I, Laffey, am a good ship girl!

Leaping from the reconnaissance plane, this time, Rafi did not choose to confront the Purifier head-on.

There was a loud bang, and a deep dent was made on his own carrier-based aircraft. Rafi jumped up from the reconnaissance plane and grabbed the Purifier's ankle with a snap.

"To Lafite——"

The power from the Mind Cube exploded, and Rafi grabbed the Purifier's ankle and threw him down with force.

“————Go down!”

After the Mind Cube awakened, Lafite's power was more than a thousand tons. Even a Siren ship girl like the Purifier, which was of battleship specifications, would not be able to withstand such a huge force if it suddenly encountered such a huge force.

Then, waiting for the Purifier that was thrown to the sea by Rafi was the quadruple 610mm torpedo in Rafi's hand.

If the Purifier was in the sky, Rafi's torpedo would certainly not hit it, but Rafi had already occupied a high position, so now all he had to do was throw the torpedo out.

However, after connecting to the terminal network, the Purifier's reaction speed has been greatly improved.

"Warning - unknown energy reaction detected, avoidance recommended!"

"Warning——, detected..."

Almost at the same time that Rafi threw her down, the terminal issued a warning and the Purifier initiated emergency braking.

The main gun barrel and secondary gun barrel began to accumulate energy at the same time, and the body engine expanded its output to offset the power from Lafite.

However, Rafi's attack was certainly not just throwing torpedoes. The naval guns and anti-aircraft guns on his body simultaneously fired at the Purifier.

"boom----!"

Brilliant fireworks exploded in the air. Looking at the position of the Purifier, Rafi shouted to the counterattack not far away: "Hurry!"

Having been hampered by the Purifiers' attacks, it was only at this point that the counterattack was finally able to get close enough to the Prince of Wales's hull.

But what to do next?

"Just stick the Mind Cube and the Prince of Wales' together, and let fate take the rest!"

Resign yourself to fate?

After hearing what Lafite said, he wanted to laugh but couldn't.

Fate can be unfaithful, the Prince of Wales often says this, but she hopes that this time, fate can favor the Prince of Wales a little more.

The moment the azure mind cube and the black and red mind cube of the Prince of Wales touched each other, the two stuck together like magnets.

A large amount of power from the black and red mind cube poured into the blue mind cube, causing the latter to tremble violently.

Not waiting for Rafi

Looking more closely at the reaction of the blue mind cube and the black mind cube when they touched, a shell hit the already dilapidated hull of the Prince of Wales.

With almost half of her body left, the tester floated up from the water like a drowned ghost, grabbing her own cannon and firing again with only one barrel left, hitting Counterattack.

"Fight back!"

Seeing the test subject's attack hit the target, Rafi shouted, and while still in the air, she aimed the muzzle of her gun at the test subject.

However, this gap of less than half a second gave the Purifier under him an opportunity.

"boom----!!!"

The laser fired from the Purifier's main gun was like a sharp sword, hitting Rafi from bottom to top.

"laugh------!!!"

The close bombardment caused the ship equipment on Rafi's left hand side to emit a steam sound like liquid being burned and melted. Fortunately, Rafi reacted quickly enough and fired the main gun behind him to the left. The recoil caused by the bombardment made Rafi's body tilt. After being lifted by the Mind Cube, the materialized soul network wrapped around Rafi's body and hit the Purifier's head like a thunderbolt from the sky.

The two of them fell towards the sea almost at the same time.

The shell fired by Rafi successfully hit the tester who had almost lost all ability to move, making her last resistance come to nothing.

Counterattack, who was hit by the tester, barely got up, covering his wound and walked towards the Prince of Wales's Mind Cube.

The huge battleship began to tilt and sink, and just as it was preparing to counterattack and capture the Prince of Wales' Mind Cube, the Mind Cube that was originally suspended in mid-air suddenly erupted with a violent wave and blew her away.

"The Prince of Wales!!"

Fighting back with a loud shout, he could only watch as the Prince of Wales' Mind Cube burst out with that wave, and then fell "bang" on the deck like two ordinary stones, and then fell towards the sea.

