Elder brother's garrison

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“That’s right.” Yubari nodded.

"Oh... then it seems this problem isn't difficult..." Xiaobai said after thinking for a while, rubbing her chin.

“I have an objection.” Just then, the goddess of the hearth raised her hand.

"Vestal goddess, what's wrong?" Shiro and Yubari looked over.

"What if there's a rejection reaction?" The goddess of the hearth lowered her hand and said to the two of them, "Shropshire was able to reinstall her ship equipment because that ship equipment originally belonged to her, but Admiral Nanxing's situation is different. She doesn't have ship equipment that belongs to her... Although I do have about a dozen unclaimed complete ship equipment in my clinic in Kyoto, which she can use... But those ship equipments don't belong to Admiral Nanxing after all. If they are abruptly installed into her body and have to function normally inside her body... If there is a situation where the ship equipment and the body don't integrate, it could kill her."

"Huh? Is it that scary?" Xiaobai stared wide-eyed.

“Even when humans get a blood transfusion, they have to make sure their blood types match,” Vesta said from the side. “Let alone something as large as ship equipment.”

"What if you install it and then immediately take it apart?"

"...Admiral, it's just that the sisters can do it, don't fool yourself." The goddess of the hearth said helplessly, "If a medical accident really happens, it will be too late to regret it."

"Uh..." Xiaobai was embarrassed, but after thinking for a while, a flash of inspiration came to her. "Oh, right! I have a solution!"

"Hmm? You have a plan?" Yubari and the Kitchen Goddess looked at Shiro.

"I wouldn't say it's like that... but what the goddess of the hearth said earlier is quite similar to human blood transfusions and organ transplants, and I have an idea." Xiaobai raised a finger and said, "Although Sister Nanxing herself doesn't have ship equipment, she has a mother. Her mother used to be a ship girl... You see, in medical videos these days, there are often stories about sons donating kidneys to their fathers to repay a debt of gratitude, or daughters donating stem cells to their mothers. If we bring Sister Nanxing's mother's former ship equipment and implant it into Sister Nanxing's body, wouldn't that minimize the risk of rejection?"

Shiro's words startled both Yubari and the female hearth goddess.

The two looked at each other, then lowered their heads in thought.

"Let Admiral Nanxing install her mother's ship equipment... That's certainly a viable idea..."

"Hmm... Although blood relatives can't necessarily avoid rejection reactions, this is at least the best way to avoid them... Even if we're unlucky enough to have a rejection reaction, the intensity will definitely be much milder, at least enough for me and the Vesta Goddess to handle on the spot."

"Considering that Nanxing's ship girl genes come entirely from her mother, ship equipment transplantation might be smoother than organ transplantation."

"This method really works and is worth a try."

Yubari and the female hearth goddess had a brief discussion, after which Yubari nodded to Shiro.

"Admiral, that's fine."

"So, where are you planning to get Admiral Nanxing's mother's ship equipment?"

The two asked again.

"Eh... Nanxing's mother's ship equipment..." Xiaobai thought for a moment, "Hmm... As far as I know, ship equipment is a very rare resource, especially for military ship girls. After military ship girls are decommissioned and dismantled, their ship equipment is usually properly preserved and stored in ship girl museums."

"Admiral, are you going to steal from the Ship Girl Museum?" Yubari and Vesta asked in unison.

"...Why do you two both think I'm going to do something as bad as breaking and entering..." Xiaobai said helplessly, taking out her phone and saying to Yubari and Vestal, "I'll just go and ask the Governor and the others to see if we can buy her mother's ship equipment."

"Oh, right, I almost forgot our admiral is a rich woman," Yubari exclaimed to the female hearth goddess.

Xiaobai waved to the two ship girls, which was a response to their teasing.

Xiaobai opened his phone, paused at the phone number input screen, and thought for a while.

So...which governor should I call now...?

As for Xiaobai himself, he actually preferred to call the future governor Zhao Kuo, or the beautiful governor Lin Qing.

However, after a moment's thought, Xiaobai realized that asking him to buy a decades-old ship girl's equipment from a ship girl museum was clearly a difficult task. Admiral Zhao Kuo had only just stepped into the governor's office, and he had a mountain of work waiting for him. Asking him for such a troublesome task now might not have a good impression... As for Governor Ringo... although she was Xiaobai's closest governor, the Inland Governor's Office, where Governor Ringo was located, was in charge of paperwork and was actually the place with the least real power among all the governor's offices.

