"So what you’re saying is, there’s a Mind Model that can help us?"
Arriving at the entrance of Guardian’s Office, Fang Zheng looked toward Musashi by his side.
"Then why not just call her over directly? I rember you have a ntal network."
"This Mind Model is a bit special..."
Facing Fang Zheng’s question, Musashi unusually showed so hesitation and... embarrassnt.
"She’s different from the other Mind Models, it’s very difficult to call her through the ntal network, and... she has a habit of disappearing, it’s hard to find her... In fact, even I have only t her once since her creation, and many Mind Models have only heard of her existence..."
After the establishnt of the Royal Fleet, because Musashi was responsible for the safety of Heavenly Dao Palace, Fang Zheng had opened the construction rights of the fleet to Musashi. He knew that he was completely unfamiliar with the fleet, and whatever warships were needed relied completely on intuition. In contrast, as a fleet commander, Musashi was obviously more competent than himself. Therefore, Fang Zheng simply let Musashi take care of it, crafting whatever warships were needed—after all, core managent was in Little Angel’s hands.
And according to Nymph, Musashi had also constructed so Mind Models during this period, but as for the ship’s bodies, due to Fang Zheng’s absence, they used the least consuming random types... it’s all luck.
Luckily, Musashi’s luck didn’t seem too bad...
"What’s going on? I thought your training was very strict?"
Upon hearing Musashi’s explanation, Fang Zheng was sowhat stunned. He’d been to the Guardian’s Office a few tis and had seen the training of these Mind Models—overall, their training content wasn’t much different from that of a regular army. Including drills and shooting practice, Fang Zheng guessed it was all a result of the Mind Models directly downloading the military’s training content from the Azure World’s network and then imitating it.
Of course, since they were Fleet Girls, their training and punishnt naturally differed from humans. For example, an endurance run had them running around Heavenly Dao Palace within two hours, and the Fleet Girl team with the lowest ranking would be thrown into the sea from the Heavenly Dao Palace without any safety equipnt. Fleet Girls who slacked off during training would be punished with construction and maintenance work at the Heavenly Dao Palace shipping dock—all by themselves.
Even encountering a Fleet Girl running back and forth with a huge stone weighing hundreds of kilograms on her back shouldn’t be surprising; that’s her doing extra training.
Though to Fang Zheng, it seed sowhat aningless for the Fleet Girls, whose bodies were made of nanomaterials.
"The problem lies here."
Musashi sighed helplessly.
"She’s always there for every training check-in, and according to all Mind Models, she’s present during the training, but for so reason, she disappears as soon as training ends and everyone disperses. In fact, the Fleet Girls in her team can’t even rember her na. I only noticed her because I saw the report showing her ship’s body isn’t quite like the ordinary warships... That’s why I made a ntal note of her."
Doesn’t this sound like so urban Kaidan?
"So, what do we do now?"
"Most Mind Models are currently working on the dock’s construction. I’ve already asked for the Mind Models on leave at Guardian’s Office to help find 1408... That’s her code, it’s all I rember. If nothing goes wrong, she should be in so corner of this Guardian’s Office. She’s easy to recognize; as long as you see a Fleet Girl with a 1408 badge on her chest, it should be her."
So corner?
"So, does that an we’re going to play a ga of hide-and-seek?"
On hearing this, Little Hei beca excited, promptly grabbed Illya and Yoshino.
"Let’s go, Illya, Yoshino, let’s play a ga of tag!"
Having said that, Little Hei led the two girls off, full of excitent. Kurumi could only smile helplessly and then turned to follow quickly.
"I should also take a look, to make sure these kids don’t get into any trouble."
"Then, let’s just go with that."
Seeing everyone who ca with him to join the fun scatter, Fang Zheng simply decided to let loose. Nymph and Black Katie were busy with their own things, so they didn’t co along to see the spectacle. Right now, besides Kurumi and Illya, Fang Zheng was accompanied only by Natsuse and Fumie Busei, the Coordinators, and Atalanta, the nominal Servant.
"Then, MASTER, I will go over there to look. As a Hunter, I have quite a bit of confidence in tracking prey."
As she spoke, Atalanta gave Fang Zheng a respectful bow, then turned and headed off toward the mountains on the other side of Guardian’s Office. Strangely enough, Atalanta had initially been sowhat cool towards Fang Zheng, but after coming to the Heavenly Dao Palace, her attitude toward Fang Zheng improved a lot, and could even be considered... warm?
Could it be Stockholm syndro?
"Anyway, I’m free as well, so let’s go have a look... Right, Musashi, that 1408... she must have her own room, right? Let’s start by checking her room."
Adhering to the ironclad rule that "the culprit will definitely return to the scene of the cri," Fang Zheng made his decision quickly. And upon hearing his order, Musashi and Iona’s expressions were sowhat strange, but they nodded anyway.
"Of course, please follow ."
The interior style of the Guardian’s Office was just as Western as its exterior, which was precisely why Fang Zheng chose to build the structure—it had to match the town around it, after all.
So when he saw Iona and Musashi opening the tal elevator in the corridor next to them, Fang Zheng imdiately felt unsettled.
"When did we have an elevator here?"
Fang Zheng clearly rembered that the Guardian’s Office he had built was a three-story structure. There were stairs, sure, but an elevator... he didn’t recall installing one of those.
"It was built by 1408 herself."
At this mont, Iona spoke up sowhat helplessly.
"She’s a logistics ship; building things like this is her specialty... In fact, we only learned about the modifications after 1408 had done them. Musashi and I wanted to discipline her, but..."
"...we couldn’t find her."
Musashi quietly finished Iona’s unfinished sentence. and the two girls both appeared exasperated in front of Fang Zheng.
"This is truly interesting."
Observing the "I don’t want to say anything" expressions on Iona and Musashi’s faces, Fang Zheng exchanged glances with Natsuse and Midori, intrigued. Knowing that Iona and Musashi were the flagship of the fleet, they surely had a lot of courage. But now, even they were showing an attitude of "don’t ask ; I don’t want to talk about it," which certainly piqued his curiosity.
However...
"When is this elevator ride going to end?"
Looking at the elevator indicator constantly flashing the down arrow, Fang Zheng had a feeling that sothing was off. He calculated the elevator’s descending speed and duration in his mind... this 1408 wouldn’t have dug straight through her Heavenly Dao Palace, would she?
"No, we’re almost there."
But in response to Fang Zheng’s question, Musashi shook her head, then looked aside; Iona quickly nodded in agreent.
"Yes, we will arrive soon, right?"
"Huh?"
Seeing Iona looking over, Natsuse and Midori were surprised, but they too nodded.
"This... should be almost there... right?"
"That’s right. You think we’re almost there too, don’t you, Captain?"
"........."
What the heck is this?
Seeing the other girls all looking at him, Fang Zheng was speechless. He’d never been here before, how would he know if they were almost there? But since everyone else said so, then...
"Alright, I think we’re nearing the end too."
"Ding!"
No sooner had Fang Zheng’s words fallen than the elevator’s descending speed slowed down suddenly; a light sound followed, and then the doors gently opened in front of Fang Zheng and the others.
Fang Zheng: ".........."
What in the world is going on?
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