Just when she thought that all was lost, a figure suddenly passed by her and grabbed the two pieces of the mind cube that were glued together.

"Hey, you owe me this time."

The girl with a red ponytail stood on the capsized boat and gave a smug smile to Counterattack.

How could a shipgirl abandon her companions? After Wichita transported all the injured shipgirls on her ship to Long Island, she rushed here as soon as possible.

Ordinary ship girls cannot intervene in battles of Lafite and the others’ level, but legendary ship girls above level 90 can still survive.

"Where's Senior Rafi?"

Wichita looked in the direction where Rafi and the Purifier had just fought. However, on the sea surface filled with whirlpools, there was no trace of Rafi and the Purifier.

......

Chapter 107 Ending

"Gulu~"

Submerged in the cold sea water, Rafi's small body drifted in the water.

It's not that she was unconscious, but the fatigue that she had suppressed when she awakened the Mind Cube came rushing back, making her fall into her usual tiredness.

I’m so sleepy and want to sleep!

A little deeper beneath her was the figure of the Purifier. Unlike Raffi who had removed his ship suit before falling into the sea, the Purifier, weighed down by his own ship suit, had almost no chance of floating to the surface on his own.

To be honest, this is the first time that Laffi has tried to use his soul network in combat. Of course, there is no such operation in the game. Even if the ship girl's cognition is awakened, there will not be so many strange abilities.

After the awakening of the Mind Cube, the soul network of the ship girls further transformed. It was no longer limited to communication and contact between the ship girls, but could actually cover the hull of its own ship and strengthen the ship girl herself.

This was actually foreshadowed after the third destruction of the KanColle.

After three breakthroughs, the Ship Girl's mind cube was fully developed, and she began to learn to use her own abilities. This is a proof of the in-depth application of the soul network.

The soul network is essentially the power of the Mind Cube. As the Mind Cube matures and grows, the ship girls gradually become able to master their own power proficiently, and finally completely break through the shackles of the Mind Cube and turn the power of the mind into reality.

KanColle are idealistic creatures, and this is the most intuitive manifestation of the idealistic KanColle after they awaken.

The materialized soul network strengthens the ship's body and hull. The simplest application is like what the Prince of Wales did, covering the hull with the power of the soul network, and even the attacks of special types of Siren ship girls such as the Purifier and Tester can be blocked.

Like the Royal Ark, it uses the soul network to strengthen its carrier-based aircraft, abandoning defense and strengthening attack.

As for Rafi, her situation is somewhat special.

She is unlike the Prince of Wales and the Royal Ark. The former forcibly broke through the limits of the Mind Cube and gained power at the cost of breaking the Mind Cube, while the latter merged with another self, obtained a carrier-based aircraft equivalent to a mind unit as a carrier, and temporarily awakened her cognition.

The Prince of Wales recognized himself, but did not break through the limitations of the mind cube. The Royal Ark broke through the limitations of the mind cube, but did not recognize itself.

Rafi has both recognized herself and broken through the limitations of the Mind Cube, so she can fight against the Purifier and even knock her down from the sky.

However, no matter how powerful the force is, it has its limits. Rafi has not had a good rest since entering the Mirror Sea.

Now, she can finally take a break.

But at this moment, a warm current woke up Rafi, who wanted to take a bath in the water, and made her open her eyes.

"This is......"

The source of power that maintains the mirror sea, called a singularity by the Sirens, is similar to a micro wormhole and was detonated by the Prince of Wales.

This power is finally about to explode.

......

"Why hasn't Sister Rafi come up yet?"

Aboard the ship in Long Island, receiving communications from Wichita, the Ark Royal anxiously watched the increasingly rough sea.

Not only her, but also many ship girls who knew Raffi and were familiar with Raffi, also looked at the place where Raffi and the Purifier had just fallen with worried eyes.

Most of the mirror-like sea has been shattered. Standing in the central sea, one can almost see with the naked eye that the space around it is collapsing.

The pitch-black cracks devoured the sight of the ship girls like a black hole. If they were caught in it, even the powerful ship girls would not be sure of survival.

They didn't believe that such a powerful Rafi would sink so easily, because Rafi's soul network was still well connected to them.

