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"Admiral...?"
"Super Yamato—" The little white dog in Super Yamato's arms raised its head, looking full of energy, as if it was panting heavily from all seven orifices. "Let's go!"
"Uh...okay..."
Chao Yamato was baffled as to what had happened in the room that had suddenly made his usually quiet admiral so energetic.
Sparks and lightning streaked along the way as Xiaobai and his two companions arrived at the seaside training ground of the newbie garrison.
The vast training ground was quiet, with only a few clusters of orange-yellow lights swaying in the night, highlighting the slender figures of several women.
"Admiral—" In the lamplight, several figures spotted Xiaobai and his two companions approaching and waved their arms toward Xiaobai. Then, one of the figures stepped closer, and it was Missouri after her modifications.
"Admiral, thank you for your hard work." Missouri stopped in front of Xiaobai and the other two. She first smiled and bowed slightly to Xiaobai, then looked at Changchun and Chao Yamato next to Xiaobai and gave them a warm and sincere smile. "Chao Yamato-senpai, welcome back. Changchun-senpai, it's been a long time."
"Missouri..." Changchun covered his mouth in surprise, looking at Missouri standing in front of him, and for a moment forgot to return the greeting.
As one of the biggest beneficiaries of the ship girl retrofit, Changchun is well aware of how transformative retrofitting can be for a ship girl. Ordinary minor retrofits are one thing, but complex retrofits like those on Missouri and herself, which even change the ship type, should theoretically alter the ship girl's appearance and physique as well.
But now, standing in front of Changchun, Missouri's appearance and figure were exactly the same as before, not to mention her hair.
Changchun couldn't help but take a good look at Missouri's current appearance, from head to toe.
It feels like... the old Missouri...
Changchun's gaze shifted back to Missouri's head, only to find that Missouri had been looking at him gently the whole time.
"Ah...no, I'm sorry, I was being rude!" Changchun realized she hadn't responded to Missouri's words and hurriedly said awkwardly, "I just..."
"Senior Changchun, Missouri has been waiting for you for so long!" Before Changchun could finish her apology, Missouri's gentle and pleasant voice interrupted her. Missouri stepped forward and took Changchun's hand, showing the warmth of sisters who had not seen each other for a long time. "It's been so long! Missouri has missed Senior Changchun. How have you been these days?"
"Ah... I... I'm fine... Missouri, how about you?"
"Sigh. The refit period was really tough. Missouri lay in the nutrient solution for a long time, and her head was always foggy while adapting to the ship's equipment..."
"Ah...that's how it is, that contradictory feeling of not being cold or hot, not feeling heavy or light, and having a clear yet confused mind is indeed very strange..." Changchun seemed to have been struck by Missouri's words and sighed sincerely, subconsciously saying, "It's really not a good feeling..."
"How long did it take for the senior to make the modifications?"
"Hmm... all the time added up is about a month..."
"This is torture."
"That's right."
"Fortunately, it was Yubari-senpai who was in charge of the modification plan for the senior, and Yubari-senpai's skills are reassuring."
"Yeah, I was really scared when I first heard that my modification was a ship type modification, but I felt relieved as soon as I saw Yubari-nee..."
Chapter 2116 Mutual Praise Between Missile Girls
Seeing how quickly Missouri and Changchun warmed up to each other, Xiaobai felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.
Ok.
In that case, there shouldn't be any problems.
Although Changchun and Missouri are technically different ship types, Changchun has been involved with missiles for a long time. As one of the world's leading ship girls to have access to missile weapons, she should be more than capable of providing some assistance to Missouri, which has just become a missile-equipped ship.
Little White listened intently.
really.
Within a few minutes.
"Oh, right, speaking of modifications... The admiral called me over tonight, apparently because Sister Missouri wanted to ask about how to use the missiles?" Changchun's voice came through.
“Senior Changchun, that is indeed the case,” Missouri’s humble voice came through.
"Well, I'm just a missile destroyer, which is far inferior to your missile warfare capabilities, Missouri. To be honest, I'm not confident that I can help you..."
“It’s alright, Senior Changchun. As the world’s first ship girl to come into contact with missile ship equipment, no one is more suitable to guide Missouri than you,” Missouri praised gently.
"Then, then I will do my best..." Changchun's voice trembled slightly as Missouri praised her, but after a while, she calmed down a bit and replied earnestly, "Then, Missouri, feel free to ask me anything you want to understand."
"Thank you, Senior Changchun." Missouri chuckled gently, then her tone shifted to a more professional one. "Senior Changchun, while I was waiting for you, I briefly tested the missile launcher. There are a few things I'm still unclear about regarding the missile's impact point and trajectory..."
