Chapter 57

Looking at the green-haired shipgirl who called herself Mingshi before him, Qin Ge felt a murmur in his heart.

Previously he had browsed the shipgirl compendium, but information about this shipgirl was very scarce; he only knew that in the Azure Lane there seemed to be only this one Mingshi.

Moreover, she is a merchant wandering within the Azure Lane, crafting and selling some rare ship equipment and necessities for shipgirls' clothing.

Aside from that information, there is no other info; I don't know her preferences, nor why she does business.

However, there is one strange point: she seems to have a skill like that—sometimes appearing in the Northern Union, sometimes in Donghuang, or after a few days appearing in the White Eagle.

Her whereabouts are unpredictable, but the common point is that each of her little shops has a Shiranui as a clerk.

"Hello, I'm Qin Ge, a new commander this year." Qin Ge introduced himself to Mingshi, "These two are my shipgirls, the Royal Banrenma and the Sakura Empire Nengdai."

"Hello, I'm Li Chenming, also a new commander this year, and this is my shipgirl, Iron Blood's Z1." Li Chenming said to Mingshi.

Welcome, welcome, meow—I don't know what you two would like to buy today at Mingshi's general store, meow? Mingshi said to the two.

I came today to have my two shipgirls undergo a breakthrough; they've already reached level 10 proficiency, and I feel they've hit the breakthrough limit, so I came here for them to break through. Qin Ge said to Mingshi.

Breakthrough, meow, and it's two Super Rare Shipgirls—this isn't small business, meow! Mingshi jumped up, because each breakthrough of a Super Rare Shipgirl is a big number.

The more breakthroughs, the higher the cost. For example, the first breakthrough requires 1000 units of supplies, the second requires 3000 units, and by the third breakthrough it costs 10,000 units of supplies.

And Qin Ge does breakthroughs for two at a time, meaning that even though it's the first breakthrough, he still gains 2000 units of supplies as income. Although part of that 2000-unit supply income has to be split with the Buri sisters, the rest is essentially free profit.

At this moment, Mingshi was very pleased, because when the school had just started, first-year students didn't have much savings, and although second-year students had taken on some commissions during the break, most of those were exchanged for Wisdom Cubes and supplies to prepare for construction, so there were fewer spenders.

For breakthroughs, meow, each Super Rare Shipgirl's first breakthrough yields 1000 units of supplies, and you two, meow, that's 2000 units of supplies! Mingshi extended his palm toward Qin Ge.

It seems this shipgirl named Mingshi is also the type who pays first and then receives goods," Qin Ge smiled slightly, gesturing to Nengdai beside him, "Nengdai, give the 2000 units of supplies you have stored to Mingshi.

Yes, Commander." Nengdai then directly took out 2000 units of supplies from his Jia Zhuang Kong Jian and placed them in Mingshi's hands.

That's right, it's definitely 2000 units of supplies, meow." Mingshi weighed the supplies in his hand and said, "Qin Ge Commander, you're really generous, meow—spending 2000 units of supplies in one go; I don't know what else you need, meow?"

Um… could we let my shipgirls breakthrough first, and then we talk about the rest?" Qin Ge said helplessly; he suddenly realized that Mingshi seemed intent on having him spend all the supplies.

Of course, meow." Mingshi said to Qin Ge without any embarrassment, "Then Qin Ge Commander, Banrenma and Nengdai, please follow me, meow. As for Li Chenming Commander, you can take a good look at our shelves, meow—we have lots of good stuff here, meow.

Okay." Qin Ge and the others nodded; then Li Chenming, with his Z1, browsed the goods on the shelves, while Qin Ge took his shipgirls and went with Mingshi toward the inner room.

Before they even reached the door of the inner room, the sharp-eared Qin Ge heard the girls' voices inside.

Purin, purin.

Buli, buli.

With a doubtful expression, Qin Ge followed Mingshi into the room. Upon entering, he saw a girl with somewhat white hair, wearing a dress and holding a large wrench, and another girl with a full head of blond hair, wearing a golden-yellow dress and holding two drills.

Seeing Qin Ge's doubtful look, Mingshi turned and explained, 'These two kids are the Buri sisters, meow; all shipgirl breakthroughs are done by these two, meow. The white-haired one is the younger sister named buli, and the blond-haired one is the older sister named purin.'

Purin, Mingshi, do we have work again, sir?" The blond-haired purin said to Mingshi.

Buli, the work coming in now is all mine; sister, you have very little work." Buli said to purin.

Are they shipgirls? If so, why aren't they in the Jia Niang Tu Jian?" Qin Ge asked Mingshi.

To be precise, the Buri sisters can actually be considered shipgirls, meow, but since they have little combat power, they were basically born just to do breakthrough work for normal shipgirls, meow!" Mingshi explained to Qin Ge.

Purin, Mingshi, I'm the strongest! Otherwise, try my drill—my drill is a sky‑piercing drill nya!" Purin obviously objected to Mingshi's evaluation, waving her golden‑yellow drill.

Buli, my wrench is an earth‑shattering wrench nya!" Buli also waved her wrench.

So, meow." Mingshi shrugged at Qin Ge, then turned to purin and said, "Sakura Empire's Nengdai and Royal's Banrenma need a breakthrough, meow—the money's already been given; give them a breakthrough, purin, meow!

Purin!" Purin shouted, then rushed to Nengdai's front, waving her two large drills and stabbing toward Nengdai's body.

And when the two large drills touched Nengdai's body, a strange scene occurred. The two large drills, as if they had not touched Nengdai's body, entered a blue vortex. And as the drills went deeper, the light of the blue vortex became brighter.

Not long after, Purin pulled its two large drills out of the blue vortex, happily saying, "Breakthrough complete, Purin!"

At this moment, Qin Ge shifted his gaze from Purin's two large drills to Nengdai's body, "Nengdai, how do you feel now?"

Nengdai heard Qin Ge's words, closed his eyes, felt a bit, and said, "I feel that my overall abilities have improved a notch, and my use of the main cannon is much better than before; moreover, I feel I can now fire off many bullet barrages at once!"