"In your opinion, in what way should this war between you and the deep sea end?"

It's obviously the same words, but at this moment, Xianghe sounds completely different from each other, the vague figure as the inquirer, the tone is completely absent from the indifference that Xianghe hates the most, and it is more like a ...... Helpless?

"Don't you know...... You don't have to show this expression, after all, if you really had the answer, you wouldn't be haunted until now......"

For no reason, the throbbing in my heart turned into sadness, constantly urging the girl to comfort the owner of the voice, but in addition to the vague scene in front of him, Xianghe couldn't even make a sound, so he could only look helplessly at the equally confused figure in front of him.

"I'm sorry, although I knew that there would be such consequences, but I really couldn't accept it for a while......"

The blurred figure faded away, leaving only the apologetic voice and the pair of dark blue eyes.

(Don't...... ）

"Forget all this......"

The voice gradually moved away, and the helplessness was deeply hidden under indifference until it completely disappeared.

"All of this is just an unpleasant nightmare, and it will be over when you wake up...... I promise"

(Don't...... ）

Memory, once again, has been changed.

―――――― Split ――――――

"Xiang...... Crane ......"

In the darkness, a familiar voice was faintly heard.

"Shozuru ......"

Consciousness woke up from that sadness and attachment, opened his deep purple eyes, and met the eyes of the same color as Kaga in the deep sea, and the deep sea Shozuru could not recover from that vague memory for a while.

Until another figure entered the girl's field of vision.

"Yamato-san—"

"Shh

Gently pressing the lips of Fukami Shozuru, Fukami Kaga glanced around vigilantly. Fortunately, maybe it's some kind of tacit understanding between these deep-sea inhabitants of each other, or maybe it's just that they haven't been discovered, and the surrounding deep-sea inhabitants are still in their own "resting" state...... It's the same as the deep-sea crane from the previous moment.

Different from the completely transformed deep-sea inhabitants, these deep-sea inhabitants transformed by Lilan's own means are afraid of the vast blue ocean below, in addition to resistance. It was absolutely impossible for them to hide below and rest like the northern Qihime, so Lilan would use this newly built town guard mansion as their base for a temporary rest, and when it was dark, they would continue their expedition to the east.

And what appeared in front of the deep-sea Xianghe at this moment, in addition to the deep-sea Kaga who was once in the same place as Xianghe in the town guard of the outlying islands, was the former shipwreck of the town guard at the foot of the deep-sea Xianghe at this moment......

Super Battleship: Yamato.

The battle that happened seven hours ago ended quite quickly, although under the collective resistance consciousness of the deep-sea inhabitants, not only did they not give any attack support to the first raider, but even the northern inhabitants were distracted by some of the deep-sea inhabitants, but the "demon" in the eyes of this ship girl successfully defeated the living force of the entire town guard mansion by himself (they didn't know that there was only Yamato in the town guard mansion. The rest of the shipwrecks have dispersed).

Moreover, even the Twin Seas Guardhouse, which was ranked second in the ranking of human townsmen, was "smashed to pieces" in some kind of attack that they couldn't understand...... At least the land where the deep-sea cranes are located is less than one-fifth of its size.

This overwhelming destructive power almost made most of the deep-sea inhabitants who were hostile to Rilan lose the confidence to continue the confrontation, and a considerable number of them were ready to directly die when Rilan "settled accounts after the autumn" - as his fleet directly disobeyed his will, even during the period when he was a ship girl, this kind of behavior can be regarded as "rebellion", let alone being transformed into the deep sea. The Commander is such an indifferent person now.

However, to their surprise, after Rilan controlled Yamato, he did not immediately launch a liquidation of these "disobedient" deep-sea inhabitants. Instead, let them rest here for the night as if nothing had happened, and continue their journey tomorrow, and so there is this scene.

And Yamato's words...... Shozuru of the deep sea vaguely remembers that she was taken away by Rilan, why is she here again now, and she is still maintaining a normal state of the ship's mother, not the deep sea state of herself and Kaga.

One question after another popped up. In addition, part of his consciousness was still left in that "dream", and for a while, Fukami Shozuru was a little stupid, just looking at Fukami Kaga and Yamato blankly, until Fukami Kaga was sure that there was "no abnormality" around him, and the moment he spoke again.

"He's probably around. We must hurry! ”

Nodding with a sluggish expression, Yamato, whose face was slightly pale, shifted his gaze to the deep sea Xianghe: "Xianghe...... Can I still call you that? ”

The girl's expression froze, and then she showed a smile that she didn't know whether it was sad or sad: "...... Sorry ......"

"Hmm" Shaking his head slightly, Yamato put his hands on the girl's shoulders and put his forehead on her cheek: "I'm relieved to hear you say that~"

"Huh......?"

"If Shozuru had turned into the deep sea, he would never apologize to me."

- You don't have to be Shen Mingzhi's words, after all, you have never become the kind of being you resist...... The only one who can really decide what you are is is yourself

A vague memory, accompanied by Yamato's words, suddenly came to mind, just when Xianghe's heart tightened a little, as if he was about to remember something crucial-

"Xianghe, what I said next is very important, I hope you can remember it firmly!"

"That...... Yes, you say"

“……”

“……”

―――――― Split ――――――

Facing the cold moonlight, Li Lan opened his eyes, and the perception of wide-area search retracted from the surrounding space little by little, and there was a slight pulling sensation from the cuffs, Li Lan lowered his head and met Xiao Bei's puzzled eyes.

"Enemy ships, destroy, stop?"

The indifference on his face dissipated at this moment, Li Lan squatted down and gently stroked Xiao Bei's head: "Didn't I tell you, they are not your enemies, but Xiao Bei's partners."

"They...... Want...... Sunk...... You? ”

A little bit, although it still looks jerky, Xiaobei still managed to say a word.

Li Lan was stunned when he heard this, and then showed a relieved smile to Xiao Beibei.

"I'm not you, I'm not going to be sunk."

"No...... Sink? ”

"Ah, I'm not going to sink......"

It's just going to be killed. (To be continued.) )