Daily life with the ship girl

Bismarck was very concerned about the ship girl named Missouri. She lowered her head and muttered to herself:

Missouri? The one that swept across two major war zones? I'm looking forward to the day when we can play against each other.

Li Ran sent Washington and others away from the Leiming Garrison in a dazed state, and the matter of his coming to the Leiming Garrison was resolved. Although this solution was a little beyond his expectations, it was a good thing that it was resolved.

However, Major Lei Ming still invited Li Ran and Bai Nuoyan to stay for lunch. Li Ran felt that it was a rare opportunity for him to come out, so he might as well take some time to see how other admirals built their port areas, so he agreed.

Bai Nuoyan asked Hipper to inform Brooklyn and the Raiders to attend the lunch.

Chapter 144: An unexpected meeting

"Blücher, Washington and the others are in such a hurry to leave, what happened?"

After meeting Washington, Brooklyn and the Raiders went to help the destroyers of the Thunder Garrison to blow up a base of the Deep Blue Light on Leiming Island. Then she and the Raiders returned to the Princess Yunyan and received a notification from Hipper. She asked on the way.

"Regarding the issue of the White Crane Line, Li Ran met with the Governor, but it seems that the Governor had foreseen some situations in advance. Washington took the evidence back and left first."

"I see. But North Carolina and the Rock Sisters really gave us a scare. They made such a big noise, are they really okay?" The raider looked at the empty dock, feeling a little surprised.

"It's okay. This was instructed by Major Lei Ming. After all, this is a time of trouble. Some of these merchants gathered here because they believed the message. Now Washington is just doing Major Lei Ming a favor. Let's not talk about this. Let's talk about you. Did you cause the explosion just now? I saw a Sea Fang fighter similar to the Lexington flying over the explosion area."

Hipper was equipped with a [Standard Fire Control Radar: 50% Air-to-Air Correction], which was a gift from Bai Nuoyan. However, she had never been willing to use it. One reason was that she was not familiar with the performance of the radar, and the other was that she had never encountered any threats from the air.

However, there was an emergency on Thunder Island this time, so she had to travel east to install new ships. She accidentally discovered that in addition to the Sea Fang carrier-based aircraft launched by Lexington, there were also the same carrier-based aircraft signals in the explosion area. She thought about it and realized that there were no aircraft carriers in the Thunder Garrison. In this case, only the Raiders had the ability to launch carrier-based aircraft.

"Ah, this is because we happened to meet the destroyers of the Thunder Garrison. They were going to solve some problems, so Brooklyn and I went to help them."

Hipper nodded and said:

"I see. It seems like you guys really were responsible for the explosion."

Brooklyn and the Raiders were stunned. They were actually being tricked.

Brooklyn sighed to himself, then said:

"But what's this luncheon about?"

"Maybe it's because Li Ran helped Major Lei Ming, so Major Lei Ming wants to reward him. I think if Washington and others were not in a hurry to leave, maybe I could have lunch with those guys and ask for their advice."

Hipper gritted her teeth when she talked about Washington and others. She was about to break into Admiral Leiming's mansion, but was subdued by Kako, Furutaka and others, together with the two ship girls dressed like musicians, which made her feel a little aggrieved.

"Hipper, are you okay? You look a little pale." The attacker obviously noticed that Hipper's face was a little pale, and she asked with concern.

"It's okay, let's go over quickly, lunch is almost starting." Hipper suppressed his anger, then his face returned to calm and he said lightly.

Brooklyn was a little helpless. It seemed that something unpleasant had happened to Hipper on this island.

The three ship girls stopped talking and focused on their journey. A few minutes later, they met Atago who was waiting on the roadside.

"The three of you are finally here. Please follow me. The lunch will begin soon."

"Thank you for your help, Atago." Hipper did not have much prejudice against Atago. After all, it was not Atago who had a conflict with her.

……

On the other side, the place where the Leiming Garrison held its lunch was at Tingtao Garden next to Tinghai Pavilion. When Li Ran saw the name, the corners of his mouth twitched. He didn't expect that Lei Ming, who looked like a big and strong man, was also an elegant person.

Walking into the circular arch of Tingtao Garden, one sees a layout similar to that of the Suzhou Gardens in China, with pavilions, rockeries, fountains, strange rocks, rare flowers and plants, and of course the white spray of the waves hitting the shore not far away, as well as the sound of waves from time to time. Li Ran exclaimed:

"This is the work of a garden master. Major Lei is enjoying it."

"I didn't expect you to be so knowledgeable. I asked a gardening master from Xia Country to carefully arrange this place. It can be considered a resting place for them."

Lei Ming looked at his ship girls. He had finally dealt with all the mess. Those guys from [Deep Blue Light] had been temporarily detained, waiting for the people from the Admiral Academy headquarters to come and take them to the nearest prison island early tomorrow morning. At this time, he looked at Chu Xue and others playing in the garden, and his mood improved a lot. However, seeing that Li Ran and Bai Nuoyan were there, he couldn't let them make too much trouble, so he quickly scolded them:

"Shirayuki-chan, there are guests coming and the lunch party is about to start. Let's all be quiet for a while."

