Elder brother's garrison

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"Yes, it's all done. Admiral Haoding is out of danger." Xiaobai said to Shenhai Yamato with a smile, "However, as a price for treatment, Admiral Haoding cannot go near the sea for a while and can only focus on developing infrastructure and logistics in the valley."

"Oh ho, that's pretty good too." Deep Sea Yamato raised an eyebrow. "We won't have to sneak around when we go to sea anymore."

“Yes,” Xiaobai sighed, then looked at Akagi and Hood, “Akagi, were you two just talking about Chapter Eight?”

"Well, since we just finished the battle, I wanted to summarize it before the memories faded." Akagi took out a notebook from her pocket and handed it to Shiro. "It contains the process and remarks we made during the discussion. Shiro can take a look if you want."

"Huh? When did you write this?" Hood stared at Akagi with wide eyes.

"When you least expect it," Akagi said with a smile, sticking her tongue out at Hood.

"Wow……"

"I'll read it carefully." Xiaobai touched the notebook with one hand and smiled at Akagi. "Thank you, Akagi."

"You're too kind, Admiral." Akagi smiled, ran her hand through her hair, and then asked Shiro, "Speaking of which, have you inquired with Admiral Haoding about the distribution of spoils from this battle?"

"As for the spoils... we'll keep all the high-grade deep-sea metals dropped by the deep-sea frigates, and split the ordinary deep-sea metals 50/50 with Admiral Haoding." Xiaobai scratched his cheek and smiled sheepishly, "...Um...am I being a little greedy?"

"No, it won't happen." The ship girls smiled, indicating that it was no big deal.

"Then, Admiral, I'll go and start distributing the spoils right away... As for the ship girls that Admiral Haoding is in charge of taking over..."

"Miss Elizabeth will do," Xiaobai said to Akagi. "However, Miss Elizabeth is not available today, so we can send it over tomorrow."

"Received." Akagi smiled slightly.

"Then I'll leave the rest to you." Xiaobai said to Akagi, holding the notebook.

"These are just small things that I can manage..." Akagi didn't mind the small tasks. She said it casually, and when her gaze swept over the notebook in Shiro's arms, she paused slightly, thought for a moment, and then said to Shiro, "However, compared to this matter... Admiral, there is something I want to tell you in advance."

"Huh? What's going on?"

"It's about battlefield cleanup—Didn't you fire a laser cannon at the sea earlier and wipe out a lot of deep-sea creatures?" Akagi asked.

"Yes."

"Even the Dean of the Deep Sea from Chapter Eight is included..."

“…Mm.” Xiaobai nodded.

“Initially, after seeing the Abyssal Army’s formation crumble, I seriously considered that your laser cannon shot might have directly taken the life of that Abyssal Dean.” Akagi said to Shiro, her eyes flickering slightly. “So later, when cleaning up the battlefield, I specifically asked Eugen and the others to search the rear of the Abyssal Army to find the remains of the Abyssal Dean and see if we could retrieve the Abyssal Dean’s metal.”

Xiao Bai scratched his head sheepishly after hearing Chi Cheng's words.

The Deep Sea Dean in Chapter 1866 clearly possesses a high level of intelligence. Even among the Deep Sea Deans that Xiaobai has encountered, he would easily rank in the top three in terms of intellect, and in terms of strategy, he could easily defeat Yamato and Pachina. If possible, Xiaobai would really like to sit down and have a good talk with this Deep Sea Dean.

Unfortunately, there is no mercy on the battlefield.

Even though Xiaobai didn't really want to harm the Deep Sea Dean, she was, after all, an admiral. For the safety of her own ship girls, for the sacrifice of the Haoding admiral, and for the safety of thousands of ship girls in the Haoding naval base, Xiaobai couldn't be reckless. She couldn't trade the safety of so many ship girls for a chance to talk to a Deep Sea Dean she had never met before, so she had to act when the time came.

Ugh.

I guess I was just destined to be apart from the Deep Sea Dean from Chapter 8...

"Then, Admiral, what I'm about to say is related to this matter." As Akagi spoke, she approached Shiro and whispered to him, "Actually, after Eugen returned, I specifically asked her about it carefully. Eugen told me that she searched all the deep-sea remains that had been melted into molten iron, going back and forth many times, but she couldn't find any remains belonging to the Deep Sea Dean."

