Daily life with the ship girl

"Admiral, Admiral, do you hear me? This is Helena. Eastern Sea, Eastern Sea, a strong enemy signal has been detected. The danger level is legendary. The opponent has the combat power of a legendary ship girl. It is very likely a deep-sea flagship!!"

"What!" Li Ran was stunned. He immediately shouted:

"Helena, tell me where you first spotted the suspicious signal in the eastern waters, quickly!"

"Okay! Admiral, wait a moment. Got it, Admiral. It's 366 nautical miles northeast of the eastern waters. However, the radar cannot detect this location now. I'm sorry, the search for the enemy has failed."

Li Ran listened to Helena's words, clenched his fists, and then sighed softly:

"Got it. Keep in touch. We can now confirm that the enemy's main attack direction is the eastern coast. We can abandon the luring plan. Now, reinforce Pinghai and Bismarck with all your strength!"

After Li Ran finished speaking, he immediately hung up the phone, then looked at Lexington who seemed to be hesitant to speak, and said softly:

"We are in trouble. A legendary signal has appeared. I am afraid that it is coming from the unknown sea and is about the same level as the seven deep-sea flagships!"

"Legendary!" Lexington was stunned, and then said:

"Can you be sure?"

Li Ran nodded solemnly, and then said:

"Lexington, can the deep sea interfere with communication signals?"

"The signal of the admiral's personal network is protected by the overall consciousness of the admiral network of this planet. Because it is a contract-like connection between the admirals and their shipgirls, even the deep sea cannot interfere with it."

"I see. So you mean that the signals of other devices can be interfered with, right?"

"Well, it's theoretically possible, but there are few precedents for otherwise."

"Precedent?" Li Ran was stunned for a moment, a little dumbfounded, and then asked:

"Can I ask who it is?"

"The mysterious admiral and the mysterious tutelary fort disappeared a year ago. The reason for their disappearance was that the admiral's external communication equipment was forcibly cut off. It is said that the sea area where the admiral was located was besieged by the two fortress princesses in the Pacific theater. Later, they disappeared completely. But the strange thing is that when the tutelary fort and the admiral disappeared, the sea area could not be spied on. So no one has verified the credibility of that example."

"Uh..." Li Ran's face became a little unnatural when he heard that it was a year ago again. Why did it seem to point to the past events that Helena had mentioned? This is so strange. No, there wouldn't be such coincidences in the world. He shook his head:

"Forget it then. Let's just assume that the communication was disrupted by the deep sea this time."

After Li Ran finished speaking, he felt restless. This feeling was not good. Oh, right, Li Ran thought:

"By the way, you mentioned the two fortress princesses?"

"Well, it's not accurate to say that the flagship of the Pacific theater is the Fortress Princess. The Admiral probably doesn't know that the Fortress Princess is just a general term. The ones that appeared and caused damage in the Pacific theater were the Augusta Fortress Princess and the Syracuse Fortress Princess. But they are not the real Fortress Princesses."

"Not the real Fortress Princess?" When Li Ran heard this, he thought of the year 2015 on Earth. The activities of that year seemed to be against Fortress Princess. Could it be that the one just now was the real Fortress Princess?

"Hey, heartless man, have you finally figured it out?"

Li Ran was still thinking about the problem. The other party had forcibly inserted into his communication equipment. He took a deep breath. Although it was absurd to think so, what Helena said was about the year when he went to the army?

"Isn't it strange? If you still can't remember, I'll kill them again. Only pain can make you remember, right? This is what you said, the darling who pushed someone down and ran away."

Li Ran could tell that the other party was not joking, and there was no need to joke. He thought for a moment and then said:

"Pachino Fortress—Pachina, is that you?"

There was silence, and then after a moment, the other side spoke. This time it was not an ethereal and charming voice, but an icy cold voice:

"Darling, as a reward for remembering my name, I'll give you 30 minutes to come to the eastern waters to see me. You're the only one allowed. I'll clear all the deep sea along the way. If you're ready, enter this one-time code. By the way, this code can only be entered once within half an hour, and it will become invalid after half an hour, so don't think about telling your ship girls. If they die, they're really dead."

Having said that, the other end cut off the communication again.

