Elder brother's garrison

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"What a waste! Using quick repair when the blood is only green? What kind of family do you have? Are you rich or something?"

"Even if you have money, you shouldn't waste it like this..."

Under the watchful eyes of the ship girls, the thrifty and frugal female hearth muttered to herself, her hammer never stopping for a moment.

Chapter 1721 The Missing Mutsu

The speed at which Vestal repairs ship equipment depends on the severity of the injury to the ship girl and the size of the ship. For the ship girls of the Obsidian Mercenary Group, who mostly suffer only minor scratches and green blood damage, Vestal can repair them in just a few minutes.

Amidst a series of clanging and banging sounds, the Vessula used her ship-equipment hammer to carefully repair the damaged ship equipment of each of the ship girls.

"Fixed and done!"

After the goddess of the hearth finished hammering the last ship girl, she put away her little hammer and wiped the fine sweat from her forehead with satisfaction.

The ship rigging behind the Obsidian Mercenary Group's ship girls shone as brightly as new under the Vesta's restorative abilities, radiating a warm glow as if they had been reborn.

"Wow, so fast... It's only been a few minutes... This... Is this the legendary power that can repair ship girls' equipment...?" The Obsidian Mercenary Group ship girls finished examining their bodies and turned their shocked gazes to the Vesta.

"She's so...so amazing." Captain Lin Yueyue murmured to Xiaobai, quite shocked, as she looked at the Vesla who had retrieved her ship equipment.

Lin Yueyue, as the leader of a civilian mercenary group, often sees things from a leader's perspective that ordinary civilian ship girls might overlook. Perhaps the Vesta's repairing power is simply seen as "magical" by most civilian ship girls, but in Lin Yueyue's eyes, this convenient, quick, and cost-free repair capability is already a top-tier logistical capability sufficient to support a large mercenary group in its all-out efforts without any worries…

So the legend wasn't false after all...

If the Goddess of the Hearth could join the Obsidian Mercenary Group, wouldn't that mean the future of the Obsidian Mercenary Group be...?

As Lin Yueyue thought of this, she subconsciously glanced at Xiaobai beside her, and then she found that Xiaobai seemed to see through her thoughts and was looking at her with a smile.

"Uh." Lin Yueyue blushed and lowered her head awkwardly, her hands involuntarily intertwining together.

Oh……

Yes.

Although her own mercenary group arrived first, Vestal is now her mother's ship girl...

Lin Yueyue felt a little lost.

But unexpectedly.

Lin Yueyue didn't feel much disappointment or regret.

"Miss Yueyue, it's quite dangerous here. Now that your ship girl's equipment has been repaired, let's go downstairs." Xiaobai didn't say much about the little thoughts that flashed through Lin Yueyue's mind. She just extended her hand to Lin Yueyue and said with a smile.

"Mmm...mmm." Lin Yueyue nodded and took the hand that Xiaobai offered.

"Captain, what about this..." The Obsidian Mercenary Group ship girls, having repaired their ship equipment, approached one by one, holding the rapid repair device, looking troubled.

Xiao Bai had just given them the quick repair device because they were too scantily clad to go downstairs and show themselves. It was specifically for them to repair their ship equipment. Now, their ship equipment had been smoothed and rounded by the helpful citizen, the goddess of the hearth, and their tattered clothes had been completely repaired. So, the quick repair device in their hands had become awkward.

You know, it's a bit embarrassing to put such a precious thing as a quick repair device into the ship's equipment space yourself, but it's also hard to give it back to Shiro, such a rare and precious thing... The ship girls are caught in a dilemma.

"The quick repair device was a gift from me, so of course there's no reason for me to take it back." Xiaobai saw the ship girls' inner turmoil and, before Lin Yueyue could speak, smiled at them first. "We had quite a few misunderstandings before, so consider this a souvenir to clear things up. You can keep it without worry."

"Ah—" The obsidian ship girls looked at the smiling Little White and their expressions of surprise and delight appeared one by one. They hugged the rapid repair device in their arms as if it were a treasure, and quickly bowed to Little White to express their gratitude, "Thank you very much!"

