"How...... Will it be like this......" Air Defense Qihime opened her eyes wide and looked at the sky in pain, her core had been shattered and her life was coming to an end. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It is true that she is even stronger than the Daughter of the Deep in terms of protection ability, but since before she was born, the Will of the Deep Sea has prepared a set of "backup mechanisms" while giving her the concept of "the strongest shield" as a precautionary measure. Air Defense Qi Ji cannot be harmed by any outside force, so it is feasible from the inside, and the six balls that protect her and bind her are not only the embodiment of the concept of "the strongest shield", but also the only insurance that can kill Air Defense Qi Ji.

The central perch quietly looked at the hull of the anti-aircraft perch that stopped not far away, and the friend who broke free from the chains at the front of the deck, it was only a matter of time before death came, and the concept of the "strongest shield" would exist until the anti-aircraft perch disappeared, so that the anti-aircraft perch had more time to remain.

"I gave you multiple chances, and you turned it down again and again. Am I really not worthy of your trust? ”

The central Qiji called up the light screen to confirm the current situation, dispatched more than 3,000 carrier-based aircraft, more than 2,400 were shot down, more than 90 new cruisers directly under the air defense Qiji were destroyed, and the rest of the ships of the deep-sea fleet also suffered heavy losses. The new cruiser's manufacturing technology has also been lost from the factory building option in Hawaii, and a string of radar and anti-aircraft gun technologies have been resealed. Most importantly, the deep-sea fleet has lost a killer weapon against the mother of the carrier.

"Well, I grant your request. As one last pampering on you. Rest in peace, Air Defense Habitat. Closing his eyes, the central Suhime, who was in a state of confusion, issued a retreat order to all deep-sea ships in the waters of Okinawa. If this naval battle ends here, the outcome will not be much different. The IJN Combined Fleet is once again broken, and the next attack of the Deep Sea Fleet will be the day of the destruction of the IJN Combined Fleet.

"All fleet, retreat."

Leaving behind the anti-aircraft Kihime and the wreckage of many sunken ships, the remaining deep-sea fleet ships slowly sailed away from the waters of Okinawa and returned to the forward base in Guam to rest.

The words behind the central perched are not used to inform others, and in the vague consciousness of the air defense perch, she saw the scene of the retreat of the deep-sea fleet, and she could feel that her betrayal deeply pierced the heart of the central perch, and the two never understood each other, probably the source of this tragedy, and she would be killed once by the dragon apricot of the blossom courtyard, and she was ready to be killed by the central perched hee again.

"Nagato-sama...... I kind of know how to be a ...... now How does the hero feel...... A sacrifice worth it. ”

The black-red blood soaked the clothes of the anti-aircraft perch, and she fell on the foredeck, waiting for death to come, and the only thing the anti-aircraft perch could do now was such a sad thing. I can't even give myself a happy ending.

["Wake up, wake up."] Xihe-kun. ”】

In a trance, he heard someone calling his name, and his heavy eyelids couldn't open, but he could hear that it was Kii calling him.

"Forgive me...... Please...... Forgive me for running away ......"

Air defense Qi Ji finally stretched out her hand and tried to touch Kii, who sounded close at hand, but she only felt a helpless fall, and Kii's voice became farther and farther away, and fate did not give Air Defense Qi Ji the last comforting understanding, even if it was a false illusion.

Consciousness becomes more and more blurred, and is gradually swallowed up by darkness. After being severely injured by her own strength, the air defense suhime collapsed lonely on the foredeck of the hull for 1 hour, her hull began to fall apart because the core was completely broken, and the body of the anti-aircraft suhime also sank with the hull and fell to the bottom of the sea.

If she can hold out for half an hour, she may be able to wait for Kii. But fate did not give her this privilege, and the sins she had committed must forever imprison her soul and make her unable to be freed.

[I...... And also...... One last wish...... Take this as my ...... ...... Atonement】

The corpse slowly disintegrated, starting from the ends of her limbs, and the six orbs that accompanied her had already dissolved into nothingness. The shard of the gem she had hidden in a ball glowed faintly, and the last wish of the anti-aircraft shime was answered.

[Please...... Help Kii...... Please. I also want...... Jean Kii ...... Happiness ......]

Leaving no debris behind, the soul of the anti-aircraft Qihime broke away from the manipulation of the will of the deep sea and quickly dissipated, while her hull continued to be damaged by the water pressure, scattering into parts and falling to the bottom of the sea. As the last soldier to die in the Battle of Okinawa, she will not be thanked by the hundreds of thousands of residents of her hometown of Okinawa, and even her family does not know about the miracle that happened today.

By the time the Kii sailed to the sea where the anti-aircraft perch had sunk, there was no trace of the anti-aircraft perch, and the sea revealed a cold tranquility, like a huge tomb that would bury the ships on top of it at any time.

