Although it was obvious that Su Xin respected and liked them in the past, there was always a subtle barrier and boundary between them.
But I don’t know when this barrier and boundary slowly began to disappear.
Now that it has completely disappeared, the ship girls finally feel that their commanders are standing in front of them, living with them day and night, and are within their reach.
In the past, Su Xin was a blockhead who would always respond with harsh words. She was too polite and thus seemed very distant.
Although it is not very good now, the overall progress is obvious.
The most intuitive phenomenon that reflects the above changes is that Su Xin began to laugh more, talk more and get closer to them.
Before, how could I have the idea of cooking, how could I make a special dinner for them?
Helena was very pleased and extremely touched, and then she pressed the flush button on the toilet.
"Hua——Gurgle gurgle..."
Laffey felt quite uncomfortable. The other ship girls didn't eat much, especially Nagashima, who packed up the fish dishes and took them home to eat, saying that she drank too much fat water.
I packed everything up and took it back. Isn't it up to her to decide whether to eat it or not?
"hateful."
"Ah, of course I'm not saying that the commander is evil, I'm saying that Nagashima is too cunning!"
Rafi was indignant, but helpless.
Although he could have used the excuse "I'm full of red wine, can I take some back to eat?" to get away with it, his commander was looking at him with expectant eyes.
Who can resist Su Xin's sparkling, watery eyes full of encouragement and expectation?
So the reason was never spoken out loud, and what greeted him afterwards was a fish feast.
Rafi tried to recall the taste of the dish, but found that he couldn't remember what it tasted like. His brain was frantically telling him not to do it again, or else it would crash for him to see.
"hateful."
Lafite cursed inwardly again. Before he had even sat for a moment, his stomach began to make strange noises again.
"Gu 99
"Ah!" Rafi showed a look of fear for the first time in a long time, and quickly jumped out of bed and ran into the bathroom.
Su Xin didn't see Laffey the whole day today, and the other ship girls didn't look very good either. I heard that they had stomach upsets.
"Can KanColle get stomach upsets... How magical..." Su Xin wrote down the new settings she had learned in her little notebook.
After strolling around the port area, I found that it was too dead today. Usually, I could hear Ming Miao humming in the store and Fang Yan's non-stop noise, but today, all of it was silent.
Now that she had nothing to do, Su Xin didn't feel like reading.
In the past, I had no choice but to read books to enrich myself. Now that I have changed my mindset, I don’t really want to read those small black words anymore.
After much thought, Su Xin decided to visit the gendarmerie police station.
So after calling Hai's mother to report everything, he went out the door and took a taxi.
Su Xin got a taxi soon. After giving the address and thanking the driver, Su Xin stared in a daze at the things flying backwards outside the car window.
After several months of development, the economy near the port area has obviously improved a lot.
Merchant ships traveling back and forth for trade needed to be escorted by the ship girls. As time went by, various small shops and houses began to appear around the originally backward and remote port area. Although it was still some distance away from the port area, it was generally prosperous.
less.
On the way, Su Xin saw the same brand of dessert shop that her childhood self often ate at, so she got off the car, paid the fare, asked the driver to wait for a moment, and then quickly went to the store to buy several desserts.
Bread, small cakes, puffs, cookies, etc., everything is available.
Carrying these desserts, Su Xin got into a taxi parked on the street and continued to the gendarmerie police station.
Ayanami is very busy today.
Actually, I can’t say I’m very busy. It’s mainly because I met a senior from the Sakura Empire while on patrol yesterday.
She was injured, with scars on her limbs, torso and even face.
According to her, she was attacked by the Siren after she retired and took off her armor, and the shrapnel from the artillery explosion hit her.
If that's the case, then scratches are normal, but bruises caused by shrapnel are different. Ayanami has been in the military police for nearly three years. She has participated in cases of all sizes and has seen all kinds of scars.
Although there were indeed some scratches, the bruises on other parts of the body looked more like they were caused by punches and kicks.
Ayanami respects her predecessors from Sakura Empire very much. Her sense of justice and mission makes her want to get to the bottom of things, but they always smile gently and say nothing.
Helplessly, Ayanami could only invite the other party to sit in the gendarmerie. After hesitating for a moment, the other party agreed.
Ayanami held the other person's fair arm with a few slight scars and guided her in the direction.
Since last night, he has always responded to everything she said, except for the origin of the scars, which was always glossed over vaguely. Ayanami was helpless and had to chat with her about various things in her work experience.
The story that Ayanami told in a reading tone did not seem that interesting, but the other party listened with gusto. Every time she spoke, she would turn her face towards her, making people feel that she was really listening carefully.
Ayanami described her past interesting stories in a calm tone while clenching her fists with a serious expression. She really couldn't just sit there and watch.
Just when Ayanami was at a loss, the door of the reception room was knocked open.
A voice that was more humane than before sounded.
"Captain Ayanami? I'm here to visit you."
ps: Back to school, my ears hurt so much when I fly...
Chapter 31: Heavenly City (correct typos, refresh and read again
"Hmm? Captain Ayanami, do you have any guests?"
As soon as Su Xin entered the room, she noticed the woman sitting in the main seat.
Her long chestnut hair was unusually smooth, her facial features were delicate and soft, and she looked like a gentle person.
But what was even more striking than the face were the faint scratches and bruises on the body.
"Is someone coming?" The woman's voice was as gentle and delicate as imagined. She opened her slightly lifeless eyes and looked towards the direction where the voice came from.
"Is it your friend, Ayanami?"
"...Not really a friend."