Purchasing ship equipment is such a troublesome matter, it will probably take Ringo a lot of effort to help.

So... I guess I still have to ask that man for help...

Xiao Bai sighed.

The Pacific Governor's Office is the most powerful and extensive of all the governors-general's offices... This kind of thing shouldn't be difficult for him.

That's it.

When you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.

Xiaobai entered a phone number and dialed it.

The call was answered after only one ring.

"Hmm? Little White Sister, is that you?" It was a familiar young man's voice on the other end of the phone.

“It’s me,” Xiaobai nodded.

"Haha, little Bai, I was just thinking about you and you called me. Don't we have a telepathic connection?" Laughter rang out from the other end of the phone.

Xiao Bai's hand holding the phone started to tremble, and she was already on the verge of hanging up.

"Sigh... I need to trouble you with something..." Xiaobai finally managed to control her emotions and whispered into the phone.

"What's up, Little White Sister?"

"I want to buy a ship-mounted aircraft..."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, then a slow voice spoke, "...What? Little White, you want to forge a sword too?"

"What sword forging? I have a special purpose for it." Xiaobai shook her head and continued into the phone, "The Pacific Governor's Office is incredibly powerful; could you help me get it?"

"Hey, just one ship-mounted aircraft! You're way too greedy for your brother's ambitions!" On the other end of the phone, Mu Yu immediately floated into the sky. "Are you sure it's just one? Then leave it to me! Little White Sister, you tell me! What type do you want? Battleship, destroyer, cruiser, submarine, or aircraft carrier?"

"Thank you so much." Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief. "Then I want the ship equipment that Nanxing's mother used when she was a ship girl."

"..."

As soon as Xiaobai finished speaking, the other end of the phone suddenly went silent.

"Hello?" Xiaobai asked instinctively when Mu Yu didn't respond.

“…Little White Sister, you…” The phone finally got a response.

"What's wrong? Don't you know that Nanxing is a ship girl hybrid?"

"Of course I know that, but... Little White Sister, do you know how old Nanxing is this year?"

"Uh... twenty-four?"

"That's right, although she's the youngest among the top ten admirals besides you, Little White Sister, she's already approaching thirty this year," Mu Yu said. "In other words, her mother retired almost thirty years ago!"

"...Is it difficult?" Xiaobai bent down and asked in a low voice, "If it's troublesome, I can pay more..."

"This isn't about money..."

"Fifty mass-produced deep-sea academy metals."

"Wait a minute! I'll ask around for you right now! You just wait! Don't go anywhere!"

Chapter 3185 Sword Points to the South Star

Ship equipment is indeed extremely rare, especially complete ship equipment after it has been dismantled, which is far rarer than any known conventional metal in the world.

but……

The rarity of ship girl equipment is simply due to its rarity.

If you're asking whether that thing has any value beyond scientific research and commemorative significance, then I really can't say.

After all... a ship girl's equipment belongs only to that ship girl herself.

Furthermore, although the number of retired ship girls is not large, it is not small either, with a dozen or even several dozen every year.

This thing isn't really that rare.

In particular, what Xiaobai wanted was a ship rig from more than 30 years ago. The research department probably finished studying it a long time ago. Now that ship rig is displayed in the ship girl museum, it is just a model of Gaohan's ship rig.

Xiaobai kept the call connected and waited for a few minutes.

All that could be heard from Mu Yu's end was a series of clattering sounds. It seemed that Mu Yu had summoned a number of his subordinates, and they were typing away on the keyboard for quite a while. Finally, the phone on Mu Yu's end suddenly went silent.

"Ah! Found it!"

On the other end of the phone, Mu Yu's voice was full of joy.

Immediately afterwards, Xiaobai heard the sound of a phone being answered.

"Little White Sister, are you still there?"

"I'm still here."

"Found it. It's the ship equipment from when Admiral Nanxing's mother served, right? It was from... thirty-seven years ago, and it was the equipment of an aircraft carrier."

"An aircraft carrier... no wonder." Xiaobai subconsciously recalled Nanxing's particularly eye-catching chest.

"Hmm? What's so strange?" Mu Yu asked.

"Ah, it's nothing." Xiaobai shook her head, then continued to ask while holding her phone, "Is that ship's equipment still intact?"

