I, Laffey, am a good ship girl!

The first step is to show weakness to the enemy.

"We are enemies, there is no doubt about that, because Rafi has no way to help you. You want to survive, and Rafi wants to survive too."

“We are in agreement on this point.”

"So as long as you help Lafite survive temporarily, then Lafite will temporarily give up attacking you."

Raffi's idea was very simple, which was to use U47 to hide in the water and avoid fighting with several other mirror ship girls. On the one hand, he wanted to recover from the injuries he suffered in the previous battle, and on the other hand, he wanted to find an opportunity to escape.

Rafi believes that the several mirror-image ship girls on the sea should not be equipped with sonars specifically for searching submarines, because Rafi does not have any submarine ship girls.

Therefore, as long as they move on the seabed, they can theoretically avoid the search by other mirror ship girls.

"As long as you are out of the search range of your companions, Rafi will let you go. After that, we will still be enemies that we need to fight to the death."

If the mirror ship girls are all the selfless ship girls that Rafi knows, then such an agreement will definitely not be achieved.

If a Siren said this to Warspite, Rafi felt that Warspite would rather die with that Siren than cooperate with the Siren.

He helped Siren escape, and although he survived, he threatened his other companions.

War-weary would definitely not do such a thing.

However, even if U47 really makes a choice, Lafite will not look down on U47.

Because it was U47 himself who forced him to make the choice.

It is oneself who is despicable and shameless.

It's like the classic trolley problem. No matter what choice the person pulling the lever makes, it's not him who is wrong, but the person who raised the problem.

Rafi wanted to live.

U47 also wants to survive.

They all have the same desire to survive.

This is not a difficult decision.

In U47's opinion, Rafi has the power to easily sink him, but he is willing to let her go temporarily just because he needs her.

It is to help Rafi escape and then gather strength to deal with Rafi.

After being sunk by Laffey, Laffey returned to the surface of the sea to face the other four ship girls.

There are only two results.

Of course, there is a third option.

"How can I trust you?"

U47's slightly withdrawn voice rang in Rafi's mind.

"What if I take you away and you sink me on the way out?"

"No, Rafi never lies!"

Rafi looked at U47 without blinking.

"Liar!"

"I'm not lying!"

"You're lying to me right now!"

"Lafite is a good ship girl, and a good ship girl won't lie!"

"I don't think you are!"

Indeed, from a strategic point of view, if U47 took Laffite away, and Laffite chose to change his mind when leaving, he would sink U47.

This means that Laffey defeated two mirror-image ship girls without any effort, including the most threatening submarine ship girl.

If it was going to sink anyway, U47 felt that there was no need to give the enemy an advantage.

"Ok."

Seeing that he had no way to convince U47, Rafi's voice softened.

"Then

Fei, tell you the truth."

Rafi looked at U47 and said calmly.

"Because Rafi doesn't have the ability to sink you and get away with it."

I have said everything that needs to be said, so it doesn’t matter if it’s exposed.

"After removing the ship suit, the ship girl will become weak. Laffy now has less than one-tenth of her strength in her prime. Laffy doesn't think this little strength can pose a threat to you."

The fully deployed Laffite has a force of 1620 tons, while the U47 only has 857 tons. In terms of tonnage alone, Laffite can easily suppress the U47.

However, without deploying its ship suit, Laffey's power may be less than 47 tons, which may be only one-fifth of U47. In any case, it cannot pose a threat to U.

"You will know this if you try to unlock the ship suit yourself."

Disarming a ship in water?

U47 felt that Laffey was fooling her. Even if she was a submarine girl, it didn't mean she could remove her ship equipment in the water. Could such a thing really be done?

However, seeing Lafite's appearance at this time, U47 was shaken.

Should she trust the ship girl in front of her?

If what Rafi said was true, then there was also a possibility that Rafi killed her the moment she took off her ship suit.

Because Rafi can't do it now, so he has to lie to her.

As for trust?

Not to mention that she and Rafi are still enemies.

Even between mirror image ship girls, there is no trust.

At least she had no one to trust.

As if he knew what U47 was thinking, Lafite continued, "Don't worry that Lafite will attack you when you remove your ship suit, because it will be in the best interests of Lafite if you take her away with you."

"Besides, even now, Rafi has the ability to sink you."

“It’s just not cost-effective.”

The illusory ship suit appeared beside Raffi. Almost at the same time when Raffi materialized the ship suit, U47 felt that Raffi, who was pressing on her, began to become heavy.

"See? It's not that Lafite can't manifest her own ship suit. It's just that if she manifests her ship suit here, then Lafite will be destroyed in an instant."

