Chapter 6

Due to the excessive number of red dots on the map, Hugo and Victory immediately huddled together to plan their search route, avoiding wasting too much time in areas that were not their targets for the day. After all, he now only had ten fate points, and he couldn't afford to summon ship girls recklessly.

"This one on the Thames must be Belfast; we don't need her for now." Hugo started by looking at the less dense outer areas of the map, quickly identifying and eliminating several red dots. "The dot at the museum entrance should be the shallow-water battleship Roberts, which isn't what I urgently need right now—"

Because of his interest in military and warships in his previous life, he naturally researched a lot of information about these warship relics. Although he couldn't cover everything, he didn't miss the particularly famous ones.

"That means we have to go inside." Looking at the cluster of red dots inside the museum building on the map, Hugo showed Victory a troubled expression. "Do you know how to infiltrate? I've always been an ordinary person and have never learned how to break in."

"The Royal Navy fights every enemy." Victory first stood up straight with a proud expression, then slumped. "So, you know, the Japanese ship girls are better at sneaky stuff, while British ship girls usually just charge in through the front door when faced with such problems."

"Then forget it; I'll think of something myself." Hugo felt that the British ship girls' straightforward approach wasn't suitable for him now, so he got up and started circling the museum. Soon, he noticed that the museum's security seemed very lax, with few patrol personnel. Compared to the British Museum, it was in a completely different league.

Of course, this was understandable. After all, the artifacts in this museum had significant historical value but little economic value, so it was understandable that the security wasn't as tight. Naturally, this made it much easier for Hugo to infiltrate.

"That must be the window to the toilet." After circling the museum, Victory pointed to a small window on the side wall. "I think I can use my unique ability to switch between reality and illusion to get inside the room and open that window from the inside, and then you can climb in through it."

"That's fine." Hugo nodded, as the toilet was only about three stories high, and the wall had many protrusions and drainpipes for him to grab onto. He had also gained the climbing skill from his previous abilities, as climbing is a required skill for the navy.

So, after confirming that no one was around, Hugo climbed up the exterior wall, and with Victory's help from inside the room, he squeezed through the open window. Indeed, the toilet stalls on the left and the urinals on the right confirmed that he had landed exactly where he expected.

Creeping to the toilet door, Hugo peeked out. Most of the lights in the exhibition hall were off, but some emergency lights were still on, creating numerous shadows and blind spots that facilitated his movement.

"There are only two cameras, and they have fixed angles, so there are large blind spots." Slipping into the hall, Victory communicated through their mental link. "I only saw two security guards patrolling here, and if I'm not mistaken, there are no more than 20 security personnel in the entire building, and they aren't very alert."

"Can you control those cameras?" Hugo asked. "If I remember correctly, don't entities like you, which are similar to system spirits, have the ability to modify electronic devices?"

"That's because those system spirits are inherently related to electronic products." Victory's voice in his mind sounded a bit helpless. "In my era, there weren't even electrical facilities, let alone computers. How could I know how to operate them?"

"Alright, I understand." Hugo shrugged, a bit helplessly. He had indeed forgotten that Victory was originally a sailing warship. It seemed that his system spirit, being a ship girl, was still limited by the ship itself and wasn't the omnipotent system spirit he had imagined.

Fortunately, the security personnel here seemed quite lax, so Hugo quickly used the blind spots created by the exhibits and the terrain to slowly approach the exhibition hall that had shown red dots on the map.

"It feels like everything in here is small." After entering the exhibition hall, Hugo noticed that this small hall was completely different from the large hall outside. The large hall displayed actual cannons, missiles, and fighter planes, while this small hall was filled with glass cabinets, which seemed to contain small items from the entrance.

This was actually better, as Hugo didn't know what would happen when he summoned the ship girls. A small, independent exhibition hall made it easier for him to act without constantly worrying about the security guards checking in, as he would in a large hall.

Even better, because electronic devices weren't as prevalent in this era, only the entrance of the small exhibition hall had a fixed camera. Hugo had successfully avoided the surveillance by using the decorative sculptures at the entrance when he came in.

"The nearest security team will arrive in an hour, so you have 55 minutes to find your target." Victory, standing on a trash can at the entrance, looked at the patrol registration board on the wall and said in his mind, "I'll keep watch outside and alert you if anyone comes."

"Understood." After replying in his mind, Hugo began to inspect the glass cabinets under the dim wall lights. The cabinets contained small items, such as a military cap, a badge, a piece of painted wood, or a fragment of steel.

The most distinctive item was an iron ball embedded in wood, with some golden text on it. As Hugo passed by the cabinet, he curiously glanced at the text on the iron ball and discovered that it described the artifact's origin: a piece of a sailing warship's deck that had been hit by a cannonball and was left as a memorial during repairs.

Of course, such an ancient artifact wasn't Hugo's target. After carefully reading all the plaques under the artifacts in the room, he quickly identified his targets.

Unlike his initial plan, Hugo decided to target not one but two items this time. One reason was that he had found two items that could summon large ship girls. If he could summon them both at once, he wouldn't need to do it in two separate sessions, which would be more efficient for him.

The other reason was that ship girls, once summoned, are independent beings with their own emotions. Since he couldn't live with them, summoning two at once would give them company and prevent them from feeling too lonely.