Elder brother's garrison

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Miracles can only be obtained by the chosen ship girls, but if you don't work hard, you won't even be qualified to be chosen.

I felt a sense of pride and satisfaction.

Even the two destroyers in front of us must have experienced hellish training.

I am still too young.

Glorious paid his sincerest respect and gratitude to the destroyers before him.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Veneto sat on her ship's rigging, gazing at the group of ship girls gathered in the distance.

Although the distance was far, Veneto's five senses were enough to hear their conversation clearly.

Veneto nodded slightly.

It's already quite remarkable that Shirayuki considered asking Glorious and the others to keep it a secret. It seems that although Shirayuki is a destroyer, her thinking is by no means naive.

He's a good prospect.

Veneto shifted his gaze to Rome, who was fighting the remaining Abyssal Fleet alongside Cleveland.

Veneto had previously told Iniesta not to equip Rome with too much power, so Rome's current equipment is just a bunch of basic items.

This decision was made for the sake of Rome's growth.

It was definitely not done simply to see Rome looking envious and on the verge of tears.

Cleveland's new equipment has also greatly helped her, and she can now deal effective damage to enemies. Although her attack power cannot compare with Roma's, who can take down enemies with a single shot as a battleship, Cleveland can still barely catch up to Roma's progress thanks to her high rate of fire.

Cleveland, who had been feeling very restrained and frustrated these past few days, finally had a smile on his face.

Veneto controlled the number of enemies precisely, just to the limit that Rome and Cleveland could handle.

With a deafening roar, Rome sank another deep-sea amphibious ship in the distance.

She turned around, looked at Veneto, and waved vigorously at her, as if to say, "Sis, did you see that? Roma's move just now was so cool!"

Veneto glared coldly at Rome.

Rome quickly turned around, picked up the cannon, and ran towards Cleveland.

As he watched Rome's retreating figure, a hint of warmth slowly crept into Veneto's usually calm eyes.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

After thanking Fubuki and Shirayuki, Glorious stood up.

The four Fubuki sisters are down-to-earth. Even though they possess fighting power far exceeding their own, they are still as easygoing and friendly as the girls next door.

Koei really admires their admiral.

Not only are they able to train such excellent ship girls, but their ideological education is also so thorough.

Glory couldn't help but look towards Veneto in the center of the battlefield.

At this moment, Veneto sat cross-legged on her ship's rigging, propping her chin up as she quietly gazed at the green-haired ship girl in the distance, seemingly lost in thought.

Even that powerful destroyer/battleship was so unpretentious; it was truly remarkable.

With that thought in mind, Glory withdrew his gaze.

kindness?

However, just as he turned his gaze away, Glorious felt as if he had seen something.

She looked at Veneto again.

Then she saw the wreckage of a deep-sea destroyer slowly drifting towards Veneto on the water beside him.

It floats very slowly.

Glory frowned and stared at it for a while.

That was one of the wreckage of the deep-sea amphibious ship that Veneto had previously cleared.

Veneto's artillery fire was swift and powerful, with a large splash damage radius. Occasionally, even when the enemy was packed so tightly together, a single shot could hit two enemies.

This destroyer wreckage may be the enemy that was splashed earlier.

Glory frowned as she looked at the remains; something felt off.

She glanced down at the water at her feet.

--not good.

Suddenly, Glory's eyes widened, and he shouted in panic, "Watch out!"

There is no wind in the deep sea territory.

Moreover, the sea around Veneto was very calm, and the waves caused by the battle in the distance should have pushed the destroyer wreckage further away.

But the wreckage was getting closer and closer to Veneto.

—Then there's only one possibility: the destroyer didn't die.

Abyssal ships without intelligence will not play dead, but that doesn't mean there have never been records of abyssal ships playing dead.

Glory quickly shouted and waved to Veneto in the distance: "Watch out! Behind you!"

Glorious's voice was loud, and all the ship girls present heard it.

The Romans and Clevelands, who were fighting in the distance, were startled and glanced over in this direction.

Veneto also turned his head.

However, it seems it was already too late.

The wreckage of the deep-sea excavator, which had drifted behind Veneto, had reached its destination.

Just then, a pink light suddenly shone on the tarnished wreckage of the deep-sea destroyer. Its lower half, its fish tail, slammed violently against the surface of the sea, leaping into the air and lunging towards Veneto.

As it lunged forward, the destroyer radiated an astonishing amount of heat.

His glorious eyes were filled with terror.

She knew where the heat came from, and she also knew what the deep-sea excavator wanted to do.

Because I had thought of doing that myself just a dozen minutes ago.

"No!" Glorious hurriedly stretched out his hand towards Veneto, as if he could pull the destroyer down from mid-air with this action.

—That's a secondary explosion!

Both Rome and Cleveland also spotted the destroyer behind Veneto.

Lacking combat experience, Rome didn't even have time to react.

"boom!"

Like a battleship shell blasting into its hull, the destroyer in front of Veneto turned into a ball of fire, exploding into fragments that hurtled towards Veneto.

