"Come on, let's start fighting!"

Standing on the beach named Repulse Bay, the target was in place, the time was just right, the night was the best cover for a sneak attack, everything was ready, all it needed was the east wind.

The battle was about to come. Z held his hands in front of his chest, closed his eyes, prayed, and began to summon ship equipment.

It was the first time he saw her in such a grand summoning ship outfit. Ponzi took two steps back to take in all the sight of her transformation.

Words in the shape of a triangular Beruca magic circle appeared at her feet, and a cherry-pink halo wrapped around her body, slowly blending into the halo in the battle suit, making Z's body emit a layer of soft light.

The halo dissipated, and some metal pendants appeared on the battle suit. Z's face was as cold as ice, and there was no emotion in his lavender eyes.

Objects like lead-gray sand gathered towards her from all sides, condensing into two large squares with no discernible effect on Z's hands.

Under the carving of the invisible carving knife, in a moment, the two large squares became a steel naval gun reflecting cold light and a torpedo launcher filled with torpedoes.

After the ship's summons was completed, Z and Ponzi paid a military salute, then stepped onto the water and disappeared into the night.

After watching Z disappear on the water, Ponzi turned around and ran towards the cliff outside Repulse Bay. His plan was simple, which was to give the Siren destroyers a target for artillery fire.

As long as the opponent's shells are fired out of the chamber, it will take time to reload. With this gap, Z can freely carry out sneak attacks and retreats.

The lamp that provided the light was lost on the road. Panting, he ran to the cliff. His heartbeat continued to accelerate. Standing on the cliff, Ponzi bent the fluorescent stick in his hand to make it glow.

The cold sea breeze and the constant waves crashing against the shore rocks made Ponzi's blood drain away, and he almost retreated.

After all, I am just a modern office worker. No matter how passionate and hard I am, I will still be afraid when I should be afraid.

"Don't be afraid, Ponzi!!"

Giving himself a mouth, Ponzi used pain to awaken his fearlessness. Fear limits a person's upper limit and also raises a person's lower limit.

Without fear, precious things will become worthless.

Ponzi will never forget the near-death moment he experienced. Having personally experienced the feeling of brushing against death, he can better understand how dangerous it is to put his life in his own hands.

If Pounds retreated at this moment, she would become a target for the Siren ships and receive shelling.

Even if Ponzi succeeds in seducing her, it is Z who is actually in danger personally, fighting the steel battleship with her physical body. If she is not careful, the scythe of death will fall on her.

He raised the light green fluorescent stick in his hand and shook it. Not sure whether he had been discovered by the Siren battleship, Ponzi shouted and jumped on the cliff. As a result, he accidentally tripped over the gravel at his feet.

The glow stick flew up from his hand and then fell to the bottom of the mountain cliff.

As a green light point fell into the sea, a few seconds later, the earth was shaking.

Rolling down from the cliff to the wilderness below, Ponzi felt a slight vibration around him, followed by a huge earthquake that would cause the earth to shake and the world to be destroyed.

Deafening cannon fire sounded one after another. Amidst the strong wind and vibration, Ponzi stood up and fell down again. There was a faint light flashing in the distance from time to time. The battle came too suddenly. Everything was expected and everything was unexpected.

The green fluorescent light flashed across the cliff at the top of Repulse Bay. The green color was very conspicuous in the dark night. As expected, the Siren's battleship fired cannonballs at it.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!!!"

The torpedoes were all fired by the angry Z. The Siren fleet, which was in the interval between shell reloading, was unable to launch an effective attack on her. They easily rammed and sank a Siren destroyer.

The machine gun bullets flying on the water failed to slow down Z's charge towards the Siren fleet.

Contrary to what was planned in advance, seeing the cliff being destroyed by artillery fire, no light signal was received from Ponzi to successfully retreat.

The chill of the commander's death allowed Z's brain, driven by rage, to calmly think about the most effective action.

"Go to hell!"

There was a flash of fire, and the cannonballs were fired from the turret in Z's hand, which didn't look particularly big. In response, a Siren destroyer began to tilt.

The shell accurately hit the bottom of its side, and sea water quickly poured into the hole.

