Elder brother's garrison

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“Don’t worry, it’s very reliable. I tested it with Lexington at the naval base.” Little White nodded, then said to Saratoga, “Saratoga was there too, right?”

“Hmm.” Saratoga nodded quickly.

"I see..." Chao Dahe finally felt relieved after hearing this.

"Now that the tiles are laid, we should go find someone," Xiaobai said with a smile to Chaoda.

"Okay—" Chao Dahe quickly responded, and then she lightly made a swipe in front of her. With a hiss, a purple vortex entrance appeared out of thin air.

As the colossal entity summoned the teleportation portal, a clear ring of deep-sea ripples spread out in all directions.

Based on past experience, this clear deep-sea wave should easily pass through the wall and spread to the nearby streets, attracting the attention of the surrounding ship girls.

This time, however, when the super-sized deep-sea wave touched the surrounding walls, the metal tiles lit up slightly, and soon the deep-sea wave melted away like ice and snow, disappearing without a trace.

"Wow, that's amazing..." Chao Dahe exclaimed.

"See, I told you so, didn't I?" Xiaobai said with a smile, his hands behind his back.

"Only the walls are tiled. I thought the deep-sea waves would seep in from the roof or underground..." came the oversized and somewhat cramped explanation.

“It doesn’t necessarily have to cover everything in all directions.” Xiaobai smiled and held up a finger. “As long as there are enough of these tiles and the area is large enough, they will be enough to disintegrate the deep-sea waves you release.”

"Admiral, where are we going?"

"In any case, let's go to Chapter Two first," Xiaobai said with a smile.

He nodded and then opened the teleportation vortex, leading Little White and Saratoga inside.

……

Inside the Admiral's Guild in Chapter 2594.

Helena lay sprawled in the president's office, yawning listlessly.

Suddenly, a clear deep-sea wave appeared from upstairs in the office.

Helena, who was yawning, stopped in her tracks, stared blankly at the upstairs, and then quickly stood up.

"Ah... President, the president is back..."

Helena quickly left the admiral's office and hurried upstairs.

Halfway down the stairs, Helena encountered two ship girl employees who looked worried.

"Acting President, should we handle the deep-sea fluctuations from upstairs as usual?" A ship girl employee asked Helena as soon as she saw her.

"Okay, same old way, keep it under wraps. Just say it's a deep-sea metal experiment." Helena said to the ship girl staff beside her without stopping.

“Acting guild leader…this is the fourth time deep-sea fluctuations have occurred in the city. Now, rumors are occasionally circulating that the Admiral’s Guild is supporting deep-sea creatures. I’m worried that if this continues…” another ship girl employee said with a worried expression.

"Okay, I understand. I'll handle it. You can go now." Helena nodded and spoke to the two ship girl employees.

"Yes, ma'am!" The two ship girl employees bowed to Helena and then walked down the stairs.

"Sigh..." Helena looked helplessly at the backs of the two ship girl employees, then glanced at the top of the stairs.

The source of the deep-sea fluctuations was upstairs from the guild leader's office, which was Luo Lian's private "laboratory".

The second chapter's teleportation anchor point is located here.

Luo Lian's laboratory is not open to outsiders on weekdays. Even among members of the Admiral's Guild, only Helena and Luo Lian's ship girls are allowed to enter. All the admirals in the entire second chapter know Luo Lian's name, and everyone here knows that Luo Lian likes to tinker with some strange things in his laboratory. Therefore, even if there are occasional deep-sea fluctuations, they can be excused a few times by saying that Luo Lian is experimenting.

But...

No matter how good an excuse is, if you use it too often, your credibility will gradually decline.

"It seems I need to find an opportunity to remind Admiral Lu Lin to try to come here using normal methods in the future..." Helena sighed helplessly, muttering softly, "After all, it's the Admiral's Guild; it's really unacceptable for deep-sea fluctuations to occur every now and then..."

Helena reached the top of the stairs, took out a key, and opened the door to Luo Lian's laboratory.

The door opens.

"President, are you back?" Helena called out as she entered the laboratory.

Entering the laboratory, Helena immediately spotted a familiar figure.

"Ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh," Saratoga said, sitting on the ground in a sorry state, clutching a bucket of water and dry heaving into it with a liver-colored face.

"Are the symptoms of being dizzy from teleportation still not better?" Super-sized and squatted down next to Saratoga.

"Ugh... Ugh... Okay, it seems to be getting worse... Ugh ugh ugh ugh ————"

"Next time, maybe you shouldn't teleport with us," Super Woo said worriedly. "You can stay in the cellar and wait for us to come back."

