Elder brother's garrison

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"Can patients drink tea?"

"This tea bag contains goji berries and is good for your health."

"Soaking goji berries in water..." Xiaobai murmured, smiling at the Deans of the Deep Sea Academy.

After the IV drip was changed, Lu Ming leaned against the headboard, maintaining his previous sitting posture, and looked over here.

Xiao Bai walked to the bedside and gently sat down on the bed.

"Miss Luming, are you feeling unwell?" Xiaobai asked.

"I don't feel uncomfortable," Lu Ming shook his head.

"Are you really not feeling unwell?"

"It's really not painful."

"Your medical examination results show that your health condition is very bad," Xiaobai said worriedly.

“…Mm.” Lu Ming nodded.

Looking at Lu Ming's face, Xiao Bai couldn't help but sigh.

Upon hearing this, Akagi, who was boiling water nearby, stood up, quietly walked to the door of the ward, and locked it.

"Miss Luming, you're a ship girl, right?" Xiaobai asked Luming.

“…Hmm.” Lu Ming kept his head down.

"Just now outside the door, the agent gave me a general overview of your situation," Xiaobai said to Luming. "He said that you, Miss Luming, are a ship girl whose ship equipment has been dismantled, right?"

“…That’s right,” Lu Ming replied.

"So, the necklace you gave to the makeup artist before was indeed..." Xiaobai waited for Luming's reply.

“That’s a fragment of my ship equipment,” Lu Ming said, looking down. “I was able to find them by following the guidance of the ship equipment fragment.”

"But didn't you dismantle your ship equipment?" Xiaobai asked Luming. "From what I understand, a ship girl whose ship equipment has been dismantled... cannot use the power of the ship equipment again. But Miss Luming, not only were you able to locate yourself using your ship equipment fragments, but you also used your ship equipment to kick away an enemy's grenade. This doesn't match my understanding of the performance of a retired ship girl."

“I’m a bit different,” Lu Ming explained.

"What's the difference?"

"..." Lu Ming didn't speak. She just silently raised her hand, spread it on her thigh, and opened her five fingers towards Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai looked at Lu Ming's palm.

Lu Ming's hands were fair and slender, with delicate fingers and neatly trimmed nails.

The moment Xiaobai's gaze fell upon the palm of his hand.

With a ripping sound, it rang in Lu Ming's palm.

Then Xiaobai saw a ball of blue electricity emerge from Luming's palm and quickly spread across Luming's arm.

The electric current continued to spread after it appeared, and the strange aura made Lu Ming's hair fly wildly.

Just a second before the current was about to touch Xiaobai, Luming gently clenched his fist, and with a crackling sound, the current dissipated and vanished into nothingness.

After withdrawing the current, Lu Ming's face paled slightly. She was breathing heavily, and half of her arm was trembling slightly, as if the action had been a great drain on her energy.

"Miss Luming, that was..."

"I didn't... completely... dismantle the ship's equipment," Lu Ming explained to Xiao Bai, panting.

After saying this, Lu Ming closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled.

After exhaling, Lu Ming rested for a few minutes, his complexion gradually returned to normal, and his breathing became steady.

“My ship equipment was already damaged before it was dismantled.” Lu Ming tentatively tightened his grip to make sure there were no problems before continuing to Xiao Bai, “Those damaged ship equipment… were already entangled with my body, and it would be very difficult to remove them through normal means. So the doctor who performed the dismantling surgery on me chose an incomplete dismantling method.”

"Incomplete disassembly...?" Xiaobai had never heard of such a thing before. "What is that?"

“Normally, ship equipment dismantling involves first separating the ship equipment from the ship girl, and then disassembling it,” Lu Ming said calmly to Xiao Bai. “However, my ship equipment has become entangled with my flesh due to the injury. For my safety, the doctor who performed the dismantling surgery chose to dismantle the ship equipment directly inside my body and then peel out the parts one by one.”

"Is...is this even possible?" Xiaobai exclaimed in surprise.

In Xiaobai's memory, the military should not have had any incomplete dismantling examples yet.

"The person who helped me disassemble the ship's equipment was a civilian doctor," Lu Ming explained to Xiao Bai, a faint respect appearing in his calm eyes.

“…Okay, alright, then let’s just say he’s a folk healer.” Xiaobai nodded to Luming. “So, are there any drawbacks to this type of dissection?”