"...Huh? Didn't find it?" Xiaobai was taken aback.

"Mm." Akagi nodded.

Xiaobai and Akagi blinked at each other quietly.

-

Just now.

a long distance away.

Wow!

On the dark, vast expanse of water, a fair hand emerged from beneath the surface and pressed against the inky blackness in the stillness.

A drenched girl slowly crawled out of the dark water, inch by inch.

The girl scrambled out of the water in a disheveled state. Her clothes were almost burned off, and a large, scorched scar was left on her pale skin. It was truly horrifying to look at. As soon as the girl climbed out of the water, the deep-sea energy around her seemed to be drawn towards her back. It kept penetrating into the girl's body, and the horrifying scar on her back was slowly healing.

Water flowed continuously down the girl's body, soaking her orange clothes. The girl swayed as she stood up from the water, the fabric clinging to her pale skin, binding her long, wet, snow-white hair tightly behind her back.

"...cough cough..." The girl covered her mouth and coughed softly twice.

She looked somewhat weak and frail, seemingly helpless, but she showed no signs of defeat or dejection. Instead, her expression was rather strange. She lowered her orange eyes, quietly looking at her feet and the clothes clinging to her body, her gaze flickering, and remained silent for a long time.

"That was on the beach just now... "

"...Dean Shenhai?"

After a while.

The girl's soft voice, tinged with a hint of doubt, echoed beneath the dark waters.

Chapter 1867 The Surviving Deep-Sea Dean

After reporting the results of today's sea raid to Shiro, Akagi left the villa and headed towards the large storage warehouse that the ship girls had temporarily built next to the villa.

The storage warehouse was built yesterday afternoon. It contains the strategic resources brought by the newbie garrison for Chapter 8, as well as all the spoils scavenged on the sea today, totaling tens of thousands of deep-sea metals. Akagi's next task is to distribute these spoils on behalf of Xiaobai, allocating half of them to Haoding Garrison.

As Shiro watched Akagi leave the villa, Yamato from the Deep Sea quietly approached Shiro's side.

"Shiro, did Akagi just tell you that she didn't find the remains of the Deep Sea Dean on the surface of the sea?" Deep Sea Yamato asked Shiro cautiously.

"Hmm." Xiaobai nodded, thought for a moment, and then asked Deep Sea Yamato, "Yamato-neechan, do you think the Deep Sea Dean from Chapter Eight survived?"

"Hmm... I don't know anything about that." Deep Sea Yamato pouted. "Although I haven't experienced your laser cannon, Shiro, I've at least seen its power a few times. At least as far as I know, no Deep Sea Dean has ever been able to take that attack unscathed."

"So, in other words, how did the Deep Sea Dean in Chapter Eight manage to dodge my laser cannon the instant he was hit?"

"Hmm. If she's really still alive, that's the only explanation." Yamato Fukami placed his hands on his chest, thinking seriously for a moment. "After all, Shiro, while your laser cannon is quite powerful, its accuracy has always been a problem..."

"Uh." Shiro said awkwardly, "What should we do then... Yamato-neechan, are all the Deep Sea Deans pretty vengeful...?"

"She's not so bad at holding grudges," Yamato patted Shiro's shoulder nonchalantly. "Don't worry, she's not stupid. Today, Shiro, you led the naval base to wipe out her entire Abyssal Fleet, severely weakening it, and you almost killed the Abyssal Commander with your cannon fire. Do you know how much psychological trauma that has caused her? Even if she survives this time, she'll be hesitant to attack us, at least until we build a stronger fleet. She won't have the courage to come back and threaten us again. So, we should just do what we need to do."

"Oh, I see..." Xiaobai nodded and blinked. "Then, Yamato-neechan, how long do you think it will take before the Deep Sea Dean in Chapter 8 trains the next batch of Deep Sea fleets that can threaten us?"

"Ordinary deep-sea creatures are easy to replenish, after all, they only have quantity and no quality, and the deep-sea aura in Chapter 8 is so strong... Hmm, let me think, generally speaking, it would take about ten days to half a month to replenish a deep-sea fleet of that size."

