Can't find...

Standing on the branch, Atalanta looked around. As an excellent hunter, she certainly knew how to find prey. But now it seemed that this "prey" was more difficult than she had imagined.

But it doesn’t matter. As a hunter, Atalanta has enough patience. As long as she can find the target, she will definitely... find it!

At this moment, Atalanta suddenly saw a figure slowly walking around the corner from the corridor on the other side of the garrison. It was a girl with long black hair and a dark blue sailor suit. She lowered her head, her long bangs covered her eyes, and she looked a bit like a vampire who had been exposed to the sun for too much. The ship girl was holding a book in her arms and staggering forward. On her chest was a nameplate that clearly showed her number - 1408.

It's her!

Looking at the ship girl, Atalanta's eyes lit up, and then she quickly jumped up and rushed towards the ship girl.

"The person in front, please wait a moment! I have something to talk to you about...!"

While shouting, Atalanta rushed out from the woods. According to her calculations, she would be able to land steadily in front of the opponent and block her way in the next moment.

But at this moment, a breeze suddenly blew, which made Atalanta squint unconsciously. But when she opened her eyes again and fell to the ground, Atalanta was surprised to find that the ship girl who was supposed to be in front of her had disappeared without a trace?

How is this possible?

Atalanta stared at the empty corridor with her eyes wide open. She was very confident in her perception. Even if the other party wanted to avoid her, she should be able to detect the target's actions. But just now, she just accidentally diverted her attention, and it was not even one percent, and the other party disappeared just like that? It was as if she had never appeared?

Could this ship girl be an Assassin who can conceal her aura?

“Da…da…”

At this moment, Atalanta's ears suddenly moved, and then she quickly caught the footsteps coming from the corridor on the second floor on the other side. Yes, it was the footsteps of that ship girl! Atalanta was sure!

Got you!

At this moment, Atalanta's nerves were tense. She stepped on the pillar next to her, then turned 180 degrees in the air and jumped directly onto the second-floor window. As expected, Atalanta soon saw the ship girl holding a book and staggering to the end of the corridor.

"Hey, wait a moment, I have something urgent to do!"

Although Atalanta called out in time, the ship girl turned around and walked to the other side of the corridor as if she didn't hear her at all. Seeing this, Atalanta gritted her teeth and rushed in like an arrow, rushing to the corner at the end of the corridor in two or three steps.

"I want you to wait... Where is the person?"

Atalanta looked at the empty corridor and the vending machine at the end, and for a moment she didn't know what to say. On the sink next to the vending machine, she also saw a cup of steaming milk tea...

There is not even a window or door nearby. Where did that ship girl go?

While Atalanta was troubled by this problem, Fang Zheng and others were also troubled by another problem.

"Where have we come from?"

Looking at the hall made entirely of metal and the corridors that stretched in all directions, Fang Zheng had no idea what to say. He had originally thought this was an ordinary residence. But when Fang Zheng entered, he discovered that this place was terrifyingly large. And there was everything inside... For example...

"Well, I'm sure we're going the wrong way."

Looking at the three big words "Morgue" under the pale light in front of him, Fang Zheng apologized for disturbing him and said goodbye.

Xia Shi and Cui were now trembling with fear and huddled behind Fang Zheng.

"That's why Iona and I don't want to come to her..."

Musashi sighed helplessly.

"Her hull is too big, and unlike other warships, her appearance is also irregular. Unless you look for it yourself, it is impossible to find it..."

"Wait, you said this is her hull?"

Hearing this, Fang Zheng suddenly realized... This mental model actually lives in his body?

Hmm? If you think about it, this doesn't seem so strange.

However, Iona and Musashi's reactions are not surprising. Although it is reasonable that the warships of the ship girls are large, such as the Unicorn's aircraft carrier. However, the interior of the Sea Mist warship is different from that of ordinary warships. The ship girls usually fill their warships with various weapons and ammunition reserves.

In fact, in the battleships that Fang Zheng had seen, many of the spaces that were supposed to be warehouses, canteens, and accommodation for personnel were filled with all kinds of powerful reaction weapons and output cores by the ship girls. This is why the Sea Mist battleship has such unscientific combat effectiveness.

After all, for most ship girls, the only personal space they need is probably the command tower and the captain's room, and it is no problem to fill all other places with weapons.

So it is very easy to find these ship girls. You can find them directly in the command tower or the captain's room.

But this ship... or should I say it is worthy of being called a logistics ship? It not only has laboratories, wards, treatment facilities, but also a morgue... Well, although Fang Zheng also admitted that it is always better to be prepared, looking at the morgue in front of him still made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"Isn't there any place she goes often?"

“…”

"Okay, I know you guys don't know her well."

Seeing Musashi and Iona shaking their heads in unison, Fang Zheng sighed helplessly. These two people only knew the ship girl by her serial number, so how could they possibly know her interests and hobbies?

“——!——!!”

Just as Fang Zheng was about to continue circling around to look for someone, suddenly, the light above his head began to flicker slightly, as if the surrounding light sources were not in good contact.

Cui turned her head, and then she was surprised to see that when the lights were flickering, suddenly, a figure appeared at the end of the corridor far away from them!

"Fang, Brother Fang Zheng! There's someone over there!"

While screaming, Cui tightly grasped Fang Zheng's arm. Hearing Cui's scream, Fang Zheng turned his head and looked in the direction Cui pointed...but there was no one there.

"No one?"

"But, but I really saw someone standing there just now..."

Cui stared at the end of the corridor in fear, not knowing what to say for a moment. On the contrary, Musashi and Iona breathed a sigh of relief, and then Musashi opened his mouth and shouted loudly.

"1408! Come out quickly! The commander wants to talk to you about something important!"

"……What's up?"

Suddenly, just as Musashi finished speaking, a voice suddenly came from behind the crowd, scaring Fang Zheng so much that he jumped back, while Xia Shi and Cui directly hugged Fang Zheng's body, refusing to get down like two frightened kittens.

It was not until then that everyone realized that a ship girl with waist-length black hair and a dark blue sailor suit had appeared behind them. She lowered her head and looked gloomy, like a female ghost in a horror movie... But looking at the nameplate on her chest, it did say 1408...

"Huh...1408, you finally showed up."

At this time, Musashi and Iona also sighed, and then Musashi spoke.

"The commander has a mission for you. I wonder if you can do it?"

"……What's up?"

1408 tilted her head. Her voice sounded as gloomy as she was... well, just like someone who had just come out of a morgue.

"To put it simply..."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng also explained to 1408 the solution they had thought of during the previous meeting.

"Musashi said you have a way. Can you do it? Separate and seal off this specific area..."

"……no problem."

But to Fang Zheng's surprise, the other party only considered it for a moment, and then nodded. It seemed that it was really no problem for her.

Regardless of whether this is true or not, Fang Zheng can only try his best to save the situation.

But then again…

"I don't know your name yet. 1408 is your number, right? Don't you have a ship name?"

“Oh…right…”

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, the girl in front of him nodded as if she had suddenly realized something. Then she slowly stretched out her right hand and bowed weakly towards Fang Zheng.

"USG planetary decomposition ship - Ishimura reports to you. Nice to meet you. Hello, Commander..."