Elder brother's garrison

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Duan Shuiliu and the female admiral beside him remained silent, leaving only the male admiral's voice in the surrounding area.

“Speaking of which, I specifically asked the others before I came. It seems that Miss Lian and Miss Ling said they would set off earlier. Their naval base is quite close to here, so they might have already arrived before us.” The male admiral said to Duan Shuiliu and the female admiral. “However, something is a bit strange. Recently, I seem to have heard absolutely no news about the admiral of the Ninth World.”

"Ninth?" The female admiral, who had been silent all along, frowned slightly upon hearing the male admiral's words.

The female admiral's voice was very pleasant, light as a tinkling bell.

"Yes, hasn't that guy in ninth place been lording it over everyone in the second chapter for the past few years?"

When the male admiral heard the female admiral speak, his gaze drifted to her fair face, but then, as if he had seen something terrible, he quickly looked away in fear, a hint of embarrassment appearing on his face.

"...lacking ambition." The female admiral silently watched the smoke rising from between her fingers, thought for a while, and then slowly spoke.

“It seems so.” The male admiral nodded. “If it weren’t for the 10th Naval Base keeping watch over us, this lazy naval base would probably have been kicked out of the world’s top ten long ago.”

"You hate him?" Duan Shuiliu asked, looking at the female admiral's profile.

"Hmm." The female admiral glanced at Duan Shuiliu. "And you?"

"never seen it."

“His eyes were disgusting,” the female admiral explained.

“…I understand.” Duan Shuiliu nodded.

The two girls seemed to have reached a consensus at this moment.

“However, we haven’t heard from the Ninth Admiral in a long time.” The male admiral said, “I heard before that he went to the Second Chapter because he received some strange orders to monitor the Second Naval Base in the world… But I heard that after the newly appointed admiral of the First Naval Base in the world went there for a visit, I haven’t heard from the Ninth Admiral since.”

Speaking of it.

The male admiral couldn't help but feel a lingering fear.

"Um, I don't know if you two have heard this kind of news lately..." The male admiral shrank his neck and said to Duan Shuiliu and the female admiral, "I heard that the newly appointed admiral of the world's number one naval base—that is, Lu Yun's sister—is said to be even more cruel than her brother..."

"..." Duan Shuiliu.

"I've heard she's a white-haired demon with an angelic face. Whenever she arrives at a place, the ship girls and admirals in that area are inevitably ravaged by her. She snatches away any ship girls who are strong and pretty, and any admirals who stand out are suppressed to the point of questioning their existence. I've even heard that some of the prettier admirals are invited to her naval base to be used as decorative objects—yes, you know the world's second-best admiral? I heard even she fell for the world's number one's tricks, and that admiral used terrible methods on her, taking away her naval base, herself, and even the second-best admiral's guild! That guy from the ninth naval base might very well have fallen victim to the world's number one's evil deeds… Do you think it'll be dangerous for us to work with that world's number one this time…?"

The male admiral spoke to Duan Shuiliu and the female admiral with a serious expression, still shaken by the experience.

The female admiral looked at the male admiral's serious expression, remained expressionless, and said nothing. She lowered her head and lit another cigarette for herself.

“Rumors,” Duan Shuiliu said. “I’ve seen her.”

"Oh? Miss Duan Shuiliu, have you met the newly appointed world number one?"

"Yes." Duan Shuiliu nodded, then added after a moment's thought, "She is an excellent admiral."

"Uh..." The male admiral looked at Duan Shuiliu's calm expression, his face slightly embarrassed, but he also breathed a sigh of relief, patting his chest, his expression returning to normal. "Uh... I see... then I must have misunderstood... since it was Miss Duan Shuiliu who said it, then it must be true... that's right, how could an admiral do so many cruel things... especially a little girl. I believed the rumors, I'm truly ashamed."

The male admiral smiled sheepishly at Duan Shuiliu as he finished speaking.

"Now that you mention it, Miss Duan Shuiliu, I'm suddenly quite interested in meeting the newly appointed world's number one admiral. I'd like to know what kind of person he is, the one you call an excellent admiral."

"..." Duan Shuiliu didn't speak, but nodded slightly, his gaze towards the male admiral softening a little.

The red-haired female admiral standing to the side, holding a cigarette she had just lit, silently watched Duan Shuiliu, a hint of interest appearing in her previously ethereal eyes.

