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"Yes, that's right." Deep Sea Yamato nodded hurriedly like a hamster. "I think you should be careful, Shiro. She might have some ulterior motives!"

“Uh…” Xiaobai paused for a moment. She thought about it for a while and realized that Loki was indeed a little more friendly than before, but it was obviously not to the point of being enthusiastic. Xiaobai shook her head and smiled at Deep Sea Yamato, “It should be nothing… I think it’s just because of what happened before. Miss Loki and we have developed a closer relationship, so now Miss Loki treats us like friends.”

"Hmm..." Yamato looked doubtful.

Shiro smiled as he looked at Yamato's expression.

"Okay, Yamato-neechan, at least Miss Loki isn't a bad person, right?"

"I...of course I know..."

"More importantly, Yamato-neechan, do you have any ideas about Akagi's second request that we discuss?"

Shiro asked Yamato from the Deep Sea.

Chicheng agreed to two conditions for Xiaobai to go to sea.

One of them is to make Deepsea Yamato go with them, and the second is to make Shiro and Deepsea Yamato think more about the purpose of the super-large and the invasion of the land.

"Uh……"

Upon hearing Xiaobai's words, Yamato of the Deep Sea, who was still worried about Loki, froze, her expression turning awkward. She remained stunned for a long time before a look of embarrassment appeared on her face.

"Well... this..."

"Yamato-neechan?"

"Ahem... Well, I've been seriously thinking about this too. Actually, regarding the super-large and its purpose of attacking the land... because I've fought with her before and chatted with her, I actually have a bit of a clue in my mind."

Deep Sea Yamato muttered softly.

"Yamato-neechan, you have an idea?" Shiro asked curiously. "Tell me about it?"

"It's not exactly an idea... but I think I'm pretty close to the truth." Deep Sea Yamato scratched her cheek and thought for a while, then let out a soft sigh and said to Shiro with a somewhat serious expression, "I think... the reason why Super Yamato wants to attack the land... is probably out of her own anger and resentment."

"Anger? Resentment?"

"Hmm." Deep Sea Yamato patted her chest and said to White, "Super Yamato and her ship prototype—I told you about her before, right? Although this is just your human nonsense, in your human mouths, she is considered some kind of improved or enhanced version of me—otherwise you wouldn't call her Super Yamato, right?"

When he said the last sentence, a clear look of displeasure appeared on Yamato's face.

It seems that Deepsea Yamato still harbors some resentment towards the name "Super Yamato".

Xiao Bai chuckled twice in apology.

"It seems so..." Xiaobai said, but her eyes were filled with curiosity. "Even so, what were you referring to as anger and resentment, Yamato-neechan?"

“I was just about to say that too.” Deep Sea Yamato nodded, and after a moment of preparation, she spoke to Shiro, “Shiro, as you know, the sinking and defeat of my prototype—the Yamato battleship—in the war marked the end of the era of big ships and big guns, and the sea officially entered the era of the sky.”

"Ah."

"It was precisely because of the defeat of the Yamato battleship that the battleships proved their inadequacy, which is why the construction plan for the Super Yamato, another large battleship with massive guns, was shelved and eventually cancelled." Deep Sea Yamato said to Shiro, shrugging helplessly. "Shiro, now put yourself in their shoes. If you were the Super Yamato, what would you think?"

"Uh... what if I were Super Yamato?"

"Hmm—it was supposed to be the ultimate ship that was expected to achieve great things, but it did absolutely nothing. On the eve of its creation, it was labeled a failure by humans, which negated everything. It wasn't even given a chance to explain, refute, or prove itself. Construction was halted, and it remained forever asleep in the blueprints. Until the very last moment of its life, it never saw a single blade of grass or tree in this world."

Yamato Sumida sighed and patted his chest.

That concludes the discussion on Yamato the Deep Sea.

Xiaobai listened to Shenhai Yamato's words in a daze.

Xiao Bai lowered his head in deep thought.

"Uh... I knew it... This will make him angry, right?" After thinking for a while, Xiaobai whispered to Shenhai Yamato as if to confirm.

