The slightly weird commander's ship girl tour

Although there are many free ship girls living here, it is still a human city after all, so the ship girl headquarters and port area are some distance away from the prosperous areas of the city.

But the city is not big, or rather, no city in the world is big. After taking a taxi and turning a few streets, I soon felt that my vision had broadened.

Driving on the road by the sea, there are farmlands on the right and the endless sea beyond the sidewalk on the left.

The outline of the dock is already visible not far away, with a number of ships docked there, many small and medium-sized.

Sometimes you can also see small figures sailing on the sea, they are naturally ship girls.

Huang Chen was lost in thought as he stared at the scenery. Dunkirk sat gently beside him. "In the summer, there's a special kind of berry. I've tried baking a pie with it. It's really delicious."

"Everyone says Dunkirk is delicious. I'm looking forward to it." Huang Chen turned around and looked at the gentle smile of the girl sitting next to him. "Can Dunkirk cook? Iris Church cuisine."

"As for cooking, I can make some home-cooked dishes." Dunkirk nodded, "But the taste is just so-so, at the level of an ordinary person."

"The desserts in Dunkirk are so delicious, so the food shouldn't be bad!"

"Cooking is cooking, and dessert is dessert. The two shouldn't be confused." Dunkirk smiled. "Commander, do you want some? I can't guarantee it'll taste good."

"Well... let's try it tomorrow? To be honest, I haven't seen the KanColle headquarters yet." Huang Chen shook his head. There is no KanColle headquarters in Fengcheng anymore, only a small branch, and even in a few years the branch will be abolished.

The memory obtained does not contain any relevant information. Or rather, the memory obtained does not contain any information at all, but is just a collection of image fragments.

"Well, Commander, it's a good opportunity for you to take a look. Mainly because when we first came here, the KanColle Headquarters provided a lot of help. Now that we are leaving, we still have to say hello to them." Dunkirk said.

Huang Chen looked at the building getting closer and closer outside the window without saying a word.

You were in a hurry to leave tomorrow, and now you have to say goodbye?

But he didn't say it out loud. He could tell that the girl in front of him had feelings for him. But he didn't care. Although she was just a pretty girl he had just met, he wouldn't be so evasive as to not accept even the slightest advance from her.

He also knew in his heart that this was his own ship girl, and the relationship between a commander and a ship girl was a very close one.

The emotions in the world are complicated. We have heard of parents abandoning their children, children abandoning their parents, and couples flying away from each other when faced with difficulties, not to mention brothers turning against each other, friends harming each other, and so on. There are too many such cases.

There have even been cases where a despicable commander betrayed his own ship girl.

But no ship girl has ever murdered her commander.

Even his own commander had a drastic change of temperament - being a commander meant he had been a good person, but people change - and treated him extremely badly.

The extremely sad ship girl just left quietly.

If this commander can reform himself and impress the ship girl with his sincerity again, the ship girl will be willing to give him another chance.

Huang Chen had been gone for so long, but when he came back, the ship girls were either slightly complaining or slightly angry, but eventually it all turned to joy. Then they called out to the commander.

He indeed had no memories of them, but that didn't mean he would reject their kindness.

Because you like me, I dare not be with you and even have to hide from you.

Please, this isn't some teenage romance novel.

Of course, if Dunkirk suddenly suggested something radical like sleeping in a room at night, he would definitely not agree, but since it was just a matter of the two of them going out together, he would not refuse.

Chapter 027 Small talk

The taxi stopped by the roadside, got off two passengers, and then left.

Huang Chen looked at the building in front of him, but felt that it was different from what he expected.

He had imagined the Kanmusu Headquarters to be a vast complex of buildings, filled with tall skyscrapers and other imposing structures. But in reality, all he saw was a small doorstone with the words "Kanmusu Headquarters" engraved on it, and that was all.

There is no wall. Beyond the gate stone is a two-lane road that winds forward. Not far away, you can see a building with only two or three floors. It looks very simple and does not have the sense of power of the KanColle headquarters at all.

"Commander, are you a little disappointed?" Dunkirk asked.

"It's not disappointment, it's just..." Huang Chen smacked his lips, "It's just a little different from what I expected."

"This is the back door of the KanColle headquarters. It looks a bit desolate. It will be much better when we walk to the main gate." Dunkirk said as he walked beside Huang Chen.

"Back door? Why did the taxi take us to the back door? Isn't the main door good enough?"

"Perhaps it's because he couldn't open the gate?" Dunkirk smiled. "Commander, did you see the dock we were at?"

