Elder brother's garrison

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Yubari really enjoys studying ship equipment...

Standing behind Yubari, Shiro saw this scene and couldn't help but cover his mouth and chuckle, remembering the long list of Yubari's life achievements he had seen before.

It was Shiro's smile that made Yubari, who was giving orders, notice someone behind her. She turned around curiously and was stunned when she saw Shiro.

"Eh? Admiral? You're back so soon?" Yubari said in surprise.

"Hmm...yes." Xiaobai nodded with a smile.

"So—Admiral, have you found the ship girl you're looking for?" Yubari put down the walkie-talkie and asked Shiro curiously.

"Ah... this?" Yubari's mention of it only made Shiro shake her head dejectedly. "No..."

"No?" Yubari was taken aback, then raised an eyebrow, immediately becoming somewhat angry. She made a move to pull out her phone and dial a number aggressively, "Is it that the people in the archives won't let you in, Admiral? You wait, I'm calling right now! I've already prepared the pass, and they still dare to stop my Admiral! Watch how I deal with them!"

"Hey! Hey hey!!" Startled, Shiro quickly stepped forward and grabbed Yubari's hand. "No! The administrator was very welcoming to us! She didn't block us from entering!"

"No? Then Admiral, you are..."

“We just couldn’t find any information about Vestal…” Xiaobai gave a wry smile and let go of Yubari’s hand. “Vestal probably… left the Ship Equipment Research Center a long time ago.”

"Ah... I see..." Yubari stared blankly at Shiro, then sighed helplessly, "If that's the case, then there's nothing we can do... Admiral, please accept my condolences."

"It's alright. Since we can't find her, let her be." Xiaobai smiled at Yubari, perking up.

"As expected of the Admiral, you get back on your feet quickly!" Yubari smiled at Shiro with satisfaction. "So, Admiral, what are your plans next?"

"Next... um..." Xiaobai thought for a while, tilted her head and glanced at Changchun beside her, "Anyway, since we've come all the way to Kyoto, let's stay here for a couple of days and take a short vacation."

"Oh! A holiday is great." Yubari nodded. "So, Admiral, are your accommodations ready?"

"not yet."

"There are only three of you here this time, Admiral. Why don't you stay at my place?" Yubari said to Shiro with a smile. "Actually, my house is quite big."

"Eh? Is that okay?"

"Hehe, the Admiral coming to visit is the third most anticipated thing among all the ship girls," Yubari said with a smile to Shiro. "Don't worry, I have many empty rooms at home. Whether you and Changchun live separately or together, or even bring New Jersey along, it's no problem in any way!"

As Yubari finished speaking, he gave Xiaobai and Changchun a knowing look.

"..." Looking at Yubari's expression, Xiaobai felt that Yubari seemed to have misunderstood something. "Three...three-person room...uh."

Let's look at Yubari next.

At this moment, Yubari had a proud expression on her face, as if to say, "How was my assist, Admiral? Wasn't it amazing? Should I consider giving you a raise?"

Feeling that explaining at this point would become very complicated, Xiaobai decided to give up on saying anything.

"Well... thank you, Yubari." Shiro nodded.

"Hmm~" Yubari nodded with a smile, "But I didn't bring my house key with me. It's in my lab... the one you visited before, Admiral. After you came last time, I took the time to make a copy of the key. You can go to my lab and pick up the copy, Admiral, and then you can go out."

"I see... Oh." Shiro smiled gratefully at Yubari.

Who still says that science-oriented ship girls don't understand human nature?

This isn't Yubari.

Is she very understanding?

It was all prejudice, as expected.

After getting the key, you can leave the ship equipment research center with Changchun and find a place to sit. In order to save time and give Changchun time to catch up with Yubari, Xiaobai left Changchun there and returned to Yubari's laboratory alone.

Xiaobai had just been to Yubari's lab. Because Yubari herself had mobilized all the manpower in the middle of the lake to measure the ship equipment data of New Jersey, there was no one in Yubari's lab. Xiaobai came to the lab door and gently pushed it open.

Yubari's laboratory was still the same as before, with rows of large, precision instruments on the table and one after another newly completed ship equipment design drawings placed to the side. Xiaobai walked over to the ship equipment firing drawings and looked at them with some emotion for a few moments before walking to Yubari's seat, opening Yubari's cabinet, and finding the keychain she had placed inside.

