Elder brother's garrison

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The next second, Xiaobai felt the scissors on her face disappear in a flash.

In the mirror, Missouri, beaming, was pressed against Xiaobai's cheek.

"So, to avoid making Missouri jealous," Missouri whispered in Xiaobai's ear, "after your date with Senior Veneto is over, Admiral, you'd better make it up to Missouri properly."

"..."

Xiao Bai stared blankly at the mirror.

Missouri stood up nonchalantly, smiled, picked up the scissors, and quickly trimmed Xiaobai's long hair. Then, she skillfully took out a variety of small items such as contact lenses, stickers, hair dye, shampoo, and makeup kits, and quickly began to disguise Xiaobai.

Half an hour later.

White-haired, golden-eyed Xiaobai was made up by Missouri to look like she was when she was still a pure human. Missouri also applied some light makeup to Xiaobai and used stickers to change the features of Xiaobai's face.

Looking at herself in the mirror, now with black hair and black eyes again, Xiaobai couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic.

“This should be fine.” Missouri put her arm around Xiaobai’s shoulder and smiled as she looked at Xiaobai in the mirror. “If Missouri has made him look like this, people who don’t know the Admiral very well in their daily lives shouldn’t be able to recognize him at a glance.”

Chapter 2472 The Strange Veneto

Missouri's makeup skills remain as superb as ever.

First, there's the obvious change of dyeing the hair and wearing black contact lenses. In addition, many features were added to Xiaobai's original facial features under Missouri's brush. Those subtle facial features alone are not enough to change a person's appearance, but when Missouri finished the makeup and all the changes to the facial features were put together, Xiaobai's appearance in the mirror changed dramatically.

As I said before, if you're not very familiar with Xiaobai in her daily life, you wouldn't recognize her at all without looking closely at her face now.

"Admiral, how is it? Are you satisfied with Missouri's makeup?" Missouri asked Xiaobai.

"Ah... um... no, very good..." Hearing Missouri's voice, Xiaobai, who was still reminiscing about her old hair color, nodded nervously and quickly stood up from her chair. "Um... Missouri, I..."

"Does the Admiral have anything to say?" Missouri asked with a smile.

"You...you're not angry, are you?" Xiaobai asked cautiously.

What does "Admiral" refer to?

"I mean... me and Veneto..."

Seeing Xiaobai's guilty expression, Missouri's lips curled into a slight smile.

“Admiral, Missouri was just joking.” Missouri bent down and pressed his forehead against Whitey’s. “I’m sorry if the joke went a little too far.”

"Well……"

“Missouri isn’t jealous of Senior Veneto.” Misssouri gently moved her head. “Senior Veneto was the Admiral’s first married ship. She was clearly the most qualified ship girl to be by your side, but because she had to take care of her two younger sisters for a long time, she had to lose a lot of time that she should have spent with you, Admiral. But so far, she hasn’t complained at all. Misssouri is ashamed of her own dedication to her sisters. So Misssouri sincerely believes that it is the right choice for you, Admiral, to take the time to spend with Senior Veneto.”

"Is that so..." Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief.

“Hmm.” Missouri smiled and released Little White. She said to Little White, “Besides, Missouri’s current position doesn’t give her the right to be jealous of others.”

"?"

“It must be… other people who are jealous of Missouri…” Missouri winked her right eye at Little White, “Right?”

……

When Missouri and Little White came downstairs, the Deep Sea Deans had already packed their bags and were standing with Lexington at the front door of the living room.

"Starting today, we'll all be working together. Thinking about it, I'm actually quite excited," Lexington said with a smile to the deep-sea deans in front of her.

"Sigh—" The deans of the Deep Sea Academy all hunched over, their reactions lukewarm.

"Everyone doesn't seem to be in very good spirits. Yamato, is it because you were very tired from work yesterday?" Lexington was not affected by the dejected state of the Deep Sea Deans at all. She still maintained her almost flawless smile and looked at Deep Sea Yamato.

"Haven't you realized it's because of you?!" Yamato stomped her feet and complained to Lexington, "It's because of you, because of you, that we're all so depressed!"

