The Naval Base of the Unnamed Ship Girls

Then, in a somewhat nostalgic tone, Yaton began to explain his origins:

"In my homeland, my ship type is called the Protoss Doomsday Ark. It was proposed by the Council of the Supreme Protectors during the golden age of the Protoss and was built to ensure the Protoss could continue to survive in the event of a future doomsday crisis."

"When I'm activated, it means things can't get any worse."

"So that's why you have this kind of personality?" After hearing Adon's self-introduction, South Dakota understood why Adon always maintained such an optimistic attitude.

As a warship that witnessed the peak of its own civilization, its commissioning signifies that the doomsday ark, whose light has dimmed, truly needs a sufficiently optimistic mindset to protect its civilization and ensure its continued existence.

"So, were you eventually put into service?" South Dakota asked with some curiosity.

Knowing that South Dakota would definitely ask this question, Adun smiled slightly and said, "It's activated, and I'm the only one of the three arks that survived."

"..."

For a moment, South Dakota tried to see bitterness in Adun's smile, but found that there was no such emotion in it.

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In the current setting, a ship girl's personality comes from many aspects, such as the personality of the captain and some named crew NPCs, the era of construction, the background of construction, what it was built for, and what the ship has experienced, all of which have an impact.

For example, the Rising Sun Empire's big-headed ship, as well as most of the IJN ship girls, have a potential tendency to turn evil and launch desperate attacks.

For example, there's an Ark ship girl we'll encounter later; when she was completed, her creator race had just become extinct.

Therefore, this Ark ship girl has a coffin-like personality, because she carries the last things of a once incredibly brilliant civilization.

However, these are just initial personality traits, which will gradually change after becoming a ship girl.

That concludes the initial explanation. By the way, we've reached 2000 words by now.

☆, Chapter 156 Snack Princess Corner

"Why did the topic suddenly turn to me?" Adon asked curiously, noticing that South Dakota and Reputation were looking at him with a subtle gaze.

...Isn't it all because of your self-introduction? South Dakota couldn't help but mutter to herself about Ardon's reaction, and even her habitual scratching motion on the turret sparked even more fire.

"Master, Tidu and the young master should be waiting for us, right?" Noticing the situation, the Prestige had no choice but to speak up.

"Oh, I almost forgot about the important matter. Oh well, I'm already late anyway, so I might as well get it done properly." Only after being reminded by Reputation did Adun realize that he had already passed the agreed time.

However, when she sensed that her own Tidu was also sleeping in late, and that only Hyperion and Wo-chan had arrived at the hall earlier, she didn't pay much attention.

Anyway, Hyperion has stood her up more than once or twice, so what's wrong with standing her up once? As for Wo-chan, Wo-chan, who has prepared enough aluminum, is the least of our worries.

"So what do you need me to do now?" South Dakota asked hesitantly as he saw Adun approaching.

“You don’t need to do too much, just trust me.” Ardon, who had already moved closer to South Dakota, glanced at the Deep Sea Princess, whose appearance had changed drastically, and said.

“Since you are her ship girl, I will naturally trust you.” Seeing that Adun didn’t need her to do anything more, South Dakota withdrew her spark-scraping claws and placed them beside her, asking, “Is this all you need?”

"That's good. There might be some discomfort next, but I believe you can bear it." Yaton still remembered Wo-chan's reaction when he first extracted deep-sea energy from her.

Later, Wo-chan explained to Ya-dun that it wasn't very painful at the time; it just felt like something very important had been pulled out.

When Ardon placed his hand on South Dakota's shoulder and felt the other's cold body temperature, he suddenly asked, "What's that horn on your forehead? Why doesn't it usually show?"

"This? It's probably a symbol of status." South Dakota's tone suggested he wasn't too concerned about the black horn on his forehead.

"Is it important?" Since it's a symbol of status, it must be very important, Yaton said, applying his own experience to the question.

“It’s quite important if you want to eat something but can’t find any snacks.” South Dakota, who had completely overwhelmed Ayton’s experience with his actions, directly took off the horn on his forehead, broke it in half, put one half in his own mouth, and handed the other half to Ayton.

"..." Examining the half of the unicorn that symbolized Princess Qi's identity in his hand, Adon glanced at Reputation and asked, "Do you want to eat it?"

Upon seeing Adun's actions, the reputation holder quickly waved his hand and took several steps back to politely decline.

"The taste is a bit strange." Ardon put half of the unicorn in his mouth and chewed it, unsure whether it was delicious or not.