"Got it, Admiral." Bai Xue nodded sensibly. When Fubuki was not around, Bai Xue's young wife was the boss of the destroyers of the Thunder Garrison. At this moment, looking at Bai Nuoyan and Li Ran wearing admiral uniforms, she knew that she must not embarrass her admiral, so she quickly called her sisters.

Li Ran and Bai Nuoyan followed Lei Ming into the two-story Japanese-style attic in Tingtao Garden. The combination of the Chinese garden and the Japanese-style attic did not seem to be incompatible.

"It's nice here, isn't it? These were all decorated by sisters Shancheng and Fusang. Every time I come here, I'm reminded of my honeymoon with them."

"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect you to be such a..." Li Ran couldn't help but whisper a few words in Lei Ming's ear that only men could understand, making Lei Ming's old face a little embarrassed.

"Ahem, I'm not as good as you. You have the Lexington sisters, Bismarck, and Richelieu. Tsk tsk, you are more enviable."

Lei Ming couldn't help but tease Li Ran a few words.

Bai Nuoyan looked at the two men whispering over there with somewhat lewd smiles on their faces. She frowned and sat down on the tatami.

"Miss Bai, you look like you're in a bad mood." Fuso changed into a kimono at this time, and the style of a Yamato Nadeshiko was fully revealed. Bai Nuoyan couldn't help but take a look at her chest, and then looked at Fuso's offending breasts, and said to herself in her heart:

What a disgusting amount of breast milk.

However, Bai Nuoyan immediately felt that it was unreasonable for her to be so jealous of the other party, and quickly said:

"It's okay. Miss Fuso's dress is very beautiful."

"This is my husband's favorite."

"Husband...husband?" Bai Nuoyan was stunned. Although she had guessed that Shancheng and Fuso might be Lei Ming's wedding ships, when she saw Fuso, a married woman, say this, Bai Nuoyan suddenly felt that Lei Ming, the seemingly honest big brother, suddenly became a little hateful. Sisters, no wonder they were as wretched as Li Ran.

Li Ran couldn't help but sneeze. He rubbed his nose and thought to himself, could it be that some girl is thinking about me?

Lei Ming was about to stop Li Ran from sneezing, but then he also felt a discomfort in his nose and sneezed.

The two men couldn't help but look at each other, and seeing that there was some surprise on each other's faces, they couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Lexington and Bismarck were entertained by Shancheng. At this time, Lexington withdrew her gaze from Li Ran and said nonchalantly:

"This room is beautifully decorated, Shancheng, who did this?"

"My sister, this is where the admiral and I used to date." Shancheng's face was extremely gentle when he talked about Lei Ming.

Lexington's eyes flashed with deep thought, while Bismarck was drinking tea at this time. Then she saw Gu Ying and Kagu walking in with two unfamiliar ship girls. She asked curiously:

"Who are those two people? Why are they wearing veils in such hot weather?"

Shancheng looked at Bismarck, who had a strange expression on his face. She said meaningfully:

“They are two very interesting people.”

Bismarck was about to ask more questions, but Atago arrived with Brooklyn, Raider and Hipper, so she didn't ask any more questions.

Lei Ming saw that most of the people had arrived, so he stopped talking with Li Ran and announced the start of lunch.

The guests and hosts took their seats. Bai Nuoyan and Hipper sat together, while Li Ran was sandwiched between Bismarck and Lexington. As for the two veiled ship girls, they sat just opposite Li Ran and his ship girl.

Shancheng and Fuso sat on both sides of the main seat where Leiming sat. When Fuso saw this seating arrangement, she asked Leiming with some concern:

"Husband, won't this arrangement cause any trouble?"

Lei Ming's eyes flashed with a hint of amusement, and he said meaningfully:

"No, I believe Nuremberg will find a way to solve it."

"The admiral is very afraid of that ship girl." Yamashiro still couldn't call the admiral "husband" like her sister did. She had only been the marriage ship for a short time and hadn't changed her identity so quickly.

"It's not that I'm afraid. Let's not talk about that. We are the host and we can't be rude." Lei Ming looked at Bismarck sitting next to Li Ran thoughtfully, then retracted his gaze, stood up, held a glass of Japanese sake, and slowly said:

"You two have come from afar. I heard from Shancheng that the Governor-General gave you the opportunity to attend the fleet review ceremony because of you two. I would like to offer you a toast."

"Major Lei, you're welcome." Li Ran also picked up the wine glass and stood up.

Although Bai Nuoyan doesn't drink, this is her first time attending a banquet between admirals. She has reviewed this etiquette before, so she also stood up:

"Major Lei is too polite."

"You two, please!" Lei Ming drank the wine in the glass and then looked at Li Ran and Bai Nuoyan.

Li Ran also drank the sake and found it tasted good.

After Bai Nuo finished drinking, he frowned.

The three admirals drank the wine, and the banquet officially began.

The two veiled ship girls also took off their veils at this time.

