Chapter 12 Because You're My Ship's Wife

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The pitch-black muzzle was aimed at the companion for the first time.,Maybe it can't be called a companion.,The ship girl who has been completely deep-sea is the deep sea.。 Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Nagato silently raised his twin main guns, and the slender and glowing muzzle of the cannon released the breath of death. The moonlight outside the window was cold and bleak, like Nagato's expression and the cold blood in her eyes. The barrel of the cannon made a low roar, the large-caliber shell spun out of the chamber, the sparks flickered in the night, and the lion raised his head slightly, looking at the speeding shells, his expression was calm, and he did not panic at all.

When he opened his hand, the golden shield opened instantly, and the black-gray bullet body burst instantly, and the gunpowder inside released a huge amount of internal energy due to the violent collision, and exploded in an instant. The lion withstood the shield and retreated, after all, the power of the sixteen-inch main gun was no joke, Nagato had the largest main gun caliber in the world at that time in World War II, and the speed had reached a terrible twenty-six knots, which was considered the fastest speed among battleships. This means that the ability to fight in close combat is no worse at all. Although the lion also wanted to use his own sixteen-inch main gun, due to the narrow terrain and the fact that the Admiral was behind her, the artillery battle was simply not an unwise choice. The lion raised his hand, drew the command knife that symbolized the glory of the British Royal Navy from behind his back, and quickly approached Nagato with a speed of thirty knots. As a legendary-level ship girl, although her level has not been upgraded to the full level, her combat ability should not be underestimated.

The slender blade slashed through Nagato's main cannon, bursting out dazzling sparks, Nagato looked indifferent, pulled out his Japanese samurai sword, slashed sideways, and slashed at the lion's neck. As Japan's most formidable battleship in World War II, Nagato was not afraid of any battleship, his slightly curved blade reflecting the cold light in the moonlight, and his thin blade exuding the smell of death.

The lion kicked hard under his feet, and then the reaction force tossed backwards, dodging the long knife of the long door, at the same time, the right hand was raised, and the ship's equipment was instantly equipped, and the three triple sixteen-inch main guns fired a salvo, with the powerful rear thrust of the salvo, the lion once again distanced himself from the long door, reversed the long knife, and knocked fiercely at the irrational long door with the back of the knife, and the target was the fragile neck of the ship mother.

Nagato didn't seem to react in time, raised his hand and used the heavy armor on his side plus the protection he had, and ate the entire round of shelling, and the lion's long knife also came as expected, slashing at the vulnerable part, Nagato let out a painful wail.

After being baptized by a salvo, Nagato's armor had completely broken, two of the main guns had been damaged and could not fire shells, and the heavy armored area had also been pierced, hitting the core. Now Nagato has no ability to move at all, the servo is completely broken, and the engine has stopped. It seems that only death awaits her.

The lion looked down at Nagato, who was curled up on the ground, panting heavily, with a hint of unbearability in his eyes, but he still slowly raised the main gun, ready to end the life of the fallen ship girl in front of him.

Nagato, goodbye.

When the lion raised its main cannon and was about to bombard, it was stopped by Lucien, who ran over. Lucien hugged her tightly from behind, keeping her from aim.

"Why, Admiral?" The lion was puzzled. Where is Nagato in front of him, it is simply the living deep sea, those blood-red eyes, that killing without any emotion, only the deep sea has characteristics.

"No, lion, I'm sure Nagato is like this for a reason. Give her another chance, Lion. Lucien spread his arms in front of the lion's muzzle.

"But Admiral, she's not Nagato at all, she's the deep sea. She is depraved and does not deserve to be a ship's maiden at all. Don't forget, she tried to kill you, and if I hadn't been here, you would have been killed by her easy bombardment. You're still defending her, why? If you think it's a pity, just build another one. I guess with your luck, it's going to be easy! The lion trembled and raised the main cannon, she didn't want to do this, but the truth is in front of her, a shipwreck has fallen into the deep sea, she can choose to let it go, but once the fallen person tries to kill his own admiral, it is an unforgivable sin, and only death can wash away his sins.

Lucien trembled, raised his hand, and slapped the lion fiercely, and clearly visible finger prints appeared on the lion's face, "I don't allow you to say that, every ship girl is unique, and there is no talk of rebuilding, even if I build Nagato again, she can only be her, not the person behind me." Even if they look the same, they seem to me to be fundamentally different. It's like I tried my best to save you, just because you were you, the lion I loved, and no one else. Lucien yelled at the lion, and what the lion said at this moment disappointed him.

