Elder brother's garrison

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A strange sense of unease settled over Xiaobai's heart.

Xiao Bai always felt like he had forgotten something.

But she just couldn't remember.

Chapter 3915 Go wash it.

Xiao Bai still couldn't remember what she had forgotten.

Ok……

But this is not surprising.

After all, the better a person's memory, the more completely they will forget something once they forget it.

For a human like Xiaobai, who can normally read ten lines at a glance and remember everything she sees, possessing an absolute, passive memory in the literal sense, much like a computer, if there's something she can't remember, it means that she truly can't remember it.

Just in case, before going to the admiral's office today, Xiaobai made a special trip to Jean Bart to confirm whether the thing she had forgotten was related to her.

However, after meeting Jean Bart, Xiaobai went through his memories again and again, but still couldn't find the forgotten memory.

It seems that this memory is truly gone forever.

That's it.

at this point.

Anyway, it happened at home, so it's probably nothing major concerning world safety. Just forget about it.

After trying some remedial measures without success, Xiaobai gave up on the idea of ​​regaining her lost memories.

……

Life goes on.

After the successful completion of the renovation in Anshan and a lively celebration at home, Xiaobai's daily life in the garrison gradually settled down.

The day after the missile ship girls were successfully remodeled, Shiro decided to take some time to visit Yubari, one of the key contributors to the remodel.

During the modification of this batch of missile ship girls, Shiro told Yubari to take more rest.

This was, after all, the admiral's "order," so before parting ways with Shiro, Yubari had promised Shiro that she planned to take a few days off after the remodeling of this batch of ship girls was completed, to rest in bed, catch up on sleep, and recover the energy she had lost during this period.

Although Shiro didn't say anything when he heard Yubari's words, he was actually quite worried.

Will Yubari really take a proper rest?

It's hard to say for sure about Xiaobai.

Yubari is a complete research fanatic, and so are most of the researchers at the Ship Equipment Research Institute. After all, talent alone is far from enough for people in their line of work; they also need decades of unwavering dedication, passion, and focus. If no one is pushing them, probably no one can push them out of the laboratory.

In addition, Yubari had just finished modifying a batch of new missile ship equipment, and probably had a lot more experimental data on hand. Moreover, there was special data in which Xiaobai had enhanced the ship equipment data with his mental power. Xiaobai found it hard to believe that Yubari could sleep with so much rare research data in his hands.

So she made a special trip to visit Yubari's dormitory the next day and even waited there for a while.

As Xiaobai predicted, things turned out just as he had expected.

After Xiaobai rang the door of Yubari's dormitory, she stood in front of the door for a very long time, but no one answered.

Outside Yubari's dormitory, in the dormitory corridor, a ship girl who had just finished breakfast and was about to go home to rest passed by. She saw Shiro standing in front of Yubari's dormitory. She was taken aback at first, seemingly surprised that Shiro was there, but she quickly smiled and greeted Shiro.

"Hey? Isn't this the Admiral? What brings you here?"

"Hello." Xiaobai smiled and turned to the ship girl, "I'm here to visit Yubari."

"Oh... I knew it." The ship girl stopped in front of Xiaobai, smiled kindly at him, and then slowly said, "I heard that Dr. Yubari just finished modifying a batch of missile ship equipment for the Admiral, is that right? Are you here to talk to Dr. Yubari about the modification?"

"I guess so." Xiaobai nodded, glancing at the ship girl's face before looking at the room next to Yubari's dormitory. "I remember you lived next to Yubari, you were her neighbor, right?"

"Eh? Admiral, you remember where I lived?" The ship girl covered her mouth, somewhat flattered, and took a step back, her eyes full of surprise.

"That's great." Shiro said to the ship girl with a smile, "Has Yubari been home recently?"

"Hmm? Hmm..." When the ship girl heard Xiaobai ask about serious matters, she put down her hand and thought for a while, then shook her head at Xiaobai, "I'm not quite sure... Logically speaking, Dr. Yubari should have come back to rest after finishing her remodeling, right? But I haven't seen her."

"I see." Xiaobai nodded and smiled at the ship girl. "I understand, thank you."

"Hehe, you're welcome, Admiral." The ship girl scratched the back of her head, glanced at the closed dormitory door of Yubari, blinked, and suddenly said to Shiro, "Well... Admiral, since you've come all this way, would you like to come to my house for a visit? My house is quite big, you can sit wherever you like!"

