Elder brother's garrison

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"...Who isn't?"

The two sisters tilted their heads back and gurgled softly.

"Speaking of which, constellation sister."

"Ok?"

"It's been so noisy since the beginning, what happened?"

"Who cares?"

Chapter 2082 Want to See My Wife

Missouri is one of the ship girls closest to Xiaobai, and the progress of her ship equipment modification is what Xiaobai is most concerned about these two days. As soon as they returned to the newbie naval base, Xiaobai and Super Yamato did not even rest before rushing to Yubari's factory.

Entering the gates of Yubari's factory, the factory was relatively quiet during the day. As Xiaobai and Chaoda stepped over the threshold, they immediately saw Yubari alone at her workbench, enthusiastically drawing something. Behind her, on the blackboard, was a large draft of a ship equipment modification drawing. In addition to the relatively neat ship equipment sketches, the draft was covered with numerous red markings from one end to the other, appearing densely packed at a glance.

Xiaobai tiptoed forward, taking two steps without disturbing Yubari who was passionately drawing. Instead, he carefully took in the sketches of Missouri's renovation on the blackboard and studied them for a while.

"Huh? Admiral, you're back!" Yubari, who was drawing at her desk, noticed someone approaching. She put down her paper and pen, looked up at Shiro, and greeted him in surprise.

Shiro stopped and gave Yubari an apologetic smile: "Ah... I'm sorry, did I disturb Yubari...?"

"Oh, it's alright. My inspiration is flowing like water from a toilet bowl! I can handle being interrupted seventy or eighty times!" Yubari grinned at Shiro nonchalantly. "Judging from how relaxed you are, Admiral, it seems the important matter over Chapter Eight has been resolved?"

"Hmm... Lianlian told you?"

"Yes, she told me this morning—wow, by the way, speaking of which, Admiral, I don't think you know anything about this. When I woke up this morning, the surroundings were incredibly horrific. The scene was so desolate it could be used to film a horror movie..." Yubari said, looking lingeringly frightened, as if the events of this morning had left a considerable shadow on her.

"A horror movie..." Xiaobai looked at Yubari's expression with a puzzled expression.

"Ghost movies are... well, never mind, let's not talk about them." Yu Zhang opened her mouth, then waved her hand helplessly, pointed to the draft paper on the blackboard, patted her chest, and proudly smiled at Xiao Bai, "Oh right! More importantly, Admiral, come and see the modification blueprints that Admiral Luo Lian and I worked on together! These are blueprints that we optimized with the most detailed aspects based on the Missouri's ship equipment data, perfectly preserving her artillery capabilities while maximizing the development of missile technology! I dare say that for at least fifteen years, there won't be any missile warfare modification blueprints better than these in the world!"

"Yes, I looked at it when I came here, and it seems to be completely different from the previous blueprints." Shiro nodded with a smile. "As expected of you, Yubari."

Xiaobai is not a researcher, and she cannot understand these kinds of ship equipment blueprints.

But thanks to his photographic memory, Xiaobai has managed to memorize dozens of ship equipment blueprints drawn by Yubari in the past two days, and he can still spot the differences.

"Hehe... Actually, Admiral Luo also deserves a lot of credit." Yubari couldn't stop smiling after being praised by Shiro. She scratched her head and said shyly, "If Admiral Luo hadn't reminded me and told me that there was such a thing as rune technology in the world, I wouldn't have been able to create such a perfect modification blueprint even if I had another year."

"After all, Lianlian is quite good at this too," Xiaobai said with considerable pride. Then, after looking around, she asked Yubari, "Oh, right, where is Lianlian? And where did Missouri go?"

"Admiral Lo? She's in the factory right now, helping Missouri with pre-modification adjustments." Yubari pointed with her thumb to the room at the back of the factory.

"Are you ready to start work already?"

"That's right, since the design drawings have already been made, we can just start the renovation step by step."

"...It feels surprisingly simple?"