"It's perfectly intact. The Ship Girl Museum regularly maintains every piece of ship equipment it collects. Unless someone in the world is so bored as to buy ship girl equipment to forge useless sabers... it's definitely still in the Ship Girl Museum, in good condition," Mu Yu said. "So, are you sure it's this piece of ship equipment? Should I have someone deliver it to Chapter Eight for you?"

"No need, I'll have one of the ship girls at my naval base pick it up," Xiaobai said.

"Okay, then I'll tell the Ship Girl Museum that you need to fill out the Ship Equipment Purchase Certificate, the Ship Equipment Purchase Intent Form, the Usage Application Form, and..."

“…Hmm?” Xiaobai drawled out the sound.

"Okay, okay, you've paid, you're the boss, I'll write those things for you. You can just go to the ship girl to collect them." Mu Yu said hurriedly on the other end of the phone, "As for those fifty mass-produced Deepsea Dean metals..."

"I'll give it to you after I receive the goods."

"Wow... Little White Sister, isn't this a bit inappropriate...?"

"What's wrong? Would I renege on my debt?"

"That's true..."

"I'll give it to you after I've checked the goods..." Xiaobai sighed. "Okay, that's all for now. Remember to send me the address of the Ship Girl Museum later. Thank you."

"Okay." Mu Yu responded, but soon, as if he remembered something, he asked Xiao Bai, "Oh right, Xiao Bai, little sister."

"What is it?"

"Speaking of Nanxing..." Mu Yu said, "Admiral Nanxing's ranking in the world rankings has dropped to the twenties these past few days. I've noticed she hasn't been doing any exercises. Do you have any clues about this?"

"Let's rest..." Xiaobai said.

"The Admiral's Guild is very worried about Nanxing's health. If she continues like this, we will send someone to visit her immediately," Mu Yu said. "Little Bai, we hope you can persuade Admiral Nanxing to get back to her normal work schedule as soon as possible."

“…I understand.” Xiaobai nodded.

"..."

The phone hangs up.

Xiaobai held his phone and looked up at Yubari and the female hearth god sitting in front of him.

"Is that all?" Yubari asked.

"I've finished buying them," Xiaobai said.

"So casual?" Yubari's eyes widened. "Not even a form to fill out?"

"That's exactly what I meant." Xiaobai put down her phone and smiled slightly.

"Wow... these old silver coins..." Yubari covered his mouth and began to mutter, "When I was in the ship equipment research center, it took a full forty-nine days to apply to observe the dismantled ship equipment. I filled out one document after another, almost a small mountain of documents, and went through five checkpoints and six generals before I could barely get permission to request a ship equipment... When I think about how hard it is to get such a thing, and that you, Admiral, bought one with just one phone call, it really makes me a little resentful."

"After all, this is going directly through the governor's...you know..." Xiaobai scratched his cheek, "Of course, it cost quite a bit of money."

"Admiral, shouldn't you tell Admiral Nanxing before you buy ship girl equipment?" Vestal crossed her arms and thought for a while before suddenly asking.

"Huh? Why?" Yubari looked at the female hearth goddess.

“That’s her mother’s ship equipment,” said Vesta.

"Once the ship's equipment is dismantled, it becomes the property of the Admiral's Headquarters."

"What kind of unfair rule is this?"

"After all, it's not good for ship equipment to flow into human society. Moreover, as compensation for accepting the ship equipment, the Admiral Headquarters will guarantee the retirement life of every retired ship girl."

“Oh… so that’s how it’s calculated.” The goddess of the hearth nodded.

"In short, I'll send a message to the naval base and ask Lexington to send a ship girl to the Ship Girl Museum to bring back Nanxing's mother's ship equipment." Xiaobai typed a message on her phone and sent it to Lexington. "Once the ship equipment arrives, I'll use Super Yamato's travel ability to bring it over from the naval base. That should do it."

"Approximately how long will it take?"

"Maybe tonight will be fine. I told Lexington, the sooner the better," Xiaobai said.

"Admiral, you're really rich!" the female hearth goddess exclaimed to Xiaobai.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"I bought the ship equipment just to install it and then take it off... I never expected that you, Admiral, would spend such a large sum of money on something like this without even blinking an eye." The Vess was somewhat moved. "Such a mindset is quite reminiscent of someone who heals the sick and doesn't forget the world. Hmm, I admire you!"