Elder brother's garrison

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crackle.

As Yubari connected the wires in his hands, flashes of electricity flickered in the quiet workshop. At the same time, data appeared intermittently on the monitor screen on Yubari's lap, gradually dimming and returning to gray as the wires separated a second time.

Yubari stared intently at the fluctuating data on the monitor. As each set of data lit up on the screen, Yubari quickly pulled out a pen and copied it into his notebook. Only after the data completely went gray did he sigh helplessly, droop his head, and look dejected.

"Sigh... These are all precious modification data... If I hadn't broken the machine, today's modification mission would have been so perfect... They might already be testing the new ship equipment performance of the Missouri at the exercise field."

After finishing his reflection, Yubari shook his head, put down his pen and paper, and reconnected the wires.

Yubari is trying to salvage the data from the recording device.

As for why the instrument was damaged, although there is no direct evidence, based on Yubari's previous self-reflection, it was probably because Yubari accidentally splashed the juice from the steamed buns he was having for dinner into the delicate instrument at the most critical moment of its operation.

Precision instruments are like this: let alone a few drops of juice, sometimes even a light tap or a few specks of dust falling in the wrong place can lead to very serious consequences. Furthermore, because these instruments are so intricately crafted, their cost is incredibly high. For example, the special instrument in front of Yuubari that records the ship girl's modification data cost eight or nine figures to purchase. To exaggerate a bit, even a single part broken off from these instruments would be enough to support an ordinary family for generations.

Even so, the data stored in the instrument in front of Yubari is worth no less than the cost of this exorbitantly priced instrument.

After all, this is the world's first data analysis of a missile battleship modification, utilizing the latest rune technology and based on one of the world's top battleships—a groundbreaking modification. Its value and significance far exceed what money can measure. To salvage any valuable data from this major accident, Yubari would do anything, even dismantle this wrecked, priceless instrument, even if it meant destroying herself.

"Sigh, it's no use... No matter how hard we try, the data in the instruments only goes back two hours..." Yubari struggled for a while, copying down precious data from the display screen. But after careful comparison, she still sighed helplessly, gritted her teeth, pinched her thigh hard, rubbed the reddened flesh, and muttered, "Two hours ago... that seems to be the time when the Admiral came to visit Missouri. According to the data, Missouri was normal at that time. The ship equipment and her body weren't very compatible, and she obviously needed a long time to recover—how did she manage to wake up suddenly within minutes of the Admiral entering the workshop?"

Yubari thought and thought.

Yubari couldn't understand it.

As a meticulous researcher, encountering such a perplexing situation in my own research project is truly unsettling and keeps me up at night.

Yubari put away his notebook, stood up from the pile of parts, and walked to the nutrient solution tank at the other end of the workshop where Missouri had stayed, carefully examining the liquid inside.

"Hmm... judging from the color of the nutrient solution, it seems the nutrients haven't been fully absorbed yet; at least 70-80% remain. Strange... the assimilation process between the ship girl and the modified ship equipment requires a lot of energy, how could it have succeeded with such a tiny amount?" Yubari muttered to herself in confusion, carefully pressing the shut-off button on the side of the cabin. "Anyway, let's save this remaining nutrient solution first; perhaps it contains some special components..."

Yubari turned around and came to the center of the workshop again.

In the very center of the modification workshop, where the Missouri ship's equipment used to be, the white ship's equipment that once stood there has disappeared, leaving only a large steel skeleton. The skeleton is covered with ports for transmitting information and energy, and behind the ports, long cables are tightly connected to the nutrient solution tank doors not far away.

Yubari stood in front of the skeleton, looking up at the ship's hull that resembled an ancient bronze tree, her gaze extending from the skeleton's port to the nutrient solution tank in the distance.

"……Um?"

Just then, Yubari, who was examining the skeleton, seemed to have discovered something.

Yubari stepped forward and approached one of the output ports on the ship's rigging, her eyes fixed on the port.

The ports on the ship's hull are somewhat similar to USB ports, but considering the efficiency of energy and information transmission, they are mostly circular in shape.

