Elder brother's garrison

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The auxiliary police officer behind Yubari walked to the bookshelf, reached out with his white-gloved hand to open the dusty bookshelf door, and with some effort pulled out the first book on the second shelf from the tightly packed bookshelf. He flipped through a few pages and, sure enough, found a small green savings book hidden in the book's compartment.

"Dr. Yubari, we found the bankbook." The auxiliary police officer walked back to Yubari's side, opened the bankbook, and handed it to Yubari to look at.

"Let me see... Wow..." Yubari leaned over, glanced at the account holder and deposit information on the passbook, and then gave the department head a meaningful look. "This really is... a huge sum of money. You've already embezzled the goddess of the hearth's salary, and now you're afraid to spend it, keeping it separately in a passbook. What are you trying to achieve..."

"Let me see, let me see!" The female hearth goddess excitedly stood on tiptoe, grabbing Yubari's waist as she tried to reach for the savings book.

“I’m sorry, this is currently incriminating evidence, so we need to avoid contact with other people as much as possible.” Ignoring the female Stove Goddess’s request, the auxiliary police officer took out a sealed folder in front of the anxious Stove Goddess and threw the passbook inside. “After the suspect’s sentencing is over, we will exchange this passbook with you. Thank you for your cooperation, miss.”

"Me! That's my savings book!" The female kitchen god exclaimed, her face flushed with anxiety.

“To be precise, only the money inside is your money; this passbook belongs to the finance minister,” Yubari said to the goddess of the hearth. “Hey, just wait a bit. You’ve already waited twenty years; these people aren’t going to swallow your money.”

"Hmm..." The goddess of the hearth drooped her face. She stammered for a moment, then her gaze shifted to the minister, and she suddenly became deflated and filled with intense anger. "Hmph!"

The female Kitchen Goddess walked briskly to the table.

The minister's face turned pale, and he took two steps back.

The goddess of the hearth slammed her hand on the table twice and shouted at the minister.

"You! What did I, the goddess of the kitchen, ever do to you! Why! Why are you withholding my salary! You're so mean!! Do you know how hard it is for me to live, where I can only afford two meals of hand-pulled pancakes a week, and I have to worry about whether I can afford to pay the water bill even when I drink a glass of water! You bastard! You bastard!"

"Most importantly, he hasn't spent a single penny of your money, even if it's just sitting in a savings account waiting for the currency to depreciate." Yubari mercilessly added insult to injury to the female hearth goddess.

"Ugh!!" Although the female stove goddess didn't understand what currency devaluation meant, these words were enough to ignite her anger. She raised her little arm and started spinning a windmill, then swung it at the minister. "Bastard! Selfish wretch! Idiot! You've done so much harm! A social parasite! I'm going to make you taste the wrath I've accumulated over twenty years!"

Before the female Kitchen Goddess could even extend her arms, she was picked up from the ground by a female auxiliary police officer next to her.

"Let me go! Let me go! I'll fight him to the death today!" The female kitchen god kicked and struggled in the arms of the auxiliary policewoman, yelling and screaming at the minister on the other side, "I'm going to beat you to a pulp! I really am going to beat you to a pulp!"

“Now that you’ve caught him red-handed and he’s confessed, hitting him again would be considered assault and you’d get a lawyer’s letter,” Yubari said to the female hearth goddess kicking her legs in mid-air. “Why don’t you go with the auxiliary police later and be a witness or something to make a record?”

"I don't care, I don't care, I'm going to hit him! Nobody's going to stop me today!"

"...If you receive a lawyer's letter, you might have to pay compensation."

"..." The goddess of the hearth paused in mid-air, then her arms and legs naturally fell down, and she instantly calmed down.

"I...I confess, I admit, I also have something I want to report!" Upon hearing Yubari's words, the minister shuddered, his face turning pale as he nervously addressed the crowd, "I want to be a witness for the prosecution, I beg for leniency, I...I also have someone to report!"