"Yeah. Angry. Incredibly angry." Yamato sighed and nodded. "If it were me, I'd be furious—why should I be blamed for other people's failures? If I really want to prove I'm a failure, then at least I should try it myself, right!"

Yamato, the deep-sea creature, raises its hand.

"So—you wretched humans, how dare you treat me like this! Since you say I'm a failure, then I'll let you taste the power of a failure! And you wretched Yamato, it's because of your failure that I've been dragged down! I'll tear you to pieces—and so on." Deep Sea Yamato pretended to be a fierce demon, tearing at the air with her hands as she spoke loudly. After finishing, she slowly lowered her arms, returned to her normal demeanor, shrugged at Shiro, and said, "So, that's probably how Super Yamato sees us."

"..." Xiaobai stared blankly at Shenhai Yamato's serious expression.

"...What's wrong, Xiaobai?"

"Uh...no, it's nothing." Xiaobai shook her head, then smiled at Shenhai Yamato, "It's just...Yamato-neechan, you really do have a deep understanding of things."

"Hmph, after all, I am in a similar situation to her in some ways."

Yamato Fukami nodded, arms crossed.

“…Hmm.” Shiro thought for a moment, “Then… Yamato-neechan, do you also have feelings of anger and resentment towards humans?”

"Hmm? No."

"Huh? No?"

“My situation is different from Super Yamato’s.” Deep Sea Yamato shrugged helplessly and said to Shiro, “The historical Yamato battleship at least fought its own battles, right? Even if it failed in the end, it was the result of its own efforts. The victor is king, the loser is villain. That’s how simple the world is. I feel a little regretful about this result, but I’m not resentful at all—after all, in that era, the era of cannons had indeed changed.”

After finishing speaking, Yamato Shinkai silently put his hands on his hips and looked up at the sky.

A gentle sea breeze begins to blow.

It carries a faint fishy smell of seawater.

The sky is dotted with stars.

A crescent moon hangs high in the sky.

Yamato remained silent for a while.

Sighed deeply.

"...At least, I'm much luckier than that child, aren't I?"

"At least I..."

"...I have seen this world with my own eyes."

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Chapter 1565 Beautiful Woman

Yamato has finished speaking.

Shiro stared blankly at Yamato's profile with wide eyes.

The sea was suddenly quiet for a few seconds.

"...Ah...I see..." After recovering, Shiro pondered for a moment with a complicated expression, then looked up at Abyssal Yamato and asked, "So, Yamato-neechan, do you mean that the reason Super Yamato wanted to attack the land was because she was extremely resentful and angry about being implicated by the failure of the Yamato battleship and thus being deemed a failure by the humans who built her and losing the opportunity to build her?"

“Yes.” Yamato shrugged and nodded slightly. “After all, judging from his appearance, he can be considered a wise deep-sea dean, right? The reason why we deep-sea deans with mature thinking and wisdom would bite the bullet and attack the land is probably just anger or something like that.”

"It's alright to just grit my teeth and bear it..."

“It is indeed a tough gamble.” Deep Sea Yamato curled his lips at Little White and raised his finger. “To put it bluntly, Little White, we veteran Deep Sea directors know better than you humans how difficult it is to invade the land.”

"Ah? Is that so?"

"Of course, after all, every year there are fresh-faced, hot-headed academy directors from the deep sea who bring their own guards to land and get themselves killed. Those of us hiding behind can roughly estimate how strong humanity's combat power is just by looking at the casualties on the way back, even without looking at the battle situation."

“…No wonder.” Shiro gave a wry smile. “Speaking of which, Yamato-neechan, did you rarely attack land attacks before?”

“Not just rarely, almost never.” Yamato shook his head, waved his hand quickly, and a frustrated expression appeared on his face, as if he didn’t want to recall it. “Let me tell you, generally speaking, as long as I am a highly intelligent deep-sea dean, even if I don’t have a good impression of humans, I still really dislike actively invading the land.”

"Eh?"

"Yes, it's not just me. Look at Pachina, she's practically a veteran Abyssal captain, right? She used to live a secluded life in the deepest parts of the ocean, rarely engaging in battles with human ship girl fleets." Abyssal Yamato said, gesturing with her finger in the air. "Including Abyssal Ryujo too. You see, even though Abyssal Ryujo hates humans so much, before you met her, did Xiaobai see any record of her leading troops to invade land in the Admiral's database?"

