Elder brother's garrison

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"Then why keep it from them?"

"Well... there are many reasons that I have no choice in..." Xiaobai rubbed his hands together, saying apologetically.

"..." Deep Sea Zuikaku stared blankly at Xiaobai. After a while, she shook her head. "No, I must confirm your teleportation ability."

The expression on the deep sea crane was calm yet resolute, and within that resoluteness lay a touch of willfulness.

“Miss Suzukaku Deep Sea…you still have Frederick’s mark on you, is it alright to leave the city like this…” Shiro asked, scratching his head.

“It’s alright if it’s just the shore,” said Deep Sea Zuikaku calmly. “I’m different from you. I’ve lived in this city for over a hundred years. Frederick isn’t as wary of me anymore, and the shore of Chapter Eight is part of Chapter Eight, within my current sphere of activity.”

"What if Frederick finds out that your coordinates have suddenly shifted several nautical miles or something..."

“To protect our privacy, even Frederick herself doesn’t constantly monitor the markings on us. She only checks them occasionally at specific times to confirm that we’re still within the scope of Chapter Eight. Only people like you who have just joined the city will Frederick observe you for extended periods to pinpoint your location.” Deep Sea Zuikaku said calmly, then pointed to the black vortex beside her and added, “So let me go check it out.”

"...This..." Xiaobai scratched her head helplessly. She looked at Shenhai Zuikaku, who was calm but with a hint of determination, and then glanced at the super-large and vortex black hole. She pondered for a while before letting out a sigh of relief and nodding to Shenhai Zuikaku. "Alright... If it's to reassure you, Miss Shenhai Zuikaku, that you'd be comfortable cooperating with us... taking you there once wouldn't be a problem."

The auspicious crane in the deep sea was about to step into the black vortex.

Xiao Bai quickly called out to Shen Hai Rui He.

"Hey! Miss Zuikaku Fukami, just a moment!"

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“Before I take you to our base, you need to put on your equipment first…” Xiaobai said to Shenhai Zuikaku. With mixed feelings, she took out a small box from her ship equipment space, then opened it with a complicated look in her eyes, revealing an exquisite silver ring inside. “…In short, put this on first.”

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"This?" Shenhai Zuikaku's gaze fell on the ring box in Xiaobai's hand, a hint of doubt in his eyes.

“Miss Abyssal Zuikaku, if you appear in our base in your current state, the moment they sense the aura of the Abyssal Dean on you, the ship girls around you who don't know you will probably treat you as an enemy immediately, even before I can introduce you.” Xiaobai explained to Abyssal Zuikaku, holding up the ring box. “So before crossing the vortex, you need to do some disguise… This ring on my hand is a special device that can shield the aura of the Abyss. If you wear it, you can hide the abyssal aura on your body and not attract the attention of the ship girls around you.”

"..." Shenhai Zuikaku silently looked at the ring on Xiaobai's hand. After a while, she nodded, reached out and took Xiaobai's ring out of the box, smoothly put it on her slender finger, and asked Xiaobai, "Is this okay?"

"Okay, that's fine. Miss Abyssal Zuikaku, remember not to use the power of the Abyssal Ship Equipment when you go there... Even if you have a ship equipment aura shielding device, once you enter combat mode, you won't be able to completely hide your aura." Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief and reminded Abyssal Zuikaku.

"I can't guarantee that. If someone threatens me, I will not hesitate to choose to protect myself."

"No way...probably." Xiaobai smiled at the Deep Sea Zuikaku. "Then let's go now."

“…Hmm.” Fukami Zuikaku responded, raising his arm and sniffing his armpit.

"Uh... Miss Fukami Zuikaku? What are you doing?"

“I’m smelling my own scent,” Zuikaku Aqua replied, her gaze falling on Yamato beside her. She lingered on the ring on Yamato’s hand for a moment before slowly saying, “I used to think that the deep-sea aura on her would occasionally disappear, and I thought it was a problem with her constitution. Now I know it’s because of this ring.”

"what……"

"The ring on her hand is slightly different from the one you just gave me."

"As for Super Big and her ring... well, they're kind of special enhanced versions, so it's normal that the styles are a bit different," Xiao Bai explained with a smile. Then, she braced herself against the edge of the black vortex and beckoned to Deep Sea Zuikaku, "If there's nothing else to talk about, then we'll go in, okay?"

"..." Deep Sea Zuikaku withdrew its gaze.

Shiro casually tossed his and Super Yamato's Friedrich Marks to the ground and plunged into the black vortex. Zuikaku followed closely behind Shiro and fearlessly entered the black hole.

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At the same time, a black vortex appeared in the villa of the newbie garrison.

Little White emerged from the black vortex.

"We're here. This is our base." Little White stood in front of the black vortex, turned around, and smiled as he spoke to those behind him.

