"...I've never seen such a scene before. It's a bit scary."
Although Tiancheng is always gentle, it always gives people a feeling of being calm and indifferent, as if it takes the world lightly and is always confident.
Even though he had lost his ship equipment, after spending some time together, Yubari knew that Amagi's sense of propriety had not changed. He had never seen such a cautious look and such a gentle tone before.
"Hmm... let me think about it." Amagi held the phone in one hand and touched the ship outfit again with the other hand, but he was not as focused on it as before.
"In fact, the key to activating skills is... a person's belief, and after belief comes proficiency."
As if he heard something funny, Tiancheng smiled and said, "Ah... that's really strong..."
She seemed to be coaxing a child, and seemed extremely patient. "Is it possible that the direction of belief is wrong?"
"Of course, my original belief was to protect. I hope that as a strategist, I can make plans from afar and protect everyone in the Sakura Empire. This is my unique belief."
The ship equipment that Amagi touched lit up slightly for a moment. Amagi didn't notice it, but Yubari did. She opened her mouth hurriedly, but seeing that Amagi was talking on the phone with a smile, she failed to interrupt the call.
Tiancheng paused, and then continued, "Ms. Hood's belief should be the thing that she values most as herself. Susu, do you want to... go and talk to her?"
The room was quiet for a moment, and then Tiancheng smiled and said goodbye, "Then Susu, go quickly."
Then there was a pause of three or four seconds before Amagi put away his phone and restrained his facial expression.
"Are you... done?" Yubari leaned forward.
"Well. Is Ruyue awake?" Tiancheng regained his usual composure and asked with some apology.
Yubari turned his head and took a look, then replied, "No."
After thinking for a while, Yubari asked again, "What did she say in the end?"
Amagi shook his head.
Yubari asked again, "Then why... don't you hang up the phone?"
Yubari was very anxious because the ship equipment did glow just now, but she was afraid that Su Xin might have something important to say at the end, so she had to ask first.
"I just wanted her to hang up first."
Yubari was horrified.
"WC? Who am I? Where am I? Isn't she a senior? Why is she like a little boy in love?" "Ah, I have something important to tell you."
"Did I just...look like I was in love?"
Yubari Horror
“I actually said it out loud!”
She hurriedly tried to make amends, but the moment she raised her eyes she saw a suspicious blush on Tiancheng's face, and she was stuck.
Yubari had mixed feelings, but at least he didn't forget the important matter and only spoke after adjusting his attitude.
"I just saw the ship's suit glowing."
Tiancheng came back to his senses instantly, "Are you serious?"
The quilt in the bed not far away moved a little, but Amagi couldn't see it and Yubari didn't care.
"Really, it lit up when you said faith."
Amagi exerted force suddenly with the five fingers that were touching the ship suit, and her fingertips turned white. No wonder she was so excited. This might be the only proof in a long time that their efforts were not in vain.
Yubari wanted to confirm it again, and Amagi also wanted to witness this change in person, so she concentrated all her attention and silently recalled her original beliefs in her heart.
"guard."
"Heavy Sakura."
"...Su."
The ship's equipment suddenly lit up, the muzzle of the gun rose slightly with a "click", and then fell silent.
The room was silent, but the two were obviously not as calm as they appeared.
Tiancheng withdrew his hand tremblingly, took several deep breaths but still couldn't hold back the tears.
Yubari was also moved by her, but as a scientific researcher after all, she was the first to calm down and begin to analyze and discuss seriously.
Finally, Yubari put forward the point of view: the connection between ship equipment depends on idealistic power, but the matching degree of ship equipment still depends on the ship equipment value.
When everyone arrived in the evening, Yubari announced the good news and everyone was happy for Amagi.
The loudmouthed Fang Yan immediately wanted to call Su Xin to tell her the good news, but was stopped by Tian Cheng.
"Tell her when you've fully recovered. You can't be sure of that now, right?"
