Elder brother's garrison

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Bei Shang stared blankly at Xiao Bai's face for a while.

"Their appearances are indeed somewhat similar... but why are their hair and eye colors so different..."

"I really don't know when I'll be able to explain this... I'll tell you when I have the chance. For now, let's just consider it an accident that I became the admiral..." Xiaobai explained awkwardly.

"I see." After listening to Xiaobai's explanation, Beishang nodded happily, then straightened up and bowed to Xiaobai. "I'm very sorry that I didn't greet you right away, Admiral Lu Lin."

"It's okay, we'll head north," Xiaobai said with a smile.

“Okay.” Kitakami straightened up, gently patted his chest, and smiled at Xiaobai. “Then please allow me to introduce myself again. Nice to meet you, Admiral. I am Kitakami.”

"Hello, heading north." Xiaobai nodded.

The ship girl in front of me is named Kitakami.

Compared to Ooi, she does seem much quieter.

As Xiao Bai pondered, her gaze gradually shifted downwards, landing on the little girl with pigtails behind Bei Shang.

The little girl looked very young, probably only seven or eight years old. Her big eyes blinked, revealing the shyness of a small animal.

"...Speaking of which, Bei Shang, who is the girl behind you...?"

“This is the neighbor’s child.” Kitakami nodded, reaching out to pat the little girl’s head. “About her… didn’t Ooi tell you about her just now, Admiral?”

"Huh? What are you trying to say?" Xiaobai was taken aback and looked at Dajing strangely. "The neighbor's kid?"

"Ah!" Ooi exclaimed, "I forgot to mention..."

“…Ooi, you…” Kitakami looked at Ooi with a helpless expression.

"There's nothing I can do! It all happened so suddenly! There wasn't a chance to explain everything to the Admiral. I'm not like you, Kitakami, who can always be so calm!" Ooi pouted, looking like he didn't think it was his fault.

Xiao Bai looked at Bei Shang and Da Jing with a strange expression.

"Heading north, Oi... what do you want to talk about?" Xiaobai asked curiously. "It's okay, we didn't say it before, can't we say it now?"

Ooi and Kitakami exchanged a glance.

“Then…Admiral.”

"Well, I'm here."

"Well then, I'll leave the mahjong game to you later," Dai-i and Kitakami said in unison.

"Okay...wait?!"

Xiao Bai looked completely bewildered.

baffling.

what happened.

What does this neighbor's kid have to do with mahjong?

Chapter 1334 Dark Mahjong

The look of confusion on Xiao Bai's face could be printed out and used to write a hundred thousand "whys".

"Wait a minute... this conversation is jumping around way too fast..." Xiaobai waved her hand, looking at Dajing and Beishang with a strange expression, "Why do the neighbor's kids suddenly start talking about playing mahjong?"

"Ah... I'm sorry, I forgot that the Admiral hasn't understood the situation yet. It's our fault for not explaining it clearly."

Bei Shang bowed to Xiao Bai, then pointed shyly to the little girl behind her, "Admiral, in short, let me introduce you first. This child's name is Xiao Yu."

"Um……"

Xiaobai nodded, indicating that she could keep up with this level of difficulty.

"Xiaoyu, say hello to my admiral."

Bei Shang lowered his head and said to Xiao Yu.

"Greetings, Admiral!"

Xiaoyu crouched behind Beishang, secretly glancing at Xiaobai's face, and then called out in a clear voice.

"Thank you, Xiaoyu. But if we weren't ship girls, you don't really need to call me Admiral... Just call me sister!" Xiaobai smiled. "Hello, Xiaoyu."

“…Hello, sister.” Xiaoyu nodded and timidly shrank back behind Beishang.

“Xiaoyu is human,” Beishang explained to Xiaobai.

"Hmm." Xiaobai nodded. "Now that we know the name, we can explain the situation a little, right?"

"Hmm." Kitakami nodded, then smiled sheepishly at Shiro. "But Admiral, please give me a little time... let me organize my thoughts."

