Elder brother's garrison

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Ok.

This feeling of having secretly skipped class and no one having noticed...

It feels kind of good.

Xiaobai walked back to the dormitory building with the ship girls.

As Xiaobai and the ship girls reached the corridor where their rooms were located, they saw Admiral Li Hua standing not far away with Admiral Nanxing and Guild Master Er Gou, talking incessantly about something.

The hallway was very quiet.

Therefore, it is very suitable for the propagation of sound.

Xiao Bai listened intently and clearly heard what they were discussing.

"I believe the core of this combat mission should be to ensure the safety of this city to the greatest extent possible. This safety doesn't just refer to the safety of the residents' lives, but also the life of the city, including its thriving tourism industry. If even a tiny bit of the fact that this place is being watched by the deep-sea amphibious ships becomes known to the outside world, then the prosperous economy that this coastal city has developed over the past few decades will be wiped out overnight, which would be a huge blow to the employment and lives of the city's residents..."

Admiral Li Hua spoke earnestly to the two female admirals.

Admiral Nanxing still had a cigarette dangling from his lips, his eyes fixed on the rising smoke, seemingly lost in thought, and it was unclear whether he had even heard Admiral Li Hua's words.

President Er Gou also squinted, crossed his arms, and swayed his head.

"So, you really do recommend that our ship girl force stay away from this city and head to the deep sea to fight the Abyssal forces?" President Er Gou said. "I understand what you mean. So, what are the specific tactics?"

"As for specific tactical configurations, I'm not really good at that. If possible, I think it's better to leave that task to the world's third-ranked player... But even so, I do have a rough draft of a tactical plan here. If you don't mind, I can explain it to you... First, we need to focus on..."

Admiral Li Hua spread his hands and spoke earnestly to Admiral Nanxing and Guild Master Er Gou.

Xiaobai and the ship girls stood at the entrance of the building, watching Admiral Li Hua talking incessantly about tactics with Chairman Er Gou in the distance.

In stark contrast to the ordinary demeanor Xiaobai had witnessed yesterday, Admiral Li Hua displayed a serious and responsible expression during the discussion of admiral tactics. He exuded a unique quality akin to a selfless teacher, inspiring others to feel a sense of trust and confidence that "this person might be quite reliable."

"Hmm... As expected, the world's top ten admirals are no ordinary people..." Xiaobai murmured softly, watching Admiral Li Hua explaining his tactics from afar.

Xiao Bai's sigh was so faint that only he could hear it.

But just as Xiaobai's exclamation faded away...

The ears of Nanxing, who was silently smoking a cigarette in the distance, and Er Gou, the guild leader, who was discussing tactics with Admiral Li Hua, twitched slightly at this moment. Then they turned their heads, leaving Admiral Li Hua who was talking incessantly, and looked towards the stairwell entrance as if they had sensed something.

Chapter 1459 Nanxing

"Ah, Little White!"

When President Er Gou saw Xiao Bai at the entrance of the building, her eyes lit up. She waved her arms high at Xiao Bai and shouted, "Hey—Xiao—Bai—! Over here, over here!"

At the very moment that President Er Gou shouted loudly.

Admiral Li Hua, who was eloquently explaining his tactical configuration, suddenly shuddered. He subconsciously closed his mouth, and then cast a trembling, panicked look, as if he had sensed a natural enemy, in the direction that Chairman Er Gou was calling.

When the matter came to Xiaobai and the others, Admiral Li Hua panicked.

"It's the White-Haired Evil..." Admiral Li Hua murmured in shock, then quickly covered his mouth with a snap, as if afraid of saying something wrong, and stood frozen in place.

"Ah...we've been found out."

Having overheard the hardcore aspects of the conversation between these three admirals, Xiaobai didn't actually intend to disturb them.

But since she had already been discovered by Guild Master Er Gou and he was still calling her over, Xiao Bai could only wave awkwardly to Guild Master Er Gou and then walk over there with the ship girls.

"President Sister... Good afternoon, uh... Admiral Li Hua, Admiral Nan Xing, hello—yesterday the maids told me you weren't feeling well, are you feeling better now?"

