Finally, he began to feel dazed and desperate. Something was swelling inside his body and was rushing out like a thick black fog, uncovering everything around him.
The world continued to move, but to her, it was completely destroyed.
She felt no pain, her vision gradually became blurred, her body was growing while wailing, but at a certain moment, she was suppressed by the faint light emitted by a ring in the space, and shrank back into her body.
The figure that had ruined everything was hit by a beam of light and dissipated like a burnt paper, leaving only a square object that was picked up by a familiar woman with white hair.
"..This is destiny." She said, "Come with me, I will teach you how to use this power."
"But what's the use? My sister is gone."
"..."
"No, she has the power to travel through time, which means I can do it too."
"As long as I become stronger, as long as I master this power, I can save my sister before anything happens, right?"
[Helena]'s tears were evaporated by the high temperature. She took out the crudely made ring, looked at the pale and slender hand under the ruins, gritted her teeth, turned her head, and walked towards the woman with a complicated expression in the wreckage.
"I will save you, sis."
"Whatever it takes, no matter how long it takes, I will come back to save you."
"We are going to be together forever..."
[Enterprise] looked at [Helena], who had a resolute expression and could already be called a woman, walking towards him. He then looked past her at the overwhelming ruins and pursed his lips.
"Did you feel satisfied with the exit scene?"
Chapter 703 Starting over
Lying on her own bed, wrapped in clean, soft and fragrant bedding, Su Xin discovered for the first time that happiness was so close to her...
It would be perfect if the ship girls could restrain their piercing gazes.
Commander Su, who was unable to escape from her self-reflection, sighed secretly and glanced at the people standing on both sides with the corner of her eyes. Their expressions seemed as if they wanted to eat her alive.
"...Um, I need to go to the bathroom..."
"Commander, you just went there five minutes ago." Befa retorted with an impeccable smile.
Su Xin smacked her lips, "I drank too much milk, so... my metabolism is faster!"
Sheffield went forward with a cold face and pulled the quilt, "Then master, please follow me in. I will be gentler this time and will not disturb your sleep again.
“Forget it, forget it… I’ll just hold it in…” The little commander shrank his neck and silently snatched the quilt back from the maid.
What a joke, she is so old, and she still has to be tossed around in that position, what kind of baby urination skills are there, God knows how devastated she will be when she wakes up, everything has been seen, okay?!
It's too difficult. It's really too difficult.
In the other world, she not only has to worry about food and clothing, but also has to raise children well and shape their correct values, and she is even responsible for the role of "power bank".
Even if her death is approaching, she is required to find a way to end it with an "accident" so that the children will not be left without anyone to take care of them and have a poor life after her death.
The feeling of having steel bars piercing through her body was unbearable. It was painful, cold, and rusty. If she hadn't aimed to die, she would have definitely gotten dozens of tetanus shots.
After finally reaching a [Good Ending] where everyone survived, she had to be glared at by her own family when she returned. It was so hard for her. Who could be more wronged than her?
The young commander, feeling that he was being treated coldly, was furious and was about to argue with them, but when he saw everyone's red eyes, he immediately became discouraged.
"...I was wrong, I am guilty, don't be sad..."
Yixian looked at her coldly, "...You know you're wrong? You have the courage to admit it and refuse to change, right?"
"Uh... well, you can't say that... I also gained something this time." Su Xin tried to make amends, "The second phase of the research ship has been completed, and the children's data has been memorized, and..."
After saying a few words, she noticed that Yixian's face looked strange, so she quickly swallowed her words and silently admitted her mistake, "...I was too irresponsible, I'm sorry..."
"This isn't the first time, Su Xin." Yixian frowned and scolded, "Do you know how worrying it is when you're in a trance? Do you know how scared we were when you couldn't wake up all day?"
"Well...I'm here to bring them back..."
"Bring them back and then what? Are you serious about it? Have you considered their feelings after bringing them back? Do you think they would be willing to see you take risks alone just to bring back the next batch of ship girls?"
Yixian's chest was heaving, and he was obviously furious. "Everyone is willing to stay here because of you, but you are the one who is always thinking about salvaging the boat, regardless of your own safety. You will ignore us after you succeed, right?!"
Su Xin did not dare to refute and just hung her head to be scolded.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, it is true. She put the most effort into saving people from danger. After rescuing them, perhaps because she felt safe, she didn't care as much as she did at the beginning.
Logically speaking, one should pay more attention to one's family members than to outsiders, and it is obviously wrong to make one's family members worry. Her behavior seems to be putting the cart before the horse.