"can."

"Thank you." Bei Shang breathed a sigh of relief, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, then opened them and nodded to Xiao Bai. "Anyway, I'll try to get to the point as quickly as possible."

"Ok."

"It all started the day we left the naval base..."

"Huh?? We're talking about it so early?"

"..." Her journey north was stalled, and she looked at Xiaobai with some difficulty.

"Oh, it's okay, you can continue, you can continue." Xiaobai quickly waved her hand and smiled apologetically.

"...After leaving the naval base, I heard that Fish City was a world-renowned mahjong city, and for some reasons, like my hobby, Ooi and I came to Fish City and settled here," Kitakami said.

"Oh...no wonder I met you here." Xiaobai nodded.

It's a newbie garrison town.

Because the ship girls have nothing to do and have a wide range of interests.

Therefore, it is also known as a base for the elderly to enjoy their golden years.

Both Ooi and Kitakami were quite skilled at and fond of mahjong when they were in the newbie naval base.

It's quite normal for them to choose to live in Fish City after leaving the garrison.

"When we first arrived in human society, we were used to life in the naval base, so even though we had plenty of money, we had a tough time due to our lack of experience," Kitakami said to Shiro. "Back then, our neighbors, Tama's parents, took the initiative to help us. They taught us how to pay our water and electricity bills on time, how to contact a service company to install internet, how to buy home appliances, and they even warned us that door-to-door salespeople and phone salespeople were all scammers. They gave us a lot of life experience..."

"Ah...they are such a kind family."

“Yes, that’s why Da Jing and I are very grateful to them.” Kitakami nodded. “And over the past few years, we’ve also become friends with Xiao Yu’s parents. We’ll chat together occasionally and exchange leftovers from our homes.”

"Oh..." Xiaobai nodded, "And then?"

"What happened next..." Bei Shang sighed as he spoke, "Xiao Yu's mother got a very serious illness. At first, we were kept in the dark. By the time we found out, Xiao Yu's mother had already been admitted to the hospital and passed away a few months after we visited her."

"……"noob.

"And then here's what happened," Bei Shang said to Xiao Bai. "Xiao Yu's family was fairly well-off, but not extremely wealthy. During that disaster, to pay for her mother's medical treatment, Xiao Yu's father not only emptied the family's savings but also borrowed a lot of money..."

"Loan sharking?" Pompey, who had been silent behind Xiaobai, suddenly spoke up.

“…Yes, it’s loan sharking.” Bei Shang glanced at Pompeii and nodded. “We only found out about this much later. Xiao Yu’s father borrowed money from a very, very expensive loan shark to pay for her medical treatment. The high interest, plus the already large principal, has now ballooned to an astronomical figure…not something an ordinary family can afford.”

"So you want to help Xiaoyu's father?" Xiaobai understood a bit after hearing this, so she nodded and asked Beishang.

“Mm.” Kitakami and Oi nodded.

"Oh...I see..." Xiaobai glanced at Xiaoyu hiding behind Beishang, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Speaking of which, where is Xiaoyu's father now?"

“He was arrested by the loan organization this morning,” Bei Shang said.

"Ah?!" Xiaobai exclaimed in surprise, "Won't it be dangerous?"

"Well... there shouldn't be any danger, because when the loan organization came this morning, their target was actually Xiaoyu. Later, after Dajing and I stepped in and used some force to reach an agreement with them, they only took Xiaoyu's father to prevent us from escaping," Kitakami said.

“Uh…” Xiaobai stared blankly at Beishang. She thought for a moment, “The agreement… this agreement, it can’t be…”

“Well, that loan organization is also a resident of Fish City, so they naturally have Fish City customs as well. Therefore, we finally decided to settle the matter with mahjong,” Bei Shang said.

"……"noob.

how to say.

Why is it that the story, which started off quite seriously and darkly, suddenly turns into a final showdown with mahjong?

It gives me a strange sense of déjà vu, like I'm living in a hot-blooded mahjong anime.

