Elder brother's garrison

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“Yes, that’s right.” Lexington smiled and held up a finger to Shiro. “After all, the response to the secretary group system has been so enthusiastic, it’s been better than we ever imagined. Now, every ship girl in the naval base is scrambling to get a chance to be a rotating secretary ship.”

"Is it really that exaggerated...?" Xiaobai scratched his head.

"Do you need me to show you the 823 interview applications I received yesterday?" Lexington bent down, picked up a large stack of letters, and asked Xiaobai.

"Uh... well, let's forget about it then..." Xiaobai smiled shyly. "It's not a bad thing to have more secretary ships waiting for rotation... If there are more people in total, each person will have more rest time on average. It's just that I might have to trouble Lexington to lead a few more waves of new recruits."

"I quite like this feeling," Lexington said with a smile, touching her cheek. "Ever since we got the rotating secretary ship, it's like having someone to keep me company, and it makes the work more exciting."

Xiaobai looked behind Lexington.

Behind Lexington, the rotating secretaries' ships are busily handling official business.

"Missouri, what should we do with this file?" Aoba asked Missouri pitifully, holding a stack of files.

“This one? Oh… This is a report on the sea area for detecting deep-sea reactions in the surrounding area. Is this your first time dealing with this type of document, Senior Aoba? This kind of document only needs to be combined with local seawater and climate monitoring data, and then attached with the sea-going records reported by local residents—” Missouri put down the paper and pen in her hand, leaned over to Aoba and looked at it for a while, and then carefully taught Aoba.

"Missouri-neechan! Thank you so much, you've been a huge help!" Aoba listened attentively to Missouri's words, then clenched her fists in gratitude, her eyes filled with admiration. "As expected of Missouri-neechan, even though we've been secretaries for the same amount of time, you're already so skilled! You're amazing!"

“This time it just so happened that I asked about a project that Missouri is good at.” Missouri said to Aoba with a smile, “Aoba-senpai’s paperwork is also excellent, and there are many things that Missouri can learn from him.”

"No, no, not at all..." Aoba blushed with embarrassment.

"Lexington, these documents are finished. Come and check them." Not far away, the Prince of Wales put down his pen, closed his eyes, rubbed the bridge of his nose, and then waved to Lexington.

“I’m here.” Lexington nodded to Little White, then turned to the Prince of Wales, glanced at the documents the Prince of Wales handed him, and said, “Hmm… excellent handling. These documents can be handed over intact. The Prince of Wales’ work efficiency is as first-rate as ever.”

"In terms of work, I'm still far behind you." The Prince of Wales smiled slightly at Lexington's praise, adjusted her eye patch, and then asked Lexington seriously, "Speaking of which, I went to the coffee shop next to the naval base this morning and bought some freshly made desserts. I heard that shop has a good reputation in the naval base. Would you like to eat together later?"

“Is that so? I’ll definitely give it a try after I finish work.” Lexington smiled and clasped her hands together.

“I bought a lot of portions, enough for everyone, let’s all eat together,” the Prince of Wales said, glancing at Aoba and Missouri beside him.

"Oh! Thank you, Sister Wales!" Aoba quickly expressed her gratitude.

"Thank you for your expense, Senior Wales," Missouri said with a smile.

"You two still have a little work left to do. Do you need my help?"

"Oh, no need for that! I can handle the rest myself!" Aoba quickly shook her head, then clenched her fist seriously. "With the cake as a prize, I'll work my best for the afternoon tea party!"

"Missouri only has this last one left," Missouri said with a smile and a nod.

“I see. Then I’ll go over to the coffee table and set out the cake.” The Prince of Wales stood up.

"Then let me help?" Lexington approached with a beaming smile.

"Let's also call it Reputation and Counterattack; I've prepared their share today as well."

"How thoughtful, Wales."

Are you teasing me?

"Haha, how could it be?"

Looking at the ship girls getting along so well and in such a peaceful atmosphere, Xiaobai couldn't help but smile slightly.

Although the secretariat system greatly reduces the workload of the secretariat ship, unfortunately, the secretariat does not affect the admiral's workload, and Xiaobai's daily workload remains the same.

However, judging from Xiaobai's work efficiency, whether her workload is reduced or not doesn't really matter.

"I'll hurry up and finish the work at hand."

Xiao Bai murmured softly, then pulled out the latest work report from the pile in front of him.

This is a commissioned report.

Xiaobai lowered her head and held the work report in her hands. The moment her eyes fell on the cover of the work report, she couldn't help but be stunned.

"what?"

Xiao Bai was slightly surprised.

The cover of the work report in Xiaobai's hand was stamped with the seal of the Pacific Governor's Office.

Chapter 2558 City

Generally speaking, the daily work that a normally functioning naval base needs to handle can be roughly divided into three categories.

The first category is the internal affairs of the garrison headquarters.