The three admirals walked into the courtyard of the ship equipment research center.

Then, several black-clad maids appeared as if they had suddenly emerged from the shadows, carrying a roster to the three admirals and handing it to Duan Shuiliu on the far left.

Duan Shuiliu opened the attendance list, looked at the names already written on it, his gaze lingered briefly on the place where Xiaobai's name was written, and then picked up a pen and wrote his own name below it.

The roster was passed to the male admiral.

"Hmm... Hmm, Miss Lian and Miss Ling have indeed arrived." The male admiral looked at the names on the roster, nodded, and then looked somewhat surprised. "As for this Miss Lu Lin... could she be... the newly appointed world's number one admiral? This lady has indeed arrived. I really look forward to getting to know this powerful admiral."

The male admiral quickly wrote his name and handed the roll call to the female admiral beside him.

The female admiral didn't look at the other names on the roster; she simply found a blank space, wrote her own name haphazardly, and then returned the roster to the maid in black.

"Hello, we are here to receive you. Please feel free to use us."

The maid in black took the attendance list and addressed the admirals before her, "It's dinner time now. Would you gentlemen like to eat first or rest first?"

"I'm not hungry," the female admiral said calmly.

"Let's rest first," said Duan Shuiliu.

"In that case, would you be able to take us to the other admirals who arrived earlier? I'd like to meet them." The male admiral smiled cheerfully at the black-clad maid.

The black-clad maids exchanged glances, then whispered amongst themselves in front of the three admirals for a while before nodding to them.

"The admirals who arrived earlier are all resting in their rooms now."

"If the guests want to stay on a floor near their rooms."

"Alright, please follow us." The black-clad maids turned around and led the three admirals into a nearby building.

The accommodation building is very tall and large, almost the size of a large hotel, and the rooms are also very standard, with all the necessary amenities, including suites.

The maids led the three admirals upstairs one by one.

The male admiral's expression showed a mixture of excitement and anticipation.

"Since the rumors are a misunderstanding, I, who believed them and told you about them, must have also committed the crime of believing and spreading rumors. I am truly ashamed. Since Miss Duan Shuiliu said that she is a very outstanding admiral, I must apologize to them properly when I see the world's number one naval base." The male admiral patted his chest and said to Duan Shuiliu, "I imagine that admiral must be a young girl with lofty ambitions, who always treats others with kindness and always cares about the safety of humanity. I truly admire her."

The male admiral's expression was one of admiration and anticipation, as if he were about to meet some selfless and great figure.

……

"Help! Oh my god! It's so scary! Waaaaah!"

"I'm so tired of running... We were wrong, please stop chasing me, sob sob sob... Please let us go..."

"Waaaaah! Don't come any closer!!!"

Amidst the thumping footsteps, Lian and Ling, disheveled, ran wildly down the corridor. The two women were out of breath, their faces flushed and filled with grievance, their cheeks streaked with tears as if they had been frightened by some strange creature.

"Hahahaha!!! You dare lay a hand on my little Bai? You'll have to face my wrath! You two, just surrender! We're all girls, it'll all be over in a blink of an eye. I'll make you feel better soon, hahahahaha!!!"

A whirlwind of frantic, erratic figures, wielding a strange, strip-shaped vibrating mosaic device, chased after the two admirals ahead like a gust of wind.

The three of them darted and jumped up and down the long corridor like eagles catching chicks.

The three admirals standing at the entrance of the building stared blankly at the scene in the corridor.

"Uh... that, that's the second one..." The male admiral looked at the scene with a puzzled expression.

"Ah!" Suddenly, a clear, surprised shout rang out from the side.

The three turned their heads and saw an open doorway. Xiao Bai was looking at Duan Shuiliu among the crowd with surprise and delight. She smiled and ran over, then pounced into Duan Shuiliu's arms and hugged his waist tightly.

"Sister Duan, you're here too!" Xiaobai looked up happily and smiled at Duan Shuiliu.

"Mm." Duan Shuiliu nodded, and when he looked at Xiaobai, a very subtle and gentle smile appeared on his lips, which had been expressionless.

"Sister Duan, I've taken good care of the ship girls you gave us at the naval base last time. And Hindenburg gets along very well with my ship girls too. Missouri gave her a beautiful new outfit, and I also cured her illness. She's so beautiful now!" Xiaobai said to Duan Shuiliu with a smile.

“…Okay.” Duan Shuiliu stroked Xiaobai’s head and said gently.