"Well... okay..." Fang Yan finally compromised under the pressure from her elders.
From then on, in addition to sensing the ship equipment, Amagi also had to pay attention to the fit of the ship equipment. If he felt that there was something not quite right, he would point it out in time and Yubari would make modifications.
The task is heavier, but full of hope.
Tiancheng was very satisfied. Every day seemed like he was walking on a road leading to light. Flowers decorated every step of the way. At the end of the road was a black-haired girl whose face could not be seen clearly.
Tiancheng knew that it was Su Xin.
That will be the future commander that he admits to himself.
Bring hope to your life.
commander.
ps: The donkeys in the production team! Um... continue tomorrow (run
Chapter 69 Transition
As the days go by, the ship girls grow up every day, and the situation in Amagi improves day by day, but some things will eventually happen.
On December 12, Christmas Eve before Christmas, it was afternoon, Su Xin and Eldridge were huddled in the command room. Su Xin was still reading, while Eldridge was sleeping on Su Xin's bed.
Su Xin still wasn't used to it. Although the current on Eldridge wasn't strong, she felt numb when their skin touched each other, like the feeling on her lips after eating too much pepper. There was a kind of numbness that she couldn't quite control.
"But it's still bearable." Su Xin turned her eyes away from the book and looked at the little hedgehog sleeping on her shoulder. "Ah... I have two sisters all of a sudden. After Ruyue comes back, there will be three."
"Well... I also have to be more aware of being a sister." Su Xin suddenly encouraged herself and continued reading.
Suddenly the phone on his desk rang. The old ringtone sounded very harsh, and Eldridge woke up immediately.
"Commander?" She rubbed her sleepy eyes. "Phone..."
Su Xin was also very curious. Normally, this phone wouldn't ring. This was the first time it had rung in such a long time.
Su Xin quickly walked to the table and answered the phone.
There was a female voice on the other end of the phone. She spoke very quickly because she was anxious, but her words were very clear.
"Commander Su Xin, hello, this is the Navy Regional Division, and we are issuing the following notice."
"Well, sister, you say."
The person on the other end seemed to pause when being called "sister", but she quickly replied with the next words.
"We have received news from the front that the Sirens have been gathering abnormally recently, and the scale is huge. We are now requesting that all ports be temporarily closed and meet at the naval regional branch."
The other party paused, as if giving Su Xin some time to understand and digest, and then continued.
"The time is set for five days later. Commander Su, please leave as soon as possible. Thank you."
In this situation, Su Xin could only answer, "I understand."
The two parties then ended the call.
Eldridge walked up to Su Xin with his chubby little legs, his ahoge curled into a question mark.
"?"
Su Xin touched her head, and the static electricity pricked Su Xin's hand slightly, making a soft "beep" sound.
"Well... let's talk about it when we get here.
The sofa in the command room was full. Su Xin only started to explain the whole story when she saw that everyone was there.
"Maybe...the Sirens are about to launch a formal attack." Su Xin thought for a while and made a speculation.
All the ship girls were very serious. The Sirens they had encountered occasionally before were only two or three in number. They had never seen a large number of Sirens gathering when escorting merchant ships. The ship girls had never really participated in real large-scale combat.
Su Xin seemed more nervous than the other girls. She knew that this was the reality. The girls would really die if the ship sank. She didn't even want them to attack at first, because if something unexpected happened, she would be helpless.
Law can't be saved.
Seeing that their commander was even more nervous than themselves, with a sad face as if he had eaten bitter herbs, the other ship girls became less serious and started to comfort Su Xin instead.
"It's okay, Susu, I'm just going to a meeting."
"Well, and we are not strong enough, so we may not necessarily go to the front line to participate in the battle."
"In fact, I think we can definitely win, we are all very strong!"
Su Xin forced a smile and began brainstorming again, considering all possible problems and looking for solutions to them. This was something she had always done out of habit.