"Hmm... I heard from Yubari that she often spends the night in the lab because of experiments. It seems to be true. She doesn't even carry her keys with her." Xiaobai muttered to herself as she took one of her house keys off her keychain, put it in her pocket, and left Yubari's lab.

Next, we'll go back to Changchun, go to Yubari's house with her to scout out the place, buy some daily necessities for the next two days, and then we can seriously consider our date with Changchun for the next two days.

Hmm... Come to think of it, this is the first time Xiaobai has ever taken the initiative to invite someone on a date.

Xiaobai has little experience.

Maybe we should take some time to visit Iowa when we get back and learn from her experience. After all, Xiaobai had a pretty good experience dating Iowa.

however.

The moment Xiaobai left the laboratory.

Suddenly, Xiaobai felt a shadow appear behind him. With lightning speed, it grabbed Xiaobai's wrist with a whoosh and then, with a skillful grappling move, pushed Xiaobai against the wall before he could react, pinning him firmly against the wall.

Everything was done so smoothly and effortlessly.

Xiao Bai felt herself spinning around, and then with a splat, she felt her face pressed against the cold wall.

"Huh?!" Xiaobai exclaimed in surprise, "What's going on?!"

Subsequently.

A clear and gentle voice rang out behind Xiaobai.

"Bah!"

"Where did this thief come from! Stop right there!"

Chapter 1659 The Security Guard (4500 words)

Thief.

It refers to a thief in a theft ring; when referring to a person, it generally refers to anyone who steals.

When Xiaobai was suddenly pressed against the wall by the person who appeared behind her without saying a word, such a flash of inspiration crossed Xiaobai's mind.

Eh?

Thief?

Was I mistaken for a thief?

What happened?

what's going on?

I am innocent!

The person pressing Xiaobai against the wall didn't seem very tall, and their hands weren't very big either. Two small, cold hands overlapped to barely hold down Xiaobai's wrists, but even so, the force coming from those two small hands was quite strong. Although it wouldn't hurt Xiaobai, Xiaobai definitely wouldn't be able to break free without using the ship's equipment power.

Feeling the coldness of the wall against his face, Xiaobai looked bewildered. He quickly turned his head and tentatively spoke to the person behind him.

"Um... wait a minute, I'm not..."

"Don't speak!" Before Xiaobai could finish speaking, a clear voice came from behind him. "You have the right to remain silent, but anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law!"

"……"noob.

"Let me see what you've stolen, you little thief..." The figure behind Xiaobai muttered softly when Xiaobai stopped reacting. He pressed Xiaobai's wrist with one hand and reached into Xiaobai's pocket with the other, rummaging around for a while before pulling out the key that Xiaobai had just put in. "...Hmm? Why is it a key?"

A surprised, muttered voice came from behind Xiaobai.

"Um... everyone says I'm not a thief..." Xiao Bai seized the opportunity and said to those behind him, "Look... I'm just here to get the keys for someone..."

"Who, who said stealing a key doesn't make you a thief!" Hearing Xiaobai's explanation, the person behind Xiaobai paused for a moment, then shouted loudly at Xiaobai as if to prove something, "The key... the key is also a very important thing! What if you secretly steal the key to this experiment? Wouldn't you be able to sneak in openly next time and steal the precious research data on ship girl technology? You haven't been cleared of suspicion yet! In fact, if that's the case, you're more terrifying than a thief who steals money, so I can't trust you easily!"

"Uh..." Xiaobai paused awkwardly for a moment, then said, "Well... well, you could try using the key you escaped with to open the lab door..."

"...Ah, right." The person behind Xiaobai, reminded by Xiaobai, suddenly realized what was going on. She kept holding Xiaobai down with one hand and moved towards the open laboratory door. "Don't move, don't move!"

A rattling sound came from the iron gate.

A faint metallic sound, like a key rubbing against a keyhole, began to emerge.

"Eh... why... can't I insert it..." A soft murmur echoed behind Xiaobai.

Although Xiaobai was pinned against the wall and couldn't see what was behind him, he could almost picture a short girl frantically trying to pry open the keyhole of a half-open iron gate while pinning him down.

—I don’t feel nervous at all.

"...Look, this key isn't the lab key, is it..."

