This is a very simple and regular thing.
Handing over the ring, letting York hold it for a while, taking the ring back, wiping it clean and putting it away was not difficult, so Helena did not take the matter too seriously.
But the strange thing was that this time she returned to the lounge of the cafe two days earlier, but did not see the person who should have been waiting for her with a smile on his face.
It was very quiet everywhere. There was no sound of customers taking orders, no noise from employees, and even the lights were not on.
[Helena] frowned and turned on the lights in the lounge. She saw scraps of paper on the floor and a slightly messy bed.
She didn't understand what was happening and wanted to jump forward two days, but she found that she suddenly couldn't do it. This was very strange because she had been able to do it before.
At that time, in order to observe Su Xin, she went back to her childhood, but could not see anything wrong.
In her impression, her sister was a gentle, patient person with rich emotions, but Su Xin had been very withdrawn since she was a child and did not fit her sister's image.
Although Su Xin has a piece of metal with strange functions, according to observations, this thing is more like some kind of ability unlocked in the process of becoming a ship girl.
In the more than half a year of living in the courtyard, she had never seen anything like this on her sister. Compared to Su Xin's awakened ability, the ring seemed more like something her sister had obtained by chance and was finally snatched away by her.
Except for the metal piece and the gender, all other points are wrong.
After a long period of aimless searching, Helena's obsession was constantly worn away. Now, she no longer has the desire to continue the pursuit, because she knows that person is unique.
So after eliminating Su Xin, she never skipped forward in time again. Unexpectedly, it suddenly failed when she was about to skip this time.
The simplest method was restricted, so Helena had to settle for the next best thing. She controlled the energy particles to piece together the confetti at an extremely fast speed, and it took two minutes to restore it to its original state.
This is a transfer agreement. According to York City's character, if it is not irreversible, the other party will never write something like this to give up their peaceful life.
"Something happened? But she was clearly no different before."
"Is it an energy riot? Then I have to go find Su Xin to ask for a—"
"No, although I haven't used this ring for a long time, if it loses its effect, York City should have reminded me."
"So the ring should still have some power. There's no point in looking for Su Xin. Instead, it will drag her into unnecessary events."
"Since it's not an energy riot, then... the only thing left is the Siren, right?"
[Helena] had no time to verify the function of the ring. Her figure disappeared in the room in an instant. In a moment, she arrived in front of the Siren base shrouded in thick fog.
There, there was a dark-skinned man leisurely gnawing on a struggling sea fish in his hand.
"Oh? You're here."
Sternkus crushed the fish in her hand and threw the remains into the water. Energy began to gather in her forearms, forming a pair of huge and hideous armor.
"Hehehe... I'm afraid you'll say it's unfair for me to fight two against one. Why don't we go to a place where no one knows?"
Chapter 732 Clarity
When Su Xin received the call, she happened to be in her room preparing to take a nap.
Harman cried and said a lot of things, but what he wanted to express was very simple, that is, "Yorktown is sick and missing, I want to find her."
Harman, who had been kept in the dark, still believed that his boss was a human being. He searched everywhere on land but found nothing.
Because as a human being, if you are sick you should go to the hospital, if you leave you should take the train, if you check into a hotel you need your ID card, and wherever you go there will be street surveillance records.
But all the hospitals in the city were screened, all the hotels were checked, and all the surveillance videos were watched, but there was still no news.
Harman was really at his wit's end, so he thought of asking that strange human friend for help.
Su Xin was lying on the bed, dazed. She knew nothing about this matter. No one told her that York City's health had deteriorated, and no one told her about the transfer agreement.
The sudden phone call tightened the slack string in her mind, making the young commander, who had been slacking off after escaping death once, perk up again.
"Wait a minute, have you searched everywhere in the city?"
[Wow… I’ve searched everywhere, but the military police said they have no clues… I really have no other options…]
"What about the sea?"
[…Wh, what?]