“Well… because incomplete dismantling involves removing the ship equipment from the body, some… accidents inevitably occurred during the dismantling process.” Lu Ming looked down at his palm and slowly explained, “For example, the problem of energy leakage from the ship equipment… In order to prevent the ship equipment energy emitted during dismantling from directly destroying my body, the doctor who dismantled the ship equipment chose to seal that energy inside my body.”

Chapter 2452 No Turning Back

Upon hearing Lu Ming's words, Xiao Bai's expression immediately turned strange.

"Is it possible to seal the ship's equipment's energy within the body?"

"Yes, the doctor who disassembled my ship equipment... his medical skills are very high," Lu Ming explained to Xiao Bai.

"Alright, I completely understand how skilled that doctor is now." Xiaobai rubbed her temples, composed herself, and continued to ask Luming, "So, Miss Luming, were those electric currents you just showed me the energy from your ship's equipment?"

"Mm." Lu Ming nodded.

"So, Miss Luming, in your current state, are you closer to a human or a ship girl?" Xiaobai couldn't help but wonder.

“I am human,” Lu Ming replied, lowering his head with a slightly dimmed gaze, “but I can occasionally transform back into a ship girl.”

"So, Miss Luming, as long as you consciously release the energy sealed in your body, you will briefly regain the power you had during your ship girl days... or something like that?" Xiaobai tentatively summarized.

"Mm." Lu Ming nodded again.

"You probably haven't told your agent about this, have you?" Xiaobai asked after thinking for a while.

"No."

Is this a very important secret?

"……Um."

"Uh, wouldn't it be inappropriate to tell me about this..."

"It's alright." Lu Ming looked up and smiled kindly at Xiao Bai. "It doesn't matter anymore."

"I see." Xiaobai seemed thoughtful. As she thought about it, her gaze unconsciously drifted to the medical report on the bedside table. "...Speaking of which, Miss Luming, if I'm not mistaken, using the energy in your body must be an extremely harmful thing for your body, right?"

“…” Lu Ming remained silent.

"After all, that's energy stored in the ship's rig. Now that it's been transferred into a human body, it must be causing a lot of damage to your health," Xiaobai asked with concern. "Miss Luming, your medical report... looks terrible. Is it related to this?"

"..." Lu Ming remained silent.

Xiao Bai reached out and gently grasped Lu Ming's other hand that wasn't pricked with a needle, then leaned her body closer to Lu Ming.

"Miss Luming, answer me!" Xiaobai looked directly into Luming's eyes.

Lu Ming silently looked into Xiao Bai's eyes and nodded slightly.

"So it really was because the ship's equipment energy was used that this happened..." Xiaobai sighed deeply after seeing Luming's affirmative reply, looking guilty. "So, this is all my fault..."

"?" Lu Ming tilted his head.

"Back in the warehouse, if I hadn't disobeyed you and gone near that cult leader, Miss Luming, you wouldn't have been forced to use your ship's power to save me." Xiaobai said with a look of shame, "I actually caused you to be hospitalized because of me, Miss Luming. I have truly let you down..."

Seeing Xiaobai's ashamed expression, Luming blinked, then quickly grabbed Xiaobai's hand and shook her head rapidly at her.

"No, you've misunderstood," Lu Ming explained to Xiao Bai.

"Huh? What's the misunderstanding?" Xiaobai looked at Luming.

"Actually, I started using this energy after you left the studio," Lu Ming explained to Xiao Bai.

"Ah? Is that so?"

“Hmm.” Lu Ming released Xiao Bai’s hand. “After all, without using ship equipment energy, I have no way to locate the warehouse through the ship equipment fragments.”

Speaking of it.

Seemingly to prevent Xiaobai from feeling guilty, Luming added another sentence to Xiaobai.

"Don't feel sorry for me, you did nothing wrong."

"..."

Listening to Lu Ming's words and feeling her gentle gaze, Xiao Bai suddenly felt even more uncomfortable.

It's truly a complex feeling to hear a patient comfort themselves like this.

Miss Lu Ming is so kind; Xiao Bai is truly touched.

“Now that we’ve found the cause of the damage to your body, the next problem is easier to solve.” Xiaobai rubbed her eyes, then perked up and said to Luming, “Miss Luming, you have to promise me that you won’t use ship equipment energy again. With your current physique, the next time you use ship equipment energy, you might… no, you will definitely die.”

"I promise you." Lu Ming nodded to Xiao Bai, "I'll never use it again."

"That's great." Upon hearing this, Xiaobai felt a huge weight lifted off her shoulders. "Miss Luming, your health isn't too bad right now. As long as you take good care of yourself, you'll recover to your previous healthy state sooner or later."

