Elder brother's garrison

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Ok……

Maybe we should find an excuse to get her away from us.

"If you're looking for Lady Vestal, she's not here right now," Xiaobai reminded the ship girl instead of answering her question.

"Hmm?" After hearing Xiaobai's words, the ship girl's smile did not diminish at all. She waved her hand and explained to Xiaobai, "Ah... little sister, you misunderstood. Sister Goddess of the Hearth rarely rests for a few days, how could I bear to disturb her... I didn't come to see Sister Goddess of the Hearth today."

"Eh? Isn't it?"

"Yes. I came to find you," the ship girl said.

"Me?" Xiaobai pointed to himself, then paused, taken aback.

"Yes." The ship girl smiled brightly.

"..." Xiaobai tilted her head, frowning in confusion. "What do you want with me?"

In Xiaobai's own memory, she shouldn't have had much interaction with this ship girl. She had only spoken a few words to her at the Vestal's house before, and was immediately stopped by the Vestal when she entered the room... What could she possibly want from her?

Xiao Bai was curious.

suddenly.

Looking at the ship girl's radiant expression.

Another idea popped into Xiaobai's mind.

Huh?

and many more……

How did she know where she lived?

"You..." Xiaobai opened his mouth, preparing to speak to the ship girl.

"Ah, a big sister with big breasts." Just then, the ship girl pointed behind Xiaobai.

"Huh?!" Xiaobai turned around to look behind her, only to find that there was just a road behind her. "No...where is it...huh??!"

next second.

Xiao Bai only felt a hand reach out from behind her head and cover her mouth with lightning speed. Another hand reached out from behind her waist, reached around her waist, and lifted her up in a hug.

The world is spinning.

Hmm?

Well! ! !

There's a problem with Chapter 1707.

The police car, carrying Yubari and the other three ship girls, escorted the disheveled minister all the way to the nearest Kyoto police station.

On the road.

While on their way, the auxiliary police officers informed the target location that the finance director of the ship equipment research center was suspected of job-related crimes, and that they were escorting the suspect to the police station for investigation.

These days, any case related to ship girls is considered a big case.

Especially crimes committed in important institutions like the ship equipment research center are top-tier cases. Even before the police car arrives at the police station, just as they approach the station, Yubari and his team can see a long line of police officers standing at the entrance.

The police car stopped in front of the police station.

The auxiliary police officers escorted the handcuffed minister out of the car. The police officers at the door immediately stepped forward, gave the auxiliary police officers a straight military salute, and then led the minister into the police station.

"Thank you for your cooperation!" After the escorting minister entered the police station, a middle-aged policeman stepped forward, saluted the auxiliary police officer in the police car and the other ship girls, and said in a strong voice, "We will properly investigate and handle this suspect! Did this suspect struggle or attempt to escape during the escort?"

"none!"

"Roger!" the middle-aged policeman shouted, his gaze shifting to the Yubari Vesta beside him. Perhaps because of the ship girls' delicate and fragile appearance, the policeman's stern voice softened slightly. "These ladies are the informants we just mentioned on the phone, right?"

“Yes, that’s us. Hello, my name is Yubari.” Yubari waved to the middle-aged policeman with practiced ease and pointed to the ship girls beside her. “This is Vestal, this is Changchun, and that is New Jersey.”

"Hello, police officer." Changchun bowed to the middle-aged police officer.

"Hello." The middle-aged policeman nodded and addressed Yubari and the others, "Thank you for your reports, ladies. We will definitely investigate thoroughly and give you justice. If you're not too busy, would you ladies be willing to come into the police station to fill out a statement?"

“Of course, that’s exactly what we came for.” Yubari nodded.

"Excuse me! When can I get my bankbook back?" The female Kitchen Goddess jumped up and down, waving her hands impatiently as she asked.

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"The minister who committed the crime of dereliction of duty withheld her salary, and the bankbook containing her salary was brought here as evidence," Yubari explained to the middle-aged policeman.

“I see.” The middle-aged policeman nodded and said to the anxiously waving female Kitchen Goddess, “The passbook will be kept as evidence and will generally be returned to the person involved within seven working days after the case is settled. However, if you can’t wait, ma’am, you can stay at the police station for a few more hours after you fill out the statement. If the suspect in the interrogation room is cooperative enough, we will also send someone to retrieve the stolen money from the passbook and return it to you after the interrogation is over.”

