He is the commander and the admiral.

The Purifier looked nonchalant and sat directly on a chair, then looked at Hipper who was standing next to him with his arms folded across his chest and looking at them with an unhappy expression.

"Hey, flat-chested tsundere over there, pour me a cup of tea."

"Ha! Who are you calling a flat-chested tsundere?!"

"Besides you, there is no one else here who is a flat-chested tsundere, right? Besides, you responded to me yourself, which shows that you think the same way."

The Purifier's answer made Hipper so angry that her ship equipment appeared, intending to give the opponent a heavy blow, but Z23 quickly placed the tea that she had prepared in front of the Purifier, which eased the situation a little.

Chapter 330: Result of Speculation

"So what exactly do you want to say?"

The Purifier who was drinking tea asked Roger questions as if he was the master here.

"I want to ask you something. Although it may sound strange, do I have any relationship with you guys, or is it something else?"

Roger asked, "Judging from what has happened so far, I seem to have some special meaning to you, right? Otherwise, I don't think you would have come here so easily just because of my contact."

The Purifier stopped drinking tea. After all, the question Roger asked was really difficult to answer, because there were too many issues involved. If he told them all now, all the efforts so far would be in vain.

"Ah? What nonsense are you talking about? This kind of thing is impossible no matter how you look at it, right? And the reason we care about you a little bit is because you have unpredictable power, so we treat you so carefully. As for why I came here now... Of course I am willing to do so. I came here because I think it's interesting. Is there a problem with that?"

The Purifier answered as if it was a matter of course, as if telling Roger that it was all his own fault and that everything had nothing to do with him.

"Is that so?"

Roger lowered his head and thought. He could feel that the Purifier had no intention of telling him what he wanted to know, and he had no way to make the other party speak out obediently.

"You guys should understand the situation here!"

Hipper, who already had resentment towards the Purifier, was staring at her with a bad look. She was still thinking about what he had just said, calling her a flat-chested tsundere.

"Oh? What's the situation here? You don't think I'm scared, do you? If I were really scared, then I wouldn't have come here just now. You are really stupid."

Faced with this level of threat, the Purifier maintained an arrogant smile on his face, as if he didn't care about any threats at all. The final taunt made Hipper want to punch that face that she hated.

"Phew~ If you guys are only looking for me for something like this, then let's just leave it at that."

After drinking the tea, the Purifier looked as if he had no intention of staying any longer, so he stood up and prepared to leave.

"I won't let you guys play such farces anymore. Remember this. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude."

The Purifier gave a warning. If this continued, it would be detrimental to the development of the situation. It might even make Roger and his people think that they could actually sit down and have a good communication. They did not need such views.

"Who was that woman who set up the security lock with me?"

The Purifier's steps froze in place, and her eyes revealed disbelief and even some surprise. However, she did not turn her head away, but forced herself to suppress the emotion, trying to maintain an attitude of not caring at all.

"What are you talking about? I have no idea. What about the female researcher and the safety lock of the Mind Cube? How could I possibly know these things? I'm just a Purifier."

Having said this, the Purifier quickened his pace and left. This situation was somewhat unexpected for Roger. At the same time, he wondered if he had guessed wrong. After all, the current situation was completely different from what he had thought before.

"Perhaps you are not wrong, Commander."

When Roger was confused, Prince Eugen said, "Maybe she knows something but is unwilling to say it. Of course, it may be because of us that she doesn't want to say it."

After all, although the Purifier was very easy to disguise, his obviously shocked reaction just now still made Prince Eugen look at it carefully.

"Perhaps next time, Commander, you could try to meet alone?"

"Huh? A private meeting? I did so many things because I was worried. Now you want him to meet alone again. Doesn't that mean everything we've done is a waste?"

Hipper rolled his eyes, thinking it was a little too late to say this now.

"That's because we couldn't be sure before. Now we are a little more certain that there is something unspeakable. What kind of secret is there between Siren and the commander?"

Prince Eugen fixed his eyes on Roger, as if hoping to see something special, but such behavior was obviously useless, and Roger could not give out more useful information.

Bismarck, who was in the port area, saw what had just happened through the surveillance and fell into deep thought. She relied on the surveillance to watch the scene more carefully and saw the reaction of the Purifier, so she could think of more content. After all, the look of the Purifier could make people think of too many things.

But the other party still pretended not to know in the end. The specific reason is unknown. Is it that he can't say it? Or is it that he can't reveal it?

At the same time, after the Purifier left, he immediately contacted Observer Alpha.

"α! You know what! I just met him!"

