Chapter 6 Awkward
Apparently, CV-16's reputation as a detective was well-known in the naval base.
No one raised any objections, and the decision was made happily. If it was a detective as good as CV-16, even if there was only a so-called proposal, he could still find the "murderer" through a few details in it - details that others would never think of.
"Let's go, let's go find Mrs. Sixteen." Xiao Zhai was full of action.
Xiaohua is quite different from Xiaozhai in that she plans before she acts. She suggested, "She just left, left. Do you know where she is?"
"I don't know." Xiao Zhai said, "But it must be in the tutelary fort."
"Of course I know she's in the garrison. Where else could she go?" Xiao Hua said. "I mean, the garrison is so big. If I don't know where she is, I might not be able to find her even if I search for a whole day."
"Even if the garrison is that big, we can definitely find it within a day." Xiao Zhai said, with potential to be a nitpicker.
Xiaohua stopped talking.
Su Xia didn't know why she felt worried again. It seemed that none of these children could be worry-free. Xiao Hua suddenly pulled out an axe from somewhere, which was the so-called "reason". A certain country claims to be free, democratic and reasonable, isn't it because she has an axe? Then she chopped towards Xiao Zhai.
Su Xia interrupted: "The garrison is so big, if you don't know where to find it, just contact them."
"I don't have a cell phone." Xiao Zhai said, "I used to have one, but that dead otaku, fat otaku, lazy otaku, and useless otaku complained that I was holding my cell phone all day, so Sister Miao took it away. Now I only have a children's watch, and I don't have Shiliu Tai's cell phone number saved in it."
"I don't have a cell phone either." Xiaohua explained, "I don't need one."
"Me neither." Xiao Luo said quickly, afraid that she would fall behind.
"I have a cell phone." Su Xia said as she took it out of her pocket. All the software in the phone was still there except for a certain game. The SIM card can still be used. Anyway, I can go online. I wonder if the money in the bank card is still there. "What is CV-16's cell phone number?"
Xiao Zhai's focus is always so strange: "It's not CV-16, it's Mrs. Sixteen, Mrs. Sixteen."
Su Xia ignored her and looked around at the other two kids: "Do you remember the number of CV-16?"
Xiao Zhai yelled, "Sixteenth Lady, I said it was Sixteenth Lady."
Su Xia looked at Xiao Zhai again and opened her mouth.
Before he could say anything, Xiao Zhai emphasized: "Sixteen Tai."
"It's Lady Sixteen." Xiao Zhai insisted.
"Okay, fine, Mrs. Sixteen is Mrs. Sixteen," Su Xia said. Of course, he decided in his heart that he would only call her that in front of the kids, and would never call her that in front of the real person. "Do you remember Mrs. Sixteen's cell phone number?"
"I don't remember." Xiao Zhai answered quickly.
Su Xia took a deep breath. After all this trouble, don’t you have CV-16’s cell phone number?
Xiao Zhai said, "Let's go to Shishita's house. She must be at home."
Xiaohua nodded.
So everyone went out, ready to go to CV-16's house. What surprised Su Xia was that he thought Xiaohua would not join in the fun and would definitely continue to stay in the activity room reading a book. When everyone walked out of the activity room, she naturally followed at the end of the group holding a book.
Su Xia had been walking alone in the garrison for a long time, and then from the seaside embankment to the activity room building, and then from the activity room building to the American residential area, he saw how big this garrison was. There were flower beds, shrubs and trees everywhere, many buildings , paths, and alleys. If he was alone, he might get lost.
Apart from seeing a few little girls playing and fighting in the distance, and a girl in casual clothes hurriedly passing by, who was too far away to know who she was, he didn't meet anyone along the way. Su Xia was originally looking forward to seeing what the girl in the game looks like now. He has the experience of going to a big city to attend a comic exhibition just to see Cosplayers.
Finally, standing in front of a building, Xiaohua looked up and said, "This is it."
"Then let's go in." Xiao Zhai raised his legs and walked towards the building, stepped on the steps and then retracted them, "Wait."
"What's wrong?" Xiaohua asked.
"Are we going like this?" Xiao Zhai asked.
Xiao Luo was educated as a British lady. She said, "It's a gift, a souvenir."
Su Xia stood at the end of the team and looked around. There were buildings with white walls and red tiles, a big banyan tree with a dense crown that almost covered the building, sunlight flickering between the trees, and cute animal-shaped trash cans. She listened to the conversation of a few little girls and thought, "No way! They even have to bring gifts. In my mind, the sisterhood in the garrison shouldn't be like this. Are they so distant?"
Xiao Zhai stood on the steps in front of the main entrance and said, "I just suddenly thought that we are willing to find Mrs. Sixteen, but whether Mrs. Sixteen is willing to help us is another matter."
"She will definitely help us." Xiao Luo said, "Although she looks cold, she is actually very enthusiastic... How should I put it. Sharp tongue but kind heart? No, she is cold on the outside but warm on the inside."
"Who knows." Xiao Zhai looked around and stole a glance at Su Xia. "If we have something to ask her, it doesn't matter even if it's the Japanese who ask her." He also talked about the thoughts and wishes of the people who came from the ship girls. History has had a profound impact on them. It seems that the American and Japanese girls are naturally incompatible. Of course, they are all sisters in the same garrison. They are merciless in words, but they have no choice but to say what is really needed. "But the admiral ..."
