Elder brother's garrison

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“Leaving this village… there really isn’t much trouble then.” After listening to Xiaobai’s words, Pompeii nodded with deep feeling and said softly, “Yeah… usually when we have a grudge against the mercenary group, we just leave.”

"...So you really are leaving..." Xiaobai lowered her head.

Xiaobai had a really good impression of Pompeii and Zara, who were easy-going and pretty ship girls. He was a little disappointed if they left like this.

"Well..." Pompeii glanced at Xiaobai's obviously disappointed expression, hesitated for a moment, then stamped her foot in frustration, "But this time is a little different..."

"Huh?" Xiaobai looked up.

"It's really inconvenient for us to leave this time..." Pompeii muttered hesitantly.

"...Uh, are you concerned about the safety of the village?" Xiaobai asked.

“Yes.” Pompeii nodded, but then shook his head with a strange expression. “No, not really…”

"what does it mean?"

“We must wait until this sea area returns to normal before we can leave,” Pompeii said to Little White.

"...Hmm?" Little White looked at Pompeii in confusion. "Can we only leave after this sea area returns to normal?"

"Ah."

"What does this mean..." Xiaobai looked at Pompeii's feet in confusion.

Little White didn't quite understand what Pompeii was saying.

Pompeii and Zara are ship girls, not earthbound spirits or anything, so how come they can leave the restrictions...?

We have to wait until the sea level returns to normal before we can leave...

Uh……

Ok?

Thinking of this, Xiao Bai suddenly raised an eyebrow.

wrong.

Those who are restricted from leaving are not necessarily earthbound spirits; there are indeed other situations.

For example, Xiaobai himself, in a sense, cannot leave this village now.

Could it be?

Xiao Bai looked at Pompeii, who looked embarrassed.

"Pompeii...you and Zara...were you also commissioned by someone to come here?" Xiaobai asked cautiously.

"..." Pompeii didn't speak. Her eyes moved to Xiaobai's face and then quickly looked away.

Pompeii stood there, conflicted, fidgeting with his fingers.

Pompeii pondered deeply.

Pompeii struggles.

At last.

"Hmm." Pompeii nodded gently.

Chapter 1309 Little White Gains New Motivation

secret.

Vocabulary of modern human common language.

Meaning: Something is hidden, unknown to others.

In everyday life, it often refers to something or someone that is hidden or unknown to others.

Secrets are something that exist widely among humans and ship girls. They are something that many people have come into contact with, yet they always keep to themselves.

Even among modern humans, there is no one who has no secrets.

For example, Shiro has many secrets that are not suitable to be told to the world. These include her marriage ship, Abyssal Yamato, the Abyssal Taihou maid group that she is on her way to the newbie naval base, the Abyssal will within her body, and the white and black thing.

But even though Xiaobai has so many secrets, it doesn't change the fact that she is a law-abiding and good admiral.

Ahem, I'm off topic.

Back to topic.

When Xiaobai first met Zara and Pompeii, he learned from them that Zara and Pompeii were just traveling and happened to pass by this place. They discovered that this sea area was abnormal, so they wanted to stay in the city to protect the village free of charge.

However, when Xiaobai asked Pompeii if she and Zara had been sent to the village by someone, Pompeii's behavior was completely opposite to the information she had given Xiaobai before.

Indeed, someone commissioned Pompeii and Zara, who are traveling ship girls, to be stationed in this village.

Xiaobai was somewhat surprised to learn about this.

"...Who commissioned you to come here?"

On the street, Little White looked at Pompeii and asked in confusion.

"..." Pompeii raised her eyes, glanced at Xiaobai apologetically, opened her mouth, and then shook her head helplessly.

It seems that Pompeii was reluctant to reveal who had entrusted him with this task.

Little White blinked at Pompeii's troubled expression.

Did the client ask them to keep it a secret?

Hmm... I do get these kinds of requests occasionally.

If Pompeii doesn't want to talk about it, then so be it.

Anyway.

Even if Pompeii didn't want to reveal who commissioned him, Xiaobai already knew pretty much who it was by this point.

Pompeii and Zara arrived at the village very early, long before Jinghua set off to find Xiaobai.

If you say so.

They wanted to entrust the traveling ship girls to protect the village so early.

First, three prerequisites must be met.

First, it is necessary to detect changes in the sea area as early as possible.

Second, you need to be familiar with the functions of ship girls.

Third, you need to have money.

In big cities, there might not be even one person who can meet all three requirements, let alone in a small fishing village, where there are even fewer people who can meet all three requirements.

Xiao Bai went through these three requirements in his mind and quickly selected a unique candidate.

—Jinghua's teacher.

Jinghua's teacher was the first and only human in the village to discover the changes in the sea. He had also served as an admiral and was familiar with ship girl operations. In the end, he even had several million in savings in the bank card he gave to Jinghua, so he himself was certainly much wealthier.

Jinghua's teacher is the only one in this remote fishing village who has the ability and means to hire traveling ship girls.

No wonder.

No wonder that even though no one in the village knew Pompeii and Zara, Kyouka said that she learned from her teacher that Zara and Pompeii were ship girls.

No wonder Pompeii acted strangely when he passed by Jinghua's house this morning.

So it turns out they also commissioned ship girls.

Xiao Bai was both amused and exasperated.

