The Disqualified Commander of the Abandoned Shipgirl

Jiang Feng's reaction speed in combat... or to put it bluntly, his computing power, has reached its limit. There is an obvious wall ahead. Either continue to increase your training level, or further comprehend - Lin Shen doesn't know what he should comprehend.

Anyway, this is indeed Jiang Feng's limit.

It only lasted a short while before Jiang Feng fell from this extreme state. After Lin Shen further increased the pressure of his attack, Jiang Feng lost.

"Sorry... I still haven't felt the breakthrough."

Jiang Feng walked back and said with some disappointment.

I could clearly feel the barrier, but I just couldn't cross it. I could only improve my training level and then increase the total amount at the same time.

This feeling was not very good for her.

"No, that's not your problem."

Lin Shen touched his chin, thought for a moment, and said.

"I feel that this barrier may not be so easy to penetrate. It is related to your 'heart'. When your heart is condensed, you may be able to break through it."

"What does that mean..."

"Um--"

Lin Shen repeatedly felt the feelings deep in his soul, then shook his head.

"I don't know. Anyway, this is my judgment. If you want to improve your strength now, you should improve your training level first. After your training level is maxed out, you may need to face this bottleneck. However, that will be a long, long time in the future, and you still have a lot of battles to go through. If you have never sunk, when you reach the limit of your training level, perhaps it will be natural for you to know how to successfully break through this bottleneck."

"...Then we can only wait?"

"A person's vision and strength are related to each other. The stronger you become, the more you will see." Lin Shen smiled and patted Jiang Feng on the shoulder, saying, "Don't worry. You will definitely get what you deserve."

"I thought you would say something more pessimistic." Jiang Feng looked at him and said. In her opinion, Lin Shen, a pessimist, should be criticized. By the way, Lin Shen's pessimism is even stronger than Jiang Feng's pessimism about reality. She is just disappointed with reality, but what about Lin Shen?

That's despair.

Although now it seems that I rarely directly feel the ideas in Lin Shen’s heart.

Because he spoke less and less about profound principles.

It might be because battle command and other things took up more of Lin Shen’s energy.

"Hahaha, don't look at me like this. Although I am pessimistic, I am actually an optimist." Lin Shen laughed for a while and said.

“What kind of new paradoxical literature is this?”

"Hehe, it's really contradictory."

Lin Shen smiled and did not argue.

20. Announcement of the Arrival of Sakura (9)

The three-day break allowed all the shipgirls to relax a lot. Although not everyone could achieve a more relaxed result by directly overtaking like Hatsushimo, the difference was not too big. It was better than still being in a state of fighting.

While taking a break, Lin Shen reviewed the battle plan again. To fight the Siren elite troops, he could only find a way to pull them out one by one and eliminate them one by one. In addition, fighting alone was no longer applicable, so in the next battle, what needed to be trained was teamwork.

The reason they were separated before was to efficiently clear the weeds. Now they are combined together to attack against the elites, and the purpose is different.

"Have a good rest. We will set off at nine o'clock tomorrow morning." On the third night, Lin Shen said as usual in the soul network.

But not long after he finished speaking, his soul network detection captured a signal that was approaching.

"Commander." Glasgow noticed it immediately and looked at Lin Shen for advice.

"Well...you go and entertain them and see what they want." Lin Shen used the soul network to detect and observe for a while. After confirming that there were only two of them, he said to Glasgow.

"Don't you need me to go over there too?" Jiang Feng asked as he stood beside them.

Lin Shen shook his head: "No need, Glasgow alone is enough."

Jiang Feng: "..."

Lin Shen has always trusted Glasgow, as if he could leave anything to her.

Although in fact it is like this.

Whether it was delivering messages, handling some complex tasks, or assisting in the analysis of combat plans, in short, Glasgow could help with almost everything. As time went by, Lin Shen got used to it. Just like a sword at hand, you have to take it with you wherever you go. Just like a stone in your hand when crossing a river, no matter what, throw it out first to see how deep it is.

Relying on the support provided by Lin Shen's soul network detection, Glasgow quickly arrived in front of the two uninvited guests and intercepted them one kilometer away from the supply point.