"No, no, I must stay with Xiaobai... Ugh ugh ugh!" Saratoga puffed out her chest to show off when she heard she had to be a left-behind child, but the next second she was ruined by the acid reflux from her stomach and started vomiting in the bucket in a sorry state.

Super-Big and, seeing there was nothing they could do, could only pat Saratoga on the back with a regretful expression, hoping she would feel better after vomiting.

Helena's gaze lingered on Saratoga and Super Yamato before shifting to the side, where she saw Xiaobai sitting at Luo Lian's desk with a smile on his face.

"You're here so soon." Xiaobai stood up with a smile. "Helena, it's been a long time."

“…Ah, Admiral Lu Lin.” Helena glanced behind Xiaobai, and after finding no one else behind him, nodded with some regret. “You’ve arrived…”

"Yes, I'm here to see Lianlian." Xiaobai smiled as she walked up to Helena. "Isn't Lianlian usually in her office? Why isn't she here today?"

"As for Admiral Luo Lian... today is her designated day off, so she's resting at home," Helena replied instinctively.

"Huh? Lianlian finally knows how to rest?"

"Well... this is a habit I've only recently developed."

"Great news, really great news!" Xiaobai exclaimed with emotion.

"Um... Admiral Lu Lin." Helena looked at Xiaobai's expression and quickly asked, "Is the guild leader doing well with you?"

"The president? Oh, she's very nice." Xiaobai smiled at Helena. "Generally speaking, she's very popular. It's just that sometimes she likes to sneak off to have parties with the ship girls, which interferes with a lot of the ship girls' normal training."

"How could you be so lazy!" Helena exclaimed, raising her delicate eyebrows.

"Haha..." Xiaobai laughed half-jokingly when he saw Helena's expression. "Helena, if you stayed at my naval base for a couple of days, you might be able to correct the lazy habits that the president sister has just developed."

"Admiral Lu Lin, please don't joke with Helena." Helena smiled wryly. "If I were to travel back and forth using Miss Super Daiwa's teleportation ability, we wouldn't be able to explain the constant deep-sea fluctuations in the guild to the outside world."

"Ah, right, I came here for this too." Xiaobai opened the ship's equipment space and took out a large pile of white tiles. "Helena, look, this is the latest research from our naval base. As long as you stick these on the wall, you can isolate the deep-sea fluctuations generated when the super-large and the teleportation ability are activated."

"Hey??"

"Here you go with these tiles. I'm so sorry to have kept making you wipe my butt." Xiaobai scratched his head and smiled at Helena.

“Ah…” Helena stared blankly at the tiles scattered on the floor.

"Hey Helena, take this first. I'm going to Lianlian's house to find her. I'll be right back." Xiaobai stood on tiptoe and patted Helena's shoulder with a smile. "I'll leave Saratoga in your care for a little while, okay?"

“Oh, oh…” Helena nodded blankly.

Chapter 2595 Des Moines' Inner World

Luo Lian used to be tireless and hardworking. Sometimes, on a whim, she would immerse herself in research on ship equipment technology and work through the night for seven or eight days straight.

As Luo Lian's ship girl, Desmond was very worried about her health.

After finishing a long day of work, Des Moines returned home carrying large bags of household items and food. She placed the plastic bags in front of the door, took out her key, and opened the door.

"Admiral, are you still home? I'm back from buying dinner."

Desmond bent down, picked up the plastic bag from the ground, and went inside. As she carried the bag toward the kitchen, she called out to the quiet air in the house.

The air was completely silent.

It was as if no one was home.

Des Moines, carrying a plastic bag, stopped in the living room and peeked inside.

The living room was dimly lit.

But in the dim light, one could see a black-haired girl wearing only an oversized gray shirt, with her lower body completely naked, lying on the sofa with her back to the door.

In Des Moines's view, the black-haired girl in the living room was wearing something that looked like a motorcycle helmet on her head. Her two smooth, snow-white legs extended out from the darkness under the hem of her shirt and were pressed straight against the sofa cushions. Her small white feet were kicking the edge of the sofa in a very regular manner, making her look very comfortable and relaxed.

"Ugh……"

Des Moines looked at the girl in the living room and sighed helplessly.

—Although I don’t want to admit it, the decadent and reclusive girl in front of me is none other than my admiral.

Luo Lian used to work so hard it was worrying, but about half a year ago, she finally learned to take a break and rest.

Fridays are Luo Lian's days off.

Normally, Luo Lian is as calm and efficient as ever, but every Friday, no matter what problems she encounters at work or what troubles the Admiral's Guild faces, she will simply push everything away and then transform into this listless and decadent state, spending the whole day happily at home. She is unwavering, and no one, not even the King of Heaven himself, can make her move an inch.

