Free Web NovelChapter 920: Chapter 536: Alice Attempts to Launch (8K)_5
After a while, Shen Sui noticed that Isabella had not reacted for a long time, so he scanned her with his consciousness and found that this esteemed True Ancestor of the Blood Race had fallen asleep leaning against his neck.
Shen Sui smiled and did not wake Isabella up. After all, with her puppet form, she didn’t weigh much.
Alice successfully entered the Red Maple Fortress under Zhu Yue’s guidance.
Red Maple Fortress, as the frontline fortress closest to the Deep Sea, was neglected due to various reasons by the Azure Federation.
However, this neglect did not kill Red Maple Fortress; instead, it rapidly rose in the war between the shipgirls and the Deep Sea, and has now become one of the most important fortresses in the world.
Due to this background, although Red Maple Fortress is nominally part of the Azure Federation, it never really got along with the rulers of the Azure Federation. Thus, it harbors many individuals who lost their identity for various reasons, and this is one of the reasons Zhu Yue chose it as their foothold.
The other reason is, of course, the developed black market system within Red Maple Fortress.
Legend has it, in the black market of Red Maple Fortress, you can buy anything—from advanced Ship Armor to the most garbage handgun, from intelligence on various shipgirls to legendary documents; you name it, they have it.
However, the black market is illegal in name, so finding the true Red Maple black market still requires some effort, and Zhu Yue had paid a lot to learn from it, even spending a year’s salary on a fake missile.
The first thing Zhu Yue needs to buy is a new identity for her and Alice.
But identities aren’t cheap, so the first thing they had to purchase upon entering Red Maple Fortress was a source of funds.
"Such a beautiful gem, are you really going to sell it?" Zhu Yue said hesitantly as she looked at the gem Alice handed over.
"Hehe, don’t worry, it’s fine," Alice said, "We don’t need it now anyway, just sell it as an ordinary gem."
"But..."
"Besides, I can just steal it back," Alice said with a mischievous laugh.
"..."
"Wow! Look," Alice suddenly pointed at a photo on a bulletin board, and said to Zhu Yue, "I think I see your photo."
Instinctively, Zhu Yue looked up at it. The moment she saw the photo, a surge of anger filled her heart.
The photo Alice pointed to was of her Commander.
And this photo was the ID picture they had just taken when they registered.
The photo displayed on the notice board was cropped, emphasizing the Commander, but Alice recognized Zhu Yue from the edges of the photo.
"Is this the trash Commander who abandoned you?" Alice memorized the photo, and she would not hesitate to avenge Zhu Yue when the opportunity presented itself.
Zhu Yue nodded slightly.
Alice looked up at the title above: North’s Outstanding Young Commander Exercise Competition.
It seemed Zhu Yue’s former Commander was here to participate in this competition.
Could she sneak in blindly? Alice was already contemplating how to help Zhu Yue take revenge.
"Zhu Yue?"
At that moment, a woman’s voice called Zhu Yue’s name.
Zhu Yue and Alice simultaneously thought, "This is bad."
Zhu Yue was not a well-known shipgirl, and was somewhat anonymous; those who recognized her here had to be her former colleagues.
"Didn’t you retire to the countryside?"
The woman continued speaking.
Only then did Zhu Yue turn to look at the person.
"Purple Moon Sister?" Zhu Yue said in surprise.
Purple Moon, a battleship.
The flagship of Zhu Yue’s previous fleet, an elder sister who took great care of Zhu Yue.
"What... retired?" Zhu Yue felt confused.
It turned out that the incident of Zhu Yue’s sinking had never been made public, nor had it been reported.
Of course, Li Yue (the Life Card Master of Zhu Yue), wanted to pocket the Life Cards herself, so she colluded with their Commander to cover up the matter.
The former wanted to amass more Life Cards, while the latter could embezzle Zhu Yue’s salary and benefits, and even entice young girls who dreamed of becoming shipgirls under the guise of recruiting new secretary ships.
"I understand now," Purple Moon’s eyes revealed sadness, "You are here to find the Commander, aren’t you?"
The anger welled up again in Zhu Yue’s heart, but she carefully suppressed it and said, "Yes."
"Sorry, we couldn’t protect the Commander." Purple Moon finally couldn’t hold back, sobbing.
"???" Zhu Yue stared wide-eyed in shock.
"What happened?" Alice asked, puzzled.
Purple Moon pointed behind her and said, "Because of this great fire."
"Huh? Hit by a missile?" Alice thought it was somewhat absurd.
"No, not at all," Purple Moon shook her head, "The Commander was diving in the sea at the time."
"However, the fire sparked by the exploding missile attracted fire-fighting helicopters, and when the helicopter hoisted seawater from the sea, it also picked up the Commander."
"He was dumped from thousands of meters in the air along with the sea water."
"So, he was smashed to death?" Alice asked, her eyes wide open.
"That’s not the case, the Commander was fine then," Purple Moon shook her head, took out a handkerchief to wipe away tears, and said, "But the City Lord of the fortress said that the registration number on the missile fragment belonged to the Commander, and claimed that the missile and the subsequent fire directly destroyed the fortress warehouse, burning billions of shipgirl supplies."
"Then the Commander was shot dead on the spot."
