In the deep sea town guard, in the combat command room... There was a suffocating heaviness in the air.

The entire battle situation was perfectly presented in the center of the combat command room by holographic projection, and the picture on it was constantly changing...... At this time, the battle situation was completely in the ascendancy, but no one in the combat command room spoke.

The Admiral sat alone at the holographic projection table, while Outlying Island and Bismarck stood side by side behind the Admiral.

The outlying island stared closely at the back of the admiral, from just now to now, the admiral has maintained this posture for more than ten minutes without changing, obviously when communicating with the battleship Qiji just now, the admiral is like participating in some kind of speech, and the body language is so rich that it makes the outlying island feel a little ashamed.

Can... Now, the Admiral is quiet, or... There was complete silence, and even in the soul network, the Admiral's voice could no longer be heard.

Why is this so?

The outlying island couldn't stand the suffocating atmosphere, and she gently touched Bismarck beside her with her elbow.

'Bismarck... You... Go and comfort the Admiral a little, right? He's ...... now'

'I... It can't be done. ’

But... To the surprise of the outlying islands, he would always stand by the Admiral's side at any time, follow the Admiral, support the Admiral, and even after knowing that the Admiral became the Deep Sea, he would not hesitate to give up his identity as a ship's wife and defect to the Deep Sea to continue to follow Bismarck, who was behind the Admiral.

It was supposed to be at this time when the most important person to comfort the Admiral, but Bismarck refused... Not only did he refuse, but the outlying island seemed to be still in Bismarck's voice, and he heard a slight trembling feeling.

'You... Is this a scary? The outlying islands sensed the emotion in Bismarck's tone......

But the outlying islands did not ask Bismarck why, when he got along with Bismarck on the outlying islands. She learned a lot about the Admiral's past, including the fact that the Admiral had fallen into Bismarck's arms and wept bitterly when the electricity sank, and that he had heard Bismarck talk about it on the island.

When he mentioned this, Bismarck's expression was also very painful... The German shipwreck didn't seem to want to see the Admiral's near-collapse appearance for the second time.

But this time......

What the hell am I hesitating about?! I'm the Admiral's secretary ship, aren't I?

Isn't the duty of being a secretary the most important thing to do when the Admiral is depressed? Kick the Admiral on top of him to make the Admiral sober up a little?

The outlying island took a deep breath and walked straight to the Admiral.

The current admiral is already trying his best to hold back his tears, right?

Speaking of which, she'd never seen the Admiral cry before, but this time she was just looking...

But... The sinking of a battleship is not a big deal, and if there is enough time, it doesn't matter how many battleships with only their own consciousness are cultivated.

Of course, this kind of terrible idea will never be known to the Admiral on the outlying islands, which will only make the Admiral even more disgusted with himself.

So it's better to make the Admiral cry. Falling into his arms, in this case, the Admiral should rely more on himself in the future, right?

Just when all kinds of uneasy thoughts filled the heart of the island, the hand of the island was on the admiral's shoulder.

"Admiral!"

No... React? Surely you are so sad that you lose consciousness?

We have to find a way to get the Admiral back on his feet!

"I said Admiral!!"

But when the outlying island shook the Admiral's shoulder, he realized that something was wrong.

The outlying island immediately let go of the Admiral's shoulders and ran to the front of the conference table, squinting his eyes and staring at the Admiral's cheek.

The breathing is very even, and the expression on his face is very serene. I don't see any pain at all, it's better to say that it's too peaceful!

Fall asleep! Riding the outlying islands and Bismarck did not pay attention to the time. The Admiral fell asleep in his chair!

And judging from the Admiral's expression, it seems that he is still sleeping very soundly.

“……”

Hakyu suddenly felt that she had been worried about whether this man would be overwhelmed by the sadness and self-blame of the sinking of the battleship from just now, which was really a very idiotic behavior.

Then again, with the heartless character of the Admiral. Is there really such an emotion as sadness? It's not very clear about this outlying island, but it's certain that the admiral will definitely not blame himself! No matter what the Admiral has done, he won't mind!

For example, now...... Obviously, the most important subordinate warship of the harbor was sunk, but the Admiral could sleep like a cupwie here!

No... The most serious problem is: We're at war right now! As a half-field commander, the Admiral fell asleep directly in the combat command room, which is the most serious source of the problem!

Sure enough, the command in this aspect of naval warfare must not be entrusted to the admiral! Otherwise, it will be a matter of time before the entire army of the Deep Sea Town Guard Mansion is wiped out.