Su Xin hesitated a little. Yorktown's identity was actually a secret. In principle, she had to respect Yorktown's wishes and keep it secret from Harman. But when she heard the sobs on the other end of the phone, her insistence was somewhat shaken.
"Lafite? Call Tiancheng and ask her to come over, and call Yixian." Su Xin patted the bunny's butt and comforted him, "Don't cry yet, we'll think of a solution."
[You… wuwu… what do you mean by the sea? Will she take a boat? But there’s nothing in the port video…]
Seeing Lafite obediently go out to call people, Su Xin pursed her lips and paused, then chose to speak frankly: "She... is actually Yorktown after she retired."
【…】
"In fact, she was the one who told us about her retirement, so if she suddenly disappeared, it's possible that she went out to sea..."
[Yorktown…sister?]
[You...she...]
【...】
[I, I want to find her now. If you have any news, please tell me——
【beep one】
Su Xin was stunned and hurriedly called back, but Harman didn't answer the phone. It was obvious that the sentence just now had not been finished, but the fairy tale was over, which made her very anxious.
Yixian, who lived next door, followed Lafei into the house. Within two minutes, Amagi, who came from the dormitory of Sakura City not far away, also arrived.
"What happened?"
Yixian frowned slightly. Lafei and Tiancheng did not speak. They sat on the sofas on both sides, waiting quietly for Su Xin's explanation.
"...Yorktown is missing, leaving only a property transfer document. Just now, Harman called me and asked for my help, saying that the military police had no news. I asked her if she had gone to the sea to look for it..."
Tiancheng was stunned, "You told her?"
"...right."
"But according to her personality, she will definitely go to the sea to look for it, right? It's okay if a few people go together, but if she is too anxious to go alone, she might encounter danger..."
Su Xin reacted and felt very regretful. She called Rodney to briefly explain the situation.
Tiancheng didn't mean to blame her. After the commander finished the call, he shook his ears and analyzed: "Since Yorktown is gone, there are only two possibilities."
"One is that they left on their own initiative for some reason and didn't want others to find them."
"Second, someone took her away in some way, so they couldn't find her."
"If he left voluntarily, then the agreement makes sense. He may have known that his illness could not last any longer, so he wanted to find a place to spend his last days."
"But there is a flaw in this speculation. If she really left in a retired state, she would not be able to escape the pursuit of the military police. After all, it is very difficult for ordinary people to disappear without a trace."
"So I'm more inclined to believe that...she didn't retire."
Su Xin was stunned. Indeed, they had never verified the authenticity of this statement.
It seems that when the deal was reached, the legendary ship girl Enterprise personally delivered a large number of [Mind Cubes], causing them to subconsciously accept the assumption that [Yorktown is a retired ship with no space].
Or, the company knew about it and did it on purpose because it didn't want to expose Yorktown's identity.
Or, York City even concealed something from the company, and the company might have been confused by the retirement statement from the beginning.
Tiancheng paused and continued, "If she has not retired, then she has the ability to leave the city without anyone noticing. In this way, the possibility of finding her... is very small."
"If it's the second case, she was forcibly taken away, then there's a high probability that she wouldn't have had the chance to keep the agreement."
"Assuming she retired, the only people who could take her away like this are KanColle or Siren. Assuming she didn't retire, the only people who could take her away like this are... Siren."
"If it is really a Siren ship, it shouldn't target a ship girl like this. So Yorktown must have violated some taboo, or there is something wrong with it, which led to their attack."
"And she was able to attract the attention of the Siren. You also said before that she saved Helena many years ago. So is it possible that Yorktown is... the same type of person as Helena and Enterprise?"
Su Xin widened her eyes. [META] Ship girl? She really had never thought of this possibility, but when she thought about it carefully, it seemed to make sense.
What kind of ship girl would dare to take in a wounded person like META?
Since the level of [META power] is so high, can a normal ship girl really overcome its destruction and take away the most central emission source?
