Elder brother's garrison

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Xiao Bai looked in the direction of the sound and, sure enough, another group of ship girls appeared on the distant sea.

She stared at the sea for a while until she could clearly see the ship girl's appearance.

Xiaobai shook her head, regretting that this team wasn't Veneto's either.

The ship girls returned to the beach, dejected, and found their respective admirals. Like the previous group, they were unharmed, but their beautiful faces were filled with confusion and disappointment.

"What's wrong? What happened?" The admirals couldn't help but ask when they saw their ship girls making this expression.

"We can't find the Abyssal Fleet at the destination," the ship girls replied sporadically.

"Huh?" Upon hearing this answer, both the ship girl's owner and the admirals watching from the sidelines were stunned for a moment.

If a team of ship girls gets nothing, it can be attributed to bad luck, and the admirals watching can even gloat a little. But what about two teams? They can't both be unlucky, can they?

The admirals finally realized that something was wrong and fell silent.

At this rate, will our own ship girls also get zero results?

"Another squad is coming!" Sure enough, a short while later, another squad of ship girls appeared on the beach.

"It's ours!" Several admirals sitting on the beach sat up and exclaimed, their faces slightly grim.

This group of ship girls landed ashore, their faces filled with the same disappointment as the previous two groups.

"Is there no deep sea at the end?" The admirals crowded around and asked the question.

"Hmm." The ship girls were slightly surprised by their admiral's uncanny foresight. "We've been searching for a long time, but we haven't found any trace of the Abyssal Fleet."

This answer stirred up a storm among the admirals on the beach, making everyone uneasy.

A day with zero harvest isn't a big deal; many admirals can afford to lose that much. However, if all admirals in the first section have zero harvest in a single day, the impact on the city is quite significant.

More importantly, they have no idea how the fact that there was no Deepsea Aquarium at the destination came about.

Could it be that deep-sea amphibious ships also hibernate?

While the admirals were feeling uneasy, several more squads of ship girls returned.

Among them are some teams that set off very early and are quite strong.

"How was the harvest? Did you get any more deep-sea ships at the end?" The admirals, regardless of whether the ships were their own, all chimed in with questions.

"The harvest is minimal. We haven't seen any Abyssal ships at the finish line for several hours; it's like they've all vanished," the ship girls replied.

Expected.

The admirals dispersed and returned to their respective positions.

It seems the deep sea has truly disappeared today.

The admirals sighed helplessly, and some of the less experienced admirals even started pulling their hair in anger.

However, most people looked at the city with worried eyes.

There are four sea areas surrounding the city, and the sea area where they are located is the first node. Although the harvest here is low, the risk is also low, so there are a lot of people here. The deep-sea metals supplied to the city every day account for a quarter of the city's total.

The sudden disappearance of such a large sum of money is a very serious matter.

More and more ship girls are returning to shore.

The admirals' reactions gradually shifted from eager inquiries to a helpless compromise.

They left the beach, each carrying their own ship girl and filled with questions.

Soon, the coastline, which was full of admirals, gradually became deserted within ten minutes.

Xiao Bai sat in the chair, watching the admirals in front of him leave one by one with gloomy faces.

"Hopefully Veneto and the others will find something," Xiaobai muttered to himself.

"Would you like an ice pop, sir?" Suddenly, a delicate little girl's voice drew Xiaobai's attention back.

Xiao Bai looked around.

Standing next to her was a little black-haired girl holding a box of colorful popsicles, smiling at her.

The little girl looked to be no more than ten years old, with short black hair that reached her ears, and wearing a white sailor hat. She was not even as tall as Xiaobai when he was sitting in a chair.

"Pure juice, no water added, only two yuan a stick, you're making a profit if you buy it! Want one? Grand opening special, buy one get one free!" the girl promoted.

Xiao Bai looked down at the popsicle in the girl's arms.

It's called a popsicle, but it's really just a wooden stick stuck in frozen sugar water. It's probably handmade, and it doesn't look very pretty.

It's not easy for such a young child to be out working. When Xiaobai was this age, he was probably still carefree in elementary school.

With that thought in mind, Xiaobai began to feel sorry for the person in front of her.

"Then please give me one." Xiaobai rummaged through his wallet, took out two yuan in change, and handed it to the little girl.

"Thank you for your patronage."

Xiao Bai randomly picked two pretty pink popsicles.

“Welcome~”

Xiao Bai smiled and then took a small bite of the popsicle in her hand.

Sweet and sour.

"Is it delicious?" the little girl asked.

"Okay." Xiaobai nodded.

"This is a special, exclusive product," the little girl said proudly.

After selling all the popsicles, the girl didn't leave; she just continued to watch Xiaobai.

She stared at Little White with her maroon eyes, as if examining a magical creature.

"Is there anything else?" Xiaobai asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Well, I just wanted to see what it's like to eat popsicles in the deep sea," the little girl replied.

With a thud, the popsicle in Xiaobai's hand fell to the ground.

Xiao Bai looked at the little girl, then quickly glanced around.

"Don't worry, everyone around here has already left. I waited all morning to find this opportunity," the little girl comforted Xiaobai.

"..." Xiaobai pursed her lips, looking at the little girl in front of her with a wary expression, and murmured softly, "I am not the Deep Sea."

"Ah, um." The little girl put down the popsicle box in her arms, took out a popsicle, and sat down in the spot where Nia had been. "But you have the scent of the deep sea on you."

