The first thing Kii did when she returned to Hong Kong was to arrange Yutachi's funeral, and in her opinion, the military medals she received were far less than the loss of her friends. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoYutachi's parents were far away in Sapporo, Hokkaido, and they didn't make it to see their daughter for the last time.

After the farewell ceremony, Kii spent a lot of money to arrange the cemetery of Yuri at Sofukuji Temple in Nagasaki City. It was not only Kii who spent money to tempt the abbot of the temple, but more importantly, Yutachi was described by the Navy Headquarters as a heroic destroyer who fought against ten in the Battle of Solomon Gua.

That's right, until now, those in power are still reluctant to open up the existence of non-human creatures on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, and even many naval veterans fantasize about waiting for the deep-sea fleet and the American Federation to lose both sides, and then destroy them in turn.

The staff of the funeral home began to transfer Xili's coffin, and the three destroyer mothers in the mourning hall hid their faces and wept bitterly, especially the spring rain.

"Wait, the candle flame of the offering hasn't burned yet, who allowed you to carry the coffin!" Ji Yi didn't know where the anger came from, and suddenly rushed forward to stop it in a gaffe. "Put it back!!"

The people at the funeral home didn't understand why Commander Kii was so angry, they were carrying the body at 11 o'clock on time as agreed.

Sato Gonjun was not in the mourning hall because he was busy dealing with Kii's affairs after returning to Hong Kong, and no one dared to oppose Kii's order at this time.

"Didn't you hear? Wait until the candle is out before carrying it away. ”

Whenever she closes her eyes, there will be a picture of Yuli sinking to the bottom of the sea alone, if she didn't support the seventh Sentai for the sake of majesty that day, but let the first air battle support, the tragedy of Yutachi's death in battle would not have happened.

The monks invited from Chongfu Temple are still reciting Buddhist scriptures silently, and they will not interfere much with the earthly people, and they will not be happy or sad.

"Admiral Kiy, enough is enough." Kitakami stepped forward and pulled Kii aside, then motioned for the staff to take the coffin away. "Let the sunset become a Buddha and ascend to heaven in peace. That's all you can do, I, everybody. ”

Only when people have experienced life and death will they realize that human life is not a number.

Every kind of trauma is a kind of maturity.

Kii quietly left the scene alone, and she couldn't accept the reality of losing Yuli in the Ninth Sentai Town, which had been full of laughter and laughter in the past. Walking down the secluded path in the backyard of the town guard's house, surrounded by beautiful flowers and trimmed trees, doesn't make Kii as fun as he used to be.

In a trance, she walked to the flower bed in the middle of the backyard, and when she sat down, she realized that there was one more person beside her.

"Long Xing?"

Seeing his best friend, who had died five years ago, Kii burst into tears with emotion again. "I miss you so much, I can't accomplish our ideals alone."

Hua Kaiyuan Long Xing, who couldn't see his face clearly, supported the mentally exhausted Ji Yi and let the other party lie on his lap. "I'll call you Kii. I'm sorry to leave you alone to fulfill our original vision. Not only for you, but it will take double the effort for any of us to be a battleship carrier representing IJN. In the past five years, I have worked hard for you. ”

Feeling the warm touch of her old friend, Kii's heart, which was already facing collapse, was also calmed, she was tired, and she wanted to escape but found that there was nowhere to escape. The appearance of Long Xing in Hanakaiin was a miraculous turn for the better, and he won a moment of peace for Kii.

"I'm just an unconventional ship designer, I can't be a warfleet commander or a Combined Fleet flagship or something. I don't want to get these accolades, they overwhelm me! ”

Only to a familiar old friend, Kii can say frustrating words from the bottom of her heart, even if she currently trusts the most Sato Gonjun, she will not say the words of giving up.

Stroking Ki's wounded heart, the resonance of the soul and soul took some negative emotions for Kii, although it was only a little bit, but this was already the limit of what Long Xing could do.

Too much of the past has been erased in 5 years.

"I know this request is excessive, but I ask you to stick with it. Only you can defeat me and us, and these burdens are indeed too cruel for you, but now you are the only one alive, and Kii, as the combined fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, is fighting for our ideals. ”

Kii enjoyed a moment of tranquility, and didn't hear the encouragement of Long Xing in the blossoming courtyard.

"If even you give up, no one can stop us. Definitely, definitely, must persevere, for the sake of this world on the verge of extinction......"

There's a lot more to say, even five years ago, six people could talk all day together in a small design room. Time is only a moment, just as the Buddha drooped spider silk on the beings of hell, and sleeping with regret is the end of the sinners.

The flowers are gone, and the lead is washed away. The living return to the earth, and the dead fall to hell. Miracles, as they appear, do not last as long as people envision. The blossoming courtyard dragon apricot slowly faded away, as if there was no one by Kii's side from the beginning.

