After the fog cleared, the support forces in the countermeasures room finally found Kensuke and Kyoko and the others, and at this time they were on a kayak, and Shiki and the ghost warships were long gone.

The cold sea breeze whipped waves against the steel-made body, and then turned into foam and disappeared into the sea. On the vast expanse of the sea, the sea water seemed to have been cut open and cut six marks, which were the marks left by the passing of the ship, and experienced people could tell from these marks how big the ship was, but if anyone really saw it, they would be surprised, because the traces were so close that they quickly merged into one, and they were not at all the distance that a normal ship would approach.

These six ships were none other than the battleships led by the Yamato, and they were speeding on the sea at a speed of twenty knots.

On the bow deck of the Yamato, a picnic cloth was laid on it, and Shiki and the others sat in a row, while opposite them sat the agents of these warships.

From an outsider's point of view, it is as if the two sides are negotiating, but in fact the situation is not far from the same.

After Si Si found the killing stone and recovered it, he unexpectedly found that these battleships did not collapse because of this, which means that the other party has spirituality without the help of the power of the killing stone, and he can completely treat the other party as a god of death and a battleship monster.

Therefore, Shiki did not eliminate them immediately, but after sending the group away from the countermeasure room (the kayak is the emergency tool he usually prepares), he took the battleship to a no-man's sea.

After the four seasons unleashed their kindness, the other party did not attack again, but sat down with them like this. Because these warships have absorbed the thoughts of the human beings above, they still have a general understanding of the world and self-positioning.

“……”

“……”

The silence lasted for a while, and after Shiki gave them a brief account of their situation, they remained like this.

The four seasons did not have any impatience for this, but waited quietly.

Hatsuzakura lay on the picnic cloth and stuffed the various snacks in the middle into her mouth, and she didn't care at all about the gaze that a silver-haired ship girl was casting with an inorganic gaze on the other side. But Miyuki and Shizuru on the other side are not so comfortable, Shizuru is because of the psychological shadow left by the previous attack, and Miyuki is painful about the incident itself.

"How long are we going to wait? Are they really self-aware? ”

Miyuki couldn't help but ask Shiki in a whisper.

"Yes."

Four seasons are very sure of this, otherwise he wouldn't have communicated with the other party.

"Really?"

"There's a very simple way to tell."

"What?"

Miyuki became curious.

"The other party turned into a human form."

"What kind of judgment is that! Is it a face at the end of the day? ”

Miyuki began to doubt Shiki's original intentions, although she had only discovered that Shiki had the potential to be an idol chef before, and she didn't have a tendency to be a grass ship.

"Image and psychology are not unrelated, and external representations will confirm the inner psychology to a certain extent, which does not necessarily refer to appearance. But a being like a ghost is more psychologically than a creature with a physical body, just as a ghost full of resentment can look eerie. If it is said that the ghosts of human beings after death take on the form of human beings, it can be because of the remnants of memory, then objects, especially those used by people, will take on human form, which in a sense is a proof of their closeness to human beings. ”

"Okay."

Although Miyuki didn't understand most of these words, it's right to look like a human being is a human being, so after all, she still looks at her face.

At the end of their conversation with the four seasons, the ship's mother, who had been silent, finally spoke.

"Is the war over?"

The flagship Yamato said on behalf of the others, her tone filled with an icy feeling, lacking a hint of humanity.

"Yes."

Because the other party was born not long ago, and after that, he continued to be affected by the killing stone, so in order to let the other party understand his own situation, the four seasons said a lot, and the most important point was this matter.

"Fighting is the mission."

Next to Yamato, the shipwive with a single ponytail, that is, the only cruiser, spoke.

These warships were made for the sake of war, and they were burdened with such a fate from the day they were born, and even if they became the mission imposed on them as they are now, they have not disappeared. This can be said to be their mission, instinct, and even the meaning of their existence. Just as the VCR plays images after the death of the deification, the primary purpose of these warships is also to fight, regardless of whether the Killing Stone exists or not.

Shiki forcibly suppressed their instinct with conscious intervention, but this was not a long-term solution, they had to be formed into a mature self, and then this instinct should be suppressed.

"You have no enemies left."

So even if it looks like bullying, make them realize that their original battle is over.

“……”

You can feel the blank atmosphere from the ship girl who fell silent again, and it is too difficult for them to think about the meaning of life for them who have just been born.

"Try to face the world in a different way."

So Shiki made a suggestion for them.

"Different ways...... How? ”

Yamato asked Shiki.

At this time, Shizuru shuddered, and she inexplicably had a sense of immediacy about this scene.

"How about a sea hotel, for example?"

"Hey!"

Hearing Shiki's answer, Miyuki squirted out all the tea she had just drunk in her mouth.

"It's not a hotel!"

Suddenly, the Yamato shouted loudly, and there was more emotion in his tone than just now, and the other shipwives also cast inorganic glances at her.

“……”

Immediately the Yamato recovered, and it seemed that she was also puzzled by the situation just now.

"If you don't like this, I have other suggestions."

Shiki continued the conversation calmly.

"This familiar line is really right."

"Four Seasons, this guy finally doesn't even let go of inorganic things!"

Ignoring the fragmented thoughts coming from the side, Shiki spoke again.

"Your war is over, but the battle in this world is not over, so I'll find a fight for you."

The Yamato and the other shipwresses were silent for a moment, and Shiki knew that they were engaged in an exchange that only they could hear.

"Understood."

Everyone's opinion was unanimous, and the Yamato answered on behalf of everyone, and then she shouted to Shiki.

"Admiral."

"Nani?!"

The Yamato's name for the four seasons made Miyuki speechless.

"Admiral?"

Shiki didn't expect the other party to call himself that.

"The one who issued a mission to us to command us, so you are the Admiral."

Yamato replied as a matter of course.

"That's true, then I'll accept it."

In this way, the four seasons became a commander with honor.