Today's tutelary fort remains peaceful.

It was destroyed by a single shot, and the damage was very close to that of a major one. What was even more terrifying was that the opponent who beat it so miserably was actually a destroyer. How could such a thing be possible?

Amagi had indeed heard that some destroyers had powerful firepower, but as for the Firefly, it seemed that its self-sacrificing headbutt was more famous. He had never heard that the Firefly's firepower could reach the level of almost destroying a battlecruiser with one shot.

"Nothing is impossible. This is the magic called miracle..."

The sound of fireflies came from not far away. A little girl, holding a small magic wand, stood on the sea with her hands on her hips, tilting her head towards Tiancheng, who seemed to have given up resistance:

"As for you...should I cast a spell of courage on you?"

Tiancheng looked at the fireflies blankly, feeling that his worldview had collapsed.

The next second, a small figure crashed into Tiancheng's arms.

"Ahhh..." A long-drawn scream echoed on the sea.

……

This is not true, is it?

Sitting on a bench under the shade of a tree, Tiancheng, covered in dust and with tattered clothes barely covering his body, sniffed and looked at the sparkling sea in the distance.

Arriving in a strange city, I found that there were no missions issued by the Navy Headquarters. How could this be possible? The number of ship girls has always been scarce.

As for being exhausted from hunger and fainting on the street, that's impossible. I'm an experienced traveler, how could I get into financial trouble because of overspending? Haha... Impossible...

As for being rescued by a kind admiral passing by, being brought to the enemy's naval base, and being easily defeated by a destroyer during an exercise... isn't it too magical?

Putting aside the clichéd hero-saving-the-beauty plot, being defeated by a destroyer with its main gun and headbutts is simply too ridiculous.

That’s right, there is only one truth, and that is that I have been dreaming all along, right?

Perhaps I have been in a dream since I came to this city, so the subsequent developments have become more and more bizarre.

Well, go to sleep, sleep for a while, maybe when you wake up, you will be back in the valley where you camped before and continue your journey.

Tiancheng thought to himself and slowly closed his eyes.

A cold feeling came from his cheek, Tiancheng opened his eyes, and a girl with long straight black hair was sitting next to him.

She was holding two cans of ice cola in her hands, and was putting one of them against her face, looking at me with a smile.

"Aka... Cheng." Tiancheng's lips moved, and he took the Coke handed to him and fiddled with it in his hand nonchalantly, "Is there something wrong?"

"Nothing. I saw Miss Amagi sitting here alone, so I came over to chat." Akagi said, opening his can of Coke and taking a sip.

Exhaling a breath of cool air, feeling a chill quickly sweeping over his body, Akagi's body trembled slightly, and he seemed to say casually:

"It's very frustrating, isn't it? You were defeated by a destroyer in the artillery battle you're best at."

Tiancheng's face flushed red. She bit her lip and glared at Akagi angrily: "You knew the result a long time ago, right? That's why you encouraged me to practice with Firefly."

"Now you've achieved your goal. I've indeed been completely defeated in the battle. How's that? Are you happy? As the victor, it must feel great to be so high and mighty, lending a helping hand to a defeated dog in the mud..."

"You think too much. I just think that you need a failure." Akagi interrupted Tiancheng with a smile.

"What do you mean?" Tiancheng was stunned.

"Miss Amagi is very capable. As a wandering ship girl, she has fought alone until now. I believe that if the deep-sea monster does not appear, she can survive on her own in the future."

Akagi said slowly: "However, times have changed. Our enemies now are no longer deep-sea ship girls, but deep-sea monsters."

"Although they are two sides of the same coin, the habits of the deep-sea beasts are completely different from those of the deep-sea ship girls. They do not follow the principles of formation, but instead try to increase their numbers as much as possible, gathering more and more like a snowball, and finally forming a massive beast tide."

"No shipgirl can face such an attack alone and escape unscathed, not even Miss Amagi. Continuing alone will only make things more dangerous."

Tiancheng narrowed his eyes: "So you want me to stay?"

Akagi smiled faintly: "Isn't it good?"

"Really? I don't know where you get your confidence from..." Tiancheng sighed.

"I'm well aware that my journey will eventually come to an end. I've certainly considered accepting the Marine Headquarters' offer, or perhaps joining a certain admiral's tutelary fort, but..."

"Ms. Akagi, why do you think I must choose you? With my strength, I still have the right to choose."

Akagi said: "Ms. Tiancheng certainly has the right to choose, but I still think that this will be your best choice."

Seeing Tiancheng seemed to want to say something, Akagi spoke first:

"First of all, we are strong, very strong. We are even the strongest tutelary fort in the world. In the past, whenever a deep-sea flagship revived, we were the only ones who could suppress it independently. If we stay here and communicate with everyone, perhaps we can become as strong as everyone else."

"Secondly, my admiral has a rich background. Not only do I have over a million resources, but my warehouse is also filled with mountains of gold and colored equipment. If Miss Tiancheng is willing to stay, it will be no problem for me to assemble a set of top-quality equipment."

"Finally, we have the best cooks in the garrison. Miss Yixian cooks food that will make you swallow your tongue."

"And..." Akagi blinked, a hint of mischief flashing between his brows: "Here, there's me, Sister Tiancheng, don't you want a younger sister?"

“…” Tiancheng fell into silence.

She would have had some doubts about being the strongest before, but after seeing the Firefly that easily defeated her, Tiancheng completely believed it.

The destroyer is already incredibly powerful, what about a battleship?

Among the people watching the battle at the dock just now, there seemed to be quite a few older sisters. It’s hard to say how strong they are.