"I saw it. It's quite big." Huang Chen nodded.

"The gate is over there at the dock. It's not really called the gate, but commanders reporting, visits to other regional shipgirls' headquarters, and the comings and goings of free shipgirls mostly come through the dock."

"Oh!" Huang Chen suddenly realized that it was his habitual thinking that misled him.

Yes, at the KanColle Headquarters, the main means of transportation is naturally sailing, so naturally the docks are used more often.

"Commander, have you seen a lot of small and medium-sized yachts? Those are the commanders who came to report on their duties. Large yachts are usually for official business." Dunkirk explained.

"Is that so!" Huang Chen exclaimed.

The two walked and talked, and within a few minutes, they arrived at the bottom of the three-story building. Dunkirk walked in front, moving around with ease and familiarity, explaining as he walked, "This is the office building of the Kanmusu Headquarters. The offices of the Minister and Deputy Ministers of the Kanmusu Headquarters are all here."

Huang Chen followed behind and nodded.

The air around him was cold and silent, just like his impression of an office building.

"We're here." Dunkirk stopped in front of an office and knocked on the door.

Huang Chen looked at the introduction on the wall. This was the minister's office.

‘Dong-dong-dong! ’

‘Dong-dong-dong! ’

Dunkirk knocked patiently several times, but there was no response.

"Are they not going to work today?" Huang Chen guessed, mainly because it was only four o'clock, so it would be too early for them to get off work, right?

"Hmm... let me think about it." Dunkirk pursed his lips and looked at Huang Chen nervously, "The minister here is the battleship Pennsylvania. If she's not in the office, she must be in the commissioning center, right? Commander, let's go look for her."

"Commission Center?" Huang Chen looked at the office door, then at the somewhat nervous Dunkirk, and suddenly felt a little funny. "Let's go."

"What are you laughing at, Commander?"

"It's nothing. I just thought of something happy. Let's go." Huang Chen urged.

Dunkirk turned around, her face flushed. She was sure the commander must have noticed her thoughts, but why didn't he say it? Does the commander want to stay with me too?

Huang Chen followed behind with a smile on his face.

He had a deep impression of Dunkirk. After all, he liked it very much when he played the game. If he had transformed into the Lord of the Rings earlier, Dunkirk would have been wearing the ring long ago.

So he naturally knew that Dunkirk undoubtedly possessed the character of a paladin.

Humble, honest, confident and strong, gentle and beautiful, she loves to share homemade desserts with others and pursue beautiful things.

When facing the one you love, you will also show your weak side.

Bumblebee is always lively and it is a joy to be with her, just like playing on the roadside with her playmates in childhood.

Essex is serious, but actually pure and innocent at heart, and you need to be carefully cared for.

Dunkirk loves and cares for you like a gentle older sister. You don't have to do anything, she will naturally arrange everything.

Now, looking at the gentle elder sister who was clumsily fooling him, his face couldn't even hide the slight panic and nervousness.

Without a doubt, the image of Dunkirk suddenly became real and delicate in front of Huang Chen. How could a living ship girl be introduced with just a few lines?

How much can the language in the game express about Kancolle?

Gentle and confident, but also nervous because he worries that his little tricks will be discovered.

Even though they only spent one afternoon together, Huang Chen felt a lot of good impression of her.

After all, he is a paladin. Although he is shy, it does not affect the battle. In just a moment, Dunkirk slowly walked to Huang Chen's side, and the two moved forward at a similar speed.

The two of them talked as they walked, and the topics covered all sorts of things, but they were actually just trivial matters.

It's nothing more than the price of pears going up one day, or sirens appearing somewhere one day, and the local commander can't solve the problem, so the KanColle headquarters still sends a support team.

As they talked, the topic turned to the ship girls and commanders.

"Some time ago, not long ago, about two months ago, a huge ship suddenly appeared at the Ship Girl Headquarters. It looked like a warship from the old world, very majestic and beautiful. Then we learned that a commander had passed away." Dunkirk said, looking at Huang Chen.

The latter nodded without any expression. "And then?"

"That warship is used exclusively for funerals, just like a soldier covering his coffin with the national flag. It's a great honor."

"I later found out he was the former commander of the Silke Harbor District, back when it wasn't even the United Harbor District. He was also a very capable guy. I heard he had already reached the rank of colonel when he was only in his thirties."

"For better development, right? He went to the front lines, stationed there for over a decade, and when he returned, he was already a major general. But he didn't continue to take over the Silk Harbor District, instead he went to the garrison."

“It’s almost like retirement.”

