Azur Lane Mobile Front.

The source of this pressure was none other than the same company that the White Eagle Fleet had encountered before.

"This has nothing to do with you."

The "company" still looked the same as before, appearing from a distance like a black flame about to burn out.

"That won't do. Calculations show that if a singularity of this size collapses, half of the Northern Union will be blown to bits. That would render the test site useless, which would be a huge problem for our plans."

"So... could you please stop?"

As he spoke, the Purifier rubbed his little hands together, looking ingratiating.

However, this "enterprise" had no intention of paying attention to the Purifiers and turned around to continue operating on the singularity.

"If that's the case, then as part of a subroutine, I must do everything in my power to stop you."

"Put away your main gun. This singularity will soon disappear on its own."

Ignoring the Purifiers who had already aimed their main cannons at it from behind, "Enterprise" simply walked into the Singularity and then disappeared.

"Huh? You just left like that? Hey, at least turn this off for me!"

The opponent's actions left the already tense Purifier completely bewildered. Looking at the huge anomaly left behind, the Purifier was utterly helpless.

"Seriously, can this thing really disappear on its own?"

"Sirens spotted near the singularity. Target confirmed. Fleet prepares to attack."

"Huh? Why am I locked out?"

The Purifier, who was scratching his head over the singularity, suddenly realized that he seemed to be locked onto by a lot of artillery fire, and quickly used radar to scan his surroundings.

"Wow~ My plan was to have them come and make the key point G stop, but now the key point G is gone!"

The Purifier then remembered that it was he who had lured the Royal Fleet here.

According to her calculations, once the key point G sees the Royal Navy's fleet, it will naturally stop and shut down the singularity.

But to my utter surprise, the other party simply passed through the singularity and left, leaving behind an unclosed singularity and me staring blankly at it.

Now, the royal fleet will surely believe that it was all their doing.

"Hmph, Sirens, didn't you say before that you didn't do this?"

The Duke of York, who was leading the fleet, locked all his main guns on the Purifier, waiting for the entire fleet to be ready to fire.

"I really didn't do it!"

The Purifier never expected that he would be tricked by that crucial point G.

"You think we'd believe your nonsense? All personnel, fire at will! Target: Siren battleship!"

As he spoke, the Duke of York's ship-mounted cannons roared, and the shells flew straight toward the Purifier.

"Ah~ As expected, all your ships have iron-shell heads. In that case, I'll play along with you!"

Although the Purifiers may seem carefree, they are definitely not the type to stand up for themselves.

Since the enemy had already launched an attack, she naturally wouldn't just stand there and take it. She grabbed her main cannon and fired back towards the Royal Fleet.

"Hey, this guy's still here."

Rob was intrigued to find that the Purifiers, who had been beaten up by the Royal Fleet, were still in this area.

"Looks like this thing is quite important to the Sirens."

"Company, would you like to go and meet some old acquaintances again?"

While watching, Robo even joked with his own initial ship.

"An old acquaintance?"

“Ah, an old acquaintance, look, it’s her.” As he spoke, Rob pointed to the Purifier who was being beaten.

"Is that so, Commander? I'm launching an attack!"

The company demonstrated its stance by summoning its own mechs, which took to the air, and before leaving, it didn't forget to greet Zuikaku, who was beside Robo.

"You, protect the commander's safety!"

"Hey, why?! Why can you go into battle while I have to stay in the rear?!"

Zuikaku said he couldn't stand it. Why couldn't he be allowed to go? He had already fought off quite a few Sirens.

"You're so bad!" Enterprise threw down these words and turned to fly towards the battlefield, leaving Ruihe speechless.

"Ah~ Gray Phantom, I will definitely surpass you! Just you wait!"

Seeing that Zuikaku was getting a little frantic, Rob walked over and patted her on the shoulder. "Stop yelling, she's long gone. My safety is now in your hands."

"Okay, I know. I'll protect you. Shoukaku-nee is waiting for you to come and save her."

After glancing at Robo, Zuikaku grumbled as he disembarked and unfurled his ship equipment.

Chapter 54: The Crown Collapses

"Hmph! With your level of skill, you're far from good enough!"

After shattering the Royal Fleet's formation with two large lasers, the Purifier stood with her hands on her hips on her ship's rigging, looking quite smug.

Because they hadn't considered the upcoming battle with the Sirens during their previous operation, the Royal Navy's special squad had almost exhausted their ammunition.

(The flag-shaped ammunition is a physical weapon.)

Right now, all they can use is that vibrating knife that looks like a beam saber but is actually nothing like that at all.

Unfortunately, this batch of newly equipped destroyers were not previously adept at close-quarters combat.

It's no wonder they're from the same camp as the White Eagles, isn't it?

"You, use your body to truly feel the majesty of the royal family!"

The Duke of York, naturally unable to tolerate being mocked, immediately unleashed a volley of main guns.

Unfortunately, as a King George V-class battleship, the Duke of York's main guns were not of outstanding caliber, and its effectiveness against the Purifier, which was also a battleship, was quite limited.

(Quickly use your royal nuclear weapons to think of a solution!)

