Shut up! I'm not a destroyer!

Fortunately, Nagato didn't wake up, she just turned over and continued to sleep.

But this made Veneto feel a little more comfortable, at least he was not facing Nagato head-on.

She began to think about what to do next.

Although the body cannot move, the brain can still function.

But after thinking it over, she couldn't think of a perfect solution.

Even when facing Nagato, how to talk about his experiences during this period became a difficult decision.

She should have lied, but she felt that she shouldn't lie to Nagato.

And she wasn't sure what Nagato knew.

Seeing this kind of close care, Veneto didn't know whether it was because Nagato was worried about her or because of some other problem.

From her human perspective, it's normal for Nagato to be worried. After all, she disappeared for so long and suddenly reappeared, which is very strange from any angle.

But from her perspective as a ship girl, Nagato shouldn't be worried. Ship girls rarely think about such complicated issues. Even if they meet a spy disguised as a partner, they will never treat him as a spy at first, but as a real partner.

Veneto wasn't sure which one Nagato was.

Time passed slowly under Veneto's various concerns, until some sunlight groped in through the gaps in the tent, and Veneto realized that it was dawn.

And the ship girl next to her seemed to be showing signs of waking up.

She quickly closed her eyes and pretended not to wake up.

After the sound of the quilt turning, there was nothing beside her.

Nagato sat up from the makeshift folding bed.

"I'm so sorry, but our fleet has to set off today, so I have to let you continue sleeping on my body."

Nagato seemed to be talking to Veneto, but Veneto didn't open her eyes, so she didn't know whether Nagato was talking to her face.

"Nagato-sister, are you awake?"

Mutsu lifted a corner of the tent door.

"Wake up, notify everyone, let's get ready to go."

Nagato answered.

"Aren't you going to wait until she wakes up?"

Mutsu glanced at the white-haired ship girl lying on the bed with her eyes closed.

"No need to wait. Maybe she will wake up on the way back."

Nagato shook his head.

NO.463 Return

Veneto had her eyes closed, but she could feel herself being lifted up and moved to a stretcher.

Underneath my body there was the texture of the taut cloth that was unique to a stretcher.

Even if each of the ship girls is as strong as an ox, it doesn't mean that they are stupid enough to carry away the entire bed and Veneto together.

Not to mention the inconvenience on the road, it just looks silly.

As the two unknown ship girls moved, the stretcher swayed rhythmically from side to side.

Veneto was thinking while shaking.

She couldn't keep pretending to be asleep like this. She would feel uncomfortable lying there all the time.

There is no escape from the things that you have to face.

But now is not the last resort, she can still pretend for a while.

After a while, Veneto heard Nagato say, "Just put it on my bed."

Then she felt a stretcher being put on the ground. Two ship girls were lifting her shoulders and one was lifting her feet. They lifted her up and put her on a bed.

According to Nagato, this should be the captain's room on her main body.

KanColles don’t have captains, they themselves are the captains.

However, even though Veneto had fought alongside Nagato for some time before, she had never entered the captain's room on Nagato's main body.

This made her a little curious.

She had only seen the captain's rooms of a few ship girls.

That seems to be the ship girl's private space, which is often not open to the public. Some ship girls even only allow themselves to enter and exit, and even her admiral is not allowed to enter.

Nagato even gave up his bed for her to sleep in, which made Veneto even more conflicted.

She felt that lying was really unfair to Nagato's kindness to her.

But everyone could see how Fukayama Yamato treated her.

"Okay, get ready now and leave in ten minutes."

Nagato seemed to say something to the ship girl who helped carry Veneto in, then left the room.

Veneto listened to the three footsteps fading away, and then she slowly opened her eyes.

What comes into view is a silver-gray ceiling with a fixed glass lamp on it and a wire grid covering the outside of the lamp.

This should be a reinforcement to prevent the bulb from being destroyed during the violent dynamics of the hull.

At this point, the only part of Veneto's body that could move was basically beyond his chest.

But there was still no movement in the waist and abdomen.

This condition still allowed her to only be able to turn her head, and what she could see was still limited.

But now at least the angle can be made larger.