For example, distributing ship girls' salaries, annual performance bonuses, approving training materials, building new entertainment venues, and sorting out employee requests and providing ship girls with certain benefits—these types of work would normally be handled by various departments of different sizes in some human societies, and theoretically wouldn't require the highest leadership to carry them out personally. However, in the world of admirals, a naval base only has one human, the admiral, and the operation of the naval base cannot tolerate interference from humans other than the admiral. Therefore, these kinds of tasks naturally fall entirely on the admiral's shoulders, with the secretary ship at most helping to share the burden.

The second type of work at the naval base is external affairs.

External affairs, simply put, are the obligations a naval base must fulfill to the outside world. These include patrolling the naval area, surveying the waters, providing support to neighboring naval bases, conquering the main story chapters, and meeting annual conquest targets. This type of work constitutes the bulk of a naval base's workload, and it's the kind of work that every naval base diligently and tirelessly does day and night. However, for a new naval base that has completed the main story, cleared all surrounding waters, and whose entire radius extends for miles, even a tiny deep-sea worm probing its surface would be wiped out, this is actually the type of work with the least workload.

The third type of work is delegated tasks.

I've said that before.

As a relatively independent and special organization, the Admiral's Naval Base not only fights against the deep sea, but also has the function of accepting commissioned missions.

Aside from their obligatory internal and external duties, civilian organizations around the world, the Admiral's Headquarters, and even other Admiral's Naval Bases with needs will occasionally send out requests to other Naval Bases around the world. These requests usually come with good pay, and most are not mandatory; whether or not to accept them depends solely on the Naval Base's own wishes.

In terms of process, the commissioned tasks are quite similar to the relationship between the Adventurers' Guild and the Bounty Hunters.

"My lord? You've been staring at this document for several seconds now, haven't you?"

A sweet, osmanthus fragrance wafted slowly from behind Xiaobai. A pair of red sleeves wrapped around Xiaobai's shoulders and gently draped over his arms. At the same time, two beautiful mounds pressed softly against Xiaobai's back, giving the dazed Xiaobai an unforgettable, soft sensation.

Xiao Bai snapped out of her daze and turned her head to look.

Akagi's beautiful eyes shone brightly as she smiled at him from close range.

"Ah... was it that obvious?" Xiaobai shook the documents in her hand at Shenhai Akagi apologetically and smiled. "It's nothing. I just suddenly saw a request from an acquaintance and couldn't help but pause for a moment."

"A request from an acquaintance—" Akagi looked at the document in Shiro's hand, her gaze lingering on the naval insignia on the cover for a moment, before asking curiously, "Hmm... if I remember correctly, the seal on this document should be from the Governor-General's Office?"

"Hmm, you recognize him?"

"I've been the secretary ship for quite some time now," Akagi Akagi said with a slight smile.

"This is a request submitted by the Pacific Governor's Office." Xiaobai smiled at Deep Sea Akagi, and then slowly explained, "As for this Pacific Governor's Office... the governor of this governor's office is named Mu Yu. He has some kinship with our naval base. The reason I was able to become the admiral of the rookie naval base is all thanks to his help back then."

"So you're the Lord's benefactor?"

"Although I really don't want to admit it..." Xiaobai sighed, but still nodded to Shenhai Akagi, "Let's just call each other good friends for now."

"It seems this governor and the lord have had quite an interesting encounter." Akagi Fukami took in the changes in Shiro's expression, a mischievous smile playing on her lips. "So, will the lord accept this commission now?"

"Let's see what the request is about first... That person is actually a bit malicious. If they accidentally slip me some junk request, I'll be at a huge loss." Xiaobai touched the naval insignia on the cover and said, "Hmm... But if I remember correctly, the Pacific Governor's Office should still be building the chapter city in Chapter Eight. It's a bit strange that they suddenly chose this time to send a request to our naval base..."

Could it be that there's a problem with the construction of Chapter 8?

As Xiao Bai thought of this, the deep-sea city where Frederick the Great once lived flashed through his mind.

Probably not...

Xiao Bai muttered to himself as he gently opened the document cover and took out a letter that exuded a faint scent of ink.

Unfold the letter.

A handwritten letter appeared before Xiaobai.

Mu Yu does indeed have beautiful handwriting. Compared to Xiao Bai's ordinary and delicate handwriting, Mu Yu's handwriting clearly shows that she has undergone systematic calligraphy training. Her brushstrokes are bold and orderly, with a graceful and unrestrained style reminiscent of a famous calligraphy work.

However, compared to the excellent calligraphy skills, the content of this letter was really unbearable for Xiaobai to read.

"Hello, Little White Sister! It's been half a year since we last met, have you missed me?"

Upon seeing the first sentence of the handwritten letter, Xiaobai's hand trembled as she held it. For some reason, she suddenly felt an urge to tear the letter in half.

Mu Yu's irritating tone resonated perfectly in Xiao Bai's mind through the words.

"Phew... Calm down, calm down."

Xiao Bai muttered to himself a couple of times, trying to calm himself down, and then focused on continuing to watch.

"Regarding the special request I gave to Little White Sister last time, I've already received feedback from headquarters. Honestly, Little White Sister, you treat me like an outsider. Why didn't you even tell me, the mission administrator, after the mission was completed? The Admiral Headquarters had to send someone to inform me. But—woohoo, as expected of Little White Sister, as long as you guys are on the job, you easily reversed the public's opinion of ship girls, and even exceeded expectations, giving those old guys at the Admiral Headquarters quite a surprise. Hahahaha! I was definitely right to choose you guys!"