Forget it.

I always feel like I've lost if I complain.

"Now I roughly understand the connection between the neighbor's kid and mahjong..." Xiaobai nodded. "What were the terms of your agreement with the loan organization?"

"They will find the number one Dark Mahjong Master in Fish City to play a round with us. As long as any one of our players scores higher than Dark Mahjong Master, we win and can just pay back the principal, with the loan interest waived."

"The Dark... Dark Mahjong World... Dark Mahjong Hero??"

“Yes… he’s a very strong opponent…” Kitakami said with a serious expression. “I heard he’s a veteran of scientific mahjong, nicknamed the ‘Riichi Mahjong Hero’…”

"..." Xiaobai silently watched Beishang, whose face was solemn.

How to do.

How embarrassing.

Xiao Bai was so embarrassed he got goosebumps.

The dark mahjong scene... the retro vibe is way too over the top.

He looks like the villain from some animated cooking show no matter how you look at him...

What if, while we're playing mahjong... it suddenly starts glowing...?

Xiao Bai swallowed hard, shook his head, and shook off the extraneous thoughts in his mind.

"So, when you said you were going to practice at the mahjong parlor, you meant you were going to play mahjong with them later?" Xiaobai asked Dajing.

“Not entirely.” Ooi shrugged at Shiro. “Admiral, look, me and Kitakami, there are only two of us. Adding that Dark Mahjong Hero, we're still one short to make a mahjong table. So I need to find a fourth person…”

"Uh... I see..." Xiaobai thought to himself, then pointed to himself, "So you want me to play dark mahjong with you?"

"Yes!" Dai-i nodded, his eyes sparkling.

"Well... how should I put it, I think I'll just forget about it... I have absolutely no idea how to play mahjong..." Xiaobai waved his hand, looking embarrassed.

"Admiral, you just said you understand the rules of mahjong!"

"Knowing the rules of mahjong and being able to play mahjong are two different things... Besides, isn't this a very important event? Wouldn't it be terrible for a newbie like me to go up there..."

"Admiral, the rules say that if we can't get three people, we're automatically declared the loser..." Ooi looked at Shiro with hopeful eyes. "The mahjong parlors around here all know we're playing shady mahjong. If they show up, they'll be going against the loan organization, so no one has dared to help us. We can only rely on you now!"

“…I…” Xiaobai turned to look at Pompeii and Iowa.

“I don’t know how to play mahjong,” Pompeii shook his head.

"I'm so sorry..." Iowa bowed slightly to Xiaobai with an apologetic expression.

"..." Xiaobai turned his head back.

At some point, Dajing pulled Xiaoyu out from behind Beishang. She stared at Xiaoyu's armpits, lifted Xiaoyu to her chin, and the two of them gazed at Xiaobai with innocent eyes.

"Uh..." Xiaobai took a step back and looked around awkwardly.

There's really no one else.

The small community was quiet and peaceful.

I'm all alone now.

“Admiral…I feel that your appearance here at this time is a kind of destiny for us!” Ooi looked at Shiro expectantly.

"...Uh...okay, okay...I understand, I...I'll play." Xiaobai sighed and admitted defeat.

"Thank you, Admiral!!" Ooi smiled happily.

"Phew..." Xiaobai touched his cheek, "But I'm a complete novice... I don't know how to play mahjong at all... What if I drag you guys down..."

"It's alright, as long as you're here, Admiral, our chances of winning will be higher." Ooi said to Shiro with a smile.

"...So when exactly will this 'dark mahjong' game you're talking about start?"

"The agreed time was around noon, around 11 a.m.? When the time comes, those people will come here, return Xiaoyu's father, and then play mahjong with us in the dark."

“…Oh wow.” Xiaobai looked down and glanced at his phone.

There was still more than an hour until 11:00 a.m.

"Okay, I understand." Xiaobai nodded, thought for a moment, "...But speaking of which, this kind of usury is illegal...Even a little bit would be helpful. Do you have any information about this lending organization?"