"Because the hardest part is over." Yubari waved the blueprints in his hand and said to Shiro with a sigh, "The design blueprints are the soul of the renovation. As for the rest, as long as you have the skills and the money, you can do it."

How much will it cost?

"Well... since it's a modification funded by our own naval base, we can't enjoy the fee reduction provided by the Ship Equipment Research Center. Plus, the Missouri is an expensive missile warhead modification, so it might cost quite a bit." Yubari said, grinning at Shiro. "But luckily, I won't take money from my own people. Admiral, you just need to cover the material costs. It's not much, just a few hundred."

"Several hundred yuan? That's so cheap!"

"It's several million."

"Oh... I see. Well, I'll have Lexington write you a check later." Little White nodded with a smile, then looked around. "Speaking of which, is Warspite in the room too?"

"No, Admiral Luo said she wanted to eat KFC for lunch today, but there are no restaurants in the naval base, and delivery services are beyond the delivery range, so Warspite ran an errand to the city."

“…Okay.” Xiaobai smiled wryly.

It is this time.

With a click, a tightly closed door at the back of the factory opened, and Luo Lian, wearing a beeping helmet and holding two screwdrivers, popped her head out of the room, staring wide-eyed at Xiao Bai.

"Xiao Bai? You're back?" Luo Lian's eyes lit up when she saw Xiao Bai. She took off her helmet, shook a screwdriver, and called out to Xiao Bai.

"Lianlian!" Xiaobai smiled and waved to Luo Lian.

Luo Lian turned off the helmet's button, silencing the incessant beeping, then closed the door behind her and walked towards Xiao Bai.

Walking up to Xiao Bai, Luo Lian gazed at the red-rimmed glasses on Xiao Bai's face and smiled slightly.

"easy to use?"

"Hmm? Ah... is this it?" Xiaobai took off her glasses and nodded to Luo Lian with satisfaction. "I tried it out today, and it's really useful. It's been a huge help. Hmm... but the battery life is still too short. I only used it for a short while this morning, and it's completely dead now."

"Let me charge it for you." Luo Lian reached out and took Xiao Bai's glasses frame, then looked down and fiddled with the frame before explaining to Xiao Bai, "Because we need to simplify the size and weight as much as possible, a battery life of twenty minutes is the limit I can achieve. But if you want, I can make you a simple charging device, the solar-powered kind, so you can take it off and charge it yourself next time it runs out of power."

"Really? That's wonderful!" Xiao Bai clasped her hands together and smiled at Luo Lian, "You've been a great help."

"I hope you like it." Luo Lian put away her glasses and said to Xiao Bai, "How's the user experience? Any feedback or suggestions?"

"Hmm... it's good enough now. But... if I had to give a small suggestion, I would say." Xiaobai blinked and scratched his cheek. "For example, when I was using these glasses to measure someone's ship equipment status today, I think my gaze was too direct and I accidentally let the other person notice. It would be even better if this problem could be solved."

"Hmm...exposing your line of sight..." Luo Lian pondered for a moment, then nodded. "That's right. If you can't hide your line of sight, then concealment is meaningless. Making it specifically to look like glasses frames is pointless. Luckily, it's a minor issue. I'll optimize it for you. Any other ideas?"

"That's all!" Xiaobai said readily.

Luo Lian then put away Xiao Bai's glasses frame, and then took out another pair of glasses frames and handed them to Xiao Bai: "This is a spare. You can make do with this during the optimization period."

"Wow, you even made a spare?" Xiaobai exclaimed in surprise as she took the glasses frame.

"Not really. Because I promised you that this technology would only serve you, I didn't plan to make a second combat capability testing device. This one was just a prototype I made last night. Since it was my first time using it, its capabilities are not very stable, and its standby time is shorter. So, once I've optimized the other one, you can discard this one." Luo Lian said calmly, smiling slightly at Xiao Bai.

