The ship-slaying great sword erupted with a blinding light. The light became increasingly dazzling, and in the end, it was like the sun.
On the foundation of the golden Ship Qi, Illustrious added her unique ability, "Heaven and Earth, I Alone Am Honored," into the ship-slaying great sword.
This sword strike became incomparably powerful, capable of cutting through everything that stood in its way.
"Boom!"
Illustrious gripped the ship-slaying great sword tightly and then swung it down with force. A hundred-zhang-large sword aura shot out, colliding violently with the three terrifying, lightning-fast incoming attacks.
These three terrifying attacks shattered with a boom the mome
After the massive sword energy shattered three terrifying attacks, its power did not diminish in the slightest, continuing to shoot towards the three Nightmare Abyssals not far away.
Gazing at the terrifying sword energy approaching, the three Nightmare Abyssals were utterly shocked. What a horrifying blow!
They didn't even have a chance to scream before they were cut into ashes by the sword energy, disappearing into the sky.
After slaying the three Nightmare Abyssals, the massive sword energy sliced through the sky, splitting the clouds for thousands of miles before slowly dissipating in mid-air.
Seeing the immense power of a single sword strike, Saint Louis was deeply shaken: "H-how powerful! This person is beautiful and strong. I've finally found the one I can spend my life with. No matter the cost, I must make this White-Haired Girl my bride."
"Hmph! That's all there is to it! It doesn't even count as a warm-up. As expected, it's only enjoyable to fight against those Five-Star Legendary Ship Girls!" Illustrious said, still feeling unsatisfied.
However, Five-Star Legendary Ship Girls are not cabbages; you can't just find them whenever you want.
Even if you find them, they might not necessarily fight you. Ship Girls at the level of Five-Star Legendary Ship Girls are all old monsters; the older they get, the more they fear death. Without absolute certainty, they will not easily fight other Five-Star Legendary Ship Girls.
This also led to Illustrious rarely being able to fight to her heart's content after reaching the Five-Star Legendary Ship Girl level.
Illustrious looked up at the sky and said lightly, "I really miss the time when I was a Gold-Plated Ship Girl; that's when I encountered the most opponents."
"H-hello there! Thank you for saving my life," Saint Louis said to Illustrious, a little nervous.
"No need to thank me! We are both Ship Girls. If you were attacked by Abyssals, I would naturally lend a hand," Illustrious said calmly as she turned around.
"Your benevolent heroism truly fills me with admiration! If everyone were as warm-hearted as you, then the world wouldn't be wantonly ravaged by Abyssals!" Saint Louis exclaimed.
Illustrious looked at the person before her and couldn't help but be amazed. She had been so focused on the battle that she had forgotten there was such a beauty beside her.
Gazing at the beautiful woman in a sexy and elegant white gown, which accentuated her graceful figure, especially those fair and delicate long legs, so alluring, Illustrious thought that she could play with such perfect long legs for a year.
Illustrious, having had her fill, retracted her gaze. In the past, she would have desperately pursued this great beauty, but now that she had Atago and Vicious, she wouldn't make a move on other women. "Since you are safe and sound, we shall meet again if fate allows." Illustrious turned around and looked at her Aircraft Carrier, intending to leave and return to it.
Seeing Illustrious about to leave, Saint Louis anxiously said, "Wait, benefactor, you haven't told me your name yet! And when can we meet again?"
"A name is just a code. Today, I am merely an ordinary Ship Girl passing by. If we are truly fated, we will naturally meet again." After leaving this sentence, Illustrious transformed into a streak of light and disappeared before Saint Louis.
Doing good deeds without leaving her name, Saint Louis admired and liked Illustrious even more. "As expected of my future bride, she truly is of noble character, dashing, and incredibly handsome!"
But once Illustrious was out of sight in mid-air, Saint Louis couldn't help but want to slap herself. "Oh no! How could I be so stupid! If I don't ask for her name clearly, how will I find her later!"
...Back on the Aircraft Carrier's deck, Illustrious saw Atago looking at the sky from the edge of the deck. She quietly crept up behind Atago.
Suddenly covering Atago's eyes with both hands, Illustrious imitated Essex's voice and said, "Guess who I am!"