"Alright, alright, you can report me. We'll talk when you get to the police station." Yubari waved to the auxiliary police officer beside him.

The auxiliary police officers stepped forward, took out handcuffs, handcuffed the minister, grabbed one of his coats to cover his wrists, and escorted him toward the door.

The minister had a blank expression, messy hair, and was covered in sweat, but surprisingly he was very obedient and was escorted out of the finance department by the auxiliary police officers.

"Phew...that's all for now." After the auxiliary police officer and the minister walked out the door, Yubari breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Shiro. "It went more smoothly than I expected, Admiral."

"Ah... um. Yes." Shiro glanced at the dejected female hearth god and nodded to Yubari. "Thanks to you for coming today, Yubari."

"It's nothing, it's nothing~" Yubari smiled at Shiro, but halfway through her smile, she sighed and revealed a complicated expression, "Sigh... I just didn't expect that the head of the finance department of the ship equipment research center would be a embezzler. This method is so much worse than what is shown in TV dramas, how did they manage to fool the lower-level employees?"

“Uh…that’s true,” Xiaobai murmured.

Although the matter went more smoothly than Xiaobai expected, and the minister confessed much faster than he had imagined, after it was all over, thinking about it, it was really a bit strange for a minister of his status to deduct the salary of a lower-level employee.

Just like Yubari said, the minister withheld a security guard's salary, accumulated a huge sum of money over a long period of time, and didn't spend a single penny, keeping it in the bank account to accrue interest and wait for the currency to depreciate... What exactly was he after?

It is indeed impossible for humans to understand each other.

As Xiaobai was thinking, she felt a pinching sensation on her hand.

Xiao Bai turned around and found that it was the listless female Kitchen Goddess tugging at his sleeve.

"Hmm? Miss Stove Goddess? What's wrong?"

"Ah... this... it's..." The female hearth goddess lowered her head, tapped two fingers together, and said softly, "Today... thank you so much... for helping me get my unpaid wages. If it weren't for you, I might have been kept in the dark for a long time..."

"You're welcome, after all, we're friends," Xiaobai said with a smile to the female stove goddess.

The goddess of the hearth was right about one thing.

If it weren't for Shiro and Yubari, given the Vesshin's complacent attitude of just loafing around and never interacting with other security guards, it would probably be decades before she discovered her wages were being withheld.

"Um... will it return the money it withheld to me later?" the goddess of the hearth asked cautiously.

"Probably... I think so."

"Well... after it's issued, how about I treat you to a meal..." the female Kitchen Goddess asked softly.

"..." Little White blinked and smiled at the female hearth goddess, "Okay."

"..." The goddess of the hearth breathed a sigh of relief and gave Little White a relaxed smile.

"Oh right, Vesta Goddess, are you free later?" Yubari said to Vesta Goddess.

"Huh? I still have to patrol later... What's wrong?" the goddess of the hearth asked Yubari.

"It's about that matter I was just talking about. Although the minister was caught red-handed, we still need a witness or something for the investigation and evidence collection. You've been his target for over twenty years, so I guess the police station will come specifically to collect evidence from you later." Yubari said, pointing to the door. "There's a police auxiliary officer outside right now. Why don't you come with me to the police station later?"

"Oh? You're going too?"

“Of course, after all, I was the one who found the auxiliary police officer this time.” Yubari shrugged helplessly. “You have to provide some statements such as motives, reasons, and processes. But there are advantages to this too. Maybe after you go to give your statement, they will just withdraw the money from your bank account and return it to you.”

"Ah?!" The goddess of the hearth's eyes lit up, and she jumped up and down immediately. "I'll go, I'll go, I'll go right now!"

"Alright~" Yubari patted the goddess of the hearth with a smile, then looked at New Jersey and Changchun behind Shiro, slowly leaned in front of New Jersey, and placed her hand on New Jersey's shoulder, "And—New-Jersey-chan~"

"?"

"Why did you follow the Admiral out today while I was sleeping?"

