Chapter 17: Vittorio Veneto
The shoulder-length white hair, the pure red eyes like jade, and the touching spirit on the girl's petite face that did not match her age all made the young man standing in front of the summoning ritual a little distracted. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
With a gray and black mesh top hat, a crisp blazer, a red and white tie tied to the chest, and pure black gloves, no matter who wears this outfit, it will show a sense of sophistication against the background of the clothes. But if you look down at the black silk and red heels, you can instantly understand that the owner is a lady.
The above elements are combined with the girl's petite body and slightly immature face, but they are not abrupt, not to mention that the ship behind the girl has a strong sense of oppression.
The outfit of this strange shipwreck was different from any battleship that Arritheus had seen before, and it was also a three-seat triple large-caliber main gun, and the main guns of Guam that Aritus had seen were distributed on both sides of the ship's outfit, two on the left and one on the right.
And the petite ship lady in front of her was sitting upright, with huge naval guns taller than her on the left and right sides of the ship's suit, and a main gun was used as a seat by her. Aretus was a little worried about whether the main gun that was being pressed down would work properly......
Of course, what surprised Arrites the most was that it was not the shipwreck named 'North Carolina' or 'Tirpitz' that he had predicted, but a ...... with an unfamiliar name, 'Vittorio Veneto'.
Vittorio Veneto...... Aritaus's mind suddenly recalled the pictures and texts of the electronic version of the textbook "Chronicles of the Naval Chronicles of Mankind" that he had read.
Arritheus remembered many of the characteristics of this class of World War II battleships, such as the Ansaldo M1934 main gun, which was a terrible force of its contemporaries, the Plesay protection device with a special anti-mine structure, and the extremely innovative quilt cap system, all of which impressed Aritus.
To be a good admiral naturally requires a considerable degree of knowledge of the ships that have appeared in human history, and Aritus, with the help of his father and the promotion of his own interests, has studied many sources. If you summon a certain ship girl but don't know her historical prototype, you can't correctly judge the potential and development direction of the ship girl itself. Because each warship has its own unique design concept and ideal combat method, the admiral who cannot determine the most suitable combat mode according to the ship's own ability is not a qualified admiral.
Of course, tactical use and deduction are all subjects that need to be studied in the Naval Academy, and Aritus is exposed to the most superficial parts.
And what Arritheus cares about is ...... This shipwreck named Veneto seems to be a prototype ship summoned by herself? Alitus remembered that the summon time list updated in the Sin Chew Islands a few days ago did not include a ship named Vittorio Veneto.
In a way, he really felt like he had hit the ground running. The existence of the prototype ship, even if it is an old admiral like Apetos, Aritus's father, there are only two, and they are two of them that he has contacted, one is Gao Yue and the other is Guam, both of which are quite valued by Apetos. Because, only prototype ships must have special abilities, and the abilities and potential of prototype ships are generally stronger than replica ships.
"Mr. Admiral?" The girl sitting on the ship's suit looked at Aritus, who was staring at her without speaking, in confusion, as if she wanted to remind her.
"I'm sorry, I was thinking about something...... Ahem, I'm Aritus, your Admiral. Aletus came back to his senses, realizing that it was not polite to stare at someone all the time, and began to get down to business.
Vittorio Veneto, as the first ship he summoned, is a high rarity and prototype ship, but most importantly, she is the original ship of Aritus.
The existence of the Initiator Ship is crucial to all Admirals, whether they are newcomers to Admirals or veteran Admirals with large fleets, the Ship's Lady who is their Initiator Ship will always be with them.
Even the black-faced African admirals, even if they can't summon a highly rare ship girl, they all have a chance to cultivate a ship girl who can reach the seventh energy level, and that is his initial ship. The first ship maidens summoned by the Admirals will not be too low to grow to the seventh level due to their rarity, and their potential is unlimited.
However, it is rumored that as the first ship of the Admiral, there are more secrets that have not been discovered, such as the legend that she can avoid the punishment of serious injuries......
Of course, there is also a wonderful thing, and that is that there is no need to sign a spiritual contract between the initial ship and the admiral who summoned it.
Alitus remembered that his father had to sign a contract after summoning the ship lady at the Admiral's Palace, but Veneto, as the initial ship, had a wonderful spiritual connection with him when he was first summoned, and this link would only disappear when one of them died.