"Wow, so sharp. It seems that sneak attacks are totally unadvisable." After seeing Glasgow's figure, one of them sighed like this with a smile on his face, but he did not exude any friendly atmosphere.

Another figure next to him also frowned: "They didn't even send out reconnaissance planes. I thought they didn't have anyone on guard at night."

"I've already said it's impossible."

After a brief exchange, the two approached Glasgow smoothly. Under normal circumstances, it was impossible for Glasgow, a light cruiser, to defeat a battleship and a light cruiser.

But the two of them obviously knew that Glasgow in front of them could not be judged by common sense. If it was common sense, she should not be in such a place. Although it was still in the war zone, it was completely separated from the safe zone. If she wanted to go back, she would have to pass through the Siren blockade.

Ordinary people definitely cannot appear here.

"What's the matter, you two?" Glasgow asked calmly, looking at the two people in front of her. The other party had no intention of fighting, so she did not take action directly.

"We want to see Nagato." Ise lifted the hood on his head a little, looked at Glasgow and said, "Let us see her again."

"I need to ask the commander what he means."

"of course."

Lin Shen agreed.

He did not stop Ise from asking for a meeting again. Also, the ship girl next to her was Feiying. Both of them were strong, so it was no wonder that they could find this damn place all the way from the safe zone. Even the Siren's defense line could not stop these two people.

Of course, there is also the reason of not fighting but just hurrying on the road.

When he saw Ise again, Nagato was a little surprised: "Why are you here?"

Nagato no longer called herself "I" and she consciously put aside that kind of airs. After all, she really didn't have the qualifications to hold up such airs now. Even if it was just the environment, she didn't have them.

"Are you surprised, Lord Nagato?" Ise smiled.

"This is behind the Siren defense line." Nagato said, "It's very dangerous."

She had experienced this danger herself.

"It's okay. We are not like you who fought all the way here. We are just in a hurry and it's not too dangerous if we come here in between." Ise waved his hand and told the truth.

Nagato was silent for two seconds before asking, "Why are you here to see me again?"

Ise didn't hide anything, even though Lin Shen was sitting next to her. She said directly: "It's about the last time, Lord Nagato. So many days have passed. What do you think about it?"

"I haven't thought about it yet..." Nagato shook his head, "And I don't want to be a flag bearer."

Being a flag bearer is tiring.

Of course, in addition to this reason, there is also the experience of these days.

Fighting is a very troublesome thing, it is very tormenting to the will and spirit. If the will is not strong enough, even if it is a ship girl, she will get lost in the battle. Nagato hates this kind of battle, and hates this kind of battle that does not seem to have any meaning at first glance.

Just moving like a machine.

"Nagato-sama, do you hate fighting?" Ise asked, "After so many days of experience, this should be enough to give you an answer, right?"

"I don't like fighting."

"If you continue to stay here, you will always be in battle." Ise persuaded with a bewitching tone, just like Lin Shen did at the beginning. It is unknown whether she came up with this by herself or someone was behind her, "If you leave here with us, Nagato-sama, you will not have to fight anymore."

"..." What a tempting suggestion. Nagato was silent for a few seconds, but still shook his head: "You have to fight too, there is no difference."

"But here, you just need to be a flag. As for the battle, you don't need to do it yourself. From this perspective, isn't it much better than Commander Lin's place?" Ise was frantically trying to dig into his opponent's side.

“But I don’t want to do nothing.”

"Until you can do something, doing nothing is the best support, Nagato-sama."

"..."

"I've said it before, the Sakura Empire needs you, Lord Nagato. It needed you before, and it needs you urgently now. We can find you without any need to locate you. You should go back to where you are supposed to be standing instead of wasting time here."

Nagato's expression showed obvious hesitation. Although she no longer regarded herself as the son of God, the flagship, or the flag, her identity was her identity. Just because she stopped regarding herself as something did not mean that she could no longer be something. This was what Ise wanted to convey to Nagato.

"Even if you don't agree, there is a place reserved for you in this world, Nagato-sama." Ise said slowly, "That place must be occupied by someone now. Well, I think I have said it before. The Sakura Empire does not have the necessary cohesion now, so the role of the flag is very important. Even if I don't keep repeating the word 'important'... Nagato-sama, the Sakura Empire is about to take action."