She pondered for a while before speaking again, her voice an octave lower, as depressed as her mood.
"Ming Miao, do you have any more boxes? The best."
"Hmm... there are still more than a hundred purple boxes... there are only thirty gold boxes, meow..." Mingmiao silently counted, and then added, "These are not painted boxes, meow."
"Open them all. I'll pay for the expenses. If you find better equipment, just replace it directly."
"Didn't you collect a lot of siren debris before? Is there anything you can use?"
Ming Miao slapped his head and said, "Ah, I almost forgot, Miao, I extracted some parts that should be able to be used to strengthen the equipment, Miao."
"Then choose the best equipment after opening the box and use up all the enhanced parts directly."
Ming Miao was shocked by the level of wealth of this person. He took out a calculator and started typing frantically. The electronic female voice never stopped counting.
"Back to zero, two thousand and zero times one three four plus five thousand and zero times..." He made a sip sound while calculating, and his money-grubber nature attracted everyone's attention.
Su Xin didn't care about that. She gave detailed instructions to the ship girls. The content was all the same, nothing more than "pay attention to safety", "run quickly if there is danger", "survival is the most important thing" and so on.
None of the ship girls interrupted her. After all, everyone could see that Su Xin was really afraid of something happening.
"The meeting will be held in five days. It will only take one day from now. In the remaining four days, everyone should rest well except for patrolling."
Su Xin thought for a moment and said, "Ming Miao, work overtime and try to strengthen the ship equipment. I will pay you for the overtime."
Ming Miao was not so ignorant. "Hey, Commander, what did you mean by overtime pay? But since you mentioned it... I can give you a discount, 70% off!"
Su Xin nodded without hesitation.
During dinner, the atmosphere was dull and there was a depressing feeling as if a storm was about to come.
When Lafei slept with Su Xin at night, he would occasionally wake up in the middle of the night and find that Su Xin had wrapped herself around him so tightly that he felt suffocated.
Even in her sleep, Su Xin's brows were tightly furrowed, like wrinkled waves, with a small hillock raised between her brows.
Lafite reached out from under the quilt and gently touched Su Xin's head. Seeing that Su Xin's tension was relieved a lot, he fell asleep again.
This situation continued until the eve of the fifth day's meeting.
The naval regional branch is very large, the architecture appears very modern, and the ship girls patrolling back and forth show how much importance this place holds.
There were many commanders who came to participate in the meeting, roughly estimated to be nearly twenty, including men, women, young and old. However, Su Xin was obviously the youngest in the group and received all kinds of meaningful looks.
Su Xin was shy, but she forced herself to stay calm. At this moment, all she needed to do was stand up and straighten her back.
The meeting was held in the afternoon and was very short. Basically, the branch explained the current movements and trends of the Siren and asked all the commanders present to participate and fight the enemy together.
This was undoubtedly bad news for Su Xin. She never wanted her own ship girl to be in uncertain danger, but she couldn't refuse. This was the decision of the human side and she had to abide by it.
Two days later, the commanders and ship girls of each port area will be transported in batches by the official and go to the front line to participate in the battle.
After Su Xin came back, she had been thinking silently. Her meals were tasteless and she couldn't sleep well. She was only thinking about how to increase the survival rate of her own ship girls.
She looked at the progress bar of the virtual port area, which was 40 percent. It had been here for a long time.
I have already collected a certain number of Rubik's Cubes, so I simply started to deconstruct and absorb the Rubik's Cubes piece by piece in the hotel under the nervous gaze of the other ship girls.
The progress bar increased very slowly, but the number of Rubik's Cubes was quite large. When all the Rubik's Cubes were used up, the progress bar barely reached the 50% node.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Su Xin only felt an unusual itchiness on the top of her head and her tailbone.
At a certain moment, with a slight "bang" sound, and amid the exclamations of the crowd, a pair of... cat ears appeared on Su Xin's head?
ps: There is a ship outfit~