Each ship girl is a different existence.,You can't easily give up the ship girl in front of you just because you can build the same ship girl.。 Because, the rebuilt ship is not the previous ship mother at all, they are two people at all, with the same appearance but different hearts, each ship girl's heart is unique, and it is impossible to be copied.

Admiral, are you disappointed in me? The lion weakly lowered the main gun, and although she won Nagato, she lost the person she loved the most.

"I'm sorry, Admiral, I shouldn't have said something like that." The lion hung his head and wept, perhaps as the Admiral said, every shipwreck is different, and I am also unique, because I am the lion that the Admiral loves deeply, and not any other lion.

"It's okay, I'm at fault too." Lucien rushed forward and hugged the crying girl in front of him, and gently stroked the red cheek, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have hit you, forgive me, okay, I will never again, never again." ”

Lucian regretted it very much, Nagato and the lion were his ship's mothers, and the palms and backs of his hands were all meat, and it was not good to favor either side. But when he heard what the lion had said, he became angry, and those words were clearly a denial of his countless pains in exchange for today, his death, his tears and sorrows. If he had the same idea as the lion at that time, he would not have been able to go to sea and risk his life to save the lion from the hands of the deep sea. The ship's mother is gone, just build it again. Such an idea is fundamentally wrong, every ship girl, even if it is just an ordinary class ship girl, has the meaning of her existence, and no one has the qualifications and power to deny her existence.

"It's not the Admiral's fault, I understand the Admiral's heart." The lion raised his head and looked at the remorseful young man in front of him, "If the admiral at that time had the same idea as I do now, he wouldn't have come to me at all, but would have taken the resources to build a room and build another lion." In that case, I would be very sad because the purpose of my existence was denied. So, I was wrong, I was very wrong to think like this. ”

"It's okay, everyone makes mistakes, just correct it." Lucian hugged the lion, "So, can you ask the lion not to destroy Nagato no matter what happens, okay?" To do so would only erase the meaning of her existence, and that would be grossly unfair to her. ”

"Okay, I," Lion felt a warmth in her abdomen before she could finish her words, and some liquid soaked her long white dress. Pushing Lu Xi'an away, he found that Nagato's katana had passed through his abdomen, and blood was constantly spilling down the tip of the knife, staining the ground red.

"No!" The lion bypassed Lucien and kicked open Nagato, who was holding the sword, and the katana fell with a crisp sound on the ground.

The lion raised his main cannon and prepared to kill the monster in front of him with a single shot. Lucien raised his hand with difficulty, stopping Nagato. "No, lion, have you forgotten what you said to me?"

"But, she's going to kill you, she's not a ship girl anymore!" The lion yelled at Lucien, she hated herself for not finding out about the fact that the Admiral was injured earlier, because the lion that was still unfurled was protected by heavy armor, and would not be injured by such a strong attack, so when the long knife pierced Lucien's abdomen, the lion did nothing. Lucien, on the other hand, deliberately moved his body backwards slightly, not allowing the protruding tip of the knife to have a chance to touch the lion.

But Nagato stirred the long knife, causing blood to gush out in an instant, soaking the lion's long skirt. The blood-red plum blossoming in the cold winter under the illumination of the moonlight is poignant and sad.

"But I only know that she is Nagato, my ship's wife." Lucien said word by word, "No matter what she becomes, she is my Nagato." ”

Lucien turned his head to look at the black-haired girl who was struggling in pain on the ground, and couldn't help but let out a sad laugh, dragging his weak body, Lucian approached Nagato step by step, and in the moonlight, the blood-soaked pajamas were particularly eye-catching.

Bending down, Lucian gently hugged the girl with a painful look in front of him, "Don't be afraid of Nagato, I'm here." ”

But what responded to him was not a warm smile, but a ruthless pair of eyes. Nagato pulled the ribs from his cuff for close-quarters combat and stabbed the Admiral in the chest without mercy.

But Lucien didn't show the slightest expression of pain, only frowned slightly. With a smile on his face, he gently comforted Nagato with his blood-stained hand, and the blood began to erupt from his chest, spurting out in columns and splashing on Nagato's face. Blood flowed down his cheeks, and out of his mouth was slightly open as if he were wailing.

As if satisfied, blood flowed down his throat into Nagato's frozen heart, and the warm liquid seemed to be the key to unlocking the shackles, and Nagato's bloodthirsty eyes gradually dissipated and returned to their normal blackness.

Everything is freed from blood.