Time cruelly shifted the second hand, and Kii woke up from a peaceful slumber with tears on her face, but there was more hope in her heart that was filled with despair that she didn't understand.

"Long Xing?"

Sitting up from the edge of the flower bed, she could still recall the feeling of lying on the lap of the dragon apricot in the flower blossom courtyard, but there was no one around, everything only existed in her memory.

The wind blows, and the petals stick to Kii's hair. And when Kii reached out to grab it, the petals flew away with the wind.

"Admiral Kii, don't be obsessed with the past, just like this petal, you can't hold on." Sato Gonjun had already walked behind her at some point and smoothed the wrinkles on her clothes. "Commander-in-Chief Takayanagi has sent an invitation for a secret meeting, and the location is still in his town guard's mansion."

"Can't you catch it?"

"You can grab the flower bed."

Sato Gonjun plucked an identical small flower from the flower bed and placed it in Kii's palm. The wind has not yet been able to blow this flower, which has not yet dissipated.

Holding Xiaohua carefully in his hand, this is indeed something that Kii can do. She is a ship that everyone has high hopes for, although she doesn't understand why Long Xing in the dream flower blossom courtyard emphasizes that she is very special.

"Thank you, with you with me, I am much happier than I used to be."

As if thanking Gonjun Sato, Kii closed his eyes and listened carefully to the sound of nature.

Seeing Kii recovering from the pain of losing Yutachi, the guilt in Sato Gonjun's heart also decreased a little. Ironically, he never felt guilty for his betrayal of humanity, and if Xili hadn't died in battle, but the ships of the Second Sentai had sunk a few more, he wouldn't have felt the slightest guilt at all.

And Kii's thanks made Sato Gonjun stunned all of a sudden, he was the direct cause of Xili's death, but he was still thanked by Kii. A strong sense of dislocation tormented his already divided values, and he was not a lost man in trouble.

[Hate it, right? Resentment, right? Unlike the darkness of your human race, the maiden in front of you has the purest kindness, and she will never doubt your betrayal. Is it pleasant to be burned by the light? 】

The words from the deep sea stabbed Sato Gonjun's reason fiercely, and it was the messenger of the deep sea who was talking directly to him.

"yes...... People like me don't deserve salvation......"

Slowly stretching out his hands, Sato Gonjun's eyes only left Kii's neck. He has the blessing bestowed by the will of the deep sea, the ability to kill a ship girl, this grace and his life experience have been buried in his heart for more than twenty years, and have already taken root and turned into a hideous demon, entangled in him.

As long as Sato Gonjun uses that blessing, he will completely sever his connection with the will of the deep sea, and he will become an ordinary person again, and he will no longer have to bear the fate of betraying humanity.

Sinners need nothing more than thirst-quenching poison and the glitz of hell, not those holy angels to embrace them.

Just pinch the neck of the girl in front of you, and you're good to go!

"So I'm not only hated by others, but I hate myself."

His outstretched hand drooped, believing in the revelation that the will of the deep sea had originally told him, that he could find a miracle in Kii that would change the future.

"Sato-kun, do you think that if our ship's mother dies, she can still become a Buddha and ascend to heaven?"

"I personally don't believe in Buddhism, but what Buddhists say is that all beings are equal in the Elysian World, and the same is true for the ship's mother."

As usual, Gonjun Sato stood behind Kii, assisting her in matters big and small, and no matter what questions Kii asked or what requests he made, he tried to meet or answer them as much as possible.

Why don't you do it? It was a great opportunity. 】

The voice of the deep sea was still urging Sato Gonjun, and his tone was no longer as calm as before, and he eagerly hoped that Sato Gonjun would get rid of Kii.

Because you are not the will of the deep sea, even if you are, I will not ruin my chance of salvation. If she can do miracles, why shouldn't I appreciate this great battle between humans and your ****** creatures? 】

Sato Gonjun has already guessed that the one who is trying to confuse himself is one of the several human ghosts that レ said.,Ever since they passed on false information to him.,Sato Gonjun has been investigating their identities during their lifetime.。 As he expected, they were all friends of Kii before his death, stupid young men who died together in the shipyard.

Kii and Sato Gonjun continued the unfinished work in the castle as if nothing had happened. Although Yutachi did not make a will, it was customary for her remaining surviving crew members to continue their service on ships of the same type. Then there was an invitation to attend Sosuke Takayanagi's meeting, and Kii had no less business to deal with.

――――

"Why did you connect with me?" Sousuke Takayanagi took the microphone handed over by Yamato and asked a certain shipwreck on the other side. "Not worried about being discovered by your teammates?"

Oi is in the living hut at the moment, and he hasn't come back because he went out fishing to relax. "This kind of thing doesn't have to worry about Commander-in-Chief Takayanagi. I've come to you today to tell you something. ”

"Say, I'm curious about what makes Oi anxious for you to contact me directly."

"Sato Gonjun is acting suspiciously, and there is a possibility that he is going to kill Kii."