Yubari stretched out his finger, touched the port, and then looked down at his fingertip.

Scattered black stains dotted Yubari's snow-white fingertips.

Yubari blinked, rubbed the dirt off his fingertips, carefully sniffed them, and then poked at several ports on the skeleton. Sure enough, the same thing happened at the nearby ports.

"This is... burned?" Yubari looked at the skeleton in confusion, and quickly bent down to check several cables behind the ship's equipment frame. As soon as he checked, he saw that when Yubari's hand touched the cable and gently pinched it, a series of crisp cracking sounds came from inside the cable.

"Huh? Something's broken??"

Yubari was stunned. She quickly squatted down, took out a small knife from her ship's equipment, and cut open the outer rubber of the cable. She saw that the metal wires inside the cable were broken one by one, looking like a character in a martial arts novel whose meridians had been severed.

"hiss----"

Yubari took a deep breath.

Yubari had never seen anything like this before.

“I clearly did maintenance on these infrastructures before, using the highest quality materials. Even if there was a malfunction, it couldn’t possibly be damaged this thoroughly…” Yubari muttered to himself, pulling a metal wire broken into several centimeters long from the cable. “It looks… almost like…”

It was as if a powerful energy suddenly erupted from the ship's rigging, instantly flowing through these cables, bursting them, and being transmitted into Missouri's body inside the nutrient tank...

Is this reasonable?

But it seems to be the only reasonable explanation.

Yubari gripped the wire in her hand and looked towards the nutrient tank not far away.

"Huh? Could it be that I didn't break that machine?"

Yubari realized this too late.

……

Late at night, Xiaobai and Chaoda returned to the second floor of their residence in Deepsea City.

The sky above the deep-sea city was already covered with a thick layer of dark clouds, and at night, the surrounding environment became even more pitch black.

When Xiaobai and Chaoda went down the stairs from the second floor to the lobby on the first floor, several agile figures were moving back and forth in the lobby, trailing bright colored lights, making for a lively scene.

"Savoy! You cheated last round! You're so despicable now!" A blue light flashed, and Shenfeng's agitated voice echoed in the hall. Shenfeng was seen waving a soft pillow, relentlessly chasing and slashing at the fleeing Savoy.

"Heh! It's not like you can't cheat~ It's all just a means to win." Savoy laughed disdainfully as he easily dodged Kamikaze's attacks. The two of them jumped around the hall like two monkeys. Savoy was usually very arrogant, but he became even more outrageous at night, completely disregarding the furious Kamikaze behind him.

The other Deep Sea Deans sat upright in the center of the hall, completely ignoring the two Deep Sea Deans who were fighting each other. Barbarossa and Deep Sea Zuikaku held their cards in their hands, their eyes calmly watching the cushion piled with cards. On the other side, Deep Sea Hindenburg was also holding a few cards, nodding his head excitedly.

"Ah! The Admiral is back!" Hindenburg was the first to notice Shiro and Yamato coming down from the second floor. She excitedly waved to the two of them and ran over. "Huh! Admiral, when did you get back? Why are you coming down from upstairs?"

"Ah... I just got back, I just got back... I saw you guys were having a lot of fun, so I didn't want to disturb you." Xiaobai smiled apologetically at Deepsea Hindenburg, then glanced at the cards in Deepsea Hindenburg's hand, "Huh? Barbarossa agreed to let you play her cards?"

"Yes, yes!" Hindenburg nodded quickly, looking very happy.

"Maybe it's because you're a patient," Xiaobai said with a smile.

"You're back so late! Did it take you this long to get a few necessities?" Savoy, who was dodging the attack of the divine wind, nimbly dodged behind Xiaobai. She glanced at Xiaobai, then leaned against his shoulder like a gust of wind, asking with a coquettish smile.

"It took a little time to choose," Xiaobai said, pursing her lips.

"Die, Savoy!!!" Just then, Kamikaze, who was rushing towards Savoy in a fit of rage, leaped and swung his pillow at her, displaying an aura that seemed intent on bringing down both Shiro and Savoy.

