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"What do you need me for?" Xiaobai asked. "Is it about using the bank card?"
"Ah, no, not that..." The wheat-colored girl shook her head, swallowed hard, and her gaze slowly drifted over the ship girls behind Xiaobai. "I saw them..."
"Huh? What did you see?"
"I saw those older sisters behind you outside beat up all the bad guys in a few moves... They're ship girls, right..." the wheat-colored girl said nervously.
"Huh?" Xiaobai was stunned, and then looked around in fright.
Fortunately, there weren't many pedestrians around because of the police's previous evacuation efforts, and most of them were either playing on their phones or making calls, so no one noticed what the little girl with wheat-colored skin was saying.
Xiao Bai's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down.
She looked at the little girl in front of her with some surprise.
Officer Chen just said he would help suppress the news about the ship girls.
Although Xiaobai knew that suppressing news of this magnitude would be extremely difficult, the fact that the news had leaked so quickly after he had just left was just too fast...
"Keep it a secret! Keep it a secret!" Xiaobai quickly held up his hand to his mouth and said nervously to the little girl.
The little girl with wheat-colored skin realized that she might have been a bit too loud. She quickly covered her mouth and bowed apologetically to Little White.
"Well, in short!" After bowing, the wheat-colored girl opened her hands, nervously clutching a bank card in her palm, and handed it directly to Xiaobai. "Since you are a ship... uh, you know, may I ask you for a favor?"
The wheat-colored little girl stared wide-eyed at Little White.
"A commission?" Xiaobai was taken aback again. "What kind of commission?"
"Deepsea Ark!" The wheat-colored little girl stared at Little White and said nervously, "My hometown is in danger! Very dangerous!"
"Hometown?? Uh... little sister, aren't you... from this city?"
"Ok!"
"where is your family?"
"They're all at home."
"...You came here alone?"
"Yes!" The wheat-colored little girl nodded.
Xiao Bai was surprised.
Xiao Bai sized up the little girl in front of him.
No matter how you look at it, this little girl looks like she's only around middle school age...
How did such a young child manage to get here all by himself?
Uh... most importantly, it seems she's after the ship girls...
Xiao Bai silently watched the girl in front of him.
He stared at the girl, looking nervous.
Ok.
Her story seems to be more complicated than I imagined.
"Admiral."
Just as Xiaobai was thinking, Wisconsin walked up to Xiaobai and called out to him.
"Wisconsin..." Xiaobai quickly smiled apologetically at Wisconsin, "Um, Wisconsin, I'm sorry, this girl seems to be in a bit of trouble..."
"Admiral." Wisconsin glanced at the shy little girl standing in front of Xiaobai, then slowly squatted down and whispered a few words in Xiaobai's ear, "Anyway, let's not just watch here. She's exhausted from running. Let's get her something to eat first."
"Oh, that's right."
Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.
Cleaning up Abyssal Fleet ships is the duty of every admiral in the world, including even newbie naval bases.
Although he wasn't quite sure what was going on with the little girl who wanted to entrust him with something, he felt sorry for her. To put her at ease, Xiao Bai accepted the bank card from her hand for the time being.
After seeing Xiaobai accept the bank card, the little girl finally breathed a sigh of relief, then opened her mouth and told Xiaobai the bank card's PIN.
—She really has no guile at all.
Fortunately, Xiaobai is a good person. If it were a heartless admiral, all the money in his bank account would have been lost.
Although Xiaobai looked at the girl's simple clothes and didn't think there was much money in her bank account, he still thought she was quite poor.
all in all.
It was just to verify the origin of the bank card.
Xiaobai first had Missouri take the bank card to other banks in the vicinity to check, and then led the girl, who seemed to have been hungry for a while, into a family restaurant and ordered her a plate of fried rice.
The little girl with wheat-colored skin initially sat with her head down, her shoulders and legs tightly bound, seemingly not quite used to the place. However, after a bowl of fried rice was brought over by the waiter, the little girl, smelling the aroma of fried rice, drooled. After thanking Xiaobai, she grabbed a spoon and started eating one bite after another.
They ate with such relish!
"This little girl looks like she's been starving for a long time." Watching the little girl wolf down her food, Deep Sea Yamato, sitting next to Shiro, muttered softly, "Hey, human, what's your name?"
"Mirror Flower!" the little girl replied clearly as she wolfed down her food.
"Wow... that's quite an artsy name..."
"My teacher named me that!" The little girl named Jinghua smiled shyly at Xiaobai, then lowered her head and continued to work hard on the plate.
"...How long has it been since you last ate?"
"one day!"
"That's quite a long time for a girl your age... Speaking of which, since you're here to seek help from ship girls, why are you alone? How could your family let you come here alone?"
"Because the teacher's legs are weak, I had to come by myself..." Kyouka swallowed the rice in her mouth and looked at Shiro apologetically, "Um... the teacher said that the strongest ship girls can be found here..."
Xiao Bai raised an eyebrow.
The newbie naval base is indeed the world's number one naval base.
If this girl named Jinghua is looking for a newbie naval base, then she hasn't really come to the wrong person.
only……
Indeed, the garrison commands of the admiral varied in strength.
However, the strength of admirals is something only those within the admiral circle know. Even newly graduated admirals are completely unaware of it. For ordinary humans outside the admiral circle who have never even seen what ship girls look like, it is unlikely that they would know which admiral is stronger or weaker.
