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"At that time, the fireflies didn't recognize me at all, and I probably didn't think of everyone either..."
"Admiral, haven't you remembered how Naval Base disappeared?" Prince of Wales suddenly interrupted Chuyang's words.
She had always had a question in her heart: why did Naval Base vanish overnight, and without anyone knowing? She had asked the fireflies, but even the only firefly left on that island after Naval Base's disappearance couldn't figure it out. Even little Kiddo couldn't clearly state the exact location of that island.
All along, Prince of Wales had a feeling that the reason for everything happening was related to Admiral, and that Admiral definitely knew the whole story.
"I really don't know."
"Do you really not know, or do you know but don't want to say?" Prince of Wales's voice suddenly rose an octave.
"I truly don't know," Chuyang said firmly.
He really had nothing to say about this matter; it was simply too bizarre. Moreover, if he revealed the truth, it would mean completely denying the past of his fleet girls, which would not benefit them at all.
"Admiral, please continue."
On this issue, Prince of Wales did not pursue it further. Although she clearly knew that Admiral was lying, it no longer mattered. Perhaps, as Lexington said, ignorance is bliss; if they pressed on too hard, it would only hurt both sides.
Just yesterday afternoon, Prince of Wales had a long conversation with Lexington because she had too many doubts in her heart.
Life at the Naval Base felt like a dream; she clearly remembered every expedition, every drill, and the incident when Saratoga shattered her window. She recalled how fireflies would surround her, prompting her to tell stories about the sea, and she remembered the swimsuit that Admiral gifted her. In short, she remembered many things, but compared to those long days, these were merely fragments of life—some incomplete, disjointed memories that barely filled one-tenth of her entire life. No matter how hard she tried to think or recall, she could not remember anything else from the Naval Base.
But was this possible? For them, the Fleet Girls, although they did not possess perfect recall, everything they experienced should leave some mark in their minds, whether deep or shallow.
Take the past four years since leaving the Naval Base as an example; if she wanted to, she could remember most things—even trivial matters. Yet regarding those years at the Naval Base, she truly could not recall much. Sometimes, she even doubted whether that past was real.
When she posed these questions to Lexington, she received this response:
"If you can't remember, then you can't remember. Were there not enough strange occurrences at the Naval Base?"
"Admiral clearly wasn't at the Naval Base, yet every so often a Fleet Girl would emerge from the Shipyard. Who awakened them?"
"During our expeditions, no matter how dire the situation was, did any of us ever sink?"
"There were so many drills every day, with powerful Fleet Girls all around us; where did they come from?"
"What gave Deep Sea Flagship Bismarck the ability to revive eight times in a single day?"
"Can you answer these questions, Prince of Wales?"
After Lexington finished asking, Prince of Wales fell silent.
Yes! Now that I think about it, there were so many incredible things about the former Naval Base. Over the past few years, although she and Veneto have been staying at Blanca and have not truly integrated into the Fleet Girls' circle, during the first year after leaving the Naval Base, they wandered around the world in search of a way back to the Naval Base. Haven't they seen and experienced a lot?
What happened to the Fleet Girls? They were awakened by the Admiral through the Shipyard. Without the Admiral's Mental Power and the resonance from the Wreckage of Warships' Battleship spirits, it would have been impossible to construct them. Yet, in their Naval Base, under circumstances where the Admiral was absent, one Fleet Girl after another emerged: Richelieu, Bismarck, Tirpitz, Washington, Andrea Doria, Veneto, Lion, Enterprise, Missouri, Avant-garde, Warspite... How can this be explained?
According to Prince of Wales, countless Fleet Girls have been sunk by Deep Sea Shipgirls every year. Even several of the Five Emperors from Naval Headquarters have fallen, let alone these Fleet Girls from their Naval Base who are not even generals. Yet they manage to escape from enemy encirclements time and again with their battered bodies after each devastating defeat, and not a single one has sunk. How can this be explained?
I remember when they first arrived at the Naval Base; they had to conduct over twenty drills every day. There were Fleet Girls weaker than them and many stronger ones, including quite a few who were at the admiral level. Where did they all come from? Logically speaking, such powerful Fleet Girls should not all be nameless individuals. However, after leaving the Naval Base, she has not heard of any of them; how can this be explained?
There was a time when they had to carry out missions in the Danish Strait daily. It was unreasonable to sink Deep Sea Bismarck eight times in one day; even sinking her once a day would be highly unusual. In this world, flagship-level Deep Sea Shipgirls often take a long time to revive after being sunk. Even a workhorse like Deep Sea Yamato could not revive so frequently. To quote Hood: "Are you saying that Deep Sea Bismarck is like a cockroach?"
Moreover, the former Naval Base was so powerful with so many Fleet Girls. Not only is it incomparable to the current Naval Base led by the European Emperor, but even those governors who survived through the tumultuous Great Era of the 1980s cannot compare. Yet such a powerful Naval Base has no records in this world; no Admiral or Fleet Girl knows about it as if it never existed. What does this imply?
When Prince of Wales thought about these things, she felt a chill run down her spine. However, Lexington's words soon calmed her heart completely.
"No matter how we look at it or think about it, there were too many unreasonable aspects about that former Naval Base; it seemed incredibly strange."
"Perhaps the Admiral is hiding something, but what does that matter?"
"I only remember that he is our Admiral and that he has returned to our side; that's enough. Let the past remain in the past!"
When Lexington said this last sentence, her face bore an inexplicable glow filled with happiness.
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