The next day, as the sun rose, Emmiway, who had slept in a bed on the floor of the conference cabin, rubbed her eyes and poked her head out of the bedding. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Huh? It's weird...... Why is my cabin so empty? ”

Emmiway's little head shook as she searched for the alarm clock that had been on the bedside table, trying to check the local time.

But she searched around the bed, but couldn't find an alarm clock around. She realized that she was not sleeping in a bed.

"It's weird...... Where does this come from? ”

Before she could fully wake up from her sleep, Emmiway yawned, hugged the pillow and fell asleep.

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"Sato-sir, you're early."

Sato took his own breakfast from the orderly, three slices of bread and a large bowl of barley porridge. An officer of the rank and rank like him can also add a cup of coffee, but he personally can't drink the cheap coffee on the ship. The bread has been smeared with butter and honey in advance, and the barley porridge is also specially added with fine salt according to Sato's personal preference.

The officers on the night shift also yawned and came to the kitchen, ready to eat something to fill their stomachs, and then hurry to rest before the next deep-sea fleet arrived.

"Sato-kun, why are your dark circles heavier than ours?" They saw the ship's second-in-command appear in the galley with dark circles under his eyes, and they all came over curiously to ask. Although Sato Gonjun loves to embarrass others, his identity and status are there, and most people still want to have a good relationship with him, just in case something happens to him. "Didn't sleep well?"

Sato's personal cabin is 20 square meters, and his living conditions are much better than most people on the ship. Will he not have a good night's rest? can't help but make people feel happy, and the old fox in their eyes also has insomnia.

"Sato-kun, according to the information sent by the submarine, the battleship Suhime and her main fleet are still in Australia. You don't have a good rest these days, and when you really go to war later. The body will not be able to hold it. The enthusiastic officer came to advise, and of course he knew about these Sato Gonjun, and he was relieved to wait for the battleship Suhime to start the fleet and start a decisive battle with the entire combined fleet.

"Well, thank you for your concern." Gonjun Sato nibbled on breakfast while flipping through the day's events recorded in his notepad. Half an hour later, Sato finished his breakfast and prepared to start his tedious work.

[Looks like I've overslept......]

Sato Gonjun noticed that the conspicuous breakfast left for Kii was still abruptly placed on the dining table, and it was already one hour before the prescribed time to get up.

Seeing that his colleagues around him had finished eating, he got up and announced the day's additional instructions.

"The Ministry of Communications is always in contact with the command headquarters of the Shoreland berth, and although the ship has not encountered any communication equipment cut off, once it happens, it means that the deep-sea fleet will launch a fierce offensive. Remember not to be negligent. The machine gun department confirmed the condition of all the ship's guns and machine guns before 10 o'clock, and yesterday after a five-hour battle, the attrition situation could not be deviated in the slightest. The rest of the divisions, in accordance with yesterday's instructions, pledged to be ready for immediate combat. ”

Sato Gonjun is not Kii, he will praise these officers first, and then after reading the order, he will not forget to add "I feel that everything is normal". He controls this group of officers on the ship, relying on money and handles, and radishes and sticks are a hundred times more effective than the so-called human touch.

"Do you understand?"

"Yes." Many of these officers were higher in rank than Sato Gongun, but they did not dare to argue with Sato Gonjun before Kii arrived.

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In her dream, Kii arrives in a wasteland that she has never been to, and the animals in it are all types she has never seen before. For example, the big lizard with long iron wings, the elk with steel plate scale armor all over the body, and the injured big bird that kept bleeding black blood.

Black Blood ...... The formation of a river cut off the path behind her, the pungent smell of sulfur rising from behind the hills, and the temperature around her kept rising. Looking back, the black river had turned into a lake, and the end could still be seen, and all the strange creatures around it had been torn to shreds......

All of them are dead......

Death......

"It's hot." Kii was tired of walking and sat on the desolate land, reaching out only to touch the rocks. These are inanimate substances, and the gods compare them to metal, with stone forming the core and metal forming the shell. Kii didn't know what it meant, but the explanation of the unknown meaning would flash through his mind.

What about flesh and blood?

[It is only a transitional organizational structure, as a material with a low recycling rate, it should be avoided as much as possible if it can be avoided.] 】

Reclaim?

[Efficient use of limited resources and constantly creating new combat units is more suitable for war than stupidly treating damaged units.] 】

Who are you?

[Perch Ji who died before she was born. 】

Ji Yi suddenly saw a vague figure appear in the smoke and dust, very familiar, but he didn't understand why he believed the other party's words from the bottom of his heart.

"Where's the name?"

[If you are not born, you will not be given a name by your great mother.] 】

"Isn't that pathetic?"

[Poor? Are you willing to give up your name? 】

The vague figure stretched out his hand and begged Kii. [Inefficiency, superfluous emotions, irrationality, putting instructions after life...... I really can't understand why you have so many flaws. 】

"Transfer?" Kii wanted to reach out and touch each other, but there seemed to be a huge gap between the two, and they seemed to be close at hand, but they could never touch each other.

