Elder brother's garrison

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“…Alright, since you’re so insistent…” Yubari murmured, then whispered, “Could you tell me why you’re so keen on converting it into a missile warhead?”

"Didn't you just say that participating in Missouri's redevelopment project would be very helpful for future research in academia?" Missouri said with a smile to Yubari. "Since this is a meaningful project, Missouri certainly has no reason not to do it... and..."

"and?"

"You, Yubari-senpai, really want to reform Missouri, don't you?" Missouri asked Yubari, patting his chest.

"Ah... well... after all, it's a modified missile..." Yubari shrugged, stammering, "If possible, I'd certainly like to do it myself..."

“Then Missouri is willing to grant Yubari-senpai’s request.” Missouri gave Yubari a gentle smile. “Yubari-senpai has done so many good deeds for everyone in the naval base in the past. This opportunity to oversee the renovation is also a gift that Missouri would like to give to Yubari-senpai. It is just a small token of my appreciation.”

After listening to Missouri's words.

Yubari was stunned.

Yubari stared blankly at Missouri, trembling slightly, before tears of emotion welled up in her eyes.

"What a good girl...you're such a good girl!" Yubari couldn't contain her emotions. She stepped forward and tightly grasped Missouri's hand, shaking it vigorously. "How can there be such a good girl as you in the world! I'm so touched! Waaaaah...Missouri, don't worry, even if it costs me my life, I will take full responsibility for your transformation! I will make you the world's first missile! I will also make you the world's strongest missile for the next hundred years! I swear I will do it, waaaah..."

After Yubari finished speaking, he wiped away his tears with his white sleeve, then ran towards the depths of the factory, where he started fiddling with several pieces of equipment.

"Wow, I'm full of energy!!"

"Just you wait! You old men and women in academia! Today I'm going to create a legend for you all!!"

"Ahhhhh!!"

Yubari's spirited screams echoed again and again deep within the factory.

Xiaobai silently gazed into the depths of the factory, then turned to look at Missouri in front of him.

Missouri walked up to Little White with a smile.

"The Admiral doesn't seem surprised by Missouri's choice," Missouri said to Xiaobai with a smile.

"Actually, I had a feeling about this just now..." Xiaobai smiled wryly, then said to Missouri, "Missouri, is the reason you just gave for choosing to be modified true?"

"Hmm... to be honest, it's true. After all, Yubari-senpai really needs this opportunity, and Missouri is willing to give it to her." Missouri raised her finger and tapped her chin, explaining to Shiro, "But what I just said probably only accounts for about 30% of Missouri's reasons."

"Seventy percent left? What's the reason?" Xiaobai was taken aback.

"..." Missouri looked at Xiaobai's surprised expression, then suddenly smiled, bent down and said to Xiaobai, "Admiral, Missouri wants to ask you something."

"what's up?"

"Admiral, do you... want missiles?"

"This... um... I..." Xiaobai froze on the spot. She opened her mouth, but for a moment she was too embarrassed to say anything.

Fortunately, at that moment, Missouri reached out her finger and gently pressed it against Little White's lips.

"Shh." Missouri pursed her lips and smiled at Little White. "That's enough... That's the remaining 70% of Missouri's reasoning."

"……"noob.

Missouri's smile was sweet.

The newbie was itching to try it out.

About half an hour later, Yubari, full of fighting spirit, finally returned from the depths of the factory. She was carrying a large pile of measuring instrument parts. As soon as she ran to Shiro, she put the parts on the ground and then circled around Missouri, ordering her to release her ship equipment and pose in various positions for her to measure the depth, euphemistically calling it a health test.

Super Yamato was also directly grabbed by Yubari and called over as a laborer. Before long, Super Yamato and Missouri were pushed by Yubari into a room deep inside the factory.

About ten minutes passed.

Yubari opened the door alone, humming a song as she walked back to Shiro's side.

"Yubari, what's in there..." Shiro asked Yubari, pointing to a room deep inside the factory.

"Oh, that's where the data is measured. Super Wagon is helping me out... Don't worry, even a fool can operate the machines in there." Yubari squatted down in front of the instrument that had previously tested Missouri's capabilities, took out a marker, and wrote the word "missile" in the last capability value slot. Then, she patted the machine with satisfaction and smiled at Shiro, "Missile warfare is, after all, a completely new type of ship equipment. No one in the world has experience in modifying missile warfare. We only have knowledge and ideas, so we need to be extra careful with everything, whether it's measurement or anything else. Admiral, don't worry, I will definitely take responsibility for Missouri!"

"Yes, I believe you." Shiro smiled at Yubari.

Yubari was quite touched by Shiro's trust in her. She rubbed the instruments beside her and scratched her head somewhat embarrassedly.

"Ah...right, speaking of which, what's going on with this instrument? How come it suddenly started displaying the missile count for Missouri?" Shiro asked Yubari.