"Oh... okay." Hearing this, Xiaobai carefully put the glasses frame into her ship equipment space. Then she glanced curiously at the room Luo Lian had come out of earlier and asked with some doubt, "Um... speaking of which, Lianlian, were you with Missouri just now?"

"Yes."

"Why isn't Missouri coming out to see me now?" Xiaobai asked curiously.

"...You'll have to ask her yourself." Luo Lian closed her eyes.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Xiaobai asked, surprised.

“Hey, I get it, I get it.” Yubari, who was standing next to him, patted Shiro’s shoulder like someone who had been there before. “Didn’t I just say that Missouri is undergoing final adjustments before the modification? In order to adjust the body to the most suitable state for the modification, Missouri’s ship equipment is currently being disassembled.”

"Uh... disassembly in progress... can't it be shown to anyone?"

“I can see her, but—” Yubari leaned close to Shiro and whispered in her ear, “Admiral, you can think of Missouri’s current state as a complete transformation, like a python shedding its skin. It’s not exactly an elegant sight. It’s fine with family and friends, but if her sweetheart saw her like this, it would be quite embarrassing for a ship girl…”

"Huh?" Little White was taken aback, "Shedding skin and transforming bones?"

"Yes." Yubari nodded.

"A python shedding its skin?" Xiaobai was taken aback again.

"Yes." Yubari nodded again.

"Indecent?"

"correct."

"...Mmmmmm..."

Xiao Bai lowered her head, touched her lower lip, and pondered for a while.

So that's why Missouri didn't come out to see Luo Lian.

The modification of ship girls actually has this strange physiological reaction. I used to think that modifying ship equipment was as simple as just clicking to remove the equipment, modifying it, and then clicking to put it back on.

Yubari is really something.

They only told me this now, something so important.

This is messed up...

Doesn't this just make me want to watch it even more?

Chapter 2083 You (asterisk) Exploded

A surge of intense curiosity suddenly ignited in Xiaobai's eyes.

Anyway, as Yubari just said, Missouri's current state is roughly like a snake shedding its skin. Although being watched by her as the admiral would make her quite embarrassed and ashamed, being watched by Shiro doesn't actually cause any harm.

It's not like I'll lose a piece of flesh just by looking at it a couple of times, is it?

That's good!

Little White is quite interested in Missouri's "molting"!

"Yubari, Yubari, is there any way to sneak a peek?" Shiro turned her head, leaned close to Yubari's ear, and couldn't help but ask.

"Hmph... I knew you'd ask that, Admiral!" Upon hearing this, a sly glint flashed in Yubari's eyes. She confidently raised her head and rubbed her hands together as she spoke to Shiro, "Admiral, I actually anticipated that you'd have this idea, so I prepared a special audience seat for you, ensuring you can secretly see what Missouri looks like right now without her noticing!"

"Huh? Is that so?"

"Of course, I'm an expert in ship equipment modification!" Yubari said, humming twice to keep everyone in suspense, and then pulled a handheld game console out of the ship equipment space in front of Shiro.

"Huh? Isn't this a Nintendo Switch?" Shiro looked at the game console in Yubari's hand in surprise.

"You recognize him, Admiral?"

"Ah... Tirpitz does play this sometimes..."

“I see.” Yubari nodded, pursing her lips, then pressed the power button in front of Shiro, and adjusted the data on the game console using various buttons. “Actually, this isn’t a game console anymore… or rather, it isn’t now. I’ve transformed this game console into a mobile information receiver. Admiral, you may not know this, but a few days ago, to ensure Missouri’s transformation went smoothly, I installed special pinhole cameras in many corners of this factory, including the room Missouri is currently in. As long as I align the frequency and adjust it slightly… look! The image is here!”

Yubari responded and handed the game console to Shiro.

Xiaobai curiously took the Yubari game console. On the screen, a very clear live broadcast appeared. The view was from top to bottom, showing a spacious room filled with various flashing instruments. The instruments in the room were still buzzing, and various instruments that looked like liquid culture tanks were bubbling.

Judging from Yubari's explanation, this must be the room where Luo Lian was just now.

