Free Web NovelChapter 923: Chapter 537: Fooled Into Accepting a Fleet
[At this point, Purple Moon lifted her head to glance at Zhu Yue and said, "One is Zhu Yue..."]
[Alice sat up, her eyes fixed on Purple Moon.]
["The other is Li Yue..."]
[The corners of Alice’s mouth lifted as she leaned back against the chair, spreading her hands and said, "Well, obviously, the answer to this question is quite clear."]
[Ding! You have acquired a Spell Card: Conspiracy Theory]
["No... I still can’t accept this!" Purple Moon’s expression became somewhat agitated as she couldn’t accept the fact that her Commander had fallen.]
[Moreover, if the Commander was truly a Deep Sea spy, then she and the other girls in the fleet had indirectly become accomplices to the Deep Sea.]
[This is something she absolutely couldn’t accept.]
["Well, you can go ahead and investigate," Alice chuckled, "See if they’re willing to listen to your explanation."]
[At that moment, a girl with a pink ponytail ran over from a distance: "Sister Purple Moon! Sister Purple Moon!"]
[She ran all the way and stopped steadily beside Purple Moon, urgently saying: "The fleet’s accounts don’t match, Sister Purple Moon."]
["Accounts?" Alice asked curiously.]
[Purple Moon explained: "The Commander has already passed away, regardless of the cause of death, in the absence of another Commander’s dispatch and takeover, the fleet will enter the disbandment procedure, naturally, the fleet’s accounts must be checked to distribute severance pay to each shipgirl."]
[At this, Purple Moon seemed to have thought of something, let out a bitter laugh, and said, "Perhaps your guess is correct, because no Commander would be willing to take over our fleet at all."]
[This fleet’s previous Commander was executed under such grave charges, taking over this fleet would mean bearing the antagonism of the entire Red Maple Fortress populace, even though it’s an extremely elite fleet, no one dares to accept in the short term.]
[That’s human nature.]
[But from Purple Moon’s perspective, this further validated Alice’s statement. In those Commanders’ eyes, their fleet had equated with Deep Sea, so naturally, no one would come over to take over.]
[After explaining, Purple Moon lowered her head to examine the accounts, while the pink ponytailed girl saw Zhu Yue across from Purple Moon and exclaimed in surprise: "Zhu Yue!"]
[Zhu Yue smiled at the girl: "Long time no see, Zhu Yue."]
[The Zhu Yue, a light cruiser.]
[A member of Zhu Yue’s anti-submarine squad and also a good friend of Zhu Yue.]
["Did you come because of the Commander’s situation?" Zhu Yue subconsciously asked but felt it wasn’t right, "No, the Commander’s incident just happened today..."]
[Zhu Yue replied: "I came by coincidence."]
[Zhu Yue still wanted to say more; after all, she hadn’t seen Zhu Yue for a long time, and whether they could meet again after this disbandment was unknown, but Purple Moon’s voice interrupted their conversation.]
["I think your statement is correct." Purple Moon said with a grim expression.]
[Zhu Yue, not having heard Alice’s earlier remarks, saw Purple Moon’s reaction and asked curiously, "What’s wrong, Sister Purple Moon?"]
["His personal account has a large amount of unexplained funds," Purple Moon didn’t even refer to the person as the Commander anymore, "The Federation’s grants for the fleet were all diverted by Li Yue, now there’s barely any usable funds left in the fleet’s account."]
That’s certainly the case...
Your Commander embezzled the retirement fees and subsequent subsidies for Zhu Yue, pocketing it all himself, which can’t be publicly disclosed, how could there not be unexplained funds?
As for Li Yue diverting the fleet’s money, it was all spent on Zhu Yue, solely to get more Life Cards.
Shen Sui suddenly felt a bit sorry for the other shipgirls in this fleet, stuck with such a Commander and such a vile Life Card Master.
["What exactly happened?" Zhu Yue still had no idea, looking at Purple Moon with a puzzled expression.]
[Purple Moon fell silent, seeming afraid that revealing the truth would hit this naive and lively light cruiser shipgirl too hard.]
[Originally, Alice, who loved stirring trouble, intended to speak up to reinforce the shipgirls’ understanding of the situation.]
[After all, her remarks were largely conjecture based on conspiracies, with no solid evidence, and once loopholes were found, they could easily be debunked. Reinforcing understanding now, it also provides a reasonable explanation for Zhu Yue’s gap in service.]
[Of course, Alice silently thanked the senior who was executed, as he embezzled Zhu Yue’s retirement fees and subsidy but retained Zhu Yue’s records, meaning Zhu Yue is still a registered shipgirl and can apply to the Governor’s Mansion for reinstatement.]
[But just when Alice was about to add salt to the wound, a new idea suddenly burst into her mind.]
[So she sat there quietly watching Purple Moon dismiss Zhu Yue.]
[Once Zhu Yue left, Alice finally spoke: "So, what are you planning to do? The fleet’s funds have been embezzled, you probably can’t even afford severance pay anymore, can you? Given your current status, even if you wanted to join another fleet, the other Commanders probably wouldn’t take you, right?"]
[Purple Moon sighed, a confused look flashing in her eyes.]
[Indeed, what to do? Retire?]
[But she just graduated from the Shipgirl Academy, is in her prime, hasn’t yet reached the peak of her power and career, retiring like this would be unacceptable to her parents, and she herself couldn’t accept it either.]
