The Disqualified Commander of the Abandoned Shipgirl

At the end of the passage, there is an exit.

Leading to the outside.

“It’s really an exit…!”

"Ah."

Although the distance seems a bit far.

After the two turned the corner, the pursuers behind them all rushed out.

They raised their guns once again and began to bombard.

This time the barrage was more intense.

Previously, because they were in a narrow space, even if there were twenty people, they could not attack together.

There are also many corners, which provides Ayanami and the others with enough space to hide.

But now the field was wide and there was only one straight road left.

So without the restrictions of terrain, they could no longer use the terrain to barely avoid those almost impossible to avoid shells.

After Ayanami realized this, she suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart.

"Be careful to avoid the artillery fire!"

She reminded hurriedly.

The next moment, a large number of barrages filled almost every corner of the passage.

"Woah woah woah——"

The ship girl behind him dodged in panic, but no matter where she dodged, she seemed to be hit.

The coverage area is simply too large, and there is not a single bit of cover.

No matter how fast the ship girl is, she can't be faster than the flying barrage of bullets.

"Bam—"

The sound of dense explosions began to ring in my ears.

Ayanami dodged quickly, but two seconds later, she was hit by another barrage of bullets.

Another ship girl was also hit, but her reaction was not as quick as Ayanami's, so she was hit by two shells.

The condition of the ship's equipment is rapidly declining, and if it happens again, it will be close to the limit.

"Well--"

The clear pain coming from her body made her clench her teeth tightly.

The second wave of barrage will soon fall again.

But fortunately, the exit is not far away.

In fact, with their maximum speed, even with the interference of barrage, they can rush to the exit within ten seconds.

But now every second seemed to be extremely long.

"It's still in time, it's still in time, it's definitely still in time—!"

Ayanami kept muttering to herself, a hint of anxiety showing on her expressionless face.

She predicted where the shell would land and dodged it again.

When the second wave of covering barrage fell, Ayanami miraculously was not hit once.

But the other ship girl didn't have such good luck.

Although she tried her best to dodge, she was still hit on the leg by a shell.

"what--"

The defense value of the ship's equipment has completely exceeded the deadline.

The exit is not far away.

If she hadn't been hit on the leg, she would have been able to rush out with Ayanami in another three seconds.

But now it seems that this opportunity has disappeared.

Sometimes luck is also important.

She lay on the ground, a huge feeling of fear grabbing her heart like an invisible hand.

Are you going to die...?

This second seemed extremely long to her.

Long enough for her to recall her life.

It’s just that the time from her birth to now is too short, and there is absolutely nothing worth remembering.

She closed her eyes, endured the severe pain in her body, and waited for the next shell to fall.

But the next second, her body was picked up again.

"—!"

Ayanami turned back for the second time without hesitation, picked her up, and rushed towards the exit that was just around the corner with all her strength.

"Ayanami...? Why..."

"You're almost there, don't give up now."

Ayanami said with a cold face.

The familiar sound of naval guns hitting the ground sounded behind him again.

She tried her best to determine where the shells would land and then dodge them in advance.

But now she is with someone and is not as flexible as before.

After dodging the first few shells, there was no room to avoid the more intense fire.

“Ayanami——!”

The ship girl in his arms immediately shouted and wanted to get out of Ayanami's arms.

"Quiet."

Ayanami remained calm as she passed through the tail end of the third wave of barrage, and after selectively taking one bullet head-on, she rushed out smoothly, completely leaving the pursuers behind her behind.

"Out."

Ayanami whispered.

It's not very open outside.

There is a huge building next to it, I don’t know what it is used for.

"Ayanami, are you okay!?"

The shipgirl in his arms asked in panic.

"It's okay."

Although the ship equipment was almost destroyed.

But isn't it still a little bit off?

not dead.

“Are you really okay…?”

"real."

"..." The ship girl in his arms didn't believe it, but after looking around, she asked, "Ayanami, where are we going...?"

"I don't know. The enemies behind us don't seem to have given up the pursuit. Let's go a little further away first."

"Wow... it would be nice if there was a commander... why don't we have one..."

"Commander? There will be...

Ayanami wasn't very clear either.

But as long as I survived, I can think about this kind of thing later.

"It doesn't matter if you don't have it, let's talk about it later."

"No... Ayanami, we need to go find the commander... If the commander were here, this shouldn't have happened..."

“…I’ll look for it later.”

Ayanami could only reply like this for now.

To be honest, she didn't feel the commander was necessary.

I don't think having a commander will have much impact on the current situation.

At least it doesn't feel that way now.

"Come to think of it... Ayanami... why did you come back to save me...? Obviously, we just met..."

"Why? Because—"

Ayanami paused for a moment, and she leaned her body sharply in one direction, rolled to the side holding the ship girl in her arms, and then stood up.

The place where I was standing just now was blown up by a shell.

And it is quite powerful, it seems to be a battleship's shell.

115. I don’t want to leave alone

“What happened…!?”

"There are attackers."

Ayanami's face, which had originally seemed to be somewhat relaxed, became tense again.

Unlike the twenty pursuers behind him, the number of enemies attacking this time seemed to be much greater than expected.

The dense figures in the distance were all moving in this direction.

Ayanami quickly looked for cover and tried to run to places with more complex terrain.

After the initial attack, the ships paused for a few seconds.

Then, as if he had confirmed something, he began firing in the direction of Ayanami's retreat.

"Why, why are there still so many enemies?!"

The ship girl who was held in Ayanami's arms asked with a look of disbelief.

"Isn't there everyone like this out there?"

"do not know."

If that's the case, it would be too troublesome.

Ayanami rushed into the building, intending to use it as a temporary shelter, but she didn't expect the enemy's firepower to be so strong that the wall was instantly blasted into pieces.

Walls shattered, glass flew, and the building seemed to be instantly bathed in a heavy rain of firepower.

This offensive was devastating and far beyond the capabilities of any previously foreseen enemy.

Ayanami managed to make her way through the flying rubble, using her sword as a shield.

She didn't give up, but her heart was sinking rapidly.

The firepower was too strong.

It only took two or three seconds to tear apart all the shelters in front of them.

The effect of a small-scale fleet is not very obvious.

But once the scale becomes larger, hundreds of ship girls will fire at a certain place together.

You will suddenly understand what it means to be invincible and torrent of naval guns.

That is not something that can be stopped by a single person.

Ayanami knew this very well, as this kind of thing was recorded in her initial memories.