Bismarck watched Li Ran sit down. She poured a cup of tea for the admiral. She knew that the admiral could not drink much. Li Ran thought that it would be Lexington who poured the wine for him, but it was Bismarck. He said quickly:

"Thank you, Bismarck."

The voice of this sentence was not loud, but it just happened to reach the ears of the two ship girls on the opposite side who were taking off their veils, and then, the banquet room suddenly became quiet.

When Li Ran felt something was wrong, he noticed that one of the two ship girls on the opposite side had a cold look on her face, and then he heard the ship girl spit out a sentence coldly:

"Bismarck, I finally see you, but that's all."

Bismarck frowned. She felt that the aura of this ship girl was not too unpleasant, but her words were indeed unpleasant. She said in a light tone:

"I don't seem to know you, sir. I don't know how I have offended you."

Chapter 145: I have your people here

Li Ran felt that the atmosphere was not right. Why did the two ship girls on the opposite side seem to know Bismarck? He coughed:

"Excuse me, have my Bismarck offended you in some way?"

"Your Bismarck?" Bai Nuoyan's mouth twitched. This man has become so skilled after not seeing him for a few days. Damn it.

Hipper saw that the admiral's face was a little flushed, and thought that she was drunk, so he was a little worried:

"Admiral, are you okay? Your face is so red."

"It's okay, I just feel a little uncomfortable looking at the faces of Europeans." Bai Nuoyan said lightly.

Hipper felt a little strange, but when she looked at the two ship girls diagonally opposite her, she instinctively felt that they were somewhat familiar, which was really worrying.

"Bismarck. I never thought you would find such a burden. How disappointing! As expected, I am the only one who is the crystallization of German technology!"

The corners of Li Ran's mouth twitched. Damn it, how did I become a burden?

Bismarck's face suddenly turned cold:

“Please be mindful of your words and actions.”

Nuremberg couldn't stand it any longer. Hindenburg was just a stubborn guy. She sighed and said:

"Don't argue with Hindenburg. Oh, I forgot to introduce myself, Admiral. I am the light cruiser Nuremberg of Country G, and this is Hindenburg. I'm sorry for being rude, Admiral."

"Hmph!" Hindenburg still respected Nuremberg. After all, it was mostly her credit that the Black Cross Mercenary Group could reach its current size. Moreover, the failure of this commission was all her responsibility. The loss of contact with Z24, Z28, U47, U96, and Z46 was also caused by her impulsiveness. She was full of guilt towards Nuremberg.

"It's okay. Excuse me, are you the free ship girls of the Black Cross Mercenary Group?" Li Ran remembered that Z24 seemed to have said that there was a sister named Nuremberg in their Black Cross Mercenary Group.

"I didn't expect that the Admiral also knew the Black Cross Mercenary Group." Nuremberg was a little surprised, but still said politely.

"Bismarck? Could they be the sisters that Z24 and the others were talking about?" Li Ran was a little uncertain and asked Bismarck in the exclusive channel.

Bismarck looked at Hindenburg deeply. She heard Li Ran's question, then thought for a while and said:

"When I was entering the canal, I heard Z24 and the others say that the sea area where they had an accident was not very far from here. I think it is very likely that they are the lost members of Z24 and the others."

"Should we tell them about Z24?"

"Admiral, you make the decision."

Li Ran pondered for a while, ended Bismarck's talk, and then said to Nuremberg:

"I have heard a little bit about the Black Cross Mercenary Group, but I didn't expect to meet you here."

"I see." Nuremberg was confused and could only nod politely.

Then, the atmosphere became a little awkward. After all, the two parties were not very familiar with each other, and there was an argument. Now that the atmosphere had cooled, they were completely deadlocked.

Li Ran coughed, then turned to the ship girl named Hindenburg, and then felt a little short of words, and uttered:

"This must be Hindenburg, she is indeed a heroine."

"Excuse me, Admiral? What is a heroine?" Nuremberg looked at Hindenburg, who rarely made any sarcastic remarks, and asked in surprise.

"Yes, I understand heroes, but which country does this heroine belong to? Are the heroes of that country very powerful?" Bai Nuoyan didn't feel that he had exposed his IQ at all at this moment.

Li Ran secretly held his forehead, he forgot that there seemed to be no such thing as idioms in this world. Although this world used Chinese as the common language, idioms did not exist. It was really embarrassing. However, seeing that everyone was curious, even Hindenburg looked over with some curiosity.

Li Ran felt that his vanity was greatly satisfied at this moment, then he coughed and said:

"In my hometown, in historical records, jinguo refers to the accessories worn by ancient noble women. Later, people called female heroes jinguo heroes, which is also a compliment."

"Humph, Bismarck, you see, your man has better vision than you."

Bismarck frowned, feeling somewhat puzzled. Couldn't Hindenburg hear that the admiral's words were just polite? Well, I forgot that she, like Zeppelin, was a product of the future Navy's Z plan. Are all blueprint ships like this?

Li Ran looked at Bismarck's calm face and breathed a sigh of relief. He was really stupid. He felt even more embarrassed to show off his knowledge at this time. He changed the subject and said to Nuremberg: