Minato meets his ex-girlfriend

"..."

Xiaobai was what Shokaku used to call him.

The Commander has no experience in love, nor does he have a sense of humor, but since he is not calling him the Commander but his name, it must be referring to a 'private matter'.

Don't ask too many strange questions, it will give you a stomachache.

"Do you want to take a break?" Shokaku said.

"why?"

"Because Xiaobai is also working hard."

"This is what I should do. I am slow in processing documents. To be honest, it is only my own fault."

"No, it's not like that! It's not like that!"

"Eh?"

Shokaku's voice was excited, startling the commander.

“There’s nothing to do.”

Shokaku said, "Only Shiro would take it upon himself and say it's no problem and he can do it."

"Eh?"

"No matter what others say, always answer that you are capable! You can do what others can't do! Never trust others' evaluations! Never judge a person's value before you meet him! Never impose your own values ​​on others! Never unconditionally deny the other person's values!"

"..."

"I am attracted to Xiaobai like this. I have always been denied, compared with Zuikaku, and treated as air. No matter what people say, he is always by my side!"

"Shokaku, this is just a matter of course..."

“I don’t take it for granted, so I keep working hard!”

Shokaku shouted as if he had used all his strength, "Why did you throw me aside at that time?"

"!!!"

In a moment, at that moment.

Shokaku's pupils turned blood red.

The next second, Shokaku fainted.

The commander was sure that he had seen that look before, and that Shokaku's fainting was definitely not due to emotional excitement.

But there are deeper reasons.

"Have a good sleep and don't have nightmares this time."

The commander covered Shokaku with the blanket.

"Are you determined this time?"

As soon as I left the infirmary, I ran into Akashi.

"Akashi is here too."

The commander was startled, but said nonchalantly, "Akashi is here to see Shokaku too?"

"No, I came to see you."

"Ahahaha, you're so sure I'm in the infirmary."

“I just saw it.”

Akashi ignored the commander's joke and continued with his topic, "The look in Shokaku's eyes."

"Maybe he was in a bad mood because he lost the exercise."

"The commander is always so arrogant, it's really annoying."

Akashi suddenly said, "Commander, do you still remember U47?"

"!!!"

When I heard the name U47, all the dusty memories came flooding back.

The commander's shoulders shook, as if he was suppressing some emotion.

He was in a daze for a long time before he said, "Why do you mention this name?"

"A year ago, someone took photos of U47. I have them all in my hands. I have never dared to show them to you, fearing that you would lose control. But this time, I guess that U47's incident is related to Shokaku's behavior just now."

Akashi said calmly, "So, now we want to see the child's condition."

I, Kenneth, the Richest Man in Clock Tower

Introduction; Knowledge is money, knowledge is power.

From this sentence we can extract the formula: knowledge = money = power.

As the richest man in the Clock Tower, Kenneth, who despises poverty and loves F, deeply agrees.

A bunch of illiterate people in Fuyuki City only know how to use the Holy Grail to play armed fights. Don’t they know that the Holy Grail is a love simulator? Summoning a young lady to play Miracle Nikki is the real purpose, you idiots!

Today I, Kenneth, will teach you what the true Holy Grail War is!

Master: "Kenneth, do you think you can do whatever you want just because you have money?!"

Kenneth opened his hands, and six heroic spirits walked out from behind him and stood shoulder to shoulder beside him.

Lemonhead raised his lips and smiled:

"Sorry, but money really can do anything you want."

Chapter 18: Please give me your guidance for the next six months

The commander's first starting ship is not Z23.

It was U47, a submarine.

Typ VII B U-47 of the iron-blooded Third Reich Navy is the most meritorious submariner in the history of the blue planet. Under her commander, she sank a total of tons of ships. She once boldly crossed the blockade of Scapa Flow and sneaked into the Royal Navy base. That night, she sank the British battleship Royal Oak with a torpedo. She is known as the Bull of Scapa Flow and is the only submariner to have received the Knight's Cross.

Finally, it was included in the list of ships to be sunk.

She is the commander's first ship girl.

In naval circles, there is always a saying that every commander has a special initial ship complex.

U47 underwent its first transformation and grew to the size of a middle school student.

If I can complete the second level, I can marry the Commander.