"I know I was wrong..."
The young commander felt guilty and raised his hand to pull the other person's clothes, but the other person turned around and walked away. He didn't even stay in the room, but opened the door and went out.
Yixian's going out was like a signal. The three maids followed closely, bowed, and then left the room on the pretext of being busy.
Su Xin was panicking and turned to look at Tian Cheng. Just as she was calmed by his smile, she heard a word of encouragement: "Su Su, I believe you can learn a lot this time."
"...Eh? Sister...what do you mean?"
Tiancheng smiled faintly and turned around, "About...how to make people happy, goodbye."
The sound of a door closing was heard, and suddenly only Su Xiaozhi and Akagi were left in the room. They were quietly staring at each other.
"...Aren't you leaving yet?" Su Xin, who was upset, couldn't help but speak first.
Akagi, who was sitting far away and did not come forward immediately, stood up and slowly approached under the increasingly vigilant gaze of the little commander until he reached the bedside.
"What to do? You may not be able to beat him now--
Before she could finish her warning, she saw the big fox kneeling on the ground, its bald tail sticking obediently to the carpet, its white skirt with red plum-like blood spots blooming like a flower.
"...Commander, it's great that you're back..."
The fox ears that were always erect drooped for a rare moment, and she bowed forward with her body until her forehead touched the ground. She continued to speak, "Akagi knows that I can't make up for what happened before, I only ask you... to take care of yourself..."
Su Xin never thought that the other party would lower his posture to such an extent, but injuries could be faked and words could be carefully embellished, so she did not believe it easily, but asked carefully.
"What happened to your tail?"
"...I was worried about the commander, and didn't want to disturb others, so...I pulled it myself."
"Then...what about these words? Were they taught by someone else?"
"...It was Sister Tiancheng." Akagi didn't raise his head. "She taught me to see my heart clearly, made me understand how ridiculous I was before, and let me know what I should have. The words... are what I wanted to say."
Su Xin recalled the other party's miserable appearance with snot and tears all over his face, and it seemed to be a little credible. Considering the cold treatment he had received during this period of time...
"...Sister Akagi, please get up first. The floor is quite dirty."
Akagi did not insist, he got up and took two steps back. He looked so humble and submissive that I was not used to seeing him. He looked like a domesticated beast that had lost its nature.
Although it was the commander's own decision to distance herself from Akagi, the other party's obedient appearance was not her original intention. After a long silence, she sighed.
"Sister Akagi, I don't think there's anything wrong with you, it's just... too extreme. I don't want to force you to be well behaved. If possible, I certainly hope that everyone can be themselves."
"If you and Sister Shoukaku don't get along, of course you can. Even if you fight, get into trouble, or break something, it doesn't matter. It's not like I can't afford to pay for it."
"But there are some things that should be agreed upon, such as the basic bottom line of being a human being and the moral standards that everyone should have."
"I don't want to turn you into an obedient puppet. I just want to give you some constraints, because this is something everyone has and will consciously abide by. In other aspects... I won't interfere."
Akagi listened attentively with her ears drooping, but she couldn't help feeling lost when she saw the little conductor get up and walk past her.
Just as she was immersed in regret, Su Xin's doubtful voice suddenly sounded behind her.
"...Aren't you going out together? What are you doing here alone?"
"Commander...are you not so disappointed that you want to abandon Akagi...?"
"...What are you thinking about? I'm back, so of course I plan to go out and see everyone, and by the way, ask them to calm down..." The little commander scratched his head and continued:
"As for abandoning me... you already know you were wrong, don't be like me and don't repent, okay? Uh... I mean, you should correct your mistakes like me!"
Akagi was stunned for a moment, then understood the subtext, and she blinked away her tears, changed into her original red dress, turned around with a smile and followed.
"I... understand, Commander."
Chapter 704: Coaxing girls? I'm really good at it! (1
After a whole day, when Su Xin went out and saw the familiar port area, she couldn't help feeling a little nostalgic.
Ah, this mountain, ah, this tree, ah, this pair of underwear floating in the air, ah...ah?
The young commander, who had just taken two breaths of fresh air, was stunned. He shook his head, removed the filter and took a closer look. Wow, it was indeed underwear.
After leaving the dull and depressing world and getting rid of the fear of gradually approaching death, Su Xin felt that life was full of surprises. Even when faced with such absurd things, she could deal with them calmly.
