Elder brother's garrison

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"It's just a small trick. Anyway, although I've never been to Fish City before, well, it's a big city, and apart from a few special cases, most places are pretty much the same. At least I have some experience in living here, so I can help you out a little." Pompeii smiled at Iowa and Xiaobai, then pointed to the intersection. "In short, I recommend finding a place to stay first."

"Yes, thank you, Pompeii," Xiaobai said with a smile.

"There should be hotels near the train station, but the hotels around the train station... well, they're probably not very good quality. Plus, there's a lot of foot traffic and the streets look unpleasant. I suggest looking in the city, near some food streets. There should be some small hotels there, which would be much more convenient for you."

"Wow."

"How about we go look for it now?"

"Uh... but I've already booked our hotel." Xiaobai showed her phone.

Pompeii glanced down.

On Xiaobai's phone screen.

A luxury suite for three people.

Magnificent.

Wi-Fi signal is full.

Breakfast is a European-style buffet.

Free hot springs in the evening.

The hotel is a five-star hotel.

"A five-star... hotel?"

“Yes, we’ll live together… Oh, sorry, I forgot to ask your opinion…” Xiaobai looked at Pompeii with a worried expression, “Pompeii, would you mind sharing a room with us…”

"...Oh, no, I don't mind."

"That's great!" Xiaobai smiled happily.

Pompeii gazed at the sky, his face etched with the marks of time.

Pompeii had never lived in such a luxurious place in his life.

Having money...it's so good.

Behind Pompeii, who was gazing at the sky and contemplating life.

Xiao Bai and Yi Ahua discussed in hushed tones.

"Admiral, does this hotel you mentioned have a bathtub?" Iowa bent down to look at Xiaobai's phone screen and asked with a smile.

"Yes, I remember. I specifically looked for a hotel with a bathtub." Xiaobai gave a thumbs up, making a sound of "I can't let the ship girl suffer."

"Thank you, Admiral!"

Iowa smiled contentedly.

Chapter 1331 is truly a discovery made on the northward journey.

Let's say we've already chosen a place to stay.

The next step is to contact the organization behind Commander Huai Ren.

On their way to the hotel, Xiaobai and his two companions hid in a quiet, deserted alleyway and dialed a phone number.

The call was answered after two rings, as efficient as ever.

Hello? Excuse me?

The same cold male voice came from the other end of the phone, just like before.

"Hello, I'm a newbie... from the mercenary group. Do you remember us? We've arrived in Fish City. I am..."

Xiao Bai began introducing himself to the person on the other end of the phone.

"Oh! It's you guys from the Newbie Mercenary Group! Oh my, it's been a day! I wonder how you're doing, Miss? After our conversation last time, I gave my market research team a good dressing down! Don't worry, Miss, I've fired those incompetent bastards and replaced them with a more hardworking group. As for neglecting your Newbie Mercenary Group before, that will absolutely never happen again!"

The male voice on the other end of the phone was quite hearty.

He seemed quite satisfied with his actions.

"..." Xiaobai gripped her phone. "So... how are we going to meet up next?"

"Oh right, that's true. Let's get down to business." The man on the other end of the phone chuckled twice, followed by the rustling sound of papers being flipped through the phone. "I contacted the supplier yesterday and have received the latest files. Let me take a look—well, tonight at eight o'clock, please wait for us at the entrance of the Fish City Hotel on Third Street. We'll send someone to pick you up."

"Do we need to carry any easily identifiable marker?"

"Haha, it's fine if you take something, but it doesn't matter if you don't. Anyway, you're a member of a mercenary group, right? If you look for them, the ship girls are easy to recognize."

"……understood."

"Alright, I still have some things to take care of. See you tonight, Miss!"

"..." Just like Missouri had done before, Xiaobai hung up the phone immediately.

"Looks like we'll have to wait until 8 p.m.," Iowa said to Xiaobai.

When Xiaobai was on the phone, he was on speakerphone, and Iowa and Pompeii could clearly hear the conversation.

"Yeah...we'll have to wait until tonight." Xiaobai put away her phone and looked at Iowa with some curiosity. "Speaking of which, why do these mysterious organizations prefer to trade at night?"

“At night, most of the city’s residents go home to rest, and the darkness also helps to conceal their presence, which adds to the atmosphere of these underground transactions,” Iowa said.

"Oh wow...that makes sense."

"Where are we going now?" Pompeii asked, his face full of curiosity.

Xiaobai and Yi Ahua exchanged a glance.

"It's still early until 8 PM...we can wander around the city a bit." After thinking for a moment, Xiaobai asked Pompeii, "Pompeii, is there anywhere you'd like to go?"

"Huh? Me? Uh... We're going to make a deal with bad guys tonight... Isn't this a bit inappropriate?" Pompeii said, a little nervously.

"It's alright, things will work themselves out," Xiaobai and Iohua comforted Pompeii. "Relax, relax."

"..." Pompeii looked at Xiaobai with a strange expression.

Seeing Xiaobai's relaxed demeanor, as if she were detached from everything, if she didn't know the purpose of Xiaobai's business trip, she might have thought that Xiaobai was really on vacation.

“You guys… you really are a strange bunch…” Pompeii sighed.

"Anyway, let's go to the hotel first," Xiaobai said to Pompeii with a smile.

“Yes.” Pompeii nodded.

Xiao Bai and his two companions left the alley, opened their phone maps, and strolled leisurely in the direction indicated on their phones.