"I already know about this, so what? What are you telling me? In the end, why did you foolishly agree to this? Understand the current situation! This is not a deal like the last time. Don't just ignore everything because of his words, okay?"

Observer α's tone was also somewhat angry, and she was obviously very dissatisfied with the Purifier's behavior. In her opinion, this completely lowered the image of the Siren.

"Please listen to me first! He just asked me who the female researcher who helped him set up the security lock was."

After the Purifier said this, Observer α fell silent. This situation seemed to have made her fall into deep thought. For a while, the communication became very quiet. After a few minutes of silence, Observer α spoke again.

"You didn't say anything, did you?"

"Of course not. I wasn't stupid enough to say anything under the circumstances."

"That's good. Don't do anything rash about this matter for now. Come back soon."

Chapter 331 What is the relationship?

"Now that he has asked this question, should we tell him?"

The Purifier who returned to the base told Observer Alpha about this. In her opinion, the one who suddenly asked these questions now might have known something. In this case, it is appropriate to tell the other party something, right?

"So after telling him? And then starting a cooperative operation with him?"

Observer Alpha asked, and this question made the Purifier unable to answer for a while, because she knew that the other party would not agree to this matter.

"Not only will such behavior not bring any benefits, but it will also cause some things to affect the original prediction again. Such things are not the results we want. This is completely meaningless behavior."

“That’s true, but…”

Although the Purifier could understand what Observer Alpha meant, understanding was one thing, but being willing to accept it was another. At least she still wanted to have more contact with Roger.

“You don’t forget what we should do, instead of thinking about things that will affect our actions.”

Seeing the Purifier's wavering expression, Observer Alpha once again reminded him what they needed to do, but this did not make the Purifier's mood better. Instead, it looked even worse.

"It's not easy to get an opportunity like this. It would be too difficult to just give up."

"Even if it's like this, you can't just do those things without caring about anything. If you really want to have that kind of life, then work harder. As long as you get rid of those annoying guys, then I won't care about what you do at that time. I can even do those things faster than you."

Who doesn't want to put down so many troublesome and endless research and tasks? Observer α herself also wants to live an easier life, but that is simply impossible at the moment. Once she relaxes, many things will not be handled.

After hearing what Observer Alpha thought about the matter, the Purifier could only accept this fact temporarily. As for when there would be some new progress, it was completely unknown.

"Besides, don't you think about it for a moment? If he knew what was going on now, whether he would be able to accept it is something worth considering, right?"

"It seems so."

The Purifiers thought that it would be very difficult and troublesome to disrupt Roger's complete acceptance of their current activities, so if they told him now, not only would there be no changes, but it would also have a very big impact.

After realizing this, the Purifier's expression became even more bitter.

On the other hand, Roger felt extremely helpless as this operation ended in failure. He originally thought that he would be able to obtain some useful information this time, but in the end, apart from finding out some problems, there was no other benefit. Even the matter of Helena META did not make any progress. This made Roger feel very disappointed.

And when he saw that the Purifier actually responded to the questions he asked, Roger became even more curious about those people and those things.

"Commander, we're here."

Akagi reminded the dazed Roger to come back to his senses and look at the Iron Blood Port area in front of him. After getting off the ship and walking on the road in the port area, he couldn't help but ask Akagi.

"Akagi, do you think the Siren was our partner from the beginning?"

"Commander, although Akagi will believe everything you say unconditionally, it is still hard for people to believe that something like this is true."

Akagi thinks that Roger's ideas and decisions are correct, but even so, she still thinks that this idea is a little too exaggerated. After all, she really can't think of the idea that Siren would be a companion, so Akagi doesn't know whether she should believe Roger's ideas.

"That's true. From the beginning to now, the conflict with Paisiren has never stopped. In this situation, if you suddenly say that this life-and-death opponent is a companion, you will basically be regarded as a psychopath."

Roger also felt that it would be difficult for people to believe and understand this idea if he spoke it out loud. It might even make some ship girls think that they had a problem with their brains, or that they were being influenced and controlled by the Sirens, and that they were planning to defect to the Sirens.

"But it certainly makes sense for the commander to think so, and the Purifier did react to what was said before, but in that case, at most we can guess that the Siren may have some relationship with the commander, and it has nothing to do with us, the ship girls."

This could also explain why the Sirens had such a good attitude towards Roger's affairs before. If they were not related, then why would they do that? Normally, they would definitely want to capture the commanders of these many ship girls and hold them hostage, right?

But the Sirens did not do so, and did not even have the idea of ​​taking action. However, even if they did, Akagi believed that those methods would most likely only be aimed at them, the ship girls.