"Oh right, Sister Shenfeng, I brought back a lot of bedding. Could you help me lay out the carpet?" Xiaobai said to Shenfeng calmly.

Slurp—

Kamikaze screeched across the floor, abruptly stopping in front of Shiro, the pillow he had been holding high in mid-air, brimming with murderous intent, also abruptly stopping in front of Shiro's nose.

"Ow."

Kamikaze pouted, but still obediently lowered his arm.

Chapter 2118 Who do you think is pitiful?

"Hehehe, as obedient as ever~" Savoy seemed to have guessed Kamikaze's actions, and leaned on Shiro's shoulder to tease Kamikaze.

Kamikaze failed to seduce Shiro and was backfired by Shiro's mental power, which caused him to be completely obedient to Shiro. Shiro did not tell the other Deep Sea Deans about this, and Kamikaze himself would not casually reveal such a shameful thing. However, the Deep Sea Deans present were not blind to the fact that someone who was used to being domineering was suddenly behaving so obediently in front of Shiro. They could still sense something was amiss.

"Get out! Get out!" Kamikaze simply retorted lightly to Savoy's probing, then raised an eyebrow, took the bedding handed to him by Shiro and Daiwa, and continued with a smug look, "You wouldn't understand."

Done.

Kamikaze ignored Savoy, instead holding the thick quilt, gently swaying his plump buttocks, and striking a charming and soft pose towards Shiro.

"Good sister, ignore her. How am I supposed to make this bed?"

"Ah, Sister Shenfeng, you can just lay it on the ground anywhere, but it's best to make it neat." Xiaobai was completely immune to Shenfeng's temptations. Facing Shenfeng's seductive manner, Xiaobai didn't even blink, but just smiled and pointed to the spacious hall floor.

"Okay, okay~" Kamikaze picked up the bedding, turned around, and walked towards the center of the hall.

As Xiaobai watched Shenfeng's retreating figure, he heard a nonchalant hum from behind him.

"Slut."

Xiao Bai turned around and saw Savoy's slightly dissatisfied face.

"What method did you use to make her listen to you so much?" Savoy asked Xiaobai when he saw Xiaobai looking at him.

"Ah... well... uh, we just had a little... heart-to-heart talk? And that's it." Xiaobai gave Savoy an awkward smile.

"Heh, if you don't want to talk about it, then forget it." Savoy was one of the few shrewd directors in the deep-sea city. Of course, Xiaobai's beginner-level excuse wouldn't fool her. However, Savoy didn't intend to force Xiaobai. Seeing that Xiaobai had no intention of telling the truth, she just shrugged her shoulders.

"Haha..." Xiaobai chuckled dryly, scratched her chin, and tried to change the subject, "Miss Savoy, you seem to care quite a bit about Kamikaze."

"This isn't concern; we're really not close."

"You guys were having a lot of fun just now."

“It’s just an act.” Savoy brushed imaginary dust off his shoulder and glanced to the side. “You know I don’t have many companions in this city. If I had to say, you’re the only one I can count on right now.”

"Miss Savoy, did you... have something happen with Kamikaze before?" Shiro took in Savoy's little actions, thought for a moment, and asked curiously.

"..." Savoy glanced at Little White, "Want to know?"

"Uh... if you'd like..."

"When I first joined this city, Kamikaze invited me to her house, and then she invited me to her bedroom..."

"Okay, I understand." Xiaobai broke out in a cold sweat and quickly raised his hand to signal Shenfeng, "I now fully understand what happened between you two."

"Don't worry, she didn't succeed." Savoy looked at Xiaobai's expression and curled his lips into a playful smile. "It was nighttime then, and since she didn't get her way, I even beat her up instead."

“…No wonder.” Xiaobai understood.

No wonder Kamikaze and Savoy exchanged sarcastic remarks every time they met before...