"Uh... well... no, not really."

"Right? The reason why we veteran Abyssal Commanders can resist the desires of our bloodline and stay away from land isn't because we don't want to fight, it's simply because we don't want to needlessly chew on this tough nut." Abyssal Yamato said to Shiro with her hands on her hips and a serious face, "Compared to leaving our Abyssal homeland, leading troops to attack the land, and then fighting to the death, only to be laughed at by other Abyssal Commanders when we return, isn't it better to be the king of the deep sea and bully passing ship girl fleets?"

"……I see."

Little White nodded, looking enlightened, and then turned to look at Loki behind him.

"Miss Loki, do you and Yamato think the same way?"

Loki nodded slightly, tacitly agreeing.

Xiao Bai withdrew his gaze, a slight understanding dawning on him.

In other words.

Super and her clearly understood that "attacking land would only result in defeat," yet they still chose to bite the bullet and attack land anyway.

Just how intense must Chao Da's anger and resentment be...?

Anger... resentment...

Ok?

That's not right.

As Xiaobai was thinking this, suddenly, the image of the giant and the way it looked when it first landed flashed through its mind, and a strange sense of incongruity suddenly rose in Xiaobai's heart.

Xiao Bai raised an eyebrow.

indeed.

According to Yamato's explanation, the decision of Super Yamato to attack the land, as well as the angry roars he made at Yamato on the land, can be explained.

but.

Think about it carefully.

This conclusion seems somewhat contradictory.

For example, if Super-Big and she were a wise and very experienced deep-sea dean, then she would have a lot of time to attack the land... right?

Ten years ago, five years ago, five years later, ten years later, Super Large and Super Large can assemble a deep-sea fleet to attack land whenever they want.

Then why did she choose this particular time to attack the land?

The coastal cities are currently protected by the top ten naval districts, armed to the teeth. Since Super Dahe has no intention of focusing on attacking here, she could have abandoned her attack plan for this period and waited for the top ten naval districts to withdraw before making a comeback. She could even have turned around and attacked other human cities that do not have the top ten admirals present.

And, most importantly.

According to Deepsea Yamato, Super Yamato was driven by negative emotions such as anger and resentment to attack the land. However, when Super Yamato landed on land today, the calm and arrogant behavior and demeanor she displayed when facing herself and the ship girls did not quite fit the character of a person with deep-seated hatred that Yamato had described.

Rather.

Super big and her are just like...

Xiao Bai covered her mouth, feeling increasingly puzzled.

just like……

Is the super-large creature consciously trying to confront the human fleet head-on?

Xiaobai thought curiously, his gaze sweeping over the deep sea Yamato in front of him.

Deep Sea Yamato stood in front of Shiro, gazing at him expectantly.

"Xiao Bai, have you thought of anything?"

"Deep Sea Yamato asked."

"Uh...no, it's nothing." Xiaobai shook her head. "I just thought of something trivial and strange...it's nothing serious."

Xiao Bai lowered his arm.

"Yamato-neechan".

"Ok?"

"Um... I have a question that's off-topic."

"A side note? Sure, go ahead and ask." Deep Sea Yamato looked at Shiro without taking it seriously.

"Um... Yamato-neechan, you just said that the Super Yamato was abandoned because of the failure of the Yamato battleship..." Shiro said, looking curiously at Deep Sea Yamato. "Yamato-neechan... um... as the embodiment of the Yamato battleship... do you have any feelings of apology or embarrassment towards Super Yamato?"

"..."

Deep Sea Yamato was suddenly stunned by Shiro's question.

"Uh, Yamato-neechan?"

"Ah... I'm fine. I just didn't expect you to ask this, Shiro..." Yamato shook her head, rubbed her forehead, and pondered for a while. "Well, how should I put it? I might feel sorry for her... but, I can't feel sorry or apologetic—to me, she's just a junior who's related to my ship name... In the end, she's still a stranger."

After finishing his sentence, Yamato sighed.