Elder brother's garrison

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"Hmm... I'll give it a try." Xiaobai held Luming's hand and nodded.

Xiaobai took a deep breath and released his Admiral Network, stretching it out towards the distraught Luming.

Xiaobai's network power is strong, but it has no effect on ordinary humans as it does on ship girls and the Abyssal Dean. The main reason for this is that ordinary humans do not have any spiritual power. Just as the world's top hacker cannot hack into a brick, Xiaobai is powerless against objects without spiritual power.

Despite its powerlessness, Xiaobai can still soothe the emotions of ordinary humans and detect their emotional states to some extent, thanks to its vast and boundless spiritual power.

Hopefully, Lu Ming's mental state is still within the range that can be soothed by his own mental strength...

With some worry, Xiaobai slowly channeled her spiritual energy into Luming's body.

As spiritual energy seeped in, Xiaobai's hand, which was tightly gripping Luming's, twitched slightly, and a hint of doubt appeared on Xiaobai's cheek.

Ok?

A little strange...

Xiao Bai closed its eyes and tilted its head slightly.

There was actually a very weak spiritual force within Lu Ming's body?

Although the spiritual power within Lu Ming's body was extremely weak, so weak that it could hardly be called spiritual power, even so, Xiao Bai could still clearly smell Lu Ming's aura within that spiritual power.

Is Miss Luming one of those people... born with a spiritual constitution?

Xiaobai's doubts lingered for a moment, but she quickly shook her head and dismissed them.

Regardless of whether Lu Ming is born with a spiritual constitution... at least from this point of view, since Lu Ming has spiritual power in her body, it means that his admiral network can produce the maximum effect on her!

Xiao Bai took a deep breath, then gently squeezed Lu Ming's hand. The Admiral Network that entered Lu Ming's body quickly enveloped Lu Ming's mental energy, instantly soothing the tangled and complex mental energy within him.

at the same time.

The trembling of the deer's cry in the real world slowly subsided. (II) The leeks in the dam easily dispersed.

Lu Ming's hands gradually warmed up, and his pale face gradually returned to normal.

Lu Ming slowly raised her head, looking around in confusion. Although she still looked lost and disoriented, at least her mental state had returned to normal.

"Wow!" Seeing that Lu Ming had regained his senses, the ship girls and abyssal deans watching couldn't help but applaud. "Admiral (Master), you're amazing!"

“You…I…this is…” Lu Ming looked at everyone weakly.

"Miss Luming, you looked terrifying just now, you know that!" the ship girls hurriedly said to Luming. "We were right next to you talking to you, but you couldn't seem to hear us. You were just trembling and your body was cold, like you were possessed!"

"Entered by demonic possession... me..." Lu Ming murmured as if she had lost her soul. She felt some warmth in her hands and looked down at them. She saw a little white dog squatting opposite her, looking at her with a gentle expression.

"Miss Luming, are you feeling any better?" Xiaobai asked.

“…Lu Lin…Admiral…” Lu Ming stared blankly at Xiao Bai. She looked at Xiao Bai quietly for two or three seconds, then suddenly seemed to remember something important. She quickly grabbed Xiao Bai's hand, pulled her up nervously, and asked her in a panic, “Lu Lin, Admiral Lu Lin! Help me! Save them!!”

The first thing Lu Ming thought of after regaining consciousness was to ask Xiao Bai for help.

"Yes, I know, I will. I will definitely find them for you. They will be safe and sound, not a hair on their heads will be harmed." Xiaobai quickly stood up, pulled Luming's head into her arms, gently patted the back of her head, and said gently.

"...Thank you, thank you..." Lu Ming rested his head on Xiao Bai's belly, feeling the reassuring sensation from the flat, soft belly, and gradually calmed down.

The comforting effect of the Admiral Network is indeed excellent.

Xiaobai released Luming and then explained the current situation to the ship girls behind her.

"In short, we don't know the current state of those female stylists, but judging from the fact that their calls were interrupted halfway through, they should be under capture," Xiaobai said to everyone. "If the criminals' goal was to kill them, they wouldn't have turned off all of their phones."

"So, are they safe now?" Saratoga added.

"Hmm." Xiaobai nodded, her gaze serious. "But there's no guarantee of safety afterwards. So... the rescue time is extremely critical—Akagi, did any of the carrier-based aircraft you launched earlier spot any suspicious individuals?"

Xiaobai looked at Chicheng.

Akagi shook his head.

“Unfortunately, no,” Akagi said. “If the criminals had kidnapped the stylist team, my carrier-based aircraft would have been able to detect it.”

"Great, the area has been narrowed down by half." Xiaobai smiled at Akagi. "At least it proves that the area under Akagi's carrier-based aircraft detection is not the location where the perpetrator committed the crime."

Chapter 2434 Decision Making

"My lord is quite optimistic when it comes to things," Akagi Shinkai chuckled as she listened to Shiro's words.

"Everything has two sides," Xiaobai smiled slightly at Shenhai Akagi. "Optimism is always better than pessimism, isn't it?"

