Elder brother's garrison

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After the woman finished speaking, she took a small step forward.

Wow————

In an instant, a large amount of black liquid spread from under the woman's feet, flowing in all directions.

A black current swept past the abyssal ships lying prone all around, as if dyeing them, covering the bodies of all the abyssal ships lying obediently on the water's surface with a thick, inky coat.

"Awooooooo————"

"Awoooooo—"

"Ow—"

……

In an instant, the deep-sea amphibious ships, as if sensing boundless fighting spirit, roared loudly. The hulls of a large number of deep-sea amphibious ships that had not yet evolved into deep-sea frigates continued to expand and grow, eventually growing into tall black hills at a visible speed.

The woman gazed haughtily and coldly at all the deep-sea fleet members within the deep-sea home who had gained power.

She raised her hand and gently beckoned.

Black energy gathered in her hand, and a mirror materialized.

The woman looked at the mirror.

Within the mirror, a fleet of ship girls, their fighting spirit burning fiercely, bombarded the deep-sea fleet in a battle pattern.

“Deep-sea creature from afar, we have no grudges or entanglements with you!”

"But we are ship girls, born from humanity's homeland, transformed into giant trees, casting vast shade! We have a responsibility to protect the soil beneath our feet, to protect our gardeners!"

"If you are willing to retreat to the deep sea and never repeat this mistake again, we are willing to sever ties with you! But if you remain obstinate—"

"We will never back down, not even a single step!"

"Fight!"

Loud and clear war songs echoed across the sea. The ship girl fleet, brimming with fighting spirit, surrounded a huge iron ship and relentlessly bombarded the deep-sea fleet. The large number of black deep-sea amphibious ships could not withstand the enemy's offensive and retreated step by step.

The woman's gaze did not linger on the retreating Abyssal Fleet, but instead shifted slightly to the iron-clad ship surrounded by ship girls whose fighting spirit burned brightly.

At the bow of the ironclad ship, a male admiral, his eyes blazing with fury and his entire being burning with fighting spirit, leaned on a sheathed saber and stared intently at the retreating deep-sea ships.

The woman looked away from the mirror and gently tossed it back into the sea.

The mirror scattered wisps of black mist the instant it hit the sea.

"A fleet is already heading our way... Hmph." The woman's gaze remained haughty and indifferent. "Ungrateful."

"Awoooo ...

"Awoooo ...

……

The furious roars of the deep-sea amphibious ships echoed throughout the deep-sea home.

The woman took a step out of her deep-sea home.

"Deep Sea Fleet, heed my command!"

"My name is Super Yamato! I will conquer the world, set the world ablaze, and awaken the memories forgotten by the world with pain and blades!"

"Let the enemy experience the iron hooves of the sea!"

In the deep-sea home.

The loud shouts and the furious roars of the deep-sea ships seemed to materialize, piercing through the entire sky.

-

It's thousands of miles away.

On the same sea surface.

Xiaobai was also somewhat embarrassed as she watched the commanding ship girl suddenly kneel on the water and kowtow to her side in apology.

— Well, or rather, Nagato.

She just gave a brief self-introduction.

"I am so sorry for what happened just now!!!" Nagato knelt on the water, bowing in the direction of Shiro. "You are all ship girl warriors with extraordinary strength. I just spoke arrogantly, questioning your strength in front of the enemy and even trying to drive you away. I am now extremely ashamed!!"

Nagato loudly apologized to Shiro and the others—or rather, especially Shiro.

If the combat prowess displayed by Missouri and the others made Nagato and the world's fifth naval base ship girls under her command begin to doubt their own existence, then Shiro's overwhelming combat power in mid-air, using laser blades to cleave the ship-mounted giant snake to pieces, completely shattered Nagato's worldview.

—This is a completely different fighting force than what we're talking about!

—In the face of such an incomparably powerful super laser cannon, quantity and size are meaningless!

Did I just... doubt someone with such powerful combat abilities?

Nagato felt a burning shame as she recalled the words and actions she had used when speaking to Shiro and the ship girls, and the scene where she was thoroughly defeated by the enemy, forcing Missouri and the others to come to her rescue.

I am unworthy of such praise!

I am extremely ashamed!

I had underestimated someone of such strength!

