Daily life with the ship girl

The attacker became more and more confused as she listened. She pouted and said:

"Well, I've never heard of the academy taking in human children?"

Lexington also nodded:

"Yes, the Ship Girls Academy takes in freelance and wandering Ship Girls. Some are Ship Girls who came to live in retirement after the admiral died unexpectedly. But I have never heard of a precedent of Shu Kingdom taking in children."

Li Ran shook his head:

"I think you have misunderstood. Prince Wilson is probably not talking about human children, but ship girls."

Saratoga suddenly thought of a possibility, and her tone was somewhat shocked:

"Admiral, do you mean that the purpose of Deep Sea Fortress Ji's 30-year attack on the Brandonalt route was for these two ship girls?"

Li Ran leaned back in his chair, feeling a bit of a headache:

"Yes."

Brooklyn also thought this was possible. Generally speaking, the seven flagships of the deep sea would not easily launch large-scale battles. She asked:

"This is incredible. For two ship girls, Deep Sea Fortress Princess is so crazy. Who do you think these two ship girls are?"

"I don't know." Li Ran sat up straight, then he pondered for a while, thought of an unlikely possibility, and then said:

"But I have a bold guess."

"What guess?" Brooklyn stared at Li Ran intently, making him feel that he was under great pressure to learn.

"I guess that Deep Sea Fortress Princess launched such a large-scale operation this time because she found the whereabouts of the two children?"

The four ship girls looked at each other and no one spoke.

Li Ran felt a little absurd. He thought the four ship girls were considering him and didn't want to embarrass him. He shrugged and smiled bitterly:

"I also think my guess is ridiculous."

Brooklyn showed an admiring look and said politely:

"No, I feel that your guess is very likely. If it weren't for this letter, we probably wouldn't have thought of this. But now this letter is irrefutable evidence. But who do you think these two children are?"

Lexington said in a firm tone:

"Anyway, no matter who these two children are, they can't let the Deep Sea Fortress Princess's conspiracy succeed. Prince Wales said that the power of these two children must not be awakened. This proves that these two children have the power that the Deep Sea Fortress Princess wants."

"Lexington is right, but let's not make this matter public for now to avoid complications." Li Ran said this to Brooklyn and the Raiders.

"Don't worry, Admiral." Brooklyn nodded, and the attacker next to him wanted to say something but gave up.

Li Ran put the letter away and said:

"We should also go down. It's getting late now. The sooner we can sort out the information about those fake transformation cores, the more helpful it will be for our subsequent operations."

"Ah."

The four ship girls also nodded.

Brooklyn and Assault knew that Lexington and Saratoga, as Li Ran's ship girls, should have something to say, so she immediately pulled Assault and walked out first.

Li Ran had a reason for letting the Lexington sisters stay through the exclusive channel. Seeing Brooklyn being so understanding, he breathed a sigh of relief:

"I kept you here to discuss something with you. I want to do a major construction, but the port area is too short of manpower. What do you think? After all, there is not much aluminum left in the port area. I wonder if we can..."

"Of course, we know the commander's difficulties. There are indeed too few sisters in the port area. We are not only responsible for Xiguang Island, but also the other three new islands that need sisters to be stationed. Even if the commander doesn't say it, I will tell him."

"That's good." Li Ran breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Lexington and Saratoga had no objection.

"Then let's go downstairs first." Lexington saw Li Ran in a daze, and gently pulled his sister out of the office.

Li Ran watched the door being closed gently. He stood up and looked at the bright moon hanging high outside the window. He felt that the letter might contain a secret concerning the Atlantic war zone.

However, what makes him even more excited is that he can finally start large-scale construction. Only large-scale construction can bring about miracles. After all, if the sky falls, there are so many tall people to support it, and it will not fall on his head for the time being.

What Li Ran didn't know was what kind of changes this accidentally discovered letter would bring to his originally peaceful life of time travel.

Chapter 133: Untying the Heart Knot

Li Ran and the four ship girls from the First Ship Girls Academy reached a tacit understanding regarding the letter, so they tacitly did not mention the matter when they were discussing downstairs.

The investigation into a batch of sixteen fake modified cores discovered from underground fortifications has also made some progress.

With the help of the two fairy chiefs, some subtle details were discovered on the sixteen cores.

Among them, one location surfaced.

Li Ran looked at the written materials about this group of core members. Among them was a name called "Nadorada Arms Factory". Li Ran asked Brooklyn and found out that this arms factory happened to be a factory that was banned thirty years ago and belonged to a factory called Siano Garrison.

However, because this Xi'anor tutelary fort was one of the many tutelary forts captured by the Deep Sea during the [Bratonalt Defeat] thirty years ago, the clues were cut off here.

As to why this batch of fake modified cores appeared on Xiguang Island, thousands of miles away and across two war zones, no one had any idea for the time being.

After Li Ran asked Bismarck and Richelieu to send the goblins back, he returned to the office, looked at the transformed cores, and fell into deep thought.

The summer temperature slowly dropped at night. He leaned against the windowsill, looking at the starry sky outside, with a hint of worry in his eyes.

The mysterious underground fortifications and the discovery of the letter seemed to point the cause of this deep-sea invasion back to thirty years ago.

"What a headache."

Li Ran sighed. He originally thought that being an admiral would at most mean living with the ship girls, and sometimes going out to fight against deep-sea invasions. However, these sudden events now made him feel that as an admiral, he could not get rid of the connection with human society.

"Knock knock knock..."

