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Sukhbaatar had only risked keeping Pachina alive out of interest; now that she couldn't find any interest in Pachina, she had lost her reason to protect her.
If Pachina stays by Sukhbaatar's side, the deep-sea scent on her body will be absorbed. Even if Sukhbaatar doesn't kill her with one shot, but simply leaves her, the deep-sea scent on Pachina will still become more noticeable.
In a city full of admirals and ship girls, a deep-sea commander like Pachina, who has no power to fight back, is basically doomed.
Thinking this, Pachina panicked again.
She looked at Xiaobai and Sukhbaatar in front of her, her eyes filled with panic.
Xiaobai could naturally see that Sukhbaatar was going to give up on Pachina, and looking at Pachina, she couldn't help but feel a little reluctant.
Perhaps it was a conversation in the spiritual world, or perhaps they were both owners of land-based ship equipment, or perhaps they simply felt that Pachina looked pitiful.
"What do you plan to do with that Lord Su?" Xiaobai asked.
"Well, he is the Dean of the Deep Sea Institute after all. Let's capture him alive and hand him over to the state."
Even deep-sea replenishment ships can receive substantial rewards upon being handed over to the state, let alone the director of the deep-sea research institute.
Perhaps with Sukhbaatar's surrender, she will have endless wealth.
Wait a minute, if I think about it that way, does that mean even a rookie naval base can't use wages to keep Sukhbaatar in check?
Wouldn't that put the secrets of their own ship equipment in danger again?
No, we absolutely must stop Sukhbaatar!
"Lord Su, please don't hand her over, okay?" Xiao Bai asked.
"Huh? What's wrong?"
"Hmm..." Xiaobai tried her best to think of an excuse.
She wanted to say something like, "Look how pitiful Pachina is. Sending her to a research institution would be a near-death experience," but it was clear that those words wouldn't sway Sukhbaatar at all.
At the crucial moment, it was Veneto who saw through Bai's thoughts.
Veneto stepped forward: "Even if you destroy all of Pachina's ship equipment, she is still the head of the Abyss, the leader of the Abyss. Capturing an Abyss head can bring huge benefits to our naval base. As long as we can conquer her and use her for our purposes, the strategic value she brings cannot be measured in money."
Little White gave Veneto a grateful look.
“Oh…that’s true.” Sukhbaatar nodded. “But hiding the Dean in the deep sea is still…ah, never mind.”
Sukhbaatar almost forgot that there was a Deep Sea Yamato in Shiro's naval base.
Whether they hide one director of the Deep Sea Academy or two, it's the same as throwing caution to the wind; there's probably no difference.
Ah, this garrison.
That's so interesting!
“Okay, sure.” Sukhbaatar nodded in agreement.
Xiaobai was surprised by how quickly Sukhbaatar agreed.
She must have known the reward that handing over a Deep Sea Dean could bring. As a ship girl who is obsessed with money, it is truly unexpected that she could give up such a temptation.
“Don’t look at me like that. Actually, it would be quite troublesome for me to hand it over myself,” Sukhbaatar said. “Well, for someone of my status, there are always limitations on my actions.”
"Did you hear that? I've decided to spare your life," Sukhbaatar said, turning to Pachina.
Pachina breathed a sigh of relief, and the resentment in her eyes lessened somewhat as she looked at Xiaobai.
“But it’s rather troublesome for you to stay by my side and let me absorb deep-sea energy all the time.” Sukhbaatar walked up to Pachina and summoned his ship equipment.
This is the first time Xiaobai has seen the ship's equipment of Sukhbaatar.
It's like a toy, without even a turret or landing gear.
Sukhbaatar reached out and broke off a small piece of his ship's equipment like a cookie, placing it in Pachina's hand: "Take this with you; it will absorb your deep-sea aura."
Sukhbaatar took a few steps back.
Sure enough, even after Sukhbaatar left Pachina, no more deep-sea aura appeared on Pachina.
"Huh?" Xiaobai stared blankly as Sukhbaatar casually tore off his ship's rigging without any hesitation. "Lord Sukhbaatar, you..."