Considering the above factors, the outlying islands used a slightly rough method to ruin the Admiral's dream.

"Wake me up! You dung! ”

The outlying island grabbed the bench on which the Admiral was sitting with both hands and pulled hard.

Then, in a perfect position, the Admiral fell to the ground with the back of his head on the ground, and the sound of his body hitting the hard ground sounded very painful from any angle.

"Huh!!"

The Admiral instantly woke up from the dream, and the whole person stood up from the ground and looked around.

"Did you win? This battle? Did you win? ”

"With a commander like you, how can you win! If you fall asleep in the combat command room and this kind of thing is reported! There will definitely be deserters on the battlefield! ”

"Isn't the dean in command of this operation?"

The Admiral yawned as he spoke, and then stretched......

The outlying island stared at the admiral's lazy waist, and suddenly had an urge to kick the admiral, but fortunately, Bismarck next to him stopped the outlying island with his eyes.

"Even if the command of this operation is in charge of the dean... You can't ...... either."

"Hmm...... The dean told me that she was already able to control the battle situation, and she didn't need the support of my soul network, plus she had consumed too much mental power just now. ”

"So you're asleep?! Directly fell asleep regardless of what? ”

"Uh... Well. ”

Faced with the questioning of the outlying islands, the Admiral could only answer truthfully.

"Originally, I wanted to find a pillow for you on the outlying island, but after removing the soul network support from the dean's side. I was so sleepy that I couldn't open my eyes. ”

"Don't worry, if you ask me for a pillow, I'll give you one with countless thin needles hidden in it!"

Today's outlying islands are just like the first time they met the Admiral, and they say some extremely dangerous lines to the Admiral in a vicious tone.

As he spent more and more time with the Admiral, the outlying islands had long since ceased to treat the Admiral with the same bad attitude as he had at the beginning. The Admiral really remembered the first time he met the outlying islands.

The danger of saying the wrong thing and doing something wrong will be killed by this deep-sea ghost.

The current outlying islands are indeed very dangerous.

"It's really okay to hand over the operational command to the dean, so I'll sleep a little......" The admiral hoped to calm down the outlying islands.

"I don't mean the battlefield side."

The outlying islands do not understand... The Admiral's confused appearance is not a disguise, the outlying island really does not feel the slightest sadness in the Admiral! Not at all...... This is something that is unacceptable to the outlying islands.

"Obviously, the battleship has sunk! How can you still be so calm!! ”

Even if the outlying islands knew that the Admiral and the battleship were not familiar with each other, there was no reason at all to cry as bitterly as when the electricity sank, but at least... It's also a bit of a fluctuating emotion!

And... When the battleship Xi class sank, the outlying islands also heard it.

But for the sinking of the battleship Yu-class. The Admiral doesn't seem to care at all, because it's the deep sea? No matter how many ships are sunk, can you continue to summon countless identical deep-sea habitat ships from the bottom of the sea, will you behave so calmly?

The outlying islands stared at the Admiral, waiting for the Admiral's answer.

"That's... The outlying island, she did not sink at night. ”

“？！”

"She was just seriously injured and unconscious. I can still feel her presence in my soul network. ”

The Admiral pointed to his head.

"No... Didn't sink? ”

Hearing this news, the whole person on the outlying island was completely in a state of stupor.

A comrade-in-arms who belongs to the same town as himself. The fact that he is still alive would have been a happy thing.

But... The outlying island was not at all happy now, but her pale cheeks were instantly filled with crimson color.

What happened to me just now? The outlying island covered his face, and no longer dared to look directly into the admiral's eyes.

It's like the dialogue of the heroine in some tragic novel! And that thought!

When the outlying islands realized the original heavy atmosphere, it gradually changed to a subtle embarrassment. The outlying islands were in a state of complete panic.

The outlying islands could already vaguely feel the temperature on his cheeks.

Sure enough, when talking to the Admiral, you can't take anything seriously? Otherwise, there is a good chance that it will become what it is now......

No matter how you think about it, it's all the fault of secretly falling asleep while commanding the operation, right?

Thinking of this, the outlying islands also had confidence, and they quickly drove away the feeling of shame in their hearts.

"What about the rescue?! Admiral, do you want to leave the battleship Xi-class alone? If the dean can't take care of it. Now let me strike......"

"I'm already figuring out a way in the middle."

The Admiral moved the overturned bench from the outlying island to its original position and rubbed his eyebrows, hoping to use this method to relieve the fatigue caused by the intense use of the soul network.

