He carried Z back to the cave, carefully placed her on the box and bed, rummaged around in the cave, took out a bandage, and carefully bandaged Z.

"In this case, it should be fine, right?"

The bleeding has stopped, and the bone-deep wound has been wrapped with a bandage. Not only the wound, except for the mouth and nose, Z's entire body has been tied up like a mummy by Pounds.

The layers of bandages are entangled with each other, and the threads hold each other down. It seems that there is no need to worry about unraveling.

After completing the rescue work for Z, it was a little strange that Ponzi didn't meet Ruby for the second time.

"Forget it, now is not the time to look for it, we have to collect the wreckage quickly."

Fearing that the wreckage of the Siren warship floating on the water would sink or drift away with the waves, he hurried back to the beach after just finishing his business and not having time to clean up the messy cave.

"Okay, so tired..."

Looking at the incoming waves and the distant battleship wreckage, Ponzi couldn't swim anymore.

He took out his PAD and tried the photography APP to incorporate the wreckage into the lens. The result was as expected.

"It really doesn't work..."

Pounds took a long breath, took off his dirty and dusty military uniform, grabbed his PAD, felt heartbroken, and strode into the sea.

The further he walked into the depths of the sea, the stronger the forces coming from all directions became. His body began to shake uncontrollably, and he forced himself to ignore those forces. He changed from walking to swimming.

After swimming less than ten meters, Ponzi suddenly felt unbearable pain in his entire right leg, starting from the sole of his foot.

Cramped.

"Puff...oooo...!!"

The seawater splashing on his face became bigger and bigger. Ponzi, who was concentrating on his legs, accidentally choked a lot of seawater into his nose and mouth. His barely maintained swimming style completely collapsed, and his body was also pushed towards him by an invisible force.

Pull it under water.

I'm going to die...?

Sinking, sinking, sinking.

There was no light in the sight, and everything was covered in blurry blue and deep black.

"Oh my, he is such a troublesome guy."

"Pfft!! Cough cough, cough cough cough..."

After escaping from the sea and being pulled out of the water by a force, Ponzi escaped from death. The voice was a bit strange to him, but it was not the first time he heard it.

"You...cough cough cough..."

"Pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffet aliketisy good to have the spirit to speak, you are the host I chose."

Ponzi looked up and found that his body was being held by Ruby, who called himself Goldfinger, and was floating in mid-air.

"Hand!? Half empty!?"

Upon closer inspection, Ruby had a pair of banana leaf-shaped ears flaring, and an arm thicker than Ponzi's thigh was holding his neck, as if carrying a kitten.

"It's rare but strange"

Pounds was thrown to the sea by the ruby ​​​​and waved and shouted for help. He closed his eyes and waited for a long time, but did not fall into the sea.

He strangely narrowed his eyes to peek under him, and then his eyes widened.

"I'm flying!?"

Floating in mid-air without the help of anything is a more unscientific scene than Z floating on the water.

"What's so surprising? Ah, the magic power is used up."

With two "plop" sounds, Pounds and Ruby fell into the water one after another. Although their bodies did not have the strength to swim anymore, Pounds, who had unleashed his potential, still hugged Pounds, who was floating on the sea, before sinking to the bottom again.

of ruby.

At this time, Ruby lost her arms and big ears, and returned to the spherical shape when she first saw her.

"This golden finger of yours is really useless... Hey, don't move! It's going to sink, it's really going to sink!"

Ponzi and Ruby, who were like brothers in distress, played a drifting game on the sea, constantly swinging between the beach and the wreckage. They had no strength to swim, and they couldn't even get close to each other. They stopped firmly between the two.

Thinking that he might not be able to get closer if he waited any longer, Ponzi used the PAD that he never let go of to try taking pictures of the Siren wreckage again.

"How did you get this?"

The sight of successfully absorbing the remains of the Siren attracted Ruby's attention, and it asked Ponzi in a strange tone.

"Shouldn't I have?"

Ponzi also asked in a strange tone. He had previously thought that the PAD was a rare high-tech prop in the blue world, but Ruby overturned this guess in one sentence.

"No, it's nothing. It's not a bad thing. There's no harm in absorbing more energy."

Ruby clearly pointed out the role of PAD, which made Ponzi understand even more clearly that it knew the meaning of PAD's existence.

"you……"

He wanted to continue asking a few more questions, but when he saw that the first wreckage was absorbed and twenty energy points appeared on the PAD operation interface, Ponzi immediately changed his mind.

"Can you move closer over there? There are still four shipwrecks that cannot be photographed."

It is said that money can make things worse. After reaping the benefits, Ponzi's body regained its swimming strength. Coupled with Ruby's floating ability, the two of them slowly and finally left four siren remains.

Also included in the bag.

"Dafeng...poof!!"

Another wave of waves covered my head, and the salty sea water that poured into my mouth made that joy eclipse.

The process of returning to the beach was very smooth. He lay on the pale golden beach and looked at the PAD in his hand and smiled stupidly. Ponzi kept flipping back and forth through the shipyards, construction sites, and shops that had been shown to be buildable.

One hundred and thirteen points, this is the final energy point number displayed on Ponzi's PAD.

The shipyard in the game is only used as a warehouse. Ponzi can build it in no hurry, but the latter two, whether it is a construction site or a store, can make his combat effectiveness increase by leaps and bounds in a short period of time.

With large buildings, equipment and supply boxes, skill books, and strengthening parts, with these things, it is no longer a fantasy for Ponzi to fight his way out of the siege with Z alone.

"I recommend you to build a shipyard."

Ponzi covered his chest, having his heart read by the ruby ​​​​for fear of being read by it again.

"I don't know how to read minds. Anyone can see through your stupid smile."

Really?

"Of course it's true"

"And you said you can't read minds!"

Wanting to pick up the ruby ​​and ravage it in his palm, Ponzi found that it was unexpectedly heavy, and its furry body looked like it had absorbed a lot of water.

As for the question of why it did not sink into the sea, Ponzi thought it would be better not to pursue it too much and seek trouble.

"Why build a dock? Does it serve any purpose?"

I looked at the dock. There was no introduction on it, only the construction price of 100 energy points.

"What is the function of the dock?"

"Of course it's a warehouse," Ponzi, who wanted to reply, didn't respond immediately.

Ruby would not make a mistake without aim, he judged, and thought carefully about the definition of shipyard.

In a conventional sense, a dock is part of a shipyard and has the functions of parking ships and building and repairing ships. From this perspective, its role is more useful than a construction site that can only build large-scale buildings.

But is this really the case?

"Oh, you are so stupid. Repair and repair. Your shipgirl is so seriously injured. Do you plan to ignore it?"

After Ruby's second reminder, Ponzi realized the problem.

This is the real world. If you are injured, you need to recuperate. Your body is full of scars and your ship's equipment is severely damaged. It is impossible to enter the next battle with a brand new look like in the game.

"Thank you, Ruby"
Chapter completed!