"Okay," Xiaobai agreed with a smile, but her tone trailed off at the end, "But... I have other things to do later today, could you come back in a few days?"

"Hey, hey, hey! Admiral, don't worry about me! Your work is the most important! You go ahead and do your thing, come back when you have time!" The ship girl immediately waved her hand, then chuckled and backed away, returning to the door of another dormitory next to Yubari's dormitory. "Admiral, I live here! Come visit sometime! I live alone, I'll be waiting for you!"

Xiao Bai smiled and nodded.

The ship girl was finally relieved. She excitedly opened the dormitory door, playfully said "Bye-bye!" to Shiro, and then skipped and hopped into the dormitory.

After the door closed, Xiaobai smiled as she looked at the dormitory door of this ship girl. She slowly closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and then looked at the equally closed door of Yubari's dormitory.

"Sigh... Yubari really is... should I say he doesn't disappoint, or..."

As Xiaobai murmured, the mental tentacles within his body activated, slowly seeping into Yubari's dormitory.

As expected, there was no trace of ship girls in Yubari's dormitory.

In other words, Yubari is not at home.

Or perhaps... it seems she never went home at all...

So where is Yubari now?

Xiao Bai withdrew the spiritual energy that had been spreading out, walked to the handle at the edge of the corridor, and glanced at the clear sky.

The answer is self-evident.

……

Shiro left the dormitory building where Yubari Dormitory was located and headed towards the renovation factory.

When Xiaobai arrived at the modification factory, he saw that the factory gate was closed. The entire modification factory seemed to have completed its mission and was quietly entering a rest period, with a peaceful and serene atmosphere permeating it.

Xiao Bai stood in front of the factory gate, reached out and gently lifted the gate upwards. With a crisp clattering sound, the roller shutter door opened.

Ok……

The factory gates were indeed closed.

But the factory was not locked.

Xiaobai successfully entered the modification factory. She walked through the empty and desolate factory and arrived at the entrance of the innermost modification workshop.

The door to the renovation workshop was indeed tightly closed this time, but Xiaobai wasn't in a hurry. She reached out and gently pressed the doorbell button on the door, then stood there quietly waiting.

About half a minute passed after Xiaobai pressed the doorbell button.

A subtle, almost imperceptible tremor emanated from the other side of the modification workshop.

"Wow!"

The entrance gate to the converted factory was suddenly flung open.

"Admiral!!!" Wearing a white coat, sporting dark circles under her eyes, and with her long pink hair hastily tied into a messy bun at the back of her head, Yubari appeared at the door. She leaned against the door with one hand, staring blankly at the white-haired girl in front of her with her mouth agape, her face full of disbelief, "Y-you...how did you get here?!"

"Shouldn't I be here?" Shiro said helplessly, looking at Yubari.

"Uh... no, that's not it..." Yubari looked at the helpless expression in Shiro's eyes, and suddenly seemed to realize something, quickly scratching his head guiltily, "Haha... every inch of our naval base... of course, you can come here, Admiral..."

“Yeah, I’m so glad I came,” Shiro echoed Yubari’s words. “If I hadn’t come, I don’t know how many more nights you would have stayed up all night.”

"Uh……"

Shiro tilted his head and looked at Yubari, saying, "I remember you mentioned before that you planned to go home and rest for a few days after completing the modifications. So, can you explain why you're here again?"

"Uh... Admiral, I... I went home! I just came back to pick up some documents..."

"I went to your house and checked. Your neighbor Katori said you haven't been back to the dorm for a while."

"What?! Katori, you actually betrayed me—!" Yubari clutched her head, howling to the sky, her face contorted with the heartbreak of being betrayed by a loved one. "You...you actually treated me like this!!!"

"Alright, stop acting." Shiro looked at Yubari. "Let me in already."

Yubari's sorrowful cries immediately ceased. She scratched her cheek and grinned at Shiro, then turned and bowed, gesturing for Shiro to enter the modification workshop.

Xiaobai walked into the renovation workshop.

The renovation workshop is different from the renovation factory; it is well-lit and surrounded by machinery and furniture.

"Admiral, won't you listen to my explanation?" Yubari followed closely behind Shiro, her hands clasped together and pressed to her ears, speaking pitifully to Shiro.