"Ten days..." Xiaobai sighed.

"Ten days is a short time for us Deepsea Deans, but it's long enough for you ship girls, right?" Deepsea Yamato asked Shiro.

"Hmm, it's a long one..." Shiro smiled at Yamato Akagi, then muttered to herself, "So, we have at least ten days of rest now..."

The timing is quite delicate.

Although Xiaobai and Admiral Haoding won the battle today, the strategic resources brought by the ship girls of Haoding Naval Base are actually almost exhausted after this battle. They are no longer able to fight another battle. As for the resources of Mengxin Naval Base, even with the expansion of supply ships, they are only enough for the ship girls of Mengxin Naval Base to last for a few more battles.

Resource constraints persist.

Furthermore, the resource issue has become increasingly serious as the Haoding Garrison has run out of resources.

If this Deepsea Commander seizes the opportunity at this crucial moment, and despite the disparity in combat power between the two sides, forcibly uses the number of Deepsea Abyssal Ships to deplete his own resources, then Xiaobai and Haoding Admiral will be in a very difficult situation. In the worst case, it is very likely that the Newbie Naval Base and Haoding Naval Base will choose to withdraw from the land of Chapter 8 before receiving resource supplies, thus burying the progress that Haoding Naval Base has made in its months of hard work in pioneering.

fortunately.

It will take half a month for the deep-sea fleet to recover.

Although half a month isn't a long time, it's enough for the ship girls responsible for transporting resources at Haoding Naval Base to deliver the next batch of supplies to Chapter 8, alleviating the immediate crisis. Furthermore, half a month is also enough time to relay information about leveling spots to the Admiral's Headquarters, recruiting a large number of people to clear land and build roads. At that time, the newbie naval base should also receive a certain amount of resource replenishment.

Think of this.

Xiaobai breathed a slight sigh of relief. She looked at Shenhai Yamato beside her and smiled slightly at her.

"Since that's the case, and we're already enjoying a rare ten-plus days of rest, let's not go out to sea until Admiral Haoding's supplies arrive. Let's stay on land and rest for half a month."

"Okay."

"Are you hungry, Yamato-neechan? I'm a little hungry."

"Hmm...it seems like I haven't eaten much all day. What do you want to eat, Xiaobai?"

"Let's have fish. Miss Elizabeth sent over a big fish this morning, and it tastes very good."

"..."

Shiro and Yamato walked and talked, their figures disappearing into the villa.

-

The sun sets.

Sun rise.

When Xiaobai woke up from her bed the next day, enjoying the first day of her holiday in Chapter Eight, she stretched and walked out of the villa to enjoy the first rays of morning sunlight. Once again, she was startled by the person standing at the door early in the morning.

"Good morning, Admiral Lu Lin."

Just like yesterday, Elizabeth stood respectfully in front of the gate of the newbie garrison, bowing deeply to the little white dog as it came out.

"Whoa?! Miss Elizabeth?" Little White was startled by Elizabeth standing at the door. "You, you are here again..."

"The patrol team on the beach caught a pretty good-looking crab from the seabed today. Admiral Lu Lin, you should like it." Elizabeth said respectfully to Xiao Bai, took a few steps back, and then picked up a live crab that was as big as her head and shoulders from the grass. She walked up to Xiao Bai and said, "I heard that this kind of crab tastes best when it's alive. I can't keep live things in the ship's equipment space, so please forgive me, Admiral Lu Lin."

The crab in Elizabeth's hand was really big, so big that when it was held in mid-air, it could completely cover Elizabeth's head and chest. The crab's rough, brownish-black shell looked somewhat ferocious, and its thick legs waved wildly in mid-air, probing.

"Wow, wow... Is the seafood in Chapter 8 really that plentiful...? They even have crabs this big..." Little White looked at the crab in Elizabeth's hand with some lingering surprise.

“Perhaps after the land is cleared, a rich marine industry can be built here.” Elizabeth said, handing the large crab in her hand to Xiaobai. “Admiral Lu Lin, be careful when you catch it. This crab’s claws are quite strong. When it pinched my wrist, I felt it. It’s about the strength to break a seashell.”