This is what U47 said.

She leaned over and whispered in the commander's ear, Sie sind mir voll ans Herzen gewachsen.

German, translated as 'You have grown in my heart'.

Finally, U47 disappeared in the waters near Lorient during its tenth patrol.

No one knew about U47, not even Z23.

"I just happened to see it on the news."

Akashi took out a stack of photos and pushed them in front of the commander, "Take a look."

"..."

The commander picked up the photo silently, and it was indeed U47.

The only difference is that U47 has black hair, while the U47 in the photo has white hair. The white-haired girl also has a pair of amber, calm eyes.

It's indeed very similar.

"Maybe it was just a coincidence, it was another commander's ship." said the commander.

"Her figure is like a siren, but she has a Knight's Cross on her chest. Although Iron Blood uses the Siren's technology to strengthen the ship girls, they are still enemies of the Sirens. But how can a Siren have the Knight's Cross of Iron Blood?"

Akashi said to himself, "So I looked up the information and found that Iron Blood had only awarded the Knight's Cross to a submarine girl named U47. That girl spent four hours and encountered two great dangers before finally crossing the Scapa Flow blockade, completing an unprecedented achievement...Finally, I found her commander."

"..."

The commander's hand holding the tea began to tremble.

"I don't want to ask you why you worked for Iron Blood back then. After all, I used to be a ship girl of the Sakura Empire."

Akashi said, "I know all the commander's secrets, so you can look at those photos."

"……Thanks."

The commander picked up the photos, stroked the surface of the photos, and stared at the white-haired U47 in the photos with a gentle look.

She was put on a list of ships to be sunk.

Occasionally he would make a cup of coffee and play Somewhere Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz, and would always wonder what kind of scenery the girl would see while floating under the sea of ​​Lorient.

Billions of tons of sea water rise and fall in front of me. Sounds are obliterated here. The voice, appearance and smile of my lover emerge in my mind. Crystal tears mix with the sea water, reflecting the bright sunlight.

Maybe the naive girl would make a wish at this moment, that it would be great if the commander could live a hundred years, as people always say that good people can always live a hundred years.

The last little wish creates a ripple, or a bubble.

Looking at the commander's expression, Akashi sighed and added; "In the photo, she is a Siren."

"……Um."

"I think the commander should have had some ideas, such as the ship girl."

Akashi said, "It is possible to become a siren."

"..."

"Although there is no clear conclusion yet, I guess that when the training level and the favorability towards the commander reach a critical point."

Akashi also poured himself a cup of tea and moistened his throat, "You will become a siren."

"Ah."

"This is also the reason why many shipgirls cannot cross the threshold of Kai 2. If they cross it, they can join the ranks of the world's strongest shipgirls. If they don't cross it, they will be able to join the ranks of the world's strongest shipgirls."

Akashi thought for a moment, "It will turn into a siren."

"But this is just a guess."

"Yeah, that's right, just a guess."

Akashi shrugged. "But I've heard from headquarters that they're planning to develop a new type of equipment."

The commander was surprised: "You even know such a thing?"

"As a ship girl who specializes in modifying ship girls' ship outfits, I can't avoid this kind of thing."

Akashi took out a metal ring and said, "This is the sample."

"this thing……"

"This thing has no effect. It is just a concept for now. The headquarters is still developing it. It can limit the ship girl to a stable state while breaking through her limits."

"Yeah, this kind of thing is hard to do just by thinking about it."

"Yes, and the ship girls in the South Sea Port area."

Akashi's yellow pupils sparkled like gemstones, "It's almost reaching its limit."

"what you mean?"

"It could be his training level, or it could be his love for the commander. Who can say for sure about such things? But judging from Shokaku's performance just now, or the trend of Little Swan turning evil, no matter what."

Akashi waved his cat paw, "Everyone's situation is similar."

"This is just a guess."

The commander's eyes flickered, "Don't take it seriously."

"Then why does the commander change his secretary ship every day? Why does he stay away from Shokaku? Why does he worry about Cygnet and the other children? Why does he care so much about Zuikaku's training? Why does he keep speculating on Yoshino Yurika's intentions in sending the Shokaku-type?"

"That's just the commander's job."

"Really not to lower the ship girl's favorability towards me?"