"That's roughly how it is. I can't really explain it in detail if you want me to." Savoy stretched and held up a finger to Little White. "After the bedding is made, remember to leave me a place to sleep next to you."

"what?"

"You're not going to make me sleep with them, are you?" Savoy retorted, pointing at Barbarossa and then at Kamikaze, his gaze unusually sincere. "One of these two almost killed me, and the other almost slept with me. I'm not the type to hold grudges, but I'm not so magnanimous as to let my guard down and sleep with them."

"Uh..." Xiaobai thought Savoy's words made a lot of sense. "Then... if you don't mind it being cramped, you can sleep in the tent with me..."

"Get on track." Savoy smiled slightly at Little White. "Remember to protect me well."

After saying this, Savoy left with the air of a victor.

Xiao Bai looked at Savoy's retreating figure with a hint of helplessness.

There was nothing for Xiaobai to worry about with Barbarossa and Abyssal Zuikaku. Both of these Abyssal Deans were the type who made things very easy for Xiaobai. Xiaobai watched their card game for a while, and after the game ended, Abyssal Zuikaku simply greeted Xiaobai briefly before finding a carpet to lie down on. Barbarossa also just told Xiaobai to get up early tomorrow because she had a meeting with Frederick the Great, and then pulled Hindenburg, who was already yawning, to find two adjacent carpets to lie down on.

Kamikaze possessed the qualities of a rookie deep-sea maid from the naval base, working quickly and efficiently. After thanking Kamikaze, Shiro gave her an order not to raid anyone that night before saying goodbye to Chao Yamato with peace of mind, and then crawled into her tent under Kamikaze's resentful gaze.

There was already someone in Xiaobai's tent—Savoy, who had previously received Xiaobai's permission. Savoy lay on her side in the tent, eyes closed, her white ship suit wrapped around her body like a blanket. She was quiet, with only her chest rising and falling slightly with her breathing.

Savoy was already asleep.

Xiao Bai bent over and walked to her seat, then slowly lay down.

Dean Shenhai's body temperature was very low, and Xiaobai could feel the chill seeping in from beside her. She turned her head to look at Savoy's sleeping face and blinked.

Savoy is a deep-sea dean who is hard to like, but in terms of looks, Savoy is indeed very beautiful, especially when she is asleep and her annoying villainous facial expressions are sealed, she has an innocent and pitiful feeling.

Ugh.

Perhaps this is what contrast is all about.

Little White rolled over and reached out to poke Savoy's cheek.

no response.

Xiao Bai rubbed Savoy's long hair near his ear.

rustling.

Still no response.

Xiao Bai then pressed her finger on Savoy's delicate nose.

"Haven't you had enough fun?" Savoy suddenly opened his eyes and stared at Little White with displeasure.

"Cough cough cough cough..." Xiaobai quickly withdrew her hand and turned her back. "I'm so sorry, I thought you were asleep..."

Embarrassed.

They were caught red-handed playing a prank while people were sleeping.

Xiao Bai's face turned bright red with embarrassment.

Little White was already facing away from Savoy, so he couldn't see Savoy's expression, but he figured Savoy wouldn't give him a friendly look.

However, after waiting and waiting, the expected reprimand from Savoy did not come. Instead, after a period of silence, a sentence drifted over.

"...How could I dare to sleep..."

Savoy's voice was faint and very subtle.

The sound was somewhat tiring.

Xiao Bai was taken aback.

makes sense.

Because of her ability, Savoy is incredibly powerful at night but extremely weak during the day. This peculiar characteristic makes her afraid to show herself in the daytime, fearing that her vulnerability will be discovered by the surrounding Deepsea Masters, leaving her helpless. Xiaobai even suspects that Savoy's strange personality might stem from the constant anxiety and pressure of living in this extreme environment. Now, Savoy's territory has been burned down by Barbarossa, and the perpetrators of the Hindenburg attack are still at large. Seeking a sliver of safety, Savoy has no choice but to seek refuge with the only person she can trust—herself. Unfortunately, this place is a gathering place for the Deepsea Masters, no wonder she can't sleep at night.