Xiaobai focused its gaze and brought its face close to the screen.

Missouri's location was easy to spot on the screen—because the camera Yubari had placed was right above the instrument Missouri was currently using.

Missouri was lying naked in a glass container filled with nutrient solution. The nutrient solution was light and white, similar to milk. It completely covered most of Missouri's body, with only her shoulders, knees, collarbone, and cheeks exposed above the surface. More than a dozen data cables with protective films were embedded in the water and spread all over Missouri's body.

Missouri quietly closed her eyes, her expression serene.

"Eh... so this is what Missouri is like now..." Xiaobai stared blankly at the screen, muttering softly, "I thought I would see a more steely scene."

"Admiral, what kind of strange adjective is that?" Yubari laughed, leaning closer to Shiro and pointing at Missouri on the screen, explaining, "The place Missouri is in now, in our jargon, is called a bionic pod. It's a device used to mimic the internal environment of a ship girl construction facility during the creation of a ship girl. This thing is used to relax and adjust the modified ship girl, mainly to soften the ship's rigging, making it malleable and temporarily removable..."

"...I've learned something new."

“Generally speaking, Missouri will stay in this bionic pod for several days until we can temporarily remove her ship equipment before she can get out of the water and walk around. This is also the only opportunity a ship girl has in her lifetime to separate from her ship equipment.”

"Huh? What's the difference between this and a ship girl retiring and having her equipment dismantled?"

"The difference is huge. This kind of separation during modification is only temporary and physical for the ship girl. In reality, although the ship equipment is removed, there is still an invisible connection between the ship girl and her ship equipment. As long as the ship girl herself is willing, she can still recall her ship equipment at any time," Yubari explained.

"Oh...I understand." Xiaobai murmured, looking at Missouri on the screen, and smiled slightly.

Shiro gently touched the screen, then handed the game console back to Yubari with a smile.

"Huh? Admiral, aren't you going to continue watching?" Yubari asked curiously, holding the game console. "There are still several machines I haven't explained to you yet."

"Hmm... I've satisfied my curiosity, haven't I?" Xiaobai smiled contentedly. "Seeing Missouri as it is now, I have no more desires."

"It's over so easily..."

"Mainly because there's not much skin showing."

"……Um?"

"I still have things to do in Chapter Eight, so I won't stay here any longer," Xiaobai said with a smile to Luo Lian and Yu Zhang. "I'll leave this place to you two and head back to Chapter Eight now."

"Oh." Yubari nodded.

"Xiao Bai, remember to come to me tomorrow to pick up the optimized combat power measuring instrument," Luo Lian said.

"Yes, I will." Xiaobai nodded, patted his pocket, and joked with Luo Lian, "I hope I can get through this period with the spare supplies you prepared for me, Lianlian."

Luo Lian smiled.

Xiao Bai and Chao Da said goodbye to Luo Lian and Yubari, left the Yubari Factory, picked up Lexington whom they hadn't seen for a few days, and then returned to Chapter 8 via the teleportation vortex.

Return to the villa in Chapter 8.

As soon as Xiaobai and his companions landed, they heard the cheerful laughter of the ship girls. The ship girls were having a lively time with the Abyssal Zuikaku, who was no longer a newcomer. Although the Abyssal Zuikaku still had the same expressionless face as always, Xiaobai felt that the Abyssal Zuikaku seemed more honest in front of the ship girls than in the ruined city, as if a slight iceberg was melting.

It was still early afternoon, not too late.

Seeing that the ship girl and the deep-sea Zuikaku were getting along well, Xiaobai didn't bother them and simply let her stay there. Xiaobai and Chao Yamato returned to the ruined city.

Compared to the bustling villas, the residences in the ruined city are exceptionally quiet.

Xiaobai and Chaoda returned to the lobby on the first floor, took down the mark left on the wall, and stuck it back on themselves.

"Hmm?" Standing by the wall, Xiaobai looked around curiously.