Before, when Lafite's hull was pierced, the ship girls subconsciously thought that Lafite had sunk, and ignored the soul network of Lafite that was connected to them.

Of course, the ship girls will not make the same mistake twice. After confirming that Laffey's soul network is still well connected to them, the ship girls will not give up so easily.

However, it is not easy to find Rafi in this rough sea, so they can only hope that Rafi will float up from the water by himself.

"Royal Ark, we can't wait any longer. Let's get out first. I have a bad feeling about this."

Changdao looked at the sea and felt a little uneasy. The Sirens had obviously been defeated by them, so what else was there for her to worry about?

"In that case, I will stay and wait for Sister Lafite..."

"Royal Ark, calm down. You can't even deploy your ship armor yourself. How can you help Rafi? Believe in Rafi. She is our senior. No one knows how to survive on the battlefield better than her."

"But......"

Royal Ark gritted his teeth and dug his nails deep into his palms.

She is not strong enough! If she could be a little stronger, Sister Lafei wouldn't have to fight alone, she could stand beside Sister Lafei and fight with her!

"Royal Ark!"

Seeing Sheffield beside her, Royal Ark lowered her head, realizing that she could not do anything now, and even if she stayed, she would only be held back.

"I understand. We'll wait outside!"

Taking a deep breath, Royal Ark made a decision. She believed in Rafi, the gentle and lovely sister Rafi who helped her out of the shadows and always brought them surprises.

I believe she can create a miracle again!

Changdao's ship headed towards the waterway that the Purifier had opened for them before. Having entered and exited the Mirror Sea more than once, Changdao confirmed that the Purifier had not lied to them and that this was the exit to leave the Mirror Sea.

However, just when the group of ship girls relaxed and thought they could finally escape, bubbles suddenly gurgled on the dark sea surface.

"what happened?"

The group of ship girls were a little confused, knowing that something was not right. Nagashima drove her ship out of the mirror sea as fast as she could, but her speed of sixteen knots was simply not fast enough.

At this time, the voice of Raffi, who had been out of contact, finally rang out in the soul network of the ship girls.

"Everyone, get out of here quickly, it's going to explode!"

Explosion!?

Having entered and exited the Mirror Sea several times, some of the more experienced ship girls looked at each other in bewilderment. They never knew that the Mirror Sea could explode.

However, this did not prevent Changdao from using the same enthusiasm as in playing games to push his ship forward as quickly as possible.

If she could go back alive this time, Changdao swore that she would hide inland and never go out again unless the Sirens broke through the front line and attacked her home.

Too tired, KanColle!

I originally thought that with the three legendary ship girls on the scene, the mirror sea would be easily conquered.

As a result, in front of the special model of Siren, the Prince of Wales, who seemed so invincible, was defeated, and the legendary ship girl was just a supporting role.

There were less than a hundred meters left to the passage to leave the mirror sea, and Changdao couldn't help but reveal a hint of joy on her face. A hundred meters was two-thirds of the length of her ship. Even if her speed was slow, she could pass through this short distance in a dozen seconds.

However, sometimes, let alone ten seconds, even one second is enough to decide life or death.

The blazing light shot out from the black sea surface, the sea water was evaporated in an instant, and the dazzling white light occupied the sight of the ship girls.

The mirror-like sea, which had been shrouded in darkness all day long, finally saw light.

Is it going to sink?

The ship girls stared blankly at the beam of light that occupied their field of vision, and the surrounding islands turned into ashes almost in the blink of an eye.

Faced with such a horrific energy reaction, their fate would probably be no different from the sand and gravel on the island.

However, at this critical moment, a warship broke through the water, rushed out of the sea, and slammed hard into the butt of the Long Island's hull, pushing her towards the exit.

"Sister Rafi!!!"

The moment he saw Lafite, Royal Ark shouted

, but her voice could not be heard before it was drowned out by the horrific explosion.

The azure network covered the entire island's exit, becoming the first barrier to resist the impact, while Lafite's hull became the second barrier to resist the impact.

The ship girls on the Long Island battleship could only watch Raffi's slightly moving lips.