Elder brother's garrison

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Changchun and Anshan seemed to understand something. They looked at Baltimore and Chicago, who knew nothing about it. Baltimore, who was being stared at by Changchun and Anshan, looked completely bewildered.

"Huh? Missiles? Mutual attraction...? Admiral, I don't quite understand what you mean..." Baltimore asked, somewhat naive and confused.

“I don’t understand either,” Chicago said, his hands in his pockets.

"Actually..." Xiaobai glanced at the ship girls around her, then began to explain to Baltimore and Chicago, "About Jinan and the missile ship equipment..."

Since this was the fourth time today that Xiaobai had explained Jinan's capabilities to the ship girls, he tried to keep his purpose and Jinan's power simple by explaining it to Baltimore and the others.

After listening to Xiaobai's brief overview, Baltimore stood there stunned.

"Huh? So... did the Admiral return to the naval base this time to select new missile ship girls?" Baltimore murmured, glancing at Alaska and Guam, who were playing on their phones on the factory sofa. The band members, sensing everyone's gaze, waved their phones enthusiastically. Baltimore quickly bowed to Alaska and smiled at them before turning to Shiro, "...Did the Admiral mean that between me and Chicago, one of us meets the requirements for missile ship girl modifications?"

"You understand so quickly," Xiaobai said to Baltimore with a smile. "Want to give it a try?"

“Hmm… I just don’t know if it’s me or Chicago…” Baltimore nodded quickly, placing one hand on her chest as she looked towards Jinan.

"I can't quite tell... This time, the missile talent seems rather faint. I feel that if left unattended, it should soon enter its hidden phase," Jinan said, sniffing the air on tiptoe.

"Jinan, let's see how you use the power of change?" Xiaobai asked Jinan.

"Then I'll use it?" Jinan pointed to himself, seeking Baltimore's opinion.

Baltimore glanced at Xiaobai, who immediately nodded repeatedly towards Jinan, her expression somewhat nervous.

Jinan ship equipment extended her hand, gently rubbed her palms together, releasing a cluster of firefly-like white light.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the white light slowly flew towards Baltimore, which was already prepared.

Baltimore watched the white orb of light slowly approaching before her, and nervously swallowed.

Soon, the ball of light approached Baltimore, made contact with her body and skin, and then slightly merged into her body.

Baltimore looked down at his hands.

"How's Baltimore?" Xiaobai asked.

“…Eh…I don’t feel anything…” Baltimore answered softly, his voice suddenly sounding a little disappointed, but more so, as if he had expected it.

"Sigh... I don't feel anything... So, if that's the case, the ship girl with missile talent is..." Xiaobai shifted her gaze to Chicago, who was standing next to Baltimore.

As expected, the ball of light released by Jinan continued to drift toward Chicago. This time, as the ball of light approached Chicago's body, it became noticeably more active, as if it couldn't wait to merge into Chicago's body.

as predicted……

Chicago should be the fifth and last ship girl to receive missile upgrades during the early stages of the naval base phase...

Thinking of this, Xiao Bai couldn't help but feel a little happy.

However, before Xiaobai could even utter the words "Congratulations," a scene that left Xiaobai somewhat bewildered unfolded.

With her hands in her pockets, blowing bubble gum, Chicago, looking every bit the sporty girl, watched the white ball of light flying towards her. She blinked, then suddenly turned her head, dodging the incoming white ball of light.

She dodged it!

The white ball of light missed its target. It hovered in mid-air, searching for a while before finding Chicago, which was still in a turning position, and continued to pounce on it.

Chicago dodged the white orb with a backflip.

White light cluster: ...

This was the first time Xiaobai had ever seen such a speechless expression on the white ball of light.

The white orb of light was in a state of constant dissipation in mid-air. After Chicago dodged twice in a row, the white orb of light had almost dissipated.

So everyone watched as the white ball of light slowly dissipated, while Chicago remained "unharmed," standing there with his bubble gum bobbing rhythmically.

"...Chicago, why are you dodging?" everyone asked.

"Huh? I just instinctively..." Chicago snapped out of her daze and looked at everyone. "Wait a minute? If that thing had hit me, would I have turned into a missile ship girl?"

"yes……"

Everyone looked at Chicago.

"So, in the end, I'm going to become a missile ship girl?" Chicago sighed, rubbing her soft, light yellow short hair, her delicate eyebrows furrowing. "This is so troublesome..."

Chicago's tone was full of resistance.

"Huh? Why is it so troublesome? Wouldn't it be better to become a missile ship girl?" Everyone was even more confused after hearing Chicago's words.

"Missile ships and stuff... I've heard people say they're really powerful... but I'm a cruiser, you know?" Chicago raised his arm, revealing his fair and clean armpit, and rubbed his head with a troubled expression. "Admiral, I don't understand things like nuclear energy and missiles at all, and I'm not interested in them... Wouldn't it be better if I just used the combat style of a cruiser? I think that straightforward approach suits me better."