"It's alright, my ship equipment will gradually recover."
"Wow……"
“That’s impressive, isn’t it?”
Xiao Bai clapped.
She was increasingly feeling that Sukhbaatar was a magical ship girl.
"Well, I think I caught Pachina for you guys, so shouldn't I get a raise?" Sukhbaatar still thought about money.
"Okay, a raise, a raise," Xiaobai agreed.
Since Sukhbaatar has the ability to take on the Deep Sea Commander in one-on-one combat, his salary is definitely not something that heavy cruisers can afford.
It's at least on par with Saratoga.
"Hehe." Sukhbaatar laughed, his face flushed. "Then give me some more of the advance on my salary."
“Hmm…” Xiaobai opened his wallet.
Empty.
Ah, I gave it all to Lord Su yesterday...
"Lord Su, could you wait for me for a day? I'm out of cash. I'll go to the Admiral's Guild to exchange some money for you," Xiao Bai asked.
"Yes, sure, sure." Sukhbaatar gave an OK sign.
After learning about Sukhbaatar's amazing combat capabilities and her incredible ship equipment that could conceal the aura of the deep sea, Xiaobai felt that no matter how much salary she was paid, it wouldn't be a loss.
Speaking of which, I made an appointment with Nia yesterday to go to the Admiral's Guild to exchange money, but then I forgot about it because I created a ship girl.
“Sukhbaatar, who exactly are you?” Veneto asked.
Sukhbaatar is really strange.
No, it's not strange, it's amazing.
Her existence completely overturned the concept of ship girls.
She has no aura of a ship girl, yet possesses the combat power to capture an Abyssal being alive. Her ship equipment also has the power to conceal her aura. More importantly, she claims that her ship equipment can slowly recover.
None of these characteristics are things that normal ship girls possess.
"Didn't I already say? I'm the world's number one ship girl," Sukhbaatar replied. "Whether it's strength or time, I'm number one in the world."
After saying that, Sukhbaatar struck the same pose he had with Xiaobai yesterday at noon.
"I am the gatekeeper and guardian deity of the first chapter's sea area, a legendary figure who protects the adorable fledglings from the invasion of powerful deep-sea forces, allowing them to grow strong! An SSR-class super ship girl! The world's strongest ship girl and the universe's strongest ship girl, the supply ship Sukhbaatar!" Sukhbaatar put one hand on her hip, raised a V-sign, held it horizontally in front of her eyes, and winked at Xiaobai, "Please fall in love with me as much as you like!"
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Sukhbaatar is the oldest ship girl.
If classified by quality, she belongs to the legendary ship girl radiating orange light, much like the strongest man on the lamp in a certain story about a battle of wishing machines.
Her prototype is a Mongolian Navy supply ship, an unnamed vessel located in a small inland trench. She has never interacted with any other ship girls in the world today, and theoretically, there is no legend associated with her.
Records about Sukhbaatar are at best anecdotal.
But she is indeed the world's first ship girl.
The fact that she has no legends is precisely the key to her all-encompassing nature. As the origin of ship girls, it is her blank-slate characteristic that allows Sukhbaatar to embrace the legends of other ship girls.
The power of ship girls originates from legends, so even though Sukhbaatar is just a weak supply ship, she possesses an incredibly cliché yet heaven-defying ability: transformation.
When she is enraged, the entire ocean will tremble.
The legends of the other ship girls sleeping within her will transform into ship equipment when she is enraged, making her an aviation battleship with unparalleled combat power in a short period of time.
Let alone one Deep Sea Dean, even seven or eight Deep Sea Yamatos together couldn't beat her.
Okay, that's enough bragging.
Sukhbaatar has never had an admiral, and she cannot control her emotions at all times. As a combatant, she is not stable. So she stays at the end of the first chapter of the sea and obediently acts as a gatekeeper.
