Elder brother's garrison

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"boom."

Saratoga, holding up her ship's equipment, expressionlessly opened her mouth slightly and uttered a single word to the admirals.

As Saratoga's voice faded, the flames mounted on the aircraft carrier instantly flared up!

boom----

The moment the flames exploded, thousands of tiny fire snakes flew toward the admirals. The admirals were terrified and quickly retreated, moving dozens of meters away in one breath with expressions of fear.

Saratoga didn't give chase. She simply carried back the stalled ship equipment, stuck out her tongue at the admirals in the distance, and made a silent face by sticking out one eye.

"Are you all alright?" Just then, the other ship girls from Xiaobai's family also came over. Changchun and Anshan quickly came to Veneto and asked her with concern.

"No...it's nothing, thank you for helping me out..." Veneto looked at the departing admirals, let out a long sigh, her expression first somewhat gloomy, but then full of gratitude as she looked at the ship girls of the White House.

"You're welcome." The ship girl from Xiaobai's family smiled slightly.

"Seriously... my good mood for the whole day ended the moment I saw these admirals!" Veneto's gaze left the ship girls from the White House and she immediately remembered what had just happened. In an instant, she became furious, turned around, took Roma's hand, and asked through gritted teeth, "Roma, they didn't do anything to you, did they?"

"...Sister Veneto, it's just that people glanced at me a few times. I won't lose a single piece of my flesh." Roma's expression had returned to calm. She looked at Veneto quietly, a gentle smile appearing on her face.

"Those people's gazes are so annoying!" Veneto still seemed to be angry and muttered to himself.

"Did these people... mistake Rome for a special ship girl before?" Littorio looked at the admirals in the distance, then leaned closer to Veneto and Rome and asked in a low voice, "I just overheard their conversation, and they seemed to have mentioned the words 'special ship girl' many times."

“It’s possible…” Veneto nodded.

Just then, the tent flap was lifted, and Xiaobai and the other two peeked out of the tent.

"Veneto, did something happen outside just now?" Nia looked at the admirals around the tent and then asked Veneto.

“Commander…” As soon as Veneto saw Nia and Xiaobai, she immediately found a place to vent her grievances. She quickly pulled Roma to Nia and Xiaobai and recounted what had just happened, “Roma and I were outside repairing our ship equipment when suddenly a group of admirals came over…”

After listening to what Veneto had to say, Xiaobai and his two companions...

"Huh? Were any other admirals just looking at you?" Nia paused, glanced around, and pointed to a group of admirals watching them from a distance. "Were they those people?"

"Yes! It's them!" Veneto nodded hurriedly. "They seemed to have mistaken Rome for a special ship girl. To get a closer look at Rome, they were practically walking right up to our faces. We couldn't get them away no matter what we did... And they even started commenting on Rome right in front of us! They didn't treat Rome like a ship girl at all, but like a commodity! Honestly! They have no manners whatsoever, it makes me so angry!"

"Huh? Didn't the Admirals' Guild forbid other admirals from bothering us...?" Xiaobai asked curiously upon hearing this.

"The Admiral's Guild said that these people shouldn't bother us during our rest time," Luo Lian said. "We're on a campaign now, which is working time, so the Admiral's Guild can't control them."

"Working hours... I see."

Xiao Bai glanced at the admirals in the distance.

Looking at the admirals in the distance, Xiaobai frowned.

Chapter 2681 Think of a way

"Veneto, you've been wronged just now." Xiaobai said apologetically to Veneto and the ship girls behind her, "These people were supposed to be after me, but they ended up causing you trouble instead."

"Admiral Lu Lin, please don't apologize!" Veneto waved his hands anxiously as soon as he saw Xiaobai bowing his head to him. "Those people clearly mistook us for someone else! The fault lies with them, and... and we should thank you, Admiral Lu Lin! If Saratoga hadn't stepped in to help us out, we probably would have been bothered by those bad admirals for a long time!"