"Ah."

The sound of boiling water came from behind Xiaobai.

After fiddling with the kettle for a while, Akagi Fukami came up carrying a black teapot.

"It seems that Master and Miss Luming have reached a conclusion." Akagi smiled and placed the teapot on the bedside table. She poured a cup of hot goji berry water for Luming and brought it over. "Miss Luming, you've been talking for so long, why don't you have something to drink to soothe your throat?"

"Thank you." Lu Ming accepted the goji berry water from Akagi Shinkai, took a couple of small sips, and then stared at Akagi Shinkai's face for a long time.

"Is there anything dirty on my face?" Akagi asked with a smile.

"...Are you really Dean Shenhai?" Lu Ming looked at Shenhai Chicheng with some curiosity.

"Would you like me to summon the Deep Sea Ship Equipment for Miss Shikamaru to take a look?" Deep Sea Akagi asked with a smile.

“!!” Lu Ming was startled and quickly shook his head.

"Hehe, just kidding." Akagi Fukami covered her mouth and chuckled. "Even if Miss Shikamaru asked me to summon the Abyssal Ship Armor, I wouldn't be able to summon it now."

"……What's wrong?"

"Like you, Miss Luming, I lost my ship equipment due to some accident and now I'm human," Akagi Akagi said with a smile. "However, I became human from the Abyss Dean, while you became human from a ship girl."

"..." Lu Ming held the goji berry water and stared blankly at Deep Sea Akagi, then seemed to realize something and turned his gaze to Xiaobai.

"I didn't order anyone to beat her up, I didn't order anyone to beat her up." Xiaobai quickly waved his hands. "When I saw Akagi Akagi, she was already like this."

“…Oh.” Lu Ming suddenly realized.

"After getting used to Dean Shenhai's life, suddenly becoming human has really brought all sorts of inconveniences," Akagi Fukami said, sitting on the edge of the bed. "Was it the same for Miss Shikamei back then?"

“…Hmm.” Lu Ming thought for a while, then nodded.

“But suffering eventually comes to an end, right? As long as life goes on, there will always be some surprising moments in life.” Akagi Fukami changed the subject, clasped her hands tightly together, and brought them to her cheeks. She smiled at Shikamei and said, “For example, it was precisely because I became human that I had the opportunity to meet a lord for whom I am willing to dedicate my body and soul. From this perspective, becoming human might not be entirely a bad thing. Ever since my lord rescued me once, I have gradually begun to like this kind of gentle and delicate girl’s lifestyle.”

When Akagi Shenhai mentioned Shiro, she immediately started talking non-stop about the story of how Shiro rescued her from the cult.

Xiao Bai didn't know if it was because Akagi had developed some kind of unique filter on her, but in Akagi's viewpoint, she actually described herself as a romantic hero who was full of sweet talk, intelligent and brave, and who risked her life to rescue the princess. Xiao Bai blushed as she listened to this story.

"I... I never said such cheesy things to you..." Xiaobai leaned in and covered Shenhai Chicheng's mouth, pleading with her, "Don't repeat these kinds of things to Miss Luming..."

"What a pity, I was just getting into the story."

"I can't even imagine what shameful words you'll use to describe me later..."

"How could that be? In my eyes, my lord is a great hero of unparalleled brilliance."

"Shake me, please..."

Xiaobai, her face flushed, wrestled with Shenhai Chicheng, the two of them playfully fighting in front of Luming like they were selling dog food.

Sitting on the bed, Lu Ming quietly watched Xiao Bai and Shen Hai Chi Cheng get along harmoniously, and a smile involuntarily appeared on his lips.

The lively atmosphere in Lu Ming's ward lasted for quite some time.

After chatting about everyday things in Lu Ming's hospital room, Xiao Bai checked the time and realized it was almost time for her to leave.

"Miss Luming, please take good care of yourself," Xiaobai said to Luming one last time. "I'll come to see you again tomorrow."

"Mm." Lu Ming looked at Xiao Bai gently, as if gazing at a close friend.

Xiao Bai reluctantly held Lu Ming's hand and said a few more words of farewell before leaving the ward with the two Deans of the Deep Sea Hospital, turning back to look at them every few steps.

Lu Ming watched Xiao Bai and the other two leave, gazing gently at their backs until they were completely out of sight.

Lu Ming slowly lay down on the bed, looking at the IV drip hanging high beside her, watching the clear liquid dripping from the drip, her gaze calm and clear.

Lu Ming's memories seemed to return to a very, very long time ago at this moment.