"How could this be? You just promised me, Yamato."

"Weren't you fooled by your superb acting skills?!"

"What I said before was very sincere, you know?"

“I don’t believe that!”

"..."

Before Yamato even stepped out of the villa, he started bickering with Lexington.

Xiao Bai looked at the Deans of the Deep Sea and Lexington with a wry smile.

"Yamato-senpai, Lexington-senpai, thank you for waiting." Missouri greeted the Deep Sea Deans and Lexington with a smile. "Missouri is ready, we can set off now."

"Huh? Missouri, you're awake already? There's still an hour before work, do you want to rest a bit more..." As soon as Yamato heard Missouri's voice, she looked over, but before her gaze could reach Missouri, she saw Shiro standing next to her. "Huh? Isn't this Shiro? What happened to him?"

Deep Sea Yamato looked at Shiro, who seemed like a completely different person, and exclaimed in surprise.

Upon hearing Yamato's words, the other Abyssal Deans in the living room, along with the ship girls who had been watching the drama unfold, all turned their heads and looked over curiously.

"Huh? The Admiral?!"

"It's the Admiral! This is the Admiral!"

"The admiral has returned to his old self!"

"How did you do that?!"

The crowd instantly surrounded Xiaobai, and one by one they curiously reached out their hands, wanting to touch Xiaobai's face.

"It's me, it's me, because..." As the ship girls stroked her, Shiro quickly explained the meaning of her outfit to the person in front of her, "...This is makeup that Missouri did for me...I did this so that I wouldn't be recognized by Yamato's fans."

"Oh I got it!"

Upon hearing Xiaobai's words, the ship girls immediately nodded in understanding.

"I really miss the black-haired admiral. It feels like it's been years since I've seen him."

"The admiral has only been in office for a little over a year..."

"Mmm..."

The three ship girls chatted amongst themselves and dispersed.

Xiaobai wiped the sweat from her forehead, looked at the departing ship girls, and gave a helpless smile.

"Don't worry, Admiral. Missouri uses only the highest-grade cosmetics, which have strong staying power and are waterproof and stain-resistant." Missouri said to Xiaobai with a smile. "Admiral, you don't need to worry about encountering any mishaps on the road, ruining your makeup, or accidentally revealing your true appearance."

"Hmm... then I'm relieved..."

“Ah, of course.” Missouri seemed to remember something and raised her finger to Xiaobai, saying, “That being said, if you use the ship’s power halfway through, due to the ship’s power’s powerful restorative effect, even with the best cosmetics, your appearance and hair color will still revert to their original state.”

“…I have similar experience…” Xiaobai grinned wryly, “So, if you want to pretend, you have to honestly be an ordinary person, right?”

“It shouldn’t be difficult for the admiral,” Missouri said with a smile, lowering his hand.

Xiao Bai nodded with a wry smile at Missouri.

Before they knew it, it was time for the Deep Sea Deans to start their shift. Missouri and Lexington led the resigned Deep Sea Deans out of the villa and into the van parked in front of it.

"Oh, right, Saratoga." Lexington reached out and grabbed at the air, seemingly pulling Saratoga up from a blind spot. She smiled and asked Saratoga, "This is my first day as a manager, Saratoga, you'll come to work with me and be my sweetheart, right?"

"Uh... um... mmm!" Saratoga looked around, but nodded rapidly under Lexington's gentle smile.

Lexington, holding Saratoga, waved to the little white dog with a smile on his face, gave a few instructions, and then led Saratoga into the van.

Missouri greeted Xiaobai with a smile and then got into the driver's seat of the van. She skillfully started the engine, and with a whoosh, the van sped off with a powerful roar.

"Admiral—goodbye..."

"Little White—Waaah, my Little White—"

The deans of the Deep Sea Academy in the van waved to Xiaobai with the air of heading towards the Bridge of Helplessness. Finally, amidst reluctant shouts, they left the villa with a roar, like little fairies being taken away by the Queen Mother of the West.

Xiao Bai stood there waving in the direction the van had gone until it was out of sight, then sighed regretfully.