The teacher that Kyoka mentioned, the one who gave her a name and sent her to Qingke City to find the most powerful ship girl...
Their identities are really interesting...
"Admiral, I'm back."
Just then, Missouri walked in from outside the family restaurant and went to Little White's side.
Seeing that Xiaobai's attention had shifted away from her, Jinghua quickly lowered her head and continued to work harder on the plate.
“Missouri, you’re back! How’s the information on that bank card?” Xiaobai asked.
"The account name on the bank card is that of a woman named Jinghua." Missouri handed the bank card to Xiaobai.
"Ah... so it really is this girl's bank card... her name is Jinghua." Xiaobai was stunned.
"And, Admiral..."
Missouri seemed to have something more to say.
"What's wrong?" Xiaobai asked.
Missouri gently leaned close to Little White's ear.
“Admiral, the balance on that bank card…” Missouri whispered, “is a rather alarming number…”
"Huh?" Xiaobai was taken aback. "How scary is it?"
“There are several million dollars in there,” Missouri said in a low voice.
"???" Xiaobai was surprised.
Jinghua, who had eaten half a plate of fried rice, saw Xiaobai's astonished expression and blinked her big, watery eyes.
"Um... what happened?" Jinghua asked cautiously, her mouth still covered in rice grains.
"...No, no..."
“…Oh.” Jinghua lowered her head.
"But...would you like to add two sausages?"
Xiaobai opened the menu.
Chapter 1294 Little White's Alertness
First of all, that's what I want to say.
A million-dollar deposit isn't actually a huge amount for a newbie naval base right now.
Even for a newbie naval base, simply equipping a ship girl with a full set of gold gear would cost more than that in monetary terms.
Even if Xiaobai opens up his ship's equipment space now and randomly pulls out a handful of ration-type deep-sea dean metal, it wouldn't cost more than a few million.
That's why Xiaobai was surprised by the millions.
It wasn't the amount of money in the bank card that shocked Xiaobai, but rather the fact that the person who owned the bank card was just a girl who looked like a middle school student.
Although a few million in savings may not seem like a lot to Xiaobai, that's because Xiaobai is the admiral of the world's number one naval base. Money doesn't bring him glory, only boredom. But in the context of the entire human society, a few million is a huge amount of savings that most people couldn't accumulate in a lifetime.
Xiao Bai stared at the bank card in his hand, pondering, then looked up at Jing Hua.
This wealthy woman, worth millions, was holding a plate of fried rice that cost a dozen yuan and was eating with such gusto that she seemed to have not eaten for days.
Xiao Bai silently glanced at Jing Hua's attire.
A black rubber-band ponytail, a slightly thin tank top, and denim shorts that stubbornly maintain a summery feel despite the approaching winter season. Two long, tanned legs are exposed to the air, swaying back and forth with Jinghua's movements, exuding a rather youthful and refreshing vibe.
Jinghua's outfit was very simple and plain. Although it suited her style, it was still more than just simple; it was downright impoverished.
Are all rich people this low-key these days?
Xiaobai looked down at her casual shirt, then tugged at her white shirt, staring at the layers of clothing underneath, and thought for a while.
"Hello, customer, here are the two grilled sausages you ordered." The waiter came over with the plate at that moment.
"Thank you for your trouble, please give them all to her." Xiaobai quickly let go of the clothes she was clutching and pointed apologetically at Jinghua.
"Understood." The waiter placed a plate with two sausages in front of Jinghua. "Please enjoy your meal, miss."
"Thank you!" Jinghua hurriedly swallowed the rice in her mouth, nodded her thanks to the waiter, then picked up a sausage and put it in her mouth, taking a big bite.
With a crack.
He gritted his teeth.
Juice splashed everywhere.
"Mmm!" A satisfied and happy smile appeared on Jinghua's innocent face.
That's the satisfied smile that comes from eating meat in big bites.
No matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem like an act.
Xiao Bai put down the bank card in her hand.
"Speaking of which, Jinghua, I saw you staring blankly at the ATM at the bank earlier. What were you doing?" Xiaobai asked Jinghua.
"Um..." Jinghua paused in her eating, swallowed the food awkwardly, and looked pitifully at Xiaobai, "Um... I've run out of money, I want to take out a little bit to eat... I won't take much..."
"You don't seem to know how to use that machine very well."
"I heard from others that as long as you insert the card, money will come out."
"...While there's nothing inherently wrong with it, it still requires a little processing." Xiaobai touched the bank card on the table, her expression somewhat subtle. "Um, Jinghua, anyway, the money in this bank card..."
"Isn't that enough?" Jinghua's face instantly turned panicked. She looked at the plate in her hand with some anxiety. "Then...then I won't eat this plate of rice...can I return the rest?"
"Uh, no, that's not what I meant." Seeing Jinghua's flustered expression, Xiaobai quickly gave her a kind smile. "It's okay, there's plenty of money in here."
"That's great..." Jinghua breathed a sigh of relief, as if a huge weight had been lifted from her heart.
—This little girl named Jinghua seems to have no idea how to use a bank card, and judging from her clothes and the content of her previous conversation, she probably has no idea how much money she has in her bank account.
She probably didn't know she had millions in her bank account...