Hearing such naive words, Ayanami scoffed, "You're such an idiot! This is a battlefield, do you think it's a game? The enemy is the Abyssal, very insidious and cunning. You still expect them to be polite? It's truly stupid to have such naive thoughts."
"What! You called Haman an idiot, you're the idiot, your whole family are idiots!" Although Ayanami's tone was a bit harsh, she wasn't wrong. However, Haman, whose anger was off the charts, didn't care about any of that, and said furiously, her face flushed.
Ayanami and Haman started arguing again. Ayanami and Haman seemed to be enemies in a past life; these two almost always argued whenever they met.
If one were to ask who had the advantage in an argument, it was usually Ayanami. Why? Because Ayanami had a stoic face, spoke directly to the point, and appeared very calm, making people think she was composed and fully confident.
In contrast, Haman, despite her rich expressions, made it easy for others to discern her mood, and with her not-so-clever and inflexible mind, the result was that she always lost to Ayanami in arguments.
After arguing for a while, the outcome seemed clear. Haman's eyes were red with tears, and it was obvious she had lost to Ayanami in the argument.
"Hmph! You're bullying me! Haman is going to find Sister Illustrious to arbitrate."
"How shameless! You can't win against me, so you go find someone else. If I were you, I'd just find a block of tofu to hit my head on and die."
"You... you, ugh~ waah! Sister Illustrious! Ayanami is bullying me! You have to judge fairly for me!" Haman hugged Illustrious's white silk thigh and cried sadly.
Illustrious's face immediately darkened, and she thought silently, 'You two can argue all you want, but why drag me into it!'
However, they were Ship Girls of the Third Mobile Fleet, and she couldn't let Dido and Souryuu on the other side laugh at them! So, Illustrious kindly comforted Haman. "Alright! Stop arguing, you two are comrades, you should get along harmoniously. Besides, Haman! I think you should dry your clothes first, otherwise, you might catch a cold."
The seawater had soaked Haman's white dress, allowing her innocent, youthful body to be seen very clearly. As a Ruler, Illustrious's eyesight was excellent, much clearer than that of ordinary Ship Girls.
Her gaze scrutinized from bottom to top, seeing everything very clearly, every detail, even counting the hairs, which made Illustrious very happy.
However, seeing Haman's flat chest, Illustrious sighed inwardly with regret. "Alas! A pair of Aces is too small! She could have scored 90 points, but now it's only 50. If a girl doesn't have grand ambitions in her 'chest,' how can she gather support? If it's not B-cup or above, taking off clothes makes her look no different from a boy!"
"Ah! Big Sister Illustrious, don't look! Even if you want to look, find a room! There are so many people here, Haman will be very embarrassed." Haman covered her face with both hands, saying shyly, "Hmph! But let me make it clear beforehand! You wanted to look, Haman didn't want you to, got it?"
"Pfft! The Admiral wouldn't be interested in your elementary schooler body, you know?" Ayanami covered her mouth, teasing Haman.
After hearing Ayanami's words, Haman first looked at her own chest, then at Ayanami's chest, which was at least a B-cup, and finally at Illustrious's terrifying, unquantifiable bust.
"Waaah! Big Sister Illustrious is bullying me too, wuwuwu!" Haman immediately squatted in a corner, drawing circles, muttering about 'Chest Aliens,' 'Cow Monsters,' and 'two useless lumps of flesh,' claiming she wasn't jealous at all!
"What's wrong with her? Did I do something wrong?" Illustrious looked bewildered, wondering why Haman suddenly started crying for no reason.
Seeing the Admiral's confusion, Ayanami felt speechless. The Admiral's emotional intelligence was truly worrying!
..."The Abyssal monsters are extremely cruel and bloodthirsty. We must not let a single one escape. Victory belongs to us Ship Girls, and justice will prevail! All ships, heed the order: Attack!" After seeing that the Ship Girls were adequately rested and adjusted, Dido immediately gave the command to begin the assault on the Third Abyssal Anchorage.
As the saying goes, general against general, soldier against soldier. The Nightmare Abyssal of the Third Abyssal Habitat was naturally left to Dido, Souryuu, and Illustrious, while the Abyssal Warships surrounding the Nightmare Abyssal would be fought by ordinary Ship Girls like Ayanami.
Dido, Souryuu, and Illustrious each erupted with powerful momentum. The fountain-like purple Ship Qi continuously surged from their bodies, directly suffocating the surrounding Ship Girls.
Dido and Souryuu spread their six purple wings. The wings were lifelike, and energy constantly diffused outward. These three pairs of wings were Ship Qi crystals, allowing Epic Ship Girls to ignore the law of gravity and soar freely through the air using their own wings.
As for Illustrious, she was different! As a Ruler, Illustrious didn't even need wings; she could walk directly on air. This was truly formidable! One must know that only Four-Star Legendary Ship Girls could achieve walking on air!
With a whoosh, the three Ship Girls transformed into streams of light and shot through the air toward the nearby Third Nightmare Abyssal. They couldn't allow the Nightmare Abyssal to fire red beams at the ordinary Ship Girls; they wanted to penetrate the lair directly and draw the Nightmare Abyssal's attention onto themselves.
The three strongest Ship Girls in the Ship Girl fleet charged fiercely, but the Third Nightmare Abyssal was already waiting in strict formation. A soaring momentum erupted from her body and ruthlessly pressed down upon the three Ship Girls ahead.
Dido and the other two, flying at high speed, had already detected the terrifying momentum emanating from the Nightmare Abyssal opposite them. This was no ordinary momentum; it was Supreme Ship Qi, which was hundreds of times stronger than the momentum of a regular Nightmare Abyssal!
If a Ship Girl below the Epic Ship Girl class was hit by the Supreme Ship Qi released by this Nightmare Abyssal, at best they would become unfocused and dazed, losing the will to fight, and at worst, their ship bodies would immediately disintegrate and sink into the sea.
Even Epic Ship Girls would suffer if hit. Although they could rely on their Epic Ship Girl strength to offer some resistance, being affected by this Supreme Ship Qi would cause the Ship Qi inside their bodies to fail to circulate smoothly, directly reducing their strength by fifty percent.
They hadn't even started fighting yet? Their strength was already halved compared to the enemy. The upcoming battle was going to be extremely dangerous!
Dido and Souryuu frowned. The Third Nightmare Abyssal wanted to reduce their strength by half before the battle even began, making it easier to eliminate them. This move was truly despicable and shameless!
I have to say, the strength of this Third Nightmare Abyssal is terrifying! Only one in a hundred Nightmare Abyssals possesses Supreme Ship Qi, and they just happened to run into it. They really were unlucky.
"Souryuu, do you know Supreme Ship Qi? If you do, use it! The enemy is so arrogant, don't you want to vent your anger?" Dido was also getting fired up. This Third Nightmare Abyssal was too much—first a red beam, and now Supreme Ship Qi. Did she really think they were soft persimmons to be squeezed?
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