PFC Chapter 270 Past
Chapter 270 Past
"The story begins shortly before the great naval battle."
Xue's thoughts followed her memory back to the blue world seven years ago, some time before the great sea battle.
"Back then, your father led the human fleet in a common duel with us."
"With the power of our Mist Fleet, it should be easy to completely defeat the human fleet."
"But because of your father and the human tactics, we suffered our first loss of a battleship in the duel, losing two destroyers."
"That's why I (Yamato) became interested in so-called tactics and in humanity itself."
"In order to understand the human mindset and communicate with humans, I (Yamato) and Musashi chose to imitate the human form of existence and awaken the mental model."
“So this is how mental models are born…”
The crew of I-401 and everyone in the communication system showed expressions of "I see."
"Yes, everything was originally moving towards a mutual understanding between humans and the sea fog, but something suddenly happened that changed everything."
A trace of sadness appeared on Xue's face. If possible, she didn't want to mention the passing of her close friend Xiang.
"The night before the great sea battle, Xiang was killed by the guns of other human beings."
"what?!"
This time, everyone on I-401's side was so shocked that they were speechless. Gunzo's father died at the hands of humans?
"…It was this incident that changed Musashi's view of humans. From then on, she developed a feeling called hatred towards all humans except Shouxiang."
"At that time, due to disagreements regarding humanity, we each led a portion of the Mist Fleet and engaged in a civil war. As for the outcome..."
“…I, or rather the original Yamato, lost this civil war.”
"In the end, her memories were inherited by me for some reason, and her core..."
Xue looked at Iona.
"…now inside you, Iona."
"Yamato's core... is inside me?"
Iona was startled, as if she had heard something incredible. So that extra core belonged to the flagship?
"Yes, you understand that it's almost impossible to awaken the mental model with just the computing power of a submarine. But if there is a damaged super-battleship-level secondary core..."
"..."
The whole audience was silent. No matter from which perspective, the news that Xue brought was too unimaginable.
"Iona."
Xue noticed Iona's extremely unstable mood at the moment, and it was obvious that she regarded herself as a substitute for Yamato.
"Remember one thing, you are not a replacement for me (Yamato), you are just yourself, the mental model of I-401, the battleship that Gunzo trusts."
Iona opened her eyes wide. Wasn't she... a replacement for Yamato...
"Iona, you are my sister, not a substitute for the Lord Flagship."
"That's right, Yi 402's sister is her sister, not anyone else."
Yi 400 and Yi 402 spoke at the right time and, together with Xue, comforted Iona's uneasy heart.
"…Yes."
Not sure if she had really figured it out, Iona responded softly, and the confusion on her face disappeared temporarily.
"..."
Snow turned back into Kilshaji's form, which at least made Qunxiang and Iona feel a little better.
……
A moment later, the members of the Apocalypse Fleet, minus Maya and King Kong, reunited with Blue Steel.
After obtaining enough nanomaterials from Xue to completely repair the hull, I-401 and the Apocalypse Fleet formed a joint fleet and headed towards their destination - Vladivostok, Russia, also known as Vladivostok.
With the Apocalypse Fleet's unique detection and shielding technology, the joint fleet reached its destination very smoothly.
After arriving on shore, the crew of I-401 immediately began to prepare supplies.
Except for Xue, the other members of the Apocalypse Fleet dispersed and each kept watch in the sea area not far from the port.
"Quanxiang, Iona, you two should go walk around the city and relax."
Xue looked at the two people who were still in a bad mood and made such suggestions.
"Yeah, you two need a good rest now."
"I agree."
The other crew members of I-401 also echoed Xue's words.
"But…"
“…Alright, alright, let’s go have some fun in the city.”
Xue gave the two of them a slight push. Seeing this, the two of them said nothing more and walked towards the city together.
Half an hour later, Xue, who was helping the I-401 crew to sort out supplies, put down what she was holding and showed a serious expression.
"What's wrong, Miss Tennouji?"
"Musashi is here..."
After saying that, Xue had already walked into the door of imaginary numbers.
The members of I-401 also reacted quickly. Is the super battleship Musashi from the Mist Fleet here to find them?
……
Because the distance was so short, Xue arrived at Iona's place in almost the blink of an eye. At this time, she had fallen to the ground and lost consciousness.
Xue hurried to her side and picked her up, then Xue discovered that Iona's mind had temporarily moved elsewhere.
Resonating with the core belonging to Yamato within Iona's body, Xue entered the location of Iona's consciousness.
There, Musashi was trash-talking Iona, but Xue didn't show up, but stood aside and watched quietly.
He couldn't risk the lives of the residents of Vladivostok. If he stood up as Yamato now, this place would probably become a battlefield soon.
"Ms. Tennoji!"
After discovering that Iona was missing, the group of people rushed over in a panic.
"Don't worry, Iona is fine..." Hearing this, the group breathed a sigh of relief.
"...Musashi just came here."
Opening her pink-purple eyes, Xue looked at the group of portraits.
"What? Musashi was here?!"
"Yes."
As Xue spoke, she handed Iona in her arms to the group of statues.
"We don't have much time left. The final battle is about to begin."
"…I see."
The group nodded slightly, it was time to end all this.