Akagi Zuikaku and Chaoda followed closely as they emerged from the vortex.

With a gentle wave of his hand, the black vortex vanished.

The Deep Sea Crane stood where the black vortex had disappeared, raising its eyes to quietly survey its surroundings.

The three of them were currently at the innermost part of the novice naval base villa. This place was originally intended for the deep-sea maids who did not want to reveal their identities, but in the past two days, the deep-sea maids had been packed up and sent back to the naval base by Shiro, so this small open space was naturally left empty.

Standing in this position, you can see the villa gate in the distance, as well as the ship girls chatting and joking in small groups inside the villa.

"Miss Zuikaku, how is it?" Xiaobai asked Zuikaku.

“…So it really is.” Abyssal Zuikaku gazed at the scene before her, taking in the figures of each ship girl, and couldn’t help but murmur softly.

"I told you, I wasn't lying to you, was I?" Xiaobai said with a smile. "How does it feel to be at the base?"

"The ship girls' posture... isn't that different from ours. But they seem to have a rather noisy personality." Abyssal Zuikaku gazed at the ship girls in the distance and muttered to herself.

"...Uh... Zuikaku, is this your first time meeting a ship girl?"

"This is the first time I've observed this up close," replied Fukami Zuikaku, glancing towards the gate of the villa in the distance.

Although the expression on the Deep Sea Zuikaku's face remained unchanged, Xiaobai sensed a desire to "go out and see the world" from her expressionless face.

"Now that everything is confirmed... we should head back," Xiaobai whispered to the Deep Sea Crane.

Xiaobai hadn't intended for the Deep Sea Zuikaku to stay here for too long. Initially, her plan was simply for Zuikaku to cross the black vortex and take a look, so she could confirm that the Super Yamato's teleportation ability was indeed true. Staying here for an extended period would be too risky for a Deep Sea Director who hadn't yet submitted to the new naval base and lacked interpersonal experience.

The deep-sea crane itself seems to be aware of this.

After Xiaobai whispered a reminder to her, Shenhai Ruihe withdrew her gaze from the villa gate, nodded slightly, and softly said, "Mm."

Xiao Bai wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt that Shen Hai Rui He's brief response this time seemed to carry a hint of disappointment compared to before.

"..." Xiaobai touched his chest apologetically and said to Shenhai Zuikaku, "Um... I'm really sorry..."

"..." Shenhai Zuikaku turned his head and looked at Xiaobai.

However, just as Shiro and the Deep Sea Zuikaku were looking at each other, and Super Daiwa was preparing to summon the black vortex again.

Suddenly, a familiar voice called out from the villa's main entrance.

"noob--!!"

Xiao Bai subconsciously looked towards the villa gate and saw Saratoga pouting, looking aggrieved as if she had been bullied, running towards him.

"Huh? Saratoga?"

"Little White! You're finally back!" Saratoga ran up to Little White, threw herself into his arms with a thud, hugged his waist tightly, and then looked up at him pitifully, crying, "I've been so wronged!"

"Ah? What's wrong?"

"The constellation sister... the constellation sister bullied me..." Saratoga's beautiful big eyes were watery.

"Uh... do people have this hobby related to astrology?" Xiaobai stared at Saratoga, who looked like she had the word "wronged" written all over her face, and stood there dumbfounded for a moment.

The sound of constellations then rang out from outside the door.

"Q! How exactly did I bully Saratoga? A! I just told Saratoga that I would tell Lexington everything she just did!" Constellation, beaming with a bright smile, skipped straight in from outside, stopped in front of Little White, and waved to him, "Hello! Admiral, you've finally finished your work?"

Saratoga is genuinely afraid of astrology.

As soon as Constellation appeared in front of Little White, Saratoga was so frightened that she didn't even dare to stay in Little White's arms. She quickly turned around and shrank behind Little White, only daring to peek half of her head towards Constellation, with a patch of golden hair hanging down.

"Constellation... Saratoga, what exactly happened between you two just now..." Seeing the state of the two sisters in front of her, Xiaobai didn't know what had happened for a while, so she could only ask Constellation with a wry smile.

"Admiral, that's a good question! Just now... I caught Saratoga making a deal with Akagi to work together against Lexington!"

"No, no... I didn't, I'm not..." Saratoga cried out in distress.

"Whether it is or not, let Lexington decide."

"No! No!" Saratoga screamed.

"Hahaha!" Constellation covered her mouth and let out a series of lively and cheerful laughs.

As for what the horoscope just said, Saratoga and Akagi made a deal to deal with Lexington together...

Xiao Bai looked at the constellations and Saratoga in front of him and smiled helplessly.

Anyway, Xiaobai doesn't believe it.