"Thank you, Mom Lu Lin..." Lin Yueyue also tightened her grip on Xiaobai's hand and said to Xiaobai with emotion.

"Don't be so polite... and you don't need to call me Mom..."

"Okay, Mommy, no problem, Mommy!" Lin Yueyue squeezed Xiaobai's hand and nodded seriously to Xiaobai.

"……"noob.

The group left the dilapidated office building and returned to the open space downstairs.

As soon as they pushed open the office building door, they saw a bunch of unconscious ship girls lying haphazardly on the open ground downstairs. Changchun and Yubari were like nannies, moving around the open ground, straightening and arranging the ship girls lying on the ground one by one.

"Oh? Admiral, you're out?" Yubari, who was settling the unconscious ship girls, turned her head and was the first to see Shiro walking out of the office building. She smiled and waved to Shiro, greeting her, "Eh? And who's this next to you...?"

"Huh?! How come all my ship girls are gone...?"

The scene before her eyes startled Lin Yueyue, the regimental commander, who had just stepped out of the office building.

Because the series of events that occurred on the second floor of the office building were so sudden, Lin Yueyue had always assumed that Xiaobai's group had used a blitzkrieg tactic, breaking through her ship girls' defenses with lightning speed to reach her. This time, accompanying Xiaobai downstairs, Lin Yueyue had planned to explain to her ship girls that Xiaobai wasn't an enemy and ask them not to attack her… She never expected that all the ship girls downstairs would be taken down…

There are only a few people... how can they subdue their ship girls so quickly... are their ship girls made of paper...?

Looking down at the mountain of ship girls piled up in the open space below, Lin Yueyue couldn't help but fall into a deep sense of self-doubt.

"Miss Yueyue, don't worry, they're not injured. Their ship equipment was slightly damaged, and they briefly lost consciousness and fainted." Xiaobai used the Admiral's Network to check on the ship girls' bodies, then smiled and explained to the surprised Lin Yueyue.

"Ah... I see..." Lin Yueyue was still in shock, and a hint of fear appeared in her eyes as she looked at Xiaobai. "Lu Lin's mother's ship girls are all so powerful..."

"..." Xiaobai scratched his head, not knowing how to respond to that sentence.

Shiro first looked around at the open space and tried to find Mutsu in the crowd, but soon found nothing. Then, somewhat puzzled, he spoke to Yubari and Nagaharu.

"Yubari, Nagaharu, I'm back."

"Admiral, are you alright? It's good that you're alright."

What are you doing?

"As you can see, let's clean up the battlefield. The office building is so small, it would be a waste for Changchun and me to go up there and make things worse. Let's just tidy up the battlefield down here."

"Ah... Yuzuri, have you guys been here the whole time?"

"Yes. What's wrong?"

"Did you see a lady near the office building entrance just now?" Xiaobai pointed to the door behind her and gestured a voluptuous S-curve to Yubari as she asked.

"Big sister? Hmm... There are quite a few ship girls that meet your requirements, Admiral... When Changchun and I were cleaning up the battlefield, we settled them all over there. Which one are you referring to, Admiral?" Yubari pointed to a row of unconscious ship girls neatly lined up on the open ground and said to Shiro.

"Ah... she's not a ship girl from the Obsidian Mercenary Group..." Shiro looked in the direction Yubari pointed and found that they were all ship girls from the Obsidian Mercenary Group. Unfortunately, he still couldn't find Mutsu.

"I don't know about that. When Changchun and I arrived here, this was already the place." Yubari and Changchun exchanged a glance, then Yubari said to Shiro, "Hmm... speaking of which, who is that older sister you mentioned, Admiral?"

“Ms. Mutsu? Hmm… I don’t really know who she is, but she suddenly appeared today and helped me a lot… I’m very grateful to her—she’s the kind older sister who always smiled at us so kindly when we met at Ms. Nyonya’s house.” Shiro said to Yubari.

"The female hearth goddess?" Yubari tilted his head and looked at Changchun. "Little Changchun, do you know which one you're talking about?"

