Chapter 75: Capsize
In that game, the ship girls obtain rings that can give them various upgrades.
For those battleships, the attribute improvement of the ring is insignificant, but it is particularly important for submarines.
Submarines consume little energy when attacking, and due to their special nature, they only accept anti-submarine attacks and are widely used in daily attacks. Unlike battleships, their repair time is relatively short, and it is not worth using fast repair items. In this way, the repair time given by the ring is reduced, which can be said to be a timely help for them.
From a utilitarian point of view, giving a ring to a submarine is a very cost-effective thing to do.
Besides, the submarines are all made up of cute little girls. From the perspective of "love", you can't suffer a loss or be cheated by buying a mere ring.
Anyway, there are not many modified submarines in the whole game. Archerfish is one of them, and she is very strong. The illustration is very cute, and the Archerfish and the Orchid of the Sea have their own charms. In addition, Archerfish is also famous in history. Su Xia can't be without an Archerfish ring.
The left hand is clenched into a small fist, and the right hand is holding the left hand. Even in the slightly dim light, you can see the redness on the cute face of the archerfish.
It was obvious that Archerfish knew what the ring represented. After all, the Archerfish, the "Playboy of the Pacific" in history, had now become a ship girl, and even if she was just a little girl or a little girl, she was definitely not ignorant.
Seeing the archerfish's shy behavior, Su Xia was not a devil after all, and did not have any extra thoughts, so he did not continue to bully it.
Su Xia planned to catch the Archerfish this night. He looked around and asked, "Why is there only Archerfish and no Albacore?"
Always talk to the person about what they are interested in. It is absolutely fine to talk to a mother about her children without showing that she is not interested. Archerfish's lines in the game always include the bluefin tuna, and it is obvious that they have a deep bond.
Su Xia naturally didn't expect that someone had said something to Archerfish in advance, which made his plan awkward. Almost as soon as Su Xia mentioned the bluefin tuna, Archerfish immediately became alert and replied, "The bluefin tuna didn't come."
"Doesn't she work here?" Su Xia asked.
Wichita interrupted while drinking: "The bluefin tuna is clumsy, hire her to break cups and plates?"
Su Xia suggested: "We can hire them as mascots, just like the cats in cat cafes."
He thought about it for a moment, a submarine cafe, a cafe hosted by a group of young female submarines.
Su Xia noticed Wichita's disdainful gaze, and he laughed and said, "Just kidding, just kidding."
Su Xia asked again: "Do archerfish and bluefin tuna live together?"
"Um."
“What about surgeonfish?”
“Surgeonfish and barbels live.”
Su Xia had heard from Lexington that most little lolita girls live in one room with two other girls because it is too lonely to live alone, but it would be too crowded if there are too many people living together.
Su Xia naturally knew the relationship between archerfish and albacore, and pretended to be surprised and said, "Why do archerfish live with albacore, while surgeonfish live with barbel? Obviously archerfish and surgeonfish are sisters, but albacore and barbel are sisters."
"Why do I have sisters with surgeonfish, albacore and barbel?" the archerfish asked.
Su Xia explained: "It's very simple. The bluefin tuna belongs to the Small Shark class, and the archerfish belongs to the Whitefish class. However, since the Whitefish class is only an improvement over the Small Shark class, there is no essential difference in design, so the Whitefish class and the subsequent Tench class are also regarded as Small Shark class in some occasions."
"But strictly speaking, Archerfish is a Whitefish-class submarine, and Surgeonfish is also a Whitefish-class submarine. The hull number SS-306 is the sister of Archerfish with the hull number SS-311. And Albacore is a Small Shark-class submarine, and Barbel is also a Small Shark-class submarine. Her hull number SS-220 is the sister of Albacore with the hull number SS-218." Su Xia talked freely.
Su Xia explained it in such detail that Archerfish actually believed most of it, but he still questioned, "Why has no one ever told us..."
"Well... didn't I just say that your Whitefish class and the subsequent Tench class are sometimes also regarded as small shark class." Su Xia thought to himself. In the early days of the game, Archerfish had always been classified as small shark class. Archerfish was the younger sister of the Bluefin Mackerel, not just a successor.
Archerfish asked, "Admiral, you didn't lie to me?"