Because of Lexington's past record of "keeping her company for three nights in a row," Akagi had ample reason to play a prank on Lexington. However, even if Saratoga had ten times the courage, she would never help Akagi go against her own sister. Xiaobai felt there must be some unspeakable injustice involved.

But...

Such an obvious thing, the constellation that lives in the same house as Saratoga every day should obviously know it better than I do.

Nine out of ten zodiac signs are just teasing Saratoga.

The constellation truly lives up to its reputation as Saratoga's unborn sister.

As sisters, they indeed inherited the mischievous nature of the Lexington family, showing no mercy even to their own sisters when it comes to causing trouble.

Just as Xiaobai was smiling wryly, the constellation finally noticed the deep-sea crane behind Xiaobai.

"Huh? Admiral, speaking of which, I've never seen this sister behind you before?" Constellation asked Shiro curiously, staring at the face of Abyssal Zuikaku.

The mention of constellations also caught Saratoga's attention, and Saratoga also looked at the Deep Sea Zuikaku.

"Hmm? Someone I've never seen before..." Saratoga was slightly taken aback, looking at the Deep Sea Zuikaku with a puzzled expression.

As expected, the Deep Sea Zuikaku could not escape the attention of these two ship girls.

"Ah, this...this is..." Xiaobai was also thinking about a suitable identity.

"Oh, I get it, she's the ship girl you just got, right, Admiral?" Just then, Constellation looked at Abyssal Zuikaku's calm face, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she clapped her hands lightly as she spoke to Shiro.

"What? Freshly caught?!" Saratoga exclaimed in surprise, turning to look at the constellation.

"Yeah, Saratoga. Think about it, we ship girls know what kind of system our admiral has. Our admiral has the protagonist's halo—she can just casually stroll around and coincidentally run into an unclaimed ship girl, then step in to help her out, and casually bring her home!" Constellation excitedly explained to Saratoga. "Look at how the admiral has been riding her whirlpool around the world these past few days. If you think about it this way, isn't it perfectly normal for her to casually pick up a ship girl sister while out on business in her whirlpool and bring her back?"

"That makes sense!" Saratoga exclaimed, suddenly enlightened.

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Saratoga and the constellation accepted the idea in just a few seconds.

"Admiral, is this your newly acquired sister?" Constellation looked intently at Little White.

"...This..." Xiaobai hesitated slightly, facing the excited gaze of the constellation. She glanced back at Shenhai Zuikaku and saw that Shenhai Zuikaku was just standing there calmly, looking completely detached. Xiaobai then turned back thoughtfully, coughed lightly twice, and nodded to the constellation, "Hmm...I guess so..."

"You guessed right!" Constellation clapped her hands happily.

As the sound of the constellation spread, the other ship girls in the villa's naval base also turned their attention to it.

"Huh? What? The admiral is salvaging ships again?"

"You can even salvage ships while clearing land, Admiral, you're really skilled!"

"Where is it!"

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Blah blah blah...

Xiaobai underestimated the gossip-loving nature of her ship girls.

While Xiaobai was away from the shore these past few days, heading to the depths of Chapter 8 to confront a bunch of Abyssal Masters, the ship girls on the shore had been spending an incredibly lazy time. During this period, the shore was quiet, and the ship girls had nothing to do, wondering where to find some fun to pass the time. When they heard about Xiaobai's ship-collecting, the ship girls were like bees smelling flowers. Soon, a series of thunderous footsteps rang out, and a dense crowd gathered from all sides, layer upon layer surrounding Xiaobai.

"Is this Admiral Shinrai's sister?!"

The ship girls gathered around Xiaobai, looking at the Abyssal Zuikaku behind her with delighted expressions, and chattered excitedly to greet it.

"My dear sister! Welcome!"

"We are a warm and loving family!"

"Hahaha! It's a good thing to have new people joining!"

"How did you, newbie, meet the Admiral?"

"Newcomers, newcomers..."

"..."

The ship girls' clear voices blended together, creating a continuous buzzing sound.

Despite facing such a large number of ship girls, Abyssal Zuikaku remained calm. However, no matter how these ship girls tried to talk to her, she simply returned their gazes quietly and without saying a word.

After a while, the excited ship girls also noticed the state of Abyssal Zuikaku and couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"A newcomer? Why aren't you saying anything?"

"Uh...she, she just arrived! So she's very shy!" Xiaobai quickly stepped forward and awkwardly explained to the ship girls, "Um...all of you suddenly crowding around her really startled her..."

"Oh……"

"That's right..."

"This new sister looks exactly like the one the admiral looked when he joined the naval base..."

The ship girls readily believed Shiro's words and gave Abyssal Zuikaku a kind and understanding smile, as if they saw Shiro in Abyssal Zuikaku back then.