!!!" Tidu shouted angrily when she saw Adon, the secretary ship, disobeying orders first.

"Hmm." Just as Ti ignored the courageous resistance, Yaton ignored his admiral's anger and ate the extra piece that Wo-chan had cut for him.

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Chapter 127: He's Not in My Memory

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The second ship girl present who doesn't particularly like eating tiger shark meat is the blood test ship girl of Charlotte, the young master of Naval Base No. 233, who fought a bloody battle with Adun before. She calls herself Omega Yuriko, the all-purpose war fortress of the Rising Sun Empire.

This Japanese ship girl, who was acting crazy just a few days ago, is now sitting in a very proper Western-style armchair with a backrest that is completely out of place.

Fortunately, these chairs are big enough, and Omega Yuriko's own size is about the same as that of a primary school student destroyer, so kneeling on the chairs actually looks quite suitable.

Her high-energy vibrating katana was lying horizontally on her lap, giving the impression that she might draw it and slash someone at any moment.

The name of this sword makes it clear that this war fortress ship girl from the Rising Sun Empire is indeed a genuine Japanese ship girl, because only Japanese ship girls would name their samurai sword "Muramasa".

For example, those IJN ship girls whose names contain the character for "dragon," and that neat and orderly family.

It's just that nobody has heard of the origin of the "Oboro Muramasa" in Omega Yuriko's possession.

When eating with British ship girls, they bring their own knives and forks; deep-sea ship girls use tentacles and screwdrivers to forage for food; starship girl Adun uses psionic energy; and Russian ship girls just grab food with their bare hands. This ship girl from the Rising Sun Empire also brings her own tableware—a pair of wooden chopsticks.

"Yes, IJN ship girls mostly use chopsticks." Tidu wasn't surprised by this; she was the type who could use chopsticks, knives, and forks.

“Chopsticks?” After trying the two sticks, Adun realized she could use them too, but she didn’t remember the Protoss ever using chopsticks as cutlery. It seemed to be that soul’s pot.

"Adon, you can use chopsticks too?" Tidu looked at him as if he had seen a ghost.

"It shouldn't be too difficult," Yaton said nonchalantly, picking up a piece of fish with his chopsticks and placing it in Xiao Bei's bowl beside him.

"Wow, it took me several months to learn this back then, and you learned it in no time, Yaton." Tidus felt that his academic prowess had been challenged.

"Does it really take this long?" Charlotte, who was holding a knife and fork, also took a pair of chopsticks from the head maid's reputation. After trying them out, she was able to pick up some things easily.

"You can try half-cooked eggs!" Tidu said ruthlessly!

Regardless of whether the cutlery was easy to use or not, Omega Yuriko, who was sitting at the bottom of the table, behaved much like Arton when it came to the tiger shark meat. After eating her portion, she respectfully and politely put the cutlery back in its place.

He didn't show the same intoxicated look as his companions, nor did he devour his food like a gluttonous beast like Kokang.

"Is it not tasty?" Charlotte asked, puzzled by Omega's reaction.

"It's delicious food, thank you very much." Despite saying that, anyone who isn't blind can see that the so-called deliciousness of tiger shark meat is just so-so in her eyes.

"Could it be that they've eaten too much fish, which is why the IJN ship girls can't understand?" Nearly half of the ship girls in Tidu said that tiger shark meat was just so-so, and they felt even more like they were fools just now.

“It is indeed very delicious, and it reminds me of the old days,” Omega Yuriko explained with a respectful smile.

"Have you eaten this before?" Tidu's words caught the attention of the other ship girls from Naval Base No. 233.

"Is there anything strange?" Omega Yuriko asked, somewhat puzzled by the reactions of the other ship girls and Tidu.

"A corrupt feudal society." Seeing that Omega Yuriko didn't seem to be faking it, Tidu could only attribute all of this to the problems with the old Japanese Empire's system.

"By the way, Omega, are you really an IJN ship girl?" Charlotte asked, finally remembering Omega's origins mentioned by Adun.

"IJN? Admiral, are you referring to the Imperial Navy before the last war?" Omega Yuriko asked, as if she knew the answer perfectly well.

"Then...do you know the Yamato?" When talking about the IJN, one cannot help but mention that battleship whose debut and departure were both very dramatic, the swan song of a battleship carrying 460mm guns.

"The Yamato? That battleship that was cancelled because it was out of step with the times?" Omega Yuriko's answer surprised the admirals and ship girls who knew about the Yamato battleship.

"Huh? Wasn't the Yamato battleship built, launched, and then sunk by those American 'dumplings' with their planes?" Speaking of sunk battleships by plane, the Prince of Wales had something to say. As battleships themselves, the Prince of Wales and the Yamato were, in a way, in the same boat.

"Americans? They didn't wage war against the Empire, did they?" Omega Yuriko's expression showed a hint of doubt.

"Huh? Wasn't it you who attacked Pearl Harbor?" Tidu, who was just one step away from getting a perfect score in history class, sensed that something was wrong.

“Pearl Harbor? Why would the Empire attack an American port? Aren’t they allies of the Empire?” After saying this, Omega Yuriko noticed the atmosphere in the restaurant had changed and asked nervously, “Is something wrong?”

"Something's really not right. Could it be that a time traveler went back in time and changed history?" Tidu asked, somewhat bewildered, as he began to recount the Pacific War of World War II.

"Impossible. The Americans simply don't have the capability to wage war against both the Empire and the Soviet Union. In the early stages of the war, the Empire and the United States were allies in order to contain the Soviet Red Army's strength in the Pacific." After hearing about the so-called Pacific naval battle, Omega Yuriko spoke a history that was completely different from what most of the ship girls present knew.

"The Soviet Union? The Soviet Union was that powerful?" Tidu glanced at Kokang beside him.