Because of what happened yesterday, Xiaobai approached the three admirals this time and greeted them in as obedient a voice as possible.

Xiaobai felt that addressing them as "Admiral" might make the two admirals, who were meeting for the second time, feel more comfortable.

Watching Xiaobai lead the ship girl step by step towards us.

Admiral Nanxing's somewhat dazed gaze snapped back to reality.

Admiral Li Hua's teacher-like demeanor melted away as Xiaobai and the ship girls approached, and his legs began to tremble slightly.

"It's...it's alright, it's fine...thank you for your concern...really."

Admiral Li Hua swallowed nervously as Xiao Bai walked up to him and smiled at him. He turned his head slightly away, not daring to meet Xiao Bai's gaze, and his expression became slightly less than pleasant.

"Ah... it seems like Admiral Li Hua, you're still not fully recovered..."

Looking at Admiral Li Hua's somewhat pale face, Xiao Bai asked with concern, "Um... is it still due to acclimatization issues?"

"...Maybe."

"If it's just a headache or fever, I do have some medicine here. Just let me know if you want it."

Xiao Bai smiled at Admiral Li Hua.

"..."

Admiral Li Hua didn't speak; he silently turned his head and looked at Xiao Bai.

After undergoing several ship equipment upgrades, Xiaobai's temperament and appearance have become so exquisite that they are comparable to those of a ship girl. At this moment, being stared at by her with such a caring expression, no one, unless they have a deep-seated hatred, would feel any ill will towards Xiaobai.

Even Admiral Li Hua was the same. Even though he "knew" how terrifying Xiao Bai was, the panic in Admiral Li Hua's expression was somehow slightly relieved at this moment.

"...Thank you for your concern...I'm so sorry to have made you worry so much about someone like me..."

"It's alright, we're all admirals."

Xiao Bai waved his hand dismissively.

"Admiral Li Hua, your ship girls aren't around right now, are they? Without their close care, you'd better take good care of yourself. After all, if something happens to you, the ship girls will be heartbroken, won't they?"

Xiao Bai smiled and spoke to Admiral Li Hua.

This is Xiaobai's pure, innocent, and unadulterated concern for his brother's former partner, stemming from the friendship between colleagues.

But I don’t know why.

Listening to this, Admiral Li Hua savored it, but it had a different flavor to it.

Admiral Li Hua stared blankly at Xiao Bai's innocent smiling face, feeling a chill run down his spine.

—Why is she asking about my ship girl?

—Does she have feelings for my ship girl...?

—She also told me to take good care of my health, because if something happened to me, my ship girls would be in trouble…

Suffocated.

Wait a moment.

Is it...

She just told me to come to her place to get my medicine...

Mom!

Think of this.

As if she had accidentally touched on the dark side of the world, Admiral Li Hua was so frightened that large beads of sweat appeared on her forehead and slid down her back.

This plot is a bit like "Dalang, take your medicine!"

Who would dare to get medicine from her now?

Who knows if what we get will actually be medicine!

She's even going to target someone like me, a fellow world-class admiral?!

Just as Admiral Li Hua's panic level had subsided slightly, it spiked again after Xiao Bai uttered a simple sentence.

"I...I...I feel unwell again...I'm sorry...Goodbye..." Admiral Li Hua turned his head stiffly and moved towards his room.

“Eh? Admiral Li Hua, if you’re not feeling well, I actually have some medicine here…” Xiao Bai raised his hand to Admiral Li Hua.

"Excuse me!" Admiral Li Hua vanished into his room in a flash, turning into a black shadow, and slammed the door shut behind him.

Xiao Bai remained in the gesture of reaching out, staring blankly at the door that Admiral Li Hua had closed.

"Uh……"

"This guy is really strange. He was so talkative just now, but he became timid as soon as you came in, Xiaobai." Guild Master Ergou looked at Admiral Li Hua's door and complained to Xiaobai, "I was hoping he would tell you about his battle plan."

"……"noob.

Xiao Bai was pondering what he had done to displease Admiral Li Hua...

