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"Pfft."
"Hey, I'm serious right now, okay? What are you grinning about for?"
"Hum..."
"Ughhhhhh!!!" Wisconsin looked at Missouri's expression and felt a surge of shame. "I'm angry!"
Missouri finally stopped smiling. She pushed Wisconsin's suitcase in front of him, then gently unfolded the white shirt she had folded on her lap to show him: "When folding clothes, you have to flatten them first, then hold them here and here. Remember to fold the hooded clothes..."
"Is that right?"
"Is such that."
"Oh, it's pretty simple."
"It's very simple."
"I really am a genius, aren't I?"
"Wisconsin is a very smart child."
"...I don't know why, even though you're praising me, I'm so angry."
"It must be my imagination." Missouri closed her eyes and placed Xiaobai's clothes on the bedside table.
Wisconsin slowly folded the clothes, following the method Missouri had taught her.
"...Speaking of which," Wisconsin put down the clothes in her hands and asked Missouri.
"Ok?"
"Is it really okay if we don't go with the admiral?"
"It's ok."
"What if she gets attacked?"
"I couldn't beat the admiral even if there were ten of them."
"……is that so?"
"Is such that."
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.
Beyond the city, on the sea of chapters.
A brilliant light shone on the dark sea.
The purple cannonball, resembling a shooting star, traced a long arc across the sky.
As several streaks of purple lightning flashed by, the delayed cannon fire slowly and resoundingly echoed from the sea in all directions.
"Boom boom boom boom boom"
Purple shells fell into the sea.
The seawater exploded in an instant, and the crimson flames illuminated the night sea.
On the water's surface, a white figure frantically dodged the artillery fire from behind.
Boom boom boom boom
"Ehhhhhhhhhh"
Little Bai's face turned pale as she rolled and tumbled on the water's surface amidst the shelling behind her. She narrowly avoided each shell that came at her, then scrambled and crawled towards the deeper part of the sea.
"You vixen! Don't run! Prepare to die!!!"
An angry shout came from the rain that was pouring down from the sky.
Odin, his body engulfed in crimson flames, burst out from behind the water curtain and began firing his cannons at the fleeing Little White.
The ship's rigging behind Odin rose with a creaking sound as it turned, and the toy-like turrets were aimed at Little White's body.
A white light suddenly shone on.
Several streaks of purple lightning shot out from Odin's ship rigging, chasing after Little White with unstoppable momentum.
The lightning bolts seemed to possess intelligence; they swarmed in the air like a dancing ball of electric snakes, and in the blink of an eye, they flashed behind Little White, opening their mouths to bite it.
However, just as the group of electric snakes was about to touch Xiaobai's body, a strange fluctuation emanated from Xiaobai's body. The electric snakes froze for a moment and brushed past Xiaobai's body.
"Boom"
The calm sea surface exploded in an instant, with lightning and water splashing everywhere. Several innocent little fish were instantly healed and turned into grilled fish in the lightning, emitting a hint of roasted meat aroma.
Xiao Bai dove to the ground, avoiding the splash damage from the exploding shells, and continued running towards the depths of the sea.
“Missed again!”
Odin gritted his teeth, staring at the white creature's flawed figure, and stomped his foot in frustration.
"hateful!"
Odin quickly took a step and chased after Little White.
—As a ship girl who has lived in harmony with Sukhbaatar for a very long time, Odin, like Sukhbaatar, also possesses very special skills.
On the surface, Odin is actually just a very weak supply ship.
However, in reality, if Odin wanted to, she could transform into a super supply ship like the enraged Sukhbaatar under any circumstances, possessing combat power far exceeding that of ordinary ship girls.
With a single shot, he could easily tear apart the ship's rigging of the top-tier Deep Sea Commander; with a single punch, he could smash the enemy's head like a pestle being crushed!
Originally, Odin would never use his transformed powers on humans, but just now on the beach, after Xiaobai revealed his strength from the side, he accidentally unlocked Odin's restrictions on him, allowing Odin to restart the battle with the power of a Star Destroyer.
Turn the tide and launch an offensive!
This is what happens when you become vixens!
You should have just stayed put and been a vixen. I wouldn't have bothered with you until you died of old age, but now you've come back to ride on my face!
You bastard! Die!
Eat my all-out cannon shot!
Supply ships are the strongest!!!
Driven by an unwavering determination to win, Odin sounded the horn of counterattack against the White One.
However, even though Odin, with his overwhelming power, had cornered the little white creature like a camel just one straw away from breaking the camel's back...
But... why can't I hit her?!
Odin chased after Little White with a frustrated expression, watching Little White, who was clearly clumsy, yet always managed to narrowly evade his attacks.
—What incredible luck!
Odin really wanted to shout something like, "Fox spirit, fox spirit, don't run away! Let me fire a cannon!" or some other villainous declaration.
Fortunately, the fox spirit in front of him wasn't running very fast, about the same speed as Odin. While Odin couldn't catch up with her quickly, he wouldn't lose her either.