"Some say he was on the front lines, and a ship was sunk. Others say he just became indifferent and didn't care anymore. Anyway, he came back, and then passed away three months ago."

"When he died, many people realized there was such a big man in District J. But he's only a major general, and there are only a thousand of them in the world."

"Died of old age?" Huang Chen asked.

"Of course he died of old age." Dunkirk gave him a strange look. "The Commander was blessed by the sea. Although he's still an ordinary person, he's healthier and longer-lived. I've never heard of a Commander contracting a serious illness."

"Ah? I see." Huang Chen sighed and looked at the girl beside him apologetically, "I forgot a lot of things."

"Nothing. As long as the commander is with us, it's fine." Dunkirk shook his head nonchalantly and continued, "That major general was truly formidable. He had nearly thirty ship girls under his command, all of whom respected him greatly. After his death, two-thirds of his ship girls disappeared within a week."

"What?" Huang Chen was shocked and thought he had misheard. What did "dissipated" mean?

"Two-thirds! Even if the shipgirl's love is deep, it wouldn't be like this if he didn't reciprocate. Their tutelary fort must be happy and beautiful on a daily basis!"

Chapter 028: Chat (2)

"Wait, why would the ship girl disappear?" Huang Chen asked hurriedly when he saw Dunkirk talking in another direction.

"Is it strange?!" Dunkirk glanced at Huang Chen, then said in a daze, "The commander doesn't remember."

"Because the commander passed away, as a ship girl who followed him, I couldn't find anyone to rely on emotionally, so I naturally dissipated. Maybe I walked slowly through the woods and never came out again. Maybe I drank a cup of coffee early in the morning, suddenly realized something, and then dissipated. It's all normal."

"...Is that so?" Huang Chen nodded, suddenly feeling a bit heavy, "I originally thought..."

"Think all shipgirls are immortal spirits?" Dunkirk joked, then explained, "Shipgirls are just ordinary people. They have the same joys, sorrows, anger, and happiness, and are subject to birth, aging, sickness, and death. It's just that the former is obvious, while the latter is not so obvious."

"Freedom Ship Girls, if they can find an emotional sustenance, can indeed exist for a long time without dissipating. I heard that an old veteran at the Ship Girls headquarters has existed for more than three hundred years."

"If it's a shipgirl from the harbor, then her emotional attachment is naturally to the commander. When the commander passes away, the emotional attachment is gone, and naturally disappears. The deeper the attachment, the faster it dissipates."

"The deeper the bond between you and the Commander, the faster it dissipates. Newcomers to the port can certainly find other connections and stay for a few decades, but they'll easily find the Commander again, and after a few repetitions, they'll leave. At most, it won't last more than a hundred years."

"A hundred years? Then our former companions..." Huang Chen felt as if his heart skipped a beat. Seventy years!

"We?" Dunkirk was stunned. "Ah, our situation is different."

She explained, "The commander suddenly disappeared at that time. Although the people at the Kanmusu headquarters concluded that you were dead, we never believed it. We just thought you were missing and would come back one day."

"What if some ship girls really believe it?" Huang Chen felt a little better, but still a little worried. He didn't know about this before, but now after hearing what Dunkirk said, he suddenly became scared.

Can a ship girl actually dissipate due to the death of her commander? Dissipation is actually just another form of death.

Since ship girls can also die, what about his former ship girls?

Although Dunkirk said they didn't believe it, what if someone did?

What if someone really believed that he was dead and their emotional support disappeared?

What if some ship girls lose their inner persistence during the long waiting time and disappear?

His brows were furrowed. Although he had never met many of the ship girls, he had already regarded them as his own girls. He did not agree if they disappeared into the noisy world without anyone even knowing about it.

But...what can I do if he doesn't agree?

Huang Chen showed a bitter smile and felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

This feeling is something I have never experienced in all my time in this world.

For many things, he likes to think of the worst or never has any hope of luck.

For example, if someone feels a vague toothache, a sudden sensation while eating, and can't find the specific tooth they want to touch, they won't repeatedly feel to see if it's really painful. As soon as they feel it, they'll conclude that it's a toothache and there must be something wrong with the tooth.

Now, after hearing what Dunkirk said, he immediately thought of the most terrible possibility and forced himself to accept it.

Some of your own ship girls may have disappeared, or even many of them may have disappeared.

After all, he has disappeared as a commander for seventy years. How can he ask for more from the ship girls?

Huang Chen felt something was stuck in his heart, his breathing became a little irregular, and his pace slowed down.