"…What action?"

"Just when you are having so much fun in Sakura Castle, the Sakura Empire has to start fighting for its own future. Well... the result of the action is unpredictable, and that's not the point. I just want to say that we need you now." Ise paused, then stared at Nagato seriously: "Flying and I ran so far to find you just for this matter. The Sakura Empire needs you now, and we must let you know this."

"I……"

"So, what is your decision? Will your decision change after knowing this?"

"..."

Nagato was silent for a long while.

"Even if I go over now, can I really help?"

"of course can."

Ise gave an immediate and affirmative answer.

"..."

Nagato was silent, thinking, struggling, and finally looked at Lin Shen.

Lin Shen's expression didn't change. He just sat in his seat, supporting his chin with one hand, waiting for Nagato to speak.

"Commander, I may need to leave for a while."

When Nagato said this, Ise's face showed obvious joy.

After running around twice, I finally convinced this hesitant flagship commander. It was really not easy.

All that was left was Lin Shen’s attitude.

"Have you made a decision?" Lin Shen asked.

"Yeah." Nagato nodded.

The two looked at each other for a while, and the air was quiet for a few seconds. No one knew what Lin Shen was thinking, even Glasgow couldn't fully guess what Lin Shen was thinking. At most, he could only guess roughly, although this was enough.

"Nagato, do you really think that the little bit of help you have brought back can change the outcome?" Lin Shen finally spoke, but he denied and questioned as soon as he opened his mouth. "Flags can indeed gather people's hearts and provide coordinates. Can this alone change a battle with a huge disparity in strength? Are you sure?"

"I--"

"Unfortunately, no."

Lin Shen stood up, with an aura that could not be disobeyed.

"You agreed to their request for something that was worthless, just because of a vague sense of responsibility or sympathy? What do you mean by a place you should stay? Nagato, I tell you, no ship girl is born to do something. Mission? Duty? These rules and regulations are useless except to make your death more comfortable!"

"..."

Nagato stopped talking. She also knew that what Lin Shen said was true. After Ise explained the situation of Polar Night to her, she knew what Polar Night's enemies were. To be honest, even if she went back, it would not be of any help to what Polar Night was planning to do, so she refused.

Today she softened her heart a little, and thought that even if it was only a small help, as the flagship of the Sakura Empire, she should still return to where she should be. However, under Lin Shen's cold rebuttal, Nagato could not say anything tough.

"Commander Lin, you are being a little too selfish." Ise turned to Lin Shen and said, "Besides, the mission does exist. Everyone has something they should do. If you don't go, aren't you evading your own responsibilities?"

"So what if I escape? It's better than dying meaninglessly."

"Pointless? Do you think what we are going to do is completely meaningless?"

"If the result is failure, then there is no point."

"Your words really sound like something a human would say." Ise laughed, angrily, "It is because of your selfishness that people who should not bear the pain have to bear all the suffering."

"So what? Survival of the fittest, do I need to teach you this principle again?" Lin Shen retorted bluntly; "And don't talk about selfishness. You want to take Nagato with you to die with you, isn't this also selfish? Don't you really want her to live well?"

"A flagship should perform its duties as a flagship - how is this selfish?!"

"So the flagship should die? So the flagship should be like those ordinary mutants, born to die?"

"you--"

Lin Shen's words directly touched the pain point in Ise's heart.

And he poked her with the thing she hated the most, which made Ise furious. Fortunately, Feiying pressed Ise's shoulder in time, signaling the latter not to be impulsive.

The atmosphere in the room was tense. Except for the fact that the ship equipment was not directly displayed, everyone here was prepared to deal with sudden attacks.

"..." Ise took a few deep breaths, and then said again: "We may not die or fail. Even if we fail, the flagship may not be killed or sacrificed. Nagato only needs to stay at the back and serve as a flag! The flag exists to stand there alive!"

"What's the point? Are you sure that all of you think this way? Are you sure that you will all accept a flagship that can't do anything? Are you sure that all you want is a mascot? Are you sure that everyone will not treat Nagato coldly, hold high expectations, and then find that she can't meet the expectations, and then blame her? Are you sure of all this?"

"I--"