"Master..." Reputation said in a tone that was both alarmed and worried.

"What's wrong?" Ardon asked curiously, wondering why Reputation was looking at him with such an expression after he had eaten the unicorn.

"You special ship girls are definitely not normal ship girls." South Dakota sighed when he saw that Adun didn't react.

"Is that unicorn horn special?" Knowing that it must be related to that unicorn horn, Ardon found that he had already digested it completely in his stomach.

"For deep-sea ship girls, the horns of the Princess are a very good supplement. Some deep-sea ship girls even believe that as long as they consume enough Princess horns, they can evolve into a deep-sea Princess. Of course, I can assure you that these are all nonsense."

After explaining the uses of this unicorn snack for the deep-sea ship girls, South Dakota added, "As for the ship girls eating it... it might upset their stomachs."

"..." Yaton looked at him with an expression that said, "I trusted you so much, and you dared to betray me."

"I mean, for ordinary ship girls, ship girls of Hero rank and above wouldn't care too much. For Hero rank ship girls, the horn of the Princess is a pretty good snack," South Dakota said calmly.

"...Why do I think of a food called spicy strips?" Yaton said, somewhat speechless.

"Do you prefer spicy aluminum strips or spicy steel strips? Although the taste here in the Deep Sea is a bit different from that of the ship girls, I think they both taste pretty good," South Dakota said, seizing the opportunity.

“It’s not just that,” Reputation said, feeling he should clarify something. “For those Fallen Ones, the horns on these Deep Sea Princesses are very important.”

"I know, I even saved up some horns for a while to lure some fallen ship girls." South Dakota scoffed, not refuting Reputation's words.

"However, just like I said earlier, it's all nonsense, just like the theory that the Deep Sea Ship Girls believe that the Princess Horn can promote their evolution."

"Do you have news of the Fallen?" Reputation asked hastily, upon hearing the question that concerned him most.

“There is one thing, but unfortunately it’s not what you think. The fallen ship girls I lured were just small fry and couldn’t provide any more information.” South Dakota replied, seemingly aware that Reputation cared a lot about the fallen ship girls.

"Where are they now?" Reputation asked in a somewhat urgent tone.

“Them?” South Dakota laughed again when he heard about the reputation issue. “Why do you think I would keep them?”

South Dakota wasn't telling the truth about Reputation. In reality, the fallen ship girls who cooperated with her were far from being insignificant figures in the human faction, as she claimed.

That's why South Dakota, after accomplishing what he wanted to do, immediately abandoned those who had helped him.

"..." Upon hearing what South Dakota said, Renown stared carefully at the Deep Sea Princess in front of him, and after confirming that the other party was not deceiving him, he lowered his head and returned to his original position.

“Hmm, I see.” After listening to the conversation between South Dakota and Reputation, Adun released his hand from South Dakota’s shoulder.

"What's wrong?" South Dakota asked curiously.

“No problem, the experiment is complete.” Ardon was surprised that his actions had not elicited any reaction from the Deep Sea Princess. He looked South Dakota up and down and continued, “I think you need a mirror right now.”

"What?" South Dakota, not understanding what was happening, saw and heard the Reigns raise their heads and exclaim in surprise.

“This…this is…” South Dako, the Deep Sea Princess, opened a door from the base of the cannon beside her and took out a mirror. She looked at her reflection and said in disbelief.

In the mirror, South Dakota's originally deep-sea pale skin had become somewhat darker, but also appeared healthier and fuller. Her black and white clothes had been changed into a blue short skirt that she hadn't worn in many years.

The hands, which had transformed into large metal claws, also reverted to their original form. A pair of metal rings, resembling wrist guards but much thicker and shorter than ordinary wrist guards, appeared on the wrists.

"Is this what I used to look like?" South Dakota asked with a slightly questioning tone, touching his now soft, milky-white long curly hair, and sure enough, he touched two flower-like hairs.

“South Dakota…” The reputation that recognized the transformed appearance of the Deep Sea Princess South Dakota froze on the spot.

Almost immediately, Renown learned the identity of the Deep Sea Princess before it sank in the battle.

Chapter 157 This South Dakota...

"Are you sure she can handle all the defense work with just one ship?" Tidu whispered to Adun as she watched the rogue ship girl South Dakota introducing herself to the ship girls of Naval Base 233.

"Don't worry, I guarantee she'll be fine." Ardon noticed that Wo-chan's eyes were a little blank, and knew that South Dakota might not have kept it from his former colonel.

