Bismarck

The Admiral looked at me and nodded.

I continued, "Now almost all the veterans have gone ashore, and it's impossible to start me up with those new recruits. You know what I mean, right?"

The captain's cold expression finally showed signs of cracking. He was a little amused and helpless. It was rare to see such an expression on his face.

Clear your throat and say "Turn it off!"

“No, I want you to admit this fact yourself.”

He frowned and said, "I admit this fact. Now turn off your console."

"Yes, sir," I said immediately

Just accept it when it's good!

I snapped my fingers, and the ship trembled again, then fell silent. I waved my hand again, and the bulkhead opened again, revealing the door.

"Sir, your chief engineer will be here soon. Please allow me to go first." I bowed slightly, and then my body gradually became transparent and disappeared directly in front of the captain.

Before disappearing, the captain asked me, "How are you going to show up later?"

"Sir, I am this ship. You can call me anywhere on the ship and I will appear." I replied, "I look forward to your call."

What a cool way to exit, I thought to myself as I walked out the door.

The first stage goal has been achieved!

Not long after I left, the chief engineer came running over. He looked anxious and went straight into the captain's room without even knocking.

I was on the bridge, enjoying the breeze while listening to their conversation. I actually despised this kind of eavesdropping, but the entire ship was my body. Whenever anyone spoke on the ship, it was like speaking in my ear, so I just paid a little attention.

The chief engineer worriedly talked about the strange thing that happened just now. It was probably because the machine started up by itself when the recruits were on duty without anyone operating it. That would have been fine, but it couldn't be turned off after starting up, and all the safety measures were ineffective. Just when they were at a loss, the main engine shut down again by itself. When they checked again, everything returned to normal. The chief engineer said that there might be something wrong when running at super high speed before. He suggested that we stay in Kiel Port for a few more days to find out the problem before continuing the next sea trial.

But the captain just said that he knew, and this attitude of not wanting to pursue the matter made the chief engineer very confused.

"Captain, please ask Mr. Ferris to send an engineer specializing in marine engineering to take a look with me," he requested.

"Yes," the captain nodded without comment.

"Bismarck," he said to the empty room.

"I'm here, Captain." I slowly appeared five steps in front of him.

"Sit down," he motioned for me to sit across from his desk, and I nodded.

"I think I have a lot of questions for you," he asked me as he lit up a cigar, "do you mind?"

I shook my head

"If you have any questions, feel free to ask me and I will answer them to the best of my knowledge."

"First of all, I want to know what the super high speed was not long ago. As far as I know, the design speed of this battleship is only 31 knots." He stared at me and said

I curled my fingers in embarrassment and said, "I did that."

"How did you do it?"

"I just increased the burning amount of heavy oil," I explained. I was afraid that he would ask if there would be any safety hazards, so I continued, "Captain, don't worry, there is no problem. I also increased the strength of the pipeline, so there will be no leakage."

"Use your ability to control metal?" he asked

"Almost. But I can only control the metal in my body. I can't do anything else."

"There is another question. How did you come into being? I see that you don't look like a white person, and I haven't heard of your situation happening on other ships."

Sure enough, he must have immediately realized my combat value. If I could be mass-produced, it would greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of the navy, which would be an irresistible temptation for any commander.

But sorry, I don't know how I came into being.

"Captain, I don't think I can answer this question," I said embarrassedly.

"Oh? Why?"

I considered my words carefully. "It's just like you humans. How do you know how you were born?"

"We have others to tell the next generation," the captain said.

"That's right," I said with a smile, "but the problem is that I have no one to tell me, and, so far, I have only discovered myself, and I have no companions."

"Are you the only one on the Bismarck?" he asked.

“That’s what I know so far.”

The captain looked disappointed. "Okay, I get it."

Then he asked me some other questions and also asked me why I went to find him. I said frankly that I did it in order to better cooperate with the two of us.

"Captain, I don't want more people to know about my existence, so I ask you to keep my existence a secret. Of course, I think the deputy captain can let him know," I said finally.

