It seems that there will always be characters with personalities in the ship's mother.,Whether it's the three of the original seventh town guard.,Or the four of the sixth town guard in front of you-

Well, impressive.

"Have you decided on the members of the Expeditionary Combined Fleet?"

"Ah, let's go with Z16, Ninghai will stay here for the time being."

On the one hand, considering that this is a resource collection task, so let the speed of the voyage be relatively close to that of the sixth destroyer team, in order to complete the task as quickly as possible, and secondly, Li Lan is not worried about Ning Hai's current mental state......

Writing the name of Z16 and Hibiki in the memo in his hand, Nagato said straightforwardly: "Understood." Next, let me give you the details of this expedition......"

The location is about 150 km southwest of the 6th Town Guard, and because of the deviation in the angle, it is likely that the mission target will not be found after arriving at the mission site, but it is possible to quickly and jointly explore with the high speed of the six destroyers, which according to Nagato's estimation should not take long.

Once you've found the target, loot as many resources as you can without affecting your normal speed, if you can't get them all back at once......

"Destroy it"

Closing the memo, Nagato added calmly.

Li Lan was not surprised by this decision, it was originally a life-and-death war, even if he could not use it, it was impossible to leave it to the deep-sea habitat ship to increase the enemy's strength.

"Understand" took the sea area map handed over by Nagato, Li Lan looked at the red mark on it and muttered: "Will there be a patrol fleet of deep-sea habitat ships on the way?" ”

"That's their mission," Nagato added, looking at the Sixth Town Guard, "This expedition will be escorted by the First Fleet and the Second Expeditionary Fleet, but they will not always be around the expeditionary fleet, in that case, they will definitely be discovered by the deep-sea habitat ships, so they will send a large-scale habitat ship formation to besiege them." ”

Deep-sea habitats that can suppress humans for 300 years are never fools, and if you want to live long, you should never underestimate their intelligence.

"I see" put away the sea map.

If nothing else, in the next expeditionary resource collection mission, it is probably Lilan as the supreme commander of the expeditionary fleet, which is probably part of the reason why Resus "tricked" him over, just the battle with the deep-sea habitat ship has already made him a little powerless at a young age, and it is better to leave these tedious parts to the young people.

Merely...... It's clear that he's going to go on an expedition, why don't you see him?

"This is a communicator, which can be used in its entirety within a radius of 5,000m, but if it is subjected to electromagnetic interference from a deep-sea ship, it will be reduced to a range of 2,000m, I hope you will pay attention."

"Understand" took three headset-like things, and Lilan put one pair on his ear, and clicked on the switch with the idea of testing the performance.

"Now, he's the one who went with Nagato to repair the pod last night?"

"It's definitely him! I didn't sleep all night staring at Nagato last night! ”

"Yutachi-chan, give me back the hat quickly......"

“poi~”

"Woo, Lei Chan, that admiral is so terrifying......"

"Don't be afraid, just hand it over to electricity...... Probably"

"Nake has also become the most dazzling ...... today"

"Atago ......"

"Mutsu is ......"

“……”

……

Li Lan took off the communicator with a blank face - put it back on before leaving the communication range, and Li Lan wrote the surname upside down!

Nagato's expression was subtle and a little embarrassed at the moment, probably she heard the discussion just now: "...... Sorry, they don't mean it, just get used to it. ”

"Huh"

Ten minutes later, the Sixth Town Guard, which had been prepared (played), officially set off for the three fleets.

Among them, the members of the resource collection combined fleet with the 6th Destroyer Team as the core are - Thunder, Lightning, Xiao, Hibiki (same ship), Z16, Hibiki (prototype ship) and the "Terrorist" Admiral of the Seventh Town Guard, Li Lan.

"I wish you good luck and prosperity"

Li Lan was stunned, and smiled at Nagato: "I accept your good words"

"Lord Admiral......"

Habitually pressing the top of Ning Hai's head, Li Lan commanded in a gentle voice: "Ning Hai needs a good rest, but the next expedition needs Ning Hai's help."

"Hmmm! Ning Hai knows! ”

―――――― Split ――――――

Watching the three fleets, a total of eighteen ships, slowly leave the dock, at some point, Admiral Resuss, the supreme commander of the Sixth Town Guard, has already arrived at Nagato's side, watching the disappearing figure on the horizon.

"Lord Admiral......"

Raising his hand to stop Nagato's salute, Resus smiled: "It's been 30 years, and you're still the same"

"Nagato will always be the Nagato you want it to be"

"But it's not the Nagato from the beginning......" muttered the admiral, looking at the junction of the blue sky and the sea.

"I know what you want to ask...... It won't be long before their general assault begins."

"If you, Lord Admiral—"

"I swore 30 years ago" was obviously a slow tone, but Nagato had to stop halfway through his words.

With his hands behind his back, Resus at this moment was like an ordinary old man, and he walked towards the Admiral's Mansion with his body bent.

But the precipitated iron-blooded breath came out from under the rickety body from the bones: "Even if I die, I will only die on this land!" ”

―――――― Split ――――――

Compass, communicator, sea area map......

Tidy up the things in your hand, and suddenly fall snow-white hair in your ears.

"Ringing?"

“…… What is the Admiral doing? ”

Lilan tapped the compass on his hand: "Prepare for the next mission"

"Yes...... Is it? ”

Tilting his head, Hibiki's gaze swayed with the compass in Rilan's hand.

"It's the first joint operation, and if it's too embarrassing, you'll be made fun of."

“…… Hibiki didn't understand" slowly approached Rilan's side: "But Hibiki will obey all orders from the Admiral"

Li Lan was stunned: "I'm glad you can say that, but ......"

-- At least when it comes to life-threatening matters, I have a little bit of my own opinion.

Looking at the immature face that was relying on his side, Li Lan could only swallow this sentence for the time being.

Once upon a time, I had seen such a face, in this state, any words of dissuasion would only be counterproductive, and the only thing she could do was to change her mind little by little through a long period of time......