Daily life with the ship girl

So, I briefly learned about the situation with Yarod. In fact, the matter is quite urgent. The reports of core fraud cases in various places have been significantly reduced. The bases of Deep Blue Light have been found in many places, but some deep sea creatures have still flowed to some places along the White Crane Line. Finding and clearing these missed deep sea creatures is an order that Yarod has conveyed this time, and all admirals in the Pacific theater must execute it.

After sending Yarod to the dock, Li Ran saw Helena who was training. Just now, she was taken to the warehouse when she got off the ship, and she didn't even say hello. He quickly waved:

"Helena, thank you for your hard work these past few days."

"Admiral?" A soft look flashed across Helena's eyes. She clapped her hands and said to Firefly and the others:

"That's it for today's training."

"Great." Firefly couldn't wait to run to the shore, and then she headbutted Li Ran gently in the arms. She looked up and said:

"Welcome back, Admiral."

"Well, I'm sorry for coming back late." After all, Firefly was his first ship, and Li Ran had a special feeling for her. He picked her up:

"Hmm, it seems that it's not good to be too heavy."

"Admiral, the fireflies are growing."

"Well, eating more is a good thing. I'll make dinner for everyone tonight."

Helena came over at this time and patted Firefly's little head:

"Go play, Admiral is also tired."

"Uh, okay, Admiral, put me down."

Li Ran smiled, then put the firefly down, and said to Keelin and others who were expecting:

"Everyone's working hard, go have fun."

Although Sigsby also wanted to act like a spoiled child like Firefly, he knew that the admiral was busy, so he didn't rush over and went to play with Firefly.

When Li Ran saw the destroyers go far away, he asked Helena:

"What about the rest?"

"Pinghai, Guokang, Shengwang, Rodney and the others went out to C Island to carry out a mission today and have not returned yet."

"You went to Island C?" Li Ran frowned, then felt that it was inappropriate to talk about work right after returning, so he quickly changed the subject and said:

"Hey, I shouldn't have talked about work as soon as I got back. You've been working hard these past few days."

"It's okay. Lexington..."

Lexington's voice came at this moment, interrupting Helena's words. She walked and said:

"Admiral, the comparison table of material inputs has been sorted out."

"Oh, I see. Hey, Helena, what did you say happened to Lexington?" Li Ran was stunned for a moment, then asked hurriedly before Lexington came over.

Helena's eyes flickered. She saw Lexington in a place where Li Ran couldn't see. She shook her head slightly and changed the topic:

"Nothing, I just wanted to tell the Admiral that Lexington is coming."

"Oh." Li was stunned for a moment, and then heard Helena say:

"Bismarck and the others still need help somewhere else, I'll go over first."

"Okay." Li Ran nodded, and then watched Helena walk away. Lexington just happened to walk to his side and said to him softly:

"Admiral, the supplies sent by the Pacific Governor this time are exactly 10,000 units of four resources each, in addition to several large iron ore mining and smelting equipment. Oh, Pinghai and the others..."

Li Ran stopped Lexington from continuing his report, and then said:

"Let's not talk about work today. You can put away the paperwork first. I'll deal with it in the evening. Bismarck and the others need help, so let's go over there."

"Oh, okay." Lexington didn't say much and nodded slightly.

Li Ran brought Bismarck to the unloading dock, and then watched the last few parts of the equipment being driven away by the goblins. He asked Bismarck:

“Who sent these cars?”

"These vehicles were sent to the port area along with the batch of supplies. Before leaving, the representative of the Pacific Governor said that these vehicles were also the Governor's idea."

"Oh, I see." Li Ran nodded. It seemed that Governor Xiao was quite kind.

"Admiral, all the supplies have been unloaded." Nuremberg had a notebook in his hand and had just greeted Helena when he saw Li Ran and Lexington coming over. He immediately stepped forward to report.

"You've worked hard. Now, Nuremberg, where's Bismarck?"

