The Disqualified Commander of the Abandoned Shipgirl

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"Then~ I'll change it? Meow~?"

"No... it's fine now."

25. Stronghold Conquest War (2)

Originally, these two days were a normal rest time, but after Chu Shuang came over to show off, things started to get weird. Lin Shen finally fed Chu Shuang and went to find a water source to wash himself and Chu Shuang.

On the way back to the lounge, she saw Lafei who had already sneaked over. She was sleeping normally, but after receiving the message from Chu Shuang, she left the lounge she had chosen and ran directly to Lin Shen's side.

"Lafite..." Lin Shen was stunned for a moment. Although it was expected, after seeing Lafite, his mouth still twitched a little.

"Well~ I won't bother you anymore." The culprit said with a smile, then turned around and went back to his room.

"Wait, Chu Shuang." Lin Shen suppressed his emotions a little, looked at Chu Shuang who turned around again, and asked, "Are you still feeling uncomfortable mentally?"

"Well, I feel a little better now." Hatsushimo replied, "I should be able to recover completely after a short nap. Thank you, Commander."

"That's good." Lin Shen breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that this kind of thing can indeed heal the mental problems. Although it is impossible to make up for the damaged part - so far, there is no way to repair the damaged mind of the ship girl.

So there is no need to think about it.

However, if it can alleviate the negative state of mind a little bit, that would be good.

It's not like there is no benefit at all.

...Don’t you think doing something you like is a good thing?

Well, let's just say it's a derivative benefit.

But after being tormented by Chu Shuang like this, Lin Shen didn't know which of the two things could be considered additional.

If I go to them specifically for this matter, it will always seem like I have other intentions. Well, though, the three of them won't mind at all.

But it is limited to three people: Hatsushimo, Lafite and Glasgow.

The others... don't seem to be making any movement at the moment.

After returning to his room, Lin Shen picked up Lafite and checked her mental condition.

"...The mental loss is really obvious." After getting the result, Lin Shen's expression still couldn't help but become a little depressed. Although this part of the loss will not show negative effects so quickly, the negative state at this stage is only temporary. But in the long run, this is no different from chronic poisoning.

Moreover, even if the intensity of the battle weakens in the future, it probably won't weaken much.

Lin Shen made a rough calculation and found that based on his combat intensity, their lifespan would probably be half as short as that of ordinary ship girls.

"It's normal for the mind to be damaged." Lafei lay in Lin Shen's arms and said, "Commander, don't worry too much."

“But this will shorten your lifespan a lot.” Lin Shen whispered as he stroked Lafite’s soft silver hair.

“Even if it’s much shorter, it’s still longer than humans.” Rafi said in a slightly cold voice.

"That's what I said..."

"So don't worry." Lafei rubbed Lin Shen's chest, then raised his head and looked at Lin Shen's face, "Commander, do you still have strength?"

"Yes, I do." Lin Shen realized what Lafei meant, but then he said, "It's just that, Lafei, you were sleeping just now, right? Aren't you sleepy now?"

"Hmm...actually I'm still very sleepy now." Rafi yawned.

Lin Shen laughed and said, "Then don't bother yourself. Go to sleep. There are no combat operations today, and there are no arrangements."

"Because Hatsushimo always likes to show off this, I can't help but start doing this." Lafite thought about it and continued to lie back down.

"Don't be too affected. Just go to sleep if you feel sleepy." Lin Shen touched Lafei's back, as if to help her calm down. However, this action now seemed more like a sleep aid.

Rafi did feel the sleepiness coming back again, and the short-term mental damage had reached its peak. She really needed to rest, so she could only give up her original plan temporarily.

"Can I sleep with the commander in my arms today?" Lafite asked while holding Lin Shen in his arms, his voice very low, as if he would fall asleep at any moment.

"Of course, I will try not to wake you up." Lin Shen replied while feeling the softness of Lafite's body. Although he had touched her many times, Lin Shen was always amazed every time - the touch of the ship girl's body was too good.

It always feels better than the touch of an ordinary human girl's body. Although Lin Shen has no experience in that kind of contact, this does not affect his raising the position of the ship girl in his heart.

Personal subjective opinions are inherently biased, and it doesn't matter how biased they are.

He is happy to.

Leaning on his bed, Lin Shen took out his mobile phone and started to use it to deal with the unfinished business. Lafei then lay on his lap and slept soundly.

The whole day passed like this.

Rafi slept until night, then got up to replenish his energy.

The taste of oil is not good, it can only be used to replenish physical strength.

Lin Shen also got up and took advantage of the evening time to go outside for a walk to stretch his body which had not been active for the whole day.

"Hiss... Alas, I really can't lie in bed all day." Feeling the soreness in his muscles, Lin Shen smiled bitterly. His physical strength was naturally very high, but even if it was higher, he would not suffer any substantial damage, but he would still feel uncomfortable.

Just like when a ship girl is hit by a cannonball, even though the ship's protective layer blocks it, it will still hurt, it's just not as bad as the attack that pierces the ship's protective layer and hits the main body directly.

"So you've been in bed all day, Commander?"

"Hmm? McCall...I feel like I haven't seen you for a long time." Lin Shen looked back and found McCall was there too.

"I'm sorry for having such a low presence," McCall said in a strange tone.

"What's wrong?" Lin Shen asked directly.