Nagato's mind was completely blank except for apologizing for his arrogance just now.

"Uh... Nagato-san?" Shiro was startled when Nagato suddenly knelt down to apologize. She smoothed her black wig behind her ear, and after confirming that her disguise was still perfect, she awkwardly spoke to Nagato, who was lying on the water's surface, "Um... you don't need to apologize... Although that's what you said, I didn't think there was anything wrong with how you handled things before..."

Xiaobai actually had a pretty good impression of the ship girl Nagato.

Although Nagato had been urging them to leave after leading the ship girl squad out of the black hole, her intentions were good overall.

After all, they were followed by so many deep-sea fleets and a deadly deep-sea dean. As a ship girl from the South Star Naval Base, a world-class combat force, it was already a very considerate idea for her to let Xiaobai and the others leave and find a safe place as soon as she saw them.

—What else can we do?

—Should Nagato, without knowing the details, tell the six ship girls on Shiro's side not to ask any questions and temporarily join the team as combat power?

That's definitely not possible.

Each naval base has its own combat rhythm and style. You can't just randomly find any random ship girl on the roadside and integrate her into your team immediately. If she does join your team, a bad combination during battle can actually ruin things.

If Shiro were Nagato, upon seeing five ship girls on the roadside, she would also immediately tell them to leave.

“Miss Nagato, um, I…” Xiaobai said to Nagato, who was kneeling on the ground. She was only halfway through her sentence when Missouri stepped forward from behind her and gently put her hand on Xiaobai’s shoulder.

"Huh? Missouri?" Xiaobai was taken aback and turned to look at Missouri.

“Leave it to Missouri, Miss Patina~” Missouri said to Little White with a smile.

In this scene, Missouri did not address Shiro directly as Admiral, but instead used the title "Miss Patina." This was partly to prevent Nagato from overhearing Shiro's admiral status, and partly to remind Shiro that her current state was not suitable for in-depth interactions with other ship girls from other naval bases, in case she was recognized when she changed back into her admiral uniform.

"Uh... Oh, oh..." Xiaobai immediately understood Missouri's idea. She nodded and quickly walked behind Missouri, peeking out cautiously to look at Nagato.

"May I ask who you are... Nagato-senpai?" Missouri squatted down in front of Nagato and smiled at him.

"Uh...you know me?" Nagato was taken aback and curiously looked up at Missouri and asked.

“That’s right.” Missouri nodded with a smile and extended her hand to Nagato in a friendly manner. “Hello, Nagato-senpai. I am Missouri, one of the ship girls in the newbie naval base.”

"A newbie... a naval base?" Nagato stared blankly at Missouri's expression for a moment, then gasped in understanding. "Oh, I see."

If these monstrous ship girls were from a monstrous naval base like the one for newbie naval bases, then Nagato could somewhat understand why they were so powerful.

But... why are the ship girls from the newbie naval base here...?

A hint of doubt appeared in Nagato's eyes again.

“Nagato-senpai, your admiral, Ms. Nansei, hasn’t received any messages from you since early yesterday morning. So, after discussions among the admirals of several naval bases, it was confirmed that you were unable to reply. That’s why we dispatched Missouri and several of her reliable seniors and companions to support you, Nagato-senpai.” Missouri smiled at Nagato. “Nagato-senpai, please don’t mind what happened just now. Even if Missouri saw a passing ship girl on the sea, she would do the same thing as you, Nagato-senpai.”

"But...but..."

"The reason things turned out this way is simply because Missouri's companions are slightly stronger than yours, Nagato-senpai," Missouri said with a smile to Nagato. "Please don't apologize, Nagato-senpai, you are a very excellent ship girl."

"..." Nagato.

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Chapter 1502 Nanxing Garrison

As the sea gradually calmed down, the ship girls of Nanxing Naval Base floated silently on the water, some with their heads tilted back, others lying prone.

Although the ship girls of Nanxing Naval Base are protected by heavy damage, and will not suffer fatal injuries from the bombardment of the rampaging ship-mounted giant snake, the turbulent waves and the shockwaves of the double bombardment of ice and fire are still more than most people can withstand.

At this moment, most of the ship girls at the Nanxing Naval Base had already fainted from the bombardment, with only a few remaining conscious due to good luck or strong will.

