At midnight, in a nondescript ramen stall on the side of the road in Wakkanai City, Hokkaido.

"Ramen again... Governor, you clearly said that after the mission, please go to the Megama restaurant to have a good celebration, we are also the initial ship of the governor of this region, and we eat such shabby things every day. ”

She looked at the large bowl of ramen noodles that was emitting heat in front of her, and sighed weakly on the table of the ramen stall.

"In other words, if you want to be in line with your status, you have to go to those high-end restaurants and eat hundreds of thousands of yen per meal?"

And sitting next to the destroyer lady was a tall admiral... The color of his hair under the navy hat appeared a little silvery white, indicating that he was no longer young, he picked up the wine glass and took a sip of cheap liquor, looking at the destroyer lady sighing beside him.

"Is there something wrong? Your Excellency the Governor of Lieyuan. Utsuki sat up from that weak state, looked at the ramen in front of her, which can also be described as a cheek, and she was still a little dismissive, smelling the fragrance of the ramen.

Until now, Utsuki, who had not made any supplies for dinner, was a little unable to resist the aroma of the bowl of ramen in front of her under the ravages of hunger in her abdomen.

"It's just what you think." The Governor of Liegen, whom Utsuki called Liegen, shook the glass in his hand, looked at the cheap liquor inside, and said, "I've tasted a lot of dishes for both 500,000 yen and 50,000 yen, but I still think the most delicious is the cheap ramen here." ”

“…… Hmm" Utsuki wanted to use some words to refute her admiral, but she couldn't say anything because she was chewing ramen in her mouth.

However, when the ship's mother is hungry, whatever she eats is delicious. If you're hungry, Utsuki can even eat up all the iron products on this ramen stall.

But as the Governor had said, the taste of this bowl of ramen was not much different from that of the high-end restaurant she wanted to go to, and it could even be said that it was more delicious than the one in that restaurant.

The reason why I think the food in those high-end restaurants is better than these cheap dishes. Mainly because of the subjective substitution idea, expensive things are always better than cheap things.

Considering the reason why he is currently in the middle of the mission, Utsuki did not answer the Admiral, but only accelerated the speed of eating, so as not to be in a state of hunger when the mission officially starts, and the efficiency of the action will definitely drop a lot.

Just when the ramen in Utsuki's mouth had not yet been fully swallowed, a very eager voice sounded in her soul network, and this voice suddenly appeared. The ramen in the frightened Utsuki's mouth didn't even have a chance to swallow it, and choked in his throat.

"Ahem!" Utsuki patted her chest before swallowing the thing in her throat, but before she could catch her breath, she immediately said to the admiral beside her: "Lord Governor, the target has appeared!" It is next to Asami-1-chome, not far from here! ”

"There was... Is it? ”

Lieyuan didn't mean to put down his wine glass, his identity was Admiral. The commander in the rear...

"Utsuki, prepare to organize a gendarmerie to capture the target. The target is dangerous, be prepared and allow it to sink if necessary, I know it's a cruel thing for you, but... This is the duty of the gendarmerie. ”

He spoke slowly, but every word was an order that Utsuki would not allow to be disobeyed. The mild-mannered Admiral had long since disappeared and had been replaced by a cold and resolute ruler.

"Understood!" Utsuki also restrained her coquettish appearance to the governor just now, and after saluting him, she left the ramen stall and ran towards the depths of darkness.

"It's long... of the night. ”

He listened to the footsteps of Utsuki running away. He took out a pocket watch from the pocket of his navy jacket, the time on which was already shown to be one o'clock in the morning, and in the other part of the pocket watch was a photograph of a young girl in a gorgeous dress, smiling in the garden.

…………

Chilly...

It's like the cold that wants to completely deprive the body of its senses, eroding Z3's consciousness.

Her vision had already begun to blur, and the last bit of strength in her body had long since been exhausted by Z3, and she now had no idea what was supporting her forward.

The fuel that had sustained her from Germany had long since run out, and in this extreme situation, she was able to maintain her consciousness and hold on to the wall... These are almost impossible things.

The cold that kept spreading in her body reminded Z3 of what it was that had been supporting her in a desperate state and her ability to continue moving.

Deep.

Z3 glanced in disgust at the color on the back of his hand, covered in a bloodless pale, which was not supposed to be the color of a living life, but the color of a deep-sea ship.

