Chapter 500: We Were Already Friends

It took a long time, but Xu Xin still accepted the ship equipment core given by Qin Ge, though he did not take the oil card or points card.

"This is my limit; if I took those, my conscience wouldn't forgive myself." Xu Xin said to Qin Ge.

Seeing Xu Xin's determined gaze opposite him, Qin Ge nodded, "I understand, I'll take back the oil card and supplies card."

"Hah." Xu Xin let out a long breath, then looked at the ship equipment core on the table, "I can't figure it out: in just three years, how do you not only have so many shipgirls, but also so much supplies and ship equipment?"

"Did you loot the Maritime Affairs Bureau headquarters?"

Qin Ge smirked, "What do you mean I looted the Maritime Affairs Bureau headquarters? This is all I earned."

Beside him, Chu Jiu slightly nodded, "Maybe I know why Instructor Qin Ge has so many supplies; before, when we had class, we always had to first register at the Maritime Affairs Bureau."

And when each person registers, they must submit a batch of supplies, which actually isn't expensive. But Instructor Qin Ge's lectures are always very well attended, so little by little it adds up to a terrifying accumulation of supplies.

Plus the subsidies from the Commander Academy for Instructor Qin Ge to write teaching materials—when you add it all up, it's indeed terrifying.

Qin Ge smiled; ordinary people could only guess this much. But besides these, he also cooperates with the Nine Major Factions—supplies, ship equipment, these things he hardly ever worries about.

Moreover, he previously robbed Mingshi several times; his reserve ship equipment cores are absurdly numerous. Once he summoned twenty-one shipgirls, he could equip them all, let alone just these few.

Furthermore, for a year he soaked in the Corrosion Level Four sea zone; the number of Siren fleets he destroyed and the supplies, parts, etc., he salvaged from the sea surface are too many to count.

Therefore, to an ordinary commander, these supplies are hard to describe, but to Qin Ge, they're just a small part of his own.

Moreover, this list is what he came up with after long consideration, because he feared that if he took more, something like just now would happen, and Xu Xin wouldn't accept it.

"Hiss... I can't imagine it." Xu Xin exclaimed in surprise.

"Hehe, no need to imagine; you're now a tycoon of our Grand Fleet." Chu Jiu said enviously.

"Hehe, Commander, if worse comes to worst and you need to borrow equipment, I'll lend it to you." Xu Xin said with a laugh.

"Not bad, you little brat have a conscience." Chu Jiu said.

"And you, are you really preparing to go to the Front Line?" Xu Xin looked at Qin Ge and said.

Qin Ge smiled and nodded, "When I first founded the Grand Fleet, my goal was to go to the Front Line, because there is more combat, allowing us to delve deeper into improving all our current tactics.

So for me, that's an opportunity; I believe I'll reach the Front Line soon."

"Actually, sometimes I also want to go to the Front Line, but my current strength is far from enough to reach that baseline." Xu Xin shrugged and said.

"Hehe, no problem; whenever you feel your strength is enough and you want to go to the Front Line, you can come find me anytime." Qin Ge smiled.

"I feel that by then you'll definitely be the most famous commander on the Front Line." Xu Xin said with a laugh.

"Hmm, mutual progress."

"Hmm."

After they talked for a long time, in the afternoon Chu Jiu brought Qin Ge and Xu Xin together to the base's banquet hall, where they gave Qin Ge a proper feast.

Until the sky darkened, only then did everyone, satisfied, prepare to leave.

At the gate of the Jiuli Grand Fleet, Xu Xin said to Qin Ge, "When will you head back?"

"Tomorrow I'll accompany my shipgirls around Minghai City, and the day after I'll set off back." Qin Ge smiled.

"See you later; I don't know how long we'll have to wait, but anyway, from now on we're friends, right?" Xu Xin said.

Qin Ge shook his head, "We've been friends since three years ago."

"Yes." Xu Xin laughed and said, "We've been friends since three years ago."

"If you ever encounter a problem you can't solve, feel free to ask me; I've left my contact number with you." Qin Ge smiled.

"Hmm, but I'll try not to bother you too much." Xu Xin smiled.

"Hehe, then goodbye." Qin Ge said.

"Goodbye, my friend."

After they bade each other farewell, Qin Ge then led his shipgirls toward the Maritime Affairs Bureau.

After walking far away, Zala turned her head; faintly, at the gate of the Jiuli Grand Fleet, two silhouettes could still be seen standing there.

"Commander, how do you feel now?" Zala turned her head and smiled.

"My mood is relaxed, my thoughts are clear, I feel as if I've sublimated." Qin Ge said with a smile.

"Hehe, Commander now also learned to lie with a smile like Eugen." Prince Heinrich said from the side.

Qin Ge gave Prince Heinrich a sideways glance, "What do you mean 'also learned to lie with a smile like Eugen'? I'm speaking the truth. The knot in my heart has finally been untied, naturally my thoughts are clear and my mood smooth."

"Indeed, I feel it too." Saint Joan of Arc said, "Today the commander is very happy, and Xu Xin is also quite good."

"Compared to that, I'm more concerned about where the commander will take us to play tomorrow." Prince Heinrich asked from the side.

"Let's go to the street where I used to live, then to the library where I usually read books, and after that just wander around nearby; that's about all for one day." Qin Ge smiled.

"Great, finally we can see what the commander's usual living place is like." Prince Heinrich said.

Qin Ge smiled and patted her head, "My usual living place isn't it just the base? This place is also called my former home, and it's where I first came into this world."

"Oh oh, misspoken, but as long as the commander gets the meaning." Prince Heinrich laughed and said.

At this moment, Zala beside him asked, "Does the commander still miss that previous world?"

"Yes, of course I miss it. But now I don't miss it as much as before, after all this world is also my world, because here are you all, my comrades, my friends, and my relatives.

"Suddenly I realized, the bonds I've built in this world are even more than before." Qin Ge smiled.

"If one day the commander could leave this world and return to the previous one, but the price is that only you can go back alone, would you go back?" Zala asked with a laugh.

Qin Ge looked ahead and shook his head, "No, although that world is hard to let go of, I am equally unable to let go of you all in this world. I cannot be that selfish, because you are all my everything."

"That's really nice."