“That seems to be the case…”

Roger thought it made sense, but a new question arose. Although the Sirens were not real enemies, what were they doing now? According to previous understanding, the enemy was some kind of giant monster, so why were they targeting the Ship Girls?

If they were already at a disadvantage, shouldn't they have worked harder to cooperate? Could it be that the Sirens and the Ship Girls in the future world had a disagreement, which led to the current situation? Even after arriving in another parallel world, they thought that the same situation would occur in the future, so they attacked the Ship Girls? If this is the case, it is not impossible to explain.

"But if you think about it this way... doesn't it feel like the existence of the Sirens was created by humans? But if that's the case, why is it now..."

Chapter 332 What is this ring?

“Maybe it’s META.”

Frederick the Great, who was walking towards him, expressed his opinion, and this explanation made Roger suddenly realize.

"The instability of META-ized shipgirls at the beginning will undoubtedly cause problems in various aspects. Even though we have seen many shipgirls who have successfully META-ized, there is probably no need to explain what will happen to those who failed. Of course, it is also possible that they have sunk before they even started."

Although what I said is very depressing, it can explain some of the situations in the relationship between the Sirens and the Ship Girls. This guess cannot be completely confirmed for the time being, but it can at least answer some questions, so it will be used as the correct answer for the time being.

"But your speculation about the birth of the Siren is really a bit unexpected, kid."

"This is just some bold speculation based on the current contact. After all, it is also possible that there is another world, and it has reached a cooperation with people from another world. However, I think this way because of the attitude of the Purifier. However, it seems that it is not very useful to confirm this matter."

Roger could see that the Siren had no intention of telling him everything, and even planned to continue in this way. Such a result really made him feel helpless and entangled.

"Does this mean we have to go on like this? Is it because we can get what we need by doing this?"

Roger was puzzled. Without equal information, he couldn't guess the reason no matter how hard he tried. So after thinking for a while, he had no choice but to give up.

"Forget it. There is no way to communicate with the Siren right now. And regarding the Helena META issue, it's obviously impossible to do anything about it."

"Now that we know so much about the situation, it's much better than before."

Frederick the Great calmed Roger's emotions. Although the more he came into contact with these things, the more confused and perplexed he felt, it also made him want to find a way to bring hope.

"However, judging from the Sirens' current behavior and the so-called script they arranged before, they may want to get something special, and such things require specific conditions to appear from us, the ship girls. Otherwise, with the Sirens' abilities, there is no need to arrange it this way."

"From us? But what else can we have?"

Akagi frowned. How could they not know if they had anything special on them? Apart from a mind cube, there was nothing else.

"Is there any more special secret in the Mind Cube?"

This is the only possible explanation, but so far all they know is the awakening of the mind and the security lock that restricts meta-ization, nothing else.

"It's impossible that we can only know after the safety lock is released."

"There are too many secrets in the Mind Cube. It is very difficult for us to fully understand it. Perhaps it is because of this that Siren continues to conduct experiments and find new discoveries."

Just thinking about the process of this experiment, Roger couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

"Forget it, let's stop discussing this issue for now and think about the next arrangements."

Roger and Akagi returned to the dormitory room in the port area, but before he could relax, the communicator suddenly rang. After seeing that it was a call from his own port area, Roger chose to answer it in confusion.

"Flying Field Princess? What's going on?"

"Of course, Admiral, do you plan to come back soon? The battleship Qiji has been waiting for you for a long time."

When Ji from the flying field was describing the situation here, suddenly a pale hand appeared and pressed on her head, then pushed her away. A woman with two devil horns, long straight black hair, and the temperament of a queen appeared in the image. When the other party appeared, her sharp eyes made Roger's body tremble subconsciously.

Figure:

"Ahem, I'm so sorry that I wasn't able to appear in front of you the first time you came into this world."

"Nothing. I've heard about your situation, so I can understand a little bit of it. But I still hope you can come back as soon as possible. I have something to give you."

"Something? What?"

Roger's eyes became confused, and Battleship Qiji took out a small box, and after opening it, a ring inside appeared in Roger's sight.

"Ring? This thing is for me? I don't think I need this thing, right? But where did you get this thing?"

Roger found it very strange. Logically speaking, the Deep Sea Princess that was created shouldn't be able to carry anything with her, right?

And the warship Qiji continued: "This was given to me by Shenhai, and he said it was for you to use."

"Deep Sea gave it to me? This is too weird. It's just a ring. Is there anything special about it?"

"Admiral, let me help you take a look."

Princess Feichang took the box from Princess Battleship, and when she looked at the ring, she found a sentence written on the inside of the lid.