The Naval Base of the Unnamed Ship Girls

“Adon means you should be getting a call soon,” Hyperion replied, squeezing onto the sofa with Adon despite his not-so-tall stature.

"Phone? What phone call?" Tirpitz, unaware of what the two starship girls were talking about, took out her Orange 9 phone from her pocket.

As if it had been predicted, the phone vibrated the moment it was taken out.

"..." Tirpitz looked at Adun and Hyperion suspiciously upon seeing the caller ID, only to see Hyperion with a wicked grin and Adun with an indifferent expression.

"If you have official business, just go ahead and do yours," Charlotte said, equally confused.

"Oh, I'll go out and take this call." Tirpitz, his head full of questions, walked out of his office.

"Hehehehe, guess how this fake ship girl will react." So, in the Hyperion's eyes, a retired ship girl without ship equipment is just a fake ship girl.

“I don’t care about that, and why do you always have to squeeze in with me?” Ardon didn’t care about Tirpitz’s reaction to the emergency call.

"Hey! You're kicking me when I've served my purpose! Before, when you needed me to be your signal tower, you were all over me. Now that it's my turn to stick close to you, you're not happy about it!" Hyperion said, seeing that Adun was trying to avoid her.

“Before, when I needed to rely on you, it was because I had a need. Now that you’re clinging to me, what do you need?” Hearing what Hyperion said, Adun sighed inwardly and stopped avoiding Hyperion.

"Being close to you is my need." Hyperion didn't intend to say that he wore it next to Adun simply to feel the warmth of the GN Drive.

Although I previously complained that Adon's solar furnace was a water heater, it is clear that the little sun inside Adon's body is not used to boil water.

Sometimes it is indeed used to boil water for the Protoss stationed on the Spear of Adun.

Seeing Adun and Hyperion in this scene, Kaga felt as if she were seeing a blooming lily (Ah, the Admiral and the secretary ship have such a good relationship, I even miss Akagi a little).

"Wo?" Wo-chan was puzzled as to why her only subordinate, Kaga, was covered in strange flower petals.

Unaware that Hyperion had already become her secretary ship in the eyes of her subordinate ship girls, Adun, who always treated Hyperion as a lackey she could bully at will, reached out and pulled over a modification core, asking Hyperion:

"Have you found anything useful?"

“Completely incomprehensible. All my scientific knowledge is completely incomprehensible to me as to what this modification core is.” Hyperion said, staring at the modification core in Adun’s hand.

"Me too, I have absolutely no idea about the material composition and mechanism of this thing." Adun sighed as he carefully examined the modification core in his hand, which looked just like jade and emerald.

"You don't even know?" Hyperion was surprised to hear Adun say that. In her mind, even the most inexplicable things were something the Protoss could figure out.

For example, the Keystone, the artifact used to deal with the corrupted Xel'Naga, was completely incomprehensible to the Hyperion except for the fact that it could be used by charging some energy. He even made the ridiculous claim that the Keystone was a recent invention.

After being studied by Protoss engineers for some time, they not only figured out the mechanism of the Keystone, but even deduced the production date of the Keystone.

“Protoss technology isn’t omnipotent,” Adun said, tossing the modification core from his right hand to his left and then back again. “But I have a feeling.”

"What does it feel like?" Hyperion asked, thinking Adon had made some discovery.

“I feel like these things…” Before Adon could finish speaking, the office door was suddenly flung open, and Tirpitz, holding his phone and looking serious, strode over to Adon.

"Hmm?" Adun, who wasn't angry at being interrupted, looked at Tirpitz.

The mayor of this fortress city stared intently at Adun for a long time, almost causing Kaga and Wo-chan, who knew what Adun and Hyperion had done, to assume that the other party had come to question them and assume they were in a fighting stance.

However, before Kaga could even nock the arrows that could be converted into carrier-based aircraft onto her longbow rigging, Tirpitz's expression suddenly underwent a complete 180-degree turn. She grinned and gave Adun and Hyperion a thumbs-up, saying:

"Well done!"

"..." Kaga was full of questions, not knowing why the situation of coming to confront someone had turned out this way.

“It’s nothing to worry about,” Adun replied calmly, seeing Tirpitz’s reaction.