So, while answering his admiral's question, he patted wo-chan on the back.

Even though her body has become Essex, Wo-chan still uses her Wo language.

"I'm serious, aren't I? There's a Deepsea Princess nearby, can this wandering ship girl handle it alone? Or..." Tidu looked at Adun suspiciously and continued to ask:

"You didn't tell her about the Deep Sea Princess nearby?"

“Of course she told us, or rather, she knows more about that Deepsea Princess than we do.” Ardon said, seemingly out of nowhere, “It’s absolutely no problem for her to be in charge of dealing with that Deepsea Princess and those Deepsea fleets. I just happened to have helped her out before, so she was willing to stay.”

"Wowowo" (That's clearly Lady Suki, I can't be wrong), wo-chan couldn't help but say.

"Pfft..." Hyperion, who understood what Wo-chan was saying, almost fell to the ground again.

"What is Wo-chan saying? She seems very excited." Tidu, who doesn't understand Wo language, asked Yaton.

"Wo-chan said she knows that rogue ship girl, and has fought with her. She said that if that rogue ship girl comes, it's hard to say whether she can launch an attack, but she'll be more than capable of defending." Adun didn't need to think twice when she started lying.

Although Aydon thought to herself that she wasn't lying at all, as the leader of Wo-chan, South Dakota would definitely have tested the strength of Wo-chan, the deep-sea captain, and if she were to defend the naval base, she would guarantee that the nearby deep-sea fleet would not make any offensive moves.

"Wo..." Finally realizing that Adun was trying to conceal her identity as the South Dakota Deep Sea Princess, Wo quickly nodded in acknowledgment of Adun's lie.

"Ugh... I can't hold it in anymore," Hyperion said, clutching his stomach, wanting to laugh but not daring to.

"Are you feeling unwell? Tell me about it, and I'll treat you." Adun put on a friendly expression as if she cared for her ship girl, but from an angle where Tiff couldn't see, she clenched her fist.

"No... I'm fine, I'm fine." Remembering the ammunition compartment that had just been hit so hard, Hyperion immediately followed up on Adun's words, "I also think this ship is pretty good at fighting, at least much better than those guys."

The "guys" Hyperion was referring to were naturally the ship girls of Naval Base 233, including the blood-testing ship girl Omega Yuriko summoned by Charlotte.

Surprisingly, these ship girls, who always considered the honor of the naval base their own responsibility, did not react at all to the somewhat disdainful remarks made about the Hyperion.

Or rather, Hyperion's words were not only correct, but also slightly belittled South Dakota's fighting capabilities.

After all, these ship girls combined can only withstand a few blows from South Dakota, the Deep Sea Princess, in her casual state. If South Dakota really goes all out and uses all the original bodies she summoned in the Mirror World...

These ship girls might have to make enough sacrifices to have even the slightest chance of protecting their young master.

Although she calls herself a wandering ship girl, South Dakota's strength is less than one-tenth or one-twelfth of her peak strength, which is suppressed by Adun. However, her leader-class aura cannot be hidden from these ship girls who are at least quasi-hero-class.

Even Nelson and Rodney, who hadn't even reached the level of Hero, sensed that something was amiss.

"Wow, what an amazing rogue ship girl," Rodney said in a slightly trembling voice.

"Calm down, at least they're not the enemy," Nelson said, trying to compose himself as he took off his hat, put it back on, and took it off again.

“There aren’t many South Dakotas with the Leader class.” The Prince of Wales looked at the South Dakota, which showed neither any hostility nor any friendliness, and took a deep breath as he spoke.

“His Majesty the Emperor has one, the Governor of South Asia has one, and there’s one last one…” Veneto tried to dig out the true identity of the South Dakota man in front of him from his memories.

“The last one? Uh… Vivi, you mean… um.” After remembering who Veneto was referring to as the last Leader-class South Dakota, Richelieu covered her mouth without anyone’s help, trying to suppress her fear.

"What are you talking about? I don't understand a word of it," Qianwei said with some curiosity.

Seeing that the young master's attention had been drawn to the undisguised loud words of the avant-garde, Prinz Eugen simply picked up the young ship girl from behind and dragged her out.

"What are you talking about? Leader-class? This wandering ship girl is a Leader-class ship girl?" Charlotte, who seemed very interested in Leader-class ship girls, tried to come closer, but Omega Yuriko grabbed her clothes.

"Oh, I just misread it." The Prince of Wales, somewhat at a loss for how to handle the situation, quickly said at the prompting of his prestige.