"It's strange... We didn't specifically publicize the special ship girl thing, so why do so many people think that Rome is the special ship girl?" Nia, who was standing next to Xiaobai, said with a puzzled look.

"Well..." Xiaobai smiled wryly.

Regarding why Rome was mistaken for a special ship girl by the admirals in Chapter 8... Xiaobai actually has some thoughts on this.

Thinking of this, Xiaobai couldn't help but look towards the back of his own team.

Right before Xiaobai's eyes, on the beach not far away, Jean Bart was squatting alone on the sand. She was resting her chin on her hand and holding a straight twig in her other hand, gently poking at the flip-top crabs to pass the time. The ship girls around Jean Bart came and went in a hurry, but none of them stopped to look at Jean Bart with concern.

This is not because the ship girls don't care about Jean Bart.

This scene is not what is known as naval base bullying.

This is simply because these ship girls are completely oblivious to Jean Bart.

“Rome is the kind of ship girl who leaves a deep impression after just one meeting and attracts a lot of attention, while Jean Bart’s ability is precisely to make others not notice her… These two are like heaven and earth, light and darkness, vastly different. Even those who have met Jean Bart before, if they don’t speak to her for a while, will gradually ignore her existence under the influence of her ability, and even forget her…” Xiaobai explained to Nia and Luo Lian, “Perhaps that’s why, after just one day, the admirals of Chapter 8 have completely forgotten about Jean Bart’s existence. It seems that only two things remain in their minds now: that we have built a special ship girl and that we have built Rome. So subconsciously, these admirals have associated Rome with the special ship girl.”

"Eh...I see..." Nia's eyes widened as she listened to Xiaobai's explanation. "Can't I even explain it to them?"

"It's probably a waste of time." Xiaobai smiled at Nia. "Even if we explain the truth to them, they'll forget about it quickly. That's how amazing Jean Bart is as a ship girl."

"Sigh..." Nia rubbed her forehead, looking helpless. "If that's the case, then Rome will be mistaken for a special ship girl for a long time to come..."

"I don't mind," Xiaobai said, glancing around again. Seeing the admirals discussing amongst themselves in the distance, she slowly frowned. "However, if she continues to be treated as a special ship girl, things like what just happened might happen to Rome more frequently than once in the future..."

"Ah..." Nia realized belatedly.

Xiaobai, Nia, and Luo Lian weren't present when what just happened, but from the ship girls' retelling, they roughly knew what had happened.

Jean Bart's bystander ability allowed her to avoid the attention of the admirals in Chapter 8, giving her a moment of peace. However, as Jean Bart's "replacement," Rome, who was born on the same day as her, was treated as a special ship girl and had to endure the harassment and stares that should have been borne by Jean Bart.

Those admirals who just swarmed around... Xiaobai can't say that all of them were malicious, but regardless of their intentions, in the end, although they didn't actually do anything to harm them, it's clear that their excessive closeness has affected Xiaobai, Nia, and Luo Lian's daily lives, and caused considerable trouble for Xiaobai and their ship girls.

Simply put... it's a bit annoying.

"These people are still too curious about special ship girls," Luo Lian said from the side. "They won't give up easily just to catch a glimpse of the special ship girls."

"Doesn't that mean that if we're not careful, those people will come up to us again?" Nia asked.

"Human beings are driven by curiosity and a love of gossip, especially since the rumors say that special ship girls possess extremely high combat power, capable of making ordinary naval bases soar to new heights..." Luo Lian sighed. "If we don't come up with a good plan soon, our future expeditions may not be peaceful. In order to obtain information about the abilities of special ship girls, these admirals may not be satisfied with merely watching from afar on the beach. They might even send ship girls to accompany Rome on expeditions, keeping a close eye on Rome's every move at sea. If they encounter some admirals with ulterior motives, they might even deliberately guide a large number of abyssal ships to Rome's location, putting Rome's fleet in an extremely tense combat environment, in order to force Rome to demonstrate the power of its special ship girls."