Atago, whose eyes were covered, heard the voice and immediately laughed, "You're Illustrious, right!"
"No! I'm not Illustrious," Illustrious continued, covering Atago's eyes.
"Stop messing around! You are Illustrious, I won't be mistaken," Atago insisted.
Illustrious lowered her hands and asked curiously, "How did you know it was me? I imitated Essex's voice so perfectly."
Atago turned her head, hugged Illustrious's slender waist, and said, "That's simple. Although you imitated Essex very well, you have a fatal flaw that made me recognize you in a second."
Illustrious tilted her head and asked, "What fatal flaw!"
"It's your body scent! I can smell you out immediately," Atago said proudly.
Good heavens! She had forgotten that Atago was canine. It was not at all surprising that Atago could smell her out! Illustrious playfully tapped Atago's nose and said, "What an amazing sense of smell! I admit defeat."
"I guessed correctly, shouldn't you reward me?" Atago said, her eyes full of affection.
"What do you want? Diamonds or pretty clothes?" Illustrious listed things girls might want.
"Such common things! I don't want them!" Atago shook her head.
"Then what do you want? Just tell me, and I'll find it and give it to you." Illustrious thought for a moment, "Or if you want a pet, whether it flies in the sky, runs on the ground, or swims in the sea, I can catch it for you."
"A pet! That's great, you'll really catch one for me?" Atago said, her face beaming with joy.
"Of course. A man of his word, what he says is as good as gold," Illustrious said seriously.
"Pfft! What 'man of his word'? Look at your chest, it's so big! What man has such exaggerated pectoral muscles?" Atago was amused by Illustrious.
That hit hard, buddy! Looking down at her large chest, Illustrious once again realized the fact that she had become a woman, a fact that pained her deeply.
"Don't talk about that anymore, you should tell me what reward you want!" Illustrious began to change the topic that saddened her.
"Since you'll catch any pet for me, I want you to catch yourself and give yourself to me as a pet!" Atago said with a mischievous smile.
"Me catch myself? You really thought of that!" Illustrious said with a surprised look.
"What, are you backing out? Didn't you just say you're a man of your word? I didn't expect you to be such an untrustworthy person, I really misjudged you," Atago pouted in anger.
"Ah! Uh! This! I, I will certainly be a man of my word! But Atago, why do you insist on me being your pet?" Being a pet felt too shameful for Illustrious.
"Because only a pet will abandon shame and self-esteem, loving only its owner wholeheartedly." Atago said excitedly, "Once you become a pet, you'll be mine. Then I can freely dirty you without any qualms, and it's such a wonderful thing to dirty you without any guilt!"
Terrifying! The current Atago's sickly appearance made Illustrious so scared that she couldn't help but swallow. It seemed she absolutely couldn't become a pet.
"As for me being your pet, just give up on that idea! Choose another reward!" Illustrious shook her head desperately.
"Eh! I want you to be my pet, alright! Won't you just be my pet?" Atago said, continually acting cute.
This cutesy voice was very alluring, making it hard to resist. Illustrious inwardly exclaimed: "She's truly a tormenting little imp."
Being begged by Atago like this, Illustrious almost agreed. Fortunately, her will was firm enough, or she would have fallen. "Are you changing it or not? If not, the reward is canceled. You have five seconds to think of a reward."
"Five"
"Three"
"Stop it! You skipped four and went straight to three," Atago frowned.
Illustrious mischievously smiled, "Sorry! My math teacher died young, so my arithmetic is like this. By the way, you have two seconds left."
"Two"
"One"
Time was urgent, so Atago immediately thought of a reward. "Alright! You don't have to be my pet! Just a kiss is fine, right?"
"Just a kiss? Okay! That's simple!" Illustrious immediately agreed. As long as she didn't have to be a pet.
"Then let's start!" This was her first conscious kiss with Illustrious, and Atago was already impatient to taste Illustrious.
"Alright! As you wish!" Illustrious tightly hugged Atago's slender waist, then her cherry lips approached Atago's cherry lips.
Watching Illustrious's cherry lips continuously drawing closer, Atago felt no aversion; instead, she was very excited, and she also continuously moved her cherry lips closer to Illustrious's.