Li Ran was dumbfounded. He was stunned. If it was really as he guessed, could it be that the garrison that Lexington said disappeared out of thin air a year ago was really his? But before he gave up, it seemed that there was nothing he could do to Deep Sea Fortress Ji?

With his head in a mess, Li Ran slapped his cheeks hard, forcing himself to calm down, but...

"Damn it!" Li Ran thought that the direction of this deep-sea attack was unknown waters. It would not be surprising if anything happened in unknown waters. He had to confirm it, so he took a deep breath and said:

"I want to go out."

As he spoke, Li Ran went upstairs, and Jia Jia just came downstairs. She was about to ask something, but she saw that Li Ran's face was serious. She also saw her sister shook her head slightly, so she didn't ask any more questions.

Li Ran returned to the office, found the key to the private yacht, and took a deep breath. Now that he had made up his mind, he must muster some courage.

"Forget it. If she really wanted to kill me, there would be no need to go through so much trouble. She could just attack directly. There is still a possibility of a conversation, which proves that there is still a glimmer of hope."

Li Ran muttered to himself, then put on his admiral uniform, tidied himself up, looked at the key in his hand, and went downstairs.

Before leaving, Lexington did not choose to remain silent this time, but said:

"Admiral, come back soon."

Li Ran listened, his body trembled, and then he stepped out of the gate of the garrison with firm steps.

Chapter 227: Time is running out

When Li Ran arrived at the West Coast Pier, he found the location of the private yacht, boarded the boat to check the fuel situation, then thought for a while and entered the code. A moment later, Pachino Fortress's emotionless voice came from the other end:

"How about it? Have you made up your mind? Are you coming or not?"

"I'll be going there by private yacht. Can you tell me the route now?"

"Very good, go straight northwest along the east coast for 656 nautical miles."

"Northwest?" Li Ran was dumbfounded. Isn't the enemy in the northeast?

"Yes, time is running out."

The person on the other end said something inexplicable and then hung up.

Li Ran gritted his teeth. He really wanted to inform Helena and the others, but after thinking about the other party's methods, he gave up the idea.

After starting the private yacht, Li Ran forced himself to calm down. He first drove along the coast to the eastern coast and looked at the radar on the yacht. Although it was not as good as the ship equipment of the ship girls, it was still pretty good.

Li Ran took a deep breath and moved in the direction the other party was heading. Along the way, everything went very smoothly and he didn't meet anyone at all.

"It's so quiet."

Li Ran was driving the yacht. Apart from the sound of the waves, he could hear no other sound and he didn't meet anyone. He felt like he was exiled from the world.

However, the strange feeling is very good, the sea breeze, the sound of the waves, it's as if I'm still on Earth.

Li Ran thought so and looked at the distance indicated on the radar. The 656 nautical miles had gradually shortened. When he arrived at the target sea area, Li Ran could not see anyone. The vast sea was dotted with stars. Li Ran sighed, he was completely passive this time.

Li Ran turned off the engine, dropped the anchor, and left the cab.

It would be a lie to say that he wasn't nervous. He was now soaked in sweat and had no idea whether he had missed the agreed time with the other party. He walked onto the deck with some trepidation.

"You're more punctual than I thought."

Such an ethereal voice was echoing around Li Ran, but no human figure could be seen.

"Where are you?" Li Ran forced himself to calm down and said this.

"I'm everywhere." The voice revealed a hint of mischief. Then Li Ran looked back and found that someone appeared on the top deck of his private yacht.

The moon was bright in the sky, the stars were shining brightly, and that person was just sitting there quietly, her long snow-white hair was blown by the sea breeze, revealing her face, which was breathtakingly beautiful. Her light blue eyes were extremely deep, revealing a sadness that Li Ran did not understand at all.

Li Ran was a little dumbfounded, but now was not the time to think about these things. The key point was how this guy appeared. It was as if he came out of thin air. The yacht's radar did not detect him at all. Could he be a ghost?

"It's the same disgusting look as always." Saying that, the girl jumped down and walked step by step to Li Ran.

Li Ran was surprised that the other party was so calm. He didn't feel any murderous intent or even anger at all.

Li Ran swallowed nervously, not knowing what to say, as if everything about him was seen through by the other party, and his body was extremely stiff. He was walking towards him quietly, but...

"It's great that you can come back, Li Ran."

