21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 717 - 713 The Dark Side of the Enterprise (Subscription and Monthly Tickets Requested)
717: Chapter 713: The Dark Side of the Enterprise (Subscription and Monthly Tickets Requested)
717: Chapter 713: The Dark Side of the Enterprise (Subscription and Monthly Tickets Requested)
Chen Yu didn’t mind Dian’s disobedience.
On one hand, it was because Dian was indeed just a child.
Asking a child to lie—even to help someone—still seemed somewhat inappropriate.
On the other hand, although Dian was his summoned creature and theoretically shouldn’t have defied his command, Chen Yu was actually pleased that Dian could make such a decision.
The ability to make this decision, exhibiting thought and emotion, proved that Dian was a complete and independent soul, not a puppet being manipulated.
If it had been any other undead servant, they would have faced Chen Yu’s destruction and rebuilding, but Dian was different, or to say, all ship-girls were different, because their souls were created from nothing, not pre-existing souls.
This is also the biggest difference between ship-girls and the heroic spirits they are modeled after.
Heroic spirits, although also miracles of the Power of Faith, were once living humans with souls.
The miracle of the Power of Faith’s condensation only sanctified their souls.
But ship-girls are different; they have no past lives.
Battleships, being inanimate objects and war machines, similarly could not have souls.
As for the spiritual nature that arises from the crew’s belief and emotional investment in the ship, it can indeed endow the ship itself with some unique traits and even a rudimentary consciousness, but that is not a soul, or at least not a complete, true soul.
Even if it were just to study how the souls of ship-girls came into being, Chen Yu wouldn’t care about Dian’s small act; let alone when such a cute and gentle child with tearful eyes apologizes to you, could you really bear to chastise them?
Other than some shipwreck’s steaming pile of filth, who would do such a thing, right?
Having passed over the matter and seeing the smile return to Dian’s face, Chen Yu nodded, ruffled Dian’s tea-colored little head again, and said to all the ship-girls, “You all did very well with today’s tasks.
This afternoon is free time, just remember to come back on time in the evening.”
“Aren’t you coming with us, Commander?” Hibiki, who had been quiet the whole time, raised her head to look at Chen Yu and suddenly asked him, seemingly reluctant to let him go.
Seeing this, Chen Yu also patted Hibiki’s little head and smiled, “I have other matters to deal with, so I won’t join you.
Go enjoy yourselves!
Have fun.” fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
Hearing Chen Yu say this, the little ones of the 6th Destroyer Squadron immediately cheered, but they still felt a bit disappointed that Chen Yu wasn’t going to play with them.
However, after Chen Yu comforted them with a few words, the little ones happily went off with the other ship-girls towards the venue.
Although the 6th Destroyer Squadron’s little ones bought a lot of souvenirs in the morning, they didn’t have much fun.
Watching all the ship-girls get ready to enjoy their time off, Chen Yu turned to look at Enterprise, who was still standing by his side, and asked her, “Enterprise, aren’t you going?”
“I don’t like frolicking, nor do I like this land,” Enterprise said and, using the permission Chen Yu gave to all ship-girls, turned around and went back to Necromantic Space.
Seeing this, Chen Yu shook his head slightly, feeling helpless but not inclined to restrain Enterprise’s independence.
The USS Enterprise was the most decorated warship in the history of World War II.
As an aircraft carrier, she sank 71 enemy vessels, damaged 192, and shot down 911 enemy aircraft—a record unmatched in the entire history of human warfare.
In 1942, as the war progressed, the United States Navy’s Yorktown, The Lexington, The Hornet, and The Wasp were successively sunk in the Pacific, leaving the USS Enterprise as the only operational aircraft carrier in the Pacific, nearly single-handedly taking on the entire Japanese Navy.
When The Hornet sank, the crew of the Enterprise even wrote “Enterprise vs Japan” on the deck to display their fearless spirit and determination.
Yet it was this very aircraft carrier, laden with honor and legend, that was dismantled after the war, leaving behind only a steel plate with its name.
Having earned distinction, the USS Enterprise, once anthropomorphized into a ship-girl, possessed the most formidable power among all ship-girls, but the remnants of just a steel plate meant that Chen Yu had to spend the most resources to rebuild her.
The hulls of other ship-girls were essentially wreckage, but at least their general structures remained intact and merely needed refurbishing.
However, rebuilding the Enterprise, with only her name plate remaining, was not as simple as constructing a new ship and attaching that piece of steel.
To rebuild the Enterprise, every steel plate of her new hull had to undergo special treatment to integrate with the spirit of the original Enterprise, rather than just making a new ship.
Heroic Spirits are symbols of all glory and honor, of light and the sacred, as well as the aggregation of all that is good, but to every extreme there is an opposite; the apex of light is darkness.
The Enterprise was imbued with too much glory, and the post-war dismantling cast a tragic shadow over her, combined with the impact of the rebuilding process.
This led the ship-girl Enterprise to always exhibit a sort of anti-heroic character, even her appearance mirroring that of a darkened Enterprise from a certain ship-girl game.
Regarding the summoning of an anti-hero, Chen Yu wasn’t overly concerned; after all, as long as the combat power was genuine, what did it matter if the ship-girl’s personality wasn’t all radiant and positive?
And such a unique individual also provided excellent material for research, didn’t she?
However, the fact that the Enterprise remained so aloof was not a good sign in the long run.
But for now, Chen Yu didn’t have the time to deal with this issue; he was still occupied with Inomata Naoki’s situation, and the issues with the Enterprise would have to wait.
Watching the various ship-girls departing, Chen Yu finally took out his phone to reconnect with Inomata Naoki.
After confirming his location, he set off to meet up with him again.
“Brother Yu, where did you go at noon?” Inomata Naoki asked curiously, wondering what Chen Yu had been up to at noon upon his return.
“Oh, I ran into a friend, so we chatted over lunch,” Chen Yu replied, then looked towards Tokairin Yuko, “I heard you only went in search of the child this morning?
What happened to her, did you find her family?”
“We found them, and they even treated us to lunch at noon.
It’s a pity you weren’t there, Brother Yu, I called you to join us for lunch,” Inomata Naoki explained the morning’s events while also inviting Chen Yu.
Chen Yu had already known about these incidents in the morning.
After hearing Inomata Naoki’s recount, he said, “Since that’s the case, let’s all go out for dinner tonight.
I’ve booked a nice lobster restaurant, and Hiromi will join us after work, too.”