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"Admiral, what's the matter with you?" Nagato, who came back to her senses, seemed to be a little confused about what was happening in front of her, but when she saw the short knife in her hand, she was stunned. I pinched the ribs, the killing weapon that stabbed into the admiral's chest.

"Why, why is this happening." Nagato, visibly in disbelief, let go of his hand and clutched his mouth in distraction, letting out a painful whimper.

"It's alright, Nagato." Lucien used his last strength to squeeze out a smile, the lack of blood made his vision gradually blur, and his abdomen began to become cold, and he lost consciousness, but Lucien knew that if he couldn't comfort the girl in front of him, he couldn't fall yet. "Nagato, it's not your fault, so, please don't blame yourself." In the end, Lucien's words became very weak, like a candle in the wind, as if he could no longer bear it, his head drooped, and the whole person fell on Nagato's body. The blood that flowed out was like a blood-colored peony in full bloom, blooming on Nagato's white yukata.

Everything ends in the drain of the fluid that holds life.

"Admiral!" The lion looked at the fallen Admiral and let out a beastly roar. Running over and looking at the unconscious Lucien, she wailed weakly. Lifting up the body in front of her, which was gradually losing her body temperature, in the light of the moonlight, she saw the short knife inserted in her chest, and the lion instantly went crazy, "Why, why do you want to do this!" Where is the Admiral bad for you, why, why! With anger, the words exploded at the murderer in front of him.

Nagato didn't answer, perhaps because she didn't know how to answer the lion's question. Yes, why did I become like this, become a monster, like this, it's best to die, I'm not qualified to live at all.

The lion hugged Lucian, unfurled the ship's gear, and the main cannon burning with anger gathered energy and bombarded the murderer in front of him. However, the sparkling shells grazed the Nagato and hit the sea far away, making a splash of water.

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"Why don't you kill me? Lion. Nagato said softly. She seemed to understand what was happening in front of her, and she, herself, had killed the Admiral, and she had killed the Admiral with the weapons she had used to fight the deep sea. The katana, the rib cha were all murder weapons, and they were all stained with the blood of the Admiral.

He is a murderer, a murderer who cannot be forgiven. The ship's mother killed her own admiral, which was the most ridiculous thing and the most unlikely thing to happen, but it really happened in front of her eyes and happened to herself.

She still remembered that he was brought back by the lion and Hatsuyuki with injuries all over his body, she remembered the death announcement of him by the Nakayama, she remembered the sincere apology to all the shipwives in the cafeteria accompanied by the lion, and she remembered what he had just said to herself, "It's okay, Nagato." It's not your fault, so, please don't beat yourself up. ”

Those are the last words that are spoken when they are suffering from what kind of pain, and what kind of comfort they say with what kind of mood they are bearing. Nagato didn't know, she only knew that she had killed the murderer who was optimistic and desperate for the sake of the ship's mother.

"Why don't you kill me!" Nagato raised his head and let out a desperate roar, "A ship girl like me, no, I'm a monster at all, and I'm not qualified to continue to live at all, why don't you kill me!" ”

Nagato let out a desperate and feeble wail.

The lion looked at Nagato, who was bent on death, and remembered what the Admiral had said earlier. She wanted to cry, but she couldn't. The sorrow seemed to be a reef that could not be washed away, and it was blocked in the chest, and it was as heavy as a stuffiness.

"Because he said that you are his ship's wife, he has an obligation to save you." The lion whispered, as if her spine had been drained, like a limp dog, watching the hero of her life fall like this, but could do nothing but watch, uselessly grieving.

This feeling was felt when I watched the Admiral kneel down for himself in front of the deep sea, and I swore to myself that I would never let the Admiral be hurt a little more in the future, but now it seems that the oath at that time was ridiculous and weak.

The lion squatted down, holding the unconscious Lucien, and wept silently under the moonlight.

Lucien, the best. The lion muttered silently in his heart, but his tone was so sad.

Maybe this is despair, what you desperately want to protect is still broken in front of you, and you can't do anything.

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Perhaps, another death will be reborn. Maybe you will never wake up, just be lonely in this darkness all your life, want to sleep forever in this boundless darkness, never get up again. But why is it painful to think like this? Is it because there are still unfulfilled wishes, or because of a certain thought and concern that still does not want to fall, and still wants to stand up stubbornly and walk on a road with no hope.

I seem to be asleep, without worry. But the beating heart in my chest tells me that there are still people waiting for me to save, and there are people who have put hope on me like a bet, and I have to get up and move forward in those expectations.

Perhaps, I still have to go through suffering, like Jesus, to save everyone, and go through all the pain before I can ascend to heaven.