"I thought you would deny it. Aren't you afraid that I said it on purpose just to arrest you and get a confession?" Tirpitz didn't expect Adon to answer so decisively.

"You think you can arrest us?" Hyperion found Tirpitz's arrogance amusing.

“No matter how powerful you are, you can’t openly defy the United Government.” Tirpitz said this, but there was no trace of concern for Adun and the others in his tone.

"Um, Sister Zhai, could you tell me what Adun did first?" Charlotte, the only one in the room who was startled by Tirpitz's words, asked.

"Oh, them? They just ransacked my local bank vault, and now they're calling the police," Tirpitz said calmly.

"Huh?" Charlotte was so frightened she was at a loss for words: "Th-th-this..."

"What, young master, do you want to return these things?" Tirpitz's tone softened for a moment before becoming domineering: "I've long been annoyed by those guys who treat these military supplies as collectibles. They deserve to lose them."

“But if that’s the case…” Charlotte was very conflicted, not expecting that one or two ships would be so lawless.

“Young Master, according to federal regulations, only active-duty ship girls and admirals are allowed to possess strategic reserve materials such as modification cores, so there’s no need to worry about the Chief Instructor,” said Reputation, who poured a cup of black tea for Adun and an iced cola for Hyperion.

"Could it be... could it be that there are no ship girls or admirals..." Charlotte's voice trailed off, until finally even she couldn't convince herself, because if admirals and ship girls wanted to preserve these strategic materials, they could simply put them in the ship's equipment space.

"Heh heh, Adon actually managed to rob a commander's treasury, but I bet that commander has long forgotten about it," Tirpitz said with a subtle tone.

"Oh, a commander's ship really went missing? Won't that provoke hostility from other naval bases?" Charlotte asked with some concern.

"Hostile...maybe. Why don't you two settle this with a fight first?" Tirpitz's tone remained subtle.

"Why do we need to fight?" Adon asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Because the admiral who has a secret stash of money is named Xia Yuantang, who is the young master's father. He was the admiral when I was still a ship girl."

As Tirpitz spoke, he made a victory sign.

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Chapter 211 Winning at the Game

"What? My dad's treasury?" Charlotte jumped up from the sofa excitedly when she heard Tirpitz mention that the famous admiral of the Eastern Pacific Theater was among the wealthy people who lost the modification core.

“Yes, and he lost the most.” Tirpitz glanced at the thirty or so modified cores on the table and continued, “At least half of these modified cores belong to the master.”

After retiring, Tirpitz stopped calling General Xia Yuantang "Admiral" and started calling him "Master".

"This...this..." Charlotte, who never expected that Adon would go out to freeload and end up taking advantage of her own father, was at a loss for words.

"Also, those who lost valuables don't seem to have much faith in the effectiveness of my government team. They've all tried various means to contact you, sir, hoping you can uphold justice and do something like that."

Tirpitz spoke to young master Charlotte in a provocative tone.

Upon hearing Tirpitz's words, Charlotte immediately pulled out her custom-made limited-edition diamond-encrusted gold Orange 9 phone and rushed out of the office.

"We're back! Hey, young master, be careful!" The young master, who had just rushed out of the office, bumped into Charlotte and quickly knelt down to help her up.

"Ugh..." Charlotte, covering her nose, glanced at Qianwei. Before she could even wonder why she was the one who had collided with her and fallen to the ground, she immediately went to the side and dialed her father's number.

"Is there something wrong with my clothes?" Vanguard asked Reputation, who was serving tea, seemingly oblivious to the strange look in Charlotte's eyes.

"Perhaps the young master is wondering why this time when we bumped into each other didn't happen like last time," Rodney, who followed the avant-garde into the office, revealed.

"Oh dear, the secret's been exposed! I'm going to be hated by the young master." Vanguard immediately realized what Rodney was talking about.

I remember when the young master had just returned from the Central Academy, in order to leave a good impression on him, Qianwei deliberately imitated what he did in the cartoon, holding a piece of bread in his mouth and having a collision with the young master in the corner that might have sparked a romance.

At the time, he had sold out a great deal of benefits and thought he had left an excellent impression on young master Charlotte.