Being an admiral is sometimes like this. Xiaobai often feels overwhelmed. If she could, she really wanted to tear herself into hundreds of separate pieces, like the deep-sea Taihou in her mind, and spend time with the ship girls in the naval base.

Unfortunately, Xiaobai can't do it.

Furthermore, Xiaobai doesn't know the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.

After seeing off the Deans of the Deep Sea Institute, Xiaobai returned to the villa's living room.

In the villa's living room, the ship girls were sitting on the sofa chatting with Lu Ming. Although Lu Ming was now human, she had once been a ship girl, so she could chat with the newbie ship girls from the naval base on topics—although most of the time Lu Ming listened quietly, nodding occasionally, while the others kept talking in her ear.

Xiao Bai searched around the hall and found that the Italian destroyers were all there, but he couldn't find Veneto and her two sisters.

"Huh? That's strange." Little White was a little puzzled. She waved to an Italian destroyer, "Antonio, Antonio."

The white-clad destroyer, who was sitting on the sofa watching a movie, heard Xiaobai's call and turned her head to look at Xiaobai with her big eyes.

After confirming that Xiaobai was calling her, Antonio quickly jumped off the sofa and ran to Xiaobai's side.

"Admiral, call me!" Antonio stopped in front of Little White and raised his little hand high.

"Yes, they're calling you." Xiaobai smiled and ruffled Antonio's hair. "Antonio, where's your big sister?"

"Oh, mmm..." Antonio enjoyed the pat on the head from Xiaobai, a satisfied expression on her face. Then she placed her hands on the back of Xiaobai's hands and flicked them in place. "Sister Veneto is still in the room!"

Is she still in the room?

"Um!!"

“That’s strange, Veneto doesn’t seem like the type to sleep in.”

"The boss is acting really strange today."

"Is it weird?"

"Um!!"

"Oh, I see... Thank you then, you can go back now."

"Okay!"

Antonio toddled back to the sofa and threw himself into Camicia's arms, who was bragging to someone next to him.

Xiaobai gazed gently at the destroyers, then looked away and went up the stairs to Veneto's room.

Chapter 2473 Veneto's Classic Skin

While at the naval base, although Veneto didn't live under the same roof as Xiaobai, based on Xiaobai's understanding of Veneto, her daily routine should have been very regular and healthy.

To put it bluntly, at least Veneto never missed a single day of getting up on time and dragging Roma to the training ground for morning exercises.

Filled with curiosity, Xiaobai arrived at Veneto's door. Just as she was about to knock, she suddenly heard familiar voices coming from inside.

"Rome, how about this one?"

"Boss, this is great! This is amazing! It's absolutely adorable!"

"Really? How about pairing it with these shoes?"

"So cute! The boss lady is absolutely adorable!"

"..."

Hearing the conversation coming from inside the room, Xiaobai's hand, which was about to knock, froze in mid-air. She looked at the closed door with some surprise.

The voices that just came from inside the door... were Veneto and... Rome?

Xiaobai put her hand down, stood there thinking for a while, and then carefully approached the door, pressing her ear against the door panel.

As I pressed my ear against the door, the sounds inside the room gradually became clearer.

The first thing that reached Xiaobai's ears was a series of rustling and rummaging sounds as if something was being rummaged through.

The sounds of rummaging through drawers and cabinets quickly stopped, and Veneto's voice slowly began to ring out.

"...Hmm, it seems nice...but isn't this outfit a bit too casual?"

"How could that be? It's just a simple girly dress and sandals! They suit you perfectly, boss!"

"But I don't really want to give the admiral the impression that I'm too frivolous."

"Uh... well, how about this one! This one's a Lolita style recommended in a magazine! It's very formal! Boss, if you put this on, you'll definitely be the most eye-catching star on the street!"

"This outfit... let me see... the character is based on Remilia... Rome, isn't this a cosplay outfit from an anime?" Veneto's displeased voice came from inside the room. "How can I wear something like this to accompany the Admiral on the street? It will leave the Admiral with the impression that I'm not authoritative enough."

"Then, this set is perfect! A denim outfit, understated yet cool!"

"Let me try."

"okay!"

"..."

The room was suddenly filled with the sound of hurried footsteps.