"...You said yesterday that the ship equipment testing was over."

"It's over, but I'm not satisfied yet!" Yubari said lewdly, pulling New Jersey up and touching her small hand. "Every observation of your Iowa-class ship equipment brings new surprises. Who would refuse to test your Iowa-class ship equipment more? Anyway, come with us~ First, we'll go to the police station, then come back and go straight to the artificial lake to test it out and have some more fun?"

“…” New Jersey looked at Xiaobai.

"It's alright, go ahead to New Jersey," Xiaobai said with a smile.

"New Jersey sister, you should get along well with Yubari sister, okay?" Changchun said to New Jersey with a smile.

"Little Changchun!! And you too!" Yubari suddenly jumped to Changchun's side, grabbed Changchun's hand, and started enthusiastically chattering, "Although the Iowa-class ship equipment is already excellent enough, little Changchun, your guided-missile destroyer equipment, which is rare in the world, is also worth exploring! I neglected you the past few days because I was busy with tests in New Jersey. Yesterday the tests ended, and today I can finally test you according to my personal preferences! Little Changchun, come along if you're free!"

"Huh? Me...me?" Changchun was surprised, and she looked at Xiaobai with some worry, "But, but the Admiral..."

"I'm fine," Xiaobai said with a smile to everyone.

"Ah... well, since the Admiral has said so..." Changchun stammered, lowering his head.

"Admiral, Changchun and New Jersey both came to the police station with me. Why don't you come along too?" Yubari said to Shiro. "The auxiliary police are all my people, and you, Admiral, were indirectly responsible for the arrest of the minister. You should also be entitled to observe the interrogation. How about I ask the auxiliary police to make room for you?"

"Me? Hmm..." Shiro pointed to herself, touched her lips and thought for a while, then smiled and shook her head at Yubari, "You guys go ahead. I think I'll pass."

Chapter 1706 Kidnapping?!

"Admiral, aren't you going?" Yubari looked at Shiro with some surprise.

"Hmm... Now that the matter of Miss Vestal has been resolved, I don't have anything to do here. I'll just go home later." Xiaobai smiled at the ship girls. "Before coming to Kyoto, I made an agreement with a top ten admiral. Now that I'm free, I should take some time to look at the plans and think about what to do next. Anyway, don't worry about me for now. You can go to Changchun and New Jersey with Yubari."

"Ah... I see." The ship girls nodded blankly.

Since Xiaobai has said so, the ship girls can't force her to do anything.

The fact that the head of the finance department of the Ship Equipment Research Center was arrested by Yubari and his auxiliary police officers for allegedly withholding the salaries of lower-level employees is no small matter. With so many employees in the finance department watching closely, and given that this matter is related to Yubari, a prominent figure in the Ship Equipment Research Center, it is estimated that the news will soon spread throughout the entire Ship Equipment Research Center.

Under the awe-inspiring gazes of the finance department employees, Shiro and the ship girls left the finance department office and walked to the building entrance, where a police car was parked. The auxiliary police officers had been waiting for Yubari downstairs for a long time.

"Then, Admiral, we'll head to the police station first!"

Yubari's Kitchen Goddess, along with Changchun and New Jersey, all jumped into the police car and waved goodbye to Xiaobai, who was standing outside the car door.

"Okay, have a safe trip." Xiaobai waved at the police car.

The engine started.

The police car sped away with a wailing engine, disappearing from Xiaobai's sight.

Xiao Bai lowered her hand and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hmm... If we stay any longer, the news of the minister's arrest will spread, and the ship equipment research center will become quite lively... I'd better hurry home before the news gets out and check the data left by Admiral Haoding..." Xiaobai muttered to herself as she walked back the way she came. "I just bought a computer a couple of days ago, so I can use it now... As for the USB drive, it should be in the ship equipment space..."

Xiao Bai quickened his pace.

at the same time.

Within the finance department.