"But it's good that Li Hua isn't here, isn't it, Xiao Nanxing?" President Er Gou chuckled twice as he said this, then moved to Nanxing's side, his arm reaching out towards Nanxing's shoulder like a snake.

"Snapped."

Nanxing, expressionless, gently slapped away the hand that Chairman Ergou had extended.

"Honestly, it's been so many years since we last met. Nanxing, you're still as arrogant as ever." President Er Gou rubbed the back of her hand, seemingly unconcerned about being rejected by Nanxing. She glanced at the ship girls behind Xiaobai, but her gaze quickly locked onto New Jersey. "Eh? Who is this person…?"

"Ah, she's from New Jersey," Xiaobai introduced.

"Oh, New Jersey." President Er Gou nodded, rubbed the back of his hand, blinked, and looked up at Xiao Bai. "Wait a minute, Xiao Bai, what did you say?"

"Ok?"

"This? New Jersey?" President Er Gou pointed blankly at New Jersey.

"Yes."

"Huh? When did you create this ship girl?"

"Uh...it seems I didn't make it." Xiaobai scratched her head sheepishly. "President, do you remember the stall owner who sold deep-sea metals that we met yesterday? She's that stall owner—isn't that quite a coincidence?"

"..."

President Er Gou stared blankly at New Jersey, mouth agape.

"……Hello."

New Jersey greeted President Er Gou with a blank expression.

"Oh ho, hello."

President Er Gou waved to New Jersey, then carefully examined the area.

"Uh... looking at the current situation, Xiaobai, do you mean that you not only had incredible luck, but you also ran into the last Iowa-class ship girl just by casually strolling around the streets, and even managed to bring her home in a short time?" President Ergou looked at Xiaobai and asked him with a suspicious expression.

"..." Xiaobai smiled shyly at President Ergou.

"...As expected of you, the chosen one of the planes." Guild Master Er Gou sighed, not knowing what to say, and clapped at Xiao Bai. "Next time you go out on the street, will you have to bring Montana back?"

"..." Xiaobai scratched his head, looking embarrassed.

Xiao Bai quite understands the teasing that President Er Gou makes about him.

After all, the chances of encountering a ship girl like New Jersey, a legendary ship girl pursued by all admirals, as casually as picking leeks while out on the street are like being hit by four meteors from all directions at the same time.

That's an incredibly slim chance.

At least when it comes to New Jersey, even a corporation couldn't do something so incredible.

No wonder even a seemingly unassuming guild leader like Er Gou would make such self-deprecating remarks at this moment.

"I actually think it's quite strange to run into New Jersey here..." Xiaobai said to President Ergou, "I'm just too lucky..."

"Well, maybe it's fate... Perhaps you, Shiro, are just born to be connected with Iowa-class ship girls..."

President Er Gou shrugged helplessly.

Beside President Er Gou, Admiral Nanxing looked at New Jersey, then his gaze silently shifted to the pale-faced boy who was smiling shyly.

The second day after Xiaobai arrived at Ella's house.

They managed to retrieve a top-tier ship girl.

Even the Legend of the White-Haired Demon, which Admiral Li Hua mentioned before, wouldn't dare to write it like this...

For some reason, the way Admiral Nanxing looked at Xiaobai had become more wary, perhaps out of a desire to protect himself.

"...I'm going to rest too." Admiral Nanxing took a deep breath, put down her cigarette, whispered to Xiaobai and Guild Master Ergou, and then turned to walk towards her room.

"Ah! Sister Nanxing, wait a minute!"

Then, Xiaobai's voice rang out from behind, and Admiral Nanxing felt his hand being grasped by a small, cool, and soft hand.

Admiral Nanxing turned his head and saw Xiaobai step forward and grasp his hand.

"Ah...no, I'm sorry, just now because Admiral Nanxing was walking too fast, I accidentally..." Xiaobai let go of Admiral Nanxing's hand and smiled apologetically at her, "Um...could you wait a few seconds for me, okay..."

"...?" Admiral Nanxing looked at Xiaobai in confusion.