"..."
Next came the technical jargon between guided missiles and guided destroyers. Xiaobai listened intently for a long time, and although he could understand each word individually, when they were put together in a series of phrases like wind resistance, coordinates, friction, and all sorts of calculations, Xiaobai was completely baffled.
Maybe this is what happens when your major doesn't match your job requirements.
Xiao Bai, who was only good at firing laser cannons, thought to himself.
"With Changchun's help, Missouri should be able to recover its fighting strength soon..." Xiaobai murmured, moving towards the other lights. "Sigh, after things are settled here, we'll have to focus back on the Deep Sea City... With the new glasses Lianlian made, we should be able to see Frederick the Great's attributes... I hope the attributes aren't too high..."
Xiao Bai murmured to himself as he and Chao Dahe approached another spot of light.
In another spot under the lamplight, Luo Lian and Zhan Yan, whom she hadn't seen for several hours, were sitting on a table on the sand. On the table, Zhan Yan was holding a takeout meal she had brought back from the city center. Zhan Yan was holding a round bowl and squatting on the sand next to her, ignoring the wide hem of her skirt, skillfully slurping with chopsticks.
"Lianlian, I'm back." Xiaobai came to the table, first greeting Luo Lian on the table, then looking at Warspite on the sand, "Warspite? What are you eating over there?"
"Hmm? Good evening, Admiral Lu!" Warspite swallowed the noodles in his mouth, smiled at Xiaobai, picked up his chopsticks and waved them in the air. "It's nothing, I'm in a good mood today!"
"In a good mood?"
"Hehe, my admiral just gave me her bank card and I bought a lot of bags I wanted~" Warspite said happily, picking up the round bowl and slurping down several mouthfuls, with a blissful expression on her face that said her life was finally complete.
"Ah...it seems there is such a thing." Xiaobai smiled slightly as she looked at the happy expression on Yan Zhan's face. She sat down at the table and joked to Luo Lian, who was sitting on the table, "Lianlian, you usually make Yan Zhan work too hard. If you make her work too hard, be careful that the military police don't investigate."
"Don't worry, the military police won't be able to find anything." Luo Lian gave Xiao Bai a thumbs up. "More importantly, the takeout has arrived. Want some?"
"Okay." Xiaobai moved a portion over and placed it next to herself, then waved to the Chao Yamato behind her, "Chao Yamato, you should eat too."
Chao Dahe was not one to mince words. When Xiao Bai invited her, she didn't beat around the bush and plopped down in the seat between Xiao Bai and Luo Lian. Chao Dahe was already tall, and when she sat next to Xiao Bai, her pair of magnificent breasts completely blocked Xiao Bai and Luo Lian's view, leaving them with only two white mounds in their eyes, unable to see each other at all.
Chao Da and, without any awareness, opened the takeout menu, picked up their chopsticks, and started eating bite by bite.
Luo Lian leaned her upper body on the table, walked around the super-sized body, and looked at Xiao Bai.
"Xiao Bai, are you going back there again tonight?" Luo Lian asked Xiao Bai.
Luo Lian knew about Xiao Bai's situation.
The place Luo Lian mentioned naturally referred to the deep-sea city.
"Yeah, that's right..." Xiaobai opened the takeout order, nodded, and looked somewhat relaxed. "I'll be going back soon; someone's waiting for me there."
"Dean of the Deep Sea Academy?"
"Yes."
"It doesn't look very dangerous."
"Well... actually, we get along quite well..." Xiaobai stopped what she was doing, thought for a while, and then slowly said, "Well... as long as we are willing to reason with each other, at least in terms of how we get along, there is no difference between Dean Shenhai and Sister Yamato over there."
"That should be your forte," Luo Lian smiled slightly. "Things should be resolved quickly, right?"
"Well... that should be the case." Xiaobai nodded and said to Luo Lian through the body of the super-Yamato, "After all, I can't stay in the deep-sea city forever... During this time, I've relied on the ship girls to cover for me, but if I'm away for too long, the Admiral Haoding over there in Chapter 8 will suspect me."
"makes sense."
“Speaking of this… Lianlian.” Xiaobai suddenly remembered the runic script she found in the deep-sea city, and then asked Luo Lian, “Lianlian, where do you think this kind of runic script… originally came from?”
"Rune script font?"
"Yes, runic script shouldn't be knowledge that humans inherently possess, right?"
“Hmm… Rune script is actually quite similar to modern human science. However, considering how ancient it was, it’s really hard to understand how such an advanced language could have appeared in a human society that was separated from its previous existence.” Luo Lian nodded and said, “It’s like someone brought it from somewhere one day.”