"I will keep this secret. Since you are my flagship, you can rest assured." The captain's words put me at ease.

“Where do you live now?”

"Sometimes on the front deck, sometimes on the top of the bridge." I smiled embarrassedly. It made me sound like I was sleeping in the open air. I would never say that I also had a deputy chief's office!

"How about this, I'll give you an empty cabin, you can seal it off completely, and it will be yours from now on," said the captain

This ship is originally mine... Why is the captain speaking in such a self-righteous tone?

"Yes, Captain," I could only nod.

"Also, change your clothes. I don't want to see SS troops on my ship," the captain said. "You can take anything from the munitions room."

"Yes, Captain!"

"Do your best, we have a pleasant cooperation." The captain stood up and extended his hand to me.

I quickly stood up and held his hand.

"I'll try my best, Captain."

Chapter 9: New Life

I couldn't sleep all night.

I can't explain what I felt. Anyway, I was very excited, just like a person who had lived alone on a deserted island for two years suddenly found someone to talk to, or a person who had been playing the single-player game Jiansan for two years suddenly found love - I was so excited that I spent the whole night on the bridge enjoying the sea breeze.

From now on I don’t have to say everything to myself. There are people all around me but I can’t join in. I finally don’t have to endure the separate worlds anymore.

Finally back to this world, I thought.

When I walked out of the captain's room, my eyes were filled with tears and I almost cried. Later, I thought about why I couldn't help but show my presence to the captain. In fact, wanting to cooperate better was only one aspect. The main reason was that I had been alone for too long. If I didn't find someone to chat with, I really couldn't hold on. This subconscious thing drove me to do this, even if I might be used as a guinea pig, I didn't care - just to talk to someone.

Lonely people should understand my feelings

The next morning, I appeared on the bridge and changed into navy clothes as the captain asked. I threw away the SS uniform. My height of 170cm just fit the smallest uniform on the ship, which was quite suitable.

The captain had just finished handing over to the deputy captain, Lindemann. We were still resting on the ship today, and there were only the two of them on the bridge. I hid aside, ready to wait for Lindemann to go down for a rest and then come out to chat with the captain.

God knows how passionate I am about talking now. . . . .

But I didn't wait for Lindemann to go down, but the captain started chatting with him.

"Lindemann, do you need to rest now?" the captain asked. "If you are in good spirits, let's chat for a while."

"It's okay, I'm used to it. I'm not sleepy at all now," Lindman said immediately.

You're lying. I clearly saw you yawning several times. I despise his moral integrity.

"Okay, then I have something I want to let you know. I thought about it all night yesterday. Since you are the deputy captain of Bismarck, you have the right to know this, and I should tell you." The captain thought for a while and said slowly.

"Yes, Captain." Seeing the captain speak so seriously, Lindman's expression also became serious.

Last night? Are you talking about me?

I was thinking about it, and the captain continued

"Bismarck, come out!"

You're talking about me, right? You're letting me meet Lindemann so soon? Isn't it too sudden? I made up my mind for a long time to meet the captain yesterday.

I was confused. I subconsciously felt that I shouldn't meet a second person so soon.

"Uh, Captain, what Bismarck?" Lindmann was confused and obviously didn't know what was going on.

"I'll tell you, don't worry." The captain waved his hand to indicate that he didn't need to worry.

"Bismarck, come out." His voice had already sunk.

Is this the rhythm of being angry? I quickly revealed my figure and pretended to have just rushed back.

“Here, here, here!”

"Bismarck is reporting in. Good morning, Captain. Hello, Deputy Commander." I smiled sincerely. "This is the first time I meet you, Deputy Commander. Please take care of me."

After saying that, I bowed slightly to the stunned Lindmann, with impeccable etiquette.

"This, this, what is this?" Lindman stuttered, stared at me for a long time and then looked at the captain for help.

The captain did not answer, but motioned for me to speak for myself.

I looked around, then exerted my willpower slightly, slamming the hatch that could defend against the battleship's guns shut so that I wouldn't be seen by anyone who broke in unexpectedly.