[You've asked enough, go back.] Defective products, don't contaminate the smell here. 】

It was as if someone had pulled him, and the world in Kii's eyes quickly moved away from him.

Suddenly waking up, Kii shook his dizzy head, still feeling a little hot. "Where is this?"

Kii was confused for a long time before realizing that he was in a temporarily vacant conference hall cabin, the sun was shining outside, and there was a person next to him shouting his name.

"Sato-kun?" After seeing the people around her, Kii remembered a series of "farces" last night, and she didn't know how many secrets Sato Gonjun knew about her, and suddenly faced this right-hand man again, Kii didn't know how to deal with it.

"What's the matter?" Kii couldn't lift his strength, and just wanted to continue to sleep under the covers. "I'm sleepy—"

"What else do you ask me? No matter how old you are, you are especially asked to remember to turn on the heating, because it is easy to catch a cold when you lay on the floor at night. It's the first time I've heard that the ship's mother has a cold and fever. Sato Gonjun came in and saw Kii's face flushed, so he guessed that Kii was in a state of condition. Pulling out the thermometer inserted in Kii's armpit, it showed that the temperature was slightly higher than normal, and Sato Gonjun relieved Kii to lie down.

Sato Gonjun estimated the weight of the quilt and Kii himself, and without saying a word, picked up Kii with the quilt and left the conference cabin. "I've cleaned your cabin for you. If your head goes in and is seen by others, you lose face. ”

Kii was in a state of grogginess, and he hadn't completely detached himself from the bizarre dream, but he subconsciously didn't poke his head out according to Sato's request. "But it's so hot......"

"Bear with me, if you still have the strength to spare, you can call the military doctor on the ship yourself. Normal people have a fever and take some medicine, you are a ship mother, you should not be affected by the disease, just in case, it is best to let the military doctor who understands this aspect confirm the condition. ”

Fortunately, there were very few crew members walking in the cabin at that time, and most of them went to their combat posts to prepare for war, and those who took turns to rest were just in time to catch up on sleep after breakfast.

Sato didn't explain to the soldiers he met, and hurried through as usual.

After settling Kii, a military doctor who got the news also rushed over as soon as possible, there were no casualties in the fierce battle yesterday, if it was a military doctor of the eighth team, he would definitely be very busy at this time.

"Sato Shaosa, what's wrong with Kii-sama?" The military doctor received instructions from Kii to "come secretly" while on duty, and it was not clear what kind of emergency was going on, and Kii needed to contact him directly. The military doctor walked into the captain's room and saw Gonjun Sato standing next to the bed, so he asked the other party first.

Sato Gonjun hurriedly closed the door to prevent others from knowing. "Admiral Kii seems to have a fever. I just took her armpit temperature, 38.5 degrees Celsius. She kept saying it was hot, but her palms were cold. The symptoms of fever are similar to those of ordinary people. Do you know much about the ship's mother? ”

"I studied at the Imperial Research Institute for three years, and I had no problem with that. You can rest assured. ”

Although he knew that most of the people who came out of the Imperial Research Institute had the possibility of leaking information to Sosuke Takayanagi, he could only ignore these small flaws when he had to rely on them.

The military doctor sat on the edge of the bed and carefully examined Shimokii's condition. "It's rare, but it's a fever. Subject...... I mean, I learned from my mentor's experimental materials how to deal with a fever in a ship. Conventional medicines don't have much effect on the ship's mother's body, and the best option is to let Kii-sama rest for a day. Feed her three meals with foods that are easy to digest and let her drink plenty of fluids. Don't worry, the body of the ship girl is a hundred times stronger than us ordinary people. ”

"But you know, now that the team is on the battlefield, you can't do without Admiral Kii in command." Sato Gonjun began to calculate again, and when he had the opportunity to test the information from this military doctor, he didn't feel like he had missed the opportunity.

The military doctor also nodded in embarrassment, "Conventional drugs have no effect on the body of the ship mother, you also know that the ship mother is immune to most diseases, which also means that they are also immune to most drugs." can only let her have a good rest. ”

The medic walked over to the desk, picked up the thermos on the table, and began to pour water. "Sato Shaosa, go and do your work, Kii-sama will take care of me."

The military doctor used an ordinary enamel cup, and he didn't see what medicine he took out, and poured a cup of hot water very usually.

"Then it's a trouble for the medics. This matter must not be publicized, it is related to the morale of the whole team. ”

The medic didn't breathe a sigh of relief until Gonjun Sato walked out of the captain's room, took out a packet of powder from his pocket, estimated the dose, and added it to the boiling water. The military doctor was also worried about the impact of Kii's inability to command the battle and the impact on the battle situation, so he took out the medicinal powder developed by the Imperial Research Institute outside the emergency room in violation of convention.

Seeing the small movements of the military doctor outside the crack in the door, Sato Gonjun has a deeper understanding of the Imperial Research Institute, and they have a lot of first-hand information about the mysteries of the ship's body that the outside world does not know.