"You know me." Li Ran felt that the strange feeling disappeared, as if after a century, he spoke fluently.

Who is this guy?

"Of course. You've been away for a year. All your ships were sunk in battle, but you don't have any memory of them at all. No, if Helena is still alive, it proves that not all of your ships were sunk in battle."

"You know Helena?" Li Ran's hairs trembled all over his body. What on earth did this guy know? What happened in this world after a year?

"Of course, intelligence experts, I really miss them. If it weren't for her, I would have thought they had done everything. I didn't expect that even they were so useless."

"Wait, what did you say?"

"It doesn't matter anymore."

Pachino Fortress said this, and then she sighed when she saw that Li Ran didn't seem to be lying:

"Forget it, it doesn't matter if I can't remember it. Anyway, Darling, time is running out."

As he spoke, Pachino Fortress looked up at the sky, as if looking at something.

Li Ran felt that he was completely controlled by the other party, which made him shudder, so he swallowed and asked:

"Pachino Fortress—Pachina? Is that the right name?"

"A name? I guess so."

Li Ran was somewhat helpless. He had no idea why the other party called him over so mysteriously. Did he just want to say these things? No, this was too wrong.

Thinking of the ship girls who were still fighting in the deep sea, his tone turned cold. No matter who the other party was, at least they were not his own people, so he said coldly:

"You are from the Deep Sea, right?"

"Deep sea, I guess it used to be."

"Are you a ship girl?"

"Kanmusu? Hahahaha...are you kidding me? How could I be that kind of person, that kind of person..."

Pachino Fortress seemed to realize that he had lost his composure. He calmed down halfway through his words and said inexplicably:

"The unknown is the most terrifying thing, Darling, be careful of unknown enemies."

"Unknown person? What do you mean?" Li Ran roared, then grabbed the other person's hand, but found that it was extremely cold to the touch. He was shocked. What was going on with this body temperature?

Pachino Fortress looked at Li Ran and immediately let go. A trace of sadness flashed in her eyes. She turned around and said with an indescribable tenderness:

"Literally, stupid darling."

Li Ran was stunned, and then wanted to speak, but saw the other party gently raised his hand. He thought the other party was going to kill him to silence him, but he saw the other party turned around again and just gently covered his mouth with his hand.

Pachino Fortress stared at Li Ran, as if he wanted to carve his face into his mind.

Li Ran saw the indelible sadness deep in the light blue eyes. He felt a slight pain in his arm, which was exactly where he had the mysterious tattoo before.

"Finally they showed up. I envy them so much. I envy them for being recognized and killed."

envious?

Li Ran had no idea what Pachino Fortress was trying to say. Logically, she should be on the side of the Deep Sea Fleet, but she denied it herself. Moreover, she had been traveling through time for so long that the tattoo should have disappeared, but why?

Before he could react, he heard Pachino Fortress say again:

"It still hurts."

After saying that, Pachino Fortress gently loosened his hands and sighed softly:

"The deep sea doesn't have much time left for me. It's time for me to go, Darling. I hope we can meet again one day."

As he spoke, Li Ran felt a cool touch on his cheek, and then his vision went dark. When his vision returned, Pachino Fortress had disappeared.

"What's going on?"

Li Ran touched his cheek, feeling a little concerned. He looked at the empty sea and touched the back of his hand. There was no tattoo, as if the pain just now was an illusion.

However, Li Ran clearly felt that the cold touch and the coldness on his cheeks were extremely real. It didn't seem like a dream at all.

Just as Li Ran was thinking, [Haierduo 1-5] received a communication request from Bismarck through the communicator:

"Admiral? The Deep Sea has retreated!"

"What?" Li Ran was dumbfounded, then he remembered what Pachino Fortress said before he signed up for the card, and thought:

Could it be that the purpose of this deep-sea attack on the port was to divert his shipgirl away? Was it just to see him?

What’s the point of doing this?

I can’t figure it out, damn it!

This feeling of helplessness is really unbearable.

And, come to think of it, this feeling means that some trouble is coming again.

"Pachino Fortress? No matter who you are or what your purpose is, I will find out. You are pretending to be cool over there. Damn it!"

Bismarck listened to Li Ran saying this on the other end of the device, and she quickly asked:

"Admiral? Are you listening? Admiral?"