"The eruption of the enemy's deep-sea perched on the bottom of the sea has been forced to rise to the surface of the sea, and the dean should be at war with that deep-sea perch, so he can't get out for the time being."

The Admiral touched the holographic projection above with his fingertips, and then drew the shortest distance from the Deep Sea Town to the battlefield.

"It will take more than an hour for you to get from here to that sea area, plus the time to dive, with the injuries of the Xi level and the environment she is in, I am afraid that she will not be able to wait so long."

"That'...... Admiral, why are you ......?"

The outlying island has been with the admiral for so long, and the outlying island originally thought that he could adapt to the admiral's various unreliable places, even when he commanded the battle, and when he was pitting his teammates, no matter what excessive things the admiral did. The outlying islands think they can accept it calmly.

But this time, the Admiral knew that the life of the battleship Xi Class was in a state of danger, but he could still remain so calm, not only calm, but in the Admiral's tone just now, the outlying island also heard a little sleepy.

Outlying islands believe. If he had brought out a bed and sheets, the man would never have any mind lying on it and would sleep until dawn!

"Worrying doesn't do anything, does it?"

In fact... In the entire combat command room, the person who should be the calmest is the outlying island...... She is a deep-sea dweller, the ruler of the deep sea, and the sinking of this low-level deep-sea dwelling ship should have been an innocuous matter in her eyes.

However, this time the island was restless. It made the Admiral feel that she had begun to become like a human, knowing how to care for others.

"No matter how panicked you are, running around the town, or even hugging the outlying islands or Bismarck, you shouting something like 'go and save the night', the ending will still not change anything, right? The distance from the Deep Sea Town Guard to the battlefield will not be shortened, and the injuries of the Yuki-class will not be recovered. ”

The Admiral's finger continued to slide over the holographic projection as he spoke to the outlying islands.

"Also... If I cry in your arms, I can alleviate the injury. You'll definitely cry until your clothes can wring out water. ”

Perhaps because he saw through the idea of the outlying island, the admiral took a look at the barren and pitiful **** of the outlying island. He sighed slightly, and added.

"That last sentence is not needed!! And what about those sad eyes and sighs? I haven't been angry lately, but if the Admiral continues to look at me like that, I'm going to beat you up. ”

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

The Admiral immediately withdrew his faux pas and began to pay attention to the current situation.

The outlying islands are a little helpless. I found that no matter how long I spent with the Admiral, I couldn't keep up with the Admiral... Inhuman thinking.

What the Admiral said, of course, the outlying islands understood, no matter how panicked they were, they would not be of any help to the rescue of the battleship Xi-class. But... The Admiral's reaction was a little too cold, wasn't it? This... Is it really the human response that humans should have?

I think numbness is better than coldness. ’

After the outlying island told Bismarck his thoughts through the soul network, Bismarck gave the outlying island such an answer.

'Hemp... Wood? ’

'I am completely numb to the death of my loved ones and friends. ’

'How is this possible?!' Bismarck, I remember the word numbness, which in Chinese probably means that it happens too many times, so that in the end there is no feeling, right? ’

Bismarck is from Germany, the outlying island was also born in the Atlantic, the two deep seas that have nothing to do with ****, when communicating in private, they have always used Chinese, or the entire deep sea town guard is in Chinese, because this is the admiral's mother tongue.

But today, the outlying islands find that their Chinese ability really does not seem to be very good?

Indeed, as it sounds. ’

'How is that possible... Admiral him. ’

The outlying island looked at the back of the Admiral in disbelief, and it was impossible to imagine what had happened to the Admiral...... No! She knew about the Admiral's past, but she didn't want to remember it... As for the reason......

'Brindisi, Italy, you should know where the Admiral lived before Sayo's inauguration......

Bismarck's tone was very light, but every word could be heard clearly.

'...... The deep-sea habitat ship invaded and destroyed the ...... in ruins Hell. ’

In the end, the outlying island still gritted his teeth and said the answer Bismarck wanted.

'Admiral, you have lived in such a hell for I don't know how many years, what do you think is the chance that humans will survive in a city occupied by the deep sea?' At first, the Admiral was so young that it was impossible to live alone in a ruined city. ’

Someone helped the Admiral, no matter who it was, for the Admiral at that time, he was definitely a great benefactor, and after the Admiral served in Sase, he completely cut off contact with humans, and there were only a handful of humans who could talk to the Admiral.

So... Those who helped the Admiral when he was weak would... Where did it all go?

Still living in Italy?

No... The outlying islands know the real answer, a more brutal answer.