"nothing……"

"You've got a problem right away. Let me think about it..." Lin Shen scratched his temple with his index finger. In fact, he didn't need to think about it, because among all the possibilities, there was only that one. The reason he paused for a moment was just because of habit. "Is it because of what Chu Shuang said?"

“…” McCall wanted to say no, but he couldn’t say it at all.

How should I put it - I can get close to Lin Shen and do some intimate things. I didn't think it was a big deal before, but now I don't know why I'm getting more and more envious.

Especially when recovering from a negative impact on the mind, the feeling was particularly obvious. If possible, she would also like to approach directly. But now she can only think about it, well - despite this, the feeling in her heart still drove McCall to take action.

Send her to Lin Shen.

Looking at her expression, Lin Shen sighed.

Sure enough, that's it.

If it were in the past, the impact of Chu Shuang's words alone might have caused Lin Shen to throw out a few words of comfort and then end it. After all, he was a timid person and cherished his hard-earned followers - a similar attitude could be traced back to before he saw the favorability.

It's always like that.

But since then, until now, Lin Shen's mentality has undergone a complete transformation.

"Do you also want to be like Chu Shuang?" So Lin Shen asked directly.

"I..." McCall hesitated and still did not give a positive response immediately.

Lin Shen waited patiently for a while before McCall slowly nodded.

Once he admitted that, McCall opened up as if he was telling something for the first time.

"That guy Hatsushimo... is indeed very enviable."

"Just because of--that kind of thing?"

"Not exactly. I really envy her personality of taking direct action on whatever she wants to do. I don't have that kind of...ability at all." McCall said, sighing, as if he was disappointed in his own ability to act.

She really doesn't have much initiative, after all, that's her personality.

It is indeed difficult for a ship girl to change her personality, but it is not impossible. The combat experience during this period has somewhat worn away the laziness in McCall's personality. If she still maintained her previous lazy attitude, she might have died in such a high-intensity battle.

Of course - Lin Shen will take action.

McCall also knew this, so he dared not be so lazy.

She didn't want to be left behind by the entire fleet.

So I have been trying very hard to passively keep up with that high-intensity pace.

After doing it many times, you will get used to it without realizing it.

Just like the original personality, it has been changed quietly over time without anyone noticing.

So after sighing, McCall perked up again. Since she had already said it, she might as well ask it thoroughly. She looked at Lin Shen and asked seriously, "What does the commander think?"

"Me? Of course I accept anyone who comes." Lin Shen chuckled and said something that sounded quite bad, "Anyway, no matter how you think about it, I am the one who gets the advantage of being relied on by such a cute girl."

"Commander... this line is really terrible." McCall said, but there was no disgust on his face. Instead, he showed a relaxed smile, "It sounds like something a pervert would say."

"It doesn't matter. I'm a pervert anyway. I just returned to where I should be."

"You're so thick-skinned."

"Thank you very much~" Lin Shen responded easily, and then asked: "There is still some time, and it is not completely dark yet. Do you want to take a walk?"

"There's nothing to see in a place like this." Although he said that, McCall still followed.

There is really nothing interesting to see in the dilapidated city. It is just abandoned reinforced concrete.

It seems like humans have left this broken place a long, long time ago.

A large number of plants grew out of the cracks, covering most of the concrete. However, there were still many places that showed signs of being bombarded by artillery fire.

Humans did leave, but this desolate place became a battlefield.

Rather than sheer desolation.

"McColl, you just asked me a question. Can I ask you a question now?" Lin Shen said as he walked.

"Okay." McCall followed beside him and said without hesitation.

"If one day, my order is to let you die, what will you think?" Lin Shen asked.

This question made McCall slightly stunned. She glanced at Lin Shen, whose face remained calm. Although she didn't know why he asked this question, McCall thought about it for a while and gave a reply without hesitation: "Then go and die."

"why?"

"No reason. It's you, the commander, who asked this question, but you're asking me why... Don't you think it's weird?"

"It's a bit strange indeed. It's just a little bit, unbelievable? Incomprehensible? Maybe all of them..."

Lin Shen always tries to find a solution to everything.

But loyalty, affection, feelings, emotions, these have no solutions.

The only solution to these things is the brain.

Lin Shen wanted to trace the source, but it was obviously impossible to fill it in with this answer. In the past, he would stubbornly continue to pursue it, but now he would no longer do so. Although he asked a question in return, Lin Shen did not intend to really hear the answer.

It’s okay if the answer is “for no reason”.

"What's so incomprehensible about that?" McCall said as a matter of course; "Anyway, for me, dying on the battlefield is much more honorable than dying in a furnace. Although, I don't really want such honor."

"That's it."

"You didn't build me, but you saved me." McCall looked at Lin Shen and said, "Just this alone is enough for me to return my life to you. That's all, probably. I don't know, anyway, you won't really let us die."

"...I never know. What if? What if one day, my brain breaks down and I give such an order? It's hard to say, right?"

"If you really run into this kind of 'what if', it's pure fate. What else can you do but accept it... accept it. But I still think that there won't be such a 'what if'."

"why?"

"No reason." McCall replied calmly, "Because that's what I believe, that's all."

"..."

This answer is really cool.

This is not quite in line with McCall's style.

Lin Shen glanced at her.

I found that she really didn't seem to be the same as before.

Without laziness, McCall became more restrained and focused.

The difference is probably equivalent to that of humans growing from teenagers to adults... something like that.

It seems that a large number of battles can indeed change the ship girls.

More wear and tear also gradually occurs on the mind.

It's not a good thing.