"..." Xiaobai looked at Chicago's self-narration and fell silent for a moment.

"Ah! Admiral, don't be angry!" Baltimore glared at him. Seeing that Xiaobai was silent, she rushed over and then glared at Chicago. "Chicago! That was a missile modification that the Admiral specially prepared for you. How could you refuse the Admiral's kindness! Apologize to the Admiral right now!"

"Admiral, I'm sorry—" Chicago apologized honestly to Xiaobai, "Oh, but my grades have always been terrible. Missile ships are the kind that only people with excellent grades would use, so I'll pass. Admiral, do you have any cruiser conversions available?"

"You're actually haggling now!" Baltimore scolded Chicago angrily.

“Baltimore, do you really think I’m the kind of person who’s suited to be converted into a missile ship girl?” Chicago took a step back. “Besides, if I’m converted into a missile ship girl, it means I’ll have to abandon all the combat experience I accumulated during my cruiser days and start from scratch, right? I might not be any better than I am now!”

"Hey! You're still trying to deny it..."

Baltimore's eyes widened, and he clenched his fists.

Just as Baltimore was about to punch Chicago twice to wake her up, a chuckle suddenly came from behind Baltimore.

Baltimore paused for a moment, then turned around to look.

Little White covered her mouth and laughed at everyone.

"...Admiral? Are you so angry that you're laughing in your anger?" Baltimore asked with some concern.

"No, no, I just think it's quite interesting." Xiaobai put down her hand and said to everyone with a smile, "Oh... speaking of which, you may not know that Chicago is not the first person to refuse to be transformed into a missile ship girl.

"Hey! Is there anyone else?"

“Yes, Kiat was also very resistant to the modification at first, although her reasons were a little different from yours.” Xiaobai put down her hand and smiled at Chicago, saying, “Well… that’s fine too, Chicago, you don’t want to be modified into a missile ship girl, right?”

“Hmm…” Chicago nodded tentatively, looking intently at Little White, “I think I’d be better off as a cruiser…”

"Jinan, is it possible for Chicago to become a cruiser in the future?" Xiaobai looked at Jinan.

"Hmm, is that okay?" Jinan nodded. "Entering the modification state during the period when the missile talent is hidden means it's just a regular modification, right? Hmm... But I strongly advise against doing that. The missile talent is a real talent, and you definitely won't follow the wrong person. It would be such a waste to just let it go to waste."

“I see.” Xiaobai nodded and looked at Chicago. “So Chicago, do you really want to give up on missile modification? If you really don’t want to modify it, I will respect your decision.”

As soon as Xiaobai said this, Baltimore panicked and kept gesturing to Chicago with her eyes.

“Admiral, I…” Chicago was just about to speak.

But the next second, a clear voice suddenly cut through the crowd, interrupting her.

"Chicago sister, wait a minute!"

Chapter 3792 Damn it! Fuck!

Upon hearing the sound, everyone immediately stopped talking and looked toward the source of the sound.

The person who just shouted those words was Changchun.

Changchun raised her slender arm and called out to the crowd.

"...Changchun?" Everyone looked at Changchun in surprise. "What's wrong?"

"Sister Anshan and I are right here, and we've heard the conversation between Sister Chicago and the Admiral. I think... as a representative of those ships that were once converted to missile ships, I need to speak on this topic!" Changchun said to the crowd. She looked at Chicago and politely asked her, "Sister Chicago, may I say a few words?"

“Oh, okay…you can say whatever you want?” Chicago nodded repeatedly.

Changchun looked at Xiaobai.

Xiao Bai smiled and nodded at Changchun.

“It’s like this… Actually, I can understand Chicago’s feelings, because in a sense, I’m similar to her.” Changchun put one hand to her chest and said to Chicago, “Accepting the conversion of a missile ship means abandoning most of your past combat experience and starting from scratch with a brand new type of ship. This path is too unknown and nerve-wracking, so much so that before actually embarking on this path, no one will not worry about whether they can go as far as before, or even better, on this new path… Chicago’s resistance is very reasonable!”

“Hmm…” Chicago thought for a moment and did not refute.

"But don't worry, Sister Chicago, the strength of the missile ship equipment will definitely not disappoint!" Changchun immediately added, "As someone who has been through the process of changing ship type to missile ship equipment, I can say this with confidence! Sister Chicago probably doesn't understand the strength of missile ship equipment yet, which is why she acted so resistantly just now. But I think as long as Sister Chicago personally experiences the power of missile ships, she definitely won't refuse to become a missile ship girl!"