"Late?" Kii walked to the bow of the ship alone, staring down at the sea, and she could feel the debris of the anti-aircraft rooki below, scattered.

"Stupid! Heroically blocking the deep-sea fleet, you are amazing, it is you who saved everyone. Only Kii heard the conversation happening here, and only Kii understood why the enemy light cruiser that had slaughtered the landing planes at first suddenly turned its guns en masse to attack the carrier-based aircraft on its own side, and only Kii knew that another friend of her life, the cowardly escapee outside the five, had just been "buried" here.

"It's courageous, isn't it? But no one knows about your sacrifice, and no one will be grateful to Dade for enshrined you in the shrine. It's not worth it. Kii couldn't hold back his tears, and another friend disappeared in a tragic way, it was clear that this war was not over, and there was still more serious pain waiting for Kii.

Stretching out her hand, Kii, who was standing on the guardrail, tried to make a grasping motion from the quiet sea, and she was unwilling to be robbed of the happiness she once had. In the first time she became the Admiral of the Ninth Sentai Team, she was so happy that she was at a loss......

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On that day, Kii dismissed all his subordinates and forced himself to stand alone on the guardrail at the bow of the ship and cried, and then crashed into the sea. At that moment, even her crew knew that the once invincible Kii was no longer there, and the admiral who was still fighting for them had endured too many pains that they didn't know, and the girl under the uniform was not enough to bear the glory and responsibility of the past.

After being rescued by a lifeboat, Kii, who was unconscious, was sent back to the captain's room to recuperate, and the Kii returned to Sasebo Naval Port. Under the pretense of Kii's order, the deputy captain sent a request to the Navy Headquarters for port transfer for repairs. Naturally, this level of demand was quickly promised, and probably even Akagi didn't care about Kii's condition, as long as he was alive.

Returned to the former Ninth Sentai Town Guard Mansion in a daze, but Kii's mental condition did not improve, if he could be happy when he returned to the past Town Guard Mansion, then Kii would really be broken.

With pure white hair, scarlet eyes, a face that has lost its smile, and from time to time it suddenly loses and escapes from everyone's sight, this Kii has done the best he can control. Some of the subordinates in the team knew that their admiral had become less human, and it was extremely dangerous when he was emotionally disturbed, so Kii had to leave the sight of others to prevent a bloody tragedy.

There is not much respite left for the IJN Combined Fleet, and after the completion of the Taiho-class No. 4 ship, the Dongfeng, the blockade of the Sea of Japan by the deep-sea fleet will be further reduced, and another naval battle will be organized at any time. Only half a month has passed since the end of the Battle of Okinawa.

"Isn't the May rain here today?"

Kii questioned a staff officer, who informed him that Kii had joined the other destroyers on an escort mission. The so-called Ninth Sentai only has two ships left, Kii and Mayrain, and if it weren't for Akagi's contribution and importance to Kii, Kii would have been transferred to other teams a long time ago. Of course, Mayrain is still hanging under the name of the Ninth Sentai team, and the destroyers are currently losing a lot, but Mayrain's horizontal deviation is not taken seriously, and it is just transferred when needed.

"How I don't know."

"Lord Admiral, the mission notice was issued three days ago. You have personally signed and agreed to it. ”

In a trance, Kii saw the unfamiliar staff officer in front of her as Sato Gonjun, but she quickly recognized that the subordinate in front of her was a newcomer who had joined the team a year earlier.

"I forgot...... Forgot. ”

Kii walked away in a lost place, Yutachi, Murayu, Haruyu, and Oi were all killed in the battle, and they were discharged from the army in the north, and the new Takao and Atago who joined not long ago also retired from the army and left, Maya and Torikai died in the night battle of the Surigao Strait, and Ibuki became a deep-sea kihime and was "struck by lightning" by Oi. Unconsciously, the important subordinates around Kii left her one after another, just like the battleship Qihime, the moored water ghost, and the air defense Qihime around the central Qihime, disappeared one by one.

It seemed that she had returned to the moment when she woke up from her hospital bed, with the reckless Mayrain sitting beside her, and after a different kind of first meeting, Mutsu knocked on the door of the hospital room and brought the appointment letter......

It's just Kii's wishful thinking, sitting on a stone chair in the small garden in the backyard of the town, and there will never be an unpleasant secretary again.

Soryu, Nagato, Kaga, Taiho, Yamato, Sosuke Takayanagi...... One acquaintance after another who had fought with her was gone. All are dead, or will die, this is a predestined fate.

"It's been a long time since anyone prunes the branches and leaves in the backyard......" Looking around, looking at the backyard that has become unfamiliar, overgrown with weeds, vines spreading, and few flowers in sight. She remembered that the veterans who were keen on running the backyard had also retired. It's 7 years in a flash, Kii doesn't age, she's 27 years old.

"I can't give up yet. Can't ...... yet" smiled reluctantly, and facing the bleak backyard, Kii fell to the grass.