Rafi is not a submarine ship girl, and the sea water has seriously corroded her ship equipment. Although she still has the ability to exchange one for one with U47, the moment she manifests her ship equipment, it is truly a one for one exchange.

"If you are so damaged in order to sink you, then Lafite might as well return to the surface and fight with your companions. Lafite is confident that he can sink at least half of your companions before he sinks himself."

Rafi did not coerce, but explained the pros and cons and let U47 make his own choice.

Of course, U47 can also gamble that after she is unwilling to help Laffey, Laffey will eventually give up coercing her and choose to return to the sea to fight with other mirror ship girls.

Bet?

Or not to gamble?

U47 actually thinks Lafite will choose the latter.

Although she thinks Laffey is not a good ship girl, U47 believes that if she really has to, Laffey may choose to sink one more enemy without hesitation.

She did not consider other mirror ship girls as companions.

Laffey, however, treated other ship girls as companions.

"So, it's only natural that I'm a little selfish, right?"

Even if there is only a one percent chance that Rafi will choose to attack her, then in order to survive, she should choose to cooperate with Rafi.

Because Rafi cares about her companions, she doesn't care.

It's not just her who doesn't care. Those mirror-image ship girls on the sea probably don't consider each other as companions. At most, they just have common interests.

Companion?

U47 was inexplicably envious, envious of those ship girls out there who had a trustworthy companion, a companion they could rely on.

Can she have it too?

If she was not born in the Mirror Sea, but in the outside world...

"I won't take you completely out of our attack range."

U47 hid her expression behind her mask.

"I will only lead you out of our encirclement. After that, I will inform the others. If you want to attack me before leaving, you will definitely not be able to escape our pursuit."

This is the insurance that U47 gives itself.

If you take Lafite to a safe place, then even if Lafite sinks itself, the only price it will pay is a major blow. At that time, Lafite only needs to hide and wait for his injuries to recover.

U47 will not put his life in the hands of others.

"Well, that's what Rafi had planned."

Rafi nodded solemnly. If U47 really took her to a completely safe place, Rafi couldn't guarantee that she wouldn't be moved.

Laffey doesn't want to become a ship girl who will do anything to win.

"But before that."

Rafi suddenly reached out and grabbed U47.

"There's not enough oxygen. Let me kiss you again, Rafi."

"Wait, wait a minute!"

U47 thought that she could lend the snorkel to Rafi.

But Rafi seemed not to hear the response from her soul network.

chirp~

"thanks for treatment!"

......

Chapter 113: Dangdangdang, Lafite is in front

Generation, make a shining debut!

Just as Rafi expected.

Although the soul networks of the four mirror ship girls combined are stronger than Laffite's, Laffite is alone. As long as she hides herself well, even Helena, who is good at reconnaissance, will not be able to find her and U47's location.

Because radar and sonar are different, the mirror ship girls that are not equipped with sonar cannot detect Laffey and U47 lurking and moving in the water.

"right here."

The traitor sent Rafi to a place ten kilometers away from the mirror ship girls and stopped. This location was still within the attack range of the mirror ship girls, but with Rafi's speed, no one could catch up with her if she was not injured.

This is the insurance that U47 takes out for himself.

If Lafite attacks herself, then the seriously injured Lafite will not be able to escape the pursuit of other mirror ship girls unless Lafite has a way to capture her unscathed.

"There's no need to look at Rafi with such vigilance, at least not for now. You don't want to sink, and Rafi doesn't want to die easily. We are only cooperating because of our common interests. When Rafi returns to the surface, we will still be enemies."

There is no way around it. Rafi actually doesn't want to fight with these mirror ship girls. Even if they are ship girls created by the Sirens, they still have their own wisdom and thoughts.

But, as mentioned at the beginning, Rafi had no way to help them.

In this case, there is not even a shred of hope left.

"Fight with all your might!"

In fact, only more than an hour has passed since entering the mirror sea. From the time Lafite just entered to being teleported to another area, it took only the first ten minutes.

Then, there was the battle between Laffite and Ron, the battle with the other four mirror ship girls, and the conversation and transaction with U47 after sinking into the sea.

It took half an hour to escape from the encirclement of Helena and other four mirror ships. Laffey had completely calmed down.

No matter what, the first thing to do is to reunite with the others.

Rafi didn't know if he was the only one being transferred or if others were transferred as well. The worst result would be that everyone was transferred.

If ordinary legendary ship girls like Majesty and Aurora encounter any mirror ship girl, it will be difficult for them to even escape unless the distance is far enough at the beginning.