The male and female admirals standing next to Duan Shuiliu stared at Xiaobai, somewhat dumbfounded.

The cigarette butt between the female admiral's fingers slipped unconsciously and fell to the ground with a snap, sparks flying.

The male admiral stared blankly at Duan Shuiliu, momentarily speechless.

——What the hell?

—This person who recruited Duan Shuiliu into her naval base was actually from the world's number one naval base? Is this the person?

The male admiral looked at Xiaobai.

Her face was as pure and lovely as an angel's, her long hair as white as snow, her petite body, and her delicate appearance made her seem inseparable from others.

This……

This is……

"What's going on with them?" Duan Shuiliu stroked Xiaobai's head and pointed to the other two female admirals being chased at the other end of the corridor, including President Er Gou.

"Uh... is it Sister Lian and Sister Ling...? Uh... I don't really know what happened... I just got back too." Xiao Bai said to Duan Shuiliu with an embarrassed smile.

"Oh." Duan Shuiliu nodded, believing Xiaobai's words.

The male admiral nearly popped his eyes out.

No matter how you look at it, judging from their conversation just now, this matter seems to be inextricably linked to this world's number one admiral...

For a fleeting moment, the so-called "rumors" from the outside world flashed through the male admiral's mind.

He snatched up all the beautiful ship girls in sight, conquered all the beautiful women in sight, and suppressed all the admirals in sight. Like a white devil, he left nothing but desolation in his wake...

She took away the ship girls from Duan Shuiliu's family, conquered Duan Shuiliu, who was a woman, suppressed Miss Lian and Miss Ling whom she had just met today, and then innocently and adorably threw herself into Duan Shuiliu's arms...

Duan Shuiliu is even in the pathetic state of being betrayed but still helping others count the money!

This is...too, too terrifying...

The rumors aren't false!

Rather, it's more accurate to say that every single word of this rumor is true!

The male admiral looked at Xiaobai in Duan Shuiliu's arms. For some reason, even though Xiaobai didn't show any fierce expression, the male admiral felt a chill run down his spine.

"Hmm? Sister Duan, who are these two admirals..." At this moment, Xiaobai seemed to feel the male admiral's gaze. She looked curiously at the male admiral closest to her, and then her gaze lingered on the super hot female admiral on the other side for a while before tilting her head curiously.

Oh, what a beautiful admiral!

Xiao Bai's eyes lit up.

As the male admiral looked at Xiaobai's bright eyes, he suddenly felt a chill down his spine for some reason.

“They are the fifth and eighth admirals in the world, and they want to see you,” Duan Shuiliu said. “Greet them.”

"Oh! I see!" Xiaobai's eyes lit up, then she gave the male admiral an embarrassed smile, pulling away from Duan Shuiliu's embrace. "Hello, big brother, nice to meet you..."

There was a pop.

Before Xiaobai could finish speaking...

For some reason, the male admiral's legs suddenly gave way, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud.

"Hey? Big brother? Why did you suddenly fall?" Xiaobai was startled and quickly stepped forward, holding her knee and looking at the male admiral with concern. "Do you need help?"

"Help..." The male admiral's lips trembled.

"Save me?" Xiaobai was taken aback.

"Help me!!!"

The male admiral screamed, scrambled to his feet, turned around with a whoosh, and ran like the wind towards the stairwell behind him. Then, as if afraid of being too slow, he jumped down the stairs.

Thump!

Glug glug glug glug...

"Ouch ouch ouch"

Strange thuds and desperate footsteps echoed from the stairwell.

The footsteps faded away as Xiaobai stared in utter bewilderment.

This is a two-in-one chapter, totaling 6000 words.

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The footsteps coming from the stairwell grew farther and farther away, and finally disappeared slowly under the watchful eyes of Xiaobai and the others.

"..." Xiaobai remained in the same outstretched position, staring blankly in the direction where the male admiral had disappeared, utterly puzzled. "Uh... this..."

That male admiral just now... seemed to have been scared away by me?

Ok?

what happened?

Xiao Bai touched his face, looking completely bewildered, and gently pinched his cheek.

Before I could even finish a single sentence, I scared someone away. Am I really that scary...?

Looking at the empty stairwell, Xiaobai was slightly discouraged.

Xiao Bai turned to look at Duan Shuiliu.

"Sister Duan, why did that big brother suddenly run away?"