That's right, Illustrious was going to summon Heroic Sp... bah... build Ship Girls.
Not just anyone could build Ship Girls. Only humans with a soul network could build them, which meant only Admirals could build them.
There were two types of Ship Girl construction. The first was Light Construction, used for building Destroyers, which required one Wisdom Cube; this was called'Small Construction.' The second was Heavy Construction, used for building Cruisers, Battleships, and Aircraft Carriers, which required two Wisdom Cubes; this was called 'Large Construction.'
Of course, whether it was Small or Large Construction, the most important thing for an Admiral was "luck." If you had good luck, you could build a Gold-Plated Ship Girl. If you had bad luck, you could only build a Common Ship Girl. In a word: "It all depends on your face."
As an extremely unlucky African, one could only build Common Ship Girls, surrounded by a group of flat-chested elementary schoolers. They would look with envy, jealousy, and hate at the Europeans who were surrounded by big-breasted, curvy, long-legged older sisters.
The seals would flex their luck shamelessly.
"Oh dear, I accidentally pulled another gold-tier big sister today."
"Every night the big sisters work me so hard, my back is aching! I need some Shenbao Tablets to replenish my kidneys."
"The big sisters eat too much, the Naval Base's resources are almost drained. It's not like you, who leads a group of elementary students and eats so little. Hahaha!!!"
Finally, the European spread his hands and said with a face full of disdain, "I'm not interested in Gold-Plated ones."
"Motherf*cker, why?" They were all human, so why was the gap so large? The Africans and other Africans united to form the African Alliance, where the boat of friendship was tough and unbreakable, abbreviated as the "Black Alliance."
When those Europeans came, they would sharpen their spears against the seals, throwing spears coated in green venom at them. They performed divine punishment on these seals, letting their blood soak the African continent.
The members of the "Black Alliance" were not united either; members would defect and smuggle themselves across. Once they built a Gold-Plated Ship Girl, they would kick the organization away without a second thought and throw themselves into the arms of Europe. "Who wants to stay with you African blacks when I can smuggle myself to Europe and be a seal?"
The boat of friendship capsizes just like that, unable to withstand such tests, such temptations, and such fragility.
Illustrious was not interested in these matters, because—
Illustrious was a European!
Illustrious was a European!
Illustrious was a European!
Important things must be said three times.
Illustrious scanned her rigging space with her consciousness. "Huh!!!? Where are my Wisdom Cubes, materials, and resources!? Why are they all gone!?"
"Uh! Oh no! I might have, maybe, probably used them all on the Naval Base's construction and renovation. Only this month's Wisdom Cubes, materials, and resources are left." Illustrious wiped away some fine sweat.
"No matter, I can still do one small build and two large builds this month."
Illustrious put two Wisdom Cubes and some Oil, Ammo, Steel, and Aluminum into the Construction Machine, then pressed the "Advanced Build" button, and finally the "Start" build button.
Clang—! The door of the Construction Machine opened.
"Ah! This... this golden light is illuminating the whole room, this... this is a hit! Ah!" The golden light was almost blinding Illustrious's 24K titanium alloy dog eyes. "Ah! The light is blinding my eyes, I'm going blind, I'm going blind!"
The light vanished, and a Big Sister with a graceful figure, full breasts, ample hips, and a willow-thin waist walked out of the Construction Machine's door.
The Big Sister wore a black high-slit qipao, with black lace-trimmed thigh-high stockings wrapping a pair of flawless, beautifully curved long legs. Her delicate, white, and tender feet, visible through the black silk, wore white high heels.
A black lace garter belt was worn around her waist, with two straps in the front fixed to the stocking tops and two straps in the back fixed to the stocking tops. At the upper end of the high-slit qipao, there were four golden sakura patterns of varying sizes, and her white hands were clad in short black lace gloves.
Her smooth, shiny black hair reached down to her knees, adorned with a white camellia tasseled hair ornament, looking elegant and dignified.
She had a pair of amber eyes, a pert nose that was small and cute, and pink cherry lips that were moist and full of luster.
Her entire being exuded the aura of a Yamato Nadeshiko—a woman who was quiet and reserved, gentle and considerate, and possessed noble virtues. She was simply the woman of every man's dreams.
Illustrious's current mood could be summed up in one sentence: Cute, want to'sun' her.
Illustrious recalled a poem by Li Bai.
Jade face, cherry lips, a touch of red, beneath fine clothes, two peaks are spread. I wish to take my needle to the flower's core, praying the beauty cries out no more. — Li Bai [I never wrote this poem, but it is indeed a good (wet) poem. — Li Bai]
The Big Sister brushed her hair with her left hand and placed her right hand on her massive breasts, lifting them up and letting them down three times. Her eyes looked around as if she were searching for something.
Pfft—
Seeing the Big Sister's breast-holding action, Illustrious immediately had a nosebleed. She took out a tissue from her rigging space to wipe it and asked the Big Sister, "Big Sister, what are you looking for?"
"I'm looking for my Admiral! You must be the Admiral's Ship Girl, right? Where did the Admiral go~"
The Big Sister noticed Illustrious questioning her and added, "Also, are you okay? Why is your nose bleeding?"
"It's nothing, it's nothing. Just a bit of internal heat lately." Illustrious waved her hand, wiped the nosebleed again, and threw the tissue into the trash can. "If you're looking for your Admiral, I am your Admiral."
"Eh! But aren't you a Ship Girl? How can you be the Admiral!" The Big Sister covered her small mouth in surprise, her face full of disbelief.
Seeing that the Big Sister didn't believe her, Illustrious directly took out her Admiral's Certificate from her rigging space and gave it to her. "Here, look at my Admiral's Certificate. My situation is a bit special; I am a Ship Girl who possesses an Admiral's soul network."
The Big Sister took Illustrious's Admiral's Certificate and looked at the profile picture inside; it was indeed Illustrious's face. Then, through the soul network connection, it was indeed Illustrious.
It was now one hundred percent certain that the Ship Girl in front of her was her Admiral. Thinking of this, her face instantly flushed red. "Thank you, here is your Admiral's Certificate back."
Illustrious took the Admiral's Certificate and threw it into her rigging space.
"I... I'm sorry, I actually failed to recognize the Admiral. As a proud Ship Girl of the Sakura Empire, this is truly a disgrace. I must commit seppuku to atone for my sin." After saying this, the Big Sister immediately summoned her rigging's exclusive weapon, a ship-slaying great sword, and was about to stab it into her stomach.
Illustrious watched the Big Sister about to stab herself and was startled. She quickly grabbed the hilt to stop the Big Sister's self-harm and shouted loudly, "Spare the belly!"
"Let's talk things over properly, why resort to weapons? It's normal that you didn't recognize me as the Admiral. After all, who would expect a Ship Girl to also be an Admiral? I don't mind, put the sword away," Illustrious advised the Big Sister.
The Big Sister put away her ship-slaying great sword, stepped forward, hugged the Admiral's head to her chest, and said touchingly, "Ad... Admiral, you are truly a gentle person. I'm so moved~ It's so wonderful that I can become the Admiral's Ship Girl!"
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