“Hmm… I know the older sister you mentioned, Admiral. I saw her once at the house of the goddess of the hearth.” Changchun nodded, then shook his head at Xiaobai. “But I’m sorry, Admiral, when Yubari and I rushed over here, we didn’t find her here.”

"Huh? Didn't you find it...?" Xiaobai was puzzled.

Where did Mutsu go?

"Perhaps she felt her mission was over and left?" Just then, the female hearth goddess spoke to Xiaobai.

"Huh? You left?"

“I saw her when I came in. She was guarding the gate... She probably left after I came in,” the female hearth goddess said to Little White.

"Ah...it seems like this is the only explanation..." Xiaobai nodded thoughtfully.

Ms. Mutsu is very good at infiltration. If she wanted to leave before Yubari and Nagaharu arrived, it should be a very easy thing for her... This is the only reason why Mutsu could not be found at the scene.

But... why did Mutsu leave? She helped me a lot today, and now that the misunderstanding between me and the Obsidian Mercenary Group has been cleared up, I was thinking of finding Mutsu to thank her and maybe invite her over for a visit...

"Does the goddess of the hearth know where Miss Mutsu lives?"

"Hmm, I don't know."

"That's it..."

"However, if you want to see her, you can come to my house sometime after I get home. Mutsu has been staying at my house from morning till night these days, and I can't get rid of her no matter what I do," the Kitchen Goddess said to Shiro.

"Ah, that's right!" Xiaobai clapped his hands and smiled at the female hearth goddess, "Then, Miss Hearth Goddess, may I visit Miss Mutsu at your house next time?"

"Of course! We're like family!" The female kitchen god grinned at Little White, showing off her white teeth.

Chapter 1722 Stolen Money!

Since we can't find Mutsu now, we can wait until the Vessus's small clinic opens before trying to catch her.

Xiaobai temporarily put Mutsu's matter aside and first gave Yubari a brief introduction to Captain Lin Yueyue, as well as the matter between the Obsidian Mercenary Group and the Goddess of the Hearth.

"Ah... it really is the previous minister's fault again." After listening to Xiaobai's words, Yubari rubbed her forehead and showed a helpless expression. She sighed and explained to Commander Lin Yueyue, "Actually, the thing is, the person who lied to you was not the goddess of the hearth, nor our admiral, but the minister of finance from twenty years ago. That old minister was a corrupt old man who was always lining his own pockets. You are all his victims."

"Uh... um... I understand." Lin Yueyue lowered her head awkwardly. "I'm sorry for dragging you all into this..."

"Hahaha," Yubari laughed three times with her hands on her hips. "Anyway, in the end, our admiral didn't suffer any grievances. On the contrary, we almost wiped out your mercenary group, including all the ship girls. Apologies and such are irrelevant since things have developed this way!"

"..." Lin Yueyue said.

"Yubari, the reason I told you about Miss Yueyue is to ask you to take her to the police station later so she can provide some statements and clues for the police officers investigating the former minister. Is that alright?" Shiro said to Yubari.

“Hmm… The Obsidian Mercenary Group is an organization that had a deal with the previous minister twenty years ago… Although it’s been a while, if we have receipts or something, they should be key evidence, right?” Yubari thought for a moment, then nodded to Shiro. “Yes! We need to go to the police station!”

"Then there's no time to lose. I'll have to trouble you, Yubari, to take Miss Yueyue to the police station." As Xiaobai said this, she turned around and smiled at the dozen or so Obsidian Mercenary Group ship girls who were looking nervous. "If you're worried about Miss Yueyue, you can come along too."

"Thank you so much!" the Obsidian Mercenary Group ship girls said with delight.

"Okay... Hmm, but from what you're saying, Admiral, aren't you coming along?" Yubari asked Xiaobai curiously after hearing her words.

"I'll stay here and wait for you to come back."

"Huh? What are you staying here for?"

"Aren't there still many ship girls with damaged equipment?" Xiaobai pointed to the ship girls neatly arranged around him by Yubari and Changchun, and smiled at the Vestal standing to the side, rubbing her hands together, ready to fight. "I'll stay here with Miss Vestal to treat them."