Just as their cherry lips were about to touch, Illustrious suddenly stopped.
They were almost kissing, but Illustrious stopped. Atago said, annoyed, "What's wrong? Why did you suddenly stop?"
"Is it really okay to kiss like this? How about we brush our teeth first?" Illustrious suggested.
"Brush what? The original taste is the best!" Atago objected.
"Uh! I guess so! Sorry! Let's continue." Illustrious continued to bring her cherry lips closer to Atago's.
Atago also brought her cherry lips closer to Illustrious's. Just as their cherry lips were about to touch, Illustrious stopped again.
Seeing Illustrious suddenly stop again, Atago frowned. "What's wrong now? Can't we just kiss properly?"
Illustrious said with a serious face, "Our kissing posture is wrong. I am the 'top,' and you are the 'bottom.' As the 'bottom,' how can you kiss me? At this moment, I should be kissing you!"
"What 'top'! What 'bottom'! It's just a kiss, can't you make it less complicated?!" Atago was almost driven crazy by Illustrious.
"No, this is my principle. I will never be the 'bottom'!" Illustrious said with a firm expression.
"Fine! Then I'll stand here, and you come and kiss me, alright?" Atago had lost all patience with Illustrious.
"That's definitely fine, then I'm coming." Illustrious hugged Atago's slender waist, and just as her cherry lips were about to approach Atago's, Illustrious stopped again.
This time, Atago could no longer stand Illustrious's dilly-dallying. She burst out, "Are you going to kiss me or not!"
"I want to kiss you, but look to your left," Illustrious glanced to her left.
Atago turned her head and looked to the left. She immediately saw Saratoga and Essex eating watermelon and staring intently at them.
Saratoga took a bite of watermelon, then said, "Captain! Don't mind us two, you two continue!"
Essex echoed, "Exactly! We're having a great time watching, don't stop!"
Well, they really couldn't kiss. With two spectators watching, it would be strange if they could kiss!
The two immediately separated. Atago glared fiercely at Illustrious: "It's all your fault, being so slow made us unable to kiss."
"Eh heh!" Illustrious scratched the back of her head.
Seeing Illustrious play dumb, Atago was furious. She grabbed Illustrious's ear. "It seems I need to teach you a good lesson today. Come to my room, and kneel on the washboard for me."
Atago dragged Illustrious to her room.
"Waaah! No! Saratoga and Essex, quickly save me!" Illustrious cried for help.
Saratoga and Essex not only didn't save Illustrious but waved goodbye to her instead.
"Saratoga will pray for you here, so have a good journey!"
"Don't worry! Atago loves you very much, you'll only have to kneel for three hours at most."
"What three hours! Help!" Illustrious let out a bloodcurdling scream... By the afternoon, Illustrious and her companions finally reached the Atlantic Military Police base.
This was a large island, inhabited solely by Ship Girls. The number of Ship Girls reached 300, and they were all members of the Atlantic Military Police.
The duty of the Atlantic Military Police is to arrest Admirals and Ship Girls who break the law, then send them to the Atlantic Governor-Generals Mansion's military court for trial! Finally, they would imprison the convicted Admirals and Ship Girls in Atlantic Prison Island.
The Atlantic Military Police arrested Admirals the most. Admirals are creatures who love to court death. For example, they often received reports of Admirals harassing Destroyers, pushing down Destroyers, or marrying Destroyers. They would arrest all such Admirals and lock them up.
Of course, Ship Girls also commit crimes. For example, Ark Royal from the Atlantic Governor-Generals Mansion is a habitual offender, frequently arrested for harassing Destroyers. This individual never changes her ways, repeatedly committing the same offense. She is famous within the Atlantic Military Police, known to everyone.
Whenever Ark Royal was arrested, she would enthusiastically greet the Atlantic Military Police. "Great! You're finally here, I've been waiting for you for a long time."
"The Admirals in prison are all talented, they speak so nicely, I absolutely love it there. Every time I go back to prison, I feel like I'm coming home."
Because they had caught this person too many times, Saratoga of the Atlantic Military Police once asked Ark Royal, "Why do you always harass Destroyers? Can't you stop harassing them?"
Ark Royal calmly said, "It's impossible not to harass Lolis!"
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