"So why are you dragging me along?" Wang Yu looked at the unknown girl in front of him, feeling the strong chuunibyou aura emanating from her. Then he felt a headache; what was all this about?
About me becoming a Commander after transmigrating and meeting a chuunibyou girl?
A chuunibyou girl falling in love with me?
Or a chuunibyou girl's fantastic adventure?
Recently, his thoughts had been constantly wandering. After transmigrating, it was as if his entire brain had become much more active. This phenomenon could perhaps be explained as... an increase in mental power?
The chuunibyou girl gave him a strange look. This eccentric King of Judgement always suddenly became dazed, not knowing what he was up to.
This time, Wang Yu clearly felt her gaze. Although she didn't say anything, Wang Yu understood her meaning.
Nothing, not very damaging, but extremely insulting.
The person I'm looking for, why does he seem a bit slow in the head?
The girl's thoughts were practically written on her face, and Wang Yu felt his blood rushing to his own face.
Damn it, my blood pressure is rising!
Can't argue with a child, Wang Yu repeatedly told himself in his mind.
He deeply realized that normal people absolutely couldn't keep up with chuunibyou's way of thinking; they simply didn't have a consistent way of speaking!
By the way, whose Destroyer is this anyway? Why does she look so ill? Is it a newly manufactured model? Did some new character get added after I transmigrated?
Forget these minor details, just assume she's here to deliver a message.
At least she brought two pieces of good news.
And the little girl looks so cute, so he wouldn't hold it against her that she almost dragged him to death earlier.
"Heh heh, listen closely, King of Judgement, I have come to train with you. Listen, the world will eventually be destroyed, and the final trial calls to us. Only by passing the trial can we regain our true power and break through this dark cage! Hmph hmph, one day, I will overcome the nightmare of the Sodawall, and become a supreme existence who controls destiny..."
Wait, the nightmare of the Sodawall!
I think I've heard that somewhere? This thought flashed through Wang Yu's mind.
He finally noticed how the girl had been addressing him.
When did I get the nickname King of Judgement? What's with this little loli's inexplicable familiarity?
Did something happen that I don't know about? After thinking it over, he felt it might be related to the trouble he caused when he transmigrated. He was too young back then.
"What's with King of Judgement? Who would come up with such a strange title?" Wang Yu was afraid of scaring the little girl. He had to lower his voice, but because he was eager to ask, he spoke too quickly, and his voice sounded like it was caught in his throat.
This time, the girl didn't look at him strangely, probably having already accepted the fact that this new companion's brain wasn't quite right.
"The future of the world has changed. We no longer need to hide our identities, King of Judgement. Since you have used the power of time and space as a medium, and descended into this world with the power of the Wisdom Cube, you are surely here to undergo various trials. Come, the power of the trial calls to us, let us together open a new era!"
If I were 10 years younger, I would have been tricked into joining her.
He struggled to shake his hand.
Wang Yu finally broke free from the little loli's grip, shaking his left hand which was a bit sore from being pulled.
Is this reasonable? Without activating her ship rigging, is a little girl's strength really this great?
He couldn't reason with the little girl now. If he wanted to use force, his hand was still throbbing.
He clearly couldn't win in a fight, and Wang Yu felt a wave of discouragement. Normal methods seemed ineffective for communication. To have a proper conversation, he needed to change his approach. As the saying goes, 'fight magic with magic,' or in this case, 'fight chuunibyou with chuunibyou.'
A chuunibyou would only reason with another chuunibyou.
As long as I'm also a chuunibyou, a chuunibyou can't make things difficult for me.
Once his mindset shifted, Wang Yu felt as if a new world had opened up.
The problems that had been causing him headaches seemed to be easily resolved. As the first Commander of Azure Lane, how could he not be able to reason with a mere Destroyer?
Then wouldn't his more than four years as Commander have been in vain?
As long as he cast aside his useless sense of shame, wouldn't he be able to manipulate this little girl as he pleased?
With this thought, he said to the chuunibyou girl, "Heh, maiden favored by destiny, I didn't expect my identity to be seen through by you. Then there is nothing for this King to hide. A mere trial is utterly without difficulty for me. I have long since broken free from the shackles of fate. Only thus can I master the power of time and space, to join you in saving this dark world."
Upon hearing this, the chuunibyou girl nodded slightly, deeply feeling the truth in his words and that she was no longer alone. After so many years, she had finally found another person possessing power.