"Why would I lie to you?" Su Xia said.
What kind of cliché TV show is this? The elder sister is not the elder sister, and the younger sister is not the younger sister. The archerfish shook her head and rubbed her legs against the floor as she backed away. She felt her worldview collapse a little. She said, "Really... I'm not the albacore's sister, the barbel is. The albacore is not my sister, the surgeonfish is my sister."
The archerfish muttered to itself as it backed away, fell off the bench, and slowly got up. It kept shaking its head, unable to accept the reality, and completely became the heroine in a TV drama who suddenly heard terrible news.
Su Xia was having fun bullying the little girl, but at this moment she vaguely sensed something was wrong.
At the same time, Lexington kicked Su Xia and whispered, "Admiral, what are you talking about with Archerfish?"
"I, I..." Su Xia didn't know how to explain. He definitely didn't want this to happen. He really didn't understand. Did the archerfish really not know about the surgeonfish? It seemed that the surgeonfish's lines in the game basically didn't mention the archerfish sister, and the archerfish's lines were basically only about the bluefin tuna.
Su Xia calmed down. It was useless to explain now. Solving the problem was the most important thing. He shouted, "Archerfish..."
"Admiral, are the bluefin tuna and I really not sisters?" asked the archerfish.
Su Xia looked at Archerfish, who was looking at him with a hopeful expression. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something but stopping himself. That was the fact. Teasing others was the most irresponsible behavior. He thought about it and smiled deliberately: "Archerfish, why are you acting like the world is falling apart... Is the bluefin tuna your sister ... your real sister? What's the point?"
The archerfish just shook its head.
" I'm just saying it, just to popularize some knowledge, do you take it seriously?" Su Xia said, "You are shipgirls, the spirits and heroes of the battleship, not humans, so why are you so fussy about it? Even if you are humans, I have always believed that feelings are something that transcends blood ties."
"Shipgirls are different from humans and cannot be compared. There are so many shipgirls of the same model. Can you clearly call them sisters?" Su Xia looked at Lexington. "They are sisters only if they are in the same garrison and live together. Have you seen Lexington contacting Saratoga outside? Only Gaga in our garrison is her sister. Saratoga outside is just Saratoga."
"First of all, you have to live in the same tutelage, and have feelings for each other. That's the most important thing," Su Xia asked. "Just because Albacore is a small shark and you are a whitefish, does that mean you are no longer sisters ? Is your sisterhood so fragile? All those little memories over the years, playing together and fighting together, are gone just like that?"
Su Xia said loudly: "There is only one situation in which she is no longer your sister, and that is when you do not recognize her as your sister."
Su Xia exhaled and said, "Think about it, they are not sisters, but they are closer than sisters. Sisters like this are more precious."
The archerfish stopped talking. After a moment of silence, he said, "But..."
"But what?"
"Will the bluefin tuna recognize me as its sister?"
"Do you distrust the albacore so much?"
"I believe her," the archerfish said after a moment's hesitation, then said, "What about the surgeonfish?"
"Wouldn't it be nice to have another sister?"
"……good."
"That's fine."
"Yeah." The archerfish nodded.
Su Xia noticed Lexington and Wichita staring at him, and he asked, "What's the problem?"
Lexington smiled.
Wichita said, "This is the admiral."
Su Xia felt a little puzzled and didn't ask any more questions. The most important thing now was the matter of the archerfish: "Okay, Archerfish, do you have any questions?"
"No problem."
"Then come and sit down." Su Xia patted the bench next to him. He had already reached out to rearrange the bench.
The archerfish sat down.
Su Xia said casually: "The archerfish is the treat here, right?"
"Um."
"Then is it your duty to have a drink with your guests?"
Lexington smiled.
Wichita said, "This is the admiral."
Archerfish nodded and said, "Okay, I'll drink with the admiral."
"Children can't drink alcohol." Su Xia said, "One glass of juice, Coke, or Sprite will be fine, it's ours."
Lexington smiled.
Wichita said, "This is the admiral."
Su Xia turned to the two people, smiled, and turned away without saying anything.
"Admiral, please look at us. What are you laughing at?"
"nothing."
"Bullying, isn't it?"
"You were the ones who started it. You said something incomprehensible and didn't tell me when asked."