"I'm going to help the fairies at the Iron Mine in the Woods to clear the forest of wild beasts."

"Okay, it looks like a lot of trouble. By the way, where are Emden and the others?"

"I just asked U47 to take them to the garrison first. Richelieu should be entertaining them there."

"Oh, then let's go back to the garrison first."

Nuremberg shook his head and said carefully:

"Admiral, you can go back with the secretary ship. There are still some trivial matters to deal with here. I will go back with Bismarck later."

"Is that so? Well, remember not to work too hard. If you can't finish the work today, you can leave it until tomorrow." Li Ran always felt uncomfortable with Nuremberg's words, but he didn't know what went wrong.

Lexington just smiled and nodded politely to Nuremberg, then she and Li Ran walked side by side towards the garrison. Before leaving, she glanced at Nuremberg's departing back, with a hint of contemplation in her eyes.

Li Ran felt that the port area had changed a lot since he came back this time, but everyone had also become very busy. He came to his senses and said to Lexington:

"Thank you for your hard work these days."

Lexington shook his head slightly, then said:

"This is the duty of the secretary ship. The admiral should thank everyone."

"You guys, I'm very grateful. If it weren't for you, I might just be a nobody."

Li Ran said this, touching the lieutenant medal hanging on his chest, looking at the streets on both sides of the road leading to the garrison. They were already very beautifully built. The sun shone through the treetops and fell on the street. There were some street lights on both sides, and some new lounge chairs for rest. He raised his head and built a canopy, looking at the dazzling sunlight and said:

"It's great to meet you guys."

Lexington looked at Li Ran's profile, his dark complexion, his slightly longer beard, and his hair that had grown longer unconsciously. She smiled gently, then walked in front of Li Ran, turned around, took off her hat, and her long flaxen hair fluttered in the wind. She smiled gently and said softly:

"Welcome back, Admiral."

Li Ran looked at Lexington's elegant appearance. He felt that the fatigue from the journey had subsided a lot. He smiled and said:

"I'm back late. Sorry to have kept you waiting."

At this time, the breeze blew through the leaves, making rustling sounds, as if something had sprouted, and it seemed as if some noise was hidden in the wind, and no one noticed.

……

When Li Ran returned to the garrison, he saw U47 and Xiao Zhai playing around, while Richelieu was entertaining Emden and Leipzig.

"Admiral, welcome back to port." Richelieu greeted Li Ran and Lexington when he saw them come in.

"Well, Emden, you don't have to be so restrained. I'll leave Richelieu to you. Lexington, you and I will go up first."

Richelieu nodded, then turned to Emden and Leipzig and said:

'I'm sorry, a lot has changed in Minato while the Admiral was away, so he probably has a lot to deal with right now.'

"It's okay, we understand Mr. Li." Emden pushed his glasses.

Leipzig looked at the person next to Li Ran. She suddenly remembered what Bismarck said, and asked casually:

"Who was next to Li Ran just now?"

"Leipzig, don't call Mr. Li by his name directly, it's very rude." Emden couldn't help but say.

"It's okay. It's a bit special to call you Miss Leipzig like that. The one you're talking about is my admiral's secretary ship, Lexington. I think you all know from your expressions that she is the aircraft carrier goddess of the First Shipgirl Academy."

"Is that so?" Leipzig withdrew his gaze.

Lexington and Li Ran walked up to the corner of the stairs together. Lexington glanced back at Leipzig with the corners of his mouth slightly raised. His smile was gentle and seemed very meaningful.

Chapter 219: Sweet Embarrassment

Li Ran pushed open the long-missed office door and found that there were more furniture and it was tidier. There were also more books on the bookshelf. He picked up a book and said:

"We didn't have so many books before, did we?"

"Well, these are also included with this batch of supplies. They are all common sense books that the admiral can use."

"Is Minato in any big trouble?"

Li Ran put the book back to its original place, then walked to the desk and looked at the documents on it that were neatly arranged.