Just after Xiaobai and the others left the finance department, the employees who remained rushed to the window, sticking to it like rice cakes, staring intently at the police car and Yubari and the others outside the building. Only after the police car drove away and Xiaobai disappeared from their sight did the group of employees breathe a sigh of relief.

"Phew—this is the first time I've ever met Dr. Yubari..."

"As expected of a ship girl... she's really pretty... the girls who came in before her were too."

"Watch your words! She's not just pretty, she's beautiful and capable! If you say that, you'll get attacked by our Yubari fan club!"

"What? Dr. Yubari has a fan club?"

"Well, you see, it's been like this ever since she was promoted to PhD. And you shouldn't call her by her full name; you should call her XZ!"

“…It’s absolutely amazing.”

"Speaking of which... let's not talk about Xi... cough cough, about Dr. XZ, wasn't the minister just arrested?"

"……yes."

"I never expected that the minister would actually withhold wages from lower-level employees...tsk tsk."

"So what should we do next?"

"Everything will remain the same. Anyway, the minister doesn't usually do any work, and the higher-ups will probably send down a new minister in a few days. It doesn't matter whether he's here or not."

"Oh ho, that makes sense."

"That's all, that's all, time to go to work."

The employees in front of the window scattered and returned to their respective positions, but instead of continuing to work, they picked up their phones and started posting on their WeChat Moments or chatting in their respective group chats.

"Hello? Are you there? Let me tell you a story. Our minister was just arrested for job-related crimes! Dr. Yubari led the arrest team!"

"Damn it, I've had my eye on that lazy, fat pig for ages!"

"Dr. Yubari is amazing!"

……

The news of the Finance Minister's arrest spread like wildfire through the Ship Equipment Research Center's local area network, reaching every corner of the center in the short time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

Of course, Xiaobai doesn't know this.

Xiao Bai's walking speed couldn't keep up with that of a vehicle; it took her almost half an hour to walk back to the main entrance of the ship equipment research center.

Walk out the door.

Yubari's residential area is right across the street from the Ship Equipment Research Center, separated only by a road.

However, just as Xiaobai left the ship equipment research center, she noticed a familiar woman standing outside the quiet entrance of the residential area. The woman leaned against the entrance with her hands behind her back, her head down, gently poking at the pebbles on the ground with her toes, as if she was waiting for someone.

"Huh?" Xiaobai exclaimed in surprise when she saw the woman waiting for someone in the distance.

This woman... Xiaobai knows her.

She was the ship girl who stayed at the Stove Goddess's house a few days ago when Xiaobai visited, and only left when the Stove Goddess chased her away at night.

It seemed they heard Xiaobai's surprised voice.

The ship girl in front of the residential area paused, looked up, and stared at Xiaobai.

"Ah." The ship girl quickly stood up straight and gave Xiaobai a warm and friendly smile, like a long-lost friend. She raised her hand and waved to Xiaobai, calling out softly, "Little sister—hello! It's been a few days, how have you been!"

"..." Xiaobai blinked, glanced at the gate of the residential area next to the ship girl, thought for a moment, then crossed the road and walked up to the ship girl. "Hello... May I ask who you are..."

"I'm the one from the Vestal Goddess's house a few days ago," the ship girl said with a smile, pointing to herself.

"Ah... I know you." Xiaobai blinked. "Um... may I ask why you're here..."

"It's good that we know each other." The ship girl smiled and put her hands down, then put her hands behind her back and said to Little White, "The Goddess of the Hearth has not been home these past two days. I heard from the note she posted on the door that she was going to visit a friend for a few days—she must have come to your house, right?"

"Well."

Xiao Bai remained silent, glancing around.

Judging from this ship girl's thoughts... she's probably going to stay at Vestal's house again...

Although Xiaobai wasn't entirely clear about the ship girl's purpose, she didn't want to ruin the Vestal's rare days of rest because of this incident. Besides, from her own investigation, the ship girl's equipment didn't seem to need any treatment and was perfectly healthy.

And the goddess of the hearth didn't seem to really enjoy receiving her...