"Huh??? That last one... isn't that a bit much?" Nia exclaimed, her eyes wide, covering her mouth. "Isn't this just asking for trouble?!"

"Is that an exaggeration? There are even darker possibilities, but I didn't mention them because I knew you might not be able to accept them," Luo Lian said frankly to Nia.

“Uh… well, so this isn’t just a simple matter of being harassed…” Nia said nervously. “If we let these admirals run rampant… Rome might be in danger… This won’t do, this won’t do… Maybe we should just cancel our expedition today and go back.”

"...There's no way to avoid it. Can you really expect Rome to never go to war again?"

“This, this…” Nia immediately lowered her head anxiously, her two hands twisting together incessantly.

Xiao Bai listened to Nia and Roma's conversation and sighed silently to himself.

Luo Lian's worries were not unfounded.

Xiao Bai believed that if he completely ignored the admirals in Chapter Eight and let their curiosity about Rome fester, what Luo Lian had just said was indeed a very likely reality to happen in the future.

No.

We can no longer sit idly by.

Nia is my good friend, so her business is my business! Besides, Rome is the ship girl who took the blame for these disasters on behalf of my family's Jean Bart, so these disasters should have been dealt with by me. Just from this relationship alone, I have to help Rome.

Xiao Bai's sense of responsibility is stirring again.

"Nia, don't worry, leave this to me." Xiaobai turned around, took Nia's hand, and said earnestly to her.

"Little, Little White? Is it really okay? Won't it be too much trouble for you..." Nia asked with a worried expression.

"It's nothing, it's just a small favor..." Xiaobai patted Nia's hand, indicating that she shouldn't worry too much. Then Xiaobai turned her gaze and calmly scanned the admirals around her.

While everyone was talking, the number of admirals in the 8-2 sea area had obviously increased without anyone noticing.

Even as Xiaobai turned his gaze toward the entrance to the 8-2 sea area, a steady stream of admirals were leading ship girls from the direction of the city toward the beach.

—These admirals are undoubtedly the same ones who obtained the qualification to conquer the 8-2 area but have been lazing around in the 8-1 area, fishing and resting. Originally, these admirals wouldn't have come to the 8-2 area in the short term, but perhaps they learned about their and Nia's whereabouts from someone today and wanted to see the special ship girls, so they rushed over from the 8-1 area.

If this group continues to surround us... something really bad is going to happen.

Xiao Bai squeezed Nia's soft, boneless hand, and some thoughts automatically flashed through his mind.

—In short, should I call the Admirals' Guild again and ask the Admirals of Chapter 8 not to bother me during working hours?

Xiao Bai first considered the idea, but quickly shook her head and gave up on it.

Although given Xiaobai's relationship with the Admiral's Guild, it wouldn't be a big deal for the Admiral's Guild to help Xiaobai again, it's clear that this isn't a long-term solution... As long as the Admirals' curiosity about the special ship girls in Chapter 8 doesn't subside, Nia and her ship girls will never have true peace. In fact, if the Admiral's Guild were to step in to support her again, it might even provoke protests from the Admirals.

Ringo-neechan also said that the Admiral's Guild shouldn't be too obviously biased towards her, especially since she's currently in a "hidden identity" phase. She really can't continue to cause trouble for Ringo-neechan and Miss Yingying.

—So, I guess I should explain it to the admirals and shift their curiosity to the real special ship girl, Jean Bart?

"A chirp!"

The moment the thought flashed through Xiaobai's mind, Jean Bart, who was squatting on the beach not far away, felt a chill and couldn't help but sneeze.

Jean Bart's sneeze wasn't quiet, but none of the ship girls around him looked at him.

It was as if Jean Bart was a silent, transparent mass of air.

On the entire beach, only Xiaobai was drawn to Jean Bart's sneeze. She looked at Jean Bart's profile as he rubbed his nose, pondered for a moment, and then shook her head.