Well, seeing the armored hatch automatically close, Lindemann was a little overwhelmed. The captain saw much more serious things than you last night, but he was not as surprised as you, I sighed in my heart.

"Deputy Captain, as you can see, my name is Bismarck, and I am the battleship under your feet." I said with a smile, "I know this will be difficult for ordinary people to understand, but you can trust the captain. I have proved it to him yesterday."

"Yes, I saw it yesterday. You know the engine suddenly started yesterday," said the captain

"Yes, the chief engineer said he couldn't find any problem. It was started suddenly, and all safety measures failed," Lindemann replied. At this point he looked at me hesitantly and said, "Captain, could it be her who did it?"

The captain and I nodded at the same time

"Oh my god, what the hell are you?" Lindemann said

Are you referring to me?

Should I answer that I am not a thing? . . . .

"Deputy Captain, I am actually your battleship. As for what I am in front of you now, I'm sorry, I don't know how to describe myself. According to your words, I am probably something like a ghost." I said

If I were in China now, I would probably be able to classify myself quickly, such as the spirit of an object and so on. Unfortunately, I am in Germany, and I racked my brains to find out from their legends that ghosts are more similar to me. They don't understand anything about spirits.

"Ghosts really exist?" Lindemann asked.

I stretched out my hand in front of him, and in his eyes, the originally solid white arm gradually became translucent and then disappeared.

“I don’t know whether I exist or not, but I exist,” I will say after restoring my body to its original state.

"Lindemann, this is what I want to tell you," the captain said. "I know you can't stand it for a while. You have been on duty all night. You can go and rest for a while. I will explain the situation to you in detail later."

"I can only say that her existence is definitely beneficial to us."

Captain, is it really okay for you to treat me like a tool without any hesitation? I was so mad that my smile almost froze!

Lindeman didn’t know what else to say, so he could only go back to sleep, hoping that he would come to his senses when he woke up, but...

"Why can't this door be opened?" He looked at me in confusion.

"Ahem, sorry, I forgot." I smiled apologetically and quickly opened the door for him.

"Lindemann, don't let anyone except us know about her existence," the captain said behind him.

"Yes, Captain, I'm going to sleep now."

I closed the door again, and then the captain and I were the only ones left on the bridge. He glanced at me, then walked to the chart table and started working on it. I sat in his chair, looking around boredly. There was nothing to see, but they were all my own stuff.

"Captain, let's talk," I said. My tone was not so respectful when we were alone. Don't ask me why I dared to speak to the captain like that. To Lindemann and other crew members, the captain was their superior. But to me, the captain was my partner. Our status was the same psychologically, so I didn't feel any pressure to speak like that. I realized this during the long and in-depth conversation last night. As for the title in front of Lindemann, it was just that I wanted to be more polite.

"By the way, Captain, I don't think the name Bismarck suits me very well." I thought about it and I thought it would be better to say it out loud. It's easier to change it at the beginning, but it will be difficult to change it after you get used to it. I don't think the name is bad, but after all, it's the name of an iron chancellor, and I always feel it's a bit awkward when I hear it.

"Why, aren't you the Bismarck? I think it's pretty good," the captain continued without looking up.

"Captain!" I jumped off the high chair.

"Bismarck is a man's name, don't you think it's awkward?" I said.

"I don't care, and Lindman won't have any objection either. As long as you are happy." The captain finished what he was doing, stood up and touched the top of my head.

Hey, what's going on with this strange feeling between father and daughter! They treat me like a child, with such a strong tone of coaxing a child... I weigh 50,000 tons after all, I'm so depressed

A height of 170cm is considered very tall among girls, but still looks very short compared to the captain who is over 180cm tall. He had no pressure at all when touching the top of my head.

"I also have a daughter, almost the same age as you," the captain said, as if he could see what I was thinking.

"Hey, does the captain have a daughter? What's her name?" I asked immediately, as if I had caught someone gossiping.