At present, the content of this letter of authorization seems to be just casual conversation.

Mu Yu sent me this letter of authorization specifically in the name of the Pacific Governor's Office. Could it be that he just wanted to chat with me...?

It shouldn't be... right?

Xiaobai continued reading.

"Oh, by the way, Little White, I heard that when you were carrying out a mission in human society, you ran into my ship girl unit deployed there, right? Fletcher mentioned you to me when she came back, and she's been raving about you! Haha, as expected of Little White, you solved the problem that had been bothering Fletcher for so long with just one step..."

"Speaking of which, I'm quite curious about the work you did in Yuncheng. I heard that you and Lu Ming get along very well, Little Bai? Haha, I'm a huge fan of hers. Could you possibly get me an autograph?"

"I also received a notification from Yuncheng. It seems that during your commission, you managed to crack down on two cult gatherings? The police station's reward for your act of bravery has been sent to me."

"Also, seeing how well you know Director Chen, could you help me get two tickets to the latest movie..."

“balabalabala…”

Before I knew it, the contents of the letter of authorization were almost finished.

Soon, Xiaobai read the last sentence.

"Oh right, I almost forgot to mention the important thing. Little White Sister, the chapter city for Chapter 8 is now complete! It's so lively here! As the pioneering hero of Chapter 8, don't you want to come and check it out? There's also a special event that will definitely excite you! You'll regret missing it, so remember to come and play!"

I've finally finished reading Mu Yu's letter.

Xiao Bai put down the letter of authorization, let out a long sigh of relief, and then rubbed her eyes wearily.

I've finally finished reading it.

"My lord? What did the letter say?" Deep Sea Akagi, perched on Little White's back, poked her head out and asked curiously.

“…Here you go.” Xiaobai rubbed her eyes as she handed the letter to Shenhai Chicheng.

Akagi took the letter with both hands. She remained close to Shiro and carefully read the letter from behind Shiro's back.

“Oh…” After reading the letter, Akagi put it down thoughtfully. “This governor seems to be a very talkative human.”

"Yes... in a sense, he is indeed very talkative." Xiaobai turned to the side, and under the gaze of Shenhai Akagi, typed a string of characters on the computer keyboard next to him, skillfully logging into the admiral's dedicated web page.

The Admiral's dedicated internet login was successful.

Xiaobai typed "Chapter 8" into the search box and clicked confirm.

After a half-second delay, the webpage refreshed and displayed a large number of entries.

Xiao Bai looked at the first entry.

The first entry was in red, bolded, and marked with the word "hot" (a flame icon). The content was exactly what Mu Yu had said in the envelope: "The chapter city of Chapter Eight is officially open. All admirals who have cleared Chapter Seven are welcome to come and challenge it..."

Xiaobai clicked on the entry and glanced at the publication time.

This entry was published a month ago.

So the chapter city in Chapter 8 has been open for quite some time now...?

But what exactly is this special event for Chapter Eight that Mu Yu mentioned? The contents of the envelope sounded rather cryptic, and he even said it was an event he would definitely enjoy…

Xiao Bai thought for a moment and tried searching for information about the special event in Chapter 8.

Surprisingly, I couldn't find any information.

Chapter 2559 Departure, Chapter Eight!

Xiao Bai started typing on the keyboard and continued searching for information about Chapter Eight on the webpage.

Five minutes later, having gained nothing, Xiaobai stopped and looked helplessly at the computer screen in front of him.

Currently, the information Xiaobai can find about Chapter 8 on the Admiral's dedicated internet is mostly information about the Chapter 8 sea environment, data assessments of the deep-sea enemies in Chapter 8, and infrastructure information about the cities in that chapter. As for the "special events that Xiaobai might be interested in" that Mu Yu wrote in the envelope, there isn't a single mention of it on this internet page.

"Is Mu Yu lying to me again...?"

Xiao Bai looked at the entries on the webpage and began to ask himself questions.

However, when Xiaobai looked down at the envelope in her hand, she couldn't help but fall silent for a moment.

Although Mu Yu's letter was written in a nonchalant style, it at least bore the seal of the Governor-General's Office. This meant it was a letter of authorization issued in the name of the Pacific Governor-General, and even if Mu Yu were irresponsible, he wouldn't risk the reputation of his own Governor-General's Office... So, at least based on this connection, the letter should have some credibility...

"Little White? What's wrong?"

Just then, Lexington, who was not far away, noticed the sticky Whitey and Deep Sea Akagi.

Lexington put down her work documents and walked over. She first glanced at Akagi, who was tightly hugging Shiro, and smiled. Then she smiled and asked Shiro.

"Judging from the way you two are sticking together, staring at the letter of commission and making faces, is it some troublesome commission you've encountered?"

“Mrs. Lexington.” Deep Sea Akagi quickly released Little White, stood properly behind Little White, and bowed to Lexington.