21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 792 - 788 Escort Fleet

"6th Destroyer Squadron, Escort Formation deploy! Hibiki, reconnaissance up ahead! Rai, protect the rear and ensure there’s no enemy tailing us!" Today accompanying Jounouchi Hiromi to work are the children of the Sixth Destroyer Fleet and sisters Shoukaku and Zuikaku.

Since it was their first time carrying out such an official combat mission, Akatsuki, as the flagship of the Sixth Destroyer Fleet, appeared extremely serious, constantly issuing orders to her three younger sisters as if they were truly in battle.

In reality, the ones truly responsible for the escort mission were Shoukaku and Zuikaku. As the ship-girls newly summoned by Chen Yu, they had received special adjustments that leaned more towards spell capabilities compared to the previous batch of ship-girls.

While they’re also capable of deploying ship equipment and summoning their ship forms, compared to previous ship-girls, they are more adept at using spells rather than the naval armament of ships.

Although this makes these ship-girls slightly weaker in using their ship forms and equipment in battle, their casting abilities are significantly stronger than those of the previous ship-girls.

This is akin to the difference between knights and mages, one focusing on physical strikes and the other excelling in magical attacks. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

As aircraft carriers, what sisters Shoukaku and Zuikaku specialize in is the summoning of now shikigami-styled carrier-based planes, which at this very moment are like miniature remote-controlled aircraft, invisibly circling above, meticulously monitoring every move around them.

Thus, for the grand and earnest demeanor of the Sixth Destroyer Fleet, Zuikaku Shoukaku and Jounouchi Hiromi were really just indulging them with a watchful eye as one might observe children at play, without truly expecting them to accomplish anything.

Of course, they took note of the efforts of the four adorable little ones from the Sixth Destroyer Fleet, and all three acted as if their tasks were of the utmost importance, which made the little ones from the Sixth Destroyer Fleet feel even more that their jobs carried great responsibility.

Under the escort of the Sixth Destroyer Fleet, Jounouchi Hiromi naturally arrived at the hospital without any incidents.

"Alright then, I’m off to work. Akatsuki, you take your sisters back, okay? Thanks for the hard work bringing me to work today!" Jounouchi Hiromi stood at the hospital entrance and thanked the lined-up Sixth Destroyer Fleet with a warm smile. She then deliberately pulled out some candy she had prepared in advance from her pocket and handed it to Akatsuki, "Here, this is your reward. Make sure to share with your sisters, okay? I’m off to work now, and I’ll need your help again when I get off work tonight!"

Having said this, Jounouchi Hiromi then gave a nod to Shoukaku before entering the hospital with Zuikaku by her side.

Shoukaku stayed by the entrance and said to the children of the Sixth Destroyer Fleet, "The escort mission is now complete. You can head back, Akatsuki, or would you like to explore the surroundings a bit?"

Akatsuki looked at her sisters, seeing that none of them wanted to return to Minato Ward. She then said to Shoukaku, "Sister Shoukaku, can we go with you to see how Hiromi works? We’ve never been to a hospital before!"

"You want to tour the hospital? But..." Shoukaku hesitated; although the request from the Sixth Destroyer Fleet wasn’t excessive, this was a hospital, after all, and it felt highly inappropriate to bring a bunch of kids inside.

While Shoukaku was hesitating, Hibiki, who rarely spoke, tugged at Shoukaku’s sleeve and said, "We’ll be good and listen, so please take us with you, Sister Shoukaku!"

Seeing the eager expressions on the faces of the four little ones, Shoukaku could only shake her head resignedly and said, "Why didn’t you ask her when Madam was still here?"

Despite her words, Shoukaku still led the children of the Sixth Destroyer Fleet into the hospital.

Hospitals are not places that restrict access, so even though it seemed odd when Shoukaku brought the children of the Sixth Destroyer Fleet into the hospital, at most people would only give them a second glance and it didn’t cause any trouble.

It was only when Shoukaku and the children of the Sixth Destroyer Fleet arrived at Jounouchi Hiromi’s office and were about to enter that they suddenly encountered Chen Yu.

"Com... Commander!" Akatsuki saw Chen Yu, immediately stood at attention, and loudly greeted him, showing a sense of guilt like a child caught by an adult while trying to sneak out to play.

The other three little girls quickly stood at attention and greeted Chen Yu as well.

"Don’t be so loud, this is a hospital, we need to be quiet." Since they were in a hospital, Chen Yu didn’t put on the airs of a commander, but simply smiled warmly at them and then asked Shoukaku, "Shoukaku, what brings you and Akatsuki here?"

Hearing Chen Yu’s question, Shoukaku quickly explained, "Today Sister Zuikaku and I are escorting the lady, and in the morning when the lady heard Akatsuki and others say they also wanted to undertake a mission, she allowed them to join us as escorts for the day. Just now, after we left the lady at the entrance of the hospital, Akatsuki and the others said they hoped to take a tour of the hospital, so I brought them inside."

Chen Yu raised an eyebrow at Shoukaku’s explanation, nodded in agreement, and then looked down at Akatsuki and the other three little girls, who looked as if they had done something wrong, shook his head with a smile, and said, "Let them stay with me today, Hiromi’s office needs quiet, it’s better not to let these four disturb her."

"Yes, Commander," the five ship-girls quickly responded in unison.

Seeing that they had agreed, Chen Yu then said to Shoukaku, "Alright, Shoukaku, you go about your own business, I’ll take the four little ones away."

Having said that, he signaled to the Sixth Destroyer Fleet and left with them.

After Chen Yu left, Shoukaku bowed respectfully and then turned to enter Jounouchi Hiromi’s office.

Meanwhile, Chen Yu began today’s rounds with the four unsolicited little companions in tow.

Joining forces with the doctors from General Surgery, everyone was curious and bewildered by the four little girls following close beside Chen Yu.

"These are my relatives’ children, they just happened to come over to play today, and since there was nowhere to go, I brought them to the hospital," Chen Yu explained. He also looked down at Akatsuki and said, "You four follow me closely, no running around, and no making noise, understood?"

"Understood, Commander!" the four little girls answered together neatly.

Noticing everyone’s curiosity about the Sixth Destroyer Fleet’s manner of addressing him, Chen Yu laughed and explained, "They’re playing a ship-girl game, pretending to be ship-girls, so I just went along with it."

After speaking, Chen Yu put away his smile, turned serious, and announced, "Let’s start the rounds for today."