"Oh...I see." Yubari nodded, looking at Commander Lin Yueyue, "Then this young commander, you don't mind, do you?"

"Yes! I'll do whatever Mom says!" Lin Yueyue nodded quickly, as obedient as a good daughter.

"Mom is..."

Yubari looked at Lin Yueyue with a strange expression, then glanced at Xiaobai, and hesitated for a moment.

After a few seconds, Yubari realized something.

However, after realizing what had happened, Yubari didn't ask any more questions. She just gave Xiaobai a strange look that said, "You young people really know how to have fun." After shrugging her shoulders, she led Lin Yueyue and a group of ship girls away from the factory.

Watching Yubari and Commander Lin Yueyue disappear from sight, Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief, glanced back at the office building, and pondered for a moment.

The office building that was bombarded by Changchun has a large section of its second floor missing, like a strawberry cake that has been scooped out.

"Although it's an unmanned factory area, it would still be quite dangerous if it collapsed... Maybe we should call a construction team to demolish this building later..." As Xiaobai was thinking, he was suddenly attracted by a series of clanging sounds.

Turning her head, the goddess of the hearth had already summoned her ship equipment and picked up her beloved little hammer.

"Can I start repairing from over there?" The Vestal pointed to the row of ship girls closest to her and asked Shiro.

"Sure," Xiaobai nodded with a smile.

"Alright!" The goddess of the hearth breathed a sigh of relief, picked up her little hammer, and walked towards the ship girls.

With nothing else to do, Xiao Bai followed the steps of the female Kitchen Goddess and walked to her side.

"Thank you so much, Lady Stove Goddess, for your hard work today," Xiao Bai said with a smile to her.

"Hard work? You mean now?" The Vesta crouched down next to a ship girl who had fainted, and gently patted her head. A flash of light appeared, and a ship's equipment appeared next to the unconscious ship girl. The Vesta gently tapped the ship's equipment twice.

"Yes, that's right." Xiaobai nodded.

"It's alright... they're all minor injuries anyway. I was the one who damaged these ship girls' equipment in the first place." The Vesta muttered a couple of times, then asked Shiro, "Besides, if I don't go and repair these ship girls' equipment, are you going to pull out the quick repair device for them again later?"

"more or less."

"That's over a hundred ship girls..." Vestal's hand trembled, then she pouted, looking heartbroken for Shiro, and said, "It's too extravagant! How much money must that cost? Even I can't stand it. Even if you're rich, you can't be this wasteful, blah blah blah..."

The female Kitchen Goddess, who came from a poor background, could not understand Xiaobai's suffering from having so many bathtubs in her home that they were overflowing. She kept instilling in Xiaobai things like, "Hard work and struggle are the good qualities of people's lives. We must always remember that it is the struggle of our ancestors that has brought us the rich material life we ​​have today."

Xiaobai squatted quietly beside the female hearth, hugging her legs, listening to her mutterings while watching her hammer the ship girls' equipment one by one.

"Okay, I'll remember that," Xiaobai said with a smile to the female stove goddess.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, it's about being thrifty and frugal."

"Hmm...that's good." The goddess of the hearth pouted and glanced at Little White, her hands pausing as she hammered the ship's rigging, as if deep in thought. After a long while, she finally spoke, "Well, speaking of which, there's actually something else I need to tell you..."

"What is it?"

"I'm sorry, I dragged you into this mess this time."

"This is not your fault, Miss Stove Goddess, you don't need to apologize."

"That's what they say... but... I still have to give you an explanation..." The goddess of the hearth looked down at the small hammer in her hand.

"Ok?"

"..." The goddess of the hearth was silent for a moment, then suddenly sighed, and then swung her small hammer and smashed it hard twice on the ship girl's rigging in front of her as if to vent her anger. "Fine! For now, pretend I didn't say anything!"

The unconscious ship girl, who had been furiously struck by the goddess of the heart, convulsed violently a few times, as if the goddess of the heart had pressed a pacemaker.