Xiao Bai pressed himself against the wall, listening to the clanging sound of the lock being opened, and spoke to the girl who was trying to open the door.

"Huh?" The girl who was opening the door was stunned, and a hint of panic suddenly appeared in her voice. "You...you...you...then tell me! What did you use this key you stole for! I don't know you at all, you're not from the Ship Equipment Research Center, right! What are you doing here!"

"I'm here to visit relatives... that key is a private key... I'm the one who asked the owner of this key to take it back."

Xiaobai patiently explained to the ship girl behind her.

After listening to Xiaobai's explanation.

The person behind Xiaobai remained silent for a long time.

A few more seconds passed.

Suddenly, a pair of small hands reached into Xiaobai's pocket again, patted and pressed inside Xiaobai's pocket, and only after confirming that Xiaobai had not taken anything from the laboratory except the key did a suspicious confirmation sound come from behind Xiaobai.

"……real?"

"real!"

"Is it really true?"

"It's really true!"

"Then where's the evidence? Where's the pass?"

“Uh…” Xiaobai remained silent.

Absolutely.

The pass that Yubari gave herself in the previous photo has already been used by Shiro in the archives. This time, since it's for Yubari's lab, and Yubari probably thought that since it's her own territory, there aren't many rules, Yubari didn't give herself a pass for her lab.

"...You don't have a pass, do you?" Seeing that Xiaobai was silent, the figure behind Xiaobai slowly approached and spoke to Xiaobai in a scrutinizing, heavy voice.

"Ah! Well... although I don't have one right now, I have other ways to prove I'm not a thief!" Xiaobai quickly said, "For example... I can call over the person doing the experiment by the artificial lake and have her prove my identity!"

"Hmm..." The person behind Xiaobai pondered, seemingly considering whether or not to trust Xiaobai.

“…Um…Look, although I can’t prove I’m not a thief right now, you don’t have any direct evidence to prove I am a thief either, right? Don’t worry, I won’t run away until I can prove my identity…Um, speaking of which, the wall is a bit cold…Could you let me go a little…” Xiaobai said gently to the figure behind her.

"..." The person behind Xiaobai was silent for a while, and the hand on Xiaobai's wrist also wavered.

Xiao Bai could sense that the person didn't want to let her go so easily at first, but perhaps because Xiao Bai had shown a good attitude since being "arrested," the person slowly released the hand that was on Xiao Bai's wrist after thinking for a while.

My wrist finally felt a sense of relief.

Xiaobai is free.

"Phew..." Xiaobai withdrew her arm from behind her back, put it in her bosom, gently rotated her wrist a couple of times, and lowered her head with some emotion.

Ugh.

Regardless of the reasons.

This is the first time Xiaobai has been treated like a thief... So this is what it feels like to be treated like a thief...

Xiao Bai turned around and looked at the woman behind him.

—Or to be more precise, it's a girl.

The girl's face looked somewhat young, but her expression was lively and expressive.

Seeing Xiaobai turn around, the girl took the key out of Xiaobai's pocket and said seriously to Xiaobai, "Here, I've let you go now. You should contact the person at the artificial lake who can help you verify your identity."

"Ah... um." Xiaobai looked at the girl in front of him, his gaze sweeping over her entire body, and nodded thoughtfully. "...Um... speaking of which, I haven't asked yet, may I ask who you are...?"

"Hmph, I'm just a security guard at the Ship Equipment Research Center!" The girl put her hands on her hips and proudly raised her chin. "One of them!"

"one?"

"So what if he's one of them! Even if he's one of them, he's still a proud security guard!" The girl pouted, pointed at Xiaobai, and said, "Let me tell you this from the start: you, don't try to be clever! Don't waste time, quickly contact someone who can prove your identity! Otherwise, I'll arrest you and take you back!"

"Oh oh... okay, okay."

Upon hearing this, Xiaobai quickly took out her phone and sent a text message to Changchun, who was at the artificial lake. She told Changchun that she had been stopped at the gate by the security guard and needed to prove her identity, and asked her to help call Yubari up.

SMS sent.

After a while.

A text message arrived from Changchun that read "Understood!"

Xiao Bai breathed a sigh of relief and put down her phone.

"In a little while, someone will come up to verify my identity..." Xiaobai said with a smile to the security guard in front of her.