"Let's put explanations aside for now..." Xiaobai stopped in her tracks, her gaze sweeping over Yubari's white coat before settling on Yubari's messy bun hair and face. Suddenly, she asked, "Yubari, did you take a shower yesterday?"

"Huh?" Yubari paused for a moment, then subconsciously said, "No."

"Then go take a shower first," Shiro said to Yubari.

Chapter 3916 Infant-like Sleep

"Then go take a shower first."

This was the first "command" that Xiaobai issued to Yubari after entering the modification workshop.

Yubari froze on the spot for a moment. She stared blankly at Shiro for a while, then suddenly her pupils contracted, and she quickly shrank her neck, pulled up her collar, and began to inhale deeply.

"Sniff...sniff...Why did the Admiral suddenly tell me to take a bath? Do I smell? No...I'm a ship girl, my body shouldn't have any odor..." Yubari frowned, sniffing herself repeatedly, then cautiously stared at Shiro as if to confirm, muttering to herself, "Admiral, I...I only didn't take a bath last night...Why are you suddenly saying this..."

"..." Xiaobai didn't speak, but just smiled and looked at Yubari.

Looking at Shiro's smiling expression, Yubari felt increasingly uncertain the more Shiro remained silent.

Suddenly, Yubari began to feel unwell. She felt like she really smelled bad, and immediately distanced herself from Shiro.

"Ahem... Well, Admiral, please... make yourself at home... I'm going to take a shower first..."

After Yubari finished speaking, as if afraid that Shiro would smell something strange on her, she quickly tucked her tail between her legs and scurried away towards the ship equipment hall.

Shiro smiled as she watched Yubari's hasty departure.

Yubari really didn't have any odor... Just like she said, she's a ship girl, and ship girls' bodies are so beautiful, naturally possessing the ability to cleanse and remove dirt. Let alone not taking a bath for a day or two, even if she didn't take a bath for several months, it wouldn't be a problem.

It's just...

Shiro made Yubari take a bath, which had nothing to do with whether Yubari was clean or not.

Just as Yubari's figure completely disappeared on the road leading to the ship equipment hall, Shiro also took a step and slowly followed.

Arriving at the ship equipment hall, one of the ship girl shower rooms in the hall had already been activated.

A slender, graceful figure was vaguely reflected in the glass door of the shower room. Inside, the sound of rushing water filled the air. Her white figure twirled under the showerhead, her hair billowing, and steam rose, as if hot air was rushing out.

Xiao Bai didn't linger too long on the shower room, but instead looked towards the other end of the hall.

At the other end of the hall is the renovation platform.

The modification platform here is in operation. It has a matching desk, and calculation papers and unscrewed ballpoint pens are scattered all over the platform. Countless small pop-up windows on the platform are marked with the design drawings and 3D models of the previously modified missile ship equipment. Page after page on the desktop are printed out, marked with various red and black words, and densely filled with deleted and revised papers.

Considerations for the Retrofitting of Shipboard Missiles: A Comprehensive Study

An In-Depth Exploration of the Impact of Mental Strength on Shipboard Performance

On the Influence of Offensive and Defensive Attributes on Shipborne Missile Equipment

...

Xiao Bai walked up to the modification platform, picked up the papers, and flipped through them.

The sheer number of these papers was enormous; the top few sheets still retained a slight warmth and emitted a rich aroma of ink, clearly indicating they had been printed recently, as if one could still feel the residual warmth of the machine's operation.

It seems Yubari didn't sleep last night; he was in his room organizing these experimental data and writing his thesis.

Xiao Bai sighed.

……

Yubari takes a very quick bath.

Xiaobai browsed through papers on the modification platform for a while. At the other end of the hall, Yubari had already finished washing up, changed into a looser casual top, and came out of the shower room while rubbing her much smoother pink hair with a towel.

"Admiral? Are you there, Admiral?"

Yubari dried her hair, inhaling the fruity scent of her shower gel as she called out.

Upon seeing Shiro's figure hovering on the modification platform, Yubari was immediately startled and rushed over.

"Oh! Admiral, so you're here!" Yubari greeted him with a smile, addressing Shiro who was reading a paper. "Admiral! Why are you interested in these documents? Oh, it's nothing, it's nothing. If you like, read on!"

Yubari walked from one side of Shiro to the other, observing Shiro's expression.

"Admiral, these are all the materials I collected during the renovation process. Oh my... you know how precious these materials are..."