"A firsthand experience?" Chicago listened to Changchun's accent, her bubble gum popping open with a soft "pop." She then licked the gum back into her mouth, her gaze towards Changchun now filled with a mixture of excitement and interest. "Wait, Changchun, you mean..."

“That’s right!” Changchun nodded immediately. She said to Chicago, “The best way for a ship girl to understand the strength and weakness of a certain type of ship equipment is through combat! I hope that Sister Chicago can conduct an exercise with a missile ship!”

As Changchun finished speaking, she immediately turned around, grabbed Anshan next to her, and pushed him in front of Chicago.

"Follow Sister Anshan!"

"Huh??? So it was me after all that talk??" Anshan pointed at himself, staring wide-eyed at Changchun.

"Hehe, it's just that Sister Anshan is a bit stronger than me." Changchun smiled shyly and said to Anshan, "Sister Anshan is a natural missile ship equipment expert. When it comes to demonstrating the strength of missile ship equipment, you are the most suitable candidate."

"A natural-born missile ship... isn't there another one over there?" Anshan looked at Jinan speechlessly.

"Oh, oh, oh, you want to play? You want to play? I can do it too!" Jinan immediately became eager to try. "Don't let my role as support fool you, I can actually play main DPS without any problem!"

"Alright, Jinan, stop fighting with them." Xiaobai smiled at Jinan, reached out and pulled Jinan back, putting her hands on Jinan's shoulders. "Let Anshan handle it."

"Oh—" Jinan exclaimed, then nestled into Xiaobai's arms.

Anshan rubbed her forehead, sighed, and looked towards Chicago.

"It's called... Chicago, right?" Anshan rubbed her forehead and said to Chicago, "We didn't have a chance to chat properly when we came together before. Let me introduce myself. I'm also a ship girl who recently joined the naval base. Since my sister just said so, how about we go to the training grounds now?"

“Hmm…that seems like a good suggestion.” Chicago stared at Anshan, her gaze sweeping over him from head to toe, before her eyes gleamed with intense interest. “A fight?”

As expected, Chicago did not reject the offer.

This is not surprising.

After all, Chicago's outfit makes her look like a sporty, outdoor fitness girl. Ship girls' outfits rarely clash with their personalities, so Chicago's distinctive attire suggests that she is an active, athletic (or passionate) ship girl.

Xiao Bai certainly approves of the exercises in Chicago and Anshan.

Everyone hit it off.

The ship girls waiting to be modified in the factory were immediately seized by the gossip and morbid curiosity when they heard that someone was going to have a fight drill. They quickly packed their things and crowded around, determined to get a look.

—This is an exercise between active-duty missile ship girls and future missile ship girls! How can we miss something this fun!

Not only the Alaskan sisters who were whiling away the time on the sofa, but also the destroyer and Garibaldi who were cleaning themselves and playing in the bathroom, everyone left the conversion factory with Xiaobai as soon as they heard the news, and headed towards the training ground.

The large group of people left in a lively and cheerful manner.

In the blink of an eye, the factory was deserted.

The empty stadium remained silent for several minutes.

Finally, deep inside the renovated factory, the door to the Yubari Research Lab was pushed open.

"Hey hey! Alaska, Guam, and Kiat! I've found the direction for your missile shipboard upgrades! The type of ships you're upgrading are..."

Yubari grabbed several renovation plans, excitedly ran out of the office, and shouted at the empty factory.

However, the only response Yubari received was the complete silence of the entire factory.

"...Huh? Where is everyone?" Yubari stood there dumbfounded, clutching the documents in her arms, looking left and right.

The bathroom door was wide open, and the entrance was covered in water stains resembling tiny footprints.

There was a half-finished drink on the sofa, and a thin white hospital gown that had been taken off.

Yubari put down the documents, walked to the document table in the center of the factory with a puzzled look, picked up the documents on it and glanced at them.

"Hmm? These are Kiat's training results... and Garibaldi's too? Is she a missile ship girl too? That girl really made it big..." Yubari murmured, but in the end, she couldn't help but put down the documents, "Uh... where did everyone go?"

As Yubari finished speaking, he looked out of the factory.

Just then, two ship girls arrived from a distance outside the factory.

"Ugh, finally got the campsite packed up, I'm exhausted..." Pompeii rubbed his shoulders and followed Zara into the factory. "Garibaldi? We've come to see you... How's your renovation going?!"

The sounds of Pompeii echoed through the empty factory.

"Huh... So this factory is such a deserted place... The Admiral just said it was crowded and lively."

Pompeii and Zara walked around the factory, stopping frequently, and finally found Yubari standing alone by the filing desk.

The three ship girls looked at each other.

"...Where are the people here?" Yubari asked.

"Huh? You're asking me???" Pompeii pointed at himself, looking astonished.

……

After leaving the factory, Xiaobai and a large group of ship girls arrived at the training ground.