She turned around and began to observe the rest of Nagato's room.

The whole room was shockingly clean and overly tidy.

Veneto thought of Bismarck's military style.

The captain's cabin might also be of this style.

There was a table near the porthole with a chair in front of it.

There are many large military books on the table.

It can be seen that these books are often turned over, so that the corners of many books have been worn and rounded.

Next to the innermost wall, there is a wardrobe welded to the ground. I don’t know what clothes are inside.

Apart from these, there was only a bed in the room.

Veneto withdrew her gaze. She thought she could see some "secret of the girl", but there was nothing.

No wonder Nagato dared to put her in his room and agreed to let other ship girls carry her in.

Because there are no secrets here at all.

She stared at the ceiling speechlessly, continuing to think of a solution.

On the deck outside, the ship's captain was controlling her own body to sail forward.

Her sister also stayed in her setting.

Patrolling and maintaining flagship security is a shift-based job.

This is her rest time.

"Nagato-sister, Veneto is back, why do you look unhappy?"

Mutsu didn't understand his sister's current state.

"I'm quite happy."

Nagato responded with a frown.

"I don't see why you're happy."

Mutsu glanced at Nagato's expression. The flagship's face was too serious, and it was not known whether his frown could kill a fly.

"You know, this is very strange."

Nagato explained to his sister helplessly.

"I think it's a blessing that she can come back. There's no need to think too much about it."

Mutsu didn't quite understand Nagato's thoughts.

In her opinion, it was good enough that Veneto came back. At least he was not a corpse or simply disappeared, returning to the sea somewhere.

There are several levels of severity for missing persons. The first level is when a person disappears without any news.

The second level is that the person disappears but replies to the message.

The third level is also the easiest level, which is when people come back.

Veneto is clearly in a third-level situation, which is the best case scenario.

It can't get any better.

"talk later."

Nagato's brows relaxed a little, and he laughed at himself.

She felt that it was because she had been the flagship for too long and had more and more things on her mind, so much so that she had to consider a simple matter in such a complicated way.

In fact, Mutsu was right. What she should do now is to take good care of Veneto and make it up to her.

Veneto is a true hero, the kind that sacrifices himself.

Now she is struggling to fight her way out of numerous enemies. Instead of treating them well, she is doubting them. She is too petty.

"Wait until she wakes up."

Nagato thought about it and decided to wait for Veneto to wake up and then ask about the situation.

Of course, no matter what the result is, Veneto is Veneto and it is impossible for someone else to impersonate it.

There are no two ship girls in the world that look exactly the same; even sister ships look different.

"What should we do next? Continue the pursuit?"

Mutsu asked, holding onto the side of his eldest sister's boat.

"We have been resting on this island for a whole day. I don't know where they are anymore... Let's return to the ship."

Nagato glanced towards the bridge again and spoke.

Now that Veneto is back, the most important thing now is to send her to the rear to rest.

Even metal gets tired, let alone a flesh-and-blood ship girl.

"Okay, I'll let them know."

A smile appeared on Mutsu's face.

The time at sea this time is quite long, and she also wants to go ashore to eat some delicious food, such as vegetables, instead of facing frozen meat and seafood every day.

Of course there are also dehydrated vegetables or pickled vegetables...Fresh vegetables are always difficult to preserve, and some of the stored ones have been consumed long ago.

The fleet turned as a whole and headed towards the mainland.

Veneto felt the ship tilt, but she didn't know which way.

She quietly looked out of the porthole. There was a big sun hanging in the sky outside. It had obviously just risen and was not far from the sea.

The huge fleet is sailing through the waves.

There is no need to worry about lanes on the sea surface, you can pave it as wide as you want.

What's more, the sea surface of this world is occupied by the deep sea, and there is no such thing as a shipping channel.

Theoretically, the entire fleet can move sideways without any problems, and there is no need to worry about colliding with merchant ships or anything like that.

Veneto felt that the entire fleet should be heading towards the land, which made her feel relieved.

At least the ship girls don't have to fight with Deep Sea Yamato and Tsuna, so she doesn't have to feel uncomfortable on both ends.