As a destroyer girl who had just been born on the sea, she didn't even have a chance to find her own admiral, so she was entangled in these deep-sea resentments.

Z3 knew that if he went into human society like any other shipwreck, it might be the best outcome, and the worst would be that he might be sunk as a deep-sea ship.

Z3 doesn't want to be sunk, she was born in this world not long ago, it exists in her mind, and all kinds of common sense about this world make Z3 want to be more familiar with this world.

And the emergence of these deep-sea resentments doomed Z3 to have no right to get close to land.

So she lingered on the surface of the sea for a long time, carefully dodging the fleets of those ships and the deep-sea habitat ships.

To this day, the fuel that sustained her was nearly depleted, and hunger drove her to the shore, to the human city, the place of warmth.

Standing on the shore, Z3 was at a loss, she didn't know where to go at all, and every time someone approached her, she would hide in a dark corner, until two days ago when she was attracted to a scent.

The aroma of the food.

Z3 didn't know who had put the food there, but when she woke up from a sleep in the corner of the alley, it was already in front of her. I guess it's ramen.

She vaguely remembers the name of this food in all her knowledge, and this ramen is arguably the most delicious thing Z3 has ever tasted, because she has only tasted this ramen since she was born.

Z3 doesn't know who gave her the food, but she has to thank him properly. Therefore, Z3 did the last thing it should do, which was to be close to the city of humans.

For the newborn ship girl, it is almost impossible to hide the breath of the deep sea on her body...

The deep sea is the deep sea, and all beings who are dyed with the breath of the deep sea are not qualified to live in this city.

"Found you!"

The blinding light illuminated Z3's blurred vision, and she lost her strength and sat down on the ground, her pupils already unfocused, looking at the figure that surrounded her in the distance......

Things in the distance. Z3 couldn't see clearly, so she lowered her head in resignation, and found that in the crack in the ground, there was a flower that had grown, very stubborn, and in the crack of the ground of this concrete, it had taken root and sprouted.

Z3's pupils contracted, and he reached out to touch the unknown flower. But the moment Z3's hand touched the flower, the flower suddenly began to wither. Wrapped in gray breath and lost its vitality.

Deep... Z3 looked at his pale arm, listening to the discussions of the shipwives in the distance, and the voices of the residents, which became extremely clear at this time.

It's the ship's mother, the ship's mother who guards the city. And she's a deep-sea ship that must be driven out, or sunk... This is her fate, the fate of the deep-sea dwelling ship.

"Is this really a deep-sea ship?"

Unfolded the ship's Utsuki,After leaning on the searchlight on the ship's loadlight to see the Z3 huddled in the corner,,Asked the other ship girls around me with some uncertainty.。

The appearance of the Z3 is a little different from the deep-sea habitat ship that Utsuki imagined. This time, the mission was to hunt down the deep-sea habitat ships that were hiding in the city, and she thought it was those deep-sea destroyers destroying houses everywhere in the city, or the deep-sea battleships bombing everywhere or something.

But if this happens, the air defense alarm should be sounded directly, but Wakkanai City tonight is as calm as ever, and there is no sign that it has been invaded by deep-sea habitat ships.

When Utsuki saw the true appearance of the deep-sea habitat ship she was chasing, she began to wonder if the target she was looking for was wrong.

Because the figure sitting in the corner of the alley at this time is completely devoid of the fury and danger that a deep-sea habitat ship should have, giving it the same kind of stray cat that is covered in filth and tormented by hunger and cold, and it is also the kind of stray cat that has just been born.

The emotions of self-blame in her heart made it impossible for Mao Yue to aim at her with her ship's suit.

"The mission is her, and the Governor has specifically instructed her not to have any skin-to-skin contact with her! Wear special armor for protection and approach carefully. ”

But an order is an order, and once the governor's order is issued, it is absolutely not allowed to be violated, which is the duty of the ship's mother.

Under the reminder of the other ship girls, Mao Yue suppressed the self-blame in her heart, and after putting on the special ship uniform for this operation, she cautiously approached the target.

Even if she looks poor, Utsuki can't let her guard down, after all, she is a deep-sea habitat ship no matter what, and every deep-sea habitat ship is a very dangerous existence, which can be said to be equivalent to common sense, and there is nothing wrong with being cautious.