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Did you really come back? Lucien was like a rebooted computer, and the consciousness system was once again reloaded with the support of the power supply.

Eyes slightly open, the top of his head was not the familiar ceiling, but long blond hair and eyes that glistened with tears.

"Is it a lion?" Lucien struggled to speak, his voice hoarse.

"It's me, Admiral." The lion held Lucien's hand, pale from excessive blood loss, and tears fell like raindrops.

"Nagato, how is she?" Lucien felt a pain in his chest as soon as he thought of the black-haired girl. But he knew it wasn't her fault, she was an innocent victim just like himself.

"She's outside." The lion wiped away her tears, "Do you want me to call her?" ”

"No, she's fine." Lucien was relieved at the moment, he was afraid that after he lost consciousness, the lion would kill her, and now it seems that the lion still kept his promise.

"Did the Nakayama save me?" Lucien looked at the lion, he knew that he was so seriously injured but did not die, it could only be the credit of the medical ship Niang Zhongshan.

"Yes, it was Hatsuyuki who called her." The lion nodded, looking at the weak Admiral, and her heart couldn't help but ache.

"Don't cry, lion, I want to see you smiling." Lucien struggled to raise his hand and wipe the tears from the corners of the lion's eyes. "Lion, I said, don't cry at any time, face tomorrow with a smile."

"But do you know, Admiral?" The lion wept silently again, "You only, you only have one month left to live." ”

After a month's life, the lion learned about the admiral's physical condition from the mouth of the Nakayama, and after saving himself that time, the admiral only had one year left, and now, after saving Nagato, there was only a short thirty days. How she wished she had died out at that time, and this would not have happened. Nor will they suffer such pain. She had never heard the Admiral mention these things, and she knew that the Admiral was afraid that he would be worried, that he would be sad. But now after hearing it, I am not sad or sad, but only a deep sense of powerlessness and despair.

A month of life, thirty days. When Lucien heard the news, he smiled at the lion, "Don't I still have time, I haven't died yet." So now is not the time to cry, you should laugh for me, because at least I'm alive, aren't I? ”

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There is still hope when you are alive, and living means that you can still move forward, and continue to move forward on the road that does not know the end.

This is my mission, what I should do when I come into this world. In the original world, I have long been without care, the death of my parents has made me lose everything, and it is better to let go in this world than to survive in that false world, even if it is my own life that burns, it is not at any cost. Because, such a life is at least meaningful.

"But, but, I don't want you to leave." The lion cried and said, "I don't want you to leave like this, you haven't accompanied me to the sea, you haven't watched me become the strongest legendary-class shipwive, you haven't held the most important ceremony in your life with me, there are still a lot of things you haven't done, I don't want you to leave, I really don't want to." By the end of the day, the lion had stopped crying.

Maybe life is like this, you don't know how to cherish when you have it, and you don't know how to regret it when you lose it. However, there are some things that can only be understood after they are lost.

"But, after all, you still have to leave, don't you?" Lucien touched the lion's face and said with a smile, "No matter how long a person's life is, there will be a day when they will leave, and there is no banquet in the world that will never be dissolved." ”

Anyone, there will be a day in your life when you leave, and when Lucien heard that his parents died in a plane crash, he understood this truth - no one will always be with you. Life is like a stage play, everyone has their own time when they take the stage and end the curtain, those who have intersections with you, maybe one day you don't know, they will be like elves who are afraid of the living, hide, you can no longer see, no matter how you look for it, you can't find it, then you will understand that the last glance is the trick.

Since I came to this world, when I learned that I still had a year to go, I knew that maybe I should be over.

Time is a cruel thing, she will not stop, she will not go backwards, she will only rumble forward with the invisible wheel that can crush everything. You lose a lot of the things you once cherished under that wheel, but when they all disappear with the wheel, you can only watch them disappear and cry silently.

This is the helplessness of life, and it is also the helplessness of oneself. I wanted to take advantage of the last year to accompany these lovely ship girls, accompany them to the sea and fight the deep sea, laugh with them when they win, cry with them when they fail, and eat delicious meals with them when they come back. When it's time for the curtain to end, find a place where no one knows and disappear quietly, so that at least they won't know the truth and know that they are leaving.

But now that time has become more urgent, with only one month left, it may really be time to say goodbye. Lucien raised his head, smiled slightly, hugged the lion, and quietly looked at the ceiling above his head, but did not speak.

Inside the house, the girl hugged the boy and cried, and outside the house, the girl leaning on the door looked at the living room that had become a ruin, crying silently.

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