Why are they suddenly rushing toward me!? Do they plan to surround me? Yukikaze thought for a moment and decided to avoid their momentum, using her rigging to slide to the right.
The Abyssal Princess couldn't understand why this Ship Girl was being so cooperative, making way for them! Could it be that the Admiral of this Naval Base forced this Ship Girl into various poses and did those unspeakable things to her, leading her to harbor a grudge and want to kill him using someone else's hand?
The Abyssal Princess felt a bit of pity for this Ship Girl. Being forced must have been very painful! Don't worry! This Naval Base will cease to exist today, and you can return to being a Free Ship Girl.
Leading a group of Abyssal Warships straight toward the Naval Base, the Abyssal Princess ordered the Abyssal bombers to fly off the flight decks one by one.
Yukikaze, who was originally relieved to have avoided the Abyssal encirclement, watched as the Abyssals moved away from her. She thought they were afraid of her! But when she saw the direction they were heading was toward the Naval Base, she realized—oh no! The Admiral is still at the Naval Base!
"Hey! You stop for the great Yukikaze! Let's fight for another three hundred rounds!" Yukikaze grew anxious and shouted angrily at the Abyssals who were ignoring her to go harm her Admiral.
The Abyssal Princess ignored Yukikaze and continued forward. Shells, torpedoes, and bombs were useless against you; they were either dodged or were Duds. What were they supposed to do? "Don't worry! I already understand your feelings. I will help you take out that Admiral."
"???" Yukikaze was completely bewildered. What on earth do you mean you understand my feelings!? Unable to figure it out, she used her rigging to slide after them, shouting at the Abyssal Princess, "What do you understand about my feelings!?"
"I get it, I get it!" The Abyssal Princess was sure this Ship Girl was afraid of being caught using someone else's hand to kill and being sent to a military court, so she was acting like she was being responsible.
Wow! You don't understand anything! Could this Abyssal Princess have feelings for the great Yukikaze!? She wants to kill the Admiral so I can be a Free Ship Girl again, and then marry me. "Give up on that idea! I won't let you have your way!"
Such realistic acting! If I hadn't known your feelings beforehand, I would have almost thought you were trying to protect the Admiral or something. As an Abyssal Princess, I'm truly impressed! Humans should really give you an Oscar for Best Actress. "Don't worry! I understand your feelings! I will give you your freedom!"
I'm telling you, you don't understand a thing! The great Yukikaze doesn't want any freedom, doesn't want to lose the Admiral, and definitely doesn't want to be your bride! "Stop right there!"
Yukikaze watched as they got closer and closer to the Naval Base, while she fell further and further behind the Abyssals. She was exhausted from the multiple battles and couldn't keep up with their speed.
Just like that, before long, the Abyssals reached the Naval Base. The Abyssal Princess commanded thirty-eight bombers to drop bombs on the base. The Abyssal Warships received their orders and revealed their dark gun barrels, loading shells to aim at the Naval Base. Then, they bombarded the Naval Base fiercely.
Inside the Admiral's office, a man was in a state of panic, tears and snot flowing together. Communication is impossible in areas surrounded by abyssal mist, so the combat command on the scene relied on the flagship of the fleet. He could feel the number of his Ship Girls through the soul network!
All the Ship Girls under him had sunk, leaving only the Gold-Plated Ship Girl Yukikaze. Though he didn't understand why only Yukikaze remained or why she hadn't stopped the Abyssals, thinking about it was useless now. The Abyssals had reached the Naval Base; he was about to die.
The man said with a face full of resentment, "They're a bunch of useless trash. What's the point of supporting them? I thought I wouldn't have to die after pulling a Gold-Plated Ship, but it turns out that Gold-Plated Ship is also useless! She couldn't even stop the Abyssals. What kind of Gold-Plated Ship is she? Ptooey! She's a damn disgrace to Gold-Plated Ships."
After saying this, the man was blown to bits by the bombs dropped by the Abyssal bombers and the shelling from the Abyssal Warships. The buildings, plants, and animals on the entire island were submerged under the bombs and shells.
The island's buildings and flora were destroyed, leaving fire and smoke everywhere. The Naval Base had been decimated until it no longer existed.
After the Naval Base was destroyed, the Abyssal Princess and her subordinate Abyssal Warships quickly departed. They slipped away, needing to head to the next Naval Base.
By the time Yukikaze finally caught up to the Naval Base, she found that the Abyssals were long gone. The Naval Base was completely destroyed, and the entire island was covered in fire and smoke. The soul network she had established with the Admiral was also broken; the Admiral must be dead. From today on, she would become a homeless, wandering Ship Girl.
Sad tears filled her eyes. On her very first day of being built, she fought the Abyss, and on that same day, her Admiral died.
Boohoo! The great Yukikaze is very strong; it's just sand in her eyes, she's not crying. There's so much sand! Boohoo! Yukikaze's tears continued to flow... A few days later, Yukikaze regained her energy and went to other Naval Bases to find an Admiral to establish a soul network with. Yukikaze didn't want to be a wandering Ship Girl; she wanted a warm home where a ship could belong.
When she first started looking for an Admiral, a man saw that she was a Gold-Plated Ship and immediately signed a soul network with her without a second thought.
Because the strongest ship in his Naval Base was only a Blue-Plated Ship, now that a Gold-Plated Ship Girl wanted to sign a soul network with him, what was there to wait for? Sign it immediately!
Then he could show off in front of those African Unlucky Admirals! Let them keep calling themselves unlucky all day, saying we are brothers forever and we should stay on the African continent forever, so don't even think about stowing away to Europe!
As it turned out, right after signing the soul network, the Abyssals came to attack, and there was even an Abyssal Princess among them. All the Ship Girls were sent to intercept. Yukikaze was sent out by the Admiral, who ordered her to escort the Ship Girls and sink the Abyssal Princess.
Unsurprisingly, all the Ship Girls escorted by Yukikaze sank, leaving only Yukikaze. When the Abyssal Princess attacked Yukikaze, she always dodged, and even if she was hit, it was a Dud.
The Abyssal Princess had no choice but to leave Yukikaze behind and run off to destroy the Naval Base. After destroying it, she slipped away, leaving Yukikaze behind. When Yukikaze reached the Naval Base, the Abyssals were gone, and the Naval Base had long been destroyed. Yukikaze became a wandering Ship Girl once again...
By the thirty-second time she sought an Admiral to sign the soul network contract, the outcome was always the same: immediately after signing the soul network contract, the Abyssals would attack. All the Ship Girls escorted by Yukikaze would sink, all the Ship Girls in the Naval Base, except for Yukikaze, would sink, and the Admiral would die. However, Yukikaze would not give up. Yukikaze did not believe she was cursed, nor did she believe she was a jinx.
The destruction of one Naval Base is a tragedy!
The destruction of countless Naval Bases is just a statistic!
Yukikaze still needs to find the next Naval Base!
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