Elder brother's garrison

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Veneto from Xiaobai's family had just finished firing when she looked up at the sky at the sudden and intense shelling, and was stunned for a moment.

then.

Countless surging shells transformed into meteors, trailing long plumes of flame, and arrived directly in front of Veneto.

Chapter 2746 Losing to Yourself Isn't a Loss

Boom——

Boom boom boom——

Rumble rumble rumble ———

Veneto, a ship girl from the Nia family, possesses an extremely powerful barrage attack skill.

Let me reiterate.

This is an extremely powerful barrage bombardment.

Nia's Veneto's ability is so powerful that even enemies as strong as the deep-sea flagship in Chapter 8, given the right conditions, once they are fully hit by Veneto's barrage attack, no matter how strong and tough their bodies are, or how tenacious and unyielding their vitality is, they can only watch helplessly as their bodies are pierced by countless shells, turning into lifeless shells and scrap metal, before drowning in the bottomless abyss of the sea.

Of course, such immense destructive power comes at a price.

While Veneto's barrage ability is incredibly powerful, each activation requires a considerable amount of warm-up time. Furthermore, after launching an attack, Veneto's ship equipment will be in a state of shutdown for up to twenty seconds due to the terrifying number of shells fired at once.

hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss —

After the barrage of artillery fire was launched, the entire surface of the exercise area was covered with scorching water vapor.

Nia's Veneto staggered and fell onto the water, her ship equipment crashing down with a roar amidst the sound of jets, instantly generating a large amount of heat.

"Ha...ha...so...so tired..."

Veneto of Nia's family was propped up on the water, panting heavily.

Veneto of the Nia family is a very humble person, but even such a humble person has something that makes her extremely proud—that is, as long as her barrage skill is successfully activated, no enemy can remain standing in her hands. No matter how powerful the ship girl is, when they face the almost blind-angle 360-degree barrage bombardment, they can only be blasted into a heavily damaged state and thus defeated...

Just now, my skill was successfully activated.

I think I... won.

Veneto of Nia's family was panting as she thought this, but there was no happy expression on her face.

Logically speaking, given the difference in strength shown by both sides, there is absolutely no way that Veneto from Nia's family could defeat Veneto from Xiaobai's family.

The warm-up time required to activate the artillery barrage is far too long.

In such a lopsided battle, before he could even prepare his barrage, he should have been completely overwhelmed by his opponent's superior fundamentals, leading to his defeat... But the only exception was that his opponent never went for the kill. From beginning to end, she only seemed to be venting her anger by hitting his chest and buttocks, and the force was very light. That's why he had time to prepare his barrage...

I won, but I didn't win completely.

Veneto of Nia's family knew very well that if this were a real life-or-death battlefield, he would have been defeated countless times by the other side.

"Sigh... I feel so down." Veneto of Nia's family sighed deeply as she looked at the thick curtain of water before her.

"What's wrong? Are you in a bad mood?" Just then, from within the water curtain, just a few steps away from Veneto's house, a casual voice suddenly came.

"Huh??!" Veneto from Nia's family was stunned. The next second, her hair stood on end, and she staggered to her feet. "You...you're not badly damaged...?"

Nia's Veneto got up too hastily, even forgetting that she was still in the weakened state of the artillery barrage. She had just stood up when she felt a sudden dizziness and her body went limp. Then her legs gave way and she sat back down on the water with a splash.

"oops!"

Veneto from Nia's family covered her bottom, blushing and letting out a shy sound.

"..." From within the mist, a pair of small hands wearing black gloves reached out and gently waved away the mist that was obscuring the view.

Veneto, whose damage was only moderate, emerged from the mist. She looked thoughtfully at the other Veneto sitting on the water, looking at her helplessly, and remained silent for a while.

"It seems that your ability, once activated, will leave you exhausted for a period of time?" Veneto asked Veneto.

“Uh… um…” Veneto looked embarrassed.

“…Hmm, no wonder it was so powerful.” Veneto looked back at the wrecked water behind him, then suddenly murmured in a voice almost inaudible, “This explosive power and the way it recedes are somewhat similar to the Admiral’s land-based ship equipment…”

After muttering to himself, Veneto finally turned around and looked at his other self sitting on the water.

"Still fighting?"

"Huh? No no no no—" The larger Veneto, sitting on the water, was stunned for a moment, then shook his head violently like a rattle drum. "I...I...I'm powerless to fight back now. I've used up all my cards and am exhausted like this. I really can't beat you...Let's stop fighting..."

“I see, that’s a shame.” The smaller Veneto nodded, then, as if remembering something, she said to her other self on the water, “I used to think you were just a pretty face with big breasts and a round butt, but that barrage of comments just now was really impressive. I take back my previous assessment of you. Sorry, you’re pretty good, I admit it.”