"Pompeii, the person who entrusted you with this task must be Jinghua's teacher, right?" Xiaobai asked Pompeii.

Pompeii's shoulders twitched. She cautiously raised her head, looked at Little White, and then gave an embarrassed smile.

"Hehe...you, you found out..."

"It's hard not to notice..." Xiaobai smiled. "But if you hadn't just said you had a client, I wouldn't have realized it either."

Xiao Bai is indeed too inept at reasoning.

If it were Luo Lian, she wouldn't have had to wait until today; she would have discovered the fact that Pompeii and Zara were also hired as soon as they met.

“…Sorry…” Pompeii scratched his head and smiled at Little White.

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about, after all, it's just a request." Xiaobai waved her hand matter-of-factly. "Everyone has a few secrets, right?"

"Hmm." Pompeii breathed a sigh of relief; Xiaobai's words had relieved a lot of her pressure. She nodded. "Yes, that's right, everyone has a few secrets..."

“However, I’m a little curious, why are you hiding this from Pompeii?” Xiaobai looked at Pompeii curiously. “Generally speaking, being entrusted to protect a village shouldn’t be something worth hiding.”

"Well, how should I put it? I can only say that there are some difficulties... that person." Pompeii scratched his cheek, gazing into the distance behind the street, and said softly.

"That person... ah, is he Jinghua's teacher?" Xiaobai paused for a moment, then realized what he meant.

“He probably doesn’t want others to know his identity, especially that little girl,” Pompeii said.

"Oh... I think so." Xiaobai recalled Jinghua's teacher's previous conversation with her and nodded in agreement. "It's quite difficult for someone who has been an admiral to go back to living the life of an ordinary person."

After Pompeii's suggestion...

Xiao Bai roughly understood the ins and outs of the matter.

Jinghua's teacher is a retired admiral who is enjoying his retirement years. One day, he discovers that the waters in front of his house have changed.

He wanted to inform the villagers so they could take refuge, but the aura of the deep sea is something that cannot be observed with the human eye, so naturally no one believed him.

The remote fishing village was destitute and helpless. Perhaps he had tried to contact the nearby admirals, but most likely there was no reply. In any case, in order to protect his homeland, Jinghua's teacher had no choice but to secretly use his experience from the admiral's era to hire two traveling ship girls.

The traveling ship girls have limited strength and cannot do high-difficulty tasks such as clearing out the sea, but at least when the deep-sea ships invade the coast, they can help resist the first wave of attacks and make the villagers realize the danger and retreat.

Although our homes will be affected, at least everyone's lives have been saved, which is better than anything else.

Perhaps to avoid trouble, and also for her own safety, Kyoka's teacher did not tell anyone about her hiring of ship girls, and at the same time, asked the ship girls she hired to help keep it a secret.

The matter should have ended here.

But at this time, the girl adopted by the old man unexpectedly showed great backbone.

The day after meeting the traveling ship girl.

As if she had gained courage, Jinghua picked up her bank card and traveled thousands of miles to the city where her teacher had mentioned a powerful ship girl. In the city, she found the world's number one naval base in one go, and then dragged the admiral and ship girls of the world's number one naval base to the village.

After clarifying the ins and outs of the matter, Xiaobai immediately felt a sense of relief, as if the clouds had parted and the sun was shining through.

Although understanding the interpersonal relationships involved is of no use to the actual clearing of the sea area, it is always better to know these things than not to know them.

“In that case, Pompeii, it’s indeed inconvenient for you and Zara to leave here,” Xiaobai said to Pompeii with a sigh.

Even a novice wouldn't do something like cutting off someone's livelihood.

Although it's unclear how much money Mirror Flower's teacher spent to hire Pompeii and Zara, no matter how much it cost, Xiaobai simply couldn't bring herself to tell Pompeii and the others to abandon Mirror Flower's teacher's mission and just run away.

“That’s right…” Pompeii sighed sheepishly, “Uh… actually, this was the first time I’d ever hit someone… because I just couldn’t help myself, so I didn’t think about the consequences…”

"There's nothing we can do about it," Xiaobai nodded.

If Zara and Pompeii are unwilling to leave the village, they will likely be targeted by mercenary groups. Xiaobai naturally doesn't want to see his favorite ship girl being bullied...

If you say so.

really.

We need to find a way to get these two ship girls to join the newbie naval base, so that the newbie naval base can easily stand up for them.

Chapter 1310 Good Guy Card x6

Xiao Bai looked at Pompeii, who was looking dejected because of his impulsiveness just now, and gently tiptoed.

Although mercenary groups, as civilian organizations, are quite troublesome for traveling ship girls like Zara and Pompeii.

However, after all, a non-governmental organization is still a non-governmental organization, and it is quite different from a regular naval base.

Once Zara and Pompeii join the newbie naval base, they will become service ship girls of the newbie naval base. At that time, the newbie naval base will stand up for them, which means that they are the ones supporting each other. Not only will they be able to vent their anger, but it will also be reasonable and justifiable, and no one can find fault with it.

only.

Even so.

Whether Pompeii and Zara will accept Xiaobai's offer is also a question.

Actually, it wasn't that Xiaobai was foolish enough to only think of it now.

After all, Xiaobai is an admiral with extensive experience in salvaging ships.