Look at this pair of pants. They are in very new condition, which means they have not been worn much. However, the color is bright and the style is fancy, so obviously not everyone would buy them.
Look at the transparent silk thread hanging on the trousers, extending all the way upstairs, which means that this is the "bait" and there must be someone "fishing" upstairs.
Akagi followed out of the room, his nose twitched, and his expression immediately became gloomy. However, due to the presence of the young commander, he held back from getting angry.
She thought Su Xin would just walk by or look up curiously, but she went back to the house, got a broom, passed it through the two leg holes of her pants, and then stuffed the broom into her hand.
"Quick, pull harder."
To be honest, Akagi was stunned for a moment, but this move was exactly what she wanted. Since the commander allowed it, then doing something naturally became legal.
In a flash, Akagi, holding both ends of the broom with both hands, pulled his pants back. The huge force obviously caught the people on the rooftop off guard.
With a cry of "Aiya~~~", a woman in a red robe fell down. Su Xin, who was prepared, grabbed her by the back of the collar and hung her in the air.
"Ah, Commander, you are really a hero of Taiho~ Hurry up and save Taiho. It's so high up here..."
Su Xin didn't buy it at all. She swung her arms up on the railing, and amid the other party's unexpected shouts, she let go and threw the Sakura aircraft carrier into the green belt downstairs.
"Did you land safely?"
"It's safe, but my butt is——
"As long as I'm safe." The little commander clapped his hands and turned away. "I'm going to apologize to the sisters. Bye, Sister Akagi~"
Akagi had no intention of forcing herself to follow. She was deeply touched by Su Xin's attitude today, so she was very easy to talk to. She glanced at the bushes downstairs and left.
Only the big phoenix that emerged from the bushes was extremely discouraged. "Tsk, no one took the bait. I finally saw him once. Could it be...could it be that the master doesn't like the one with less fabric?"
Since the barbarians built the camp dormitory, there were no more big projects to work on and they returned to their daily work of cleaning.
When they saw the little commander, they waved their chicken wings to greet him and gave him some melon seeds and nuts.
After experiencing death, Su Xin became more open-minded and felt that her family members were precious, so she returned the gifts one by one. They were all snacks, which was equivalent to delivering meals given the size of the Manqiu.
This made the passing fireflies very greedy, and they immediately pulled the monarch's clothes, "Sister Monarch, shall we go say hello to the commander? Maybe they will give us some too?"
The monarch has been in the port for a while, but he still can't get used to the feeling of getting along with the royal ship girls. The main reason is that he is too concerned about her, which makes her feel a bit burdened.
You say she feels aggrieved because she was abandoned...but this was done by the [Royal] and has nothing to do with the KanColle. But if you say she doesn't blame anyone...if Wales was here, she would definitely compare him to her.
Furthermore, when she attended tea parties, Hood and Glory would always talk to her, probably because they were afraid that she would be left out, which made the monarch feel a little restrained as a guest, but in the end, children were easier to get along with.
She had no objection to Firefly's suggestion. Rather, she was happy about it, so she took the Destroyer's hand and walked over.
"Commander, what a coincidence. Do you need me to do anything right now?"
Firefly was stunned and immediately shook his head, "That's not the case, Commander sister, we are here to say hello to you~"
Su Xin came back to her senses and smiled, "Ah, Firefly, Sister Monarch, hello, where are you going?"
"School will be over after physical education class, and Sister Royal Ark will let us do whatever we want, so I'm going to take Sister Monarch out to play~"
This is strange. I thought the Royal Ark would not miss any opportunity to get in close contact with the destroyer, but I didn't expect that they would be willing to leave school early today.
Commander Su felt it was strange, but he didn't ask anything. Looking at the child biting his index finger with bright eyes, how could he not know what the other party was really doing?
So she was very considerate and handed over a lot of desserts, "Well... this is for you and sister Monarch? She must be embarrassed to take it, so I'll give it all to you. Remember to give her some, okay?"
"Yeah! Hehe~ Thank you, Commander sister!"
The monarch's expression was a little unnatural. She always felt that she was also being treated like a child, but the little commander didn't say anything, so she had to follow suit and thank him.
"...Thank you for your gift. If there is anything I can help you with—"
"Yes, keep an eye on the fireflies and don't let them get lost. Have fun, okay?" Su Xin tilted her head and smiled gently, like an elder.
"...I understand. Then...bye."
"Goodbye, Commander Sister~"
"Well, goodbye." The young commander waved his hand, turned around and continued to walk towards the cafeteria.