"This one?" Yubari turned to look at the instrument display screen, then shrugged helplessly. "It's probably just old and worn out. It means the measuring wire for the last missile capability value is a bit old and that's why it's malfunctioning. When I tapped it a few times just now, I accidentally tapped the malfunctioning wire together, and it worked normally again—haha, don't worry, don't worry, this is basic operation in our lab."

"Basic operations are alright..." Xiaobai smiled wryly, "Then Xizhang, you've seen a lot, can you help me figure out why Missouri suddenly entered a transformation state?"

Missouri?

"Yes... I'm a little curious."

"Well... based on my experience with the remodeled ship girls I've seen over the years... generally, while a ship girl's level of training is directly related to her remodeling, it mainly depends on her talent and mindset." Yubari smiled slightly as she said this to Shiro, "Why don't you think about what happy things have happened between you and Missouri, Admiral? Maybe that's the turning point."

Chapter 2050 A Journey

"Is the opportunity for Missouri to enter a state of transformation a happy thing?" Xiaobai stared at him curiously.

"It's probably this," Yubari hummed in agreement, shrugging at Shiro. "Besides long-term, rigorous training, mood can also be a catalyst for breaking through bottlenecks and making rapid progress in strength, right?"

"Ah...that's true..." Xiaobai raised her hand to cover her mouth, nodded in deep agreement, and couldn't help but think for a while.

Missouri's strength hadn't changed much since joining the naval base, so it was quite abrupt that she suddenly entered a transformation phase one day.

What Yubari said makes sense...

So, Missouri really did break through her bottleneck because she encountered something happy and her mood improved...?

Something happy...?

Xiao Bai couldn't help but ponder deeply.

Based on Xiaobai's previous conversation with Missouri, Xiaobai learned that Missouri's strange behavior only began after entering Chapter Eight. This means that the reason Missouri entered the transformation state should have happened in this area... However, Missouri's life has been quite normal during this time, and nothing particularly happy has happened to her...

Ok……

Ok?

wrong.

Although it's unclear whether it's something happy about, there's a special event... even though it happened a little earlier than when we entered Chapter 8, it seems there really is one...

At Ella's house, when he told Missouri that he had rescued Loki... Missouri...

Thinking of this, Xiao Bai suddenly widened her eyes and blushed.

No...no, no way?

Could it be because of this?

"Admiral, are you alright?" Yubari asked curiously, noticing that Shiro's face had turned bright red. "Your face is as red as a traffic light at a zebra crossing..."

"N-nothing..." Xiaobai quickly shook her head, nervously swallowing, and gave Yuubari an awkward smile. "N-nothing...you go ahead and do your thing...I, I'll find somewhere to sit for a while..."

"Oh? Oh... alright then." Yubari nodded, waved to Shiro, and smiled, "Then please make yourself at home, Admiral. There are plenty of daily necessities here. I'll go find Missouri and Super Yamato now!"

"Hmm... okay." Xiaobai nodded.

Yubari turned around, cheerfully packed up his draft paper and measuring instruments, and walked back to his room.

crunch.

Yubari opened the door, then closed it again, his figure disappearing inside.

Xiaobai blushed as she looked at the tightly closed door. She sighed and raised the back of her hand to touch her burning cheek.

Xiao Bai felt like her face was so big it could be used to fry an egg.

"...This is outrageous..."

-

The silence in the factory lasted for about an hour.

An hour passed.

Just as Xiaobai finally calmed down her turbulent emotions and was doing deep breathing exercises by herself, the tightly closed door creaked open. Missouri and Chao Yamato came out of the room first, while Yubari, carrying a thick stack of draft paper, ran to the workbench and spread the draft papers out on the blackboard and the table, then put on her glasses, leaned over the table, and began to carefully sketch on the draft papers.

"Admiral...we're back..." Chao Dahe, looking completely exhausted, staggered back to Xiaobai's side.

"Super Yamato, thank you for your hard work." Shiro smiled at Super Yamato. "What have you been doing in your room? You look so tired."

"I was just an assistant..." Chao Dahe looked exhausted. "I feel like I did everything..."

“There are more than a dozen machines in that room, and they are measuring Missouri’s data at the same time. Senior Yubari is in charge of reviewing the results, while Senior Chaoda is in charge of recording the data on those machines.” Missouri explained to Xiaobai apologetically, “The workload is very heavy. It’s a pity that Missouri is the target of the measurement and cannot free up her hands to help Senior Chaoda and Senior reduce their workload. I’m very sorry.”

"Ah... I see... You must have really had a hard time..." After hearing Missouri's words, Xiaobai gave Chaoda a wry smile, "So what was the result?"

Chao Da shook his head absently, indicating that he had been so focused on recording data that he had no idea about the progress of the matter.

"Senior Yubari said the data has been recorded. She asked Missouri to do some preparatory work for the ship's equipment modification. She'll take some time to draw up the draft of Missouri's modification blueprints first," Missouri said to Shiro.