As she walked, Xiaobai, having nothing else to do, took out the travel guide that the girl at the train station had given her from her backpack and started flipping through it.

"Ah, so there really is information about Fish City in the travel guide." Xiaobai exclaimed in admiration as she flipped through the travel guide.

"Fish City doesn't seem to be a very famous city... What does the tourist guide say about it?" Pompeii asked.

"It can only be said that its influence has not reached the level of a first-tier city. According to the travel guide, Yucheng is still a city with a little fame in the tourism circle."

"Um... speaking of which, I did see a tour group at the train station just now." Pompeii thought for a moment and nodded. "Are there any tourist attractions around here?"

"Well, there's a fairly large mountain range near Fish City. The forests on the mountain are like winter all year round. In recent years, tourist villages have been developed there, with various activities such as farm stays and fruit picking, so the tourism industry is quite developed... Ah, but compared to that, Fish City itself is also a city with some appeal." Xiaobai said while flipping through the travel guide.

"Attraction? For example?"

"This place places great emphasis on the preservation of ethnic culture. There are many ethnic-themed attractions in the city, and it's also famous for its table sports," Xiaobai said, closing the travel guide.

"Tabletop sports? Hmm... table tennis or snooker?" Pompeo was intrigued by Xiaobai's way of speaking and subconsciously asked.

"Neither." Xiaobai shook her head.

"What is that?" Pompeii asked curiously.

Coincidentally.

While Pompeii pressed for answers, the three of them arrived at a crossroads.

Xiao Bai stopped and looked around before pointing in a direction.

"Ah, found it! They really are everywhere."

"Hmm?" Pompeii looked in the direction Little White was looking.

On a fairly bustling street, a shop had a gleaming silver signboard hanging high above its entrance. The shop's door was wide open, and a continuous rustling sound, like pattering rain, emanated from inside.

"This is?"

"The mahjong parlor," Xiaobai said.

"..." Pompeii was silent for a moment, then looked up and stared intently at the silver plaque.

Sure enough, the five large, protruding silver characters of "Wealthy Mahjong Hall" on the silver plaque shimmered in the sunlight, making it difficult to look directly at them.

"The table sport the Admiral was referring to, you mean mahjong?" Iowa asked Xiaobai from the other side.

"Yes, it's mahjong. Fish City is a mahjong metropolis. I heard that they hold large-scale mahjong tournaments every year with substantial prize money," Xiaobai said.

"Oh...I see." Iowa thought for a moment, then nodded with a smile. "It really is a relaxing city."

"It's probably because tourism is so lucrative that everyone's got nothing better to do..." Pompeii looked helplessly at the silver plaque.

“Uh… what Pompeii said… seems to make some sense.” Xiaobai smiled.

"...Are you good at playing mahjong?" Pompeii asked Xiaobai.

"Me? Well... I did have to look into it for a while due to some special circumstances... but I haven't actually tried it yet," Xiaobai replied.

When Xiaobai said "before," he was referring to the time he spent at Er Gou's mother's house.

"So, Admiral Xiaobai, do you like playing mahjong?"

"I don't really know what's interesting about it..." Xiaobai truthfully expressed his opinion.

"Hmph, me too." Pompeii's lips curled up, she nodded to Xiaobai and smiled proudly, "Compared to mahjong, there are definitely many more video games with scantily clad girls that are more fun, right!"

"...Haha." Xiaobai nodded awkwardly, "...Yeah."

--how to say.

—Perhaps it's a personal reason, although Xiaobai knows quite a bit about mahjong and video games for various reasons, he's not very interested in either.

Of course, Xiaobai wouldn't truthfully spoil Pompeii's mood.

The alley in front of them was the only way for Xiaobai and his two companions to get to the hotel.

After exchanging a few brief words about their respective opinions, Xiaobai and his two companions walked along the street toward the mahjong parlor in the distance.

“Mahjong is actually the king of all gambling games.” As they walked, Pompeii gestured to Xiaobai, “No matter how you try to beautify it, playing mahjong is still gambling, right? I think it’s bad, really bad.”

"Uh... Is the King of Gamblers really that powerful...?" Xiaobai broke out in a cold sweat.

In Xiaobai's memory, mahjong wasn't as bad as Pompeii made it out to be. In the few games of mahjong he had played at the Mu family's house before, everyone simply used sticks to keep count, and money was never involved.

As for the flamboyant name of this gambling king.

This is the first time Xiaobai has heard it.

“That’s not how it’s always portrayed in movies,” Pompeii said.

"..." Xiaobai laughed, "Oh, it's a movie..."

"Yeah, aren't the mahjong parlors in movies always those places where old men with exposed bellies smoking and middle-aged men with blue tattoos hang out? You can probably tell they're sweaty inside without even going inside..."

As Xiaobai and Pompeii chatted, they passed by the entrance of the mahjong parlor.

then.

Just as Pompeii was telling Xiaobai how terrible the atmosphere in the mahjong parlor was...

There was a whooshing sound.

Inside the mahjong parlor, a slender figure in white and blue was suddenly thrown out and landed straight on Xiaobai, who was passing by.

"oops----"

A slender figure in blue and white let out a clear shout in mid-air, rapidly approaching Little White. In the blink of an eye, it was able to pounce on Little White.

then.

Do not know why.

In that instant, Xiaobai seemed to recall the days when Mu Yu used to cling to his leg.

Before she could react, she quickly retreated.

There was a loud thud.