Shut up! I'm not a destroyer!

"Yes."

Reputation nodded.

"Just...start from my holiday, or I'll take a day off and we'll go together."

Veneto gritted his teeth.

"How are King Kong and the others' injuries?"

The air was silent for a while, and Veneto broke the silence.

"He's almost recovered before we return. The medical care at the frontline base is better than that at our garrison."

Vittorio said, elegantly holding the coffee he had just taken a sip of.

"That's right. There are so many ship girls injured every day over there, so the medical conditions must be better. Otherwise, if all the ship girls are injured, who will be able to fight the deep sea?"

Veneto nodded.

It seems that King Kong and the others also listened to me and healed their injuries first before changing defense.

"They are still a little uncomfortable. I have arranged for them to rest in the garrison. They will not be sent on expeditions for the time being."

Vittorio took a sip of his coffee and continued.

"Relatively speaking, the ship girls who went on the mission didn't suffer any injuries."

"No, all expeditions, escort missions, and other missions are cancelled. Only training and exercises are retained... I emphasize again, do not go to the deep sea before I return."

Veneto waved.

"What if the higher-ups use the excuse of not paying enough to cancel the garrison?"

Vittorio asked his own admiral.

"Then... we'll talk about it when the time comes."

Veneto bit his finger, thought for a while, and said so.

"When you reach the mountain, there will always be a way out... By the way, how did the previous mission to attack the deep sea area turn out?"

Veneto thought of the reasons why the front-line bases were short of manpower.

Everything was going so well before, but now it's gone.

Although that mission was confidential, it was no secret to the admiral who had the participation of the ship girls.

"We won and succeeded, but because of the situation at the frontline base, the higher-ups won't release the results so easily. Look, it's already been a week."

Vittorio put the empty coffee cup on the coffee table in the living room of the dormitory apartment and said calmly.

"That's right. If something that will lead to impeachment by the public happens first, it's something that the public should celebrate. Those in charge must discuss it before deciding how to release the news... It should be done right away. If it's delayed any further, it will lose its timeliness."

Veneto thought he would see the news soon, so he didn't bother to ask about it.

After knowing that there was nothing wrong with her ship girl, she worked even harder on the upgrade assessment.

As a result, she had already finished the exam, but there was still no official movement.

So after she completely relaxed, she took the initiative to ask her own ship girl.

No.197 No conscience

Reputation looked at Veneto, who was sitting across from him.

I remember that a long time ago, the admiral who looked similar to me was also like this white-haired loli now, and he always kept his word.

But for a long time, he seemed like a different person, unable to say or do anything.

At that time, at the beginning, even she, who was supposed to be the least shaken ship girl, was shaken.

Until later, she secretly saw the locked diary.

It turns out that people who break their own principles sometimes have their own reasons.

And those who are served by reputation abandon their own reasons and make reputation silent.

But now it seems that he is still her, and perhaps only the body has changed.

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And that Veneto put down the textbook in his hand and looked into the eyes of the reputation blankly.

"Ok?"

Vittorio felt that the surroundings suddenly became quiet, and a warm and touching atmosphere surrounded her.

This made her raise her head to look for the source of the breath.

However, what she saw was a ship girl with eyes full of emotion staring at the admiral with eyes full of confusion.

"What are you two doing?"

Vittorio couldn't help but ask out loud.

"I also want to know."

Veneto asked in confusion.

"Nothing, time is tight, so... Admiral, this trip may be very tiring and we won't have much time to rest."

Reputation was a little worried, since she had followed Veneto, the admiral had not experienced such a tight trip.

Even if you go to the front line, you will have plenty of time to rest.

This time I took a leave to travel.

It is impossible to take an indefinite vacation, and mainly there is no good excuse.

This includes the weekend, and with the cold as an excuse, it makes a total of four days.

Friday, weekend and next Monday.

Veneto did not dare to ask for too long, for fear that if he applied to graduate early, the teachers would not approve it.

Their itineraries are not that close.

It takes one day to go and one day to come back, and the two days in between are used to look for people. Veneto doesn't even have time to rest.

The destination was in another port city, half a day's boat ride and half a day's train ride from Rhodes.

There is a ship girl in that city, a legendary ship girl who can use magic, and the naval base cannot contact her.

Veneto had no choice but to go look for it himself.

Of course, Vittorio said that she didn't want to find that ship girl from her point of view.