"That's absolutely right." Akagi Shinkai nodded admiringly.

"Akagi, what is the patrol range of your carrier-based aircraft?" Shiro asked Akagi.

“If I extend the reconnaissance aircraft’s visual range to its maximum, I can easily survey the entire Cloud City with my piloting skills,” Akagi replied after a moment’s thought. “However, for high-precision reconnaissance missions, in order to improve the accuracy of the detection range, I need to lower the carrier-based aircraft considerably. The detection range should only be from here to a few nearby streets.”

"I see..." Xiaobai took out her phone, thought for a moment, opened the electronic map of Yuncheng, and then skillfully zoomed in on the map, searching for a route. "Then let's first cross out the detection range of the Akagi carrier-based aircraft, and then find the shortest route back to Miss Luming's company from here—first like this, then like this, and finally like this—ah, by the way, Miss Luming. Your stylists don't usually linger outside after finishing work, right?"

When Lu Ming heard Xiao Bai's question, he quickly shook his head.

"Barring any unforeseen circumstances, they will return to the company as soon as possible."

Is this your company's policy?

“Well… because the company has a time clock that records attendance…” Lu Ming replied with a dim look in his eyes, “and they also have to stay in the dressing room to wait for me to come back… to remove my makeup…”

Lu Ming's mood seemed to be sinking again.

Xiaobai scratched her cheek, walked over to Luming, and gently patted Luming's shoulder.

As if seeking warmth, Lu Ming naturally hugged Xiao Bai's waist and gently pressed his face against her stomach, as if doing so could greatly reduce her psychological pressure.

"There are three regular routes back to Miss Shikamei's company from here." Shiro put one arm around Shikamei's head and explained to the envious ship girls and abyssal deans, "Logically speaking, those makeup artists should have encountered the criminals on their way back to the company. So, if we take the area covered by these routes home, subtract Akagi's previous patrol area, and then add the approximate maximum range that vehicles can travel from the time of the incident until now... um... like this!"

Xiaobai brought up the custom tool on her phone and started drawing on the map. Then she handed the phone to the ship girls in front of her to watch.

The ship girls stared intently.

Xiao Bai circled more than a dozen streets and areas on the electronic map of Yuncheng with a custom red pen.

"These areas I've drawn are where the makeup artists might be right now," Xiaobai said to the ship girls.

"Wow... is it that amazing?" Saratoga stared at the map, dumbfounded. "When did you become so smart?"

"This is just a middle school level math problem, combining a Cloud City map with some traffic route information," Xiaobai pouted and said to Saratoga. "When I worked at the naval base, I handled similar cases every day, didn't I? This level of work isn't difficult, is it?"

"Terrifying, absolutely terrifying!" Saratoga exclaimed.

“Let’s save the exclamations for later,” Xiaobai said to Saratoga and Akagi. “The reason I was able to pinpoint the positions of the makeup artists is mainly because it’s not long since the incident. If we delay any longer, by tomorrow morning, the search area will have to expand from these dozen or so areas to the entire city of Cloud City.”

"So, we're racing against time, right?" Akagi understood what Shiro meant and asked Shiro.

“That’s right.” Xiaobai nodded. After thinking for a while, she continued to Akagi and Saratoga, “I’ve divided these areas into three main routes. Saratoga and Akagi, you are both aircraft carriers. Even if you are alone, you have strong search capabilities. Please choose one route on the map each.”

"Splitting up?" Saratoga tilted his head.

"Mm." Xiaobai nodded.

"And what about you, Xiaobai?"

“I’ll choose the remaining route.” Xiaobai said, then turned to look at Deepsea Akagi and Deepsea Kaga, “They can come with me.”

“Oh…” Saratoga blinked and nodded.

"Xiaobai, should we tell Fubuki and Baltimore about the current situation? They might be able to help," Akagi asked.

“It will take them a long time to get here, and by then it will be too late.” Xiaobai shook her head regretfully. “Let them stay at home, and we’ll do this.”

"It seems this is the only way." Akagi nodded.

Xiaobai showed the electronic map on his phone to Akagi and Saratoga. After the three of them briefly divided up their assigned areas, they nodded to each other.

"Miss Luming's makeup artist team has more than a dozen people, all of whom are very young and beautiful women, so they will attract some attention when they move around outside." Xiaobai instructed the two ship girls, "If they are transporting people by private car, vehicles that can carry that many hostages will also be more conspicuous on the streets. When you patrol with carrier-based aircraft, you should pay more attention to this type of vehicle."

Saratoga and Akagi both nodded in agreement.

"Let's not delay, let's go find them." Xiaobai put away her phone and took a deep breath.

"Roger that!"

Saratoga and Akagi received Shiro's instructions, exchanged a glance, and quickly ran out of the lounge.

Xiao Bai looked down at the deer's cry on its body.

“Miss Lu Ming, I will take care of finding your makeup artist team. Until then, you stay here and wait for your manager to return after reporting the incident to the police,” Xiao Bai said to Lu Ming.