"The manuscripts... oh, you mean the ones from before, right?" After listening to Missouri's words, Xiaobai nodded thoughtfully, then craned his neck towards Yubari.

The blueprints that Yubari brought out of the room were mostly covered with dense data. While referring to those data, Yubari was sketching the prototype of the ship's equipment on the blueprints with drawing tools.

The ship's rigging depicted by Yubari appears to be a modified version of the Missouri's rigging. Xiaobai glanced at the rigging drawings and noticed that it retained the main gun mounts of battleships, but also added missile launchers similar to those on the Changchun, and these missile launchers were much larger...

"As expected of Yubari... He finished it so quickly..." Shiro murmured in admiration, a hint of anticipation appearing in his eyes.

but.

Just as Xiaobai was praising it.

Yubari paused in her drawing, frowning as she examined her work. She picked it up, held it up to Missouri, looked at it again and again, and then shook her head in disappointment.

"Hmm...this won't work..."

Muttering to himself, Yubari crumpled his blueprint into a ball and tossed it aside without a second thought. Then he bent down and began to draw a brand new blueprint with great seriousness.

Under the watchful eyes of Shiro, Yamato, and Missouri, Yubari kept drawing at the workbench. Every time she drew a rough outline, she would pick up the modification drawings and compare them with Missouri's direction, looking at them again and again. In the end, she would crumple up her drawings in disappointment, throw them aside, and continue drawing new ones.

Yubari continued this cycle of drawing, comparing, and discarding processes, sometimes spending entire nights drawing at her workbench. The pile of discarded drawings behind her grew larger and larger, eventually forming a small hill as high as a trash can.

at last.

As Yubari discarded another set of drawings, scratching his head and tossing the drawings behind him, he ran out of blank drawing paper.

"Yubari, would you like to take a break?" The three of them seized the opportunity and quickly stepped forward, offering Yubari a bottle of mineral water.

"Oh... thank you, Admiral..." Yubari had been frowning because of the blueprints, but when she saw Shiro handing her water, her furrowed brows relaxed slightly. She nodded, took the mineral water bottle, tilted her head back, and gulped it down. Then she took a deep breath and smiled at Shiro, "Hmm... much better."

"Yubari, are you not satisfied with the ship's equipment blueprints for the Missouri?" Shiro asked Yubari.

"Hmm...it's not as simple as just being dissatisfied..." Yubari lowered his head dejectedly, then said in frustration, "I have absolutely no inspiration."

"No inspiration..."

"Yes, I underestimated the difficulty of missile modification." Yubari muttered to himself, rubbing his lips with a troubled expression. "Missile modification sounds simple, just four words, but once I start doing it, I feel completely lost... For example, how to balance the missile launchers with the battleship's equipment, how to maximize the basic attributes of the battleship's equipment, and most importantly... because there has never been a precedent for missile modification, how am I supposed to manufacture the missile launchers for the Missouri... There are just too many problems."

"Uh...it seems really difficult..." Xiaobai shrank back, then asked thoughtfully, "Then...do you need any help? Is there anyone at the ship equipment research center in Kyoto who can help you?"

"This is still a long story... There aren't many people in the ship equipment research center who can really help me. Most of them are just old men who only care about their own experiments. As for the others... In the field of missile development alone, I at least have some clinical experience in modifying missile destroyers. The others are just amateurs who only know how to modify ships. They might be able to help, but they'll probably just cause more trouble..." Yubari said to himself with a lot of helplessness. "Sigh... Although I do need a few helpers who can brainstorm ideas, I'd rather not have anyone who just tries to take advantage of the situation."

“A helper…” Xiaobai murmured, looking thoughtfully at the blueprints in front of Yubari.

After a while.

Xiao Bai blinked.

"Alright then..." Xiaobai nodded, then her gaze shifted to the pile of blueprints behind Yubari, and she asked, "Yubari... can I look at those blueprints?"

"Anyway, they're all scrapped cases, Admiral, feel free to look at them."

"Can I take it with me?"

“Sure, do as you please,” Yubari said, then lay down on the table again and began to draw seriously, completely ignoring the discarded drawings behind him.

Xiaobai walked behind Yubari, picked up a crumpled piece of paper, unfolded it, and looked at the ship equipment blueprints on it.

Although Yubari's ship equipment blueprints were a complete failure in her own opinion, Shiro thought they were quite meticulous and perfect.

As expected of a ship girl with professional knowledge, even scrapped designs are drawn to look real.

Xiao Bai held the blueprints for a while, then quietly folded them up and put them into her ship equipment space.

"Yubari, are you going to stay here, Missouri?"

"Yes, I will. Although the renovation has not officially started yet, even if it is only in the blueprint stage, as the target of the renovation, I will consult her for important information at any time."

"I understand." Xiaobai nodded, then smiled at Missouri, grabbed Chao Yamato's hand, and walked towards the door. "Missouri, Yubari, Chao Yamato and I will head back first!"

"OK……"

Yubari's voice was faint, followed by another rustling sound of crumpled paper.