Ignoring the Siren destroyer that was about to die, Z ducked down to avoid the opponent's shells that had lost their accuracy, and tried to rush into the center of the Siren fleet head-on.

As long as he can rush in, Z can take advantage of the mobility of human size and annihilate them all.

After being sneak-attacked by Z, the three Siren destroyers that finally finished loading fired continuously. They lost two teammates in the last round of brief confrontation.

The first time she was baptized by artillery fire alone, Z was chased and intercepted by several near-misses due to a wrong turn, and her energy shield was surging.

The sight was blocked by the splashing sea water, and a cannonball that broke through the sea water and flew towards the head put Z into a desperate situation.

After being hit directly by a shell, the eggshell-like energy shield around Z began to flash rapidly. It was the same as a flashlight that was about to run out of power and might go out at any time.

As Z was rolled on the sea surface by the explosion, the energy shield finally shattered into a ball of light and disappeared.

The sea returned to calm, and it was clear that this was the last tranquility before her death.

"commander……"

Z gave up struggling. As a ship girl, she felt like a failure.

First, she made the commander suffer coma from shelling, and then caused him to die in the shelling. She decided to accept the punishment of death, and died on the same year, month and day as the commander.

Planning to take one last look at her "home" deep in the island, she saw a figure with an anxious look on the beach, stretching his head to look at the dark sea that was impossible for human eyes to see clearly.

"commander!"

The commander is still alive!

Ponzi's survival rekindled Z's desire to survive. Not only that, she also wanted to make the Siren destroyers that almost killed Ponzi die to apologize.

"Give it all to me...go! Die!"

Falling into a selfless battle, what burned Z this time was the desire to survive, the support from Pounds, and the expectation that he didn't want to worry Pounds anymore.

"I will never sink here, I will definitely bring victory and glory to my commander!"

The first ray of dawn shone on Z's face, and there was only a piece of debris left in front of her eyes. Some of the dazzling sunlight made her cover her eyes with her hands.

My vision was blurry, and the figure that was still clearly visible last night now became an afterimage, with a dark and red outline, and my face could not be seen clearly.

Standing blankly on the beach and looking into the distance, the night was extremely long.

The dawn of dawn turned the sea level from darkness to a slightly leaden blue. Thick black smoke rose at the entrance of the shallow water bay. The huge wreckage of the Siren destroyer blocked Ponzi's sight.

Scanning the wreckage, he found the petite figure.

With her right hand, she pressed the wound on her left arm that was still bleeding. Her handsome combat uniform was in tatters, and the heroic skirt that fluttered in the wind before setting off disappeared.

His face was covered with blood, and there was a black iron piece inserted into his delicate abdomen. Only half of the torpedo launcher was left, the front end of the gun tube was red, and only half of his hat was blown off to the sea by the sea breeze while moving, drifting with the waves.

Waiting for Z to arrive in front of her, her body swayed with the waves as if she was about to fall down the next moment.

But Ponzi did not help Z because she was trying to straighten her back and slowly raised her right hand in an attempt to salute.

This is a hero's return ceremony filled with glory and victory. Ponzi wants to give Z the honor he deserves.

"You did a great job, the battle is over, you won"

Imitating Z's non-standard military salute, Ponzi brought the battle to an end, offering sincere respect and commendation to the victor.

"Iron-Blooded Destroyer Girl Z is reporting to you, Commander, Z has completed the combat plan and completely wiped out the enemy destroyer fleet. Please give follow-up instructions."

Z struggled to maintain the deformed military salute and reported the results of the battle to his commander. The ship's equipment turned into fine sand again in the sea breeze and scattered in all directions.

"You did a great job. There is no better ship girl in this world than you. The battle is over, you can rest now."

Ponzi sighed sincerely.

Late night is a despair that does not exist in the game, and dawn is a hope that does not exist in the game.

Being able to live in such a world and be accompanied by such a ship girl, he has endless confidence to tell anyone, "My ship girl Z is the best ship girl in the world! No one else!!".

"Great, great...ah..."

The ship's suit disappeared, and Z's body floating on the sea leaned forward. She tried her best to control her body and turn to avoid it.

Before she successfully turned around, Ponzi stepped into the water and caught Z with his weak arms.
Chapter completed!