Upon hearing Xiaobai's words, Luming immediately shook her head. She struggled to her feet and said to Xiaobai, "I want to go too!"

“Miss Lu Ming, I’m going to rescue people. That’s a criminal gang, and this is dangerous for an ordinary human like you…”

“You are human too.” Lu Ming shook his head again, gripping Xiao Bai’s hand tightly.

“Uh…we’re different. I have ship girls protecting me…” Xiaobai pointed to Akagi behind her and said with a wry smile, “If there are too many people, the ship girls won’t be able to protect us all, so Miss Shikamaru, you should stay here.”

“…I…” Lu Ming opened his mouth towards Xiao Bai, but seeing Xiao Bai’s gentle appearance, he lowered his head in disappointment. “…Mm…”

Seeing that Lu Ming didn't persist, Xiao Bai breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then, Miss Luming, I'm going out too." Xiaobai patted the back of Luming's hand. "You can just wait here for our good news."

"..." Lu Ming lowered his head, his hands resting on his thighs, gently entwining, without saying a word.

Xiaobai released Luming's hand, looked at Shenhai Akagi and Shenhai Kaga beside her, and the three of them silently walked out of the lounge.

Stepping out of the room, Xiaobai looked at the obedient Luming inside and closed the door.

"My lord," Akagi finally asked Shiro curiously after leaving the room, "Why did you deceive Miss Shikamaru?"

"Huh? Deceive me about what?" Xiaobai turned to look at Shenhai Chicheng.

“We will definitely find those humans who were captured… Even you, my lord, can’t be 100% certain with the information we have, right?” Akagi looked at Shiro with a strange gaze. “After all, even if you, my lord, use calculations to figure out where those captured people might be now, it’s just slightly simplifying the search from finding a needle in a haystack to finding a needle in a pond, right? Finding a needle in a pond… while it’s not exactly a slim chance, it’s still very difficult.”

"Ah..." Xiaobai listened to Shenhai Chicheng's words and a bitter smile appeared on his face, "...That's how it is."

Why would the Lord lie?

“…Akagi, sometimes you just have to lie.” Shiro said to Akagi with a wry smile.

"Is it to... comfort Miss Shikamei?" Akagi asked thoughtfully.

"No." Xiaobai shook her head, her eyes fixed intently on Shenhai Chicheng. "It's just to push myself. After all, I already made that boast. If I can't help Miss Luming find her makeup artist team, I'll lose face in front of you all. So I have to find them no matter what!"

As Xiao Bai spoke, he clenched his little fists in front of the two Deans of the Deep Sea Academy, his face showing a strong fighting spirit.

Akagi stared blankly at Shiro.

"Deep Sea Akagi, let's talk about the rest on the way. Let's go!" Xiaobai didn't give Deep Sea Akagi a chance to react; she directly stretched out her hands to Deep Sea Akagi.

Deep Sea Akagi instinctively grasped Xiaobai's hand.

Xiaobai took Akagi's hand with one hand and Kaga's hand with the other, and then quickly led the two Akagi deans towards the door.

Xiao Bai and the Deans of the Deep Sea Academy quickly disappeared down the corridor.

……

Outside the temporary film studio, the nature of the situation has changed due to the emergence of a major case.

When Xiaobai left the studio, the police who arrived had completely sealed off the area outside the seal. Fortunately, Xiaobai managed to get an access pass from the easy-going police officer thanks to his admiral's badge, and thus directly led the two abyssal deans out of the sealed-off area.

Outside the cordoned-off area, passersby and fans gathered around, gazing curiously at the area cordoned off by the police. They had no idea what was happening inside the studio, and at that moment, they all wished they could stretch their necks and peer into the distant studio.

As the three of them left the studio, passersby instinctively moved closer to Xiaobai.

But before the passersby could get close enough to ask Xiaobai anything, Xiaobai lowered his head and pushed Deep Sea Akagi in front of him. As the fragrance spread, the passersby were captivated and remained in a daze for a while.

When the passerby snapped out of his daze, all that remained was an empty space; there was no trace of Xiaobai and the other two.

Chapter 2435 The Aura of Ship Girls

Traffic flows continuously on the streets of Yuncheng.

The citizens of Yuncheng bustled about on the streets, the crowd forming a flow of people. Everyone stared straight ahead, some with their heads down playing on their phones, listening to the sounds of traffic passing by, moving forward on their own, just like the unchanging daily routine of the past hundred days.

"Miss Lu Ming's popularity has increased quite a bit since she finished filming the variety show last time."

"Yes, this era of internet traffic is called Deer Cry!"

"No, no, strictly speaking, in this era of internet traffic, it's called Deer Cry and Ship Girls! Have you forgotten? That very popular Ship Girl band recently!"

"Oh right, right... I've heard their songs too! They're so good!"

"Me too, me too..."

"Hey, I was just saying, ship girls are so great..."

"That's right, I really want to see a ship girl in person..."