As for the equipment... You should know that except for the purple-grade Japanese 41cm twin-mounted gun, the other three main guns on Amagi are green and blue quality, which seriously hinder her performance.

If you could change into a set of gold or colorful equipment, wouldn’t that feel... cool?

As for food, as Akagi's former sister ship, Amagi also has a keen interest in food.

My sister? Probably the only one I didn't need to worry about. After all, she was just a thing outside of my body, and she was a person who would cheat me.

Although he thought so, a faint smile appeared at the corner of Tiancheng's mouth.

Sisters? That seems pretty good too.

"So, what is Miss Tiancheng's opinion?" A soft voice came from his ear, bringing Tiancheng back to reality.

"Opinions." Tiancheng sighed, and then he moved like lightning, pinching both cheeks of Akagi, and his beautiful eyebrows raised slightly:

"A sister who helps others bully her must be taught a lesson."

"Um...Sister, sister! Stop it!" As Amagi's hands began to pull roughly, Akagi let out a vague plea for mercy.

After greeting Xue Cheng over the phone and officially announcing that Tiancheng would join his naval base, Akagi took his sister to the bathhouse.

After changing out of his tattered clothes, Amagi wrapped himself in a bath towel and followed Akagi to the public bathhouse.

Along the way, Tiancheng carefully held the towel on her body, fearing that it would fall off suddenly. She looked around vigilantly, and when she saw the sign outside the public bathhouse, she refused to go in.

"What's wrong?" Akagi looked at her strangely.

"You, you still want to say that?" Tiancheng clutched the towel tightly with both hands, his face flushed red. He pointed at the sign and said, "This place is a public bathhouse! You brought me here, what if Xue... um, the admiral is here too?"

"So that's what you're worried about?" Akagi said with a smile, "Don't worry, I just spoke to the Admiral on the phone. He's still in the office checking the bills with Wisconsin. He's not here."

"Is that so?" Tiancheng looked at the entrance of the bathhouse. For some reason, he always felt that the seemingly gorgeous and glorious entrance was like the mouth of a giant beast, containing infinite dangers.

Before Tiancheng could think about it, Akagi dragged her over and said, "Okay, sister, don't worry. The admiral has never been to the bathhouse. He usually bathes at home, so there won't be any questions..."

Before Akagi could finish his words, a burst of laughter suddenly rang out from inside: "Richelieu! I order you as admiral, don't run away!"

"Who wants to listen?! Don't come over here, you pervert!"

"Damn it! How dare you resist your own admiral and husband? Massachusetts, help me catch him! Ah, Spee, don't just stand there, come on!"

"What husband? The Admiral is also a girl. Our relationship is not like that at all!"

"Huh? Richelieu is planning to marry someone else?"

"..."

"Aha! I got you! You can't escape from my grasp. Mmm, your body feels so soft and comfortable..."

“…” Tiancheng looked at his sister expressionlessly.

"Wait, wait a minute!" Akagi showed a rare panic expression: "Sister, let me explain! That person is the admiral's guest, not a strange person!"

Tiancheng took a breath, turned around and walked away, and Akagi hurriedly chased after him.

Just at this moment, a girl with a bath towel wrapped around her and long white hair on her head came towards her.

She tilted her head and looked at the black-haired girl chasing after Amagi, "Akagi... and Miss Amagi?"

His eyes moved around Tiancheng's dusty face, and Kaga asked curiously, "Aren't you going in to clean up?"

"Oh, it's Kaga." Akagi greeted him, then pointed to the entrance of the public bathhouse behind him and said with a wry smile: "Because Admiral Lin Xiaohe and her ship girl are inside, so..."

"I understand, no need to explain." Kaga pressed his forehead.

Kaga had heard about this visiting admiral recently. His dirty, uncle-like personality and his familiarity did give some ship girls who were not good at dealing with him a headache.

It’s not that I hate it, I just don’t know how to deal with it.

After all, they have no experience in how to deal with a guy who always wants to take advantage of them, and a girl at that.

Just as he was thinking, Akagi's voice came to his ears: "Also, you don't need to be so polite in the future. Sister has agreed to stay in the tutelary fort. Kaga must get along well with Sister."

“???” Surprise slowly appeared on Kaga’s expressionless face.

Did it actually work? It's clearly not a particularly clever way to salvage the ship, but it seems to be unusually effective against Tiancheng. Could it be...

Is this guy actually easy to deal with?

Kaga thought silently in his heart, looking at Amagi with a scrutinizing look: Could this guy be a fool like King Kong?

Shaking his head, Kaga drove away the rude thoughts in his mind, and pointed to the small cubicle next to him and said, "In that case, I'll go over here and wash up. You guys can do whatever you want."

"Eh? Kaga, wait a minute!" Akagi pulled her sister after him and teased, "This reaction... Is Kaga jealous?"

Tiancheng also said casually: "If you don't bother me, how about the three of us go together?"

"Don't bother me. By the way, I'm not jealous." Kaga's expression was calm: "I just want to give you two sisters some private space to cultivate your relationship."

"Three people is fine, Kaga is my sister too!"

"It's my elder sister!" Kaga gently pinched Akagi's cheek and said unhappily, "The one who always acts foolishly and makes people worry is the younger sister."

"Does Kaga really want to be a sister?" Amagi pondered. "I'll go to the Navy Headquarters someday and ask if there's any news on the sister ships of the Kaga class."

"I'm the only one in the Kaga class."

Akagi said with a smile: "That's hard to say. There has never been an Amagi ship girl before. Maybe a Tosa will appear from nowhere at any time."

"You're talking nonsense again..."

The three of them chatted and laughed as they walked into the bathroom together.