This task is quite important. The first chapter's sea area is full of new admirals. If a powerful deep-sea creature were to accidentally wander in from outside, it would be a devastating loss for humanity. Sukhbaatar has been guarding the normal sea area of what he calls the fifth node, at the end of the fourth node.
Then, the day came when she was slacking off as usual and met Xiaobai, and was inexplicably half-forced and half-tricked into becoming her ship girl.
Everyone in the room stared at Sukhbaatar in that pose without saying a word.
"Lord Su?"
"kindness?"
"So you're the one guarding the First Sea Area?"
"kindness."
"Isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to come with us?" Xiaobai asked with some concern.
"What's wrong with that? Anyway, nobody cares about me, and don't worry, I'm not the only one guarding the First Sea." Sukhbaatar reassured Little White not to worry, "Besides, ultimately, it's up to you humans to work on your own things."
“That’s true.” Xiaobai smiled.
Xiao Bai was relieved after Sukhbaatar said that.
After a while, Fubuki and the others woke up and ran to the room. They were all startled when they saw Pachina. Shiro spent some time explaining to them.
The destroyers felt slightly uncomfortable with the sudden arrival of the Deep Sea Dean, but Pachina had been very well-behaved since she entered, and Fubuki and the others quickly accepted her.
After all, Pachina's current ship equipment has been brutally destroyed by Sukhbaatar, and its combat power is not even as high as that of the Abyssal Yamato.
Even if she had some ulterior motives, how could this kind of salted fish deep-sea warrior possibly defeat an admiral with deep-sea ship equipment?
The piece of Sukhbaatar's ship equipment that Pachina held was shaped into a simple bracelet by Veneto and worn on her body as a tool to absorb her deep-sea aura.
After everyone tidied up, they woke up the Emperor and set off in a grand procession.
Sukhbaatar, having nothing better to do, followed Xiaobai along. Pachina, due to her special status, also had to accompany her. Rome and the Empire, needless to say, how could a ship girl not go on an expedition?
So, without realizing it, the number of Xiaobai's group increased from six to ten.
When they came out of the hotel, the hostess stared at Xiaobai with wide eyes.
This young lady has spent so much time in the first chapter's sea area, and this is the first time she's seen an admiral with so many ship girls.
Moreover, this admiral only had five ship girls a day before, but in just one night, four more inexplicably appeared. It's really terrifying.
On their way to the Admiral's Guild, Xiaobai and his group could truly be described as singing and dancing.
All sorts of beautiful girls with various expressions and ship girls of different attributes chatted with each other. Some were fast asleep with their heads down, some were chattering around the admiral, and some stood aside like guardian deities, there was something for everyone.
The Admiral's Guild is packed with people again today.
Nia and Cleveland stood at the entrance of the Admiral's Guild, waiting for Little White.
"Nia!" Little White waved and walked over.
The commotion behind Xiaobai was so immense that it was impossible for the surrounding admirals not to notice her.
"Good morning, Xiaobai." Nia smiled at Xiaobai.
"Good morning, Nia. Did you wait long today?"
"No, I just got here too."
"Good morning, Nia!" Fubuki and the other three also came over and greeted Nia with smiles.
Nia had bought them gifts before, so Fubuki and the others liked Nia quite a bit.
"Hello, Fubuki, Shirayuki, Hatsuyuki, and Sumiyuki."
As Nia spoke, she glanced at the ship girls behind Xiaobai, then looked at Sukhbaatar and Pachina, and asked with some confusion, "Xiaobai, who are these two?"
“Ah, that’s my new ship girl,” Shiro replied.
You can't exactly say Pachina is the deep sea, so that's the only answer I can give as a newbie.
"Huh? They made two more??" Nia exclaimed in shock.
"Ah, no, well... they're two independent ship girls who have come to my aid... I guess." Xiaobai replied.
Nia looked at Xiaobai with envy.
There really are differences between people. At first, Nia thought the difference between Xiaobai and herself was their family background, but now she realized that even luck and opportunity were something she couldn't compare to Xiaobai.
Even disregarding cases like Veneto, whose training levels are incredibly high, Shiro already has nine ship girls.
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