However, the Purifier's counterattack against the Duke of York left her in a very awkward position.

A laser beam just grazed the Duke of York's rigging, instantly taking away all the secondary guns on one side of the rigging.

However, with the entry of corporations, the purifiers' good days are over.

"Corporate mentor!"

In the sky, the Royal Navy's six former destroyers, seeing the Enterprise flying over from behind with delight, immediately felt reassured.

They immediately flew to the company and formed a combat formation with her at the center.

"Huh??? Why are you here too?!"

The Purifier vividly remembered the ship that had recently given him a beating.

Upon first seeing the company, the Purifier was so surprised that she forgot to fire her laser and even took a cannonball from the Duke of York in the face. Fortunately, she had thick skin and was not seriously injured.

"Stay close to me!"

Although the immediate problem could be solved with cannons, the company felt it was good to teach them as much as possible since they were their students, and these girls were quite sweet-talking. So, the company gave them a live demonstration of how close combat works.

Using its mobility, the Enterprise dodged all of the Purifier's anti-aircraft fire, swooped down, and slashed through one of the Purifier's main cannons.

The subsequent Royal Special Squad followed suit, all swinging their swords at the Purifiers.

As it turns out, what they had was indeed quite different from a beam saber.

The Purifier's ship equipment only has a few deep scratches; it's still a ways off from being scrapped.

"Waaaaah, you're bullying me!"

This time, the company did not immediately distance itself after making a move, as it had done before, but instead chose to engage in close combat with the Purifiers.

She kept circling around the Purifier, occasionally stabbing her with her knife.

After all, when it comes to melee combat, companies really only understand it to the level of rushing in and slashing.

Although she's not very good at close combat, her beam saber is incredibly powerful!

Moreover, the Purifiers are even weaker in close combat than the Enterprises.

She had no equipment for close combat at all.

In addition, the six Royal Navy destroyers that had been refitted with the flag design were constantly using their blades to cut into the Purifiers, and the Purifiers' ship equipment was visibly damaged.

Fortunately, the Purifiers understood the principle of calling for reinforcements when they couldn't win a fight.

On the sea, numerous mass-produced Sirens and a considerable number of Explorer I ships appeared out of nowhere.

Faced with overwhelming firepower, the Enterprise had no choice but to lead the Royal squad back up to the sky.

"Tch, this gray ghost is really wasting the performance of that ship equipment."

Ruihe, who was escorting Rob, naturally saw the company's performance clearly.

Despite the presence of acid, Ruihe still felt that if he had been in that position, the giant siren would definitely not have survived.

"Alright, stop being so sour. The company is giving a live demonstration. Didn't you see she didn't even fire a shot?"

Rob knocked on the fence in front of him and continued, "By the way, you didn't turn off your communicator just now, I reckon the Enterprise probably heard it too!"

"Huh?"

Zuikaku turned to look at Rob, blinking his eyes.

"She...she heard it, so what? I didn't say anything wrong, her swordsmanship is just not good!"

Even though he seemed a bit weak, Zuikaku was determined not to lose face, so he simply left his communicator on and continued to press forward.

"Okay, fine. You can handle it yourself when she asks you to do a rehearsal."

Rob didn't care; after all, it wasn't him who was getting beaten up.

Rather, it would be good to let the company and Ruihe spar a couple more times and learn some swordsmanship.

With manpower available, the Purifiers felt capable again.

Although much of her ship's equipment had been damaged, she didn't feel much pressure dealing with the Royal Navy fleet led by the Duke of York.

"Hmph! As long as it's not that strange ship, you're nothing to be afraid of!"

Completely unconcerned that its ship equipment was still smoking, the Purifier launched an attack on the Royal Fleet while laughing.

Then she was beaten by the company.

"You go and get rid of these Sirens, leave this to me."

Once the training is completed, the company will stop offering preferential treatment.

After several rounds of fire, the Purifier's firepower was reduced by more than half.

While everyone was locked in a fierce battle with the Sirens, no one noticed that the singularity had undergone some changes in position.

The once stable sphere gradually began to blur in shape.

The ice crystals in the sky seemed to be losing their shape and were falling towards the singularity itself below.

The seawater also began to change direction, and around the singularity, there seemed to be a funnel, with the seawater flowing towards that center.

While everyone overlooked this enormous anomaly, some unknown changes were taking place on the battlefield.

Finally, the "crown" in the sky collapsed.

Huge ice crystals collapsed from the sky with a deafening sound.

The people on the battlefield were all drawn to this scene and stopped fighting without prior arrangement.

"Purifier, what tricks have you played now?"

As the company retreated to the rear of the battlefield, it questioned the Purifiers who had fled with it.

"I already told you I don't know! If I knew what was going on, why would I be following you around!"

The Purifier is going crazy.

I was unfairly blamed today and even got beaten up twice. I look all flustered now, probably with steam practically rising from my forehead.

"All personnel, full speed ahead! Get out of this area!"

The situation was clearly not right, and the Duke of York naturally stopped thinking about eliminating the Sirens and immediately ordered a retreat.