In an instant, smoke filled the sky.

Veneto's small body was instantly engulfed in the flames.

Glory knelt on the water's surface, completely stunned.

Self-destruction is the ultimate means for ship girls and abyssal ships. It is a self-destruct attack that burns everything in its body. Even if a destroyer self-destructs, if a battleship takes the hit head-on, it will not fare well.

A secondary explosion is an attack method that can trigger a chain reaction, igniting the enemy and causing them to explode.

Veneto was the one who saved him, and if anything happened to her because of saving him, Glory would never forgive himself for the rest of his life.

"Sister Veneto!" Rome panicked when he saw Veneto engulfed in the flames.

She immediately ran towards Veneto.

Ps:

= =Um, it's that time of year again—visiting relatives! In the five hours it took me to finish writing two chapters after returning home from my grandma's house, amidst the wrath of all my relatives, I've already received six or seven phone calls. If I don't go back soon, I'll be kicked out of the house.

That's all for today, sob sob.

Chapter 276 The Value of the Bait: Four Pieces of Deep-Sea Metal

The aftershocks of the deep-sea destroyer's explosion created an area of ​​extremely high temperatures.

The sea surface where Veneto was located was shrouded in thick black smoke and occasional bursts of firecracker-like light.

With crackling sounds, waves of intense heat emanated from the sea, and steam, emitting a foul oily smell, rose into the air.

"Sister—" Rome cried out in anguish as she ran toward the sea where Veneto was, completely ignoring the deep-sea amphibious ship that was already aimed at her body.

Cleveland quickly maneuvered his body past the deep-sea ships, drawing their fire.

Rome staggered to the cloud of black smoke and made a move to rush in.

"call--"

Just a second before she was about to rush into the black fog, a thick cannon barrel emerged from the fog and swung it hard at Rome's head.

"Clang!" The sound of metal clashing was incredibly crisp.

Rome's head was protected by her own ship's rigging, so the impact didn't cause her much damage, but the shockwave still knocked her unconscious.

"Ouch!" Rome was hurled into the sea by this cannon.

With a splash, Rome's entire body was knocked down, and its little green head was submerged beneath the water.

Water splashed everywhere.

"What are you worried about?" Veneto's voice came from the smoke.

Three more cannon barrels emerged from the smoke and swirled around in all directions.

As the cannon barrel stirred, the thick black smoke quickly dissipated.

After the thick smoke dissipated, a light green, translucent protective shell was revealed.

Inside the protective shell, the unharmed Veneto was still sitting cross-legged on a gun emplacement.

The red flames in his eyes were burning slowly like shooting stars.

"Sister!" Roma, who was lying on the water's surface, raised her head and looked at Veneto with surprise. "You're alright!"

“How could anything happen to me?” Veneto sighed.

With her sigh, the pale green protective shell surrounding her shattered like an egg, falling into the water.

Veneto's eyes, which had shone like flames, slowly dimmed.

Veneto is a rare ship girl with multiple skills. She possesses more than one miracle.

First of all, the skill provides her with a huge firepower boost, which is almost equivalent to Veneto having an extra main gun installed. It's similar to Fubuki's skill. If you don't tell others that Veneto's basic attribute increase is a skill, it's hard for them to notice.

However, Veneto has more than one skill; she also possesses another skill similar to Snow White's.

That is, she can become immune to enemy attacks once every certain period of time.

It was this skill that protected Veneto herself during the enemy's detonation.

Veneto looked down at the protective shell that had fallen onto the water's surface and was slowly disintegrating.

Veneto himself is also reflecting on his actions.

It seems that after not fighting for more than two years, and having been away from the naval base for so long, the guards have become somewhat lax.

To be ambushed by a deep-sea destroyer is truly shameful.

"Sister! Ahhhhhh!!" Roma, with a huge bump on her head, climbed out of the sea and rushed to Veneto, hugging her sister tightly. "I was so scared, my sister! Ahhhhhh!"

"What are you 'ahhh'ing about?" Veneto, sitting on the gun emplacement and being hugged by the Roman bear, frowned. "The enemies in the First Sea Area can't hurt me. I'm not as weak as you. This isn't the first time I've encountered an attack of this magnitude. As an Italian ship girl, don't embarrass yourself like this. We're still in battle. Don't leave your position. Let go..."

"Waaaaah..." Roma hugged Veneto tightly, pressing his body against hers, his whole being filled with the joy of something lost and found again.

Veneto closed his mouth in resignation.

She looked at the ship girls watching her from afar, then looked up at the dark sky for a while.

Veneto, looking somewhat forlorn, reached out and gently patted Rome on the back.

“My sister is alright,” Veneto whispered into Roma’s ear.

"Waaaaah—" Roma doubled his strength as he hugged Veneto, as if he wanted to wriggle himself into Veneto's body.

Veneto felt two large, soft masses pressing against his chest, making it difficult for him to breathe.