“Uh…” Veneto, sitting on the water, blushed with embarrassment.

So it was definitely intentional that they kept hitting my chest and butt during the drills...

Veneto, standing on the water, swallowed awkwardly a couple of times, then looked up and secretly glanced at Veneto standing in front of him.

"that……"

"Ok?"

"How did you manage to dodge my barrage of comments...?"

"Huh? Me?"

"Yeah... my comments are clearly... I've never seen anyone stand up and get through this..."

As Veneto spoke on the water, he stared blankly at the injuries on Veneto's body.

Veneto knew the power of her artillery barrage; it was a barrage so fierce that even deep-sea bosses couldn't withstand it. Most ship girls, without the invincible defense protected by their heavily damaged state, wouldn't survive even with two lives against it. Yet, after taking the brunt of her barrage, Veneto hadn't entered a heavily damaged state; in fact, her injuries were only moderate… This was truly baffling.

“Oh, so that’s what you’re curious about.” Veneto nodded knowingly, raised her hand, and gently snapped her fingers at Veneto on the water’s surface. “Your barrage of comments is indeed impressive. I had to use some special methods to get through it.”

With the snap of Veneto's fingers.

A faint green light rose from beneath Veneto's feet.

To Veneto, who was on the water's surface, the faint green light appeared like broken eggshells scattered around him, their meaning unclear.

"This...is this?"

“This is my ability,” Veneto said. “My ability is a status skill. It has a variety of effects. It can not only enhance my artillery power, but also improve my self-defense capabilities. For example, one of my abilities is that I can unconditionally neutralize an attack.”

"...Unconditional resolution?"

“Yes,” Veneto said. “Whether it’s a torpedo aimed at a submarine, an incredibly accurate missile, an unavoidable shell, or even a secondary explosion attack from the enemy, I can neutralize them all without any side effects and without any conditions after activating my ability.”

"..." Veneto, standing on the water's surface, stared blankly at the other person, his mouth agape.

“Your barrage is impressive. The density of it is more like a fleet bombardment than an attack from a single ship girl. Even if I dodged desperately, I would have taken at least three hits in that bombardment,” Veneto said. “Three powerful shells would be enough to put any ship girl in a heavily damaged state for your ship equipment. I just managed to deflect one shell unconditionally with my ability and then took the remaining two with minimal damage, which is why I was only moderately damaged and still had the strength to fight back. But to be honest, I was lucky just now. If I had been hit by another shell, I would have been heavily damaged too.”

Veneto paused briefly, looking at her reflection on the water's surface.

"Since you activated your ability first, I'll respond with my own ability. That shouldn't be considered cheating, right?"

"Uh...no, that doesn't count, that doesn't count..." Veneto stood frozen on the water for a long time before finally managing a wry smile, shaking her head, raising her hands, and letting out a long sigh. "I lost...you're really amazing...no wonder you're Admiral Lu Lin's ship girl..."

Veneto was completely convinced of his defeat.

She had never encountered such a formidable opponent.

“You’re not bad either.” Veneto reached out his hand to his reflection in the water. “Want me to give you a hand?”

“Thank you…” Veneto looked at the outstretched hand with complicated emotions on the water’s surface. She reached out and gently grasped Veneto’s wrist, then slowly stood up.

Twenty seconds had already passed, and Veneto had recovered his strength.

Even so, one should still politely accept the hand extended by the victor.

"Veneto." After getting up, Veneto didn't clean the dirt off his body, but instead asked his smaller self.

"Huh? What's the matter?"

“Um… what I wanted to say was… um… you’re really amazing…” Veneto thought for a moment, then nervously asked her other self, “Where would you rank in your rookie naval base…”

“Me?” Veneto thought for a moment, then pondered for a second. “I really don’t know. For example, Lexington, Bismarck, and Missouri, I’ve never really fought them in a real sense… But if you’re talking about physical strength, my one-on-one fighting ability is probably in the top five among newbie naval bases.”

“Top five…” Veneto breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

so far so good……

Even in a newbie naval base, there don't seem to be many ship girls as overpowered as Veneto...

Losing to yourself isn't a loss...

My last bit of confidence has finally been preserved...

Chapter 2747 Holy Shield!

The initial clash between the two Venetos has come to an end.

The exercise was a mess, with smoke billowing across the water.

"I originally thought the battle with you would be relatively easy, so I deliberately held back a lot. I thought that holding back wouldn't be a big deal, but I didn't expect to still get my clothes dirty in the end." After helping her other self up, Veneto also bent down and dusted herself off, saying, "It seems I was blinded by anger and underestimated you. As expected, even if you're a ship girl from another naval base, a ship girl bearing the name Veneto is no ordinary person. I will take today's exercise as a profound lesson and remember it well. Thank you."

