Chapter 582: Research Project

"Commander, how is it?" Ou ruo la asked Qin Ge beside her.

"Hehe, not bad." Qin Ge smiled. "You've only been here a few days and you've made the place like this; you really put a lot of effort into it."

"Hehe, the environment here is quite good, and since I've been here the past few days, it's fine." Ou ruo la said with a smile, pride filling her eyes that couldn't be concealed.

Qin Ge smiled and walked toward the garden's edge; from a distance he could only see a sea of flowers, but only when he drew near could he appreciate the roses' lovely, dewy state.

"Coming here, I suddenly feel much more relaxed, thank you, Chong qing." Qin Ge looked at the flower sea ahead, turned his head to Ou ruo la and said.

"If it lets the commander feel relaxed, that's the best." Ou ruo la said, walking to the garden's edge. She extended her tender white finger, placed it on a rose stem, gently broke it, then turned and placed the rose before Qin Ge.

"Commander, come over here~"

"How beautiful, what's wrong?" Qin Ge first praised the flower Ou ruo la held, then walked to her front.

Ou ruo la laughed, placed the rose from her hand onto Qin Ge's chest, "Hehe, the commander really matches this kind of rose."

Qin Ge looked at Ou ruo la's charming smile, then lowered his head to glance at the rose on his chest, smiling and said, "This is somewhat like a playboy."

"Hehe, the commander isn't like that." Ou ruo la said, "If possible, could you also pick one for me to wear?"

Qin Ge immediately agreed, "Of course, Chong qing is very beautiful; if you wear such a beautiful rose, it will be even more beautiful."

"However, I'm not good at choosing; if I can't pick something you like, don't blame me."

Ou ruo la quickly shook her head, "As long as it's chosen by the commander, I like it."

Qin Ge smiled, "Okay."

With Ou ruo la's words, Qin Ge set aside his mental burden, walked to the garden's edge, scanned and selected a very gorgeous rose, plucked it. Then, amidst Ou ruo la's slightly flushed complexion, he placed it on her chest.

"Mm, indeed very pretty." Qin Ge smiled.

"Hehe, I also think it's very pretty, the commander's eye for beauty is really good." Ou ruo la said happily.

"If you like it, that's fine." Qin Ge said, then pointed to a patch of somewhat whitish flowers not far away and said, "I think the roses there are a different variety from here; why don't we go take a look, and then you can tell me about roses?"

"Okay, commander."

The two stayed in the rose garden for a long time, having a feeling that was not quite a date but felt like one.

Time unknowingly slipped into the afternoon, and Qin Ge had to leave. On the way back, Qin Ge asked Ou ruo la, "What have you been doing lately?"

"I'm in the research department." Ou ruo la said with a laugh.

"Did you also go to the research department? I thought it was mostly White Eagle shipgirls there." Qin Ge said.

"No, the research department isn't only White Eagle shipgirls; shipgirls from other fleets are there too, and there are quite a few." Ou ruo la said, "Besides me, our Royal fleet has London and Certain and Swift, they're all there, and Guanghui miss occasionally goes there."

"Of course, Donghuang also has them, but only Zhenhai and Anshan, two people."

Qin Ge smiled, "I think so too; someone like Zhao He with a big-and-bold temperament is fundamentally unsuited for research. Moreover, Hai Tian is more suited to researching poetry; if it were research, she wouldn't like it much."

"Indeed, Miss Hai Tian is just like a lady from a noble family, somewhat like Miss Hood. So research doesn't hold much appeal for them."

"So what have you been researching lately?" Qin Ge asked with a smile.

Although the research department will have report statistics, it doesn't go into detail about what each person is researching; they are just overall summaries of the projects.

"We're researching advanced fire-control radar with Certain and Swift; you should have seen it in the statistical report, Commander?" Ou ruo la asked.

"I have seen it, but that's a very overall summary. For example, radar is just detection radar, fire-control radar, anti-air radar, etc., without specifics."

"I know, after all, those are what I organized." Ou ruo la said with a hehe, "But getting back to the point, putting the mass-produced type on Saipan Island for research—if something unexpected happens, wouldn't rescue be a bit difficult?"

"There's no way, and besides, Bismarck wants to set up a test field; we can't just put it on the home island, or we wouldn't sleep well at night." Qin Ge said with a smile.

These things are common knowledge in the fleet, so speaking of them openly like this poses no problem.

"However, Commander, handing over full authority of that test field to Iron Blood—don't you feel there might be some danger?" Ou ruo la said.

Qin Ge shook his head, "Some danger is quite normal; experiments involve unknowns, allowing a certain amount of danger to arise."

"Moreover, for Iron Blood, they are extreme pursuers, whether it's Bismarck or Emperor Frederick. Even if there is a chance of generating some danger, they would anticipate and prevent it beforehand."

"Compared to other fleets, handing over this series of experiments to them might be the most correct."

"I know you Royal and Iron Blood have always had some rift, but in this regard you are both serving the fleet's future, so I hope you can understand."

"I understand, Commander." Although Qin Ge gave him that warning, Ou ruo la showed no anger or disappointment, after all Qin Ge explained the stakes to her, which is a full expression of trust.

"Don't overthink it, and besides, didn't I also photograph Soviet Russia over there?" Qin Ge smiled, "As long as those two fleets cooperate fully, I believe something unexpected will surely appear."

"Mm." Ou ruo la nodded, "Right, Commander, where are you going this afternoon?"

"Well, going to Tiancheng's place; I estimate Akagi and Kaga are probably there too." Qin Ge said somewhat helplessly.

"Then Commander, you should be careful, after all those two—hehe, they once did something really eye-popping." Ou ruo la said with a laugh.

Qin Ge rolled his eyes, "So always avoiding solves nothing; it's better to face it frankly. Besides, with Tiancheng there, they wouldn't do anything too over the top."

"Mm."