There was a knock on the door, and Li Ran came back to his senses. Since the investigation had temporarily lost clues, he simply stopped thinking about it. He put aside his complicated thoughts, sat down at his desk, and said:

"Please come in."

The door was gently opened, and Li Ran thought it was his own ship girl, but found out it was Z24.

"Z24. It's so late, what's going on?"

Z24 seemed to have mustered up a lot of courage. She walked in slowly and said:

"It's very presumptuous to bother you so late at night."

"It's okay, please sit down." Li Ran would not look down on the destroyer girls just because they looked like elementary school students. After seeing the Firefly's ship uniforms and getting along with them for a period of time, he found that no matter how the ship girls behaved in normal times, they would act like professional soldiers on the battlefield. He had been a soldier, so he still respected the ship girls.

"Well, there is something I would like to ask Admiral Li Ran for help."

"what's up?"

……

Bismarck and Richelieu sent the goblins back to the settlement. On the way back to the garrison, she frowned the whole time.

Richelieu felt a little strange. Bismarck had been uneasy since he revealed the so-called important information. She pondered for a while and then asked:

"Bismarck?"

"how?"

"You seem to be in a bad state. When you came back from the underground fortifications, you were also a little absent-minded during the meeting just now. What's wrong?"

"Richelieu, I lied to the admiral."

"Lies?" Richelieu was a little surprised. She pondered for a while, hesitated for a while and said:

"you mean?"

"The matter of the counterfeit transformation core and the intelligence were actually obtained by me from other sources."

"Other ways?" Richelieu frowned, thought for a moment and said:

"But what does this have to do with you lying to the Admiral?"

"Because I informed the admiral of this information without investigating it, I was afraid that this information might be misleading."

"So that's how it is." Richelieu breathed a sigh of relief. No wonder Bismarck had been so uneasy. After all, the German cat was a rigorous soldier. In her opinion, intelligence that had not been investigated was unreliable. However, she shook her head and said:

"But the facts have proven that your intelligence is indeed correct. Although intelligence sometimes needs to be investigated before it can be credible, reasonable assumptions and bold beliefs can actually bring different gains, right?"

"But……"

"You think the admiral is too perfect, but do you know the admiral?"

"I don't understand, I just think the Admiral..."

"Do you think the Admiral is gentle? Or impulsive?"

“It seems like they all have.”

"Bismarck, you are both right and wrong."

"So what kind of person do you think the admiral is?"

"Admiral, he is a romantic person. He may be impulsive and strict sometimes, but he is a very romantic person at heart."

"romantic?"

"That's right, you know what? The admiral really cares about us, so even if we do anything wrong, he will forgive us. Didn't you see Jilin and Guogan?"

"they?"

"Yes, you should understand that the punishment for shipgirls like Gearing and Kogan who violated the regulations will not be so light. Cancelling their vacation, and then saying that the punishment will be cancelled depending on their performance, proves that the admiral is a person who says one thing and means another. No, it should be said that he is a person with a sharp tongue but a soft heart. This sentence is a proverb in the admiral's hometown."

"A sharp tongue but a soft heart?" Bismarck pondered over the words.

Richelieu nodded, and then said with some envy:

"Do you know who the admiral used this sentence to describe?"

"do not know?"

"Do you remember that the admiral was sick with a fever not long ago?"

"Ah."

"At that time, I asked the admiral to describe us in one sentence. Do you know how he described you?"

"No matter what the admiral says, I..."

"I knew you would say that. The admiral is right. You usually don't talk much, but you are very strict during training. The destroyers are very afraid of you. But when I told the admiral about this, he said to me:

"Bismarck is a strict soldier. I feel relieved to let her train the destroyers because you are doing this for the port area. So, Bismarck is a person with a sharp tongue but a soft heart."

Bismarck never cared about the impression others had of her, but when she heard Richelieu say this, she was touched. It turned out that she had always cared about the admiral's opinion. Her hands trembled slightly, and after a moment her face returned to calm. She said in a light tone:

"It's getting late, let's go back."

Richelieu chuckled, and then said nothing more. She sighed in her heart:

My dear Admiral, Richelieu can only help you up to this point. Whether this German Persian cat can resolve his emotional problems depends on you, Admiral.

At this time, Li Ran also ended his conversation with Z24. He watched Z24 quietly as he closed the office door, feeling a little complicated.

An hour and a half later, Li Ran finished processing the documents and left the office. Just as he was about to wash up and go to bed, he saw Bismarck sitting quietly in the living room in pajamas. He was a little surprised:

"Bismarck? It's so late, why are you still awake?"

"Ah, Admiral." A trace of obvious panic flashed across Bismarck's face.

Bismarck and Li Ran didn't know that Z24 and Richelieu were crouching and secretly watching the situation in the living room.

"Sister Richelieu, can your method really help Sister Meow?"

"Of course I can. Thank you, Z24."

"That's good."

Li Ran had just talked to Bismarck for a while when he heard the sound of heavy rain outside.

"Bismarck?"

"Admiral, I..."

"It's okay. Z24 and I talked about it. She told me that she got your information from her. She said that you've been feeling uneasy lately, probably because of this incident, and of course your sister's matter."

"sorry."

"It's okay. I've said it before. When these things are over, I will accompany you to find your sister. Of course, I will also help Z24 and the others find the others. You chose to trust Z24 about the intelligence this time. It turned out to be correct, right? That's enough."

Chapter 134: After the rainstorm, the sky will always clear up

Bismarck stood up gently, and then kissed Li Ran gently on the cheek while he was still a little confused.