"Uh... I... Miss Elizabeth, please wait a moment, I'll go find Akagi..." Shiro looked at the large crab in front of her, somewhat at a loss. She withdrew her hand, but still turned around and ran to the wash area, pulling Akagi over there.

"Huh? Isn't that an emperor crab?" Akagi spotted the crab in Elizabeth's hand from afar. Surprised, she walked over to Elizabeth, skillfully pulled out several thin ropes from her ship equipment space, and firmly tied the large crab's limbs and pincers together. Then, she picked up the crab and gently weighed it in her hand. "An emperor crab of this size is quite rare... Miss Elizabeth, did you catch this?"

“Yes.” Elizabeth nodded.

"I didn't expect that after coming to Chapter 8, I haven't fought many battles, but I've been eating delicacies one meal after another." Akagi smiled with some emotion while holding the crab in her arms. She bowed slightly to Elizabeth and said slowly, "Then, Admiral and Miss Elizabeth, please wait a moment. I'll go and prepare these crabs so that my sisters can enjoy them."

Akagi left with light steps, carrying the crab.

Shiro wiped away his sweat, and after watching Akagi and Emperor Crab arrive at the wash area, which startled a chorus of surprised exclamations from the ship girls, he couldn't help but look at Elizabeth.

Elizabeth kept her head down, watching Little White. Her expression was serene, and a friendly smile played on her lips.

seem……

Compared to yesterday's simple, respectful, and enthusiastic demeanor, this one seemed to have gained a touch more sincerity.

“…Miss Elizabeth, you don’t really need to keep sending me these things…These are rare, high-quality ingredients, aren’t they…Why don’t you take them back and let your admiral try them?” Xiaobai said to Elizabeth.

"To be honest, Admiral Lu Lin, we've occasionally salvaged these ingredients before, but unfortunately, none of our naval personnel are skilled cooks, so the dishes we make with them are rather ordinary and lack any sophisticated flavor." Elizabeth smiled apologetically at Xiaobai. "Yesterday, although your senior Akagi only prepared a few simple dishes, her masterful control of flavor allowed me to clearly experience the taste that high-quality ingredients should have. When I brought them back for the Admiral to try, he praised their deliciousness highly. Therefore, I think that entrusting these ingredients to your ship girls, Admiral Lu Lin, is the best way to do them justice."

"Uh...that's it."

"Well, so... if Admiral Lu Lin doesn't mind, I'll come again in the future," Elizabeth said to Xiaobai with a relaxed smile, "every day."

Chapter 1868 wuhoo~~~

If Xiaobai's Admiral Network could check the ship girls' affection levels towards her, she really wanted to release the Admiral Network onto Elizabeth right now, so she could see exactly how much Elizabeth's affection level towards her had increased in the past two days.

Could it be that in just one day, their indifference and neutrality suddenly escalated to reverence and worship, or even surpassed it...?

Seeing the kind smile on Elizabeth's face as she stared at him without saying a word, Xiaobai suddenly felt a lot of pressure.

“Um…” Shiro glanced at Akagi, who was preparing king crab in the wash area, and spoke to Elizabeth, “Miss Elizabeth…”

"I'm here."

Elizabeth smiled at Little White and nodded gently, seemingly having no intention of leaving.

"Um... it'll probably be a while before Akagi finishes cooking that crab..." Xiaobai scratched his cheek. "How about... Miss Elizabeth, you wait here while I wash up, and then we go for a walk and come back, okay?"

"Is that alright?" Elizabeth's eyes flickered.

"Hmm... if you don't mind."

“I’m honored.” Elizabeth took two steps back, stood in the open space, and said to Xiaobai, “Then I’ll wait for you here, Admiral Lu Lin.”

In any case, it's better than the two of them just standing there looking at each other in the yard.

Xiao Bai ran to the wash area, quickly washed his face, shampooed his hair, and brushed his teeth. He then returned to the villa to change into a clean admiral's uniform before walking out of the villa gate and waving to Elizabeth, who was standing motionless in the yard.

"Miss Elizabeth, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

"..." Elizabeth just smiled faintly, not minding the time.

The walk wasn't really about any particular destination. The scenery in the valley was nice, and it didn't matter where they went. Xiaobai and Elizabeth left the villa without discussing where to go, and just wandered aimlessly down the road in front of the villa.

along the way.