'What about electricity?' When the electricity sank, the Admiral didn't ......' the outlying islands knew that there was no point in asking like that. But she still asked.

‘……’

If you don't want to answer... Actually, it doesn't matter......

'Lovers. Bismarck's tone was still very light, without any waves at all, as if he were recounting a normal fact to the island.

To the Admiral, electricity is neither a relative nor a friend, but a lover who is unique. Even if the Admiral never expressed his true thoughts... This kind of thing, everyone in Sashi at that time basically knew about it. ’

The island glanced at Bismarck beside her, and found that the expression on her face was not as calm as her tone.

'The black history of the early days of the Sashi Castle? Admiral, are you still willing to follow him? ’

Of course, because at that time I wasn't interested in the Admiral, and I joined Sashi purely for power, just like the battleship Suhime. ’

Whether Bismarck was lying or not, the outlying islands are not very clear, in short, Sashi's situation in the early days seems to be very complicated.

I don't know when it started. Watch out for the Admiral outside of the Soul Network...... But no matter what, this time I'm not going to let anyone snatch the Admiral. ’

Bismarck unabashedly uttered these words as if they were a declaration of war.

'Interesting... I'll take your declaration of war. ’

The outlying island doesn't want to lose to the ship's mother, no matter what she does, she doesn't want to lose to any ship's mother, even if Bismarck's current identity is the deep-sea perch, she is not willing to admit defeat so easily.

Moreover, the Admiral is now not Bismarck's property.

But now is not the time to provoke each other, and the war continues, although the tide of the war has begun to change. But still can't be careless.

The most important thing is the rescue aspect of the battleship.

If you want to save the battleship Xi-class, it is very simple, directly dive into the sea area where the battleship Xi-class sank. Find the battleship Xi-class in a broken state, and just splash a few barrels of high-speed repair materials on her, although it is not used in the state of entering the canal to tell the repair materials, it is impossible to repair the injuries of the battleship Xi-class on a large scale.

But at the very least, it is possible to pull the battleship Yu-class back from the near line......

Can... How to get to that sea area is the biggest problem. Even in the fleet of the battleship Suhime, none of the deep-sea perched ships carried such important materials as high-speed repair materials.

The outlying island remembers that the Admiral said that the middle of the Ji Ji side has already begun to think of a way, but ...... To say that the sailing speed of Nakasuhime is not much faster than that of the outlying islands.

Wondering if it should be...

"In the middle of her... Is there an attempt to make a portal now? ”

"That's right." The Admiral wiped his sleepy eyes. But this does nothing to relieve fatigue at all.

"Even though the teleporter has been malfunctioning since just now and is completely inoperable, Nakasuhime is still trying to fix it."

"Admiral... I remember that the space teleportation technology, even if it is the middle of the house, she is completely in the experimental stage, right? ”

It's true that the outlying islands admit that the middle perch has indeed mastered a lot of black technology, but these black technologies are all simple in theory and extremely difficult to implement, although the middle perch has developed many black technology experiments, but most of them are in the 'use of a breakdown. '.

It's a blessing that it works, but in most cases it's too many mistakes, resulting in all the resources that have been developed being scrapped, or simply exploding and failing.

"So far... I can only believe in the middle. ”

All the Admiral could do was wait, waiting for the middle to complete the teleporter, which was so high in technology that it shouldn't have been in this world......

Since you can make it once in the middle, there must be a second time.

"Believe ......"

This was a very unfamiliar word to the outlying islands a long time ago, but now it is so familiar that it is no longer familiar.

"I'm going to Harbour for a coffee."

Perhaps it was affected by the admiral's yawning and unable to lift his energy at all, and the tension in the heart of the remote island was also slightly relieved, but before the remote island left the combat command room.

"Bismarck, you come along, there are too many cups for me to take!"

The outlying islands seem to have seen through the mind of Bismarck, who has been silent behind the Admiral, and does not give the Admiral and Bismarck a chance to be alone at all, and the current Bismarck is completely a hungry stealing cat, and the Admiral happens to be the salted fish she has been peeking at for a long time.

This analogy may be a bit rude, but it's very apt.

“……”

Bismarck glanced at the Admiral, who was already asleep on the operational command table, and said nothing, and left the island with him. (To be continued.) )

PS:PS:_(:з"∠)_Commuter passes are starting to decrease... I'm a little worried.,Hawkers,But it's still on the classification list today.,So let's send a three-in-one chapter~ There is also a starting point after the background revision.,It's really uncomfortable that the chapter name is limited to 20 words.,Can't happily play with the chapter mother......