"Cough cough cough." Little White coughed.
"You caught a cold?" Luo Lian asked Xiao Bai, snapping out of her daze.
"No, it's okay..."
"Eat something warm to ward off the cold."
"Okay, sure." Xiaobai picked up a few hot noodles with her chopsticks and put them in her mouth. "Hmm... So, Lianlian, you also think that rune script doesn't belong to humans, right? Then where do you think rune script comes from?"
“Hmm… The main drawing material for runic script is the core of the deep sea. So, in terms of general rationality, the civilization that could create this language must also be closely related to the deep sea.” Luo Lian thought for a while and said, “Speaking of which, although we take the existence of the deep sea for granted now, it seems that it suddenly appeared on the surface of the sea one day, right? Perhaps this language is related to the source of the deep sea.”
"The source of the deep sea..." Xiaobai murmured.
"Why did you suddenly ask this question?" Luo Lian asked.
“Actually, I’ve also seen runic script in the Deepsea City… well, to be precise, I haven’t seen it yet, but the Deepsea within the Deepsea City… a Deepsea Dean named Barbarossa told me that there is also runic script in the Deepsea City.”
"A deep-sea city?" Luo Lian was taken aback.
"Yes."
"...I want to go and see."
"No, it's too dangerous." Upon hearing Luo Lian's words, Xiao Bai immediately shook his head, refusing completely.
Don't you need any help?
"Really can not."
Xiao Bai knew that Luo Lian was someone with an insatiable curiosity. If he didn't refuse her completely at this moment, Luo Lian would definitely find a way to run off to the deep-sea city with him.
Unlike Xiao Bai, Luo Lian is just an ordinary girl in terms of physical constitution. At most, she is a little healthier and a little stronger in fighting, but she is still not beyond the realm of humanity. In that sea city where anything is uncertain and the deep sea is full of dangers, Luo Lian going there is simply like a lamb entering a tiger's den.
“Alright…” Luo Lian heard the determination in Xiao Bai’s words and sighed.
"But I'm also very curious about this. If I find anything over there, I'll come back and tell you," Xiaobai added to Luo Lian.
"Okay, then I'll trouble you." Luo Lian smiled.
Xiao Bai smiled in Luo Lian's direction.
Snapped!
Chao Dahe, who was sitting between Xiao Bai and Luo Lian, also finished her takeout at this time. She put down her empty bowl, touched her mouth, and let out a long sigh.
"Finished eating?" Xiaobai smiled at Chaoda.
"Mm." Chao Dahe nodded.
"Is this enough? If not, you can have some of mine too." Xiaobai pushed her takeout, which she had only eaten a few bites of, over. "Ah, I only ate a little bit here, you can start eating from the other side."
"Thank you, Admiral..." Chao Dahe took the bowl from Xiaobai and was about to speak when he suddenly stopped, as if he remembered something. "Oh, right, Admiral."
"Ok?"
"Admiral, you seemed to have mentioned helpers earlier... Are you planning to take the ship girls to the deep-sea city?"
"Uh...we have talked about similar topics...but I probably can't bring it along, right?"
"You can bring it."
"what?"
"Because I noticed before that Missouri no longer has the aura of a ship girl on her." Super Yamato pointed to Missouri in the distance.
"Huh? Is that so?"
"Mm." Chao Dahe nodded.
"Whoa... I didn't notice that before... Is it because of the modification?"
"Seems to be……"
"But that probably won't work either... Missouri has only just been modified, she probably can't fight yet..." Just as Xiaobai finished speaking, a sharp whistling sound suddenly came from the beach behind them.
In the instant a cluster of flames flickered, a missile rose from the distant beach, hurtling straight toward the distant sea. Then, a distant boom echoed from the other side of the horizon, and the sparks quickly disappeared into the darkness.
Wow! Missouri, you're amazing! You mastered missile technology so quickly!
"It's all thanks to the excellent teaching of our seniors in Changchun."
"No, no, it's just that Missouri is quick-witted!"
"It wouldn't have been possible without the meticulous guidance of my seniors."
Xiao Bai and the others turned to look.
On the quiet beach, the sounds of mutual praise between Missouri and Changchun could be heard.
Chapter 2117 A Belated Realization
Inside the naval base's modification workshop, sparks flickered and crackling sounds echoed incessantly.
The large instrument that had previously recorded information about the Missouri renovation had been dismantled into scattered parts. Yubari sat cross-legged in the middle of the broken parts, with a small gray-black monitor supported on his legs. He kept pulling out red and blue wires from the parts next to him and connecting them in twos and threes with a welding tool.
crackle.
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