"What's wrong with me? Is there a problem?" Su Xia said, "I haven't done anything bad to her." He thought he had not done anything to let CV-16 down, and at the same time he had some evil thoughts. He had given her a ring, but that was not an endorsement, but a real wedding ring. So, was he her husband, sir, or man?
Xiao Zhai looked at Su Xia with sidelong eyes.
"Just say it if you have something to say." Even though it was a cute little girl, Su Xia said unhappily, "Is there anything wrong with what I said? I am sure I have never done anything bad to her."
Xiao Hua interrupted: "Admiral, have you really forgotten? What did you do to Shiliu Tai?"
"Nothing, I think. Let me think about it." Su Xia said, trying to recall. In the Impression game, CV-16 was quite strong, but not top-notch. It was not very useful as an auxiliary either. Anyway, it was rarely used. Even so, it had plenty of equipment, even a lot of hero machines.
"Have you forgotten how you harassed Sister Sixteen before?" Xiao Hua said, "She said she didn't want to, and said '... is there any special meaning? Anyway... forbidden, forbidden', but you are getting more and more excited and going too far."
"Is this true?" Su Xia asked.
"It happened a long time ago, but do you have such a short memory?"
Su Xia thought of something, he raised his hand, signaling everyone to stop talking and let him think about it carefully.
Su Xia finally remembered, and he smiled bitterly.
As far as I can remember, there are only four KanColle with Live2D in the game so far, and CV-16 is one of them, and she happens to be the detective who changes clothes. He remembered that when he had nothing to do, he would tap on the screen of his mobile phone, touch his head, poke his chest, and do everything. Although he got bored quickly, he wanted to see how CV-16 would react, and her reaction was really cute.
When the game becomes reality, it is unsurprisingly shameful harassment.
Su Xia didn't want to explain, and after a moment of silence, she said, "I will apologize when we meet."
Xiao Zhai asked back: "Is an apology enough?"
"What else?" That answer seemed to be easily misunderstood. Su Xia paused and explained, "I don't mean that an apology is enough. What I mean is - what else should we do? What suggestions do you have? What else should I do?"
"Let me think about it." Xiao Zhai crossed his arms and thought carefully, "I can't think of anything."
"Gift." Xiao Luo said in a low voice.
Su Xia asked: "What gift?"
"How about the game console?" Xiao Zhai became excited.
Su Xia didn’t know what expression to show at that time. I thought you were very reliable.
"You are the only one who likes game consoles." Xiaohua said.
"You just know that Shiliu Tai doesn't like game consoles?" Xiao Zhai asked back.
"I know."
"Anyway, it's better to give a game console as a gift than a book." Xiao Zhai knew that Xiao Hua liked to read.
"I didn't say I would give you a book." Xiaohua said, "Fruits, snacks, anything is better than a video game console."
"I think it's better to give her a game console. Just in case, we can play games together."
"Nothing will happen."
An idea suddenly flashed through Su Xia's mind - I turned a cool and beautiful aircraft carrier into a dead otaku? Seeing the two little lolis arguing with each other, he felt that he had to stand up: "I remember... Sixteenth Lady should like those cute little animals."
That was the official comic, right? He remembered that in the official comic, CV-16 liked cute little pets.
"Otherwise..." Su Xia continued, "I think Shiliu Tai must like detective novels."
Su Xia lowered her head, looked at the short weeds growing out of the cracks in the floor, and took a deep breath.
"I know what you told me, Xiao Zhai, about treating the symptoms and the root cause."
“This should be the so-called fundamental solution.”
"Let me talk about it."
"Isn't it strange to give a gift rashly?"
"Think about it, even if you want to apologize, you shouldn't apologize directly. You have to find an appropriate opportunity."
"By the way, don't you want her, as a detective, to help you find out who posted the proposal? If we just come to their door like this, won't it make people feel that we only think of them when we have problems, leaving them with a bad impression."
"Come to think of it, we don't have time to take it slow right now. When we meet Mrs. Sixteen later, we will still ask her for help, but we need to put it in a different way - you are the first person we think of when we encounter a problem, and you are the person we trust the most. This will give people the feeling that I trust you."
"I definitely need to apologize. I'll find a chance."
"Gifts are welcome, but they can't be so direct."
"I can't guarantee that I can become a qualified admiral in everyone's mind, but... don't underestimate me. Unless you are a very demanding person, I can at least guarantee that I won't be annoying. You kids don't understand, I have been beaten by society."
Xiao Zhai opened his eyes wide and looked at Su Xia. After a long while, he said, "I don't understand, but he looks really amazing."
"I don't understand either." Xiao Luo said, she is a parrot.
"That's it, let's go and find CV-16." Su Xia said. He still wasn't used to calling CV-16 "Sixteen Tai".
"No, it's Shiliuta." Xiao Zhai never forgot to correct Su Xia's way of addressing CV-16.
"Okay, okay." Su Xia felt a little helpless. "Sixteenth Lady, Sixteenth Lady, Sixteenth Lady."
Xiao Zhai raised his hands: "Sixteen Tai."
Su Xia raised her hand and said, "Sixteenth Tai."
Xiao Luo wondered if she should join in, so she timidly raised her hand and whispered, "Sixteenth Lady."
"Is this some kind of cult?" Xiaohua said.
This must be the blessing that came to her mind. Su Xia subconsciously looked up and saw a woman with long flaxen hair leaning out of the upstairs window.