But as a member of the naval base, Vittorio had to go look for him, and he felt conflicted.

Although that ship girl herself actually has many shortcomings, especially the point of spending money recklessly.

After many admirals obtained Lexington, that ship was of no use to them and they could only keep it in the naval base to defend the rear.

But unfortunately, there is no Lexington in Veneto's tutelary fort...

Otherwise Vittorio would not have become the First Lady.

You know, according to legend, when Lexington was in the naval base, she always occupied the position of the first lady.

Therefore, the position of this ship girl who replaced the other naval fort Lexington is quite important in the Veneto naval fort.

It is considered the flagship of the No. 3 aircraft carrier formation.

Number one is of course the enterprise.

Number two is the eating and drinking combination.

As a result, Veneto suspected that this flagship figure could not be contacted by the garrison because he had spent all his savings.

That ship girl's ability to manage her own finances can be described as a negative number.

And she retained a deep royal stubbornness. If she didn't take action and didn't really see the evidence that the admiral was alive, the ship girl would never return to the naval base.

So even though Veneto felt a little physically repulsive, from an objective point of view, she had no choice but to go find him in person.

Like Vittorio, she was scratching her head and had to resort to memorizing her lessons to divert her attention.

Who knew that reputation was always staring at her.

Now they were already on the train heading to the city.

Trains are much faster than ships. If they had to rely solely on taking a ship to get to another port city, they probably wouldn't have enough time to make the round trip.

"Admiral, we have only found the information about her appearance, so if things don't go smoothly, we may not get anything this time."

Reputation put aside his worries and gave Veneto a shot of prevention first.

If you can contact them or have their exact address, then it's easy.

The problem is that this time there are only eyewitness reports.

The naval base at the destination port reported seeing this ship girl during the inquiry of the Sasebo naval base.

But that was a few months ago.

Who knows if that ship girl is still in this city now.

It's not the deep sea, so how could the naval base keep an eye on a foreign ship girl?

What's more, they registered honestly when they came here.

There will be no problem with all the procedures, so naturally there won't be anyone watching you all the time.

"I know this. We are just going to give it a try this time. It would be best if we can find something natural."

Veneto closed his textbook and looked at the scenery outside the window.

Because of the deep sea, second- and third-tier cities in coastal areas have retreated inland.

Large areas of land became wasteland, plants grew wildly, and the railway tracks looked like they were built in a forest.

There are mostly green plants outside the window, which can relieve eye fatigue.

"If we can't find it, we'll go back first and continue next time... It'll be fine when we're in the third year. In the third year, we can build ship girls, and we can find an excuse to train ship girls to go out."

Veneto held his chin with one hand, his voice a little dull.

"Won't this railway track be destroyed if it's built here?"

Veneto turned his head and asked about reputation curiously.

"No, every once in a while, there will be ship girls patrolling along the railway, along with railway workers. Every city's exchange has fixed tasks to distribute, and many wild ship girls make a living from this."

Reputation shook his head and said.

Veneto seldom traveled far before, so he didn't notice this.

"There are quite a few fixed tasks, such as railway inspections, route inspections of merchant ships and cargo ships, and circuit inspections. These basic tasks are carried out several times a day."

Reputation begins with some contemporary basic knowledge of Veneto.

"Nowadays, many new admirals will take their young shipgirls with them to accept this kind of mission. Generally, there is no risk. After all, this is land. The deep sea creatures who can cross the front blockade and the garrison blockade and climb onto the land are basically those who are so weak that they can't stand without sea water."

Vittorio took over the words of Reputation.

She often encountered this kind of thing when she was running the "family" outside.

"Young people are so good nowadays? I remember that when we first built shipgirls, we would first conduct exercises or training to gain experience."

Veneto raised an eyebrow, startled.

"Just lie. Who was it that dragged me to the front line to play 1-1? Think about it yourself... Oh, you didn't."

Vittorio grabbed Veneto's face and pulled it apart.

When she came to the key point, she paused and shook her head helplessly.

"Who wants that thing? It's such a cumbersome thing!"

Veneto pushed away his own ship girl's hands and spat.

“I was already in the fourth grade at that time!”

"The people who are taking the missions now are also fourth-years...only fourth-years. How can the so-called future admirals take risks when they haven't grown up? The current quasi-admirals no longer have the iron-blooded spirit they had in the past."