Enjoying my retirement in another world

Chapter 3: Washington Naval Treaty

Several months have passed since the naval exercises and since Kaga had been Kaga's secretary, additionally Kaga had been trained by Shirayuki and her accuracy improved to the point that she would compete at the same level with a sniper, with time her explosive personality diminished little to little, she is currently calmer, well it was until she read that letter in her room, she immediately ran out and when she got to the office she slammed the door open without knocking.

Kaga: (Annoyed) COMMANDER! Did you know about this treatise?

Kaga showed the document written in the letter to Shirayuki, which Shirayuki recognized, is the Washington Naval Treaty, which specified that any warship that is out of specification be remodeled, retired or Scrapped, in the world of Shirayuki. treaty came into effect in 1922, Shirayuki currently looks at the treaty silently and choosing the words so as not to hurt Kaga's feelings.

Shirayuki: If I'm honest, I knew about this treaty, but it was speculated that it referred to future constructions, not for you who were already built, actually this news fell to me like cold water.

Kaga: But why does our country agree to these requirements? Are they afraid of us?

Shirayuki: It's not that, it's to prevent a country from having Maritime superiority.

Kaga: But I am denied my purpose of existence, will I be scrapped or retired? Even if I was remodeled into an aircraft carrier, those planes are no match for my guns.

Shirayuki: What do you mean they don't compare?

Kaga: My cannons can wipe a fleet off the face of the earth in a single bombardment.

Shirayuki: And a plane is capable of destroying a city with a single bomb, having a plane with bombs or torpedo means that you can attack your enemies out of visual range or out of enemy gun range.

Kaga: But without my cannons, I won't be the Tosa-class battleship, I even know that Nagato thinks of giving me a Baja.

Kaga begins to mentally break as tears come out of her eyes, she is scared.

Shirayuki: (Hugs Kaga) Don't worry, I won't let them dismantle you, I'll be able to convince Nagato not to dismantle you, do you understand? I will not let them dismantle you, even if you no longer have your cannons, you will always be my unconditional best friend.

For a while Kaga did not speak worrying Shirayuki.

Shirayuki: Kaga?

Kaga: Tell me why are you calling me friend? You know that I am your unconditional sword at your services. Why do you treat me like a person?

Shirayuki: Because I met a person like you.

Kaga: What do you mean?

Shirayuki: She was the second flagship under my previous position of commander, she always told me that emotions are useless, however, she was very dejected for the loss of her 3 sisters, she on a mission she lost her 3 sisters, that tragedy happened 30 years ago, I sent my 4 best aircraft carriers escorted by 7 destroyers, the mission was a success, but on the way back the inevitable happened, (his voice is broken) they were ambushed by 200 Sirens cruisers, in the end they managed destroy the cruise ships but at a very expensive cost, that day I lost 3 most powerful ships in the navy, not only did I lose 3 ships, but they were unconditional friends, comrades and members that I considered part of my family, that girl I am talking about she survived that battle, her personality chilled and then she was impulsive in search of revenge and did not fulfill her flagship duty.

Shirayuki stops her story and wipes her tears before continuing.

Shirayuki: In the end, she realized that her sister that day sacrificed herself so that her little sister could see how beautiful and cruel the world can be, it can be said that in the end the weapon became human.