"Thank you!" The goddess of the hearth smiled with relief at the middle-aged policeman. "As expected, police officers are reliable!"

"Serve the people." The middle-aged policeman turned around and led several ship girls who got out of the car into the police station.

As soon as I entered the police station, a young policeman wearing glasses and carrying a laptop approached the middle-aged policeman.

"Where is the suspect?" the middle-aged policeman asked the younger policeman.

"Reporting, Captain, he's been taken to the interrogation room!"

"Okay. These ladies behind you are the ones who made the whistleblower report. You'll be in charge of receiving them." The middle-aged policeman said, his gaze briefly sweeping over Yubari, before adding to the younger officer, "Also, be polite. Try your best to meet their requests."

"Yes, sir!" The young policeman stood at attention and saluted the middle-aged policeman.

The middle-aged policeman walked toward the interrogation room with a stern face.

"Wow... Yubari, you have quite the influence." After the middle-aged policeman left, the female hearth goddess exclaimed in surprise to Yubari.

"Hmph, after all, I've become quite famous lately. I've been on quite a few shows that select outstanding young people," Yubari said smugly to the goddess of the hearth.

"Yubari-neechan is amazing!" Changchun clapped.

"Ladies, please come with me to fill out the statement." The young policeman obeyed the middle-aged policeman's instructions. He held the notebook and spoke to Yubari and the others, his attitude very polite.

Leading Yubari and the others to the VIP seats, the young policeman prepared tea for them and then began taking notes.

Taking a statement can be troublesome in some ways, but it can also be simple in others.

To put it simply, the record documented the process, motives, and events of Yubari and the others' report against the finance minister. However, the level of detail was much higher. For example, it recorded whether the weather was sunny or cloudy, what the finance minister said, and what the environment was like. Every little detail was carefully inquired about and recorded. As a result, almost an hour had passed by the time Yubari and the others finished filling out the record.

"Okay, the statement taking is complete." Finally, after asking the last question, the young policeman breathed a sigh of relief and put down his notebook. "Ladies, the statement taking is finished. Would you like us to send someone to take you home?"

“We won’t go home yet.” Yubari pointed to the female hearth goddess beside him. “When can we return this child’s savings book to her?”

"The bankbook? Oh... do you mean the incriminating evidence that was just brought in?" The young policeman nodded and explained to Yubari, "I'm very sorry, but... we can only return that to you after the interrogation is over and the preliminary case is settled."

"Oh ho, that's what your captain said too."

"Yes... I'm very sorry."

"When will your interrogation end?"

"Well... it depends on whether the suspect is cooperative. If they are, the interrogation can be finished in a few tens of minutes. If they are not, it could take days, weeks, or even months..." the young policeman murmured in reply.

"A few... a few months..." The goddess of the hearth began to despair, "Is it really that long...?"

"Miss Stove Goddess, please don't worry. He also said he wouldn't cooperate... On the way here, that minister listened to the auxiliary police very well, so the interrogation should go smoothly." Changchun quickly comforted the Stove Goddess.

"Oh...I see...Thank you, Changchun..." The female kitchen god thanked Changchun pitifully.

"..." The young policeman silently watched the female hearth goddess and Yubari. He thought for a moment, closed his notebook, and asked Yubari, "If those ladies are interested in the interrogation process, would you like to go to the interrogation room to take a look?"

"Ah? Is that okay?"

“Well…generally speaking, it’s not allowed. However, since you are the informants, according to interrogation regulations, you can enter the secondary interrogation room as witnesses to verify interrogation information—but you can only watch and listen from behind the one-way glass,” the young policeman said. “So, do you want to go?”

“Okay then!” Yubari nodded.

Upon hearing this, the young policeman led Yubari and the other three to the interrogation room where the head of the detention center was being held, and then into a room adjacent to the interrogation room.

When Yubari and the others entered the room, they saw a row of tables set up in an empty, dark room. Behind the tables sat several policemen filling out statements. One of the four walls was a transparent glass panel, behind which was a small room where the minister was sitting in a corner being interrogated by two policemen.