The little girl didn't seem to have any ill intentions.

But upon hearing her words, Xiaobai's body still trembled slightly.

There's no way that Xiaobai could have the scent of the deep sea.

She lives in the naval base, surrounded by hundreds of ship girls. Even the slightest hint of abyssal aura on her body will be detected by the ship girls immediately.

“I don’t have that kind of thing on me,” Xiaobai explained.

"Ah, yes, it's very bland." The little girl didn't care about Xiaobai's explanation at all, and instead stuck out her tongue to lick the popsicle. "It's as bland as a drop of blood mixed into the ocean."

However, after uttering this metaphor, the little girl shook her head and gave Little White an apologetic look.

"No, that's not right. If that's the case, what I said before was wrong." The little girl smiled at Xiaobai. "You're not the deep sea, you're human. After all, if a drop of blood gets mixed into the ocean, it's still the ocean, it doesn't become blood."

She figured it out, and her expression brightened.

Seeing the little girl's harmless expression, Xiaobai gradually breathed a sigh of relief.

The worst thing still happened.

Someone actually came looking for him because of the deep-sea ship equipment inside his body.

"Who are you?" Little White's mind was filled with questions.

"Hmph, good question!" Upon hearing Xiaobai's question, the little girl threw down her popsicle, put her hands on her hips, and jumped to the ground. "Since you've asked so sincerely, then this Lord Su will answer you sincerely!"

"Protect the peace of the first chapter's sea area!"

"Protect the ship girls' justice!"

"The world's oldest ship girl, the world's most powerful woman!"

"The strongest being, hailed as immortal!"

"My name is Sukhbaatar!" The little girl named Sukhbaatar struck various poses like a character from an animated film, looking at Xiaobai with excitement.

"Oh—" Little White clapped his hands, looking at Sukhbaatar in front of him, "You are..."

"You should call me Lord Su!"

"Oh, okay, then, Lord Su, are you a ship girl?"

“Yes, didn’t you listen to me carefully?” Sukhbaatar replied.

Xiao Bai stared blankly at Sukhbaatar.

To Xiaobai, the little girl in front of him was just an ordinary human, with no trace of the aura of a ship girl.

Her network of admirals is a thousand times that of ordinary people, so it's almost impossible that she couldn't detect the ship girl vibe in Sukhbaatar.

“I’m very strong,” Sukhbaatar emphasized to Little White.

"Hmm." Xiaobai took it as a joke from Fubuki and didn't pay much attention to it.

The more distinct the ship girl's scent, the stronger she is. For example, after Xiaobai obtained the Admiral's Network, he was able to identify Missouri at first glance.

The Sukhbaatar in front of me didn't have the aura of a ship girl at all. Either she wasn't a ship girl at all, or even if she was, she was extremely weak.

Even so, Sukhbaatar was the first to notice the deep-sea aura emanating from Little White.

"Um, how did you find out about me?" Xiaobai asked with some concern.

"I am a super ship girl with a lifespan of several hundred years, and my home is usually in the deep sea. Judging the intensity of this deep-sea aura is very simple for me." Sukhbaatar confidently raised her chin.

"So, whose ship girl are you?"

"I am nobody. I've already said I'm the oldest ship girl, so why would I have an admiral?"

"Ah...that's it."

"Well, that concludes the self-introductions for now." Sukhbaatar sat back down.

She looked Xiaobai up and down, examining its hair and eyes: "You should be human, but where did you get that deep-sea aura from?"

After hearing Sukhbaatar's words, Xiaobai felt lost.

This was the first time she had been told she had a deep-sea aura since acquiring her ship equipment, which was a huge blow to her.

It's like being told you're not human.

"Don't worry, I'll keep it a secret. Everyone has secrets, right?" Sukhbaatar reassured Xiaobai, seeing his hesitant expression. "You're a good person, I can tell."

Sukhbaatar's words possessed a magical persuasiveness that unconsciously instilled a sense of trust in Xiaobai.

After thinking about it, Xiaobai decided to tell the truth.

"Uh, my deep-sea aura is actually because I have a deep-sea ship equipment."

Chapter 228 Playful Ship Girls: One-Click Sweep Method

"You have deep-sea ship equipment inside you?" Sukhbaatar's eyes lit up instantly, as if she had seen something interesting. "Let me see! Let me see!"

Sukhbaatar clung to the table and approached Little White, wiggling his little bottom.

Xiao Bai immediately realized that Sukhbaatar's claims about having a lifespan of several hundred years and being the strongest ship girl were all nonsense; her performance clearly showed that she was just an ordinary destroyer.

"...This isn't a good place, is it?" Xiaobai said, looking at the surrounding beach with some difficulty.

Although the admiral had mostly left, there were still people on the beach.

"Oh. That's right." Sukhbaatar also realized that this place was indeed not suitable for Little White to release the deep-sea ship equipment.

"I'm sorry," Xiaobai apologized.

"It's alright, it's alright." Sukhbaatar waved his little hand and sat back down.

"...Then what are you going to do with me?" Xiaobai asked.

The deep sea and humans are irreconcilable enemies. If people find out that Xiaobai has the aura of the deep sea, not only will Xiaobai be in trouble, but even the rookie naval base will be in great danger.

Although Xiaobai didn't want to, if Sukhbaatar had any bad intentions towards her, Xiaobai would stop her even if it meant using the power of the naval base.