No.

Jean Bart's "Observer" ability is activated passively. Even Jean Bart herself can only temporarily disable the Observer ability for a short period of time. Once she stops actively communicating and talking with others, the "Observer" will quickly activate its almost abnormal stealth effect again.

Again.

Even if I told all the admirals in Chapter 8 that Jean Bart was the special ship girl, whether they believed me or not, they would quickly forget the truth.

Chapter 2682 Ship Girl Tournament!

Just as Xiaobai was caught in a dilemma and was thinking about what to do, suddenly, a hand gently patted Xiaobai's shoulder.

Xiao Bai looked back.

Luo Lian was waving at him.

"Lian Lian?"

"Xiao Bai, I have an idea." Luo Lian leaned closer to Xiao Bai and whispered, "I roughly know what you were thinking just now, so I have a solution. Listen to it."

"Lianlian's idea?" Xiaobai's eyes lit up, and she nodded quickly. "Yes, I'll listen!"

Luo Lian is much smarter than me.

Her method is definitely better than mine.

Xiaobai handed over her ear with complete trust.

"Xiao Bai, my idea is..." Luo Lian looked around at the admirals, leaned close to Xiao Bai's ear, and whispered, "Let's give these admirals a good beating."

"...Huh?" Xiaobai froze, looking up blankly. "Lianlian, what did you say?"

"I say, let's give these admirals a good beating," Luo Lian said seriously, clenching her fist.

"No, no... How can we just beat people up for no reason..." Xiaobai shook his head hurriedly, his face full of worry. "Private fights between admirals are strictly forbidden by the Admirals' Guild... If it were just one, two, or three, that would be fine, because of my relationship with the Admirals' Guild, I could clean up the mess. But beating up all the admirals here is just too much..."

What kind of admirals are currently stationed in the 8-2 sea area?

Those are all... the top combat power in the admiral class.

If I were to suddenly drag these admirals over and beat them up, wouldn't that be the same as beating up the entire admiral community?

It's not that they can't beat them.

But if we actually did that, it would cause a major disaster in every sense of the word.

For a moment, Xiao Bai was caught off guard by Luo Lian's suggestion, unsure whether to laugh or cry.

"Lianlian... at a time like this, please don't make jokes like this..." Xiaobai said.

"I'm really not joking." Luo Lian shook her head.

"But……"

“That’s right, the Admirals’ Guild doesn’t allow admirals to fight each other in private.” Luo Lian shook her head and said to Xiao Bai, “But Xiao Bai, what if I told you that I have a way to not only make these people give up on pursuing information about Rome, but also make them obediently stand in front of us and get beaten up, without violating any of the Admirals’ Guild’s rules, and after they’re beaten up, they’ll even salute us with gratitude?”

"Huh?" Xiaobai's eyes widened. "There's such a way?"

"Yes." Luo Lian nodded seriously, then leaned closer to Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai continued to offer his ears.

Luo Lian whispered her entire plan into Xiao Bai's ear.

Xiaobai listened attentively, and as she listened, her eyes gradually brightened.

"Oh...right, right...how come I didn't think of that..." After hearing Luo Lian's words, Xiao Bai looked at Luo Lian with surprise and delight, "Lianlian! You're so amazing!"

"The principle behind this method isn't difficult, but apart from you, Xiaobai, it's probably impossible for anyone else to do it," Luo Lian smiled. "What do you think of this method?"

"Great! Let's use Lianlian's method!" Xiaobai nodded seriously.

Nia, standing to the side, stared blankly at Xiaobai and Luo Lian, blinking in confusion. "Xiaobai, what plan were you and Luo Lian talking about just now?"

Xiao Bai and Luo Lian looked at Nia, both revealing mysterious smiles.

"Nia, don't worry."

"Huh? What are you worried about?"

"We'll take care of things in Rome for you today!"