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“Admiral gave Lexington the Contract Ring.”
This was the news that Akagi heard from Kaga, who had just arrived at the Naval Base.
To be honest, Akagi was quite surprised at the time because Admiral had never appeared at the Naval Base, making this news seem very abrupt.
However, she did not have deep feelings for Admiral back then, so after her initial surprise, she began to understand many things.
The reason Admiral treated Lexington completely differently from her was that Lexington was the designated Wedding Ship. From the very beginning, Admiral had liked Lexington. Later, Saratoga was likely favored because she resembled Lexington, which was a result of Admiral's affection extending to her as well.
Thus, from that moment on, Akagi developed a desire to compete with Lexington.
To achieve this, she took every exercise seriously. Regardless of whether she won or lost, after each exercise, she would constantly summarize her experiences and lessons learned, striving to grow quickly in order to gain more attention from Admiral.
The final outcome did not disappoint her. Growth came unexpectedly; after undergoing this transformation, everything became better as she had hoped. Among the various Aircraft Carrier Ship Girls, Admiral no longer focused solely on Lexington and Saratoga, but also began to value her. The opportunities for sorties gradually became equal to those of Lexington. In the end, even the B25, a type of Carrier-Based Aircraft that every Aircraft Carrier Ship Girl hoped to acquire, was given to her.
So how could Akagi not take this opportunity to show off in front of her "rival" Lexington?
However, what Akagi did not know was that everything that had happened at the previous Naval Base was not as she imagined.
Initially, the reason she was not allowed to sortie was indeed due to aluminum consumption issues, but it had absolutely nothing to do with Chuyang falling in love with Lexington. At that time, they were merely beautiful illustrations on a mobile screen in Chuyang's eyes; he wasn't foolish enough to fall in love with a virtual game character.
As for giving her Carrier-Based Aircraft 80 to Lexington, there was no choice; at that time, Chuyang couldn't even gather a full set of BTD-1 Destroyers for Lexington, so if he wasn't going to take hers, whose would he take?
Ultimately, the reason she was included in the main fleet again was that both Lexington and Saratoga had been leveled up to max level. Naturally, he needed to work on other Fleet Girls. Coincidentally, the game officials had opened up her upgrade at that time, and due to long-term exercises, her level was already very high. After the upgrade, if he wasn't going to work on her, who else would he focus on?
So everything is unrelated to feelings; it's just a necessity of the game, and this is also the reason why Chuyang has never been willing to tell Lexington the truth.
For the Fleet Girls, those events were real, but for Chuyang, the former Naval Base and the former Fleet Girls were merely a string of virtual data. If he were to reveal this, it would undoubtedly deny the past of the Fleet Girls, even denying their very existence.
"Tactical necessity."
Faced with Lexington's resentful gaze, Chuyang could only use this excuse to deflect.
As for why the B25 was with Akagi, it has been over four years since he abandoned the game, and Chuyang really couldn't remember. The fact that he could still recall which Fleet Girls were at the Naval Base was already impressive; expecting him to clearly remember the origin of each piece of equipment and who it was ultimately assigned to was simply unrealistic.
Although Lexington was somewhat dissatisfied with Chuyang's perfunctory answer, there was no need to dwell on it.
Moreover, both Akagi and she were fully leveled Fleet Girls. Unless a Deep Sea Flagship appeared, there would be absolutely no chance for them to sortie. In that case, the B25 seemed less important.
Additionally, let's not forget about Enterprise. For a Fleet Girl like her with lower levels, having a powerful Carrier-Based Aircraft like the B25 was crucial to enhance her combat capability and quickly level up in battles against Deep Sea Shipgirls.
So in Lexington's eyes, Akagi was like a grasshopper after autumn—she wouldn't be able to jump around for long.
Just thinking about Enterprise, her old rival, coming with an Admiral's authorization letter to demand the B25 from Akagi while Akagi had no choice but to comply brought great amusement to Lexington.
Jump all you want! You can only be proud for a day or two.
"Then why didn't you take Quincy with you back then?"
To be honest, Chuyang really hoped that his Fleet Girls could gather together like Prince of Wales and Veneto; that way, finding them would be much easier.
If they were scattered like Richelieu, Isuzu, Kirov, and Saratoga—one here and one there—then searching for them would be quite troublesome, and whether he could find them was another question altogether.
Moreover, if everyone gathers together, they can look out for each other, which greatly reduces the chances of situations like Quincy occurring.
Unfortunately, the world does not change according to individual will, so Chuyang can only think about it.
"Admiral, are you blaming me?"
"No, I just feel that if everyone encounters each other and can gather together, at least they can look out for one another."
"Admiral, if that's the case, it would be more convenient for you to find them, wouldn't it?" Lexington saw through Chuyang's true thoughts. In fact, she also hoped that Chuyang could bring all the Fleet Girls from Naval Base back at once. If that were the case, no one would need to venture out anymore; everyone could simply stay at Naval Base and live a peaceful and happy life. But how could that be possible?
"That's impossible, Admiral."
"The reason everyone gathered together in the first place was entirely because of you, Admiral. Even if Naval Base hadn't disappeared at that time. But when everyone can no longer feel your presence, not to mention those with grievances like Hood and Bismarck, or myself and Enterprise. Even among the same Fleet Girls, due to personality reasons, it's not guaranteed they would all stay at Naval Base in the end. So it's only a matter of time before everyone goes their separate ways."
"The reason I didn't take Quincy with me back then was largely because I hadn't found you yet, Admiral. At that time, I felt lost myself, unsure of where my future lay or how long I could hold on. Perhaps I would have sunk if I felt tired the next day. But Quincy is different; even a fool has her own blessings. She is well taken care of by Aoba, never worrying about food or clothing, just happily enjoying herself. Why should I ruin her happy life?"
"So you're saying Quincy is still with Aoba at the Heavy Cruiser Idol Group?"
"Yes."
"Then let's go find them now."
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