As Wang Yu walked, he felt something was off. He had initially thought that Pennsylvania would take them to an office or some other place to rest.
However, to his surprise, after taking them on a tour inside the base, Pennsylvania led them directly out of a more secluded exit and headed straight for the beach in another direction.
He was a bit confused. Could it be that this sea base was merely a decoy to attract firepower, and the real base was somewhere else?
But soon, Wang Yu realized he was mistaken.
The midday sun was Glorious, mysterious, and beautiful.
The sea was also dyed golden by the scorching sun.
The glow reflected on the wave crests was like burning flames, flickering, rolling, one wave higher than the last.
At this moment, there was nothing else on the vast sea.
Looking into the distance, the sea at the end of his sight had been cordoned off, an area that had been completely sealed.
This was a closed training area; Pennsylvania had actually brought him to the training ground!
“Wang Yu, it’s rare for you to visit my territory, and after thinking about it, I really can’t let you off easily,” Pennsylvania said with a hearty laugh. Amidst the shimmering light, her Ship Girls’ rigging was already fully equipped. She tossed her slightly curly long hair and strode to stand in front of the recording device specially used for drills.
The other Ship Girls, who were already prepared, directly activated the device to rescan Pennsylvania’s data, and after the simulation was complete, reloaded it into the system.
“That battle with Miss Gascogne left an unforgettable impression on me. It was a battle I had never seen before,” Pennsylvania recalled the blue-haired girl who had single-handedly confronted the Siren Fleet. Even after so long, she was still captivated.
As she said, she had never witnessed such a battle, nor had she ever heard of a Ship Girls who could fight like that. It was more like an unrepeatable miracle.
“So, I want to personally stand on the other side and experience that power, even if it’s not Miss Gascogne in front of me. But I’m sure Commander Wang Yu’s Miss Amagi won’t disappoint me!”
You really are stubborn!
Knowing you can’t win, but still insisting on trying.
It seems that the Ship Girls in this world all have a tendency to want to compete at the slightest disagreement.
Glorious had already swept through Shangri-La’s Headquarters before, and he didn't expect Pennsylvania to actively challenge him here.
However, thinking about how he himself would use low-level ships in the game to challenge high-level Ship Girls in drills to gain experience, Pennsylvania’s overestimation of her own strength in this challenge was not entirely incomprehensible.
It was like when Gascogne was training York; she held back but had no intention of suppressing her strength.
It’s not easy to find a powerful Ship Girls to spar with. Sometimes, only by truly confronting these powerful enemies and experiencing that life-and-death pressure can one understand where the real gap lies.
But if the gap is only realized on the battlefield, then everything is over.
Not everyone can be a protagonist who has a sudden power-up and counter-kills at the last minute.
Since Pennsylvania was asking for a fight, Wang Yu wasn’t going to be polite. At least his Commander System could still gain some combat experience, so neither side would lose out. It would just be a friendly exchange.
Wang Yu ignored little York, whose face was practically screaming with eagerness.
Recently, York had made rapid progress, and her confidence had also grown significantly, giving her the impression that all Ship Girls outside the port were weaklings.
There was nothing he could do about this. Although Wang Yu had never said that he was invincible, the pride Glorious and the others had in their own strength, as well as the past glory of the port, would subtly influence everyone. York, under their tutelage, had grown remarkably, and her horizons had also broadened.
York was now striving to achieve the same level as Glorious and Gascogne, so a bit of overconfidence was normal.
He definitely needed to keep a close eye on her. She couldn’t be sent out to sea before she had fully matured, otherwise, who knows what might happen.
It would be good to deploy after becoming invincible.
As for York wanting to deploy? Sorry! Parents don't care what a mischievous child thinks. When it comes to deployment, the Commander will arrange it however he likes!
“Then I’ll leave it to you, Amagi!”
Amagi nodded gently and said with a smile, “Is this Master’s first request?”
“Of course!” Wang Yu nodded.
Amagi opened her red umbrella, and her Ship Girls’ rigging appeared behind her.
Then let me secure the first victory for Master here! As a congratulatory gift for our reunion!
An invisible force was activated with the awakening of her Ship Girls’ rigging, radiating out from Amagi. Pennsylvania, standing still on the sea, felt her body sink, as if some invisible thing had drained her strength, leaving her powerless. Her Ship Girls’ rigging, which usually moved at her command, also became sluggish, losing its former agility.
Millennium Phoenix!
For formal battleship drills like this, because dummy rounds are used, the ship’s data needs to be scanned and backed up beforehand, and then the drill is conducted in an area equipped with specific detection devices.
This allows for accurate battle outcome judgments to be made through simulated data. Such drill tests are more rigorous, and at the same time, the effect is more intuitive, accurately reflecting the outcome of the battle.
So, if he had brought Gascogne this time, Wang Yu might not have agreed to the drill so readily. After all, he now knew that the Siren had a great interest in his subordinate Gascogne. Even if the scan results were only rough and could only display a small portion of the surface data that the Ship Girls were willing to show, serving only as a reference in actual combat, he still didn't want to expose Gascogne’s various data.
However, Amagi did not have this concern. While Amagi's strength was indeed powerful, as a Ship Girls herself, she was not as special as Gascogne. Even if her basic data was scanned during a drill, it would be harmless. Besides, the Siren probably already had a good idea of the strength level of his subordinate Ship Girls.
With the example of Navigator TB Miss, he believed that if the Siren were willing, obtaining some confidential documents from Headquarters would be no problem. He estimated that his own information had probably already been thoroughly scrutinized by the Siren.
After all, being too powerful and too prominent makes it difficult to keep a low profile; the light cannot be hidden no matter how much one tries to cover it!
As expected, Amagi’s scanning process elicited a gasp of surprise.
Wang Yu could guess that the Ship Girls responsible for the scan were probably already shocked by Amagi’s data.
Pennsylvania had already prepared herself to be easily defeated, but when she felt her own power severely restricted, and heard the exclamations of the Ship Girls responsible for the inspection and saw their pitying glances towards her, she felt a bit uncomfortable and glared unhappily at those sympathetic Ship Girls.
Show some spirit!
But her heart still unconsciously sank to the bottom of the sea. She hadn't even fought yet, and she already felt like she had lost everything!
Is this Ship Girls really as powerful as Glorious and Gascogne were before?