Shiro secretly observed Nagato, who was kneeling on the sea.

Ship girl Nagato hadn't retracted her ship rigging yet—or rather, it didn't really matter whether she retracted it or not, because the ship rigging behind her had been bombed down to just a few pieces of iron, with conspicuous sparks sizzling from the large amount of iron filings, and a faint protective field emanating a subtle glow from Nagato's body.

Nagato seemed to notice Shiro's gaze, and she subconsciously looked away from Missouri and met Shiro's eyes.

Shiro gave Nagato a shy smile.

Nagato immediately lowered his head meekly.

As one of the few ship girls who remained conscious on the battlefield, Nagato was fortunate enough to witness the scene of Shiro floating in mid-air and displaying her divine power.

When these ship girls gave her a slight smile, Nagato's heart was filled with a sense of honor and trepidation, as if she had been affirmed by a high and mighty figure.

"Nagato-senpai?" Missouri called out to Nagato, who seemed a little lost in thought.

"Ah! I am here!" Nagato quickly responded, his whole body tensing up.

"—Nagato-senpai, there's no need to be so reserved." Missouri smiled at Nagato's nervous expression, exchanged a glance with Shiro behind her, and after Shiro nodded, she looked at Nagato. "Nagato-senpai, Missouri and her companions came here at the request of Admiral Nanxing. Miss Nanxing has already taken care of everything, from the reward to the hiring process. Nagato-senpai, your priority right now should be to repair your ship equipment as soon as possible, right? After all, we're still on the sea where enemies could appear at any moment."

Missouri smiled and offered her suggestion to Nagato.

Nagato raised his head, and after a moment of hesitation, nodded in response with shame.

"……Yes!"

"Do you need a rapid repair device? We have some in Missouri—"

“As for quick repairs… there’s no need to trouble you all.” Nagato took out a green dog bowl from her ship’s equipment space, held it in her hands, and then said to Missouri, “We still have some in stock… as for quick repairs, it should be enough to last for a few days of combat.”

"As expected of a top ten naval base in the world, the supplies are quite plentiful," Missouri remarked sincerely.

"..." Nagato revealed a smile that was hard to tell whether to be embarrassed or proud.

Although the rapid repair device is expensive, as the fifth largest naval base in the world, the Nanxing Naval Base has at least a few dozen of these basic supplies per ship girl. However, rapid repair devices cannot be used in battle, so they were of little help in the current combat situation.

Nagato directed the remaining dozen or so conscious ship girls on the sea to gather their unconscious companions together and attach rapid repair devices to their heads one by one.

Watching her comrades' ship equipment being rapidly repaired by the advanced technology of the rapid repair device, Nagato, gazing at the sea, finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a sense of exhaustion that threatened to collapse.

"Finally...it's over..."

Nagato gazed at the sea, murmuring softly.

"Nagato-senpai."

Missouri's call came from behind Nagato.

"Yes! What can I do for you?"

Nagato shuddered and quickly turned around to look at Missouri and the others behind him.

“Now that your companions are out of danger, Nagato-senpai… Missouri thinks it’s about time we got down to business.”

Missouri said to Nagato.

“Serious…business?” Nagato was taken aback.

"Hmm... Of course, if you don't want to answer, Nagato-senpai, Missouri won't force you." Missouri pursed her lips and smiled gently at Nagato. "May I ask, Nagato-senpai, what happened on your side before you met Missouri and her companions?"

“…” Nagato was stunned.

"Missouri didn't force you to agree, senior. If you're not comfortable answering, that's fine too..."

“No.” Nagato reached out and stopped Missouri from speaking, shaking her head with a slightly dim look in her eyes. “There’s nothing inconvenient about it.”

Missouri waited quietly for Nagato to speak.

Little White also pressed himself against Missouri's back, grabbing the hem of Missouri's clothes and pricking up his ears to listen.

“We…have been captured.” Nagato took a deep breath and said to Missouri with great frustration.

"Prisoners?" Missouri and Little White were somewhat surprised.

"Ah, to be precise, they weren't exactly prisoners in the conventional sense," Nagato quickly explained to Missouri, raising his hand. "We did put up a continuous resistance..."