"Admiral, is it alright if we have pork chop rice for dinner tonight?" Desmond put down the plastic bag, took out two bowls of bento boxes he had bought from the supermarket, and walked into the living room.

"Um……"

The black-haired girl wearing a helmet on the sofa made a "hmm" sound, and as she spoke, the various indicator lights on the helmet emitted a burst of red and green lights.

Des Moines reached out and turned on the living room lights.

The lights came on, illuminating the surrounding walls.

The walls are covered with hundreds of posters about Xiaobai—including shy Xiaobai, happy Xiaobai, quiet Xiaobai, smiling Xiaobai, Xiaobai holding a microphone, Xiaobai showing herself in front of the camera... In short, all kinds of Xiaobai, through various lenses and angles, completely occupy the walls of the living room, turning this place into a "Xiaobai Museum".

These posters were made privately by Luo Lian. The source material for the posters came from a domestic variety show from six months ago.

“Admiral, if you have time, you should tidy up these posters.” Des Moines looked around at the white posters on the wall and said to Luo Lian, “If Admiral Lu Lin sees this, I guarantee she will start to be afraid of you.”

"Hmm... Hmph..." Luo Lian hummed softly on the sofa as if by reflex, but she was still immersed in her own world. Only the flashing lights on her helmet responded to Des Moines.

Seeing this scene, Des Moines also felt quite helpless.

No more.

Once your admiral puts on this helmet and enters this state, not even a god could wake her up until the next morning.

"Admiral, I'll go heat up the lunchbox. Remember to eat later." Desmond said as he bent down and gently patted the back of Luo Lian's fair thigh.

"Um----"

The reply was the same as always.

Des Moines was not disappointed. She walked out of the living room with the lunchbox in her hand and went into the kitchen with the plastic bag in her hand.

Luo Lian originally lived in a long-term suite at a hotel. About half a year ago, she suddenly had a change of heart and bought a small apartment near the Admiral's Guild, making it her home for the second chapter. The apartment was the size of a typical three-person household, but Luo Lian currently only has two ship girls, one of whom, Warspite, is on a long-term paid leave and is still living in the newbie naval base. Therefore, the apartment is big enough for Luo Lian.

Luo Lian's kitchen is very simple, with only one cooking appliance: an oven, a microwave, and an air fryer.

Des Moines isn't good at cooking, but luckily the supermarket next door often sells some nutritionally balanced and tasty bento boxes. Buying those bento boxes, heating them up, and eating them with some drinks, desserts, and semi-finished fried chicken makes for a decent meal.

In the second chapter, Desmond was highly praised in the Admiral's Guild for her efficiency and interpersonal skills. However, outside of work, she was not good at taking care of others. Skills such as cleaning, tidying, cooking, and being considerate of others often made Desmond appear quite clumsy.

Des Moines's culinary skills are limited to knowing how to heat semi-finished products in the oven.

"If only Warspite were still here." Des Moines placed two bento boxes into the microwave, turned it on, and then leaned against the table beside him, gazing at the bento boxes spinning in the microwave with their yellow glow. He murmured softly, "...If Warspite were still here, at least the Admiral could eat hot, fresh meals every day..."

"Speaking of which... when I was shopping at the supermarket just now, I felt a deep-sea fluctuation coming from the Admiral's Guild... Could it be that Warspite has finally returned from her vacation...?"

Des Moines murmured softly, biting his fingernails.

Just then, a doorbell rang from outside the corridor.

"Hmm?" Dessou lowered his hands and looked down the corridor toward the front door. "...Could it be that he's really back?"

The house was bought six months ago. At that time, Warspite was already on leave at the newbie naval base, so of course she didn't have the key to open the door herself.

Des Moines quickly turned off the microwave, then walked to the front door and opened the door by pressing the doorknob.

"Warspite Sister—you're back... huh?"

Des Moines opened the door and called out to the outside, but he froze in place the moment he saw the petite figure standing in front of the door.

"Hello." Little White looked up at Des Moines with a smile. "Des Moines, it's been a long time."

“...Admiral Lu Lin…” Desmond stared blankly at the little white figure that appeared before him, “How come it’s you…”

"Didn't expect that, did you?" Xiaobai laughed happily. "I heard from Helena that you and Lianlian bought a house nearby. It looks really nice. Is Lianlian home now?"

"Yes, I am..."

"Then I'll have to bother you for a bit." Little White, with her hands behind her back, skipped and hopped into the house from under Des Moines's arm, then called out into the quiet hallway, "Lianlian—I've come to play with you!"

Des Moines glanced outside the door but did not see Warspite.

Ugh……

Looks like I'll be eating bento boxes for a while longer...