However, the avant-garde who did this seems to have forgotten the normal outcome of an ordinary young master crashing into a ship girl weighing tens of thousands of tons.

That's why the young master was covering his nose and staring at Qianwei with a strange look just now.

After figuring out what these naval girls from Naval Base No. 233 were saying, Adun simply said, "I really don't understand what you seafarers are thinking."

"How could you, a ship girl who was the first one summoned by your own admiral, possibly understand how fierce the competition is in our 233rd naval base?" Vanguard said sadly, drawing circles on the wall.

“Little girl, if you like him so much, just drug him.” Hyperion, with a mischievous smile, took out a small syringe, indicating that it was made with Imperial technology and was highly effective.

"What a familiar excuse..." Tirpitz continued while sipping his fuel cola, "I remember there was a young ship girl who didn't know what was good for her and tried to steal Helena's man using the same method. Who was she again? Wasn't it Richelieu, the ship girl who joined the ship halfway through her career?"

“Ah…” Hyperion vaguely remembered Richelieu, which had been held hostage in the naval base: “And what happened?”

"Well... let me think about it..." Tirpitz was lost in memories of her time with the ship girls.

"As a result, Lady Helena removed her ship's rigging and tied her to the flagpole for a month," Nelson recalled on behalf of Tirpitz.

"I see..." Hearing that the ship girl's decisive action had resulted in this outcome, Hyperion looked at Vanguard with pity and said, "Then good luck, girl, I believe in you."

"Phew, I'm back!" Charlotte ran back breathlessly after finishing her phone call with her dad. Sensing something was off as soon as she came in, Charlotte asked, "What's wrong? What's with those looks?"

Whether it was his own ship girls or the group of ship girls from the boss's house, they were all looking at Charlotte with subtle glances, making the young master of Naval Base No. 233 feel a chill run down his spine.

"We were just discussing your future, young master." Tirpitz, sitting at his desk, precisely tossed the fuel can of Coke into the trash can.

"Huh? The future? What future?" Charlotte was a little confused.

"Nothing, young master. Did Master say anything?" Reputation changed the subject and asked young master Charlotte.

“My dad said he just received the notification and was about to contact us. Luckily, I called in time.” Charlotte took a few breaths and continued, “When Dad heard that it was for avant-garde modifications, he said there was no problem and he would help keep things under control with the others.”

“Oh…” The ship girls at Naval Base No. 233 did not seem surprised by their admiral’s reaction.

"He's quite a good admiral." Adun praised Charlotte's father's protective behavior.

"Oh, right." Charlotte said, suddenly remembering something after hearing Adon's words, "My dad also asked Adon if you've finished looting. If you haven't finished, keep looting, and he'll take responsibility if anything happens."

"..." For a moment, even the ship girls of Naval Base No. 233 looked at Charlotte with bewildered expressions.

“These are my dad’s exact words.” Charlotte, noticing the stares, scratched her head, a little embarrassed.

"Does your bank have any secret vaults?" Hyperion asked Tirpitz after hearing Charlotte's question.

“Yes, my private vault is definitely somewhere else,” Tirpitz said.

"...Isn't there anything else?" Tirpitz's private ship... oh no, his private treasury is definitely out of the question.

“…Even if I did, I wouldn’t know,” Tirpitz replied, having roughly guessed what Hyperion was planning.

"Aren't you the local tyrant?" Hyperion was surprised that there was something this retired ship girl in front of her didn't know about this place.

"It's too much trouble to find out those secrets. I'm not the military police." Tirpitz's passive ability to dislike trouble.

“Then there’s nothing I can do. I’ve already looted everything I could,” Hyperion said, having received all the answers.

“But these shouldn’t be enough.” Charlotte counted the modification cores on the table, and even with the ones she had counted before, she was still a few short of the 95 she needed.

"I have..." Upon hearing what Young Master Charlotte said, Rodney immediately took out a modification core and placed it on the table.

Although the results of the search team from Naval Base No. 233 were not as fruitful as those of Adon and her team, at least they did not return empty-handed.

"Huh? Where did you get this?" Tirpitz was even more curious about Rodney's ability to obtain a modification core, and asked the ship girl who hadn't become a hero-class ship in over a decade.

"I won it playing a game!" Rodney said proudly.