When Utsuki approached her, Utsuki's ship was ready to fire, and although Utsuki was ordered to capture the deep-sea ship, Utsuki also had the right to sink it in extraordinary circumstances.

Utsuki and the other shipwives in the gendarmerie slowly approached the deep-sea ship... The people who participated in this operation, except for Utsuki, the rest were all battleship mothers, with their strength, as long as the deep-sea perched ship in front of them did not reach the level of deep-sea perch, Utsuki was absolutely confident and sank it before she had time to quickly deploy the ship.

But... Utsuki really didn't believe that she would have any ability to resist in such a situation where she was already so weak that she was crumbling.

Utsuki took out the handcuffs specially used to bind the ship girl, and there was a little goblin standing on top of the handcuffs, which also belonged to a kind of ship equipment, which could well suppress the power of the ship mother and the deep-sea habitat ship.

The little goblin jumped on Utsuki's shoulder, and the next process was easier than Utsuki had imagined, and she easily restrained the ship girl with her handcuffs.

Mission accomplished?

Utsuki stretched out her hand in disbelief, wanting to help her up, only to suddenly find that her body was as heavy as other light cruisers, very light, and there was no weight to say.

"We're going to bring her back to Gendarmerie headquarters."

The other battleship girls who were on alert beside Utsuki took the place of Utsuki to support the deep-sea ship.

The escort task is not carried out by destroyer Niang like Utsuki, these things are carried out by Battleship Niang, and the destroyer Niang and light cruiser Niang in the gendarmerie are responsible for hunting down criminals in most cases.

"Please."

All that's left to do is report the progress of the mission to his governor, but ...... Utsuki watched the departing back of the deep-sea dwelling ship, a sense of indescribable loneliness.

It's obviously a deep-sea habitat ship ...

Utsuki shook her head to dispel some strange thoughts in her mind, patted her cheek to cheer herself up a little, and then used her soul network to contact her governor.

'Your Excellency, the mission is complete, there are no casualties so far, and the target has been escorted to the gendarmerie...... 'Utsuki knew he shouldn't question his Admiral's decision, but...'Is our target really a deep-sea dwelling ship?' ’

Compared to the deep-sea habitat ship, Mao Yue felt that she was more like a ship girl, but her skin and pupils showed the characteristics of a deep-sea habitat ship, and when she raised her head and looked at Mao Yue, her eyes were helpless and diffuse, which was a look that a deep-sea habitat ship would never have!

Surely, she has all the same traits as a deep-sea ship. ’

'But...'

Other than that, Utsuki can't find anything else in her that is the same as the deep-sea ship, she is not as aggressive as the deep-sea ship, she is hostile to everything on land, and wants to destroy everything on land at any cost.

A stray cat, yes, is like a stray cat, looking for a warm place to live and fill its belly.

Such a simple request...

She exudes the aura of deep-sea resentment, her complexion is the same as those deep-sea habitat ships, she is pale and long dead, and her pupils are also scarlet filled with blood, which is enough to show that she is a deep-sea habitat ship! As for what her purpose is, do they matter? Destroyer, if you still have doubts, just look at your side! ’

The governor's stern voice rang in Utsuki's ears, which made Utsuki look up at his side, and the surrounding residents opened the windows and poked their heads out, wanting to know what was going on here.

And most of their faces had expressions of happiness after death, as if they had just escaped from some monster.

'Deep-sea habitat ships are deep-sea habitat ships, no one cares about their purpose, pity them is the stupidest behavior, you are the ship's mother, and the deep-sea habitat ship is your enemy, your duty is to sink those monsters, otherwise... You're going to be treated like monsters, you know? Destroyer. ’

'Ming... Got it! ’

Utsuki listened to the gratitude of the surrounding residents, and it was clear that this was something to be happy about, but she couldn't be happy no matter what.

………………

Lieyuan drank the last drop of wine from the wine glass, placed the wine glass on the table, and placed his mobile communication device next to the wine glass, and the information displayed on the screen of the communication device was the last thing Lieyuan wanted to see.

"These are the money for today and the bowl of ramen for two days."

After putting a few yen on the table, Lieyuan walked out of the ramen stall with the ramen stall owner's goodbye "Thank you for your patronage"... (To be continued......)

PS: Good felling... November is over without danger~ Let's kneel here and beg for a guaranteed monthly pass for the next month~~~