"It's not a big problem. Deep sea creatures occasionally breed on the three islands, so they need to be cleared out regularly. This is also the weekly task of the port area, and most of the resources are consumed on this."

"I see. Oh, that's not right. I said I won't talk about work, but I can't help it. Hey, Lexington, let me ask you a question."

Li Ran sat on the swivel chair in his office, then looked up at the ceiling, breathed a sigh of relief, and continued:

"Tell me, what should we do if someone suddenly changes his attitude and we don't know what the problem is?"

Lexington put the document in his hand on the table, then paused for a moment before saying:

"Attitude? Admiral, since you noticed it yourself, just think about why the other party said that. Sometimes you don't need to think too complicatedly."

"Oh." Li Ran nodded, not quite understanding. Recalling the source?

"Admiral? Admiral?"

"Ah, here it is."

"Did something happen during the Admiral's trip?"

"Well, a lot of things happened. Qiyun City was almost attacked by a large-scale deep-sea attack. Well, there was also the Tirpitz incident. I also helped Bismarck solve it. I just don't know if her sister received the letter."

"Tirpitz? Could it be the one from the academy?"

"Well, Bismarck's sister is in Warm Harbor now. Bismarck has already sent a letter, but I don't know when it will be delivered."

"It should be soon. The large-scale deep-sea attacks in various places these days have passed, and the major shipping routes have been restored to some extent."

"That's good. By the way, did the fireflies do anything naughty while I was away?"

"No, Admiral, please sit down for a moment. I'll get you a glass of water."

"No, I didn't want to talk about work, but I started talking about it again without realizing it."

"It's okay, what else do you want to know, Admiral?"

"Well, how's training going?"

"Well, the training ground has been prepared. It is located at the abandoned dock on the east coast. The western deepwater harbor will be more suitable for foreign ships to enter and exit. In a few days, the buoys and some other things will be moved to the abandoned dock on the east coast."

"I see. No wonder I feel that the training ground is not much different from before I left. But the situation in the eastern sea area has not been explored yet? What about the reef division? Have the ocean currents, wind speeds, and other things been calculated?"

"Well, everything has been measured, but it seems that the remains of the abandoned dock facilities hidden on the seabed need to be dealt with, and we need to borrow some large underwater demolition equipment."

"Underwater operations?" Li Ran felt a headache, and then he remembered that he had brought back so many transformation cores this time. He thought about it and tried to use the admiral network to check the status of his own ship girls. Except for the courageous, peaceful, reputable, and Rodney who were on missions outside and could not be queried temporarily, the training information of others could be found. The one with the highest training level was Lexington, who was already level 49.

"Admiral?"

"Ah, what?"

"This is the financial report for these days. The mansion probably has 100,000 yuan of funds available for use now."

"One hundred thousand? Why is it so much?"

"While the admiral was away, we received several escort commissions. It seemed that a few geographical survey groups wanted to shoot some films, so they let us take charge of the protection. After all, the three islands are our assets."

"Make a movie?" Li Ran suddenly had an idea and said:

"Are they gone?"

"Ah, they should still be on Island C. Ping Hai and the others went there today because of these things."

"That's it."

Just as Li Ran and Lexington were about to continue talking, there was a knock on the door.

"Knock knock knock..."

Li Ran quickly put down the report in his hand and said, "Please come in."

"Admiral, Sister Nuremberg asked me to ask you, should the transformation core be placed in the warehouse? Or stored separately?"

U47 was becoming more and more like an ace submarine. Li Ran saw her wearing a small military uniform, which was quite attractive. She was also wearing a [Sea Ear 1-5] communicator. However, before Li Ran could praise her in his heart for long, he heard U47 say:

"Gululu... Admiral, this thing is really useful? Is it waterproof?"

"Well, I don't know. Lexington probably doesn't know about this thing. This is ocean-going combat communication equipment. When you go out on an expedition, I won't have to worry about not being able to contact you. U47, take off the equipment and show it to Lexington."