Odin remained calm and collected, relentlessly pressuring Little White.
—But there's something rather strange.
Odin suppressed the jumble of thoughts in his mind.
Why is this vixen running into the sea when she can't beat me? If she runs into a human city, I won't be able to bomb her on such a large scale so as not to harm innocent people.
Odin thought for a while, but couldn't come up with a solution, so she shook her head.
—Looks like he's an idiot.
The chase continued for some time, and Odin and Little White got further and further away from the city.
Xiaobai seemed a little exhausted. She was panting heavily, spinning and jumping around with her eyes closed amidst the shelling, tumbling back and forth like a circus performer.
"It's...it's already so far..." Xiaobai shouted breathlessly as she ran, "It's way too far...is it okay now...?"
On the sea.
Electric snakes danced in the sky, constantly darting and exploding across the sea.
……
Finally, Xiaobai stopped and bent down as if giving up.
"Ah...that's great..." Xiaobai murmured, as if she had received some kind of answer, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"You dare stop?! Take this!" Odin chased after them from afar. In an instant, a flash of white light appeared, and countless silver snakes flew around like shooting stars, chasing after Little White.
"Boom boom boom"
Amidst the dazzling white light, the sea emitted a mournful, torn sound.
"Hit!"
Odin watched as Little White took his cannon fire without flinching, clenched his fist, and revealed a victorious smile.
"Ha ha!"
However, the laughter froze on Odin's face before it was even halfway through.
Because, in the next second, in Odin's vision, a blue crystal-like fortress, weathered by wind and frost, rose from the sea with a thunderous roar.
Unharmed, Xiao Bai stood inside the fortress, his face still bearing the smooth feeling of someone who had just finished a long marathon.
"...Great...finally finished running..." Little White breathed a sigh of relief and held out his finger to Odin.
A massive cannon protruded from the fortress-like ship's rigging, aimed directly at Odin.
"At this distance... I guess I won't hit the people on the city side..." Xiaobai muttered, clenching her fist somewhat uncertainly. "But! Anyway, Miss Odin started it, and I'm super angry right now!"
Odin, standing in the distance, stood frozen in place, staring blankly at the fortress surrounding Little White.
"...That's...the roadbed???"
"Is that a land-based ship girl???? Wait a minute, how did she run so fast just now... Huh? Wait a minute, when did land-based ships become so strong..."
Odin's thoughts were stuck. She stared in the direction of Little White, then suddenly looked at her turret with great curiosity: "A ship girl I've never seen before?"
"...Although I didn't use my full strength, I still managed to avoid hurting her..."
"Hmph, whatever. Even if she counterattacks, she can't hit me anyway. It's time to teach her textbook-perfect dodging... And even if she does hit me, she can't break my defense, after all, it's just ordinary artillery—"
Odin, hands on his hips, was talking to himself when he was suddenly drawn to a seven-colored light.
"Zizzi"
"Eh?"
next second.
A massive, blazing beam of light enveloped Odin's body and ship equipment in an instant.
Chapter 973 Dream Back (Part 1)
In battles involving artillery fire between ship girls, learning how to hit the opponent more accurately while avoiding enemy fire is a problem that the ship girls themselves need to spend their entire lives studying and mastering.
Ultimately, this is because ship girls' artillery fire has some degree of delay; the shells spewing from the cannon barrel need to travel a certain distance before reaching the bombardment area. During this time, predicting the enemy's movement, calculating wind resistance, and even memorizing the pull of gravity—all these tiny data points, such as adjusting the distance to the target for the shells—become the biggest challenge in a battle, preventing ship girls from hitting the enemy.
The level of combat experience among artillery-firing ship girls largely depends on this.
This is why Odin gave such a low assessment of Xiaobai's true strength after spending some time with him.
—Because Xiaobai really doesn't know how to fight.
Putting aside her training level, in terms of combat experience alone, Xiaobai's performance was even inferior to some ship girls who had just stepped out of the construction facility. Basically, she made all the basic mistakes that novices on the battlefield could make, such as running around aimlessly, turning her back to the enemy, or running headlong without fighting back. Odin, who was chasing after Xiaobai, was extremely frustrated.
For Odin, whose skill level and combat experience are quite high, seeing Xiaobai's terrible performance would definitely affect her mood.
Whose ship girl is this?
This is such an embarrassment to the ship girls!
It was with this idea in mind that even though the two were on opposite sides, Odin was eager for an opportunity to show Xiaobai "how a real ship girl should fight". Therefore, when Xiaobai raised her cannon in reverse, Odin was curious about Xiaobai's ship equipment and did not immediately interrupt Xiaobai's casting.
After all... look, this kid is so weak, what could she possibly do to me?
Odin, the flag-planting maniac, thought to himself.
Then, things went wrong.
Because, in the next instant, what spewed out from the cannon that Xiaobai was holding high was not a physical cannonball.
Instead, it was a large laser beam.
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