“Uh…” Nia’s Veneto, listening to her other self’s words, awkwardly grinned.

Even though the opponent has been holding back like there's an ocean, all my desperate efforts to seize opportunities have only resulted in some minor embarrassment for them...

Indeed, I still have a long way to go...

Nia's Veneto sighed inwardly. She raised her eyebrows and silently watched Veneto clean the dust off his body, then took out a quick repair device and put it on his head.

As the rapid repair device took effect, the smaller Veneto's ship equipment damage was restored at a visible speed. At the same time, the tears and blemishes on her clothes also healed as if time had reversed. In just a few seconds, all the dirt on the smaller Veneto's body disappeared, and she returned to a clean and refreshing appearance.

"Hmm? Do you want one too?" The smaller Veneto quickly noticed the gaze of her other self. She took out a quick repair device from her ship's equipment space and handed it to the other.

“Uh… I don’t need it…” The older Veneto shook his head and said somewhat awkwardly, “You just used a firework shell… so I’m just a little dirty. I can wash it off when I get back, so there’s no need to waste the quick repair device.”

“I see.” Veneto nodded and put the rapid repair device back into the ship’s equipment space.

"Hmm..." The larger Veneto bit her lip, staring curiously at her other self for a while, looking somewhat eager to try.

"what happened?"

"Um...I have a question, but I'm not sure if I should ask it..."

"question?"

"Um... well, your ship equipment ability can unconditionally neutralize attacks of any form... right?" The larger Veneto cautiously looked at her other self. "This ability is simple and straightforward, it's really amazing for a battleship girl... so how often does such a powerful ability reactivate?"

"You mean you want to know when the Aegis respawns?" Veneto thought for a moment and then asked.

“Yes, yes.” The older Veneto nodded quickly.

“Once my Holy Shield is broken, it will not recover over time,” Veneto said, shaking his head. “So unfortunately, it’s not something that can be refreshed.”

"Huh? Disposable??"

"almost."

"Then...then how can such an important ability be wasted in a drill—" Upon hearing this, the older Veneto immediately covered his mouth in surprise.

“You don’t need to be so nervous.” Veneto waved his hand. “While my Holy Shield doesn’t automatically regenerate over time, I can manually regenerate it, like this…”

As she finished speaking, Veneto pointed to her lower body with her fingers.

The green fragments scattered beneath Veneto began to move as she pointed, rising into the air as if they possessed a spirit. They then slowly and orderly flew back to Veneto, piecing together a green, egg-shaped shell of light.

Veneto waved his hand gently, and the green light shell dissipated.

The green sheen seemed to have disappeared, but the larger Veneto could still vaguely sense the presence of a protective film on the smaller Veneto.

"It's restored just like that?" Vienneto the Elder stared wide-eyed at Vienneto the Younger in astonishment.

“Yes,” Vinnetto nodded.

"This... is it that simple? Only a few seconds have passed... If it recovers this quickly, wouldn't that be equivalent to an infinite shield..." David Neto said, covering his mouth.

“That’s wishful thinking.” Little Veneto crossed his arms and said to Big Veneto, “If I were really that good, that would be great, but unfortunately, I need to concentrate completely when restoring the Aegis. I can’t be disturbed in any way. Even a noise as loud as someone saying a word in my ear could ruin the restoration. So it’s impossible to restore the Aegis during a fast-paced and intense battle.”

"Sigh...it really didn't work out..." David Neto said dejectedly, hanging his head in frustration.

“Fortunately, restoring the Aegis doesn’t take long. As long as a small battle is over, I can spare a few seconds to put the Aegis back together,” said Vineto. “The invincible defense, which can only be used once per battle, is enough for me.”

“That’s true…” David Neto nodded murmured, then suddenly her expression tightened and she quickly asked, “Oh dear…would this count as your weakness? Is it really okay for me to tell you something like this?”

"what relationship?"

“If someone finds out that your Aegis ability isn’t unlimited, wouldn’t they be able to devise a strategy of attrition warfare against you…” Vitor asked worriedly.

“I don’t mind that.” Little Veneto shook her head without even thinking. “First of all, I’m not the type to go up to everyone and tell them about my weaknesses. Secondly, you’re not my enemy… Lastly, and most importantly, we’re all ship girls, right? Strictly speaking, our only enemy in this world is the Abyssal Fleet. So even if the ship girls know about my weaknesses, will it affect my future expeditions?”

"That's true..."

"Worrying is unfounded."