"Now... you can ask the Purifier. If she hesitates, prevaricates, or doesn't answer the phone, then it is likely that this matter is related to the Siren."
"If she had simply offered to help, or told us straight out that she was busy, then Siren would have been cleared of suspicion."
Su Xin frowned, took out her cell phone and called a good friend who had returned to the base.
The phone rang for a long time but no one answered, so she had to wait quietly for the prompt tone, then hung up and called again.
It was not until the end of the seventeenth attempt that the other party answered the call.
[Hello? What's wrong? I, I just woke up. I've been very busy lately. What's going on?]
"...Yorktown, the owner of the cafe, have you ever met her?"
[Uh…No, what’s wrong?]
"...Is it at your place? I want to go over and take a look."
【…】
"Purifier?"
[Susu, I...can't agree to you. I am Siren, I have my own position, and...even if I help you again this time, things won't end easily.]
[That guy Stellencus will definitely complain. There is a certain probability that I will be transferred to another experimental site, and I will not be able to live in your house in the future. Do you... really want this? For a META ship that you are not close to?]
"You mean you can't come out to help me this time, right? Then it's okay for me to do it myself, right?"
[Wait, you come by yourself? The arbitration agency is much more capable than me. Don't
【beep--】
Su Xin was stunned, and something cold and soft touched the side of her face, "...Suzuka?"
The pen on the table suddenly floated up, and amid the rapid ringing of the phone, it swayed and fell on the paper not far away, and wrote a few very childish words stroke by stroke.
【I can take you there】
Chapter 733 Entrustment
It is a very mysterious thing for a spirit to say that it has the ability to take people across thousands of miles to reach their destination.
But Nagato said that Suzuka was originally the shikigami of the Yura ship, and her prototype was a legendary figure of the Sakura Empire, who was proficient in swordsmanship and used magical powers. So... it's not completely impossible?
"So, how are you going to take me there?"
The pen wrote a few more large characters on the paper: [Apparition Spell]
Su Xin didn't understand. Let's not talk about how to draw this spell. Just looking at the name, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with flying, hiding underground, teleportation, etc. So what's the use of it?
Tiancheng didn't understand at first, but after careful consideration, she really guessed what Suzuka meant, "You are not going to use the passage set up by the Purifier here, are you?"
The gel pen swayed and made a check mark on the paper.
Su Xin was surprised by this, but they really had no way to get to the scene quickly, so why not let Suzuka try?
After getting permission from the little commander, Suzuka immediately floated out of the room, leaving the four of them looking at each other in silence.
"...Are you not going to persuade me this time...?" Su Xin pinched her leg lightly and spoke first.
Yixian smiled helplessly, "Even if I persuade you, you won't listen, right? At least you asked us to come over to discuss it together this time, which is considered progress..."
Lafite silently snuggled into the little commander's arms, buried his head and said nothing, allowing Su Xin to touch his head again and again.
Tiancheng's expression was also complicated. After all, it was she who analyzed the matter and she was the one who asked the commander to make the call. To some extent, it was she who strengthened Su Xin's will.
In the past, she would have gone no matter what, but now, considering that her strength is no longer the best in Hong Kong, and she is not even in the top three...
Su Xin looked at the three silent people and wanted to comfort them, but she couldn't think of any pleasing words.
It was not until there was a knock on the door that they came back to their senses and heard the little conductor call out, "Come in."
"excuse me."
Nagato, the short leader of the Sakura Empire, walked in under everyone's gaze, turned around, closed the door and locked it, then came closer to explain, "Suzuka asked me to come over, what happened?"
"Yes... this is what happened." The little commander said succinctly, "I want to ask Suzuka to help me draw the [Apparition Spell]. After she agreed, she asked you to come over..."
"...What curse?"
"【Revelation Spell】, um... Nagato, don't you know it?"
Nagato blushed slightly, "I'm not very good at witchcraft, I just know a little bit about spiritualism..."