Arrites could sense the confusion on Veneto's calm face, reflected on his actions a little, and continued to introduce himself:
"Even though I'm the Admiral, you can tell that this isn't a quiet room set up by a general summoner."
Aritus said and glanced at Veneto, knowing that she was not surprised at the moment, and added:
"That's because we're in the deep sea...... Well, that's what we call the ...... of the open sea."
"Mr. Admiral, to be precise, we are surrounded by the deep sea." The girl named Veneto said seriously, and the reflection in those red jade eyes was not the figure of the young man in front of her. Veneto, who had just been summoned, was using his own EC-3 radar to monitor the surrounding waters, and naturally discovered the existence of deep seas in the surrounding waters.
"Yes, so our first goal is to break out of the open ......." Aritus braced his tired body and said his current plans apologetically. Of course, he knew that the ship's mother could only exert about eighty percent of her strength when she was first summoned, and coupled with the lack of resources stored by herself, she had to break through this sea area in the next few days, and such a task was not only strict for him, but also a test for Veneto, who could not fully control the ship.
"There is no reason not to accede to a legitimate request made by Mr. Admiral." Veneto, although he looked a little troubled, replied to Aritus with great certainty. She also knew her state very well at this time, she had just been summoned, and she was not even skilled in controlling the ship's equipment, let alone destroying those deep sea people who were at least above the second level? But this is already a choice of desperation, or it is forced by the status quo to embark on this dangerous path.
"So, how many resources does Mr. Admiral have? Or maybe you've already used it all up with the Summoning Ritual just now? Veneto began to think about consumption.
The newly summoned ship girl is carrying resources that have reached the storage limit, taking Veneto as an example, her resource status at this time is hydrogen (90), radiant energy (70), and Aojin (60). Without replenishing resources, if she does not enter combat mode and travel at maximum speed, she will only consume 9 units of hydrogen per day; However, if you enter the combat state, you will consume 30% of all resources in one day. Given the dangers in the open sea, Veneto had only two days to fight with all his might, after which he had to find resources to maintain his considerable combat strength.
"That's about 200 units of hydrogen storage bottles, 300 units of radiant energy blocks, less than 100 units of steel and Aojin. The worst thing is that there is no repair fluid left, and the reserves are 0. Aritus pressed his temples strongly, and the dizziness caused by the large loss of mental power weakened his sense of his own subspace.
"Mr. Admiral, where are the resources stored? It would be terrible if they were discovered by the deep sea, resources are just as attractive to the deep sea as ...... us", Veneto looked closely at the cave and was unable to find a device to store the resources, which she thought should have been carried to the island by her own admiral using a tug or dinghy.
There were more questions hovering in her mind, such as how the young man in front of her had come to the open sea alone and where the resources he could summon himself came from. Unable to figure it out for a while, Veneto didn't plan to ask the young man in front of her directly, she could feel that there were many complex emotions hidden in the young man's tired heart.
"Well...... In fact, it exists in my subspace...... Why can't you sense ......", Aritus was trying to take out resources from the subspace, but found that his sense of the subspace was getting weaker and weaker under the spiritual exhaustion, and he was about to forcibly appear to open the subspace, but found that the world in front of him began to blur.
The world whirled in a whirlwind, everything went from normal to distorted, and then covered in inky darkness, and the last thing Aritaus saw was a girl undressed and rushing towards him.
Oops...... Excessive use of mental powers...... The last thing Alitus remembered was when he first tried his mind a few years ago, the same time as he did at this time......
Before losing consciousness, Arantus vaguely sensed a warm aura enveloping him, banishing the monster called Loneliness that had been chasing after him, allowing him to sleep peacefully in the darkness.
He was so exhausted that he had already reached his limit, both mentally and physically. Since the disappearance of Guam, he has traveled alone in the depths of the sea, shuttling through the roar of artillery and elusive lightning strikes, and has been forced to take an unintended route only to be blocked by the sheer number of deep seas.
After several days of sleepless sleep, Arantus finally rested for a while, leaving only the girl who hurried over to hug him.
Veneto, who gently laid down Alitus and let him fall asleep on top of him, stared at the young admiral, whom he had known for less than ten minutes, as if trying to see something on the young man's face.