Su Xin didn't get angry after hearing this and walked in with the snacks.
"This is the snack I bought for you, would you like to try it?"
Su Xin opened the box and handed the cookies to the woman first.
The other party seemed to have not expected that he would be given the gift first. He was stunned for a moment before he smiled and thanked him.
She was obviously a little unsure when she reached out to take it. The first time, she only touched the plastic shell between the biscuits. She slid her fingertips slightly to the side before touching the cookies.
Su Xin looked up at Ayanami in silence, and Ayanami shook her head.
As if sensing the change in light and shadow, the woman raised her head and looked in the direction of Su Xin. She smiled and said, "Ahem... the cookies are delicious, thank you... my eyesight is very poor, sorry for the embarrassment."
After a pause, she asked again, "Are you also a ship girl from the Sakura Empire?"
"Also..." Su Xin said while thinking.
"Is it just because of Ayanami, or is she also a ship girl of the Sakura Empire..."
"Long chestnut hair..." Su Xin suddenly thought of a strategist from Sakura Empire.
"...Sister Amagi?"
"Hmm? You know me... You can recognize me even from this look. It seems that I... ahem... I am also very famous."
Su Xin was shocked as she looked at the person in front of her who was covered in wounds but still smiling sweetly.
She quickly glanced at the expressionless Ayanami and started making eye contact with her.
"Why did it become like this?"
"Ayanami doesn't know either... Amagi-sama doesn't want to reveal it..."
"So...how is her health now?"
"It's not easy to say..."
The surroundings fell silent. Tian Cheng looked up at the dark shadow in front of him in confusion with his eyes that could only see blurry light and shadows.
"You can just say it directly, I don't mind..." Tiancheng said to the two of them with a smile.
Su Xin coughed a little embarrassedly, "Sister Tiancheng...how is your injury...?"
"It's nothing serious. Well... My health has never been good. It just got a little worse."
"Then...then may I ask about your injury..."
"Ah...it's hurt..." Tiancheng looked up at the blurry void with a dull look and thought about the past.
The battle with the Sirens ended at some point when the human-shaped Siren appeared.
The barrage of bullets in the sky was unavoidable. In order to buy more time for retreat, Tiancheng used his strong firepower to cover the rear.
However, at the moment when he was exhausted, he was hit in the face by a shell. As the ship's equipment was shattered, blood flowed from his eyes uncontrollably.
After being escorted back to a safe base by the ship girls, she tried to repair her ship suit to restore her body, but after the repair was completed, her eyesight continued to deteriorate.
Until one day, she found that she could no longer see the world clearly. There were blurry lights and shadows everywhere, as if she was looking at things through a piece of frosted glass.
Originally serving as the leader of the flagship, he could no longer continue fighting due to his own condition.
In the front-line port area, you need help from others no matter what you do.
Walking, eating, cleaning... I can't do anything by myself and have become a parasite who can only rely on others to live.
Gradually, I began to develop a psychological state of disgust towards myself, which reached its peak when the commander found me and advised me to retire.
"You can no longer continue to fight, nor can you continue to serve as the fleet's flagship. In fact, you are already useless. In the port area, your current state will only affect others. You should leave and retire to go somewhere else.
Don’t stay in the docks anymore.”
I vaguely remember the commander's tone was serious and decisive. I wanted to see the expression on his face clearly, but I could only see the outline of a human figure with his back to the light.
Before the tears fell, she heard her own voice.
"...good."
My retirement was very casual. When my sisters went to the sea to fight the Sirens, I left them a simple farewell letter. I had no idea how the words on the letter were written or whether they were neat or not. I could only grope for the answer.
Write down a few words of farewell.
Then he was alone, leaning on a wooden stick and relying on a small yellow ball on the ground in front of him to identify the direction of the retirement room. It was the little yellow chicken leading the way.
With a series of "click" sounds, the ship equipment that had accompanied him for many years was unloaded and broken down into usable fuel by the machine in an instant.
"Heh... I can say that this is my last contribution..."
Life after retirement became even more difficult. Due to his poor physical condition and extremely poor eyesight, he could only wander around.
I have met kind-hearted people and also encountered evil-minded hooligans. I fell asleep leaning on a long wooden bench in the park and woke up in the cool morning dew.
Hunger is like a wild dog that pursues you relentlessly, and the weakness caused by fever is like a thorn in the flesh that cannot be escaped.
The scratches on the palms are caused by scraping when groping, the long marks on the body are cuts caused by trying to break away from people with bad intentions, and the occasional bruises are caused by people who have been robbed unsuccessfully and are venting their anger.
"After all that I've been through, can I still be considered alive..."
One day, Tiancheng suddenly looked at the palm of his hand, but his vision was all dark and he could not feel where his hand was.
"Maybe... this will be the rest of my life..."
I don’t know how long I walked or where I ended up. At one point, I heard a voice behind me saying “Master Amagi…?” and I suddenly remembered, “Oh… I am Amagi…”
The girl who was supporting him said that she was Ayanami. Amagi could not imagine the image of Ayanami in his mind, nor could he see her face clearly. He could only act like a senior whom he had not met for a long time.
"It's Ayanami-chan... I'm so glad to see you."
I was inexplicably taken back to the military police by Ayanami, and I started to trouble others again...
I don't even know who caused these injuries, what's the point of telling others...
"When will you let me go...Ayanami-chan...I can't make you worry anymore..."
"Ah... Is this new kid also an expellee from the Sakura Empire?"
"Fortunately it's not... Otherwise, Senpai's appearance would have made me disillusioned no matter how I thought about it..."