Is this all you wanted to say?

“If you confess, you will be treated with leniency, if you resist, you will be treated with severity.”

Just as Yubari and the others entered the house, the stern voices of two policemen came from the other side of the glass.

"Yes...that's all...really..." The minister hunched his shoulders and spoke in a low voice, completely lacking the arrogance he had shown to Xiaobai before, "I confess, I've confessed everything...I only ask for leniency..."

The minister seemed completely oblivious to what was happening on the other side of the glass wall.

"It really is just like in the TV series..." Yubari muttered softly as she looked at the department head on the other side through the glass wall.

The middle-aged policeman they had just met was still standing in the room Yubari and the others entered. He had been standing by the glass wall watching the situation inside, with his bankbook in a transparent sealed bag next to him. When he heard Yubari and the others enter, the middle-aged policeman turned his head, but there was no surprise in his eyes.

"The interrogation went smoothly," the middle-aged policeman said to Yubari.

"As expected!" Yubari bowed gratefully to the middle-aged policeman. "What results have you gotten from the interrogation? Is there anything we can do to help?"

Yubari's question was just a casual remark.

However, the middle-aged policeman thought about it seriously for a moment, and then nodded.

"some."

"What?"

"Take a look at the interrogation records." The middle-aged policeman pointed to the recorder beside him, indicating that the interrogation records should be handed to Yubari and the others.

Curious, Yubari took the interrogation record and moved closer to the female hearth goddess and Changchun New Jersey. The four of them read it silently together.

The interrogation record documents the conversations between the minister and the interrogator after he was brought into the interrogation room. It includes the minister's name, gender, physical measurements, work experience, and a long string of seemingly unrelated information about the current official misconduct.

Next, the information is presented in dialogue format. The dialogue format is basically a question and answer, such as "When did the crime begin, what was the motive, what was the target, how long did it last, and were there any unexpected events?"

Yubari silently looked at the interrogation transcript, turning the pages as she read, and then her gaze became surprised.

Yubari looked up at the middle-aged policeman.

"You've seen it too, haven't you?" The middle-aged policeman put on white gloves, took out a bankbook from a transparent sealed bag, and showed it to Yubari and the others. "There's something wrong with the amount on this."

Chapter 1708 I was given a chance, but you didn't use it.

Yubari was indeed very surprised.

She was surprised by the contents of the interrogation transcript in her hand.

The interrogation transcript in Yubari's hands contained the following dialogue.

Q: When did your job-related crimes begin?

A: From the first day of taking office.

Q: Who is the target?

A: A ship girl named Vesta, she is a security guard at our ship equipment research center.

Q: Besides her?

A: No, she's the only one.

Q: Have you ever had any disputes with your criminal targets?

A: No, really not...

Q: What is your relationship with the criminal target?

A: I've only seen her a few times from afar.

Q: Why was she chosen as the sole target of the crime?

A: No! I didn't choose her as my target, I really didn't! (At this point, the suspect became extremely agitated and tried to break free of his handcuffs and stand up from the chair, but was eventually pushed back into place by the interrogator.)

Q: Please calm down.

A: I'm sorry, I lost my composure.

Q: Is there something hidden about this?

A: Yes...yes. It's like this, I was the head of the finance department at the Ship Equipment Research Center, actually only about ten years ago...before I took the position, the ship girl named Vestal had already been exploited by the previous head of the department.”

After reading this passage, both Yubari and the goddess of the hearth widened their eyes.

Everyone present was intelligent; they all understood the meaning behind that conversation.

So... it turns out that the finance minister, whom he reported to the police station, was not actually the source of the exploitation of the goddess of the hearth?

“It seems you’ve also seen the key information.” The middle-aged policeman looked at everyone’s expressions and pointed to the savings account. “Although we haven’t sent anyone to investigate the salary and benefits of that female kitchen worker over the past twenty years, nor have we calculated or verified this savings account precisely, a rough mental calculation and summary would suggest that the balance in this savings account does not match the salary that the female kitchen worker was exploited for over twenty years.”

"..." The goddess of the hearth was dumbfounded.