King of Judgement, as expected, is a person with the power to attract her. As long as she and he accept the trial together, they will surely gain power and cut through fate.
Seeing this, Wang Yu's heart rejoiced. He could finally be on the same wavelength as this unreliable little one. After a moment's thought, he decided to first ask for the chuunibyou girl's information. Knowing her identity would make communication easier. He briefly organized his words and said: "Maiden favored by destiny, as we walk the world, flesh and blood are weak, and the body is merely a shell. But we must also leave our true names in the world. My title is King of Judgement, meaning to judge all evil in the world. May I ask what your title is?"
As these words left his mouth, Wang Yu felt his face flush. Regardless of the reason, saying such embarrassing things to a girl who looked like a middle schooler was his first time in both of his lives. Fortunately, there was no one else here, only him and this chuunibyou girl.
Even if the chuunibyou girl were to repeat these words, with her way of speaking, she would most likely only utter some incomprehensible things about 'power' and 'trials,' which no one would pay attention to.
Thinking this, Wang Yu felt much more relaxed. This wave, oh, this wave is very stable. There's no way I'll suffer social death this time.
The girl nodded, feeling that as fellow holders of power, and since she already knew the King of Judgement's true name, she should naturally tell him her own true name. After all, he was now a companion in facing the trials.
"Heh, I am York, the lead ship of the York-class heavy magic-guided cruiser. The bell of the era has rung, the apocalypse returns from the sea, and the world is calling for our return. Let us fight against fate together!"
The girl waved her right hand, summoning an unknown object she called 'power,' as if giving an inspiring speech. Her tone was firm, her voice high-pitched, and she was full of energy, as if proclaiming some supreme truth of the world.
Everyone here is pretending to be chuunibyou, but in terms of skill, you're definitely on a higher level!
As soon as she spoke, Wang Yu instantly understood the girl's identity. So, after all that, it was you, Wave Bringer. He should have guessed her identity as soon as she mentioned the nightmare of the Sodawall. That's right, the Royal heavy cruiser York, one of the most chuunibyou ships in the game.
One of them he remembered vividly was Iron Blood's Graf Zeppelin, as she was the only Iron Blood backline aircraft carrier at the time, and he knew quite a bit about her.
During Friedrich der Grosse's research missions, she, the Scharnhorst sisters, and Tirpitz contributed a lot of sortie experience. Thinking about it now still made his liver ache a bit.
Although he had learned about the chuunibyou York, and often used her after her retrofit, his impression of her was more focused on other aspects.
At first, Wang Yu hadn't thought in the direction of Royal, so he hadn't been able to guess her identity. After all, he couldn't keep all the Ship Girls' data in his mind, able to recall every detail at any time.
Moreover, for a Royal ship to be hidden within White Eagle's Headquarters, how absurd was that?
Had Royal agents already infiltrated the White Eagle Headquarters? Sure enough, as long as Edinburgh wasn't brought along, the success rate of infiltration would greatly increase.
As for why she was called Wave Bringer, it was because York has a swimsuit skin called 'Summoner of the Azure Waves.'
Because of her chuunibyou-filled lines about summoning the Unknown King from the deep sea, it was like a blatant allusion to a certain old anime, plus the swimsuit was indeed very good-looking.
And putting aside the lewdness, she was simply too big, so the nickname Wave Bringer spread like wildfire.
To be fair, before the swimsuit came out, no one would have imagined York was so well-endowed. But thinking about it, ever since Hood, the Royal Ship Girls' secret technique of chest concealment had been famous throughout the world.
As the saying goes, it's Schrödinger's chest; before the swimsuit comes out, you never know if a Ship girl is hiding a cat in her clothes.
What's more, York not only practiced chest concealment but also mastered a series of advanced derivative skills like retrofit growth and costume growth.
Specifically, York's original illustration was like she appeared before him, looking like a middle schooler. After getting her school skin, she looked like a high schooler, and after her retrofit was completed, she completely transformed into a mature older sister, truly mastering the essence of costume growth. And in her swimsuit and oath skins, she showed everyone what Royal chest concealment was truly capable of.
In contrast, a certain famous aviation Destroyer's half-baked growth technique, where she only grew taller after retrofit, was not as impressive.
However, at least she grew taller, so it can't be said to be a complete defeat. It can only be said that she was not skilled enough and failed to master the essence of growth techniques.
If she could learn a trick or two from York, the name 'File' would surely be broken without a fight. Those Commanders whose accounts were gone could rest in peace in the afterlife...