"Yukikaze, there's something you don't know. Our Admiral isn't an ordinary human; she's a Ship Girl. Not only that, she's also the Ruler, the Silver King," Shokaku explained to Yukikaze.
What? She was actually the Silver King? Yukikaze was shocked. The Silver King was the person with the most potential among the Rulers. If she could collect the six Authority Silver Hearts, becoming the strongest in the world would definitely be no problem.
Thinking that the Admiral of this Naval Base was the Silver King, Yukikaze's solemn expression also relaxed. "If your Admiral really is the Silver King, then killing Island Princess is indeed no problem at all."
"The problem is that the Admiral will take an hour to return, but this azure crystal core can only last for an hour. The timing coincides," Azuma said with some concern.
"Don't be afraid. I believe Sister will definitely appear in time when we encounter a crisis," Unicorn said firmly... In the middle of an ocean, Illustrious was using her main body ship to rush back to the Naval Base. She could have returned yesterday, but she encountered Taihou halfway. Because of Taihou, it would take her another hour today to return to the Naval Base.
Her legs were trembling slightly, and her face looked very weak. Illustrious felt very tired. Recalling yesterday's situation, she only felt that Taihou was terrifying.
Yesterday, when Taihou was hunting Illustrious, she chased her all the way to the mainland. Along the way, she didn't find Illustrious's main body ship at all, which puzzled her. Could she have overshot? Perhaps Illustrious was actually just a Gold-Plated Ship Girl who had gotten too tired and stopped at another island to rest, which is why Taihou hadn't seen the main body ship.
After figuring it out, Taihou began to head back. Halfway through her flight, she suddenly felt her heart race, her face flush, and her breath grow ragged.
"Damn it! Is it acting up again? Ship Girls... I need a Ship Girl!" Taihou's mind was filled with desire.
The reason she was like this was that back when she was still a Five-Star Epic Ship Girl, she had obtained a ship device containing Phoenix Blood.
By drinking the Phoenix Blood, she would gain the Blazing Phoenix Physique, increasing her Ship Qi cultivation speed fivefold.
While the Blazing Phoenix Physique allowed for rapid cultivation, it had a side effect: every week, desire would build up within her body. If she didn't vent that fire in time, her entire being would be consumed by lust, she would lose control of her thoughts, and eventually, she would indiscriminately attack everything around her.
Craving power, Taihou felt that a minor side effect was no problem in exchange for a fivefold increase in speed, so she drank it immediately.
After drinking it, in just fifty short years, Taihou rose from a Five-Star Epic Ship Girl to a Four-Star Legendary Ship Girl. Without the Blazing Phoenix Physique, it would have taken her at least three hundred years to reach that rank.
During those years, whenever her condition flared up each week, Taihou would find someone to vent with. Naturally, that person couldn't be a man. She had tried to seduce the Admiral, but he never laid a hand on her. Taihou was a stickler for looks; she had no interest in ordinary human women and only liked the otherworldly, fairy-like beauty of Ship Girls. In the end, she had no choice but to find Ship Girls to help her vent.
Taihou's fire of desire was intense, lasting at least six hours each time, making life miserable for the Ship Girls she caught.
Flying through the air, Taihou spread her Divine Sense to investigate her surroundings. Three nautical miles ahead, she discovered five Ship Girls. "Found them. I need to hurry and grab one to settle this fire in my body."
With a whoosh, Taihou turned into a streak of light and flew rapidly toward the five Ship Girls.
Illustrious, who was originally worried about the Naval Base's safety, immediately sensed Taihou's aura flying toward them at high speed. This gave Illustrious a fright. "Heavens! Why is it her? Coming at us so aggressively... she's not going to kill me, is she?"
Illustrious's face remained calm on the surface, but she was panicking like crazy inside. What should she do? The information she gave Taihou was fake. Now Taihou definitely wanted to kill her, and her current strength as a Ruler could at most rival a Five-Star Epic Ship Girl.
A Legendary Ship Girl was terrifyingly powerful; a hundred Epic Ship Girls might not be their match. If a fight broke out with Taihou, Illustrious would undoubtedly lose.
Illustrious's mind raced. Suddenly, she remembered her heavenly radiance ship device, the Ship Girl Transformation Figure. If she transformed into another Ship Girl, wouldn't she be able to evade the pursuit?
It was a great idea. Illustrious quickly took the Ship Girl Transformation Figure out of her rigging space. Since the last time she transformed, she had been Ayanami, so the figure currently looked like Ayanami.
Illustrious focused her thoughts on Azuma, and the figure immediately began to take on Azuma's appearance. She didn't want to shout out loud because it felt like a magical girl transformation, which was too embarrassing.
Shouting in her heart was the same as shouting out loud. The last time she transformed into another Ship Girl, Illustrious had also shouted in her heart, so this time she also gave a silent cry of "Transform!"
After the mental shout, the Azuma figure turned into a ball of golden light. The golden light enveloped Illustrious, causing her to radiate a golden glow. Five seconds later, the light vanished, and Illustrious's appearance and white off-the-shoulder dress had transformed into Azuma, wearing a black high-slit cheongsam.
The Aircraft Carrier sailing on the sea erupted in golden light, transforming into a Super Cruiser. Illustrious took out a mirror to check herself. Seeing she had successfully become Azuma, she immediately threw the mirror back.
Aircraft Carrier also sensed the powerful aura of a Legendary Ship Girl. She hurried to Illustrious's side with Ayanami, Haman, and Laffey, intending to face the enemy together.
Arriving before Illustrious, she found that Illustrious was gone. Aircraft Carrier glanced at "Azuma" and said warily, "Who are you? Why are you on our ship?"
"You're not another Ship Girl from the Deep Sea Cult, are you? If you are, we can't let you go!" Haman said with a fierce expression.
Laffey and Haman grew tense facing "Azuma." They manifested their rigging, looking ready to fight at any moment.
Only Ayanami remained calm. She knew that the "Azuma" in front of her was actually Illustrious. After all, Illustrious had transformed into her before, so Ayanami was quite composed.
"I am Illustrious. I used a ship device to change into another Ship Girl's appearance." Seeing they still looked skeptical, "Azuma" said to Ayanami, "If you don't believe me, you can ask Ayanami. She knows."
"I guarantee that the person in front of us is indeed Illustrious, yes," Ayanami said with a serious face after seeing Illustrious staring at her for an explanation.
"So it's the Admiral! Then why did you transform into another Ship Girl?" Aircraft Carrier asked, confused.
"Azuma" said to them, "I have my reasons for changing like this. The goal is to keep my true identity hidden. A Legendary Ship Girl will be flying over shortly. I have a grudge with her. Be sure to act natural later and don't let the secret slip, do you hear me?"
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