Is something the matter, De Ruyter?

An invitation to an underground casino, eh?

I know! I've thought of something good!

Go and call Warspite over.

And there's that face of yours.

The 'I'm scheming something' face.

A-Admiral! No, it's nothing...

That tulip bulb from before - I'll buy it off you.

WALLET

You see, I just actually got myself a special bonus pay, and I've had a little change of heart.

Uuu... The worst... Not even a cent...

She even took the pay advance that I got...

I can't even buy bean sprouts now...

However, all I'll be paying is just about what you got as that pay advance, nothing more.

What are you going to do? You can't just let her be, right?

Though really, if I act on this, it'll call into question Bismarck's supervisory authority, no?

Seems there's no good way to go about this then.

Seems like.

Let's go make everyone happy. Source quote: Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor Manga Volume 1

Hmm... Even if she's just doing it to pass the time, she's really going all out on this...

Just how serious are you, sir...?